I cant even get it to start in bootloader
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I cant even get it to start in bootloader
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Are you asking for help? Or just announcing?
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help
Whiplashh said:
Are you asking for help? Or just announcing?
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Help please
I hit the power button nothing happens not even boot loop please help
grunted said:
I hit the power button nothing happens not even boot loop please help
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Give us the story of what you were doing before or when it crapped.
epic4GEE said:
Give us the story of what you were doing before or when it crapped.
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I tried to flash cwm touch
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I tried to flash cwm touch
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Hold volume down and power and home
Does it do anything? If so, get Odin and flash a stock tar for jellybean.
******WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE EVERYTHING ON PHONE (not external sdcard, the PHONE).*******
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Whats the name of the cwm file you flashed and how you flashed it
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evo4gnoob said:
Whats the name of the cwm file you flashed and how you flashed it
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This ^
Also, if you did it through the app, I've heard a lot of reports lately of people bootlooping after updating their recovery.
So if you can get it recognized in ODIN, flash a recovery through that and then see if you can get into it
I think i did the same. i was installing liquidsmooth for the S3 and went to reboot it and bam! bricked. i realized i did not do a wipe i just did an install on top of the rom. I have since then tried all button combos but no luck. I have installed odin and seems like when i plug in the phone to the computer and hold VOL UP+home+power my PC recognizes it but i dont think odin does. So I plan on going and buying one off craigslist and activating it in the morning if i cant do anything by then.
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This ^
Also, if you did it through the app, I've heard a lot of reports lately of people bootlooping after updating their recovery.
So if you can get it recognized in ODIN, flash a recovery through that and then see if you can get into it
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My phone is dead can't get it in to Odin or recovery nothing happens
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My phone is dead can't get it in to Odin or recovery nothing happens
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Then it sounds to me like you have yourself a fancy paperweight. Where did you find the ROM you were flashing when it occurred?
tkepk181 said:
Then it sounds to me like you have yourself a fancy paperweight. Where did you find the ROM you were flashing when it occurred?
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He was trying to flash cwm touch
I sent my phne to mobiletechvideo and got it fixed to stock. Cheaper than buying a new phone
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They fix a hard brick
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FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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Shouldn't be doing this when you hard brick your phone, that's for actual phone defects and your dumb mistake doesn't fall into that category... :banghead:
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bonebeatz1234 said:
FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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You hard bricked three times!!!! Don't experiment use stuff you know will work!!!
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bonebeatz1234 said:
FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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This is called fraud. It's not a manufacturer defect that you screwed up. It's a you defect :thumbdown: people like you are the reason prices keep going up instead of going down.
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bonebeatz1234 said:
FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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Please do not encourage other members to commit fraud.
Fraud: A false representation of a matter of fact—whether by words or by conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of what should have been disclosed—that deceives and is intended to deceive another so that the individual will act upon it to her or his legal injury.
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Whether or not they do replace it is irrelevant. When you decided to root your phone, you voided any and all claims on your warranty (which covers manufacturers defects only). If all of the people who hard-brick their phones claim it on the sprint warranty, you'll see a drastic increase in one (or all) of the following:
Phone Costs
Plan pricing
TEP Costs
"Premium Data" charges
By "claiming ignorance," you are willfully misrepresenting your situation to Sprint, with the intent to deceive Sprint so that they may pay for your mistake. This, by definition, is fraud. Now, you probably won't be sitting in front of a Grand Jury because of one (or three) replaced phones, but it honestly speaks volumes to your moral character if you see no problem with this.
What you're doing is passing the buck on your mistake off to Sprint. Sprint, in turn, will pass that cost onto us. Please don't recommend this course of action again.
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So I have a phone that windows does not Recognize.
see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458176
I just did a factory reset BUT there is still the BULLET that Show up during the BOOT from Juggernaut V4.1.
I am pretty sure that I can get Tmobile to replaced the phone under warranty (already starting to jump through their hoop and dealing with techs not smarter than my 8 year old).
Everyone here knows that it is not a ROM issue but something that is screwed up on a deep hardware level.
If I send the phone back (after they send me a replacement). What are the chances that they will charge my account full price for for the replacement phone if they check it out and find that it has remnants of a custom rom on it?
OPTION 2.
I just got a text today and they have open enrollment on the Super duper protection plan. I called immediately and added the protection plan to my phone. Heck it is only $7.99 per month. Anyone know what the copay would be for complete replacement say I "accidentally" drove off with the phone on my car roof
I guess I am debating sending back a phone with remnants of a root ($5 for shipping and processing) taking my chances I don't get a charge back vs sucking it up and just going through the warranty program.
Any input is appreciated.
TIA
Hmm, you're talking about this plan right?
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/addons...umHandsetProtection&tp=Svc_Sub_EqpmntProtnOvw
Read the fine print. That insurance still goes through Asurion. You may have to pay up to a $250 deductible to get a replacement REFURBISHED device.
Also, they'll check and make sure you had the insurance added within 14 days of owning the handset. All claims will be denied if this isn't the case, and you'll just waste the $8 per month.
Edit - I haven't worked with tmobile for a couple years now...but I'm reading the terms and conditions a bit now and it seems totally the same as it was.
The chances that they'll charge you full price for the phone under a false warranty are EXTREMELY HIGH. I saw it on a load of peoples bills and they freaked every time. Trust me!! Don't try to get a free warranty exchange unless the phone looks exactly like it should. The tech support people inspect the phones like mad when they get them back at the warehouses.
$130 deductible.
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Boot into reovery and flash another rom
Oh sorry just read not a rom issues sorry
Yeah I know that it usually has to be purchased within 14 days but they have a special open enrollment right now so I was able to add it. I also found that the copay information.
Your deductible is $130
Your bundle price is $7.99
Your insurance price is $4.79
Your warranty price is $3.99*
Your mobile security price is $3.99
Note: There is a $5.00 service warranty processing fee.
Either way you look at it the phone goes for $450-$500 all day long on ebay so $135 is not a terrible deal.
If that stupid bullet logo was not there I would be set. When I did factory reset it took off Clockwork recovery and without ODIN (ie my computer cant recognize the phone) there is no way to put it back on.
Thanks for your thoughts. I really don't see how they could deny the Protection plan claim but do feel that they could deny the warranty claim.
BLAH I just want a phone that works 100% normal.
Thanks for the info about the phone inspection process. The phone looks pristine but it would be hard to miss that custom boot unless you closed your eyes for 6 seconds while the phone boots.
I am leaning toward the Premium Handset Protection even if it is refurbished it should work better than the one I have.
I am not back on the stock rom and it SUCKS compared to Jag 4.1 - I got spoiled. lol
MarkB709 said:
Hmm, you're talking about this plan right?
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/addons...umHandsetProtection&tp=Svc_Sub_EqpmntProtnOvw
Read the fine print. That insurance still goes through Asurion. You may have to pay up to a $250 deductible to get a replacement REFURBISHED device.
Also, they'll check and make sure you had the insurance added within 14 days of owning the handset. All claims will be denied if this isn't the case, and you'll just waste the $8 per month.
Edit - I haven't worked with tmobile for a couple years now...but I'm reading the terms and conditions a bit now and it seems totally the same as it was.
The chances that they'll charge you full price for the phone under a false warranty are EXTREMELY HIGH. I saw it on a load of peoples bills and they freaked every time. Trust me!! Don't try to get a free warranty exchange unless the phone looks exactly like it should. The tech support people inspect the phones like mad when they get them back at the warehouses.
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You try to connect the phone in another computer? If not try that, because I help a friend of mine to flash with Odin. His phone was doing exactly the same as yours, and after changing ports on 2 different computers "BINGO" one of the computers recognized the phone with the Odin program and We were able to go back to stock kernel. Finaly he did a phone replacement for free with T-Mobile. Well he paid $5.00 fee.
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Sounds like a windows driver issue to me
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Yeah I have no luck on 5 different computers. Tried all ports on all computers and still no luck. The crazy part is that they all used to work. I have installed and reinstalled all samsung drivers with no luck. Thanks for the suggestion but I am sad to say I already tried it with nothing to show for my efforts.
Why don't you download the cwm flashable zips of the stock rom and kernel?
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Run it over with your car. Tell tmobile you put it on top and forgot about it. Then pay $130 and get a new working phone.
Other then that idk whats ur problem again? Bootloop?
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Just flssh stock kernel through Odin. Thats it. If you cant find it reroot and flash stock kernel through cwm or flasv a stock ROM. Then Odin to stock and issue fixed. No unecessry payments.
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Ummm yeah that the problem. Unless you know of a wifi ODIN I am screwed. Windows does NOT recognize my phone. ODIN does NOT recognize my phone. Nothing works regarding any type of USB connection at all.
Thanks for trying to help.
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Just flssh stock kernel through Odin. Thats it. If you cant find it reroot and flash stock kernel through cwm or flasv a stock ROM. Then Odin to stock and issue fixed. No unecessry payments.
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New phone is on the way. Paid the $130. Should be here WED. I am wondering how bad to mess up my old phone? Any ideas? I am listening
xile6 said:
Run it over with your car. Tell tmobile you put it on top and forgot about it. Then pay $130 and get a new working phone.
Other then that idk whats ur problem again? Bootloop?
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Why don't you download the cwm flashable zips of the stock rom and kernel?
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When I did factory reset it took off CWM. Without ODIN there is no possible way to put CWM back on
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When I did factory reset it took off CWM. Without ODIN there is no possible way to put CWM back on
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ohh okay, sorry, I didn't realize that was what you meant by factory reset. As in you put it back to stock etc. Because factory reset is also erasing data and not the recovery.
Not sure if Uve destroyed it yet and being as I own an epic 4g touch I'm not too sure of root options but have u had a look at the mobile Odin by chain fire in the market? Might b right up your alley.
Here is what I did to get a new phone. First, add the 7.99 insurance plan on it, then wait a few days to file an insurance claim saying you lost your phone, but before making the claim, take your Sim card out of your existing and put it somewhere. That's a very important step!!!! If you were using that Sim card at the time you make the claim, they would deny it!!! Don't report the old phone stolen, say it was lost do you can try to fix it backup phone, if you report it broken, u have to send it back, if you report out stolen, out well be blacklisted. Hope that helps!!!
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Why can't you use Odin????????
sent from the nuke in my pocket...
If you read the original thread you would see where he had water damage and now windows won't recognize his phone anymore thus can't use Odin he is saying.
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Where is the water damage indicator?
I had a VERY similar problem
Paid the 130$ to replace under insurance coverage after I got frustrated with the thing and 'missplaced' it.
Wonder what the market is like for a damaged handset...
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I was trying to go back to 2.3.x using ODIN after I installed the KP8 (update for a "leaked" ics) on my phone. Now my computer won't read the phone on download mode. Anyone have a fix for this?
Or do you know if that USB JIG will fix it?
that was not for our phone....malciado....jtag is your only fix
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Yea..... GSM + CDMA = your screwed
There is no leak for ICS for our phones yet.
So you flashed the GSM version.
2 options:
Sprint insurance
or
buy a new phone
No one has been successful at jtag, I wouldn't even waste my time.
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Yea..... GSM + CDMA = your screwed
There is no leak for ICS for our phones yet.
So you flashed the GSM version.
2 options:
Sprint insurance
or
buy a new phone
No one has been successful at jtag, I wouldn't even waste my time.
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Not even with the USB JIG? No one has tried it?
Its been tried and unsuccessful
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Sigh. Add one more to the list of bricked phones due to flashing an ICS leak meant for the International SGS2. As said above, your only option is to send the phone to JTAG if you want to use it again.
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So what's the head count up to? 30s?
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I'm screwed. I flashed this phone to Cricket so no insurance. And I doubt Samsung will warranty it if though it has a clean esn with Sprint right?
Can anyone vouch for this?
/watch?v=mjZ7gVK-IE8
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I wish we all knew how to read
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I wish we all knew how to read
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What is that suppose to mean?
malcriiado said:
I'm screwed. I flashed this phone to Cricket so no insurance. And I doubt Samsung will warranty it if though it has a clean esn with Sprint right?
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Look up JTAG on Google. I believe they charge $50 for unbricking service. You'll be out of a phone for awhile, but it's not like the phone is going to do you any good in its current state anyways.
Good luck.
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Look up JTAG on Google. I believe they charge $50 for unbricking service. You'll be out of a phone for awhile, but it's not like the phone is going to do you any good in its current state anyways.
Good luck.
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Yea bro just placed my order from Mobile Tech Videos i'll post up how everything went to help others out with this problem. Good thing I kept my EVO for backup
I can vouch that nothing will work. I had someone send me theirs to try and,I installed drivers through Kies, got drivers from XDA, tried a USB jig, hard reset, my SD card with Mobile Odin on it, etc, etc, etc. If when you hold volume up and power and you have the green Android guy holding a box and your phone says I9100, its jtag or nothing. I spent a week (about an hour a day) trying everything. If your phone powers on but you can't connect to wifi or SD card isn't recognized and no network is found, don't even waste your time. I tried because I hoped I could pull it off with the help of some of the great minds from around here but it just wouldn't be recognized by Odin....and it does beep when I plug it into my laptop....so close yet so far
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I can vouch that nothing will work. I had someone send me theirs to try and,I installed drivers through Kies, got drivers from XDA, tried a USB jig, hard reset, my SD card with Mobile Odin on it, etc, etc, etc. If when you hold volume up and power and you have the green Android guy holding a box and your phone says I9100, its jtag or nothing. I spent a week (about an hour a day) trying everything. If your phone powers on but you can't connect to wifi or SD card isn't recognized and no network is found, don't even waste your time. I tried because I hoped I could pull it off with the help of some of the great minds from around here but it just wouldn't be recognized by Odin....and it does beep when I plug it into my laptop....so close yet so far
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That Volume Up + Power does work. So you haven't looked into Mobile Tech Vids' method?
malcriiado said:
That Volume Up + Power does work. So you haven't looked into Mobile Tech Vids' method?
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If you have a link great. If not I will search in the am. It gets sent back to owner. As soon as I am about to send back another idea pops up
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Yea bro just placed my order from Mobile Tech Videos i'll post up how everything went to help others out with this problem. Good thing I kept my EVO for backup
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Josh is good. You are in good hands
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I flashed my wife's phone and ended up with this same issue. I tried everything with no success. Luckily the phone was within the 14 day period and was able to return it and get a replacement.
Just told them the battery would not last 4 HRS, it was fully stock besides the bootloader.
Odin wouldn't recognize it but the pc would. Tried mobile Odin, tried flashing anything and everything, nothing would work.
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What is that suppose to mean?
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Let me get one more in just to cover the 101st thread we'll have on this by Friday. *sigh*
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Let me get one more in just to cover the 101st thread we'll have on this by Friday. *sigh*
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Asking for help not helpless remarks, if want to keep doing that I also live in Kansas City just in case you want to keep goin at it. Let's keep these forums full of usefull tools not full of useless comments.
Basically, here is what happened.
Was flashing a new ROM with CWM, and I was using the new CWM touch (which I though was cool at the time). When I flash my ROMs, I usually have it on a SD card ready to go, format everything (ext, system, interal_sd, dalvik cache, battery stats, etc) but when I flipped my phone over to pop in the MicroSD card, my index finger hit the reset button. Oops...I thought no big deal at that moment, until I realized that my phone wouldn't do anything now.
So yeah, when I hit the power button the blue LED comes on, but screen stays black. Have to pull the battery to get it to go off. So I went to radio shack, bought some 100k resistors and made a jig...didn't work. When I pop it in, it just gives me the blue LED immediately, but that's it. I thought my jig was bad, so I bought one from usbjig.com, which does the same thing as the one I made. Either the one I made was bad as well as the one I bought, or my phone is beyond fixing? I am infuriated with CWM Touch, which I thought was great...but it's the reason I'm in this predicament. Any hope of fixing, or should I just activate my old Plam Pre until I can get a new phone?
Hope you bought insurance.
CWM touch destroys our phones. There are only a dozen or so threads telling people to stay away from it.
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Hope you bought insurance.
CWM touch destroys our phones. There are only a dozen or so threads telling people to stay away from it.
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Oh fully agree that I made the mistake of installing CWM Touch without researching it. But are you saying there is no fixing my phone?
Hey OP, its not looking good my friend... I am a little confused though, why was your SD card out while flashing? Is that how you had been flashing ROMs: take card out, wipe, then insert card and flash ROM? As all of that is unecessary, when you wipe the phone it does not wipe the ext sd card as well. Second, does your computer recognize the phone at all, when you plug into the USB do you hear a "ding"? My guess is that a trip to the Sprint store is in your near future. Ultimately, not a huge mistake just $35 out of pocket if you dont have insurance.
you bricked it. warranty, insurance, or sell. i lost $200 due to a bricked device and no warranty.
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Hey OP, its not looking good my friend... I am a little confused though, why was your SD card out while flashing? Is that how you had been flashing ROMs: take card out, wipe, then insert card and flash ROM? As all of that is unecessary, when you wipe the phone it does not wipe the ext sd card as well. Second, does your computer recognize the phone at all, when you plug into the USB do you hear a "ding"? My guess is that a trip to the Sprint store is in your near future. Ultimately, not a huge mistake just $35 out of pocket if you dont have insurance.
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I do have insurance, but would they even do anything with my phone at this point?
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I do have insurance, but would they even do anything with my phone at this point?
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I bricked my phone... they replaced it... I told them I got a system update and when it restarted all I got was a black screen, the rest is history
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I bricked my phone... they replaced it... I told them I got a system update and when it restarted all I got was a black screen, the rest is history
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Replaced via insurance claim, with a $100 deductible? or in store, for free?
blue light froze on me and screen stayed black. The tech thought it was an LCD issue so she replaced the screen with a white galaxy's screen. Gave a nice black/white look but the phone was bricked. Sprint replaced it for free. However if I didn't have TEP they said I had to pay $35. don't worry, you won't need to pay $100
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Phone replacement you have a few options. Just as you took time to write your long story about what happened to you hopefully you will use that time in the future to research thing before you do them. To seen if you can bring your phone back I suggest you read the How I bricked my phone thread. It has alot of info
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Replaced via insurance claim, with a $100 deductible? or in store, for free?
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in store free for me
big_slug06 said:
in store free for me
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How are some ppl getting it done for free?
same thing i did i bought my white s2 and brick the same day blue led black screen (not followed directions the way i was to ) for me this was my only option hope it helps someone i just sent it today so ill let you guys how it goes http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
I have been told at the sprint store that a replacement in the first year, without insurance will run $35.
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I have been told at the sprint store that a replacement in the first year, without insurance will run $35.
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Yup I just said that this happened after an update. Kinda felt bad lying though lol
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So I spoke with someone at the Sprint store, and they basically said that if it required a replacement, I would be getting a refurb and it would be Wed at the earliest before they would have one for me. Instead of going in and dealing with them, I'm just going to do an insurance claim.
per #13 use the mobile tech videos web site. i have several friends that have used them for this very issue and works like a charm.
MobileTechVideos was able to resurrect my epic 4g too! I give them two thumbs up!
i had the BLOD( blue light of death) and nothing will fix it! no jig and no JTAG
I had a problem with my USB port not recognizing mtp/Mass strorage. They replaced it for free with a refurb. No problems since. As for touch recovery, tried it once while on gb. Nearly bricked my device back then. And no ICS was available at the time. Thank goodness. Used sfhubs one click about 7 times before it finally booted . Just my opinion, and i apologize to any devs working on a touch recovery, but touch recovery is the devil to the E4GT. I won't ever use it. I do have a few versions on the pc for Library reference, but will i ever use it..even the new one, you are playing with fire. Ya won't ever find that recovery on my phone. I hope this is a lesson learned. Take it to sprint, use your insurance (that's what its for) and chalk it up to experience.
have a sprint galaxy s 3 here.
someone tried to flash an international rom therefor flashing the gsm stuff.
i cant access download mode at all however i did install the QHSUSB_drivers.
now with odin 3.07 the .com box will not light up however on previous versions of odin for ex odin v1.85 the .com box will light. im trying to flash the cdma bootloader for the sprint version and it doesnt fail just hangs at setup connection.
any ideas?
vabeachfc3s said:
have a sprint galaxy s 3 here.
someone tried to flash an international rom therefor flashing the gsm stuff.
i cant access download mode at all however i did install the QHSUSB_drivers.
now with odin 3.07 the .com box will not light up however on previous versions of odin for ex odin v1.85 the .com box will light. im trying to flash the cdma bootloader for the sprint version and it doesnt fail just hangs at setup connection.
any ideas?
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Have you tried following the steps on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171 ? Also they may be able to help you out more than the QA section.
Edit: Sorry posted the wrong link.
yes ive tried that way.
any ideas welcome
did you switch to download mode/
3. Hold down the 'HOME' + 'VOLUME DOWN' buttons and press the 'POWER' button for about 2 seconds until a WARNING! Screen appears. Press the 'VOLUME UP' button to enter Download Mode.
^^^^He cannot get to dl mode it is hard bricked.
And to the op-
Unlike some devices where this was a savior it is worthless to us. You are hard bricked. Go get some jtag as this mode won't help you
I tried for a few days to talk to this phone in that mode.Using everthing from odin to cdma workshop to qpst to emma. Nothing will do it trust me
It was a customer phone i dont brick phones.
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vabeachfc3s said:
It was a customer phone i dont brick phones.
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At least its not urs then. Well be happy ur not the owner of a shiny doorstop and let the customer know its a paperweight and they need JTAG.:good:
All he have to do is call Samsung and they will replace it you have a year factory warranty as long as theres no physical damage. They send the phone fast. I did it four times already don't waste your time looking for solution just tell them it won't boot just turned off and won't start that's all i said. You don't have to have insurance either.
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bonebeatz1234 said:
All he have to do is call Samsung and they will replace it you have a year factory warranty as long as theres no physical damage. They send the phone fast. I did it four times already don't waste your time looking for solution just tell them it won't boot just turned off and won't start that's all i said. You don't have to have insurance either.
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Really? You've done this four times? I'd be interested in if anyone else has had such luck? Seems like they would try to turn on the device or figure out whats wrong when they get it back. Thats awesome though!
thatisandwas said:
Really? You've done this four times? I'd be interested in if anyone else has had such luck? Seems like they would try to turn on the device or figure out whats wrong when they get it back. Thats awesome though!
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I can vouch for that cause I've had to swap out my 1st. Maybe not due to that particular reason, but still, if it doesn't light up they gets frustrated and swap time.
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bonebeatz1234 said:
All he have to do is call Samsung and they will replace it you have a year factory warranty as long as theres no physical damage. They send the phone fast. I did it four times already don't waste your time looking for solution just tell them it won't boot just turned off and won't start that's all i said. You don't have to have insurance either.
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I used to have an Epic 4G Touch and yesterday accidentally flashed a kernel for it on my S3. I was left with a beautiful pebble blue coffee table piece. I started to freak out because I couldn't power on or anything. Long story short, I purchased my phone less than 14 days ago so I took it back to the store. The technician took a look at it, couldn't power it on and they gave me a replacement phone, no questions asked!!
I promise if you hard bricked hell or even soft bricked you can get it exchanged from Samsung as long as it's been less than a year and no water damage or cracked screen .I really think they don't look into all the rooting stuff they just install new software in the phone and send it right back out to someone else which works for me.
If you go threw your carrier avoid it they ask to much question call Samsung and i sware they will send you a new or refurbished phone but a working one and that's all you can ask for and i didn't pay a dime the box they send you to send your phone is prepaid by them i just put my bricked phone in there then dropped it off to ups. I will say this two times i wasn't at home and ups left the damn phone in the box right on my door step than goodness no one stole it.
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Hey guys . I Picked up a three month old galaxy this morning. I have had problems rooting before but always managed to fix them but this I cannot figure out. Here is exactly what I did and what happened.
1.First I rooted my phone using GalaxyS3RootUSCanadaMac.
2. Downloaded the following, superuser, ezunlock, and rom manager.
3. Flashed clokworkrecovery through rom manager.
4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
5. Tried to reboot into recovery via clockwork and it would just hang and never reboot.
6. Decided to do a restart , so I clicked power on the right hand side and selected restart.
7. Fell asleep and woke up to a dead phone.
I cannot get it to boot at all , not even in download mode. I get no lights or vibrations when trying to boot. If I remove the battery and hook the usb cord in I get a red light at the top but not with the battery in.
Any info on what I might have done wrong or what I can try to do to fix it would be great.
Thanks in advance guys.
bftiedt said:
4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
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This is completely inapplicable to the i747m, and the reason your phone's bricked.
Unless you can somehow get into download mode, you're going to need a JTAG to recover it.
bftiedt said:
Hey guys . I Picked up a three month old galaxy this morning. I have had problems rooting before but always managed to fix them but this I cannot figure out. Here is exactly what I did and what happened.
1.First I rooted my phone using GalaxyS3RootUSCanadaMac.
2. Downloaded the following, superuser, ezunlock, and rom manager.
3. Flashed clokworkrecovery through rom manager.
4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
5. Tried to reboot into recovery via clockwork and it would just hang and never reboot.
6. Decided to do a restart , so I clicked power on the right hand side and selected restart.
7. Fell asleep and woke up to a dead phone.
I cannot get it to boot at all , not even in download mode. I get no lights or vibrations when trying to boot. If I remove the battery and hook the usb cord in I get a red light at the top but not with the battery in.
Any info on what I might have done wrong or what I can try to do to fix it would be great.
Thanks in advance guys.
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** After some more reading I realize That att bootloader is not locked. So since I ran the ezunlock app im guessing that my problem ... Any suggestions?***
smelenchuk said:
This is completely inapplicable to the i747m, and the reason your phone's bricked.
Unless you can somehow get into download mode, you're going to need a JTAG to recover it.
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Any suggestions n how to get into download mode? Also I have a usb JTAG from programming cable boxes but Im not sure if it will work?
I believe I read about someone else who used this. The unlocker is made for the Verizon variant. You will need JTAG service to get your phone up and running.
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ih8mydroid said:
I believe I read about someone else who used this. The unlocker is made for the Verizon variant. You will need JTAG service to get your phone up and running.
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Yes I seen that. The phone is still under warrant so I am sending it in to Samsung . I seen another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help
bftiedt said:
Yes I seen that. The phone is still under warrant so I am sending it in to Samsung . I seen another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help
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That's fraud big time! If you would have read up you wouldnt be in this situation. In all honestly I hope you have to come out of pocket because stunts like this is what makes those who do have REAL problems with their phone get the run around from companies.
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Looks like Samsung has come through and is going to warranty it. It was repaired today by having the board replaced. Hopefully I will have it back next week.
bftiedt said:
Yes I SAW that. The phone is still under warranty, so I am sending it in to Samsung. I SAW another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help
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903tex said:
That's fraud big time! If you would have read up you wouldnt be in this situation. In all honestly I hope you have to come out of pocket because stunts like this is what makes those who do have REAL problems with their phone get the run around from companies.
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That's not fraud? That's called a warranty
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Wow. Why can't they people read?? This is the reason companies don't want to to warranty anything because of crap like this.
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That's not fraud? That's called a warranty
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Which he voided the moment he rooted his phone.
Well getting my phone back today. Thanks for the warranty comments negative nancy.