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[Q] believed soft brick and more

OK for start i rooted my gs2 and installed cm9 update-cm-9-20120416-SNAPSHOT-epic4gtouch-alpha3-signed. this loaded and was running just fine. but then I noticed when trying to install update-cm-9-20120512-NIGHTLY-galaxys2-signed i had lost my cwm recovery and decided to investigate and experiment.(got an answer on bold issue) (bad Idea) So then I re flashed cwm recovery and loaded cm9 5/12 it loaded but i had no data/WiFi so i booted back into cwm recovery and formatted everything (i think this is were i messed up). I can still get into down loader but now my computer and Odin wont recognize when I connect my phone. I can get into cwm recovery but it cant mount my SD card and says there is nothing in internal storage. I have uninstalled kies and all Samsung related drivers/software. rebooted computer, reinstalled kies and software and still nothing.Any help would be great and any more information needed I will do my best.
So now, that is about everything I can think of. So I guess my main question would be How do I get my phone and computer to talk to each other again and most of all get it back up and running.
Also just for the record im not a complete noob I was a ROM addict with my transform. and I have searched forum after forum and have had no luck finding the info i need. which is why i am creating a new post.

yeehaw1130 said:
OK for start i rooted my gs2 and installed cm9 update-cm-9-20120416-SNAPSHOT-epic4gtouch-alpha3-signed. this loaded and was running just fine. but then I noticed when trying to install update-cm-9-20120512-NIGHTLY-galaxys2-signed i had lost my cwm recovery and decided to investigate and experiment.(got an answer on bold issue) (bad Idea) So then I re flashed cwm recovery and loaded cm9 5/12 it loaded but i had no data/WiFi so i booted back into cwm recovery and formatted everything (i think this is were i messed up). I can still get into down loader but now my computer and Odin wont recognize when I connect my phone. I can get into cwm recovery but it cant mount my SD card and says there is nothing in internal storage. I have uninstalled kies and all Samsung related drivers/software. rebooted computer, reinstalled kies and software and still nothing.Any help would be great and any more information needed I will do my best.
So now, that is about everything I can think of. So I guess my main question would be How do I get my phone and computer to talk to each other again and most of all get it back up and running.
Also just for the record im not a complete noob I was a ROM addict with my transform. and I have searched forum after forum and have had no luck finding the info i need. which is why i am creating a new post.
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First question, which version of CWM were you using?
Second question, when you say that your computer didn't respond is it just not reading as an extra drive? If you have your sound on does the computer make the new hardware detected ding sound?

Looks like you flashed the intl version galaxy s2 cm9, this phone is usually listed as e4gt or epic touch in rom files not galaxy 2 so more than likely your USB is corrupted and no longer will be recognized by your PC which makes your phone FUBAR
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thanks for the speedy response. I am using cwm 5.5.0.4 and No noise at all. The computer ain't regerstering that i plugged any device in via usb. I tryed different cords and nothing. I did try different usb devices to ensure it wasnt my usb and they worked just fine. it was working not a problem then what ever i did to my phone it stopped. My internal storage says there are no files. dont remember if i mentioned that before.

yeehaw1130 said:
thanks for the speedy response. I am using cwm 5.5.0.4 and No noise at all. The computer ain't regerstering that i plugged any device in via usb. I tryed different cords and nothing. I did try different usb devices to ensure it wasnt my usb and they worked just fine. it was working not a problem then what ever i did to my phone it stopped. My internal storage says there are no files. dont remember if i mentioned that before.
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K. Unfortunately it is a hard brick. You will probably need to look at getting a JTAG service. Other than that it's pretty much gone.
Sorry!

Yup you flashed a rom for the intl gs2, next time read a little more carefully anything with gs2 or galaxy s2 is not for the epic touch. 2 completely different devices and anything for the galaxy s2 will Bork the epic touch. Jtag is your only hope, and I'm pretty sure it can fix your version of a brick since it can still boot. I wouldn't try doing anything else cuz if you get the blue light of death there is no hope aside from getting it replaced at that point. Mobile tech videos website will have more info on jtag for you, it'll cost around $50
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thank you I will go drop it in a bucket of water and get insurance claim on it. thank you for the help

Just take it to Sprint and play dumb! Seems like a lot of folks are getting them replaced for free or 35 bucks tops.

I can try that to I actually tried zapping it with a 6.5mill volt tazer with a wire ran in through usb port but didnt work haha. Only issue I see is you can still boot to recovery and download and recovery is cwm recovery. I was trying to figure out how to just fry the motherboard and then play dumb.

yeehaw1130 said:
thank you I will go drop it in a bucket of water and get insurance claim on it. thank you for the help
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Jtag is cheaper than ins deductible and if they can't fix it the refund your money so I'd give it a shot first
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

I would not drop it in a bucket of water!!! When you take it to sprint the first thing they do is check for water damage. They know because there are stickers on the inside of the phone that change colors when they come in contact with water. Trust me, I know.

USB Connection not working at all after bad flash

So here's the story:
Stock Ice Cream Sandwich on device.
Did not use... Super One Click. Pretty much just skipped rooting? IDK, was in a hurry, didn't take necessary precautions.
Everything seems to work like a charm...
1) Downloaded KIES to install drivers.
2) Used ODIN to flash Clockwork Recovery Mod (getting a triangle now when booting, but nothing loads)
3) Used ODIN to flash I9100 ICS but it fails.
4) "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Getting this message. Always on.
5) Got to Download Mode (ODIN), but any computer I plug the USB into does not even start a proper connection. I believe there is electricity flowing, but no data/information being sent/received from either end.
(I could just clean everything up and try reflashing some things, but now my device won't even properly connect to ANY computer with the drivers all properly installed...)
6) Post in xda forums and pray to the Android Brick Gods.
Please... help. I am just wondering why any USB connection isn't working and how to fix it... is my kernel messed up? Did this Galaxy S2 (from Sprint) have the Brick Bug where the /data gets corrupted after a flash... and, finally, does this mean my phone is bricked? I am about to file an insurance claim and pay that $100 deductible :/

ekstatic said:
So here's the story:
Stock Ice Cream Sandwich on device.
Did not use... Super One Click. Pretty much just skipped rooting? IDK, was in a hurry, didn't take necessary precautions.
Everything seems to work like a charm...
1) Downloaded KIES to install drivers.
2) Used ODIN to flash Clockwork Recovery Mod (getting a triangle now when booting, but nothing loads)
3) Used ODIN to flash I9100 ICS but it fails.
4) "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Getting this message. Always on.
5) Got to Download Mode (ODIN), but any computer I plug the USB into does not even start a proper connection. I believe there is electricity flowing, but no data/information being sent/received from either end.
(I could just clean everything up and try reflashing some things, but now my device won't even properly connect to ANY computer with the drivers all properly installed...)
6) Post in xda forums and pray to the Android Brick Gods.
Please... help. I am just wondering why any USB connection isn't working and how to fix it... is my kernel messed up? Did this Galaxy S2 (from Sprint) have the Brick Bug where the /data gets corrupted after a flash... and, finally, does this mean my phone is bricked? I am about to file an insurance claim and pay that $100 deductible :/
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3) Used ODIN to flash I9100 ICS but it fails.
this is your problem. you need to follow directions, sorry, you have an sph-d710, not an I9100... you borked your bootloader... your options at this point are $50 jtag or $100 insurance, sorry... in the future, never flash I9100 roms, this is what will happen every time

cp320703 said:
3) Used ODIN to flash I9100 ICS but it fails.
this is your problem. you need to follow directions, sorry, you have an sph-d710, not an I9100... you borked your bootloader... your options at this point are $50 jtag or $100 insurance, sorry... in the future, never flash I9100 roms, this is what will happen every time
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Yep, this is what I thought.
Thanks.
And what is jtag lol

ekstatic said:
Yep, this is what I thought.
Thanks.
And what is jtag lol
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/

Thanks, a lot, man. Would you say this is a much better option versus the insurance claim..?

ekstatic said:
Thanks, a lot, man. Would you say this is a much better option versus the insurance claim..?
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6 in one, half dozen in the other... you have a brick that is fixable via jtag, so if you want to save a few bucks on insurance it'll get you a working phone, if however you're for any reason dissatisfied with your phone (scratches, anything else not working, etc...) might as well just make the insurance claim... josh, the dude that's mobile tech videos, post on xda all the time, cant remember his user name though, he's a good dude, his service is legit... the only thing he cant fix is emmc bug brick, which does not apply to you

cp320703 said:
6 in one, half dozen in the other... you have a brick that is fixable via jtag, so if you want to save a few bucks on insurance it'll get you a working phone, if however you're for any reason dissatisfied with your phone (scratches, anything else not working, etc...) might as well just make the insurance claim... josh, the dude that's mobile tech videos, post on xda all the time, cant remember his user name though, he's a good dude, his service is legit... the only thing he cant fix is emmc bug brick, which does not apply to you
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Yeah, I just ordered the jtag from the site... and it is a brand new phone so there are no scratches or anything really, I am fine with sending it into him and not doing insurance. Also, I don't think I have eMMC Bug Brick, but would there still be any possibility that I do?

ekstatic said:
Yeah, I just ordered the jtag from the site... and it is a brand new phone so there are no scratches or anything really, I am fine with sending it into him and not doing insurance. Also, I don't think I have eMMC Bug Brick, but would there still be any possibility that I do?
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nope, your problem is that fact you flashed an I9100 rom...

[Q] Hard bricked. Found out something, but doubt it means anything

I accidentally flashed ktoonsez i777 rom on my i747 in a hurry to do so and when it aborted, I realized it was wrong. Not thinking about it, I just restarted from cwm because usually when it aborts, it just reverts. Now my phone does nothing. I was able to aquire the drivers for the mode it is in when it's bricked and it detects it, but odin sees nothing. It says its on COM10 in device manager. I think it was qhusb or something. Anyway, it is not an unknown device anymore and I have read all about this and how everyone does jtag, but is there any software that CAN detect the phone to add any kind of files? I read that somebody was able to find some software to detect it, but this was one person. Any help would be appreciated and I'm sorry for possibly going on a sore topic again, but I REALLY would rather not send this to jtag if I can help it.

Can you get into download mode?
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

This is his buddy, no he can't. Phone is in some other mode, and unresponsive.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

RicoStang said:
I accidentally flashed ktoonsez i777 rom on my i747 in a hurry to do so and when it aborted, I realized it was wrong. Not thinking about it, I just restarted from cwm because usually when it aborts, it just reverts. Now my phone does nothing. I was able to aquire the drivers for the mode it is in when it's bricked and it detects it, but odin sees nothing. It says its on COM10 in device manager. I think it was qhusb or something. Anyway, it is not an unknown device anymore and I have read all about this and how everyone does jtag, but is there any software that CAN detect the phone to add any kind of files? I read that somebody was able to find some software to detect it, but this was one person. Any help would be appreciated and I'm sorry for possibly going on a sore topic again, but I REALLY would rather not send this to jtag if I can help it.
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Huh? You flashed Ktoonsez's i777 rom? he doesn't have an i777 rom. you mean you flashed his kernel onto this device or what? If you flashed aokp for the i777 then you would be referring to me then. Still unsure what you are talking about flashing so I can't help you out until i know.

NickS_ said:
This is his buddy, no he can't. Phone is in some other mode, and unresponsive.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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What is this other mode? Open task manager and close everything related to Kies before trying Odin.. see if that helps at all

task650 said:
Huh? You flashed Ktoonsez's i777 rom? he doesn't have an i777 rom. you mean you flashed his kernel onto this device or what? If you flashed aokp for the i777 then you would be referring to me then. Still unsure what you are talking about flashing so I can't help you out until i know.
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I'm apologize. I used to mod the hell out of my old Motorola's before smartphones were mainstream, but I'm new to this again. I flashed his aokp for the i777. I had the 11/4 version for the i747 and I saw that something came out more recently for the aokp so I went to flash that and saw that it was the i777 version when I looked at the file after it aborted and figured I could reboot and it would work. This is when absolutely nothing happened. I accidentally did this same thing with the i747 version on my girlfriends SII and once I saw that it was the wrong version, it just reverted upon reboot which is why I thought it would do the same for me. I know you guys don't make guarantees and it was my fault. I love this aokp and I'll still use it. I'm just a bit upset that I hard bricked because I don't want to have to send my phone out to be jtagged. I can't get it into download mode and I heard on several posts that USB jigs wont work on this phone for forcing it unless the phone isn't bricked (which is kind of useless if you ask me). After this all happened, it came up in windows as QHSUSB_DLOAD as unrecognized. After searching for a while, I found and installed drivers and it now recognizes it, but it wont come up as a device in ODIN. I'm assuming I'm kind of screwed here I'd really appreciate any help or advice other than to return it. I understand I may have to do that, but I'm looking for a solution here. I see that this has happened with a lot of GS3's for various reasons and I'm surprised there isn't a fix yet. Thanks in advance for help.

Update! I'm not sure if this means anything or not, but I have QPST running and the phone is on COM11 and it is detecting it in download mode. Once again, ODIN, will not read this, but QPST is. It is asking me for a phone image to flash in the form of a .hex .hxb .pbn .bin. or .mbn
I can't do much in this software because I'm in QPST download mode, but it looks like it will allow me to flash files with these extensions. Not sure if this matters, but I'd love to find a solution to this bricking issue to save people the money of having to send a phone out or hassle insurance returns and having to run over a poor GS3 with a car to "accidentally break" it. Does anyone have files like this that I can flash?

Alright I got some .mbn files and one .bin using 7zip extracting from a stock rom. On the .bin when I try to flash it, I get "Use the phone's UI to switch it to streaming download mode" and NAK: invalid address when attempting the .mbn flash. I'm getting a bit discouraged again. The only area I can use is "software download" because I can't do anything else with the phone. I'm going to sleep though. Hopefully there will be some insight in the morning. Glad I have developers here!

Follow this thread, though it's mainly about msm8660 for now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914359

RussianBear said:
Follow this thread, though it's mainly about msm8660 for now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1914359
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Thanks!

RicoStang said:
I accidentally flashed ktoonsez i777 rom on my i747 in a hurry to do so and when it aborted, I realized it was wrong. Not thinking about it, I just restarted from cwm because usually when it aborts, it just reverts. Now my phone does nothing. I was able to aquire the drivers for the mode it is in when it's bricked and it detects it, but odin sees nothing. It says its on COM10 in device manager. I think it was qhusb or something. Anyway, it is not an unknown device anymore and I have read all about this and how everyone does jtag, but is there any software that CAN detect the phone to add any kind of files? I read that somebody was able to find some software to detect it, but this was one person. Any help would be appreciated and I'm sorry for possibly going on a sore topic again, but I REALLY would rather not send this to jtag if I can help it.
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When i got hardbricked i sent it to samsung got it fixed completly i obviously had to pay cuz there were scratches on it but u could probably get away with it blaming a samsung software update and get it fixed for free

I like that lol. I didn't even think of that method. I am kicking myself repeatedly for not getting insurance so I could just run over the damn thing!

RicoStang said:
I like that lol. I didn't even think of that method. I am kicking myself repeatedly for not getting insurance so I could just run over the damn thing!
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That's how I feel right about now haha

RicoStang said:
I accidentally flashed ktoonsez i777 rom on my i747 in a hurry to do so and when it aborted, I realized it was wrong. Not thinking about it, I just restarted from cwm because usually when it aborts, it just reverts. Now my phone does nothing. I was able to aquire the drivers for the mode it is in when it's bricked and it detects it, but odin sees nothing. It says its on COM10 in device manager. I think it was qhusb or something. Anyway, it is not an unknown device anymore and I have read all about this and how everyone does jtag, but is there any software that CAN detect the phone to add any kind of files? I read that somebody was able to find some software to detect it, but this was one person. Any help would be appreciated and I'm sorry for possibly going on a sore topic again, but I REALLY would rather not send this to jtag if I can help it.
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So, I know this is basically a dead post... but I was wondering if you ever found the solution to this issue? I am experiencing basically the same thing with my i747. Luckily, I purchased a cheap HTC Inspire off of Ebay to use for the time being, but I feel like I am seriously on the brink of figuring this out and its driving me mad. If you did have any luck, I'd love to hear about it!

[Q][ASAP]Is this a soft brick or a hard brick?

Ok, I have spent a really long time figuring out where to post this, but I still can't figure it out. Please forgive me if this is the improper place.
Please mind that I have looked at similar hard vs soft brick threads, and tried all of the advice given, but nothing has worked yet.
To start, I have a Samsung Galaxy S II from Sprint. The Epic 4G Touch, Model SPH-D710. I am on a MacBook Pro running 10.7.5 OSX. Recently, I followed the steps as listed by h tt p:// epic4gtouchroot .com /epic-4g-touch-root/ how-to-root-epic-4g-touch-on-mac-or-linux/
The Terminal went through the entire process and said it was successful. I thought 'Wow! That was easy!' However, upon rebooting my phone, it never booted past the splash screen which showed "Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100" with a yellow triangle at the bottom. At this point I could access Download mode, Recovery mode, this splash screen, and the charging battery that is shown when it is charging and powered off.
I was so confused so I spent about 3 hours on xda looking for an answer. Next, I downloaded Odin and packaged it for Mac. Then I downloaded the Samsung drivers just in case, and the stock ROM for my particular phone. I went through and tried to use Odin. Much to my dismay, Odin would not recognize my phone at all.
So then, I downloaded a .zip file containing the Official Samsung ROM, and put it on my internal sdcard. Under ClockworkMod, I wiped cache, dalvik cache, and wiped all user data. Then, I applied the .zip file using the option in CWM, and it said that it was successful. However, upon rebooting, it went back to the same screen with the yellow triangle.
Next, I downloaded the CF root, and tried to apply it the same way through CWM. Again a fail. However, now upon rebooting to splash screen, it would progressively turn from a black/gray screen to a white screen. Once it got to the white screen, it stopped and stayed there for about an hour. Then it died.
I tried to boot to Download mode but it says that the battery is too low. So now I am trying to charge it. However, it tries to load the charging battery icon that is normally shown when charging a powered off phone, and flashes to black. From this black screen it again slowly turns gray then white. Once it reaches the white screen, it turns back to the charging icon, and starts the stupid cycle over again. Its been doing that for the past 30 minutes.
UPDATE: My battery is not charging AT ALL. Whether plugged in to computer or wall it continues the cycle.
UPDATE 2: I made a video so that you can see what the phone actually does. I still can't post links, so please remove the spaces. http :// youtu .be /4LW60EknFWw

Remove the battery first, then try charging it. After, get windows onto your Mac or borrow a friend's, and use the windows Odin to get back to stock.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

christykientzler said:
Ok, I have spent a really long time figuring out where to post this, but I still can't figure it out. Please forgive me if this is the improper place.
Please mind that I have looked at similar hard vs soft brick threads, and tried all of the advice given, but nothing has worked yet.
To start, I have a Samsung Galaxy S II from Sprint. The Epic 4G Touch, Model SPH-D710.
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You're in the wrong forum. This is currently posted in the i9100 forums. You want the Epic 4G Touch forum.
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To clarify - the Epic 4G Touch is a CDMA phone, and the GT-I9100 is a GSM phone which doesn't even work on Sprint's network.
So according to this:
christykientzler said:
Recently, I followed the steps as listed by http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-touch-root/how-to-root-epic-4g-touch-on-mac-or-linux/
The Terminal went through the entire process and said it was successful. I thought 'Wow! That was easy!' However, upon rebooting my phone, it never booted past the splash screen which showed "Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100" with a yellow triangle at the bottom. At this point I could access Download mode, Recovery mode, this splash screen, and the charging battery that is shown when it is charging and powered off.
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You apparently flashed something for the GT-I9100 onto your Epic 4G Touch SPH-D710. If you actually did follow the steps at http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-touch-root/how-to-root-epic-4g-touch-on-mac-or-linux/ properly, this should not have happened. What exactly did you download and flash? Because if you followed steps for an Epic 4G Touch, then you would not have downloaded and flashed something that would alter your bootscreen to read GT-I9100.
You MIGHT have been at a recoverable spot at this point, until:
christykientzler said:
So then, I downloaded a .zip file containing the Official Samsung ROM, and put it on my internal sdcard. Under ClockworkMod, I wiped cache, dalvik cache, and wiped all user data. Then, I applied the .zip file using the option in CWM, and it said that it was successful. However, upon rebooting, it went back to the same screen with the yellow triangle.
Next, I downloaded the CF root, and tried to apply it the same way through CWM. Again a fail. However, now upon rebooting to splash screen, it would progressively turn from a black/gray screen to a white screen. Once it got to the white screen, it stopped and stayed there for about an hour. Then it died.
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By my count, that's you flashing 3 things meant for an GT-I9100 to an SPH-D710.
You're probably out of luck at this point, but again, check in the Epic 4G Touch forum. Maybe someone there can help you, but I wouldn't hold my breath. You might have some luck trying to get a warranty exchange at a Sprint store, if they can't get your phone to boot and see exactly how bad you buggered it. But I wouldn't hold my breath on this, either.

Oh my goodness...
ctomgee said:
You're in the wrong forum. This is currently posted in the i9100 forums. You want the Epic 4G Touch forum.
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To clarify - the Epic 4G Touch is a CDMA phone, and the GT-I9100 is a GSM phone which doesn't even work on Sprint's network.
So according to this:
You apparently flashed something for the GT-I9100 onto your Epic 4G Touch SPH-D710. If you actually did follow the steps at http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-touch-root/how-to-root-epic-4g-touch-on-mac-or-linux/ properly, this should not have happened. What exactly did you download and flash? Because if you followed steps for an Epic 4G Touch, then you would not have downloaded and flashed something that would alter your bootscreen to read GT-I9100.
You MIGHT have been at a recoverable spot at this point, until:
By my count, that's you flashing 3 things meant for an GT-I9100 to an SPH-D710.
You're probably out of luck at this point, but again, check in the Epic 4G Touch forum. Maybe someone there can help you, but I wouldn't hold my breath. You might have some luck trying to get a warranty exchange at a Sprint store, if they can't get your phone to boot and see exactly how bad you buggered it. But I wouldn't hold my breath on this, either.
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Oh my goodness... I knew I really had screwed the pooch on this one D:
Thanks for letting me know that I really am in a world of trouble. I had thought that GT-I9100 was a type of SPH-D710.
Also I apologize for the incorrect post location. Again, I hadn't understood the difference.
Do you think if I could charge up the battery, and get it into download mode with a jig, I might be able to use OneClick UnBrick? Or some other method?

christykientzler said:
Oh my goodness... I knew I really had screwed the pooch on this one D:
Thanks for letting me know that I really am in a world of trouble. I had thought that GT-I9100 was a type of SPH-D710.
Also I apologize for the incorrect post location. Again, I hadn't understood the difference.
Do you think if I could charge up the battery, and get it into download mode with a jig, I might be able to use OneClick UnBrick? Or some other method?
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I have no idea. The two phones are different enough that any advice I give you would be invalid.
My suggestion about going to the Epic 4G Touch forum to ask for help there still stands. You're much more likely to find helpful advice and valid files for your particular device there. Do not use any more guides or download any more files from the I9100 forums.
That said, it looks like you may have tried either flashing a GT-I9100 bootloader or .pit file to your phone, which REALLY would have screwed the pooch, yes. If you can't get help in the Epic 4G Touch forums, I'd just take it to a Sprint store and tell them that a Kies update screwed your phone up.

TLDR
There is no such thing as a "Soft" or "Hard" brick, Your device is either bricked or it isnt, simple as that.
If you can get into download or recovery and use them your device is not bricked.

Will do
ctomgee said:
I have no idea. The two phones are different enough that any advice I give you would be invalid.
My suggestion about going to the Epic 4G Touch forum to ask for help there still stands. You're much more likely to find helpful advice and valid files for your particular device there. Do not use any more guides or download any more files from the I9100 forums.
That said, it looks like you may have tried either flashing a GT-I9100 bootloader or .pit file to your phone, which REALLY would have screwed the pooch, yes. If you can't get help in the Epic 4G Touch forums, I'd just take it to a Sprint store and tell them that a Kies update screwed your phone up.
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Ok :good: Will do. I was wondering what I'd tell them if I went to a Sprint store Thanks again.

TheATHEiST said:
TLDR
There is no such thing as a "Soft" or "Hard" brick, Your device is either bricked or it isnt, simple as that.
If you can get into download or recovery and use them your device is not bricked.
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Lol?
Softbrick is corrupted system files which result in a bootloop.
Hardbrick is a dead phone that can be fixed with a Jtag or M/B replacement...
Sent from my GT-I9100

Again, there is no such thing as a "soft brick". There is just "bricked" and the term is used too loosely by n00bs.
If you can simply re-flash a rom your device is not bricked at all.
"Soft brick" is just a n00b term that is used because they think their device is bricked if they can't get it to boot.
Your device is only "bricked" if all you can do is JTAG or mobo replace.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium

ctomgee said:
I have no idea. The two phones are different enough that any advice I give you would be invalid.
My suggestion about going to the Epic 4G Touch forum to ask for help there still stands. You're much more likely to find helpful advice and valid files for your particular device there. Do not use any more guides or download any more files from the I9100 forums.
That said, it looks like you may have tried either flashing a GT-I9100 bootloader or .pit file to your phone, which REALLY would have screwed the pooch, yes. If you can't get help in the Epic 4G Touch forums, I'd just take it to a Sprint store and tell them that a Kies update screwed your phone up.
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boki9999 said:
Lol?
Softbrick is corrupted system files which result in a bootloop.
Hardbrick is a dead phone that can be fixed with a Jtag or M/B replacement...
Sent from my GT-I9100
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Is there a one-stop resource for "Jtag or M/B replacement"? I'm having trouble searching forums for some reason, otherwise I would look for it myself.

You need to get it into download mode and then reflash a ROM appropriate for your device. Your phone isn't bricked - but if you fail to get it working again and have to resign to using it purely as a surface to sniff your cocaine off, then you have only yourself to blame.

postfatal said:
You need to get it into download mode and then reflash a ROM appropriate for your device.
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Thank you, will do.
postfatal said:
Your phone isn't bricked - but if you fail to get it working again and have to resign to using it purely as a surface to sniff your cocaine off, then you have only yourself to blame.
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LMAO, that's true. I don't blame anyone but myself for my mistakes.

If you hadnt understood the difference then why did you decide one day to go I to your phone and per form operations that are completely unknown to you? Do you ipen up your cars engines and place honda parts into your ford Fiesta?
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Curiousity killed the cat...
ssCISengineer said:
If you hadnt understood the difference then why did you decide one day to go I to your phone and per form operations that are completely unknown to you? Do you ipen up your cars engines and place honda parts into your ford Fiesta?
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Because I am curious. This is where it often times gets me, but I like to learn new things by doing. In my eyes it's usually worth the risk. I will admit this was a stupid mistake, but I have certainly learned a lot about rooting in the process

Wow. So, hopefully by now you are in the correct forum. And hopefully have downloaded the appropriate Odin tar file to restore your phone properly. Get that at the dev section of E4GT. Charge that battery in a different phone if you have to. Get into Odin mode and run Odin from a PC (Heimdall for macs?), if the PC does not recognize your phone, its probably the cable. If Odin starts but then fails half way through, its probably the cable. BTW, check out SFHubs Odin-one clicks for your phone, probably the easiest way to restore a clean, new rom.
And in the future, be more curious before you act. Read read read.
Good luck.

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Dr. Fed said:
Wow. So, hopefully by now you are in the correct forum. And hopefully have downloaded the appropriate Odin tar file to restore your phone properly. Get that at the dev section of E4GT. Charge that battery in a different phone if you have to. Get into Odin mode and run Odin from a PC (Heimdall for macs?), if the PC does not recognize your phone, its probably the cable. If Odin starts but then fails half way through, its probably the cable. BTW, check out SFHubs Odin-one clicks for your phone, probably the easiest way to restore a clean, new rom.
And in the future, be more curious before you act. Read read read.
Good luck.
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Yes I got to the correct forum.I still don't know which file to download. Nobody has bothered to point me in the right direction. Considering what I did to it last time with what I thought was the correct file, any direction would be appreciated. :/ I'll definitely ask in the E4GT forums. I'm currently working on getting a charged up battery, but I won't be able to do so until next Friday. I've looked into OneClick UnBrick. When I get the charged battery, I will definitely use a more reliable cord. XP I will definitely research more next time. In fact I might not mess with it at all!
Thank you for your help!

christykientzler said:
Yes I got to the correct forum.I still don't know which file to download. Nobody has bothered to point me in the right direction. Considering what I did to it last time with what I thought was the correct file, any direction would be appreciated. :/ I'll definitely ask in the E4GT forums. I'm currently working on getting a charged up battery, but I won't be able to do so until next Friday. I've looked into OneClick UnBrick. When I get the charged battery, I will definitely use a more reliable cord. XP I will definitely research more next time. In fact I might not mess with it at all!
Thank you for your help!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903252
If you can get into Odin mode (on a PC preferably) , download one of these files. I recommend the latest official ICS build. Read the op carefully. That will return you back to stock. All your data is gone,, but hopefully you've always backed up your contacts to Google. The play store will have your app history.

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Dr. Fed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903252
If you can get into Odin mode (on a PC preferably) , download one of these files. I recommend the latest official ICS build. Read the op carefully. That will return you back to stock. All your data is gone,, but hopefully you've always backed up your contacts to Google. The play store will have your app history.
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I see that the latest is FI27. The three files shown are OneClick.exe, a zip file, and an unrooted TAR file. From those I'm assuming that OneClick.exe is a windows application that goes in and puts your phone back to the ICS build with one click? This method would be the simplest, except for the fact I have a Mac. Would the time taken to repackage it be worth it or would one of the other two options be better? And the zip file. Would I be able to put that on my internal SD card and flash it through CWM? Or would I unzip it and flash through heimdall. As for the TAR file, I am unfamiliar with this, and am not sure how this file would be utilised.
The last time I tried to understand a concept on my own, I ended up with a bricked phone so please forgive me for asking so many questions, I just don't want to mess it up a second time.
As for the data, yes it is gone. DX Yes I backed up contacts *phew*. I had a feeling going into this that I should back up something.

christykientzler said:
I see that the latest is FI27. The three files shown are OneClick.exe, a zip file, and an unrooted TAR file. From those I'm assuming that OneClick.exe is a windows application that goes in and puts your phone back to the ICS build with one click? This method would be the simplest, except for the fact I have a Mac. Would the time taken to repackage it be worth it or would one of the other two options be better? And the zip file. Would I be able to put that on my internal SD card and flash it through CWM? Or would I unzip it and flash through heimdall. As for the TAR file, I am unfamiliar with this, and am not sure how this file would be utilised.
The last time I tried to understand a concept on my own, I ended up with a bricked phone so please forgive me for asking so many questions, I just don't want to mess it up a second time.
As for the data, yes it is gone. DX Yes I backed up contacts *phew*. I had a feeling going into this that I should back up something.
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The one clicks are full "images" flashed through Odin. I recommend this because a one click will reflash your stock rom, modem, and recovery partition. This is what you need to do to repair your phone. If you try to flash something in recovery, it will repair your rom but not necessarily your modem/radio/firmware, and this could be a problem. I'm not sure exactly what you flashed before, so I think its best if you fix it all with a One Click.
As far as using a Mac goes, I am not sure. I'll look into it, you should too. Odin used to be only for PCs, Heimdall for Macs. Maybe its changed now?
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You must have some schmo friend that will let you borrow his or her PC laptop for 10 minutes. Install Odin , install the proper drivers. Go into Odin mode, connect phone, once recognized... click.
Look up QBKing77 on YouTube, search on YouTube "QBking77 Epic 4g Touch" and you will see instructional videos with appropriate download links.

Why have you lot continued to answer this thread ? It's in the wrong place. More to the point, why hasn't anyone asked mods to move it to Epic 4G Q&A ? (Which I've just done)

Stuck in boot loop with no USB option

I just inherited a t-mobile phone that was rooted. I installed the latest version of TWRP and tried to re-root it but now it's in a boot loop and on top of that I can't connect the phone to a computer b/c I get the "USB Device Not Recognized" message. I've re-installed the drivers and I've tried the toothpick trick. Nothing is working. What are my options?

jconway1968 said:
I just inherited a t-mobile phone that was rooted. I installed the latest version of TWRP and tried to re-root it but now it's in a boot loop and on top of that I can't connect the phone to a computer b/c I get the "USB Device Not Recognized" message. I've re-installed the drivers and I've tried the toothpick trick. Nothing is working. What are my options?
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First wrong section...second I'd say flash a different Rom/kernel pair... or redo your recovery from Odin
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bmg002 said:
First wrong section...second I'd say flash a different Rom/kernel pair... or redo your recovery from Odin
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First, I believe this is the correct section - the phone I am working with is a T-Mobile Galaxy S II... Second, I can't Odin because I don't have a working usb connection. I've tried several different ROMS from this fine section and I get the same result... Boot Loop

If you flashed TWRP 2.6.3, that's your problem.
Flash 2.6.1

This is the wrong section because it has nothing to do with ROM development.
With that being said if you can still boot into twrp you still have hope. Try loading a different ROM into an SD card using a converter and slide back in the phone to properly wipe first then re flash.
I don't understand why you can't get a proper USB connection going but above suggestion may solve it.
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You could always get a SD card reader, connect t to ur PC, DL a flashable twrp 2.6.1.0 and flash the recovery, then flash a ROM an u should be back in action, but above mentioned is right this is the wrong forum u need q&a
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jconway1968 said:
First, I believe this is the correct section - the phone I am working with is a T-Mobile Galaxy S II... Second, I can't Odin because I don't have a working usb connection. I've tried several different ROMS from this fine section and I get the same result... Boot Loop
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Just to confirm a few things: where do you not have the working USB connection? in download mode? If so, I'd try reinstalling the drivers.
Also, I see in your sig that you state your phones are:
Asus Nexus 7
Sprint Galaxy Note 2
Neither of which is a SGH-T989. Are you sure you are flashing the correct ROM/Kernel for your device?
also you said it came rooted but you re-rooted it. What process did you use to re-root it?
One last thing: you say you got it second hand, are you sure it is a T-Mobile galaxy S 2? May want to check under the battery for a "T989" or "i9100". The i9100 is NOT a T-Mobile galaxy S 2. It should be SGH-T989 if they didn't give you incorect info about the phone.
You could also try a different USB cable or hub. I've had USB extension cables give me grief and the front ports on my PC don't like my phone.

bmg002 said:
Just to confirm a few things: where do you not have the working USB connection? in download mode? If so, I'd try reinstalling the drivers.
Also, I see in your sig that you state your phones are:
Asus Nexus 7
Sprint Galaxy Note 2
Neither of which is a SGH-T989. Are you sure you are flashing the correct ROM/Kernel for your device?
also you said it came rooted but you re-rooted it. What process did you use to re-root it?
One last thing: you say you got it second hand, are you sure it is a T-Mobile galaxy S 2? May want to check under the battery for a "T989" or "i9100". The i9100 is NOT a T-Mobile galaxy S 2. It should be SGH-T989 if they didn't give you incorect info about the phone.
You could also try a different USB cable or hub. I've had USB extension cables give me grief and the front ports on my PC don't like my phone.
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Thanks for your help. Here are the answers to your questions:
I think there is something wrong with the micro USB input on the phone. I have reinstalled the drivers several times. I have tried different cables and different computers. I even tried the toothpick trick. No luck.
I do have a GN2. The SG2 is for my daughter...
It is a genuine SGH-T989 I checked under the battery.

soupysoup said:
You could always get a SD card reader, connect t to ur PC, DL a flashable twrp 2.6.1.0 and flash the recovery, then flash a ROM an u should be back in action, but above mentioned is right this is the wrong forum u need q&a
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Where do I find and how do I put a flashable twrp 2.6.1.0 on my micro sd card? I've always used goomanager in the past but obviously that won't work in this case...

jconway1968 said:
Where do I find and how do I put a flashable twrp 2.6.1.0 on my micro sd card? I've always used goomanager in the past but obviously that won't work in this case...
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Everything I've found requires a computer connection. I need to be able to flash it back from v2.6.3.1 using TWRP to do it. Is that possible?

soupysoup said:
You could always get a SD card reader, connect t to ur PC, DL a flashable twrp 2.6.1.0 and flash the recovery, then flash a ROM an u should be back in action, but above mentioned is right this is the wrong forum u need q&a
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One more piece of information that might be helpful... When I try to wipe the cache I get this message "Formatting Data using make_ext4fs function" and it stays stuck there. I've left it for over 30 minutes and it doesn't ever move from that screen. Hope that helps... I really need some help here.

jconway1968 said:
One more piece of information that might be helpful... When I try to wipe the cache I get this message "Formatting Data using make_ext4fs function" and it stays stuck there. I've left it for over 30 minutes and it doesn't ever move from that screen. Hope that helps... I really need some help here.
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In twrp settings change it to use rm instead of formatting
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jconway1968 said:
Everything I've found requires a computer connection. I need to be able to flash it back from v2.6.3.1 using TWRP to do it. Is that possible?
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If u go to the dev section on this phone and look around a bit, u will find the twrp thread, in that thread is a flashabke copy of 2.6.1.0, if u can't find it pm me, I have a copy, all u would need to do is put the zip file on any micro SD card then put it in the phone and flash it with the twrp u have now, it will revert it back to 2.6.1.0 and that should fix ur prob, but like I said of u can't find it pm me and I'll shoot u a copy
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soupysoup said:
If u go to the dev section on this phone and look around a bit, u will find the twrp thread, in that thread is a flashabke copy of 2.6.1.0, if u can't find it pm me, I have a copy, all u would need to do is put the zip file on any micro SD card then put it in the phone and flash it with the twrp u have now, it will revert it back to 2.6.1.0 and that should fix ur prob, but like I said of u can't find it pm me and I'll shoot u a copy
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Ok so I Flashed it and now it's stuck on the Blue Teamwin screen???

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Ok so I Flashed it and now it's stuck on the Blue Teamwin screen???
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Let it sit on the TeamWin screen for a minute or so... I find it sometimes takes a little bit.
If it doesn't ever get past there, try hooking it up to a PC and see if you can get ADB to load (presuming you have ADB installed and ADB drivers installed). If you can, try to do an "adb pull /proc/last_kmsg" and a "adb logcat > logcat.txt" and zip those up and toss them on here.
If you CAN'T get into adb, I would try hooking the phone up to Kies and see if it will do anything for you.
Or you could try following this guide as you have the T-Mobile SGH-T989 (not the Telus SGH-T989D):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
BUT make sure to grab the correct stock image file for whatever version your android currently is (ie if you are on Android 2.3.6, then make sure to get the T-mobile KL1 2.3.6 stock image).
Also, what ROM did you flash? was it a 4.3 ROM? If so, did you update your radio before you flashed the ROM? I think 4.1+ needs the updated radio to function properly.
I know you said you can't connect through ODIN, but I'm hoping it is because of some odd driver or odd ODIN version. That thread has the stuff to make it all work I believe.
I'm really hoping you can get ADB to work. If you can pull a logcat of your bootup process, it will be much easier to figure out what went wrong.

bmg002 said:
Let it sit on the TeamWin screen for a minute or so... I find it sometimes takes a little bit.
If it doesn't ever get past there, try hooking it up to a PC and see if you can get ADB to load (presuming you have ADB installed and ADB drivers installed). If you can, try to do an "adb pull /proc/last_kmsg" and a "adb logcat > logcat.txt" and zip those up and toss them on here.
If you CAN'T get into adb, I would try hooking the phone up to Kies and see if it will do anything for you.
Or you could try following this guide as you have the T-Mobile SGH-T989 (not the Telus SGH-T989D):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
BUT make sure to grab the correct stock image file for whatever version your android currently is (ie if you are on Android 2.3.6, then make sure to get the T-mobile KL1 2.3.6 stock image).
Also, what ROM did you flash? was it a 4.3 ROM? If so, did you update your radio before you flashed the ROM? I think 4.1+ needs the updated radio to function properly.
I know you said you can't connect through ODIN, but I'm hoping it is because of some odd driver or odd ODIN version. That thread has the stuff to make it all work I believe.
I'm really hoping you can get ADB to work. If you can pull a logcat of your bootup process, it will be much easier to figure out what went wrong.
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You guys are great!!! I really appreciate all the help. No matter what I do, ADB, Kies, different cables, different computers, nothing gets past the "USB Device Not Recognized" pop up. I let it sit for 15 minutes, twice. Still no love... I loaded TWRP_2.6.1.0_Hercules and then reboot and that's when it got stuck. Prior to that I had loaded TMobileT989UVMC6RootedDeodexed Rom. I forget where I got it. I'm pretty sure it was a 4.1.2 based rom.

jconway1968 said:
You guys are great!!! I really appreciate all the help. No matter what I do, ADB, Kies, different cables, different computers, nothing gets past the "USB Device Not Recognized" pop up. I let it sit for 15 minutes, twice. Still no love... I loaded TWRP_2.6.1.0_Hercules and then reboot and that's when it got stuck. Prior to that I had loaded TMobileT989UVMC6RootedDeodexed Rom. I forget where I got it. I'm pretty sure it was a 4.1.2 based rom.
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weird... I am not sure why it is being so fussy with your phone.
Hopefully somebody has a better suggestion than I do, but my next thought is to try ebay-ing the phone in hopes that somebody gives you a few bucks for it. It sounds to me like the internal memory module is dying and the USB port is shot.
Is your water damage sticker pink/red or missing? It should be under the battery.
I hate thinking that the phone is just dead, but without being able to connect it to the PC in either recovery or download mode and not being able to boot into a ROM or recovery, I think the next step is to scrap it and hope somebody can send you a few bucks... or if you have experience soldering, maybe try replacing the USB connector?
I could be wrong mind you... The only time I had issues like that it was due to a badly flashed recovery and I needed to use ODIN to get back up and running. As a thought, do you have a Windows XP 32-bit computer you could try plugging the phone into? And while the phone is plugged in, can you check device manager for all devices? maybe try installing the drivers manually? I suggest windows XP 32bit because that is what I use the majority of the time with my phone. I've also used Windows 7 64-bit and it worked.

bmg002 said:
weird... I am not sure why it is being so fussy with your phone.
Hopefully somebody has a better suggestion than I do, but my next thought is to try ebay-ing the phone in hopes that somebody gives you a few bucks for it. It sounds to me like the internal memory module is dying and the USB port is shot.
Is your water damage sticker pink/red or missing? It should be under the battery.
I hate thinking that the phone is just dead, but without being able to connect it to the PC in either recovery or download mode and not being able to boot into a ROM or recovery, I think the next step is to scrap it and hope somebody can send you a few bucks... or if you have experience soldering, maybe try replacing the USB connector?
I could be wrong mind you... The only time I had issues like that it was due to a badly flashed recovery and I needed to use ODIN to get back up and running. As a thought, do you have a Windows XP 32-bit computer you could try plugging the phone into? And while the phone is plugged in, can you check device manager for all devices? maybe try installing the drivers manually? I suggest windows XP 32bit because that is what I use the majority of the time with my phone. I've also used Windows 7 64-bit and it worked.
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Thanks again for your time and suggestions... I've always been very impressed with the xda community. I actually got this phone, used, from Swappa. And I am in the process of returning it for a refund. But the seller is being difficult and is trying to stick me with the phone. I was just trying to salvage it on my own, just in case... Thanks again.

jconway1968 said:
Thanks again for your time and suggestions... I've always been very impressed with the xda community. I actually got this phone, used, from Swappa. And I am in the process of returning it for a refund. But the seller is being difficult and is trying to stick me with the phone. I was just trying to salvage it on my own, just in case... Thanks again.
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that sucks. I've heard good things about Swappa, but living in Canada I can't use it. My opinion it sounds like you got a dud and based on how hard the guy is fighting to not give you a refund, I wouldn't be surprised if he knew it was doa and just fluked out and get it running before he sold it. Or maybe it got water damaged and he knew it would fail soon so he sold it before it completely quit.
I hope you get it all sorted out.
Good luck and sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

bmg002 said:
that sucks. I've heard good things about Swappa, but living in Canada I can't use it. My opinion it sounds like you got a dud and based on how hard the guy is fighting to not give you a refund, I wouldn't be surprised if he knew it was doa and just fluked out and get it running before he sold it. Or maybe it got water damaged and he knew it would fail soon so he sold it before it completely quit.
I hope you get it all sorted out.
Good luck and sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
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You were great!!! Thanks again...