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[Q] Complete Brick?

I acquired a Samsung Galaxy S2 for T mobile from a friend today and he said he flashed a rom for a European version of the phone or just a rom that wasn't meant for the phone. He told me before that it vibrated and stuff, but ive been tinkering wit it and havent gotten any type of vibrations or anything. I was wondering if I have a complete brick or something that I could fix and make into a win situation? Is there any steps I can do to see if it's a brick or not cause I'm not familair with this phone that much.

Look around, many others have done something similar
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DudeNo said:
I acquired a Samsung Galaxy S2 for T mobile from a friend today and he said he flashed a rom for a European version of the phone or just a rom that wasn't meant for the phone. He told me before that it vibrated and stuff, but ive been tinkering wit it and havent gotten any type of vibrations or anything. I was wondering if I have a complete brick or something that I could fix and make into a win situation? Is there any steps I can do to see if it's a brick or not cause I'm not familair with this phone that much.
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Chances are it's hardbricked if he flashed a ROM for the i9100 (the international version). The T989 (our phone) an the i9100 are completely different phones, they only share a name for marketing reasons. To double check that it's fully bricked, see if you can access clockworkmod recovery or download mode.
For CWM recovery, hold power + volume up + volume down until the phone vibrates, then let go of power and continue holding volume up + volume down until the recovery menu appears.
For DL mode, hold volume up + volume down while plugging the phone into your computer with a USB cable (make sure the other end is in the computer first). If you get the download mode screen, you can ODIN back to stock.
If neither of those work, your phone is hard bricked and there's essentially nothing you can do to recover it. You can always try to send it back to Samsung if it's under warranty.

So theres no way to getting out of hard bricked? i bought a usb jig but didnt get me in download mode.. i installed a 1900 rom as well and im screwed now! it connects to the computer and it reads under odin but is there anything i can do to fix this ??

if you are able to go into download mode flash stock rom with odin...
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Most likely it's bricked hard.
Only repair is jtag services, there is a link somewhere about $80 to fix.
Flashing 9100 = hardbricked. If the sucker vibrates when holding power, you might have a chance by doing some sdk stuff
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manojcitc said:
if you are able to go into download mode flash stock rom with odin...
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What he said
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Hey all, I will be able to do JTAG repair for these Phones within another week. If you are hard bricked and need the repair I will be offering a discount to XDA members... The going rate online is anywhere from $50 to $80 plus shipping. Feel free to PM me for more info.

I'm guessing it must be hard bricked cause I've been charging it an nothing has happened an when I hold the power button down I get no vibrations or any type of interaction
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Yeah it's hard bricked. Get it jtag'd

What's price of that?
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DudeNo said:
What's price of that?
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About $50
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xcrazydx said:
About $50
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I guess he missed the two posts that mentioned the price range -_-.. That explains a few things lol
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Teo032 said:
I guess he missed the two posts that mentioned the price range -_-.. That explains a few things lol
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Lol I been multitasking aha. I was searching for things on my phone and checking back to this thread so a few things were overlooked Found the one doing it for $50 is Tech Mobile

DudeNo said:
Lol I been multitasking aha. I was searching for things on my phone and checking back to this thread so a few things were overlooked Found the one doing it for $50 is Tech Mobile
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Look up a couple of posts, racing19969 has offered to do jtags at a discounted price for xda members. You should probably talk to him first.

yurilebbie said:
Look up a couple of posts, racing19969 has offered to do jtags at a discounted price for xda members. You should probably talk to him first.
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I might look into it cause I'm trying to get this phone fixed ASAP so I can sell my current phone cause I dont wanna go without a phone for a week while the S2 is being fixed. My spare phone isnt a smartphone its a ugly nokia cant do it -.-

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Racing19969 said:
Hey all, I will be able to do JTAG repair for these Phones within another week. If you are hard bricked and need the repair I will be offering a discount to XDA members... The going rate online is anywhere from $50 to $80 plus shipping. Feel free to PM me for more info.
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i have a bricked tmobile galaxy s2 bricked and want to fix it

pilo99 said:
i have a bricked tmobile galaxy s2 bricked and want to fix it
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Then maybe you should do what the guy said and pm him...
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T-Mobile Samsung GS3 rooting failed! My phone won't turn on

hi guys.. i am a newbie, i don't know anything about rooting android phone and i just want to try it out.. i follow this tutoring http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735561 but my phone won't restart after i use Odin -> PDA -> start -> PASS... now i can't even turn it on.. help me please... i am worry

That's what happened to me. With the s3 being so new and since I bought it from t mobile I went up to the store I bought it from. I told them I put some music on it last night and this morning I restarted it and it didn't turn on. Then I told them I tried charging the battery all day so I don't think it is the battery (just so they already think it's a hardware issue) They replaced it with a brand new one. That was the solution for me. Let me know if it works.
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michaeldotson817 said:
That's what happened to me. With the s3 being so new and since I bought it from t mobile I went up to the store I bought it from. I told them I put some music on it last night and this morning I restarted it and it didn't turn on. Then I told them I tried charging the battery all day so I don't think it is the battery (just so they already think it's a hardware issue) They replaced it with a brand new one. That was the solution for me. Let me know if it works.
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This is fraud.
If you brick your device, own up to it and take it like a man.

nabbed said:
This is fraud.
If you brick your device, own up to it and take it like a man.
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Don't listen to this guy ^^^^^
If it doesn't turn on at all reseat the battery, plug it into the charger it nothing comes up at all bring it back to the store and exchange it.

First off learn from your mistakes. If you don't know what your doing why mess with something that isn't broken? Should have gotten some advice first. Can you get it back to download mode? You unplugged it from your computer to try and turn it on right? Hear that leaving it plugged wield cause it to not turn on. Don't quote me on that tho

To the OP..what exactly did you flash using Odin? Did you flash clockworkmod? If you did..have you tried to boot into cwm?
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Sleef said:
Seriously? I don't like the idea of scamming anyone but the manufacturer does have the ability to unbrick the device and sell it again.
It might not be awesome to do but being an internet though guy talking about slapping someone like a ***** is certainly worse.
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+1
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Try to return the phone its a software problem which will cost samsung nothing. Even if they had to replace your data storage hardware it would cost them nothing while you're taking a $600 hit for no reason. Use the resources available to you. Don't mind the blowhards they don't know what a brick is. Also make sure you research and try to fix it yourself first.
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Discussion on how to lie to the carrier to get your phone replaced for free after bricking it is fraud and the discussion of such is against XDA rules. That is what insurance is for. You brick it, admit to it and pay the deductible for a new phone. If you do anything else, good luck but do not discuss it here!
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[Q] help with softbrick.

I just bought this GS3 off of craigslist and it was rooted with paranoid android 3.1 which didn't have hands free activation so we couldn't activate the phone. when I brought it home I tried to flash the stock 4.1.2 rom from freeza in order to get the phone activated. it softbricked the phone and I lost recovery mode with it. I have tried twice to unbrick using odin and can't get it to work. someone PLEASE HELP.
update. after several failed attempts with this method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
my final attempt turned it from a soft brick to a hard brick. the phone will no longer turn on for any reason. my computer does for whatever reason recognize if it is plugged in or not though so I'm getting something.

If the phone won't boot into anything but download mode i believe Odin is your only option.
Make sure it's a good usb cable and try different ports on your computer.
Sent from a planet far far away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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tried the method in the video several times with different usb ports and different usb cables. still don't have recovery mode and can't get past the samsung screen. I've even tried a couple of the older firmware files just to see if it had something to do with that. does samsung not have a bootloader to sideload a custom recovery from an sd card? this is the first sammy I've owned. I'm used to htc.

my last attempt turned it from a soft brick to a hard brick. wtf!!!

The phone is a SPH-L710 correct?
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Yes. The model number is sph-l710. Would Samsung's warranty cover the phone since I'm not the origional owner?
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The last attempt I used the files from the video link. All the previous attempts were with two different files from Samsung-update.com. the guy I bought the phone from won't answer his phone either although it is next to impossible to ever get a refund from someone off of craigslist. Should have waited for the phone to be activated to pay him.
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dangerruss said:
The last attempt I used the files from the video link. All the previous attempts were with two different files from Samsung-update.com. the guy I bought the phone from won't answer his phone either although it is next to impossible to ever get a refund from someone off of craigslist. Should have waited for the phone to be activated to pay him.
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Yeah, scams are becoming more-and-more prevalent on Craigslist (although, it was never the most trustworthy place, in my opinion). It's becoming best policy to meet the person at the Sprint Store and have them activate the phone before you pay them.
The optimistic side of me says you should get the phone repaired (JTAG repair should work for you, this site has good reviews from XDA members). But the realistic side of me says that the person who sold you the phone probably reported it stolen to Sprint. As far as I'm aware, though, there's no way of checking without getting your phone fixed.
I'm sorry you got screwed on this. But you can take this as a life lesson, and insist on getting the phone activated before paying them money.

I don't think he reported it stolen. Tha part checked out at the store. The tech at the sprint store couldn't figure out how to activate the handset on paranoid android 3.1. A stock Rom should have fixed the issue but for whatever reason I screwed up recovery when I wiped the internal memory. I've done that several times on my nexus tablet and soft bricked it but was always able to fix it. I have no idea why the Odin method wouldn't fix the issue.
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topherk said:
Yeah, scams are becoming more-and-more prevalent on Craigslist (although, it was never the most trustworthy place, in my opinion). It's becoming best policy to meet the person at the Sprint Store and have them activate the phone before you pay them.
The optimistic side of me says you should get the phone repaired (JTAG repair should work for you, this site has good reviews from XDA members). But the realistic side of me says that the person who sold you the phone probably reported it stolen to Sprint. As far as I'm aware, though, there's no way of checking without getting your phone fixed.
I'm sorry you got screwed on this. But you can take this as a life lesson, and insist on getting the phone activated before paying them money.
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Can't really classify this as a scam he bricked the phone himself so it his problem the way I see it at least.
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I wouldn't call it a scam. Just a series of unfortunate events and very much in line with my luck lately.
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dangerruss said:
I don't think he reported it stolen. Tha part checked out at the store. The tech at the sprint store couldn't figure out how to activate the handset on paranoid android 3.1. A stock Rom should have fixed the issue but for whatever reason I screwed up recovery when I wiped the internal memory. I've done that several times on my nexus tablet and soft bricked it but was always able to fix it. I have no idea why the Odin method wouldn't fix the issue.
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If that's the case, the $60 JTAG repair might be exactly what you're looking for.

There has got to be a way to unbrick it myself. I'd rather not pay someone to do something I know I can do myself if I can find the method.
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dangerruss said:
There has got to be a way to unbrick it myself. I'd rather not pay someone to do something I know I can do myself if I can find the method.
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The JTAG repair involves shorting something on the motherboard. A search on Youtube might give you directions. When it comes to electronics of this level, I know I don't trust my skills enough to solder. But if you're comfortable, it might work for you.

Shorting the resistor is pretty strait forward and doesn't require resoldering anything. Just don't have the jig for the phone. One of the sprint repair facilities in my are is working with me on a replacement. It is open enrollment atm for all protection plans and it covers waranty work. Lucky me. I'm only out an HTC EVO 4g LTE instead of that and a gs3.
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S3 ATT Bricked Black Screen Will Not Boot.

Hey everyone. Thanks in advance. I have searched the forums, the web. Ended up here. I rooted my phone, added carbon rom. With goo download I think it was called. "Goo" something. Now my phone is dead. Will not boot to download mode. Will not turn on at all. The only time I can get anything response from the phone is when I pull the battery plug it in and hold the three buttons. The light stays red, but that is all. No activity from the screen. I have read the phone is "hard bricked" and that I basically need to buy a new phone. I hope that is not the case. Any help is much appreciated. Sorry if this is a repeat post, but after hours of research and no specific answers I felt this what the only way.
Thanks again!

My two suggestions...
1. Hold up (or was it down?) volume, home and power all at the same time. Until you get a reaction. Then figure it out from there
2. Your phone is done for.. Find out where the closest att service center is and say your phone screwed up during an update of theirs. Or just say your phone stopped working and hope for the best
A main question is, does your computer recognize your phone at all?
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axel4401 said:
My two suggestions...
1. Hold up (or was it down?) volume, home and power all at the same time. Until you get a reaction. Then figure it out from there
2. Your phone is done for.. Find out where the closest att service center is and say your phone screwed up during an update of theirs. Or just say your phone stopped working and hope for the best
A main question is, does your computer recognize your phone at all?
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Thank you for the response. I tired 1 a hundred times and no luck. 2 is my next step tomorrow. BUT the weird thing, is if i pull the battery and plug it in the red charge light shows red. Also, having a PC the computer does the beep as if you plugged in something via USB. This i just recently discovered. Although i really dont think it matters. I also tried making a jig, no luck either. Most likely fail on my end with that.
At this point in time I think the best bet will be the ATT store. Unless someone has another solution, that is the only way I see it being fixed. Gotta read the details when you mess around with this stuff. Now I am paying the price.

Does Odin recognize it when you plug it in to the computer? Keep in mind you need the right drivers for it to recognize a working phone... And this is a longshot to day the least
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this thread is open in like 2 other forums, including the i9300. this device was probably flashed with an incorrect models firmware and is hard bricked.

TeknoGodz said:
Does Odin recognize it when you plug it in to the computer? Keep in mind you need the right drivers for it to recognize a working phone... And this is a longshot to day the least
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No its does not. Oden did detect the phone prior to this.

xBeerdroiDx said:
this thread is open in like 2 other forums, including the i9300. this device was probably flashed with an incorrect models firmware and is hard bricked.
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One other forum the 19300 yes. Got flamed good too. Seems like a hand full of people like to chastise more than help. Couldnt figure out how to delete the original thread. In all my frustration as is, I played the F it card. You are right about 2 things though. It was flashed with wrong software, and yes it is hard bricked.

xBeerdroiDx said:
this thread is open in like 2 other forums, including the i9300. this device was probably flashed with an incorrect models firmware and is hard bricked.
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if this is the case
jtag or pay 356 $ to sammy
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niceppl said:
if this is the case
jtag or pay 356 $ to sammy
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Thats what I am thinking too. Lesson learned.
Thanks

Well went to att. They gave me a new phone. They couldnt turn it on either. Guess when it comes to this just act stupid and see what they will do for you.

Good job. I did the same thing with my captivate a while back!
Always remember to check compatibility. If unsure, keep reading the thread or ask.
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mjmiam said:
Seems like a hand full of people like to chastise more than help.
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Welcome to XDA.

mjmiam said:
Well went to att. They gave me a new phone. They couldnt turn it on either. Guess when it comes to this just act stupid and see what they will do for you.
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Till you see a charge on your bill, showing a modified phone. Soon as the techs report that it has been rooted and so on. Happen to one of my friends. You may see a surprise on your bill....beware

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Till you see a charge on your bill, showing a modified phone. Soon as the techs report that it has been rooted and so on. Happen to one of my friends. You may see a surprise on your bill....beware
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It's unlikely but it can happen.
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Hardbricked T999(L)

So long story short, I broke my Samsung Galaxy SIII T999 about a month ago and sent it in to be replaced through my insurance. I thought they had sent me another T999 but instead, they sent me the newer T999L model. I was unaware of this until I managed to hardbrick my new phone by trying to install a firmware for the T999 Model. Lesson learned, 'nuff said.
Now, to my REAL problem.... I've managed to contact a local guy who repairs hardbricked phones via Riff Box/Jtagging. But because this phone is such a new model, there isn't currently an "official" resurrection file out for the T999L. I got in contact with a guy on ebay who repairs phones and he stated that he had created his own resurrection file for the particular model. Buuuuuut he didn't want to share or sell it
Does anyone have access to a T999L resurrection file? I'm a little skeptical of sending my phone to be repaired, just because I've heard stories of phones not being returned and etc. Would my only other option be to perhaps swap out the motherboard on the phone?

Unfortunately, there isn't one. Motodefier and I have been working on creating one, but its not quite ready yet. Almost, but not quite. Ill try to get back to looking at it tonight.
For actual, official firmware, youd have to wait for an update from sammy &T-Mobile.
Our thread is in the development section if you want to take a look.
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Ahhhh, thats what I figured. Well thanks for the clarification I really appreciate it. Good luck on finishing that resurrection file :good:

If you do end up sending it in for repair, check out mobiletechvideos.com
I'd steer clear of the guy who supposedly has it, but won't share it. Sounds shady to me. (He may just be waiting for us to finish it!)
As for mobiletechvideos.com, lots of people have given positive reviews in this forum and I've never seen a negative one.
I've seen one other mentioned here that was just as good but cheaper, but can't remember more than that. Maybe someone else remembers.
Sorry I haven't got ours working btw. Ill be able to get back on it again tonight. I'm not the only one working on it though. So keep an eye on our thread.
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Can you get into the recovery menu? And do you have usb debugging enabled? If so we should be able to reverse the dumps we took of the partitions to get you back up, but I would only want to use this as a last resort, as we are very close to having this odin flashable finished.
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That always sucks man
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MotoDefier said:
Can you get into the recovery menu? And do you have usb debugging enabled? If so we should be able to reverse the dumps we took of the partitions to get you back up, but I would only want to use this as a last resort, as we are very close to having this odin flashable finished.
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Nah dude I'm not able to boot into recovery OR download mode. Completely hard bricked

Dang. That sucks
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Tasty_Beats said:
Nah dude I'm not able to boot into recovery OR download mode. Completely hard bricked
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Its going to be hard to create an unbrickable mod, which I think is probably what you will need, qualcomm simplified thier pinout configuration for the MSM8960 board to keep us from getting into thier pbl but I know it can be done, we will just have to work on it, I will see what we might be able to come up with software wise for a oneclick unbrick for the T999L. Might be hard without having a bricked device to test it on, I will see if I can find one for sale on ebay or something. Its just a matter of time before it happens regaurdless of who gets it done. No promises but we will work on it. You might check this thread and see if you can get some support to adapt it to the T999L http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023069
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Well hey man, as stated before, thank you guys for your work. I really appreciate it. I do have one last question though.... I technically would be able to swap out the mainboard with another T999L board right? I could also even switch it with a T999 mainboard correct?

Tasty_Beats said:
Well hey man, as stated before, thank you guys for your work. I really appreciate it. I do have one last question though.... I technically would be able to swap out the mainboard with another T999L board right? I could also even switch it with a T999 mainboard correct?
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Yes you could swap the T999L main board, but the T999 mainboard is different, it may work but I doubt it, your ribbon cables probably won't match up.
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So as I'm following this op, basically this device is so touchy and so new that a jtag doesnt even exist even with mobiltech vid?
Do we even have a stock firmware t999l tar file for Odin? For the sake of saving it through dload mode?
I'm gonna stay stock until theres some heavy dev work done, don't need a :banghead: hard brick...
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lojak29 said:
So as I'm following this op, basically this device is so touchy and so new that a jtag doesnt even exist even with mobiltech vid?
Do we even have a stock firmware t999l tar file for Odin? For the sake of saving it through dload mode?
I'm gonna stay stock until theres some heavy dev work done, don't need a :banghead: hard brick...
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We are currently working on it, I think we're getting close, but not quite there yet. I believe DocHoliday77 has finished the md5's you can use in cwm or twrp but you should double check with him, as we are going through so much info, its a little hard to keep up with everything.
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We are currently working on it, I think we're getting close, but not quite there yet. I believe DocHoliday77 has finished the md5's you can use in cwm or twrp but you should double check with him, as we are going through so much info, its a little hard to keep up with everything.
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Is there any solution for this? I think I got in exact same situation, got a replacement phone and figured out they sent me SGH-T999L version only after I flashed

alex_mib said:
Is there any solution for this? I think I got in exact same situation, got a replacement phone and figured out they sent me SGH-T999L version only after I flashed
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If you can get it into download mode, this is the full stock untouched odin flashable package http://sourceforge.net/projects/d2ltetmo/files/latest/download
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MotoDefier said:
If you can get it into download mode, this is the full stock untouched odin flashable package http://sourceforge.net/projects/d2ltetmo/files/latest/download
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No, the thing is that is doesnt react to anything, looks like hard bricked... Any way to fix this?

alex_mib said:
No, the thing is that is doesnt react to anything, looks like hard bricked... Any way to fix this?
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Your only hope outside of a warranty claim or jtag service would be to buy a jig on ebay, and see if that will do it, I had my samsung vibrant do the same back in the day, and the jig saved me, its worth a shot they are usually only 2-5 bucks, beats buying a new phone.
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MotoDefier said:
Your only hope outside of a warranty claim or jtag service would be to buy a jig on ebay, and see if that will do it, I had my samsung vibrant do the same back in the day, and the jig saved me, its worth a shot they are usually only 2-5 bucks, beats buying a new phone.
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Yeah, thats what I thought and ordered one already. Is recovery process easy as they say in description? They say just plug it in and after 2 sec download logo would appear?
that jtag thing is a micro usb piece probably with some kind of program written in it, why can't developers send those commands through regular usb cable so the phone thinks its jtag?

alex_mib said:
Yeah, thats what I thought and ordered one already. Is recovery process easy as they say in description? They say just plug it in and after 2 sec download logo would appear?
that jtag thing is a micro usb piece probably with some kind of program written in it, why can't developers send those commands through regular usb cable so the phone thinks its jtag?
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If the jig works for you, yes it is as easy as they say you will get the download mode logo very quickly after plugging the jig into your phone. If it doesn't work the first time, try borrowing someone else's battery because your battery could possibly be dead, it shouldn't be, but that happened to my Vibrant and I thought it was hardbricked, until I tried another battery, also sometimes the cheaper jigs won't work if your battery isn't fully charged, the one I bought didn't work the second time I used it, battery was around 70-80% I replaced the resistors with some I bought at fry's and it works every time, probably something to do with the quality of resistors being used. If they show a jtag as just a micro usb then its labeled wrong, jtag is usually performed with a riff box, both software and hardware are required to perform a jtag service, and it usually involves getting access to certain contact points on the motherboard, send me the link to what they are calling a jtag I would like to look at it, but most likely it's just a jig, Jtags are pretty expensive because of the type of software they require.
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MotoDefier said:
If the jig works for you, yes it is as easy as they say you will get the download mode logo very quickly after plugging the jig into your phone. If it doesn't work the first time, try borrowing someone else's battery because your battery could possibly be dead, it shouldn't be, but that happened to my Vibrant and I thought it was hardbricked, until I tried another battery, also sometimes the cheaper jigs won't work if your battery isn't fully charged, the one I bought didn't work the second time I used it, battery was around 70-80% I replaced the resistors with some I bought at fry's and it works every time, probably something to do with the quality of resistors being used. If they show a jtag as just a micro usb then its labeled wrong, jtag is usually performed with a riff box, both software and hardware are required to perform a jtag service, and it usually involves getting access to certain contact points on the motherboard, send me the link to what they are calling a jtag I would like to look at it, but most likely it's just a jig, Jtags are pretty expensive because of the type of software they require.
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Yeah, youre right, it's jig http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Jig-Don...Phone_PDA_Cables_Adapters&hash=item51acb6eae7
Do you think it will work?
Another option I saw on ebay you can send your phone to somebody and they fix it for 25-50$ + shipping.