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[Guide] Help!! My Phone is Bricked!

CWM giving you funny errors? Won't read the contents of your internal or external SD Card? Tried to odin a kernel w/ CWM and the errors don't go away? Think your phone is bricked? Thank again!
Relax! If you can get into download mode (Pressing volume DOWN and and POWER when booting up your device) your phone is definitely not bricked. Using the wonderful powers of ODIN we can resuscitate your device and make it as good as new!
Go HERE and follow these instructions. (Thank you ACS). It has links to ODIN, KIES (for drivers) as well as a STOCK .tar that will revert your device back to shiny new out-of-box factory defaults. Once you're done reverting your phone back to stock, re-root using whatever method you'd like, flash CWM then you're back in business!

Maybe this one will help
http://www.forums.acsyndicate.net/s...din-Completely-Stock-EG30-Restore-your-system
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Yep! That's the link my where my post takes you to... I see a LOT of posts in threads about "bricked" phones I figured starting a thread like this would make it easier on a lot of people.

Sorry meant to paste in different thread
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And for heavens sake people, stay away for the GSM roms!
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Can't Mount SD Card E: Error

So I am following the steps from QBKing in this youtube video and I get all the way to where I need to install FC09 from the SD Card but I am getting this error: E:\ Can't mount sd card?
I have never flashed this phone before and am trying to get ICS on it. I hope I am going the correct route but right now it reboots fine just can't install FC09 for Superuser access. Any help on this would be greatly appreciate! Thanks.
BTW, I checked several other threads before posting but I didn't find anything particular to Epic and there were several different troubleshooting steps so don't hate because I started a new thread.
Thanks in advance.

I'd like to second the request, as this happened to my phone Thursday evening. I've also looked around forums for the last two days and I can't find anything specifically for the Epic 4G that address this issue.
In my case I was running a Deodexed rooted version of Gingerbread. I got the bug to try something a bit more, so I installed the newest stable release of of Cyanogenmod 10, and it loaded up fine. I had made a nandroid backup of my texts, contacts, calendar, etc., but when I tried to put that info back in I got to the point where my screen showed "E:Can't mount" anything.
Ideas? Thoughts? Prayers?
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo

In CWM recovery, go to mounts and storage. Then manually mount sdcard. This may help. Also try cycling the card in its socket.
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rogerdap said:
So I am following the steps from QBKing in this youtube video and I get all the way to where I need to install FC09 from the SD Card but I am getting this error: E:\ Can't mount sd card?
I have never flashed this phone before and am trying to get ICS on it. I hope I am going the correct route but right now it reboots fine just can't install FC09 for Superuser access. Any help on this would be greatly appreciate! Thanks.
BTW, I checked several other threads before posting but I didn't find anything particular to Epic and there were several different troubleshooting steps so don't hate because I started a new thread.
Thanks in advance.
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What version of CWM are you trying to install? Try to odin this https://www.dropbox.com/s/yyhp404ixp26o2g/cwm-5.0.2.7-epic4g.tar.md5 then go into recovery and mount your device copy the rom you want or flash the rom that is on your sd card.
hugodlr said:
I'd like to second the request, as this happened to my phone Thursday evening. I've also looked around forums for the last two days and I can't find anything specifically for the Epic 4G that address this issue.
In my case I was running a Deodexed rooted version of Gingerbread. I got the bug to try something a bit more, so I installed the newest stable release of of Cyanogenmod 10, and it loaded up fine. I had made a nandroid backup of my texts, contacts, calendar, etc., but when I tried to put that info back in I got to the point where my screen showed "E:Can't mount" anything.
Ideas? Thoughts? Prayers?
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo
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I think CM10 uses a different version of CWM and might not be backwards compatable. I could be wrong on this. If I am someone will correct me. If I am not go back to stock reroot do your nandroid restore then back up your text using SMS BACKUP and RESTORE or MY BACKUP PRO

Thanks for the info all!
My phone won't turn on at all anymore. I used instructions I found elsewhere (take out battery, hit power button twice, pop in battery, go to download mode) which worked, then I used the dropbox file and was able to get Odin to flash it, but now I'm still having the issue that my phone won't turn on at all (either with power or power+camera+lower sound button). Any other ideas? At this point I think paying an extra $50 to Sprint to get a new S3 is looking good
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo

If you can still get to download mode, all is not lost. Odin back to stock and try again. Check out the sticky in the development section regarding Odin. And make sure you have a robust cable like a BlackBerry one. They work best. If you can get to download mode, you can almost always come back. Good luck.
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propjockey said:
If you can still get to download mode, all is not lost. Odin back to stock and try again. Check out the sticky in the development section regarding Odin. And make sure you have a robust cable like a BlackBerry one. They work best. If you can get to download mode, you can almost always come back. Good luck.
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This 100%

tazfanatic said:
This 100%
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If I may ask . . . what specifically should I try? I have Odin 1.87 along with the file listed a few posts above. I can get into download mode, I can flash this, and then . . . nothing. I've tried an HTC cable, but no blackberry cable, and tried it from both computers in my home on different ports. However, I still can't turn the phone on or boot into CWM. Any and all help to specific solutions would be greatly appreciated (please note that while I sound literate and am pretty tech savvy, messing around with my Android OS is something I'm doing pretty much by the seat of my pants!)
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo

Get the victory pit file from the Odin sticky thread and a stock tar file. At this point you probably need to start over. So, using the detailed writeup on how to Odin back to stock, find your way back to bone unrooted stock. Then, depending on what version of stock tar file you chose (el30 or fc09), you then must re-root the device. At this point I would suggest searching YouTube for qbking77 videos on how to root that version. That should get you rooted with a recovery . Then download and flash your ROM of choice. This is a nutshell version, please look for the Odin /unbricking thread. It is far more detailed and directs you to the appropriate files needed.
Edit: This is the thread I speak of. Its a wealth of Odin info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13245831
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Oh, also, the cm10 and 9 along other ROMs use MTD/yaffs2 file system. The previous cwm recovery you were flashing is only compatible with BML/RFS or EXT4 which is proprietary/stock. Once you Odin back stock, root, and get the recovery installed, you then can flash CM10 which will convert your system to MTD and install the appropriate CWM recovery for CM for you in the flash. That's why it reboots during the initial flash. Once you're MTD, you have to use mtd versions of ROMs. Spend a bit of time in the development section sticky threads. There are some great explanations for all of this in there.
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propjockey said:
Get the victory pit file from the Odin sticky thread and a stock tar file. At this point you probably need to start over. So, using the detailed writeup on how to Odin back to stock, find your way back to bone unrooted stock. Then, depending on what version of stock tar file you chose (el30 or fc09), you then must re-root the device. At this point I would suggest searching YouTube for qbking77 videos on how to root that version. That should get you rooted with a recovery . Then download and flash your ROM of choice. This is a nutshell version, please look for the Odin /unbricking thread. It is far more detailed and directs you to the appropriate files needed.
Edit: This is the thread I speak of. Its a wealth of Odin info.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13245831
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Oh, also, the cm10 and 9 along other ROMs use MTD/yaffs2 file system. The previous cwm recovery you were flashing is only compatible with BML/RFS or EXT4 which is proprietary/stock. Once you Odin back stock, root, and get the recovery installed, you then can flash CM10 which will convert your system to MTD and install the appropriate CWM recovery for CM for you in the flash. That's why it reboots during the initial flash. Once you're MTD, you have to use mtd versions of ROMs. Spend a bit of time in the development section sticky threads. There are some great explanations for all of this in there.
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Awesome - thanks! I couldn't find the Odin thread, and with these notes I hope I can have my phone back this afternoon
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo

So I'm curious. Did you get your phone fixed?
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propjockey said:
So I'm curious. Did you get your phone fixed?
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I just sat down to my comp - going to give it a go - if you haven't heard from me in about an hour I prob took my phone outside to vent my frustrations
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo
And Happy Thanksgiving to all
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Actually, now I have a different question - I bit the bullet and ordered two new S3's from Sprint (got a nice $1 on each one with no activation fee). I would rather not lose all of the info stored on my SD card (pics for the most part, but maybe salvaging phone numbers would work, too). Could I put my SD card into my wife's phone (same), boot it up, and copy over all of the files without it affecting her phone?
If I can do that, I'd rather try that first and then happily try the steps from the previous posts.
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo
And Happy Thanksgiving to all [/QUOTE]

Sure, but your SD card should be untouched from the Odin process. Assuming you have contacts synced to Google and your pics on the SD card, you should be fine.
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It worked! Downloaded everything, ran it exactly as it said, and I'm sitting here with a fully functioning phone that is yelling at me that I have tons of missed calls, texts and voice mails. Thank you so very much!
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo

Well done! As difficult as that was, it's one great learning process.
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Yes, yes it is. And, since I did it once, I figure trying to put Jellybean back on here is what I want to do . . . so here I go again
Blessings & Peace,
Hugo

Help With Soft Brick

Hi there,
Can someone please help me as I think I have soft bricked my phone and can't figure out how to fix it.
I previously had a rooted device running Phandroid.
I then used the Toolkit and attempted to "Flash an unsecure boot image". Since then, my phone will not boot up. It hangs at the samsung logo screen.
I have used Odin to flash a default "STOCK" image on the device, but the same problem exists.
I tried flashing new boot images but the same issue exists. Perhaps I am using the wrong file?
If anyone has any tips I would really appreciate it.
Thank you.

first shouldve put this in q&a
second factory data reset then flash back stock with odin then you should be good

smartguy044 said:
first shouldve put this in q&a
second factory data reset then flash back stock with odin then you should be good
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first : watch the XDA video lol:laugh:
yeah this need to be moved :good: q&a

markysd said:
edit... more like
first : watch the XDA video lol:laugh:
yeah this need to be moved :good: q&a
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thanks for the reply. i realized my mistake. i flashed the international boot image instead of the one for my device. can you please advice me on how to fix it. I tried flashing the stock rogers firmware with odin but its not working.

i realized the secret. After flashing the stock rogers firmware, you must boot into the default android recovery and wipe your cache and data.
that resolved my boot-freeze issue.
thanks.

This is the second post that I have seen tonight regarding this same problem. What the heck is happening here?

net_vampire32 said:
thanks for the reply. i realized my mistake. i flashed the international boot image instead of the one for my device. can you please advice me on how to fix it. I tried flashing the stock rogers firmware with odin but its not working.
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JTAG repair is your only option. You've hard bricked your phone.
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Have you tried this yet
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27780315
[HOW TO] Unbrick your phone from flashing an International gsm boot image

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kinghorsey said:
JTAG repair is your only option. You've hard bricked your phone.
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If he is able to reach download mode then this statement is completely false, not to mention the problem was fixed at the time of your post.....

Missed his response.
In my experience flashing the wrong firmware means hard-brick.
Cheers.
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More often than not, yes it does....but it is not an absolute your are F'ed. It is still worth going through all the possibilities of getting into download mode and correcting the error before immediately condemning someone to a potentially costly repair.

True enough.
That's why I got a jig - just in case.
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No Display?

Not sure if this should go into the development forums or here.
I got my Galaxy S3 a few days ago, rooted and flashed a custom ROM. I decided I didn't like it, so I downloaded the unrooted stock ROM here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
After doing that, I was able to get the phone to boot, but when trying to apply root again, it causes it to fail. Figuring it was a fluke, I tried the process again (apply stock ROM, boots fine, reboot to apply root from recovery).
Now, the phone boots with the Samsung logo, then the Galaxy S3 Logo, then it goes black. I can hear the audio from the Sprint boot animation, then the led flashes blue and I have no display. After a few seconds, I also get the tone from my PC that it's connected via USB, but the card and phone don't mount, so I can't access the file system.
Any ideas? I can get to download mode and the default recovery.
Thanks!

Find the Odinable version of stock. Remember, when you root this phone, you can't reboot when Odin "passed" you have to remove the battery and turn it on in recovery mode.
Or check in Original Development. I think there's a root method by Chainfire.
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Thanks, csmasn!
I used the stock ROM here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
And managed to get it working again.

First unless you are a developer releasing something never make a thread in development.
Second this is a question so should go in Q&A. Rule 15 will help you decide where to post.
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First unless you are a developer releasing something never make a thread in development.
Second this is a question so should go in Q&A. Rule 15 will help you decide where to post.
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It was on Development? I thought it was on General. Thank you for move it.
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[Q] Need help rooting - Stuck on Google logo and unlock screen.

I was trying to root the phone using Nexus Root Toolkit 1.6.1. After unlocking the phone, I clicked on root (checked custom recovery). It rebooted couple of times. Waited for more than an hour. now the phone is stuck on the google logo and unlock screen. How should i go about this? Did i brick my phone? Please help.

Reflash stock image via odin and reinstall drivers then try again.there are bunch tutorials how to reflash via odin,search for it.
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I will not recommend odin unless fastboot is not working. Odin is a leaked samsung tool, I would not use it unless i really have to. Fastboot however is a google recommended tool to flash a stock image for nexus devices.
Read this guide to flash to flash to stock andriod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Then this one to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058

Lol odin is a great tool and its plain simple.
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DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Lol odin is a great tool and its plain simple.
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A great tool? yeah right. A tool the community knows nothing about, at a more specific and technical level; If you were talking about heimdall (which is open source), maybe I would agree a little bit more with you.
- f up your phone, then go tell them you used Odin so they will laugh straight to your face
- if you were supposed to use Odin, don't you think Google would supply the factory images on a Odin format? lol
- Download mode is rather primitive
- Plain simple tool? LOL! Seriously, no tool can get more simple than fastboot, you're kidding yourself.
- Odin only works on Windows.

aabraham said:
I was trying to root the phone using Nexus Root Toolkit 1.6.1. After unlocking the phone, I clicked on root (checked custom recovery). It rebooted couple of times. Waited for more than an hour. now the phone is stuck on the google logo and unlock screen. How should i go about this? Did i brick my phone? Please help.
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There is a great thread over in the sprint gnex development section. It has a toolkit to get your phone back on track. Use able with all flavors of the gnex. Please please please just read before you do anything....
heres the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614827