Think I bricked my G3 - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

I tried to flash the
Liquid JB v2.1 beta2 rom and the gapps jb 20121212-signed package. I used the Unified toolkit to root. It rooted fine. I rebooted in recovery, installed the Liquid rom, then the gapps, then I tried to reboot. Got nothing but a black screen.
Took the battery out, tried the wall charger, USB charger. Nothing works.

Try to Odin back to stock
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Tried that, cant get my computer to recoginize the phone. The screen is pitch black like there is no power.

Wado1 said:
Tried that, cant get my computer to recoginize the phone. The screen is pitch black like there is no power.
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What did you use to flash your ROM. Bottom line is you need to try to get into download mode. I believe the key combo is hold down power + volume down + home. If that boots you into download mode just flash back to stock.
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I used the 7.0 Toolkit to flash my ROM, I've been trying to get into download mode for hours with no luck.

Wado1 said:
I used the 7.0 Toolkit to flash my ROM, I've been trying to get into download mode for hours with no luck.
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Post the link where you got the 7.0 toolkit and the link where you downloaded the ROM.
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Toolkit: http://goo.im/devs/mskip/toolkit/samsung_galaxy_s3/Samsung_Galaxy_S3_ToolKit_v7.0.exe
Rom: http://goo.im/devs/liquidsmooth/4.2.1/Beta2/Liquid-JB-v2.1-Beta2-endeavoru.zip
I got them both from there respective links in the ATT S3 Forums.
CRAPPPPPPPP, I see what I did. I should have flashed d2att. Damn. I flashed the newest because I thought they were nightlies.

Is there anyway to unbrick it besides doing the jtag?

Wado1 said:
Is there anyway to unbrick it besides doing the jtag?
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Not likely. JTAG will probably be the only option.
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Wado1 said:
Is there anyway to unbrick it besides doing the jtag?
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You didn't make a backup before flashing?.. Can you get the phone into recovery?

I made a nandroid backup and thats on the SD card but I can't get into download or recovery. All I get is a black screen no matter what I press or do.

Wado1 said:
Toolkit: http://goo.im/devs/mskip/toolkit/samsung_galaxy_s3/Samsung_Galaxy_S3_ToolKit_v7.0.exe
Rom: http://goo.im/devs/liquidsmooth/4.2.1/Beta2/Liquid-JB-v2.1-Beta2-endeavoru.zip
I got them both from there respective links in the ATT S3 Forums.
CRAPPPPPPPP, I see what I did. I should have flashed d2att. Damn. I flashed the newest because I thought they were nightlies.
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Looks like you're most likely hard bricked. That's an HTC One X ROM. Looking at the installer script, it uses mount points that don't match the d2att. It writes the system files to mmcblk0p12, which is the modem on our phone. Also, it writes the kernel to mmcblk0p4, which is also incorrect (I think it's for boot screen images?). Sorry.

Wado unfortunately I've hard bricked two S3's so I know how you feel it's a sinking feeling indeed. I have learned from my foolish mistakes though. I feel for you man.
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att service can fix bricked phone
The guy's at my AT&T service shop have a program they claim that will fix bricked phones they used it on mine to fix a sound issue

Where you able to get it fixed?
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Possibly Bricked?

Hey everyone,
I tried flashing a new rom from my phone earlier and I think it may not have flashed successfully. I hit reboot after it was finished installing but my screen remains blank and the blue led remains lit. I have tried battery pulling and using the button combos to go into either recovery or download mode but I haven't had any luck. When I use the buttons to go into recovery or download mode the led blinks for a second as though it is recognizing the command but the screen remains blank and the led stays solid blue. I have tried hooking the phone up to my computer and ODIN doesn't seem to recognize it either. Does anyone have any ideas or can anyone confirm if I am bricked? I would really appreciate some help. I have had this phone since the day it came out and have messed around with it quite a bit but I am out of ideas and have always been able to either boot into recovery or download mode Thanks in advance!
I would try a jig first. u can get one off ebay or make one. also if that doesn't work jtag maybe be your only option. hooe you can bring it to life man
What did you flash ? I was drunk as hell last night flashing a kernel in Odin in the phone section and wondering why it would never finish until I realized it was in phone not Pda .... I did it like 3 times before I finally fixed it got Cm7 back on it with no Baseband ... Funny now but odined a radio and all was fine.... The only thing that will usually F this phone up is flashing bootloader from int. Version that's a instant brick not fixable
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I flashed the "tbm" FB17 rom which just came out today. I downloaded it directly to my phone so there is a possibility it could have been a bad download. Prior to that I was using Calkulin's stock FB17 deodexed rom which was released yesterday.
by chance did you use the touch recovery at all? lots of people have been bricking their devices lately using that.
gernade23 said:
I flashed the "tbm" FB17 rom which just came out today. I downloaded it directly to my phone so there is a possibility it could have been a bad download. Prior to that I was using Calkulin's stock FB17 deodexed rom which was released yesterday.
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Get a jig and you'll get back into Odin
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any suggestions for someone that can get into odin, but phone stuck in SGSII screen bootloop?
i flashed the calk's fb17 deodex version, and it started this boot loop. i pulled battery, and odin'd back to stock el29. still stuck in sgsii bootloop. it's seems to be acting like e: partition doesn't exist.
i have this problem as well
dgn_sandibalz said:
any suggestions for someone that can get into odin, but phone stuck in SGSII screen bootloop?
i flashed the calk's fb17 deodex version, and it started this boot loop. i pulled battery, and odin'd back to stock el29. still stuck in sgsii bootloop. it's seems to be acting like e: partition doesn't exist.
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Go get sfhubs restore one click. That ought to fix it.
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patrao_n said:
by chance did you use the touch recovery at all? lots of people have been bricking their devices lately using that.
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I did and I bricked my phone. I am so pissed.
Jig won't work. I am so screwed.
Like fully HARD bricked. I hope there is a fix...
zzelinka said:
I did and I bricked my phone. I am so pissed.
Jig won't work. I am so screwed.
Like fully HARD bricked. I hope there is a fix...
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jtag or just tell Sprint you were charging it and now it won't come on...
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Not sure if this will work for you, but ill still send this link to you or those who might use this service.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
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Epix4G said:
jtag or just tell Sprint you were charging it and now it won't come on...
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Gibsonusa said:
Not sure if this will work for you, but ill still send this link to you or those who might use this service.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
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I'm going to go to Sprint today and if that doesn't work I might try the JTAG thing. Or just sell it to someone who wants to do it and get another phone. I don't really want to get another phone, but... I gotta do something.
Thanks for the responses.

I would like some help!?

I have recently purchased a galaxy note 2 and as I was reading the original development forums as a non-member I came across a cyanogen 10.1 port! I flashed this onto my phone along with the gapps for 4.1.2 this caused my phone to boot in and have error messages everywhere and I could not get out of them!!! I am going into panic mode!!! Is there any way to undo what I did?! I have not been able to find a stock rom for ATT that allows for a reset with Odin!? So is there any way to get me out of this predicament!?
mmckenna11 said:
I have recently purchased a galaxy note 2 and as I was reading the original development forums as a non-member I came across a cyanogen 10.1 port! I flashed this onto my phone along with the gapps for 4.1.2 this caused my phone to boot in and have error messages everywhere and I could not get out of them!!! I am going into panic mode!!! Is there any way to undo what I did?! I have not been able to find a stock rom for ATT that allows for a reset with Odin!? So is there any way to get me out of this predicament!?
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Hit the thanks button on accident. Scott aka scrosler posted a rooted deodexed stock rom with the OTA from yesterday in the development section. Do a clean install and you should be ok.
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Can I install this using Odin?
mmckenna11 said:
Can I install this using Odin?
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Really sounds like you need to stop. Read. Read some more. And then some more. Before you brick your phone. The rom jyazzie mentioned is flashed the same way you put cm10.1 on your phone.
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cdshepherd said:
Really sounds like you need to stop. Read. Read some more. And then some more. Before you brick your phone. The rom jyazzie mentioned is flashed the same way you put cm10.1 on your phone.
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I have read as much as possible! the way I put it was incorrect I have no way of accessing my phone because as soon as I boot up it says there was an error starting gapps then it continues to say this indefinitely... so the only way to install any sort of fix for this would be from my computer!
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I have read as much as possible! the way I put it was incorrect I have no way of accessing my phone because as soon as I boot up it says there was an error starting gapps then it continues to say this indefinitely... so the only way to install any sort of fix for this would be from my computer!
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Tell me. How did you put cm 10.1 on your device. How did it get there?
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I flashed the .zip in recovery using the Gapps application...
mmckenna11 said:
I flashed the .zip in recovery using the Gapps application...
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So can you access recovery? Also did you make a backup in recovery before you flashed?
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mmckenna11 said:
I flashed the .zip in recovery using the Gapps application...
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To flash the rom by scrosler is the exact same way you flashed cm10. Before you do anything I suggest you take a few hours and read this over and over until you know what you are doing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987541
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Is there a manual way of accessing recovery? because when I boot into it I use the power, home, volume button way but it only brings me to the stock recovery mode...
mmckenna11 said:
Is there a manual way of accessing recovery? because when I boot into it I use the power, home, volume button way but it only brings me to the stock recovery mode...
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If you flashed cm 10.1 on your phone there is no way you have a stock recovery. Unless you've done something else that you haven't told us. I think we need more info.
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cdshepherd said:
If you flashed cm 10.1 on your phone there is no way you have a stock recovery. Unless you've done something else that you haven't told us. I think we need more info.
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I have no idea I have the normal recovery that says: DOWNLOADING please do not disconnect from source
mmckenna11 said:
I have no idea I have the normal recovery that says: DOWNLOADING please do not disconnect from source
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thats not recovery. thats download mode. with the device off use the same button combo but hold volume up instead of volume down.
edit: and busted, you didint do your reading lol.
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thats ok. life is not over. let us know what you find

twrp wiped everything

i am a new rooter and somehow wiped everything with twrp. im stuck at samsung galaxy s 111 screen, or i can boot into twrp. but theres nothing to restore. can someone help me?
balibalistic said:
i am a new rooter and somehow wiped everything with twrp. im stuck at samsung galaxy s 111 screen, or i can boot into twrp. but theres nothing to restore. can someone help me?
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Easiest thing would be to put a ROM on an SD card and flash it in recovery.
Other option is to Odin back to stock in download.
Edit.....
For future reference here is task's full wipe video to avoid wiping something by accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dYSumHaxwI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Also please remember to flash and wipe exactly as instructed in the ROM thread
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My computers will not recognize the phone now
With your ROM being wiped your computer won't recognize your phone unless you are in download mode using Odin to go back to stock.
If you don't have a SD card adapter to put in your computer to put a rom on you'll have to Odin back to stock.
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ok, thank you. o i just google.., odin back to stock i suppose?
balibalistic said:
ok, thank you. o i just google.., odin back to stock i suppose?
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I don't know what carrier you are on but use this guide to download the proper stock (unrooted, you'll need to re-root) ROM for your specific carrier.
All the tools and instructions you need are on this site. Unsure how to use Odin? Try a youtube search for your carrier and model.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28019751
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ok, ive got an external sd. anyone interested in helping me step by step install cm10? on here or i will call ya.please
im in rogers (at&t galaxy s3 1747)
ok, so anything i try to load on just fails..., i have no idea why?
well i installed untimatum and now im in a boot loop.man do i suck.
balibalistic said:
ok, so anything i try to load on just fails..., i have no idea why?
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Define fails?
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the word FAILED pops up in red letters immediatly after i swype the bar.
balibalistic said:
well i installed untimatum and now im in a boot loop.man do i suck.
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I find that if you successfully flash a ROM and get stuck in a boot loop to reboot into recovery and factory reset. Seems to work.
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nope, still looping unfortunatly.
Any old nandroids saved?
Happen to flash a 4.2.1 build lately? Or were you basically stock?
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balibalistic said:
nope, still looping unfortunatly.
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Did you ever consider to get back to stock and start from scrach? If you to try this metod.
would i just try to install that like a rom? ive installed three now successfully, but all boot loop.
i just want to get this damn phone working.., on anything
balibalistic said:
i just want to get this damn phone working.., on anything
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i will paypal anyone $20 to help me get this thing running cm10.., honestly :good:
I hope that you are wiping data, ext, cache, and dalvik-cache before flashing any new Roms.
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balibalistic said:
i will paypal anyone $20 to help me get this thing running cm10.., honestly :good:
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Did you try and follow his link? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
Flashing stock is pretty much your only option. From there, you can flash a custom recovery and then CM10.

[Q] Bricked VZW Nexus

No recovery, no fastboot no clue what software its running(my buddie bricked it) most likely 4.1 he flashed something in the "phone" option of ODIN. I know bad idea, i seem to still be able to get into Download mode(a phone on one side with some dots in the middle and a computer on the other see attached pic) and odin recognize's it, i found the stock 4.1 build on rootzwiki with the pit and it fail's after flashing the radio, I cant seem to find an OMAP guide for the VZW Nexus. i found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934738&highlight=omapp
but it say's tuna??? not TORO. help me out as im not too familiar with this phone
Tuna is the right one
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Esteway.619 said:
Tuna is the right one
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Awesome!!! thank you sooo much!!
ok, thats not working. And from what ive read, that's not even download mode, although ODIN recognize's it, and computer recognize's it as OMAP with the battery out. has anyone found a fix for this?
Does this help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925468&highlight=bricked
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Does this help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925468&highlight=bricked
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unfortunately no, I tried that quite a few times, got the script to run, but still can't get into download or fastboot, and adb wont recognize either way.
You need to flash using odin i believe..........
Mach3.2 said:
You need to flash using odin i believe..........
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Fails after flashing the radio, I've tried numerous different guides for restoring with Odin even after the omap flash, Odin picks it up and will let me flash.. But from everything I've read, that isn't download mode, and it won't work
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Possible to damage Recovery section?

Hello all
I unfortunately had to get a replacement for my S3 because the charging port got screwed up.
I tried to root the phone by installing CWM and it seemed to go fine. I did this with Odin using qbking77's methods and files.
I went to look for my zip file to flash and I could find no zip files at all.
It kept saying that E won't mount and stuff like that.
I had a stock recovery tar file for my GalaxyS3 from qbking77 that I used before to get to stock recovery for updates
I flashed it with odin and it said it flashed fine.
Phone seems to be working fine.
I went back to make sure it was there and it showed the little android guy with his heart spinning and then turning red and he died!
Several error messages came up in red.
Anyone ever hear about this and what did I do wrong?
I am sure I used the files I have used for my Galaxy before.
The phone still works so far thankfully!
Any advise and help would be appreciated.
Mike
mikeinstlouis said:
Hello all
I unfortunately had to get a replacement for my S3 because the charging port got screwed up.
I tried to root the phone by installing CWM and it seemed to go fine. I did this with Odin using qbking77's methods and files.
I went to look for my zip file to flash and I could find no zip files at all.
It kept saying that E won't mount and stuff like that.
I had a stock recovery tar file for my GalaxyS3 from qbking77 that I used before to get to stock recovery for updates
I flashed it with odin and it said it flashed fine.
Phone seems to be working fine.
I went back to make sure it was there and it showed the little android guy with his heart spinning and then turning red and he died!
Several error messages came up in red.
Anyone ever hear about this and what did I do wrong?
I am sure I used the files I have used for my Galaxy before.
The phone still works so far thankfully!
Any advise and help would be appreciated.
Mike
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The issue is because of a change that was made to the Newer Devices. Use one of the Recoveries from THIS THREAD.
If it's a new s3 its a known issue with the phone...u need a modded recovery. Check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391616
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I am hoping that this means that I haven't fried that part of my phone and I can still install a recovery. Are these recoveries that I could use to root my phone or custom recoveries that I can revert to to get over the air updates. Thank you very much for your help you guys. I'm still kind of new with this even though I've been doing it for years
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mikeinstlouis said:
I am hoping that this means that I haven't fried that part of my phone and I can still install a recovery. Are these recoveries that I could use to root my phone or custom recoveries that I can revert to to get over the air updates. Thank you very much for your help you guys. I'm still kind of new with this even though I've been doing it for years
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Yes you can still use these Recoveries. I doubt you " fried " your device. Use these Recoveries in the Root process where you would use the older ones. Yes you can Revert them Back.
Then how can I revert back to get over the air updates? The stock recovery that I flashed showed the little Android guy had died..
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I think this should work for you just fine. Just be sure to not miss the step about the factory reset.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
[ROM/RESTORE][!MD4 OTA!](5-10)Quick Return to UNROOTED STOCK WITH FLASH COUNT RESET
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From what I read you have to have a recovery to flash this.. I have no recover... And CWM won't let me do anything... That's my problem.. This new style of phone won't let me put on a functional recovery.. Does that make sense?
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mikeinstlouis said:
From what I read you have to have a recovery to flash this.. I have no recover... And CWM won't let me do anything... That's my problem.. This new style of phone won't let me put on a functional recovery.. Does that make sense?
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In the OP of the thread I linked you it gives instructions on how to push the Recovery with ADB. It also has Recoveries you can do through ODIN.
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