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Hard Bricked...

So being the idiot I am, I accidentally hard-bricked my phone because I was flashing back to stock via ODIN, but I happened to install the file that was for my OG Epic (I happened to flash it yesterday) because I saw D700 and automatically assumed it was for my E4GT.
Now I cannot boot into recovery or download and the only thing that happens it he blue LED lights up.
Can someone please explain to me the possible solutions that might work for this?
Thanks in advance.

Is there any connection being made from the computer to the device?
do you know how to open device manager?

Nope, no connection and yes I do.

my guess is if odin doesn't recognize it try using different usb cords. if not jtag might be your only way out. unless you go to sprint and play dumb with a good excuse. sorry to hear that.

I'm gonna go to the Sprint store and play dumb tomorrow. I went today right before it closed and they said that they would have to run diagnostics and open it up. I think they would figure out it was rooted and just give it back to me though.

oneandonlysid said:
I'm gonna go to the Sprint store and play dumb tomorrow. I went today right before it closed and they said that they would have to run diagnostics and open it up. I think they would figure out it was rooted and just give it back to me though.
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How long have you had it?
If less than a year.
This is what you will say:
Hi, I was using my phone last night talking to my gf/bf whatever the hell you swing. and suddendly it powered off it. I did notice the phone was getting pretty "hot". At first I thought it was the battery that it died. but when I plugged it into the charger nothing happened and thats why im here.
its still under manufacturer warranty so theres no ****in way they will say no they cant.

Yeah I've only had it for less than 2 months, so I think that they should replace it.

yes so trust me just do what i said and youll have a new phone

I have a question I was flashing Odin3v1.85 and instead of pda,i click bootloader and flash tar file kernel,so now im stuck at galaxysII screen and when i go into recovery its says volume path not found,any help for a fix,thanks in advance.
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EvoSideHustlAZ said:
I have a question I was flashing Odin3v1.85 and instead of pda,i click bootloader and flash tar file kernel,so now im stuck at galaxysII screen and when i go into recovery its says volume path not found,any help for a fix,thanks in advance.
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If you can get back into odin mode my guess would be try to flash back to stock and make sure you put it in the pda and also make sure nothing is checked except for auto reboot. Follow qbking's video on how to unroot/unbrick. This is like I said though assuming you can still get into download mode.

thats what i was thinking of trying,and yes i can get in download mode.

I think I had a bad download flashing a theme. I couldn't get into recovery or Odin and trust me I tried a lot. All I had was a blue light. Took it to a Sprint repair store and said it died charging over night. They tried to bring her back but couldn't. They swapped it out. I know I got lucky. Glad I didn't cancel my insurance. Lol
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My phone turns on just gets stuck at galaxy sII screen and when I go into recovery cwm says this volume path not found,so I can't flash anything.if anybody knows the right files I need to flash in Odin please post.thank you.
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EvoSideHustlAZ said:
My phone turns on just gets stuck at galaxy sII screen and when I go into recovery cwm says this volume path not found,so I can't flash anything.if anybody knows the right files I need to flash in Odin please post.thank you.
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Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678

I use one of qbkings unroot video,so easy phones back,now I'm reroot and try the new cm9.winning.
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I actually made that exact same mistake the day I got this phone. I upgraded from the OG epic and just double-clicked the wrong file and didn't check before starting odin. since then I replaced phone, bought a $5 jig online and tested it by making the same mistake on purpose and BOOM!... download mode
I recommend the jig to all my friends with samsung android phones now. it allows you to be a retard

Update: Well today I went to the sprint store and played dumb and told them it just stopped working. They took it in and tried fixing it but couldn't so they ordered a replacement one for me for free So to anyone who's thinking of playing dumb at sprint, try it out, hahahahah

I just hate getting refurbs tho, they always burn in the screen.
I've been lucky,, I well say when my phone was new, got extremely hot all the time.but I've had for 6 months so far.
-jr
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yep, sprints awesome

Jackstack said:
yep, sprints awesome
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I totally agree. I gave the Sprint store tech a gift card for Christmas a few years ago... I never have problems getting to the front of the line, or issues with devices.

[Q] I flashed CM9 now i cant turn on the phone anymore

hi can someone help me i cant turn on the phone anymore i tried to clear used data and it just frose i took of the battery now i cant turn it on on download or in regular mod or in clockwork recovery any advice

majmuni said:
hi can someone help me i cant turn on the phone anymore i tried to clear used data and it just frose i took of the battery now i cant turn it on on download or in regular mod or in clockwork recovery any advice
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Normally I wouldn't answer, because this question should be posted in the Q&A board, not here, but....
You hardbricked. WHen you try to turn on the device, you just get a solid blue LED, right? That's a hardbrick. Most likely because you did not follow the instructions in the OP telling you DO NOT FLASH ROM/KERNEL FROM ANY ICS RECOVERY. Only flash from EL26 StockCWM
If you have device insurance you can get Sprint to replace it, so long as you don't tell them HOW you killed it If you DON'T pay for insurance, it'll cost $35 to replace.
Moral of the story? READ THE OP. TWICE.

well my bad thanx no way to get it to turn on

neatchee said:
If you have device insurance you can get Sprint to replace it, so long as you don't tell them HOW you killed it If you DON'T pay for insurance, it'll cost $35 to replace.
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Most of this is true. However, Sprint doesn't care HOW the phone gets bricked. I work for a Tech Store in Buffalo. If any tech/rep tells you that they won't replace a rooted/attempted root phone, call them a liar. Tell them to check Sprint's M&P's (methods and procedures).
That being said, rooting STILL voids your warranty, but Sprint is supposed to work on them. Chances are we just flash stock and work on it from there.
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dav3wash said:
Most of this is true. However, Sprint doesn't care HOW the phone gets bricked. I work for a Tech Store in Buffalo. If any tech/rep tells you that they won't replace a rooted/attempted root phone, call them a liar. Tell them to check Sprint's M&P's (methods and procedures).
That being said, rooting STILL voids your warranty, but Sprint is supposed to work on them. Chances are we just flash stock and work on it from there.
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So...how do you flash them back to stock if it gets bricked? care to share

d1msum4lyfe said:
So...how do you flash them back to stock if it gets bricked? care to share
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I manage some repair shops. Last one I saw, last Wednesday, I couldn't get it going. I only had about an hour to mess with it, but I couldn't get anything to work. I wouldn't say I had completely given up, but given my resources at the store, it wasn't happening. Neither of the 2 computers we use in the tech room would recognize the device in Odin mode (while it read other Touches in Odin mode just fine). It would recognize the device if you booted regular and let it sit on the Galaxy S screen, but flashing wouldn't work and it would never advance past that screen. We just ordered a replacement for the guy. He had flashed a ROM from an ICS kernel.
Only problems I've had on mine is losing signal and the phone going into Airplane mode on rare occasions. Power button menu will actually say it's in airplane mode, too. Turning it off usually fixes things. My phone did have LOS problem initially, but that went away once Samsung updated the modem awhile back. So, it does seem that I end up in low signal situations now and again. Currently running the FC05 modem.

d1msum4lyfe said:
So...how do you flash them back to stock if it gets bricked? care to share
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Oh if its hard bricked, we don't lol. I guess my point was more that if you bring a rooted phone into a sprint store, Mr. Hesse says we have to work on it or replace it if there's no physical or liquid damage

you did not follow the instructions in the OP telling you DO NOT FLASH ROM/KERNEL FROM ANY ICS RECOVERY. Only flash from EL26 StockCWM
Flash stock rom with odin and pit file then go from there.....

dav3wash said:
Oh if its hard bricked, we don't lol. I guess my point was more that if you bring a rooted phone into a sprint store, Mr. Hesse says we have to work on it or replace it if there's no physical or liquid damage
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Then why did the rep say I had to wait a day and speak to the store supervisor to approve a replacement?

Mattheyu said:
Then why did the rep say I had to wait a day and speak to the store supervisor to approve a replacement?
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Because the employee was a moron, doesn't know how to read, or doesn't know how to do his job properly.

Mattheyu said:
Then why did the rep say I had to wait a day and speak to the store supervisor to approve a replacement?
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Because technically you voided your warranty by flashing software to your phone... It says that everywhere there is a big difference between rooted and custom firmware.... That would be why most everyone has a USB jig to reset the flash count in download mode ....
If they can prove you had ics on it they really don't have to do anything but flag your phone as warranty void
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Epix4G said:
Because technically you voided your warranty by flashing software to your phone... It says that everywhere there is a big difference between rooted and custom firmware.... That would be why most everyone has a USB jig to reset the flash count in download mode ....
If they can prove you had ics on it they really don't have to do anything but flag your phone as warranty void
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Their system reported that it was running stock EL29 (from a rep when I asked), the ODIN flash count was zero, and it reported that it was running official Samsung firmware. I could only get a vague answer pertaining to "microcode" when I asked them to prove it.

Mattheyu said:
Their system reported that it was running stock EL29 (from a rep when I asked), the ODIN flash count was zero, and it reported that it was running official Samsung firmware. I could only get a vague answer pertaining to "microcode" when I asked them to prove it.
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Well call back and get the info so that you can at least inform us about micro code or whatever....good info is good info sorry about your phone but if you're going to be doing stuff like flashing alpha rooms you really need insurance too
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Epix4G said:
Well call back and get the info so that you can at least inform us about micro code or whatever....good info is good info sorry about your phone but if you're going to be doing stuff like flashing alpha rooms you really need insurance too
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I do have insurance, and they are now replacing it, but they refused to do it that day because the supervisor was not there.
Can you suggest a graceful way of convincing the tech who relayed this information to divulge his methods?

Mattheyu said:
I do have insurance, and they are now replacing it, but they refused to do it that day because the supervisor was not there.
Can you suggest a graceful way of convincing the tech who relayed this information to divulge his methods?
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I just ask them ... It's my phone And just tell him you would like the info if possible just be nice is usually the thing kind of BS with them
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Mattheyu said:
I do have insurance, and they are now replacing it, but they refused to do it that day because the supervisor was not there.
Can you suggest a graceful way of convincing the tech who relayed this information to divulge his methods?
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Glad to hear you're getting a replacement. I'd been think about this microcode thing, ever since you posted about it in the other thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode
I have a feeling the tech was using the word "microcode" as a synonym for the phone's firmware, taking the stance that the only way for the firmware to get wiped was if you manually flashed your phone. They're replacing your phone because 1) they really can't prove you rooted and flashed it, and the microcode thing was bull**** and 2) at the end of the day, they have to replace your phone anyways under warranty if you didn't drop it in the toilet.
If Sprint techs had some other way to identify that a phone had been manually flashed, other than the known methods, I'm quite sure the good folks at XDA would already know about it.

Galaxy S2 Bricked?

I have my phone rooted and tried to install the stock ICS though Odin3, about 5 minutes into the installation odin said that it had "Failed", now i can no longer go into the recovery. I can go into Downloading Mode but the phone is no longer being detected by windows, it does not even make a sound when i plug into the usb, i have already tried it on another pc and same thing.
What can i do about this? I am really shaken up since i just got this phone with a new 2 year contract from sprint. i have always rooted all of my phones before and have never gotten into such a serious problem.
Product Name: GT-i9100
Custom Binary Download: YES (2 Counts)
Current Binary: Samsung Official

Denny33142 said:
What can i do about this? I am really shaken up since i just got this phone with a new 2 year contract from sprint. i have always rooted all of my phones before and have never gotten into such a serious problem.
Product Name: GT-i9100
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If you got this phone through Sprint, there is ZERO chance it is a GT-I9100. The I9100 is a GSM phone. Sprint is NOT a GSM network.
Sprint markets and sells their own version of the Galaxy S2, called the Epic 4g Touch. That phone has a model number of SPH-D710, and it has a forum of its own. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1281)
If you already flashed something for the i9100, it may have already changed the boot screen and about phone screen. Check the label under the battery for the model number.

Yes I imagined that I may have flashed with a different ROM (I didn't know there were different versions of the same phone). Is there anything I can do about this?

Have you checked the model number as suggested ? If so, what is it ?
Edit to add - If you do have an Epic 4G Touch, you need to post here.

The Model Number is: SPH-D710
I am not sure if there is even a way to at least get it back to stock since i can't even get it to be detected anymore, I am still under the 14 day warranty but i am sure that if i take it to the sprint store they will know that it was my fault.

Wrong forum. Post in the Epic 4G touch Q&A forum I linked you to.
Edit to add - Can you do anything to fix the phone ? Unfortunately I doubt it. If you can't get into download mode, that means the NAND is messed up & the phone needs to be JTAG'd. Either by a 3rd party repairer (probably cheaper option) or your carrier's authorised repairer/Samsung (probably more expensive option).

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Wrong forum. Post in the Epic 4G touch Q&A forum I linked you to.
Edit to add - Can you do anything to fix the phone ? Unfortunately I doubt it. If you can't get into download mode, that means the NAND is messed up & the phone needs to be JTAG'd. Either by a 3rd party repairer (probably cheaper option) or your carrier's authorised repairer/Samsung (probably more expensive option).
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Umm he is posting in the correct forum. The XDA link you provided (http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=934) goes to the OG Epic forum.
OP can you get the phone into download mode? (power + vol down) If you can you might still be able to flash sfhub's 1 click EL29 and restore your phone to working order.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101

Esoteric68 said:
Umm he is posting in the correct forum. The XDA link you provided (http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=934) goes to the OG Epic forum.
OP can you get the phone into download mode? (power + vol down) If you can you might still be able to flash sfhub's 1 click EL29 and restore your phone to working order.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
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If he used international tar his boot loader is hosed and disabled his USB port his only thing is hope sprint replaces or pay the 50+ to have it jtag ....
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/

Epix4G said:
If he used international tar his boot loader is hosed and disabled his USB port his only thing is hope sprint replaces or pay the 50+ to have it jtag ....
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Ouch, that sucks.

Esoteric68 said:
Ouch, that sucks.
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Better than 300 on Craigslist
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It lets me go into Downloading Mode but it is not being detected through USB at all so it looks like i cannot do anything myself, this really sucks as i just got this phone with a 2 year contract .
Does anyone know if Sprint does this kind of repair In-Store? Problem is that if i send it to MobileTechVideos i will be without a phone for several days including the weekend.

Esoteric68 said:
Umm he is posting in the correct forum. The XDA link you provided (http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=934) goes to the OG Epic forum.
OP can you get the phone into download mode? (power + vol down) If you can you might still be able to flash sfhub's 1 click EL29 and restore your phone to working order.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
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FYI,this post was originally in the I9100 forum. Looks like it got moved to the right place.

Denny33142 said:
It lets me go into Downloading Mode but it is not being detected through USB at all so it looks like i cannot do anything myself, this really sucks as i just got this phone with a 2 year contract .
Does anyone know if Sprint does this kind of repair In-Store? Problem is that if i send it to MobileTechVideos i will be without a phone for several days including the weekend.
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Sprint will not jtag it Samsung can do it but will take longer . And who knows what they charge ....go to sprint maybe they will replace it say you hooked it up to kies and it said there was a update ...who knows maybe they will replace otherwise pay the rush on jtag and go buy burner phone for a couple days
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ctomgee said:
FYI,this post was originally in the I9100 forum. Looks like it got moved to the right place.
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I wondered if that was the case but the link given to him was still for the OG Epic, not the Epic Touch.
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Better than 300 on Craigslist
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Very 'glass is half full' of you and also very true, hadn't considered that. lol

Esoteric68 said:
I wondered if that was the case but the link given to him was still for the OG Epic, not the Epic Touch.
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Very 'glass is half full' of you and also very true, hadn't considered that. lol
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But that's why I still have a evo 3d just in case I brick this and I will probably keep it after I get nexus and sell my epic touch.
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Esoteric68 said:
I wondered if that was the case but the link given to him was still for the OG Epic, not the Epic Touch.
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Yeah, but he was intending it to be for the touch, based on the actual text of his post. Looks like an honest mistake. MistahBungle is usually very good at giving out info.

I feel bad for this guy, poor usb is disabled from international galaxy rom. Before you touch your phone, make sure you know what your doing first man, learn your device and everything before attempting something new especially with the GS2 since they're's a few versions of this phone.

More than a few.

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More than a few.
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You do realize that a "few" isn't a specified amount, right? if I said a couple that would be two. 10, 15, 20 different versions is not "a lot" or "a ton" other wise the Marines would change the slogan from "The (few), the proud, the Marines" to "The masses, the proud, the Marines" learn your english. A few means small amount, which is misconceived by different people, and thrown out of context due to the fact that everyone has an OPINION! on small amount. Would you like to attempt to belittle me more? Or shall I embarrass you again? Now go back to your own forum, and allow us to converse with others who have an IQ level above 12.

Pretty muched Bricked ?

Well first let me start off with I did not do this LOL
My customer decided to try and ICS out his not even 8hr old ET4G And did not call me first like I told him too. I am not a CPU oriented guy infact the only reason I even have a pc is this phone when I had an evo it was all unrevoked one click and flash a zip. Well eonugh bout that.
What we have is the "firmware interupted please select revovery in kies " with solid blue light, Normally I would odin it back to life , we whatever he did is not allowing that it doesnt seem to be connecting to the cpu at all so my question is if he didnt have usb debugging checked is there anyway to get this thing back to life?
methods already explored odin one-click and odin oc tar neither of which did anything
thanks in advance and I know he can just return it and say it was defective but I like to try and find solutions if i can its funner that way

Sounds like he flashed another SGSII (GSM) firmware. Only because Kies doesn't have recovery for the CDMA devices. lol I think your customer made a boo-boo.

I'd try the traditional odin with all the good stuff like re-partition checked.

Ascertion said:
Sounds like he flashed another SGSII (GSM) firmware. Only because Kies doesn't have recovery for the CDMA devices. lol I think your customer made a boo-boo.
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So this being the case as it seems is there anything to to with it ?

BigRitz said:
So this being the case as it seems is there anything to to with it ?
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Jtag it for like $45

Yeah mobiletechvideos.com jtag service if you can't get the phone into download mode for sure. Hopes it 's not the eMMC permanent dead chip issue.
http://www.xda-developers.com/tag/samsung-epic-4g-touch/

Bricked to the point not even a jtag can fix. Your customer should've checked around the forums before touching ICS. Take it back to Sprint.
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What crawled up that guys butt and died?

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What crawled up that guys butt and died?
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Don't feed the trolls - just report them.

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[Q] Bricked AT&T S3

After installing FoxHound ROM on Galaxy S3 i747, and it is absolutely dead now. Not even powers up. Please help. Cannot get to recovery or download either. Just black screen, no signs of life whatsoever.
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michaelkagan said:
After installing FoxHound ROM on Galaxy S3 i747, and it is absolutely dead now. Not even powers up. Please help. Cannot get to recovery or download either. Just black screen, no signs of life whatsoever.
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Can you provide a link to the ROM?

That's an i9300 ROM.

scorpion667 said:
That's an i9300 ROM.
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That's what I thought. Sounds like a hard brick if you can't get to recovery or download mode. Search out mobiletechvideos they offer j-tag services and I have seen them recommended on here often.

The OP made a mistake and now needs help to fix it.
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or you can send to samsung for warranty repair, thats what i had to do.

Just go to att service center and get a replacement. That's it. That's what I.did with my skyrocket
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I heard you can pull battery and then attempt to get into download mode from there from a thread long ago.
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Few days ago I just started installing ROMs for the first time on my rooted AT&T S3. Starting with CM10, then JellyBam, and so forth testing/trying out one at a time. I was clearing dalvik and wiping cache before and after installing each ROM. Each ROM worked fine until I finally reached the fourth or fifth ROM called Foxhound and that's when my phone when to crap. I went through the install and after it rebooted my screen went blank and never came back on. Unable to get into CWM or Download Mode, I did battery pull and also plugged via USB into my PC it still won't boot. I read that the USB jig works on the Galaxy S3, already ordered and waiting for it to come in. If that doesn't work then I'm gonna have to send it in for JTAG repair. I already read off another site that someone encountered the same issue and the USB jig didn't work (this is after I already ordered it) so I'm crossing my fingers.
And this is all because of Samsung Allshare Play isn't compatible with CM10 because it works off touchwiz. So I was looking for a touchwiz based ROM and heard about Foxhound. Once I get my phone back up I'm going to try Jedi Invasion ROM as I heard some good reviews.

KryptonKal-El said:
Few days ago I just started installing ROMs for the first time on my rooted AT&T S3. Starting with CM10, then JellyBam, and so forth testing/trying out one at a time. I was clearing dalvik and wiping cache before and after installing each ROM. Each ROM worked fine until I finally reached the fourth or fifth ROM called Foxhound and that's when my phone when to crap. I went through the install and after it rebooted my screen went blank and never came back on. Unable to get into CWM or Download Mode, I did battery pull and also plugged via USB into my PC it still won't boot. I read that the USB jig works on the Galaxy S3, already ordered and waiting for it to come in. If that doesn't work then I'm gonna have to send it in for JTAG repair. I already read off another site that someone encountered the same issue and the USB jig didn't work (this is after I already ordered it) so I'm crossing my fingers.
And this is all because of Samsung Allshare Play isn't compatible with CM10 because it works off touchwiz. So I was looking for a touchwiz based ROM and heard about Foxhound. Once I get my phone back up I'm going to try Jedi Invasion ROM as I heard some good reviews.
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Foxhound is for the i9300 as stated above so JTAG is probably your only option! In the future double check to make sure the ROM you are flashing is for your device!
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Someone's your I download mode but phone looks off and screen black. Keep it hooked to Odin to check once it's connected.taken me two days before to fix a bricked phone two hundred trys with screen black but it worked once.
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xxsicknessxx said:
Someone's your I download mode but phone looks off and screen black. Keep it hooked to Odin to check once it's connected.taken me two days before to fix a bricked phone two hundred trys with screen black but it worked once.
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sometimes, xxsicknessxx, i dont know wtf you're saying. its all good, though. cheers

xxsicknessxx said:
Someone's your I download mode but phone looks off and screen black. Keep it hooked to Odin to check once it's connected.taken me two days before to fix a bricked phone two hundred trys with screen black but it worked once.
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Lmao I think I might understand. Sometimes even though the screen is black you can still do the button combo for download mode and it'll actually go into it even though you can't see that it went into download mode. Then plug in usb and hopefully Odin will recognize that you're in download mode and you'll be able to flash stock rom lol
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xBeerdroiDx said:
sometimes, xxsicknessxx, i dont know wtf you're saying. its all good, though. cheers
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I second that, can you repeat that please? Something about hundred tries...? Lol (seriously though)
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drock212 said:
Lmao I think I might understand. Sometimes even though the screen is black you can still do the button combo for download mode and it'll actually go into it even though you can't see that it went into download mode. Then plug in usb and hopefully Odin will recognize that you're in download mode and you'll be able to flash stock rom lol
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Correct me if I'm wrong, after the combo press to get into download mode, don't you have to press either Vol Up or Vol Dn to continue into download mode? If so which one?

KryptonKal-El said:
I second that, can you repeat that please? Something about hundred tries...? Lol (seriously though)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, after the combo press to get into download mode, don't you have to press either Vol Up or Vol Dn to continue into download mode? If so which one?
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Wilcox12 said:
Foxhound is for the i9300 as stated above so JTAG is probably your only option! In the future double check to make sure the ROM you are flashing is for your device!
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*Update*
I received the USB Jig and it did not work. Will be sending it in for JTAG repair in a few days. I have also been thinking about taking the phone back to the AT&T store and give them a bs story about it just stop working all of a sudden and get it replaced since I'm still under the 1yr warranty. But then again I hate refurbished replacements so I'll might as well send it in for repair.............???

KryptonKal-El said:
*Update*
I received the USB Jig and it did not work. Will be sending it in for JTAG repair in a few days. I have also been thinking about taking the phone back to the AT&T store and give them a bs story about it just stop working all of a sudden and get it replaced since I'm still under the 1yr warranty. But then again I hate refurbished replacements so I'll might as well send it in for repair.............???
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Search around on here for warranty replacements. I've read a few threads where people have hard bricked and returned to AT&T for warranty replacements. One thing to keep in mind tho, if they were to look into and see that it was because you were modifying your device, after a few weeks you would have a fat 600$ charge on your bill.. I'm not saying its out of the question. Just read a lot and see what other peoples results were first!
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Wilcox12 said:
Foxhound is for the i9300 as stated above so JTAG is probably your only option! In the future double check to make sure the ROM you are flashing is for your device!
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Yeah, not to make the OP feel bad ( I feel your pain, really) but this should be a warning to all new flashers (myself included).
The International uses a quad core processor, and the AT&T uses a dual core. Not even close to being the same hardware and flashing the wrong rom is an invitation for disaster. This is not the first instance of this I have read either.
I know there is a tendency to say peeps need to watch what they're doing, but a big warning label would be nice, since the S3 comes in 2 hardware flavors.
I hope you get this worked out with a jig. I have read you can rig one up yourself if you're handy, but I have not seen the instructions to do so.
If you can get back in, I can personally verify that this rom flashes back to stock unrooted. Be sure to clear your cache too.

Michael503 said:
a big warning label would be nice, since the S3 comes in 2 hardware flavors..
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a big warning label (bigger than what they already post) is not necessary, nor is it the devs responsibility to baby-proof everything. if you find yourself hunting around the internet on 12 different sites, looking for rooting guides and roms for the S3, you're wrong. stick to one place, like xda. know your model number, make sure you're in the right forum, read over the kernel/rom page to ensure you're flashing the files meant for your device.
a "big warning label" would only be encouraging the large amount of spoon-feeding that so many (noobs and lazy peeps) on this forum already expect and somebody would still flash the wrong file like an idiot.
cheers

xBeerdroiDx said:
a big warning label (bigger than what they already post) is not necessary, nor is it the devs responsibility to baby-proof everything. if you find yourself hunting around the internet on 12 different sites, looking for rooting guides and roms for the S3, you're wrong. stick to one place, like xda. know your model number, make sure you're in the right forum, read over the kernel/rom page to ensure you're flashing the files meant for your device.
a "big warning label" would only be encouraging the large amount of spoon-feeding that so many (noobs and lazy peeps) on this forum already expect and somebody would still flash the wrong file like an idiot.
cheers
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I see you joined back in November. How'd you get so wise so fast?
No, I agree that it not the devs responsibility to make sure no one makes a mistake, still, for a phone that comes with 2 different mainboards, it might be a courtesy, just in case the user has misplaced one of the half dozen or so tabs he/she has open in their browser after power surfing for an hour. The OP made a mistake. It happens. Calling him (or me) an idiot or lazy, is neither helpful, or polite.
cheers right back atcha!