Fixed++++ Phone boots but cannot Odin OC - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Woke up today and my power button is somewhat unresponsive (could not get phone to wake up) . I wasn't sure what was going on so I thought maybe it was software related. I tried to Odin OC to el26, el29 and even ek02 with nothing but FAILS. I then used Odin to do a successful manual restore the el26 kernel. Once I was in the el26 kernel the power button is still unresponsive but I can still navigate through the menu. I cannot install any rooms but I can restore backups.
Can I do something to restore the ability to Odin OC?
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Btw, after the el26 kernel install, I have the yellow triangle and it says I9100.
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I don't get how you can't install roms but can restore backups, isnt the power button used as OK in all the recovery options?

No the home button works for el26 as the "enter" key. What were u on when this happened ROM-wise? Stock or something else?
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dante32278 said:
No the home button works for el26 as the "enter" key. What were u on when this happened ROM-wise? Stock or something else?
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Ok .....what did u last flash?
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dante32278 said:
Ok .....what did u last flash?
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Only thing I can do is restore and the 2 backups are el29.
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Can u get into download mode with power+volume down?
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dante32278 said:
Can u get into download mode with power+volume down?
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Yes. It's weird tho. Usually the first time I boot into download mode the phone immediately reboots. I can get in and stay in after it reboots.
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Best bet is get into download mode and try a one click restore of ff18 or el29. Give it a shot.
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dante32278 said:
Best bet is get into download mode and try a one click restore of ff18 or el29. Give it a shot.
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I tried el29 and it failed. So did el26 and ek02. I'll try ff18 but I doubt it will work. I will try and report.
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SFG said:
I tried el29 and it failed. So did el26 and ek02. I'll try ff18 but I doubt it will work. I will try and report.
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I hope you are not bricked . . . . if you flashed only stuff for this phone in the right recovery you should be fine.

dante32278 said:
I hope you are not bricked . . . . if you flashed only stuff for this phone in the right recovery you should be fine.
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I always flash el26 kernel before installing ROM's. So far the ff18 OC is installing. Will update in a few.

Ok so ff18 was successful and the power button is again responsive. Thanks for your help man!
PS. I wonder if I should call Asurion back and tell them that its working since they are sending me out a replacement?

SFG said:
Ok so ff18 was successful and the power button is again responsive. Thanks for your help man!
PS. I wonder if I should call Asurion back and tell them that its working since they are sending me out a replacement?
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Yes, cancel unless you want to go through the whole root and reload apps process.

dante32278 said:
Yes, cancel unless you want to go through the whole root and reload apps process.
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Will they ding me if I let it go through? Just tried calling and can't reach anyone? Received an email stating the device is shipping.
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SFG said:
Will they ding me if I let it go through? Just tried calling and can't reach anyone? Received an email stating the device is shipping.
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Why take the chance unless you cant afford it?
Makes absolutely no sense why ff18 would work and nothing else would.
What happens when you want to move off to something else?...
Confusing none the less.
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It sounds almost like your power button got stuck in the depressed position and all your attempts to use it got it freed up. Have you gotten anything sticky on it? Spilled soda or food on your hands etc? If you have the knowledge and skills to take the housing apart, I would take it apart and use a small amount of high% rubbing alcohol, preferably 90%+ and clean the internals of your power button and the exterior of the button itself as well as the housing inside and around the power button port. I had something similar happen on my og evo when my oldest son got jelly fingers all over it and some jelly got in-between the housing and power button and when it dried it got stuck to where it was really hard to press, I took it apart and cleaned it with alcohol and now its like new you'd never know it was ever stuck. It could also have gotten some pocket lint, dust or sand/dirt in there causing it to get jammed so cleaning it may be a good option anyways. Even if you clean it and it occurs again you can eliminate that as a source and then look at potential hardware issue/failure or software issues. Usually the power button goes out from physical damage from pressing it so many times using recovery and waking the phone, and pressing it too hard when trying to use Odin mode or recovery, I've seen several threads around here from ppl having the same issue where their button broke from heavy use.
We are legion, for we are many.
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MoHoGalore said:
Why take the chance unless you cant afford it?
Makes absolutely no sense why ff18 would work and nothing else would.
What happens when you want to move off to something else?...
Confusing none the less.
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So you're saying don't cancel?
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
It sounds almost like your power button got stuck in the depressed position and all your attempts to use it got it freed up. Have you gotten anything sticky on it? Spilled soda or food on your hands etc? If you have the knowledge and skills to take the housing apart, I would take it apart and use a small amount of high% rubbing alcohol, preferably 90%+ and clean the internals of your power button and the exterior of the button itself as well as the housing inside and around the power button port. I had something similar happen on my og evo when my oldest son got jelly fingers all over it and some jelly got in-between the housing and power button and when it dried it got stuck to where it was really hard to press, I took it apart and cleaned it with alcohol and now its like new you'd never know it was ever stuck. It could also have gotten some pocket lint, dust or sand/dirt in there causing it to get jammed so cleaning it may be a good option anyways. Even if you clean it and it occurs again you can eliminate that as a source and then look at potential hardware issue/failure or software issues. Usually the power button goes out from physical damage from pressing it so many times using recovery and waking the phone, and pressing it too hard when trying to use Odin mode or recovery, I've seen several threads around here from ppl having the same issue where their button broke from heavy use.
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Nothing like that at all. Clean as new. Seeing as how it's working now I believe it was software related but only time will tell if that idea holds. Thanks for taking the time to reply in detail.
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Screen broken need data off phone!Help!

Girlfriend got pissed and threw my phone at the wall.Screen doesnt work at all now and is super shattered.Im rooted and have CWM recovery and I want to get the data off the phones storage.I know you could do this with adb but i dont have it installed.If some one could just tell me the button presses to get into mounts and storage in recovery it would be greatly appreciated.
...what if you just turn the phone on and, ya know, plug it into your computer?
When I do that I get the internal and external storage under the phone device without having to tell it to mount anything. Then you can yank all your data off.
Or I'm missing something?
Sorry, don't have cwm installed.
Jump on irc (sticky at the top) and be very polite and precise about what you need.
Don't appear newbish, or they'll bite your head off
I'm sure someone will give you the keypress combination in no time.
First, get rid of the girlfriend, then worry about fixing your phone. Life's too short to mess with crazy chicks.
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Hold volume down and power and put it into download mode and then flash crawj's stock rom... Its in the development section
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Punch her in the face. Rinse&repeat..
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oboroninja said:
Punch her in the face. Rinse&repeat..
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Actually I find mental abuse alot more effective. Just call her fat and she'll beat herself up for the rest of her life
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SAShady said:
Actually I find mental abuse alot more effective. Just call her fat and she'll beat herself up for the rest of her life
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Haha.
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Request Dev help broke power button

My phone was bought off Craigslist and I can't afford a new phone my hardware power button got conductive oil inside of it now whenever pressed it acts like. Held and hard restarts, I found an app called any unlock or something like that on the market my problem is when my phone sleeps it kills the process and I cant wake it is there a Dev who can help me make this program start in foreground I read about it but am clueless so I could really use help also if anyone knows where I can order the hardware button part that would be killer cause I could pay a shop to do the circuit soldering, I use this as my work phone and am worried I as I need to invest 500 into tools for work this month and can't afford repair, also my phone is on boost so there is no warranty, I can not take it to sprint, thank you
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If you use CM9 you can set the volume buttons to wake the phone up. Could be a temporary fix for your problem.
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That sounds good but with it is now I'm not sure I can get it into download or recovery, I can't remember the buttons off the top of my head, but if I can that sounds like a good temp solution, thanks ... do you know if there is a one click Odin for that and if I can just flash it over stock rooted el29 also if its ice based apn settings are an issue for me I need to be able to change them to boost mobiles, I contacted a store that does button soldering and replacement so I may give that a shot on Friday
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Have you tried this app yet?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.maicas.android.wsleep
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So far that is working, I think the screen off in the notification bar keeps the system from killing it, thanks
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Digglez said:
So far that is working, I think the screen off in the notification bar keeps the system from killing it, thanks
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Good deal. Hope you get it worked out!
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Yep I found a place that will replace the button for me, I'm thinking about ordering a custom back since I gotta take it apart anyways
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[Q] Can you access the power button from the inside?

I guess my question is: If I take the phone apart, can I get to the power button? Earlier today my phone started rebooting itself like it had been hard reset (power button for 8 seconds..) and wouldn't even make it past the "Galaxy SII" screen before it reset again. I ruled out any software problem after I got rough with the power button and it stopped. But, now when I lock or unlock my screen the power button gets stuck again and causes the endless resets. I'm wondering if I can take my phone apart and mess with the power button from the inside to maybe clear things up a little. Hope I explained that clearly enough. Thanks for any help!
Take it back to the sprint store and have them fix it! I bet they could fix it in no time.
rwright64 said:
Take it back to the sprint store and have them fix it! I bet they could fix it in no time.
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Thanks but I thought of that already. I have it rooted and ROM'd and what not. Can't access ODIN or recovery because of this too.
I don't think they will care. I bet they fix it no problem
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rwright64 said:
I don't think they will care. I bet they fix it no problem
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Got a big ass crack (pause) in the screen too. I might try to convince them to replace it.
do you have tep?
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rwright64 said:
do you have tep?
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Sadly, no.
Maybe just have them fix the power button!

Phone won't boot, vibrates

I cannot turn on my phone at all, the Samsung logo comes up, screen blacks out and the phone just vibrates once every couple of seconds. If I'm lucky the phone will sometimes boot up but freezes and turns back off. It's nearly impossible for me to boot into recovery and do anything as the phone shuts off seconds later. Anyone have any advice, I've looked all over and only found one other person with this problem and no fix
Are you doing the combo correctly, release power after vibrate continue holding volume keys? Did you drop the phone causing this? Try pulling battery first then try recovery
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Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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Someone on here recently had the same problem.. It ended up being a faulty power button..
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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Lmao great minds think alike
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rymanh said:
Lmao great minds think alike
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Or we are both spending way to much time on XDA!
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Or we are both spending way to much time on XDA!
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I hate to say it but your right.. I got the Android app and I compulsively check it all day.. Lol. Time to find a new hobby I guess lol
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rymanh said:
I hate to say it but your right.. I got the Android app and I compulsively check it all day.. Lol. Time to find a new hobby I guess lol
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Now that I'm playing around with it, it makes perfect sense that its the power button. Thanks guys
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Thats exactly what was wrong with mine. I just got it exchanged
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I had this issue before. Battery was completely dead. I just charge for a while and it was fine. Same also happened to a friends and she let hers charge and it was fine.
Fly2Deaf said:
Thats exactly what was wrong with mine. I just got it exchanged
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I'm guessing that it's a fairly common thing
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otter5 said:
I cannot turn on my phone at all, the Samsung logo comes up, screen blacks out and the phone just vibrates once every couple of seconds. If I'm lucky the phone will sometimes boot up but freezes and turns back off. It's nearly impossible for me to boot into recovery and do anything as the phone shuts off seconds later. Anyone have any advice, I've looked all over and only found one other person with this problem and no fix
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yea im having the same problem with my phone and its for sure not the battery or the power button.
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FloggingChamp said:
yea im having the same problem with my phone and its for sure not the battery or the power button.
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i also tried running unbrick on it and that didnt do it either
LoopDoGG79 said:
Read this thread. This person had similar symptoms. Ended up being a faulty power button. He sent it in to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed it!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29016555
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yeah, that thread had helpful info. i tried the one guy's suggestion of gently working a tiny flat-head screwdriver around the power button, and it fixed my issue.
hopefully it won't come back too often, but at least i know what it is (faulty power button) and can send it in for repairs if need be. at this point, i'm just relieved i have another chance to backup my data!
well, the issue came back, and working a screw driver around the button isn't solving the problem. it'll go away for a very short period of time, and then come back.
more recently, i've started losing settings for open apps when the phone reboots randomly. freaking awesome. just lost my handcent settings, and can't figure out where the config file/db is so i can restore it from a backup. looks like i'll have to spend another hour or more fully customizing the blasted thing again.
Its gotta be a bad motherboard I had same issue and Samsung warranty it out and fixed it for free or you can find em on eBay i just bought a used one for 90 and works perfect
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Power button could be stuck again. I fixed mine my flicking it with my finger every second and finally my phone would start up again. Guess screw driver would have been easier, haha. Would work for a month then the same issue would start again. Do you happen to use a D30 case?
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I had the same problem because I used the d30 case haha
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I think CM 10.1 killed my GS-III

Since December I've been running CM10 on my GS-III with little to no issues. I flash CM 10.1 mid January and even though it was an unstable nightly it was very stable.
Flashing the nightlies as they became available with no issues at all.
Then today my phone starts slowing down and froze up.
Keep in mind that I hadn't flashed a nightly in like a day or 2 do I had been using the past nightly as a daily driver.
When my phone decided to freeze I rebooted it and it booted just fine.
About 2 minutes in the screen goes black. Holding the power button it's unresponsive.
Now my phone is completely unresponsive to all button presses. I've tried the 3 button combos for recovery and download mode with no luck. I've even held the buttons for a full minute but nothing is working.
Is my phone dead or is there a possibility of resurrecting it?
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Are you positive the battery hasn't died. That would be the first thing I would check. Even if it showed it was charging doesn't mean the battery is good. I'm not trying to be insulting either by asking this. I'm a equipment tech at a large semiconductor company and you wouldn't believe the number of times the fix was as simple as turning a breaker back on when another tech wanted to replace something major. #1 rule of troubleshooting: Is there power. #2 rule: Double check rule #1. Sounds silly, but it is the easiest thing to overlook. Good luck and I hope it's as simple as a battery.
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Are you positive the battery hasn't died. That would be the first thing I would check. Even if it showed it was charging doesn't mean the battery is good. I'm not trying to be insulting either by asking this. I'm a equipment tech at a large semiconductor company and you wouldn't believe the number of times the fix was as simple as turning a breaker back on when another tech wanted to replace something major. #1 rule of troubleshooting: Is there power. #2 rule: Double check rule #1. Sounds silly, but it is the easiest thing to overlook. Good luck and I hope it's as simple as a battery.
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No you're not insulting by asking that. I use to record music and when something wasn't wasn't working that's the first thing we asked and re asked.
Unfortunately I do believe I checked that out. When I plug in a charger it doesn't even show me a battery charging logo.
I have noticed that when I pull out the battery and connect the charger the led turns red.
I'll see if i can't swap batteries with one of my friends and see if that helps.
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Can adb on your pc detect your phone by any chance ? I do not want to scare you but hopefully your not having a motherboard failure or a sudden death :/
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shahkam said:
Can adb on your pc detect your phone by any chance ? I do not want to scare you but hopefully your not having a motherboard failure or a sudden death :/
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I'm checking that right now
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Well unfortunately there's no response from adb or phone.
However the computer does make a usb device connected sound.
Not sure if that's just a standard sound from the computer or if the phone is triggering it.
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Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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This.
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Android_Monsters said:
Did you do the three button combos for the T-Mobile version? They are different from the other s3s. Zedomax's root video shows them, well
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This.
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I have tried the 3 button combos for T-Mobiles variant of the GS-III with no luck either.... I even tried making a jig and didn't have much luck....
Next step is to buy a jig and see if that works
Thankfully I got a replacement GS-III from insurance. So I'm content... Also since I get to keep the other GS-III as well it feels even nicer.
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I have tried the 3 button combos for T-Mobiles variant of the GS-III with no luck either.... I even tried making a jig and didn't have much luck....
Next step is to buy a jig and see if that works
Thankfully I got a replacement GS-III from insurance. So I'm content... Also since I get to keep the other GS-III as well it feels even nicer.
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A usb jig should do it most of the time it do work and if it doesn't oh well you could sell it out for parts i guess ?
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You would probably make most of your back if you sold it for spare parts and may only have to pay $50 for a replacement. Good luck!
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I'm not sure I understand how a jig is going to help him when the phone won't turn on.
I would try another battery first. You said you were going to try this but I don't see where you confirmed that it wasn't the issue.
Hmm you could have ran into that now infamous mb crash and burn error although I'm not sure how since you were running aosp. Anyone else want to chime in?
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If the battery truly died plugging it in won't be any help
Try another battery, I'm betting that's the issue. T-Mobile will have one or two on hand in store so you can try
Hopefully I will be able to get my hands on a spare battery to test this with as soon as I'm off work.
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Yeah first of lets make sure its not the battery and the jig forces the phone to boot into download mode if im not mistaken.. It is intended for users having similar issues / unresponsive devices...
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Yeah first of lets make sure its not the battery and the jig forces the phone to boot into download mode if im not mistaken.. It is intended for users having similar issues / unresponsive devices...
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Well unfortunately the spare battery i used on my phone was no good in getting the phone to respond.
Now my next step is to attempt to hope that the jig will do something for my phone.
If not i guess that i will have a nice paper weight of luxury lol
Either that or i can sell it to someone.
So far those are the only options that i think i have at the moment.
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Flash STOCK or different ROM (Don't forget kernel too) think the issue is with the Cyanogenmod, mine did something similar, when screen went dark it took literally 5-10 Power button presses to wake the phone up, sometimes it wouldn't respond, other soft keys only would light up, Make backup, Wipe, install, check everything, that what I would do
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Flash STOCK or different ROM (Don't forget kernel too) think the issue is with the Cyanogenmod, mine did something similar, when screen went dark it took literally 5-10 Power button presses to wake the phone up, sometimes it wouldn't respond, other soft keys only would light up, Make backup, Wipe, install, check everything, that what I would do
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He cannot flash anything his phone doesn't answer to anything i don't see how he could do that..
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The phone is dead. My friend's gs3 died suddenly one day while I just happen to be using it. I plugged in an otg plug and few minutes later the screen just went black. I was sure it was dead when I plug in a charger and there was no sign of life from the phone.
I don't know if you have to pay a deductible but Samsung is supposedly replacing galaxy s3 for free because there is a known defect which cause the motherboard to go bad. My friend's was a Verizon model and they just replaced it free.
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