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Vibrates 7 times

I just rooted my HTC Desire and installed CM7 on it (loved it on my HTC Legend). But suddenly today, after I turned Wifi on, it started rebooting all the time, couldn't do anything to stop it. I thought "Hey, there was the radio flash thing in the tutorial that I didn't do yet, I'll try that out" so I flashed the radio. Then I chose reboot system, but it just booted to a logo with an android coming out of a trash can, and looked kinda stuck there. So I took out the battery and plugged back in. Now if I try to turn it on, it'll just vibrate 7 times - no picture or anything. Also there's no LED when I plug it to the charger.

I had those 7 vibrates too.
Happened after i flashed the cm7 hboot over my stock hboot while trying to enter recovery. After i re-flashed my recovery using fastboot, everything worked again. What happens if you try to power up while holding down vol- ? Did you use fastboot or your phones recovery mode to install the radio?

I am not able to start in recovery or anything. I tried vol. down + power and back + power and no matter what I try, it just vibrates 7 times. I used the recovery mode to install the radio.

You could try to connect your phone via usb and check if fastboot discovers your device. If yes, flash hboot and recovery using fastboot. If not, well... i dont have a clue. Sorry :/

Computer discovers nothing when I plug in the phone.

Bad news when u pulled battery u interrupt the process n u now have a bricked device I would b very surprised if u managed to do anything
Pulling battery when doin a radio update is a BIG NO NO I'm sorry but ur stuck with a 400+ mirror now
Please look at this link
http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?site=images&client=ms-android-htc&hl=en&gl=uk&source=mog&aq=&oq=&aqi=&fkt=&fsdt=&cqt=&rst=&htf=&his=&maction=&q=android+radio+update#i=95
If that the image u saw when u pulled battery ur defo screwed
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Your link doesn't work.. I found a picture of what was showing when I unplugged the battery, but I'm not allowed to post links to other sites on these forums yet.

U need to copy the link for some reason its not showing up
Pm the link u have
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Inrego said:
Your link doesn't work.. I found a picture of what was showing when I unplugged the battery, but I'm not allowed to post links to other sites on these forums yet.
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inrego
yes the image u just sent me is correct
the image showing would of ment it was installing the radio and because u pulled battery u have corrupt the flash and unfortuntly bricked ur device
i will look for a solution on the net but im not sure if ill find anythink sorrry

Inrego said:
Your link doesn't work.. I found a picture of what was showing when I unplugged the battery, but I'm not allowed to post links to other sites on these forums yet.
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heres a few thread about some pulling battery on radio flash
http://android.modaco.com/content/g...m/304368/can-the-nexus-one-be-bricked/#entry0
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...50/help-cannot-turn-on-after-flash-new-radio/
i cant find anythink about fixin the issue sorry

Well thanks alot for trying. At least it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to get a replacement unit..

Inrego said:
Well thanks alot for trying. At least it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to get a replacement unit..
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all depends on if ur on warranty if u have receipt and warranty then all is ok with out them u stuck basically
sorry couldn't help more hopefully lesson learnt playing with radio is risky business

Yea got warranty and reciept and all that, so np there

Inrego said:
Yea got warranty and reciept and all that, so np there
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nice one then just make up a bull**** reason ok well hope u get a replacement

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Inrego said:
Well thanks alot for trying. At least it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to get a replacement unit..
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For the record to help some of you out who ended up here Googling: I had a similar issue. My HTC Desire SV did not boot, and when charging, only had an orange flashing light, and the phone vibrated 7 times. I did 2 things that got it back up:
1) left the phone off for say 10 minutes (I read about overheating issues in general, although the phone did not feel hot).
2) removed the battery for a couple of minutes.
VERY IMPORTANT: for step 2: make sure to have the battery removed long enough to drain internal charge. I removed and installed the battery in a second or so at first, and still the phone did not boot. After leaving out the battery long enough, it booted again. It appears to me that the issue in my case was a rather big internal charge capacity which kept internal state (memory and/or CPU?) from booting. Hope this helps...

[UNRESOLVED / CLOSED] Friend of mine getting a white screen

EDIT - No sollution found!!
Please examine this thread if you have similar problems, but please don't ask how we got it fixed. The phone was just done for, dead, bricked, whatever you want to call it.
Good luck with yours!
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Orriginal post below.
Hey people,
A friend of mine is getting a white screen on his Galaxy Y, can't do anything with it. Even a hard reset (as found on the internet) doesn't work. (Hard reset being holding volume up, center button and power button).
Does anyone have experience with this problem?
Tim
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First state what happen?
Try remove battery and power on again. If its not work try volume down home button then power button. If the download mode appears flash stock rom again using odin..
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda premium

timmiej93 said:
Hey people,
A friend of mine is getting a white screen on his Galaxy Y, can't do anything with it. Even a hard reset (as found on the internet) doesn't work. (Hard reset being holding volume up, center button and power button).
Does anyone have experience with this problem?
Tim
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Thats NOT a hard reset! Pull the battery, and insert it again. Now do your "hard reset". As in, holding volume up+home+power key together until you see the Samsung logo. Do a data wipe and restart. If that doesnt work, search for flashable firmware packages in the Development section. If that doesn't work either, replace your phone.

Hey guys,
Thank you both for your replies.
rockerblood said:
First state what happen?
Try remove battery and power on again. If its not work try volume down home button then power button. If the download mode appears flash stock rom again using odin..
Sent from my GT-S5360 using xda premium
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Stating what happened: He just suddenly had a white screen, unable to do anything with the phone. Rebooting, pulling the battery etc. didn't do anything.
Your second option didn't work either unfortunatly.
Raol Emostar said:
Thats NOT a hard reset! Pull the battery, and insert it again. Now do your "hard reset". As in, holding volume up+home+power key together until you see the Samsung logo. Do a data wipe and restart. If that doesnt work, search for flashable firmware packages in the Development section. If that doesn't work either, replace your phone.
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Sorry about that, I just read in about this phone, since it's not mine, and I already forgot about the second part.
Unfortunately, neither of this works. Every boot method gets him a white screen. Since he rooted his phone about a week ago, looks like he's going to need a new one.

timmiej93 said:
Hey guys,
Thank you both for your replies.
Stating what happened: He just suddenly had a white screen, unable to do anything with the phone. Rebooting, pulling the battery etc. didn't do anything.
Your second option didn't work either unfortunatly.
Sorry about that, I just read in about this phone, since it's not mine, and I already forgot about the second part.
Unfortunately, neither of this works. Every boot method gets him a white screen. Since he rooted his phone about a week ago, looks like he's going to need a new one.
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try flashing the ROM using Odin from the PC

Might Odin be the same as Samsung Kies in dutch? Or is this an external program?
Assuming it's this program: http://odin-win.sourceforge.net/
Now how does this work? I've been flashing my phone for quite a while now, but I'm not familiar with this program. Can I just download a ROM (stock) from the developers part here?

timmiej93 said:
Might Odin be the same as Samsung Kies in dutch? Or is this an external program?
Assuming it's this program: http://odin-win.sourceforge.net/
Now how does this work? I've been flashing my phone for quite a while now, but I'm not familiar with this program. Can I just download a ROM (stock) from the developers part here?
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its a tool for windows which lets you flash firmwares. You need to connect your phone to your pc is download mode.
Search Google and you will get lots of tutorials explaining the process.
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Okay thanks for all your help guys.
My friend tried everything you people suggested, but nothing worked. He just had an expert look at it and it's just totally bricked. Gotta buy a new one. Thanks for trying anyway!

Sorry for bringing this up again, but I kinda feel sorry when people brick their devices. Yours doesnt have to be a brick. Read this. The instructions are on the first page. There's a link to Odin too. Hope for the best!

Raol Emostar said:
Sorry for bringing this up again, but I kinda feel sorry when people brick their devices. Yours doesnt have to be a brick. Read this. The instructions are on the first page. There's a link to Odin too. Hope for the best!
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Haha don't mind bringing it up . I asked for help, so I should at the very least be gratefull for every try! So first of all, thank you for your suggestion. I'll send this to my friend an have him take a look at it. I'll keep you updated if it works or not.

SGY white screen HELP!
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Haha don't mind bringing it up . I asked for help, so I should at the very least be gratefull for every try! So first of all, thank you for your suggestion. I'll send this to my friend an have him take a look at it. I'll keep you updated if it works or not.
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plss help me my SAMSUNG GALAXY Y GT-s5360 !! only white screen ?? how cant i fix it ?? i go to the recovery mode but WHite screen also ??

Iam faced same problem on my galaxy y
that is hardware problem
you need to change "DISPLAY IC"

Hard Bricked Sprint Galaxy s3 Need Help!!!

So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???

If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
Sent from Galaxy SIII

musclehead84 said:
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
Sent from Galaxy SIII
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Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.

jsmoof21 said:
Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
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Its not a problem as long as you flash a rom FOR YOUR PHONE.....

Did you try this?
jsmoof21 said:
So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
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I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.

tyler1037 said:
I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
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I just tried that and no luck. sounds like u soft bricked it. I can't get it to turn on period. The only thing that turns on is the lcd light but only for 10 seconds then shuts off. Thanks for the help though!

If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds

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If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with

galaxy s3 softbrick
jsmoof21 said:
I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks

bonao1851 said:
hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Do you get a screen at all? You say you're softbricked but you also say it doesnt start up. If you are really just softbricked then you have a screen too, in which case you'll just look like an ass going to sprint because they will see you fuucked with it and laugh you out the store. If you are hardbricked then you would have just a black screen. If you have a screen, do some reading like you shouldve done in the first place and fix it yourself.

bonao1851 said:
hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Mine was hard bricked and it couldn't be turned on period. If yours is soft brick then you should be able to get it back into download mode but you can't get it to turn on at all, then you have a hard brick. I went to sprint and got a brand new one because they couldn't fix it either. So unless they can fix it you will have to get a new one!

Also Hard Bricked.
18th.abn said:
If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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On the advice for taking the battery out and trying to get into download mode, I tried and now without my battery in I get my red light but still no luck on download mode. any advice like "tinylinux". Sorry not a noob but not a pro so whereever that middle area is is where I stand. Thanks in advance.

UNBRICK
Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3

pvinodnayak said:
Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
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DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG
I had same stuck at boot screen but could get odin download mode still this literally saved my phone thanks your awesome!

I Screwed Up
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan

jonathanod said:
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
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I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.

m20120 said:
I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
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why are people still doing this?

nicholaaaas said:
why are people still doing this?
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Some people really should get an iPhone...
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WHYDavid said:
Some people really should get an iPhone...
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Totally agree.That or a motorola

Try YouTubeing QBKing77 on his video for bricked S3's
Good luck. There will be a way to unbrick. Just have to find the right method.
[JellyBombed S3 via XDA premium]

[Q] s3 hard bricked after installing bad rom? possible? (wont turn on at all)

Right. so this is what happened. My friend rooted his s3 and.. well.. he played where he shouldnt have. he went into recovery mode and formatted everything because he thought format was a good thing -.- (that was until I told him it meant delete), so after I gave him a ROM to install, cause evidently he had erased his system.... after the installation, it said completed, then asked him to restart the phone, and when he pressed yes It just never turned back on. no bootloop or anything. just black screen.
I've tried going back into recovery mode (power+home+vol up).......no response.
I've tried going into Download Mode (power+home+vol down) ....... no response.
when I plug it into the computer or USB charger without a battery in the phone the notification light turns red for a few minutes. with battery in, nothing.
my guess is that a ROM got installed, without the bootloader being unlocked. (oops)
what I'm really here for though, is to ask if you can really blank screen brick your phone just by downloading a bad rom.
any help anyone? any advise on what I should try? anything? thanks!
Samsung Galaxy s3 SGH-i747M(bell)
(I have his phone for the weekend because he will be away and wont be able to try anything to fix it, hence why I'm here asking this.)
The Rom we accidently put on it was called Android Revolution HD SGS3 17.0 I honestly cant find on the site weather its international or not s:

need more info what rom if it was a international rom then the phone is hard bricked and needs to be jtaged

idk!
jerrycoffman45 said:
need more info what rom if it was a international rom then the phone is hard bricked and needs to be jtaged
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The ROM is called Android Revolution HD-SGS3 17.0 I looked on the site and it doesnt say if its international or not well, not that I can see

frappim said:
The ROM is called Android Revolution HD-SGS3 17.0 I looked on the site and it doesnt say if its international or not well, not that I can see
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yep thats a international rom its in the international section
international=i9300,i9305

usb jig?
jerrycoffman45 said:
yep thats a international rom its in the international section
international=i9300,i9305
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Would a usb jig work? anything work? we're only kids we cant get 80$ to pay for a phone repair -.-
I ordered usb jigs yesterday.. they better do something!

most likely no you might try taking it back to your carrier and tell them you updated to jb with kies and the phone wont turn on they will send it to samsung for a warranty repair but if samsung finds out you flashed a rom they will charge you for repair if you can get to download mode with the jig then you can oden stock rom

jerrycoffman45 said:
most likely no you might try taking it back to your carrier and tell them you updated to jb with kies and the phone wont turn on they will send it to samsung for a warranty repair but if samsung finds out you flashed a rom they will charge you for repair if you can get to download mode with the jig then you can oden stock rom
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alright, thats what I'll do. if the Jig doesnt work I'll get my friend to return it to bell and say some sort of lie XD
thanks you!

no problem just tell your friend if they find out samsung will bill him for the repair and it will be more than 80 dollars

jerrycoffman45 said:
no problem just tell your friend if they find out samsung will bill him for the repair and it will be more than 80 dollars
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like... alot more than 80$? because if so my friend can get a new phone through his insurance for 150$ it would be useless to wait 5 weeks to repair a phone that would cost almost as much as it would getting a new one

i am not sure let me search
couldnt find anything seems like it was a couple hundred dollars but i cant find that thread so i could be wrong found one where the guy did the samething and they fixed his for free ok after more checking those whose phone would not power on was fixed by samsung for free

Thank You!!
jerrycoffman45 said:
i am not sure let me search
couldnt find anything seems like it was a couple hundred dollars but i cant find that thread so i could be wrong found one where the guy did the samething and they fixed his for free
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okay, well thanks for helping! I'll ask my friend what he wants to do and i'll reply the status, or what ever other issues we run into, thanks again for helping!

frappim said:
okay, well thanks for helping! I'll ask my friend what he wants to do and i'll reply the status, or what ever other issues we run into, thanks again for helping!
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your welcome next time do a little more reading before you flash it saves alot of trouble

[Q] Samsung t989 Galaxy S II - Bootloop HELP please :(

I downloaded the Jedi Mind Trick JB 2 ROM and installed it via clocwork mod recovery .. That went fine but it took me a few days to realize I didnt have a working video camera anymore on my phone.. so I thought to flash a stock ROOTed rom instead...
Then I found this threat about an updated version of Jedi Mind Trick's ROM labled JB 3.. So I wiped as much as I could in recovery and chose to format all the options it gave me in recover , Format system , data , cache , emms(or something) .. and now when I boot the phone , it shows the first flash screen , and the samsung logo starts to shimmer then it reboots back to the splash screen and repeats this process everal times before just going black and sitting there..
So I've successfully bootlooped my phone doing this..
MY PROBLEM -- I don't know how to charge my phone or connect to it to install anything else..
Is this a serious problem? How can I charge my phone to continue troubleshooting it? It still has some battery to try some things but I don't know how to hook it up to transfer any other roms to it via USB cable and PC in it's current state..
I'm very computer savvy but I'm trying to learn this phone modding stuff and I realy hope I didn't brick my phone in this process.
Can someone please help me out here? I'll be on the forums religiously until I figure this out.
What should I start doing first??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!

still working at it
I think I'm at the point of having to use ODIN to flash a new rom since i cannot simply copy this rom to the sdcard to use clockwork to flash it .. Am I correct on this ?
For some reason this rom I found (should be stock rooted tmobile gSII rom) does not want to open from ODIN's PDA button cause its in .zip and not .tar or anything... I'm not sure how to flash this rom with ODIN ( I'm not even 100% sure this is how its supposed to go) Any suggestions ?

phew
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.

zarklon said:
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
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Is this true? Through a recommendation (haven't done anything to my phone from rooting/flashing KANGSJUGGERNAUT2 years ago), I tried to flash CM10 and ended up with a bootloop myself. Tried flashing through ODIN but it kept crashing; does anyone know why?
Afterward, I tried to reflash it through CWM and from then on bootloops into a installation process that never completes.
For some reason my CWM turned super slow, freezes/hangs and reboots after a few minutes.
I gave the phone to a friend who does this stuff on the regular but he said my initial flash wasn't complete cause in download mode says I'm still running official? No clue.
I was told this via email/chat: "No luck, it won't even boot anymore, I think I'll just bring it back tmrw morn
10:43 PM
Sorry I'm at a wedding (yea I know random) I left my phone with coat check
OK I've narrowed down the reason but not the solution, you had an AOKP based ROM which fundamentally is based on CyanogenMod, but it wasn't correctly flashed as the phone still thought it has factory ROMs still running
11:10 PM
Clockworkmod(even though it was working before) wasn't accessing the partitions of the phone correctly so it wasn't properly wiping or flashing properly.
11:12 PM
So basically from the first time you flashed cwm it didn't flash properly then the next time you flashed using the new recovery it didn't flash anything it was supposed to do itself properly , so basically it was a chain of events in addition to a bad boot loader, that's why it never went to recovery or download mode correctly
11:13 PM
That's something that had to do with the way the phone was built meaning you may of had a bad bootloader from the very begin and are now feeling the synptoms
Basically, and I would hate to be the reason or partially the reason you have a dead phone, basically it was a matter of coincedencr that it happened as this could of happened at anytime, once you have a bad boot loader its pretty much down hill from there"
Any helpful insight as how I can rectify this? is my phone truly dead? Sorry about the quoted format, it was copied and pasted.

If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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tronmech said:
If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?

JahJahLoO said:
The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
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sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.

sam.balia1012 said:
sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.
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I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!

dont give up
JahJahLoO said:
I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
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you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know

sam.balia1012 said:
you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
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I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.

JahJahLoO said:
I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
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If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.

sam.balia1012 said:
If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.
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Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.

JahJahLoO said:
Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
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fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!

sam.balia1012 said:
fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
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It might as well have... :crying: