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[Q] Sprint Galaxy S III Rooted/Installed ROM... Now won't power on. Help!

Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for a little help today.
I rooted my new Sprint Galaxy S III using Odin3-v3.04, and CWM_SuperUser_v3.0.7. Afterwards I rebooted and all was good.
I then downloaded I9300_Omega_v6.0_XXALF6 ROM and loaded on my phone and rebooted into recovery to install the ROM. I went through the install process, selected remove bloatware and installed. When finished I checked the reboot phone and clicked finish. The phone turned off and didn't ever turn back on.
I have pulled the battery and tried to power on using recovery, download mode and just power but nothing works.
Anyone have any idea what I can do?
Thank you for your time and help.

alexanderd said:
Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for a little help today.
I rooted my new Sprint Galaxy S III using Odin3-v3.04, and CWM_SuperUser_v3.0.7. Afterwards I rebooted and all was good.
I then downloaded I9300_Omega_v6.0_XXALF6 ROM and loaded on my phone and rebooted into recovery to install the ROM. I went through the install process, selected remove bloatware and installed. When finished I checked the reboot phone and clicked finish. The phone turned off and didn't ever turn back on.
I have pulled the battery and tried to power on using recovery, download mode and just power but nothing works.
Anyone have any idea what I can do?
Thank you for your time and help.
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development area has a thread for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171
ONLY use ROMs that you'll find here in these threads not the I9300; that s a different phone from ours.

Thanks I'll check there.

Honestly I was waiting for this to happen gid luck restoring it phone
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But seriously I hope you learned your lesson and will read and hope you get your phone fixed or replaced
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy Nexus CDMA using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2

Epix4G said:
But seriously I hope you learned your lesson and will read and hope you get your phone fixed or replaced
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Hopefully this fail helps us all back from a potential brick. We live, flash and learn.
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New phone on the way!
I was able to get a replacement sent from Sprint. Had to go to a corporate store and have a tech look at the phone and they agreed it was toast...
Luckily they didn't know it was due to my failed attempt to load an unsupported ROM.
Lesson learned... new phone should be in by the end of the week.
I'll be waiting for a supported ROM this time.

alexanderd said:
I was able to get a replacement sent from Sprint. Had to go to a corporate store and have a tech look at the phone and they agreed it was toast...
Luckily they didn't know it was due to my failed attempt to load an unsupported ROM.
Lesson learned... new phone should be in by the end of the week.
I'll be waiting for a supported ROM this time.
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No wonder our insurance deductibles keep going up...

bizdady said:
No wonder our insurance deductibles keep going up...
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+1
Still sucks for op
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matrixzone5 said:
Honestly I was waiting for this to happen gid luck restoring it phone
Sent from my SPH-L710 using XDA
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Oh man tell me about it, I almost stupidly went on to the CM9 nightlies and downloaded the I9300 version before I thought to myself, "well wait a minute, that's not my model number!"
Duh, shoulda had a V8.

I didnt install a GSM rom but still managed to brick somehow. Didnt touch any system files or do anything to where i should be bricked either. Any idea when a full stock Odin package will be made? My phone has been bricked for almost 2 days now
Edit: i started a tread here a few days ago -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731416 if anyone cares to look or has any advice for me
Thanks

pizzlewizzle said:
I didnt install a GSM rom but still managed to brick somehow. Didnt touch any system files or do anything to where i should be bricked either. Any idea when a full stock Odin package will be made? My phone has been bricked for almost 2 days now
Edit: i started a tread here a few days ago -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731416 if anyone cares to look or has any advice for me
Thanks
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What have you tried so far? Have you tried reflashing cwm recovery in Odin?

I did the same thing that the OP said, flashed that omega rom and now my phone wont turn on either.
I was going to try the jig method

taygutta said:
I did the same thing that the OP said, flashed that omega rom and now my phone wont turn on either.
I was going to try the jig method
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Have you tried mskip's fix??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171

bizdady said:
Have you tried mskip's fix??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171
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I want to do this but I somehow need to get the phone on. The buttons dont work.

Any luck?
My phone got stuck booting, so I tried to install the omega rom. The install worked well, and I clicked "reboot." Now the phone won't turn on. I can't get to ODIN or recovery anymore.
Did you guys find any fixes?

brickeds3 said:
My phone got stuck booting, so I tried to install the omega rom. The install worked well, and I clicked "reboot." Now the phone won't turn on. I can't get to ODIN or recovery anymore.
Did you guys find any fixes?
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What happened is that you flashed a rom that was meant for the international version of the S3 and your on the US version. The only fix I have found is to send it to mobiletechvideos.com. I did and they say they can fix it and maybe save my data I have on it ( I just sent it in)
My fingers are crossed for the data recovery but as far as the phone I am going to send it for a exchange anyway.

Welp, I'm sad to say I just did the same thing too. Should have read. I'm a stinkin noob at this. I installed the I9300 version on a US version phone. Has there been any more development on this? Is the hardware fried, or is there a fix through that mobiletechvideos.com that was mentioned? What was the outcome of that, Taygutta, if you don't mind me re-bringing back up a potentially painful topic?? This thread made me a little sick, since it's my brother's new phone (someone else that knew what they were doing rooted it for him but he didn't like the rom, so I thought I would help him find a few other options to try flashing.)
Anyway, any confirmation that I'm buying my brother a new phone (so I can emotionally prepare for the purchase) or are there some other options?

There's one more thing you can try. There's a little device called a USB Jig. It was made for SGS-2 to clear the yellow triangle and reset flash counts in ODIN mode. It also puts your phone in ODIN mode by simply plugging it into the USB port of a powered down phone. Once in ODIN mode, you can reflash a stock ROM, recovery, etc. You can buy these for around $20 or less on the web.
If this does not work, I'm afraid nothing will.
Good luck.

6uPMAH said:
There's one more thing you can try. There's a little device called a USB Jig. It was made for SGS-2 to clear the yellow triangle and reset flash counts in ODIN mode. It also puts your phone in ODIN mode by simply plugging it into the USB port of a powered down phone. Once in ODIN mode, you can reflash a stock ROM, recovery, etc. You can buy these for around $20 or less on the web.
If this does not work, I'm afraid nothing will.
Good luck.
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Somewhere in the thread an answer exists. You are not the first to do this.
I think the jig is the best way.
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Last night I bricked my phone.

Long story short.... I wanted to change the recovery for another and didnt notice i was reading the galaxy nexus post and BAM!
Today I sent my phone to the Samsung repair center, they told it was on warranty so i packed and now its on it's way.
Has anybody here use their service ? what can you tell me abou it. Thanks in advance.

They may deny your warranty if they can tell it was modified. I had to previously send my gf's phone in for screen repair and I made sure to bring it back to stock / reset counter.
In their notes they mentioned "phone unmodified". Overall though they're pretty good about it, they included 2 day shipping to and from for free. Took about 5 days (4 days of shipping).

Thanks for your answer, the thing is there was no way to reset the counter or bring it back to stock, it died in a second. So, how much will they charge me in that case ?

You'll be fine. From what I understand, after its revived they can tell it was modified but they'll still send it back no charge. They still will treat it like a mgr's defect

Thanks, that will make my life a bit easier.

You couldn't Odin a new recovery partition?
Sent from my SGS III

I lost my imei # and had to end up taking back to the repair center. Before I did I made sure to return everything back to stock. Nothing came of if and got new phone, now I am very cautious about flashing things on the S3. Just hope you did a good wipe on your phone before you sent it!
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Swiftks said:
You couldn't Odin a new recovery partition?
Sent from my SGS III
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No I wasn't able to access Download mode, althoug odin regonized there was something on port X. but since i couldn't put it on download mode it was useless
sailoroid said:
I lost my imei # and had to end up taking back to the repair center. Before I did I made sure to return everything back to stock. Nothing came of if and got new phone, now I am very cautious about flashing things on the S3. Just hope you did a good wipe on your phone before you sent it!
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Again, it was like a blackout, i didn't know(and for some stupid reason i was fast reading) that flashing a wrong recovery could damage my phone so badly, so there was nothing to do.
My phone was like 2 weeks old and i bough it like new on ebay, from a nice seller, he never rooted or installed custom rom. Me, I only rooted and debloated but never installed custom rom, i was about to, but then it happened....
Question!
Does the binary counter, reads the number of times a rom was flashed ok ? but what if only rooted and didn't installed a Custom ROM ?

munkyboy said:
No I wasn't able to access Download mode, althoug odin regonized there was something on port X. but since i couldn't put it on download mode it was useless
Again, it was like a blackout, i didn't know(and for some stupid reason i was fast reading) that flashing a wrong recovery could damage my phone so badly, so there was nothing to do.
My phone was like 2 weeks old and i bough it like new on ebay, from a nice seller, he never rooted or installed custom rom. Me, I only rooted and debloated but never installed custom rom, i was about to, but then it happened....
Question!
Does the binary counter, reads the number of times a rom was flashed ok ? but what if only rooted and didn't installed a Custom ROM ?
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The counter reads if the phone was flashed with an unofficial rom (Samsung/att official will not set this counter off). billard412 is probably right, they'll most likely fix it and pass it off. Worst case scenario they void your warranty after the repair, though I've never seen/read it actually happening to anyone.

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Help! phone won't turn on (t959d koodo)

Hi,
I just got the phone and flashed a custom recovery. I flashed a new rom (liquidsmooth) and it looked like it was successful. I selected reboot and the screen shut off. Now, It won't turn on. It's possible that the battery died but shouldn't it turn on again once I plug in the usb cable? Is it possible to brick the device from cwm?
thanks

Dear lord I hope that's a typo because this is the t989(d) forums. If it is a typo and you're using a t989 then you probably need to wipe cache/dalvik.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989

As Mr. Mintharis said... I'm hoping as well that you had a typo and you didnt flash a T989 (GALAXY S2 TMobile) rom on a (GALAXY S) device. If so your probably hard bricked. If that was a typo and you did flash a rom and it wont turn on then there may be a few problems that are solvable. I got a few questions.
1. DId you do a factory reset before installing? Did you wipe system?
2. Can you get into CWM?
3. Can you get into Download Mode?
If you cant get into download mode, recovery, or get the phone to boot then you are in serious trouble because the phone is a a fancy paper weight. If you can however, you could try doing a full reset on all the settings and deleting cache/dalvik and then reflashing and trying again. However you may be in luck since you said you just got the phone. I'm assuming you got it from your carrier (I'm guessing its T-Mobile, idk any other carriers for this device) and they will replace a broken device (that does not have extensive physical damage or water damage) within 20 days of purchase date. Since your phone is hard bricked they will do it completely for free with no charge (usually... if they do.. it will be about 5$) and then you're good. They will overnight a phone to you and you just send your old one back when you get it (MAKE SURE TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO PROPERLY SEND IT BACK!).
Sorry for the long post but wanted to be through and give you alot of answers in 1 time so we dont drag this post out.

That's my mistake, it was supposed to read t989d.
1) I did do a factory resets
2) & 3) I can't turn on the phone or get into download mode
I bought it from koodo (carrier in Canada) yesterday. I'm going to try to exchange it today; hopefully they'll do it. For future references, is there a specific way I should be flashing? I used to have a t959, the t-mobile vibrant, and never had any issues with cwm because it never touched download mode. Anyways, thanks for the replies.
Edit: I did flash using odin which hung a couple of times. Regardless, i eventually got it back to original condition by flashing the custom recovery (by odin with green pass) and doing a nandroid backup. The bad odin flashes should have been negated when I did nandroid backup, no?

You said you had the problems after you flashed liquidsmooth? Exactly which file did you download and flash from the site?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Ok, just figured it out. I flashed wrong version of liquid smooth. The link in their thread goes to their facebook page and I clicked on the first link like an idiot. I got it exchanged a few minutes ago so all's well that ends well. Thanks all for the replies.
Lesson of the day: Don't be stupid.

mani_is_ms said:
Ok, just figured it out. I flashed wrong version of liquid smooth. The link in their thread goes to their facebook page and I clicked on the first link like an idiot. I got it exchanged a few minutes ago so all's well that ends well. Thanks all for the replies.
Lesson of the day: Don't be stupid.
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Read read read.. If you are not 100% sure what you are doing just ask someone.. Sometimes you will get flamed for it but it's better than getting a bricked phone lol and you'll most likely get an answer..
I'm glad you got it replaced
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Galaxy s3 i9305 won't turn on after installing custom rom (AT&T LTE 4G version)

After installing the rXTREME v6.2 ROM for the i9305, I selected restart from Recovery and it never turned back on. The battery was fully charged before I installed this custom ROM.
- I have removed the battery for an hour and then tried again turn it on - no success. Can't get into Download mode using the 3-buttons.
- When I plug it into my laptop via USB I hear the 'connected sound' and when I remove it I hear the 'disconnected sound', but I do not see any ability to access the phone via Windows Explorer. The driver is found and connected too.
- I tried using Odin and it say's "Added!" when I connect, but the COM:x field is 'yellow', not blue. (Keep in mind I can't get into Download mode on my phone, but I still tried with Odin) I load the right PDA file (I9305XXBMA3_I9305MEOBMA1_I9305XXBLL5_HOME.tar.md5) and have 'Auto Reboot' and 'F. Reset Time' checked. Odin message stays on status "SetupConnection..". I've left it this way many times, one time overnight. But with no success.
Any advice??? Please help :/

Re: Galaxy s3 i9305 won't turn on after installing custom rom (AT&T LTE 4G version)
You are hard bricked. You flashed an international ROM to a us phone (or vice versa, your thread title is a little confusing on what device model you have)
JTAG or send to Samsung.
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Re: Galaxy s3 i9305 won't turn on after installing custom rom (AT&T LTE 4G version)
I'm not sure he's hard bricked. Hard brick means no signs of life. Odin can see it, so there's obviously some sign of life. You need to find the proper stock firmware for your phone and try to flash back to stock

Re: Galaxy s3 i9305 won't turn on after installing custom rom (AT&T LTE 4G version)
mrhaley30705 said:
I'm not sure he's hard bricked. Hard brick means no signs of life. Odin can see it, so there's obviously some sign of life. You need to find the proper stock firmware for your phone and try to flash back to stock
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ODIN also detects hard bricks. It usually shows up as an unknown device with no drivers and can't be flashed. I've been there and done that with my own hard brick.
As his post says his phone won't boot, even after a battery pull and can't get into download or recovery. That would be no signs of life.
I have seen it happen too many times with people flashing international ROMs to their us devices. 95% of the time it is always a hard brick.
Unless he provides us with an update showing that the phone can boot, at all, even a flicker of the screen, its a dead phone. =/
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bshend said:
rXTREME v6.2 ROM for the i9305
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if the phone won't turn on by any mean... you got yourself hard bricked.
people should really read before they actually flash a new rom... what you flashed is an international version.
but that's also weird... if i recall, some people mentioned when they flash international roms, they only got themselves soft bricked..

Re: Galaxy s3 i9305 won't turn on after installing custom rom (AT&T LTE 4G version)
pcshano said:
if the phone won't turn on by any mean... you got yourself hard bricked.
people should really read before they actually flash a new rom... what you flashed is an international version.
but that's also weird... if i recall, some people mentioned when they flash international roms, they only got themselves soft bricked..
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I concur. Too many people gloss over the thread to flash whatever they feel like it. (even saw people using a vzw app to unlock their att boot loader.. which isn't even locked. also hard bricked. )
The lucky few do get a soft brick. Those lucky few were able to see the Samsung boot logo though. It all depends on the ROM. For instance if you flash the international foxhound ROM its a guaranteed brick. 3 different people in a 2 day span I helped not too long ago. all flashed foxhound all hard bricks.
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RPelham said:
I concur. Too many people gloss over the thread to flash whatever they feel like it. (even saw people using a vzw app to unlock their attack boot loader.. which isn't even locked. also hard bricked. )
I really feel XDA should implement a test on reading comp and flashing basics before you are allowed access to dev forums for ROMs.
The lucky few do get a soft brick. Those lucky few were able to see the Samsung boot logo though. It all depends on the ROM. For instance if you flash the international foxhound ROM its a guaranteed brick. 3 different people in a 2 day span I helped not too long ago. all flashed foxhound all hard bricks.
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people should really do research before actually doing it in any way.

Do you get any signs of life on the screen at all? Either Recovery or Download mode? The Galaxy S3 splash screen? Anything at all?
If not, then it's a hard brick and you can get it repaired via a JTAG service (check eBay).
However, if you get ANY signs of life on the screen at all, even if for just a moment, then you might be able to repair things yourself.

innos D9 doesn't switch on properly
CZ Eddie said:
Do you get any signs of life on the screen at all? Either Recovery or Download mode? The Galaxy S3 splash screen? Anything at all?
If not, then it's a hard brick and you can get it repaired via a JTAG service (check eBay).
However, if you get ANY signs of life on the screen at all, even if for just a moment, then you might be able to repair things yourself.
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I bought the Innos D9 and I replaced the rom with the DNS rom and it was working properly till i decided to install the Cloudfone rom .........
after installed the Cloudfone rom I decided to get back the DNS rom and here my phone die ........
now the only thing I see when I switch on my phone is the Cloudfone logo and some stripe .
any help will be really appreciated.

thepinkpanter said:
I bought the Innos D9 and I replaced the rom with the DNS rom and it was working properly till i decided to install the Cloudfone rom .........
after installed the Cloudfone rom I decided to get back the DNS rom and here my phone die ........
now the only thing I see when I switch on my phone is the Cloudfone logo and some stripe .
any help will be really appreciated.
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You posted in the AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III section - not sure how much help you will get for that device here.

kbatman74 said:
You posted in the AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III section - not sure how much help you will get for that device here.
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big mistake.......you are right ,
thanks alot

CZ Eddie said:
Do you get any signs of life on the screen at all? Either Recovery or Download mode? The Galaxy S3 splash screen? Anything at all?
If not, then it's a hard brick and you can get it repaired via a JTAG service (check eBay).
However, if you get ANY signs of life on the screen at all, even if for just a moment, then you might be able to repair things yourself.
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thanks great tip will try that to see if mine works!!!!!!

Help me please
hi everyone
I have a problem or a question you just installed cyanogen mod RC1 4.3 on my samsung sgh i747m s3 but display increased consumption up to 70% wanted to know why and also have another question that does not bring the system settings as limiting processes and overclocking put a little less so that is not forced nor brings battery saving I would like to have those two options in cm7 when handling it but this had not anyone know how to put these two options?
I hope your answer!
Thank you!

Thony18 said:
hi everyone
I have a problem or a question you just installed cyanogen mod RC1 4.3 on my samsung sgh i747m s3 but display increased consumption up to 70% wanted to know why and also have another question that does not bring the system settings as limiting processes and overclocking put a little less so that is not forced nor brings battery saving I would like to have those two options in cm7 when handling it but this had not anyone know how to put these two options?
I hope your answer!
Thank you!
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Your problem has absolutely no impact or solution to the original problem? Create your own thread or use the search function to find a thread with a similar problem you might find a solution or at least people might help you.
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[Q] I think my S4 got bricked

Hi all,
from a big smile to sad face... that is how it's been for the past 24 hours
I rooted the phone then went to back up the stock rom after that wiped data, cache, dalvik then went on trying to instal Omega 4.0 and suddenly i got this message my external sd is unreadable. rebooted the phone and noticed that it takes me directly to the downloader screen. i tried to fix the phone by bringing it back to it's stock condition but no luck. I used Odin and so far it's the only thing the phone responds to but no luck with fixing it... I am trying to download the official stock fw hint this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267895
but it stops and never finishes the whole amount of data... this seems the only way for me revive my phone back to life!
any suggestions what should I do now? it stopped showing the downloader screen now since I flashed the kernel drive for the S4 through Odin and now shows the black screen with the "Samsung Galaxy S4" writing.
by the way it keeps telling me that my phone isn't rooted but I did root it! am using twrp recovery.
I just got the phone from t-mobile 2 days ago and am debating on returning the phone back to them as the phone is still bootable to the recovery and that might revoke my warranty "i guess?"
Is it possible just to walk in to t-mobile store and swap the phone with another one since it didn't pass the 2 weeks returning window? I also got the phone insurance for it.
Please help, I sure need my phone back in working condition...

Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.

cwalker0906 said:
Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.
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ayeeee ppl trying to reach me over the phone and they can't because of this stupid brick! well stupid me because I didn't know that Omega is for Octa core phone version... Yeah I can get it to download mode and recovery mode but is it possible just flash the stock file from the recovery instead of odin? I am waiting for that stock fw download to finish hint it's on hotfile and going in turtle speed!

your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL

If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish

TheAtheistOtaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL
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yeah i have that feeling but again nothing hurts trying... i hope something will work out
thanks for the cheer up though :good: lol

You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
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cwalker0906 said:
If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish
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fingers crossed!

josephnero said:
You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium
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I used odin for the flashing in the beginning i think i have odin v307
I am waiting right now for the download to finish, been waiting for the past 2 hours even though it's slow transfer but steady 250kbps, i failed doing that with the fast link and tried it over 15 times! no luck

theatheistotaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
I dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. The age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. Plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. But once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your sol
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yes unbricked!!!

Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?

Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive

redshark80 said:
Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?
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Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium

cwalker0906 said:
Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive
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Thanks! indeed they are expensive

atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
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I just did the motochopper method and as I am reading now about the possibility of loosing your root access by future OTAs so am planning to flash that file that keeps your root safe even from future updates "SetUID Restriction" I will prolly keep my basic rom and wait for something better in future.
Thanks

atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
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Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....

whytechapel_x said:
Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....
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would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx

redshark80 said:
would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx
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Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?

whytechapel_x said:
Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?
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am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment

redshark80 said:
am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment
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Well right now I don't think CM is as stable compared to a TW ROM. FYI there are a lot or ROMS as of now. You have Wicked, Infamous, Darth Stalker, Deathstar. There is also faux and ktoonez kernal available for TW. As for the extsd, you will need to format the card to fat32 for the phone to read it properly.