I hope someone could be so kind as to answer question. I asked this over in the I9300 thread and all but one had all negative responses. Look at the thumbnails and tell me what firmware to use. I just unbricked my phone using debricked img file for T999.... I previously had no response(download mode, recovery mode). I stuck my Micro SD in the phone on pressed the power button and presto! Now according to the thumbnails what firmware to use. (GT-I9300-TGY-I9300ZSEMC1) which my phone has in it ...I guess or this(SGH-T999-TMB-T999UVDLJC) Remembering I have an Qualcomm CPU S4 and Adreno 225 GPU. Any help will be very appreciative. Is it normal to have an I9300 with an Qualcomm S4 CPU and Adreno 225? Thanks for your time
Here are the screen shots...thanks again
ggsnyder0318 said:
I hope someone could be so kind as to answer question. I asked this over in the I9300 thread and all but one had all negative responses. Look at the thumbnails and tell me what firmware to use. I just unbricked my phone using debricked img file for T999.... I previously had no response(download mode, recovery mode). I stuck my Micro SD in the phone on pressed the power button and presto! Now according to the thumbnails what firmware to use. (GT-I9300-TGY-I9300ZSEMC1) which my phone has in it ...I guess or this(SGH-T999-TMB-T999UVDLJC) Remembering I have an Qualcomm CPU S4 and Adreno 225 GPU. Any help will be very appreciative. Is it normal to have an I9300 with an Qualcomm S4 CPU and Adreno 225? Thanks for your time
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You have the international version. You can verify by removing the battery and reading the label underneath it.
Wrong forum.
Aerowinder said:
You have the international version. You can verify by removing the battery and reading the label underneath it.
Wrong forum.
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So your telling me that a I9300 firmware will work with Qualcomm CPU and an Exynos quad core. So some I9300 have Qualcomm Snapdragon processors? That don't make any sense. I have the Samsung galaxy Skyrocket and I could never install Exynos firmware on my Snapdragon. I just what to be 100% before I reflash firmware. Thanks for your reply. It's so comical that the I9300 forum sends me here and you tell I'm in the wrong forum.
The US models use a Qualcomm SoC. Your international model uses Exynos. It does not have Qualcomm hardware as I understand it. Don't trust what some apps might tell you. Research and look up the specs online from a reputable source if you want to know for sure. Vender? Lol.
Don't know how or why you used a debrick image from the T999. But if that really did work it's probably because it's sole purpose is to boot download mode so you can flash the correct firmware.
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ggsnyder0318 said:
So your telling me that a I9300 firmware will work with Qualcomm CPU and an Exynos quad core. So some I9300 have Qualcomm Snapdragon processors? That don't make any sense. I have the Samsung galaxy Skyrocket and I could never install Exynos firmware on my Snapdragon. I just what to be 100% before I reflash firmware. Thanks for your reply. It's so comical that the I9300 forum sends me here and you tell I'm in the wrong forum.
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We can put this issue to rest easily. Simply remove the battery cover and remove the battery. Underneath the battery will be a sticker. This sticker contains the model number of your phone. Tell us what it says.
DocHoliday77 said:
The US models use a Qualcomm SoC. Your international model uses Exynos. It does not have Qualcomm hardware as I understand it. Don't trust what some apps might tell you. Research and look up the specs online from a reputable source if you want to know for sure. Vender? Lol.
Don't know how or why you used a debrick image from the T999. But if that really did work it's probably because it's sole purpose is to boot download mode so you can flash the correct firmware.
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Actually typically you would be correct....but I do have a ID on back of battery that clearly says it's an I9300. So when I originally rooted it didn't take. I noticed when I first plugged the usb it listed it was searching for T999 drivers but eventually put in I9300 drivers. So I tried rooting for a I9300... it didn't take. Then I try rooting for T999 and it took. After a day or so I wanted to flash Hyperdrive Rom so I install it to SD card and went to reboot in Recovery TWRP 2.5.0. and it didn't reboot. It also did not boot into download mode(3 button),recovery mode(3 button). I knew then I had brick it. It did not charge or get any feedback when plugged to the PC. I place the img file on a 16GB 10 class micro sd and placed it in the S3 and it took. It booted up normally...I hooked it up to odin and flash a t999 tar.md5 and it took. Now I re-rooted and now I flash the Hyperdrive Rom. Thanks for the reply. Here are some old and recent screenshots.
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We can put this issue to rest easily. Simply remove the battery cover and remove the battery. Underneath the battery will be a sticker. This sticker contains the model number of your phone. Tell us what it says.
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I keep telling the back of the battery say I9300 and the firmware is T999. Look carefully at my attachments...take my word for it. The must have made a mistake at the factory...I don't know how this would happen. By the way this is not my first time rooting and flashing Android. I never posted a thing until now. I've rooted 6 different android devices. thanks
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I keep telling the back of the battery say I9300 and the firmware is T999. Look carefully at my attachments...take my word for it. The must have made a mistake at the factory...I don't know how this would happen. By the way this is not my first time rooting and flashing Android. I never posted a thing until now. I've rooted 6 different android devices. thanks
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Posts are chronological, you didn't need to post your pictures twice. Also, history is repeating itself. This is a very fringe case, I've never seen it before. I suppose it is theoretically possible that some parts were shipped to the wrong factory.
You are still leaving out some details that could help clarify things for us:
1) How long have you had the phone?
2) And what firmware did it come with, I9300 or T999?
3) It was working fine until you rooted it, with CF Auto Root?
4) Can you put the filename of the ROM you are using? I know it's Hyperdrive. Or the thread that you pulled the ROM from. It's a Verizon build number, so unsure if you're running the Verizon version, or using the proper ported version.
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Posts are chronological, you didn't need to post your pictures twice. Also, history is repeating itself. This is a very fringe case, I've never seen it before. I suppose it is theoretically possible that some parts were shipped to the wrong factory.
You are still leaving out some details that could help clarify things for us:
1) How long have you had the phone?
2) And what firmware did it come with, I9300 or T999?
3) It was working fine until you rooted it, with CF Auto Root?
4) Can you put the filename of the ROM you are using? I know it's Hyperdrive. Or the thread that you pulled the ROM from. It's a Verizon build number, so unsure if you're running the Verizon version, or using the proper ported version.
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As I said Bricked phone is fixed....
1) 5 days
2) I9300ZSEMC1(information in thumbnail)
3) I rooted with I9300 CF Auto root first(it didn't work) so I used T999 CF Auto Root and that worked.
4) The file name of Rom is in the thumbnail ( the Rom houses multiple phone variations in a single file) 1.5 GB size file http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176768 Awesome Rom!
This is why I kept saying my phone is a I9300 with T999 inside.... I wasn't pulling your chain. I could not understand why or how I was sent a phone so mixed up. Now I can pick up my hair off the floor and put it back on my head(frustration). thanks
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I keep telling the back of the battery say I9300 and the firmware is T999. Look carefully at my attachments...take my word for it. The must have made a mistake at the factory...I don't know how this would happen. By the way this is not my first time rooting and flashing Android. I never posted a thing until now. I've rooted 6 different android devices. thanks
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The 2nd and 3rd pictures are not of the same phone. The 2nd one is a Stock TW ROM i9300 and the 3rd is a Hyperdrive (custom) ROM T999V. (Look at the notification bar)
I9300 ROM/FW will brick a T999 and vice-versa, they are NOT interchangeable, if you have a i9300 it would not run on a T999 ROM, stock or custom.
Even if the board was replaced (if that is even possible), it would say T999 everywhere and not refer to a Exynos or i9300. If there was an error in the factory and the wrong board was put in it never would have booted and never left the factory. *cough* Quality Control *cough*
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The 2nd and 3rd pictures are not of the same phone. The 2nd one is a Stock TW ROM i9300 and the 3rd is a Hyperdrive (custom) ROM T999V. (Look at the notification bar)
I9300 ROM/FW will brick a T999 and vice-versa, they are NOT interchangeable, if you have a i9300 it would not run on a T999 ROM, stock or custom.
Even if the board was replaced (if that is even possible), it would say T999 everywhere and not refer to a Exynos or i9300. If there was an error in the factory and the wrong board was put in it never would have booted and never left the factory. *cough* Quality Control *cough*
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yeah says you! I'm the one holding the phone.....hence my confusion. This must be that one in a million phone...inspector #10 was high!
This is the only thing i can see to use to show you this a real factory mistake......the important thing is the phone is fix. I think the point of this site is to help...not to doubt so much. I understand you must protect your self, but try harder to help. I did not get any help on this, I figured it out myself. Just got a bunch of circular questions nothing got accomplished. I guess I can thank those of you that really wanted to help, you know who you are. Thanks
I understand your point about trying to help, but this is one of those cases that there is too many impossibilities to try to help. I would very much like to help answer your question but there seems to be conflicting information.
Where did you get this phone? Does the IMEI match between the Software and the Sticker? You might need to take it apart to make sure (reading the component IDs and such).
i9300 International GSM board (note the Exynos chip):
T999/i747 Tmo/ATT GSM board (note the Qualcomm chip):
If the phone really is a T999 board in a i9300 shell (if that is even possible), I would say to get a broken/replacement T999 shell and swap over to that to kill the confusion.
I am not trying to dispute or confirm anything. Just to say that your sticker differs from mine in several ways, not just the model number. The info for mine is as follows:
SAMSUNG
Model: SGH-T999
FCC ID: A3LSGHT999
Rated: 3.8V===1025ma
FOR INFORMATION CALL: 1-888-987-4357
IMEI xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 16GB
{IMEI Barcode}
S/N xxxxxxxxxxx 12.07
{S/N Barcode}
Made In China
It does not have any of the symbols printed in the center area.
Around the speaker, mine is just a silver, metal plate, whereas yours looks like blue plastic....
Now, I understand this doesnt prove anything either way. And the stickers can vary, though I don't believe they should vary much, or often. The parts which confuse me the most are the Rating differences, mine includes the phone number, IMEI and S/N barcodes (yours has one), the internal memory size, hw revision number, and all US S3's that I have seen are made in china. (Im sure some were made in Korea, but I cannot verify this).
I have to wonder if you bought this used, where you bought it from, and if whoever sold it to you either frankensteined it together from various parts and didn't tell you, or they sold you a knock off and branded it as an actual Samsung device.
If everything T999 you have tried seems to work, Id stick with that. But considering all the unknowns, the fact that this has never happened before, and there being no real way to tell what you have from our end, I am not sure that we can be much help for troubleshooting this one. Everything would be a guess and a risk.
I should also note for you that those screenshots dont always mean much. If you flash a T999 rom it will display that its a T999. If you flash something from the I747, it will show that. Just saying its never a reliable way to determine what you have.
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I understand your point about trying to help, but this is one of those cases that there is too many impossibilities to try to help. I would very much like to help answer your question but there seems to be conflicting information.
Where did you get this phone? Does the IMEI match between the Software and the Sticker? You might need to take it apart to make sure (reading the component IDs and such).
i9300 International GSM board (note the Exynos chip):
T999/i747 Tmo/ATT GSM board (note the Qualcomm chip):
If the phone really is a T999 board in a i9300 shell (if that is even possible), I would say to get a broken/replacement T999 shell and swap over to that to kill the confusion.
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I got this phone off Amazon... and this is by far the weirdest experience I've had. I have been telling my self..."this is not possible".That's what I've been trying to say, that the T999 board is in a I9300 shell...as unbelievable as it sounds that's what I have. Is there any app that I can use that shows everything, an app from a reputable company? Let me know. Like I said before the important thing was that it was un-bricked. Thanks a lot for your input. And yes the IMEI number match, thanks again. I open it up...and looked to confusing. But is the cpu located under the sd&sim card? And does that just snap off? I don't see any screws around that area.
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I got this phone off Amazon... and this is by far the weirdest experience I've had. I have been telling my self..."this is not possible".That's what I've been trying to say, that the T999 board is in a I9300 shell...as unbelievable as it sounds that's what I have. Is there any app that I can use that shows everything, an app from a reputable company? Let me know. Like I said before the important thing was that it was un-bricked. Thanks a lot for your input. And yes the IMEI number match, thanks again. I open it up...and looked to confusing. But is the cpu located under the sd&sim card? And does that just snap off? I don't see any screws around that area.
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There are many disassembly videos out there, just look. Also, just FYI there are a lot of adhesive mounted components on these phones.
DocHoliday77 said:
I am not trying to dispute or confirm anything. Just to say that your sticker differs from mine in several ways, not just the model number. The info for mine is as follows:
SAMSUNG
Model: SGH-T999
FCC ID: A3LSGHT999
Rated: 3.8V===1025ma
FOR INFORMATION CALL: 1-888-987-4357
IMEI xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 16GB
{IMEI Barcode}
S/N xxxxxxxxxxx 12.07
{S/N Barcode}
Made In China
It does not have any of the symbols printed in the center area.
Around the speaker, mine is just a silver, metal plate, whereas yours looks like blue plastic....
Now, I understand this doesnt prove anything either way. And the stickers can vary, though I don't believe they should vary much, or often. The parts which confuse me the most are the Rating differences, mine includes the phone number, IMEI and S/N barcodes (yours has one), the internal memory size, hw revision number, and all US S3's that I have seen are made in china. (Im sure some were made in Korea, but I cannot verify this).
I have to wonder if you bought this used, where you bought it from, and if whoever sold it to you either frankensteined it together from various parts and didn't tell you, or they sold you a knock off and branded it as an actual Samsung device.
If everything T999 you have tried seems to work, Id stick with that. But considering all the unknowns, the fact that this has never happened before, and there being no real way to tell what you have from our end, I am not sure that we can be much help for troubleshooting this one. Everything would be a guess and a risk.
I should also note for you that those screenshots dont always mean much. If you flash a T999 rom it will display that its a T999. If you flash something from the I747, it will show that. Just saying its never a reliable way to determine what you have.
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Thanks for your input...it's hard to push my case 8000 miles away. I understand your disbelieve, I wouldn't believe either if it wasn't in front of me. Doc, when I first hooked the phone to the PC it showed that it was looking for T999 drivers, I did a double take. and I also wondered if the person of Amazon fudged this phone. Or I thought it was a fake, and if it was a fake could I use Odin or Kies?
When I first got the phone I wrote down inside build in formation
GT-I9300
Android 4.1.1
Firmware Build ID JRO03L
Firmware Build PDA I9300ZSEMC
Firmware Region TGY
The reason why I chose to flash T999 was because various 3 party apps were saying that this was a dual core 1.5 MhZ Snapdragon S4. This was semi verified when I tried to root with CF Auto Root I9300 v and it didn't take(2x), then i tried same thing but used T999 v and to my surprise it worked. I asked a poster back if there is any app (trusted) that I can use to show my complete information? Thanks Doc
Any app that I know of will use the software/firmware to show what it's running on. Not aware of one that can go deep enough to directly access the hardware. And if it's a fake, yes you could still use Odin. It's running Samsung firmware, so it should work unless it horribly built. I'm actually wondering at this point if it's simply just a wrong label that got used. The whole thing is just a great big confusing mess though. I don't think you will ever find a satisfactory answer, so just keep doing what you know works is my best advice to you.
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THE SAME THING (OR SIMILAR) HAPPENED TO ME TODAY!
Purchased what I thought was a GT-I9300 s3, then took it to a buddy (who's a wiz with phone) who confirmed I've got a T-999 mainboard with a 9300 shell. He unbricked with T-999 ... or maybe i747. Can't remember which.
Download mode showed it as a T-999.
Settings > about phone > whatever (sorry, I'm tired) showed it as a GT-I9300.
Purchased at Amazon.
Shipped back to seller today.
WTF?
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Hi all,
I'm hoping I'm posting this in the right place and with the right format.
I have a rooted T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 device, and after trying to install Villainrom 3.0.0 (VillainROM-3.0.0-signed.zip) through the Clockworkmod recovery console, it is completely bricked. Installation said it finished successfully, I then chose 'Reboot' through the CWR console, and the device went dead.
It won't turn on, or boot into recovery or download modes. I removed the battery and SIM for 10 minutes, and same results. When connecting the device to the computer, I hear the "Device failed to connect" sound. If I try to press the power button, I hear the "device connected" sound followed immediately by the "device failed to connect" sound. The fact that it is responding at all to the USB cable being connected, is the only hope I have left that I can do something about it. Odin does not show it connected though (I saw in another thread that someone was able to use it despite the device not turning on).
I would appreciate any advice before I try ordering a USB jig and / or visiting a support center and hoping they somehow replace it within warranty by making another story.
Next time you should really be careful when installing ROMs................. Make sure they are supported by your phone............... That's all the advice I can give.
Your only options now is to try a USB jig or sending it to a support center so...
Yup, you need to make sure the ROM you want is supported.. other than our dev section, everything else you will find is for the i9100.
Completely different phone.
I think your only options are jig or warranty
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Yeah - this happens when you flash a ROM for a totally different device.
You could try flashing a T989 kernel and see if that helps - but the International SGS2 has a Exynos processor - yours is a Snapdragon - along with some other differences.
You can also try using ODIN to flash a stock tar and ROM back - it's not really bricked - but you'll need to do some reading to hopefully avoid such disastrous results again
I had a previous generic Galaxy S2 and installed roms without a problem. How come the T-mobile is a completely different device? aside from some carrier bloatware, it's basically the same hardware, no? at least everything I read led me to believe that.
How could I use ODIN when the device doesn't respond to any kind of button combo and doesn't go into download or recovery modes? is there a way to force ODIN to recognize a bricked device?
erangalp said:
I had a previous generic Galaxy S2 and installed roms without a problem. How come the T-mobile is a completely different device? aside from some carrier bloatware, it's basically the same hardware, no? at least everything I read led me to believe that.
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The answer to your question is common knowledge and in fact has already been answered in this thread even. Le sigh.
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The answer to your question is common knowledge and in fact has already been answered in this thread even. Le sigh.
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I appreciate everyone trying to help, but this is not very helpful. Obviously it wasn't common knowledge for me, otherwise this wouldn't have happened - and I did read up a lot about this. And where in this thread does it answer about the difference in hardware?
Please bear in mind that I'm not an android developer, so what seem like common knowledge to you about internal difference in devices is not that obvious.
How many times in these forums does it say don't flash if you don't know what you are doing. If you don't know what you are doing ask questions. Maybe bricking your phone will teach you a lesson.
are you able to go into Download mode with a USB Jig?
(you can always make your own if you can add up enough spare resistor to amount 301k)
if you can then you can try flashing the stock Odin ROMs
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Hi all,
I'm hoping I'm posting this in the right place and with the right format.
I have a rooted T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 device, and after trying to install Villainrom 3.0.0 (VillainROM-3.0.0-signed.zip) through the Clockworkmod recovery console, it is completely bricked. Installation said it finished successfully, I then chose 'Reboot' through the CWR console, and the device went dead.
It won't turn on, or boot into recovery or download modes. I removed the battery and SIM for 10 minutes, and same results. When connecting the device to the computer, I hear the "Device failed to connect" sound. If I try to press the power button, I hear the "device connected" sound followed immediately by the "device failed to connect" sound. The fact that it is responding at all to the USB cable being connected, is the only hope I have left that I can do something about it. Odin does not show it connected though (I saw in another thread that someone was able to use it despite the device not turning on).
I would appreciate any advice before I try ordering a USB jig and / or visiting a support center and hoping they somehow replace it within warranty by making another story.
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erangalp said:
I had a previous generic Galaxy S2 and installed roms without a problem. How come the T-mobile is a completely different device? aside from some carrier bloatware, it's basically the same hardware, no? at least everything I read led me to believe that.
How could I use ODIN when the device doesn't respond to any kind of button combo and doesn't go into download or recovery modes? is there a way to force ODIN to recognize a bricked device?
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Hmm - well let's see... a simple Google search to compare the phones would tell you that it's definitely not the same device. A little more reading might be in order though...
1. different screen sizes
2. different SoC (system-on-chip, i.e. processor)
3. different basebands/radios
4. etc.
All of those combine to a different device.
Now as relating to ODIN - I honestly don't see why you couldn't get into ODIN. A jig might help but I doubt it.
erangalp said:
I had a previous generic Galaxy S2 and installed roms without a problem. How come the T-mobile is a completely different device? aside from some carrier bloatware, it's basically the same hardware, no? at least everything I read led me to believe that.
How could I use ODIN when the device doesn't respond to any kind of button combo and doesn't go into download or recovery modes? is there a way to force ODIN to recognize a bricked device?
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With very little research....
Galaxy S2 (International) - i9100
Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos chipset
T-Mobile/Telus Galaxy S2 - T989/D
1.5 GHz Scorpion dual-core processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon chipset
This difference in specification should be the FIRST thing keeping you away from flashing a i9100 ROM on a T989...
erangalp said:
I appreciate everyone trying to help, but this is not very helpful. Obviously it wasn't common knowledge for me, otherwise this wouldn't have happened - and I did read up a lot about this. And where in this thread does it answer about the difference in hardware?
Please bear in mind that I'm not an android developer, so what seem like common knowledge to you about internal difference in devices is not that obvious.
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Well - how about this answer given above which does in fact provide the answer for you:
jerdog said:
You could try flashing a T989 kernel and see if that helps - but the International SGS2 has a Exynos processor - yours is a Snapdragon - along with some other differences.
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How can you know what you don't know? I have previously rooted my galaxy S2 and installed various ROMs without a problem. I now have this new T-mobile device since I switched carriers. I could I know that what worked for my previous Galaxy S2 won't work for this one? why should I "be taught a lesson"?
I would really appreciate if someone could give me a helpful answer - I can't use ODIN to flash since I can't boot up the device in any mode. Is there any way to make ODIN recognize a bricked device? the computer does make the USB connected sound for a sec there. Please guys, anything helpful instead of telling me how "should've known", because really, if I could I would. Nobody here ever had a faulty ROM installation?
erangalp said:
I appreciate everyone trying to help, but this is not very helpful. Obviously it wasn't common knowledge for me, otherwise this wouldn't have happened - and I did read up a lot about this. And where in this thread does it answer about the difference in hardware?
Please bear in mind that I'm not an android developer, so what seem like common knowledge to you about internal difference in devices is not that obvious.
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Jerdog covered the differences in hardware for you. In fact it was exactly above your post explaining that you were unaware of the differences in hardware. 95% of us here are not devs... All you gotta do is read. There are dozens of threads already from folks who have already made your mistake. Read read read. And if you think you've read enough, read more. The difference in processor is one of the most commonly known and discussed things about this phone. Good luck with your phone.
Edit: regarding an actual solution, just try to do a warranty exchange. Play dumb.
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This thread happens 30 times a day, very annoying. People will never learn
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TJBunch1228 said:
Edit: regarding an actual solution, just try to do a warranty exchange. Play dumb.
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Thanks, will do that.
Sorry guys, it was an honest mistake. I didn't bother googling it, because I assumed it was the same hardware. Obviously, a sorry mistake, but we're all human. Thanks again to all who tried to help, sorry if annoyed anyone with my problem (and I did search the forum before posting, none of the other threads offered any solutions to my case).
Cheers
If you just assumes it was the same, that basically means you are.clueless and don't even know anything about the phone, in other words, you should not be flashing if you don't know what you are doing
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Yup, it's unfortunate - people try to flash VR onto their device, then find it's not compatible...
If there's something I can do to the zip to prevent it flashing on these devices, I will gladly do it, but since they bear the SGS2 name, the standard check for "galaxys2" likely won't help us...
If you try the jig, it SHOULD in theory work, if the hardware is fine. But I have no experience of this, it's a case of stabbing blind in the dark
erangalp said:
Thanks, will do that.
Sorry guys, it was an honest mistake. I didn't bother googling it, because I assumed it was the same hardware. Obviously, a sorry mistake, but we're all human. Thanks again to all who tried to help, sorry if annoyed anyone with my problem (and I did search the forum before posting, none of the other threads offered any solutions to my case).
Cheers
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Hey - we all make mistakes - and you own up to it - that's a good thing.
I wouldn't personally recommend taking it back for a warranty exchange and playing dumb. If you can go without your device for a few days go on eBay and get a jig. Try that and then flash with ODIN back to stock. It's better than driving up the overall costs for others (trickle-down) for something you did yourself.
My $0.02.
If someone could explain the different Models of Galaxy note to me.
Im confused. I know I have a SGH-i317, which is the ATT version. However as shown in the attachment below, that is not what my ROM reads my phone as. Why is this.
Thanks,
Gregory
Its because you installed a different rom. For a lot of the model numbers the phones arent physically different just the carrier software is different. If i remember correctly the N7105 is the unlocked LTE version but it really doesn't matter on a custom rom
mrevankyle said:
Its because you installed a different rom. For a lot of the model numbers the phones arent physically different just the carrier software is different. If i remember correctly the N7105 is the unlocked LTE version but it really doesn't matter on a custom rom
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So, would I be correct in saying ROMs for the N7105 will also work on the SGH-i317
I would be pretty cautious about saying that. They shouldnt brick your phone but some things may not work propperly
mrevankyle said:
I would be pretty cautious about saying that. They shouldnt brick your phone but some things may not work propperly
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But isnt the hardware identical?
the hardware may be, but that doesn't mean the firmware or low level software is...
Hello XDA community.
I really am very frustrated and in need of you help.
TO make story short - i bought this phone and don't know what it is (version) how i can use it (as a cell phone) besides the internet
Samsung Galaxy Note 2: GT-N7100 - What type is this? I think it does not belong to any US carrier (AT&T, T-mobile preferred)
The most important question is if I can use it with T-mobile network?
I tried to follow the unlocking method posted on this forum *#972....#, but no menu showed up.
Please help me - I need all the information i can get.
Thank you
The GT-N7100 is the international version of the Galaxy Note 2..
What problems (in detail) are you experiencing?
I'm using mine on the UK t-mobile network
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As the previous poster said, what you have is the international version of the Galaxy Note 2. That being the case it is not locked to any particular carrier. All it needs is a SIM card to make it work as a phone. Yes, it will work with T-Mobile (I have the same phone and I use it on T-Mob) although you could use it on AT&T if you wish.
Depending on what part of the country you're in, you may or may not get consistent 3G or HSPA performance with T-Mob because of slight frequency differences with your phone's radios. I get HSPA+ performance where I live, but if I drive a mile or so east, I only get EDGE speeds.Drive a few more miles, and I'm in HSPA+ territory again. Go figure.
Don't overworry about it. You have a great smartphone, and eventually T-Mobile's network will catch up with it.
Please more help
iCurmudgeon said:
As the previous poster said, what you have is the international version of the Galaxy Note 2. That being the case it is not locked to any particular carrier. All it needs is a SIM card to make it work as a phone. Yes, it will work with T-Mobile (I have the same phone and I use it on T-Mob) although you could use it on AT&T if you wish.
Depending on what part of the country you're in, you may or may not get consistent 3G or HSPA performance with T-Mob because of slight frequency differences with your phone's radios. I get HSPA+ performance where I live, but if I drive a mile or so east, I only get EDGE speeds.Drive a few more miles, and I'm in HSPA+ territory again. Go figure.
Don't overworry about it. You have a great smartphone, and eventually T-Mobile's network will catch up with it.
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Thank you guys/Gal...
I am a little better now, but still very very confused.
Now that i know it is international version and will still work with t-mobile 4g - But VERY SLOW - I don't mind since I only use Wifi at home and work.
What i worry now is I put in my T-mobile sim card, and there still nothing showing up. The network does not work.
Any help please.
Don't know if it help, when i bought this phone it already has Super User -that mean they might have Rooted it.
Please help me
Can you try some other sim cards to see if they register? It might be network locked.. I take it you purchased it secondhand?
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andrey84 said:
Thank you guys/Gal...
I am a little better now, but still very very confused.
Now that i know it is international version and will still work with t-mobile 4g - But VERY SLOW - I don't mind since I only use Wifi at home and work.
What i worry now is I put in my T-mobile sim card, and there still nothing showing up. The network does not work.
Any help please.
Don't know if it help, when i bought this phone it already has Super User -that mean they might have Rooted it.
Please help me
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You're sure it's a legit Galaxy Note 2 and not one of the clones that are being sold?
Especially sine you say it's pre-rooted and you give us no details about where you purchaed it from.
What does the output of *#1234# give you? Please post a screenshot, or detail everything it says. Don't reply with "it shows some things"
muppetmania said:
You're sure it's a legit Galaxy Note 2 and not one of the clones that are being sold?
Especially sine you say it's pre-rooted and you give us no details about where you purchaed it from.
What does the output of *#1234# give you? Please post a screenshot, or detail everything it says. Don't reply with "it shows some things"
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First of all, thank you all so much for your help.
here are things
1) i bought this from a guy second hand.
2) these are info in the device (about phone), Model GT-N7100, Android Version: 4.1.1, Baseband version: MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V7.P3, 2012/12/27 1.22; Kernel version 3.0.13 1217 v5 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jan 9 2013; Builder Number ALPS.Mod_by_vacation team; Custom build version 1356496656
3) I think this phone was Rooted because i see the Super User logo in it. Also i believe it was installed with Custom Rom due to the information in the about section
4) i decided to Unroot the phone and still Stock rom. However, to do this I need to put it in Download mode (Volume Down + Home + Power), but was not successful and the Image 1 appear (green android with red triangle and black exclamation), if i press home buttom, then the recovery list appear (image 2), but nothing work not matter what i press. THe only way is to wait for it to go off on its own, or to remove battery and restart
5) output *#1234# does not do anything. nor *#197..640# does not do anything either.
6) I tried ATT and it works like chams, but No T-mobile sim work.
Please help
andrey84 said:
First of all, thank you all so much for your help.
here are things
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Very sorry to have to tell you this my friend, but you have a clone Note 2, not a real one.
This thread and this one should show you a bit more.
Sorry mate, not the news I wanted to give you.
VERY slow part itself raises the massive red flag. Check the following and report back:
a. Do you have full 16GB storage space?
b. Do you see S Pen option in settings? If you do enable airview and see if it's working well now. If it's original, AirView should work well.
tuxonhtc said:
VERY slow part itself raises the massive red flag. Check the following and report back:
a. Do you have full 16GB storage space?
b. Do you see S Pen option in settings? If you do enable airview and see if it's working well now. If it's original, AirView should work well.
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I see only 10.72 GB
no option for S Pen
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SInce we are at this, I want to ask
I was able to save the seller's Phone number (this att sell phone), this Car Plate Number and made and model. Do you think reporting to police/samsung would help?
Also I threated him that as well, but so far no use.
Also , why would it work for ATT phone
andrey84 said:
I see only 10.72 GB
no option for S Pen
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SInce we are at this, I want to ask
I was able to save the seller's Phone number (this att sell phone), this Car Plate Number and made and model. Do you think reporting to police/samsung would help?
Also I threated him that as well, but so far no use.
Also , why would it work for ATT phone
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You could attempt to have him done for fraud I guess, very hard to know though. He might claim he didn't know he was selling a fake phone etc. Certainly I'd contact the Police and explain the situation, see what they suggest.
It might work, threaten him that you'll report him to police, did you do that? I say go ahead, it's illegal to sell replicas let alone cheat you like that.
It's pure chance - something might work, some might not. That's the whole point of replica phones, they suck. No idea why Sprint wouldn't work on that, personally.
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It might work, threaten him that you'll report him to police, did you do that? I say go ahead, it's illegal to sell replicas let alone cheat you like that.
It's pure chance - something might work, some might not. That's the whole point of replica phones, they suck. No idea why Sprint wouldn't work on that, personally.
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I actually wrote down his Car Plate, Made and Model as well as his cell phone.
I did tell him i give him a chance to take it back, That i will bring police, samsung in this deal since this is BIG illegal thing to do - selling fake clone phone.:crying::crying:
fake note 2
andrey84 said:
I actually wrote down his Car Plate, Made and Model as well as his cell phone.
I did tell him i give him a chance to take it back, That i will bring police, samsung in this deal since this is BIG illegal thing to do - selling fake clone phone.:crying::crying:
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I also have a clone Note 2. I have figured out how to download a lot from reading forums on the internet. Most items actually work on this phone. My only issue is not getting 3g or 4g and not the best signal. If anyone has information on how to get a better signal I would greatly appreciate it. I live in Tulsa, OK if that helps.
try flashing custom modem
strikes301 said:
I also have a clone Note 2. I have figured out how to download a lot from reading forums on the internet. Most items actually work on this phone. My only issue is not getting 3g or 4g and not the best signal. If anyone has information on how to get a better signal I would greatly appreciate it. I live in Tulsa, OK if that helps.
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you may try visiting the Galaxy Note II Android Development section of this thread and learn how to flash custom stuff, then from there you will be able to flash a modem best suited for your country and/or your service provider, hope this helps.
hooh888 said:
you may try visiting the Galaxy Note II Android Development section of this thread and learn how to flash custom stuff, then from there you will be able to flash a modem best suited for your country and/or your service provider, hope this helps.
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Errr....he has a Note 2 clone ... none of the real Note 2 stuff is going to work since it's likely a MediaTek processor.
Hi everyone,
So earlier today I was standing in Walmart when my phone froze and I restarted it, after booting up it indicated that the Public Mobile network was unavailable, since then I've been unable to connect to any networks. I can scan for networks, select public mobile, it sits there for five minutes trying to connect and then says "Please Try Again Later".
Now a couple of months ago I had my phone unlocked by a local place, they initially did a bad update because my WiFi stopped working, and then I noticed that they put a Rogers Firmware onto my phone which originally comes from Telus. Could this pose an issue ?.
I've also noticed that my IMEI number on the back of the phone is completely different from what is on screen. What can I do to get my phone working again or am I f***d ? I have no experience rooting or flashing my phone but if someone could walk me through it that would be awesome.
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy SIII (SGH-I747M) Telus, running android 4.4.2
Thanks !
You could try re-injecting the original IMEI using nvwriter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
audit13 said:
You could try re-injecting the original IMEI using nvwriter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804117
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Thanks, I tried following the steps but couldn't figure it out, I don't have the original IMEI number backed up, but I do have it, is there a way I can go in and change it ? When I tried to use nvwriter it tells me my phone isn't responding.
Oh boy.......I'd go to wherever you had it serviced and find out exactly what they did. Sounds kind of like they put a different motherboard in and did not tell you. They probably did something to really screw up the original but didnt want to admit it or pay for it, so they gave you whatever they had on hand. This just a guess of course, but it would explain the firmware and the IMEI being different. You shouldn't be able to flash the Rogers firmware on any other carriers device or vice versa. So I find all of that extremely suspicious.
Check the IMEI's to see if they're blacklisted. (Im worried the one you see in settings will turn up to be so....hopefully not).
Do not try to change the IMEI though. If my suspicions are correct, it means the one its using is the one belonging to that board. Not only does changing the IMEI often cause a lot of ither issues, it is also almost always illegal.
***(And just fyi, be careful posting the tools or instructions for doing so, is against XDA rules. Same for just about every forum on the net.)
Even if all of that were not anything to be concerned about, you have to consider that if they did swap your motherboard, they may have fixed it later and now someone else has it with that IMEI. If you put it on your device, and both are seen on the network with the same one, it'll get blacklisted.
I really hope I am wrong....I really really do. But if I am not, i don't know if you will be able to do much without more info from whoever worked on it.
I am sorry btw, Im not trying to scare you about it, that's just what I see as the most likely scenario based on the info provided. Like I said, I could be wrong.
DocHoliday77 said:
Oh boy.......I'd go to wherever you had it serviced and find out exactly what they did. Sounds kind of like they put a different motherboard in and did not tell you. They probably did something to really screw up the original but didnt want to admit it or pay for it, so they gave you whatever they had on hand. This just a guess of course, but it would explain the firmware and the IMEI being different. You shouldn't be able to flash the Rogers firmware on any other carriers device or vice versa. So I find all of that extremely suspicious.
Check the IMEI's to see if they're blacklisted. (Im worried the one you see in settings will turn up to be so....hopefully not).
Do not try to change the IMEI though. If my suspicions are correct, it means the one its using is the one belonging to that board. Not only does changing the IMEI often cause a lot of ither issues, it is also almost always illegal.
***(And just fyi, be careful posting the tools or instructions for doing so, is against XDA rules. Same for just about every forum on the net.)
Even if all of that were not anything to be concerned about, you have to consider that if they did swap your motherboard, they may have fixed it later and now someone else has it with that IMEI. If you put it on your device, and both are seen on the network with the same one, it'll get blacklisted.
I really hope I am wrong....I really really do. But if I am not, i don't know if you will be able to do much without more info from whoever worked on it.
I am sorry btw, Im not trying to scare you about it, that's just what I see as the most likely scenario based on the info provided. Like I said, I could be wrong.
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Thanks, I just took it back to the place that serviced it. They said to leave it with them for an hour or so and I should be good, didn't sound like he's going to charge me anything either since he remembered when I was in last and he said he had to reinstall the OS. So fingers crossed, otherwise I'm just going to grab a new Moto G to use with my network. I'm kind of over the SIII anyhow, so if its not fixable its not the end of the world, still sucks nonetheless lol
Title says most of it, but i'll put the specifics.
The samsung j250-n is a J2 model made specifically for students in south korea.
It's a dumb phone, with no internet capabilities to help people focus on studies.
I got one in order to curb some internet addiction without having to rock a flip phone, and I like it except for the samsung bloat.
There are plenty of custom ROMs on here that I'd love to try, but none have the sm-j250n model number listed specifcally.
I haven't tried flashing any of these yet because this phones are hard to get in the west and I don't want to brick it.
Is flashing a ROM for different model a bad idea? Will I have to build my own ROM?
Thanks for reading, sorry I know it's an old phone and no one cares lol
If you do happen to have the answer though I will be forever grateful
Edit: build number is NMF26X.J250NKOU1ARL1 btw
you can try
LR7875 said:
you can try
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I did, I put ressurction remix on it, and it was actually crazy.
The ROM worked, and it straight up gave the phone the ability to connect to wifi.
I guess since it has the physical antenna the software is the only thing preventing it.
Anyways, the whole point was no wifi so I just went back to stock ,where ill have to stay : P