[Q]UnbrickableMod possible on our device? - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

This dude over on t989 forums is soliciting a bricked device to be able to try to build his mod for them? Should we get him to do it for us too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358401
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satur9ine said:
This dude over on t989 forums is soliciting a bricked device to be able to try to build his mod for them? Should we get him to do it for us too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358401
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Those guys sound like assholes. They basically run people off when they act like that, he is trying to help people out and they don't care.

*If* what I've been told is true then even flashing by USB cannot fix the bricks happening on Sammy devices. Stay tuned though by reading more on the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25883319

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Galaxy SII I-9100 ICS ROM leaks out

Hopefully this means our E4GT is coming soon!!!
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-i-9100-ice-cream-sandwich-rom-leaks-out
Thanks bro but already posted a couple post down
So its EL13?
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So its EL13?
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no its ics for international sgs2 wont work for us...yet
Three threads already? Maybe a merge is in order...may be 10 by tonight.
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T.C.P said:
no its ics for international sgs2 wont work for us...yet
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Has anyone tried to flash it with Odin yet?
The last international beta flashed fine...
I've downloaded it, but I'm just sitting here staring at it, lol.
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Wouldn't work for our E4GT, would it? No CDMA overseas correct? Just wondering. I mean, I am open to being the Guinea pig, I think.
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skyline247 said:
Wouldn't work for our E4GT, would it? No CDMA overseas correct? Just wondering. I mean, I am open to being the Guinea pig, I think.
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Japan has cdma! But don't flash it. It'll Bork nearly everything.
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Yes best not flash it. Its barely usable on the gsm gs2 let alone ours lol.
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Yep. I read in a similar thread someone flashed it, and now their computer, odin, nothing recognizes their phone. Tough break.
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Can't believe some of the stuff people do in here or the things they post... If this was really for our phones why not just wait for a developer to put it all together for you... Haste makes waste...SMDH
I hope someone comes up with a solution for their phones because it was more than 1 person that flashed it...
so, does that mean an official OTA in 2013? haha **troll**
playya said:
Can't believe some of the stuff people do in here or the things they post... If this was really for our phones why not just wait for a developer to put it all together for you... Haste makes waste...SMDH
I hope someone comes up with a solution for their phones because it was more than 1 person that flashed it...
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When I was a noob, it wouldn't go near something like this unless I read that 200people have done it succesfully before me. I wouldn't even think of just flashing something unless it was cleary stated it was for my phone and had step by step instructions on what to do and I would confirm about 50x that it was for my phone before actually falshing it.
Now that I am no longer a noob and would like to consider myself a veteran at flashing, I even stay further away from these things. lol
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When I was a noob, it wouldn't go near something like this unless I read that 200people have done it succesfully before me. I wouldn't even think of just flashing something unless it was cleary stated it was for my phone and had step by step instructions on what to do and I would confirm about 50x that it was for my phone before actually falshing it.
Now that I am no longer a noob and would like to consider myself a veteran at flashing, I even stay further away from these things. lol
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+1 Back in 2009 when I first started modding (a Motorola Razr) I stumbled onto XDA. After getting my wizard 1st, and then my excalibur (t Mo Dash), I made sure I read everything thrice, even 4 times, before flashing. I was a lot more gung-ho back then. After totally bricking my Fender MT3G, I take more caution. I am super ocs now with my E4GT (best device I've ever owned), so I was just kidding about the guinea pig thing, lol.
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Should I root my phone

This question might be dumb but should I root my phone
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Its your choice. I'd say go ahead and root it. But read about what your doing. Nobody can tell if you should or not. there's not a definite reason not to... that I know of.
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Ok thanks bud Im considering whether should I root it
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Hi,
Maybe some ideas...:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676821&highlight and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600006&highlight or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633438&highlight
Depends on your reason. I have learned tons about my phone by rooting and then breaking it.....
DO IT. Flashing roms is an addiction though. Just a warning.
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smalss said:
DO IT. Flashing roms is an addiction though. Just a warning.
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Very, very addicting!!!
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I'd say go for it, if you're at least moderately technically inclined.
At the very least unlock the bootloader (this will wipe your phone so backup any photos etc!). Rooting can be done later if you do that first.
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
No question, definitely root without a doubt.
joshnichols189 said:
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
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This.
If you don't root your phone, it's not yours. You're not responsible for it if it gets messed up, but you are limited in what you can do with it. You're a licensee, not the owner.
I am of the opinion that I should own what's mine.
Swypesation
Logseman said:
If you don't root your phone, it's not yours. You're not responsible for it if it gets messed up, but you are limited in what you can do with it. You're a licensee, not the owner.
I am of the opinion that I should own what's mine.
Swypesation
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Can't tell if srs..
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
I just recently rooted my phone and am relatively new to flashing ROMs but I'm totally addicted. I would agree that you should do as much research and read thoroughly through the forums. Great experience for me so far.
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Depends on your reason. I have learned tons about my phone by rooting and then breaking it.....
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Same. You really do learn about your device and the way Android works. I've had some good and bad experiences with flashing, but I've learned a lot. It's fun and you can apply so many mods to make your device unique to yourself.
joshnichols189 said:
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
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This.
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
DLD511 said:
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
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And open up thousands of questions.
Give it a shot. Be sure to follow every step. There is a lot of benefits to it.
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DLD511 said:
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
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And create thousands more bugs at the same time

DONT WANT A BRICK? Check here

As of right now, the roms for your S3 are not meant to be used on other S3 variants. Bricks might happens or a soft one might happen. Before flashing a Rom make sure you are in the right development section an you read the entire op, twice. Until other devs or experienced users find a way to make them cross compatible, please refrain from using other carriers S3 roms.
I am working on this so that all roms will work on all carriers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735482
Man 90% of the time memebers don't read the "everyone read this" thread on any forum
Mostly cause its just filled with rules and etiquite
How have to capture there attention with the title
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Tell me about it, I guess you just be glad you did and move on
Lol it was my idea I just pmed it to Mr.highway
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incubus26jc said:
I am working on this so that all roms will work on all carriers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735482
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That's slick!:good:
hard brick - a pretty paperweight (tonight)
should have been more careful, soft bricked the phone, 2 times trying to change the dpi.
once trying to flash a rom - the rom flash, took it to QHSUSB_DLOAD mode, not impressed but i'll take this downtime as a time to relax.
Another way to avoid a brick; Don't use a mod, theme, tool or ROM until it's confirmed by multiple people in the community that it's working properly. Read the last 3-4 pages of a thread
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fergie716 said:
Another way to avoid a brick; Don't use a mod, theme, tool or ROM until it's confirmed by multiple people in the community that it's working properly. Read the last 3-4 pages of a thread
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What fun is that?
piiman said:
What fun is that?
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lol
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Simple...
Do like we all have done: read everything you can find and then ask an intelligent question. Otherwise, XDA denizens get grumpy... :cyclops:
Aint' that the truth, I'm one of them!
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Man 90% of the time memebers don't read the "everyone read this" thread on any forum
Mostly cause its just filled with rules and etiquite
How have to capture there attention with the title
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I agree with you, I ended up with a soft brick stuck at the samsung glowing logo after trying to unroot because I got a crack the front plastic near the headphone jack. I managed to reset the flash counter and install the rom but odin failed at the end. Now I'm hesitant to flash another ROM. Anyone else here waiting for JellyBean Rom? Definitely take your time and always make sure your computer installs the drivers before doing anything! I got BB to exchange it for me since they couldn't get it to boot and the mystery crack wasn't my fault. I only had it for like 3 days IN A CASE TOO. Happy Flashing dudes.
I'm just glad i saw a forum for the gs3. I would've bricked my phone after i got it.
Another bricker my own fault went to unroot to take in for service and went and loaded a wrong .tar file of the stock system. Anyway...not looking for sympathy..just wanted to say thanks for the forum that gave me the tools to fix my mistake :thumbup:
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Just a question that seems to pertain to this thread, what's the difference between sprint sgs3 android development and original android development?
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xblackvalorx said:
Just a question that seems to pertain to this thread, what's the difference between sprint sgs3 android development and original android development?
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Original is usually built from scratch/source. Android development is based from stock, leaks or ports
Shadefactor said:
Original is usually built from scratch/source. Android development is based from stock, leaks or ports
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So as long as it's in the Sprint sgs 3 forums it's safe?
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You are correct sir!
biglos201 said:
I agree with you, I ended up with a soft brick stuck at the samsung glowing logo after trying to unroot because I got a crack the front plastic near the headphone jack. I managed to reset the flash counter and install the rom but odin failed at the end. Now I'm hesitant to flash another ROM. Anyone else here waiting for JellyBean Rom? Definitely take your time and always make sure your computer installs the drivers before doing anything! I got BB to exchange it for me since they couldn't get it to boot and the mystery crack wasn't my fault. I only had it for like 3 days IN A CASE TOO. Happy Flashing dudes.
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Mystery crack is the best
The Archangel said:
As of right now, the roms for your S3 are not meant to be used on other S3 variants. Bricks might happens or a soft one might happen. Before flashing a Rom make sure you are in the right development section an you read the entire op, twice. Until other devs or experienced users find a way to make them cross compatible, please refrain from using other carriers S3 roms.
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I think I just made that mistake...wrong directory in a mirror...
ANyhow I ended up with a QHSUSB_DLOAD device...looking hard to unbrick...

[Help] [WIP] Sense on S3

First of all this is a project im looking for any help to get our devices to boot sense please refrain for telling me it is not possible that i sould have gotten an htc phone if i wanted sense. I wanna live in the xda way and develop for our phones which have better internal specs then the htc phones for our carrier. Also i would like to see our phones run diffident flavors of android. Please don't tell me its not possible i have a ics rom port in alpha already i've gotten to the boot animation and it locks up i have both the logcat and rom to prove it. Im looking for help within my forum to get it running.
Logcat http://d-h.st/iZr
Tactic13 said:
First of all this is a project im looking for any help to get our devices to boot sense please refrain for telling me it is not possible that i sould have gotten an htc phone if i wanted sense. I wanna live in the xda way and develop for our phones which have better internal specs then the htc phones for our carrier. Also i would like to see our phones run diffident flavors of android. Please don't tell me its not possible i have a ics rom port in alpha already i've gotten to the boot animation and it locks up i have both the logcat and rom to prove it. Im looking for help within my forum to get it running.
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So, what exactly do you need?
Any help im a complete noob on how to develop im learning as i go along see if someone can kinda help me kinda understand the logcat im honestly surprised ive gotten to this point.
Have you look the sense4all projet? There is already a rom working for the internationnal GS3 (SO DON'T FLASH THIS ROM). Maybe you can try to port that one.
Also our phone have the same processor than the canadian HTC One X, maybe you can go in that direction.
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Have you look the sense4all projet? There is already a rom working for the internationnal GS3 (SO DON'T FLASH THIS ROM). Maybe you can try to port that one.
Also our phone have the same processor than the canadian HTC One X, maybe you can go in that direction.
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Actually that is what i was waiting for. Then i got impatient so i thought to try my luck im actually using the att one x as a base same proccesor
If youre a "complete noob" as you stated, might not be the best idea to start with a project like this...just saying
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Lol if your a noob your not going to be able to port anything. Even with help
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EclipzeRemix said:
Lol if your a noob your not going to be able to port anything. Even with help
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Cmon man. Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Let him try . Whoever decides to flash it should be smart enough to think before flashing. Nothing gets done by being pessimistic.
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EclipzeRemix said:
Lol if your a noob your not going to be able to port anything. Even with help
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This.
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BaconStep said:
This.
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At least hes trying to do something relevant not like you bashing some new devs...
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And we wonder why new devs don't get far.. Seriously people, I remember when this forum was a place to get help, not flamed =/ Dang I feel old, and im only 21, lol
Truth might hurt, people. Honesty is the best way harsh or not. He should start some where else with stuff that's easier.
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This should help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1249973/decompiling-dex-into-java-sourcecode
http://code.google.com/p/dex2jar/
mt3g said:
Truth might hurt, people. Honesty is the best way harsh or not. He should start some where else with stuff that's easier.
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If he feels up for it it might be a good idea we cheer him up ? Who knows what can happen ?
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EclipzeRemix said:
Lol if your a noob your not going to be able to port anything. Even with help
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I'm sure Thomas Edison got some good laughs when talking about the light bulb too. You don't know him or know what he's capable of; nor will you ever find out with this attitude. I envy his will to learn, and to take on a big challenge like this. I don't envy, I even despise attitudes like this that try to put people down who are attempting to do great things. To OP: even if you do fail at this, with the attitude you have, you will do great things.
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Towle said:
I'm sure Thomas Edison got some good laughs when talking about the light bulb too. You don't know him or know what he's capable of; nor will you ever find out with this attitude. I envy his will to learn, and to take on a big challenge like this. I don't envy, I even despise attitudes like this that try to put people down who are attempting to do great things. To OP: even if you do fail at this, with the attitude you have, you will do great things.
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I agree. Even though I'm having some troubles with my own personal ROMs builds I haven't given up. I don't care what people say.
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Lol if your a noob your not going to be able to port anything. Even with help
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...prideful much?
One has gotta start somewhere, I started with ports.
To OP, try porting AOSP/AOKP ROMs from a similar device (like the other SGS3 variants). Those are way easier to port and will give you a chance to learn the basics.
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Op, talk to this guy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35161290
He's on the international version, but he has a WIP and its coming along, albeit slowly..
Also, here's a good guide to help get u started...episode 27 specifically...good luck bro!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25663972
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In the same way guys... There's a learning curve. It could have been approached differently. But speaking from the position as he stated that he is completely new to this... If I was a sherpa and someone who had spent their life on a couch says they're interested in rock climbing, I'm not going to say, 'awesome, next week when your equipment arrives go to mount Everest and have fun!' There are ways to train and become better at things. Would suggestions have been better than simply stating that it'd not go well... Yes. And coming here to help where there are experienced devs is good hopefully their guidance will be enough to get him on the right track with this project and if not maybe he can start out smaller and build to this project.
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I mean lets be realistic has sense ever been ported completly stable to a non htc device before? Dont go swimming in deep waters if you dont know how to, start off shallow then work your way up.
Being real about the situation might seem harsh but it is what it is......but if he does have some sort of coding skills than by all means do whatever
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[WIP][ROM][4.2.2][TW]Testers Needed!!! 4.2.2 Touchwiz ROM

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IT MAY BRICK YOUR DEVICE. HAVING A MICRO USB JIG IS RECOMMENDED JIC.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DEVICE DON'T SUE ME. IF YOU FLASH THIS YOU ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR DEVICE
So now that that's over....
I've been working on porting that leaked 4.2.2 touchwiz firmware into a flashable zip and i need testers.
Here's the link: removed link
I haven't even gotten around to testing it yet which is why i need you guys. Let me know if it's even booting and that would be great!
I'll have my phone with me tomorrow so i can test then and see what's up. Thanks guys!
ummm...
You are posting a port from a different device and you haven't even tested it yet?
What kernel is included in this ROM?
totally different hardware not happening
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totally different hardware not happening
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Wow this is awkward....i hadn't even realized it was for the I9300 only ....completely my bad i had read somewhere that it was for all us GS3s and based it off of that....I guess it would work on the international gsIII at least
Plays2 said:
Wow this is awkward....i hadn't even realized it was for the I9300 only ....completely my bad i had read somewhere that it was for all us GS3s and based it off of that....I guess it would work on the international gsIII at least
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That is why you don't use other members as Guinea pigs. Flash it on your device first or don't post it.
upndwn4par said:
That is why you don't use other members as Guinea pigs. Flash it on your device first or don't post it.
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Thanks man i got it. learned my lesson

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