R.I.P To my LGOG - Sprint LG Optimus G

bricked my LGOG, cant get into recovery and LGNPST wont recognize it when i plug it in when its in download mode. I've decided to just give up and take it in to bestbuy tomorrow. I have the geeksquad protection and i know i cant tell them it was rooted and unlocked. I figure ill just tell them i was doing the ZVC update and the phone died. Well, thats what i did last time so i figure it should work this time. Hopefully, they have more LGOGs in stock, if not ill be moving to an EVO 4G LTE (which isnt all bad since its getting 4.3 by the end of 2k13) or an iPhone 5C. Any recommendations on what I should tell them?

_dannyboy said:
bricked my LGOG, cant get into recovery and LGNPST wont recognize it when i plug it in when its in download mode. I've decided to just give up and take it in to bestbuy tomorrow. I have the geeksquad protection and i know i cant tell them it was rooted and unlocked. I figure ill just tell them i was doing the ZVC update and the phone died. Well, thats what i did last time so i figure it should work this time. Hopefully, they have more LGOGs in stock, if not ill be moving to an EVO 4G LTE (which isnt all bad since its getting 4.3 by the end of 2k13) or an iPhone 5C. Any recommendations on what I should tell them?
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Do you want to give up your LGOG?
1.Are you using USB 3.0 ports? Try it on other USB ports, hopefully 2.0
2.Try another cable
3. Uninstall then reinstall the drivers and LGNPST
4. Use the LGFlashtool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443185
Just some more options for you

Telling the geek squad the update hard bricked... its basicly exactly the same as zvb. I would just try to blame it on hardware...not a bug fix update....or walk tall
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engine95 said:
Do you want to give up your LGOG?
1.Are you using USB 3.0 ports? Try it on other USB ports, hopefully 2.0
2.Try another cable
3. Uninstall then reinstall the drivers and LGNPST
4. Use the LGFlashtool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443185
Just some more options for you
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yeah, sadly idk if i have a usb 2.0 port on my laptop. i tried the uninstall reinstall that didnt do it. whats the LG flashtool?

noXcape said:
Telling the geek squad the update hard bricked... its basicly exactly the same as zvb. I would just try to blame it on hardware...not a bug fix update....or walk tall
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If i blame it on hardware, what would I blame it on?

_dannyboy said:
yeah, sadly idk if i have a usb 2.0 port on my laptop. i tried the uninstall reinstall that didnt do it. whats the LG flashtool?
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Another option for us to use. It will wipe everything including SD. It's like repair shop fixer.

engine95 said:
Another option for us to use. It will wipe everything including SD. It's like repair shop fixer.
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I'll give it a shot if bestbuy tries not to play nice like they did last time. lol thank you

_dannyboy said:
bricked my LGOG, cant get into recovery and LGNPST wont recognize it when i plug it in when its in download mode. I've decided to just give up and take it in to bestbuy tomorrow. I have the geeksquad protection and i know i cant tell them it was rooted and unlocked. I figure ill just tell them i was doing the ZVC update and the phone died. Well, thats what i did last time so i figure it should work this time. Hopefully, they have more LGOGs in stock, if not ill be moving to an EVO 4G LTE (which isnt all bad since its getting 4.3 by the end of 2k13) or an iPhone 5C. Any recommendations on what I should tell them?
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How did you brick your device??
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_dannyboy said:
I'll give it a shot if bestbuy tries not to play nice like they did last time. lol thank you
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If you need help , I willing too take a crack at unbricking it. If you can get the phone into download , just pm me

I had the exact same problem and the exact same best buy protection. They didn't even ask how it happened. They saw that it wouldn't boot and just ordered me a new one. Best insurance available.
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tommyjoesanders said:
If you need help , I willing too take a crack at unbricking it. If you can get the phone into download , just pm me
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I can get into DL mode so I'll be PM'ing you shortly

iamterence said:
How did you brick your device??
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honestly, idk. I was walking home, called my mom, the call ended out of no where and i had no data. i restarted the phone, still no data. I went into freegee to try and restore an old EFS backup to see if that would fix it, it said it couldnt restore. Tried to reboot into recovery to restore my CM 10.2 backup and it wouldnt boot.

Androidawg said:
I had the exact same problem and the exact same best buy protection. They didn't even ask how it happened. They saw that it wouldn't boot and just ordered me a new one. Best insurance available.
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Thats super reassuring. thanks bro

Going to try this when I get home. Wife's phone is dead as dead, really only get LED and Capacitive lights on it so hopefully somehow this can miraculously fix my issue!
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so ive got an interesting issue that just happened...been trying to fix it all evening..so far no luck....i dont have insurance so if i cant fix it my lgog days are done,,,cant afford a new one and am going to have to reactivate my wife's old sprint s2 until i can afford an upgrade...so heres the deal..
was running pac 10.20all day no problems...senn new kernel posted...so i downloaded it..went into recovery (twrp 2.6.3)..wiped caches..flashed kernel...hit reboot...phone booted immediately to a blank/black screen no lg logo no animation just blank/black screen.....so im thinking ok bad download or something so i went back to recovery...and it is asking me for a password...now ive never setup any type of encryption or lock so this is new to me and very foreign...as in never seen it before ever and i mean never....so my options are hit cancel or enter a pw..obviously i dont know the pw so i hit cancel...well it goes intorecovery but its locked down cant mounst storage cant mount cache...have tried factory resetting fails saying cant mount storage or cache...tried formatting data...fails saying same things cant mount several things...have tried flashing another recovery,rom,kernel, nothing is working..all fails and never boots.....so i thought let me lgnpst...fails on every bin i have from zvb,zvc,teenybin,says cant rewrite partitions 512 (my number might be off..but was a number for sure)..so then in the process of unplugging phone and turning it off i guess i let it sit there trying to boot up...well finally i see boot animation...but thats as far as it goes...even fastbooot isnt being recognized... have adb pushed roms,recovry,and kernels in last few hrs trying to fix it just fine...but fastboot isnt recognized...just says waiting for devices....so pretty much my phone is a pacman boot animation paper wight right now...if anyone has any help they can offer or insight or even a damn dud yes your screwed would be phenomenal...thanks
oh btw my hangouts is [email protected] if help is more easily provided in that manner feel free.

spleef said:
so ive got an interesting issue that just happened...been trying to fix it all evening..so far no luck....i dont have insurance so if i cant fix it my lgog days are done,,,cant afford a new one and am going to have to reactivate my wife's old sprint s2 until i can afford an upgrade...so heres the deal..
was running pac 10.20all day no problems...senn new kernel posted...so i downloaded it..went into recovery (twrp 2.6.3)..wiped caches..flashed kernel...hit reboot...phone booted immediately to a blank/black screen no lg logo no animation just blank/black screen.....so im thinking ok bad download or something so i went back to recovery...and it is asking me for a password...now ive never setup any type of encryption or lock so this is new to me and very foreign...as in never seen it before ever and i mean never....so my options are hit cancel or enter a pw..obviously i dont know the pw so i hit cancel...well it goes intorecovery but its locked down cant mounst storage cant mount cache...have tried factory resetting fails saying cant mount storage or cache...tried formatting data...fails saying same things cant mount several things...have tried flashing another recovery,rom,kernel, nothing is working..all fails and never boots.....so i thought let me lgnpst...fails on every bin i have from zvb,zvc,teenybin,says cant rewrite partitions 512 (my number might be off..but was a number for sure)..so then in the process of unplugging phone and turning it off i guess i let it sit there trying to boot up...well finally i see boot animation...but thats as far as it goes...even fastbooot isnt being recognized... have adb pushed roms,recovry,and kernels in last few hrs trying to fix it just fine...but fastboot isnt recognized...just says waiting for devices....so pretty much my phone is a pacman boot animation paper wight right now...if anyone has any help they can offer or insight or even a damn dud yes your screwed would be phenomenal...thanks
oh btw my hangouts is [email protected] if help is more easily provided in that manner feel free.
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as i sit here contemplating ideas because i cant stand to lose such a great asset to the community, first thing that comes to mind is trying a battery pull just to try. if i think up something ill let you know! also hop onto the irc as autobot and others very skilled in this sort of thing hang out there a lot

^^^
What he said...man I really hope you're able to find a solution...
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Related

Think I bricked phone using Android kitchen

I restored my phone to stock then made a backup using CMW. I placed the CWM back up in the original_update folder of the android kitchen. Then went into the android kitchen and deodexed, rooted and intalled busy box. Then i built the rom, signed it, placed it on my SD, card booted into recovery, flashed SuperWipe then flashed the rom I made. It installed fine and booted up but i didn't have any signal. So i let it sit for about 5 minutes then Powered off my phone but it stayed at the Good Buy screen for like ten minutes so i pulled the battery, when i tried to boot it back up it wouldn't do any thing. I held the power button down and nothing happened. I tried plugging in a usb cable and my phone still would't do anything Its completely unresponsive
Any suggestions?
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I restored my phone to stock then made a backup using CMW. I placed the CWM back up in the original_update folder of the android kitchen. Then went into the android kitchen and deodexed, rooted and intalled busy box. Then i built the rom, signed it, placed it on my SD, card booted into recovery, flashed SuperWipe then flashed the rom I made. It installed fine and booted up but i didn't have any signal. So i let it sit for about 5 minutes then Powered off my phone but it stayed at the Good Buy screen for like ten minutes so i pulled the battery, when i tried to boot it back up it wouldn't do any thing. I held the power button down and nothing happened. I tried plugging in a usb cable and my phone still would't do anything Its completely unresponsive
Any suggestions?
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I sadly did the same thing. I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong in the kitchen to brick my phone. Mine powered up as well but upon restart it bricked. But its sad to say but its bricked. I did a warranty exchange. If you connect the phone to the computer it will register as qhsusb_dload and not an Android phone. Best of luck.
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TheTechNiq said:
I sadly did the same thing. I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong in the kitchen to brick my phone. Mine powered up as well but upon restart it bricked. But its sad to say but its bricked. I did a warranty exchange. If you connect the phone to the computer it will register as qhsusb_dload and not an Android phone. Best of luck.
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Unfortunately I don't have a contract with T-Mobile so i can't do a warranty exchange. I ordered the USB Jig and i'm gunna see if that fixes it, if not I guess it's just a paper weight :\
mattbradfo said:
Unfortunately I don't have a contract with T-Mobile so i can't do a warranty exchange. I ordered the USB Jig and i'm gunna see if that fixes it, if not I guess it's just a paper weight :\
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if its registering as a ghsusb_dload device, a jig won't work.....how do I know you may ask? Cause I tried that as well before the exchange. Haha. Good news is you can pay someone to jtag your device. I think its like 50-100 but way better than 600 for a new phone. You should be able to find the link around the forums somewhere.
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The kitchen is not always good. The guy that did visionary would custom make roms for you. You need something like that
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Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.
techfanatic9 said:
Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.
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Like I told you before, it doesn't work for hard bricks. If it says qhusb, it's done and needs jtag
techfanatic9 said:
Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.
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Ya, my phone won't go into download mode. I'm just gunna have to send it to get J-taged
Send it back to Samsung that's what I did it has 1 year warranty
Try it just call Samsung they don't check if is brick
they just fix it they take like 2 weeks and is free
if sending it back to samsung dont work out for you, let me know. if all else fails, I have a riffbox, we can work something out.
Yayodroid said:
if sending it back to samsung dont work out for you, let me know. if all else fails, I have a riffbox, we can work something out.
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Ok, sounds good i'll check with samsung
ok, keep us updated. or pm or something lol
Ok, good news samsung says they'll fix it!
sweet! what did you tell them? that it just stopped working all of a sudden?
Yayodroid said:
sweet! what did you tell them? that it just stopped working all of a sudden?
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I just told them it was unresponsive and that it would't turn on. They didn't even ask if I rooted it
xcrazydx said:
Like I told you before, it doesn't work for hard bricks. If it says qhusb, it's done and needs jtag
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Like I said
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mattbradfo said:
I just told them it was unresponsive and that it would't turn on. They didn't even ask if I rooted it
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Good bro. Be careful this, time around
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[Q] My S3 won't boot after attempting to install custom rom thru CWM

My S3 won't boot after attempting to install custom rom thru CWM. I tried to enter into the recovery mode by pressing Volume Up and Home, Power button but it doesn't even turn on!! I even tried holding down Volume Down and Home Power and it doesn't even turn on. It doesn't even go into the Logo screen....
Help please!!!
Need more info on what you installed. Sounds hard bricked though.
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mt3g said:
Need more info on what you installed. Sounds hard bricked though.
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Agreed-
Try pulling the battery and waiting a few seconds, then try to reboot. I did something while installing a rom and the phone booted but just showed a black screen but I didn't realize it.
It does help to know exactly what it was you tried to flash.
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luige007 said:
My S3 won't boot after attempting to install custom rom thru CWM. I tried to enter into the recovery mode by pressing Volume Up and Home, Power button but it doesn't even turn on!! I even tried holding down Volume Down and Home Power and it doesn't even turn on. It doesn't even go into the Logo screen....
Help please!!!
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Joy!
What rom did you flash...be specific...and where did you find it from?
Do you have TMobile PHP? If you do then you can get a replacement S3 for $5 from TMobile customer care. That is probably the easist way to fix this issue.
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brandonmaze said:
Joy!
What rom did you flash...be specific...and where did you find it from?
Do you have TMobile PHP? If you do then you can get a replacement S3 for $5 from TMobile customer care. That is probably the easist way to fix this issue.
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I flashed it with the Omega ROM with the I9300 version thinking that my phone was that same model. Very dumb on my part .
Sadly I don't have PHP.
Would a JIG help my phone reboot to the download state?
luige007 said:
I flashed it with the Omega ROM with the I9300 version thinking that my phone was that same model. Very dumb on my part .
Sadly I don't have PHP.
Would a JIG help my phone reboot to the download state?
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Yep a jig would send u into download mode. I'm pretty sure from there u can use Odin, if I'm not mistakened.
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i did the same damn thing
:crying::crying:
luige007 said:
I flashed it with the Omega ROM with the I9300 version thinking that my phone was that same model. Very dumb on my part .
Sadly I don't have PHP.
Would a JIG help my phone reboot to the download state?
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luige007 said:
I flashed it with the Omega ROM with the I9300 version thinking that my phone was that same model. Very dumb on my part .
Sadly I don't have PHP.
Would a JIG help my phone reboot to the download state?
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Jig won't help only a jtag fix. Here you go.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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Yep a jig would send u into download mode. I'm pretty sure from there u can use Odin, if I'm not mistakened.
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same problm
i am having same problem with my micromax A 54 did u get any solution for your phone............
In hindsight im watching you guys do just what I did two weeks ago.. To save u time ITS BRICKED for sure .Jtag service fixed me right up, hes very professional as well.mobiltechvideos.com
Set up a repair send phone off takes a week.
Watch very very closely what you flash.If unsure dont do it, or youll be spending 60 $ to jtag everytime you do this.
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lojak29 said:
In hindsight im watching you guys do just what I did two weeks ago.. To save u time ITS BRICKED for sure .Jtag service fixed me right up, hes very professional as well.mobiltechvideos.com
Set up a repair send phone off takes a week.
Watch very very closely what you flash.If unsure dont do it, or youll be spending 60 $ to jtag everytime you do this.
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And you got mad when people told you exactly that.
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lojak29 said:
In hindsight im watching you guys do just what I did two weeks ago.. To save u time ITS BRICKED for sure .Jtag service fixed me right up, hes very professional as well.mobiltechvideos.com
Set up a repair send phone off takes a week.
Watch very very closely what you flash.If unsure dont do it, or youll be spending 60 $ to jtag everytime you do this.
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You do know this thread is from last year, right?
|When Emotion Goes Up, Logic Goes Down|
|Even If You Fall Face First You're Still Moving Forward|
same problem but a lilltle bit different
i installed jellyblast custom romon galaxy y(s5360) and it worked well.
later i installed some apps and an psp emulater named(ppsspp) downloaded from google play.
and downloaded a game for that ppsspp and tried to play. and it got stuck in the settings so i restarted the phone (by holding power key 11 sec)
it just showing its logo but not starting .....what to do???
plz be urgent...:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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shiva4ulove said:
i installed jellyblast custom romon galaxy y(s5360) and it worked well.
later i installed some apps and an psp emulater named(ppsspp) downloaded from google play.
and downloaded a game for that ppsspp and tried to play. and it got stuck in the settings so i restarted the phone (by holding power key 11 sec)
it just showing its logo but not starting .....what to do???
plz be urgent...:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Reboot into recovery mode and wipe cache, dalvik cache and do a factory reset in recovery.
Do NOT wipe/format system.
Then reboot the phone and it should work fine.
help
okay i have the same exact problem. i tried to flash darkyrom iii from androidgeeks.com or something like that, and, i also didn't see that it was for the i9300 only and it went through the little setup process from within cwm (like its own little installer) all steps went fine and everything. asked if i wanted to reboot, i touched "no" then the installer closed and brought me back to cwm and cwm decided to just reboot my phone on its own anways. now im waiting for it to boot, nothing. research, take the battery out along with the sim and sd for about 45 minutes. nothing. i plug it into the computer and nothing happens. i take out the battery and plug it into the computer, again to no prevail. so with the battery out and the phone plugged into the computer, i hold power, home and volume down and a red led comes on the phone and the computer makes the "attatched device" sound. but isnt recognized by kies or odin. will a jig help me out at all?
*edit* i got the rom from here; android.gs/update-galaxy-s3-darkyrom-android-4-1-2-jelly-bean/
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majidjaccion said:
okay i have the same exact problem. i tried to flash darkyrom iii from androidgeeks.com or something like that, and, i also didn't see that it was for the i9300 only and it went through the little setup process from within cwm (like its own little installer) all steps went fine and everything. asked if i wanted to reboot, i touched "no" then the installer closed and brought me back to cwm and cwm decided to just reboot my phone on its own anways. now im waiting for it to boot, nothing. research, take the battery out along with the sim and sd for about 45 minutes. nothing. i plug it into the computer and nothing happens. i take out the battery and plug it into the computer, again to no prevail. so with the battery out and the phone plugged into the computer, i hold power, home and volume down and a red led comes on the phone and the computer makes the "attatched device" sound. but isnt recognized by kies or odin. will a jig help me out at all?
*edit* i got the rom from here; android.gs/update-galaxy-s3-darkyrom-android-4-1-2-jelly-bean/
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You are about about the 50th person in the past couple months who done the same thing, flashing a 9300 rom.
The only way to get the phone back into proper working condition is to send it off to be Jtag'ed.
There are some very good deals on Jtag if you go to eBay and search for "JTAG Galaxy S3".
Good Luck!
thank you
Misterjunky said:
You are about about the 50th person in the past couple months who done the same thing, flashing a 9300 rom.
The only way to get the phone back into proper working condition is to send it off to be Jtag'ed.
There are some very good deals on Jtag if you go to eBay and search for "JTAG Galaxy S3".
Good Luck!
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ahh thats what i was afraid of.. im gonna check a couple local places first with fingers crossed before shipping it off though. have you personally sent one in to any of those ebay services?
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majidjaccion said:
ahh thats what i was afraid of.. im gonna check a couple local places first with fingers crossed before shipping it off though. have you personally sent one in to any of those ebay services?
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Nope, I never had a need to. But I have read here in XDA that people do get excellent service at a good price at eBay.
Misterjunky said:
Nope, I never had a need to. But I have read here in XDA that people do get excellent service at a good price at eBay.
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hmmm... i was leading into my next queston which would have been; is there any specific seller you may have read about or saw somewhere that i should go to? cause, for me, ebay is a little... "ehhhhh.." you know what i mean? plus on top of that im sending in my phone so i just want to make sure everything is from a trusted source.

hard bricked

well.. i guess from what I've been reading once in hard brick its toast... last night i tried to install the 1% bat mod, and failed. causing my phone to not power back up. at all... I've tried to boot into download mode, and recovery mode, the screen doesn't even turn on. nothing happens. from what I've read on here it sounds like its done. any suggestions? today after work I'm going to best buy and try and play stupid and see if by chance they will set me up with a new phone. I've only had it for 3 months, and I'm hoping since it cant boot at all they will just swap me out. otherwise ill have to pick one up from eBay...
gt8684 said:
well.. i guess from what I've been reading once in hard brick its toast... last night i tried to install the 1% bat mod, and failed. causing my phone to not power back up. at all... I've tried to boot into download mode, and recovery mode, the screen doesn't even turn on. nothing happens. from what I've read on here it sounds like its done. any suggestions? today after work I'm going to best buy and try and play stupid and see if by chance they will set me up with a new phone. I've only had it for 3 months, and I'm hoping since it cant boot at all they will just swap me out. otherwise ill have to pick one up from eBay...
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You have to send your device, but it's 60$, i take the link on the forum...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35367136&postcount=7
If it dosent boot at all samsung will fix it for free
sent from outside ur window
twanskys204 said:
If it dosent boot at all samsung will fix it for free
sent from outside ur window
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Even if i was screwing with the ROM files...? i thought that voided warranty. i mean it cant boot at all... but im sure they have ways of knowing what i did...
If they cant turn on they dont know what happend
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They will reset and send it back....the only way they wont honor ur warranty is if they see your flash counter..... and or system modifeid status whitch they wont
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thanks for the help!. i did the live chat.. played dumb. and they told me i have to call and get further assistance. so i will have to wait till monday to call.
Kies did this while updating to JB, right?
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ConeyKiller said:
Kies did this while updating to JB, right?
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Yes, gt.. It was definitely Kies while updating.
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haha... i can give it a try... i have to call samsung in the morning... once i get off the phone ill post here and tell yall what my verdict is.
Ok i called and talked to Samsung. told them my "problem" and they emailed me a shipping label, i need to send them the phone and the battery, and they will look into my problem and send the phone back once they fix it. i also told them my battery felt warmer than normal. on a side not, this is a real problem. my phone had been off for 2 days, while on the phone with Samsung they asked me to take out the battery, and i noticed the battery was actually quite warm, struck me as odd considering the phone has been off for days... i told them that too.. anyone else have that problem?
Ok so ur gonna get u phone fixed then :good
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gt8684 said:
Ok i called and talked to Samsung. told them my "problem" and they emailed me a shipping label, i need to send them the phone and the battery, and they will look into my problem and send the phone back once they fix it. i also told them my battery felt warmer than normal. on a side not, this is a real problem. my phone had been off for 2 days, while on the phone with Samsung they asked me to take out the battery, and i noticed the battery was actually quite warm, struck me as odd considering the phone has been off for days... i told them that too.. anyone else have that problem?
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It's obviously doing something... Try to force download mode like this:
Hook up the phone with no battery inserted
Hold Vol Down + Home only
Insert battery
Ya if the battery is still warm, it is doing something. I'd try every absolute way to boot to download or recovery before sending it in.
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i double and triple checked it... its fried no start no matter what. no magic tricks to get this thing started.... so i just hope they fix it, it will reset the flash count.
Let us know how it goes
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i mailed it off a day ago, they are supposed to get getting it sometime today. the rep said it could take up to 8 days for them to process it, then 2 days for them to mail it back. ill keep y'all posted
gt8684 said:
i double and triple checked it... its fried no start no matter what. no magic tricks to get this thing started.... so i just hope they fix it, it will reset the flash count.
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Why are you worried about the flash count? I thought that Triangle Away worked on the GS3.
gt8684 said:
well.. i guess from what I've been reading once in hard brick its toast... last night i tried to install the 1% bat mod, and failed. causing my phone to not power back up. at all... I've tried to boot into download mode, and recovery mode, the screen doesn't even turn on. nothing happens. from what I've read on here it sounds like its done. any suggestions? today after work I'm going to best buy and try and play stupid and see if by chance they will set me up with a new phone. I've only had it for 3 months, and I'm hoping since it cant boot at all they will just swap me out. otherwise ill have to pick one up from eBay...
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The same thing happened to me. I tried to install the insert coin revolution rom with muti window support. (unable to resist) and then my phone suddenly turned off. I got happy and thought it worked then a couple minutes later I tried everything but it won't turn on. So I gave it to Telus and said that I did a factory reset and then suddenly it turned off and won't turn back on. so they sent it for repair and said it would take 2-3 weeks. Right now is week 2 of 3. good luck.
well my phone was completely dead so I could use triangle away...I'm not worried about it. if they find out it just means they wont fix it for free...
thanks I need the luck, I'm completely phone free... its a funny feeling not having one... no worries though...
Crazy how dependent we are on these things. Too bad a jig doesn't work like on the GS2. That thing saved me when I had to send it in for warranty repair.

[Q] Very strange brick situation

I was flashing a rom last night using twrp and after the rom was finished it said something like "no rom is installed on phone" so after seeing this I automatically tried another rom and it it seemed to have installed properly so I rebooted the and it never came back on. Doesn't vibrate, doesn't show charging symbol nor will it enter into download mode. The strange thing is when plugged into my pc it gets recognized but it shows this driver error message "driver for qualcomm cdma technologies msm" and the phone gets warm around the camera indicating that it may actually be charging. I've never experienced anything like this and I have searched for bricked solutions but this seems quite unique and I have found no similar cases. Is my phone completely bricked or can it be bought back to life?? If someone can help me it'd be greatly appreciated thanks
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I was flashing a rom last night using twrp and after the rom was finished it said something like "no rom is installed on phone" so after seeing this I automatically tried another rom and it it seemed to have installed properly so I rebooted the and it never came back on. Doesn't vibrate, doesn't show charging symbol nor will it enter into download mode. The strange thing is when plugged into my pc it gets recognized but it shows this driver error message "driver for qualcomm cdma technologies msm" and the phone gets warm around the camera indicating that it may actually be charging. I've never experienced anything like this and I have searched for bricked solutions but this seems quite unique and I have found no similar cases. Is my phone completely bricked or can it be bought back to life?? If someone can help me it'd be greatly appreciated thanks
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Try unbrick sgII, heimdall or buy a little download jig for $5. Usually the phone is a complete brick if the computer says QHSUSB D_LOAD attached. You're phone shouldn't say cdma anything since its a gsm phone so something is wrong there. What rom did you flash?
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richardlibeau said:
Try unbrick sgII, heimdall or buy a little download jig for $5. Usually the phone is a complete brick if the computer says QHSUSB D_LOAD attached. You're phone shouldn't say cdma anything since its a gsm phone so something is wrong there. What rom did you flash?
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Yea the cdma thing threw me off to when I first saw it...I just purchased a jig from ebay. I really hope it works cause I was just contemplating selling this phone to put towards an upgrade.The roms I flashed were (can't remember which order) Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC9-hercules and Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC9-d2tmo. Like I said I flashed one after it was done I went to hit reboot and it said there was no rom present on the phone. So I'm thinking good heads up so nervously not thinking I immediately flashed the other. It loaded fine I got no "no rom" warning so I hit reboot system as usual and then...nothing, won't do anything. Tried going into download mode and it just kinda acts as if I'm removing and inserting the usb cable back and forth and it says I need to format my disc
I'm guessing you flashed the d2tmo one second? That's the T-Mobile Galaxy S3. Sorry man, you're bricked
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android88 said:
I'm guessing you flashed the d2tmo one second? That's the T-Mobile Galaxy S3. Sorry man, you're bricked
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Damn...ugh that sucks. So you don't the the usb jig is going to work?
Godson1227 said:
Yea the cdma thing threw me off to when I first saw it...I just purchased a jig from ebay. I really hope it works cause I was just contemplating selling this phone to put towards an upgrade.The roms I flashed were (can't remember which order) Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC9-hercules and Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC9-d2tmo. Like I said I flashed one after it was done I went to hit reboot and it said there was no rom present on the phone. So I'm thinking good heads up so nervously not thinking I immediately flashed the other. It loaded fine I got no "no rom" warning so I hit reboot system as usual and then...nothing, won't do anything. Tried going into download mode and it just kinda acts as if I'm removing and inserting the usb cable back and forth and it says I need to format my disc
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Yeah if you flashed the d2tmo you are toast!!!
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richardlibeau said:
Yeah if you flashed the d2tmo you are toast!!!
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i'll guess I'll wait for the jig to come if that doesn't work I guess I'll use my warranty I really don't wanna go that route being dishonest...but that's my last resort.
Godson1227 said:
i'll guess I'll wait for the jig to come if that doesn't work I guess I'll use my warranty I really don't wanna go that route being dishonest...but that's my last resort.
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I did it once cost me $40 and they sent a new one. Just told them i got an update and after i updated it didn't boot up anymore.
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richardlibeau said:
I did it once cost me $40 and they sent a new one. Just told them i got an update and after i updated it didn't boot up anymore.
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Ok thanks, hopefully it goes smooth. Plus i'm sure do the cost to replace still doesn't cover the amount of money i've paid for insurance so I guess it all evens out in the end lol
Did the jig work?
I have the same exact issue. For some odd reason I wanted to flash the d2mo rom also those heavy drinking nights should not be spent flashing roms to show you are cool to your friends. Regardless made a jig and did not work. jig worked on another friends samsung so know the jig works but not on my s2. Anyone know if at this point a jtag might bring it back to life?.
If you flashed the d2tmo you are toast. That is for the s3. Different kernel and processor.
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this just happen to me brand new t989 out off box root flash aopk rom and phone wont
richardlibeau said:
If you flashed the d2tmo you are toast. That is for the s3. Different kernel and processor.
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this just happen to me brand new t989 out off box root flash aopk rom and phone wont and i get the err too
just want to say sorry to all you having these problems i feel your pain guys and good luck with your warranties shoot mobiletechvideos a message see what they can do for you they fix and revive anything lol

I Think I Bricked My Phone.. Any Advice?

Hey guys . I Picked up a three month old galaxy this morning. I have had problems rooting before but always managed to fix them but this I cannot figure out. Here is exactly what I did and what happened.
1.First I rooted my phone using GalaxyS3RootUSCanadaMac.
2. Downloaded the following, superuser, ezunlock, and rom manager.
3. Flashed clokworkrecovery through rom manager.
4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
5. Tried to reboot into recovery via clockwork and it would just hang and never reboot.
6. Decided to do a restart , so I clicked power on the right hand side and selected restart.
7. Fell asleep and woke up to a dead phone.
I cannot get it to boot at all , not even in download mode. I get no lights or vibrations when trying to boot. If I remove the battery and hook the usb cord in I get a red light at the top but not with the battery in.
Any info on what I might have done wrong or what I can try to do to fix it would be great.
Thanks in advance guys.
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4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
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This is completely inapplicable to the i747m, and the reason your phone's bricked.
Unless you can somehow get into download mode, you're going to need a JTAG to recover it.
bftiedt said:
Hey guys . I Picked up a three month old galaxy this morning. I have had problems rooting before but always managed to fix them but this I cannot figure out. Here is exactly what I did and what happened.
1.First I rooted my phone using GalaxyS3RootUSCanadaMac.
2. Downloaded the following, superuser, ezunlock, and rom manager.
3. Flashed clokworkrecovery through rom manager.
4. Unlocked the bootloader with ezunlock
5. Tried to reboot into recovery via clockwork and it would just hang and never reboot.
6. Decided to do a restart , so I clicked power on the right hand side and selected restart.
7. Fell asleep and woke up to a dead phone.
I cannot get it to boot at all , not even in download mode. I get no lights or vibrations when trying to boot. If I remove the battery and hook the usb cord in I get a red light at the top but not with the battery in.
Any info on what I might have done wrong or what I can try to do to fix it would be great.
Thanks in advance guys.
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** After some more reading I realize That att bootloader is not locked. So since I ran the ezunlock app im guessing that my problem ... Any suggestions?***
smelenchuk said:
This is completely inapplicable to the i747m, and the reason your phone's bricked.
Unless you can somehow get into download mode, you're going to need a JTAG to recover it.
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Any suggestions n how to get into download mode? Also I have a usb JTAG from programming cable boxes but Im not sure if it will work?
I believe I read about someone else who used this. The unlocker is made for the Verizon variant. You will need JTAG service to get your phone up and running.
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ih8mydroid said:
I believe I read about someone else who used this. The unlocker is made for the Verizon variant. You will need JTAG service to get your phone up and running.
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Yes I seen that. The phone is still under warrant so I am sending it in to Samsung . I seen another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help
bftiedt said:
Yes I seen that. The phone is still under warrant so I am sending it in to Samsung . I seen another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help
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That's fraud big time! If you would have read up you wouldnt be in this situation. In all honestly I hope you have to come out of pocket because stunts like this is what makes those who do have REAL problems with their phone get the run around from companies.
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Looks like Samsung has come through and is going to warranty it. It was repaired today by having the board replaced. Hopefully I will have it back next week.
bftiedt said:
Yes I SAW that. The phone is still under warranty, so I am sending it in to Samsung. I SAW another thread where the same thing happened and it was warrantied so I'm hoping I get lucky. Thanks guys for all your help
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903tex said:
That's fraud big time! If you would have read up you wouldnt be in this situation. In all honestly I hope you have to come out of pocket because stunts like this is what makes those who do have REAL problems with their phone get the run around from companies.
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That's not fraud? That's called a warranty
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Wow. Why can't they people read?? This is the reason companies don't want to to warranty anything because of crap like this.
r.suchil2 said:
That's not fraud? That's called a warranty
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Which he voided the moment he rooted his phone.
Well getting my phone back today. Thanks for the warranty comments negative nancy.

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