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I just bricked my S3 and whenever I plug it in, eventually, some combination of button presses makes a red LED show up, however, no screen on. Whats even weirder is that when I plug it in, it see's some thing called QHSUSB_DLOAD, and attempts to install drivers for it. I'm wondering if this might allow me to fix it? If all else fails, can someone refer me to a JTAG repair service...
Edit - When I attempt DL mode, I can even hear it disconnect, then reconnect. It fails the driver install though.
Unfortunately bud your hard bricked.
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What were you trying to do? Root? Using what method?
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You are definitely hard bricked!
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Wait what? So you are able to get it into download mode is what you are saying? Or you can't?
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What were you trying to do? Root? Using what method?
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I was making a port from the S2. I changed the updater script to let it flash, it did, and then it killed me.
Update: WOW. T-Mobile replaced it for me! I don't even have warranty left! Yet again, my company saves me.
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What did you say to get them to replace it?
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What did you say to get them to replace it?
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All I did was brought it into the store, handed it to the guy and said it was broken. Said I had a FACTORY warranty (from Samsung), and that Samsung told me to have the store do the replacement for me. The guy behind the desk said, "Yeah, whatever you stick your SIM into, as long as it's T-
Mobile, your covered. You can even buy phones offline,". It's going to be here monday. Shipped Friday, next day shipping, only 5$. I'm so happy I'm not paying 70$ for a JTAG... Not sure if this'll work for everyone, but it did for me!
How do u know if your still safe to try usb Jig to force dload mode with knowing what functions are still showing signs of life ? Like if manual mode.doesnt do it , and u have a red light when charging with no battery.And or can still here connect and disconnect sounds on a Pc.This is a new Question related to possible soft brick only cause im waiting for a real tech savy member to.. hear me out...maybe help in detail.If you get sounds from phone to pc when plug in and can feel the phone quietly.vibe on and off during.button combo ...but all the time with a black screen
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How do u know if your still safe to try usb Jig to force dload mode with knowing what functions are still showing signs of life ? Like if manual mode.doesnt do it , and u have a red light when charging with no battery.And or can still here connect and disconnect sounds on a Pc.This is a new Question related to possible soft brick only cause im waiting for a real tech savy member to.. hear me out...maybe help in detail.If you get sounds from phone to pc when plug in and can feel the phone quietly.vibe on and off during.button combo ...but all the time with a black screen
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What did you do to brick your phone?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39663897#post39663897
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39645631#post39645631
Well Im desperately trying to find anyway to avoid jtag expenses, i took.it to a sprint tech i know who deals with this stuff after i had exhausted my options .He said jtag it . Earlier today i made a 300kohm 1/2 watt jig but to no luck it wouldnt force dload mode?
Ive been reading on this other explored method of sd card unbricking using a jig and tweezers to trip a resistor on the board and manually flash a new bootloader it seems..very very very complicated
And noone has succesfully done this as far as i know.
All i did was accidentally flash my old gsm note 2 t889 backup ,jedi master10 rom, when i meant to flash jedi invasion I overlooked the words master for invasion after it flashed it said
Install failed in RED and No OS installed at top then i realized what i did and tried to Save my a** and restore my nandroid that failed also ,then i tried to dig myself out this mess and flash the only other t999 zip rom i had on my sd and that failed Said no OS Installed on top after i rebooted never could reboot again Not even 3button.works for dload mode
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Its been 24hrs bud !!!By the way ,the great moderator Mr kenny glass explains on the xda rules that seem to be so strict, anyone can legally reitterate on a previous post,so the links to my old post mean nothing
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He wanted to know what you did, I linked him to threads that explain what you did. I have no further interest in helping you, because of your attitude. As others seem to have chosen.
Dude you flashed a Rom for a different phone. You're boned! Jtag it.
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Dude you flashed a Rom for a different phone. You're boned! Jtag it.
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Yeah, exactly. I remember thus thread from yesterday and the answer is still the same.
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Yeah, exactly. I remember thus thread from yesterday and the answer is still the same.
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I know on the s2 you can force download mode by using a g2x charger and usb! But only an usb and charger made by lg for the g2x! Its does work I tried it not sure if it will on a s3 though
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Thats interesting who takes credit for this bizarre workaround?
Is it something on that specific circuit board in the usb that triggers this
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Thats interesting who takes credit for this bizarre workaround?
Is it something on that specific circuit board in the usb that triggers this
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i think its a way that samsung built in specifically for them to refurbish phones in the bricked condition. other than that i have no idea lol
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Thats interesting who takes credit for this bizarre workaround?
Is it something on that specific circuit board in the usb that triggers this
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Yes its built into the usb and charger I dunno why but it does work for the s2 never tried the s3
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i think its a way that samsung built in specifically for them to refurbish phones in the bricked condition. other than that i have no idea lol
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I believe you are correct. I am still a noob at this tho.. But from what I see from an engineering stand-point, you nailed it.
re: hard or soft brick
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How do u know if your still safe to try usb Jig to force dload mode with knowing what functions are still showing signs of life ? Like if manual mode.doesnt do it , and u have a red light when charging with no battery.And or can still here connect and disconnect sounds on a Pc.This is a new Question related to possible soft brick only cause im waiting for a real tech savy member to.. hear me out...maybe help in detail.If you get sounds from phone to pc when plug in and can feel the phone quietly.vibe on and off during.button combo ...but all the time with a black screen
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I don't know all the specifics in your case, but I can tell you this about a hard or a soft bricked phone.
Plugging a Jig into any android phone is safe and will not harm it at all regardless of it's condition.
If the phone is hard bricked it will not go into download mode even with a Jig.
It makes no difference what the issue or problem is with the phone, simply
plugging a Jig into it will either get you into download mode or it won't.
The way you can tell if the phone is hard bricked is if the phone's screen and or
led's do not light up at all even with a known charged battery and regardless
of which button or combination of buttons are depressed.
If the phone vibrates it usually means that it's not hard bricked.
Hard bricked phones are DEAD they show no signs of life at all
that's why they are called BRICKS.
One of the nice things about the jig is that it can work even if the computer
does not recognize the phone when it's normally plugged into the usb port.
So if your phone is NOT hard bricked my suggestion would be to plug in the
Jig get it into download mode and have Odin ready with the stock or stock
rooted Tmobile Jellybean v4.1.1 firmware ready to flash using the TAR file.
Good Luck!
Hey everyone. Thanks in advance. I have searched the forums, the web. Ended up here. I rooted my phone, added carbon rom. With goo download I think it was called. "Goo" something. Now my phone is dead. Will not boot to download mode. Will not turn on at all. The only time I can get anything response from the phone is when I pull the battery plug it in and hold the three buttons. The light stays red, but that is all. No activity from the screen. I have read the phone is "hard bricked" and that I basically need to buy a new phone. I hope that is not the case. Any help is much appreciated. Sorry if this is a repeat post, but after hours of research and no specific answers I felt this what the only way.
Thanks again!
My two suggestions...
1. Hold up (or was it down?) volume, home and power all at the same time. Until you get a reaction. Then figure it out from there
2. Your phone is done for.. Find out where the closest att service center is and say your phone screwed up during an update of theirs. Or just say your phone stopped working and hope for the best
A main question is, does your computer recognize your phone at all?
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axel4401 said:
My two suggestions...
1. Hold up (or was it down?) volume, home and power all at the same time. Until you get a reaction. Then figure it out from there
2. Your phone is done for.. Find out where the closest att service center is and say your phone screwed up during an update of theirs. Or just say your phone stopped working and hope for the best
A main question is, does your computer recognize your phone at all?
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Thank you for the response. I tired 1 a hundred times and no luck. 2 is my next step tomorrow. BUT the weird thing, is if i pull the battery and plug it in the red charge light shows red. Also, having a PC the computer does the beep as if you plugged in something via USB. This i just recently discovered. Although i really dont think it matters. I also tried making a jig, no luck either. Most likely fail on my end with that.
At this point in time I think the best bet will be the ATT store. Unless someone has another solution, that is the only way I see it being fixed. Gotta read the details when you mess around with this stuff. Now I am paying the price.
Does Odin recognize it when you plug it in to the computer? Keep in mind you need the right drivers for it to recognize a working phone... And this is a longshot to day the least
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this thread is open in like 2 other forums, including the i9300. this device was probably flashed with an incorrect models firmware and is hard bricked.
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Does Odin recognize it when you plug it in to the computer? Keep in mind you need the right drivers for it to recognize a working phone... And this is a longshot to day the least
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No its does not. Oden did detect the phone prior to this.
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this thread is open in like 2 other forums, including the i9300. this device was probably flashed with an incorrect models firmware and is hard bricked.
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One other forum the 19300 yes. Got flamed good too. Seems like a hand full of people like to chastise more than help. Couldnt figure out how to delete the original thread. In all my frustration as is, I played the F it card. You are right about 2 things though. It was flashed with wrong software, and yes it is hard bricked.
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this thread is open in like 2 other forums, including the i9300. this device was probably flashed with an incorrect models firmware and is hard bricked.
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if this is the case
jtag or pay 356 $ to sammy
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niceppl said:
if this is the case
jtag or pay 356 $ to sammy
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Thats what I am thinking too. Lesson learned.
Thanks
Well went to att. They gave me a new phone. They couldnt turn it on either. Guess when it comes to this just act stupid and see what they will do for you.
Good job. I did the same thing with my captivate a while back!
Always remember to check compatibility. If unsure, keep reading the thread or ask.
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Seems like a hand full of people like to chastise more than help.
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Welcome to XDA.
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Well went to att. They gave me a new phone. They couldnt turn it on either. Guess when it comes to this just act stupid and see what they will do for you.
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Till you see a charge on your bill, showing a modified phone. Soon as the techs report that it has been rooted and so on. Happen to one of my friends. You may see a surprise on your bill....beware
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Till you see a charge on your bill, showing a modified phone. Soon as the techs report that it has been rooted and so on. Happen to one of my friends. You may see a surprise on your bill....beware
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It's unlikely but it can happen.
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Hey guys!
I was flashing roms (been doing it for a long time) but I was on the phone and I was distracted and I accidentally flashed a T-Mo Note 2 rom. No download mode, no recovery and no indicator light when I charge the phone. I was so dumb lol However when I plug it in to my computer there is a sound that the PC makes so my PC does indeed recognize the phone.
So is JTAG mandatory at this stage or do I have any other options?
Thanks yaal!
No other options.
Wow that sucks. The first device I brick accidently was my G2X. I bought a sensation and trying was trying to restore a nandroid backup on the phone and i restore the one from the sensation and not the g2x. Phone wouldnt do nothing.
Go to www.mobiletechvideos.com
They are the best at bringing bricked phones back to life. I bricked my t989 and they had it back to me in 10 days good as new.
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Yes, it's hard bricked for sure and JTAG is the only option. Sorry.
Or if you have insurance just say that you woke up and phone didn't wanted to do anything. And you changed battery and everything. Lol
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Thanks foe the help guys. I was wondering about your opinion on this listing. Seems good (86 sold):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-Hard-bricked-S3-S-3-2-II-III-Riff-Jtag-repair-T999-I747-I717-I727-/271164166372?pt=US_Cell_Phone_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3f22a4d0e4
It is substantially cheaper than mobiletechvids
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Thanks foe the help guys. I was wondering about your opinion on this listing. Seems good (86 sold):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3f22a4d0e4
It is substantially cheaper than mobiletechvids
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Jtag is required, I can't tell you anything about jtagging from ebay, if you trust them and their seller ratings then I guess go ahead. But I'd highly recommend mobiletecgvideos.com if you have the money, high quality professional work. Know this from personal experience.
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Just call tmobile and say you don't know what happened. Being its a hard brick they won't know its modified. My sprint s3 hard bricked too for the same reason. There is no way to know what happened to the phone unless they spend the money and time to pull what software is directly on the chip...which is not economical for them . They will have to jtag or swap boards to refurbish it anyway.
Now here's the decision you need to make...I despise tmobile.s refurbished phones. Its like they just spit in them and send them out as repaired. So you can pay for jtag to keep your phone or tmobile swap.
tmobile s3 running wicked. best rom i've ever used
Pm Tommy1986 he can help
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So long story short, I broke my Samsung Galaxy SIII T999 about a month ago and sent it in to be replaced through my insurance. I thought they had sent me another T999 but instead, they sent me the newer T999L model. I was unaware of this until I managed to hardbrick my new phone by trying to install a firmware for the T999 Model. Lesson learned, 'nuff said.
Now, to my REAL problem.... I've managed to contact a local guy who repairs hardbricked phones via Riff Box/Jtagging. But because this phone is such a new model, there isn't currently an "official" resurrection file out for the T999L. I got in contact with a guy on ebay who repairs phones and he stated that he had created his own resurrection file for the particular model. Buuuuuut he didn't want to share or sell it
Does anyone have access to a T999L resurrection file? I'm a little skeptical of sending my phone to be repaired, just because I've heard stories of phones not being returned and etc. Would my only other option be to perhaps swap out the motherboard on the phone?
Unfortunately, there isn't one. Motodefier and I have been working on creating one, but its not quite ready yet. Almost, but not quite. Ill try to get back to looking at it tonight.
For actual, official firmware, youd have to wait for an update from sammy &T-Mobile.
Our thread is in the development section if you want to take a look.
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Ahhhh, thats what I figured. Well thanks for the clarification I really appreciate it. Good luck on finishing that resurrection file :good:
If you do end up sending it in for repair, check out mobiletechvideos.com
I'd steer clear of the guy who supposedly has it, but won't share it. Sounds shady to me. (He may just be waiting for us to finish it!)
As for mobiletechvideos.com, lots of people have given positive reviews in this forum and I've never seen a negative one.
I've seen one other mentioned here that was just as good but cheaper, but can't remember more than that. Maybe someone else remembers.
Sorry I haven't got ours working btw. Ill be able to get back on it again tonight. I'm not the only one working on it though. So keep an eye on our thread.
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Can you get into the recovery menu? And do you have usb debugging enabled? If so we should be able to reverse the dumps we took of the partitions to get you back up, but I would only want to use this as a last resort, as we are very close to having this odin flashable finished.
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That always sucks man
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Can you get into the recovery menu? And do you have usb debugging enabled? If so we should be able to reverse the dumps we took of the partitions to get you back up, but I would only want to use this as a last resort, as we are very close to having this odin flashable finished.
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Nah dude I'm not able to boot into recovery OR download mode. Completely hard bricked
Dang. That sucks
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Nah dude I'm not able to boot into recovery OR download mode. Completely hard bricked
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Its going to be hard to create an unbrickable mod, which I think is probably what you will need, qualcomm simplified thier pinout configuration for the MSM8960 board to keep us from getting into thier pbl but I know it can be done, we will just have to work on it, I will see what we might be able to come up with software wise for a oneclick unbrick for the T999L. Might be hard without having a bricked device to test it on, I will see if I can find one for sale on ebay or something. Its just a matter of time before it happens regaurdless of who gets it done. No promises but we will work on it. You might check this thread and see if you can get some support to adapt it to the T999L http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023069
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Well hey man, as stated before, thank you guys for your work. I really appreciate it. I do have one last question though.... I technically would be able to swap out the mainboard with another T999L board right? I could also even switch it with a T999 mainboard correct?
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Well hey man, as stated before, thank you guys for your work. I really appreciate it. I do have one last question though.... I technically would be able to swap out the mainboard with another T999L board right? I could also even switch it with a T999 mainboard correct?
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Yes you could swap the T999L main board, but the T999 mainboard is different, it may work but I doubt it, your ribbon cables probably won't match up.
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So as I'm following this op, basically this device is so touchy and so new that a jtag doesnt even exist even with mobiltech vid?
Do we even have a stock firmware t999l tar file for Odin? For the sake of saving it through dload mode?
I'm gonna stay stock until theres some heavy dev work done, don't need a :banghead: hard brick...
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So as I'm following this op, basically this device is so touchy and so new that a jtag doesnt even exist even with mobiltech vid?
Do we even have a stock firmware t999l tar file for Odin? For the sake of saving it through dload mode?
I'm gonna stay stock until theres some heavy dev work done, don't need a :banghead: hard brick...
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We are currently working on it, I think we're getting close, but not quite there yet. I believe DocHoliday77 has finished the md5's you can use in cwm or twrp but you should double check with him, as we are going through so much info, its a little hard to keep up with everything.
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We are currently working on it, I think we're getting close, but not quite there yet. I believe DocHoliday77 has finished the md5's you can use in cwm or twrp but you should double check with him, as we are going through so much info, its a little hard to keep up with everything.
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Is there any solution for this? I think I got in exact same situation, got a replacement phone and figured out they sent me SGH-T999L version only after I flashed
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Is there any solution for this? I think I got in exact same situation, got a replacement phone and figured out they sent me SGH-T999L version only after I flashed
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If you can get it into download mode, this is the full stock untouched odin flashable package http://sourceforge.net/projects/d2ltetmo/files/latest/download
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If you can get it into download mode, this is the full stock untouched odin flashable package http://sourceforge.net/projects/d2ltetmo/files/latest/download
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No, the thing is that is doesnt react to anything, looks like hard bricked... Any way to fix this?
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No, the thing is that is doesnt react to anything, looks like hard bricked... Any way to fix this?
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Your only hope outside of a warranty claim or jtag service would be to buy a jig on ebay, and see if that will do it, I had my samsung vibrant do the same back in the day, and the jig saved me, its worth a shot they are usually only 2-5 bucks, beats buying a new phone.
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Your only hope outside of a warranty claim or jtag service would be to buy a jig on ebay, and see if that will do it, I had my samsung vibrant do the same back in the day, and the jig saved me, its worth a shot they are usually only 2-5 bucks, beats buying a new phone.
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Yeah, thats what I thought and ordered one already. Is recovery process easy as they say in description? They say just plug it in and after 2 sec download logo would appear?
that jtag thing is a micro usb piece probably with some kind of program written in it, why can't developers send those commands through regular usb cable so the phone thinks its jtag?
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Yeah, thats what I thought and ordered one already. Is recovery process easy as they say in description? They say just plug it in and after 2 sec download logo would appear?
that jtag thing is a micro usb piece probably with some kind of program written in it, why can't developers send those commands through regular usb cable so the phone thinks its jtag?
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If the jig works for you, yes it is as easy as they say you will get the download mode logo very quickly after plugging the jig into your phone. If it doesn't work the first time, try borrowing someone else's battery because your battery could possibly be dead, it shouldn't be, but that happened to my Vibrant and I thought it was hardbricked, until I tried another battery, also sometimes the cheaper jigs won't work if your battery isn't fully charged, the one I bought didn't work the second time I used it, battery was around 70-80% I replaced the resistors with some I bought at fry's and it works every time, probably something to do with the quality of resistors being used. If they show a jtag as just a micro usb then its labeled wrong, jtag is usually performed with a riff box, both software and hardware are required to perform a jtag service, and it usually involves getting access to certain contact points on the motherboard, send me the link to what they are calling a jtag I would like to look at it, but most likely it's just a jig, Jtags are pretty expensive because of the type of software they require.
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If the jig works for you, yes it is as easy as they say you will get the download mode logo very quickly after plugging the jig into your phone. If it doesn't work the first time, try borrowing someone else's battery because your battery could possibly be dead, it shouldn't be, but that happened to my Vibrant and I thought it was hardbricked, until I tried another battery, also sometimes the cheaper jigs won't work if your battery isn't fully charged, the one I bought didn't work the second time I used it, battery was around 70-80% I replaced the resistors with some I bought at fry's and it works every time, probably something to do with the quality of resistors being used. If they show a jtag as just a micro usb then its labeled wrong, jtag is usually performed with a riff box, both software and hardware are required to perform a jtag service, and it usually involves getting access to certain contact points on the motherboard, send me the link to what they are calling a jtag I would like to look at it, but most likely it's just a jig, Jtags are pretty expensive because of the type of software they require.
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Yeah, youre right, it's jig http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Jig-Don...Phone_PDA_Cables_Adapters&hash=item51acb6eae7
Do you think it will work?
Another option I saw on ebay you can send your phone to somebody and they fix it for 25-50$ + shipping.