I updated to the new official 4.04 on my 4g touch and really disliked it. I was going to root it so I could try out some of the new 4.1 builds I seen around here but when running odin and trying to install cwm It just kept failing over and over so I tried to flash it back to stock and odin froze during the installation. Now my phone wouldnt even boot on its own into download mode so i bought a usb jig and had it rushed to me. It puts it into download mode just fine but now my pc/odin wont recognize that its plugged in so I cant flash it back to stock. I tried a different pc and I have the same problem.
when I power it on normally it just tells me to boot into recovery mode using kies. It charges normally. I dont have insurance on the phone and I really cant do without it. So does anybody have any ideas that could help save my phone?
I have kies installed so i dont think it is the drivers, and it was connecting a few days ago but it just wont anymore. But if it could then I could reflash and everything would be okay
Take it to a sprint store and tell them the update borked your phone. Software problems are usually an easy fix. If they can't do it, 35 bucks and they'll exchange it.
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yeah i did, didnt think they were just gonna give me another one but they did so all is well now thanks
djiskascribble said:
yeah i did, didnt think they were just gonna give me another one but they did so all is well now thanks
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No problem. I work for sprint... so yeah. i know what flies and what doesn't
Yesterday i rooted and tried to install a Rom and used Rom manager to go into recovery mode. I thought you had to do the down+home+power and now when I try to do anything it wont work power button 20 sec , power+home , up/down+power+home,nothing.When i tried plug it into the computer it makes that sound when something failed to connect to the pc. When i tried holding the power button i hear the sound of the device successfully connect to the pc but when i look theres no phone on the computer and when i let go of the power button it stops. Any help would be very much appreciated and i will never do anything to risk my device being broken again...
What did you install? Link the ROM or at least the name of the ROM.
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What did you install? Link the ROM or at least the name of the ROM.
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I didnt install anything all i did was use rom manager to go into recovery mode i was trying to install a jelly bean rom but recovery mode never showed up
Did you modify your build.prop?
Can you still access the download mode? If yes try to flash back a stock rom with odin.
Or remove the battery and try again to boot up in download mode.
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Can you still access the download mode? If yes try to flash back a stock rom with odin.
Or remove the battery and try again to boot up in download mode.
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No i cant acess anything download mode or clockwork recovery , cant connecty to pc cant turn on just a black screen...
Its volume up&home button&power you will see little blue text in the top left let go of buttons.
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Try a different usb slot sometimes a usb slot may malfunction I had that problem.
Also don't use a usb extender hub if you are it may screw with the voltage.
a new usb I'm sure you've heard that one but this has the least chance of working because you the s3 makes the noise which means the usb works
Try a new computer and check that you have Kies installed
Try to restart the laptop that also helps
Hope I helped you out
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Which Rom were u trying to flash be specific.
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Unfortunately, I have this exact same problem. I'm really scared that I may have bricked my device...
The last time my phone was working, I simply updated my phone to CM10's latest update for the phone. Everything was working perfectly fine. All I did was download the latest rom from get.cm for my sgs3.
Then I read online that this new 4.1.2 rom came out. As a new member XDA won't allow me to post the link of the rom...but you can find it in the Original Development Thread of the T-Mobile SGS3. Slim-i9300-2.7.0-OFFICIAL is the name of the rom [I copied it directly].
After making a backup of my current rom, installing this rom and installing the new gapps, I rebooted the device and nothing has worked since... [this happened about 12 hours ago].
Now, when I take out the battery and plug the charger in, the notification light becomes solid red. But nothing works...I can't go into download mode, I can't go into recovery. I knew this immediately when the phone did not vibrate after me holding down the power button for a few minutes.
The red notification light only turns on when I plug in the phone when the battery is out. If I put the battery in, after a few moments it goes away. I honestly thought maybe the battery was just dead...but I left it plugged in all night and I still can't do anything with the phone.
Please, any help for me and whtnld would be much appreciated...
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Did you mod the build.prop for any reason? (Google wallet maybe?)
If you did and then tried to update/install recovery through Rom Manager, it may have tried to install the wrong recovery on the wrong partition, resulting in a hard brick.
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jeikei4life said:
Unfortunately, I have this exact same problem. I'm really scared that I may have bricked my device...
The last time my phone was working, I simply updated my phone to CM10's latest update for the phone. Everything was working perfectly fine. All I did was download the latest rom from get.cm for my sgs3.
Then I read online that this new 4.1.2 rom came out. As a new member XDA won't allow me to post the link of the rom...but you can find it in the Original Development Thread of the T-Mobile SGS3. Slim-i9300-2.7.0-OFFICIAL is the name of the rom [I copied it directly].
After making a backup of my current rom, installing this rom and installing the new gapps, I rebooted the device and nothing has worked since... [this happened about 12 hours ago].
Now, when I take out the battery and plug the charger in, the notification light becomes solid red. But nothing works...I can't go into download mode, I can't go into recovery. I knew this immediately when the phone did not vibrate after me holding down the power button for a few minutes.
The red notification light only turns on when I plug in the phone when the battery is out. If I put the battery in, after a few moments it goes away. I honestly thought maybe the battery was just dead...but I left it plugged in all night and I still can't do anything with the phone.
Please, any help for me and whtnld would be much appreciated...
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You flashed an intl rom. Hard bricked. Need JTAG repair or replace unit.
I was about to say, isn't the i9300 the intl version? the tgh-t999 is the TMOUS version.
You have to let go of the power button to get into recovery.
jeikei4life said:
Unfortunately, I have this exact same problem. I'm really scared that I may have bricked my device...
The last time my phone was working, I simply updated my phone to CM10's latest update for the phone. Everything was working perfectly fine. All I did was download the latest rom from get.cm for my sgs3.
Then I read online that this new 4.1.2 rom came out. As a new member XDA won't allow me to post the link of the rom...but you can find it in the Original Development Thread of the T-Mobile SGS3. Slim-i9300-2.7.0-OFFICIAL is the name of the rom [I copied it directly].
After making a backup of my current rom, installing this rom and installing the new gapps, I rebooted the device and nothing has worked since... [this happened about 12 hours ago].
Now, when I take out the battery and plug the charger in, the notification light becomes solid red. But nothing works...I can't go into download mode, I can't go into recovery. I knew this immediately when the phone did not vibrate after me holding down the power button for a few minutes.
The red notification light only turns on when I plug in the phone when the battery is out. If I put the battery in, after a few moments it goes away. I honestly thought maybe the battery was just dead...but I left it plugged in all night and I still can't do anything with the phone.
Please, any help for me and whtnld would be much appreciated...
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Easy Way to find out if it's hard bricked is to connect your phone to pc... If pc displays qhsusb - I forget what else then you are hard bricked and need to jtag fix it which should run you around 60 buxs. Sorry bud if that's the case but next time don't flash anything i9300 if you have a t999
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Easy Way to find out if it's hard bricked is to connect your phone to pc... If pc displays qhsusb - I forget what else then you are hard bricked and need to jtag fix it which should run you around 60 buxs. Sorry bud if that's the case but next time don't flash anything i9300 if you have a t999
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I rooted my t999 yesterday got rooted but when i tried to flash cwm touch using mobile odin app i think i bricked it because it wont turn on either. Someone is it fixable since it wasnt a rom i tried to flash.
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I rooted my t999 yesterday got rooted but when i tried to flash cwm touch using mobile odin app i think i bricked it because it wont turn on either. Someone is it fixable since it wasnt a rom i tried to flash.
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Can you boot into download mode? Volume Down + home + power button?
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Rom manager is too buggy imo. Goo manager and TWRP recovery is the way to go next time.
Oye.... So my brother's girlfriend's T989 (Same model as myself) did the kies update to 4.1.2. All was well for a little while, but now every time she plugs her phone in (I believe just into the computer, but need to verify) it goes into download mode. The phone additionally does random reboots and crashes.. All is stock, no root. I had her use the stock recovery to wipe the cache and factory reset, and still not working.
I RDP'd to her PC and tried to ODIN to stock, but since it automagically goes into download mode when you plug it in, I'm not sure how it's communicating with ODIN and if it's even taking the flash.
Any thoughts, or anyone seen this before? The worst thing is she lives 6 hours away, so everything I do is a walkthrough or RDP.
Let me know if anyone has any suggestions..
Thanks!
I find that I get that download mode issue if I'm not using the charger and cable that came with the phone.
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I find that I get that download mode issue if I'm not using the charger and cable that came with the phone.
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I've read that before... I'm going to verify
I have Samsung Galaxy Note 2 sgk-i317 16gb with a removable micro sd.
Yesterday I was trying to reset my phone and I did something wrong.
I somehow deleted my OS
The phone will boot in the "Downloading..." mode or doing the up volume to get to the TWRP page
I booted it in the downloading mode and now I dont know if I can turn it off again to get back to TWRP mode
I tried to install several roms before with twrp, some would say success, but do nothing, others wound simply fail.
Im in downloading mode, but it wont connect to my computer. I figured I could just get it back on Odin and start over and do a clean install.
My computer sees a device, but even after installing several versions of the samsung drivers it wont find it.
Kies wont find it either.
I dont know what else to do. Ive been messing with this for 12 hours now. All my stuff was backed up so I dont mind clearing the phone completely out, but idk where to go from here. Any help would really be appreciated.
Im new to smart phones so if you could dumb down your responses I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
Try this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40966346
I know you said kies won't recognize the phone. When mine didn't boot. Nothing wasn't working. But when I used this method worked like a charm. And keep in mind when using this. When you plug up the phone to the pc. It's not going to do anything, but it will find it and load the stock firmware on there...
Good luck buddy...
Hopefully that resolves your issue
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Try this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40966346
I know you said kies won't recognize the phone. When mine didn't boot. Nothing wasn't working. But when I used this method worked like a charm. And keep in mind when using this. When you plug up the phone to the pc. It's not going to do anything, but it will find it and load the stock firmware on there...
Good luck buddy...
Hopefully that resolves your issue
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Kies wont see it.
Ive tired over 20 times.
I even tried the firmware upgrade and install by manually putting in my phone info, but it still doesnt see it.
I rebooted and can still get into either this mode or the TWRP mode.
Any more ideas? I really appreciate the help I cant afford another phone and this one was a gift :/
Flash stock with Odin maybe?
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Flash stock with Odin maybe?
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Odin wont see it. Id like to flash it stock just to get it running again.
Ive reinstalled the drivers, as well as older versions I found online and none of them are working.
Windows xp computer (old and ****ty) doesnt even pop up that I plugged something in.
My pc Win8 Does see it, but doesnt recognize it. Reinstalling drivers doesnt help.
Odin wont see it.
I can get back to the TWRP mode, so I thought putting a rom on my micro would work, but I havent found a rom that wanted to work yet.
Anyone have one that is known to work with Samsung Galaxy Note 2 SGH-i317?
Could I use keys to download the orig. rom and then use TWRP to install the rom?
I installed:
senselesskingdom 1.2.3 TWRP. zip
using TWRP
It says "success"
But just boots back into TWRP
You are not using a version for the note 2. The version is 2.6.something.
I tried using Odin to Flash back to Stock because I no longer wanted the custom Rom. Odin Decided to Fail, So now I am stuck on the blue screen saying An error has occurred while updating the device software. I tried using Smart Switch PC to use the emergency recovery but apparently my phone was unsupported. I can still put it in download mode but my laptop will no longer recognize my phone. So If anyone can help me bring my phone back to life I would appreciate it. I dont want to have to get another phone.
bump. ... anyone? Someone can seriously save me $200.
You need to flash the OL1 firw.. with odin
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did you get it worked out?