My phone bricked trying to flash a new rom. My screen doesnt light nor will it go into download mode. Only the blue led lights up. Anyone know if the jig will bring it back to life?
Jmelendez1 said:
My phone bricked trying to flash a new rom. My screen doesnt light nor will it go into download mode. Only the blue led lights up. Anyone know if the jig will bring it back to life?
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No sorry dude your hard bricked, gotta send it to be j-tagged or replace the phone
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No sorry dude your hard bricked, gotta send it to be j-tagged or replace the phone
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What are you talking about...
The point of a USB jig is to save your phone after a hard brick.
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What are you talking about...
The point of a USB jig is to save your phone after a hard brick.
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Not when your data partition is FUBAR, which unfortunately may be the case here.
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What are you talking about...
The point of a USB jig is to save your phone after a hard brick.
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You really don't know anything at all do you?
A jigg will only save you if download mode is accessible, when flashing anything ICS incorrectly or using CWM touch you could easily destroy your partition, this means no more boot, no more odin no nada. The emmc chip is a gonner except with j-tag. If you don't know anything, you shouldn't speak, a usb jigg is for soft brick, not hard brick hence the terminology soft brick (repairable) hard brick (unrepairable) read my thread before your screw yourself too. if you don't believe me just try it, and then test your lil fancy jigg then you can hit the thanks button for knocking some knowledge into you noob.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Actually you could've just corrected/linked me without this "better than thou" attitude that XDA is infamous for. Thanks for being the shining example.
OP: My bad, I was wrong and I guess you're effed. Statik was right.
Damn that sucks. This is one of the reasons I don't like hacking my device.
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Actually you could've just corrected/linked me without this "better than thou" attitude that XDA is infamous for. Thanks for being the shining example.
OP: My bad, I was wrong and I guess you're effed. Statik was right.
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Just exerting the same attitude I felt I was given, I apologize, I probably perceived your words differently then you imagined they were meant.
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Just exerting the same attitude I felt I was given, I apologize, I probably perceived your words differently then you imagined they were meant.
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That's most likely the case. Waking up early for a midterm and then posting late that same night does that to me... I'm sorry.
Time to sleep this all away.
Don't let one little thing deter you from rooting and hacking, the upsides heavily outweigh the down sides. I did a little research and these guys will fix your phone for 50 bucks: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
I'm quite surprised that i actually bricked. I've been downloading roms since i owned the thing. Always soft bricked with no issues. First time i tried to download Cyanogen mod. and boom, gone. I ordered a JiG to try out anyway. Will report back when i get it. Will try Jtag if it doesnt work. Thanks guys.
Good luck
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Jmelendez1 said:
I'm quite surprised that i actually bricked. I've been downloading roms since i owned the thing. Always soft bricked with no issues. First time i tried to download Cyanogen mod. and boom, gone. I ordered a JiG to try out anyway. Will report back when i get it. Will try Jtag if it doesnt work. Thanks guys.
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Yup. Screwed. I had the exact same problem. Josh at mobiletech gave it his best but it was something about the motherboard being ****d but hey, he did offer to do the replacement if I could find the part. But meh, I chalked it up, decided it was time for a contract/insurance (was using an e4gt flashed to cricket) and got my new one today and had AOKP running smooth 30 mins later
And!!! I have a fancy paperweight!
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my phone wont start again after i flashed that Rom, its for Gt-I9100 International version, they phone wont boot at all, and when i plug it to the usb the computer ask me to install: QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Please any help
Can u get into dl mode
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Also this should be in general
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no deosnt boot at all ?????
People would be more likely to help you if you posted in the correct place.
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You flashed an i9100 rom?!!?! I'm blown away. Why...why...why? Why in god's name would you do that? We have completely different hardware, of course your phone won't boot. Dude...
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There's a really good chance you're hard-bricked.
As a warning to other people out there who are just starting to do this stuff. DO NOT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT IS IS EASY THAT YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT READING OR LEARNING ANYTHING. We here at XDA are all for helping people but this OP clearly did not read about flashing, read about what our phone is compared to the international version, or even do a search before posting this because then he would know how to attempt to get it into download mode and odin new firmware onto the device. We're not your personal, 24-hour tech support. If you want that, do not expect us to do it for free. If you genuinely want to learn about things and want someone to teach you how to fix something you did wrong, we'll be happy to do that. I'm going to repeat this one more time for effect:
We are not your personal, 24-hour/7-days-a-week, free tech support.
Yea. Im not gonna preach because i bricked my first phone yesterday :/
But its very important we dont flash software from other phones. This phone is different than any other Samsung and GS2 out there. You can often recover a phone if you flash the wrong rom, apparently that will not be the case on this phone..
If you cant get into recovery or dl mode theres no chance of a recovery. Sorry. Recovery can be accessed by pulling the battery, putting it back in, holding volume up and down and power all at the same time. Release the power button while continuing to hold both volume buttons ONLY if the samsung logo pops up. If nothing, try dl mode. That is done by pulling battery, putting it back in. Hold volume up and down while inserting the usb cord. If it does nothing your pretty much sol.
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this is my first android phone and you best believe that i would rather be put in a sweat box with 10 sumo wrestlers and have to clean and floss some ass before I flash add rom or anything else that has to do with rooting this phone that didnt have t989 in it or that wasn't confirmed by plenty of devs... just saying dont really understand how someone thats been a member for over a year and has cleary had years of exp with andriod phones would do this..... unless hes about 13 yrs old and wanted to run around his school saying i got mine rooted i got mine rooted..
mikeyinid said:
Yea. Im not gonna preach because i bricked my first phone yesterday :/
But its very important we dont flash software from other phones. This phone is different than any other Samsung and GS2 out there. You can often recover a phone if you flash the wrong rom, apparently that will not be the case on this phone..
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How did you do that? I want to make sure I don't do the same thing when I root or flash a rom
You are hard bricked. Needs a non existent jtag to repair. Pray that connexion learns to unbrick them.
Also, WHY???? Please click on the word friend in my signature.
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alibox87 said:
my phone wont start again after i flashed that Rom, its for Gt-I9100 International version, they phone wont boot at all, and when i plug it to the usb the computer ask me to install: QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Please any help
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Dude....., there is good chance you hard bricked your phone your only option is (JTAG).
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
I flashed a kernel using the mount point for epic touch. Not sure which partition it actually flashed to but as soon as it flashed the phone shutdown and wouldnt do anything. Part of trying to get things going here we now know the right partition to flash a kernel too just working on the path.
Jjday7 said:
How did you do that? I want to make sure I don't do the same thing when I root or flash a rom
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Idk if someone already mentioned this but try this:
1.Pull battery out
2.Download Odin 1.85 or above
3.Install drivers
4.Open Odin.exe
5.Put your battery back in to the phone
6.While holding both volume keys, plug the USB in and if your phone goes into.download mode then you are set and can pick up all the stock stuff and flash it via Odin.
And if that doesn't work then you will need a jig to get into download and I dnt knw if someone had made one yet or not.
alibox87 said:
my phone wont start again after i flashed that Rom, its for Gt-I9100 International version, they phone wont boot at all, and when i plug it to the usb the computer ask me to install: QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Please any help
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Ouch
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Goodluck.. I had my first hard brick long time ago when I flashed my moto razr with the firmware for moto razr v3i.
this is rhetorical by why even reply to someone's stupidity its plain and simple all it takes is a little bit of ****ing reading! jesus christ! topics like this annoy the crap out of me and should be deleted ! im not cool with helping someone that doesn't help themselves first sorry !
I wouldn't be so quick. Difficult and unexpected situations happen to all of us I am sure.
From the original post, I think OP may have an international version of the SGS2, and flashed the T989 Rom. He's just looking for a way back.
goldeman said:
this is rhetorical by why even reply to someone's stupidity its plain and simple all it takes is a little bit of ****ing reading! jesus christ! topics like this annoy the crap out of me and should be deleted ! im not cool with helping someone that doesn't help themselves first sorry !
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i understand that! ive bricked a phone because i DIDNT READ. and even then i still didnt make a topic of it ... i tried every way possible to recover, when that didnt work i took the phone back. Seriously if you can type you can obviously read. trust me it helps.
So i was stupid and tried to install vilian rom on my sgs2 which apparently is not for the t989. Now phone wont turn on or do anything. Is it completly bricked?
iunno if this helps but when i plug it into computer still makes noise like its connected =/ nothing on screen tho
Sorarn said:
So i was stupid and tried to install vilian rom on my sgs2 which apparently is not for the t989. Now phone wont turn on or do anything. Is it completly bricked?
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Try to put your phone in download mode, using the key combination (volume up/volume down) at the same time, then plug in your USB cable that will put you in download mode, and then use Odin to flash Bubby stock kernel. If you have access to recovery, (volume up/volume down/power) and let go the power as soon you can see the Samsung logo, then just flash the last ROM you were using before your mistake. This is if you already have a ROM that you can flash via CWM in the SDCARD of your phone. If you don't have a CWM ROM in your SD Card ODIN is your best friend. Hope this can help you.
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cant turn on or anything or get into download mode odin doesnt seem to be recognizing it. it asks for qhsusb dload drivers which from what ive read means brick?
Sorarn said:
So i was stupid and tried to install vilian rom on my sgs2 which apparently is not for the t989. Now phone wont turn on or do anything. Is it completly bricked?
iunno if this helps but when i plug it into computer still makes noise like its connected =/ nothing on screen tho
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One Web site.... www.mobiletechvideos.com
The way I see it we all screw up but having the balls to take a risk to hack your device... There's no shame in that. Just read up on things before. N s who they will be able to restore your phone for 40 to 50 bucks
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yes t was a stupid mistake, anyway is that the only thing to send it out? no other way
Sorarn said:
yes t was a stupid mistake, anyway is that the only thing to send it out? no other way
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You can try to exchange calling Tmobile and tell them that something wierd happen to your phone, and you don't know what is going on. Don't tell them about the flashing; that happened to me one time with my Vibrant, and they exchanged no questions asked. No charges or fees. Hope this can help you.
parusia said:
You can try to exchange calling Tmobile and tell them that something wierd happen to your phone, and you don't know what is going on. Don't tell them about the flashing; that happened to me one time with my Vibrant, and they exchanged no questions asked. No charges or fees. Hope this can help you.
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Yeah. If you're within your 14 days, this maybe a good option. The Apple store was great for this also.
good luck & keep us posted!
dont think im inside the 14days more like a month. i may give that a shot still tho take it in and ***** a little just say i went to turn it on in the morning and nothing. see what happens if not ill send it out and let you know how that goes
so update as promised, took it to tmobile today they tried switching the battery out thats all and he goes well i guess this is why we get warrentys so i get a free one over nighted will be here tomorrow
Sorarn said:
so update as promised, took it to tmobile today they tried switching the battery out thats all and he goes well i guess this is why we get warrentys so i get a free one over nighted will be here tomorrow
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Nice! New phone, over night shipping, and lesson learned! I'm still waiting for my phone to be mailed here... They say Wednesday
Nice, Samsung loses some money, the world dies due to carbon emissions from delivery and you get a replacement phone for the one you broke.
Bravo
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the guy at the store said this was the first galaxy s 2 returned there for any issues haha
Sorarn said:
the guy at the store said this was the first galaxy s 2 returned there for any issues haha
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They are trained to say that. If you call tech support they will also say the same thing.. Which is highly doubtful that out of the millions of customers you would be the first with phone issues.
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Need a answer not a polititian
Towle said:
They are trained to say that. If you call tech support they will also say the same thing.. Which is highly doubtful that out of the millions of customers you would be the first with phone issues.
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OK SO HOW ABOUT US WHO BOUGHT AND PAID FOR OURS ? I HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO MY FAMILY MOBILE AND THERE ARE NO WARRANTY FRAUD CLAIMS FOR ME WILL A USB JIG FIX THIS PROBLEM IM THINKING SO AND I DAMN SURE AINT ABOUT TO PAY ANYONE $50 TO DO THE SAME THING I CAN DO JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THAT WILL WORK BEFORE I WASTE ANYMORE TIME MESSING AROUND. P.S. DONT DOWNLOAD PA DIRTY UNICORNS 4.4.2 FOR SHG T989 FROM "GALAXY S2 ROOT.COM" THIS IS WHAT BRICKED MINE IVE HAD A SGH T989 SINCE THEY WERE RELEASED AND ITS ALWAYS BEEN ROOTED AND I CANT TELL YOU HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF ROMS RECOVERIES KERNELS IVE FLASHED AND I HAVE NEVER EVER DONE ANYTHINBG TO THIS PHONE I COULDNT FIX ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WHICH IS WHY I CONTINUE TO USE IT. WITH THAT SAID I HAVE TO WONDER IS IT KIT KATs DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE THIS EVEN POSSIBLE TO OCCUR OR IS MAX LEE HAD ONE TOO MANY WHEN HE POSTED THIS ROM TO THE SITE????.........
First, easy on the caps friend.
Second, your taking your life (phones anyway) flashing anything not on XDA....made by reputable devs.
Darth said:
First, easy on the caps friend.
Second, your taking your life (phones anyway) flashing anything not on XDA....made by reputable devs.
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My phone is cant boot up
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Sorarn said:
So i was stupid and tried to install vilian rom on my sgs2 which apparently is not for the t989. Now phone wont turn on or do anything. Is it completly bricked?
iunno if this helps but when i plug it into computer still makes noise like its connected =/ nothing on screen tho
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*Gasp* same here i installed some mediatech celluar drivers on the phone and it just stopped working and the sound it makes use another port or cord it will stop making the sound if you have found a solution please tell me
L3G1TN00BZ said:
*Gasp* same here i installed some mediatech celluar drivers on the phone and it just stopped working and the sound it makes use another port or cord it will stop making the sound if you have found a solution please tell me
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He replaced his phone, it's the fastest and easiest way
my phone was on aokp and fine but i decided i just wanted to go back to the blazer i had
i boot into recovery and im in my cwm recovery (not rogue)
but when i go to wipe/factor reset the screen flashes its stock recover with the little green android in the background and freezes there
i think WTF? no biggie i pop out battery just boot into recovery again and start over
nope doesnt work im stuck on samsung galaxy s screen with yellow triangle
finally get home to comp and go into odin mode try to flash stock ek02 and that doesnt work just gets me stuck at data
so i try it without data and that works but now it just bootloops
so now i dont know if im brick'd or just in some boot loop
any help would be great!!!
hope everything i typed makes sense if not ill clarify
dont know what to tell ya man....im in a hole right now and i see no light either...
i was on codename and the phone was fine for a whole day and a half. i uncderclocked it to 800mhz and undervolted 100mv and the phone ran beautiful for a day and a half. then all of a sudden like two hours ago it froze. went in to a bootloop. trying to figure this out right now...odin wont recognize my phone at alllllll
damn man that is certainly worse than my situation not
seems like ics isnt as stable as we hope haha, but man idk why my phone get stuck when flashing the data.img in odin it never gets past this... im thinking its bricked which really sucks but just gotta roll with the punches... if anyone can help please do ill be up a little while longer
Yeah its bricked.
ross4747 said:
damn man that is certainly worse than my situation not
seems like ics isnt as stable as we hope haha, but man idk why my phone get stuck when flashing the data.img in odin it never gets past this... im thinking its bricked which really sucks but just gotta roll with the punches... if anyone can help please do ill be up a little while longer
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ICS isn't unstable you just messed up basically. This is why you should read the brick threads and warnings first about flashing between ICS. And gingerbread. Your phone sounds like it's bricked. Sorry dude.
As for the guy with the boot loop. You're probably not bricked you just need to try and get into download mode and odin a stock rooted rom. How long did you pull the battery for?
Under volting can cause boot loops but your issue could be a combination. I would post in the brick thread. Someone experienced with that problem can help you.
I recommend pulling the battery and waiting an hour or so then redo it.
Good luck!
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LordJummy said:
ICS isn't unstable you just messed up basically. This is why you should read the brick threads and warnings first about flashing between ICS. And gingerbread. Your phone sounds like it's bricked. Sorry dude.
As for the guy with the boot loop. You're probably not bricked you just need to try and get into download mode and odin a stock rooted rom. How long did you pull the battery for?
Under volting can cause boot loops but your issue could be a combination. I would post in the brick thread. Someone experienced with that problem can help you.
I recommend pulling the battery and waiting an hour or so then redo it.
Good luck!
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ya i tried man...but odin doesnt recognize my phone... im thinking its the LG usb cable i have. i read somewhere that the pins inside the acttual cable arent the same as the E4GTs cable. so tomorrow im gonna get my stock cable.
Carbajal3009 said:
ya i tried man...but odin doesnt recognize my phone... im thinking its the LG usb cable i have. i read somewhere that the pins inside the acttual cable arent the same as the E4GTs cable. so tomorrow im gonna get my stock cable.
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That's possible if its some proprietary cable. These phones use a standard mini USB to USB so any standard generic cable should work. I use a really thick and durable Logitech cable that came with a mouse, or sometimes a generic super long one I have that's like 10 feet
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Ok u guys to to read the OP again for what your flashing you cannot flash any ROM from ICS right now it has a high risk of brick if your going to flash an ICS ROM the best bet is from a cwm based kernal like EL26 not Rogue and you shud be back on GB so use one of SFhub packages it takes an extra 10 minutes tops
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MJHawaii said:
Ok u guys to to read the OP again for what your flashing you cannot flash any ROM from ICS right now it has a high risk of brick if your going to flash an ICS ROM the best bet is from a cwm based kernal like EL26 not Rogue
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Wow. Now you're spreading more misinformation. You certainly can flash roms from ICS recovery its just not 100% safe in all versions and flavors.
Its generally user error that's causing the bricks. The OP will usually claim he did everything perfect but 99% of the time it comes out sooner or later they did something wrong out of haste or neglect.
You're not necessarily helping though with your false info. No offense intended I just don't want you further confusing some poor noob who takes your word...
And just to further clarify: yes odin'ing stock EL26 is safer than flashing from ICS based CWM.
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Carbajal3009 said:
dont know what to tell ya man....im in a hole right now and i see no light either...
i was on codename and the phone was fine for a whole day and a half. i uncderclocked it to 800mhz and undervolted 100mv and the phone ran beautiful for a day and a half. then all of a sudden like two hours ago it froze. went in to a bootloop. trying to figure this out right now...odin wont recognize my phone at alllllll
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Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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MJHawaii said:
Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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Apparently you're not reading the entire thread lol. Scroll up man.
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LordJummy said:
Wow. Now you're spreading more misinformation. You certainly can flash roms from ICS recovery its just not 100% safe in all versions and flavors.
Its generally user error that's causing the bricks. The OP will usually claim he did everything perfect but 99% of the time it comes out sooner or later they did something wrong out of haste or neglect.
You're not necessarily helping though with your false info. No offense intended I just don't want you further confusing some poor noob who takes your word...
And just to further clarify: yes odin'ing stock EL26 is safer than flashing from ICS based CWM.
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as i said you cannot flash anything from ICS without running a risk of bricking your phone its a known issue
Goodnight jummy:what:
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as i said you cannot flash anything from ICS without running a risk of bricking your phone its a known issue
Goodnight jummy:what:
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No. You just flat out said you can't flash from ICS CWM. I was clarifying that is not true. Don't take it personally.
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OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
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And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
@Carbajal, yes it's your LG cable. I have same problem with same cable (from Optimus S). Sammy cable will fix it if you still have it. I forget the specific reason why but in layman's terms it was explained to me that the Sammy cable may have a longer pin which triggers the recognition. If you search the Q&A forum you should be able to find the thread.
MJHawaii said:
Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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i cant get the odin program to see my phone!! i can get into DL mode but am not able to flash anything through it...why?? i tried two different computers and three different cables but no go
Carbajal3009 said:
i cant get the odin program to see my phone!! i can get into DL mode but am not able to flash anything through it...why?? i tried two different computers and three different cables but no go
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As you didn't clarify it before, did you try the Sammy cable provided with the phone? If that isn't doing it you may want to check Device Manager (assuming Win PC) and make sure nothing is disabled or not working properly. I mention this as it happened to me once when I tried to reassign the COM ports to use CDMA Workshop.
garwynn said:
@Carbajal, yes it's your LG cable. I have same problem with same cable (from Optimus S). Sammy cable will fix it if you still have it. I forget the specific reason why but in layman's terms it was explained to me that the Sammy cable may have a longer pin which triggers the recognition. If you search the Q&A forum you should be able to find the thread.
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Word!
It freaked me out when I first tested this phone months ago since I came from Optimus S also. Didn't want to unpack all the accessories so just used the cable that came with the LG Optimus S, would charge, but no data. Thought the USB port on the E4GT was busted. Then tried 2 more LG Optimus S cables with the same result. Was about to return the phone when on a whim unpacked the flimsy looking Samsung cable and voila, it worked.
That flimsy looking Samsung cable has gotten me through over 300 flashes now w/o ever having a cable related problem.
garwynn said:
OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
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ross, this is your problem. i'm in the same boat. in that thread, someone was able to repartition the /data partition to his sdcard and it worked (albeit at the cost of sdcard space). worth a shot, but keep up with that thread as it's pretty active.
Thanks guys who inputed about that LG cable. I took me a while to find my original sammy cable!! but my phone workds again and im soooooo happy. Thanks a bunch.
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garwynn said:
OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
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I did this sunday morning, trying out AOKP. Read that there was a possibility for corruption, did it anyway. after deciding it was too buggy for my liking as a daily driver, i attempted to go back. Tried my USB Jig with no luck.
Took it into Sprint on Monday, an hour later the tech tells me its toast. (Tell me something I don't know). I tried so hard to weasel out a new White model.
I've got a refurb'd black model and i'm suspecting there's a few issues with it. Its completely stock, no root. I've had to reboot four times today already from not turning on or coming out of sleep. Then every so often the phone will not stop vibrating during a haptic feedback response. I've turned haptic and vibrate off, but it still locks up on occasion. Funny but weird as hell. Probably gonna take it in later this week and try my luck again at getting a new model.
so every time i try to turn on my phone the blue led light goes on and wont turn off till i remove battery. so the screen wont turn on and i cant really do anything that i know. is my phone fully bricked? and is there something i can do? any help would be appreciated.
hit173 said:
so every time i try to turn on my phone the blue led light goes on and wont turn off till i remove battery. so the screen wont turn on and i cant really do anything that i know. is my phone fully bricked? and is there something i can do? any help would be appreciated.
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Im guessing that you flashed ICS from a non el26 recovery? if so, then because you didnt completely follow the directions it would indeed be a brick.
HaiKaiDo said:
Im guessing that you flashed ICS from a non el26 recovery? if so, then because you didnt completely follow the directions it would indeed be a brick.
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This. It may worth your while to give us details on the exact steps you took that led to this, just to confirm, but yeah its very likely a hard brick.
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Yeap, more details would certainly help.
Have you even tried to go into download mode or even go into cwm?
Were you in GB or ICS?
We need details bro.
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What phone do you have?
What did you do to your phone prior to this happening?
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have you tried getting into download mode?
ahhhh :-( but lots of eager people to help xda isnt that bad :-D
I get a kick out of these threads. Nobody ever wants to do the necessary research before messing around with their phones, and then they come crying to xda when they screw something up.
Sorry OP, your phone is bricked. Had you read the "how not to brick your E4GT" thread that is STICKIED in the general section, you wouldn't be in this situation.
"I just wanna say to all sprint techs on here to not be telling people who bricked their phones that you would be questioning them. I thought XDA was about brother Hood"
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Hi. I'm new here and first, want to say hello. I've been on iPhones for many years. Finally got bored and crossed over to the "Dark Side" lol.
Second....I need help!!! lol or just some good old advice. I've searched and searched but can't really find a definitive answer. Too much conflicting info out there. One thing I did learn is that this forum is thee best so here I am!
I successfully rooted my i747 Galaxy S3 (Rogers). The trouble arose when I tried to install a Custom ROM. I kept getting errors, and after a bunch of research, I read that I should update my CWM. I did and that's when the trouble started. It went into a loop. It would just stay on a black screen. I can't get into Recovery mode or anything else for that matter. It will not power up in any way. It will now show the charging indicator light when it's charging. It's as dead as my ex-wife in the sack . Obviously I've bricked it. I've learned that a jtag repair would fix it....and have since been told by an android buddy that it won't. Any advice or info would be appreciated!
The phone was on 4.1.1 and it's the Rogers i747 model (same as AT&T)
P.S, Rooting on a Mac sucks! I'm thankful that I had a PC at home too! Not that turned out too good
Update...as per Tech Support at Rogers, I removed the battery and plugged it in. The red indicator light came on. But it does not stay on and it goes out shortly after, battery in or not. Thought one more piece of info may help someone figuring this out.
Charge it as much as you can, search for the return to stock thread on here (make sure you get the one for your carrier), do that and if it isn't working after that, then you'll probably have to get it replaced.
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Monkeymannnn said:
Charge it as much as you can, search for the return to stock thread on here (make sure you get the one for your carrier), do that and if it isn't working after that, then you'll probably have to get it replaced.
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I appreciate the reply but I can't connect to the phone at all. Couldn't return it to stock even if I wanted to.
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I appreciate the reply but I can't connect to the phone at all. Couldn't return it to stock even if I wanted to.
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Once it's charged, are you able to get in download mode? If so, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Odin can bring you back up.
If your pc doesn't recognize it, reboot it (pc). Try a different cable/usb port. Reinstalling the drivers is an option too.
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BWolf56 said:
Once it's charged, are you able to get in download mode? If so, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Odin can bring you back up.
If your pc doesn't recognize it, reboot it (pc). Try a different cable/usb port. Reinstalling the drivers is an option too.
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It won't charge at all. Left it overnight and nada. I'll try again, but highly unlikely that it will. I also tried different ports as well as different computers to connect to. My only concern is that I take it back and Samsung discovers that it's been messed with. Oh well, it's only money
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It won't charge at all. Left it overnight and nada. I'll try again, but highly unlikely that it will. I also tried different ports as well as different computers to connect to. My only concern is that I take it back and Samsung discovers that it's been messed with. Oh well, it's only money
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Could say that you tried to update with kies and that's what you got.. Works like a charm usually
In my stupidity I've hard bricked not one but TWO AT&T GS3's same thing black screened and nothing else. I doubt very seriously you'll get it to charge. Here's the good news I'm assuming it's still under warranty and if it is when you take it to the warranty store at AT&T they will try two batteries to see if it boots and when it doesn't you'll get a new phone. You don't have to tell them nothing. As far as you know you shut it down to charge when you went to bed and it wouldn't boot in the morning.
Worked for me needless to say I'm WAAAAAY more carefull and spend a lot of time here reading and double and triple checking everything!
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In my stupidity I've hard bricked not one but TWO AT&T GS3's same thing black screened and nothing else. I doubt very seriously you'll get it to charge. Here's the good news I'm assuming it's still under warranty and if it is when you take it to the warranty store at AT&T they will try two batteries to see if it boots and when it doesn't you'll get a new phone. You don't have to tell them nothing. As far as you know you shut it down to charge when you went to bed and it wouldn't boot in the morning.
Worked for me needless to say I'm WAAAAAY more carefull and spend a lot of time here reading and double and triple checking everything!
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Not to make you sound stupid, there are no such things as stupid questions here at least I've learned that while enjoy my stay here at xda, but did you accidentally flash an international ROM? This sounds like a case of it.
The first phone I hard bricked I'm sure that's what I did. It became a beautiful paper weight. Not sure what happened the second time I had got off work late and instead of going to bed I was tinkering with my phone. I don't really know what happened. Careless and not reading, not making sure of what I was doing. I learned the hard way and I spend a lot more time studying and staying with the AT&T forums for my phone.
I have to admit I've really had fun here learning.
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