So I'll do this fast, I ain't a noob with flashing and rooting etc (4 years experience) but today I had a first one in my life that soft bricked my T999V. I've downloaded the LiquidRom for T-mobile to test it, i've wiped all, cache and etc 3 times but the second time in the TWRP console it wrote and error like XXXXX directory not found ... I've never saw this type of error. So I flashed the rom + the latest Gapps , wiped dalvik an rebooted. The rom was blazing fast. But I decided to return to my Rom , so i wiped all again but still getting that error ! I restored the Nbackup and it rebooted wierdly and the rom was completly messed-up. So i close the phone and wanted to restard in recovery... Not existing anymore, gone.. GONE ! But i could boot in download.. I've completly recovert it right now but still this wierd error almost messed up my phon and it wasnt even my fault !
So did it ever happend to your S3 ?
I haven't experienced that yet and I hope I don't lol but at least it was only a soft brick. Thanks for the heads up though just incase someone runs into that problem.
So is everything running good now?
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If you would have messed your phone it would have been entirely your fault knowing your flashing custom Roms And Messing Whit These Things
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shahkam said:
If you would have messed your phone it would have been entirely your fault knowing your flashing custom Roms And Messing Whit These Things
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He's not saying it's anyone's fault or anything
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daxecutioner24 said:
He's not saying it's anyone's fault or anything
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He stated he almost bricked his phone and that wasn't even his fault...
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He stated he almost bricked his phone and that wasn't even his fault...
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He means that he didnt deliberately do it. Perhaps he read everything and when he went to flash it it through an error. That happens. Could be a bad download or something
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hey guys i was flashing an arhd rom and after flaw i wanted to romove bloat so i tried mounting by usb to load the file. in the mount section i checked ext/sd card phone went black and dead. does this mean that now only my sd card is read or mountable, can i load a recovery on my sd, put it back in and start from there? i have been flashing and developing for years and evidently to tired to attempt what i was doing. phone is DEAD. NO DWNLD MODE OR RECOVERY i'm thinking its trying to load just off of my sd. i know very stupid mistake, was used to HTC phones. any help much appreciated
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I haven't experienced that yet and I hope I don't lol but at least it was only a soft brick. Thanks for the heads up though just incase someone runs into that problem.
So is everything running good now?
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Yes i've Odin it and good to go !
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Hey guys, I have been trying to.flash a new ROM since.past two.days but nothing seems to work for me. Currently on juggernaut. I have tried to flash other gingerbread Roms as well but after flashing I get the same old ROM I was running which juggernaut 5.0. all apps are forever closing as well. The phone was perfect just happened two.days ago since this happened. I have tried to flash stock.through Odin.as well but doesn't work but the phone is.working with force.close all around. Tried almost everything can.any one please help me out with it.
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How are you wiping?
what recovery are you using?
Wipe cache wipe data wipe system then flash this http://softlayer.dl.sourceforge.net/project/darksidetools/DARKSIDE.CACHE.WIPE.zip
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I am using touch recovery.
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I factory restarted the phone, wiped delvik wiped cache, superwiped using tdjs wipe
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I am using touch recovery.
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Ok. Download ROM manager and use it to install regular cwm recovery.
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I would use the non touch recovery and wipe cache,wipe data, wipe systeam, then flash super wipe. Install ROM, then flash the cache wipe.zip I posted. reboot and let us know.
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Also if you have an external , put the ROM you want to flash on the external sd.
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Go into mounts and storage and format /system /data and cache wipe dalvik factory reset and flash this rom
http://theunlockr.com/2011/11/29/how-to-unroot-the-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile-version/
After you flash that you have to re root your device use regular cwm not touch and then flash whatever rom you want
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Check md5 sums and make sure you have a proper download
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Guys I just happen to notice that my.framework is.causing the problem. Any suggestions on that. Anything I put into my memory it does not show.in the recovery mode and after rebooting it vanishes from the files a well
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Guys I just happen to notice that my.framework is.causing the problem. Any suggestions on that. Anything I put into my memory it does not show.in the recovery mode and after rebooting it vanishes from the files a well
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Try another sd card.
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You mean an external as card?
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Hey guys, I have been trying to.flash a new ROM since.past two.days but nothing seems to work for me. Currently on juggernaut. I have tried to flash other gingerbread Roms as well but after flashing I get the same old ROM I was running which juggernaut 5.0. all apps are forever closing as well. The phone was perfect just happened two.days ago since this happened. I have tried to flash stock.through Odin.as well but doesn't work but the phone is.working with force.close all around. Tried almost everything can.any one please help me out with it.
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if you get bored with it and want to donate it, PM me
Lol the phone is still working and have offers of upto 450. So would rather sell it. However if I make.enough money I would certainly donate it
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Lol the phone is still working and have offers of upto 450. So would rather sell it. However if I make.enough money I would certainly donate it
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lol, well if there is anything I can try helping you with let me know, if you can't seem to resolve the issue, my offer stands lol
sinfulgray said:
Check md5 sums and make sure you have a proper download
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Where can i find the md5 sums
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Where can i find the md5 sums
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Either in the OP or the site you dl from
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Try another sd card.
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I tried everything but its not working for me. Everything is still force closing and the same bloody rom and theme shows up everytime i flash a new rom. Tried flashing through the external sd card as well but no luck. It shoes Google Framework not working. is there any way around it. Its bugging me now. Even tried flashing cwm through rom manager but no luck there as well.
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I tried everything but its not working for me. Everything is still force closing and the same bloody rom and theme shows up everytime i flash a new rom. Tried flashing through the external sd card as well but no luck. It shoes Google Framework not working. is there any way around it. Its bugging me now. Even tried flashing cwm through rom manager but no luck there as well.
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Give your phone to me
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Give your phone to me
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SORRY man cant do that. I worked really hard to earn this cell phone and wont let it go for free. I bought it for a full price off the contract and don't think will be donating it. I am pretty sure people will be able to help me here. Its not like the phone is dead. Its working except for a few disruptions. Besides people are offering me $450 even in such a condition.
I downloaded the ROM to my PC then transferred it to my sd card rebooted with rogue recovery did a calks wipe and then installed.. Can someone tell me if I did it right did I do something wrong....
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I downloaded the ROM to my PC then transferred it to my sd card rebooted with rogue recovery did a calks wipe and then installed.. Can someone tell me if I did it right did I do something wrong....
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If you did it right then you should be up and running with no problems. If you are having issues you need to be more specific so people can help. Also, if you flashed format_all, then flashed the ROM, you need to go to the ROM Updater and pick up part 2 of the ROM (it finishes theming Gtalk), download and flash it.
Going to be away for the evening but if you'll give some further details there are others running this ROM who can assist.
Good luck
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I downloaded the ROM to my PC then transferred it to my sd card rebooted with rogue recovery did a calks wipe and then installed.. Can someone tell me if I did it right did I do something wrong....
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If you did it right then you should be up and running with no problems. If you are having issues you need to be more specific so people can help. Also, if you flashed format_all, then flashed the ROM, you need to go to the ROM Updater and pick up part 2 of the ROM (it finishes theming Gtalk), download and flash it.
Going to be away for the evening but if you'll give some further details there are others running this ROM who can assist.
Good luck
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As Esoteric68 said, lacking a few details.
What problems are you seeing, or are you seeing problems?
Being that you posted from your phone, are you still running it or did you have to do more? as well...
:edit: Also, you have multiple posts on the same subject and it makes it that much harder for people to help you. Try to keep everything in one place and there are tons of much more smarter people then me to help ya out. (Like that grammar issue thing I got going on)
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buchcassidy1 said:
I downloaded the ROM to my PC then transferred it to my sd card rebooted with rogue recovery did a calks wipe and then installed.. Can someone tell me if I did it right did I do something wrong....
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No is all wrong
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No is all wrong
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Care to elaborate on that? Might help them out?
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Im sorry if this is already posted.
So im trying to flash the Rom Frosty JB 4.1.1-v7 i looked at the guides and steps that the developer gave.
After i follow the steps and reboot, it gets stuck at Samsung Galaxy S3 boot. I waited for 3 mins and then i rebooted again but it gets stuck at the same place.
Im using the T-mobile t999.
And again Im Sorry if this is already posted somewhere.
First boot always takes a long time, I dont think 3 minutes is giving it enough time. Try rebooting but if it goes more like 20 minutes then id say restore backup and redownload rom.
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First boot always takes a long time, I dont think 3 minutes is giving it enough time. Try rebooting but if it goes more like 20 minutes then id say restore backup and redownload rom.
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I know it takes along time but when i look at other videos they go pass the [Samsung Galaxy S3] Boot, mine gets stuck. i also tried what you said i rebooted after 20 minutes and re-downloaded the rom but it still gets stuck.
Try to reboot into recovery and factory reset, wipe dalvik/cache.
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Try to reboot into recovery and factory reset, wipe dalvik/cache.
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Well im already in recovery when i do all of this. Im not sure what im doing wrong
Ok so did you just try factory resetting again then?
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Are you just flashing the frosty zip? I ask because i had problems because i was having a similar issue caused by flashing ktoons newest kernel which is incompatible with frosty
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Yup could be a kernel issue you might need to flash another before install or full wipe.
Simply unlocking boot loader and flashing stock rooted rom nearly bricked my phone and definitely bricked wife's phone. Now my wife is on her old evo due to bricking and I don't want to go through this again on the my lg when jelly bean comes out next month. HTC was much easier and more reliable. Just my 2 cents.
MikeDroid said:
Simply unlocking boot loader and flashing stock rooted rom nearly bricked my phone and definitely bricked wife's phone. Now my wife is on her old evo due to bricking and I don't want to go through this again on the my lg when jelly bean comes out next month. HTC was much easier and more reliable. Just my 2 cents.
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Uhhhhh...I rooted and unlocked mine during halftime of a bball game easiest thing in the world. Its not the device I'm sure its the user
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Rooting and unlocking... Easy schmeezy, Flashing a zip, not a very reliable thing on our lg phones. I'm familiar with flashing roms wiping cache etc. Never worried about it on evos.
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What recovery are you using?
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What recovery are you using?
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Yeah stick to twrp and you'll be super good that's the most reliable recovery
If you have cwm just use the freegee app to change to twrp
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You did not do it right then because it worked fine on the 3 i have used it on before posting something about it being too quirky you should do a little research
MikeDroid said:
Simply unlocking boot loader and flashing stock rooted rom nearly bricked my phone and definitely bricked wife's phone. Now my wife is on her old evo due to bricking and I don't want to go through this again on the my lg when jelly bean comes out next month. HTC was much easier and more reliable. Just my 2 cents.
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gitit20 said:
You did not do it right then because it worked fine on the 3 i have used it on before posting something about it being too quirky you should do a little research
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1. ROOTED
2. UNLOCKED 2 weeks later
3. Rebooted. No issues
4. DL stock rooted odexed v9 from xda
5. From recovery wiped cache/dalvick
6. Flash zip from root directory
TWRP nearly bricked my phone. CWM = Wife's phone bricked.
Where is the user error?
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MikeDroid said:
1. ROOTED
2. UNLOCKED 2 weeks later
3. Rebooted. No issues
4. DL stock rooted odexed v9 from xda
5. From recovery wiped cache/dalvick
6. Flash zip from root directory
TWRP nearly bricked my phone. CWM = Wife's phone bricked.
Where is the user error?
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I have done this 3x on two different phones using TWRP and have not had one issue. I am not sure what happened but I promise you it was not the phone. CWM is buggy, so I see why your wife's phone is messed up. However I can only assume you have some corrupted download to explain your issues on the other phone. I have also walked a kindergarten teacher with no computer skills beyond word through this over instant message with no problems.
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1. ROOTED
2. UNLOCKED 2 weeks later
3. Rebooted. No issues
4. DL stock rooted odexed v9 from xda
5. From recovery wiped cache/dalvick
6. Flash zip from root directory
TWRP nearly bricked my phone. CWM = Wife's phone bricked.
Where is the user error?
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4.5/5.5. Wipe user data?
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Tried that too although not necessary unless your flashing a custom or deodexed rom. Devs are great. Phone is unstable when it comes to flashing. That's all.
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Mike its quiet hard to actually hard brick it. What is your wife's phone doing?
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Mike its quiet hard to actually hard brick it. What is your wife's phone doing?
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Black screen after LG logo. I can get into cwm and dl mode. I can't get usb to recognize phone in dl mode.
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MikeDroid said:
Black screen after LG logo. I can get into cwm and dl mode. I can't get usb to recognize phone in dl mode.
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the isnt bricked, its soft-bricked. when its full bricked it wouldnt even show the lg screen. use this guide to fix her phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082084
MikeDroid can you still get into recovery on either of them?
-Frank
My phone is fine, but yes I can get into cwm on wife's phone.
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I had an issue with Cwm try going into mounts and mount the system plug in usb that should give u adb that's how I got through with the help of shellnut again thanks
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Black screen after LG logo. I can get into cwm and dl mode. I can't get usb to recognize phone in dl mode.
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Reinstall drivers. Use tsilenzios automated lgnpst install which has drivers. Then flash stock.
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Yea I dont think you like the phone, there is nothing quirky about this phone. Its fast looks beautiful and has awesome battery life.
I like other members have used all the tools avail to root on 6 different phones and haven't had a single issue.
If your flashing stock deodexed ZV9 over ZV8 then you absolutley going to need to wipe everything and only use twrp at the current moment as it is the most stable recovery we have.
There is never a reason to not do a full factory reset wipe cache/dalvik cache other than being lazy , and yes I understand that having to re-do all apps and contacts is a pain but if you use gmail to its potential ( all of us androiders should) then logging back into your account does most of the work and leaves no room for questions or error.
I've never had any issue at all with flashing
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I've had zero issues doing a full wipe every time i flash a new ROM.
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So I am having trouble flashing a new ROM I have done it in the past and am used to doing it so I know what needs to be done. When I download a ROM I want to use I download it to my phone directly then I reboot into recovery I have the latest twrp version and I wipe everything then I go to install the ROM and after about 2 seconds it says failed. No matter what ROM I try it does this and I've tried downloading them several times thinking it was a bad download. I was able to install a stock one but I don't like stock and none of the others are working I don't known if I'm doing something wrong or if its my phone but help me please. Thanks in advance.
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josht999 said:
So I am having trouble flashing a new ROM I have done it in the past and am used to doing it so I know what needs to be done. When I download a ROM I want to use I download it to my phone directly then I reboot into recovery I have the latest twrp version and I wipe everything then I go to install the ROM and after about 2 seconds it says failed. No matter what ROM I try it does this and I've tried downloading them several times thinking it was a bad download. I was able to install a stock one but I don't like stock and none of the others are working I don't known if I'm doing something wrong or if its my phone but help me please. Thanks in advance.
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Are u downloading over WiFi? Did u check if md5 sum's match?
I am downloading over WiFi. And no I have not. What are they supposed to match to? Not really up on the lingo just know what to do and stuff. Very basic stuff
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Are you sure you downloaded the correct TWRP Recovery for your phone?
Yes I am. It was doing it on an older version I had so I thought it was cause I hadn't updated in a while and it still kept doing it after I updated.
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Hi there
1) Are you from Canada and using a Canadian Recovery for d2can? if so this could be a problem since many updater-scripts see this a fail since they are looking for d2att
2) What ROM's are you trying to flash? AOSP or Stock based touchwiz rom's?
also I would like to direct you to the Q&A, Help and troubleshooting forum, in the event that this post get's moved, you will find it there. They are busy people, but now you know no hard feeling man, just trying to make their job's easier!
cheers
Thanks a lot! And no I'm in the usa and aosp ROMs are what I'm trying to install the stock touchwiz ones worked.
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Thanks a lot! And no I'm in the usa and aosp ROMs are what I'm trying to install the stock touchwiz ones worked.
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update you're bootloader, use the search feature in the Q&A forum
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update you're bootloader, use the search feature in the Q&A forum
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so i updated my bootloader then i went to install the latest liguid rom it was succesfully installed then i flashed the latest gaps and now my phone wont turn on... it wont even show that its charging when i have it plugged in. it just acts like its dead so im at a loss. someone please help.
What bootloader did you flash? I had been trying to flash a 4.2.2 rom for a while now and just gave up....status 7 error over and over....and that was on the dlk3 boot.
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What bootloader did you flash? I had been trying to flash a 4.2.2 rom for a while now and just gave up....status 7 error over and over....and that was on the dlk3 boot.
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Maybe this will help u out...
Unhived__Mind said:
What bootloader did you flash? I had been trying to flash a 4.2.2 rom for a while now and just gave up....status 7 error over and over....and that was on the dlk3 boot.
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at first i tried flashing this oneI747UCDLK3 then i went through the process and it said i had the wrong one so i flashed this one I747MVLDLK4 cause it was the version that it said i had under recovery so then i flashed my new rom and it said succesful and everything looked like it worked then when i went to reboot my phone it never came back on. like its just dead the light doesnt even come on when i have it plugged into the charger took it to att store today and he tried a new battery and that was all and said i needed to make an insurance claim but thats besides the point. im stuck now at just trying to get the phone to turn on cause i can restore it once i do but now im at a loss on how to get it on,