Ok...short history.
Had Frosty JB on my phone, but being a flash-whore, I downloaded Slimbean to try out.
Did all the usual wipes, and on the main recovery screen, instead of choosing to find the zip file, I chose Roboot. I didn't think that would cause any problem. Just go back into recovery and choose the zip file.
Uh oh....now I can't seem to get back into recovery. When I try the different button arrangements, all I do is go to the main "Samsung Galaxy S III" logo....and it never changes.
Am I f****d?
Help! I've flashed ROMs on my Vibrant a 1000 times, and was having no problems with my new SG3, and now this.
Is slim an international rom?
If you can get to logo thers hope for now.
Try download mode. Hold volume down, home and power. Then press vol up when asked. Connect to pc and use Odin to flash stock firmware.
For recovery, hold volume up, home and power. When you see the blue text flash at top of screen release power but hold other two until you get recovery.
Only flash roms and mods from this forum!
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Try power + home + volume up to get into recovery. Something similar happened to me where volume down + power would not let me into recovery, but the other combo would.
Keep trying different combos for recovery or download mode, as long as it's on it should be recoverable
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If it boots to the logo screen then it is still alive... Are you on twrp? If so then hold volume up+ Home + Power. As soon as you see the blue little letters on top left then let go of power. Once you see the logo then let go completely. Always works for me when I try to enter recovery that way. Can be tricky at times.
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You guys are the BEST!!!!!
I thought for sure I tried all of those combinations, but I must have missed one. Got into recovery.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
TFordham said:
You guys are the BEST!!!!!
I thought for sure I tried all of those combinations, but I must have missed one. Got into recovery.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
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Glad you got things straightened out. I soft-bricked my phone two days ago and I deeply know the feeling, we all do. I frantically paced around the house for 10 minutes, shouting every incoherent curse word I could come up with.
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i just did a hard reset by holding down volume camera and power and now im getting a screen that says its downloading, do not turn off target, but its not downloading anything. is there something else i can do or should i just wait????
Sounds to me like you're in download mode (used for flashing firmware to phone). The only way I know to get to this screen is to hold the volume, power and the "1" key on the slide out keyboard. Don't know how u got to this without the use of the "1" but strange things happen.
Anyway, if you aren't tethered to your pc (connected via usb cable) and you aren't flashing a new firmware then you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Just pop the battery out and reboot.
That is also not how you do a hard reset. It takes you to the recovery menu where you can do a factory data reset.
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kennyglass123 said:
That is also not how you do a hard reset. It takes you to the recovery menu where you can do a factory data reset.
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Volume UP + camera + power, while the phone is ON....this simply reboots the phone
Volume Down + camera + power while the phone is OFF. This boots to recovery.
Slide out kbd "1" + power, while phone is OFF.....this boots to download mode.
I'll be messing with it more thursday, hopefully I can figure it out, may have more questions then.
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So from download mode can I download the stock rom from my oz and ifso what's a link to a download
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Couldn't figure that out cuz its not an epic its a transform lol. I got it now, thanx guys
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He and the EVO guy should hang out and cruise the wrong forums together.
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He and the EVO guy should hang out and cruise the wrong forums together.
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Haha, nice one
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Hello,
I'm having an issue where I cannot get into recovery using the three-button method. If the phone boots, I can get into recovery using CWM, but otherwise, I cannot. Can somebody help me with this issue?
The rom i'm using is a stock rooted UVLH2 and i'm also using the stock kernel. I did install CWM Touch Recovery 6.0.1.2 using Odin. I'm hoping it's not the fact that it's the touch recovery, but it shouldn't be because earlier I was able to get into recovery using the buttons but now I cannot.
Thanks in advance.
Turn off your phone and hold down the Volume Up, Home, and the Power buttons together until the screen turns on. Let go of the buttons and your phone should now boot into ClockworkMod Recovery.
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-sgh-t999-t-mobile-clockworkmod-recovery-99303/
I'm doing that and it won't let me into the recovery mode. It'll show the Galaxy S3 boot up logo and then boot up again normally.
With the t mobile version it's a little different. First hold down volume down and home button then apply the power button, let it boot then let go off power button and keep holding the other two buttons till you're in cwm
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Yeah sorry guys, but I did figure out why it wouldn't go into recovery. . . . .i was holding the buttons for too long. I guess you're not supposed to hold it until the Galaxy S3 screen pops up. Either way I feel really dumb now because I've never had problems before and struggling like this is quite stupid. . . LOL either way, thanks for your help guys.
azngoose said:
Yeah sorry guys, but I did figure out why it wouldn't go into recovery. . . . .i was holding the buttons for too long. I guess you're not supposed to hold it until the Galaxy S3 screen pops up. Either way I feel really dumb now because I've never had problems before and struggling like this is quite stupid. . . LOL either way, thanks for your help guys.
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Glad it wasn't only me running into this.
I had posted on a recovery thread and then found out I was apparently holding the buttons too long. When you see a line of blue text show up at the top - let the buttons go.
If you're rooted an easy way is select reboot recovery in rom mgr or goo mgr.
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Yeah those two ways are good. If you have root i really like Quick Boot. You can even have a one press recovery widget with this app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
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azngoose said:
Yeah sorry guys, but I did figure out why it wouldn't go into recovery. . . . .i was holding the buttons for too long. I guess you're not supposed to hold it until the Galaxy S3 screen pops up. Either way I feel really dumb now because I've never had problems before and struggling like this is quite stupid. . . LOL either way, thanks for your help guys.
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did the same thing, glad you figured i out!
I recently completed all of the steps for a one click root of my epic and attempted to boot into CWM mode for the first time and now all I get is the samsung screen. No vib, no blue light... it just sits there on the samsung screen. I've tried every button combination I can think of and nothing happens. I think i may have created a paper weight. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance for you time.
NurseNerd435 said:
I recently completed all of the steps for a one click root of my epic and attempted to boot into CWM mode for the first time and now all I get is the samsung screen. No vib, no blue light... it just sits there on the samsung screen. I've tried every button combination I can think of and nothing happens. I think i may have created a paper weight. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance for you time.
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Hold the power button and the volume up button. It'll reset, continue to hold, it'll boot into recovery.
You are not bricked, probably a bad flash or cable. Redo the one click and should all be fine
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NurseNerd435 said:
I recently completed all of the steps for a one click root of my epic and attempted to boot into CWM mode for the first time and now all I get is the samsung screen. No vib, no blue light... it just sits there on the samsung screen. I've tried every button combination I can think of and nothing happens. I think i may have created a paper weight. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance for you time.
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The community would love to help you but you have to let us know if any of the above fixes have helped? Do you know what a jig is just in case?
Just a bad flash, happened to me once. Boot back into Odin (Hold power and volume down) and redo the one click process again. Make sure nothing moves the cord or try a different one.
Hope it helps.
Clarification
playya said:
The community would love to help you but you have to let us know if any of the above fixes have helped? Do you know what a jig is just in case?
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I did try the suggestions above. I apologize, it seems i wasn't clear in the OP; I get the samsung screen no matter what I do, all button combinations. And when plugged in to the PC it is not recognized.
NurseNerd435 said:
I did try the suggestions above. I apologize, it seems i wasn't clear in the OP; I get the samsung screen no matter what I do, all button combinations. And when plugged in to the PC it is not recognized.
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Your phone is not seemingly bricked.
Try the button combinations mentioned above but hold for like 20 seconds.
your NOT bricked.. just soft brick.. like suggested, calm down and hold volume down and power until it reboots into download mode again.. if its stuck at samsung logo get it to turn off by a battery pull or something and start over fresh. hard brick wont have a logo it will just be a blank screen and a solid blue led and wont do anything at all
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Sometimes it can be a pain in the butt to boot into recovery or download mode. Just continue holding the button combination until it enters download mode. It might reboot and go back to the Samsung splash screen. Just hold Volume Down and Power until you are in download mode. Do not release the buttons until you have successfully entered download mode.
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patience?
Mattix724 said:
Sometimes it can be a pain in the butt to boot into recovery or download mode. Just continue holding the button combination until it enters download mode. It might reboot and go back to the Samsung splash screen. Just hold Volume Down and Power until you are in download mode. Do not release the buttons until you have successfully entered download mode.
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I held the buttons for 65 seconds... How long should I expect it to take?
It really shouldn't take any more than 10 - 20 seconds max.
You must be holding it wrong... as Steve Jobs would say.
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Hope
Ok, maybe I missed it mentioned already, but i stumbled upon the "1" button and pwr button combo and got into DL mode. win/Odin see it so I have hope. I'm now just waiting forever to DL the appropriate .tar to return to stock and begin again...
NurseNerd435 said:
Ok, maybe I missed it mentioned already, but i stumbled upon the "1" button and pwr button combo and got into DL mode. win/Odin see it so I have hope. I'm now just waiting forever to DL the appropriate .tar to return to stock and begin again...
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good. You are almost there... Post if you need any help
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Well, i got it back. I was able to load a stock rom via ODIN and ran one-click again. Now I'm good to go. Thanks for all the help.
Good for you!! Now it time to see if you can screw it up again,lol. Where do you want to go now?
NurseNerd435 said:
Ok, maybe I missed it mentioned already, but i stumbled upon the "1" button and pwr button combo and got into DL mode. win/Odin see it so I have hope. I'm now just waiting forever to DL the appropriate .tar to return to stock and begin again...
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What? 1 and power button? The OG epic?
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g_ding84 said:
What? 1 and power button? The OG epic?
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That's what I was thinking. Wrong forum?
Cool
I'm all set. Now I'm testing roms to see if I can screw it up again . There are too many "epic" models... I have the sprint Epic, the one w/ the slide out keyboard? Is that the OG version?
A few posts ago someone mentioned a "jig"...what is that?
NurseNerd435 said:
I'm all set. Now I'm testing roms to see if I can screw it up again . There are too many "epic" models... I have the sprint Epic, the one w/ the slide out keyboard? Is that the OG version?
A few posts ago someone mentioned a "jig"...what is that?
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I asked because that was my last phone. with the slide out keyboard. this forum in the SPH-D710. your is SPH-D700.
Lol
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So I did a Root 101 No No... In a sleepy state I decided to flash my T-Mo galaxy S2 without doing a system wipe..... smh...smh. As a result I brick my phone. However, in a way I've never seen before. Is there anyone out there that can help???
Here the problem:
Phone does not turn on. (No sound, nothing on the screen)
Phone does not respond to 3 button press. (No vibrate and can't get into clockwork)
Phone does not connect to usb port. (it contently connects and disconnect)
As you can see this is a BIG problem and its left me stump. Before I declare this phone as a shiny paper weight I leave my hope in you guys.
Thanks for the help
What is the three button press? To get into recovery I hold power and volume down. Also check if you're in a boot loop
Edit: also what ROM did you flash
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abhi08638 said:
What is the three button press? To get into recovery I hold power and volume down. Also check if you're in a boot loop
Edit: also what ROM did you flash
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I meant the volume and power buttons. I don't think I'm in a loop because the phone give me no type of feedback. no light, sounds or vibration. When connected to power outlet there's no change. took out the battery for about an hour, no change. used a different usb cable, tried to load into Odin. Nothing.
The only thing the phone does to show that something is going on is when I plug it into my pc. At that point it shows a device has been connected but then disconnect right away. It keeps doing that as long as the phone is connected to the pc.
Also I was coming from CM 10.0.0 to aokp_d2tmo_jb-mr1_build-4
abhi08638 said:
What is the three button press? To get into recovery I hold power and volume down. Also check if you're in a boot loop
Edit: also what ROM did you flash
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My phone is pwr + volume up and down for recovery. Pwr +volume down is download mode. Yes....t989
BoomerCosmo said:
I meant the volume and power buttons. I don't think I'm in a loop because the phone give me no type of feedback. no light, sounds or vibration. When connected to power outlet there's no change. took out the battery for about an hour, no change. used a different usb cable, tried to load into Odin. Nothing.
The only thing the phone does to show that something is going on is when I plug it into my pc. At that point it shows a device has been connected but then disconnect right away. It keeps doing that as long as the phone is connected to the pc.
Also I was coming from CM 10.0.0 to aokp_d2tmo_jb-mr1_build-4
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You flashed a ROM from I believe the gs3. Your phone is hard bricked
D2tmo is the gs3
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payazo915 said:
You flashed a ROM from I believe the gs3. Your phone is hard bricked
D2tmo is the gs3
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Yep I hope you have warrantee there is no coming back from that...Hercules or t989 is what you look for...d2tmo is the sgs3...if you don't wipe things you don't brick your phone it just doesn't run right sometimes..sorry for your loss
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Yup thanks guys. I your all right. Dif did a noobie mistake and paid the price. :crying:
Try it with jig USB a will get u into download mode
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I use this one and work nice
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BoomerCosmo said:
Yup thanks guys. I your all right. Dif did a noobie mistake and paid the price. :crying:
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Probsbly you are trying to get in recovery mode in proper way, just to confirm, first you have to press vol low and up button, keep holding it and then press power button. few sec later it will vibrate, release power button but keep holding vol up/down. Samsung logo will come and then it'll enter in recovery mode.
Just wanted to make sure as sometime people get hard time to get screen shot by pressing keys.
Hi All,
I tried to flash Jedi Master 16 ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1958230 to my ATT unlocked E980 LGGP for T-Mobile. Now the phone is dead, i.e. not responding to anything. Please please help.
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were successful. Flashed the stock Jedi Master 16 ROM (no change to the zip) all seemed fine till the installer prompt me to reboot with successful installation message displayed. After confirming rebooting, the phone is no longer responsive. Battery is fully charged before I left it alone over night (~6hrs). Battery still had full voltage in the morning. Battery pulled/reinserted a couple times, volume down+home+power pressed many times. Phone still does not respond at all. Connected to the computer, and the computer said the device driver installation failed.
Searched everywhere and found mentioned "deep sleep" symptom. However, battery was not drained. The so called "bricked" seems to referring to looping in booting. Mine is simple not responding to anything at all with or without battery in, with or without wall charger connected, no matter what key/keys pressed.
I suspect that I should have put the right modem file into the Jedi Master 16 zip file.
Please help and thank you in advance.
I'm not even sure what to say.. Why the hell would you install a Samsung Note 2 ROM on your E980???
Can you at least get into recovery mode?
Pull battery then put back in
Hold vol-up+power+home until it passes the lg logo and goes black then release.
Are you in clockworkmod recovery?
My bad. Thought Jedi X is Note 2 specific and Jedi Master is somewhat generic.
Phone won't even boot. Screen is off, and no LED lights/sign of life anywhere with the battery trick and vol-up/down + power + home trick.
When the battery pulled and USB powered, the back and menu led flashed (white) once. Then no more sign of life no matter what key(s) + power buttons combo press.
MrDSL said:
I'm not even sure what to say.. Why the hell would you install a Samsung Note 2 ROM on your E980???
Can you at least get into recovery mode?
Pull battery then put back in
Hold vol-up+power+home until it passes the lg logo and goes black then release.
Are you in clockworkmod recovery?
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My bad. Thought Jedi X is Note 2 specific and Jedi Master is somewhat generic.
Phone won't even boot. Screen is off, and no LED lights/sign of life anywhere with the battery trick and vol-up/down + power + home trick.
When the battery pulled and USB powered, the back and menu led flashed (white) once. Then no more sign of life no matter what key(s) + power buttons combo press.
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The only forum you flash roms out of is this one and it must be for the E980. Your only hope is to try and flash back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660
if that works and you're back on stock then root and after that you have to use FreeGee to install a loki recovery..i suggest the cwm one. just make sure to select unlock security etc
good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2371927
I understand what I should do after the phone boots up. Thank a lot for the resources.
However, I am stuck with how to make the phone boot. Is there a hardware reset button?
Methods tried so far:
1. Pull and reinsert battery, then press power button.
2. Pull and reinsert battery, then press (vol-up/down) + (camera shutter) + (home) + (power button).
3. Left the phone alone for 6hr (no USB charging). Battery is at full voltage (4.12v). Then following step 1 or 2.
MrDSL said:
The only forum you flash roms out of is this one and it must be for the E980. Your only hope is to try and flash back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660
if that works and you're back on stock then root and after that you have to use FreeGee to install a loki recovery..i suggest the cwm one. just make sure to select unlock security etc
good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2371927
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I understand what I should do after the phone boots up. Thank a lot for the resources.
However, I am stuck with how to make the phone boot. Is there a hardware reset button?
Methods tried so far:
1. Pull and reinsert battery, then press power button.
2. Pull and reinsert battery, then press (vol-up/down) + (camera shutter) + (home) + (power button).
3. Left the phone alone for 6hr (no USB charging). Battery is at full voltage (4.12v). Then following step 1 or 2.
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Dude you need to simply do this. Pull battery, put battery back in, hook to computer and while plugging in the cable to your phone, hold volume up and down. If you see the 'download mode' box in the middle of the screen, YOURE SAVED, IF NOT THEN YOURE ****ED!
Never flash anything unless you know what you're doing. I seriously advise you to do a serious amount of reading before ampting any flashing if anything!
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Points are well taken! I was in a rush which I definitely did not have to.
Tried the vol-up+down combo tip. No response. I guess I need to resort to some JTAG repair.
Thanks a lot.
Jammol said:
Dude you need to simply do this. Pull battery, put battery back in, hook to computer and while plugging in the cable to your phone, hold volume up and down. If you see the 'download mode' box in the middle of the screen, YOURE SAVED, IF NOT THEN YOURE ****ED!
Never flash anything unless you know what you're doing. I seriously advise you to do a serious amount of reading before ampting any flashing if anything!
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Hello,
Does the CM10 ROM support wifi calling feature for Tmobile?
Thanks a lot.
MrDSL said:
The only forum you flash roms out of is this one and it must be for the E980. Your only hope is to try and flash back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2302660
if that works and you're back on stock then root and after that you have to use FreeGee to install a loki recovery..i suggest the cwm one. just make sure to select unlock security etc
good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2371927
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I mean really LMFAO why
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lampadephoria said:
Points are well taken! I was in a rush which I definitely did not have to.
Tried the vol-up+down combo tip. No response. I guess I need to resort to some JTAG repair.
Thanks a lot.
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I dont think there is such thing as a Jtag repair for this phone, if there is no one knows yet.
Also if your going to be flashing just any kind of rom you might like I dont think you should flash anymore roms lol.
Wow, u do know that the note 2 is not the same as lg og pro?
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lampadephoria said:
Points are well taken! I was in a rush which I definitely did not have to.
Tried the vol-up+down combo tip. No response. I guess I need to resort to some JTAG repair.
Thanks a lot.
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It's volume down and power button, hold it simultaneously for about 10-15 seconds.
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Not sure if legit or trolling?
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Clienterror said:
Not sure if legit or trolling?
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Methinks the former. The OP took a "parts is parts" approach to Android and made an expensive mistake.
Unbricked
My phone is finally unbricked using JTAG thanks to this man!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-LG-N...364?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f2334d40c
Everything is bright and shine except the partition table is screwed up where all apps (like camera app) see there is no space in the internal sd card. Waiting on the external micro sd card to arrive. Hopefully that will make the phone usable (beyond just browsing and installing apps).
In this stage, I can't even root it since the rooter can't write onto the internal memory space. And Android Partition Manager Pro, who requires the phone to be rooted at first, won't help either.
Does any one know how to repartition without rooting? Thanks a lot.
This whole thread.....so painful. Some people should not be allowed to have a smartphone...keyword smart
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