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[Q] How screwed am I?

OK so here is the story...
I accidentally flashed the 2.3.5 firmware for the Samsung gs2 i9100 thinking it was for the sph-d710... Obviously that didn't work out very well. Now the phone won't boot. I can get it into download mode but odin will no longer recognize it. I have tried the i9100 drivers, and the sph-d710 drivers. No luck, it will boot into recovery mode also, but unfortunately because the firmware is for the i9100 which has an "ok" button and the sph-d710 doesn't I can't get it to do a hard reset. Short of dropping it in a bucket of water and using insurance is there anything I can do?
Yes I know I am a moron...

Well as for the ok button, have you tried using the home button instead? And have you ever used Odin before?
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Sometimes I've had Odin "not recognize my phone" but stilll flashed....and by won't boot...you mean boot loop?...
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Hard reset wouldn't help if won't boot anyway...
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The Odom Project said:
Well as for the ok button, have you tried using the home button instead? And have you ever used Odin before?
Yes, none of the buttons work, Yes, I had rooted the phone with odin previously
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leezrd said:
Sometimes I've had Odin "not recognize my phone" but stilll flashed....and by won't boot...you mean boot loop?...
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Boots into recovery mode only, but i cant select anything

ET4G
I did the exact thing as you did. The only difference is that I unplugged the USB connection which caused my phone to brick completely. The moment I realized I was using the wrong firmware I disconnected my ET4G. My phone was useless, I couldn’t boot up in Odin or recovery. What I did I took it to the Sprint store and I told them that I did not know what happened to the phone and they replaced my phone for free.

Honestly, I've flashed i9000 before and I'm sorry to say but youre screwed. Send it in to mobile tech videos for jtag repair. mine wouldn't boot or recognize at all for weeks untilI finally gave up.
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Yeah i asked this before and what happenes is u lose your radio so odin cant read it..reply it
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Thanks guys for all the help, I just made an insurance claim last night and got a new one this morning
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[Q] Model expert sph-d710 gt I9100 etc Wha?

There are several threads about sa vs gt and whether there are three versions etc.
Is anyone a model expert?
When my phone boots I get a gt I9100 splash (w yellow triangle - on fc18).
However once booted I go to about phone and it says sph-d710. A mod at Android Central said these are two different phones. What gives?
What are the SGS2 models? Difference?

I believe I9100 is the generic model number for all galaxy S2's but yes both are different phones. I9100 is generally referred as the original international galaxy s2
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The gt-i9100 is the GSM international sgs2 the sph-d710 is the sprint epic 4g touch galaxy s2, they are 2 completely different devices in the same family. Your splash screen is like that from flashing a rom and increasing your download count thru Odin
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The gt-i9100 is the GSM international sgs2 the sph-d710 is the sprint epic 4g touch galaxy s2, they are 2 completely different devices in the same family. Your splash screen is like that from flashing a rom and increasing your download count thru Odin
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Ok so I have a sph-d710 and the splash screen saying gt i9100 is just an image baked into the rom I flashed.
(And of course the yellow triangle is the increase my odin count. ): )
Good to know I might have flashed a wrong rom in the future for 9100.

The splash screen trips with the Odin count for some reason Idk what causes it I haven't gotten it yet but if you have a USB jig it will get rid of the gt i9100 splash, yellow triangle and reset the Odin count to 0
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
The splash screen trips with the Odin count for some reason Idk what causes it I haven't gotten it yet but if you have a USB jig it will get rid of the gt i9100 splash, yellow triangle and reset the Odin count to 0
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it trips it when u flash a modified kernel. ex: acs, repack, cwm. U can easily reset it with Triangle away, but it only works on ics roms

T.C.P said:
it trips it when u flash a modified kernel. ex: acs, repack, cwm. U can easily reset it with Triangle away, but it only works on ics roms
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It only trips when.flashing thru Odin? Cuz i flashed a kernel in recovery and it hasn't shown up, I actually was kind of curious why my counter or the.triangle hasn't popped on me yet cuz I'm not real careful about preventing it, cuz i made a jig plus most damage to the device I can repair myself so I dont have insurance or TEP on it
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It only trips when.flashing thru Odin?
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That is correct, yellow triangle and ODIN Flash Count only increase when ODIN flashing a kernel not signed by samsung.
Auto Root, Mobile ODIN, and CWM do not trigger the yellow triangle nor do the increase the flash count.

sfhub said:
That is correct, yellow triangle and ODIN Flash Count only increase when ODIN flashing a kernel not signed by samsung.
Auto Root, Mobile ODIN, and CWM do not trigger the yellow triangle nor do the increase the flash count.
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Cool I was wondering why it hadn't triggered the only things I've flashed in Odin are your pimp ass oneclicks talk about making life easy, last Sammy I had was the intercept and it had a patched swupdater we had to use to root and restore and that thing sucked
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Can i use gt i-9100 on sph-D710 in case it breaks
My friend has a gt-i9100 but her motherboard seems not to charge even with a new charging port part, she wants to buy a sph-D710 that saw that the screen is broke and use here i9100 screen on it to have a working phone, does somebody knows if it will work?
Thanks in advance

Ascalon87 said:
My friend has a gt-i9100 but her motherboard seems not to charge even with a new charging port part, she wants to buy a sph-D710 that saw that the screen is broke and use here i9100 screen on it to have a working phone, does somebody knows if it will work?
Thanks in advance
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It should work just fine. They are the same phone except the international version doesn't support 4g. The "guts" are the same.
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Thanks!
I appreciate it man, thanks for the help!

They are not the same... The screen will not fit. The dimensions are a bit different.
The international version also has a physical home button. The screen will not work.
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graydiggy said:
They are not the same... The screen will not fit. The dimensions are a bit different.
The international version also has a physical home button. The screen will not work.
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Hmmm..interesting. Thanks for keeping me straight graydiggy! My apologies OP, I stand corrected. But before he goes out of business check with tuscani and see if you can get a screen
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Hard bricked HELP..HELP..

I flashed a wrong Rom on my T-Mobile S3. Now I can not get it into download mode. It none responsive I cannot get it to power on. I try pull out the battery put in back in. Didn't work either. Any one have any idea how I get my s3 power up into download mode??
Thanks
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Try a USB dongle.
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International rom?

Bizdady said:
International rom?
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Yes, It was my nephew's s3. He was blindly flashed it, now He asked me to help him, and I am asking any one in here know how to get it power up and into download mode.

I think that flashing the wrong radio version could fry the whole thing dead permanently.
However, if you can get ADB to recognize the device you may be able to get it working. See if you can get adb to recognize the device at all, if you can there may be hope.

lgkahn said:
Try a USB dongle.
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and how do you fix it with that?

Sorry many that have flashed international have been hard bricked if they can't return on. Mskip has a toolkit but if it won't turn on then it's hard to flash though.
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Does any screen come up? If it's hard bricked, just bring it to the store, and show them. They'll probably try a new battery, and if they can't boot it up, then they may replace it.
Worst case, they say they won't replace it cause you messed with it, and you're back where you started.

NedDasty said:
Does any screen come up? If it's hard bricked, just bring it to the store, and show them. They'll probably try a new battery, and if they can't boot it up, then they may replace it.
Worst case, they say they won't replace it cause you messed with it, and you're back where you started.
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No ..nothing come up. screen is blank

jordan032503 said:
and how do you fix it with that?
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Cause the USB dongle will put you straight to download mode. From there you can flash the proper ROM.
Anyway, if you can't get in to download mode, can't boot up to anything, and especially if ADB can't find your phone, then you might have just gotten yourself a very expensive paperweight.
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jordan032503 said:
I flashed a wrong Rom on my T-Mobile S3. Now I can not get it into download mode. It none responsive I cannot get it to power on. I try pull out the battery put in back in. Didn't work either. Any one have any idea how I get my s3 power up into download mode??
Thanks
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The same thing happened to me a year ago, I flashed the wrong Kernel to my T-Mobile Galaxy 4G, you need a (JTAG Service). Go to this website and contact the guy he will help you get it working again, good luck.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/

youre brickd
The jig won't work for u. I bet if you plug it in the computer it sees it as QHSUSB DLOAD. sound right? Sounds like u need JTAG or to return it. You just woke up and it didn't turn on right? Lmao

jordan032503 said:
I flashed a wrong Rom on my T-Mobile S3. Now I can not get it into download mode. It none responsive I cannot get it to power on. I try pull out the battery put in back in. Didn't work either. Any one have any idea how I get my s3 power up into download mode??
Thanks
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I did the same thing, quit wasting time, you need a Jtag service period, if you can't get into download mode, Odin and Adb IS NOT going to work. It will not see the device. Go into device manager, if you see this QHSUSB DLOAD, you are seriously bricked, only Jtag can help it. The usbjig will NOT work with this issue, I have tried.
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billard412 said:
The jig won't work for u. I bet if you plug it in the computer it sees it as QHSUSB DLOAD. sound right? Sounds like u need JTAG or to return it. You just woke up and it didn't turn on right? Lmao
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This is the correct answer, Jtag or return are the only options.

jordan032503 said:
I flashed a wrong Rom on my T-Mobile S3. Now I can not get it into download mode. It none responsive I cannot get it to power on. I try pull out the battery put in back in. Didn't work either. Any one have any idea how I get my s3 power up into download mode??
Thanks
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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This is exactly where I sent my phone repair, quick and informative.

just and fyi, I fried my old g2 with the wrong Rom within the first week I had it. but insurance covers your phone when it gets destroyed in a car accident.
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oscarwylde said:
just and fyi, I fried my old g2 with the wrong Rom within the first week I had it. but insurance covers your phone when it gets destroyed in a car accident.
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Lol.

oscarwylde said:
just and fyi, I fried my old g2 with the wrong Rom within the first week I had it. but insurance covers your phone when it gets destroyed in a car accident.
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lol, not in Texas they won't.

BRICK
My T999 is the same the computer is not recognized with error message QHSUSB DLOAD. but i dont know why after i install SAMSUNG ADB INTERFACE then the computer start see it in Device Manager and name my device as SAMSUNG ADROID PHONE . but ODIN not reconized , can't get into download mode, Odin and Adb IS NOT going to work , the usbjig is NOT work . The USB on PC make sound when i plug in but the phone still not on . I think i get hard brick and may have to send it to TEXAS . any help , please

I bricked mine last week. I then lost it too...insurance sent me a new one.

Just bought a S3 from Craigslist -- May be bricked?

Hi,
I just bought a Pebble Blue S3 from craigslist without checking it out properly. (I know, shame on me). The phone is in physically mint condition, the water damage tab is not red and there are no signs of dropping.
The phone's screen does NOT turn on. When I hold the power button to have it load up normally, I can hear the T-mobile jingle and then a constant blue indicator would stay on the top left corner.
I have tried flashing it back to stock through download mode (Power, volume down, and home --> volume up mode) and it seems to make no difference to the screen's issue.
Flashing it back to stock might have made it worse because I can't even access the phone's internal memory through USB anymore.
Any help towards fixing my screen would be great!
Thanks.

So out of curiosity how much did you pay for a phone that you did not check to see if it turned on?
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I paid $250 for it, came with original box and accessories. I thought it was too good to be true, and it seems that way. At worse I can probably break even and sell it as-is.

Is the battery low?
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What does windows report it as in device manager?
If you can get to download mode it may not be hard bricked.
You could flash twrp recovery with idin, then boot recovery and try flashing something from thrre.
Also twrp has a builtin file manager so you can try to see if you can find sny problems that way. (Look for logfiles)
Are you sure its an SGH-T999?
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DocHoliday77 said:
What does windows report it as in device manager?
If you can get to download mode it may not be hard bricked.
You could flash twrp recovery with idin, then boot recovery and try flashing something from thrre.
Also twrp has a builtin file manager so you can try to see if you can find sny problems that way. (Look for logfiles)
Are you sure its an SGH-T999?
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I was able to access download mode by clicking around in the dark.
Positive it is a SGH-T999, before I flashed the stock PDA in ODIN, Windows Device manager would list that. How do I flash TWRP? Do I need the screen to do it?
Oh the battery is fully charged.

Xiaoazn said:
I was able to access download mode by clicking around in the dark.
Positive it is a SGH-T999, before I flashed the stock PDA in ODIN, Windows Device manager would list that. How do I flash TWRP? Do I need the screen to do it?
Oh the battery is fully charged.
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Here is the thread for TWRP. But you get to download mode by starting with the device completely powered off, then pressing the volume down, home and power button at the same time until it powers on. I dont understand what you meant by "I was able to access download mode by clicking around in the dark"

Button mashing I guess?
And just fyi, to boot recovery from power off
Hold volume up, home and power. When you see blue text flash on top of the screen release.
Also, flashing recovery in Odin will trip the flash counter. Prob doesn't matter considering the situation, but just so you know.
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If you can get the phone in download mode, odin back to stock. Then boot into recovery using power +home + vol up and do a factory reset. This step is important. I borked my phone with a bad jb install and using odin on its own doesnt completely reset the phone. Using the factory reset fixed this in my situation
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Send it to Samsung and cross your fingers?
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By saying I'm able to access recovery mode, I got in by basically doing the sequence of buttons, without seeing any display on the screen. I know it is in download mode because it reads on ODIN.
No matter what I click or what mode it is in, the screen is still completely off. Sorry for the confusion.

Xiaoazn said:
By saying I'm able to access recovery mode, I got in by basically doing the sequence of buttons, without seeing any display on the screen. No matter what I click or what mode it is in, the screen is still completely off. Sorry for the confusion.
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Well that's a different story lol. Seems like a hardware fault. If you feel comfortable, take it apart and check all connections. And use a very bright light to look for any cracks on the LCD (not the digitizer) but the underlying LCD.
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elesbb said:
Well that's a different story lol. Seems like a hardware fault. If you feel comfortable, take it apart and check all connections. And use a very bright light to look for any cracks on the LCD (not the digitizer) but the underlying LCD.
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Ugh, I guess it might come down to that. If anyone else have any more tips before I go a head and check the connections, please do tell!

Or you can see if Samsung can repair it under warranty
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Is there no way you can contact the seller? Woulda been the first thing I did!
You may not resolve anything but you could at least try to find out what they did to break it in the first place...then have some fun and blow off some steam till they hang up on you!
Just a thought.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Is there no way you can contact the seller? Woulda been the first thing I did!
You may not resolve anything but you could at least try to find out what they did to break it in the first place...then have some fun and blow off some steam till they hang up on you!
Just a thought.
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That was the first thing I tried. Seller is dodging my calls / not replying to my texts -.-.. Shady guy.

Just contact samsung and send it for repair. Still uder warranty.
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mike102871 said:
Just contact samsung and send it for repair. Still uder warranty.
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I tried that with my s2. Warranty only applies to original buyer :\
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elesbb said:
I tried that with my s2. Warranty only applies to original buyer :\
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I've had Samsung service my SGS1 that I bought off Kijiji while it was still within its one-year warranty. It doesn't just apply to the original owner, just call them and tell them it was a gift, they'll ask for the phone's IMEI, and then they'll be able to tell if it is still within its warranty period.

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I've had Samsung service my SGS1 that I bought off Kijiji while it was still within its one-year warranty. It doesn't just apply to the original owner, just call them and tell them it was a gift, they'll ask for the phone's IMEI, and then they'll be able to tell if it is still within its warranty period.
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Thanks for the info, I'll give it a shot!

[Q] Samsung Galaxy SII (SGH-T989): flashed wrong kernel, no sign of boot

I accidentally flashed a siyah kernel (v 4.0.1) intended for the Internation Galaxy SII (i9100) onto my T-Mobile Galaxy SII (SGH-T989). For some reason i overlooked "FOR i9100" and now that i've flashed it there is no sign of life.
It was rooted with the AOKP Milestone Build 6 ROM flashed and working perfectly until i flashed the kernel
No vibration when holding the Power Button, Power&Vol+&Vol-, connecting a USB Jig, a USB wall charger, nor a regular USB. It isn't recognized in ODIN nor Kies when I try these different combinations of buttons and connections.
I have it connected to the USB wall charger and letting it sit for a while, still just a black screen.
Does anyone have a solution to this predicament?

Pretty sure its a hard brick
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abhi08638 said:
Pretty sure its a hard brick
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Yes I've figured that out but what does that entail? Is it irreversible?

alvarozavala1111995 said:
Yes I've figured that out but what does that entail? Is it irreversible?
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Search the forum for jtag.
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blackangst said:
Search the forum for jtag.
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I have but I see it costs around $50 to repair it that way, and T-Mobile charges me $25 to replace the entire phone. I want to do anything possible to fix the phone i have now with my own hands and if it turns out I can't then I'll just send it to T-Mobile. :/