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IMEI restored but still on edge

So i managed to get my IMEI to 0, got it back with peaplearmy's guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997 but im still stuck on edge.
im trying to use his QCN generator but i keep getting "An error occurred while trying to generate the file" if anyone has had the same issue and got it solve please point me in the right direction. btw reason i posted this here is because i need at least 10 post to be able to post in the development section, will really appreciate any help.

Enter *#4636# in dialer. Go to device info and choose wcdma prefered or wcdma only.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Enter *#4636# in dialer. Go to device info and choose wcdma prefered or wcdma only.
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thanks but i already tried that, with "wcdma preferred" stays the same(on edge) and with "wcdma only" it shows not signal .

How did you lose your imei isn't it on the box
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s_snk3 said:
thanks but i already tried that, with "wcdma preferred" stays the same(on edge) and with "wcdma only" it shows not signal .
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Im guessing you are still rootedmaybe try factory reset.
Or Reflash your rom and see if that fixes.
Use twrp recovery. Noone has lost imei using it that im aware of. Everyone who did was using cwm.
bipoler said:
How did you lose your imei isn't it on the box
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Google, read, browse the dev forum. Trust me! It'd be a much better use of your time.
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bipoler said:
How did you lose your imei isn't it on the box
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i wish it was that simple, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1801997 i suggest you make a backup before you find yourself in the same situation i am.
DocHoliday77 said:
Im guessing you are still rootedmaybe try factory reset.
Or Reflash your rom and see if that fixes.
Use twrp recovery. Noone has lost imei using it that im aware of. Everyone who did was using cwm.
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thanks, already did that, im back to stock but it didnt help. and yes after i fix this issue, i'll be using twrp. funny thing is that i was planning to switch from cwm today.and i didnt even flash anything when i lost my IMEI, was about to but i had to make a call so i just reboot out of cwm and that was all it took :/

s_snk3 said:
i wish it was that simple, read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1801997 i suggest you make a backup before you find yourself in the same situation i am.
thanks, already did that, im back to stock but it didnt help. and yes after i fix this issue, i'll be using twrp. funny thing is that i was planning to switch from cwm today.and i didnt even flash anything when i lost my IMEI, was about to but i had to make a call so i just reboot out of cwm and that was all it took :/
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Link doesn't work

Weird I just tried it and it worked..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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@OP
Are you still stuck on edge? Maybe its bad timing and its actually an issue with tmobiles tower. And have you tried in a different area of town so your connected to a different tower?
This happened to me once and it was killing me for over a day before I called tmobile and they said the tower close to me had storm damage!
Have you tried all three available radios? Try flashing starting with the latest UVALH2 and working your way back to UVALG1 and UVALEM.
If its not on their end you may want to reinstall using odin or grab the update via kies if you haven't already. It'll rewrite the system which could fix it.
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DocHoliday77 said:
@OP
Are you still stuck on edge? Maybe its bad timing and its actually an issue with tmobiles tower. And have you tried in a different area of town so your connected to a different tower?
This happened to me once and it was killing me for over a day before I called tmobile and they said the tower close to me had storm damage!
Have you tried all three available radios? Try flashing starting with the latest UVALH2 and working your way back to UVALG1 and UVALEM.
If its not on their end you may want to reinstall using odin or grab the update via kies if you haven't already. It'll rewrite the system which could fix it.
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yea still on edge, i went to work today so i dont think is on tmo side, i contacted peaplearmy and i hope he'll look into it.
i was on the update when i lost the IMEI and had H2 radio, now im back to stock with EM radio, but i will give a try to all 3 radios and the update again and see if that changes anything, thanks man.

No prob. Wish I could be more help. Will let you know if I think of anything else to try.
Good luck!
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Oh and earlier I said to start with the latest and work back. Might be better to try opposite first now that I think of it. Prob wouldn't matter, but you never know.
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DocHoliday77 said:
No prob. Wish I could be more help. Will let you know if I think of anything else to try.
Good luck!
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Oh and earlier I said to start with the latest and work back. Might be better to try opposite first now that I think of it. Prob wouldn't matter, but you never know.
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i got good news, peaplearmy solve it XD , since i kept getting errors while trying to generate a QCN, he generated one for me and that solve it.. man what a relive, now im about to back everything up, root, twrp and all the good stuff, thanks again for your help man.

Right on! Glad you got it working again! Have fun with the rest of it!
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I'm actually stuck on this too was about to send it back to t-mobile what should I do? I restored the imei, tried the secret menu and back on stock, plus tried multiple radios. What was achieved to fix this?
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mykenyc said:
I'm actually stuck on this too was about to send it back to t-mobile what should I do? I restored the imei, tried the secret menu and back on stock, plus tried multiple radios. What was achieved to fix this?
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read the 1st 3 post on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997, specially the 3rd one, if that doesnt get you back on 4g, then contact the op of the thread(peaplearmy) he must likely will help you out.

s_snk3 said:
i got good news, peaplearmy solve it XD , since i kept getting errors while trying to generate a QCN, he generated one for me and that solve it.. man what a relive, now im about to back everything up, root, twrp and all the good stuff, thanks again for your help man.
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your on tmobile usa correct? mind sharing the QCN peoplearmy provided for you? i tried contacting him because im stuck on edge also and he hasnt replied back yet and i really want to get my phone off EDGE

MMontanez347 said:
your on tmobile usa correct? mind sharing the QCN peoplearmy provided for you? i tried contacting him because im stuck on edge also and he hasnt replied back yet and i really want to get my phone off EDGE
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yes im on tmobile also, i dont think that would help you, i assume that would be phone specific but i'll send you the link thru pm.

same here. i have att, restored my imei and still stuck on edge...

I just fixed this problem... use this to restore ur imei.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1804123
Then use the peoplearmy data restore app to get ur 4g back
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[TEMP][NANDROID][JELLYBEAN] redruM UVDLI3

This is a Nandroid of the leaked JellyBean UVDLI3 with SU already installed. BusyBox can easily be installed by grabbing it off the market and installing....self explainatory. I will put this up for those who will find it easier to simply Nandroid restore and also for Devs who want access to it to do work on themselves instead of having to Odin back to stock, flash the update, Nandroid, pull it and use it.
One issue that you are bound to notice immediately is the constant haptic feedback. Solution to this is to open the SuperUser app and check mark "temp unroot". If you have SuperSU installed as well, do the same in that app. Then, wait a second and uncheck it on SuperUser and on SuperSU. Stops it. Stupid and pain in the ass but it seems to happen whenever you reboot the phone.
Other then that, the ROM is extremely fast and smooth. Some nice newer features. Obviously haven't tested battery life yet but will be out all day tomorrow with the wife for her birthday so we shall see.
Anyway, enjoy!
DOWNLOAD
(983MB TOTAL SIZE)
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/16940597/SGH-T999_T999UVDLI3-NANDROID.zip​
Thanks to: chadster214 for the link, Wildchld for the updater-script, Lantek for letting me know there was a new leak, Clark for asking me to make a Nandroid which got me stuck on doing this and staying up 3 hours later then I wanted when I have to be up early tomorrow morning :highfive: and anyone else I might have missed.

I'm first
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Btw thanks redrum its awful nice of you to put this up for us with your new job and all
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Ah! ****, I'm sorry guys. I had WiFi on. When I was going through settings I just realized it says "Baseband Unknown". It's doing the same thing it did when we first tried building or first custom ROM for this phone.
I can't for the life of me remember what it was that caused it, and I know it was something simple.
Canceling the upload now. Really sorry guys, if I could get a hold of Wild really quick I would fix it because I'm sure he knows what it is. Unfortunately I'm sure he's not online and I have to be up really early.
I apologize for jumping the gun, I had the upload already going as soon as the ROM booted up.

All good player.. we appreciate your effort..
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Np redrum we can wait thanks again for doing this for us!
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If anyone needs a Nandroid of it, though (which may still be easier for you guys instead of having to Odin back to stock then update) I'll link the one I'm uploading.
It already has SU....and I believe BusyBox (if not, you just have to grab BusyBox Free from the market).
Should work just fine.
Also, for any developers who need it instead of having to Odin back to stock and all that good stuff.
I'll put that in the OP instead.

uoY_redruM said:
If anyone needs a Nandroid of it, though (which may still be easier for you guys instead of having to Odin back to stock then update) I'll link the one I'm uploading.
It already has SU....and I believe BusyBox (if not, you just have to grab BusyBox Free from the market).
Should work just fine.
Also, for any developers who need it instead of having to Odin back to stock and all that good stuff.
I'll put that in the OP instead.
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Thanks bro. Good to see you back.
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You rock dude! Its never a bad thing tho have something else to play aroud with! Thanks!!
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djintrigue808 said:
Thanks bro. Good to see you back.
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Hey, they put that job offer off for a month. I have a little more free time
DocHoliday77 said:
You rock dude! Its never a bad thing tho have something else to play aroud with! Thanks!!
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No problem man. Sorry the ROM itself didn't work though! I feel bad, got peoples hopes up. I'm sure its something really stupid and simple that is doing it, I remember it being something simple but it's been so long since I had this problem that I can't remember what it is.

Hey red, you might want to try reinstalling it. Ive got baseband t999uvli3
edit: on a side note it looks like they moved the deleteapps on desktop from to bottom right to the top..... threw me off for a second there

afbengochea said:
Hey red, you might want to try reinstalling it. Ive got baseband t999uvli3
edit: on a side note it looks like they moved the deleteapps on desktop from to bottom right to the top..... threw me off for a second there
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Well it works fine for me, but the ROM I cooked up really quick had no baseband. Hence why I pulled it :/
I'm uploading the Nandroid instead for whoever needs it to use. The Nandroid should work perfectly fine (I've restored it twice and it worked perfectly).

Kind of a dumb question but we won't have CWM with this right?
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I'm assuming "nandroid" is to have used with cwm.
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Spider_Pig27 said:
Kind of a dumb question but we won't have CWM with this right?
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If you Nandroid restore, yes, you will.
If you Odin back to pure stock then flash the update that leaked, no, you will not. You would have to root it again and install the CWM and SuperUser.

uoY_redruM said:
Well it works fine for me, but the ROM I cooked up really quick had no baseband. Hence why I pulled it :/
I'm uploading the Nandroid instead for whoever needs it to use. The Nandroid should work perfectly fine (I've restored it twice and it worked perfectly).
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Oh ok, thought you had a bad flash or something ..... btw itsw great to have you back on active duty. Even if for a short time

uoY_redruM said:
No problem man. Sorry the ROM itself didn't work though! I feel bad, got peoples hopes up. I'm sure its something really stupid and simple that is doing it, I remember it being something simple but it's been so long since I had this problem that I can't remember what it is.
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No worries! Im actually trying to get started with work on the UVALI3 build. Cant seem to get the thing deodexed yet...:banghead:
I was thinking bout throwing this on for a min though, just a quick peek and maybe pull the modem.
You said it says baseband unknown, if you flash a different modem like UVLH3, will it work? Just a guess but sounds like something happened to it during update maybe?
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I've got the gallery issue as well. I can set it using a wallpaper app like the Kelly bean one at the market but using gallery crashes.
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If you Nandroid restore, yes, you will.
If you Odin back to pure stock then flash the update that leaked, no, you will not. You would have to root it again and install the CWM and SuperUser.
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Did you remove whatever it is that keeps replacing the custom recovery on this nandroid?

afbengochea said:
I've got the gallery issue as well. I can set it using a wallpaper app like the Kelly bean one at the market but using gallery crashes.
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Did you remove whatever it is that keeps replacing the custom recovery on this nandroid?
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/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
All sammys otas seem to have these. Full fw does not fyi.
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Did you remove whatever it is that keeps replacing the custom recovery on this nandroid?
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/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
All sammys otas seem to have these. Full fw does not fyi.
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Sorry for the double post there! Damn xda app is the buggiest one I have!
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Is link down?
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babymatteo said:
Is link down?
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uploading still..looks like

Hard Bricked?

I accidentally flashed a pit file in Odin which I think was made for a Galaxy Vibrant, my other phone.
The phone wont boot at all. When I plug it into the computer, the computer makes noise like it registers it though. The normal 'ding' sound followed by an error-like sound.
Is there any fix?

Wrong place
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Wow hard bricked is the name of your ROM. I don't think many will flash it. Lol... no you bricked it buddy if you can't get into download mode your phone Is mush in the middle..
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Rushing said:
Wow hard bricked is the name of your ROM. I don't think many will flash it. Lol... no you bricked it buddy if you can't get into download mode your phone Is mush in the middle..
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Hahahahahahahahahahahhaa

In before lock! =D
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m4a1a2 said:
Hahahahahahahahahahahhaa
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This... ROFL!!!!
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Bro question and answer unless u dev u don't belong here
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I tried it.. it won't boot.. need advice... :screwy:
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perknite said:
This... ROFL!!!!
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And I want you to know that I was laughing at Rushing's comment, not your dilemma. I'm sorry you bricked your phone. If this does not get moved to the Q&A section soon, you may want to ask the question again there. I'm sure someone will chime in there with helpful comments, even if it's just to confirm that you need a new phone. I've never had to deal with more than a soft brick, so I'm not sure if a jig will help you or not.
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Does this come with a tmo lte radio?
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I followed OP to the letter and I think it bricked my phone. I would not recommended following this guy.
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born2gethard said:
Does this come with a tmo lte radio?
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doubtful...only JALstudios has that kind of tech in his rom, and he had to use the at&t radio tower to get lte
anyways, might want to check out www.mobiletechvideos.com they can definitely repair your phone with their Jtag repair service...they unbricked my phone and can definitely do yours :laugh:

steelefriese said:
I accidentally flashed a pit file in Odin which I think was made for a Galaxy Vibrant, my other phone.
The phone wont boot at all. When I plug it into the computer, the computer makes noise like it registers it though. The normal 'ding' sound followed by an error-like sound.
Is there any fix?
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You screwed your phone. You flashed a vibrant file on a T989. I've done this mistake when I was a super noobie thinking a "galaxy s2" name applied to all of them and I flashed a I9100 on my T989. I enjoyed a night of disappointment before I was able to call and finally get my replacement sent (it was under 20 days, thank god!) if your not so lucky, your screwed. However if they will accept it and return it they wont question you at all as long as you are super-hard bricked and cant boot or get into download mode or anything.

If you happened to change the recovery via odin, which I think you did, for something that ain't xompatible with our phone, yes you're done.
Nothing can be done sadly
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ah ah ah karma can be a b
m4a1a2 said:
Hahahahahahahahahahahhaa
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little p also nc to u

Rushing said:
Wow hard bricked is the name of your ROM. I don't think many will flash it. Lol... no you bricked it buddy if you can't get into download mode your phone Is mush in the middle..
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Had found a couple of issues??

ludbosanac17 said:
You screwed your phone. You flashed a vibrant file on a T989. I've done this mistake when I was a super noobie thinking a "galaxy s2" name applied to all of them and I flashed a I9100 on my T989. I enjoyed a night of disappointment before I was able to call and finally get my replacement sent (it was under 20 days, thank god!) if your not so lucky, your screwed. However if they will accept it and return it they wont question you at all as long as you are super-hard bricked and cant boot or get into download mode or anything.
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Story of my life. Flashed an i9100 and it killed my baby at the time I didn't think Samsung would replace it, so I had josh from mobiletechvids fix it for me...now ill be a lot smarter about what I flash with this baby *holds phone*
Saber Rattling with The Sith V3

Hope you are able to get a new phone, feel for ya bruh
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bump
bump.
also I feel my new signature is totally fitting for this thread
"Wow i can't believe it! The Radio of Skyrocket that i ported to this device actually made it use LTE network! I had no idea that this phone could use LTE!" -JalStudios

help
i did something with the pit file and my phone does the same thing do u guys thing i can get a new phone through tmobile no recovery no boot no vibrate nothing any help would appreciated

Whats the trick for a Hard Brick??

I can get Qhsusb_dload to show up from time to time on my PC when it connects. but I went to try and flash the Slim Rom from the original android section and it bricked my phone. no screen light up or anything. no LED flashing. i just get Qhsusb_dload when i connect to a PC.
What tricks can i do to get odin to see this.

Did you try the 3 button combination ? Volume down, home key?
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[email protected] said:
Did you try the 3 button combination ? Volume down, home key?
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yes i did. idk if im doing it right tho.

And power on button,What phone you using?
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billard412 said:
removal of moderated material
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You need an attitude check. This was posted in Q&A, he had a question and needs help. If this was posted in the wrong forum, I could MAYBE see this kind of attitude but not here. You were helpful in giving him a link to get his device repaired, but the rest of it was just uncalled for.
kyhassen said:
I did research and no one gave a straight answer anywhere. i googled countless places. a lot of them said to do these button combinations and none worked. some say the only way to do it is through a jig. as you say Jtag. i do everything the way i usually do it by reading the posts before flashing.. idk what went wrong here.
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As far as I know, he is right about JTAG being your only repair option. This may sound like an obvious question, but I have seen this happen before. Are you sure you were downloading from the right forum? (i.e. not accidentally downloading a ROM meant for another carrier.)

I'm kind of curious how this happens. Never heard of bricking from simply flashing a rom.
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mulhiny said:
I'm kind of curious how this happens. Never heard of bricking from simply flashing a rom.
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If rom is for another carrier or the international version of the S3 (i believe the I9300) then it'll brick it quick.

I thought the i9300 is the sprint version. i had looked it up... but oh well. I did more research i missed one step which may have caused it, or my download corrupted. But my next option is to find someone with a Jtag in my area.

kyhassen said:
I thought the i9300 is the sprint version. i had looked it up... but oh well. I did more research i missed one step which may have caused it, or my download corrupted. But my next option is to find someone with a Jtag in my area.
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Sprint is the SPH-L710. So yeah.. may have flashed the wrong rom.. Always double check.. and if your in doubt.. ASK! lol

Use a jig. Will boot up into download mode. You need to use Odin and flash stock. Qbking video is really helpful. Good luck.
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kyhassen said:
I thought the i9300 is the sprint version. i had looked it up... but oh well. I did more research i missed one step which may have caused it, or my download corrupted. But my next option is to find someone with a Jtag in my area.
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Yup you flashed the wrong ROM. I had this happen on my Evo 3D, I don't remember which ROM it was but someone had linked to it from the CDMA forum and I took their word for it being a CDMA ROM. It was GSM. Fortunately I was still able to load hboot and loaded clockwork mod via fast boot. I'm sure you've tried going into download mode or recovery a hundred times by now, but one hundred and one wouldn't hurt. Make sure you are pressing the right buttons in the right combination and letting go at the right time. Honestly I think the SIII is a pain to get into D/L or recovery mode. It always takes me a few tries. If you can do that, you won't need to JTAG it. Good luck!
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smokeadrians said:
Use a jig. Will boot up into download mode. You need to use Odin and flash stock. Qbking video is really helpful. Good luck.
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Ah that's right, he has some really nice instructional videos. Here is his YouTube page. I would also suggest looking him up on XDA.
Http://youtube.com/user/qbking77

smokeadrians said:
Use a jig. Will boot up into download mode. You need to use Odin and flash stock. Qbking video is really helpful. Good luck.
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jig wont work its done for. Only hope is jtag

evo4gnoob said:
jig wont work its done for. Only hope is jtag
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Thats what i was thinking. i cant even get the thing to turn on.

kyhassen said:
Thats what i was thinking. i cant even get the thing to turn on.
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these guys do wonders http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/

evo4gnoob said:
these guys do wonders http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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so i have heard. Im gonna look for one near by my area. if not i will use those guys. i have heard they are good form several of you guys here and other sites. thank you. At least i have my Nexus 7 and free txting app lmao. quite a giant cell phone if you ask me...

Q&A is for questions
No one should be vilified for asking a question, in the proper place, after researching - and no one should be made to feel worse than they already do when they've got an expensive paperweight they're trying to resurrect. We were all new once. Have patience and teach - especially to those who really seek to learn from their mistakes.

Bummer! good to see a lot of evo guys making thier way over.
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At least the plus side is i got to play stupid and get a replacement for 35$ bucks from sprint. screw that 60 bucks and I get it with in a 2-3 days. this time im gonna make sure i dont flash a i9300 rom lol.... oops

[Q] Mobile Odin made Brick

I attempted to flash newest CWM and got a brick. The phone will not boot into any mode and I pulled the battery and held the three keys and cannot get it to boot into any mode. Is there a way to flash somehow back to stock and start over?

If you can't detect any life at all from the phone after attempting to charge it or boot into recovery or download mode then I'm sorry but your phone is now hard bricked.. There is no way to fix it unless you get a jaytag repair through mobiletechvideos.com
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LuigiBull23 said:
If you can't detect any life at all from the phone after attempting to charge it or boot into recovery or download mode then I'm sorry but your phone is now hard bricked.. There is no way to fix it unless you get a jaytag repair through mobiletechvideos.com
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I ordered a warranty replacement but am without a phone for a few days so I am really down that this small app was able to hard brick the darn thing. Makes no sense but I will never use Mobile ODIN ever again! Odd that no warning were there on the thread to download the tool.

photolarry said:
I ordered a warranty replacement but am without a phone for a few days so I am really down that this small app was able to hard brick the darn thing. Makes no sense but I will never use Mobile ODIN ever again! Odd that no warning were there on the thread to download the tool.
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it does say use at your own risk.. lol I've used mobile odin before and had 0 issues. did you flash the correct cwm? anyways sucks that you got a brick. hopefully you'll get your replacement real soon

Let me see the file you flashed.

It was the touch img I downloaded
Aerowinder said:
Let me see the file you flashed.
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I do not think I did it with wrong files. I made a tar from the img file I got from clockworkmod.com so I am sure it was clean. I am wondering if perhaps it screwed up because I had changed build.prop to say the device was "Galaxy Nexus" for Wallet to work properly. And maybe that mod I made confused it and somehow flashed something for a Nexus instead and that is why it wont function. If I had it to do again, I would have changed the build.prop back for few moments while I changed the recovery image. All of this was simply to update CWM to newest 6.0.2.8 since ROM Manager told me there was new one. I wish I had ignored it and just said no. Is there no way to hard reset this thing somehow with ODIN or a key combination that say a Samsung employee tool may "flash factory" to it? Seems odd I cannot fix this on my own. No tool nothing?

I've heard the wallet needs to be reset and all that before anything new is flashed.
I haven't flashed anything since the wallet, so I haven't looked into it yet.
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photolarry said:
Is there no way to hard reset this thing somehow with ODIN or a key combination that say a Samsung employee tool may "flash factory" to it? Seems odd I cannot fix this on my own. No tool nothing?
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Look for JTAG repair. If you can't even get it to turn on, that's what needs to be done.
It's not a home job - to tools cost several times more than the service and require more specialised knowledge.
If you can get it to turn on, look into making or buying a micro-usb jig - cheap and might work if you have time to mess around.
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Pennycake said:
I've heard the wallet needs to be reset and all that before anything new is flashed.
I haven't flashed anything since the wallet, so I haven't looked into it yet.
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I am certain that is the reason I have hard brick. If I had changed build.prop....changed the recovery with mobile odin....then gone and changed it back afterwards...I am sure it would not have broken the phone. At any rate, I just will have to await warranty replacement since I get mixed readings about this MTV solution that costs almost 100 bucks.

No need to change it back. Once wallet is set up and your card activated, you can set your build.prop back to t999 and Wallet will still work perfectly, it only needs to say Nexus for the install/activation.
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That is definitely the reason for what happened.

A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
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bfranklin1986 said:
A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
KCCO
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Wish I could go back 1 day. somehow.

bfranklin1986 said:
A little late now but this has been covered
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928196
KCCO
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Again, if you simply change your build.prop back to the correct values for the T999 afyer you activate Google Wallet, the entire issue would be avoided and Mobile Odin should be safe to use. I know its too late for that for the OP, but hopefully someone somewhere can learn from this. :beer:
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Does anyone have a copy of the link for the JTAG repair ? I know I've seen it before but I cant find it now
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