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[Q] Intentional Brick?

I'm asking on behalf of a friend of mine who doesnt actually have a computer so he cant post here himself to ask. I'm a vibrant/N1/G1 user myself, so i'm familiar with the aspects here: he has a slide, has the split-screen/ribbon problem on opening/closing the keyboard. He managed to get a warranty replacement from TMO, but he's super paranoid about having to pay the damages fee because he has CM loaded on it instead of the stock firmware.
Bottom line, he wants to brick it just to be sure before he sends it back (he already has the replacement phone). What is the simplest way (that I could explain to him over the phone) to hard brick the phone?
Quick and dirty is all I really need to help him get the job done, all help much appreciated!

If he can brick it, then he can flash the factory ROM that is available to bring it back to unrooted stated. Why not just do that?

-sigh- I guess he can just try to follow the S-OFF instructions to where it says not 2 power off, take out battery- disconnect phone... do the oppsite of what it says not to do? Just saying though... why not just do what Fermunky said?

fermunky said:
If he can brick it, then he can flash the factory ROM that is available to bring it back to unrooted stated. Why not just do that?
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CaliBoyPhillip said:
Just saying though... why not just do what Fermunky said?
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Problem is that he lives in virginia and I live in colorado. I rooted and customized his phone when I was out there visiting because he's completely inept at this kind of stuff, so I was just looking for a simpler solution than to try and walk him through a reflash over the phone. Plus, apparently what he told the TMO reps was that he got an OTA update and it bricked him, which is the only way (he said) that they'd do a warranty exchange.

Well, I guess your short answer is No, there is no "quick" way. Whether you try to brick it or not, either way will require some attempt at flashing "something", but to just do it in a completely wrong way. Maybe by connecting to a PC and using clever ADB/Shell commands could also do it, but not entirely sure.

Couldn't you flash the radio for say, a Droid X or any CDMA radio?
I know you can brick CDMA phones by flashing GSM radios.
And yay Colorado ;D

I'm going to have to close this as it's discussing warranty fraud.

Flashed Wrong Phone rom

flashed a skyrocket rom on my t989 accidently, the link for the rom was in the t989 thread not for the skyrocket. well cant boot into anything tottally dead im planning on buying a usb jig if not i might send for jtag fix but i want to try Jib First. i see alot of people have this problem too but they ask and some people say jigs work some say they dont. does it work on this model?

Skyrocket ROMs don't brick this phone, they only screw up the rotation. What's the link you downloaded?

Have you tried getting into recovery just make sure you tried correctly

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flashed a skyrocket rom on my t989 accidently, the link for the rom was in the t989 thread not for the skyrocket. well cant boot into anything tottally dead im planning on buying a usb jig if not i might send for jtag fix but i want to try Jib First. i see alot of people have this problem too but they ask and some people say jigs work some say they dont. does it work on this model?
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What rom u flash post link
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this was a long time ago i have had this thing broken for awhile i dont think i would be able to find the link again. maby it was one of thouse multiple downloads and i didnt realize i chose the skyrocket? (didnt know the name of the phone was hercules back then) and i ask again, USB jigs?( tired making my own connected wron pins and cant refix it) and no i cant get into recovery.

please help

can someone please help me i think i hard bricked my samsung galaxy s3 for at&t and i need some to tell me how to unbrick it or any body that can do it for me. i am willing to pay up to 30 dollars but i just need to do this please help

Give us some info on how it happened. I don't believe any of us charge to help

Warped420 said:
Give us some info on how it happened. I don't believe any of us charge to help
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Well i tried installing a rom but im a noob to all this rom stuff so was installing then it said failed so i just put reboot and from there on i couldent do anything and i went online and i think its hard bricked

kevinmcswaggin said:
Well i tried installing a rom but im a noob to all this rom stuff so was installing then it said failed so i just put reboot and from there on i couldent do anything and i went online and i think its hard bricked
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This should really go over in the S3 forums, correct location and the people over there are more likely to be able to help you. I reported the topic to a moderator and hopefully they'll get you taken care of.

what rom did you flash, because if you flashed a rom for another phone, your fear is confirmed. i have done the same thing with my last phone.
i have heard of some phones using odin, and other tricks on youtube, but usually after wiping a phone ,like you did, there is little you can do to fix it.

[Q] Galaxy S3 Bricked or Not?

Hi everyone,
I'm really desperate for any information that can help me. Please be kind here...I haven't done anything techy stuff like this before.
Here's the situation.
My phone was rooted with supersu since I got it (my colleague helped to do it), but due to an issue with my international roaming, I decided after 1 year to try and unroot and upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.2/3
However, upon unrooting, i found that I could not upgrade due to the count and decided that I had to try and root it again to use triangle away.
Here is where it gets FUBAR.
I ran Odin and flashed the following:
I9305_CWM_Recovery.tar.md5
Samsung-Updates.com-KERNEL-GT-I9305-SIN-I9305XXBMB2-1359977044
My phone was still working then, but I wasn't too sure how to install the binary until many tries later ...
But somehow because I didn't know how to install the binary, I ran the "Auto Root": CF-Auto-Root-t03g-t03gxx-gtn7100.tar.md5
After which, my screen flashed blue ...
When it wouldn't boot up, I flashed:Samsung-Updates.com-KERNEL-GT-I9305-SIN-I9305XXBMB2-1359977044
And did a factory reset.
The hard and soft buttons are working, but the touch screen is dead. Thinking it was a OS issue, I flashed the stock rom: I9305XXALI9_I9305OLBALI8_I9305DXALI7_HOME.tar.md5 1.2Gb file
And right now, no change. Hard and Soft buttons working, touch screen is dead....
Anybody?

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As long as something is working it is not bricked. A brick means completely dead, like a brick. Perhaps the ribbon cable came loose from the touchscreen.

This is the Sprint US variant S3 section. From everything you posted you have an International model. You are in the wrong section.
Remember search is your best friend, Have a great day!

edfunkycold said:
This is the Sprint US variant S3 section. From everything you posted you have an International model. You are in the wrong section.
Remember search is your best friend, Have a great day!
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Or he has revealed the root cause of the problem, if he actually does have the Sprint version
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[Q] Help

Hi everyone, I just now flashed a kernal too my Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH T999 and it wont go into download mode or it wont go into TWRP. I already know I bricked it. I think I might have flashed it wrong but I am not sure so any help would be appreciated. I know I bricked it and I don't have the money too buy a new one

ssingh0247 said:
Hi everyone, I just now flashed a kernal too my Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH T999 and it wont go into download mode or it wont go into TWRP. I already know I bricked it. I think I might have flashed it wrong but I am not sure so any help would be appreciated. I know I bricked it and I don't have the money too buy a new one
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I think I might have flashed it wrong

What kernel did you flash?
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I can't remember it happened so fast can you help me?

I know I flashed it wrong I need help bad can you help me?

I can't help you if you can't remember what you downloaded and flashed.
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Plug onto the computer and open device manager, or look for the pop up window in the system tray. If it says Qhsusb or something to that effect, it's bricked.
More than likely you flashed a kernel for a different model.
There is a debrick thread in development section. You can try that, but no guarantees.
And a quick couple of things if I may. In the future read search read read read! You cannot just go blindly flashing the first cool thing you see. You need to learn what you are doing or be destined to repeat this mistake in the future.
And when requesting help (or creating a thread for any reason), please use a descriptive title.
And lastly, if you had taken the time to search and read, you probably would've found the debrick thread on your own and not even needed this. But also, you probably wouldn't have had the problem in the first place had you done so in the beginning. (And googling galaxy s3 kernel, doesn't count)
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That's the thing my phone won't turn on and my laptop won't read it

Then all you can really do is try the debrick method. If that doesn't work it sounds like you'll have to take/send it to a shop for repair.
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How much harder would it be if my phone was hard bricked?

I think it's either hard bricked or a hardware failure. If it's hardware you're definitely out of luck. If it's bricked, there's a chance, but no guarantees.
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