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Hard Bricked...

So being the idiot I am, I accidentally hard-bricked my phone because I was flashing back to stock via ODIN, but I happened to install the file that was for my OG Epic (I happened to flash it yesterday) because I saw D700 and automatically assumed it was for my E4GT.
Now I cannot boot into recovery or download and the only thing that happens it he blue LED lights up.
Can someone please explain to me the possible solutions that might work for this?
Thanks in advance.

Is there any connection being made from the computer to the device?
do you know how to open device manager?

Nope, no connection and yes I do.

my guess is if odin doesn't recognize it try using different usb cords. if not jtag might be your only way out. unless you go to sprint and play dumb with a good excuse. sorry to hear that.

I'm gonna go to the Sprint store and play dumb tomorrow. I went today right before it closed and they said that they would have to run diagnostics and open it up. I think they would figure out it was rooted and just give it back to me though.

oneandonlysid said:
I'm gonna go to the Sprint store and play dumb tomorrow. I went today right before it closed and they said that they would have to run diagnostics and open it up. I think they would figure out it was rooted and just give it back to me though.
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How long have you had it?
If less than a year.
This is what you will say:
Hi, I was using my phone last night talking to my gf/bf whatever the hell you swing. and suddendly it powered off it. I did notice the phone was getting pretty "hot". At first I thought it was the battery that it died. but when I plugged it into the charger nothing happened and thats why im here.
its still under manufacturer warranty so theres no ****in way they will say no they cant.

Yeah I've only had it for less than 2 months, so I think that they should replace it.

yes so trust me just do what i said and youll have a new phone

I have a question I was flashing Odin3v1.85 and instead of pda,i click bootloader and flash tar file kernel,so now im stuck at galaxysII screen and when i go into recovery its says volume path not found,any help for a fix,thanks in advance.
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EvoSideHustlAZ said:
I have a question I was flashing Odin3v1.85 and instead of pda,i click bootloader and flash tar file kernel,so now im stuck at galaxysII screen and when i go into recovery its says volume path not found,any help for a fix,thanks in advance.
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If you can get back into odin mode my guess would be try to flash back to stock and make sure you put it in the pda and also make sure nothing is checked except for auto reboot. Follow qbking's video on how to unroot/unbrick. This is like I said though assuming you can still get into download mode.

thats what i was thinking of trying,and yes i can get in download mode.

I think I had a bad download flashing a theme. I couldn't get into recovery or Odin and trust me I tried a lot. All I had was a blue light. Took it to a Sprint repair store and said it died charging over night. They tried to bring her back but couldn't. They swapped it out. I know I got lucky. Glad I didn't cancel my insurance. Lol
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My phone turns on just gets stuck at galaxy sII screen and when I go into recovery cwm says this volume path not found,so I can't flash anything.if anybody knows the right files I need to flash in Odin please post.thank you.
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EvoSideHustlAZ said:
My phone turns on just gets stuck at galaxy sII screen and when I go into recovery cwm says this volume path not found,so I can't flash anything.if anybody knows the right files I need to flash in Odin please post.thank you.
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Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678

I use one of qbkings unroot video,so easy phones back,now I'm reroot and try the new cm9.winning.
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I actually made that exact same mistake the day I got this phone. I upgraded from the OG epic and just double-clicked the wrong file and didn't check before starting odin. since then I replaced phone, bought a $5 jig online and tested it by making the same mistake on purpose and BOOM!... download mode
I recommend the jig to all my friends with samsung android phones now. it allows you to be a retard

Update: Well today I went to the sprint store and played dumb and told them it just stopped working. They took it in and tried fixing it but couldn't so they ordered a replacement one for me for free So to anyone who's thinking of playing dumb at sprint, try it out, hahahahah

I just hate getting refurbs tho, they always burn in the screen.
I've been lucky,, I well say when my phone was new, got extremely hot all the time.but I've had for 6 months so far.
-jr
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yep, sprints awesome

Jackstack said:
yep, sprints awesome
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I totally agree. I gave the Sprint store tech a gift card for Christmas a few years ago... I never have problems getting to the front of the line, or issues with devices.

[Q] Bricked... but maybe a way out?

so I was on vacation in europe and my wifi wouldn't connect, so I flashed CM9 as on a whim and the wifi worked great (for google voice wifi calling). The phone was acting wacky so I went into recovery to wipe cache and I accidentally did a full wipe (I blame the jet lag) using the included recovery and rebooted..and my phone was bricked. no samsung screen, no download mode, just solid blue light.
here's my question...
I read in another post that you can try holding the vol down and power until the blue light does the single blink and see if odin recognizes it and trying oding el29. I'm at work, so before I drive all the way home to try it, is there any truth to this idea or should I just wait patiently for my replacement phone?
thanks in advance

I have heard it doesn't work for a full brick, which it sounds like you have. Wouldn't hurt to try though. Usually if you can't access the download screen you're done.
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dante32278 said:
I have heard it doesn't work for a full brick, which it sounds like you have. Wouldn't hurt to try though. Usually if you can't access the download screen you're done.
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I know. and I knew immediately what I did. Not my first brick, lol. having TEP removes all safety protocols I should take when flashing, which I do about 10 times a week
but seeing that post gave me a glimmer of hope that I won't have to keep using my old blackberry until my replacement comes

You'll probably be able to get into ODIN D/L mode and flash everything but your /data partition. The problem is that usually when people do what you did, their /data partition memory gets corrupted in hardware, so you can try, but be prepared to get a replacement.

Oh no Wiz. Weren't you one of the early bricks from CWM Touch? I'm afraid sfhub is probably right. Getting Odin to connect is actually the easy part in these cases. Getting through data.img successfully is another story. Sorry man.

Sounds like you'll be stuck at data.img if you get into Odin. Best of luck though.

Dchibro said:
Oh no Wiz. Weren't you one of the early bricks from CWM Touch? I'm afraid sfhub is probably right. Getting Odin to connect is actually the easy part in these cases. Getting through data.img successfully is another story. Sorry man.
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I actually never had a problem with the cwm touch, lol. my first brick was when I tripped over my usb cable while using odin XD
after that I got a usb jig... which I recommend EVERYBODY get. It's saved me from that fate at least 3x already.
but it didn't help now

didn't work. odin wouldn't recognize it
guess I'm stuck waiting for my replacement to come in..
I hate using this stupid blackberry

[Q] brick'd or not brick'd

my phone was on aokp and fine but i decided i just wanted to go back to the blazer i had
i boot into recovery and im in my cwm recovery (not rogue)
but when i go to wipe/factor reset the screen flashes its stock recover with the little green android in the background and freezes there
i think WTF? no biggie i pop out battery just boot into recovery again and start over
nope doesnt work im stuck on samsung galaxy s screen with yellow triangle
finally get home to comp and go into odin mode try to flash stock ek02 and that doesnt work just gets me stuck at data
so i try it without data and that works but now it just bootloops
so now i dont know if im brick'd or just in some boot loop
any help would be great!!!
hope everything i typed makes sense if not ill clarify

dont know what to tell ya man....im in a hole right now and i see no light either...
i was on codename and the phone was fine for a whole day and a half. i uncderclocked it to 800mhz and undervolted 100mv and the phone ran beautiful for a day and a half. then all of a sudden like two hours ago it froze. went in to a bootloop. trying to figure this out right now...odin wont recognize my phone at alllllll

damn man that is certainly worse than my situation not
seems like ics isnt as stable as we hope haha, but man idk why my phone get stuck when flashing the data.img in odin it never gets past this... im thinking its bricked which really sucks but just gotta roll with the punches... if anyone can help please do ill be up a little while longer

Yeah its bricked.

ross4747 said:
damn man that is certainly worse than my situation not
seems like ics isnt as stable as we hope haha, but man idk why my phone get stuck when flashing the data.img in odin it never gets past this... im thinking its bricked which really sucks but just gotta roll with the punches... if anyone can help please do ill be up a little while longer
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ICS isn't unstable you just messed up basically. This is why you should read the brick threads and warnings first about flashing between ICS. And gingerbread. Your phone sounds like it's bricked. Sorry dude.
As for the guy with the boot loop. You're probably not bricked you just need to try and get into download mode and odin a stock rooted rom. How long did you pull the battery for?
Under volting can cause boot loops but your issue could be a combination. I would post in the brick thread. Someone experienced with that problem can help you.
I recommend pulling the battery and waiting an hour or so then redo it.
Good luck!
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LordJummy said:
ICS isn't unstable you just messed up basically. This is why you should read the brick threads and warnings first about flashing between ICS. And gingerbread. Your phone sounds like it's bricked. Sorry dude.
As for the guy with the boot loop. You're probably not bricked you just need to try and get into download mode and odin a stock rooted rom. How long did you pull the battery for?
Under volting can cause boot loops but your issue could be a combination. I would post in the brick thread. Someone experienced with that problem can help you.
I recommend pulling the battery and waiting an hour or so then redo it.
Good luck!
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ya i tried man...but odin doesnt recognize my phone... im thinking its the LG usb cable i have. i read somewhere that the pins inside the acttual cable arent the same as the E4GTs cable. so tomorrow im gonna get my stock cable.

Carbajal3009 said:
ya i tried man...but odin doesnt recognize my phone... im thinking its the LG usb cable i have. i read somewhere that the pins inside the acttual cable arent the same as the E4GTs cable. so tomorrow im gonna get my stock cable.
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That's possible if its some proprietary cable. These phones use a standard mini USB to USB so any standard generic cable should work. I use a really thick and durable Logitech cable that came with a mouse, or sometimes a generic super long one I have that's like 10 feet
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Ok u guys to to read the OP again for what your flashing you cannot flash any ROM from ICS right now it has a high risk of brick if your going to flash an ICS ROM the best bet is from a cwm based kernal like EL26 not Rogue and you shud be back on GB so use one of SFhub packages it takes an extra 10 minutes tops
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MJHawaii said:
Ok u guys to to read the OP again for what your flashing you cannot flash any ROM from ICS right now it has a high risk of brick if your going to flash an ICS ROM the best bet is from a cwm based kernal like EL26 not Rogue
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Wow. Now you're spreading more misinformation. You certainly can flash roms from ICS recovery its just not 100% safe in all versions and flavors.
Its generally user error that's causing the bricks. The OP will usually claim he did everything perfect but 99% of the time it comes out sooner or later they did something wrong out of haste or neglect.
You're not necessarily helping though with your false info. No offense intended I just don't want you further confusing some poor noob who takes your word...
And just to further clarify: yes odin'ing stock EL26 is safer than flashing from ICS based CWM.
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Carbajal3009 said:
dont know what to tell ya man....im in a hole right now and i see no light either...
i was on codename and the phone was fine for a whole day and a half. i uncderclocked it to 800mhz and undervolted 100mv and the phone ran beautiful for a day and a half. then all of a sudden like two hours ago it froze. went in to a bootloop. trying to figure this out right now...odin wont recognize my phone at alllllll
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Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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MJHawaii said:
Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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Apparently you're not reading the entire thread lol. Scroll up man.
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LordJummy said:
Wow. Now you're spreading more misinformation. You certainly can flash roms from ICS recovery its just not 100% safe in all versions and flavors.
Its generally user error that's causing the bricks. The OP will usually claim he did everything perfect but 99% of the time it comes out sooner or later they did something wrong out of haste or neglect.
You're not necessarily helping though with your false info. No offense intended I just don't want you further confusing some poor noob who takes your word...
And just to further clarify: yes odin'ing stock EL26 is safer than flashing from ICS based CWM.
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as i said you cannot flash anything from ICS without running a risk of bricking your phone its a known issue
Goodnight jummy:what:
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MJHawaii said:
as i said you cannot flash anything from ICS without running a risk of bricking your phone its a known issue
Goodnight jummy:what:
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No. You just flat out said you can't flash from ICS CWM. I was clarifying that is not true. Don't take it personally.
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OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
@Carbajal, yes it's your LG cable. I have same problem with same cable (from Optimus S). Sammy cable will fix it if you still have it. I forget the specific reason why but in layman's terms it was explained to me that the Sammy cable may have a longer pin which triggers the recognition. If you search the Q&A forum you should be able to find the thread.

MJHawaii said:
Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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i cant get the odin program to see my phone!! i can get into DL mode but am not able to flash anything through it...why?? i tried two different computers and three different cables but no go

Carbajal3009 said:
i cant get the odin program to see my phone!! i can get into DL mode but am not able to flash anything through it...why?? i tried two different computers and three different cables but no go
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As you didn't clarify it before, did you try the Sammy cable provided with the phone? If that isn't doing it you may want to check Device Manager (assuming Win PC) and make sure nothing is disabled or not working properly. I mention this as it happened to me once when I tried to reassign the COM ports to use CDMA Workshop.

garwynn said:
@Carbajal, yes it's your LG cable. I have same problem with same cable (from Optimus S). Sammy cable will fix it if you still have it. I forget the specific reason why but in layman's terms it was explained to me that the Sammy cable may have a longer pin which triggers the recognition. If you search the Q&A forum you should be able to find the thread.
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Word!
It freaked me out when I first tested this phone months ago since I came from Optimus S also. Didn't want to unpack all the accessories so just used the cable that came with the LG Optimus S, would charge, but no data. Thought the USB port on the E4GT was busted. Then tried 2 more LG Optimus S cables with the same result. Was about to return the phone when on a whim unpacked the flimsy looking Samsung cable and voila, it worked.
That flimsy looking Samsung cable has gotten me through over 300 flashes now w/o ever having a cable related problem.

garwynn said:
OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
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ross, this is your problem. i'm in the same boat. in that thread, someone was able to repartition the /data partition to his sdcard and it worked (albeit at the cost of sdcard space). worth a shot, but keep up with that thread as it's pretty active.

Thanks guys who inputed about that LG cable. I took me a while to find my original sammy cable!! but my phone workds again and im soooooo happy. Thanks a bunch.
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garwynn said:
OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
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I did this sunday morning, trying out AOKP. Read that there was a possibility for corruption, did it anyway. after deciding it was too buggy for my liking as a daily driver, i attempted to go back. Tried my USB Jig with no luck.
Took it into Sprint on Monday, an hour later the tech tells me its toast. (Tell me something I don't know). I tried so hard to weasel out a new White model.
I've got a refurb'd black model and i'm suspecting there's a few issues with it. Its completely stock, no root. I've had to reboot four times today already from not turning on or coming out of sleep. Then every so often the phone will not stop vibrating during a haptic feedback response. I've turned haptic and vibrate off, but it still locks up on occasion. Funny but weird as hell. Probably gonna take it in later this week and try my luck again at getting a new model.

I bricked it was my fault....

So yesterday I flashed the new aokp build 39 know all the risks of bricking but i thought my phone was immuned lmao no jk but i have been flashing for a few months now sometimes going back to el26 and sometimes i just flashed using ics recoveries wiped data and all and since i never bricked I thought it was safe, but yesterday i was not so lucky like i said i was on aokp 39 and wanted to go back to wicked so instead of going back to el26 i used the included cwm recovery and went to restore my backup and to stop this story from dragging on it restored but when it booted back up it would not go past samsung screen i cld get into recovery and odin mode tried sfhub one click same thing stuck at samsung logo everything i tried nothing worked brought it to sprint today I was honest told em i was rooted and explained i already tried to flash back to stock their guy said' "i'll be able to get it." Lol i said okay but I knew he could not he came bck said he couldnt i have tep and he ordered me a new one and i can get it tomorrow with no charge... Just an fyi u can get ur phone replaced for nothing even if u brick so i have my tablet to get me by til tomorrow so the cwm included in aokp 39 is not safe...
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"MOD EDIT: Always use the Stock CWM5 recovery for anything you want to flash. Do not use the recovery that comes with this rom to flash or do anything with. "
You kind of set your self up there. The thread states that AOKP B39 doesn't come with a safe recovery. Either way, have fun with your new E4GT

MochaCharok said:
"MOD EDIT: Always use the Stock CWM5 recovery for anything you want to flash. Do not use the recovery that comes with this rom to flash or do anything with. "
You kind of set your self up there. The thread states that AOKP B39 doesn't come with a safe recovery. Either way, have fun with your new E4GT
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I believe Jay added the MOD EDIT after he had bricked his phone. There was no warning about not using that recovery prior to that. There was a long discussion about that in the thread.

dafluke24 said:
I believe Jay added the MOD EDIT after he had bricked his phone. There was no warning about not using that recovery prior to that. There was a long discussion about that in the thread.
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Boom. Looks like you're right -- oh well. Sorry OP.

Same thing happened here

sbeekman said:
So yesterday I flashed the new aokp build 39 know all the risks of bricking but i thought my phone was immuned lmao no jk but i have been flashing for a few months now sometimes going back to el26 and sometimes i just flashed using ics recoveries wiped data and all and since i never bricked I thought it was safe, but yesterday i was not so lucky like i said i was on aokp 39 and wanted to go back to wicked so instead of going back to el26 i used the included cwm recovery and went to restore my backup and to stop this story from dragging on it restored but when it booted back up it would not go past samsung screen i cld get into recovery and odin mode tried sfhub one click same thing stuck at samsung logo everything i tried nothing worked brought it to sprint today I was honest told em i was rooted and explained i already tried to flash back to stock their guy said' "i'll be able to get it." Lol i said okay but I knew he could not he came bck said he couldnt i have tep and he ordered me a new one and i can get it tomorrow with no charge... Just an fyi u can get ur phone replaced for nothing even if u brick so i have my tablet to get me by til tomorrow so the cwm included in aokp 39 is not safe...
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Don't feel too bad. I did something similar the other day and experienced a brick myself. I now have a new E4GT, free of charge. I made an elementary mistake, but I knew the risks.

I do not believe the new AOKP posted has a safe updater binary (since they did not say so) which makes it a bad deal to flash in ICS recovery still even a safe one.

Hate to hear this. But seriously OP. Thanks for actually owning up to it. When I bricked mine I did just like you. Sbrissen got me on Gtalk and apologized for bricking my device. I told him that I had not been aware that he had come to my house and flashed my phone for me. He said he hadn't and so I said then how is it your fault. I've seen so many times where someone bricks their phone and blames the dev. So props for being a stand up guy. Also. It is amazing what you can get with sprint reps when you just shoot straight with em isn't it. Glad you got it worked out.

Yea same here bricked mine and was titally my fault did it the same day I got the device and have no insurance really liked this device from the little I got to use it maybe one day I can afford another and nit be so stupid next time but least I know I'm not alone
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@ruffneckZeVo,
First off no need to post the same thing in 3 threads. You'll get a reply.
Even though you didn't have insurance did you try taking it in to get it to Sprint for replacement? Samsung should also cover it but Sprint will probably be the easier solution if possible.
As for modified .PIT files we don't have one for the E4GT - it was quickly recommended not for long term use, so replacement has been the recommended solution. I don't believe anyone has been outright denied one yet - but I could be wrong.

Anybody without insurance that bricks there phone (b.l.o.d.) just go to an a.s.c. location (authorized service center) and tell them your phone won't turn on and you don't know why....you pay $35 and they order you a replacement that will be delivered next business day unless its back ordered. Then you have the option of adding T.E.P. going forward. They will also give you the option of a white or black device. (Unless the tech is a d.bag)
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dafluke24 said:
I believe Jay added the MOD EDIT after he had bricked his phone. There was no warning about not using that recovery prior to that. There was a long discussion about that in the thread.
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same... second brick too. Should've been more careful though.
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anti-up said:
Anybody without insurance that bricks there phone (b.l.o.d.) just go to an a.s.c. location (authorized service center) and tell them your phone won't turn on and you don't know why....you pay $35 and they order you a replacement that will be delivered next business day unless its back ordered. Then you have the option of adding T.E.P. going forward. They will also give you the option of a white or black device. (Unless the tech is a d.bag)
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Make sure you odin to a stock samsung rom(it will fail at data.img, so just unplug it there. This most hints that youre on a non stock rom such as the warning icon.) and then use a usb jig(~$20) This gets rid of all binary flashes in download mode.

That's if you can turn the phone on. Some can and some can't

garwynn said:
@ruffneckZeVo,
First off no need to post the same thing in 3 threads. You'll get a reply.
Even though you didn't have insurance did you try taking it in to get it to Sprint for replacement? Samsung should also cover it but Sprint will probably be the easier solution if possible.
As for modified .PIT files we don't have one for the E4GT - it was quickly recommended not for long term use, so replacement has been the recommended solution. I don't believe anyone has been outright denied one yet - but I could be wrong.
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Sorry just anxious to get this fixed I had the device one day and really liked it its not on sprint I got it from cl and flashed to vzw so sprint isn't an option to fix it ill find another asc thanks for the info
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For what it's worth....
I've had my SG2 E4GT since the middle of april. Rooted it about 3 days after having bought it. And have been using Blue Kuban's Rom ever since.
Sadly, for some dumb reason, I decided to try out the new AOKP build -.-
Ironically I think I bricked it trying to flash from Blue Kuban back into a Gingerbread EL29 build...... But it had Team Rogue's CWM 5.1.0 or 5.0.1 one of them -.-
Either way, after flashing AOKP went to reboot and black screen, only blue blinking LCD light of doom.
I've ordered a USB Jig so I can try to use that to reboot into recovery... but I'm prolly messed eh?
Should probably try going to the sprint store where I got it? I do have T.E.P.

anti-up said:
Anybody without insurance that bricks there phone (b.l.o.d.) just go to an a.s.c. location (authorized service center) and tell them your phone won't turn on and you don't know why....you pay $35 and they order you a replacement that will be delivered next business day unless its back ordered. Then you have the option of adding T.E.P. going forward. They will also give you the option of a white or black device. (Unless the tech is a d.bag)
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I did the same thing. I felt bad but well you know. Anyway it worked great, they even had it in stock.

Unique issue with crawling processor speeds

I've got an Epic 4G that hasn't had any hardware issues in the past. It's been converted to CWM5 MTD, and the rom I've been using without any major problems for the past several months is RandomKing's ThunderHawk 5.1 version of 2.3.6, along with and FC09 modem and his custom ShadowKernel. Today, after shutting down my phone as usual, it froze on the charging screen that comes up when you plug in a power source. I waited and waited, but finally took out the battery. When I attempted to restart, everything seemed to happen in slow motion. After 10 minutes, when the unlock screen showed up for the rom, everything froze again. I booted into CWM recovery (took like 6 minutes), and even the response to button presses there are slow. I've cleared cache, dalvik, fixed permissions, and am in the process of (again, extremely slowly) clearing data/reinstalling ThunderHawk.
Unfortunately, I've not been able to Odin to stock FC09 yet because the download mirrors for the file are so slow and unreliable. What the heck happened, and what should I do?

Wipe data, and both caches, reflash the rom and you should be good....hopefully
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keithkevorkian said:
Wipe data, and both caches, reflash the rom and you should be good....hopefully
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I did, and a day later, the problem came back while I was plugging in my headphones. *Sigh* Now it's taken at least an hour to reflash my nandroid backup, without my knowing what's been causing the problem. GRRRR

Check your init.d folder... Is it empty? Any files in there at all?
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Naddict said:
Check your init.d folder... Is it empty? Any files in there at all?
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Not sure what that is, but if it's on the SD card, it's been wiped several times. Also, removed. I've Odined (no issues) to EL30 stock, EC05 stock, and FC09 stock... but the problem persists.
I've spent at least 60 hours on this phone over the last two years of owning it... and not to mess around with it - just to get it working. I'm sick and tired of the ****ty support Samsung has provided, sick of having to flash custom roms just to get things like the keyboard to work correctly, and sick of it all freezing up whenever I need it most (even with stock). I had it replaced for a fee, and not much changed.
I will never buy straight-up Samsung again. Up for an upgrade in two weeks - anyone know anything I can't find on engadget about the Moto Photon Q 4G LTE on Sprint? Looks nice, but I want to know if anyone has anything to say that would dissuade me from getting that, and instead opting for a Galaxy Nexus (*sigh* at least it's got Google software support) or the EVO 4G LTE (ugly HTC One X version for Sprint).

canhazpixels said:
Not sure what that is, but if it's on the SD card, it's been wiped several times. Also, removed. I've Odined (no issues) to EL30 stock, EC05 stock, and FC09 stock... but the problem persists.
I've spent at least 60 hours on this phone over the last two years of owning it... and not to mess around with it - just to get it working. I'm sick and tired of the ****ty support Samsung has provided, sick of having to flash custom roms just to get things like the keyboard to work correctly, and sick of it all freezing up whenever I need it most (even with stock). I had it replaced for a fee, and not much changed.
I will never buy straight-up Samsung again. Up for an upgrade in two weeks - anyone know anything I can't find on engadget about the Moto Photon Q 4G LTE on Sprint? Looks nice, but I want to know if anyone has anything to say that would dissuade me from getting that, and instead opting for a Galaxy Nexus (*sigh* at least it's got Google software support) or the EVO 4G LTE (ugly HTC One X version for Sprint).
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It has a smaller battery than both, better processor than gnex, same as evo lte. Do you like any ui in particular? Sense, aosp, or Motorola's UI? Screen is HD on nexus and evo, less sub pixels on nexus due to pentile, and more real color on evo. Obviously the photon has a keyboard, is that incredibly important to you? Try em all at sprint and see what you think. Gnex will have best software support. Its all up to what you prioritize.
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