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How to brick Gnex?

I want to test something, and I have done it before on Skyrocket Galaxy, but forgot exactly how.
I think I used Odin to flashed a modified pit file, and I successfully bricked the SR.
I can't find a gnex pit file to test.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807
The rom there doesn't have pit file. I can't seem to able to open the img files in there.
Do you guys have a PIT for me to play?
I think I add "1" in one of the partition address in the PIT for SR before.
Thanks

I found this.
I will test it soon.
http://www.mod2xtreme.com/showthread.php?t=11722

What is it that you want to test?

Theshawty said:
What is it that you want to test?
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Insurance fraud
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jesusice said:
Insurance fraud
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Lolol. Insurance fraud..... you gonna go try to get it replaced?
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jesusice said:
Insurance fraud
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You sound like you have experience.
I am going to brick it that way and unbrick it afterward.

I'm not sure how to brick the GN, but maybe you can try that format the whole internal flash memoryvia ADB, and unplug while you flashing this...

Pull the battery while flashing the radio.
Brick city.
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El Daddy said:
Pull the battery while flashing the radio.
Brick city.
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That always works. Lol.
bow chicka wow wow.

Pull the battery while flashing the radio.
Brick city.
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That didn't work for me last time for Skyrocket.
I could still go into Odin and flash again.
Need to go deeper into low level like pit or before odin.

superprelude said:
That didn't work for me last time for Skyrocket.
I could still go into Odin and flash again.
Need to go deeper into low level like pit or before odin.
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Pull the battery while flashing a pit file?

El Daddy said:
Pull the battery while flashing the radio.
Brick city.
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You are coming from an HTC device, yes?
A bad radio flash on HTC devices will certainly brick your device.
That is not the case with Samsung devices though. I've seen some individuals with bad radio flashes, and fastboot still works fine to flash a new one.

efrant said:
You are coming from an HTC device, yes?
A bad radio flash on HTC devices will certainly brick your device.
That is not the case with Samsung devices though. I've seen some individuals with bad radio flashes, and fastboot still works fine to flash a new one.
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Yeah I've never owned an android phone that wasn't HTC.
I thought it was an android thing. My bad.

lol, put it in microwave for 2 seconds.
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cenwesi said:
lol, put it in microwave for 2 seconds.
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know if if the Galaxy Nexus suffers from the same issue as the Samsung Moment, but with that phone, flashing a boot.png (on the GN it's the very first static, black and white 'Google' screen when the phone turns on) larger in size that the existing one, or having too many colors, etc would cause an instant perma-brick. I don't know if we're to the point with the GN where we can freely flash that sort of thing, but I know it worked (didn't work?) on the Moment.
The first post here has the list of guidelines for flashing boot.png images that were discovered trial-by-fire by Moment users.

So, are you guys saying it's next to impossible to brick the Galaxy Nexus if just flashing the basic stuff?

Theshawty said:
So, are you guys saying it's next to impossible to brick the Galaxy Nexus if just flashing the basic stuff?
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Yea to brick it actually takes effort.
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Yea to brick it actually takes effort.
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You have no idea how relieved that makes me.
I come from an HTC Nexus One and I never once flashed a radio on it, and I didn't wanna mess too much with bootloaders as an incorrect flashing of the two would acquire a brick.
I'm only on user-level (and flashing, of course) so I don't think I'll ever manage to brick it.

Theshawty said:
You have no idea how relieved that makes me.
I come from an HTC Nexus One and I never once flashed a radio on it, and I didn't wanna mess too much with bootloaders as an incorrect flashing of the two would acquire a brick.
I'm only on user-level (and flashing, of course) so I don't think I'll ever manage to brick it.
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Yea I came from an HTC incredible so radios scared me like crazy
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Splash top 2 brick?

Guys -
I installed the Splashtop 2 on my Nexus 7 running AOKP and Trinity Krenel, and it bricked my device twice. Just running the software and suddenly it crashes, then no buttons work. Then the screen starts to flash and it shuts down. I was unable to get into recovery. I need to push a new recovery to get it running back again. This has happen twice today. Anyone else having this issue?

Its bricked?
So you put it in the trash or sent it back to ASUS?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this is not related to splashtop.

I had an issue using Splashtop 2 today that freaked me out a little. Going from Sharp to Smooth froze my N7 and when it booted back up, which took longer than usual, the speaker made a faint but distinct "hissing" noise then a louder "tap"
Everything is working again but that's never happened before. Not sure I liked Splashtop 2 enough to bother with it after that.

Hemidroids said:
Its bricked?
So you put it in the trash or sent it back to ASUS?
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No.. I know how to get out of a jam. The device would not boot afterward the system froze, then rebooting I got stuck at Google screen. Then it wouldn't get into recovery from bootloader I had to flash a new recovery and flash back up. Sounds like it was bricked at the time to me.
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tdrussell said:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this is not related to splashtop.
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I would see why you would say this....however this happened twice when using the new splashtop. My set up or system has not changed in days. Only thing that changed was me installing splashtop. Once I stopped using it and went back to the old one. No issues. Someone else n the market review described the same thing to a t.
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Installed HD2 this morning and same problem, freeze when changing from sharp to smooth. Hard reset twice, to get it to boot now the speaker sounds like its blown, was streaming some video from the PC. Running EOS + stock kernel.
Something isn't right with it that's for sure, avoid for now is my advice.
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Knether said:
No.. I know how to get out of a jam. The device would not boot afterward the system froze, then rebooting I got stuck at Google screen. Then it wouldn't get into recovery from bootloader I had to flash a new recovery and flash back up. Sounds like it was bricked at the time to me.
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Oh......so its not a brick. Might want to change the title.

Splashtop also froze my Nexus 7, fortunately hasn't knackered the speaker or anything. I was going to blame my undervolt though...

sensory said:
I had an issue using Splashtop 2 today that freaked me out a little. Going from Sharp to Smooth froze my N7 and when it booted back up, which took longer than usual, the speaker made a faint but distinct "hissing" noise then a louder "tap"
Everything is working again but that's never happened before. Not sure I liked Splashtop 2 enough to bother with it after that.
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I had this same thing happen to me. Everything froze up then my Nexus rebooted itself. Other than that the app runs pretty damn good for me. No rooting or roms on mine.

PA 1.97a, Trinity Kernel @ 1640 (ondemand/deadline), Nova Launcher, Dark Jelly Theme.
Daily use out of Splashtop with absolutely no issue. It's one of the things I like best about this tablet.

my only negative view towards the nexus 7 is the influx of noobs that dont know what brick means. i have a g1 with a bad spl flash. that is a brick. you sir just need to flash a factory img. your not bricked.

xxmonsterx said:
my only negative view towards the nexus 7 is the influx of noobs that dont know what brick means. i have a g1 with a bad spl flash. that is a brick. you sir just need to flash a factory img. your not bricked.
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The only reason he can't access recovery is because of a bug in boot loader 3.34 so its even less of a brick and more of a don't OV and OC
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xxmonsterx said:
my only negative view towards the nexus 7 is the influx of noobs that dont know what brick means. i have a g1 with a bad spl flash. that is a brick. you sir just need to flash a factory img. your not bricked.
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Influx of noobs? I've been around XDA a bit longer than you. I am deeply sorry forum wordsmith for using the word brick not in the fashion you so desired.
Moving on:
I just wanted to get this word out there and just making sure its not my device. I spoke with Splash top and "they're on it." So we'll see :highfive:

Sorry good sir. I do suppose that was a bit rude. I may have taken out my dissapointment with what xda is becoming on you. My bad bud. I'm not here to compare the d!cks bro. I just can't stand seeing all these help I'm bricked threads.

xxmonsterx said:
Sorry good sir. I do suppose that was a bit rude. I may have taken out my dissapointment with what xda is becoming on you. My bad bud. I'm not here to compare the d!cks bro. I just can't stand seeing all these help I'm bricked threads.
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No harm no foul. I don't hold grudges. Conflict resolution at its best. Thanks for that, means a lot and restores my faith in people. :laugh:

Harry GT-S5830 said:
The only reason he can't access recovery is because of a bug in boot loader 3.34 so its even less of a brick and more of a don't OV and OC
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What is this bug you speak of?
Also, OC and OV is causing issues? Sorry If i dont know about this just yet, is there a thread that speaks about this?

Knether said:
What is this bug you speak of?
Also, OC and OV is causing issues? Sorry If i dont know about this just yet, is there a thread that speaks about this?
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Try acessing recovery through boot loader on a healthy N7 and not plugged in, you will find that you can't access recovery. There's quite a few "Q" threads saying that I OC to 1600 and overvolted by 50MHz across the board, and my nexus fried? Why is this??
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I've got the same problem with Splashtop and Nexus 7. Original ROM, no root. After switching smooth<>shart Nexus just reboots. Also there seems to be nothing interesting in logcat.

qrees said:
I've got the same problem with Splashtop and Nexus 7. Original ROM, no root. After switching smooth<>shart Nexus just reboots. Also there seems to be nothing interesting in logcat.
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I seems to be fixed after todays update, but it's still strage that single app could crash the whole device.

[Q] To ROOT or not to ROOT? That is the question.

Just as the thread reads everyone; Should I take the plunge?
I've rooted every Android device that I've owned:
-HTC hero
-Nook Color
-Hp Touchpad
-Optimus V
-Motorola Triumph (was bay far the easiest to root, I just downloaded terminal emulator and typed in about 4 commands then BOOM -- ROOT)
-Asus Transformer
Now I'm on a GSM GNex...and I love it! Stock JB is great but I keep wondering if I'm missing anything. The flashaholic in me is VERY tempted and I miss Cyanogenmod--to me it IS Android.
Many of the Dev threads (it seems to me) were about getting JB on the ICS Gnex, but I've already got it.
Any suggestions would be great

are there any features you need to have that you can only get from rooting?
i personally always root. i need/use cifs, which is not available in the stock kernel

Bruce777 said:
Just as the thread reads everyone; Should I take the plunge?
I've rooted every Android device that I've owned:
-HTC hero
-Nook Color
-Hp Touchpad
-Optimus V
-Motorola Triumph (was bay far the easiest to root, I just downloaded terminal emulator and typed in about 4 commands then BOOM -- ROOT)
-Asus Transformer
Now I'm on a GSM GNex...and I love it! Stock JB is great but I keep wondering if I'm missing anything. The flashaholic in me is VERY tempted and I miss Cyanogenmod--to me it IS Android.
Many of the Dev threads (it seems to me) were about getting JB on the ICS Gnex, but I've already got it.
Any suggestions would be great
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This phone practically asks to be rooted
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Zepius said:
are there any features you need to have that you can only get from rooting?
i personally always root. i need/use cifs, which is not available in the stock kernel
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I guess it's more of a freedom thing; I want to install what I wanna install and I want to remove what I wanna remove.
I don't want to kill any pandas but...Is the current CM10 JB rom better than stock? If so, I'll probably root, if not I'll just stick with stock until some new Android Sweet Treat comes down the pipeline.

The only thing I can think of is backing up your data for things like games. I don't know if google automatically backs that stuff up. So if you get perfect scores on angry birds in space, you would have to play the damn game all over again if you ever had to reset your phone. But maybe I am wrong about that.
And the rooting is super easy. Just run one of the root tools on here, and it pretty much takes care of itself.

use the force Luke.
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adamhlj said:
The only thing I can think of is backing up your data for things like games. I don't know if google automatically backs that stuff up. So if you get perfect scores on angry birds in space, you would have to play the damn game all over again if you ever had to reset your phone. But maybe I am wrong about that.
And the rooting is super easy. Just run one of the root tools on here, and it pretty much takes care of itself.
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Yep for sure you can't restore Angry Birds game scores without root. If you are running Jelly Bean, no application -- not even an Angry Birds backup app -- will allow writing to the system files. It'll back them up, but it won't have permission to restore them. No way no how.
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CatThief said:
Yep for sure you can't restore Angry Birds game scores without root. If you are running Jelly Bean, no application -- not even an Angry Birds backup app -- will allow writing to the system files. It'll back them up, but it won't have permission to restore them. No way no how.
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Yes you can restore backups without root. App/game data is not store in /system -- it is stored in /data, and the adb backup command allows you to restore to /data (which is poorly implemented by the way, as one can gain root access based on this and will allow anyone to gain access to your data).

To me, not rooting this phone is like ordering a steak well done. Sure you can enjoy it well done, and yes there is a slight risk when ordering it medium rare, but 99.9% of the time, you're going to be glad you did.
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yes might as well

efrant said:
Yes you can restore backups without root. App/game data is not store in /system -- it is stored in /data, and the adb backup command allows you to restore to /data (which is poorly implemented by the way, as one can gain root access based on this and will allow anyone to gain access to your data).
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Are you sure about that? In Jelly Bean?
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CatThief said:
Are you sure about that? In Jelly Bean?
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You questioning me?
Yes, I'm sure. In ICS and JB only. Will not work on earlier versions of android, and requires at least version 10 of adb
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efrant said:
You questioning me?
Yes, I'm sure. In ICS and JB only. Will not work on earlier versions of android, and requires at least version 10 of adb
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LOL
Ok, let me get my head around this. adb can be used if the phone is *not* rooted? That's a bit scary.
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CatThief said:
LOL
Ok, let me get my head around this. adb can be used if the phone is *not* rooted? That's a bit scary.
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Both rooted and non rooted
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Trinity Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz

CatThief said:
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Ok, let me get my head around this. adb can be used if the phone is *not* rooted? That's a bit scary.
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Correct, it can. Although it won't have root access EXCEPT for being able to write to /data (which you can use as an exploit to gain root). Yup, not very secure.
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efrant said:
Correct, it can. Although it won't have root access EXCEPT for being able to write to /data (which you can use as an exploit to gain root). Yup, not very secure.
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YIKES!!!
Sent from my rooted GSM Galaxy Nexus

The only reason I rooted my nexus was to get rid of ads in apps. They really annoy me and now I enjoy adfree (mostly) living.

CatThief said:
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Ok, let me get my head around this. adb can be used if the phone is *not* rooted? That's a bit scary.
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If that scares you, you can disable usb debugging.
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You don't need to root to write to mount system. Unlocked bootloader is enough. "fastboot boot recovery.img" and you can mount the system using clockwork and do all your work through adb. It does prevent things from being changed on the fly, but it all depends on how adamant you are about keeping as stock as possible.

No root, no Titanium Backup...
Can't live without backups that really work...
So, it is not possible for me, to not root any android device I own.

[Q] Password protect both Download mode and Recovery????

Hey guys..
Straight forward question..
Is it possible to password protect our Download and Recovery modes?
And i mean when you press and hold vol dwn+home+power method. Not through the android software reboot menu.
I want/like this idea because if someone were to steal my phone. They would NEVER be able to flash a custom ROM or even flash a stock ROM img. They would be completely locked out making the device useless to them.
The only way i think they could get past it is by using JTAG to overwrite the download partition with a stock one. But hardly anyone has a JTAG device.
Well this would be awesome. lol
Have at it

Im guessing it would require a modified bootloader. Not really sure though. Ive wondered about this myself. Never seen it done though.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Im guessing it would require a modified bootloader. Not really sure though. Ive wondered about this myself. Never seen it done though.
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I think it would be the ultimate level of security. And i agree a modified bootloader would be necessary. How one would go abouts creating one i am clueless.

elesbb said:
I think it would be the ultimate level of security. And i agree a modified bootloader would be necessary. How one would go abouts creating one i am clueless.
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As am I lol! This ones a bit above my skill level!
Problem is, itd have to be redone for each model. Unless there was a way to have sonething that could sit on top of or intercept power on and run before the bootloader....I really have no idea though, just tossing ideas!
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DocHoliday77 said:
As am I lol! This ones a bit above my skill level!
Problem is, itd have to be redone for each model. Unless there was a way to have sonething that could sit on top of or intercept power on and run before the bootloader....I really have no idea though, just tossing ideas!
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Too bad it's not the HD2
But yes I think one would need to be made for each device... and if I or anyone can create the bootloader, how would you flash the bootloader? JTAG device?
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Believe it or not, Im pretty sure you can flash any partition through Odin, so there you go! I could be wrong of course....
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DocHoliday77 said:
Believe it or not, Im pretty sure you can flash any partition through Odin, so there you go! I could be wrong of course....
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Hey you could be right too! I never knew that! Hmmm I think in my spare time I shall delve into this!
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Best of luck on it man! If I can be of help let me know, though on this dont expect a lot from me!!
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that is a great idea indeed.:good:

Very interesting topic, but I think it is impossible to do (Recovery & download) are design to prevent forgotten password issues.
What a pity

Guys i thnk if it can be done
It will be easy to install it on our devices if rooted (stock android)
As companies like sammy ,htc have diff kernals
I thnk we can successfully do this fr nexus ,micromax ,karbonn etc.....
Lets have a try
Ny one tried this before
If so plz gimme a guide of it so that it will b easy fr me
Lemmi try my best fr us to have ultimate theft protection on our android devices
I hope if it wrks google may add it on its future devices

The "ultimative" protection would be:
When a phone is stolen, you can remotely trigger "the suicide button" xD
When it is triggered and the phone receives the command (Even if the phone is running other ROM) it reboots the phone and erases the Bootloader and some other things that are important for the phone to work.
Best. Protection. Ever.
Second thing I could imagine is that phone companies could protect the download mode with a password (12 digits or so).
That password will come printed on one of the manuals when you buy the phone.
If you attempt to flash an image in download mode, you will be prompted for the password.
And, optionally, if you put the password 10 times wrong, it will erase bootloader and etc.
Third idea: The download mode only will prompt for a password (printed on the manual), if you atempt to flash another ROM on it... Because this will change the confidential signature that the old ROM has passed to the download mode.
(I am not sure if this could be done. I'm just saying ideas...)

[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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