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[Q] Flashed the WRONG firmware on Galaxy s2 (Epic 4g Touch)

Ok so as you all know i'm a newbie.. I didn't know there was like 6 different models of Galaxy s2's so being dumb I download the 4.0.3. ics firmware thinking it was for my galaxy and it turns out my model is a sph-d710 and the firmware i downloaded was a international galaxy model gt-i9100. Two different phones, wrong flash with odin.:/
I'm stuck with a brick i'm not sure soft brick or hard brick and i don't know what to do! my phone when pressing power on it goes to a triangle saying to recovery with kies. can't get to download, or recovery mode. so i decided to make a usb jig and this is what it says in download mode.
FACTORY MODE:
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9100(used to say sph-d710)
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
When i connect to pc it isn't detected by microsoft acts like nothing is plugged in, kies, and odin don't work either. i tried every port a billion times disconnecting and reconnecting. i even tried downloading the gt-i9100 driver to see if that worked and no luck.
Anybody, help? I miss my phone.
Thank you.

Did you try a different cord?
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Jtag is the only thing that will fix it .. sprint and act stupid may get it replaced also but there is no fix except jtag
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nothing will help you except a jtag. now you know at least. alot of people have done this. you aren't the only one. jtag or returning it to sprint with some real good story. good luck man.

You can get into download mode, so try a different computer. If that failes, $50 for jtag service.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/

jerryparid said:
You can get into download mode, so try a different computer. If that failes, $50 for jtag service.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
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It will always go into download mode but when flashing international version it disables USB port and will never connect in Odin
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Epix4G said:
It will always go into download mode but when flashing international version it disables USB port and will never connect in Odin
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That is not true all the time. I flashed an international firmware version on my phone and it still did connect through odin. Thank god. Can you still access recovery? I was able to but I couldn't access my sd card but I was able to access internal storage which did not help me as I had no roms on there.

The issue is not the international ROM per se. It is the international bootloader. If you flash that, then nobody has been able to get their phone recognized in a USB port. Some packages do and some packages don't include the bootloader, so you could have flashed an international ROM w/o flashing the intl bootloader.

ty i have the same problem and i couldnt figure nothing out so basically at this point the phone is a paper weight? unless you can come up with a hell of a story to tell sprint and if sprint buys the story can they fix your phone right there on the spot free of charge?

Jtag the device.
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dead i747m

hi, i was reading about bootloader that it has to be unlocked in order to flash custom roms
i did download ez unlock from play store and did unlocked the boot loader but it was not recognizing at status even after the operation (status unknown)
i have i747M rooted
now i powered off the phone wanting to save the rom(again) thru CWM but it wont boot for nothing even pluged charger is not recognized
i have saved once the image so i have it on my sd
what can i do to get my phone back to life?
thanks for your help

Well, if you would have read anything, ez unlock is for verizon only. So, unless your phone shows any sign of life, you need to jtag.
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i realized after read some more but never thought it will die after reboot
anywaw phone is totally dead no sign at all
were do i find some step by step to debrick
i found some info but not for i747m
i wanna do it right this time
thanks

JTAG is best left to the pros unless you are familar with it. I believe user AdamOutler does it as well as mobiletechvideos.com
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my friends anybody can tell me i can flash the bootloader with odin ?
i have a copy of the bootloader i guess i did before installing CWM only thing is on the phone internal storage that i cant acces
is there a way of accesing the internal storage of my phone as bricked?
if i plug the phone thru usb it gives me the qhusb dload driver missing
can i use odin to flash the bootloader if i can retreive it from my internal storage?
or is there a file i can download for i747m?
or if the only way is jtag i can do it myself just cant find my way to info
thanks for any info

adika9 said:
my friends anybody can tell me i can flash the bootloader with odin ?
i have a copy of the bootloader i guess i did before installing CWM only thing is on the phone internal storage that i cant acces
is there a way of accesing the internal storage of my phone as bricked?
if i plug the phone thru usb it gives me the qhusb dload driver missing
can i use odin to flash the bootloader if i can retreive it from my internal storage?
or is there a file i can download for i747m?
or if the only way is jtag i can do it myself just cant find my way to info
thanks for any info
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If you can't boot into download or restore, and if odin doesn't recognize, I can almost guarantee you that you have hard-bricked your s3. Your bootloader is messed up, and can only be restored through JTAG. For you to de-brick it yourself, you'll need to shell out a couple hundred dollars to buy the equipment, or you can send it to someone who offers the service for a smaller fee. If you need some suggestions, pm me.

i found driver for the phone so i guess it communicates with odin 1.85
i would like to try flashing a boot image for my phone I747MVLALH1 i think this is for virgin(bell)
anybody have one ?or know were i can download one?
i really have to try anything to get my phone back to life as i have some important data that i need asap
thanks

seriossly nobody have a solution for my problem other than buyng a riff box or sending it for repair?
im really interested to try things
thanks

adika9 said:
i found driver for the phone so i guess it communicates with odin 1.85
i would like to try flashing a boot image for my phone I747MVLALH1 i think this is for virgin(bell)
anybody have one ?or know were i can download one?
i really have to try anything to get my phone back to life as i have some important data that i need asap
thanks
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So your phone shows up in odin?

adika9 said:
seriossly nobody have a solution for my problem other than buyng a riff box or sending it for repair?
im really interested to try things
thanks
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Can you put your phone in download mode or in Clockwork mode? If yes you can download firmware HERE. Good luck

adika9 said:
seriossly nobody have a solution for my problem other than buyng a riff box or sending it for repair?
im really interested to try things
thanks
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I don't see how you don't understand after all the replies... If your phone shows NO sign of life, (I.e. no download mode) You MUST either JTAG or wait for the SD/Hardware hack one of the Devs is working on.
That's it. End of story.
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im not sure if having the qualcomm driver installed will communicate with odin
only odin that recognizez the phone is version 1.85 and the port is with yellow but it wont go past msg "setup connection" when trying to flash
so i know that jtag is the sollution but im wondering if there is other solution than jtag
i found a post in the i9300 section that it could be unbricked with a procedure but im not sure its aplicable to i747m
anybody tryed to unbrick a hardbrick i747m other than jtag with riffbox ?
thanks

RPelham said:
I don't see how you don't understand after all the replies... If your phone shows NO sign of life, (I.e. no download mode) You MUST either JTAG or wait for the SD/Hardware hack one of the Devs is working on.
That's it. End of story.
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well i do understand a lot of things but if the replyes were :"u cannot solve it without JTAG or there is a fix in the works but not done yet" it would be better understood
the fact is i really wanted to try things that maybe other members dont even wanna touch

I'm assuming you have but doesn't get explicitly stated. But you have tried pulling batter. Putting back in then hold down the volume down key, home button and power but then after 2 seconds phone should vibrate so u let go of power button but continue holding the other 2.
Or the same method but holding power up.
To get you into either download or recovery mode.
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zerogood said:
I'm assuming you have but doesn't get explicitly stated. But you have tried pulling batter. Putting back in then hold down the volume down key, home button and power but then after 2 seconds phone should vibrate so u let go of power button but continue holding the other 2.
Or the same method but holding power up.
To get you into either download or recovery mode.
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thanks for this info but my phone got hardbricked because i unlocked the bootloader by mistake and it got corrupt i guess, and none of those actions work

try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068

[Q] Slimbean Brick

So I flashed the latest Slimbean last night and it instabricked my phone. Total failure. After I rebooted the phone would turn on, wont charge, wont go into recovery or download mode. Yes I flashed correctly and yes the battery was charged. This is probably the 10th rom i've tried with this phone. Any help out there?

Make sure you're trying to boot into download using the correct combo (Vol down + power + home buttons) use Vol up for recovery.
Make sure the file you downloaded is for US GS3 codename "d2att,d2tmo, or d2ca" and not anything international.
If you didn't flash anything international or from another phone you shouldn't be bricked.
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Hmm, maybe I did flash the I9300 one, but even so. Why would that mess with my recovery/download?

The I9300 flash contains a kernel specific to I9300, not I747 or I747M...

blaze0303 said:
Hmm, maybe I did flash the I9300 one, but even so. Why would that mess with my recovery/download?
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Because the international versions hardware is COMPLETELY different than US version.
If you did flash international version you're completely out of luck, you're bricked and your phone is now a paperweight. Sorry bud.
Only thing that can bring it back to life is JTAG service.
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Not good, when I get off of work i'll look more into it. Thanks guys.
Edit: When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download. Can I flash from Odin with this or does that mean it needs jtag?

blaze0303 said:
Not good, when I get off of work i'll look more into it. Thanks guys.
Edit: When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download. Can I flash from Odin with this or does that mean it needs jtag?
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Download Kies to get drivers then disable or uninstall kies so it doesn't disturb Odin. Flash stock ROM with Odin and you should be good to go. You'd need to get into download mode though on the phone. If you can't, I'd say you can only JTAG.
Course, I've never bricked my device. That's just what I gathered based on the little bit I just read up on. Good luck. :thumbup:
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busarov said:
Download Kies to get drivers then disable or uninstall kies so it doesn't disturb Odin. Flash stock ROM with Odin and you should be good to go. You'd need to get into download mode though on the phone. If you can't, I'd say you can only JTAG.
Course, I've never bricked my device. That's just what I gathered based on the little bit I just read up on. Good luck. :thumbup:
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As stated by busarov, if your device is seen by your PC there is still hope!
Try Odin as many times as you can as long as your device is visible.
I've read its taken up to 5 times times for some users to get it to work after flashing international firmware.
Just don't use Kies. Since your device is rooted it will have problems. Stick to Odin.
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Thanks to both of you.

Slimbean didn't brick your phone u flashed wrong file should clear that up.....good luck on repair

jayRokk said:
As stated by busarov, if your device is seen by your PC there is still hope!
Try Odin as many times as you can as long as your device is visible.
I've read its taken up to 5 times times for some users to get it to work after flashing international firmware.
Just don't use Kies. Since your device is rooted it will have problems. Stick to Odin.
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There is not necessarily hope. The PC can still register a generic USB device on a hard brick. Unless the phone can be put into download mode, either by Volume Down + Home + Power or by homemade/purchased USB JIG, I'm afraid a JTAG is your only recourse.
Keep in mind if the device does not turn on at all, no vibrations, no flicker of light, even after a battery pull, and the only sign is a red LED turns on when plugged into the charger, the phone is hard bricked and will require a JIG (not guaranteed) or a JTAG.
Brooklynsour said:
Slimbean didn't brick your phone u flashed wrong file should clear that up.....good luck on repair
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Agreed, even though you flashed a Slimbean ROM, it was for the incorrect variant. Your thread title should be changed to reflect that, as it may cause new users to be fearful when flashing that ROM.
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It's going to require jtag service. I can't change the title of the thread, but if a mod wants to, please go ahead.

blaze0303 said:
It's going to require jtag service. I can't change the title of the thread, but if a mod wants to, please go ahead.
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That stinks. At least it an option for us on Samsung devices. Mobiletechvideos.com for jtag is fairly quick from what I have heard. Good luck to you

blaze0303 said:
When plugged in to shows qhsusb_download.
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Yep, that's a hard brick alright.
I used this JTAG service for my D2att S3 and it worked out great.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JTAG-Brick-...765?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab7c66a45

[Q] Tmobile Samsung galaxy S3 sgh-t999 is hard bricked, need help

Hi I have a samsung galaxt s3 sgh-t999, I rooted my phone with no problems and wanted to be able to move apps to sd card so I went to rom manager and clicked on partition sd card and it said it was going to reboot it shut off and now it wont turn back on, wont go into recovery mode, if i plug it into the computer, the computer dont pick it up, when i plug in the charger it does nothing... I really need help, is there away to fix it or do I have a $500 door stop or paper weight??? all help appreciated

I too Have a T999L that is hard bricked. No issues rooting. used swapper 2 and link2sd and got hard bricked. I am running du_d2tmo-2013-10-14 rom 4.3 JB. I attempted the debrick method using both nix and winblows.. no results whatsoever . not a single error. in fact, i cannot get my T999L to do anything at all. i plug it into the pc and IF the battery is out, the red light comes on. with the battery in, it does nothing at all. ANY help would be greatly appreciated

shawzaw said:
Hi I have a samsung galaxt s3 sgh-t999, I rooted my phone with no problems and wanted to be able to move apps to sd card so I went to rom manager and clicked on partition sd card and it said it was going to reboot it shut off and now it wont turn back on, wont go into recovery mode, if i plug it into the computer, the computer dont pick it up, when i plug in the charger it does nothing... I really need help, is there away to fix it or do I have a $500 door stop or paper weight??? all help appreciated
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Can you get into download mode? Does it show up on Odin? If it does then flash a root66 img root66_TMO_T999UVUEMJC for my Tmobile T999 This is what I used when I thought my phone was bricked. I used Odin to flash TWRP recovery and then format, and flash a custom rom. Good luck

shawzaw said:
Hi I have a samsung galaxt s3 sgh-t999, I rooted my phone with no problems and wanted to be able to move apps to sd card so I went to rom manager and clicked on partition sd card and it said it was going to reboot it shut off and now it wont turn back on, wont go into recovery mode, if i plug it into the computer, the computer dont pick it up, when i plug in the charger it does nothing... I really need help, is there away to fix it or do I have a $500 door stop or paper weight??? all help appreciated
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Rom Manager most likely partitioned your INTERNAL SD Card instead. You'd have to Flash Root66 for Android 4.2 via Odin.
BlazeUser said:
I too Have a T999L that is hard bricked. No issues rooting. used swapper 2 and link2sd and got hard bricked. I am running du_d2tmo-2013-10-14 rom 4.3 JB. I attempted the debrick method using both nix and winblows.. no results whatsoever . not a single error. in fact, i cannot get my T999L to do anything at all. i plug it into the pc and IF the battery is out, the red light comes on. with the battery in, it does nothing at all. ANY help would be greatly appreciated
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Did you try the De-Bricking Thread in Development sub forum ?

Perseus71 said:
Rom Manager most likely partitioned your INTERNAL SD Card instead. You'd have to Flash Root66 for Android 4.2 via Odin.
Did you try the De-Bricking Thread in Development sub forum ?
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yes i tried this method on both windows and ubuntu 12.04 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367

BlazeUser said:
yes i tried this method on both windows and ubuntu 12.04 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367
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What image did you use ?

Perseus71 said:
What image did you use ?
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i used the T999L image

Hey can someone help me where to find a tutorial to root my T999v, I only see tutorials for T999 and T999L can i use those same tutorial to root my phone on version 4.1.2 please i just don't wanna brick my phone so someone help me

BlazeUser said:
i used the T999L image
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Please use 4.3 image for T999
dorian2kx said:
Hey can someone help me where to find a tutorial to root my T999v, I only see tutorials for T999 and T999L can i use those same tutorial to root my phone on version 4.1.2 please i just don't wanna brick my phone so someone help me
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Yes.

acedik said:
Can you get into download mode? Does it show up on Odin? If it does then flash a root66 img root66_TMO_T999UVUEMJC for my Tmobile T999 This is what I used when I thought my phone was bricked. I used Odin to flash TWRP recovery and then format, and flash a custom rom. Good luck
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no i cant get into download mode or recovery mode, it loads nothing up, wont vibrate or anything, its hard bricked, i dont know what version of odin i need for my phone, it from tmobile samsung galaxy s3 sgh-t999

shawzaw said:
no i cant get into download mode or recovery mode, it loads nothing up, wont vibrate or anything, its hard bricked, i dont know what version of odin i need for my phone, it from tmobile samsung galaxy s3 sgh-t999
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Wow, so its still bricked from December? Did you recently try the debrick method in dev section?
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bricked
ive got a similar problem. tried this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but it still will not do anything, no power, no reaction, just black screen. its tmobile sgh-t99l. really really need help if anyone can

syben7 said:
ive got a similar problem. tried this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but it still will not do anything, no power, no reaction, just black screen. its tmobile sgh-t99l. really really need help if anyone can
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You may need a debrick.img created from a device with the NC1 firmware. Do you know what build you were on before it bricked?
We dont have that NC1 image yet, that im aware of, but ill see if I cant find someone to make one.
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syben7 said:
ive got a similar problem. tried this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but it still will not do anything, no power, no reaction, just black screen. its tmobile sgh-t99l. really really need help if anyone can
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Sent you a pm with a new debrick.img to try. Please reply via pm to let me know how it goes. Good luck!
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DocHoliday77 said:
You may need a debrick.img created from a device with the NC1 firmware. Do you know what build you were on before it bricked?
We dont have that NC1 image yet, that im aware of, but ill see if I cant find someone to make one.
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I was on the pac 4.4 nightly, had flashed new nightly updates regularly for nearly a month with no problems, but then decided to switch to cm11, when I tried to flash that it gave me the bootloader error, so I went to the method that was a supposed fix for that and flashed it and thats when it went dead.

Same Problem
Hey guys I have the same exact problem heres how it started, which I think accurately describes everyone else with the same problem:
1) I downloaded the correct TWRP for my phone and unlocked it previously with ODIN.
2) So far everything is fine, now I find a nice new ROM which is stable and try to flash it. The rom was: FlashingDroid_S5_v2.2
3)First I deleted cache and dalvic cache as well, basically the default wipe.
4) I flashed the ROM and it said it was succesful, I click reboot, and nothing
Symptoms
1)No vibration
2)No screen image whatsoever
3)No signs of booting up with computer
4) Does not boot up using JIG method
5)Computer does not see phone
Notes
1) I tried checking the pulse of the phone W/out battery and gave me very little wattage, and eventually it drained out
2) Then I tried plugging it into my computer and the front red light went on but no power in phone and PC cannot see it
3) Sometimes when I put the battery in, it gives me a quick flash, from the flashlight on the back, OR it gives a millisecond of a vibration
4)Before I flashed I had android 4.3 Jellybean stock with root-again I tried to flash FlashingDroid_S5_v2.2 w/TWRP
Trials to resolve in which did NOT work
1) I tried putting it into download mode, with JIG but no battery and had someone put the battery in WHILE i was pressing HOME+POWER+VOLUME DOWN with the JIG
Results: It sometimes gave me a small vibration, but no results
2) Tried to install correct ODIN and KIES software
Result: Gave me negative sound on laptop meaning it does not recognize device-it does not show up in My Computer either

Having the same issue.
I used the FlashingDroid_S5_v2.2 rom. Wiped the phone before flashing, the prompt said successful and rebooted.
Then nothing.
No response from charging, power, download mode... nothing.

SGH-i747m only boots to recovery mode with 16gb sd card

Hello, I purchased a phone off kijiji fully knowing it was not functional - For the 40 dollars my curiosity got the best of me; and if I can fix it well I can get myself a new phone for cheap. I was informed that this phone: Samsung Galaxy sgh-i747m had the latest update (not custom rom). The phone suddenly would not boot past Samsung logo and by the time I bought it, would not boot up at all. So after doing extensive research I decided I would give the 16gb class 10 sd card boot a chance. While somewhat of a success, the only thing it boots me to is this.
BOOT RECOVERY MODE (IN GREEN)
CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS
COPY FROM T-FLASH
BOOT RECOVERY
WRITE 159488 SECTORS
FLASH WRITE FAILURE (RED)
ODIN MODE (RED)
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747M
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: NONE
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER AP SWERV: 1
I should note that with the debrick-SGH-I747M-UEMK5 image that I used, the phone will boot to recovery mode without holding any buttons(While Plugged in). It will also boot to recovery if it is unplugged and I simply hold and release the power button when I feel the vibrate. I have also tried volume down + home + power. Same thing. If I take the sd card out I cannot get any sign of life / no recovery mode.
The computer does not see the device at all, even in device manager as a random name. There are no signs of life on the computer end. ODIN also does not detect it even when in boot recovery mode. Will not boot to download mode. A red light comes on if I pull the battery out and plug in the usb cable.

Do you have access to a USB jig to see if you can get into download mode?

audit13 said:
Do you have access to a USB jig to see if you can get into download mode?
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No, I was contemplating making one or ordering one online but was unsure if that would make any difference. But I am willing to try anything even if there is a slight possibility it could work.

Where are you located? I recall seeing a thread on XDA about people that has a USB job for use by other XDA members.

audit13 said:
Where are you located? I recall seeing a thread on XDA about people that has a USB job for use by other XDA members.
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I am in Thunder Bay, ON

I'm in Toronto which doesn't help you right now. Maybe order a USB jib and see what happens.
If you decide to sell the phone, let me know as I need to try and repair a phone that has a defective lcd and digitizer.

audit13 said:
I'm in Toronto which doesn't help you right now. Maybe order a USB jib and see what happens.
If you decide to sell the phone, let me know as I need to try and repair a phone that has a defective lcd and digitizer.
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Will do. Going to build jig today and test it out

Another solution may be to have the firmware flashed via jtag.

You should be able to flash with Odin from there if I'm not mistaken. (Been a long time since I've been through this part myself). You may need to try different drivers, different cables, usb ports, etc.

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Another solution may be to have the firmware flashed via jtag.
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Yea I didn't want to have to go that route if possible as my goal was to gain experience and knowledge from this little project. If I got the phone working then I would just replace my old Samsung infuse. I made the USB Jig using the 301K ohm's and it still does not work. I know the jig works because I tested it on my wife sgh-i747m and also on my infuse. Both of which boot into download mode immediately. My concern is there is something wrong with the main board because it really doesn't seem like it was rooted at all.
I am just going to see what I can get for it at this point, I paid 70 so would be looking to get at least 60

DocHoliday77 said:
You should be able to flash with Odin from there if I'm not mistaken. (Been a long time since I've been through this part myself). You may need to try different drivers, different cables, usb ports, etc.
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I have tried 5 different cords, and two different computers on all usb ports. Nothing

You said it'll boot recovery, is it stock or a custom one? Also, are you familiar with ADB?
When you plug it into the computer, is it detected by odin? If so, what does it say in the message box when you try to flash?
Look in device manager too. What does it detect the device as?

gravitysdepth said:
Yea I didn't want to have to go that route if possible as my goal was to gain experience and knowledge from this little project. If I got the phone working then I would just replace my old Samsung infuse. I made the USB Jig using the 301K ohm's and it still does not work. I know the jig works because I tested it on my wife sgh-i747m and also on my infuse. Both of which boot into download mode immediately. My concern is there is something wrong with the main board because it really doesn't seem like it was rooted at all.
I am just going to see what I can get for it at this point, I paid 70 so would be looking to get at least 60
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Hi,
Send me a message of you want to sell your s3.
Cheers.

I have an SGH-i747m and I'm having the same problem. Was a solution ever found?

Black Adam said:
I have an SGH-i747m and I'm having the same problem. Was a solution ever found?
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You have the Canadian version of the s3? Will you phone boot into download mode without the sd card installed?

Sorry, I have the SGH-i747. The phone only boots with the SD card and just stays in download mode. Odin doesn't recognize it.

Black Adam said:
Sorry, I have the SGH-i747. The phone only boots with the SD card and just stays in download mode. Odin doesn't recognize it.
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What was the last stock ATT ROM on the phone? Can the phone boot into download mode without the external SD card?
When you connect the phone to you computer in download mode, are you prompted to install drivers? If you are using Windows, any unrecognized devices in device manager?

And don't forget to try different cables and every USB port on the computer. Cables go bad much more easily than most people think, and many charging cables cannot be used for data transfer.
I've seen a number of times where people found that only one of the USB ports would allow it to connect.
You might also want to try several different driver versions. (I'd start with the oldest that was release along with the S3.) You can find several in the link in my signature.
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