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[Q] Quick Question about Rooted Phone at Sprint

I'm 100% positive I just bricked my phone. I was not thinking last night and pulled the battery while flashing a radio update. I know that I've got a literal brick on my hands but I had a couple quick questions:
Can Sprint tell that my phone is rooted at all if I take the SD card out when I bring it in?
Is there are actual solution to this problem that involves NOT taking my phone to Sprint?
I'm prepared for ****ty answers, but I've got high hopes that I'll just eat the insurance cost and get a new one.

thistimearound said:
I'm 100% positive I just bricked my phone. I was not thinking last night and pulled the battery while flashing a radio update. I know that I've got a literal brick on my hands but I had a couple quick questions:
Can Sprint tell that my phone is rooted at all if I take the SD card out when I bring it in?
Is there are actual solution to this problem that involves NOT taking my phone to Sprint?
I'm prepared for ****ty answers, but I've got high hopes that I'll just eat the insurance cost and get a new one.
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There are quite a few threads about brick restores...might want to look them up...but if you can get to recovery most problems will be solved. I would confirm brick before panic...I mean it will all good intentions.

thistimearound said:
I'm 100% positive I just bricked my phone. I was not thinking last night and pulled the battery while flashing a radio update. I know that I've got a literal brick on my hands but I had a couple quick questions:
Can Sprint tell that my phone is rooted at all if I take the SD card out when I bring it in?
Is there are actual solution to this problem that involves NOT taking my phone to Sprint?
I'm prepared for ****ty answers, but I've got high hopes that I'll just eat the insurance cost and get a new one.
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Did something like that to my captivate on at&t and all I did was take it in and told them that when I woke up there was a black screen and I couldn't do anything, and I just acted really stupid and told them that I had no idea what happened to it. Play real stupid and it might work or idk, see they can jtag that device
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I appreciate it. As for the brick restore methods, unless there's one for a "completely dead, USB doesn't recognize it, and LED doesn't turn on" brick, then I'm just wasting time. I looked at most of them, and they all require the phone to actually do something... which mine will not.

Damn, sorry to hear that. Yeah if its not doing ANYTHING I would just bring it in an claim insurance on it, tell them you have no clue what happened, just woke up and it was like that (like someone else said to do). Good luck. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
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It could be if your lucky you might have just fried your battery somehow maybe and I mean MAYBE you still get lucky and that's all it is assuming you haven't tried switching batteries yet lol if that's not it, sorry for your bad luck. I'm pullin for ya man
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I wouldn't worry about it. If the phone won't turn on and you take it in & just play dumb, they'll give you a replacement. You won't have to pay the deductible. You lost whatever data you didn't have backed up, but other than that you don't have much to worry about.
There's no coming back from pulling the battery during a radio update, and I doubt Sprint will make it difficult for you. If they do happen to tell you that you have to pay the deductible, argue against it or take it to a different store. Most likely they'll just file a claim and get you a new (or refurbished) phone within a day or two.
Good luck!
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I went to my Sprint store the other day. They said they don't care if it's rooted or not. Just bring it in and they will look at it. They said usually they can fix most problems.

Just to update you folks that may have also been interested:
I went in and played stupid. I also pulled my SD Card so they couldn't use that against me. This was the dumbest thing I've ever done to brick my phone, but it looks like all is well. As of today they said they've already ordered me a free replacement due in on Monday. Apparently it won't even cost $100 due to having TEP. I'm not sure that I believe that, but that's what the guy said on the phone. If anyone is interested I can update this once I know more.

Sprint openly supports rooting.. Idk if anyone else knows that.. After the new policy kicked in, they might as well just say that seeing as how the TCs are required to work on rooted devices. If they can't fix them, its a DHRP. that's the word on the street anyway
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That's good to know. I took my phone in 2 or 3 weeks after the Gingerbread update and all the tech did was ask if it was rooted. Someone looked at it the day before and and I had just unrooted it about an hour before that. Someone else was telling the tech to look for the s-on/s-off. I really don't think the tech cared. Glad they might have changed.

Yet my friend Rachel, who is a tech at the local store confirms yet again that they are NOT authorized to work on Rooted phones......

HipKat said:
Yet my friend Rachel, who is a tech at the local store confirms yet again that they are NOT authorized to work on Rooted phones......
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Well that's funny seeing as how I am a TC for a corp. Store in Texas. Hmm... Seems like we're getting two different stories from the same company... Our superiors within our region have confirmed what I have said verbatim. We are required to work on them if they are rooted. If we can not fix the device we must replace it.
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Best bet is to fully unroot just to be on the safe side. Then whether or not techs are authorized to work on the phone is moot.

Confirmed by three stores in Connecticut, 2 corp stores, 1 authorized reseller/repair store.. That they do not support rooted phones.. Had to unroot to get my replacement phone when the USB started only partial charging and was clearly a hardware defect and had nothing to do with software.. They opened it confirmed so physical damage after I brought it back unrooted.

Didn't mean to abandon this post guys. I just simply forgot about it. Sprint replaced my phone free of charge since I truly did fry it. They couldn't recover anything and I didn't leave the SD card in for them to check.
Best bet: unroot if it works at all or brick the **** out of it. Also note I had TEP. So, that's important. All in all I think Sprint is still a bit douche on the root business, but they handled this situation relatively easy and painless.

[Q] Bricked T-Mobile GS2

i bricked it by flashing the villianrom 3.0. i realized my mistake and what i want to know is 1) Is my Phone COMPLETELY bricked? 2) Will a usb Jig work on a COMPLETELY bricked device?
I do have the option of easily replacing it, but that is the last resort thing. I want to know answers to these questions, not our $0.02 on this. i was fully aware of the hardware differences but did not know the VillianROM was for ATT GS2.

If you say you are fully bricked I would assume you tried to get into download, recovery etc...
I would just get a warranty swap to not have to deal with the hassle

Except flashing a ROM Voids your warranty.

Yeah. I have decided that i will, but i still wanna weather the Jig would work on such a device. Thanks.
EDIT: How will they ever know if it wont turn on or respond? lol

to be honest t-mobile does not even care, i used to revert to stock but after the time I sent in a G1 with a custom splash animation and rom by mistake I just wipe my data and send all my phones back the way they are

I can also say they really don't check I returned my vibrant when I messed it up. Never heard back also returned a working g2x rooted because of screen bleed so I think u should be ok
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aranurea said:
i bricked it by flashing the villianrom 3.0. i realized my mistake and what i want to know is 1) Is my Phone COMPLETELY bricked? 2) Will a usb Jig work on a COMPLETELY bricked device?
I do have the option of easily replacing it, but that is the last resort thing. I want to know answers to these questions, not our $0.02 on this. i was fully aware of the hardware differences but did not know the VillianROM was for ATT GS2.
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1. Yes its completely bricked
2. Nope, won't work if it's completely bricked
I feel your sorrows, I bricked my phone last week too, had to buy a new one. I will agree with what everyone else is saying though. T-Mobile typically doesn't care if its been rooted / bricked, they'll still send you another phone.

Thanks guys. I took it to the store and got it replaced wihin a matter of minutes. The guys justed picked up a new one from the back and did dome things on the computer and handed it to me. Lol. I wont be rooting for another year. (warranty)
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[Q] Is my Galaxy S3 i747 seriously hard bricked?

(NOTE THAT I AM ONLY EXPLAINING IN *DETAIL SO THAT SOMEONE MAY BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY ANALYZE THE PROBLEM)
Okay, so I got my new AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III less than a month ago.
My friend helped me in the past few days to root and install cyanogenmod 10. Everything was still fine, until I did something in some kind of pixel density changing app. When rebooting, it only showed the Samsung and Samsung Galaxy S III screens when booting up, but went no further. I wiped everything and restored the last backup I made (advanced restore). Everything ran fine again, with all the original factory stuff. I decided to try and see if I could reinstall cm10 (wiped everything, installed zip, rebooted), and it was successful. Then I decided I wanted to wipe that and try out Energy HD 2.0. Once trying to install the zip, it returned an error message and aborted. I then decided to scrap that idea and just go back to the original factory rom and everything. So I once again wiped and restored my last backup. Upon hitting Reboot, it just went black and didn't turn on again. Now I am completely unable to turn it on, charge it, go into cwm recovery, or download mode. Plugging into the computer just pops a driver install message for QHSUSB_LOAD. Never has anything, even the LED, so much as blinked.
Can somebody please help me? I just would like to know if there is a way to get it working. I'd be very grateful, thanks!
*detail, meaning just what I was doing, as I do not remember exact error codes and such.

Try reflashing. What stock image are you using?
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kinghorsey said:
Try reflashing. What stock image are you using?
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Is it even possible to re-flash a recovery image (from Odin3) when the device cannot enter download mode?
I think it may have been CWM Recovery v5.0.4.2 or something that I originally installed/flashed (can't check right now though, because I was kicked off my computer). Then it had upgraded to v6.something later on my phone.
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Look into jtag service
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twanskys204 said:
Look into jtag service
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Haha, okay. I just don't want to spend $60 at this very moment.
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Ascyndaeon said:
Haha, okay. I just don't want to spend $60 at this very moment.
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Yeah I would say your bootloader is messed up and the only way to breath life back into your phone is jtag repairs. I had a problem identicle to yours and I searched the net for a week solid trying to figure out how to fix it without having to fork over the money.. but alas had to send it. Luckily the guy who provides the repairs is amazing at what he does. Phone will be back in your hands within a few days if you're from the states.

fallenkirmit said:
Yeah I would say your bootloader is messed up and the only way to breath life back into your phone is jtag repairs. I had a problem identicle to yours and I searched the net for a week solid trying to figure out how to fix it without having to fork over the money.. but alas had to send it. Luckily the guy who provides the repairs is amazing at what he does. Phone will be back in your hands within a few days if you're from the states.
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Hmm, okay. I wonder then why only JTAG Repairs knows how to fix this stuff, and the information isn't widely available.
And so if I do send it to jtag, then I guess I'll be getting it back within a few days, 'cause I live in the US.
Thanks for your input.

Ascyndaeon said:
Hmm, okay. I wonder then why only JTAG Repairs knows how to fix this stuff, and the information isn't widely available.
And so if I do send it to jtag, then I guess I'll be getting it back within a few days, 'cause I live in the US.
Thanks for your input.
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Well there is a way for you to do the jtag repairs yourself... but i wouldn't touch the process with a 10 foot pole lol... I would rather let a pro do things like that... just youtube jtag repair and take a look at some of the process.... way beyond my comprehension atleast..

fallenkirmit said:
Well there is a way for you to do the jtag repairs yourself... but i wouldn't touch the process with a 10 foot pole lol... I would rather let a pro do things like that... just youtube jtag repair and take a look at some of the process.... way beyond my comprehension atleast..
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Ah, I suppose you're right. Not to mention expensive. That equipment probably costs more than having them fix it. Though it would probably be worth it of you bricked it on a regular basis.

I Think I Bricked My Phone.. Any Advice?

Hey guys . I Picked up a three month old galaxy this morning. I have had problems rooting before but always managed to fix them but this I cannot figure out. Here is exactly what I did and what happened.
1.First I rooted my phone using GalaxyS3RootUSCanadaMac.
2. Downloaded the following, superuser, ezunlock, and rom manager.
3. Flashed clokworkrecovery through rom manager.
4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
5. Tried to reboot into recovery via clockwork and it would just hang and never reboot.
6. Decided to do a restart , so I clicked power on the right hand side and selected restart.
7. Fell asleep and woke up to a dead phone.
I cannot get it to boot at all , not even in download mode. I get no lights or vibrations when trying to boot. If I remove the battery and hook the usb cord in I get a red light at the top but not with the battery in.
Any info on what I might have done wrong or what I can try to do to fix it would be great.
Thanks in advance guys.

bftiedt said:
4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
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This is completely inapplicable to the i747m, and the reason your phone's bricked.
Unless you can somehow get into download mode, you're going to need a JTAG to recover it.

bftiedt said:
Hey guys . I Picked up a three month old galaxy this morning. I have had problems rooting before but always managed to fix them but this I cannot figure out. Here is exactly what I did and what happened.
1.First I rooted my phone using GalaxyS3RootUSCanadaMac.
2. Downloaded the following, superuser, ezunlock, and rom manager.
3. Flashed clokworkrecovery through rom manager.
4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
5. Tried to reboot into recovery via clockwork and it would just hang and never reboot.
6. Decided to do a restart , so I clicked power on the right hand side and selected restart.
7. Fell asleep and woke up to a dead phone.
I cannot get it to boot at all , not even in download mode. I get no lights or vibrations when trying to boot. If I remove the battery and hook the usb cord in I get a red light at the top but not with the battery in.
Any info on what I might have done wrong or what I can try to do to fix it would be great.
Thanks in advance guys.
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** After some more reading I realize That att bootloader is not locked. So since I ran the ezunlock app im guessing that my problem ... Any suggestions?***

smelenchuk said:
This is completely inapplicable to the i747m, and the reason your phone's bricked.
Unless you can somehow get into download mode, you're going to need a JTAG to recover it.
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Any suggestions n how to get into download mode? Also I have a usb JTAG from programming cable boxes but Im not sure if it will work?

I believe I read about someone else who used this. The unlocker is made for the Verizon variant. You will need JTAG service to get your phone up and running.
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ih8mydroid said:
I believe I read about someone else who used this. The unlocker is made for the Verizon variant. You will need JTAG service to get your phone up and running.
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Yes I seen that. The phone is still under warrant so I am sending it in to Samsung . I seen another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help

bftiedt said:
Yes I seen that. The phone is still under warrant so I am sending it in to Samsung . I seen another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help
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That's fraud big time! If you would have read up you wouldnt be in this situation. In all honestly I hope you have to come out of pocket because stunts like this is what makes those who do have REAL problems with their phone get the run around from companies.
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Looks like Samsung has come through and is going to warranty it. It was repaired today by having the board replaced. Hopefully I will have it back next week.

bftiedt said:
Yes I SAW that. The phone is still under warranty, so I am sending it in to Samsung. I SAW another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help
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903tex said:
That's fraud big time! If you would have read up you wouldnt be in this situation. In all honestly I hope you have to come out of pocket because stunts like this is what makes those who do have REAL problems with their phone get the run around from companies.
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That's not fraud? That's called a warranty
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Wow. Why can't they people read?? This is the reason companies don't want to to warranty anything because of crap like this.

r.suchil2 said:
That's not fraud? That's called a warranty
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Which he voided the moment he rooted his phone.

Well getting my phone back today. Thanks for the warranty comments negative nancy.

[Q] Bricked Question? Please Help.

For the record I did search the forum (pretty quickly) and didn't find what I was looking for so I hope I'm not reposting the same issue.
So I was flashing the Slim Bean 4.2.2 rom to my galaxy s3 using goomanager and i think my phone is hard bricked.
In goomanager it allows you to select multiple zips to flash, and I'm pretty sure they flash in the order they are listed. Well i planned to flash the Slim-i9300-4.2.2.build.6-OFFICIAL (the rom itself), Slim_Gapps.4.2.2.build.6 (google apps for the rom), and Extras.4.2.2.build.6 (extras specific to the rom) for the Slim Bean rom from the slimroms site.
I had the Extras.4.2.2.build.6 zip listed first then accidentally pressed the flash button and without thought confirmed my actions in the pop up window (Yes i'm an idiot). So it rebooted and went through some script then my phone went black.
It wont go into download mode (home, power, vol down), it won't display anything on the screen, and it wont power on. My computer recognizes it and shows that it is connected. I don't know if that will do anything it terms of fixing it on my own? I haven't read up on bricked phones too much but i'm pretty sure its hard bricked.
Sooooooo, first off does anyone have any suggestions as to what i should do?
-If i were to take it to a Sprint store what would they say? I've had it for a year and I don't think i have any warranty (granted i know rooting my phone would technically void it anyways). If it doesn't power on or do anything could I say it turned off in the middle of the 4.1.2 OTA update and resulted in its current state?
-Would a usb JIG boot my phone into download mode and fix my problem?
-Is a jtag service my only option?
-If it is jtag does anyone know a place around the Louisville, KY area that does this sort of thing? I google searched but didn't find anything local.
-If not i guess mobiletechvideos is my best option?
Any help would be much appreciated. I'm in dire need of this phone to be fixed as I start my new job in a 2 weeks and need it for obvious communication reasons.

DrewFerg11 said:
For the record I did search the forum (pretty quickly) and didn't find what I was looking for so I hope I'm not reposting the same issue.
So I was flashing the Slim Bean 4.2.2 rom to my galaxy s3 using goomanager and i think my phone is hard bricked.
In goomanager it allows you to select multiple zips to flash, and I'm pretty sure they flash in the order they are listed. Well i planned to flash the Slim-i9300-4.2.2.build.6-OFFICIAL (the rom itself), Slim_Gapps.4.2.2.build.6 (google apps for the rom), and Extras.4.2.2.build.6 (extras specific to the rom) for the Slim Bean rom from the slimroms site.
I had the Extras.4.2.2.build.6 zip listed first then accidentally pressed the flash button and without thought confirmed my actions in the pop up window (Yes i'm an idiot). So it rebooted and went through some script then my phone went black.
It wont go into download mode (home, power, vol down), it won't display anything on the screen, and it wont power on. My computer recognizes it and shows that it is connected. I don't know if that will do anything it terms of fixing it on my own? I haven't read up on bricked phones too much but i'm pretty sure its hard bricked.
Sooooooo, first off does anyone have any suggestions as to what i should do?
-If i were to take it to a Sprint store what would they say? I've had it for a year and I don't think i have any warranty (granted i know rooting my phone would technically void it anyways). If it doesn't power on or do anything could I say it turned off in the middle of the 4.1.2 OTA update and resulted in its current state?
-Would a usb JIG boot my phone into download mode and fix my problem?
-Is a jtag service my only option?
-If it is jtag does anyone know a place around the Louisville, KY area that does this sort of thing? I google searched but didn't find anything local.
-If not i guess mobiletechvideos is my best option?
Any help would be much appreciated. I'm in dire need of this phone to be fixed as I start my new job in a 2 weeks and need it for obvious communication reasons.
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"Slim-i9300-4.2.2.build.6-OFFICIAL" that is the international model version of the ROM. Flashing International ROMs hard brick your phone. So yes, you do have a hard brick. As to taking it to sprint, Idk if they'll do anything for you especially if you have no insurance or warranty. Sorry bud

Well your problem is not that you flashed in the wrong order. Your problem is that you flashed a rom from the International S3 (i9300) not the sprint SPH-L710. You attempted to turn your Sprint phone into an International S3. This flashed completely different partitions onto your device. JTAG is the only way to fix it. They have to open the device and repartition everything. Mobiltech is the way to go. My advice in the future is if you don't find the rom in the Sprint Galaxy S3 forums do not flash it.
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solis888 said:
"Slim-i9300-4.2.2.build.6-OFFICIAL" that is the international model version of the ROM. Flashing International ROMs hard brick your phone. So yes, you do have a hard brick. As to taking it to sprint, Idk if they'll do anything for you especially if you have no insurance or warranty. Sorry bud
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Well i feel retarded.... should have done some more research and not trusted a youtube video.
Is JTAG service the only way to fix it/will that fix it?
Ya, I didn't know what they'd do if i played dumb (i know, thats bad, but im desperate) and said it did this during the official OTA update.

DrewFerg11 said:
Is JTAG service the only way to fix it/will that fix it?.
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JTAG is in fact the only way to repair it. Yes guaranteed it will be fixed.
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DrewFerg11 said:
Well i feel retarded.... should have done some more research and not trusted a youtube video.
Is JTAG service the only way to fix it/will that fix it?
Ya, I didn't know what they'd do if i played dumb (i know, thats bad, but im desperate) and said it did this during the official OTA update.
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Just do more research next time before flashing. And as the person above said, don't flash anything that isn't on the sprint GS3 forums.

DrewFerg11 said:
Well i feel retarded.... should have done some more research and not trusted a youtube video.
Is JTAG service the only way to fix it/will that fix it?
Ya, I didn't know what they'd do if i played dumb (i know, thats bad, but im desperate) and said it did this during the official OTA update.
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Unfortunately yes you are hard bricked and it sucks. JTAG will fix it Google it there are good services out there for about $60 and week or so turn around.
If you pay for insurance you could also take it to sprint and tell them it won't boot and they should replace it for a deductible. Some will call this fraud but the way I see it if you pay for insurance it is there to cover mistakes. You didn't mean to brick it just like some one who dropped it in a pool didn't mean to ruin their phone.
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Thanks for the quick response everyone. I really appreciate it. I feel dumb. I usually do my research, but I was bord and a spur of the moment action got me in trouble this time.
I guess I'll run to the sprint store tomorrow and see what they can do, if anything.
If they can't do anything, mobiletech it is! It looks to be a reliable site. Will my phone be active on the sprint network still after the JTAG? or will I have to do anything to it? I also assume I will get all the text messages and what not that my phone is currently incapable of receiving now?
Any thing else I should know about the JTAG or my phones hard bricked state before I go ahead with it since we are on the subject and I don't want this to happen again.

DrewFerg11 said:
Thanks for the quick response everyone. I really appreciate it. I feel dumb. I usually do my research, but I was bord and a spur of the moment action got me in trouble this time.
I guess I'll run to the sprint store tomorrow and see what they can do, if anything.
If they can't do anything, mobiletech it is! It looks to be a reliable site. Will my phone be active on the sprint network still after the JTAG? or will I have to do anything to it? I also assume I will get all the text messages and what not that my phone is currently incapable of receiving now?
Any thing else I should know about the JTAG or my phones hard bricked state before I go ahead with it since we are on the subject and I don't want this to happen again.
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I doubt you will get any texts, sprint is not saving to deliver them later. Unless your using Google Voice. Your phone will be up and running rom flashed but it won't activate until you log into it with your google ID, just like when you get in the box brand new.
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