So I dropped my S3, BUT, only the silver bezel is scratched, and it is REALLY BOTHERING me when I use my S3. I'm thinking about buying a new part, and swap it out myself.
After watching the video, it seems easy but yet lots of work, also risk breaking something that bound to have more problems.
So my question is, what would you guys do?
Put a case on it and keep using it.
I'm not sure anyone can help you determine the risk vs. reward of eliminating a scratch that only impacts you.
Put a case on it, or poke your eyes out so you don't see it.
sent from my Galaxy Nexus while eating bacon
Is there not already a stupid question thread?
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Yep ...there is ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30606198
Funny responses. This is exactly what happened to mine. Do like me, be VERY thankful that's all that happened and put a case on it now. I bought a big ass otterbox defender the next day. I can't see the scratches anymore but my heart still aches.
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a poll on whether you should replace your bezel? seriously? put a case on it... otterbox commuter is nice....
need help with s3
I messed up my s3 with rooting and now its not working anymore,,,
is ter anyway i can use odin and reinstall everything again..coz i tried to restore and now i cant do volume up+power+home to got to that feature again... is ter anyway i can set everything again bye going in to download mode...
[email protected].
You could try a usb jig.
setu_kansara said:
I messed up my s3 with rooting and now its not working anymore,,,
is ter anyway i can use odin and reinstall everything again..coz i tried to restore and now i cant do volume up+power+home to got to that feature again... is ter anyway i can set everything again bye going in to download mode...
[email protected].
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you need to start a thread in q/a about your issue, or better yet, find an already created one with the same issue and read it, trust me there's plenty of them....
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mrhaley30705 said:
You could try a usb jig.
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his post says he is using volume up to get into download.... its volume down for download... might not need a jig...
home + vol down + power for download
No, starting a new thread is not the answer. Searching existing threads is the proper answer. You are not the first person to have this problem.
BNaughty said:
you need to start a thread in q/a about your issue, or better yet, find an already created one with the same issue and read it, trust me there's plenty of them...
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
mrhaley30705 said:
No, starting a new thread is not the answer. Searching existing threads is the proper answer. You are not the first person to have this problem.
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
Is there not already a stupid question thread?
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Yep ...there is ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30606198
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Oh smart.
There are two ways to get into download when the phone won't come one (if it's not in need of JTAG)
While off:
Hold home + volume down + power
Force download mode:
Hook the USB cord to the computer but not the phone yet. Hold Home + Volume Down and hook the USB cord to the phone.... Don't use the power button...
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My phone is stuck in bootloop, and My Volume down button does not work, so im unable to remove the battery and boot it into CWM for a restore..
is there anyway to get into cwm without volume down or booting into the os as im stuck in bootloop?
Using adb maybe although I don't know if you would be able to.
Try adb devices in command prompt with the phone connected to the computer.
If it shows up then type adb reboot recovery and it'll boot into recovery but since you are in a bootloop that may not work.
yeah it doesn't boot into the os so my pc won't recognize it
i could fix this if my freaking volume down button would work?? does anyone thing this will be covered under my samsung 1 yr manufacturers warranty??? has anyone delt with them on something like this??
Any way you can persuade the volume button to work?
Well I have never had dealings with them so really can answer that question bit you could tell them you had a defective volume button and corrupted memory.
I think that is kinda common for these, it would be a good excuse for the bootloop.
thing is it's sporting the Franco kernel boot animation
any tricks for making this button work????
i've tried to poke inside with a screw driver, it's not obstructed at all it's just not responding..
I had the same problem. You need to put your phone into stock and start over again. It's pain and time consuming but it's better than having a paper weight. Remember our phone is hard to brick so have that positive note and for the future reference what not to do. Cheers!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
Ah I see...
Hmmmm, the only way is to play around with it, press it down and move it around. Push it left and right" that kinda thing. Trial and error.
Maybe before you bring it to the shop let the battery go completely dead so they don't see the boot animation.
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woostar88 said:
I had the same problem. You need to put your phone into stock and start over again. It's pain and time consuming but it's better than having a paper weight. Remember our phone is hard to brick so have that positive note and for the future reference what not to do. Cheers!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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His volume down button doesn't work. Read the op.
woostar88 said:
I had the same problem. You need to put your phone into stock and start over again. It's pain and time consuming but it's better than having a paper weight. Remember our phone is hard to brick so have that positive note and for the future reference what not to do. Cheers!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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How did you return your device to stock if you couldn't boot into recover or the os?
If it is boot looping then your ok because they can't see anything. IMHO your good to go.
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herbzilla said:
If it is boot looping then your ok because they can't see anything. IMHO your good to go.
Sent from my rooted HTC HERO S
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They can see his non-stock boot animation though
hmm but the thing is it's rocking the franco kernel boot animation
arguably, it really is a hardware issue thats preventing me from repairing my phone..
im hoping they won't just up and say that it's rooted so we dont' cover phsyical issues..
i've only had this phone 2.5 months
This is tough... So your vol buttons are broken? Hmm only solution would be adb or warranty... Sorry bud I'm out of options
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
arg.. well a warranty replacement is gonna take a while if they will take it.. i will call them tommorow but i don't have very high expectations..
looks like i will be buying a use iphone 4 tommorow
collindubya said:
arg.. well a warranty replacement is gonna take a while if they will take it.. i will call them tommorow but i don't have very high expectations..
looks like i will be buying a use iphone 4 tommorow
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actually, a replacement unit ship out really fast.
Well i will have to get up early tommorow and find a way to call them and see what they have to say, any tips, should i tell them yes it's rooted but my issue is with the volume rocker?
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Well i will have to get up early tommorow and find a way to call them and see what they have to say, any tips, should i tell them yes it's rooted but my issue is with the volume rocker?
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No!!!!
Tell them nothing of the sort!! Say broken volume rocker or corrupted eMMC.
So basically because i can't reset the flash counter on the phone there's no way i can send it in the state that it's in as i've flashed several roms on it, i ordered one of those usb jigs off of ebay to hopefully put it into odin mode so i can restore it..
If there's anyone reading this that's in Vancouver BC that has a jig that might want to help a guy out i'd be forever greatful
as far as I know there is no flash counter in the gnex.
my phone is i747 and i tryd to install room i9300 and the phone dos'nt reply at all. no download mode no nothing!
only i heare from the pc sounds like connected and disconnected.
some one knows about that?
pls!!
thansk
shezi said:
my phone is i747 and i tryd to install room i9300 and the phone dos'nt reply at all. no download mode no nothing!
only i heare from the pc sounds like connected and disconnected.
some one knows about that?
pls!!
thansk
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I tried something similar once, anddd, in MY case. I fixed it by pulling out the battery (wait 10 seconds) and then putting it in and booting up.
"Should" be fine.
Sounds like a hard brick...you cannot flash 9300 roms....if you cannot get into dl mode your screwed....try hoding volume up and home button while pligging it into the pc
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Any updates? Is it bricked?
benmingli said:
Any updates? Is it bricked?
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I literally just did the same thing... ****.
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ethan.r.besbris said:
I literally just did the same thing... ****.
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If I plug my phone in without the batt or sd, the led lights up. Is there hope?
I'm curious as to why you guys would flash i9300 ROMs? Its a totally different device than the i747. If you flashed an i9300 ROM your device is bricked and you either need to get a warranty replacement or send it in to someone who can JTag it.
ethan.r.besbris said:
If I plug my phone in without the batt or sd, the led lights up. Is there hope?
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Nope
benmingli said:
Any updates? Is it bricked?
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You're bricked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
That is a link on how to unbrick a phone from flashing international image. Try getting into download mode by powering the phone on by holding the volume down key, home key, then powering it on with the power button. If nothing shows on the screen but odin is able to recognize the phone then you should be fine.
Think a JIG is worth a shot?
ethan.r.besbris said:
Think a JIG is worth a shot?
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It doesn't hurt. I just bought one on ebay because of your post for $3.50, that includes price for shipping.
task650 said:
I'm curious as to why you guys would flash i9300 ROMs? Its a totally different device than the i747. If you flashed an i9300 ROM your device is bricked and you either need to get a warranty replacement or send it in to someone who can JTag it.
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Didn't do it on purpose. Flashing roms at work while not paying attention.
ethan.r.besbris said:
Didn't do it on purpose. Flashing roms at work while not paying attention.
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It happened to me hust a momento ago, it wasn't with a i9300 ROM but with a recovery file, call us stupid but accidents happens and you never know when can happen to you.
Have you manage something ? I guess we are in the same boat. Thanks.
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It happened to me hust a momento ago, it wasn't with a i9300 ROM but with a recovery file, call us stupid but accidents happens and you never know when can happen to you.
Have you manage something ? I guess we are in the same boat. Thanks.
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Nope. It's a paper weight. Using a friends old Infuse for now. Crappy part about this is that I was using it on Straight Talk, so I have no phone insurance. I suppose I'll wait til the Note 2 comes out and just sign up with ATT...
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sgs3att, task650's aokp jb build rom& ktoonsez 747 kernel
Y'all need to start looking into things a little more! Sounds like a hard brick and yet what gets more is there are so many pimp ROMs and kernels that are made for our device! There's nothing you can do now but take task650s advice y'all should of flashed his ROM to begin with and you wouldn't be in this situation! By the way thanks to task650 and ktoonsez bcuz my phone is crazy bad now!
Rom-d2att jb build-3.11.2012
Kernel-kt747 w/ ktweaker set as follows:
Min-96
Max-1512
I/O-sio
Gov-ktoonservative
Find it all here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766684
It was a very, very stupid mistake in my case, I was trying to flash a diferent recovery and was doing some fast reading and I don't know how but enden up installing some recovery for the nexus, it never happened to me before and tought it would never happen to me, I have been flashing my phones for a while. now my question is, because i bought my phone from ebay im sending it to samsung. Will they notice it was rooted? Will this affect the warranty? and if it does how mucho will they charge me. Thanks
ethan.r.besbris said:
Nope. It's a paper weight. Using a friends old Infuse for now. Crappy part about this is that I was using it on Straight Talk, so I have no phone insurance. I suppose I'll wait til the Note 2 comes out and just sign up with ATT...
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Found a local in my area who can do JTAG repairs, he doesn't charge unless he fixes it. Talked to him this morning. Dropping my phone off tomorrow early afternoon! Here's hoping he gets me up and going!
Added their info for anyone in the York/Mechanicsburg/Harrisburg area.
Mentzer Repairs, LLC
Electronics Repair, JTAG Repair Center, Computer Repair Store
PrePaid Wireless Store: Plans/Phones/Unlocking/Flashing!
10 N. State St.
Ephrata, PA 17522
717.721.1040
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5pm
ethan.r.besbris said:
Found a local in my area who can do JTAG repairs, he doesn't charge unless he fixes it. Talked to him this morning. Dropping my phone off tomorrow early afternoon! Here's hoping he gets me up and going!
Added their info for anyone in the York/Mechanicsburg/Harrisburg area.
Mentzer Repairs, LLC
Electronics Repair, JTAG Repair Center, Computer Repair Store
PrePaid Wireless Store: Plans/Phones/Unlocking/Flashing!
10 N. State St.
Ephrata, PA 17522
717.721.1040
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-5pm
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If not look at mobiletechvideos.com or something like that they'll do the job
so I just tried to flash a rom on my phone and stupid me being tired as hell flashed the wrong one.
If there any way I can do anything to it?
If it helps I accidently flashed the galaxy note version of a rom on my Rogers S3.
I am guessing I am basically screwed and need to send it in?
Thanks.
Sorry mod had like 40 windows open and posted this in the wrong board, kinda freaking out. :/
can you move it to the Q&A please?
Can you get to Odin?
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paniro187 said:
Can you get to Odin?
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Thats a negative, nothing comes up, download, recovery nada. I plug it in with no battery in a red light shows up.
Wrong thread man....
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ManOnTheMoon said:
Wrong thread man....
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Whoops. Sorry.
I would say you have to send it in. But there has to be a way to get into download mode. Idk what to tell ya
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Remove battery
Reinsert battery
Hold: Vol Down + Power + Home
Release when you see Download Mode
GalaxysHeart said:
Remove battery
Reinsert battery
Hold: Vol Down + Power + Home
Release when you see Download Mode
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It doesnt even get to that point, screen has been completely black since.
phenom97 said:
It doesnt even get to that point, screen has been completely black since.
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Possibly try a jig, if that doesnt work(and it probably wont as you've borked your bootloaders) send it to mobiletechvideos and pay $60 for them to JTAG it, they are a very reputable company and have done the service for one of my captivates. Be more careful next time and at least you dont have to pay samsungs near-$200 price to fix it!
On another note if you dont want to have to deal with shipping(and you should get shipping insurance, cost more but worth it if the device disappears) you may be able to find someone locally that does JTAG service for the GS3 but I haven't seen anyone around me that does it.
I'm pretty sure a JIG should get you into download mode...I always thought a JIG is a sure fire way to get you into download mode. There is a thread somewhere that has a list of forum members that have JIG's and where they are located, if you don't have the money to buy a JIG you might be able to find someone to let you borrow theirs.
SO............................You thought your question was so important that it deserved to go in the original dev section.
Moved to Q&A where it belongs
Ok I am going to look into getting a jig.
Thanks for the help guys
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SO............................You thought your question was so important that it deserved to go in the original dev section.
Moved to Q&A where it belongs
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No i didnt, if you read my origional post i said i made a mistake and asked if it could be moved.
As already stated a usb JIG requires some functionality of the bootloader, if it is completely nuked it will not work. The reason being the jig is simply a short circuit which triggers the bootloader to fire up, the most basic of functions being download mode. The bootloader from a different device may or may not have a similar enough instruction set to trigger the process. If none of the methods of [hopefully] getting into download, i.e. pulling the battery and letting the caps discharge, or booting the phone with the usb connected with or without the battery...chances are slim (although not impossible) a jig is going to do much. It is fairly simple to make your own jig as outlined in this thread although it does require fairly precise soldiering ability and a usb micro cable one would be willing to sacrifice. Most likely in this case JTAG is required to manually send an industry standardized set of signals to the PCB to jumpstart the bootloader into download mode.
If you're close to Austin I'd be glad to help. Jigs can help in some situations but I think this will not be one. Every other case of flashing the wrong boot loaders that I have seen has resulting in a non functioning phone or download mode even with a jig. I personally bought one back when I had my captivate because I had one that didn't have the button combo for download mode. Ended up with a soft-brick for a week one time while I waited for the thing lol.
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Dear god please help me . I wanted to switch over to a stock Android rom on my galaxy s3. The first one failed because it said that the product id didn't match even though it did, this was standard cyanogenmod. So I then tried one called Rootbox v3.6 and my phone will not turn on now!
It is a black screen and I cannot go into download mode, recovery mode, or even boot it. I'm getting very angry and upset and I don't know what to do! If I take the battery out and plug the phone in without it the LED will turn red for about 5-10 seconds but then turns off and the phone becomes completely unusable!
What should I do!?!?
Use Odin. Flash back to stock. Start over.
mrhaley30705 said:
Use Odin. Flash back to stock. Start over.
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I was trying but how can I do it if the phone won't even turn on? :/
Tried to put it in Odin and it didn't show up at all. Phone is still nothing but a brick.
Just to make sure, download mode is power+ vol down+ home at the same time. Usually takes 5-10 seconds
Tried it a thousand times. Everything fails .
Is my phone dead?
Sounds like it could be.
That's not the answer I wanted to hear . What should I do!? If the battery is out and I plug it in the LED will turn red for about 5-10 seconds then turn off. What does that mean??
mrhaley30705 said:
Just to make sure, download mode is power+ vol down+ home at the same time. Usually takes 5-10 seconds
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jliehr said:
Tried it a thousand times. Everything fails .
Is my phone dead?
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since we're desperate here, i'm just gonna go ahead and repeat the download mode steps but in this order: VOL DOWN + HOME + POWER
dont press power button first. also, before you smash it into the ground, grab a usb jig off amazon or ebay.
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also, what is your S3 model (i747, i747m, i9300, etc)?
what is the exact name of the ROM download you used and where did you grab the download? the version you downloaded was released back in january i believe. rootbox is on version 3.9+ now. why the older ROM?
Your phone is hard bricked unfortunately that's exactly what it is. Search this forum for Jtag they're the only people that can fix it. Sorry for the bad news
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i wanna know something
did you install i747 roms? or different version?
try hold power + home + up/down(i happen to run into one of these types of problem before though with an HTC device) for a very long time and see any reaction
also if the phone wouldn't turn on at all, you might wanna try replacing the battery like borrow friend's to test, it might be battery failure.
Its hard bricked unfortunately I know thats not what you wanted to hear. About all you can do is Google Jtag and you'll find the place to send it to be fixed. Cost you $60 or $80 to fix it.
"Say WHAT one more time!"
I called AT&T and they are sending me out a new one. They waived the 2 day shipping fee as well.
I recommend thoroughly reading the threads and when you think of trying something read some more and making a backup.
Right after rooting your new phone make a back up of your IMEI and learn how to restore it.
That little bit of information would've saved me $200 today.
I'm giving it to you free.
"Say WHAT one more time!"
S3freak said:
I recommend thoroughly reading the threads and when you think of trying something read some more and making a backup.
Right after rooting your new phone make a back up of your IMEI and learn how to restore it.
That little bit of information would've saved me $200 today.
I'm giving it to you free.
"Say WHAT one more time!"
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true story. IMEI backup at the very beginning is so important but never really preached. just as important as a nandroid itself.
i made a guide a couple weeks back due to lots of beginners doing things incorrectly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330). the boards were packed full of the same 10 rooting/flashing/imei problems, repeated a hundred times. please share this with every newcomer and let's get people started off on the right foot. cheers
The imei is on the back of the phone? So why bother back it up?
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While it's possible to restore your imei without a backup, you have a greater chance of success with a backup. Peoplesarmy's thread is a great, and easy, way to do it. Only takes a few minutes and the directions in the op ate very easy to follow.
Lose your IMEI in your phone files and you'll know why but go ahead and take your chances you'll regret it.
"Death? Whadda you know bout death?"
xamadeix said:
The imei is on the back of the phone? So why bother back it up?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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A few minutes of easy fix, or at least 20 to 30 minutes to fix (and this is generous). And the backup method has a MUCH better chance of working. This is a no brainer.
Hey guys, so running 4.3 MK3 on the GS3 (OTA) I made an idiotic mistake and ran EZ-Unlock and believe it has corrupted the boot loader. I've poked around for about 3 days and haven't found anything that shows a sign of life for this phone. It does get a Red LED when you pull the battery and plug it in and dissipates after about 30 seconds. Cannot get into Download/Recovery. Odin will not recognize the phone. I would like to avoid a visit to Sprint so thus said.. I reach out to you all for some help. Any ideas? I have yet to go purchase a Class 10 SD Card and try that method.. Do you guys think this would work?
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Hey guys, so running 4.3 MK3 on the GS3 (OTA) I made an idiotic mistake and ran EZ-Unlock and believe it has corrupted the boot loader. I've poked around for about 3 days and haven't found anything that shows a sign of life for this phone. It does get a Red LED when you pull the battery and plug it in and dissipates after about 30 seconds. Cannot get into Download/Recovery. Odin will not recognize the phone. I would like to avoid a visit to Sprint so thus said.. I reach out to you all for some help. Any ideas? I have yet to go purchase a Class 10 SD Card and try that method.. Do you guys think this would work?
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May or may not work, only other option is JTAG service. You may have a repair shop around your area or you can search for JTAG repair on ebay.
joeyhdownsouth said:
May or may not work, only other option is JTAG service. You may have a repair shop around your area or you can search for JTAG repair on ebay.
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I'm going to get the SD card most likely in the morning. I did see a thread of other people successfully recovering from the same thing I did, so I am hoping this will work for me. I can verify a Class 2 won't work, lol. Worst comes to worst I will JTag it. I just don't want to take it to Sprint and have them work me over for it being Rooted and so forth.. If they would even be able to get it to Recovery or Download Siggghhhh
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I'm going to get the SD card most likely in the morning. I did see a thread of other people successfully recovering from the same thing I did, so I am hoping this will work for me. I can verify a Class 2 won't work, lol. Worst comes to worst I will JTag it. I just don't want to take it to Sprint and have them work me over for it being Rooted and so forth.. If they would even be able to get it to Recovery or Download Siggghhhh
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I have successfully unbricked 2 phones with the sd method, but that was before the whole KNOX thing came about. JTAG is your best bet. Do you have any local repair shops around? They may have the capability of doing this, as it requires soldering wires to the motherboard, and reflashing the bootloader.
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I have successfully unbricked 2 phones with the sd method, but that was before the whole KNOX thing came about. JTAG is your best bet. Do you have any local repair shops around? They may have the capability of doing this, as it requires soldering wires to the motherboard, and reflashing the bootloader.
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I am not sure about Repair shops capable of doing such around here.. I'm sure they will want a hefty chunk of change. Yeah, this KNOX junk is really funky. I know I made a boob of a mistake and all, but sheesh. I'm crossing my fingers the SD Method will work. I did find a guy fairly cheap on EBay I sent a message to and he seems confident JTag is the way to go... $28.00 usd. I am so iffy about sending it out to a random third party tho, but I guess at this point what do I have to lose?
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I am not sure about Repair shops capable of doing such around here.. I'm sure they will want a hefty chunk of change. Yeah, this KNOX junk is really funky. I know I made a boob of a mistake and all, but sheesh. I'm crossing my fingers the SD Method will work. I did find a guy fairly cheap on EBay I sent a message to and he seems confident JTag is the way to go... $28.00 usd. I am so iffy about sending it out to a random third party tho, but I guess at this point what do I have to lose?
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I forgot about the USB jig way, but then again its like the sd method, may or may not work. Read about it HERE.
joeyhdownsouth said:
I forgot about the USB jig way, but then again its like the sd method, may or may not work. Read about it HERE.
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I attempted to make a USB Jig, hacked up 2 cords to no avail. Just ordered a Jig off EBay. Should be here by the 4th or before. Still going to try the SD method whenever I drag my dead arse to WallyWorld. It's kind of some nasty weather here in Ohio so I hate to be out on the roads without a life line! lol
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I have fixed my hard-bricked Sprint SGS3 without J-Tag and I have recently flashed using the same updated file and hard-bricked again! I cannot for the life of me figure out why the drivers are not installing correctly, therefore, ODIN dos not recognize my phone. WHY? Please don't bother replying with J-Tag as my only option. I am using Windows Vista and Windows 8 on another pc....In response, I flashed the MK3 updated sprint firmware via CWM from 4.2 Rom (cannot remember which one at the moment) and the battery was dying, I plugged in the battery and at the same moment the phone went black. The only indication of life is a red light comes on when I plug the phone in wihtout the battery.... Not a great explanation but it's the best I can do
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I have fixed my hard-bricked Sprint SGS3 without J-Tag and I have recently flashed using the same updated file and hard-bricked again! I cannot for the life of me figure out why the drivers are not installing correctly, therefore, ODIN dos not recognize my phone. WHY? Please don't bother replying with J-Tag as my only option. I am using Windows Vista and Windows 8 on another pc....
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Could you be a bit more specific as to what happened?
Saafir said:
I attempted to make a USB Jig, hacked up 2 cords to no avail. Just ordered a Jig off EBay. Should be here by the 4th or before. Still going to try the SD method whenever I drag my dead arse to WallyWorld. It's kind of some nasty weather here in Ohio so I hate to be out on the roads without a life line! lol
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The phone is being recognized by Odin 1.85 as Com 3.. But I am still not able to get to Download Mode.. Might anyone have any ideas as to what to do from here? </3
(side note) Still no success with Odin. Am off to get the SD Card now. Will report back with (Hopefully) positive results later tonight.
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In response, I flashed the MK3 updated sprint firmware via CWM from 4.2 Rom (cannot remember which one at the moment) and the battery was dying, I plugged in the battery and at the same moment the phone went black. The only indication of life is a red light comes on when I plug the phone in wihtout the battery.... Not a great explanation but it's the best I can do
Saafir said:
Could you be a bit more specific as to what happened?
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At the moment, I have tried; re-downloading, uninstalling, and re-installing the Samsung Drivers with no avail. The drivers start to download when I plug phone into pc via usb and the message reads, 'please insert disc or cancel to finish driver install'. I have read many posts and have come to my end. I need a brain not a shop to take it to.
FascinatedBot said:
In response, I flashed the MK3 updated sprint firmware via CWM from 4.2 Rom (cannot remember which one at the moment) and the battery was dying, I plugged in the battery and at the same moment the phone went black. The only indication of life is a red light comes on when I plug the phone in wihtout the battery.... Not a great explanation but it's the best I can do
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At the moment, I have tried; re-downloading, uninstalling, and re-installing the Samsung Drivers with no avail. The drivers start to download when I plug phone into pc via usb and the message reads, 'please insert disc or cancel to finish driver install'. I have read many posts and have come to my end. I need a brain not a shop to take it to.
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Well it sounds you are in my boat so grab an oar buddy, lol.. I am leaving to get a Class 10 SD Card now to try that method. Look in your Device Manager and report back what it is recognizing the device as. I have done alotttt of reading myself and am at my wits end. Patience is the key as of now. Was the 4.3 you was flashing KNOX loaded?
Grabbed my oar...
The device manager does not recognize the Official samsung drivers and I am stuck at that end. However, good news is; when we do fix this, and we will, we might want to copy everything we have done on paper so we get the prize.
Saafir said:
Well it sounds you are in my boat so grab an oar buddy, lol.. I am leaving to get a Class 10 SD Card now to try that method. Look in your Device Manager and report back what it is recognizing the device as. I have done alotttt of reading myself and am at my wits end. Patience is the key as of now. Was the 4.3 you was flashing KNOX loaded?
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Jessooca said:
Fbot....
What operating system is your PC/Mac?
Uninstall any Samsung drivers you have for the moment.... Let me know what Operating System you're on as windows 8 is picky
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Saafir- are you saying if you pull your battery put it back in.... While holding volume down and home then press power (don't let go of home or volume down) until you have the screen pop up saying press Volume Up to continue, you never get that screen???
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Correct, I don't get anything lol. I can get the Red LED when I pull the battery, plug it in.. put the battery in, LED stay on about 30 secs, and poof... Never leaves the black screen, not even a vibe..
Jessooca said:
I fixed an lg optimus with nearly the exact red light but nothing else....
What firmware and/or ROM was this phone on?
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I know you said stock 4.3 were you rooted? Any custom recovery installed?
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Yes, was Stock Rooted 4.3 MK3 (Yep KNOX) with TWRP Recovery.. And as of right now the SD method has been a fail. Hard to make heads or tails out of which friggin image to even use with all the confusion going on in some of these threads
Saafir said:
Yes, was Stock Rooted 4.3 MK3 (Yep KNOX) with TWRP Recovery.. And as of right now the SD method has been a fail. Hard to make heads or tails out of which friggin image to even use with all the confusion going on in some of these threads
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same boat as you, let me know what works for you. There is a guy who does JTAG for $20 on ebay.
pointystar said:
same boat as you, let me know what works for you. There is a guy who does JTAG for $20 on ebay.
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This is obsurd
Well all the stuff I tried.. Ordered a Jig, Made a Jig, Bought a Class 10 SD Card, Odin methods, all the yadadada stuff, and nothing worked. So before J-Tagging I decided to douche my way over to Sprint and wala, a sexy new Purple S3. I didn't say anything out of line other than "It Died" They asked no further questions, sent it back to the Tech, 30 mins later the Tech comes back and rules it a SDS. Thanks for all the help and suggestions around here. You guys rock. (And a uber WOOT WOOT is its only loaded with 4.1.2, lol.) Guess I am safe again </3 Stupid Knox.
Saafir said:
Well all the stuff I tried.. Ordered a Jig, Made a Jig, Bought a Class 10 SD Card, Odin methods, all the yadadada stuff, and nothing worked. So before J-Tagging I decided to douche my way over to Sprint and wala, a sexy new Purple S3. I didn't say anything out of line other than "It Died" They asked no further questions, sent it back to the Tech, 30 mins later the Tech comes back and rules it a SDS. Thanks for all the help and suggestions around here. You guys rock. (And a uber WOOT WOOT is its only loaded with 4.1.2, lol.) Guess I am safe again </3 Stupid Knox.
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Did you have warranty? What is an SDS?
pointystar said:
Did you have warranty? What is an SDS?
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Sudden Death Syndrome and no just have insurance, lol