So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
Sent from Galaxy SIII
musclehead84 said:
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
Sent from Galaxy SIII
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Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
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Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
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Its not a problem as long as you flash a rom FOR YOUR PHONE.....
Did you try this?
jsmoof21 said:
So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
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I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
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I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
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I just tried that and no luck. sounds like u soft bricked it. I can't get it to turn on period. The only thing that turns on is the lcd light but only for 10 seconds then shuts off. Thanks for the help though!
If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
galaxy s3 softbrick
jsmoof21 said:
I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
bonao1851 said:
hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Do you get a screen at all? You say you're softbricked but you also say it doesnt start up. If you are really just softbricked then you have a screen too, in which case you'll just look like an ass going to sprint because they will see you fuucked with it and laugh you out the store. If you are hardbricked then you would have just a black screen. If you have a screen, do some reading like you shouldve done in the first place and fix it yourself.
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Mine was hard bricked and it couldn't be turned on period. If yours is soft brick then you should be able to get it back into download mode but you can't get it to turn on at all, then you have a hard brick. I went to sprint and got a brand new one because they couldn't fix it either. So unless they can fix it you will have to get a new one!
Also Hard Bricked.
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If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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On the advice for taking the battery out and trying to get into download mode, I tried and now without my battery in I get my red light but still no luck on download mode. any advice like "tinylinux". Sorry not a noob but not a pro so whereever that middle area is is where I stand. Thanks in advance.
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Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
pvinodnayak said:
Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
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DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG
I had same stuck at boot screen but could get odin download mode still this literally saved my phone thanks your awesome!
I Screwed Up
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
jonathanod said:
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
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I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
m20120 said:
I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
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why are people still doing this?
nicholaaaas said:
why are people still doing this?
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Some people really should get an iPhone...
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WHYDavid said:
Some people really should get an iPhone...
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Totally agree.That or a motorola
Try YouTubeing QBKing77 on his video for bricked S3's
Good luck. There will be a way to unbrick. Just have to find the right method.
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Hi all
Ok was playing around with the samsung toolkit and somehow managed to brick my phone as it will only go to the boot screen.
I can only get it to go in to the download screen (Vol down, home, power)
Ive tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&page=3
but when i try even the first step i left it nearly 30 mins and it dosnt seem to do anything
Any help you could give would help me alot
Thanks
avenger79 said:
Hi all
Ok was playing around with the samsung toolkit and somehow managed to brick my phone as it will only go to the boot screen.
I can only get it to go in to the download screen (Vol down, home, power)
Ive tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&page=3
but when i try even the first step i left it nearly 30 mins and it dosnt seem to do anything
Any help you could give would help me alot
Thanks
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Just keep trying to flash via Odin. I had that happen where it just sits there five times in a row. Just gotta keep trying
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elesbb said:
Just keep trying to flash via Odin. I had that happen where it just sits there five times in a row. Just gotta keep trying
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
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I must have done it 100 times and always seems to hang never seems to get any further, I've gone straight to the rom too and same thing looks like its doing something but nothing how long does it take?
avenger79 said:
I must have done it 100 times and always seems to hang never seems to get any further, I've gone straight to the rom too and same thing looks like its doing something but nothing how long does it take?
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Are you using the file that is stated in the post you referenced? Im no unbricking expert but Not sure putting verizon firmware on a tmo phone works very well...
Also I had a problem with Odin awhile back and it turned out to be the cable I was using...
If you can get into download mode and have odin recognize your phone I believe you will be good to go if you put the correct software on your phone...
Think you should try to Odin back to a stock firmware for your phone instead of using some sort of "unbrick" method... use only one from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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Not sure putting verizon firmware on a tmo phone works very well...
Also I had a problem with Odin awhile back and it turned out to be the cable I was using...
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Agreed on both accounts.
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From an Odin guide I read, can't remember the one now. I believe it said to use the cable from the wall charger. Other cables may work, but that is the one that should work for some reason no matter what.
Good Luck.
If nothing else works on it, search for mobiletechvideos.com. I flashed I-9300 ROM onto my T-999 phone. Hard bricked it. I sent it to those guys and within 1 week, phone was back and was like it was before I flashed the wrong ROM. Great service they provide. It was also my only option. ha.
Hello i think i brick my phone .... i run Triangle Away everything went fine and when i went to wipe data ... my phone turned off and wenn I try to turn it ON it only shows me Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-n7100 ... and I cant go to recovery or download mode .... it just stays on the logo .... is there anything that i can do ?
beko723 said:
Hello i think i brick my phone .... i run Triangle Away everything went fine and when i went to wipe data ... my phone turned off and wenn I try to turn it ON it only shows me Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-n7100 ... and I cant go to recovery or download mode .... it just stays on the logo .... is there anything that i can do ?
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If you do a battery pull and hold down volume up the home key and the power button you CANT get into recovery?
Adam1422 said:
If you do a battery pull and hold down volume up the home key and the power button you CANT get into recovery?
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Yes i cant go to recovery mode or to download mode ... some people said that it is not brick but i really dont know what is happend ... ((
plug it into your computer and see if you can get abd to recognize it. If you can, run adb reboot recover
shiftr182 said:
plug it into your computer and see if you can get abd to recognize it. If you can, run adb reboot recover
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the problem is that my Note II dosent appear on pc ... PC show that there is connected USB ... but Phone dosent show up
beko723 said:
the problem is that my Note II dosent appear on pc ... PC show that there is connected USB ... but Phone dosent show up
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Do you see any missing/unknown devices in Device Manager?
If so you might just need to download an updated USB driver from Samsung's website.
I'm having this exact same issue. I hope there is someone that can help figure this out. Mine occurred while trying to reroot after the update.
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If it helps, this is what I did.
After successfully rooting my husbands phone, he accidently updated. I've waited to try and do re-route it now since you've published a method of re-rooting. This was my first attempt at rooting ever and currently the phone only powers on to the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen and doesn't go any further. Here's what happened:
On Windows 7
Opened CASUAL
Received instructions to flash root.
Using Odin I tried I605_VRALJB_Restore.tar.md5, it failed to flash so I instead flashed root66_VZW_stock_system.tar.md5.
This worked fine, proceeded with CASUAL
Flashed BAVBaseline.tar.md5.
Phone began to reset and froze at Samsung Galaxy Note 2 starter screen. Waited 5 minutes no change in the screen on the phone or on CASUAL. After 30 minutes pressed power and the buttons to get into Odin, I finally unplugged. The phone is still stuck at the start screen and isn't recognized by Odin or my computer
So you're on a Verizon GN2? Just want to make sure we're talking the same phone
Also did you pull the battery yet?
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Okay that has happened to me before.
I had to download a new stock rom and flash it via TWRP.
If you dont have TWRP Recovery mode, find a rom you can flash in normal recovery.
(To get to recovery mode, take battery out of phone, put back in and then hold "volume up, power and home button simultaneously for about 10 seconds.")
Once you have the new rom .zip file downloaded...
You have to take the SD Card out of the bricked phone and place in a different phone.
Put the different phone on the computer and put the rom on there.
When it gets copied to the ext sd, put it back into the bricked phone and proceed into recovery mode as I explained above.
You will probably have to factory reset, and then install the new rom onto the bricked phone from the ext sd card.
If you have any questions just post.
Hope it helps.
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Okay that has happened to me before.
I had to download a new stock rom and flash it via TWRP.
If you dont have TWRP Recovery mode, find a rom you can flash in normal recovery.
(To get to recovery mode, take battery out of phone, put back in and then hold "volume up, power and home button simultaneously for about 10 seconds.")
Once you have the new rom .zip file downloaded...
You have to take the SD Card out of the bricked phone and place in a different phone.
Put the different phone on the computer and put the rom on there.
When it gets copied to the ext sd, put it back into the bricked phone and proceed into recovery mode as I explained above.
You will probably have to factory reset, and then install the new rom onto the bricked phone from the ext sd card.
If you have any questions just post.
Hope it helps.
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Yes.. but rhey mentioned Verizon which the locked bootloader can be bad news. We don't have that with Sprint.
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Oh dang, didnt know Verizon had locked bootloader.
Why the heck would VZW do that, that's just messed up man...
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And casual was mentioned. If you used casual on a sprint phone then you probably bricked it.
i have the same issue....here's what i did..
yesterday night i had rooted with samsung tool kit..flashed twrp and supersu with it. It worked fine ..was able to boot(the flash boots it ..didnt try manual booting)
today morning i had installed a icon pack from minimo icons.. it got stuck and wasnt working .,..so pulled the battery and booted and its stuck at samsung logo.. pls help!!
BTW I was able to go to recovery .. but dont know what to do from there... ! I didnt have a back up since i didnt want to keep the junk I had accumulated. I can go factory settings if thats what it takes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 If you can access recovery than flash this
billard412 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 If you can access recovery than flash this
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so somehow move the 867mb file to the sd card and then flash it with recovery .. after wipe data/factory reset? thats about it ?
btw i m on sprint
That's exactly right
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That's exactly right
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Alright.. giving it a go .. lets see.. fingers crossed
UPDATE: IT WORKED AND FULL ON STOCK RIGHT NOW. Thanks!
Now I need to figure out what went wrong cos I cant stay stock for long and dont want to keep doing this again and again...
Removed...I figured it out. Thanks so much y'all.
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Just in case someone comes along like me and the above doesn't work for them.
Was getting stuck at second "Samsung" screen, could not flash rom via Odin or by recovery...couldn't even get to recovery at first.
After much round and round, here's the winning combination:
Flash stock recovery via Odin, flash twrp 2.3.1.1 (newest one with .tar file I could find) via Odin, then flash stock rom...Was that simple for me, just a lot of trial and error.
I downloaded the Jedi Mind Trick JB 2 ROM and installed it via clocwork mod recovery .. That went fine but it took me a few days to realize I didnt have a working video camera anymore on my phone.. so I thought to flash a stock ROOTed rom instead...
Then I found this threat about an updated version of Jedi Mind Trick's ROM labled JB 3.. So I wiped as much as I could in recovery and chose to format all the options it gave me in recover , Format system , data , cache , emms(or something) .. and now when I boot the phone , it shows the first flash screen , and the samsung logo starts to shimmer then it reboots back to the splash screen and repeats this process everal times before just going black and sitting there..
So I've successfully bootlooped my phone doing this..
MY PROBLEM -- I don't know how to charge my phone or connect to it to install anything else..
Is this a serious problem? How can I charge my phone to continue troubleshooting it? It still has some battery to try some things but I don't know how to hook it up to transfer any other roms to it via USB cable and PC in it's current state..
I'm very computer savvy but I'm trying to learn this phone modding stuff and I realy hope I didn't brick my phone in this process.
Can someone please help me out here? I'll be on the forums religiously until I figure this out.
What should I start doing first??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!
still working at it
I think I'm at the point of having to use ODIN to flash a new rom since i cannot simply copy this rom to the sdcard to use clockwork to flash it .. Am I correct on this ?
For some reason this rom I found (should be stock rooted tmobile gSII rom) does not want to open from ODIN's PDA button cause its in .zip and not .tar or anything... I'm not sure how to flash this rom with ODIN ( I'm not even 100% sure this is how its supposed to go) Any suggestions ?
phew
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
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UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
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Is this true? Through a recommendation (haven't done anything to my phone from rooting/flashing KANGSJUGGERNAUT2 years ago), I tried to flash CM10 and ended up with a bootloop myself. Tried flashing through ODIN but it kept crashing; does anyone know why?
Afterward, I tried to reflash it through CWM and from then on bootloops into a installation process that never completes.
For some reason my CWM turned super slow, freezes/hangs and reboots after a few minutes.
I gave the phone to a friend who does this stuff on the regular but he said my initial flash wasn't complete cause in download mode says I'm still running official? No clue.
I was told this via email/chat: "No luck, it won't even boot anymore, I think I'll just bring it back tmrw morn
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Sorry I'm at a wedding (yea I know random) I left my phone with coat check
OK I've narrowed down the reason but not the solution, you had an AOKP based ROM which fundamentally is based on CyanogenMod, but it wasn't correctly flashed as the phone still thought it has factory ROMs still running
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Clockworkmod(even though it was working before) wasn't accessing the partitions of the phone correctly so it wasn't properly wiping or flashing properly.
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So basically from the first time you flashed cwm it didn't flash properly then the next time you flashed using the new recovery it didn't flash anything it was supposed to do itself properly , so basically it was a chain of events in addition to a bad boot loader, that's why it never went to recovery or download mode correctly
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That's something that had to do with the way the phone was built meaning you may of had a bad bootloader from the very begin and are now feeling the synptoms
Basically, and I would hate to be the reason or partially the reason you have a dead phone, basically it was a matter of coincedencr that it happened as this could of happened at anytime, once you have a bad boot loader its pretty much down hill from there"
Any helpful insight as how I can rectify this? is my phone truly dead? Sorry about the quoted format, it was copied and pasted.
If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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tronmech said:
If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
JahJahLoO said:
The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
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sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.
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sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
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I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
dont give up
JahJahLoO said:
I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
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you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
sam.balia1012 said:
you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
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I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
JahJahLoO said:
I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
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If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.
sam.balia1012 said:
If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
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Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
JahJahLoO said:
Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
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fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
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fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
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It might as well have... :crying:
Hello.. So today I attempted to flash a new version of TWRP for installing cleanrom and it bricked my phone. I can get into download mode though
So using ODIN i've been trying to install custom recoveries. Everytime it says pass, but I cannot get a recovery to show up. If I hold up, power and home buttons, the Galaxy note 2 will flash (as if its about to load a recovery) but then just goes back to galaxy note 2 screen. I can still make it to download mode, but cannot seem to get anywhere else.
Also, currently there is no rom on my phone.
Please help!
Thanks,
AC
AC2020x said:
Hello.. So today I attempted to flash a new version of TWRP for installing cleanrom and it bricked my phone. I can get into download mode though
So using ODIN i've been trying to install custom recoveries. Everytime it says pass, but I cannot get a recovery to show up. If I hold up, power and home buttons, the Galaxy note 2 will flash (as if its about to load a recovery) but then just goes back to galaxy note 2 screen. I can still make it to download mode, but cannot seem to get anywhere else.
Also, currently there is no rom on my phone.
Please help!
Thanks,
AC
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Maybe use odin to start over fresh? Is the recovery separate from the kernel in the Note II?
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billyjed said:
Maybe use odin to start over fresh? Is the recovery separate from the kernel in the Note II?
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I think it is separate. The last thing I had was beanstalk with neak kernel. Then I wiped everything (not sure if that affect kernel or not) to prepare for cleanrom.
How do I use odin to start fresh?
Thanks!
AC2020x said:
I think it is separate. The last thing I had was beanstalk with neak kernel. Then I wiped everything (not sure if that affect kernel or not) to prepare for cleanrom.
How do I use odin to start fresh?
Thanks!
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Install a factory image (probably with root and custom recovery) then proceed to flash whatever from there.
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billyjed said:
Install a factory image (probably with root and custom recovery) then proceed to flash whatever from there.
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Okay thanks,
I will have to try this after work. This may be a stupid question, but if anyone knows a good location where I can find this that would be really helpful.
I can search around for it more later.
Thanks
I bet Google knows.
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SamMobile is a great site for firmwares.
After the screen turns on, let go of power and continue to hold up and home. Try it out.
johntortorella said:
SamMobile is a great site for firmwares.
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mertin said:
After the screen turns on, let go of power and continue to hold up and home. Try it out.
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Thanks.. I'm downloading from Sam Mobile now on my laptop at work.
And thanks for the tip. I will try this out as soon as I get home. I really hope my phone isn't pertinently bricked!
AC2020x said:
Thanks.. I'm downloading from Sam Mobile now on my laptop at work.
And thanks for the tip. I will try this out as soon as I get home. I really hope my phone isn't pertinently bricked!
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If you need something to follow, this will help too.
Link
when you're "bricked" that means you can NOT get into download mode, so you are NOT bricked....
wase4711 said:
when you're "bricked" that means you can NOT get into download mode, so you are NOT bricked....
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Oh sorry, I wasn't sure what the term bricked actually encompassed. I guess I was stuck in bootloop then.
Well, good and bad news. I got out of the bootloop, and finally got twrp installed on my phone. I did a recovery of beanstalk and also a fresh install of cleanrom. While they boot, they both have been going extremely slowly. Also just loading into recovery is taking super long. I don't know why. I am also not getting any signal, I can however connect to wifi. Anyone have any ideas or any thoughts on how to fix this?
Thanks again!
hey
if you can get into download mode try this find your provider and phone model and download the firware the nice thing this has root already installed so then you can just download goo and install twrp easy i always use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
make sure you read it all so you have no problems all done with odin make sure you double check the check mark boxes well read and you will know what i am talking about
bigtomcat said:
if you can get into download mode try this find your provider and phone model and download the firware the nice thing this has root already installed so then you can just download goo and install twrp easy i always use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
make sure you read it all so you have no problems all done with odin make sure you double check the check mark boxes well read and you will know what i am talking about
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Just tried it out and it had the same problem. installed with ODIN no problem, but I still have no signal and it is still running very choppy.
When I go to mobile networks in settings it tells me "Insert SIM card to access network services" I have a sim and have tried reinserting it multiple times. I don't know whats going on. Also, it seems I do not have any internal storage. It says 200mb in storage that are fully used. When I have cleared everything but the rom.
I may attempt to return the phone tomorrow.
hey
AC2020x said:
Just tried it out and it had the same problem. installed with ODIN no problem, but I still have no signal and it is still running very choppy.
When I go to mobile networks in settings it tells me "Insert SIM card to access network services" I have a sim and have tried reinserting it multiple times. I don't know whats going on. Also, it seems I do not have any internal storage. It says 200mb in storage that are fully used. When I have cleared everything but the rom.
I may attempt to return the phone tomorrow.
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nope a lot of people have that problem you have to remove your sim card and sd card and flash again then reboot i have seen people do this 3 times to clear all the bad flashes stuck on there phones make sure to factory reset too after by being off then hold down home power and volume up when you see the words pop up let go of all but volume up get into the system setting there factory all and restart then once you give it about 10 min put you sim card and sd card back and before wipe the sd card it has been know to cause some problems if that all doesn't work then ya maybe there is something else
good luck
I'm pretty sure I made a rookie mistake and I'm facing the conscience. Last night I was need of rooting my phone (at&t galaxy note II i317) using Kongo Android to get superUS and everything was going fine, I still had all my stuff, service and everything, so I decided to add a custom ROM (cm-10.1.3-tOlteatt), wiped everything and I ended up in a bad situation, I forgot to back up my phone so I lost all of my contacts, lost my service provider so I have no signal, and can't download any apps because I don't have play store. . . If anyone knows to way to help solve this PLEASE HELP ME. . . all I want to do now is find a way to uninstall all this rooted stuff and go back to my regular functioning galaxy s note II
THANK YOU FOR THE HELP IN ADVANCE
Check here for help:thumbup::
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49616709
You can also look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41340941
And you should have used this for your rooting needs...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33854391
And from the sounds of it, you downloaded the wrong Rom for your phone! And it's always bad skiing stuff late when we're tired. That's when we run into problems. It's called late night flashing
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ViiRuZ said:
I'm pretty sure I made a rookie mistake and I'm facing the conscience. Last night I was need of rooting my phone (at&t galaxy note II i317) using Kongo Android to get superUS and everything was going fine, I still had all my stuff, service and everything, so I decided to add a custom ROM (cm-10.1.3-tOlteatt), wiped everything and I ended up in a bad situation, I forgot to back up my phone so I lost all of my contacts, lost my service provider so I have no signal, and can't download any apps because I don't have play store. . . If anyone knows to way to help solve this PLEASE HELP ME. . . all I want to do now is find a way to uninstall all this rooted stuff and go back to my regular functioning galaxy s note II
THANK YOU FOR THE HELP IN ADVANCE
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Let's turn the frown upside down..... How's it going ??
Bajanman said:
Check here for help:thumbup::
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49616709
You can also look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41340941
And you should have used this for your rooting needs...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33854391
And from the sounds of it, you downloaded the wrong Rom for your phone! And it's always bad skiing stuff late when we're tired. That's when we run into problems. It's called late night flashing
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for the recommendation but I've previously tried the method, but my phone always failed to download (even when it wasnt rooted) would u have any other way of solving it without having to use odin. . . my phone is currently stuck in recovery mode so any help trying to get out of it would be helpful. .thank you for your time helping me solve my issue
Put the correct ROM on your external sd card with a PC adaptor. Install the card, boot into recovery, wipe system and data, then install the correct ROM. Boot, let rhe phone settle in for a few minutes, connect to wifi, or check if the correct ROM has the at&t APN settings.
ViiRuZ said:
Thanks for the recommendation but I've previously tried the method, but my phone always failed to download (even when it wasnt rooted) would u have any other way of solving it without having to use odin. . . my phone is currently stuck in recovery mode so any help trying to get out of it would be helpful. .thank you for your time helping me solve my issue
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Ranger is correct, try doing what he suggested.
But not really understanding what you have tried from your post.....
Which method, and what does fail to download?
Do you mean fail to get into download mode, and you only can get into recovery?
Are you doing this to get to download mode?
Put your Note 2 in Download Mode
-First you will need to turn off your device.
-Once it’s off, you need to press this button combination: volume down, power button and home button.
-Keep them pressed until the download mode shows up.
-Once you’re there, you will be required to press volume up to enter the download mode or volume down to cancel and reboot the device.
Obviously you want to press the volume up. Now you are ready to ODIN flash.
rangercaptain said:
Put the correct ROM on your external sd card with a PC adaptor. Install the card, boot into recovery, wipe system and data, then install the correct ROM. Boot, let rhe phone settle in for a few minutes, connect to wifi, or check if the correct ROM has the at&t APN settings.
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i will be sure to try this method whenever i get my hands on an SD card adaptor. What ROM would be best to download for the correct at&t APN settings? i would look but my past luck has been failure.
Thank you for your help
dicksteele said:
Ranger is correct, try doing what he suggested.
But not really understanding what you have tried from your post.....
Which method, and what does fail to download?
Do you mean fail to get into download mode, and you only can get into recovery?
Are you doing this to get to download mode?
Put your Note 2 in Download Mode
-First you will need to turn off your device.
-Once it’s off, you need to press this button combination: volume down, power button and home button.
-Keep them pressed until the download mode shows up.
-Once you’re there, you will be required to press volume up to enter the download mode or volume down to cancel and reboot the device.
Obviously you want to press the volume up. Now you are ready to ODIN flash.
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i would have tried ODIN for this situation but everytime i do. It says "FAILED" how would you suggest i fix this so that my phone can use ODIN. I was going from cyanogenMod to a custom ROM, but i assume i didnt flash the old ROM and now i kinda stuck in a bootloop like it'll show the samsung intro then show the customROM emblem stays there. I've left it in that state for a whole night and it didnt change (still showing the custom ROM emblem) the only thing i can do is enter TWRP v2.6.3.1 and access my external SD.
ViiRuZ said:
i would have tried ODIN for this situation but everytime i do. It says "FAILED" how would you suggest i fix this so that my phone can use ODIN. I was going from cyanogenMod to a custom ROM, but i assume i didnt flash the old ROM and now i kinda stuck in a bootloop like it'll show the samsung intro then show the customROM emblem stays there. I've left it in that state for a whole night and it didnt change (still showing the custom ROM emblem) the only thing i can do is enter TWRP v2.6.3.1 and access my external SD.
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I don't understand this ....... It says "FAILED" What is failing ?
What are you flashing?
dicksteele said:
I don't understand this ....... It says "FAILED" What is failing ?
What are you flashing?
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Sorry bout that. . just tried to connect my phone to ODIN in ODIN MODE. I'll update with what happened.
Just got done trying to flash with ODIN, and it got the part where it starts to install but 4 mins. in my device was removed. I was using the PDA from sammobile.com, and now my phone is saying "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." i know it might be as simple as actually doing what it says but Kies will not recognize my At&t samsung galaxy note II. What would u suggest to let my laptop recognize my device??
rangercaptain said:
Put the correct ROM on your external sd card with a PC adaptor. Install the card, boot into recovery, wipe system and data, then install the correct ROM. Boot, let rhe phone settle in for a few minutes, connect to wifi, or check if the correct ROM has the at&t APN settings.
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Thank you for your time helping me with my phone issue. I took the steps you suggested, now im running custom ROM jellybean 4.1.1. and got my service provider back. If you could suggest away to get my stock program and upgrade to jellybean 4.3. I had fun with the rooted life but i make the worst mistakes.
PS. i found it to be alot easier using the other tar. in the firmware u suggested me to use. At least for At&t Samsung Galaxy Note II
rangercaptain said:
Put the correct ROM on your external sd card with a PC adaptor. Install the card, boot into recovery, wipe system and data, then install the correct ROM. Boot, let rhe phone settle in for a few minutes, connect to wifi, or check if the correct ROM has the at&t APN settings.
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So i just flashed my at&t Samsung galaxy note II with jellybean 4.1.1 using Odin ( ATT_I317UCAMA4_I317ATTAMA4) and it was going on with everything working. Then i tried to update to jellybean 4.3 after it got done installing it rebooted, and what do u know, i'm stuck in boot loop the Samsung galaxy note 2 logo, and cant access recovery mode. Also I tried the original firmware that used repeatedly,would that hurt the system. Would there be any firmwares suggested to use.
ViiRuZ said:
So i just flashed my at&t Samsung galaxy note II with jellybean 4.1.1 using Odin ( ATT_I317UCAMA4_I317ATTAMA4) and it was going on with everything working. Then i tried to update to jellybean 4.3 after it got done installing it rebooted, and what do u know, i'm stuck in boot loop the Samsung galaxy note 2 logo, and cant access recovery mode. Also I tried the original firmware that used repeatedly,would that hurt the system. Would there be any firmwares suggested to use.
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So you did the OTA update to 4.3?
I've been where you are lots of times....
Try post #2 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
dicksteele said:
So you did the OTA update to 4.3?
I've been where you are lots of times....
Try post #2 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
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yes it updated and installed but after it installed and rebooted its in
a constant boot loop. Is this going to be a simple permanent fix?
ViiRuZ said:
yes it updated and installed but after it installed and rebooted its in
a constant boot loop. Is this going to be a simple permanent fix?
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Yes
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dicksteele said:
So you did the OTA update to 4.3?
I've been where you are lots of times....
Try post #2 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
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Thank you for your help, i honestly do thank you. Its good that people like you are out there and are helpful enough to guides us (the ones who mess up)
ViiRuZ said:
Thank you for your help, i honestly do thank you. Its good that people like you are out there and are helpful enough to guides us (the ones who mess up)
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Not a problem. Just giving back from all the help I've received over the years,