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[Q] Accidentally re-partitioned a samsung epic

I was using odin to flash something onto my epic, but me being a dumbass didnt uncheck repartition, which i heard is a death button, are there any fixes for
my late samsung epic? which will not turn on, or get into a download mode :/
i bought this august 30th last year, no extended warranty can i still call sammy?

Good luck man! Have you tried pulling the battery for a few minutes, up to a few hours? Then try putting it into download mode again...
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Unfortunately that didnt work :/

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Im really sorry for that, i was just in a hurry to get this fixed, currently calling samsung.

This question is definately in the wong place. But I figured I save you some trouble.
You better thank MYSTERYEMOTIONZ for this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042746

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wizzlewizzle said:
This question is definately in the wong place. But I figured I save you some trouble.
You better thank MYSTERYEMOTIONZ for this one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042746
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Just picture me as a little bald boy holding a spoon...
There is no button.
Keeping the battery out for a while might work.
I've also heard that you can "jump start" your phone by taking the battery out and plugging in power while the battery is out, getting it to boot that way, then putting the battery in while it's on. That may only apply to a fully discharged battery, but if your phone is truly dead it's worth a try.

With the battery out, plug the phone into a computer and try to get into download mode. If you can you should be able to start Odin and even pop the battery back in.

maybe i'm missing something here,
but i thought you were supposed to check the re-partition box when ODIN back to stock.
Or at least, that's what i do everytime i odin back to stock and my phone is fine.

Dang it. There really is no button!

Repartition isn't something you want or need to use regularly, but it shouldn't cause problems like you describe unless you used a pit from another phone or something... sounds more like it was interupted during flashing of boot.bin or param.lfs or something...
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I HAVE A BUTTON
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It didn't work plugging into computer with no battery in phone and trying to get to download mode?

marcusant said:
I HAVE A BUTTON
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POIDH tenchars

What should i do with my brick?

So, i think i bricked my device. Downloaded caulkin rom and tried to flash it. when i booted into rogue rootbloater i flashed the rom from my downloads. my bad. why does it matter though whether or not i flash from internal or external memory. annnd ?

It doesnt matter if the rom is in the internal or sd unless dev says something about it in op. As far as your brick, im not understanding fully what you mean
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What makes you think you're bricked? What happens when you try to power the phone on?

Rob4828 said:
It doesnt matter if the rom is in the internal or sd unless dev says something about it in op. As far as your brick, im not understanding fully what you mean
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If I would have had a sd i would not have a brick right now though :/
I think. cause the new rom switched bootloaders and the new one only recog'ed the sd i think.

undefine4 said:
So, i think i bricked my device. Downloaded caulkin rom and tried to flash it. when i booted into rogue rootbloater i flashed the rom from my downloads. my bad. why does it matter though whether or not i flash from internal or external memory. annnd ?
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what happens when you try to boot your phone?

_MetalHead_ said:
What makes you think you're bricked? What happens when you try to power the phone on?
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It means my phone is locked in a "permanent" state of existence.

undefine4 said:
It means my phone is locked in a "permanent" state of existence.
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so lets say after you pull battery you press the power button....nothing happens?

Pull the battery
Put it back in
press power and see what happens
-- You can also...
Pull the battery
Put the battery back in
press vol down + power and try to get into odin mode
If you can get into Odin mode, then you're not bricked.

no phone - cake.

undefine4 said:
no phone - cake.
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Do you speak English ? They have ask what happens when you power on the phone and you respond with idiot junk .... Congratulations throw your phone out of a moving car jack a$$
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undefine4 said:
no phone - cake.
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Do you want help or not? The E4GT is a very difficult phone to brick and 9 times out of 10 when a noob thinks their phone is bricked, it's actually easily recoverable. But if you don't help us help you, you might as well just toss the phone down the garbage disposal.
Can you get into download mode?

Hahhahhahahahaa that's all I wanna say
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Lol if you don't want to be helped then sell the phone to me. Should the bidding be started at ummm lets say $20.
$20 is a very expensive paperweight I think I'm offering more then enough lol
Epic 4G Touch perfected by Calk!

I think we're being trolled.

Great add one more thread that made me dumber for reading it. Stop it guys the last thing I need more of is dumb.
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_MetalHead_ said:
I think we're being trolled.
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We got samsunged
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35$
10char...

Oh so you didnt want actual help, great thread OP.
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Is this sextape's way of leaking a new FC** ICS ROM?

sfhub said:
Is this sextape's way of leaking a new FC** ICS ROM?
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LMFAO ha +1 made my day. Still, I think it must be hard to drop to this level of brain capacity.

[Q] random reboots ever since 4.0.4 update

I've been searching high and low for a solution to this issue
no matter where I look, all the solutions tell me to reset my phone
anyone know what's going on with this? it's REALLY annoying!

What ROM/kernel/modem are you using. Only way you'll get help round xda is to give all info possible. I'd love to help you out since I've had the problem b4 so I feel ur pain
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I had this issue when I was running FI27 roms.
My setup was Lightweight V0.2 with Agats 6.5 source kernel. Ktoon governor seemed to be a large chunk of the problem.
My solution was installing a rom that wasn't based off FI27, in my case I went with the most recent update of Re-Caulked.

MykalDre said:
What ROM/kernel/modem are you using. Only way you'll get help round xda is to give all info possible. I'd love to help you out since I've had the problem b4 so I feel ur pain
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Android 4.0.4
baseband version SD710.10S.FI27
kernel version 3.0.15-1127689
[email protected] #3
SMP PREEMPT Thu Sept 27 18:24:35 KST
2012
build number: IMM76I.FI27
hardware version: D710.10

now my phone isn't even functioning properly. I press my power button and nothing happens.
also, the screen randomly powers on, as if I'm waking it up by pressing the power button.
I don't like this at all

I really do not like bumping, but I really need some help

Sound like you area stock possibly rooted. Did you ota update or did you one click?
sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G

patrao_n said:
Sound like you area stock possibly rooted. Did you ota update or did you one click?
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it was OTA
my phone is not rooted. never has been

If you are having issues after the OTA, I would flash a One Click FI27 ROM from rwilco's repository.
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I've heard of too many people with the same problem on fi27. Use odin to bounce back a update or two and see if that fixes it.
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MykalDre said:
I've heard of too many people with the same problem on fi27. Use odin to bounce back a update or two and see if that fixes it.
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does that mean I have to root my phone?
sorry, it's just been a while since I last used ODIN (when I had my Epic 4G rooted)
also, if I remove my battery and put it back in. it powers up the phone :/

monotune said:
does that mean I have to root my phone?
sorry, it's just been a while since I last used ODIN (when I had my Epic 4G rooted)
also, if I remove my battery and put it back in. it powers up the phone :/
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No you don't have to root the phone to flash anything with Odin.
Download an unrooted tar or one click ROM.
Press and hold volume down and power from the phone being off.
You are now in download mode, open Odin or the One Click.
Plug your phone into USB attached to your computer.
One Click, click start.
Odin, click PDA then select the tar, start.
Wait while the firmware is flashed.
Profit.
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Random reboots? Check your battery. My wife is having the same problem. Her battery is really bloated and spins like a top. ordered a battery, but might also try our luck at the sprint store to see of we can get one for free tomorrow.
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Your power button is dying, should be completely dead by now.
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djjosh said:
Your power button is dying, should be completely dead by now.
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Its not his power button. If it was he would also be complaining about power button issues.
FI27 DOES have stability problems. I don't know what the exact cause is, but flashing to an FI25 based rom SOLVED my random reboots. My phone has not been running for nearly 48 hours without a single reboot or freeze up.

Phone Radio Turning Off

Guys my phone is acting crazy, the radio is turning off by itself, it is like i turn on Airplane Mode. Its not software or im doing something wrong dont know i was on jeally bean and went back to EL29 but the problem still there.
Any suggestions? And i dont have TEP
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rockypr said:
Guys my phone is acting crazy, the radio is turning off by itself, it is like i turn on Airplane Mode. Its not software or im doing something wrong dont know i was on jeally bean and went back to EL29 but the problem still there.
Any suggestions? And i dont have TEP
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Try refreshing your prl and profile.
Maybe you have a cucaracha bug.
Lol.
Pp.:beer:
sent from a jellybean filled epic touch.

PanchoPlanet said:
Try refreshing your prl and profile.
Maybe you have a cucaracha bug.
Lol.
Pp.:beer:
sent from a jellybean filled epic touch.
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Did that and im still having the same issue the radio turns off.
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Ok guys what i have is a MODEM f.ck up. I tried Odin a Modem and it brick my phone. It says to Put Kies and do a Restore, I tried Kies and it wont read it, I tried Odin any software and it install everything and when it comes the Modem it stays installing the modem for... Hours...
any help?

rockypr said:
Ok guys what i have is a MODEM f.ck up. I tried Odin a Modem and it brick my phone. It says to Put Kies and do a Restore, I tried Kies and it wont read it, I tried Odin any software and it install everything and when it comes the Modem it stays installing the modem for... Hours...
any help?
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Back up what you need to and try an Odin full restore like FI27. Includes a repartition so should wipe out any trace of the problem.

garwynn said:
Back up what you need to and try an Odin full restore like FI27. Includes a repartition so should wipe out any trace of the problem.
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Thanks to all, it was a hardware issue, dont know how but phone was wet inside, so it **** up the phone

That's what you call a"waterbug" also known as a "cucaracha"
Take it apart and pack it in rice.
You may get lucky.
Many wife dropped her Epic in the toilet after disassembling and letting air out overnight I reassembled it and it came back to life. So far so good.
Pp.
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Trying to unroot while screen is out??

Hey guys, S3's screen just randomly went blank...phone still turns on and works, I backed up all data..
would it be possible for me to unroot with Odin blind? It would be awesome if someone could give me step by step instructions on how to get in download mode blind. Thanks in advance! :thumbup:
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Get into download mode using VolDown + Power + Home
The cool thing about download mode is that there is no special time to release the buttons, it should just boot up to download mode.
Once you think you're in download mode
Click the volume down once again.
(This should be done while connected to a PC running ODIN)
Check to see that Odin has recognized your phone. Stick the stock unrooted ROM in the PDA section of Odin and flash away.
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Wouldn't you trip the flash counter if you rebooted your phone while rooted? If this is for a warranty replacement then it might not work.
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Domoo said:
Wouldn't you trip the flash counter if you rebooted your phone while rooted? If this is for a warranty replacement then it might not work.
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Yeah. I'm not sure how you would be able to use triangle away to reset the flash counter..
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Yeah. I'm not sure how you would be able to use triangle away to reset the flash counter..
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So there is no way to reset the flash count with Odin or adb? Only way is with triangle away? TIA.
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jayRokk said:
Get into download mode using VolDown + Power + Home
The cool thing about download mode is that there is no special time to release the buttons, it should just boot up to download mode.
Once you think you're in download mode
Click the volume down once again.
(This should be done while connected to a PC running ODIN)
Check to see that Odin has recognized your phone. Stick the stock unrooted ROM in the PDA section of Odin and flash away.
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Thanks. That's what I was wondering about, the timing of releasing the buttons..don't know what to do about the flash counter.. :banghead:
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mattbourge said:
Thanks. That's what I was wondering about, the timing of releasing the buttons..don't know what to do about the flash counter.. :banghead:
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you could try to buy a $10 mhl adapter and plug the S3 into your hdmi tv. does your screen respond to touch? like is it just black and not displaying? do you hear a ripple when its on and you swipe to unlock?

xBeerdroiDx said:
you could try to buy a $10 mhl adapter and plug the S3 into your hdmi tv. does your screen respond to touch? like is it just black and not displaying? do you hear a ripple when its on and you swipe to unlock?
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Awesome idea! :thumbup: Its on CM10.1 ROM so it doesn't make ripple sounds. It does ring for calls and texts BUT I've tried swiping it to answer a call and that doesn't work..so digitizer and LCD must be out..
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xBeerdroiDx said:
you could try to buy a $10 mhl adapter and plug the S3 into your hdmi tv. does your screen respond to touch? like is it just black and not displaying? do you hear a ripple when its on and you swipe to unlock?
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When you plug an mhl adapter in does it automatically mirror what's on the screen?? Idk how I'd do that and use a mouse. Might be impossible if the digitizer is completely out..
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I am more inclined to believe that it might work even with your digitizer out. I'm no going to lie and say I know for a fact. I don't know how you would setup a bluetooth mouse to control it, though, without having a screen to touch and set it up. Hmmm.
Also you would have success with MHL on stock. Aosp ROMs don't have quite the success stock does with MHL

xBeerdroiDx said:
I am more inclined to believe that it might work even with your digitizer out. I'm no going to lie and say I know for a fact. I don't know how you would setup a bluetooth mouse to control it, though, without having a screen to touch and set it up. Hmmm.
Also you would have success with MHL on stock. Aosp ROMs don't have quite the success stock does with MHL
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Ok thanks for that..and would triangle away work on stock? Im seeing conflicting things about it..
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mattbourge said:
Ok thanks for that..and would triangle away work on stock? Im seeing conflicting things about it..
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yes, triangle away works on stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzydHUG7XZE
again, though, i'm not sure how you would setup and pair the bluetooth mouse.
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and i dont know if that MHL adapter would operate correctly via a usb hub connected to the S3. if it did then that gives you a couple other usb ports to use a mouse and whatever on. just spit-balling here.

download mode in black screen
jayRokk said:
Get into download mode using VolDown + Power + Home
The cool thing about download mode is that there is no special time to release the buttons, it should just boot up to download mode.
Once you think you're in download mode
Click the volume down once again.
(This should be done while connected to a PC running ODIN)
Check to see that Odin has recognized your phone. Stick the stock unrooted ROM in the PDA section of Odin and flash away.
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Hello!!
Thank you for answering this thread. I apologize for any newbie mistakes.
I have a TMobile Galaxy S3 that is rooted. Recently, I broke my screen. It is completely black. The touch screen feature still works, as does the rest of the phone. I need to get the phone warranty ready. I've got an mhl cable and can view the screen on my TV. I got triangle away from the play store ($2.50, totally worth it if I can get the phone fixed). I was able to run it using my TV and good aim on the touch screen.
I down loaded Odin 3.07 and the firmware from Sammobile.
If I connect the phone into the computer, I have to disconnect it from the TV.
I'm having trouble reaching download mode blind. That is, I don't know if I've reached it and I can't tell if Odin sees it.
Could someone please give me a step by step to get into d/l mode?
How long should I hold the buttons down for?
When should I feel a buzz? How many buzzes?
when should I hit volume down?up?
How long should I wait for Odin to recognize?
I read somewhere that the Superuser app can unroot for you as long as you use triangle to reset the binary counter. Is this true?
Thank you, for all your help!:fingers-crossed: