I was in a car wreck on Tuesday and my friend and I wound up in the ditch with 7 feet of water, my phone of course died, I tried drying it in rice for a day still had boot loops, took it apart hosed down the mobo and other electronic parts with electronic contact cleaner dried it off, flashed every recovery I could think of even looked on other device forums to try and find an answer... nothing fixes the boot loop or the inability to access recovery as it re-boots. Anything i'm missing here or is my device hopelessly fried?
turb0z said:
I was in a car wreck on Tuesday and my friend and I wound up in the ditch with 7 feet of water, my phone of course died, I tried drying it in rice for a day still had boot loops, took it apart hosed down the mobo and other electronic parts with electronic contact cleaner dried it off, flashed every recovery I could think of even looked on other device forums to try and find an answer... nothing fixes the boot loop or the inability to access recovery as it re-boots. Anything i'm missing here or is my device hopelessly fried?
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That really sounds like it's fried; though it's odd that you can still enter download mode and use Odin. Have you tried returning to 100% stock... flashing a stock tar? I doubt that would help, but it's worth a shot since you can still use Odin...
turb0z said:
I was in a car wreck on Tuesday and my friend and I wound up in the ditch with 7 feet of water, my phone of course died, I tried drying it in rice for a day still had boot loops, took it apart hosed down the mobo and other electronic parts with electronic contact cleaner dried it off, flashed every recovery I could think of even looked on other device forums to try and find an answer... nothing fixes the boot loop or the inability to access recovery as it re-boots. Anything i'm missing here or is my device hopelessly fried?
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If you can not access any kind of recovery or get into odin most likely it is toast!!
richardlibeau said:
If you can not access any kind of recovery or get into odin most likely it is toast!!
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OP says he's able to use Odin and has flashed different recoveries... Why though, would Odin be accessible but nothing else?
richardlibeau said:
If you can not access any kind of recovery or get into odin most likely it is toast!!
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He can get into Odin. Bro screw your phone are you okay after the wreck. Im hoping for the best
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^This. Phone is low on the priority list when talking about your life.
But,...what about your car insurance? Can you claim it under it?
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richardlibeau said:
If you can not access any kind of recovery or get into odin most likely it is toast!!
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I can access Odin and it will pass all the files I give it, but can't seem to get any further.
lordcheeto03 said:
OP says he's able to use Odin and has flashed different recoveries... Why though, would Odin be accessible but nothing else?
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This is what I'm wondering myself I did pass all files through successfully, the only thing I couldn't get to pass was a pit file for re-partition since I couldn't find one for our T-Mobile Galaxy S4 I did get stock though and what not.
rockstarar said:
He can get into Odin. Bro screw your phone are you okay after the wreck. Im hoping for the best
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Thank you for the blessings, I am okay it seems after doing multiple 360s after hydroplaning the water seems to have absorbed all the impact and we just had sore neck muscles etc.
stevessvt said:
^This. Phone is low on the priority list when talking about your life.
But,...what about your car insurance? Can you claim it under it?
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I think I can but I don't know how the process works I was told Home owner insurance might cover it under flood protection but I am still waiting on my claim to be processed by progressive.
Thank you for every-bodies inquiry into the weirdness that Odin is still working solid but nothing else, at this point I am just curious what I can do to the device as I am missing a car and feel the boredom seeping in.
Did you try Kies Firmware Emergency Recovery?
TehZam said:
Did you try Kies Firmware Emergency Recovery?
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Yes I did and it said that it was successful but the phone still boot loops maybe this is a mositure issue where I have to wait for 1 week in a rice bag or something or one of the hardware components fried I honestly don't understand water damage.
turb0z said:
Yes I did and it said that it was successful but the phone still boot loops maybe this is a mositure issue where I have to wait for 1 week in a rice bag or something or one of the hardware components fried I honestly don't understand water damage.
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You might be able to include the phone replacement cost on any car insurance claim from the accident. It depends on the coverage, but it cant hurt to ask
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Home owners will not cover you on this one as it involved a wreck in an automobile. Car insurance will do the job. Get well soon and who knows, you may be eligible for the s4 advanced edition.
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Well... today has been a terrible day. Between slacking off this crapload of work I have and bricking my Epic, my life sucks.
I was trying to go from my old syndicate ROM to k0nane's new gingerbread ROM. I have flashed ROMs many times and have been using them on the Epic since I was able to get one for the phone, so no issues with procedure.
I follow the basic instructions as usual, download the files I need, and then go to town.
Anyways, the procedure was supposed to be basic, I was in Odin, phone in download mode and connected to my PC, options selected for only reboot in Odin, pit set, EC05 set in the PDA slot.
I clicked start and it got to factoryfs.rfs and got stuck there. I waited over 20 mins the first time. Then after checking out the forums and googling, I disconnected/closed Odin and did a battery pull on my phone.
I repeated the above process (waiting only at 5-10 minutes each time after it got stuck) atleast 10 times.
At one point it got stuck at boot.bin and I waited over 30 mins for it to pass. I was a dumbass but I followed the same procedure, later realizing it was the bootloader and I was going to be screwed.
I tried booting the phone with no success, but luckily download mode worked. I followed a guide in the forums on how to revive a partially bricked phone (one that didn't boot in to android, but did to download mode) and so I checked the re-partition, etc as asked to do. The phone again got stuck and boot.bin, but eventually passed... then got stuck at factoryfs.rfs, I thought all was and the boot was fixed and did a battery pull after waiting another 20 mins for the factoryfs.rfs to flash.
Tried turning it on, and failed. Tried getting into download mode, and failed. Same with recovery, etc. I tried the supposed hardware reset on the back with no success. Tried a plethora of keypresses to get it to work, battery in/out, etc. When I go to sleep, I will try leaving the phone in the charger, with the battery out.
For now, I have deemed the phone as bricked. I've been working at this for 5 hours now. Called up Sprint a while ago and managed to get myself an e-ticket, claiming the phone just turned off and doesn't turn on anymore. The person tried doing a refresh on their end and then approved the e-ticket.
Tomorrow I'm going to a sprint store and they're going to try to repair it in-store (which will fail) and then as long as I have no screen cracks/water damage (I don't, I have been careful) the tech will put in the order, and I should have the phone by Tuesday.
This is well, if everything goes as planned. I am hoping I don't end up getting billed for the phone after receiving the replacement if they somehow manage to revive the phone and find out I had a custom ROM/rooted the phone.
Any tips on confirming on the brick are welcome, any insight on replacements, bills, etc...
Thanks,
Fr3shY
There is a tiny reset button near the camera button which you need a needle like object to press.
Try that and check the size of the tar you used for odiN. sometimes you get unlucky and get a bad tar. That happened to me on my first odin
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gtuansdiamm said:
There is a tiny reset button near the camera button which you need a needle like object to press.
Try that and check the size of the tar you used for odiN. sometimes you get unlucky and get a bad tar. That happened to me on my first odin
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remove the battery for a minute
place battery back in
press the reset button by the camera for 60 seconds
walk away from the phone and listen to some isac hayes with your wife for two hours.
then after about two hours do download mode.
try this pit file.... just unzip it in the same directory as your odin...
gtuansdiamm said:
There is a tiny reset button near the camera button which you need a needle like object to press.
Try that and check the size of the tar you used for odiN. sometimes you get unlucky and get a bad tar. That happened to me on my first odin
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The cake is a lie........i mean button
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gtuansdiamm said:
There is a tiny reset button near the camera button which you need a needle like object to press.
Try that and check the size of the tar you used for odiN. sometimes you get unlucky and get a bad tar. That happened to me on my first odin
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Yep I tried that, and I redownloaded the TAR in case of that issue. Anyways, that button hasn't been proved to be legit.
ecartmen said:
remove the battery for a minute
place battery back in
press the reset button by the camera for 60 seconds
walk away from the phone and listen to some isac hayes with your wife for two hours.
then after about two hours do download mode.
try this pit file.... just unzip it in the same directory as your odin...
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Just tried it... we'll see what happens, although I am doubtful.
BWFBezerk said:
The cake is a lie........i mean button
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Yeah I've heard... how unfortunate.
Thanks everyone for posting, I appreciate the help!
Did you try connecting it to the computer with the battery out and attempt to get to download mode? How about a different cable and same procedure?
kennyglass123 said:
Did you try connecting it to the computer with the battery out and attempt to get to download mode? How about a different cable and same procedure?
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I had tried that last night, but I just gave it another go with 2 cables. No go
Fr3shY24 said:
I had tried that last night, but I just gave it another go with 2 cables. No go
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No response at all? No charge light? Then in the words of a famous Doctor "it's dead Jim". I am sorry for your loss. I wouldn't worry about getting a bill later for the phone, it is pretty much FUBAR'd at this point. No one who has bricked has reported an consequences and there were quite a few in the last month or two.
kennyglass123 said:
No response at all? No charge light? Then in the words of a famous Doctor "it's dead Jim". I am sorry for your loss. I wouldn't worry about getting a bill later for the phone, it is pretty much FUBAR'd at this point. No one who has bricked has reported an consequences and there were quite a few in the last month or two.
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Nope, no response, no charge light, and well this sucks. Do you think I'll be successful in getting a replacement? And is my story of having it working one moment, and then off and not turning on another alright?
Another concern is receiving a bad refurb model, because I have kept my phone is pretty pristine condition, just a small quarter inch scratch on the screen... are they usually good? (as far as you know)
Thanks for your help and quick responses!
Fr3shY24 said:
Nope, no response, no charge light, and well this sucks. Do you think I'll be successful in getting a replacement? And is my story of having it working one moment, and then off and not turning on another alright?
Another concern is receiving a bad refurb model, because I have kept my phone is pretty pristine condition, just a small quarter inch scratch on the screen... are they usually good? (as far as you know)
Thanks for your help and quick responses!
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No one has had a problem yet. There was a rash of bricks a month back, and all got warranty replacements. Yes, you pulled it off of the charger and noticed it was off and would not turn on.
As far as refurbs, that is Sprint's SOP unfortunately. Since the phone has only been out for 9 months, it can't be too bad but you can always make a stink to a supervisor if it looks beat up. Most were happy with their replacements, only 1 or 2 had some glitch in software on the replacements.
kennyglass123 said:
No one has had a problem yet. There was a rash of bricks a month back, and all got warranty replacements. Yes, you pulled it off of the charger and noticed it was off and would not turn on.
As far as refurbs, that is Sprint's SOP unfortunately. Since the phone has only been out for 9 months, it can't be too bad but you can always make a stink to a supervisor if it looks beat up. Most were happy with their replacements, only 1 or 2 had some glitch in software on the replacements.
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Great, well then I guess that is what I will do. Unfortunately, the sprint store near me doesn't have the service tech working Sundays so I have to wait unless there is another store near me that does.
Thanks again for everything!
Fr3shY24 said:
Great, well then I guess that is what I will do. Unfortunately, the sprint store near me doesn't have the service tech working Sundays so I have to wait unless there is another store near me that does.
Thanks again for everything!
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Good luck. Maybe you will be lucky and your store carries replacements. Mine never does and it takes 2 days.
I got my replacement from sprint when I bricked mine and my replacement was so much better than my original one. Refurbish ones are ok. You don't have to worry about a beat you phone or anything. Most if the time the outside of the phone is brand new. Its just a used processor and internal things. They just flash the software to it.
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You probably have a problem with ODIN, try download a different version. OR you can follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027904 And you can just flash in CWM back to EC05 and RFS so you can flash the EE03 Rom, this is the method I used, it worked perfectly. Just flash this, then reboot and flash EE03.
This should fix it If you can't access CWM then download an earlier version of ODIN (I had the same problem). But it should work just fine If it helps please hit the thanks button This will save you the time it takes for a replacement!
Censura_Umbra said:
You probably have a problem with ODIN, try download a different version. OR you can follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027904 And you can just flash in CWM back to EC05 and RFS so you can flash the EE03 Rom, this is the method I used, it worked perfectly. Just flash this, then reboot and flash EE03.
This should fix it If you can't access CWM then download an earlier version of ODIN (I had the same problem). But it should work just fine If it helps please hit the thanks button This will save you the time it takes for a replacement!
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Ummmm...I think you missed like the entire thread...his phone is DEAD. No lights, no download mode, no nothing.
I thought it said he had download mode, my bad
Censura_Umbra said:
I thought it said he had download mode, my bad
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It's cool...at the completion of his Odin trip it bricked completely.
kennyglass123 said:
Good luck. Maybe you will be lucky and your store carries replacements. Mine never does and it takes 2 days.
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Hopefully I'll get a chance to go over tomorrow, and as far as I know they don't have any.... they said they would order one if needed.
musclehead84 said:
I got my replacement from sprint when I bricked mine and my replacement was so much better than my original one. Refurbish ones are ok. You don't have to worry about a beat you phone or anything. Most if the time the outside of the phone is brand new. Its just a used processor and internal things. They just flash the software to it.
Sent From My Evo Killer!
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That is great to hear!
Censura_Umbra said:
You probably have a problem with ODIN, try download a different version. OR you can follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027904 And you can just flash in CWM back to EC05 and RFS so you can flash the EE03 Rom, this is the method I used, it worked perfectly. Just flash this, then reboot and flash EE03.
This should fix it If you can't access CWM then download an earlier version of ODIN (I had the same problem). But it should work just fine If it helps please hit the thanks button This will save you the time it takes for a replacement!
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It is possible, and yeah... I'm kinda pissed I found ReRFS AFTER my device bricked. And later I found out, I could flash my ROM directly over my existing one. I didn't need to flash back to EC05. I'll keep this in mind for the future though!
Thanks for the replies everyone!
So here's the deal: I got my E4GT and rooted it. Everything was fine until I let my son play a game on my phone and the USB cable became unplugged. He decided to "help" me and plug it back in. In doing so, he bent the cable end to 90 degrees and jacked up my USB port. It will charge, but the PC does not recognize it for data. I worked with another user on here to come up with any ideas to restore to stock so I could exchange it. The closest that I came was going back to a stock kernel. Unfortunately, it is now stuck in a boot loop and I can't flash anything else since I am back to stock kernel. I tried to take it to my local store for repair, figuring that I would offer the guy some cash to just get it back to booting correctly. Unfortunately, I must have the one guy at the one store where they don't bend the rules. So right now I have a paperweight. I will pay anyone who can come up with a fix a $50 bounty. I'm really hoping that I don't have to just pitch this thing.
Thanks and feel free to PM any solutions.
Do you have Sprint TEP? If so, you can probably get it exchanged for no cost. If not, it would be $35.
bradspace said:
So here's the deal: I got my E4GT and rooted it. Everything was fine until I let my son play a game on my phone and the USB cable became unplugged. He decided to "help" me and plug it back in. In doing so, he bent the cable end to 90 degrees and jacked up my USB port. It will charge, but the PC does not recognize it for data. I worked with another user on here to come up with any ideas to restore to stock so I could exchange it. The closest that I came was going back to a stock kernel. Unfortunately, it is now stuck in a boot loop and I can't flash anything else since I am back to stock kernel. I tried to take it to my local store for repair, figuring that I would offer the guy some cash to just get it back to booting correctly. Unfortunately, I must have the one guy at the one store where they don't bend the rules. So right now I have a paperweight. I will pay anyone who can come up with a fix a $50 bounty. I'm really hoping that I don't have to just pitch this thing.
Thanks and feel free to PM any solutions.
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Just because you're on a stock kernel doesn't mean you can't flash in Odin. I don't understand. Can you or can you not get into download mode (Vol. Down + Power)?
Sent from the future.
Have you tried using a different USB cable than the one that got bent?
Here's the ODIN tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337 and this a back to stock you can use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420 this will be your only way out since you said you don't have CWR any longer cause of the stock kernel that "someone" had you install.
"IF' you are able to get in to download mode, this TAR will get you back to stock so you can start fresh. If the USB connection is jacked up for good, then you're sol.
In that case I would odin some weird **** just to jack it up completely then call in for a warranty replacement free of charge.
You should be able to do a "factory reset" with stock recovery, this may stop the boot loop.
Did you see the part where his PC won't recognize USB for data?
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Can you get into recovery at all? Power+volume up
Duce HD2 said:
Have you tried using a different USB cable than the one that got bent?
Here's the ODIN tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337 and this a back to stock you can use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420 this will be your only way out since you said you don't have CWR any longer cause of the stock kernel that "someone" had you install.
"IF' you are able to get in to download mode, this TAR will get you back to stock so you can start fresh. If the USB connection is jacked up for good, then you're sol.
In that case I would odin some weird **** just to jack it up completely then call in for a warranty replacement free of charge.
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yeah, my cable would do exactly as he said where it would charge but not do data, new cable fixed that
coldblooded79 said:
Did you see the part where his PC won't recognize USB for data?
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Did you see the part where I said maybe trying to replace the cable??
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And here is the winner...I have done this with several devices and it always works:
Put it in the microwave.
Set the cook time for 2 second.
Press start.
It will completely fry the inside of your device. It will never turn on again. They will be unable to tell what caused the phone to malfunction. IT WILL NEVER TURN ON AGAIN...LOL!
Voila...return the phone as "defective"
Pm me with any questions you may have...
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SocialReject said:
Just because you're on a stock kernel doesn't mean you can't flash in Odin. I don't understand. Can you or can you not get into download mode (Vol. Down + Power)?
Sent from the future.
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I CAN get into Odin mode, but because my USB port is jacked up the PC doesn not recognize it so Odin does not see it.
kse91holydiver said:
Can you get into recovery at all? Power+volume up
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I can get to recovery, but because I went back to stock kernel I can't flash any ROM's.
Sunsparc said:
Do you have Sprint TEP? If so, you can probably get it exchanged for no cost. If not, it would be $35.
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I don't have it and I can't add it after 30 days or so I was told at the Sprint store.
Duce HD2 said:
Have you tried using a different USB cable than the one that got bent?
Here's the ODIN tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337 and this a back to stock you can use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420 this will be your only way out since you said you don't have CWR any longer cause of the stock kernel that "someone" had you install.
"IF' you are able to get in to download mode, this TAR will get you back to stock so you can start fresh. If the USB connection is jacked up for good, then you're sol.
In that case I would odin some weird **** just to jack it up completely then call in for a warranty replacement free of charge.
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I've tried three or four different cables with no difference.
steindog99 said:
And here is the winner...I have done this with several devices and it always works:
Put it in the microwave.
Set the cook time for 2 second.
Press start.
It will completely fry the inside of your device. It will never turn on again. They will be unable to tell what caused the phone to malfunction. IT WILL NEVER TURN ON AGAIN...LOL!
Voila...return the phone as "defective"
Pm me with any questions you may have...
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This may be a question for a Sprint rep, but would they have noted my records since I went to the store to have it repaired and admitted that it was rooted? If not then OI may take a damage route out if it'll work.
bradspace said:
This may be a question for a Sprint rep, but would they have noted my records since I went to the store to have it repaired and admitted that it was rooted? If not then OI may take a damage route out if it'll work.
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Firstly, we're not supposed to reject phones for root. Our M&P's clearly state we work on rooted phones and does NOT void any warranty with us. So either call him out on that or find a different tech.
Secondly, the microwave idea? If i see so much as any board damage, the phone's getting rejected. Then your definitely put of luck because your device will be flagged as DBR an ineligible for exchange. Not a smart idea, considering responsible techs such as my self make it a point to inspect every phone internally if it's not turning on at all.
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bradspace said:
This may be a question for a Sprint rep, but would they have noted my records since I went to the store to have it repaired and admitted that it was rooted? If not then OI may take a damage route out if it'll work.
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I doubt they would have noted it, plus when he takes it in they would no way of knowing since phone is magically broken...
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squshy 7 said:
Firstly, we're not supposed to reject phones for root. Our M&P's clearly state we work on rooted phones and does NOT void any warranty with us.
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So how exactly do I "call him out"? My only option for a repair store is a horrible place. They are the only major store for MILES around and treat EVERY customer like ****. If I just say that he's supposed to work on it and there is nothing saying that the warranty is voided, he most likely is going to tell me to get bent.
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So how exactly do I "call him out"? My only option for a repair store is a horrible place. They are the only major store for MILES around and treat EVERY customer like ****. If I just say that he's supposed to work on it and there is nothing saying that the warranty is voided, he most likely is going to tell me to get bent.
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is the usb port on the phone bent? Like loose or anything? you could always lookup how to open the phone and solder a replacement usb jack on. I believe its a simple 3 to 4 point solder on the edge of the board.
I just bricked my rooted T989. Nothing happens when I hit power (no display) and my PC does not show the drives when I connect via USB. I have tried vol buttons + power (with battery and [no battery + cable]). Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should try next? Is TMO likely to replace/repair my phone even though it had been rooted?
Have you tried getting into download mode? And what caused the brick?
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I was flashing a new ROM and it bricked when it finished flashing. It just never rebooted. I can't get into download mode.
TomSilverSpring said:
I was flashing a new ROM and it bricked when it finished flashing. It just never rebooted. I can't get into download mode.
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What rom did you flash?
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This is really embarassing but I somehow stumbled up WickedRom, which is for the I9100, somehow thought it was for T989, and tried to flash it. Obviously a major league screw up. I have requested a replacement from TMO. I just hope they don't hit me with a major financial penalty if Samsung notices that it has been rooted (it was rooted when I tried flashing WickedRom).
TomSilverSpring said:
This is really embarassing but I somehow stumbled up WickedRom, which is for the I9100, somehow thought it was for T989, and tried to flash it. Obviously a major league screw up. I have requested a replacement from TMO. I just hope they don't hit me with a major financial penalty if Samsung notices that it has been rooted (it was rooted when I tried flashing WickedRom).
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Same thing happened here... I was odining back to stock and the power in my office at work went out... total fail. All Black, no power button, battery pull or Jig will make the phone do anything... anyone find a work around for this... I did this to my VIB before and was able to get it to work again but this just feels bad. Any help is appreciated. Los Angeles area dev's feel free to come play with it.
hey i know im new here but i got the answer... u need 2 odin back 2 stock 4 download mode pull battery plug usb into computer then 2 phone hold vol up and trackpad then insert battery and u will be in download mode also if using CWM dont fix permissions and also dont forget 2 place unzipped recovery file in /system/bin folder and overwrite it over existing file also make sure that cache, data, sdcard ,and system are all unmounted in mounts option of recovery took me 3 days of flashin back 2 stock with odin and soft bricking my phone 2 figure this out hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358401
perhaps people should have shown a bit more support?
Your fault !
Damn that sounds bad, big mistake on your part though, differentiating between i9100 and T-989 is key, among the other models too.
Mine did the same thing after doing a backup. I'm in the 30 day grace period and I'm gonna try to take it back in.. Hopefully I get away with it unless I find a way to fix it
blakemoo said:
Same thing happened here... I was odining back to stock and the power in my office at work went out... total fail. All Black, no power button, battery pull or Jig will make the phone do anything... anyone find a work around for this... I did this to my VIB before and was able to get it to work again but this just feels bad. Any help is appreciated. Los Angeles area dev's feel free to come play with it.
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The power going out Iz the biggest fail ever....definitely my biggest fear and always in back of my head while using odin
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TomSilverSpring said:
This is really embarassing but I somehow stumbled up WickedRom, which is for the I9100, somehow thought it was for T989, and tried to flash it. Obviously a major league screw up. I have requested a replacement from TMO. I just hope they don't hit me with a major financial penalty if Samsung notices that it has been rooted (it was rooted when I tried flashing WickedRom).
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my brother did this exact same thing to our neighbors phone, flashed a I9100 rom into a T989 phone and now it wont turn on at all. unfortunately dont have warranty or insurance. whats the fix to this? will the jig work? or is the phone an expensive paper weight? thanks for any help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN7le4GmxZs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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h0use gr00ves said:
my brother did this exact same thing to our neighbors phone, flashed a I9100 rom into a T989 phone and now it wont turn on at all. unfortunately dont have warranty or insurance. whats the fix to this? will the jig work? or is the phone an expensive paper weight? thanks for any help.
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Only way is to send it to Samsung or get it JTAG. JTAG will probably be cheaper.
So I've been rooted on my ET4G for some time, switching roms and such. Well, today I saw that a leaked version of ICS has been released for the SGS2. The model number GT-I9000 was the same, so I tried to flash it using ODIN. Unfortunately, the flash failed and I had to do a battery pull to remove the phone from download mode. I then rebooted the phone and am now given the Android System Recovery 3e screen. I tried doing a data wipe and cache partition, but I cannot get any progress. I've tried putting the phone in download mode and using ODIN to reflash a stock rom/modem/kernal but ODIN doesn't recognize the phone.
I'm fairly competent when it comes to root and custom roms, but I think I screwed up this time. Anybody have any ideas? I've tried removing the SD card, using a "Jig" and also a fresh battery. Nothing works.
Worst comes to worst, I'll have to take it to Sprint tomorrow and see what they say. In download mode it does day that I've got 1 count of custom binary. Will Sprint check for this and cause a void of warranty as a result?
Try removing drivers and reinstalling them. If you can get into Odin you should be good.
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I think a few people did this and couldn't save it. Can you get into Odin/download mode? If so, try sfhub's full stock Odin tar file
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Unfortunately, I cannot get Odin to recoginze the phone. Infact, I cannot get the computer to recognize the phone at all when plugged in. I think its a loss. I'll take to to sprint and see what happens
The way I understood it when someone fixed this before, you need to install the PC USB drivers for the INTERNATIONAL SGS2, then you can get into Odin. I could be wrong, though, since it sounds like your PC can't even tell there's a phone there.
bjonesy77 said:
So I've been rooted on my ET4G for some time, switching roms and such. Well, today I saw that a leaked version of ICS has been released for the SGS2. The model number GT-I9000 was the same
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You should know that GT-I9000 is the Galaxy S, GT-I9100 is the SII. As well as our model number being SPH-D710.
Just mentioning it because if you went with the GT-I9000 ICS build which is available as a custom stripped one its even further off than you had imagined.
So far I have tried to helpout 2 other plp on this same subject and to no avail. I am in contact with one of them he is getting a replacement phone and hopefully going to send me the screwed phone so I can either kill it completely or find a fix in the process.
I would just flash my own phone to try and digout but I have no backup. But I will update as soon as I can start testing for a fix for the comp not recognizing the phone.
bjonesy77 said:
Unfortunately, I cannot get Odin to recoginze the phone. Infact, I cannot get the computer to recognize the phone at all when plugged in. I think its a loss. I'll take to to sprint and see what happens
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dont even bother taking it to sprint, if u tell them what happened they're not going to help u, cause you were jail breaking etc on ur own risk, you'll just have to fix it or its a useless phone. Why dont u try installing the drivers for the GT-I9000 and see if that works.
klyang88 said:
dont even bother taking it to sprint, if u tell them what happened they're not going to help u, cause you were jail breaking etc on ur own risk, you'll just have to fix it or its a useless phone. Why dont u try installing the drivers for the GT-I9000 and see if that works.
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Jailbreak? When did this become an apple forum? JK.
Hey OP just clear your Odin count via jig and play the I tried to do the OTA card. I have seen 2 plp get replacment phones by saying this. No guarantee though. Read this thread almost at the last page of posts. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399551
I've filed an insurance claim and the phone is being replaced. I've searched far and wide and the only fix that *MIGHT* work, is JTAG.
I did take the phone to sprint, they opened it up and told me that it had water damage because they had no other explaination I guess.. I laughed, but there was no way for me to tell them "Nope, not water damage. I f***ed the software myself."
Jig doesn't work BTW
bjonesy77 said:
I've filed an insurance claim and the phone is being replaced. I've searched far and wide and the only fix that *MIGHT* work, is JTAG.
I did take the phone to sprint, they opened it up and told me that it had water damage because they had no other explaination I guess.. I laughed, but there was no way for me to tell them "Nope, not water damage. I f***ed the software myself."
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Heh well if I ever mess up dont worry myne will "have water damage" as well. Because Ill just end up filing a claim telling them its at the bottom of a lake.
Funny that they think it does but its usually called based on the stickers that change color on water contact.
I restored my phone to stock then made a backup using CMW. I placed the CWM back up in the original_update folder of the android kitchen. Then went into the android kitchen and deodexed, rooted and intalled busy box. Then i built the rom, signed it, placed it on my SD, card booted into recovery, flashed SuperWipe then flashed the rom I made. It installed fine and booted up but i didn't have any signal. So i let it sit for about 5 minutes then Powered off my phone but it stayed at the Good Buy screen for like ten minutes so i pulled the battery, when i tried to boot it back up it wouldn't do any thing. I held the power button down and nothing happened. I tried plugging in a usb cable and my phone still would't do anything Its completely unresponsive
Any suggestions?
mattbradfo said:
I restored my phone to stock then made a backup using CMW. I placed the CWM back up in the original_update folder of the android kitchen. Then went into the android kitchen and deodexed, rooted and intalled busy box. Then i built the rom, signed it, placed it on my SD, card booted into recovery, flashed SuperWipe then flashed the rom I made. It installed fine and booted up but i didn't have any signal. So i let it sit for about 5 minutes then Powered off my phone but it stayed at the Good Buy screen for like ten minutes so i pulled the battery, when i tried to boot it back up it wouldn't do any thing. I held the power button down and nothing happened. I tried plugging in a usb cable and my phone still would't do anything Its completely unresponsive
Any suggestions?
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I sadly did the same thing. I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong in the kitchen to brick my phone. Mine powered up as well but upon restart it bricked. But its sad to say but its bricked. I did a warranty exchange. If you connect the phone to the computer it will register as qhsusb_dload and not an Android phone. Best of luck.
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TheTechNiq said:
I sadly did the same thing. I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong in the kitchen to brick my phone. Mine powered up as well but upon restart it bricked. But its sad to say but its bricked. I did a warranty exchange. If you connect the phone to the computer it will register as qhsusb_dload and not an Android phone. Best of luck.
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Unfortunately I don't have a contract with T-Mobile so i can't do a warranty exchange. I ordered the USB Jig and i'm gunna see if that fixes it, if not I guess it's just a paper weight :\
mattbradfo said:
Unfortunately I don't have a contract with T-Mobile so i can't do a warranty exchange. I ordered the USB Jig and i'm gunna see if that fixes it, if not I guess it's just a paper weight :\
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if its registering as a ghsusb_dload device, a jig won't work.....how do I know you may ask? Cause I tried that as well before the exchange. Haha. Good news is you can pay someone to jtag your device. I think its like 50-100 but way better than 600 for a new phone. You should be able to find the link around the forums somewhere.
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The kitchen is not always good. The guy that did visionary would custom make roms for you. You need something like that
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Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.
techfanatic9 said:
Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.
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Like I told you before, it doesn't work for hard bricks. If it says qhusb, it's done and needs jtag
techfanatic9 said:
Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.
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Ya, my phone won't go into download mode. I'm just gunna have to send it to get J-taged
Send it back to Samsung that's what I did it has 1 year warranty
Try it just call Samsung they don't check if is brick
they just fix it they take like 2 weeks and is free
if sending it back to samsung dont work out for you, let me know. if all else fails, I have a riffbox, we can work something out.
Yayodroid said:
if sending it back to samsung dont work out for you, let me know. if all else fails, I have a riffbox, we can work something out.
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Ok, sounds good i'll check with samsung
ok, keep us updated. or pm or something lol
Ok, good news samsung says they'll fix it!
sweet! what did you tell them? that it just stopped working all of a sudden?
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sweet! what did you tell them? that it just stopped working all of a sudden?
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I just told them it was unresponsive and that it would't turn on. They didn't even ask if I rooted it
xcrazydx said:
Like I told you before, it doesn't work for hard bricks. If it says qhusb, it's done and needs jtag
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Like I said
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mattbradfo said:
I just told them it was unresponsive and that it would't turn on. They didn't even ask if I rooted it
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Good bro. Be careful this, time around
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