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Man, I messed up my phone!!!! EPIC 4G

Here's my situation:
SAMSUNG EPIC 4G
I've updated roms without problem many times since buying my phone. I am currently on 2.3.4, gingerbred eh06. I cannot get the usb to work with my pc at all. I'm assuming that since the phone still charges, the usb is functional? I was going to try a flash back to stock ec05, but cannot do this because I don't seem to have CWM installed. I did, don't know what happened to it. All it says when doing a cw boot is android system recovery <3e>
I tried to follow the link for rooting my phone without a pc, but cannot get it to work because I don't have superuser access. I did but don't know what happened there also??? Apparently gingerbreak doesn't work on 2.3.4 from what I am finding. I'm about at the end of my rope here and am looking for somebody to throw me a bone. ANY IDEAS.
I should also tell you that I know the cables I have are good. I have 2 samsung and 4 aftermarket cables and they all work. My wife has the exact same phone and works every time, with every cable. Of course her phone hasn't had any "custom" work done to it if you know what I mean...

Try Heimdall. It installs its own drivers and is more robust. Post 2 in Development stickie of how to fix a semi-bricked Epic.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Tried that just now, didn't work. When I tell it to list devices, it comes up as unknown device and won't install any drivers. tried my wife's phone and it seemed to work just fine. Maybe the phone can charge with a broken usb port?????? AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so you have no root and no odin/heimdall?

Yes it can charge with a bad port or a bad cable. Since the cables are good some of your usb port may be damaged somehow. Did you check for dirt or debris in the port?
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Right, neither works. Its not the pc either. Tried win 7 64 and 32 bit, xp pro, ubuntu, joli os. Nada

Thought about tearing down phone and looking for dirt/debris. Just loking for all possibilities. I did fing a usb port on ebay for about 50 bucks, doesn't really look like something I could replace myself. ;'m assuming that it's soldered in.

vroverload said:
Thought about tearing down phone and looking for dirt/debris. Just loking for all possibilities. I did fing a usb port on ebay for about 50 bucks, doesn't really look like something I could replace myself. ;'m assuming that it's soldered in.
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I believe non warranty repairs like that are only $35 at Sprint.

Good job Sprint
Just left the Sprint store and they gave me a new phone. Tried like hell to get an upgrade to the Galaxy IIs, but no go. I gave them a boo hoo story and even told them i'd settle for the Nexus s, but they wouldn't budge there either.... Oh well. At least I got a new phone out of the deal. Kudos to the Sprint store and their employees though.

This happened to me at first too, then my phone stopped charging the battery. Maybe this is a sign of the port actually going out? Right now, I'm waiting on my replacement through Sprint without a charging phone.
I was able to finally get a good working combination of my brother's Evo cable and Odin 1.7 to flash back to stock for warranty work.

Broken Charger port fix?

Galaxy nexus charger port is broken.
The only problem is its rom'd, rooted, and unlocked. i can get any other cable to work.
The only thing is that its been rooted and rom'd... any suggestions?

Call around and get it fixed about 80 bucks tops
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

theidoctor said:
Galaxy nexus charger port is broken.
The only problem is its rom'd, rooted, and unlocked. i can get any other cable to work.
The only thing is that its been rooted and rom'd... any suggestions?
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You can use something like dropbox to transfer some more stockish looking ROM on your phone, but i'm not too sure how to lock it without USB cable. I'm too lazy now to reboot my phone into bootloader, but wasn't there an option to re-lock it?
Anyway, if this will happen to my GN i'll just pay €30 for USB port replacement. I had same issue on SGS2.
Sent from my super Galaxy Nexus plus®

well... to be honest, i think thats a lot of money that can be spent on a phone thats pretty new. With that being said, it is cheap compared to what i would be paying if i had to pay full retail price.
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To update this thread, I got my phone and charger replaced free from verizon. Basically, i had a bunch of different roms downloaded and tried to install some good ics looking roms. They didnt really work as well as i wanted so it was an easy solution to "brick" (and brick is used very very very loosely) my phone.
1. Wipe data/ cache / dalvik
2. Install zip from sd.
3. Pick out a different rom and let it install ---- BUT WAIT
4. Pull battery in the middle of installation.
I had to do it a couple of times, but eventually i got it to the point where the only thing that would show up was the google logo.
My thought was that they would just reflash to stock in the store, but the rep didnt really know what he was doing. He probably figured i tried to root (he asked if i tried to root... duh, NO!), and probably spent most of the time trying to get it to come on and didnt bother putting on their falshing machine thing.
Anyways, Since it was still a phone under warranty and they had no evidence of it being unlocked or rooted, they replaced my phone as well as my charger for free.
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Im just hoping they dont secretly put a note under my account that i might root my phone.

theidoctor said:
Galaxy nexus charger port is broken.
The only problem is its rom'd, rooted, and unlocked. i can get any other cable to work.
The only thing is that its been rooted and rom'd... any suggestions?
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my fascinate has the same problem its bricked right now so i cant do much but im going to replace the charger port soon ill let you know how it goes, its bricked i cant fix it unless i can connect it to my pc and i cant right now i look in the port and 3 of the prongs are bent down ugh lol ill let you know how it goes

Kaptinkrunk said:
my fascinate has the same problem its bricked right now so i cant do much but im going to replace the charger port soon ill let you know how it goes, its bricked i cant fix it unless i can connect it to my pc and i cant right now i look in the port and 3 of the prongs are bent down ugh lol ill let you know how it goes
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well i just bought another phone lol one with a broke lcd for cheap

Unresponsive touch screen

Hi all, I recently purchased a nexus to replace my ailing evo 4g today from sprint and it came with a little surprise. The phone is horrible at picking up touch inputs, literally to the point the phone is unusable, like when you physically press the key "n" onscreen and "m" and a backspace is the result; and this happened literally out of the box. If i hadn't bought the last galaxy nexus of all the sprint stores in reach, i would have of course gotten another phone; however when the sprint rep checked to see when the next batch of them come in, there's supposedly a halt on shipments itself of the phone to sprint for unspecified reasons. I really really need some help on this one as im truly contemplating returning the phone and leaving sprint altogether. Browsing the web, I found this (http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/18431-tuning-driver-to-deal-with-unresponsive-touchscreen/) link in which someone tuned the input drivers for more responsiveness on the nexus s. My question is can this work on the nexus? If not, what needs to be done so i can finally enjoy my nexus!??

edtate said:
Hi all, I recently purchased a nexus to replace my ailing evo 4g today from sprint and it came with a little surprise. The phone is horrible at picking up touch inputs, literally to the point the phone is unusable, like when you physically press the key "n" onscreen and "m" and a backspace is the result; and this happened literally out of the box. If i hadn't bought the last galaxy nexus of all the sprint stores in reach, i would have of course gotten another phone; however when the sprint rep checked to see when the next batch of them come in, there's supposedly a halt on shipments itself of the phone to sprint for unspecified reasons. I really really need some help on this one as im truly contemplating returning the phone and leaving sprint altogether. Browsing the web, I found this (http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/18431-tuning-driver-to-deal-with-unresponsive-touchscreen/) link in which someone tuned the input drivers for more responsiveness on the nexus s. My question is can this work on the nexus? If not, what needs to be done so i can finally enjoy my nexus!??
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Return it and get a new one.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

No can do for the moment, nearest sprint store with a nexus is too far away. I tried using the kernel fixes I mentioned in the op but ended up not getting any good results at all with the added bonus of having my phone stuck with a stock image which for some reason looks for a sim card and doesn't connect at all?? im shocked at how difficult this is turning out..

I am having the same issue as you, also my phone sometimes just stops responding to touch completely! All the power buttons work so it isn't a software issue, but the screen just doesnt respond to touch input. My question is, what do I do in order to return it and get a replacement?
Do i relock the bootloader and flash back the custom rom??
Im a bit of an Android noob and not sure how to return it compeltely to stock. I am running Francos kernal with a deodexed stock rom and unlocked bootloader.

This could be relevant to your interests: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576739

Petrovski80 said:
This could be relevant to your interests: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576739
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This isn't my issue unfortunately My screen becomes unresponsive altogether, and nothing apart from a battery pull fixes it. So I called Amazon and am getting a replacement.
Just gonna make sure I got all my data and hopefully this is just a one off
Otherwise I think I will have to go with another device, even though I do love the Nexus
Ps. It could even be a faulty touchscreen driver

I'm sure your replacement will be fine.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Petrovski80 said:
I'm sure your replacement will be fine.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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*fingers crossed*

Hard Bricked! Help (T999/mobilicity)

I have a 9 month old S3 (T999/Canadian/Mobilicity Variant)
I had a ROM on there since day 2, but recently *this week* had a lot of hard lock ups. I could manage a reboot if I pulled the battery.
I tried 3 diff roms CM10, AOKP, and a recent 4.1.1 (all without apps) all worked but still caused the hard lock requiring a reboot.
It was annoying as you know what, but I was testing diff options wondering if the lockups were the OS/an app/or hardware.
Last night the phone was working on AOKP 4.2.2 while on the charger. I woke up and noticed it was hard locked, so I batt pulled, rebooted and went to sleep.
Now (this morning) it wont boot at all. I thought maybe it was the charger or the battery. I swapped batteries with a different S3, mine still does not boot.
So. What now?
Time for S4 and lose a $600 phone? Time to go to a Samsung or Carrier shop?

Have you tried Odin? Plug it into a computer see if things register if so go further with Odin.
I'd say that and see if it persist while on a stock then don't install your apps, if problem still persist call Samsung or whom ever and see about that. Or get it up and running and if steady put on Craigslist then get s4....
T-Mobile SGS III

mt3g said:
Have you tried Odin? Plug it into a computer see if things register if so go further with Odin.
I'd say that and see if it persist while on a stock then don't install your apps, if problem still persist call Samsung or whom ever and see about that. Or get it up and running and if steady put on Craigslist then get s4....
T-Mobile SGS III
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It used to be that when connected to PC Device man said: SGH-T999
Now the phone is connected via usb cable, but isnt booted and it says: QHSUSB_DLOAD

AMRivlin said:
It used to be that when connected to PC Device man said: SGH-T999
Now the phone is connected via usb cable, but isnt booted and it says: QHSUSB_DLOAD
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Google search that piece "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and see what it is. I've never seen that. Install Odin (in the dev section) and see what happens (read that thread) I'm at work on mobile or I'd give you links. Just a little reading and no panicking and you might get out of this alive lol.
T-Mobile SGS III

mt3g said:
Google search that piece "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and see what it is. I've never seen that. Install Odin (in the dev section) and see what happens (read that thread) I'm at work on mobile or I'd give you links. Just a little reading and no panicking and you might get out of this alive lol.
T-Mobile SGS III
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QHSUSB_DLOAD means your need JTAG. Because it's bricked.

mt3g said:
Google search that piece "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and see what it is. I've never seen that. Install Odin (in the dev section) and see what happens (read that thread) I'm at work on mobile or I'd give you links. Just a little reading and no panicking and you might get out of this alive lol.
T-Mobile SGS III
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That is found on XDA and the interwebs as a bricked device. it applies to captivate/HTC/s3 others.
I downloaded odin, but I can't get into download mode Power+Home+VDown (Nothing happens)
I didn't flash an incorrect ROM, since my phone was working, it bricked itself over night? Power Surge?

Aerowinder, if I am under warranty, can i take it to my carrier/samsung for repair? I can't get into Download mode.

Call them up and find out. It might be failing/tired internals/hardware... Did you have your phone over clocked at all in the 9 months, just curious?
T-Mobile SGS III

AMRivlin said:
Aerowinder, if I am under warranty, can i take it to my carrier/samsung for repair? I can't get into Download mode.
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I had the exact same problem and was still under the warranty and they exchanged it. I just told them that I plugged my phone before going to bed and when I woke up I wasn't able to turn it back on.

I actually remember this now. This a bug not common but its here for users on all D2 SIII decices... They've publically admitted it
T-Mobile SGS III

No over clocking.
Jan-April 30th Touchwiz 4.1.1 (Frosty ROM) Lockups Started monday (No Changes)
May 1 AOPK 4.2.2 ROM (Hard Lock/Brick today)
Time to find a receipt

AMRivlin said:
No over clocking.
Jan-April 30th Touchwiz 4.1.1 (Frosty ROM) Lockups Started monday (No Changes)
May 1 AOPK 4.2.2 ROM (Hard Lock/Brick today)
Time to find a receipt
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Ya I suggest just avoiding the headache of trying to fix, tell them you plugged it in over night to charge and now its completely dead and that its been acting weird for a while before. You should be good.
T-Mobile SGS III

rener78 said:
I had the exact same problem and was still under the warranty and they exchanged it. I just told them that I plugged my phone before going to bed and when I woke up I wasn't able to turn it back on.
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Not sure how this is going to turn out. The carrier refused to do the warranty, and gave me the # to samsung canada. I went to the Samsung Canada store, where they took the phone and gave me a GNexus (loaner)
So... lets hope they dont see the romming, my triangle should be 0.
If they do figure out my romming and their quote to fix is absurd, I will get HTC1 and repair the S3 on my own time.
I prefer Apple's warranty to be honest.

Does anyone know how much 3rd party Brick repair should cost? In the crap chance Samsung gets me for ROMing

AMRivlin said:
Does anyone know how much 3rd party Brick repair should cost? In the crap chance Samsung gets me for ROMing
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Mobiletechvideos does it for $60.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

Update:
7 days after submitting for service, the phone came back from a 3rd party repair shop in Burnaby, BC. PBA replaced due to bad BGA (Ball Grid Array)
So I guess they couldn't boot it to see the root.
Working fine. The new phone came back carrier locked, original unlock # worked again.

Da Kine said:
Mobiletechvideos does it for $60.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Some kijiji advertisements are charging $49.99 same day repair.

ysr84 said:
Some kijiji advertisements are charging $49.99 same day repair.
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Managed to get it repaired under warranty.

can u help me out
AMRivlin said:
Managed to get it repaired under warranty.
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Did you buy the warranty when u bought the phone?
I have the same issue. But not sure where to send the galaxy too?
Please help coz the local stores were not able to help
JBn

Help
AMRivlin said:
I have a 9 month old S3 (T999/Canadian/Mobilicity Variant)
I had a ROM on there since day 2, but recently *this week* had a lot of hard lock ups. I could manage a reboot if I pulled the battery.
I tried 3 diff roms CM10, AOKP, and a recent 4.1.1 (all without apps) all worked but still caused the hard lock requiring a reboot.
It was annoying as you know what, but I was testing diff options wondering if the lockups were the OS/an app/or hardware.
Last night the phone was working on AOKP 4.2.2 while on the charger. I woke up and noticed it was hard locked, so I batt pulled, rebooted and went to sleep.
Now (this morning) it wont boot at all. I thought maybe it was the charger or the battery. I swapped batteries with a different S3, mine still does not boot.
So. What now?
Time for S4 and lose a $600 phone? Time to go to a Samsung or Carrier shop?
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I Hard Bricked my Samsung Galaxy S3 and if you dont mention anything about rooting they will give you a new one no questions asked. Now if you dont have a warranty or some type of insurance then call samsung and see what you can do about it. i did a warranty exchange and i got a new one. As long as you dont mention brick or root you will be find they will right it down as defective.

[Q] Bricked Note 2

I've been having power issues with my AT&T Note 2 (draining battery when completely off, wouldn't start after changing batteries without first plugging into USB). I swapped the USB charging port with no luck. Reverted to old backup I took which didn't solve the problem either. And lastly, I started to wipe it and revert to a factory image. Aftering wiping data, system, cache, etc. my phone is stuck on the battery logo screen (no animation). It won't boot into download or recovery. I tried a homemade jig which isn't working.
I have about a year left on contract. It was refurbished and has no warranty left. I have a couple questions:
1. Should I try a jig from amazon? I'm not seeing any specifically stating they'll work with the Note 2.
2. If I've hosed bootloader or have a hardware issue, what's the chance a new mainboard will fix it? (is the internal memory part of the mainboard?)
3. Should I see if I can find a repair shop that will use jtag or something similar to salvage it?
4. Do I sell it for parts (hoping I'd get ~$200 since the display and glass are in good condition) and buy a nexus 5?
5. Any other suggestions?

kevingt01 said:
I've been having power issues with my AT&T Note 2 (draining battery when completely off, wouldn't start after changing batteries without first plugging into USB). I swapped the USB charging port with no luck. Reverted to old backup I took which didn't solve the problem either. And lastly, I started to wipe it and revert to a factory image. Aftering wiping data, system, cache, etc. my phone is stuck on the battery logo screen (no animation). It won't boot into download or recovery. I tried a homemade jig which isn't working.
I have about a year left on contract. It was refurbished and has no warranty left. I have a couple questions:
1. Should I try a jig from amazon? I'm not seeing any specifically stating they'll work with the Note 2.
2. If I've hosed bootloader or have a hardware issue, what's the chance a new mainboard will fix it? (is the internal memory part of the mainboard?)
3. Should I see if I can find a repair shop that will use jtag or something similar to salvage it?
4. Do I sell it for parts (hoping I'd get ~$200 since the display and glass are in good condition) and buy a nexus 5?
5. Any other suggestions?
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Send it to ...
Mobiletechvideos.com
And have them fix it...(Google their website for info..)
Then ....when the device comes back...
Read the process of rooting and flashing at least 100 times ...so you can remember the proper steps...because after seeing your post...it is quite apparent that you don't know what you are doing....???
I don't mean to sound harsh...but dang dude...you've messed it up pretty good...
We see countless users get excited and jump in head first trying every possible mod under the sun...
Only to realize that the wrong steps were taken and the wrong software was used..
Each user has a personal responsibility to learn and understand the basics before asking for help or advice ..
Remember ...this is a development site that lives on the edge of code modification...and if not used with some prudence and wisdom ends up costing a lot of time and money...
I can't tell you what to do...only you can decide that...but honestly...you need to learn the basics "before" jumping in and toasting a $700.00 device...IMHO ...g
Sent from my GT-N7105 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

gregsarg said:
Send it to ...
Mobiletechvideos.com
And have them fix it...(Google their website for info..)
Then ....when the device comes back...
Read the process of rooting and flashing at least 100 times ...so you can remember the proper steps...because after seeing your post...it is quite apparent that you don't know what you are doing....???
I don't mean to sound harsh...but dang dude...you've messed it up pretty good...
We see countless users get excited and jump in head first trying every possible mod under the sun...
Only to realize that the wrong steps were taken and the wrong software was used..
Each user has a personal responsibility to learn and understand the basics before asking for help or advice ..
Remember ...this is a development site that lives on the edge of code modification...and if not used with some prudence and wisdom ends up costing a lot of time and money...
I can't tell you what to do...only you can decide that...but honestly...you need to learn the basics "before" jumping in and toasting a $700.00 device...IMHO ...g
Sent from my GT-N7105 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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+1 on that bro

It seems the repair shop is the only way
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

RoninTPD said:
+1 on that bro
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There is hope, you can take the shoot.bin from the update and put it in a tar file with the files from the old stock tar and flash it. I had the same problem and did this for the sprint version and completely downgraded, boot loader and all. You can find the info on the sprint version. You can email me at keithgordon66 @gmail.com and I'll give you my number so you can call me and I can talk you through it, its easy.
Sent from my A501 using xda app-developers app

I was finally able to get it into download mode by removing the battery, plugging it into my laptop via USB, and doing the normal 3 button combo. Flashed the stock ROM with these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275844 (what I was trying to do when it apparently died on me).