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Was using Odin , got stuck forever. The phone won't do anything now, won't reboot normally won't boot into recovery , won't boot into download mode. Totally non reponsive , nothing ever on screen , no charging icon . Battery out then back in , plugged into usb then put in battery.. tried it all.
looking for suggestions, phone is going back to t-mobile if I cant fix this
Try entering download mode again and reflash your phone. Download the tar again in case the previous was corrupt.
Pull out the battery and put it back in. hold vol up and down at the same time and then connect the USB cable. This will get you back into download mode.
Good luck!
Also, I believe this is in the wrong forum. I'm not a mod but I believe it belongs in the general section.
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I have tried for an hour straight to enter DL mode , no soap
ransome7 said:
I have tried for an hour straight to enter DL mode , no soap
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It's a common misconception (I did it myself) that the power button is also used in the sequence to enter download mode, this isn't the case. Just hold down vol up & down and connect the usb cable, do not press the power button.
Just trying to rule everything out
If this doesn't work for you then I'm out of ideas. Are you still able to get into recovery? If you are, try flashing a ROM and see what happens.
Just to clarify, what does your phone do when you turn it on? Does it boot loop or get stuck somewhere?
EDIT:NVM reread original post (selfn00b'd myself). Totally unresponsive? I believe you should still be able to get into d/l mode since I think they set that up as failsafe. If you can't then it probably will have to go back. Bummer
I'v herd that it somtimes helps to take the battery out and let it sit for 30 min
But thankfully I can not confirm!
May also want to try different computer and cable
Try ADB
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Try ADB
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Can You ADB if your phone won't power up?
You need your PC to recognize it. Is it seeing your phone or is it completely dead?
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DOWNLOAD MODE
power off phone
pull out battery
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode
make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
movieaddict said:
DOWNLOAD MODE
power off phone
pull out battery
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode
make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
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You did not read the OP , The phone died after using Odin(which DL mode is required) , obviously the phone is easy to get into DL mode. The phone is stone dead and won't power into anything
its funny when people suggest you try something to power on your phone even after youve just told them you have tried it all. kind of annoying actually.
but same thing happen to me man. i finally gave up and sent it to samsung today, that would probably be your best option. either that or tmobile
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its funny when people suggest you try something to power on your phone even after youve just told them you have tried it all. kind of annoying actually.
but same thing happen to me man. i finally gave up and sent it to samsung today, that would probably be your best option. either that or tmobile
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Thats what I ended up doing , they are sending out a new phone. It is disturbing that you can actually KILL your phone using Odin. I have flashed a ton of phones a million times and never ended up with a door stop.
Im surprised the GS2 is brickable. I came from a Vibrant (Galaxy S) and that phone was impossible to brick. I was always able to bring it back to download mode but sometimes i had to try different combinations of things to get it into DL mode like remove sim or battery etc. What I'm saying is your phone can be fussy.
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I bricked mine flashing a boot.img to the wrong partition in recovery. This phone is very brickable. T-Mobile gave me a new one but the first thing they asked me was if I rooted it. I said what's that mean
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My brother, myself, and my fiancee all got s2's. Day of, I odin'd recovery to both mine and my brother's and rooted with no problem. tried it on my fiance's, dead in the water. did the same exact thing to all 3, didn't change any procedures. If you keep trying to turn it on, sometimes the led flashlight from the camera will flash for a second, other times it actually turns on and continues to work as normal but once you turn it off again, it may not turn on again. i got it to turn on again and actually odin'd back to stock recovery. problem was NOT fixed even after this, and after i turned it off again, it turned on again once, but never again after that. filed for warranty exchange. i used to think as long as you can odin back to stock you're fine, but it clearly wasn't the case. looks like we just got unlucky. if you bought the phone from a corporate tmobile store, bring your receipt and trade it in at the store because they give you a new phone. if you do a warranty exchange, they send you a refurbished phone (although the s2 is new enough that they might send you a new one anyway if you're lucky).
I tried to flash the aokp m5 rom but didn't flash the el26 cwm file. Now when i try to boot the phone, it doesn't start. the blue light just lights up and stays light untill i pull the battery. I also tried to get into recovery and it just does the same thing. I downloaded odin, but im not sure what im supposed to do with it. if anyone knows how to help, i would be extremely grateful. Thank you
Pull battery, put back in, hold volume down to get in download mode, start Odin on pc , plug in phone, press volume up, Odin should respond with COM# click the phone button and select your stock from such as the cwm el26. Just read the forums. Don't feel bad it happens to all of us once in awhile. Thankfully I have managed to fix most of my screw ups. Next time just read everything and save yourself hours......experience
But then again that could make it worse. So for ya sake use the search button
My phone doesn't allow me to get into download mode mode... Does that mean it is bricked?
Well I have more than once brought my device that I though would never come back. I know I have got ton my phone and my friends att infuse to connect to Odin without actually getting a screen on the phone and was able to get a recovery to restore the phone back to normal. From my experience though its been hard to brick these things... I sometimes wonder if people bricking is just user error.... knock on wood....
OmarEvo said:
My phone doesn't allow me to get into download mode mode... Does that mean it is bricked?
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I don't know what that other guy was saying but you have to hold the volume down Button and the power button until it shows the custom OS menu the press volume up and then download sfhubs one-click EL29 and then open it, its in development fyi, connect your cable to your PC and your phone and the program will have a yellow box light up that will say COM#, don't worry about the number next to COM, then press start and wait until it reboots. Do not unplug the phone or close the program. If it works for you please respond back here so others can hear the results.
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Is your phone recognized by adb? Maybe try "adb reboot download"?
Also if you read up about a jigg for the epic touch, in case this doesn't work, them that could also fix it. You might need to spend something though but I can't clarify this because i've never bricked before.
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I don't know what that other guy was saying but you have to hold the volume down Button and the power button until it shows the custom OS menu the press volume up and then download sfhubs one-click EL29 and then open it, its in development fyi, connect your cable to your PC and your phone and the program will have a yellow box light up that will say COM#, don't worry about the number next to COM, then press start and wait until it reboots. Do not unplug the phone or close the program. If it works for you please respond back here so others can hear the results.
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Yea he's explained it better than be. I'll just be posting from my laptop here on out. On screen keyboards kill me. I miss my g1s QWERTY. Ah well.
I press volume down and power but the custom os screen doesn't show up, all the phone does flash the blue notification light and the screen looks as if it is off.
This isnt something that a jig can help and for everyone else trying to help he cant access download mode or recovery.
You're most likely hard bricked and the only thing you could try is to leave the battery out overnight then try to turn the phone on again. If you still have black screen with just the notification LED on then the last resort would be a jtag service which isnt guaranteed to work either.
This is a known issue from wiping any partitions on an ics kernel.
What would a jtag service be?
You're going to need a USB jig to get your computer to recognize your phone to download the firmware over the current one. Wait till tomorrow if someone doesn't respond because i'm assuming all the devs and admins are knocked out and they are the ones who can help.
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Geez a lot got posted while I was typing.
Seeing as how you can't get into download mode or recovery I'm afraid you're out of luck. (unless the jigg thing works, which I don't think will at this point)
This is a hard lesson to learn but exactly why you don't take any shortcuts when flashing custom ROMs.
What is a jtag service, and how would I go about it if I tried to get it done?
Thanks for helping them out! Its late and I forgot about the overnight battery pull and jtag.
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What is a jtag service, and how would I go about it if I tried to get it done?
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Do a search in this forum, since there's been a lot of bricking I'm sure you'll find a ton of threads concerning this.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
Thats one of the companies offering jtag services. I believe some people have used it before but im not sure of their results.
Yeah, I'm only sixteen, so I'm trying to grasp all these different things. I'm used to htc because i had an evo, then i got an evo 3d. I use the e4gt as a second phone, but all the things for a rooted samsung are completely different compared to an htc. Thank you for all your help guys. I have learned my lesson now
Good luck. I hope the overnight battery pull helps or that the jtag folks can get you up and running.
For the overnight battery pull, when I try to boot it, should I try to put it into download mode? Or just plain boot? Thanks again
Any thoughts here, so far have come up with nothing. I was running odin trying to update and got interupted partially through the process. I'm able to boot the phone on, however it quickly flashes the Samsung screen then proceeds to the "Samsung Galaxy S3" screen where it hangs. I can't boot into recovery, I can't boot into download mode. All I can do is power the phone on and get stuck on this screen. It hangs there until I pull the battery. I've tried every combination possible to boot into recovery & download mode to no avail. If I plug the phone into my computer I can't get it to be recognized since its stuck on this screen. I don't think it's bricked since i'm able to power on, just stuck.
Any thoughts?
If you can still turn it on you can definitely get to download mode. Make sure you're doing the combo right..
billard412 said:
If you can still turn it on you can definitely get to download mode. Make sure you're doing the combo right..
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Thanks for the quick reply, I like your confidence although I'm still skeptical. I do think I've tried all of the combos to get into download mode but I'm still not getting past the Samsung GS3 screen. Can you tell me which is the "right" combo?
Thanks
camcdonald1 said:
Thanks for the quick reply, I like your confidence although I'm still skeptical. I do think I've tried all of the combos to get into download mode but I'm still not getting past the Samsung GS3 screen. Can you tell me which is the "right" combo?
Thanks
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I've seen a borked recovery but never seen a borked download mode unless the phone was bricked which isn't the case here since it still powers on. The combo is vol-down+home+power then volume up at the warning screen
billard412 said:
I've seen a borked recovery but never seen a borked download mode unless the phone was bricked which isn't the case here since it still powers on. The combo is vol-down+home+power then volume up at the warning screen
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That combo is not working. No matter how long/short I hold it or how long/short I wait after the battery pull it still goes straight to the GS3 Logo and hangs forever. I think its bricked. Maybe I need to try a usb jig...
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That combo is not working. No matter how long/short I hold it or how long/short I wait after the battery pull it still goes straight to the GS3 Logo and hangs forever. I think its bricked. Maybe I need to try a usb jig...
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Well I'm sure it's not bricked but this is the first time I've heard a jig mentioned and I don't wanna pull my hair out cuz of a stupid comment. A jig would definitely do the trick here. I assume you don't have one so a word of advice : use Ebay. And buy from someone in the states. Its more than worth the few extra bucks.
I agree that your phone is more than likely not bricked like you may think. You need to hold down the 3 key combo until the screen actually powers on and then let them go. It takes a good 5-7 seconds after the phone vibrates before the screen powers on and then let them go. It should go into download mode and if you still can't get it then sometimes having someone else try it is all it takes.... but most definetly your phone is not hard bricked if it powers on.
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I agree that your phone is more than likely not bricked like you may think. You need to hold down the 3 key combo until the screen actually powers on and then let them go. It takes a good 5-7 seconds after the phone vibrates before the screen powers on and then let them go. It should go into download mode and if you still can't get it then sometimes having someone else try it is all it takes.... but most definetly your phone is not hard bricked if it powers on.
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions. At this point I'm going to have to send it in to mobiltech to have them hopefully revive it using their JTAG services.
I had this problem today.....
After much gnashing of teeth and swearing and being unable to use the generic android recovery due to removing my power button (don't ask) I flashed CWM with odin then used Android Toolkit to restart into recovery, wiped the cache, rebooted and Bob's your Mother's brother everything is rosy in the garden again................:laugh:
marsamgod said:
I had this problem today.....
After much gnashing of teeth and swearing and being unable to use the generic android recovery due to removing my power button (don't ask) I flashed CWM with odin then used Android Toolkit to restart into recovery, wiped the cache, rebooted and Bob's your Mother's brother everything is rosy in the garden again................:laugh:
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what toolkit
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what toolkit
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It's the Skipsoft Android Toolkit
So I bought 2 sgh-t989 at the same time... one for me and the other for my sister
she lives in another city but whenever we see each other, I've always tried to make sure that her phone is running the exact same setup as mine just so I can always provide "tech support" for her phone
anyway, she went on some trip and afterwards, she said her phone wouldn't boot up anymore
since she couldn't get a hold of me, she brought her phone to a store to try and get it fixed (bad bad mistake)
she left the phone at the store for a day to determine how much it would cost to fix it
after being quoted $100 for the fix, she decided it was too much to pay and just took her phone back
long story short... a week later, I finally have the phone in my hand... and this phone won't boots up, i've put in fully charged batteries and when I press (and hold) the power button, it does absolutely NOTHING... not even that initial vibration when it boots up
i've tried to plug it to the computer and it doesn't get recognize
its permanently off and i can't, for the life of me, figure out just how to even boot this thing into TWRP... just so I can attempt to recover her files
SO.... my question... is this truly bricked?
do I have to break the news to her that all the pictures she took on the trip is now unrecoverable?
plug it into the computer and see what it gets recognized as. if its qualcomm823830283203 some like that its hardbricked
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plug it into the computer and see what it gets recognized as. if its qualcomm823830283203 some like that its hardbricked
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it doesn't get recognized at all... cuz there's no way for me to power it up
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it doesn't get recognized at all... cuz there's no way for me to power it up
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Definite hard brick and if you do hook it to the computer and it says qhs usb download that means brick as well.
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richardlibeau said:
Definite hard brick and if you do hook it to the computer and it says qhs usb download that means brick as well.
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.... it is as i expected
thx for the help though
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.... it is as i expected
thx for the help though
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Had three myself in the past few years but none recently so don't feel bad happens to the best of us.
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richardlibeau said:
Had three myself in the past few years but none recently so don't feel bad happens to the best of us.
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oh man... i hate giving the "i'm sorry, but I can't recover your pictures" speech
esp. to women... sometimes they cry and its so....
wish me luck:good:
JTAG for 50 bucks and your golden
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jtag
holeindalip said:
JTAG for 50 bucks and your golden
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I am hard bricked as well tried updating to new cm10.2 nightly with AJK kernel accidently installed AJK kernel for wrong version oops and now hard bricked wont turn on what so ever. Looked into what phones can be fixed with JIFFY box and JTAG and noticed SGH-t989 not in the list so i am just wondering if this list is wrong and SGH-t989 can actually be saved!?!? any help is appreciated.
Mobile tech videos can fix ya up for 50 if is indeed hard bricked
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I bricked my S2 last Saturday night, just got it back form Jtag service. Took a week and 28 bucks from the ebay vendor that performed the service.
Now that my phone is back to stock, can anyone help me to load TWRP again. I have odin, latest USB drivers, and TWRP for my phone...but cant seem to get to the ODIN restore screen on the phone.
Volume Up, down, left right, left right, A, B Start. Oh wait I think that was for contra.....
Please help to get me to the Odin load on phone.
I can then flash TWRP thru odin, get to TWRP and load my favorite ROM.
Any GURUS, Please confirm that this is right. I remember a complicated process when rooting initially, loading root file on SD card, similar process up down ect....
But since the rom I am flashing is already rooted, is it required to go thru the gyrations. cant I just flash TWRP and flash a rooted rom?
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But since the rom I am flashing is already rooted, is it required to go thru the gyrations. cant I just flash TWRP and flash a rooted rom?
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Just Odin flash TWRP and then flash your rooted ROM.
Download mode= Volume up + volume down + plug USB into computer.
Wont boot up, just keeps vibrating, bricked?
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plug it into the computer and see what it gets recognized as. if its qualcomm823830283203 some like that its hardbricked
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I want to know if my phone is bricked, its a Samsung glaxy sgh-T898 (but from telus) i am using a cynagenmod custom rom 10
i was using it then it went idle then when i went to unlock it back, it shut off and started to repeatedly vibrate like a pulse
so i then did a battery pull and then it vibrate and the "Samsung sgh-t898 logo appeared" for a sec or 2 and the phone shut back off and did the pulsing vibrating thing
i got the same result when i plug it into the charger and computer, even plug it in without the battery in it and pulsing vibrating happen again.
ps this had happen in the past but the phone came on like after 5 mins of, its now been hours it wont come on just keep vibrating
omari3 said:
I want to know if my phone is bricked, its a Samsung glaxy sgh-T898 (but from telus) i am using a cynagenmod custom rom 10
i was using it then it went idle then when i went to unlock it back, it shut off and started to repeatedly vibrate like a pulse
so i then did a battery pull and then it vibrate and the "Samsung sgh-t898 logo appeared" for a sec or 2 and the phone shut back off and did the pulsing vibrating thing
i got the same result when i plug it into the charger and computer, even plug it in without the battery in it and pulsing vibrating happen again.
ps this had happen in the past but the phone came on like after 5 mins of, its now been hours it wont come on just keep vibrating
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looks like the sticky power button. First try putting compressed air on your power button. then resort to this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
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looks like the sticky power button. First try putting compressed air on your power button. then resort to this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
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Thanks for replying so quickly , i think you might be right about sticky power button, because when put in the battery the vibrates begins
automatically and then i try turn on then hold the power and volume keys it entered into download menu but for 2 secs then shut off again and begin to start vibrating(pulsing again)
so i guess the download menu means its not brick, will try suggestion once i get a proper torque screw driver
So my phone was probably around 50% and I went to grab some food and when I check the phone wouldn't turn on,I rebooted only for it to be stuck on the samsung boot screen and I tried to reboot again except this time it didn't turn on at all.
I didn't do anything at all during the day and my phone was on stable CM10.3 for the past month with no problems.I went home and tried to charge it but no light showed up when charging with battery in and only a red light shows up when i take the battery out and charger in. I connected in to the pc and it showed a QHSUSB_DLOAD when installing drivers. does this mean my phone is bricked? If so how did it happen if CM10.3 was working fine before?
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So my phone was probably around 50% and I went to grab some food and when I check the phone wouldn't turn on,I rebooted only for it to be stuck on the samsung boot screen and I tried to reboot again except this time it didn't turn on at all.
I didn't do anything at all during the day and my phone was on stable CM10.3 for the past month with no problems.I went home and tried to charge it but no light showed up when charging with battery in and only a red light shows up when i take the battery out and charger in. I connected in to the pc and it showed a QHSUSB_DLOAD when installing drivers. does this mean my phone is bricked? If so how did it happen if CM10.3 was working fine before?
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I'm going through almost the exact same problem now. Been up all night trying to fix it searching the internet up and down.
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I'm going through almost the exact same problem now. Been up all night trying to fix it searching the internet up and down.
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Ya I might have to send it to the JTAG guys to repair it...
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Ya I might have to send it to the JTAG guys to repair it...
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From my research i believe the problem is that the internal sd gets messed up and gets stuck in read only mode instead of read/write. Thats why it won't boot and you can't flash anything in odin. still working on a solution. I've tried booting into download mode with a jig but still no dice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125 maybe this will help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125 maybe this will help
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I've read through that thread but while it had some good info it is for getting a hardbricked phone into download mode which we can get into. I've tried a few things, reintalled drivers re-downloaded tars, etc. now I have the phone ---!---Computer screen when it boots up. I've google searched around since xda search is down an one thread said to keep trying in Odin.
Edit: aaaaaaaaaand now iim hardbricked......
You can get to download mode? Mine can't power on at all atm.
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You can get to download mode? Mine can't power on at all atm.
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It used to. I tried calling Sprint (no help) but now it wont boot. I'm trying the sd card method now