[Q] Bricked yes way bricked - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I used this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911572
and after i flashed it phone went to reboot and now it wont power on or anything
It won't go to downloader or anything, and won't show up in odin.
I'm pretty sure the problem is that's an international rom and i have an american sprint phone.
is there anything i can do ??

jaco420 said:
I used this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911572
and after i flashed it phone went to reboot and now it wont power on or anything
It won't go to downloader or anything, and won't show up in odin.
I'm pretty sure the problem is that's an international rom and i have an american sprint phone.
is there anything i can do ??
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Omg
Sent from my blue galaxy

Why did you flash that !? Its an international Rom. You should read before you flash. Only thing you can do now is get it Jtagged
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Really! Another brick from flashing something that's not for our phone? You're pretty much out of luck. Call sprint or asurion and pay for a replacement.

I STILL CAN NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THESE NOOBS FLASH INTERNATIONAL ROMS FROM THE WRONG FORUM BUT YET FIND THE RIGHT FORUM WHEN THEY F'UP!
Edit: To the OP yes you have a very nice looking paperweight or toy. Go buy a new one.
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edfunkycold said:
I STILL CAN NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THESE NOOBS FLASH INTERNATIONAL ROMS FROM THE WRONG FORUM BUT YET FIND THE RIGHT FORUM WHEN THEY F'UP!
Edit: To the OP yes you have a very nice looking paperweight or toy. Go buy a new one.
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I know! most annoying part is how they find the correct forum asking for help.. It's like someone not realizing they're on the other side of the world when it clearly shows they're not where they should be. . Don't understand how hard it is to simply read before flashing away at your phone. I gave up on these brainless beings..
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You know if you had searched BEFORE posting, you wouldve found like 15+ threads where people bricked their phones and others responded with possible courses of action

These threads are getting out of hand geez it's driving me crazy!
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Maybe we need to create another section just for bricked phones. Lol
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WOW!!! Another one which turn his phones into a POS and then find the right place. If you can search, which i believe dont... search for jtag, If not, go to the next office and sell it as the most expensive paperweight. Good luck selling it.

metalfan78 said:
Really! Another brick from flashing something that's not for our phone? You're pretty much out of luck. Call sprint or asurion and pay for a replacement.
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Hence my omg earlier
Sent from my blue galaxy

Ok guys, now that we got that out of our system, let's help the OP.
In my opinion, you have two options:
JTAG Repair ($60): This is a place you can send your phone to and the will do a JTAG repair. Since you cannot get into download or recovery modes, this is the only thing you can do to fix your phone. It typically takes about a week to 1.5 weeks to get your phone back.
Sprint TEP ($150 Deductible): You can only do this if you've been paying the monthly cost for the TEP service through Asurion. The TEP service covers a total loss of the phone, which is basically what you have. Obviously, this is more costly than the JTAG repair, but the biggest plus is that they send you the "new" (read: refurbished) phone within a day or two. So if time is a major concern, paying the $150 deductible might be the best.

thanks for all the help guys ...
I did a google search for rooting got that done then searched rome and that's what got me to the international rom.
now i have the sprint section bookmarked.
I've had sprint insurance for years so i'm paying and they are sending me another one.
now what is a good rom to use that has a good music player without the volume limiter ?
Since i have the bricking out of the way, why not try to root and do a nice custom rom..

I recommend this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38172219 you can find tons of information and a list of all roms by TW or AOSP.
My personal choice is TPR The People's ROM
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+1 for owning your mistake and paying the deductible OP.

Here we go again. Guess you didnt see the GT-I9300 in the picture at the top of the page
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JTAG is cheaper than a $150 deductible and you don't have to worry about getting a used device.

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Here we go again. Guess you didnt see the GT-I9300 in the picture at the top of the page.
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I know I'm going against popular opinion on this, but when I first got the S3 (a few months after launch), I didn't know what the difference between i9300 and d2spr were. I was looking for CM10 and when I went to CyanogenMod, the only Galaxy S3 Roms I could find were i9300 ones (now they have different sections for the carriers, but I distinctly remember them not having that back then). I don't even remember being able to find the Sprint GS3 forums until a few weeks later. The only thing that kept me from bricking my phone was my general anxiety about messing it up. I read and read and learned about the potential problems before finally using Odin to root my phone.
I also understand that not everyone will exercise the same level of caution I did. But on some level, I can understand the confusion between the i9300 (which is commonly just called the Galaxy S3, not the "international" GS3) and our phone, the d2spr.

topherk said:
I know I'm going against popular opinion on this, but when I first got the S3 (a few months after launch), I didn't know what the difference between i9300 and d2spr were. I was looking for CM10 and when I went to CyanogenMod, the only Galaxy S3 Roms I could find were i9300 ones (now they have different sections for the carriers, but I distinctly remember them not having that back then). I don't even remember being able to find the Sprint GS3 forums until a few weeks later. The only thing that kept me from bricking my phone was my general anxiety about messing it up. I read and read and learned about the potential problems before finally using Odin to root my phone.
I also understand that not everyone will exercise the same level of caution I did. But on some level, I can understand the confusion between the i9300 (which is commonly just called the Galaxy S3, not the "international" GS3) and our phone, the d2spr.
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You my friend have something I like to call common sense. Not everyone has it.:good:

topherk said:
I know I'm going against popular opinion on this, but when I first got the S3 (a few months after launch), I didn't know what the difference between i9300 and d2spr were. I was looking for CM10 and when I went to CyanogenMod, the only Galaxy S3 Roms I could find were i9300 ones (now they have different sections for the carriers, but I distinctly remember them not having that back then). I don't even remember being able to find the Sprint GS3 forums until a few weeks later. The only thing that kept me from bricking my phone was my general anxiety about messing it up. I read and read and learned about the potential problems before finally using Odin to root my phone.
I also understand that not everyone will exercise the same level of caution I did. But on some level, I can understand the confusion between the i9300 (which is commonly just called the Galaxy S3, not the "international" GS3) and our phone, the d2spr.
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well that's kinda what confused me i thought a s3 was an s3, now i know better. i'm gonna get me replacement and root it and i have a nice rom picked out to try.. then thinking about trying out a note 2.
But when you're a noob to all this stuff it gets a lil confusing the last phone i rooted was an evo 4g and a lot of things are way different.

jaco420 said:
thanks for all the help guys ...
I did a google search for rooting got that done then searched rome and that's what got me to the international rom.
now i have the sprint section bookmarked.
I've had sprint insurance for years so i'm paying and they are sending me another one.
now what is a good rom to use that has a good music player without the volume limiter ?
Since i have the bricking out of the way, why not try to root and do a nice custom rom..
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I've been rooting and installing roms since the g1. Luckily i've never bricked one but it can be very confusing specially if you find the wrong information. There is usually not a disclaimer that say "not for sprint phones". Just make sure you take your time and read, read, read and read some more when you're tired of reading. Even if u're on the sprint section you can still mess up your phone if you dont know what you're doing.
That being said, look for the cleanbean rom on the xda sprint android development forum and you'll find a nice little rom that works for your sprint (d2spr) and has the loudest volume i've experienced.
Just remember, keeeeeep reaaaddiing
Good luck
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Returning EVO unless....

Unless someone knows why I keep getting these errors now.
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Unless someone knows why I keep getting these errors now.
Sorry for the large imgs but I'm not able to shrink them on my iPad right now.
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If I was you and having these problems, the first thing I would do would be to run the RUU and get back to stock. Easiest way to find out if it's the Rom or the phone.
in ur settings to a factory reset
You are on a rooted phone and you are going to return it due to errors that might be a result of the root?
No root and I mean no ROOT is perfect and each phone can act differently. Try to reflash again and clear out all your data/cache and try it again.
Try another ROM just to see.
Yet another user error. This is YOUR fault. Heck they could report your to HTC if they didn't like you.
WoW just wow. You talk to me like I am the biggest noob on the forums.
For your information the root was fine for over 2 weeks and this just started last Friday. I had a launch evo and rooted it the first day it was available. Also I flashed back to stock ruu and had the same problem.
Maybe before you open your mouth and let the **** flow out ask yourself a simple question : Is my comment going to help or just make me look like an ass.
Also I would like to comment on the fact I am pretty good at phone jailbreaking and rooting. I know how to read guides and I have been doing this kind of stuff since the pocket pc's. I have never ran into a much ruder group then the people that posted on this topic. Heck even a rom dev talked to me nicer then you guys did when I asked about a project he hadn't worked on in months.
I have returned my EVO but haven't lost hope in you guys. Just let me know if you guys ever apply at my work so I can avoid you at all costs.
Note: This only applies to the ones that deserve it. Thanks for mentioning the stock RUU Roman G, and for mentioning the factory reset toenail78. I had already tried that but to no avail. Also note I even told the store I rooted the phone and flashed it back to stock and neither worked and they were just as puzzled as I was. I am not your 15 year old teenager, but thanks for treating me like one.
I'm still confused as to why anyone would ever return this phone except for physical damage(screen ripping off). Everything software based can be fixed. And its only been 2 weeks. In another 2 weeks, we'll probably have Gingerbread running on this thing. The devs here are simply just amazing. Hell i got these errors BEFORE i rooted. So I'm guessing it was just the network being raped by a new device. I haven't seen them for awhile now.
WoW just wow. You talk to me like I am the biggest noob on the forums.
For your information the root was fine for over 2 weeks and this just started last Friday. I had a launch evo and rooted it the first day it was available. Also I flashed back to stock ruu and had the same problem.
Maybe before you open your mouth and let the **** flow out ask yourself a simple question : Is my comment going to help or just make me look like an ass.
Also I would like to comment on the fact I am pretty good at phone jailbreaking and rooting. I know how to read guides and I have been doing this kind of stuff since the pocket pc's. I have never ran into a much ruder group then the people that posted on this topic. Heck even a rom dev talked to me nicer then you guys did when I asked about a project he hadn't worked on in months.
I have returned my EVO but haven't lost hope in you guys. Just let me know if you guys ever apply at my work so I can avoid you at all costs.
Note: This only applies to the ones that deserve it. Thanks for mentioning the stock RUU Roman G, and for mentioning the factory reset toenail78. I had already tried that but to no avail. Also note I even told the store I rooted the phone and flashed it back to stock and neither worked and they were just as puzzled as I was. I am not your 15 year old teenager, but thanks for treating me like one.
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Whoa whoa whoa hey now... can I have a job?
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Zethmir said:
WoW just wow. You talk to me like I am the biggest noob on the forums.
For your information the root was fine for over 2 weeks and this just started last Friday. I had a launch evo and rooted it the first day it was available. Also I flashed back to stock ruu and had the same problem.
Maybe before you open your mouth and let the **** flow out ask yourself a simple question : Is my comment going to help or just make me look like an ass.
Also I would like to comment on the fact I am pretty good at phone jailbreaking and rooting. I know how to read guides and I have been doing this kind of stuff since the pocket pc's. I have never ran into a much ruder group then the people that posted on this topic. Heck even a rom dev talked to me nicer then you guys did when I asked about a project he hadn't worked on in months.
I have returned my EVO but haven't lost hope in you guys. Just let me know if you guys ever apply at my work so I can avoid you at all costs.
Note: This only applies to the ones that deserve it. Thanks for mentioning the stock RUU Roman G, and for mentioning the factory reset toenail78. I had already tried that but to no avail. Also note I even told the store I rooted the phone and flashed it back to stock and neither worked and they were just as puzzled as I was. I am not your 15 year old teenager, but thanks for treating me like one.
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You asked people to make assumptions, so thanks for being so offended by it. You come here with an immature ultimatum, "Help me or I'm sending this back!" and give us no other information. Only your signature gives any information about your phone, "rooted." Now you fly off the handle and insult everyone.
Probably because your an apple fanboy and god hates you.
It has nothing to do with being a "noob" or "super cool neeto phone pro". I has to do with the ultimatum of returning a phone that you messed up.
Everything will be ok.
Zethmir said:
Unless someone knows why I keep getting these errors now.
Sorry for the large imgs but I'm not able to shrink them on my iPad right now.
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Yeah, I'd like to know where in your original post we could safely assume you knew what you were doing. You gave absolutely NO information, except that you have no patience. This is a developer's forum, which means if you don't give out useful information that people can use to help you, they're going to assume you don't know what you're doing.
I simply asked if anyone knew about these errors. I didn't say fix them.
BTW if I was an Apple fanboy I would have preordered a iPhone 4 instead of the EVO. But sorry your way off on that lol. I am just a gadget person. My iPad and MacBook are for work and school. Heck if I wouldn't be getting so much for my student loan I would of never gotten either, well maybe the iPad because it was a great replacement for the iPhone.
I am going to stick with android, and going to go buy a Nexus One. I am thankful for your guys help, sorry if I offended anyone but it just struck a nerve. This is the reason I don't post on forums often for help. Anyways I will keep an eye on the EVO for future possible purchase. I guess when it came down to it, the screen issue (separation and faulty grounding), the meh battery life (I didn't say it was bad it was just sub par), the 30fps limit (which shows), and the poor service in my area were the downfalls for me with the EVO.
I hope you guys all have better luck then me and enjoy your great phone.
I love that your screen shots show the Evo battery as yellow. Thats the only color my battery ever is...
Im wondering why you didn't just exchange the phone for a new one if you suspected a hardware problem?
Zethmir said:
I am going to stick with android, and going to go buy a Nexus One. I am thankful for your guys help, sorry if I offended anyone but it just struck a nerve. This is the reason I don't post on forums often for help. Anyways I will keep an eye on the EVO for future possible purchase. I guess when it came down to it, the screen issue (separation and faulty grounding), the meh battery life (I didn't say it was bad it was just sub par), the 30fps limit (which shows), and the poor service in my area were the downfalls for me with the EVO.
I hope you guys all have better luck then me and enjoy your great phone.
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The screen separation isn't rampant, and a silly reason to dump the phone if you're not suffering from it.
I have a Nexus One and an EVO 4G. I also have every version of the iPhone from day 1, and should be receiving an iPhone 4 this afternoon if FedEx delivers as promised, so I can speak to each of these with some experience.
I think you'll be EXTREMELY disappointed in the Nexus One if you switch to it after having an EVO 4G. The Nexus One's screen is over-saturated and biased towards too much, I mean TOO MUCH, red. The camera puts a large pink blurred circle into every picture you take. The touch input is very flakey, regardless of ROM you use. It's almost impossible to type accurately on it unless you install Swype or ShapeWriter. It's extremely difficult to see the screen outdoors - I couldn't even get a podcast playing while walking to lunch the other day until I found a big shade tree to stand under. Battery life on the Nexus One is probably the worst of any phone I've ever owned, though that may be a network lack of signal issue (T-Mobile). Speaking of T-Mo, if you get T-Mobile version instead of AT&T you can look forward to lots of missed calls and lots of no 3G coverage areas.
The Nexus One has some great features, including the awesome speaker phone and noise canceling mic, a beautiful hardware design that puts even the legendary styling of iPhones to shame, and it fits great in your hand. And don't forget the fantastic ROMS by Cyanogen and Modaco, but if you're not happy with an EVO 4G I think we'll see you posting over in the Nexus One sections soon enough with some ultimatum about "fix the touchscreen or I'm returning this phone" or some other such issue.
Good luck with whatever phone you pick, because with Android phones, there's ALWAYS some glitch or flaw with the phone that will annoy you, and there's ALWAYS a much better phone coming out next month or two (Droid, then N1, then Desire, then EVO, and upcoming Galaxy S). iPhones have issues too, but at least with your iPhones you don't have to worry about a new better model but once per year - but then you have far fewer options for hacking and the latest hardware. ;-)
Zethmir said:
WoW just wow. You talk to me like I am the biggest noob on the forums.
For your information the root was fine for over 2 weeks and this just started last Friday. I had a launch evo and rooted it the first day it was available. Also I flashed back to stock ruu and had the same problem.
Maybe before you open your mouth and let the **** flow out ask yourself a simple question : Is my comment going to help or just make me look like an ass.
Also I would like to comment on the fact I am pretty good at phone jailbreaking and rooting. I know how to read guides and I have been doing this kind of stuff since the pocket pc's. I have never ran into a much ruder group then the people that posted on this topic. Heck even a rom dev talked to me nicer then you guys did when I asked about a project he hadn't worked on in months.
I have returned my EVO but haven't lost hope in you guys. Just let me know if you guys ever apply at my work so I can avoid you at all costs.
Note: This only applies to the ones that deserve it. Thanks for mentioning the stock RUU Roman G, and for mentioning the factory reset toenail78. I had already tried that but to no avail. Also note I even told the store I rooted the phone and flashed it back to stock and neither worked and they were just as puzzled as I was. I am not your 15 year old teenager, but thanks for treating me like one.
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I know it's too late to help in this instance, but in the future try asking your questions over at ppcgeeks. They play nicer over there. Most of us here on xda seem to have personality problems and can't play too well with others. You said you might try a nexus one. I have one of those too. I prefer the Evo hands down... If I were you I would go back to Sprint and buy another Evo, You will be much more satisfied down the road. Don't let these folks get under your skin!!
i know its a late reply but ill post anyway. i had the exact same problem. a sprint tech helped me out and called me throughout the day to see if it was working. basically he helped me do a reset of the phone to attempt a fix of the low reception. after that we had to grab a tower and because the tower was down i was getting the exact same problem as OP.
he noted that the phone couldnt be processed in the system yet because of the tower so he would call me and let me know if it went through or not. and if it did to continue troubleshooting it.
i kept on trying all day and it went through a couple of minutes before he called me as if he knew i got through. then it was fixed.
dont remember what we did because we entered a bunch of numbers in the dialer, but i know we reset everything and updated everything. it was durring the update that was causing the problems and recurring errors like what the OP had.
if its rooted id say update but i dont know which not to update since you could lose root. i would unroot, run all updates and register phone automatically and if it works then root. if not call tech and see if it can be registered automatically somehow. when it works, root.
just posting this for future reference because i didnt see anyone mention something like this here

Trouble downloading picture messages Syndicate Frozen Rom 1.2

I am running Syndicate Rom Frozen 1.2 with the Genocide kernel and cannot download any picture messages while on 3g. I have tried multiple messaging programs, cleared cache/date, etc. but nothing seems to be fixing the issue. I can, however, download them on Wifi. I have tried to turn off wifi and just use 3g as I understand that can cause issues, but it doesn't help. Any suggestions?!?!?
Dude seriously froyo???
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Update to a rom that isn't a year old.
In Soviet Epic forum, clockworkmod root you!
Dude,get rid of the old software.syndicate ice was the best rom ive run.but its not been updated.if they update,ill go bak. Im running the strongsteve dude and its flawless.awesom blue and fast. I had probs with that rom. Lose it and go to strongsteve. Freakin sic dude.
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Dude,get rid of the old software.syndicate ice was the best rom ive run.but its not been updated.if they update,ill go bak. Im running the strongsteve dude and its flawless.awesom blue and fast. I had probs with that rom. Lose it and go to strongsteve. Freakin sic dude.
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This is the epic 4g forum... the one with the keyboard.
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While I appreciate your reading my question and offering a response, I would appreciate responses relating to my question. My wife likes the way this rom looks and feels and just needs to know if there is a fix. Thanks for any help you can offer.
legasus233 said:
While I appreciate your reading my question and offering a response, I would appreciate responses relating to my question. My wife likes the way this rom looks and feels and just needs to know if there is a fix. Thanks for any help you can offer.
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That is the fix...update to GB .that ROM is abandoned
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xjayman said:
That is the fix...update to GB .that ROM is abandoned
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I agree. Froyo is pretty much unofficially unsupported. I'm sure his wife would love CM7.
legasus233 said:
While I appreciate your reading my question and offering a response, I would appreciate responses relating to my question. My wife likes the way this rom looks and feels and just needs to know if there is a fix. Thanks for any help you can offer.
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I would say ditch 1.2 its old there is no further development for it as of right now. You should at least b running gingerbread (hell a lot of us are on ice cream sandwich now, which also has BLUE in the rom) and if you want blue in a gingerbread touchwiz rom just pick a blue theme to put on top of whatever rom u pick I'm sure there is a few blue themes. Getting off froyo has other benefits as well like no ciq at all and other bug fixes, I'm assuming your modem is also ec05 which is also old and u should probably b on ei22 or el30.
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Jesus christ, i get it already, I need to update the rom. Apparently you guys don't get it. All seven of your responses are identical, nothing like beating a dead horse. I have an Evo and find flashing between roms much easier and the guys on the Q and A sections of those boards are actually helpful. So, one last time, can anyone address the issue or not?
legasus233 said:
Jesus christ, i get it already, I need to update the rom. Apparently you guys don't get it. All seven of your responses are identical, nothing like beating a dead horse. I have an Evo and find flashing between roms much easier and the guys on the Q and A sections of those boards are actually helpful. So, one last time, can anyone address the issue or not?
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Reflash the ROM over itself no wipe
If that doesn't do it update to GB lol
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legasus233 said:
Jesus christ, i get it already, I need to update the rom. Apparently you guys don't get it. All seven of your responses are identical, nothing like beating a dead horse. I have an Evo and find flashing between roms much easier and the guys on the Q and A sections of those boards are actually helpful. So, one last time, can anyone address the issue or not?
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Jesus Christ
i get it already apparently you don't
I need to update the rom. then why haven't you?
Apparently you guys don't get it. apparently you don't, we told you what you needed to do, what was it, 7 times?
All seven of your responses are identical, nothing like beating a dead horse. and all of them correct, yet you still want to run an out dated ROM that has NO support. Nobody is going to flash back to Froyo to diagnose and fix a problem for someone demanding it like we owe you something
I have an Evo and find flashing between roms much easier and the guys on the Q and A sections of those boards are actually helpful. and? 7 people promptly answered your question correctly on how to permanently fix your problem. If your evo buddies are so helpful (they're not http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1393443 ) ask them to fix your download issue for you for free. So you know how to flash a ROM easily on your evo, apply your expertise to the epic.
So, one last time, can anyone address the issue or not?
yeah I have the solution. It's not my fault if anything happens because of you not reading these instructions before you even touch your epic. Go find a qbking video.
Now shall we begin?
Download Odin, get any .tar from anywhere in XDA and place the .tar in the PDA section. Select repartition and reset f.time or whatever, and uncheck auto reboot.
Now plug your epic into the computer while the epic is in download mode.
Now click start in Odin and when the green progress bar gets half way, unplug the epic and bingo, you have a brick. Have a nice night.
Nothing to see here folks keep it moving.
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legasus233 said:
I am running Syndicate Rom Frozen 1.2 with the Genocide kernel and cannot download any picture messages while on 3g. I have tried multiple messaging programs, cleared cache/date, etc. but nothing seems to be fixing the issue. I can, however, download them on Wifi. I have tried to turn off wifi and just use 3g as I understand that can cause issues, but it doesn't help. Any suggestions?!?!?
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What carrier are you using??
Try booting a stock rom and going to settings>about phone> update prl, and your profile. 3g should work aftrwords.
Next use voice dialer in applications and say "open apn" and make sure default profile is active.
Update the damn rom!
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Jesus christ, i get it already, I need to update the rom. Apparently you guys don't get it. All seven of your responses are identical, nothing like beating a dead horse. I have an Evo and find flashing between roms much easier and the guys on the Q and A sections of those boards are actually helpful. So, one last time, can anyone address the issue or not?
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Well if we all say the same maybe u should listen!!!!!!!! Get rid of the old rom and move on to something that is actually supported these days, did u even look to see what modem you're on???? How is flashing roms any easier on an evo considering u can use rom manager for both of them?? That is if you have updated your wife's recovery, have u done that yet??? Anyway im done here your last post seems a little rude and I don't really like helping d!ck$, especially ones that probably haven't been paying any attention to the development of the epic for what seems to be a long time.
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Seriously though update the rom as well as clockworkmod its not hard, we even have an official update to gingerbread from sprint so cut us some slack if were telling you to update when people who aren't rooted are light years ahead of you. If anything you were the one beating the dead horse because no matter how many times we told you a solution you insisted on another solution.
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IF this is a recent issue it could very well be a tower issue. If on an Airave try resetting it by unplugging for a few minutes. Also try updating Profile and PRL.
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I think the real lesson here is -don't root or flash the wife's phone.
Chances are that she really doesn't give a **** about all this "cool" android stuff, and when something does go wrong she's not going to try to fix it herself, rather she will just blame you for screwing it up in the first place and then send you on a quest to fix it.
Why isn't she the one in here asking how to fix her problem?
My suggestion to fix "your" msg problem: I would just Odin her phone back to stock, let her epic take the ota updates, and then never touch the thing again.
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Maybe I left out one key line. I have no interest in flashing another rom. If there is not a known fix for this, I will just move on and leave it as is. The entire process of flashing, odin, etc. beyond just simple zip flashes in CWM is more than I am willing to figure out right now and more complicated than the Evo recovery process. Plus in my brief experience, seems less reliable and consistent (only certain cords work, with certain phones on certain computers, etc. I don't want to take the time to learn more about it and fiddle with it because it's my wife's phone and I never have more than an hour or so to work on it. Thanks to those who responded with ideas that didn't involve flashing a new rom, I appreciate it. If anyone else has another work around for this, I would appreciate it.
Thanks
mjben said:
I think the real lesson here is -don't root or flash the wife's phone.
Chances are that she really doesn't give a **** about all this "cool" android stuff, and when something does go wrong she's not going to try to fix it herself, rather she will just blame you for screwing it up in the first place and then send you on a quest to fix it.
Why isn't she the one in here asking how to fix her problem?
My suggestion to fix "your" msg problem: I would just Odin her phone back to stock, let her epic take the ota updates, and then never touch the thing again.
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This is very true. She doesn't care about most of the "cool" stuff, however, she was on the stock gingerbread release and said the camera was really slow and so I saw the video from qb king on flashing SRF 1.2 and gave it a whirl. Aside from this messaging issue (it also won't send mms), the rom is fast and smooth, plus the battery life is terrific.

Wind Mobile Galaxy S3 (T999) users UNITE

A while ago I was a part of the wind mobile optimus 2x (P999) users UNITE threads so to live on with the legacy I figured I would make a thread for the Wind Mobile Galaxy S3 users:
have fun ask questions, shoot the breeze, and just chill with your windy friends
dakunclear said:
A while ago I was a part of the wind mobile optimus 2x (P999) users UNITE threads so to live on with the legacy I figured I would make a thread for the Wind Mobile Galaxy S3 users:
have fun ask questions, shoot the breeze, and just chill with your windy friends
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Great idea... first question here... i have never rooted a phone or done anything like that to it... i've always wanted to get into it, but i just never could get up the nuts to do it. funny because i've messed with and modified every other electronic device and pre-android phone i've ever owned... just got scared with android, i guess partly because i cannot afford to have to buy another 700 dollar device...
anyways, i want to go ahead and root my sgs3 on wind mobile, but i have no idea how. can anyone point me to some help... i mean super basic noob help? like a walkthrough? i want to put on CM9 if i can, and whatever rom would be a good one for daily use... i don't really know what different roms are going to get me even, and honestly for the most part the phone works great, but there are a few minor things (like google wallet) that i want access to and can't have without rooting... so i figure i'll go for it
also, will it void my warranty to do this, or can i revert back to stock if i have a warranty issue and then take it in for replacement? thanks for any and all help!
*please ignore*
hot temperature?
Are any of you guys noticing your Wind GS3 being very hot? My battery temperature is at about 35C to 40C after a few minutes browsing or playing games (though it's ~30C when it's not doing much). Feels reasonably uncomfortable to hold while it's hot ... Not sure if the phone is defective or if it's because Wind's (generally) weak signal strength forces the Radio/CPU to crank up a notch or two ...
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I'll see if I can come up with something, but just wanted to say that I'm with Wind and I've been able to root it, flash the FreeGS3 (currently R3 right now) ROM and Trinity kernel. Also installed CPU Sleeper and other CPU apps. ~20 hours of battery life (since 7:30am), listened to music at work all day, played games on the train home, wi-fi on at home).
Also used Triangle Away to set the flash count back to 0
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i find i get tons of battery life even with the stock rom and i'm very heavy user so its up to you i guess
zb123 said:
Are any of you guys noticing your Wind GS3 being very hot? My battery temperature is at about 35C to 40C after a few minutes browsing or playing games (though it's ~30C when it's not doing much). Feels reasonably uncomfortable to hold while it's hot ... Not sure if the phone is defective or if it's because Wind's (generally) weak signal strength forces the Radio/CPU to crank up a notch or two ...
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that is odd cause my phone sits in around 27 on average so its never hot to the touch so it might be a defect but i would go in and have that checked out in any case
asaqwert said:
Great idea... first question here... i have never rooted a phone or done anything like that to it... i've always wanted to get into it, but i just never could get up the nuts to do it. funny because i've messed with and modified every other electronic device and pre-android phone i've ever owned... just got scared with android, i guess partly because i cannot afford to have to buy another 700 dollar device...
anyways, i want to go ahead and root my sgs3 on wind mobile, but i have no idea how. can anyone point me to some help... i mean super basic noob help? like a walkthrough? i want to put on CM9 if i can, and whatever rom would be a good one for daily use... i don't really know what different roms are going to get me even, and honestly for the most part the phone works great, but there are a few minor things (like google wallet) that i want access to and can't have without rooting... so i figure i'll go for it
also, will it void my warranty to do this, or can i revert back to stock if i have a warranty issue and then take it in for replacement? thanks for any and all help!
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and at last your question here i found a thread that will help you with everything so your not going on a mad man hunt for this information now you can pick whatever rom you want but they have a couple on here but ill have another link for some new roms that are more stable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723175
so here are a few roms that you can take a stab picking and choosing which you think would like best
CapRom Turbo | AROMA |
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750221
TEAM SONIC'S FREEGS3 R4_U1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750270
and hopefully we will see CM9 show up a bit more soon but all I can find is nightlies for now but i'm sure as we pass a month of this phone being out we will see better roms come out with it .....was kinda hoping for hellfire to move on over but soon enough i'm sure cause he is a great dev for the G2X aka optimus 2x
but for now those are the 2 big ones that i can see and of course as the phone progresses it will get more roms that are better out there
ok, cool, i'm going to read through those links
in the mean time, can anyone point me in the direction of a page, or just explain it, that tells me what the hell a kernel does compared to a rom? what does each of them do, and what does changing each of them get me?
i'm super new to android and honestly, this is getting to be so much for me that i'm getting tempted to just say screw it and not risk messing up my phone that i bought out and paid 700 dollars for by the time i was said and done....
i really do want to get into modding it, but i'm not going to risk screwing it up completely if it's a significant risk, and if i can't get warranty coverage for it if i do mess it up...
any help on clearing up what a kernel does compared to a rom, etc, would be awesome
also what benefits does the FREESG3 rom give me? will i lose out on a lot of the cool stock samsung features? i know some of them are stupid, but i honestly like some of the other ones, like the stock calender and a few others....camera, i dunno what else but i know i like em. lots of the other samsung stuff is crap for sure, but i've dealt with it thus far. also, if i flash a new rom, will i lose all of my existing calender entries or can i back them up and restore them to the new (if it's new) calender in the new rom?
holy *phew* hope that relieves my n00bie question diarrhea for the next 3 minutes...
asaqwert said:
ok, cool, i'm going to read through those links
in the mean time, can anyone point me in the direction of a page, or just explain it, that tells me what the hell a kernel does compared to a rom? what does each of them do, and what does changing each of them get me?
i'm super new to android and honestly, this is getting to be so much for me that i'm getting tempted to just say screw it and not risk messing up my phone that i bought out and paid 700 dollars for by the time i was said and done....
i really do want to get into modding it, but i'm not going to risk screwing it up completely if it's a significant risk, and if i can't get warranty coverage for it if i do mess it up...
any help on clearing up what a kernel does compared to a rom, etc, would be awesome
also what benefits does the FREESG3 rom give me? will i lose out on a lot of the cool stock samsung features? i know some of them are stupid, but i honestly like some of the other ones, like the stock calender and a few others....camera, i dunno what else but i know i like em. lots of the other samsung stuff is crap for sure, but i've dealt with it thus far. also, if i flash a new rom, will i lose all of my existing calender entries or can i back them up and restore them to the new (if it's new) calender in the new rom?
holy *phew* hope that relieves my n00bie question diarrhea for the next 3 minutes...
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okay for the most part the kernel doesn't matter most roms have their own kernels but some kernels will allow you to overclock your phone and yes you will lose you current calender entries and technically you will lose your warranty on your phone but the benifits are you can get much better battery life and speed out of your phone realistically but its all up to you on wether you decide to go through with it or not but i like what i got with the s3 personally optimus x2 i had to put custom roms on there cause without it my phone would be ****
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okay for the most part the kernel doesn't matter most roms have their own kernels but some kernels will allow you to overclock your phone and yes you will lose you current calender entries and technically you will lose your warranty on your phone but the benifits are you can get much better battery life and speed out of your phone realistically but its all up to you on wether you decide to go through with it or not but i like what i got with the s3 personally optimus x2 i had to put custom roms on there cause without it my phone would be ****
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ok cool thanks for the help here...
so as far as calender stuff.... can i back it up and restore it, or am i hooped and just stuck losing it? since i have my google stuff, shouldn't it back it up for me? i know when i went from my optimus 2x (un modded) to my sgs3 i just signed into google and everything showed up... won't happen here though or what?
also.....i've been reading about people having to install gapps (google apps i'm guessing?) separately? what's the deal there... do i have to do that? thanks
one other thing i forgot to ask... i've had a few people tell me that, being on wind, i cannot use tmo roms etc like i used to be able to on other phones (apparently) but now it looks like those links above are all tmo roms... i'm confused... am i boing to bork up my phone if i put tmo stuff on it, or no? thanks
asaqwert said:
ok cool thanks for the help here...
so as far as calender stuff.... can i back it up and restore it, or am i hooped and just stuck losing it? since i have my google stuff, shouldn't it back it up for me? i know when i went from my optimus 2x (un modded) to my sgs3 i just signed into google and everything showed up... won't happen here though or what?
also.....i've been reading about people having to install gapps (google apps i'm guessing?) separately? what's the deal there... do i have to do that? thanks
one other thing i forgot to ask... i've had a few people tell me that, being on wind, i cannot use tmo roms etc like i used to be able to on other phones (apparently) but now it looks like those links above are all tmo roms... i'm confused... am i boing to bork up my phone if i put tmo stuff on it, or no? thanks
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well they said that it could cause issues but my old optimus 2x aka g2x worked fine with tmobile roms and btw GS3 is T999 where as the Canadian version is T999V and should have no issues from what i can see if im not mistaken the optimus 2x up here was P990DW where as the tmo version was T990 but the roms and everything were the same for both.
where as for the calendar its prob a loss and yes you install gapps separately but just follow the instruction and it will lead you through everything safely but here is another link just in case
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775616
dakunclear said:
well they said that it could cause issues but my old optimus 2x aka g2x worked fine with tmobile roms and btw GS3 is T999 where as the Canadian version is T999V and should have no issues from what i can see if im not mistaken the optimus 2x up here was P990DW where as the tmo version was T990 but the roms and everything were the same for both.
where as for the calendar its prob a loss and yes you install gapps separately but just follow the instruction and it will lead you through everything safely but here is another link just in case
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775616
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THAMKS MAN!!! YOU'VE BEEN THAMKED!
super appreciated
so has everyone on wind been just using tmo roms and kernels or what? any problems thus far?
For those that just want stock firmware but rooted, I've added wind to my tmo thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
wind galaxy s3 nand Backup
HI does any one have nand back up of the stock Rom
mrRobinson said:
For those that just want stock firmware but rooted, I've added wind to my tmo thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
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i still am looking for confirmation that people are just simply flashing tmo firmwares onto wind phonse.,.. it's all fine and dandy that it SHOULD work, but i'm in construction and my phone is my lifeline so i really can't risk it not working...
Yes one of the other users I'm this thread uses it on his phone so you should be okay where as for me I haven't done anything yet since I actually don't mind the stock Rom unlike my experience with the optimus 2x
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Awesome thanks very much guys did the help and advice. I've now got the trinity kernel running and love it getting better battery life and whatnot but it isn't appearing a night and day ndifferent
As for ROM s I'm still on stock and don't mind it to bad just want it debloated but otherwise it's alright

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Sprint begin OTA JB 4.3 the version is MK4
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Every time I see MK4, I think of the guy screaming "Mortal Kombaaaat" and the techno music starts playing in my head
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Does this mean Sprint customers here in the US are getting it today?
ycats said:
Does this mean Sprint customers here in the US are getting it today?
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Probably... But even so I'd wait for a zip from xda devs. If we're like the s4, the update will be a patch that changes your boot loader and you cannot roll back.
DarkManX4lf said:
Every time I see MK4, I think of the guy screaming "Mortal Kombaaaat" and the techno music starts playing in my head
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Your Soul is MINE!!!!!
DarkManX4lf said:
Every time I see MK4, I think of the guy screaming "Mortal Kombaaaat" and the techno music starts playing in my head
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:
im crying over here.
Skripka said:
Probably... But even so I'd wait for a zip from xda devs. If we're like the s4, the update will be a patch that changes your boot loader and you cannot roll back.
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can you elaborate what happened with s4? My secure element seems borked .. cant do Google wallet tap and pay setup (fails constantly) but other nfc functions work. I am thinking of sending it back for warranty. Now should i odin stock + triangle away and send it.
Please some one post Rooted version to flash
I'll take any version, but it seems no one has it yet.
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The mk4 comments tho lol a simple update zip do sound good
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WHOOP WHOOP HUMP DAY bout time we get the update now i can enjoy the galaxy gear... i've just checked to see if i can get it yet but its not up yet so hopefully tonight or tomorrow :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
hardrock121 said:
can you elaborate what happened with s4? My secure element seems borked .. cant do Google wallet tap and pay setup (fails constantly) but other nfc functions work. I am thinking of sending it back for warranty. Now should i odin stock + triangle away and send it.
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If you have any want or need of a warranty claim...then DO NOT install any official 4.3 update until were 100% certain what is in it. If Knox is included then rooting your handset will permanently brick your warranty
It's my understanding that on the s4, the Knox bootloader prevents you from rolling back to previous builds/bootloaders, including older modems. The New update can be rooted, but folks have had issues trying to go back to older versions of android (or custom roms based on an older version) our trying to flash an older modem.
The s4 devs have created a flashable all in one firmware that excludes the Knox bootloader (which is what is believed to cause the issues) and there are tired versions of the stock Rom for those not wanting to be locked into the new build our new modem with the Knox bootloader.
I'm sure they will sort out the issues with it, but I'm sure it will take some time.
I'm holding out on updating my s4 and will do the same with my wife's Note 2 until it's fully understood what the Knox bootloader means for long term development
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hardrock121 said:
can you elaborate what happened with s4? My secure element seems borked .. cant do Google wallet tap and pay setup (fails constantly) but other nfc functions work. I am thinking of sending it back for warranty. Now should i odin stock + triangle away and send it.
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If you at any point in the life of your phone have installed a custom ROM and tried to use Google wallet it will not work again, that is for the rest of the phone's life. No matter even if you revert to 100% stock unrooted.
Maybe that's what happened
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BBobby said:
If you at any point in the life of your phone have installed a custom ROM and tried to use Google wallet it will not work again, that is for the rest of the phone's life. No matter even if you revert to 100% stock unrooted.
Maybe that's what happened
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Well That definitely happened, but I highly doubt thats true, there were a lot of roms where wallet was working, in fact it was working on some other custom rom i had sometime ago, stopped about 4-5 months ago.
hardrock121 said:
Well That definitely happened, but I highly doubt thats true, there were a lot of roms where wallet was working, in fact it was working on some other custom rom i had sometime ago, stopped about 4-5 months ago.
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I see. Just a thought. I personally never used g-wallet. I apologize for the generalizing. Just something I had picked up at looking around for ROMs
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FanOfSkynyrd said:
It's my understanding that on the s4, the Knox bootloader prevents you from rolling back to previous builds/bootloaders, including older modems. The New update can be rooted, but folks have had issues trying to go back to older versions of android (or custom roms based on an older version) our trying to flash an older modem.
The s4 devs have created a flashable all in one firmware that excludes the Knox bootloader (which is what is believed to cause the issues) and there are tired versions of the stock Rom for those not wanting to be locked into the new build our new modem with the Knox bootloader.
I'm sure they will sort out the issues with it, but I'm sure it will take some time.
I'm holding out on updating my s4 and will do the same with my wife's Note 2 until it's fully understood what the Knox bootloader means for long term development
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I never udnerstood something, a tiny percentage of ppl root/flash custom roms etc. What pleasure do these companies derive from locking them out of the phones they paid for it anyways. If its warranty, fine, lock it during warranty period then let it go, anyways they are not coming to the manufacturer to get any service.. so whats the point. Seriously ridiculous how much time and money they spend to lock out a fraction of their user base. which costs them near to nothing.
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I never udnerstood something, a tiny percentage of ppl root/flash custom roms etc. What pleasure do these companies derive from locking them out of the phones they paid for it anyways. If its warranty, fine, lock it during warranty period then let it go, anyways they are not coming to the manufacturer to get any service.. so whats the point. Seriously ridiculous how much time and money they spend to lock out a fraction of their user base. which costs them near to nothing.
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Knox is Samsung's bid to completely kill off BlackBerry's business. By putting a massive fork in the only thing BB has that no one else really does....device security strong enough for government officials and DoD employees. That is the point of Knox.
Killing people's warranties is an added bonus I think, but wasn't the goal.
Skripka said:
Knox is Samsung's bid to completely kill off BlackBerry's business. By putting a massive fork in the only thing BB has that no one else really does....device security strong enough for government officials and DoD employees. That is the point of Knox.
Killing people's warranties is an added bonus I think, but wasn't the goal.
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Makes sense.. but lets see how they are going to compete with local Apple . There will definitely be some favor for Apple at least in US.
hardrock121 said:
Makes sense.. but lets see how they are going to compete with local Apple . There will definitely be some favor for Apple at least in US.
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From what I remember back in the day, DoD wouldn't use Apple due to it's closed offness.

[Q]i317 Note 2 No Sim Card Connection *Plz Respond

If you would not like to read this, I admit its size is a bit unsettling, then please jump to the bottom in big bold letters and see if there is some passive way of helping.
But seriously, it's not that bad of a read. :fingers-crossed:
Hey guys, hows it goin? :laugh:
I Know this looks long but bear with me. I've made it
Enjoyable.....​
To warn you before hand.... I AM A NOOB OOOOOoooOOOoooHhhHHHhhh.......
I'm new to forums, I'm new to roots, but I'm not new to technology. Help me and I will be able to figure things out.
If you find yourself saying "Hey ya i know whats goin on hea!" help me with this, and I will Love you mercilessly.
So I'm going to give you all of the details that I can about my phone and its history.
I can imagine that maybe the solution to my problem is somewhArrr on the XDA but i just cant find a thread with my exact problems and history and I am just going to throw this up here and hope that someone can walk me through this hard time.
Alright, Ive never jumped into anything without a little bit of research first BUT like my legos, when I was a kid I just did it without reading the manual. I just kind of looked at the end result and just did it. Terrible thing to do, I know, but I'm a pretty clever guy. I usually find everything out no matter how long it takes me. But this time I fear i have taken a road that I cant really go back.
Ok ok I'll start. I got my Note II at least a year ago (pretty sure my warranty is over) and a little while ago I really realized what power my phone held and I had to have it rooted. :laugh:
So I did research and I rooted with the all powerful Auto Odin.
I have a friend who professionally works/jailbreaks/fixes all things Apple. A long time ago he rooted my Nook.
He knows his **** and he's educated. He knows Titanium backup, CWM, SuperUser, ya know, The Basics....
He saw me working on my phone one day and said "Oh i know Cyanogen mod. Its awesome!"
So at the time I had Rom toolbox (Pro) and was just window shopping different Roms. I liked a couple like Carbon, but I just decided to stick with CM. I picked a nightly mod because I'm all about the looks
So I stuck with that for a while but it wasn't enough. I missed my multi-window, s note, etc.
Then I heard about....
JEDI X.....​
Must have...... (Jedi.... I have chubs for you......)
|||||| SIDE NOTE ||||||||​Around this time I got a 64gb micro SD. And AGAIN, Research/deadlinks/descriptionsAndXDAThreadsThatNeverAppliedPerfectlytoMe/FailureTo FindDownloads&ModDescriptionsCommentsAlwaysTalkedAbout/nonfreeServices and other stuff.
The card worked but never how I wanted to and my Internal was always running out of space. Couldn't partition. Couldn't get app2sd to work.
Jedi would Flip it so Internal and SD were swapped but sometimes i would get traded my 64 into a 10 and **** was con-FUZE-ing.
If I see the light after this tunnel..... Simple and honest help would be greatly appreciated.
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My first-firstJedi was a failure. GApps didnt work and other stuff. And no SU, CWM, Rom Toolbox. Downloading apps was hard but I got a couple. It was Hard. AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! I used my SD card to quickly add .Zips, .Img, and other stuff I needed for bootloading. So I got it and when I installed it (btw I'm still not 100% on what Flashing is) I Did not wipe because I was afraid of losing my data. I never knew It would be Dirty Flashing. It was Jedi 19 I believe, or maybe 18... Well then It started to Boot loop. Info of "No root" on bootloader would cause more Bootlooping upon Install. Even after more Odin. Then waves of Battery pulls, button holds, Usb links, Odin re-roots. Eventually I wiped Enough times and re-installed Jedi and it began to work again. Some things never really worked so I did research and research. Which was always filled with links that that eventually ended in the same place they started. Or Downloads that were either lost in time or locked. Then available .exe files that never worked like 2nas and other stuff. Tried Odin again and again. Other Odin .tar file downloads again and again.
I can find everything I ever used and compile a list if it would help.
Because of all of this I experienced sleepless nights, filed with protein bars, X-files, Adderall, and a whole war brought on by my phone against me and my Lappy. Guys, I miss the taste of Sunlight. I miss my Gf. Poor thing. She emails me quite often. She really hasn't heard anything form me because.....
No
Mobile
Connection​
SIM card cannot be read. I about lost my ****. But not immediately because I hadn't noticed it. At first I was celebrating. "Yay! Beloved Jedi! I Finally have you! FN Notifications you're so sexy! (Being A HUGE Bioshock Enthusiast, Portholes is my favorite theme) Icon changer! Sweet! Jedi Tricks! Yah!" But then I noticed I couldn't get data. At first I was fine. Nothing could touch me. I could fix anything. So I gracefully took out my sim, cleaned it, and stuck it back, Nothing. Reboot. Nothing. Recovery. Nothing. Then,
FLASH-REINSTALL-JEDI/18/19/20-WIPE-REINSTALL-GOODYBAG-ODIN-.EXES-ROMS-TARS-BACKTOCM-THENTOJEDI/18/19/20-SDSWITCHERS-PARTITIONS
Nothing worked and I fear I have only been picking at old wounds and perhaps making it worse. Idk. but other than that everything is perfect.
Then last night I realized. Duh! must be the SIM card! ill just get a new one! went down to mah At&t store and a brother hooked me up. My mom is the only authorized user so I couldn't switch my number right there but I went home, Called customer support, fixed it, set up my new card, read him the digits, read em back, that was good, then he said it should work right then. Hung up. Powered down. Took out old one, put in new one. Happy/psyched. Get to talk to people again and be a human once more. Turned that sucker on and
No
Mobile
Connection​
DAMMITs followed by research..... and research..... corn nuts and tea..... and research..... found a couple of promising leads though. then I Lost them or they didn't work. Lots of people said stuff like "Lost it" "Bricked" "New Phone" Sent it in" "...Guys in texas fixed radio....' "Kernel" "stock" "unroot" "nothing worked" and worst of all "I think it's funny that no body noticed that this question was from 2 months ago" *Shivers* please don't make me wait that long. And i found a couple of "Ya I've seen people get helped and make it through this". Hope is a dangerous thing people.
So now I'm going to upload pictures and information about my phone
This is my basic "About Device"
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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​I can't imagine that any of this is necessary but you've got to remember I am not as Skillz as some of you guys so its just insurance.
This is where I am at now. I will be doing little to no work on my phone to keep it as close to this list as possible.
I would love comments out the WAZOO. Anything helps. I really don't want to take "Get a new phone" or anything of that nature because 1.) Money related options aren't really, well, an option. 2.) I hate giving up.
All info is good info
If you know how to fix this
I will kiss you​
If you know another way around this, such as reliable means of WiFi communications
ummmmm I'll thank you?​
If you can refer me to a specialist in my area-ish
If you can refer me to a website/forum admin
If you can give me contacts/emails/numbers
If you know how much At&t would charge me to sent my phone in
If you know if At&t will refuse/charge extra because my phone is rooted could you tell me and guide on how I may Un-Root my phone for fear of Bricking it myself without proper knowledge?
I will forever be in your debt​
Anything you need from me I would love to do anything. If you need more info/pictures. Questions. 1-on-1 emailing. I will be checking this regularly.
Think of us as children on a playground. I have fallen and scraped my knee. This is the first time this has happened to me and I don't know what to do. And I'm a bit afraid. If you're a student like me go get one of the "Teachers". If you're a teacher. Help would be awesome.\
I hope that if this thread is helpful towards me, it may be full of information towards someone else in the same position in the future. So please.
LINKS LINKS LINKS LINKS. (if necessary) Oh and ya, I know I must sound really pathetic. I just like doing things right.
Thank You,
Aveytair
5/9/2014 - 2:33 A.M.​
Bro...too long. I skimmed, didn't catch anything about you attempting to go back to stock rom/kernel. So...did you? At this point, getting things to work may corrupt your install more than you may immediately notice. Start from the beginning, if your SIM card works there, it's a software issue. If not, it's a hardware issue that we will most likely not be able to fix.
Ya I know I just have a hard time knowing when to quit. Thanks for being quick. Um originally no-
Didn't know to.
But I couldn't get my sticky fingers away from my phone and now its worse.
Now I'm not necessarily looking for help.... i guess because i tried some more things today and now its Soft-Bricked ( i think).
I only get down loader and kies firmware screen. I can hear my comp find my phone through a notification. But android toolkit cant find it, and today I finally noticed my custom binary download count...... 8. I'm really not proud of myself.
Anyways i guuuueeeessss im still looking for help even though odin/conventional stock roms never "pass" anymore.
But i guess maybe i just need help finding what step i should take next. thanks
Flash stock img from sam mobile then flash skynote 9.3
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Happens to mine everyrime trying to flash dn3
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I had precisely the same thing happen to me the first time I flashed a rom. I didn't know about all the different versions and flashed a rom for the 7100 rather than the 317 and it stopped detecting my sim. What I had to do was flash the stock rom, then flash the new custom rom (that you did research on and it is designed for your device). I am running CM10.2 now on my i317 with full functionality.

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