First of all, I would like to get this out of the way before any flame war starts. First thing first, I am not here to blame anyone and in no position to. All I'm doing is sharing my experience so no one makes the same mistakes that I have done. This is not to knock anyone, not the developer, not the person who attempted to bring it back to life. The blame goes to me for forcing it and taking the risks. I took the risk and paid for it.
About a week ago, after seeing FI25 come out, I wanted to upgrade. So I read around. No prob. My phone is running FI03 but I wanted to try out either CM10 or AOKP. So I was currently away on a trip so no computer available but since I have mobile ODIN no sweat. I read around to see what recovery I need to CM10 or AOKP since I want to try those first. I downloaded everything I needed to my SD. First thing I flashed was Agat's TREC FI25 repack and decided to do a nandroid since I thought if I didn't like AOKP or CM10, I can revert it back. Nandroid went without a hitch.
Then I decided to Odined Crawj Safe recovery FF18 ICS. I flashed that via Agat's. No prob again. Rebooted straight to recovery. Did factory erase 3x and not prob. Tried to flash AOKP and errors on links. Tried CM10, same thing. Redownloaded with my Nexus 7 with usb otg and retry, still same errors. Decided to revert via nandroid and worked no prob. I should have stopped there and not forced it.
As I rebooted back to Agat's, the mistake I made was I should have flashed the EL26 with CWM I already got in the SD. But instead I went for it. This time I went and erased 3x via Agat's and flashed AOKP. This is where my phone rebooted and bricked. Flashing blue. I said FML and realized my greediness of trying things took more than being safe. So I waited to get home and once I did, I looked for an unbricking service since I know there is nothing else I can do other than JTAG. Since I don't have TEP and it is my fault, I didn't want to stick the blame to somebody else. I purchased a temporary phone via Craigslist which I use in the meantime while my phone is up for repair.
Today I got the bad news. I sent my phone to mobiletechvideos for unbricking and I commend Josh for trying. I guess I bricked my phone to no return as he said the emmc would not respond at all even with JTAG. Now I'm awaiting for my phone's return and look for other options. Definitely not going to Sprint and sticking it to them as it is not their fault. It's mine. So hopefully, if you are like me who is always hot on flashing, do not skip steps and be patient. My problem was forcing and I payed the price for figuratively and literally.
redgear said:
First of all, I would like to get this out of the way before any flame war starts. First thing first, I am not here to blame anyone and in no position to. All I'm doing is sharing my experience so no one makes the same mistakes that I have done. This is not to knock anyone, not the developer, not the person who attempted to bring it back to life. The blame goes to me for forcing it and taking the risks. I took the risk and paid for it.
About a week ago, after seeing FI25 come out, I wanted to upgrade. So I read around. No prob. My phone is running FI03 but I wanted to try out either CM10 or AOKP. So I was currently away on a trip so no computer available but since I have mobile ODIN no sweat. I read around to see what recovery I need to CM10 or AOKP since I want to try those first. I downloaded everything I needed to my SD. First thing I flashed was Agat's TREC FI25 repack and decided to do a nandroid since I thought if I didn't like AOKP or CM10, I can revert it back. Nandroid went without a hitch.
Then I decided to Odined Crawj Safe recovery FF18 ICS. I flashed that via Agat's. No prob again. Rebooted straight to recovery. Did factory erase 3x and not prob. Tried to flash AOKP and errors on links. Tried CM10, same thing. Redownloaded with my Nexus 7 with usb otg and retry, still same errors. Decided to revert via nandroid and worked no prob. I should have stopped there and not forced it.
As I rebooted back to Agat's, the mistake I made was I should have flashed the EL26 with CWM I already got in the SD. But instead I went for it. This time I went and erased 3x via Agat's and flashed AOKP. This is where my phone rebooted and bricked. Flashing blue. I said FML and realized my greediness of trying things took more than being safe. So I waited to get home and once I did, I looked for an unbricking service since I know there is nothing else I can do other than JTAG. Since I don't have TEP and it is my fault, I didn't want to stick the blame to somebody else. I purchased a temporary phone via Craigslist which I use in the meantime while my phone is up for repair.
Today I got the bad news. I sent my phone to mobiletechvideos for unbricking and I commend Josh for trying. I guess I bricked my phone to no return as he said the emmc would not respond at all even with JTAG. Now I'm awaiting for my phone's return and look for other options. Definitely not going to Sprint and sticking it to them as it is not their fault. It's mine. So hopefully, if you are like me who is always hot on flashing, do not skip steps and be patient. My problem was forcing and I payed the price for figuratively and literally.
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I'm going to suggest you either take it up with Sprint and/or Samsung and here's why: It's a defect in the eMMC firmware. I commend you for wanting to take responsibility but they too need to take responsibility. Several people, including myself, have been begging Samsung to make a permanent fix and yet to no avail. So long as that is the case then IMHO it falls on them for letting this defect go and not do anything to fix it.
Hope this helps!
Sorry to hear about your phone.. Thank you for sharing this with us.. Might help others from doing the same thing
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I'm going to suggest you either take it up with Sprint and/or Samsung and here's why: It's a defect in the eMMC firmware. I commend you for wanting to take responsibility but they too need to take responsibility. Several people, including myself, have been begging Samsung to make a permanent fix and yet to no avail. So long as that is the case then IMHO it falls on them for letting this defect go and not do anything to fix it.
Hope this helps!
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Follow Garwynn advice. It fall on Samsung / Sprint for not fixing a known bug/problem with eMMC firmware.
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garwynn said:
I'm going to suggest you either take it up with Sprint and/or Samsung and here's why: It's a defect in the eMMC firmware. I commend you for wanting to take responsibility but they too need to take responsibility. Several people, including myself, have been begging Samsung to make a permanent fix and yet to no avail. So long as that is the case then IMHO it falls on them for letting this defect go and not do anything to fix it.
Hope this helps!
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This^^ you have a manufacturers warranty(if your phone is less than a year old) there's a bug in the emmc controllers firmware that can be triggered by doing things not even root related. It will cost you a $35 restocking fee, but they will replace it. Samsung knows about the bug, they eat the cost in the end not sprint.
We are legion, for we are many.
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Are you still within your warranty from Samsung? You have 1 year warranty service that you can take advantage of to get your E4GT repaired or replaced with either a refurb or a new phone depending on what they have in the repair center.
Check the Samsung website, find the number for support, tell them your phone just stopped working and you only have a blue LED. Act like you have no idea how this happened, it just stopped working. They will email you a shipping label and instructions for shipping.
I bricked my original E4GT back in June and didn't contact support until July. It was my fault, I used an unsafe recovery because I was in a hurry to get back to stock after testing a port I was working on. I told Samsung I came home from being outside on a hot day, tossed my phone on the charger and walked away, came back a couple hours later to a hot phone with only a blue light that would not turn on at all.
After sending mine in for repair, which was free, they replaced the main board and that did not pass quality assurance, it was then placed on hold for 2 weeks, after the 2 week mark, they simply sent me a brand new E4GT because they did not have the parts, it was overnighted via UPS. Total time at the repair center was 3 weeks.
I think I got extremely lucky to get a new E4GT, you might just have yours repaired with a new main board or get a refurb. If you haven't had it for over a year, give it a try... You have nothing to lose at this point. You might get lucky and get a new one.
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Thanks for the reply and suggestions. Yeah it sucks but the problem is I am past the one year since I got mine during the launch of ET4G. Not only that, I already sent it for JTAG repair and I believe that voids the warranty as they solder and disassemble the phone, which I think (not sure) that the sticker gets removed during the process. I guess my best bet is to find phone for parts and pull the mainboard as long as the ESN is good.
Tuscani has parts, check and see if he has a main board with a clean esn.
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Tuscani has parts, check and see if he has a main board with a clean esn.
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No boards. I asked before.
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redgear said:
Thanks for the reply and suggestions. Yeah it sucks but the problem is I am past the one year since I got mine during the launch of ET4G. Not only that, I already sent it for JTAG repair and I believe that voids the warranty as they solder and disassemble the phone, which I think (not sure) that the sticker gets removed during the process. I guess my best bet is to find phone for parts and pull the mainboard as long as the ESN is good.
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Could always reprogram a board even if the ESN is bad...
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redgear said:
First of all, I would like to get this out of the way before any flame war starts. First thing first, I am not here to blame anyone and in no position to. All I'm doing is sharing my experience so no one makes the same mistakes that I have done. This is not to knock anyone, not the developer, not the person who attempted to bring it back to life. The blame goes to me for forcing it and taking the risks. I took the risk and paid for it.
About a week ago, after seeing FI25 come out, I wanted to upgrade. So I read around. No prob. My phone is running FI03 but I wanted to try out either CM10 or AOKP. So I was currently away on a trip so no computer available but since I have mobile ODIN no sweat. I read around to see what recovery I need to CM10 or AOKP since I want to try those first. I downloaded everything I needed to my SD. First thing I flashed was Agat's TREC FI25 repack and decided to do a nandroid since I thought if I didn't like AOKP or CM10, I can revert it back. Nandroid went without a hitch.
Then I decided to Odined Crawj Safe recovery FF18 ICS. I flashed that via Agat's. No prob again. Rebooted straight to recovery. Did factory erase 3x and not prob. Tried to flash AOKP and errors on links. Tried CM10, same thing. Redownloaded with my Nexus 7 with usb otg and retry, still same errors. Decided to revert via nandroid and worked no prob. I should have stopped there and not forced it.
As I rebooted back to Agat's, the mistake I made was I should have flashed the EL26 with CWM I already got in the SD. But instead I went for it. This time I went and erased 3x via Agat's and flashed AOKP. This is where my phone rebooted and bricked. Flashing blue. I said FML and realized my greediness of trying things took more than being safe. So I waited to get home and once I did, I looked for an unbricking service since I know there is nothing else I can do other than JTAG. Since I don't have TEP and it is my fault, I didn't want to stick the blame to somebody else. I purchased a temporary phone via Craigslist which I use in the meantime while my phone is up for repair.
Today I got the bad news. I sent my phone to mobiletechvideos for unbricking and I commend Josh for trying. I guess I bricked my phone to no return as he said the emmc would not respond at all even with JTAG. Now I'm awaiting for my phone's return and look for other options. Definitely not going to Sprint and sticking it to them as it is not their fault. It's mine. So hopefully, if you are like me who is always hot on flashing, do not skip steps and be patient. My problem was forcing and I payed the price for figuratively and literally.
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Seeing as you're the second person to have issues with AOKP I've gotta ask - can you send a link to the version of AOKP you tried? Agat has rendered his safe against this but I'm now starting to wonder if that AOKP build has an update-binary that is still vulnerable...
garwynn said:
Seeing as you're the second person to have issues with AOKP I've gotta ask - can you send a link to the version of AOKP you tried? Agat has rendered his safe against this but I'm now starting to wonder if that AOKP build has an update-binary that is still vulnerable...
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Wouldn't surprise me one bit.
Just something I noticed... in the op you said you wiped 3 times before flashing, this is unnecessary... as we all know the bricking happens while wiping and regardless of the safety of the kernel you're using there is no real reason to wipe more than once... that said good luck replacing your phone op, sorry about the brick...
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I thought flashing or blinking blue light was a battery issue? And only solid blue was a brick? In op you said the blue light was flashing.
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patrao_n said:
I thought flashing or blinking blue light was a battery issue? And only solid blue was a brick? In op you said the blue light was flashing.
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Yes flashing is a battery issue had to replace the wife's last week. It did give me a nice scare though
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patrao_n said:
I thought flashing or blinking blue light was a battery issue? And only solid blue was a brick? In op you said the blue light was flashing.
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That's why I wanted him to get in touch when he gets it back. May be able to save it.
(And I'm also having battery issues, will only stay alive if plugged in. Hopefully fixed today so long as the new battery arrives.)
garwynn said:
That's why I wanted him to get in touch when he gets it back. May be able to save it.
(And I'm also having battery issues, will only stay alive if plugged in. Hopefully fixed today so long as the new battery arrives.)
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Despite the light just blinking as opposed to staying solid (which I as well agree usually seems to indicate battery problems) wouldn't the fact that it failed to respond to a JTAG preclude the possibility of a simple, battery related, fix and instead indicate that this is indeed a typical emmc bug brick? Were it battery related it should have been jtaggable, correct? Additionally were it battery related shouldn't it also boot when connected to ac power? I've not had a battery die in this manner myself so I can't say for sure that there's not something that prevents it from booting regardless of charging status if the battery is reporting bad, however I do know that if you pull the battery while its plugged in and powered it will stay on, so clearly it is capable of running sans battery solely from ac. Just some thoughts I had while reading through the thread, not trying to be a downer...
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cp320703 said:
Despite the light just blinking as opposed to staying solid (which I as well agree usually seems to indicate battery problems) wouldn't the fact that it failed to respond to a JTAG preclude the possibility of a simple, battery related, fix and instead indicate that this is indeed a typical emmc bug brick? Were it battery related it should have been jtaggable, correct? Additionally were it battery related shouldn't it also boot when connected to ac power? I've not had a battery die in this manner myself so I can't say for sure that there's not something that prevents it from booting regardless of charging status if the battery is reporting bad, however I do know that if you pull the battery while its plugged in and powered it will stay on, so clearly it is capable of running sans battery solely from ac. Just some thoughts I had while reading through the thread, not trying to be a downer...
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That's entirely possible... but it would be a first. I'm hoping it's booting but failing on /data partition, in which case a modified PIT file can get the phone back to life. (JTAG will still throw errors during bit blast in this case.)
There used to be two extra steps to verify if it was the data or bootloader brick:
1) Use a jig to get into download mode
2) Flash something by Odin if possible.
If it hung at data.img then that's where the problem was.
garwynn said:
That's entirely possible... but it would be a first. I'm hoping it's booting but failing on /data partition, in which case a modified PIT file can get the phone back to life. (JTAG will still throw errors during bit blast in this case.)
There used to be two extra steps to verify if it was the data or bootloader brick:
1) Use a jig to get into download mode
2) Flash something by Odin if possible.
If it hung at data.img then that's where the problem was.
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Ohhh i get it I misunderstood your earlier post, you're saying its the battery in addition to the emmc corruption
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@all My apologies, you are right, it was not blinking blue it was solid. Now that I read again I must have put that instead while typing it but it is indeed solid.
@garwynn I used the AOKP Build 4 (http://d-h.st/FN6). It is not indeed battery as I just purchased a new one to replace my dying one. I even used the stock one once I got home and still nothing. I also own a USB jig and no avail. I found an E4GT on eBay it said it has clean ESN and only got cracked screen and everything works. I will transfer the mobo on mine and if you are interested, I will mail you the dead one to play with or even use as proof for Sprint and Samsung about this bug you guys are talking about. I have no use for a dead board, and I don't own any JTAG equipment and my soldering skills are very noobish. Let me know if you want it. It will just go in the recycling bin and I don't mind putting it on an envelop and slapping two stamps in it. It it helps the community, why not.
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ok, so i finally bricked my phone .. and i need to get a replacement phone.
the impression i always got from the forums was that i just go to the Spring store and ask for a replacement, and show'em that my phone is "broken".. today i went in and they gave me a number to call (888.211.4727) and when i called/explained it.. they said i'd have to pay "only" $100 for the replacement since i had the protection plan...
is that how it works?? is there a way to get my phone replaced for free? i guess i'm in shock bc that's how i thought it worked for several other members here.
any suggestions?
Try a different store. Sometimes other stores don't care.
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do you have any suggestions on what to say? called sprint and they were just saying "we can't do anything about it Asurion is who does our insurance, blah blah blah"
does anyone have a experience (victories) getting their bricks replaced for free?
Tell them you need to do a warranty replacement. Not an insurance replacement. They might refer you to samsung not sure how sprint handles that stuff these days.
cd's or tapes?
My screen stopped working when I touched it and I had a crack in the plastic around the screen. At first the Sprint tech said the screen stopped working because of the crack in the plastic whih, according to him, is the accelerometer. I didn't get pissed. I just told him that the screen stopped working before that and if he put another accelerometer on it, the screen still wouldn't work. I ended up getting everything replaced except my motherboard so I basically have a new phone with original motherboard so I know what overclock/undervolt will work. I would take it to another store and be nice and play dumb. It worked for me and I didn't pay 1 cent.
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cache83 said:
ok, so i finally bricked my phone .. and i need to get a replacement phone.
the impression i always got from the forums was that i just go to the Spring store and ask for a replacement, and show'em that my phone is "broken".. today i went in and they gave me a number to call (888.211.4727) and when i called/explained it.. they said i'd have to pay "only" $100 for the replacement since i had the protection plan...
is that how it works?? is there a way to get my phone replaced for free? i guess i'm in shock bc that's how i thought it worked for several other members here.
any suggestions?
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Did you try
1)taking battery out.
2) plug in USB
3) hold keypad "1" and "power"
(note this process has battery out of phone entire time.)
i have an interesting update...
i dug around more posts on the forum -- and learned to pull the sdcard out, AND the battery... left it out a lil bit... now it'll be back into download mode, although it seems my odin attempts have been failing so far (the screen turned all yellow almost immediately on the first attempt... now this second attempt has gone a lil further and the screen just turned all blue)..
i think this is progress?
UPDATE!!! WOW!!!
i just re-incarnated my phone. i almost want to cry. for real!!
Now I'm curious what you guys would do... do you think my phone's suffered some hardware damage from all that (and therefore should play it safe).. or do you think it's safe to root, flash srf all the way up and try to flash genocide1.1final again?
i almost feel like i don't fear bricks any longer LOL
I had almost the exact same thing happen to my phone as you. The old vision kernel bricked my phone, took it into the sprint store and they were going to replace it but it was going to take about 4 days to do so. I screwed around with it and finally got it into download mode after a while.
I don't think there is any problem with you running everything just the way you have been. I can't see how there could have been any hardware damage unless you stepped on it or dropped it a long way or something. I would say its safe to go ahead and root it and continue to have fun with it.
I had almost the exact same thing happen to my phone as you. The old vision kernel bricked my phone, took it into the sprint store and they were going to replace it but it was going to take about 4 days to do so. I screwed around with it and finally got it into download mode after a while.
I don't think there is any problem with you running everything just the way you have been. I can't see how there could have been any hardware damage unless you stepped on it or dropped it a long way or something. I would say its safe to go ahead and root it and continue to have fun with it.
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I don't recall anyone bricking on Genocide or Twilight Zone. 99% of the time you can Odin back to stock. It only takes 3 min 30 seconds. I would say stay rooted and have fun. I was nervous for a bit but I can't see myself going back to stock
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actually, what started me down this spiral today was trying to install the Genocide1.1final kernel.. i posted a question in there but haven't gotten a response yet -- i'm going to post/copy it here and just hope that i'm not violating any rules by doing so...
cache83 said:
I read through all the posts since 6/15 and haven't seen anyone post this issue... wondering if anyone had insights?
i was running srf1.1.1 with genocide1.0...
did a backup, and wiped cache/dalvik x3 and flashed genocide1.1final. then when i rebooted it stayed on the samsung startup screen for too long... kind of reminds me of when i tried to flash cwm3.0.2.5
so i pulled battery, and 3fingered into cwm. noticed it was still orange (3.0.0.6) -- restored my nandroid, rebooted... and i'm still getting stuck on the samsung startup screen.
i hate think this but i'll probably have to Odin back to stock and build my way back up to srf1.1.1 and then restore..
any ideas what went wrong? i really want to try on this kernel but i don't want to go through that whole cycle again!
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cache83 said:
actually, what started me down this spiral today was trying to install the Genocide1.1final kernel.. i posted a question in there but haven't gotten a response yet -- i'm going to post/copy it here and just hope that i'm not violating any rules by doing so...
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you possibly had a bad flash of the genocide 1.1 kernel. or maybe even a bad dl. i would say re-download the .zip for the genocide 1.1 and try again. i am running srf 1.1.1 with genocide 1.1. imo one of the best rom/kernel combos out here.
puhahahaa... i'm back w srf1.1.1 and now have genocide1.1final running... for some reason when i 3finger salute i still get cwm3.0.0.6 tho -- don't know if i'm doing it wrong??
Igot my phone from Radio Shack and got their ins. Paid $100.
Up front and am covered with no deductable for a yr. I've found that insuring through them was a better way to go.
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I just got my E4GT a couple weeks ago...all of a sudden, it started going to hell. The touchscreen stopped working pretty much completely, it won't charge and won't acknowledge the USB cable at all, so I can't connect to Odin or flash a stock firmware, or use a usb jig. The screen flashes transparent red/blue, i cant use the touchscreen while charging...
It's a hardware issue, I know but can I still take it in? What are the chances they'll say I can't return it because I rooted it? All of the employees at my sprint store seem pretty clueless...is it worth a try just to see if they can fix/replace it?
I really don't want to pay 100 bucks for a new phone just because I rooted it -__-
Also, my parents are REALLY, REALLY pissed.
Thanks, for the love of god, help me.
I have to go on a trip in 3 days and I NEED my phone.
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I just got my E4GT a couple weeks ago...all of a sudden, it started going to hell. The touchscreen stopped working pretty much completely, it won't charge and won't acknowledge the USB cable at all, so I can't connect to Odin or flash a stock firmware, or use a usb jig. The screen flashes transparent red/blue, i cant use the touchscreen while charging...
It's a hardware issue, I know but can I still take it in? What are the chances they'll say I can't return it because I rooted it? All of the employees at my sprint store seem pretty clueless...is it worth a try just to see if they can fix/replace it?
I really don't want to pay 100 bucks for a new phone just because I rooted it -__-
Also, my parents are REALLY, REALLY pissed.
Thanks, for the love of god, help me.
I have to go on a trip in 3 days and I NEED my phone.
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Most employees wont know it's been rooted. Especially if they can't get into it like you're saying. If you can get into it, go into settings>Privacy>Factory Reset. This will erase mostly everything on the phone.
You should tell them it just stopped working and ask for an exchange. To me, it sounds like a hardware problem though.
Well...what I'm worried about is that they'll put a different battery in, see that it still turns on, see the custom boot screen/yellow triangle of doom, and tell me to get the **** out. >____<
Should I flash a broken ZIP onto it just to be sure? I have a half-downloaded starburst ROM on my sd card.
If it matters by the wy, I'm running calkulin's rom 1.5, but this started happening on starburst 1.9.8r. I flashed calkulin's to see if it fixed the problem, but nope. :/
Is there a stock ROM I could flash through CWM and not Odin?
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Well...what I'm worried about is that they'll put a different battery in, see that it still turns on, see the custom boot screen/yellow triangle of doom, and tell me to get the **** out. >____<
Should I flash a broken ZIP onto it just to be sure? I have a half-downloaded starburst ROM on my sd card.
If it matters by the wy, I'm running calkulin's rom 1.5, but this started happening on starburst 1.9.8r. I flashed calkulin's to see if it fixed the problem, but nope. :/
Is there a stock ROM I could flash through CWM and not Odin?
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Sprint Repair M&P states that rooted devices are to be triaged by normal process. Part of that triage process is to unroot the device if the problem is suspected to be caused by root.
Worst comes to worst, they unroot the device and you get an exchange.
I also got the red transparent screen once a few days ago. I am experiencing weird other problems now
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Have you tried using different usb cables? Just throwing it out there you would be surprised what a bad cable can do. Same with the power block you plug in the wall
They won't care about root. Just play dumb if they call you out on it (in other words say you didn't know root is bad - but only if they ask). As far as battery, put the oem battery back in, never use a non oem battery no matter what anyone tells you, I am an engineer who designs these things for a living, correct power supplies are crucial. Finally, they will probably ship you a refurb if you are out of your return period, not in time for your trip. It is just the way it is.
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My phone works fine. But I did get a transparent blue screen once. Any idea what that means?
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So I've been rooted on my ET4G for some time, switching roms and such. Well, today I saw that a leaked version of ICS has been released for the SGS2. The model number GT-I9000 was the same, so I tried to flash it using ODIN. Unfortunately, the flash failed and I had to do a battery pull to remove the phone from download mode. I then rebooted the phone and am now given the Android System Recovery 3e screen. I tried doing a data wipe and cache partition, but I cannot get any progress. I've tried putting the phone in download mode and using ODIN to reflash a stock rom/modem/kernal but ODIN doesn't recognize the phone.
I'm fairly competent when it comes to root and custom roms, but I think I screwed up this time. Anybody have any ideas? I've tried removing the SD card, using a "Jig" and also a fresh battery. Nothing works.
Worst comes to worst, I'll have to take it to Sprint tomorrow and see what they say. In download mode it does day that I've got 1 count of custom binary. Will Sprint check for this and cause a void of warranty as a result?
Try removing drivers and reinstalling them. If you can get into Odin you should be good.
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I think a few people did this and couldn't save it. Can you get into Odin/download mode? If so, try sfhub's full stock Odin tar file
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Unfortunately, I cannot get Odin to recoginze the phone. Infact, I cannot get the computer to recognize the phone at all when plugged in. I think its a loss. I'll take to to sprint and see what happens
The way I understood it when someone fixed this before, you need to install the PC USB drivers for the INTERNATIONAL SGS2, then you can get into Odin. I could be wrong, though, since it sounds like your PC can't even tell there's a phone there.
bjonesy77 said:
So I've been rooted on my ET4G for some time, switching roms and such. Well, today I saw that a leaked version of ICS has been released for the SGS2. The model number GT-I9000 was the same
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You should know that GT-I9000 is the Galaxy S, GT-I9100 is the SII. As well as our model number being SPH-D710.
Just mentioning it because if you went with the GT-I9000 ICS build which is available as a custom stripped one its even further off than you had imagined.
So far I have tried to helpout 2 other plp on this same subject and to no avail. I am in contact with one of them he is getting a replacement phone and hopefully going to send me the screwed phone so I can either kill it completely or find a fix in the process.
I would just flash my own phone to try and digout but I have no backup. But I will update as soon as I can start testing for a fix for the comp not recognizing the phone.
bjonesy77 said:
Unfortunately, I cannot get Odin to recoginze the phone. Infact, I cannot get the computer to recognize the phone at all when plugged in. I think its a loss. I'll take to to sprint and see what happens
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dont even bother taking it to sprint, if u tell them what happened they're not going to help u, cause you were jail breaking etc on ur own risk, you'll just have to fix it or its a useless phone. Why dont u try installing the drivers for the GT-I9000 and see if that works.
klyang88 said:
dont even bother taking it to sprint, if u tell them what happened they're not going to help u, cause you were jail breaking etc on ur own risk, you'll just have to fix it or its a useless phone. Why dont u try installing the drivers for the GT-I9000 and see if that works.
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Jailbreak? When did this become an apple forum? JK.
Hey OP just clear your Odin count via jig and play the I tried to do the OTA card. I have seen 2 plp get replacment phones by saying this. No guarantee though. Read this thread almost at the last page of posts. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399551
I've filed an insurance claim and the phone is being replaced. I've searched far and wide and the only fix that *MIGHT* work, is JTAG.
I did take the phone to sprint, they opened it up and told me that it had water damage because they had no other explaination I guess.. I laughed, but there was no way for me to tell them "Nope, not water damage. I f***ed the software myself."
Jig doesn't work BTW
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I've filed an insurance claim and the phone is being replaced. I've searched far and wide and the only fix that *MIGHT* work, is JTAG.
I did take the phone to sprint, they opened it up and told me that it had water damage because they had no other explaination I guess.. I laughed, but there was no way for me to tell them "Nope, not water damage. I f***ed the software myself."
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Heh well if I ever mess up dont worry myne will "have water damage" as well. Because Ill just end up filing a claim telling them its at the bottom of a lake.
Funny that they think it does but its usually called based on the stickers that change color on water contact.
I know there must be somewhere in the thread but i can't find one with the same problem as mine. I was in middle of odin to put my phone back to stock. and it was stuck for over a half hr at the same place. so i unplugged it and tried to put it back on but it wont go the only thing that turns on is the blue light. i already tried the jig. its a no go. how can i unbrick this phone?
My phone has shut itself off then when i try to turn it back on i get nothing but a blue light what worked for me was taking the battery out for a couple minutes then trying it again. Have you tried that?
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That happened to me when the phone first came out. Only a blue light came on and nothing else. Even the jig didn't work. I ended up just selling it and buying a new one. I hope someone has figured out a way to fix it for you
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You have hard bricked your phone most likely. Like it was said, you can try to remove the battery for a few minutes to see if resetting the capacitors will fix it but I am ninety nine percent sure that it will not work. You have two options.
1) Play dumb at a sprint store
2) JTAG repair from mobiletechvideos
What you have done is flashed over the bootloader so you can no longer boot it or plug it into the computer. Can you post a link to the file that you flashed? My guess is that you flashed an i9000 tar and PIT which is not compatible with the E4GT. Not all Galaxy S2 phones are the same. In fact, they are all different.
iSkylla said:
You have hard bricked your phone most likely. Like it was said, you can try to remove the battery for a few minutes to see if resetting the capacitors will fix it but I am ninety nine percent sure that it will not work. You have two options.
1) Play dumb at a sprint store
2) JTAG repair from mobiletechvideos
What you have done is flashed over the bootloader so you can no longer boot it or plug it into the computer. Can you post a link to the file that you flashed? My guess is that you flashed an i9000 tar and PIT which is not compatible with the E4GT. Not all Galaxy S2 phones are the same. In fact, they are all different.
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I did the exact same thing when I first rooted my phone but by the grace of god odin still recognized it so I was able to flash back to stock.
iSkylla said:
You have hard bricked your phone most likely. Like it was said, you can try to remove the battery for a few minutes to see if resetting the capacitors will fix it but I am ninety nine percent sure that it will not work. You have two options.
1) Play dumb at a sprint store
2) JTAG repair from mobiletechvideos
What you have done is flashed over the bootloader so you can no longer boot it or plug it into the computer. Can you post a link to the file that you flashed? My guess is that you flashed an i9000 tar and PIT which is not compatible with the E4GT. Not all Galaxy S2 phones are the same. In fact, they are all different.
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That my friend is exactly right. Your cell is gone... Swap or jtag is your only options.
I am going to give the, "taking the battery out for a couple of min", a shot... I was afraid that those two were my last options. The phone is maybe 2 months old and I am not with sprint anymore. Is there a way to claim through warranty or something?
kmoshkovich said:
I am going to give the, "taking the battery out for a couple of min", a shot... I was afraid that those two were my last options. The phone is maybe 2 months old and I am not with sprint anymore. Is there a way to claim through warranty or something?
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Good question... I do believe that there is a one year manufacturer warranty, but don't know how you would go about making a claim. I would definitely recommend the jtag service its only like $50. Even sprint would charge you $35 to swap if you were still with the m. So if you look at out that way $15 more ain't so bad.
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Remove battery. Replace. Plug into charger. Does the batt charging screen come on? If so hold power until it boots. Done. Do your happy dance.. If no charge indication = brick.
The batt recharge didnt come on ill see if i can somehow claim by samsung if not then ill have to send it in to jtag
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The batt recharge didnt come on ill see if i can somehow claim by samsung if not then ill have to send it in to jtag
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Dude that's a bummer. Good luck. Hwy keep us updated on how it turns out.
This same thing happened to me!
What did you end up doing?
This happened to me too, but after flashing gunslinger kernel. I did a battery pull, then it let me boot into recovery.
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same thing happened to me, went back to best buy where i got it and said "i dont know what happened", got a new one on the spot.
On top of it, when i got it at best buy they price matched amazon mobile, so i got it for 130
I Also bought it from Best Buy! But it was two months ago... You think i can still do it by them?
After an hour of searching forums I had realized that the phone was dead and wasn't coming back on. I too had the same blue light problem, couldn't get into recovery, couldn't do anything with the black screen. I took it to Sprint, and they don't have the capability of turning it back on in store. I believe this needs to be done by Samsung, and I imagine Best Buy wouldn't be able to either. The tech told me if he could not repair it, it would be replaced. My concern was the ship time and getting a refurbished unit. He told me because the phone was so new they are almost always replaced with a new unit. He said it was $35 because I didn't have insurance, but to "Come back after an hour, and if I can't fix it and it is insured it will be replaced free of charge." I went home, had Sprint add insurance, went back to the store a couple hours later. They swapped out my unit for a brand new one, free of charge, in about 5 minutes, activated and all. I was very pleased with how everything went as I was PISSED at myself for bricking my phone so bad! In all my years of hacking Palm Pres and Evos I never bricked a phone so bad that it couldn't be powered back on! But now I have a new GS2 (ROOTED )!
I recommend just trying a Sprint Repair Center. I bought mine over the phone. I played dumb and said that I let it die completely, which I rarely do, and when I charged it the blue light went on and it never powered back up. They said that was weird but gave no qualm about it. Hope this helps..
Was staying in a hotel last night and didn't have a charger with me. Battery was about 80% charged but since it was late and I wasn't expecting any calls I went ahead and turned it off.
Got up this morning, hit the power button and.... Nothing. Pulled the battery, popped it back in and.. Nothing. No lights, nothing on the screen, just completely "dead"
Plugged it into the car charger for a few hours, but still got nothing. Saw a friend that has a GN2, tried his battery, but it still won't power on.
I bought the phone on release day (paid full retail), and have had zero problems with it until today. The phone has never been dropped or exposed to moisture in any way.
What I'd like to know is:
A) Has anyone else experienced this? If the phone seems completely "dead" (I.e. no leds, nothing on the screen) Is there anything at all worth trying to get it to power on?
B) The device is rooted running the stock rom and has been since shortly after I bought it. Since it's completely dead I have no way of unrooting it - I've read tons of threads on the whole "warranty void" issue but didn't find many firsthand reports of warranty experiences with Samsung. Am I probably screwed here or do they typically deny warranty service only for people who brick their devices while flashing them?
I already obtained an RMA number from them so I guess I'll find out soon enough but would appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks
Have you tried to boot to recovery? A different battery would have been the next step. Hopefully, if you can't turn it on, neither can they.
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Have you tried to boot to recovery? A different battery would have been the next step. Hopefully, if you can't turn it on, neither can they.
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Can't boot to anything. Tried every button combination imaginable but have yet to see any response at all. It behaves exactly like Note 2 that is unplugged with the battery pulled (i.e. dead)
Tried 2 other batteries, still nothing.
No idea how it could just "die" like this. It worked perfectly until I powered it off last night.
I had a Galaxy S3 that done the same thing. But i caused the issue by flashing a wrong kernel on the phone. Anyway mine was replaced with a new one. So hopefully they will not catch that it was rooted. I don't think they spend a whole lot of time trying to find out why the phone will not boot. Good luck.
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I had a Galaxy S3 that done the same thing. But i caused the issue by flashing a wrong kernel on the phone. Anyway mine was replaced with a new one.
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Was it replaced by the carrier or replaced by Samsung? The only thing Sprint would do for me is give me Samsung's phone number... Samsung told me that the device I send in will be the same device I get back.
It was replaced by Samsung. The in store warranty was expired. So hopefully you will squeeze by and get it replaced or fixed.
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Warranty is only void of rooting bricked it and they can show that it did otherwise they cant deny it
DisposableHero1985 said:
Warranty is only void of rooting bricked it and they can show that it did otherwise they cant deny it
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and that is a matter of manager discretion....the policy doesn't really state that from what I recall. Like you said, not really a way to prove it didnt just fail let alone that it was rooted.
take it to a corporate repair store, if you don't have insurance call in and add it as this month is an open enrollment month....or pay the $50 for in store service so they can order you a replacememt.
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00mred00 said:
and that is a matter of manager discretion....the policy doesn't really state that from what I recall. Like you said, not really a way to prove it didnt just fail let alone that it was rooted.
take it to a corporate repair store, if you don't have insurance call in and add it as this month is an open enrollment month....or pay the $50 for in store service so they can order you a replacememt.
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Sprint referred me to Samsung, I called them and they issued me an RMA# (I'm shipping the phone to them today)
While I know Samsung has the right to deny warranty service for issues that arise from modifications to the device (which is completely understandable), I'll be very disappointed if they rely upon that as an excuse not to service my phone. The phone worked perfectly for months rooted w/stock ROM before it decided to no longer turn on.
It should arrive at their Plano, TX facility tomorrow and turnaround is supposed to be ~7 days. I'll update this thread with the outcome in case anyone else runs into this issue.
PoorHomey said:
Sprint referred me to Samsung, I called them and they issued me an RMA# (I'm shipping the phone to them today)
While I know Samsung has the right to deny warranty service for issues that arise from modifications to the device (which is completely understandable), I'll be very disappointed if they rely upon that as an excuse not to service my phone. The phone worked perfectly for months rooted w/stock ROM before it decided to no longer turn on.
It should arrive at their Plano, TX facility tomorrow and turnaround is supposed to be ~7 days. I'll update this thread with the outcome in case anyone else runs into this issue.
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Wow, I had the same exact experience yesterday night .. with baout 15% battery left.. it just died.. nothing brought it up .. Finally pulled the battery and putting it back somehow brought it back to life.. wonder what was the issue.. I am really wary with these super expensive phones .. and rooting and modifying them with absolutely no support form the manufacturing.
00mred00 said:
and that is a matter of manager discretion....the policy doesn't really state that from what I recall. Like you said, not really a way to prove it didnt just fail let alone that it was rooted.
take it to a corporate repair store, if you don't have insurance call in and add it as this month is an open enrollment month....or pay the $50 for in store service so they can order you a replacememt.
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Its not the managers discrection it is the law. Check out the magnusun moss warranty act of 1975... car dealers have been fined millions for not honoring warranties because of aftermarket parts
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I had an issue kinda like this. I tried to install the aosp carbon 1.5 rom last night and once the screen timed out or I put the phone to sleep is wouldnt come back up. No lights or anything. I got lucky though. A battery pull fixed it but I noticed the phone was really hot. It probably just about fried the cpu. I rebooted and it seemed to work again untill i tried to put the phone to sleep. This time the screen didnt even shut off it just locked up. I pulled the battery again and then I was able to wipe and install a TW rom and havent had the issue since.
It got hot really quick on that aosp rom. Is it possible that you were OCed any and burnt it out?
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Is it possible that you were OCed any and burnt it out?
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Definitely not OCed - device was basically stock w/root. I don't recall the device rarely ever getting "warm" really, and it definitely never got "hot".
Primary reason I needed root was for a modded app I use for day trading equities that I wanted to run it in multi-window mode alongside another app.
Only other thing worth mentioning is that it had been nagging me about the 4.1.2 OTA update (a lot), which i had been repeatedly ignoring. I know once or twice it tried to install and rebooted into TWRP, and each time I'd just hit reboot and the phone would come right back up. This may have been the first time I actually "powered down / turned off" the device since it had been giving me the update prompts. Not sure if that makes a difference?
Phone will arrive at Samsung tomorrow - should hear something later this week.
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Definitely not OCed - device was basically stock w/root. I don't recall the device rarely ever getting "warm" really, and it definitely never got "hot".
Primary reason I needed root was for a modded app I use for day trading equities that I wanted to run it in multi-window mode alongside another app.
Only other thing worth mentioning is that it had been nagging me about the 4.1.2 OTA update (a lot), which i had been repeatedly ignoring. I know once or twice it tried to install and rebooted into TWRP, and each time I'd just hit reboot and the phone would come right back up. This may have been the first time I actually "powered down / turned off" the device since it had been giving me the update prompts. Not sure if that makes a difference?
Phone will arrive at Samsung tomorrow - should hear something later this week.
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I think you may have already shipped the phone so I'm probably too late anyway. Were you able to see the phone in adb from your pc? I've had issues similar to yours (no display) and doing an adb reboot recovery got me into recovery.
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take it to a corporate repair store, if you don't have insurance call in and add it as this month is an open enrollment month....or pay the $50 for in store service so they can order you a replacememt.
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For future reference, TEP (Sprint's insurance) does not take effect until you make a call with the line that it was applied to. If your phone is broken, but can still make a call, you can add TEP. If your phone will not make a call, then it won't be enrolled.
DisposableHero1985 said:
Its not the managers discrection it is the law. Check out the magnusun moss warranty act of 1975... car dealers have been fined millions for not honoring warranties because of aftermarket parts
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lol...Sprint didn't manufacturer it. beyond the posted return policy they are under no obligation to handle Samsungs warranty claims
DiGi760 said:
For future reference, TEP (Sprint's insurance) does not take effect until you make a call with the line that it was applied to. If your phone is broken, but can still make a call, you can add TEP. If your phone will not make a call, then it won't be enrolled.
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All that is needed to add TEP is a valid ESN. It's effective the date the rep selects...next billing cycle or same day.
anyway...not trying to argue...just curious why Sprint stores are turning away folks rather than charging the $50 and taking care of it. 3rd party maybe?
op....they typically have repaired then reflashed phones in the past at samsung with no questions asked....you will most likely be fine
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UK repair center is not my friend
This is why I love my N4. No BS to get an unbloated phone and if something goes it's easily solved as well.
Update:
I received my phone back from the Samsung repair facility.
They replaced the motherboard and didn't give me any hassles about the device being rooted/modified. Total turnaround time from the day I shipped it was 11 days.
When I received the device it kept failing to activate on Sprint's network. In About device the network was listed as "Samsung" and the serial# was listed as "00000000000". After doing a factory reset it worked and the serial# is no longer displayed in about phone.
Overall I'm grateful to Samsung for taking good care of me under warranty and I'm glad to say I'm as pleased with their service as I am with their products.
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