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I think i hard bricked my phone

I rooted my phone last night, was running great, tried fox hound rising rom.its said it install but as it installing in cwm i noticed something didnt install and it was to fast for me to stop it.now phone will not turn on at all. is there is hope ?

the_professor. said:
I rooted my phone last night, was running great, tried fox hound rising rom.its said it install but as it installing in cwm i noticed something didnt install and it was to fast for me to stop it.now phone will not turn on at all. is there is hope ?
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Fox hound rising? Is that for a different carrier? If so, you very well may have bricked it. I would recommend only flashing roms specifically made for your carrier.
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the_professor. said:
I rooted my phone last night, was running great, tried fox hound rising rom.its said it install but as it installing in cwm i noticed something didnt install and it was to fast for me to stop it.now phone will not turn on at all. is there is hope ?
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That ROM is for the international variant.. If it's not responding to power+home+volume then there's probably no hope.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736474

Honestly, can people not read...
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I9300 != i747

As another user said. If you can get into download mode. Then you're good.
If not. Search Amazon for a jig.
But please, read next time boss.
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ThatJawn said:
As another user said. If you can get into download mode. Then you're good.
If not. Search Amazon for a jig.
But please, read next time boss.
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thks cant find jig

the_professor. said:
thks cant find jig
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No luck with download mode?

i can see it when i hook up to computer, will samsung fix it>

the_professor. said:
i can see it when i hook up to computer, will samsung fix it>
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So it goes into download mode?

When are people going to learn that the I9300 is the international

Nickel Dime Bay said:
When are people going to learn that the I9300 is the international
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After they brick their phone and start a thread for help...

the_professor. said:
i can see it when i hook up to computer, will samsung fix it>
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Samsung won't fix it because you voided your warranty by flashing, but if you can put it in download mode you can surely flash the stock rom through Odin

the_professor. said:
i can see it when i hook up to computer, will samsung fix it>
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Not to be rude. But you have multiple people here trying to help. Try to type more coherently and give us more information please.
Try to get your phone into download mode. Press these 3 buttons all at the same time and hold, until the Samsung screen flashes. Volume down + home button + power button.
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Another way to force download....
Pull the battery and put it back in.... Phone in completely off state....
Plug the USB to the computer only
hold Home + Vol down while plugging USB to the phone

that happened to me 2 weeks ago, mine wouldn't even turn on, I sent mine to mobiletechvideos for them to fix it. cost me $60

If you buy a USB jig it saves you 60 dollars and it resets your fash counter
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expertzero1 said:
If you buy a USB jig it saves you 60 dollars and it resets your fash counter
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No.
If he is hardbricked by flashing the i9300 rom with bootloaders it needs JTAG not a jig.
Furthermore a jig has never reset the flash counter on the s3..

i just order jtag sending out monday

does jtag really work,and is hard bricking your phone bad for performance

Hard Bricked?

I accidentally flashed a pit file in Odin which I think was made for a Galaxy Vibrant, my other phone.
The phone wont boot at all. When I plug it into the computer, the computer makes noise like it registers it though. The normal 'ding' sound followed by an error-like sound.
Is there any fix?

Wrong place
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Wow hard bricked is the name of your ROM. I don't think many will flash it. Lol... no you bricked it buddy if you can't get into download mode your phone Is mush in the middle..
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Rushing said:
Wow hard bricked is the name of your ROM. I don't think many will flash it. Lol... no you bricked it buddy if you can't get into download mode your phone Is mush in the middle..
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Hahahahahahahahahahahhaa

In before lock! =D
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m4a1a2 said:
Hahahahahahahahahahahhaa
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This... ROFL!!!!
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Bro question and answer unless u dev u don't belong here
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I tried it.. it won't boot.. need advice... :screwy:
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perknite said:
This... ROFL!!!!
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And I want you to know that I was laughing at Rushing's comment, not your dilemma. I'm sorry you bricked your phone. If this does not get moved to the Q&A section soon, you may want to ask the question again there. I'm sure someone will chime in there with helpful comments, even if it's just to confirm that you need a new phone. I've never had to deal with more than a soft brick, so I'm not sure if a jig will help you or not.
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Does this come with a tmo lte radio?
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I followed OP to the letter and I think it bricked my phone. I would not recommended following this guy.
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born2gethard said:
Does this come with a tmo lte radio?
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doubtful...only JALstudios has that kind of tech in his rom, and he had to use the at&t radio tower to get lte
anyways, might want to check out www.mobiletechvideos.com they can definitely repair your phone with their Jtag repair service...they unbricked my phone and can definitely do yours :laugh:

steelefriese said:
I accidentally flashed a pit file in Odin which I think was made for a Galaxy Vibrant, my other phone.
The phone wont boot at all. When I plug it into the computer, the computer makes noise like it registers it though. The normal 'ding' sound followed by an error-like sound.
Is there any fix?
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You screwed your phone. You flashed a vibrant file on a T989. I've done this mistake when I was a super noobie thinking a "galaxy s2" name applied to all of them and I flashed a I9100 on my T989. I enjoyed a night of disappointment before I was able to call and finally get my replacement sent (it was under 20 days, thank god!) if your not so lucky, your screwed. However if they will accept it and return it they wont question you at all as long as you are super-hard bricked and cant boot or get into download mode or anything.

If you happened to change the recovery via odin, which I think you did, for something that ain't xompatible with our phone, yes you're done.
Nothing can be done sadly
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ah ah ah karma can be a b
m4a1a2 said:
Hahahahahahahahahahahhaa
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little p also nc to u

Rushing said:
Wow hard bricked is the name of your ROM. I don't think many will flash it. Lol... no you bricked it buddy if you can't get into download mode your phone Is mush in the middle..
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Had found a couple of issues??

ludbosanac17 said:
You screwed your phone. You flashed a vibrant file on a T989. I've done this mistake when I was a super noobie thinking a "galaxy s2" name applied to all of them and I flashed a I9100 on my T989. I enjoyed a night of disappointment before I was able to call and finally get my replacement sent (it was under 20 days, thank god!) if your not so lucky, your screwed. However if they will accept it and return it they wont question you at all as long as you are super-hard bricked and cant boot or get into download mode or anything.
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Story of my life. Flashed an i9100 and it killed my baby at the time I didn't think Samsung would replace it, so I had josh from mobiletechvids fix it for me...now ill be a lot smarter about what I flash with this baby *holds phone*
Saber Rattling with The Sith V3

Hope you are able to get a new phone, feel for ya bruh
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bump
bump.
also I feel my new signature is totally fitting for this thread
"Wow i can't believe it! The Radio of Skyrocket that i ported to this device actually made it use LTE network! I had no idea that this phone could use LTE!" -JalStudios

help
i did something with the pit file and my phone does the same thing do u guys thing i can get a new phone through tmobile no recovery no boot no vibrate nothing any help would appreciated

Whats the trick for a Hard Brick??

I can get Qhsusb_dload to show up from time to time on my PC when it connects. but I went to try and flash the Slim Rom from the original android section and it bricked my phone. no screen light up or anything. no LED flashing. i just get Qhsusb_dload when i connect to a PC.
What tricks can i do to get odin to see this.

Did you try the 3 button combination ? Volume down, home key?
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[email protected] said:
Did you try the 3 button combination ? Volume down, home key?
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yes i did. idk if im doing it right tho.

And power on button,What phone you using?
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billard412 said:
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You need an attitude check. This was posted in Q&A, he had a question and needs help. If this was posted in the wrong forum, I could MAYBE see this kind of attitude but not here. You were helpful in giving him a link to get his device repaired, but the rest of it was just uncalled for.
kyhassen said:
I did research and no one gave a straight answer anywhere. i googled countless places. a lot of them said to do these button combinations and none worked. some say the only way to do it is through a jig. as you say Jtag. i do everything the way i usually do it by reading the posts before flashing.. idk what went wrong here.
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As far as I know, he is right about JTAG being your only repair option. This may sound like an obvious question, but I have seen this happen before. Are you sure you were downloading from the right forum? (i.e. not accidentally downloading a ROM meant for another carrier.)

I'm kind of curious how this happens. Never heard of bricking from simply flashing a rom.
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mulhiny said:
I'm kind of curious how this happens. Never heard of bricking from simply flashing a rom.
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If rom is for another carrier or the international version of the S3 (i believe the I9300) then it'll brick it quick.

I thought the i9300 is the sprint version. i had looked it up... but oh well. I did more research i missed one step which may have caused it, or my download corrupted. But my next option is to find someone with a Jtag in my area.

kyhassen said:
I thought the i9300 is the sprint version. i had looked it up... but oh well. I did more research i missed one step which may have caused it, or my download corrupted. But my next option is to find someone with a Jtag in my area.
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Sprint is the SPH-L710. So yeah.. may have flashed the wrong rom.. Always double check.. and if your in doubt.. ASK! lol

Use a jig. Will boot up into download mode. You need to use Odin and flash stock. Qbking video is really helpful. Good luck.
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kyhassen said:
I thought the i9300 is the sprint version. i had looked it up... but oh well. I did more research i missed one step which may have caused it, or my download corrupted. But my next option is to find someone with a Jtag in my area.
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Yup you flashed the wrong ROM. I had this happen on my Evo 3D, I don't remember which ROM it was but someone had linked to it from the CDMA forum and I took their word for it being a CDMA ROM. It was GSM. Fortunately I was still able to load hboot and loaded clockwork mod via fast boot. I'm sure you've tried going into download mode or recovery a hundred times by now, but one hundred and one wouldn't hurt. Make sure you are pressing the right buttons in the right combination and letting go at the right time. Honestly I think the SIII is a pain to get into D/L or recovery mode. It always takes me a few tries. If you can do that, you won't need to JTAG it. Good luck!
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smokeadrians said:
Use a jig. Will boot up into download mode. You need to use Odin and flash stock. Qbking video is really helpful. Good luck.
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Ah that's right, he has some really nice instructional videos. Here is his YouTube page. I would also suggest looking him up on XDA.
Http://youtube.com/user/qbking77

smokeadrians said:
Use a jig. Will boot up into download mode. You need to use Odin and flash stock. Qbking video is really helpful. Good luck.
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jig wont work its done for. Only hope is jtag

evo4gnoob said:
jig wont work its done for. Only hope is jtag
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Thats what i was thinking. i cant even get the thing to turn on.

kyhassen said:
Thats what i was thinking. i cant even get the thing to turn on.
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these guys do wonders http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/

evo4gnoob said:
these guys do wonders http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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so i have heard. Im gonna look for one near by my area. if not i will use those guys. i have heard they are good form several of you guys here and other sites. thank you. At least i have my Nexus 7 and free txting app lmao. quite a giant cell phone if you ask me...

Q&A is for questions
No one should be vilified for asking a question, in the proper place, after researching - and no one should be made to feel worse than they already do when they've got an expensive paperweight they're trying to resurrect. We were all new once. Have patience and teach - especially to those who really seek to learn from their mistakes.

Bummer! good to see a lot of evo guys making thier way over.
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At least the plus side is i got to play stupid and get a replacement for 35$ bucks from sprint. screw that 60 bucks and I get it with in a 2-3 days. this time im gonna make sure i dont flash a i9300 rom lol.... oops

[Q] Mobile Odin made Brick

I attempted to flash newest CWM and got a brick. The phone will not boot into any mode and I pulled the battery and held the three keys and cannot get it to boot into any mode. Is there a way to flash somehow back to stock and start over?

If you can't detect any life at all from the phone after attempting to charge it or boot into recovery or download mode then I'm sorry but your phone is now hard bricked.. There is no way to fix it unless you get a jaytag repair through mobiletechvideos.com
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LuigiBull23 said:
If you can't detect any life at all from the phone after attempting to charge it or boot into recovery or download mode then I'm sorry but your phone is now hard bricked.. There is no way to fix it unless you get a jaytag repair through mobiletechvideos.com
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I ordered a warranty replacement but am without a phone for a few days so I am really down that this small app was able to hard brick the darn thing. Makes no sense but I will never use Mobile ODIN ever again! Odd that no warning were there on the thread to download the tool.

photolarry said:
I ordered a warranty replacement but am without a phone for a few days so I am really down that this small app was able to hard brick the darn thing. Makes no sense but I will never use Mobile ODIN ever again! Odd that no warning were there on the thread to download the tool.
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it does say use at your own risk.. lol I've used mobile odin before and had 0 issues. did you flash the correct cwm? anyways sucks that you got a brick. hopefully you'll get your replacement real soon

Let me see the file you flashed.

It was the touch img I downloaded
Aerowinder said:
Let me see the file you flashed.
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I do not think I did it with wrong files. I made a tar from the img file I got from clockworkmod.com so I am sure it was clean. I am wondering if perhaps it screwed up because I had changed build.prop to say the device was "Galaxy Nexus" for Wallet to work properly. And maybe that mod I made confused it and somehow flashed something for a Nexus instead and that is why it wont function. If I had it to do again, I would have changed the build.prop back for few moments while I changed the recovery image. All of this was simply to update CWM to newest 6.0.2.8 since ROM Manager told me there was new one. I wish I had ignored it and just said no. Is there no way to hard reset this thing somehow with ODIN or a key combination that say a Samsung employee tool may "flash factory" to it? Seems odd I cannot fix this on my own. No tool nothing?

I've heard the wallet needs to be reset and all that before anything new is flashed.
I haven't flashed anything since the wallet, so I haven't looked into it yet.
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photolarry said:
Is there no way to hard reset this thing somehow with ODIN or a key combination that say a Samsung employee tool may "flash factory" to it? Seems odd I cannot fix this on my own. No tool nothing?
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Look for JTAG repair. If you can't even get it to turn on, that's what needs to be done.
It's not a home job - to tools cost several times more than the service and require more specialised knowledge.
If you can get it to turn on, look into making or buying a micro-usb jig - cheap and might work if you have time to mess around.
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Pennycake said:
I've heard the wallet needs to be reset and all that before anything new is flashed.
I haven't flashed anything since the wallet, so I haven't looked into it yet.
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I am certain that is the reason I have hard brick. If I had changed build.prop....changed the recovery with mobile odin....then gone and changed it back afterwards...I am sure it would not have broken the phone. At any rate, I just will have to await warranty replacement since I get mixed readings about this MTV solution that costs almost 100 bucks.

No need to change it back. Once wallet is set up and your card activated, you can set your build.prop back to t999 and Wallet will still work perfectly, it only needs to say Nexus for the install/activation.
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That is definitely the reason for what happened.

A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
KCCO

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A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
KCCO
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Wish I could go back 1 day. somehow.

bfranklin1986 said:
A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
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Again, if you simply change your build.prop back to the correct values for the T999 afyer you activate Google Wallet, the entire issue would be avoided and Mobile Odin should be safe to use. I know its too late for that for the OP, but hopefully someone somewhere can learn from this. :beer:
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Does anyone have a copy of the link for the JTAG repair ? I know I've seen it before but I cant find it now
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Top of the development section. Can't miss it!
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4.4.2 Hard Brick HELP!!!!

I was running slimkat 4.4.2 decide to try a new kernel and hard bricked my phone!!! Its unresponsive now, if I take out the battery the red light stays on for a few seconds then goes off......my computer wont recognize the usb and I'M stuck!!! I havent a clue what to do now if any one knows how or what I should do please tell me.

Can you get into recovery or download using buttons?
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tallsilver said:
Can you get into recovery or download using buttons?
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If he or she is unable to do this, a JTAG will have to be done and not everyone has that skill set.

I am not sure if a USB jig would work but it may be worth a try before going the jtag route.

audit13 said:
I am not sure if a USB jig would work but it may be worth a try before going the jtag route.
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if it's a hard brick, the jig won't work.

jig
Not sure if its going to work but I bought a USB jig to try and force download mode,I will post when I get it the out come.

muherd said:
Not sure if its going to work but I bought a USB jig to try and force download mode,I will post when I get it the out come.
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Please let us know what the outcome is. Thank you.
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codemonkey98 said:
Please let us know what the outcome is. Thank you.
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I will no problem.... It should be here Fri/Mon......If I pull the battery and plug the USB jig in I'm hoping it will work. Like I said I get a red light for about 30 seconds like its charging then it goes out, we'll see I guess.

Jig did nothing......I really didn't know a wrong kernel could mess it up so bad. Can a kernel remove the bootloader completely? I am guessing it can. Next step new phone or send it off.

I had thought about trying the sdcard boot method but I'm guessing if the jig didn't work it won't either?

What kernel did you try? I'm freaking out now since I'm going to install a custom ROM on my cousin's s3 lol

muherd said:
I had thought about trying the sdcard boot method but I'm guessing if the jig didn't work it won't either?
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I guess jtag should work...