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What not to do so you dont brick your epic 4G,LISTEN OR REGRET IT!

Take it from me, i hard bricked my epic touch 2days ago,and even a service repair center couldnt odin flash the stock tar, instead put a new motherboard in after a few helpful posts with ideas, from some generous members here, still no luck, but beware if you do u will gey lots of laughs and lots of your an idiot!
#1 if u play with rom zips make sure you realy read the process first clearly.
#2 if you plan to flash any tar make sure you have the eg30.tar for stock epic touch 4g,it can be found at acs website its i believe 430mb file put it into pda on odin with kies drivers installed.
#3 Do not use any tar that u suspect is from another carrier or phone instabrick,do not flash a GSM TAR OVER THIS PHONE ,that is what i did,i got a botched renamed gti9100 tar for an atat phone and flashed it and it will cause u too loose all usb recognition for good when u flash a gsm rom on a cdma device.
#4 Lastly for those that are in a similiar situation,with no usb recognition to odin after trying everything godly possible, take it to a service repair center kindly say u did a bad kies update and now this just act stupid , theyll try to flash firmware wont get usb connection and theyll replace ur motherboard in 10 min. No charge providing u have insurance on device.
This is for all the newbies who have already screwed up there phone.
Enjoy hope this was helpfull info.
Like to give a thanks to
Epix4g and chunology for at least tryin to help me in my experience.

I wonder if the jig helps in that situation, its supposed to.

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Yes and no, the jig allows for three things ,reset binary count to 0, remove yellow triangle and force phone into download mode.
In certain brick instances which there are many kinds , a jig would only get u into dload mode, the brick that i had gotten was so far gone i actually lost any chance of getting usb function back without that your hopeless, this happened because i flashed a gsm rom on a cdma phone ,which moreless patched the usb functionality because the gsm.firmware ona cdma phone wasnt corresponding with one another . Nothing could ever be done besides changing the entire motherboard
Wasnt done on purpose i got a bad tar file for a [email protected] galaxy s , that was renamed eg30.tar, i didnt know this till phone booted up as a gt i9100

I have a jig but I don't plan on testing your theory. If I had my phone under normal circumstances I would be happy to try your theory because I could just go to a store for the fix, in my situation I would be stuck.

A jig is different from jtag there is a guy that says he can fix its on another board gs2 ?maybe
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You guys are lucky...
Mine is so fried that the /data is inaccessible no matter what who does and Sprint, the kind souls that they are, is claiming that I don't have insurance (I guess not, considering I requested 5 months ago and their records indicate my phone was only activated on 4/2) and have to pay full boat.
HA! They screwed themselves. By claiming that my phone was only activated on 4/2 they have shoved me back into Sprint's replacement parameters AND the auto qualify for insurance. Option number 1 and... presto, free BRAND NEW phone. I'm lucky too I guess. While posting this reply I got completely taken care of.

[Q] Hard bricked. Found out something, but doubt it means anything

I accidentally flashed ktoonsez i777 rom on my i747 in a hurry to do so and when it aborted, I realized it was wrong. Not thinking about it, I just restarted from cwm because usually when it aborts, it just reverts. Now my phone does nothing. I was able to aquire the drivers for the mode it is in when it's bricked and it detects it, but odin sees nothing. It says its on COM10 in device manager. I think it was qhusb or something. Anyway, it is not an unknown device anymore and I have read all about this and how everyone does jtag, but is there any software that CAN detect the phone to add any kind of files? I read that somebody was able to find some software to detect it, but this was one person. Any help would be appreciated and I'm sorry for possibly going on a sore topic again, but I REALLY would rather not send this to jtag if I can help it.

Can you get into download mode?
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This is his buddy, no he can't. Phone is in some other mode, and unresponsive.
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RicoStang said:
I accidentally flashed ktoonsez i777 rom on my i747 in a hurry to do so and when it aborted, I realized it was wrong. Not thinking about it, I just restarted from cwm because usually when it aborts, it just reverts. Now my phone does nothing. I was able to aquire the drivers for the mode it is in when it's bricked and it detects it, but odin sees nothing. It says its on COM10 in device manager. I think it was qhusb or something. Anyway, it is not an unknown device anymore and I have read all about this and how everyone does jtag, but is there any software that CAN detect the phone to add any kind of files? I read that somebody was able to find some software to detect it, but this was one person. Any help would be appreciated and I'm sorry for possibly going on a sore topic again, but I REALLY would rather not send this to jtag if I can help it.
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Huh? You flashed Ktoonsez's i777 rom? he doesn't have an i777 rom. you mean you flashed his kernel onto this device or what? If you flashed aokp for the i777 then you would be referring to me then. Still unsure what you are talking about flashing so I can't help you out until i know.

NickS_ said:
This is his buddy, no he can't. Phone is in some other mode, and unresponsive.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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What is this other mode? Open task manager and close everything related to Kies before trying Odin.. see if that helps at all

task650 said:
Huh? You flashed Ktoonsez's i777 rom? he doesn't have an i777 rom. you mean you flashed his kernel onto this device or what? If you flashed aokp for the i777 then you would be referring to me then. Still unsure what you are talking about flashing so I can't help you out until i know.
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I'm apologize. I used to mod the hell out of my old Motorola's before smartphones were mainstream, but I'm new to this again. I flashed his aokp for the i777. I had the 11/4 version for the i747 and I saw that something came out more recently for the aokp so I went to flash that and saw that it was the i777 version when I looked at the file after it aborted and figured I could reboot and it would work. This is when absolutely nothing happened. I accidentally did this same thing with the i747 version on my girlfriends SII and once I saw that it was the wrong version, it just reverted upon reboot which is why I thought it would do the same for me. I know you guys don't make guarantees and it was my fault. I love this aokp and I'll still use it. I'm just a bit upset that I hard bricked because I don't want to have to send my phone out to be jtagged. I can't get it into download mode and I heard on several posts that USB jigs wont work on this phone for forcing it unless the phone isn't bricked (which is kind of useless if you ask me). After this all happened, it came up in windows as QHSUSB_DLOAD as unrecognized. After searching for a while, I found and installed drivers and it now recognizes it, but it wont come up as a device in ODIN. I'm assuming I'm kind of screwed here I'd really appreciate any help or advice other than to return it. I understand I may have to do that, but I'm looking for a solution here. I see that this has happened with a lot of GS3's for various reasons and I'm surprised there isn't a fix yet. Thanks in advance for help.

Update! I'm not sure if this means anything or not, but I have QPST running and the phone is on COM11 and it is detecting it in download mode. Once again, ODIN, will not read this, but QPST is. It is asking me for a phone image to flash in the form of a .hex .hxb .pbn .bin. or .mbn
I can't do much in this software because I'm in QPST download mode, but it looks like it will allow me to flash files with these extensions. Not sure if this matters, but I'd love to find a solution to this bricking issue to save people the money of having to send a phone out or hassle insurance returns and having to run over a poor GS3 with a car to "accidentally break" it. Does anyone have files like this that I can flash?

Alright I got some .mbn files and one .bin using 7zip extracting from a stock rom. On the .bin when I try to flash it, I get "Use the phone's UI to switch it to streaming download mode" and NAK: invalid address when attempting the .mbn flash. I'm getting a bit discouraged again. The only area I can use is "software download" because I can't do anything else with the phone. I'm going to sleep though. Hopefully there will be some insight in the morning. Glad I have developers here!

Follow this thread, though it's mainly about msm8660 for now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914359

RussianBear said:
Follow this thread, though it's mainly about msm8660 for now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914359
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Thanks!

RicoStang said:
I accidentally flashed ktoonsez i777 rom on my i747 in a hurry to do so and when it aborted, I realized it was wrong. Not thinking about it, I just restarted from cwm because usually when it aborts, it just reverts. Now my phone does nothing. I was able to aquire the drivers for the mode it is in when it's bricked and it detects it, but odin sees nothing. It says its on COM10 in device manager. I think it was qhusb or something. Anyway, it is not an unknown device anymore and I have read all about this and how everyone does jtag, but is there any software that CAN detect the phone to add any kind of files? I read that somebody was able to find some software to detect it, but this was one person. Any help would be appreciated and I'm sorry for possibly going on a sore topic again, but I REALLY would rather not send this to jtag if I can help it.
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When i got hardbricked i sent it to samsung got it fixed completly i obviously had to pay cuz there were scratches on it but u could probably get away with it blaming a samsung software update and get it fixed for free

I like that lol. I didn't even think of that method. I am kicking myself repeatedly for not getting insurance so I could just run over the damn thing!

RicoStang said:
I like that lol. I didn't even think of that method. I am kicking myself repeatedly for not getting insurance so I could just run over the damn thing!
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That's how I feel right about now haha

RicoStang said:
I accidentally flashed ktoonsez i777 rom on my i747 in a hurry to do so and when it aborted, I realized it was wrong. Not thinking about it, I just restarted from cwm because usually when it aborts, it just reverts. Now my phone does nothing. I was able to aquire the drivers for the mode it is in when it's bricked and it detects it, but odin sees nothing. It says its on COM10 in device manager. I think it was qhusb or something. Anyway, it is not an unknown device anymore and I have read all about this and how everyone does jtag, but is there any software that CAN detect the phone to add any kind of files? I read that somebody was able to find some software to detect it, but this was one person. Any help would be appreciated and I'm sorry for possibly going on a sore topic again, but I REALLY would rather not send this to jtag if I can help it.
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So, I know this is basically a dead post... but I was wondering if you ever found the solution to this issue? I am experiencing basically the same thing with my i747. Luckily, I purchased a cheap HTC Inspire off of Ebay to use for the time being, but I feel like I am seriously on the brink of figuring this out and its driving me mad. If you did have any luck, I'd love to hear about it!

[Q] Flashed SGS2 I9100 ROM - E: Can't mount /sdcard/ and Stuck in Boot Loop

So I accidentally flashed a Jelly Bean ROM leak for the SGS2 I9100 and now I'm stuck in a boot loop with the Samsung logo repeating itself. When I boot into CWM recovery (PhiZ Touch 3 Clockworkmod 6.0.1.5 is what this one flashed), my phone is unable to recognize my external SD card (E: Can't mount /sdcard/).
I've Wiped Data/Factory Reset
Erased Reformatted SD Card
Attempted to connect Odin - does not recognize phone
I've tried NUMEROUS times to connect Odin (Kies)
From what I've read, it sounds like my partition is pretty screwed up. I've been reading a lot of posts on possible solutions and nothing has worked. If I could get access to reading my SD Card and reflashing an old ROM, I'd think I'd be in the clear. If I could find a way to push a ROM through Odin, I think I'd also be in good shape. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Ryan
SGS2 Epic 4G Touch

Check out mobiletechvideos.com epic 4g touch jtag service. Its about $50 and the only way to recover fully from an intl flash on the et4g. U need to be more careful with what u flash because u can easily turn your phone into a doorstop and if u have no ins and are out of warranty will be stuck having to buy a new device. If you have warranty but no ins it'll cost $35 at sprint corporate store to get it replaced, and ins will run u a $100 deductible. Jtag can't fix the BLOD(blue light of death) brick but can fix a wrong version brick like u currently have. Your bootloader and USB support are currently fubar from flashing the wrong one with the intl versions rom package
Sent from my SPH-L710

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Check out mobiletechvideos.com epic 4g touch jtag service. Its about $50 and the only way to recover fully from an intl flash on the et4g. U need to be more careful with what u flash because u can easily turn your phone into a doorstop and if u have no ins and are out of warranty will be stuck having to buy a new device. If you have warranty but no ins it'll cost $35 at sprint corporate store to get it replaced, and ins will run u a $100 deductible. Jtag can't fix the BLOD(blue light of death) brick but can fix a wrong version brick like u currently have. Your bootloader and USB support are currently fubar from flashing the wrong one with the intl versions rom package
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Thanks for the reply. From what I gathered it looked like I was going to have go the Jtag route and I'm preparing to send the unit out. You brought up an interesting option of taking it to a Sprint Corporate store for replacement. I purchased the phone in March of 2012, so it should still be under factory warranty - unless you mean Sprint Warranty - but won't they know I caused the problem?
As far as flashing intl version ROM, I was content with the GB ROM I've been running for months and just jumped when I saw a JB release for what I thought was my version of phone. Won't do that again.
So Jtag is the only route to go; no hope of running a script to push over an reset the phone?

Diamond Rhino said:
Thanks for the reply. From what I gathered it looked like I was going to have go the Jtag route and I'm preparing to send the unit out. You brought up an interesting option of taking it to a Sprint Corporate store for replacement. I purchased the phone in March of 2012, so it should still be under factory warranty - unless you mean Sprint Warranty - but won't they know I caused the problem?
As far as flashing intl version ROM, I was content with the GB ROM I've been running for months and just jumped when I saw a JB release for what I thought was my version of phone. Won't do that again.
So Jtag is the only route to go; no hope of running a script to push over an reset the phone?
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Yes, unfortunately the corporate store is only good if you're superbricked where u only get a solid blue light when u try to boot up. Mfg warranty and sprint warranty are 1yr from purchase date. In your current situation jtag is your best bet. For future reference double check what u want to flash and make sure it says sph-d710, epic 4g touch, e4gt, et4g or sprint galaxy s2 as device name, anything else is most likely for one of the numerous other variants and will leave u in the situation ur in now, which is no good. If you ever wipe in the wrong recovery and end up with the BLOD then sprint corporate store or Samsung are a good option for replacement under warranty, its cheaper than ins and usually thru sprint only takes a day or 2 if they don't have a refurb on hand.
Edit: and yes jtag is the only way to get back to 100% there are a few ways to patch it up but u still lose USB support because the wrong firmware version that was flashed to the emmc allows it to activate but its drivers are messed up, basically the phone thinks its the i9100 instead of the sph-d710 so it can't find all of it's hardware components due to the internal file structure and hw version differences between the 2 devices.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Yes, unfortunately the corporate store is only good if you're superbricked where u only get a solid blue light when u try to boot up. Mfg warranty and sprint warranty are 1yr from purchase date. In your current situation jtag is your best bet. For future reference double check what u want to flash and make sure it says sph-d710, epic 4g touch, e4gt, et4g or sprint galaxy s2 as device name, anything else is most likely for one of the numerous other variants and will leave u in the situation ur in now, which is no good. If you ever wipe in the wrong recovery and end up with the BLOD then sprint corporate store or Samsung are a good option for replacement under warranty, its cheaper than ins and usually thru sprint only takes a day or 2 if they don't have a refurb on hand.
Edit: and yes jtag is the only way to get back to 100% there are a few ways to patch it up but u still lose USB support because the wrong firmware version that was flashed to the emmc allows it to activate but its drivers are messed up, basically the phone thinks its the i9100 instead of the sph-d710 so it can't find all of it's hardware components due to the internal file structure and hw version differences between the 2 devices.
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Thanks for all the help.

Diamond Rhino said:
So I accidentally flashed a Jelly Bean ROM leak for the SGS2 I9100 and now I'm stuck in a boot loop with the Samsung logo repeating itself. When I boot into CWM recovery (PhiZ Touch 3 Clockworkmod 6.0.1.5 is what this one flashed), my phone is unable to recognize my external SD card (E: Can't mount /sdcard/).
I've Wiped Data/Factory Reset
Erased Reformatted SD Card
Attempted to connect Odin - does not recognize phone
I've tried NUMEROUS times to connect Odin (Kies)
From what I've read, it sounds like my partition is pretty screwed up. I've been reading a lot of posts on possible solutions and nothing has worked. If I could get access to reading my SD Card and reflashing an old ROM, I'd think I'd be in the clear. If I could find a way to push a ROM through Odin, I think I'd also be in good shape. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Ryan
SGS2 Epic 4G Touch
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Before you send your phone off for jtag service, at least see if you can get to DL mode. If so, can you use one click exe stock EL29 and you might get lucky. I have been able to get to DL and use this if I get to the Samsung logo.
ALso, will cwm recognize the internal SD? are you able to put a nandroid or rom from you ext SD onto your internal oneusing your computer?
I'm sure you have tried this, but throwing it out just in case. Good luck.

byrdcfmma said:
Before you send your phone off for jtag service, at least see if you can get to DL mode. If so, can you use one click exe stock EL29 and you might get lucky. I have been able to get to DL and use this if I get to the Samsung logo.
ALso, will cwm recognize the internal SD? are you able to put a nandroid or rom from you ext SD onto your internal oneusing your computer?
I'm sure you have tried this, but throwing it out just in case. Good luck.
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He already said Odin doesn't recognize the phone.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda app-developers app

[Q][ASAP]Is this a soft brick or a hard brick?

Ok, I have spent a really long time figuring out where to post this, but I still can't figure it out. Please forgive me if this is the improper place.
Please mind that I have looked at similar hard vs soft brick threads, and tried all of the advice given, but nothing has worked yet.
To start, I have a Samsung Galaxy S II from Sprint. The Epic 4G Touch, Model SPH-D710. I am on a MacBook Pro running 10.7.5 OSX. Recently, I followed the steps as listed by h tt p:// epic4gtouchroot .com /epic-4g-touch-root/ how-to-root-epic-4g-touch-on-mac-or-linux/
The Terminal went through the entire process and said it was successful. I thought 'Wow! That was easy!' However, upon rebooting my phone, it never booted past the splash screen which showed "Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100" with a yellow triangle at the bottom. At this point I could access Download mode, Recovery mode, this splash screen, and the charging battery that is shown when it is charging and powered off.
I was so confused so I spent about 3 hours on xda looking for an answer. Next, I downloaded Odin and packaged it for Mac. Then I downloaded the Samsung drivers just in case, and the stock ROM for my particular phone. I went through and tried to use Odin. Much to my dismay, Odin would not recognize my phone at all.
So then, I downloaded a .zip file containing the Official Samsung ROM, and put it on my internal sdcard. Under ClockworkMod, I wiped cache, dalvik cache, and wiped all user data. Then, I applied the .zip file using the option in CWM, and it said that it was successful. However, upon rebooting, it went back to the same screen with the yellow triangle.
Next, I downloaded the CF root, and tried to apply it the same way through CWM. Again a fail. However, now upon rebooting to splash screen, it would progressively turn from a black/gray screen to a white screen. Once it got to the white screen, it stopped and stayed there for about an hour. Then it died.
I tried to boot to Download mode but it says that the battery is too low. So now I am trying to charge it. However, it tries to load the charging battery icon that is normally shown when charging a powered off phone, and flashes to black. From this black screen it again slowly turns gray then white. Once it reaches the white screen, it turns back to the charging icon, and starts the stupid cycle over again. Its been doing that for the past 30 minutes.
UPDATE: My battery is not charging AT ALL. Whether plugged in to computer or wall it continues the cycle.
UPDATE 2: I made a video so that you can see what the phone actually does. I still can't post links, so please remove the spaces. http :// youtu .be /4LW60EknFWw

Remove the battery first, then try charging it. After, get windows onto your Mac or borrow a friend's, and use the windows Odin to get back to stock.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

christykientzler said:
Ok, I have spent a really long time figuring out where to post this, but I still can't figure it out. Please forgive me if this is the improper place.
Please mind that I have looked at similar hard vs soft brick threads, and tried all of the advice given, but nothing has worked yet.
To start, I have a Samsung Galaxy S II from Sprint. The Epic 4G Touch, Model SPH-D710.
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You're in the wrong forum. This is currently posted in the i9100 forums. You want the Epic 4G Touch forum.
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To clarify - the Epic 4G Touch is a CDMA phone, and the GT-I9100 is a GSM phone which doesn't even work on Sprint's network.
So according to this:
christykientzler said:
Recently, I followed the steps as listed by http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-touch-root/how-to-root-epic-4g-touch-on-mac-or-linux/
The Terminal went through the entire process and said it was successful. I thought 'Wow! That was easy!' However, upon rebooting my phone, it never booted past the splash screen which showed "Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100" with a yellow triangle at the bottom. At this point I could access Download mode, Recovery mode, this splash screen, and the charging battery that is shown when it is charging and powered off.
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You apparently flashed something for the GT-I9100 onto your Epic 4G Touch SPH-D710. If you actually did follow the steps at http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-touch-root/how-to-root-epic-4g-touch-on-mac-or-linux/ properly, this should not have happened. What exactly did you download and flash? Because if you followed steps for an Epic 4G Touch, then you would not have downloaded and flashed something that would alter your bootscreen to read GT-I9100.
You MIGHT have been at a recoverable spot at this point, until:
christykientzler said:
So then, I downloaded a .zip file containing the Official Samsung ROM, and put it on my internal sdcard. Under ClockworkMod, I wiped cache, dalvik cache, and wiped all user data. Then, I applied the .zip file using the option in CWM, and it said that it was successful. However, upon rebooting, it went back to the same screen with the yellow triangle.
Next, I downloaded the CF root, and tried to apply it the same way through CWM. Again a fail. However, now upon rebooting to splash screen, it would progressively turn from a black/gray screen to a white screen. Once it got to the white screen, it stopped and stayed there for about an hour. Then it died.
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By my count, that's you flashing 3 things meant for an GT-I9100 to an SPH-D710.
You're probably out of luck at this point, but again, check in the Epic 4G Touch forum. Maybe someone there can help you, but I wouldn't hold my breath. You might have some luck trying to get a warranty exchange at a Sprint store, if they can't get your phone to boot and see exactly how bad you buggered it. But I wouldn't hold my breath on this, either.

Oh my goodness...
ctomgee said:
You're in the wrong forum. This is currently posted in the i9100 forums. You want the Epic 4G Touch forum.
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To clarify - the Epic 4G Touch is a CDMA phone, and the GT-I9100 is a GSM phone which doesn't even work on Sprint's network.
So according to this:
You apparently flashed something for the GT-I9100 onto your Epic 4G Touch SPH-D710. If you actually did follow the steps at http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-touch-root/how-to-root-epic-4g-touch-on-mac-or-linux/ properly, this should not have happened. What exactly did you download and flash? Because if you followed steps for an Epic 4G Touch, then you would not have downloaded and flashed something that would alter your bootscreen to read GT-I9100.
You MIGHT have been at a recoverable spot at this point, until:
By my count, that's you flashing 3 things meant for an GT-I9100 to an SPH-D710.
You're probably out of luck at this point, but again, check in the Epic 4G Touch forum. Maybe someone there can help you, but I wouldn't hold my breath. You might have some luck trying to get a warranty exchange at a Sprint store, if they can't get your phone to boot and see exactly how bad you buggered it. But I wouldn't hold my breath on this, either.
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Oh my goodness... I knew I really had screwed the pooch on this one D:
Thanks for letting me know that I really am in a world of trouble. I had thought that GT-I9100 was a type of SPH-D710.
Also I apologize for the incorrect post location. Again, I hadn't understood the difference.
Do you think if I could charge up the battery, and get it into download mode with a jig, I might be able to use OneClick UnBrick? Or some other method?

christykientzler said:
Oh my goodness... I knew I really had screwed the pooch on this one D:
Thanks for letting me know that I really am in a world of trouble. I had thought that GT-I9100 was a type of SPH-D710.
Also I apologize for the incorrect post location. Again, I hadn't understood the difference.
Do you think if I could charge up the battery, and get it into download mode with a jig, I might be able to use OneClick UnBrick? Or some other method?
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I have no idea. The two phones are different enough that any advice I give you would be invalid.
My suggestion about going to the Epic 4G Touch forum to ask for help there still stands. You're much more likely to find helpful advice and valid files for your particular device there. Do not use any more guides or download any more files from the I9100 forums.
That said, it looks like you may have tried either flashing a GT-I9100 bootloader or .pit file to your phone, which REALLY would have screwed the pooch, yes. If you can't get help in the Epic 4G Touch forums, I'd just take it to a Sprint store and tell them that a Kies update screwed your phone up.

TLDR
There is no such thing as a "Soft" or "Hard" brick, Your device is either bricked or it isnt, simple as that.
If you can get into download or recovery and use them your device is not bricked.

Will do
ctomgee said:
I have no idea. The two phones are different enough that any advice I give you would be invalid.
My suggestion about going to the Epic 4G Touch forum to ask for help there still stands. You're much more likely to find helpful advice and valid files for your particular device there. Do not use any more guides or download any more files from the I9100 forums.
That said, it looks like you may have tried either flashing a GT-I9100 bootloader or .pit file to your phone, which REALLY would have screwed the pooch, yes. If you can't get help in the Epic 4G Touch forums, I'd just take it to a Sprint store and tell them that a Kies update screwed your phone up.
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Ok :good: Will do. I was wondering what I'd tell them if I went to a Sprint store Thanks again.

TheATHEiST said:
TLDR
There is no such thing as a "Soft" or "Hard" brick, Your device is either bricked or it isnt, simple as that.
If you can get into download or recovery and use them your device is not bricked.
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Lol?
Softbrick is corrupted system files which result in a bootloop.
Hardbrick is a dead phone that can be fixed with a Jtag or M/B replacement...
Sent from my GT-I9100

Again, there is no such thing as a "soft brick". There is just "bricked" and the term is used too loosely by n00bs.
If you can simply re-flash a rom your device is not bricked at all.
"Soft brick" is just a n00b term that is used because they think their device is bricked if they can't get it to boot.
Your device is only "bricked" if all you can do is JTAG or mobo replace.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

ctomgee said:
I have no idea. The two phones are different enough that any advice I give you would be invalid.
My suggestion about going to the Epic 4G Touch forum to ask for help there still stands. You're much more likely to find helpful advice and valid files for your particular device there. Do not use any more guides or download any more files from the I9100 forums.
That said, it looks like you may have tried either flashing a GT-I9100 bootloader or .pit file to your phone, which REALLY would have screwed the pooch, yes. If you can't get help in the Epic 4G Touch forums, I'd just take it to a Sprint store and tell them that a Kies update screwed your phone up.
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boki9999 said:
Lol?
Softbrick is corrupted system files which result in a bootloop.
Hardbrick is a dead phone that can be fixed with a Jtag or M/B replacement...
Sent from my GT-I9100
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Is there a one-stop resource for "Jtag or M/B replacement"? I'm having trouble searching forums for some reason, otherwise I would look for it myself.

You need to get it into download mode and then reflash a ROM appropriate for your device. Your phone isn't bricked - but if you fail to get it working again and have to resign to using it purely as a surface to sniff your cocaine off, then you have only yourself to blame.

postfatal said:
You need to get it into download mode and then reflash a ROM appropriate for your device.
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Thank you, will do.
postfatal said:
Your phone isn't bricked - but if you fail to get it working again and have to resign to using it purely as a surface to sniff your cocaine off, then you have only yourself to blame.
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LMAO, that's true. I don't blame anyone but myself for my mistakes.

If you hadnt understood the difference then why did you decide one day to go I to your phone and per form operations that are completely unknown to you? Do you ipen up your cars engines and place honda parts into your ford Fiesta?
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Curiousity killed the cat...
ssCISengineer said:
If you hadnt understood the difference then why did you decide one day to go I to your phone and per form operations that are completely unknown to you? Do you ipen up your cars engines and place honda parts into your ford Fiesta?
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Because I am curious. This is where it often times gets me, but I like to learn new things by doing. In my eyes it's usually worth the risk. I will admit this was a stupid mistake, but I have certainly learned a lot about rooting in the process

Wow. So, hopefully by now you are in the correct forum. And hopefully have downloaded the appropriate Odin tar file to restore your phone properly. Get that at the dev section of E4GT. Charge that battery in a different phone if you have to. Get into Odin mode and run Odin from a PC (Heimdall for macs?), if the PC does not recognize your phone, its probably the cable. If Odin starts but then fails half way through, its probably the cable. BTW, check out SFHubs Odin-one clicks for your phone, probably the easiest way to restore a clean, new rom.
And in the future, be more curious before you act. Read read read.
Good luck.

Thank you
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Wow. So, hopefully by now you are in the correct forum. And hopefully have downloaded the appropriate Odin tar file to restore your phone properly. Get that at the dev section of E4GT. Charge that battery in a different phone if you have to. Get into Odin mode and run Odin from a PC (Heimdall for macs?), if the PC does not recognize your phone, its probably the cable. If Odin starts but then fails half way through, its probably the cable. BTW, check out SFHubs Odin-one clicks for your phone, probably the easiest way to restore a clean, new rom.
And in the future, be more curious before you act. Read read read.
Good luck.
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Yes I got to the correct forum.I still don't know which file to download. Nobody has bothered to point me in the right direction. Considering what I did to it last time with what I thought was the correct file, any direction would be appreciated. :/ I'll definitely ask in the E4GT forums. I'm currently working on getting a charged up battery, but I won't be able to do so until next Friday. I've looked into OneClick UnBrick. When I get the charged battery, I will definitely use a more reliable cord. XP I will definitely research more next time. In fact I might not mess with it at all!
Thank you for your help!

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Yes I got to the correct forum.I still don't know which file to download. Nobody has bothered to point me in the right direction. Considering what I did to it last time with what I thought was the correct file, any direction would be appreciated. :/ I'll definitely ask in the E4GT forums. I'm currently working on getting a charged up battery, but I won't be able to do so until next Friday. I've looked into OneClick UnBrick. When I get the charged battery, I will definitely use a more reliable cord. XP I will definitely research more next time. In fact I might not mess with it at all!
Thank you for your help!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903252
If you can get into Odin mode (on a PC preferably) , download one of these files. I recommend the latest official ICS build. Read the op carefully. That will return you back to stock. All your data is gone,, but hopefully you've always backed up your contacts to Google. The play store will have your app history.

Wait what..?
Dr. Fed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903252
If you can get into Odin mode (on a PC preferably) , download one of these files. I recommend the latest official ICS build. Read the op carefully. That will return you back to stock. All your data is gone,, but hopefully you've always backed up your contacts to Google. The play store will have your app history.
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I see that the latest is FI27. The three files shown are OneClick.exe, a zip file, and an unrooted TAR file. From those I'm assuming that OneClick.exe is a windows application that goes in and puts your phone back to the ICS build with one click? This method would be the simplest, except for the fact I have a Mac. Would the time taken to repackage it be worth it or would one of the other two options be better? And the zip file. Would I be able to put that on my internal SD card and flash it through CWM? Or would I unzip it and flash through heimdall. As for the TAR file, I am unfamiliar with this, and am not sure how this file would be utilised.
The last time I tried to understand a concept on my own, I ended up with a bricked phone so please forgive me for asking so many questions, I just don't want to mess it up a second time.
As for the data, yes it is gone. DX Yes I backed up contacts *phew*. I had a feeling going into this that I should back up something.

christykientzler said:
I see that the latest is FI27. The three files shown are OneClick.exe, a zip file, and an unrooted TAR file. From those I'm assuming that OneClick.exe is a windows application that goes in and puts your phone back to the ICS build with one click? This method would be the simplest, except for the fact I have a Mac. Would the time taken to repackage it be worth it or would one of the other two options be better? And the zip file. Would I be able to put that on my internal SD card and flash it through CWM? Or would I unzip it and flash through heimdall. As for the TAR file, I am unfamiliar with this, and am not sure how this file would be utilised.
The last time I tried to understand a concept on my own, I ended up with a bricked phone so please forgive me for asking so many questions, I just don't want to mess it up a second time.
As for the data, yes it is gone. DX Yes I backed up contacts *phew*. I had a feeling going into this that I should back up something.
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The one clicks are full "images" flashed through Odin. I recommend this because a one click will reflash your stock rom, modem, and recovery partition. This is what you need to do to repair your phone. If you try to flash something in recovery, it will repair your rom but not necessarily your modem/radio/firmware, and this could be a problem. I'm not sure exactly what you flashed before, so I think its best if you fix it all with a One Click.
As far as using a Mac goes, I am not sure. I'll look into it, you should too. Odin used to be only for PCs, Heimdall for Macs. Maybe its changed now?
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You must have some schmo friend that will let you borrow his or her PC laptop for 10 minutes. Install Odin , install the proper drivers. Go into Odin mode, connect phone, once recognized... click.
Look up QBKing77 on YouTube, search on YouTube "QBking77 Epic 4g Touch" and you will see instructional videos with appropriate download links.

Why have you lot continued to answer this thread ? It's in the wrong place. More to the point, why hasn't anyone asked mods to move it to Epic 4G Q&A ? (Which I've just done)

Note 7 SM-N930F bricked / / need help!

I flashed TWRP with odin.
After that I was not able to boot or start recovery.
Only download mode is possible.
In download mode it shows
warranty void 1 (0x030c)
I also cannot flash anything in odin anymore.
After initializing, it immidiatly stops with the error:
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
Can anybody help me, how to get this beautiful phone running again?
Thanks so much!
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bill340 said:
I flashed TWRP with odin.
After that I was not able to boot or start recovery.
Only download mode is possible.
In download mode it shows
warranty void 1 (0x030c)
I also cannot flash anything in odin anymore.
After initializing, it immidiatly stops with the error:
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
Can anybody help me, how to get this beautiful phone running again?
Thanks so much!
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try to download the firmware from http://samfirm.net/threads/official-rom-full-galaxy-note-7-sm-n930f-n930fxxu1apg7-xxv-23-07-2016.98/ and try to flash via odin.
Never ever try to flash anything till the time there is no evidence of success.

I tried that, but the problem is that I always get this error in Odin when trying to flash...

Did you check OEM unlock before you flash as per the instructions? not doing so will result in a boot loop.

Try different cable and USB port. I had trouble with both that had me running in circles.
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Yes, I did OEM unlock before the flash.
Different cable and USB port makes no difference...

Usually when I have issues I try to uninstall all drivers related to phones and only install the one I need. Then after a restart and forcing the phone into Odin I'm able to flash without issues.

It might be failing because of a Partition size error. Have you tried the Samfirm Tool to download a firmware from your region?
Have you tried Emergency Device Recovery from SmartSwitch PC ?
Also, I'm doubtful whether this is a new trick up from Samsung's sleeve. This Phone is still new, so it's quite a learning process. Maybe Samsung has implemented something to block these unofficial flash attempts. However I thank you taking the risk and trying the recovery first.

Can you help me, where I can get this?
Have you tried Emergency Device Recovery from SmartSwitch PC ?

bill340 said:
Can you help me, where I can get this?
Have you tried Emergency Device Recovery from SmartSwitch PC ?
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Download and install SmartSwitch for PC. Then follow this Video.

I really have no luck here...
Any idea?
Googled already, but did not really find anything besides reinstalling...

I dont think theres a fix for this issue yet. There's also no subtantiated literature in the larger cummunity pertaining to rooting the Note 7.
I am guessing this is an additional precaution taken by Samsung therefore the rooting process needs a very specific set of steps in order to circumnavigate the systems Sammy has put in place. The thread itself says WIP, so I applaud you for your courage.
Nonetheless my suggestion is to instead of waiting for an answer which no one can provide, go to Sammy and bull**** to them that u plugged in the computer and it became a brick.
Theres is no possible senario whereby the internet can help you because we know next to nothing about Note 7.
I sincerely hope that you can come out of the situation with a working Note 7 in your hands whilst not burning a hole in your wallet due to the repairs. God-speed my friend, God-speed.

bill340 said:
I really have no luck here...
Any idea?
Googled already, but did not really find anything besides reinstalling...
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This seems to be an issue in your drivers, Please uninstall all samsung related and flash box related (if exists) in your PC and try installing it again.
Alternatively, you can just walk into a Samsung Care store and get it done while you wait.

I did that already... No luck. I will try on a different pm next.

Bill sad to see this happened to you
I am exactly coming for the same forum and was following the same steps thought u were, but u took one more step forward and flashed the vitanamese firmware, your phone just messed up there. Was actually about to do the same thing but then read your comments. My phone starts but with errors and has battery drainage , i havent lost anything as it is still virgin and havent transfered anything to it yet. Will wait probably 4 to 5 days more for the official firmwares to release and fire it in.
Sorry to say but u had become the test subject...
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The recovery mode cannot be accessed, no matter how hard you try
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I just was in the Samsung Care Center in Singapore with my bricked phone.
After 1 hour waiting time, a Samsung guy explained me, that they cannot do anything about it, because they don't have parts ? for this phone in Singapore because it was not launched yet and also there is no international warranty on it.
He had no idea about any software recovery or anything and suggested to get back to Dubai, where I got the phone from.
Really a bad Customerservice experience.
I also want to thank all of you for your great help and suggestions!
I think I will send the phone back to the store in Dubai now.

Well tht will be a good choice
But if u give it three more days and wait for the official firmwares to release would save you some time.
I am still following up with it.
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I really doubt, that this will help, since I cannot flash anything in odin. After initialization I always get the error "FAIL (DeviceInfo)"

bill340 said:
I just was in the Samsung Care Center in Singapore with my bricked phone.
After 1 hour waiting time, a Samsung guy explained me, that they cannot do anything about it, because they don't have parts ? for this phone in Singapore because it was not launched yet and also there is no international warranty on it.
He had no idea about any software recovery or anything and suggested to get back to Dubai, where I got the phone from.
Really a bad Customerservice experience.
I also want to thank all of you for your great help and suggestions!
I think I will send the phone back to the store in Dubai now.
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Same here in (Dubai) Mate, They don't even have the parts, or Tools to open the device up. If you remember me, I screwed up my Note 7 a week back, Just after two days from launch, and I still didn't receive it. They are still unable to sort it out.
I'm sure when a proper firmware for XSG (Dubai - Same as your device) and a proper ODIN is released to flash the Note 7, this will be a piece of a cake. Just hope for the best, As just like you - I too took a leap of faith and did something stupid.
Anyway, Wishing you luck !

I am not sure if this will help....
What happens when you try a older version of Odin?
Its worked for me in the past, with my s6 edge.