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Bricked, help if possible.

So I had the new evil rom V7 installed already, but I noticed the media server thing eating up a good bit of battery, so I wanted to wipe everything from my phone. I ended up wanting to encrypt everything then wipe the phone so I everything would be gone. I moved my backups off my phone, and my pics and all that as I didn't think stuff would go wrong. Anyway partway through the encryption process it failed, said it had to reset the phone and that that would wipe all user data, and to try to encrypt again, well every everytime I tried to reset(it was the only thing the phone would let me do) it would end up giving me the same message.I wiped data/factory reset in hopes that I could then see install via external sd as an option, cause I couldnt see that. I now can get to clockwork recovery but am unable to install via zip, and it doesnt show my external sd card as an option. In panic of trying anything that could help me, in cmr I wiped the system data, and cache, but yeah I dont know if theres anything that can be done. Any sugguestions?
more info, at boot it just hangs at the wicked logo.

Have you tried to mount the external sd card ?

saldebot said:
Have you tried to mount the external sd card ?
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I have, only options still show as choose zip from sd card
apply /sdcard/update.zip(doesn't do anything)
Toggle signature verification
toggle script asserts

Odin
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Yea, that was what I was going to say.
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saldebot said:
Yea, that was what I was going to say.
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I apparently forgot how to get to download mode, thought I tried before, so thanks guys though.

Volume down+ home button+ power button
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Not turning on!

I flashed the CWM and I was able to go into recovery and flash the liquid rom. And now it doesnt turn on or even vibrate when I try to power it on. Nothing on the screen. And when i plug it into the computer a message asking me to format the Drive. And screen doesnt turn on or show the charging indicator when I try to charge it.

DDeveryday said:
I flashed the CWM and I was able to go into recovery and flash the liquid rom. And now it doesnt turn on or even vibrate when I try to power it on. Nothing on the screen. And when i plug it into the computer a message asking me to format the Drive. And screen doesnt turn on or show the charging indicator when I try to charge it.
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You guys aren't reading.... you flashed the wrong rom... you were supposed to flash the Hercules one... which one did you flash? now you better have warrantee...
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Is there any way to fix it?
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DDeveryday said:
Is there any way to fix it?
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Not that i know of that's why i said you better have warrantee... which one did you install?
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djtheraven said:
Not that i know of that's why i said you better have warrantee... which one did you install?
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I installed CWM with odin and I was able to boot into CWM recovery I wiped data and cache then install LIQUIDSMOOTH rom then latest gapps and restart.Nothing shows up on the screen and no vibration or anything.

I got the phone for about 8 months. Should I send it in to Samsung or try one of those jtag repair service. Their description says they can repair hard brick devices. Has anyone tried it and are they reliable?

if you have CWMR installed you should be able to just turn off your device and turn it on hold both volume up and down once the CWMR comes up take your fingers off the volume buttons.
EDIT: if you can access the CWMR find the proper ROM for your device put in a SDcard and put the SDcard in your phone and boot up CWMR and install from zip from sdcard following this to install it correctly.
I normally do...
Wipe Data/Factory reset
Wipe cache partition
install zip from sdcard
go to Advanced
Wipe dalvik cache
Wipe battery status
Fix permissions (just incase)
Reboot Device
wait about usually 3-8 minutes depends on the ROM. if it's longer then that then your stuck in a boot loop
this is all on done on CWMR v6.0.1.5

Same thing happen to me. Now my phone won't turn on

[Q][ROM] I'm lost!

Blue gs3, rooted, stock ROM, I think...
New phone & I've never delt with a rooted phone. I'm so lost, how do I find what ROM I'm running?
Here are my 2 main problems
When I try to go to more settings under wireless & networks I get message
Com.android.phone has stopped working
The phone isn't recognized by my pc.
I believe it's the ROM and/or an MTP issue. (I've tried KIES, GS3 toolbox, & neither with just the drivers installed)
Would a older ROM that uses UMS fix this?
I need simple solutions if possible.Would it be sound to try to unroot & go back to stock?
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Also, it may be relevant to note that when I got the phone, I took it to Sprint to swap #'s. They had to factory reset it to get the Wi-Fi and/or 3G radio's to work...
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I would say basic steps.
1. Boot to Recovery
2. Wipe Dalvic Cache
3. Wipe all Data, System
4. Reflash your 'stock' rom
This process you will lose all programs/data on the phone.

fourdimentions said:
Also, it may be relevant to note that when I got the phone, I took it to Sprint to swap #'s. They had to factory reset it to get the Wi-Fi and/or 3G radio's to work...
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First off, in your settings: About Phone, you'll be able to see what ROM (version, baseband, kernel, etc.) you're running.
Second, do you have a custom recovery installed? The easiest way to find out is to turn your phone off and boot into recovery (hold the buttons for Volume Up, Home, and Power until the phone powers up). The two custom Recoveries available are CWM and TWRP. If you have either of those, this might be the best way to fix your issues is to wipe cache and dalvik cache. Reboot and see if these issues are resolved.
Now, if you want to mess around with anything else in recoveries, it's best to make a nandroid backup of your current setup. It's easy to do with either recovery (look for "backup" menus).
If the above doesn't work, you can try to clear (or wipe) data. This will wipe your accounts, settings, apps, etc. but will leave you with a "stock" ROM. While it would be a pain to re-setup the phone as you like it, it's better than a full wipe.
If none of the above works, the final step would be to flash the Stock Rooted ROM by Freeza. If you download it on your computer, you won't be able to copy it over to your phone (because of the issues you stated in OP). But, you should stil be able to connect through your recovery. Since I use TWRP, I'll walk you through the menu's for that (CWM should be similar).
Connect USB cable to computer -> Mount Menu -> Mount USB Storage.
Now your computer should see a "removable disk" with the contents of your SD Card on it. Now you can copy the ROM you downloaded over to the SD Card.
Now that the file is actually on the phone, you can flash the ROM zip in recovery. Whenever you do this, it's best to do what is called a "full wipe" in the recovery. You'll lose all your apps, settings, etc but it's relatively easy to get it back (through Google Play, accounts, etc). In TWRP, what I always do is the following:
1) Nandroid backup: I normally name it something along the lines of "2013-03-14 - ROM NAME - ROM VERSION." This way, when I look through my backups, I can easily see what I was running (what I'm restoring when I want to restore).
2) Wipe Menu - Factory Reset. This will wipe all custom data off of the phone. For me, this is a must before flashing any new ROM. Other people will "dirty flash" Roms on top of each other. For me, that's a recipe for disaster, as any leftover settings/code will inevitably interfere with the new ROM and will mess things up.
3) Wipe Menu - Dalvik Cache and Cache: If I recall correctly, the Factory Reset does both of these, but it doesn't hurt to do it again.
4) Install: This is where you find the ROM zip file you downloaded and install it. Should take less than a minute, but some larger ROMs could take a little longer (not 10 minutes, though).
3) Wipe Menu - Dalvik Cache and Cache: Again, not technically required, but I tend to wipe the cache and dalvik cache very often.
3) Reboot Menu - System: Pretty self-explanatory, but it'll reboot your phone and you can set it up all over again.
Let me know which one works.

I wiped the dalvik cache, that fixed the com.android.phone error in the wireless settings menu!
Did a complete wipe and flashed the stock rom by frezza,
Wiped again and am now running darthstalker x,
Still no change to the USB connectivity problem with either ROM
Damn MTP looks like there is no work around.
Maybe Wi-Fi data transfer is my only option.
This is my first non stock ROM, and the only problem I'm having so far is that it won't charge after being powered off. Not too bad I guess!
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Almost forgot to let you know, even in download mode it still will not connect to PC.
Windows 7 64 bit w/ all the proper drivers installed.
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fourdimentions said:
Almost forgot to let you know, even in download mode it still will not connect to PC.
Windows 7 64 bit w/ all the proper drivers installed.
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i dont know about pc. but i know that for mac you have to download a program called android file transfer...

Hamspiced said:
i dont know about pc. but i know that for mac you have to download a program called android file transfer...
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Tried that, no access to ext SD. But air droid and Wi-Fi droid look like they might work. I've got Wi-Fi droid set up, will let you know how it works...
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fourdimentions said:
Tried that, no access to ext SD. But air droid and Wi-Fi droid look like they might work. I've got Wi-Fi droid set up, will let you know how it works...
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are you sure its the phone? have you tried in another pc? I am curious if your pc just doesnt want to play well with your phone..

Try turning on USB debugging in developer options
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Yes, tried other computers and USB debugging is on.
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Cabling matters. I have two USB cables. One works, one doesn't. (The one that works is the thicker one... more shielding?)
Also, as you totally sure that you have the right drivers installed?

Here's a list of troubleshooting tips even though you've tried some
1. try different usb ports
2. Uninstall and reinstall drivers
3. Try different usb cords
4. You can also download mobile Odin and flash things that way. It's the same thing as doing it on a computer just on your phone.
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I haven't tried different cables only the one that came with the phone. And if i can't connect the phone to the computer Odin won't help. But I'll try to connect I'm download mode. And I'll try different cables. Will let you know. Ever everybody that's posted, thanks for the all the ideas!
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fourdimentions said:
I haven't tried different cables only the one that came with the phone. And if i can't connect the phone to the computer Odin won't help. But I'll try to connect I'm download mode. And I'll try different cables. Will let you know. Ever everybody that's posted, thanks for the all the ideas!
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when ever flashing always use a thick heavy duty cable I recommend BB cables
http://www.amazon.com/BlackBerry-Ca...d=1364055777&sr=8-1&keywords=blackberry+cable

The best cables i have found for our phones are actually made by logitech. I found them because i used to setup their harmony remotes for BBY. the nicer remotes use Microusb and the cable that they include with it is INCREDIBLE. It is night and tight, and very well made. this is all i could find online. but it is this exact cable.
http://compare.ebay.com/like/220831741556?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

[Q] Rooted phone...now some issues

HI Gang....I rooted my note 2 from sprint using the toolkit.......worked well for about a week....then I downloaded a rom for the S translator......Ever since I did that, I cant download anything, the play store force quits and rom manager is not working as well..... I used the toolkit to reflash the root image but no luck...I have deleted the previous apps and reloaded with same results......help! I was using cynaogen 10.1......now i cant do much HELP!!!!!

My suggestion, go into the app manager and force close google play store and clear data. Then reboot to recovery and fix permissions.
If that doesn't Cut it, flash a TouchWiz rom. My recommendation is macksrom 5.0 with perseus kernel.
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RE: Macsrom
I cant push files to my device.......not sure what else to do......

macsrom
I got the file to be pushed to device...but it states it is unable to find a program to open file....

You need to boot into recovery and wipe data/cache/dalvik and then reflash your rom (unless it's a rom that says not to flash data). When you have problems with force closes, as the person above says, you'll need to manually go into the app's info from Application Manager and delete the data for the respective apps you're having trouble with.
Then boot into recovery again, clear cache and dalvik only and fix permissions then reboot into system.
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Recovery
I cant access the recovery.......I tired the power down, then press buttons for the recovery....when device powers up, it goes into download mode....not option for recovery.....when i use the toolkit to get into recovery, device just goes into download mode-------FRUSTRATED!!!!
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You need to boot into recovery and wipe data/cache/dalvik and then reflash your rom (unless it's a rom that says not to flash data). When you have problems with force closes, as the person above says, you'll need to manually go into the app's info from Application Manager and delete the data for the respective apps you're having trouble with.
Then boot into recovery again, clear cache and dalvik only and fix permissions then reboot into system.
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1998fordexp said:
I cant access the recovery.......I tired the power down, then press buttons for the recovery....when device powers up, it goes into download mode....not option for recovery.....when i use the toolkit to get into recovery, device just goes into download mode-------FRUSTRATED!!!!
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Sounds like you have a corrupted system partition or some other sort of data corruption. You'll need to sbf back to a stock setup and start from scratch.

[Q] 4.3 Update, Stuck in CWM Recovery Loop

I woke up this morning to find that I had a system software update. I thought it might be the new 4.3 update that's been getting pushed out so I select to install the update. After the phone turned off to reboot, my CWM recovery screen popped up and stayed there. I recieved a message telling me that the update failed to complete and now I'm stuck in this never-ending loop. I've wiped the Delvik cache, I've done a factory reset/wipe cache and have rebooted the system multiple times. Does anyone know what I should do? Anyone else had this problem? I've heard that Nexus users are experiencing issues with the new update.

It's not 4.3
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Corylsu said:
It's not 4.3
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Do you know what the issue might be? I can't exit out of the boot sequence.

tgent87 said:
Do you know what the issue might be? I can't exit out of the boot sequence.
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It might be CWM that's causing the update issue.
Press and hold the Power button for 20 sec. That should turn it off. If it still loops, turn it off again, try to get into recovery or download mode. If recovery, flash a stock Rom. If download, well you know.
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engine95 said:
It might be CWM that's causing the update issue.
Press and hold the Power button for 20 sec. That should turn it off. If it still loops, turn it off again, try to get into recovery or download mode. If recovery, flash a stock Rom. If download, well you know.
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I tried what you suggested but still not getting anywhere. I'm pretty new to rooting and recoveries, so not sure what I'm doing wrong. The only screen I get is what reads 'CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.5'. I'm not positive that I have a download mode either. The options I have are as follows:
-reboot system now
-install zip from sdcard
-install zip from sideload
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
-backup and restore
-mounts and storage
-advanced
Any ideas?

tgent87 said:
I tried what you suggested but still not getting anywhere. I'm pretty new to rooting and recoveries, so not sure what I'm doing wrong. The only screen I get is what reads 'CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.5'. I'm not positive that I have a download mode either. The options I have are as follows:
-reboot system now
-install zip from sdcard
-install zip from sideload
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
-backup and restore
-mounts and storage
-advanced
Any ideas?
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If you have a backup on your SD you could restore. If you have a ROM, install it. Make sure to wipe /system, /cache, /dalvic, and /system. I'm not sure about CWM, but the wipe system might be in mounts and storage, or advanced.
If you have nothing on your SD, you'll need to sideload a stock ROM. Get the odexed or deodexed roms.
If nothing works go to the teeny bin thread, under Additional info will show you how LGNPST.
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engine95 said:
If you have a backup on your SD you could restore. If you have a ROM, install it. Make sure to wipe /system, /cache, /dalvic, and /system. I'm not sure about CWM, but the wipe system might be in mounts and storage, or advanced.
If you have nothing on your SD, you'll need to sideload a stock ROM. Get the odexed or deodexed roms.
If nothing works go to the teeny bin thread, under Additional info will show you how LGNPST.
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Everytime I choose RESTORE, the device seems to respond but throws me back at the initial screen. When I select "reboot system now" I never actually exit CWM-Recovery. That's the part I don't understand. Sorry if this is confusing, I know you're being helpful.

tgent87 said:
Everytime I choose RESTORE, the device seems to respond but throws me back at the initial screen. When I select "reboot system now" I never actually exit CWM-Recovery. That's the part I don't understand. Sorry if this is confusing, I know you're being helpful.
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OK. If restore won't work, then try installing a stock ROM. If not on your SD then use that "install zip sideload. " Your other options are to use teenybins or zvb/zvc.bins through LGNPST.
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If you have adb setup on your computer you can search for my post on using dd to remove the flag in misc. I don't remember the needed offsets off the top of my head.
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same thing happening to me, except it happened after flashing the new version of cwr. I want to and use lgnpst and teenybin to restore, but i can't seem to find the lgs970 dll file anywhere; the lgnpst link in the thread tells me the file to download is missing