I noticed I just started to get loss of service since I used the USB jig. Could that in anyway cause loss of service?
No, the jig only resets the download counter.
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No, the jig only resets the download counter.
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hmm then what could be causing it. I didn't get loss of service once before I plugged that jig in must be a coincidence I guess..
nikmash232 said:
hmm then what could be causing it. I didn't get loss of service once before I plugged that jig in must be a coincidence I guess..
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it was a coincidence. in fact, nobody really knows the real cause of LoS. heck, I doubt even Samsung/Sprint knows what's up, lol
What did u.use the jig for? Did u flash something?
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Still no root cause determined for loss of signal.
Good question...seems like a more reasonable explanation
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What did u.use the jig for? Did u flash something?
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Can someone explain what it is, and do I have to worry about it. I had to use it 3x already.
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It counts how many times you use odin to flash something. A usb jig will reset that counter if u buy one.
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So if we had a problem and had to take it in for repair, would it need to be reset? Or can they not pull that up?
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It does need to be reset for service. they can pull it up.
you can also pull it up to see how many counts by just going to odin mode Volume down + power from a turned off phone.
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So if we had a problem and had to take it in for repair, would it need to be reset? Or can they not pull that up?
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I don't even think sprint will look. Most employees don't know about it.
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I think the title says it all. I've got an Epic that produces a high pitched whining noise (reminiscent of an old CRT monitor) when plugged into USB without a battery in. When I try and turn on the phone, there's a very faint, intermittent clicking sound coming from the top area of the phone's back. If I put the battery in with USB in, the clicking sound resumes.
Since the phone won't turn on, I'm guessing something's wrong with the power circuitry? Is this anything that could be taken care of by me, or is the phone a lost cause?
I think your diagnosis is correct. Sounds like it is oscillating. To diagose further you would probably need an oscilloscope and a schematic. I believe Sprint takes care of non-insured repairs for $35.
could sell it to someone with a stray dog problem too!:}
Woah! Never heard of that. You have a real brick! Congrats! 1 in a million!
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You have a real brick! Congrats! 1 in a million!
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I'm honored? Anyways, confirmed: it's not responding to a download mode dongle, so it's really quite dead. Off to eBay to sell it for scrap.
redct said:
I'm honored? Anyways, confirmed: it's not responding to a download mode dongle, so it's really quite dead. Off to eBay to sell it for scrap.
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Not really...
There are people who work on solid bricks they take apart the phone and hook it up straight to the pc and will bring it to download mode and restore it.
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Didn't you read? Gezzz! noobs need to read! His phone has a whinnniiinnnng hymn to it when power is introduced. That's LOS. No pc will bring that from the dead.
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Noobs need to read? Really your one to talk ya know?
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Biggoron said:
Noobs need to read? Really your one to talk ya know?
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Yeah but this time he's right...dude's phone is fried. Capacitors and transistors are singing a bad song man.
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kennyglass123 said:
Yeah but this time he's right...dude's phone is fried. Capacitors and transistors are singing a bad song man.
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Yeah I read that but I was refering to his "brick" situation that even solid bricks aren't an issue and is possible to be fixed... I never mentioned that this would fixed the squeal you can't quote me saying that
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redct said:
I'm honored? Anyways, confirmed: it's not responding to a download mode dongle, so it's really quite dead. Off to eBay to sell it for scrap.
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What?! Why not go to sprint and tell them it randomly turned off when you plugged it in and now it squeels? Maybe they can give you a refurb for $35
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I was going to suggest that but was afraid the calvery was going to run me over.hoofs all over mag face. You know... The high horse anti fraud trolls. "immm soo ohffended at your ideah! So fraudtroll! Can't believe u even suggest it! Ban forevaa! That's why I pay a gazzillion for mah redoubtable! Burn in a pot of used motor oil! Ohhhmaaahhgaaawwwd! "
Yeah them... The calvery.
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I don't know about all of that, but I'll lead the grammar police and let you know you spelled cavalry wrong...twice
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drunkskunk said:
Lol.....lol.
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Haha I am the grammar police
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Oh... I remember. I even corected you to teach you grammar nazis that you cannot oppress us forevah!
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I laugh every day on here because of your posts. Try not to get banned again
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drunkskunk said:
Didn't you read? Gezzz! noobs need to read! His phone has a whinnniiinnnng hymn to it when power is introduced. That's LOS. No pc will bring that from the dead.
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I actually had an issue where my phone could not turn on at all and still restored it to stock and got it to sprint. But that does seem like like a hardware issue...
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To the original poster, if you were looking to sell it, how much would you want for it? I would be willing to buy it off you. Please PM me if interested.
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I was going to suggest that but was afraid the calvery was going to run me over.hoofs all over mag face. You know... The high horse anti fraud trolls. "immm soo ohffended at your ideah! So fraudtroll! Can't believe u even suggest it! Ban forevaa! That's why I pay a gazzillion for mah redoubtable! Burn in a pot of used motor oil! Ohhhmaaahhgaaawwwd! "
Yeah them... The calvery.
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Please, please, please turn off autocorrect. Now that you are less annoying I really would like to read what you post to see how you have grown.
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Please, please, please turn off autocorrect. Now that you are less annoying I really would like to read what you post to see how you have grown.
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Well.... according to my infinite knowledge of electronics, he has a blown fuse on that thing. Loud whine is more like a fuse that popped. Kinda like when you have the iron plugged in while your room heater is at Max and you put in a hotpocket in the microwave. In about 30 seconds all the lights. Go off. Gotta go pop the breaker. But once you are at the breaker box, there's a hmmmm whine to it. That's exactly what's going on his epic. Unfortunately, there's no breaker build in the epic, even with all its glory, galaxy s devices are prone to fuse popping.
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Yes, I too hard bricked my t999 but funny thing is I've didn't flash any roms. Here's what happened, I was already on Wicked V5 rom, I went to the galaxys3root.com and downloaded MIUI for Tmobile gs3. When I tried to restart my phone to recovery mode the phone just turned off and never turn on again. Someone please help me. I don't really have time to send my phone to Texas, does anyone know any other ways to fix this? Is there service around NJ or Philly area?
Have you done all the usual? Pull battery wait a few put it back in and try to get into recovery or download mode?
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Have you done all the usual? Pull battery wait a few put it back in and try to get into recovery or download mode?
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Yes, no luck..
Arent u able to get into download mode? Seems like you havent flash another s 3 rom so you should be able to get into download mode.
I had dome several stupid thing on phone and thought it bricked but I was able to get working.
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Arent u able to get into download mode? Seems like you havent flash another s 3 rom so you should be able to get into download mode.
I had dome several stupid thing on phone and thought it bricked but I was able to get working.
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Yes, I didn't flash any roms, at least any wrong ones, I've only downloaded the miui for tmobile version but phone turned off when I tried to reboot into recovery, I've tried to boot into download by taking out battery and pressing volume down+home+power and plugging battery but nothing happens..
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Yes, I didn't flash any roms, at least any wrong ones, I've only downloaded the miui for tmobile version but phone turned off when I tried to reboot into recovery, I've tried to boot into download by taking out battery and pressing volume down+home+power and plugging battery but nothing happens..
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Have you tried recovery?
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chrisram88 said:
Have you tried recovery?
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Yes I've, all I'm getting is qhsusb_dload error in my device manager when I plug the phone to my pc.
Send it for JTAG repair or use a jig. Your phone might not be bricked, but there is something wrong with it.
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Is it plugged in when you try to power on? Try it both unplugged and plugged if you havent already.
Also try holding power for about 10-20 seconds.
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Does it vibrate
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Is it plugged in when you try to power on? Try it both unplugged and plugged if you havent already.
Also try holding power for about 10-20 seconds.
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I've tried everything, the phone doesn't vibrate either.
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Yes I've, all I'm getting is qhsusb_dload error in my device manager when I plug the phone to my pc.
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Yup that's a brick... Search qhsusb and see all the threads related. They are all bricks. Nothing you can do but jtag. Jig won't fix it.
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Yup that's a brick... Search qhsusb and see all the threads related. They are all bricks. Nothing you can do but jtag. Jig won't fix it.
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Okay, but is Texas the only place to get the phone fixed, no one else in US knows how to do this jtag thing besides mobiletech who's 2000 miles away from me?
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Okay, but is Texas the only place to get the phone fixed, no one else in US knows how to do this jtag thing besides mobiletech who's 2000 miles away from me?
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Best and only place I know.
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lampardd said:
Yes, I too hard bricked my t999 but funny thing is I've didn't flash any roms. Here's what happened, I was already on Wicked V5 rom, I went to the galaxys3root.com and downloaded MIUI for Tmobile gs3. When I tried to restart my phone to recovery mode the phone just turned off and never turn on again. Someone please help me. I don't really have time to send my phone to Texas, does anyone know any other ways to fix this? Is there service around NJ or Philly area?
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Same issue here! Any help?
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Same issue here! Any help?
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so it seems that the common issue here is that u both downloaded MIUI from the same wepage... I would think a malicious download... and in all Honesty I had bad experiences the guy's tut.... (with the guy running the site) I dunno I dont want to point finger or nothing but 2 people with same problem?? I suspect treachery afoot... lol
scratch that... I scanned MIUI Zip file and it contained no threats... so I'm guessing a hardware mulfuction?? or simply u got a bad phone.
Try Samsung warranty since you can't get into download mode they shouldn't know it's rooted. I wouldn't say this is a user error since you didn't even flash a rom
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Try Samsung warranty since you can't get into download mode they shouldn't know it's rooted. I wouldn't say this is a user error since you didn't even flash a rom
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And you think Samsung won't have a way to enter download mode and see the counter? it's there hardware they know it better than we do.
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I gaved up on trying to fix it myself. Send your phone to mobile tech videos, guy did a great job. However I found another person on eBay the other day with high ratings who also does the jtag for only $30. (mobiletech was 60). Good luck
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And you think Samsung won't have a way to enter download mode and see the counter? it's there hardware they know it better than we do.
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Dont you have regular tmobile warranty? the phone wont power on, no water damage, sounds like a clear cut case of getting your phone swapped out for you.
So I got an epic touch it gives me a info tab" charging paused. Voltage too high." When I disconnect the charger from phone. Tried factory reset, changing rom, full wipe, different chargers, everything. I am rooted but it happened out of the blue while using stock rom. Plz help tia
Edit: the msg pops up every minute or 2
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Rodrigo87 said:
So I got an epic touch it gives me a info tab" charging paused. Voltage too high." When I disconnect the charger from phone. Tried factory reset, changing rom, full wipe, different chargers, everything. I am rooted but it happened out of the blue while using stock rom. Plz help tia
Edit: the msg pops up every minute or 2
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To make sure, you have it disconnected and it's giving this error?
Maybe something on the MicroUSB leads that makes it think it's still charging?
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To make sure, you have it disconnected and it's giving this error?
Maybe something on the MicroUSB leads that makes it think it's still charging?
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Thats correct sir. I think thats what it is, im going to take it to a sprint repair store. Thank you
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Rodrigo87 said:
Thats correct sir. I think thats what it is, im going to take it to a sprint repair store. Thank you
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Probably the easiest and best choice in this case. Hope they can repair it for you or offer a replacement.
Corrosion on charge port! The smallest bit can cause this! Happened with mine... I can fix.. For a price lol jk... I really can fix and really id need a price but just try to safely get charge port off and clean the crap out of it and solder it back on without damaging it
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Hi, so I hard-bricked my S3 and I already tried using a jig and writing a de-brick .img to my ext. sd card, and neither worked so far. My phone remains completely unresponsive after I followed instructions on this site. The only response that my phone gives is a red light when it's connected to my pc or wall charger WHEN the battery is taken out, then the light disappears after several seconds. Also, my pc does recognize that something is connected, but then I get a bad connection sound after a few seconds. So far it seems that I tried every troubleshooting method on this site and I don't know what else to do. The last resort option I'm considering is sending my phone to a third party to get it de-bricked.
if you tried everything then probably a jtag is the only fix
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if you tried everything then probably a jtag is the only fix
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Where could one get a jtag?? I have googled it but there are so many different models that pop up. I would assume we would need one for the Armv7, no?
is this it -> http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/190859630462?lpid=82 ??
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Where could one get a jtag?? I have googled it but there are so many different models that pop up. I would assume we would need one for the Armv7, no?
is this it -> http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/190859630462?lpid=82 ??
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/ email them I you have any questions. That will definitely fix your hard brick.
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/ email them I you have any questions. That will definitely fix your hard brick.
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No I mean if I dont wanna sent it out and do it on my own. What JTAG would I need. I don't have a bricked phone. I'm just curious.
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codecaine21 said:
No I mean if I dont wanna sent it out and do it on my own. What JTAG would I need. I don't have a bricked phone. I'm just curious.
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Ahh ok.... I'm not sure man.
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Ahh ok.... I'm not sure man.
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I think we use the Armv7 and this might be the jtag device -> http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/190859630462?lpid=82 I'm curious as to how the process works though.