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Am I having Software or Hardware issues?

I have a Samsung Epic 4g that I have flashed to cricket, and I am having significant problems with the phone. It initially worked fine, but it eventually started shutting off on its own, dropping calls, and other issues. I thought it might be one of the battery saving programs I had tried, so I re-flashed the phone to a different Rom. The problems continued, so I tried to flash the CWM El30 to FC09, but it gave errors and would not process. I am also unable to install Google Apps, and the PlayStore would not load but gave connection errors.
I am leaving for a business trip tomorrow, and need to know if this is a hardware problem or a software problem that can be somehow fixed, so I can get a replacement phone. Does anyone have suggestions on how to fix the software issues, or ??????

johnmbailey said:
I have a Samsung Epic 4g that I have flashed to cricket, and I am having significant problems with the phone. It initially worked fine, but it eventually started shutting off on its own, dropping calls, and other issues. I thought it might be one of the battery saving programs I had tried, so I re-flashed the phone to a different Rom. The problems continued, so I tried to flash the CWM El30 to FC09, but it gave errors and would not process. I am also unable to install Google Apps, and the PlayStore would not load but gave connection errors.
I am leaving for a business trip tomorrow, and need to know if this is a hardware problem or a software problem that can be somehow fixed, so I can get a replacement phone. Does anyone have suggestions on how to fix the software issues, or ??????
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if it gives you issues on stock fc09 i would say hardware. flash to fc09 stock from here and try. remember to click reset partition if you are on a bmt rom.

[Q] Help!

Hey guys, so it turns out that I am one of the unlucky ones who experience the WiFi always "turning on".... :eek
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do.
I bought my phone on ebay, and initially it was working great but only after I flashed miui rom I got the WiFi issue... Ever since that no matter what I do it still does work!
I have no receipt since I got the second hand on ebay, and what can I do guys?! I

flash the stock images.

Zepius said:
flash the stock images.
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I've done that, i did the full stock image using odin and still no luck any other suggestions?

Try to wipe all and flash a different rom

[Q] Am I hosed?

I've been working off and on for a week on this and I'm guessing I'm out of luck but figured I'd ask just in case I missed something on here.
I've been attempting to resurrect my father's GNex. He had it working fine -- stock 4.2.2 via OTA updates - it's never even been unlocked -- and then suddenly it gets stuck in a bootloop. He tried resetting it back to factory settings but it continued the loop -- would get as far as the language selection screen and then would reboot.
I attempted to unlock/reflash using the toolkit and it would get stuck on flashing the CDMA radio -- will hang for hours if I let it. I've tried the current 4.2.2 build, the original 4.0.4 using the GalazyNexusRestore utility, and everything in between. I've tried flashing the radios via CWM as well.
Of course I only attempted this myself (I've been rooting and installing ROMs since the G1) because the warranty ran out in August. Is there anything else I can try before giving him the bad news?

first of all have you tried odin? (basically its samsungs flashing tool)
second of all is a verizon gnex or sprint? (both are cdma)
for verizon try this- http://www.galaxynexusforum.com/forum/rescue-squad/4707-how-return-stock-using-odin-vzw-lte-only.html
for sprint try googling for "sprint galaxy nexus stock odin files" (mainly all you need are the correct files for sprint and the guide in the verizon post should work)

Finally got around to trying Odin. Just gave it a go (I've got a verizon phone) and it failed on radio.img.
I assume that there's nothing else that can be done?

Stock rom problem ... is there a fix?

Hi guys. I am stuck at an impasse here and I know someone here will be able to help.
My wife and I just bought two Samsung Galaxy 2 Epics (refurbished) from the retailer Glyde. I purchased from them because they are partnered with my new carrier, Ting.
My phone activated and ported my number with no issues. Everything works perfectly.
Her phone appeared to activate and then rebooted. It will not go past the Sprint 4G animated opening. I have rebooted, wiped cache, and done factory reset. Still ... 4G logo animation appears and the screen either goes black (appears to shut down) or it just stays on the 4G logo without moving on and then a few minutes later goes black. The phone worked fine before we tried to activate it. It logged in her gmail and connected to wifi.
I am able to get to recovery mode. I was probably going to root and cyanogenmod mine. In your opinion, would this type of action possibly correct the problem with her phone? Is it possible to root and flash the original stock rom in a situation like this? Would that even work seeing that factory reset did no good?
I have contacted Glyde and am waiting - they may or may not replace. If they do replace that is a 2-3 week turn-around. I would rather work some magic here, if possible.
Thoughts and help are appreciated!
Brian

You might have to Odin a stock rom most likely
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9/10 Times if you can Odin it, you can fix it. BUT, restoring to stock via Odin will break your flash.
Chances are your flash is already cracked up a little.
A simple cricket nv gen google search combined with Odin, drivers, and DFS Tool. You'll be able to get it back up and running smoothly.
And if your device was on a stock rooted ROM, and you have a custom recovery, then flash a 4.1.2 Custom touchwiz ROM. That way, no programming will be lost.
If you decide to flash an AOSP/AOKP ROM like Cyanogen you could possibly break your flash.
2 cents.

fixed
Would you guys believe it was the battery? It was. I swapped batteries and the other phone started doing the same thing. Battery replaced and problem solved. I guess I panicked, but it sure seemed like a software issue. Thanks for the advice.

OH1 recovery image -or- help getting back to stock firmware

Hi folks. Admitted Noob here asking for help.
[backstory]
After many years resistance I finally decided to get a phone. Freedompop's free plan was enough to push me over the fence. Found a nice S3 (L710VPUDOH1) on ebay and bought it. Everything was fine...except the stock rom had so much crap in it I was about to have a seizure. Back in the day I had put CM on a nookcolor so I thought that was the way to go. I consulted with a friend who assured me that CM played nicely with freedompop so down the rabbit hole I went.
[the first sign of trouble]
Installing CM went fine. Odin. Heimdall. I installed the latest clockwork mod touch recovery (6.0.4.5). Then I installed the latest CM snapshot (cm-12.1-20151117-SNAPSHOT-YOG7DAO1K7-d2spr.zip) and the appropriate gapps. Worked great. Nice and fast, good configuration options, no bloat....but it couldn't connect up to the 3g/4g network. Freedompop worked as long as WiFi was on and would not otherwise. Crap. What's the point of a cell phone if I have to have a WiFi hotspot???
Some googling revealed that the APNs were wrong so I tried that route. I was able to get LTE working but never got 3G. I live out in the boonies, so 3G is kinda important. Also found that CM breaks Sprint's PRL auto update which doesn't seem too happy.
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So, I decided to go back to the factory ROM and see how FP worked as I dutifully made a backup before installing CM. Now the SHTF. When I restore from backup in CWM (followed by a factory wipe data and cache to avoid the boot loop) the ROM cannot connect to Sprint's network. Doesn't know its IEMI or much of anything. It does connect up to wifi, log into my google account, get my paid apps, etc....but still no phone.
I installed Kies and attempted to restore/upgrade firmware (non-emergency mode). Kies got to about 66% and said there was an unexpected error. I'm guessing it didn't like the custom recovery and just plain quit on me. Was worried that I'd made a brick but alas I could still get to download mode. </bullet dodged>
I would like to put the phone back to stock (including recovery) but I have no factory recovery image. Does anyone have a recovery image for L710VPUDOH1? Alternatively, is there any harm in flashing the full ND8 onto the phone even though it had OH1 running before? I seem to remember reading things about bricking phones when trying to downgrade....which is in effect what I would be doing.
Any other suggestions about how to get back to stock would be most appreciated.
TIA

You can flash nd8. Nj2 is newer though. I don't think anyone has captured the oh1 tar yet. The only thing you should not do is flash anything before nd8 (pre Knox) like mk3 or older. Which is jellybean anyways so....
Hope this helps.

Yes, thank you; that was exactly what I needed to know.
I have a working phone at the moment so stock is not necessary required. For others that may be interested I flashed in Wicked X 8.2. From there the phone once again knew its IMEI and I was able to carrier reset and get it activated with Freedom Pop.