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tmobile galaxy s2 HARD BRICKED.

tried flashing the ics kernel on my dads galaxy s 2. in odin it froze at setupconnection for a good 10 mins, so i turned the phone off and got a black screen.
plugged the phone in and i got QHSD something_DLOAD because there was a missing driver, i found the driver and installed it (quantum high speed download) and tried to reflash my phone with no prevail. (stuck at setupconnection again)
any idea how to fix this?

That's a hard brick, get a jtag or contact Samsung.
And what where you even trying to flash? ICS kernel? Huh? Lol
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Dude the tmobile version does not have ics yet our version is the sgh t989 do a little research before trying stuff out its only for your best interest. U prolly flashed a kernel for the international version

sarni84 said:
Dude the tmobile version does not have ics yet our version is the sgh t989 do a little research before trying stuff out its only for your best interest. U prolly flashed a kernel for the international version
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ahhh! i thoguht these modified rome were made to work with our tmobile galaxy s2.
was trying to figure out why it wouldn't flash, so i figured it was that i didn't have the right kernel flashed on the phone.
i never looked over this section before. i been flashing my samsung galaxy s for a very long time

kevinngu said:
ahhh! i thoguht these modified rome were made to work with our tmobile galaxy s2.
was trying to figure out why it wouldn't flash, so i figured it was that i didn't have the right kernel flashed on the phone.
i never looked over this section before. i been flashing my samsung galaxy s for a very long time
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This is why you research first
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well its over now : ( so your options are a warranty replacement which is easier in my opinion, or you can use the jtag service which is very awesome but dont know if they support the t989 yet and it takes about ten days total time to get the device back in your possession

Cyanogen mod 7...

Been searching around the forums and can't seem to find any info.just wondering if there is a CM7 build for our phone. I figure 7 would be more stable and complete than 9 at this point considering it is still in alpha. Even cyanogen mods main site doesn't really acknowledge our variant on the galaxy s2.
Seems all GB roms are on 2.3.4, are there any on 2.3.7? I know there isn't much difference. My old backflip had this version and I was curious how it would run on E4GT.
And yes I have used the search button.
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Oh dear God I am an idiot. Posted this in dev.GAAAAAAAH. Rackin frackin tapatalk. Mods can you please move this to Q&A? Sorry sorry sorry!
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Nope
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1. You searched the wrong Site. It's on rootz.
2. Get your fire suit on, you're gonna need it
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http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12440-ro...ha-6-1-15-2012-i-cant-believe-its-not-butter/

Cyanogen 9 is actually more stable than cm7 just fyi, the cm7 dev moved on and the cm9 team fixed outstanding bugs that remain in the cm7 testing builds

bbedward said:
Cyanogen 9 is actually more stable than cm7 just fyi, the cm7 dev moved on and the cm9 team fixed outstanding bugs that remain in the cm7 testing builds
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I actually only use cm7 for the recovery. Which is probably why he is looking for it in the first place.
on a side note, please read the rules and post in the correct section.

tkemack said:
2. Get your fire suit on, you're gonna need it
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Oops see edit in OP
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Thread moved to Q&A.

egzthunder1 said:
Thread moved to Q&A.
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thank you for correcting my ignorance
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Here you go....
http://goo.im/roms/bubby323/update-cm-7.2.0-rc6-epic4gtouch-kang-signed.zip
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Ravaged Pheonix said:
thank you for correcting my ignorance
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No need to apologize... We all make mistakes from time to time...
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Freeroot said:
I actually only use cm7 for the recovery. Which is probably why he is looking for it in the first place.
on a side note, please read the rules and post in the correct section.
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You don't need cm7 rom to get safe recovery. All you need is the stock el26 center kernel
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Everyone always says go EL 26. Why not stock rooted 29? Thought it was more stable than the leaked 26.
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Ravaged Pheonix said:
Everyone always says go EL 26. Why not stock rooted 29? Thought it was more stable than the leaked 26.
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The last version of cwm was the el26 everyone else was rouge or acs....
Your only using the kernel not the whole rom
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Ravaged Pheonix said:
Been searching around the forums and can't seem to find any info.just wondering if there is a CM7 build for our phone. I figure 7 would be more stable and complete than 9 at this point considering it is still in alpha. Even cyanogen mods main site doesn't really acknowledge our variant on the galaxy s2.
Seems all GB roms are on 2.3.4, are there any on 2.3.7? I know there isn't much difference. My old backflip had this version and I was curious how it would run on E4GT.
And yes I have used the search button.
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Oh dear God I am an idiot. Posted this in dev.GAAAAAAAH. Rackin frackin tapatalk. Mods can you please move this to Q&A? Sorry sorry sorry!
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Let me know how that runs if you do manage to install it, I'm not very anxious to run CM9, AOSP, AOKP, or anything ICS untill we have source and can be built from the ground up rather than borrow from here and there. That CM7 is a really small file, just seems like it should run great on the phone. Thanks.

Epix4G said:
The last version of cwm was the el26 everyone else was rouge or acs....
Your only using the kernel not the whole rom
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I was really asking about kernels in general. Seems like every ROM wants you to go back to 26 before doing anything. Just was wondering why not 29? What issues would arise from using 29 as a base vs. 26?
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Made a dumb move

ok so I was flashing (experimenting) Skyrocket ROMs for my Hercules. So I was kinda going crazy on the flashing since I was bored so flashed this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560759
BTW it was NOT SKYROCKET ROM, this is ATT GS2 which is completely different than Skyrocket. Skyrocket ROM is compatible with our device, just FYI
Anyways, boom the installation was snap and it rebooted automatically as it said on the OP. Then the phone just went black... wouldn't turn on, nothing. I pulled the battery and inserted nothing.... I was like WTF that I did..... of course it BRICKED!
I was going crazy (well not really lol). Luckily I still have warranty so called T-Mobile and got it replaced, will be here next week.
Well the point is READ READ and READ before you flash anything, I got lucky since I have warranty but not everyone.
Lesson learned in a hard way!

shankar10 said:
ok so I was flashing (experimenting) Skyrocket ROMs for my Hercules. So I was kinda going crazy on the flashing since I was bored so flashed this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1560759
Boom the installation was snap and it rebooted automatically as it said on the OP. Then the phone just went black... wouldn't turn on, nothing. I pulled the battery and inserted nothing.... I was like WTF that I did..... of course it BRICKED!
I was going crazy (well not really lol). Luckily I still have warranty so called T-Mobile and got it replaced, will be here next week.
Well the point is READ READ and READ before you flash anything, I got lucky since I have warranty but not everyone.
Lesson learned in a hard way!
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You need to fix this post.. The rom you flashed was not for the SkyRocket but was for the ATT SGS 2 which is totally different phone.. PLEASE PLEASE dont start another Rumor that Skyrocket roms are not safe.. because they are.
Not being mean but if you dont specify then for the next month we will have 100 threads asking about SR roms on the Hercules..
Edit: Not to mention you can trick it into download mode and use odin to fix it.. search for instructions if you want to try.

Kinda ironic of the ROM's title xD
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PJcastaldo said:
You need to fix this post.. The rom you flashed was not for the SkyRocket but was for the ATT SGS 2 which is totally different phone.. PLEASE PLEASE dont start another Rumor that Skyrocket roms are not safe.. because they are.
Not being mean but if you dont specify then for the next month we will have 100 threads asking about SR roms on the Hercules..
Edit: Not to mention you can trick it into download mode and use odin to fix it.. search for instructions if you want to try.
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He flashed a ROM for the Samsung's SoC, that comes in : Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G, ATT Samsung Galaxy S II, and Samsung Galaxy S II i9100. We have Qualcomm's SoC.
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alphadog32 said:
He flashed a ROM for the Samsung's SoC, that comes in : Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G, ATT Samsung Galaxy S II, and Samsung Galaxy S II i9100. We have Qualcomm's SoC.
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Not sure why you posted this.. there was no question.. this is Exactly what I said. Not a Skyrocket rom so it should have been obvious it wouldn't work.
But unless you follow the link and see its for the ATT SGS 2, the OP leads you to believe he bricked flashing a Skyrocket Rom and that's misleading and should be corrected to reflect that.

PJcastaldo said:
Not sure why you posted this.. there was no question.. this is Exactly what I said. Not a Skyrocket rom so it should have been obvious it wouldn't work.
But unless you follow the link and see its for the ATT SGS 2, the OP leads you to believe he bricked flashing a Skyrocket Rom and that's misleading and should be corrected to reflect that.
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This.

All skyrocket roms are fully compatible with our phones?
Edit: Nvm I searched for it myself
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I guess the moral of this story is if you are gonna flash an AT&T rom on the hercules you have to make sure you are getting it from the (skyrocket) forum..
If your are not paying attention it would be easy to overlook that it little but very important detail
I like my Roms the way I like my women..... Clean and smooth

Couldn't you just restore back to stock with ODIN...Samsung phones are pretty unbrickable in that regard
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There is almost always a way out with ODIN. It takes a lot for your phone to not respond to ADB

no, I flashed the wrong modem which was included in the ROM. It's hard bricked

shankar10 said:
no, I flashed the wrong modem which was included in the ROM. It's hard bricked
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So you can't even get into download mode...kinda doubt it
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shankar10 said:
no, I flashed the wrong modem which was included in the ROM. It's hard bricked
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Umm op says you flashed a rom
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shankar10 said:
no, I flashed the wrong modem which was included in the ROM. It's hard bricked
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Still. Even if this is the case. . . Odin download mode should still be accessible.
Either way it wasn't a Skyrocket rom or modem that you flashed. You should edit your OP to reflect that.
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Lol newbs. Just cuz you brick your phone does not always mean "oh I'll just use Odin" lol. U can't flash the wrong radios and modems and expect Odin to save your ass. Its called a JIG. Search it. You can buy via eBay or wherever u get lucky at. The sgh-i777 and sgh-i727 are totally different. If they werent, then please explain why at&t released two desperate phones near the same time branded the "galaxy s2". Lol. Good luck on your search.
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yeah it was a wrong ROM and RADIO lol
but I'm not worried about it, my replacement will be here tomo. I made this post so that people will be more careful about what they flash

shankar10 said:
yeah it was a wrong ROM and RADIO lol
but I'm not worried about it, my replacement will be here tomo. I made this post so that people will be more careful about what they flash
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No dude. We all get that. I'm still waiting for you to admit this had nothing to do with a Skyrocket rom or radio. You need to edit your origanal post to reflect that.
EDIT : nevermind you did that already.
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nellycruzz said:
Lol newbs. Just cuz you brick your phone does not always mean "oh I'll just use Odin" lol. U can't flash the wrong radios and modems and expect Odin to save your ass. Its called a JIG. Search it. You can buy via eBay or wherever u get lucky at. The sgh-i777 and sgh-i727 are totally different. If they werent, then please explain why at&t released two desperate phones near the same time branded the "galaxy s2". Lol. Good luck on your search.
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Unless the partition was overwritten that contains DL mode then it will ALWAYS work.. .
Also did you try ..
1. remove battery.
2. plug in phone to usb on computer with battery STILL OUT
3. while plugged in hold down volume up and down.
4. Still plugged in and still holding the volume up and down, insert your battery.
5. boom choose continue and find download mode
Usually foolproof.

Delete

Look at the ROM's title

[Q] Bricked T-mobile S3 can anything be done.

Ok so long story short my S3 is hard bricked. This was my first try at doing my own root and rom install. Im not sure where I messed up at.
1. I got a toolkit from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1746682
2. Backed up all system files with the toolkit, and saved pics to my computer.
3. downloaded oden and clockworks restore (cant remember the name)
4. did factory reset
5. cleared cache
6. then installed the S3 rom I got from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1663656
I followed all the instructions as best I could and it still messed up. is there anything I can do to reset it back to default??
Nothing comes on. no lights, no screen, no sound. only thing I get is if I take out the battery and plug it up i get a led light for about 12 secs.

mell6406 said:
Ok so long story short my S3 is hard bricked. This was my first try at doing my own root and rom install. Im not sure where I messed up at.
1. I got a toolkit from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1746682
2. Backed up all system files with the toolkit, and saved pics to my computer.
3. downloaded oden and clockworks restore (cant remember the name)
4. did factory reset
5. cleared cache
6. then installed the S3 rom I got from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1663656
I followed all the instructions as best I could and it still messed up. is there anything I can do to reset it back to default??
Nothing comes on. no lights, no screen, no sound. only thing I get is if I take out the battery and plug it up i get a led light for about 12 secs.
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I know on my old Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) it was practically impossible to brick the phone completely. You could always access download mode to restore the ROM using ODIN.
How to enter download mode on Samsung Galaxy S3
Volume down ,home, and power until the warning.
http://youtu.be/0BJlfbZNB-I
Please note I have no experience flashing ROMs on the S3 as of yet. I plan to flash the new OTA update with root already injected tomorrow.
The first time I flashed a ROM using ODIN, it screwed up somehow and of course the phone didn't work. I was freaking at that point. Then I read about download mode and was able to flash the ROM successfully.

Your best option is jtag. I flashed an incorrect rom and had to replace the main board on my SGS3 as the jtag didn't work for me.
If you're in the USA this is the person to go to, they are linked everywhere on xda
Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1872323
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You're definitely hard bricked. You flashed a rom for the international s3. Jtag to get it back
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I just want to say one thing: If you can somehow enter the download mode (USB jig...), it's NOT a hard brick. It's soft brick.
PS: I don't have S3, I've just seen this thread.
Sorry for my bad English.
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kogli said:
I just want to say one thing: If you can somehow enter the download mode (USB jig...), it's NOT a hard brick. It's soft brick.
PS: I don't have S3, I've just seen this thread.
Sorry for my bad English.
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Its a hard brick dude. He flashed wrong ROM .
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bfranklin1986 said:
You're definitely hard bricked. You flashed a rom for the international s3. Jtag to get it back
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where did it say where the rom was from? I didnt see it in the thread. What else did I do wrong?

mell6406 said:
where did it say where the rom was from? I didnt see it in the thread. What else did I do wrong?
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If you click the ROM link that you yourself posted in the OP it's clearly to the international GS3 forum.
-Sent from my GS3 running CM10.-

kogli said:
I just want to say one thing: If you can somehow enter the download mode (USB jig...), it's NOT a hard brick. It's soft brick.
PS: I don't have S3, I've just seen this thread.
Sorry for my bad English.
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I cant get into any kind of menu I have used every button combo I can think of. I also tried to offer it money, drugs and sex....I got nothing...
In the rom thread I used where does it say that the phone was the international version? I called myself reading the thread before I tried anything.

mell6406 said:
I cant get into any kind of menu I have used every button combo I can think of. I also tried to offer it money, drugs and sex....I got nothing...
In the rom thread I used where does it say that the phone was the international version? I called myself reading the thread before I tried anything.
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It's from the international section, anything from the international section will brick our phones, they are completely different, they have 4 cores and 1gb ram, we have 2 cores and 2gb ram. The only roms that are safe to flash are the ones in the T-Mobile galaxy s3 section
You can give it all the drugs and sex you want but the only thing that will help it is a jtag
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bfranklin1986 said:
It's from the international section, anything from the international section will brick our phones, they are completely different, they have 4 cores and 1gb ram, we have 2 cores and 2gb ram. The only roms that are safe to flash are the ones in the T-Mobile galaxy s3 section
You can give it all the drugs and sex you want but the only thing that will help it is a jtag
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OK thanks. I got there from a google search so I didnt pay attention to the section(noob). But with the rom aside everything else was done correctly?

Yes everything else looks fine, just pick a rom from the right section next time
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bfranklin1986 said:
Yes everything else looks fine, just pick a rom from the right section next time
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ok thankx alot. So from checking the net my options are to pay 60$ for a jtag, play dumb for t mobile and get it replaced since they wont be able to turn it on. or buy a new phone. Is there any cons to the t mobile rote? I mean what are the chances of it biting my in the rear?

Personally I would get it jtaged. Rather than have Tmobile take care of your mess up and passing the cost on to the rest of their consumers.
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Nightly cynogenmod + googy-max kernal

The googy-max kernel says its for cynogenmod 10.2, but do not use on the samsung galaxy s3. It hard bricked my phone. I'm not new to flashing roms and kernels, so this wasn't a mistake on my behalf.

Boobteg4642 said:
The googy-max kernel says its for cynogenmod 10.2, but do not use on the samsung galaxy s3. It hard bricked my phone. I'm not new to flashing roms and kernels, so this wasn't a mistake on my behalf.
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Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? I don't doubt that you're a veteran flasher, but you definitely messed up this time. We only use d2 kernels here.

I only see it as available for the international model S3, which we already know not to flash. Lots of veterans have made the exact same mistake. Just reinforces that no matter how much you think you know, you still should always read the stickied threads. Doesn't matter how much experience you have, every device is different.
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DocHoliday77 said:
I only see it as available for the international model S3, which we already know not to flash. Lots of veterans have made the exact same mistake. Just reinforces that no matter how much you think you know, you still should always read the stickied threads. Doesn't matter how much experience you have, every device is different.
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No, i read it was ok to use with the dtmo t-mobile version of the cynogenmod nightly, here on this site. I'll try to find the forum again and reference to it.

Please do. I've never heard of any kernel, Rom, mod, or anything from the international S3 that was ok to flash to any US model.
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Boobteg4642 said:
No, i read it was ok to use with the dtmo t-mobile version of the cynogenmod nightly, here on this site. I'll try to find the forum again and reference to it.
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Even if you read it in one place, that is the kind of thing you confirm before flashing. There are lots of rumors and misinformation floating around.

I can tell you that ATT and T-Mobile kernels can be cross flashed but I wouldn't know about others.
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