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[Q] Think i've bricked my Nexus

Hi Guys...
I'm a complete Android noob, and an idiot to boot... I bought a UK Galaxy Nexus SIM free last week, and flashed it with ClockworkMod over the weekend in preparation for CM9.
when i went to boot into Recovery, I got the droid with his Chest open, but no options to access anything / ROM / etc...
So I searched the market for a Custom Recovery, thinking this was what I needed... the second i tapped 'install' my phone seemed to trip out (almost like a fuse tripping, but quietly...
Now my phone won't turn on / boot up / or anything... After screaming and shouting at my self for being such a c*ck I looked online at the Market to see what it was I had just installed on my (now) £500 paper weight, and turns out i have installed an ACER tablet recovery image.
I use Mac iOS-X Lion, and my adb won't detect it at all...
What do i do...???? My knowledge of this stuff is... well... not good enough to have been playing around in the first place... can someone please point me in the right direction to get a Samsung Bootloader / recovery / whatever, and tell me how i load it up
thanks

If you have battery pulled and your phone won't turn on, even after charging, there is not much anyone can do.

Oh dear oh dear oh dear...
First thing, pull the battery and put it back in. Then hold down volume up AND down and then press the power button whilst continuing to hold the volume buttons. If you're lucky you'll get into fastboot mode. If you do, you can then flash the stock image back onto the device (see this guide for instruction on that).
Assuming it works, you can thank yourself lucky and walk away safe in the knowledge that READING UP ON THINGS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WILL HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE
Should also point out the above is all for Windows so get yourself a decent OS and you should be OK

It shouldn't brick while flashing recovery - is that all you did? Which app did you use?

danger-rat said:
It shouldn't brick while flashing recovery - is that all you did? Which app did you use?
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It depends on where recovery was flashed (as in, destination of flash).

? why dont you go for where you bought the device ! they will probably take money for fixing it but better thant throw it in the rubbish

Not really the answer i was looking for
Just come off the phone to the person that is looking at it for me... Odin seems to be detecting it, so he 'thinks'... he might be able to push factory firm where back on it... although, its gonna cost me a fortune
Fingers crossed...
Lesson well learnt

danger-rat said:
It shouldn't brick while flashing recovery - is that all you did? Which app did you use?
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Ok... if you want a laugh (at my expense)... I flashed Acer Recovery Installer on to it... was too eager to get it done, and just presumed because it was in the market, it would work
I feel like a complete ar5e and I'm sure if this guy fixes is, I'm gonna be paying top dollar for it...

Lynden2883 said:
Ok... if you want a laugh (at my expense)... I flashed Acer Recovery Installer on to it... was too eager to get it done, and just presumed because it was in the market, it would work
I feel like a complete ar5e and I'm sure if this guy fixes is, I'm gonna be paying top dollar for it...
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You really shouldnt be paying anything for it. It sounds like you could have done it yourself reading through the guides in the dev section...if you aren't going to take the time to read and learn, you shouldn't be rooting and flashing...

lowandbehold said:
You really shouldnt be paying anything for it. It sounds like you could have done it yourself reading through the guides in the dev section...if you aren't going to take the time to read and learn, you shouldn't be rooting and flashing...
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^^^ +10000 this right here sums it all up. You should really take the time to read up on stuff. Then stuff like this won't happen nor will you need to pay for anything. Hopefully it all turns up well
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lowandbehold said:
You really shouldnt be paying anything for it. It sounds like you could have done it yourself reading through the guides in the dev section...if you aren't going to take the time to read and learn, you shouldn't be rooting and flashing...
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xXJay_RXx said:
^^^ +10000 this right here sums it all up. You should really take the time to read up on stuff. Then stuff like this won't happen nor will you need to pay for anything. Hopefully it all turns up well
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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Completely agree with both of you... going to wait till I get it back and leave the messing about with ROMs etc.. to the people who know what they are doing and research it properly

Lynden2883 said:
Ok... if you want a laugh (at my expense)... I flashed Acer Recovery Installer on to it... was too eager to get it done, and just presumed because it was in the market, it would work
I feel like a complete ar5e and I'm sure if this guy fixes is, I'm gonna be paying top dollar for it...
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I wouldn't have charged you to get it working personally, just that you covered the cost of postage
If it can get into ODIN then you should be OK. Get any random Nexus FW on it to get it booting then use the factory images to get the latest official FW back on it and job done

1. Download a valid CWM image to your computer (toro or maguro).
2. Reboot into bootloader mode (hold vol up/down + power with the phone off, or adb reboot bootloader)
3. fastboot flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img
Done.

Berzerker7 said:
1. Download a valid CWM image to your computer (toro or maguro).
2. Reboot into bootloader mode (hold vol up/down + power with the phone off, or adb reboot bootloader)
3. fastboot flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img
Done.
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4. Save your money by doing what Berzerker7 said if it's not too late. They are easy-to-follow instructions.
Terminators run on Android

why don't people read and learn how to root?...I'm getting so tired of seeing the same thread.....read ....research...read more....
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

Lynden2883 said:
Not really the answer i was looking for
Just come off the phone to the person that is looking at it for me... Odin seems to be detecting it, so he 'thinks'... he might be able to push factory firm where back on it... although, its gonna cost me a fortune
Fingers crossed...
what? your actually gonna pay someone to do it?...odin is the easiest tool kit to use...a child could do it...if you cannot use odin, you have no reason even customizing or rooting your phone in the first place...not to sound mean...but one has to read and research like most of us to achieve the things we want out of our devices....most people hear are not gonna hold your hand and do the work for you....read the thread odin toolkit.....it really is so simple I did it my first try to put 2 phones back to stock....what's the worst that can happen?
Lesson well learnt
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[GUIDE]Unbrick a Hard Bricked SPRINT Galaxy S3 (Without JTAG)

OP EDIT: AS MANY OF YOU HAVE NOTICED, I HAVE MOVED ON TO A NEW DEVICE SINCE I POSTED THIS GUIDE. I CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SPRINT GS3 AS (1)I DO NOT HAVE THE DEVICE ANY LONGER AND (2)I HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH DEVELOPMENT AND STOCK ROM RELEASES FOR THE GS3. SORRY FOR THE INCONVIENIENCE. THIS GUIDE CAN STILL BE OF HELP TO PEOPLE AS THE PROCESS HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY IMPROVED (LAST I SAW, YOU DIDN'T NEED A DUAL BOOT). PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEARCH THIS THREAD FIRST BEFORE SENDING ME A PM ASKING FOR HELP. THANK YOU!
Okay. So I hard bricked (yes, I know a noob mistake... we all slip up some times ) my S3 by flashing an Illusion ROM for the i9300. My device was totally unresponsive. No boot screen, no dl mode, no recovery... nothing. This is a total unbrick for those of you who have done the same as I did. There is already a thread on this by gTan64 but it seemed a little vague and it took me awhile to figure it out. So here is my version.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT GUARANTEE THIS TO WORK. DO NOT COME TO ME IF YOUR PHONE EXPLODES OR SOME HOW GOES INTO A WORSE STATE THAN A HARD BRICK (If that's even possible)
CNexus said:
You should also add that this is for the Sprint S3 only. It was made using the aboot from my emmc dump which may or may not fail on other devices.
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What you will need:
A 16GB SD (preferably a Class 10)
A hard bricked S3
A USB cord
A Linux/Windows dual boot computer (Or go use a Linux Live CD)
Stock tar for ODIN
This was all done on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and you will need to be familiar with Terminal and its processes.
You will need this file (thanks to billard412 for pointing this out to me and gTan64 for the DL link ) [gTan64's thread ]
http://www.mediafire.com/download/231uhy6l80jx74n/debrick_sph_l710.img.xz
Okay. Let's Begin.
Assuming that you are already on a Linux machine, here's what you need to do.
1. Make sure you have no external USB/HDDs attached to your machine. Insert your SD card to a reader. You will need to identify the letter of the SD card. You can do that by opening up Terminal and enter the following
>>>Sudo su
(Enter your password here)
>>>dmesg | tail
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You only need to use the part that says "sd[your card letter]". That is the your SD card's letter. DO NOT USE THE ONE THAT HAS THE NUMBER. For example: sdc1 <<< That is a partition of the SD card, not the actual root of the SD card itself. If you use the wrong letter, YOU COULD WIPE YOUR HARD DRIVE.
Or go use GParted (Just look for it in the Applications drawer in Ubuntu) for an easier method.
2. Unzip the s3 unbrick file on to your desktop. Now go back to the Terminal. You should still have root privileges so there is no need to enter "Sudo Su" again. Enter the following.
WARNING: THIS WILL ERASE THE ENTIRE SD CARD.
>>>dd if=[drag the unzipped unbrick img onto the terminal] of=/dev/sd[your card letter]
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This should write the img file to the SD.
3. After it's done writing the img, take out your SD card and put it into your phone. With the battery in the phone, insert the SD card, plug the phone into your machine, and try to boot to DL mode via the usual method. This WILL take several tries and possibly rewriting the img file to SD card again to work.
4. If you were lucky enough to boot to DL mode, boot back to Windows and then I suggest you go and download a stock MD4 (as of 18July2013) tar file and ODIN yourself back to stock and go on from there. Btw, if you don't ODIN back to stock, your phone WILL STILL BE BRICKED. This is because the phone is using the SD card to boot to DL mode.
I suggest that you keep that SD card as your "OH SH*T, I HBRICKED" rescue card.
If you were successful, don't forget to hit up that thanks button and buy me a cheap coffee!
LINKS:
STOCK Firmwares: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SPH-L710
STOCK(Rooted or Unrooted Exe/.gz): http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=233
Special Thanks to:
billard412 for linking me to the thread
gTan64 for the unbrick img
CNexus for helping me edit this guide and giving me advice.
And the many others whose usernames I've forgotten that have tried to help me in my quest for a solution for a Hard Bricked S3
If you know who you are, PM me and I'll add you to the Thanks list.

You should put to the link to the original thread, you didn't come up with this.
Aaron Swartz, Rest in Pixels.

This is the Original post on this method, it appears that there have been 2 successful attempts with this method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43305728
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edfunkycold said:
This is the Original post on this method, it appears that there have been 2 successful attempts with this method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43305728
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Been looking for that link. I saw this method last night. I couldn't make heads or tails out of it because it was so vague. I just revamped it a lil. His method says that you don't need to plug your phone in to the computer. I guess that's the only difference. Thanks!

edfunkycold said:
This is the Original post on this method, it appears that there have been 2 successful attempts with this method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43305728
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Edited OP to include the said thread, various links for the TARs and added a Special Thanks at the bottom.

You should also add that this is for the Sprint S3 only. It was made using the aboot from my emmc dump which may or may not fail on other devices.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)

CNexus said:
You should also add that this is for the Sprint S3 only. It was made using the aboot from my emmc dump which may or may not fail on other devices.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)
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I should probably add that to the title, but I can't seem to find the edit button for it (I haven't started a lot of threads)

deBricker said:
I should probably add that to the title, but I can't seem to find the edit button for it (I haven't started a lot of threads)
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Edit your post and it will be at the top (mobile). Click edit then advanced and it will take you to another screen where you can edit the title if on a computer.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)

This should help some of the people on Sprint GS3 forums who are constantly bricking their phones. But then again, not everyone here knows how to use Linux or how to search.

CNexus said:
Edit your post and it will be at the top (mobile). Click edit then advanced and it will take you to another screen where you can edit the title if on a computer.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)
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Got it. OP updated. Yet again. This thread has gotta be one of the most updated threads in one day. lol

joeyhdownsouth said:
This should help some of the people on Sprint GS3 forums who are constantly bricking their phones. But then again, not everyone here knows how to use Linux.:good:
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That's why I included the information on how to get the SD card letter. (It took me a while to find it myself, but Google was my friend )

deBricker said:
That's why I included the information on how to get the SD card letter. (It took me a while to find it myself, but Google was my friend )
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I suggest that you suggest for the user to install and use GParted to find the device block instead. People in a rush may accidentally flash this image to their hard drives and brick their computers (the irony).
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)

Thanks for sharing and more so for your service. +100000

Thanks
Thanks for this. Glad I'm not the only person who forgots to check ROMs properly before flashing.
You gave me hope that all is not lost yet.
Going to try this tonight.
And if this works I am going to push you to market this...
sell and ship a SD card to those silly brick makers.

That would not be reasonable as this is not the OP's method.
Sent from my buttered S3

Would this work for either size SGS3? either way cool guide gives me a little more hope if i ever do brick

do this work on windows

the debricker said:
do this work on windows
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No
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Question
Question OP, when you bricked, did phone respond at all?
Only output I get is when I plug phone in to charger without battery. Red LED
Other then that, no response. No buttons respond at all.
I created SD as stated. Verified image created on SD. Inserted SD into phone, installed battery.
I get no response when trying to power on, enter DL mode.
Any other info would be greatly appreciated.

jaymaj said:
Question OP, when you bricked, did phone respond at all?
Only output I get is when I plug phone in to charger without battery. Red LED
Other then that, no response. No buttons respond at all.
I created SD as stated. Verified image created on SD. Inserted SD into phone, installed battery.
I get no response when trying to power on, enter DL mode.
Any other info would be greatly appreciated.
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If memory serves me right, the op was in the same boat. Took a few attempts as well. Try to reformat and reflash the SD image.
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the debricker said:
do this work on windows
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I believe this can be done with cygwin too

[Q] Bricked with out custon rom??

So I think my phone is hard bricked. I was on G+ ealier today, clicked on a link that opened Chrome. got through a third of the web page and my phone freezes then the screen goes black... I have tried every troubleshoot trick provided by tmobile and samsung and the phone wont respond in any way. Just a black screen. Is it possible to brick your phone with out trying to flash a custom ROM??? The only thing new I have done in the past week was install "graph ti89" and "aviate." I dont know if this has anything to do with it but tmobile has being try to get me to install the kitkat OTA for the last week and I keep ignoring it.

just update
jcampana28 said:
So I think my phone is hard bricked. I was on G+ ealier today, clicked on a link that opened Chrome. got through a third of the web page and my phone freezes then the screen goes black... I have tried every troubleshoot trick provided by tmobile and samsung and the phone wont respond in any way. Just a black screen. Is it possible to brick your phone with out trying to flash a custom ROM??? The only thing new I have done in the past week was install "graph ti89" and "aviate." I dont know if this has anything to do with it but tmobile has being try to get me to install the kitkat OTA for the last week and I keep ignoring it.
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Hi,
Do the update or factory reset your phone. You can always use KIES also.
Ms. K

Ms. K said:
Hi,
Do the update or factory reset your phone. You can always use KIES also.
Ms. K
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Thanks for your input but the phone won't turn on at all. Can'T turn it on to update. Won't go into safe mode by pressing vol. up&home&power. When I plug it into the computer it says it needs drivers for "QHSUSB_BULK." Kies doesn't see it as a connected device...

If you haven't done anything to the phone why not call Tmobile and get a replacement..
Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused Note 3

deeznutz1977 said:
If you haven't done anything to the phone why not call Tmobile and get a replacement..
Sent from my bad ass Kryon infused Note 3
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because i'd like to recover the data that is on the phone.

jcampana28 said:
because i'd like to recover the data that is on the phone.
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A few threads down you would have found this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47555043
My recovery image is here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?6nu61z43y51v3k4
You need a 32 GB sd card and some luck. Also reading is a requirement.
Yours may be a special case though, as you claim nothing was going on besides you clicked a link. Should have absolutely nothing to do with ota, and everyone else who had done this was messing with their phone. This definitely works for 4.3, but no one had reported working on 4.4 (you were on 4.3 anyways). Good luck.
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noobtoob said:
A few threads down you would have found this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47555043
My recovery image is here: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?6nu61z43y51v3k4
You need a 32 GB sd card and some luck. Also reading is a requirement.
Yours may be a special case though, as you claim nothing was going on besides you clicked a link. Should have absolutely nothing to do with ota, and everyone else who had done this was messing with their phone. This definitely works for 4.3, but no one had reported working on 4.4 (you were on 4.3 anyways). Good luck.
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Mr Noobtoob, has anyone reported un-bricking a N900t running 4.4.2 (1st release, believe it ends in N94 or similar, NOT NE6)?
If so, did they do anything different?
Be well.

golfcartguy said:
Mr Noobtoob, has anyone reported un-bricking a N900t running 4.4.2 (1st release, believe it ends in N94 or similar, NOT NE6)?
If so, did they do anything different?
Be well.
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I have not seen a successful report back of the nb4 firmware. Doesn't mean it doesn't work, just don't have confirmation.
Fusionized tweaking tapatalker here...

Thanks for the quick response!
Going to try, and will report back.
To clarify, it must be a Class 10 microsd card, and must be the same size (32gb), 1st formatted to exfat, correct?
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golfcartguy said:
To clarify, it must be a Class 10 microsd card, and must be the same size (32gb), 1st formatted to exfat, correct?
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Those are the magic ingredients!
Frank

Frank Westlake said:
Those are the magic ingredients!
Frank
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Got it! So, to be clear;
1st - Format class 10 card to Exfat file system or structure
2nd - Using Win32Diskmapper, just point to the file (in my case kk900tunbrick image) and write to card. *Nothing special, should I verify Md5 sum, or just leave it as default settings?
3rd, Proceed to attempt to Unbrick (Battery at 100%, Put Sd card in slot, Then Add Battery, Connect cable - some say, some say doesn't matter, to computer, then attempt to boot with button sequence to download mode, or may boot by itself?)
Also, if the 1st image I downloaded does not work, can I reformat or wipe the sd card and start again with the other file (I believe a Pit file??)

[Q] Phone is bricked, tried the tutorial

Hey guys, this is my first post so bare with me:
So a few days ago I bought a Galaxy SIII T-mobile SGH-T999 that was unlocked.
I had rooted it, modded it, and then I downloaded new bootloaders to upgrade to 10.2 CM, however it bricked. I went to the video tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 and tried using the WINDOWS method. But to no avail. I am incredibly new to this, and needed some help.
To give you an idea as to what happens when I try to do the windows steps:
I get the SGH-T999 Image (Not for 4.3 debrick)
Then I get the win32diskmanager
Once I install and unzip the image and put it into my SD Card, I do as the instructions say and place the SD card in the phone (and pray) that it turns on. It does not, so I inspect the SD card. It goes from 16GB to 63MB. And I unexpectedly get just one folder titled "image", but nothing else.
Any ideas or help guys? Please and thank you!

Also, another thing.
Do I have to do the coding in linux? And if so, can't I use command prompt or something to not have to install it on my computer?

Use the linux livecd. It'll boot the Linux OS from disc, then when you take it out and reboot you be back on your Windows install. Though its been shown to work, I personally still feel the Linux method is the better method to try. Plus you can use the parted command as instructed to verify the sdcard was created correctly. Not sure right now how to tell with Windows...
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DocHoliday77 said:
Use the linux livecd. It'll boot the Linux OS from disc, then when you take it out and reboot you be back on your Windows install. Though its been shown to work, I personally still feel the Linux method is the better method to try. Plus you can use the parted command as instructed to verify the sdcard was created correctly. Not sure right now how to tell with Windows...
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Thank you for getting back to me!
Alright, I'll try that, will probably be back here in a little while to confirm. Giving my last try with the simple disk manager and boot method. If that doesn't work I'm gonna have to go with this.
Thank you again!

DocHoliday77 said:
Use the linux livecd. It'll boot the Linux OS from disc, then when you take it out and reboot you be back on your Windows install. Though its been shown to work, I personally still feel the Linux method is the better method to try. Plus you can use the parted command as instructed to verify the sdcard was created correctly. Not sure right now how to tell with Windows...
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Hey Doc,
I installed ubuntu and ran it, got up to the code dmesg | tail and it kept telling me my SD card was unmounted properly or something. I could definitely use some help :/

I'm not sure right off hand...will have to be at my computer to try and see what's going on. Its been a looong time since I had to do it so I can't really give pointers right now. And just tbh, I may not make it back onto my computer till late tomorrow. Spent the entire day in the ER and I'm not sure yet what tomorrow will bring. If I can get to this sooner though, I will.
@KAsp3rd
Do you have any ideas that might help here?
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DocHoliday77 said:
I'm not sure right off hand...will have to be at my computer to try and see what's going on. Its been a looong time since I had to do it so I can't really give pointers right now. And just tbh, I may not make it back onto my computer till late tomorrow. Spent the entire day in the ER and I'm not sure yet what tomorrow will bring. If I can get to this sooner though, I will.
@KAsp3rd
Do you have any ideas that might help here?
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I hope everything goes well! Thank you for at least getting back to me

Also, another thing, let me detail what my steps have been. I've possibly been doing it completely wrong.
For the Windows steps:
1. Installed Windows disk writer from post and debricked img onto desktop. (not 4.3)
2. Placed my 16GB SD card in the adapter and into the slot.
3. Write the img into the sd card.
4. Once finished, take it out the SD card from the adapter.
5. Take battery off of phone, as well as SIM card.
6. Inset SD card into phone, then insert battery and press the power button.
7. Nothing happens.
For the windows case, when I look to see what was written into the SD Card, it goes from 16GB to 63MB.
In the Linux terminal option:
1. Run ubuntu once
2. Install appropriate image
3. Run terminal and type sudo su
4. Insert SD card
5. Type dmesg | tail
6. Errors me to check disk (possibly damaged)
I just bought the SD card so I don't even ><

Try formatting the card using the utility from http://sdcard.off
You could also try formatting it using another android device. Is it a generlic or lesser known brand.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Try formatting the card using the utility from http://sdcard.off
You could also try formatting it using another android device. Is it a generlic or lesser known brand.
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It's SanDisk, very known, also the link is broken i believe?

Lol, damn auto correct!
Http://sdcard.org
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OK, that's weird, never had tapatalk screw up a link like that.... Just type in sdcard.org manually and it should work....
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DocHoliday77 said:
Lol, damn auto correct!
Http://sdcard.org
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OK, that's weird, never had tapatalk screw up a link like that.... Just type in sdcard.org manually and it should work....
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Haha you're fine! No worries lol. I'll try it once Im off of work, thank you again truly!

:crying::crying::crying:
Tried the format, then I went to load it via windows, and nothing. Nothing at all. It saved the file "image' on the SD card but it does not do anything when I put it in the Cell phone.

Nevermind! SD Card is reading properly on ubuntu! Now I have another issue to deal with:
I wrote the sudo su code and dmesg | tail codes no problem. However when I get into the ls -lah debrick/ portion, it tells me that the file doesnt exist there. So I went back to the OP from 2013 and wrote the "if=/....of=/..." code with the proper location of the file and nothing. Any tips?

Alright, so I finally got ubuntu to run the codes and it wrote the 23 partitions on it.
However, when I go to turn it on, nothing. I go back to check what has been written on the sd card and its 63MB...again.
Do I need to use a USB-to-SD Card adapter or the adapter that came with my card? This is day 4 of no phone lol.

You may need to run through the whole process several tined before it finally works. This happened to a number of people, including me. Also if you have other sdcards available, try them as well. Some simply just won't work. I'm not aware of any good way to tell which ones will or won't work without trying them though. Usually, genuine brand, 16gb+, class 6 or better has the best chance. But I have seen generic class 4 cards work where others wouldn't.
One more thing, I suggest continuing this in the debrick thread. More people who are familiar with it will have a better chance at seeing it. Plus I feel its best to keep as much related info in one thread when possible. If we find a solution, it will be much easier for others to find it in the future if its posted in the thread they start with.
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DocHoliday77 said:
You may need to run through the whole process several tined before it finally works. This happened to a number of people, including me. Also if you have other sdcards available, try them as well. Some simply just won't work. I'm not aware of any good way to tell which ones will or won't work without trying them though. Usually, genuine brand, 16gb+, class 6 or better has the best chance. But I have seen generic class 4 cards work where others wouldn't.
One more thing, I suggest continuing this in the debrick thread. More people who are familiar with it will have a better chance at seeing it. Plus I feel its best to keep as much related info in one thread when possible. If we find a solution, it will be much easier for others to find it in the future if its posted in the thread they start with.
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Yeah that was my original intent however the boards won't let you post into that section until the user made 10 posts. I'll let them know. Thank you again, sir. Honestly without you I would have been in step 1.

I know. That's why I didn't suggest it till now. I'll still try to help there, but hopefully the op, KAsp3rd will have some thoughts to share. He's much more familiar with Linux than I am. He just isnt as active here as he used to be. Anyway, my best advice right now is don't give up! I know it can be frustrating, and there's still no guarantee it'll work, but if it does, you'll be glad you tried over and over and over!
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no operating system on smg920p......at all!

I flashed the renegade rom and my phone kept going into twrp on its own. In recovery I tried to fix but think I stripped the phone completely. The bar code that you get to by hitting home instead of up in down load mode says MEID 000 000 0000. Phone wouldn't let me make a back up because of insufficient space. I knew better than to proceed. If anyone can help me out you would be a god send. The phone is a Boost Mobile smg920p

Never mind, thought I had the same problem you got.

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I flashed the renegade rom and my phone kept going into twrp on its own. In recovery I tried to fix but think I stripped the phone completely. The bar code that you get to by hitting home instead of up in down load mode says MEID 000 000 0000. Phone wouldn't let me make a back up because of insufficient space. I knew better than to proceed. If anyone can help me out you would be a god send. The phone is a Boost Mobile smg920p
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I would go here and download the latest firmware: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G920P/
Then download Odin from here: http://www.samsungodindownload.com/
Then follow this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv0BnfpNxEs
That should restore the stock operating system.

Ok. I tried that. It flashed for about 8 minutes but when it rebooted it threw out a bunch of red texts saying "can't mount" literally everything from cache to system .....partition. It still has the renegade boot logo but stays there. Odin mode says official but the operating system will not load up. I got the stock recovery back but that's it. Hello by the way I can't see a thank you button. Do I just text thanks? I noticed it says I've given no thanks please don't get me wrong. I greatly appreciate everything that XDA has helped me out with. Very much so

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Ok. I tried that. It flashed for about 8 minutes but when it rebooted it threw out a bunch of red texts saying "can't mount" literally everything from cache to system .....partition. It still has the renegade boot logo but stays there. Odin mode says official but the operating system will not load up. I got the stock recovery back but that's it. Hello by the way I can't see a thank you button. Do I just text thanks? I noticed it says I've given no thanks please don't get me wrong. I greatly appreciate everything that XDA has helped me out with. Very much so
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Hello back at you and don't worry about the thanks, I will take that as given.
I can't really help you with what seems to be a partition error, I just don't have the expertise. But I will try to find someone who can.

Awesome! Thank you!

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Awesome! Thank you!
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Flashing a PIT file should help. What I would do is flash the PIT file, boot to stock recovery, perform a full factory wipe, boot to download and try flashing the full stock tar. Or sell it to me (just kidding I just really want an s6!)
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Thank you sir! That was pretty much what I come up with researching but I wasn't for sure and messing with pit files and what not is beyond my comfort zone. Now here's the kicker... I believe sprint is the only one that I can't find the pitfall for on the web. You wouldn't happen to know anywhere I can go to get that file with you? And thank you again I paid full price for this phone and sure would hate to have ruined it for good.

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Thank you sir! That was pretty much what I come up with researching but I wasn't for sure and messing with pit files and what not is beyond my comfort zone. Now here's the kicker... I believe sprint is the only one that I can't find the pitfall for on the web. You wouldn't happen to know anywhere I can go to get that file with you? And thank you again I paid full price for this phone and sure would hate to have ruined it for good.
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Its not covered under warranty? I don't see how anything you did, unless you were messing around with dd in a terminal and doing senseless things, would cause the data to get corrupt. I would play dumb if you honestly didn't flash it with anything obviously stupid lol.
But I have never needed the PIT file, so I don't have one. Just keep scavenging the internet for it. I'll try as well.
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Thank you sir! That was pretty much what I come up with researching but I wasn't for sure and messing with pit files and what not is beyond my comfort zone. Now here's the kicker... I believe sprint is the only one that I can't find the pitfall for on the web. You wouldn't happen to know anywhere I can go to get that file with you? And thank you again I paid full price for this phone and sure would hate to have ruined it for good.
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Which version of the Sprint S6 do you have? Meaning, what size variant do you have?

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Smg920p

Oh!! 32gig

What happened was I flash the renegade rom and it would run for about a minute two minutes and then reboot into recovery. I don't know for sure but it seems like I might have got a bad download or what I'm not sure

Extracting PIT FIle Error?
I have been trying to extract the PIT file from my phone, using ADB but get an error.
Method: Described here - http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-extract-pit-file-from-samsung-galaxy-devices/
With Super User granted on phone (approved through SuperSU) I enter:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176
What I get back is:
=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176 <
dd: /dev/block/mmcblk0: No such file or directory
Anyone know what I am missing?

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I have been trying to extract the PIT file from my phone, using ADB but get an error.
Method: Described here - http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-extract-pit-file-from-samsung-galaxy-devices/
With Super User granted on phone (approved through SuperSU) I enter:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176
What I get back is:
=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176 <
dd: /dev/block/mmcblk0: No such file or directory
Anyone know what I am missing?
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Yeah the block location isn't there. I don't have the s6 or I'd look for it. I was gonna steal my brothers tomorrow and try.
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What happened was I flash the renegade rom and it would run for about a minute two minutes and then reboot into recovery. I don't know for sure but it seems like I might have got a bad download or what I'm not sure
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Maybe a bad flash. But you should still be able to Odin the stock tar and everything should work without error.
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Smg920p
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@Ccrawler here is a PIT I made. I do not take any responsibility if anything happens that causes your device to break. However, I say that only to cover my a$$, and would flash this on my own S6 if I had one without asking. I made it myself, hopefully it does the trick for you.
PIT Magic CAN open this and read all partitions on it so it should work. I used my brothers Sprint Galaxy S6 to make it. He has the 32GB version too.

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@Ccrawler here is a PIT I made. I do not take any responsibility if anything happens that causes your device to break. However, I say that only to cover my a$$, and would flash this on my own S6 if I had one without asking. I made it myself, hopefully it does the trick for you.
PIT Magic CAN open this and read all partitions on it so it should work. I used my brothers Sprint Galaxy S6 to make it. He has the 32GB version too.
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You, sir, are a god among men. I could not find a 920 PIT. I would love for you to post the command that you used to create it.
 @Ccrawler, please let us know how this works for you.

Yes, God I agree, I will give this a try. I believe I can flash the pit threw it in am I correct? Thank you koop1955 for getting all this pulled together for me you are much appreciated. Elesbb, thank you sir. At the moment the phone is doing nothing for me so I will most definitely try it and it couldn't hurt me anymore than at the position I'm in. I will get back with you all and let you know whether it works or not. You both have made me a happy man today.

Stupid voice text I meant I should be able to flash it through Odin, right?

Ahhh, the thumbs up is the thanks button!!