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[Q] Download Mode Not Working After KP8 Install

I was trying to go back to 2.3.x using ODIN after I installed the KP8 (update for a "leaked" ics) on my phone. Now my computer won't read the phone on download mode. Anyone have a fix for this?
Or do you know if that USB JIG will fix it?

that was not for our phone....malciado....jtag is your only fix
sent from the near past

Yea..... GSM + CDMA = your screwed
There is no leak for ICS for our phones yet.
So you flashed the GSM version.
2 options:
Sprint insurance
or
buy a new phone
No one has been successful at jtag, I wouldn't even waste my time.

kthejoker20 said:
Yea..... GSM + CDMA = your screwed
There is no leak for ICS for our phones yet.
So you flashed the GSM version.
2 options:
Sprint insurance
or
buy a new phone
No one has been successful at jtag, I wouldn't even waste my time.
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Not even with the USB JIG? No one has tried it?

Its been tried and unsuccessful
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Sigh. Add one more to the list of bricked phones due to flashing an ICS leak meant for the International SGS2. As said above, your only option is to send the phone to JTAG if you want to use it again.
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So what's the head count up to? 30s?
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I'm screwed. I flashed this phone to Cricket so no insurance. And I doubt Samsung will warranty it if though it has a clean esn with Sprint right?

Can anyone vouch for this?
/watch?v=mjZ7gVK-IE8
youtube video

I wish we all knew how to read

tkemack said:
I wish we all knew how to read
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What is that suppose to mean?

malcriiado said:
I'm screwed. I flashed this phone to Cricket so no insurance. And I doubt Samsung will warranty it if though it has a clean esn with Sprint right?
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Look up JTAG on Google. I believe they charge $50 for unbricking service. You'll be out of a phone for awhile, but it's not like the phone is going to do you any good in its current state anyways.
Good luck.
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Dchibro said:
Look up JTAG on Google. I believe they charge $50 for unbricking service. You'll be out of a phone for awhile, but it's not like the phone is going to do you any good in its current state anyways.
Good luck.
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Yea bro just placed my order from Mobile Tech Videos i'll post up how everything went to help others out with this problem. Good thing I kept my EVO for backup

I can vouch that nothing will work. I had someone send me theirs to try and,I installed drivers through Kies, got drivers from XDA, tried a USB jig, hard reset, my SD card with Mobile Odin on it, etc, etc, etc. If when you hold volume up and power and you have the green Android guy holding a box and your phone says I9100, its jtag or nothing. I spent a week (about an hour a day) trying everything. If your phone powers on but you can't connect to wifi or SD card isn't recognized and no network is found, don't even waste your time. I tried because I hoped I could pull it off with the help of some of the great minds from around here but it just wouldn't be recognized by Odin....and it does beep when I plug it into my laptop....so close yet so far
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JohnCorleone said:
I can vouch that nothing will work. I had someone send me theirs to try and,I installed drivers through Kies, got drivers from XDA, tried a USB jig, hard reset, my SD card with Mobile Odin on it, etc, etc, etc. If when you hold volume up and power and you have the green Android guy holding a box and your phone says I9100, its jtag or nothing. I spent a week (about an hour a day) trying everything. If your phone powers on but you can't connect to wifi or SD card isn't recognized and no network is found, don't even waste your time. I tried because I hoped I could pull it off with the help of some of the great minds from around here but it just wouldn't be recognized by Odin....and it does beep when I plug it into my laptop....so close yet so far
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That Volume Up + Power does work. So you haven't looked into Mobile Tech Vids' method?

malcriiado said:
That Volume Up + Power does work. So you haven't looked into Mobile Tech Vids' method?
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If you have a link great. If not I will search in the am. It gets sent back to owner. As soon as I am about to send back another idea pops up
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malcriiado said:
Yea bro just placed my order from Mobile Tech Videos i'll post up how everything went to help others out with this problem. Good thing I kept my EVO for backup
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Josh is good. You are in good hands
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I flashed my wife's phone and ended up with this same issue. I tried everything with no success. Luckily the phone was within the 14 day period and was able to return it and get a replacement.
Just told them the battery would not last 4 HRS, it was fully stock besides the bootloader.
Odin wouldn't recognize it but the pc would. Tried mobile Odin, tried flashing anything and everything, nothing would work.
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malcriiado said:
What is that suppose to mean?
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Deleted post. Now responding with *sigh*
Let me get one more in just to cover the 101st thread we'll have on this by Friday. *sigh*

KCRic said:
Deleted post. Now responding with *sigh*
Let me get one more in just to cover the 101st thread we'll have on this by Friday. *sigh*
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Asking for help not helpless remarks, if want to keep doing that I also live in Kansas City just in case you want to keep goin at it. Let's keep these forums full of usefull tools not full of useless comments.

Think I bricked phone using Android kitchen

I restored my phone to stock then made a backup using CMW. I placed the CWM back up in the original_update folder of the android kitchen. Then went into the android kitchen and deodexed, rooted and intalled busy box. Then i built the rom, signed it, placed it on my SD, card booted into recovery, flashed SuperWipe then flashed the rom I made. It installed fine and booted up but i didn't have any signal. So i let it sit for about 5 minutes then Powered off my phone but it stayed at the Good Buy screen for like ten minutes so i pulled the battery, when i tried to boot it back up it wouldn't do any thing. I held the power button down and nothing happened. I tried plugging in a usb cable and my phone still would't do anything Its completely unresponsive
Any suggestions?

mattbradfo said:
I restored my phone to stock then made a backup using CMW. I placed the CWM back up in the original_update folder of the android kitchen. Then went into the android kitchen and deodexed, rooted and intalled busy box. Then i built the rom, signed it, placed it on my SD, card booted into recovery, flashed SuperWipe then flashed the rom I made. It installed fine and booted up but i didn't have any signal. So i let it sit for about 5 minutes then Powered off my phone but it stayed at the Good Buy screen for like ten minutes so i pulled the battery, when i tried to boot it back up it wouldn't do any thing. I held the power button down and nothing happened. I tried plugging in a usb cable and my phone still would't do anything Its completely unresponsive
Any suggestions?
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I sadly did the same thing. I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong in the kitchen to brick my phone. Mine powered up as well but upon restart it bricked. But its sad to say but its bricked. I did a warranty exchange. If you connect the phone to the computer it will register as qhsusb_dload and not an Android phone. Best of luck.
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TheTechNiq said:
I sadly did the same thing. I'm still trying to figure out what I did wrong in the kitchen to brick my phone. Mine powered up as well but upon restart it bricked. But its sad to say but its bricked. I did a warranty exchange. If you connect the phone to the computer it will register as qhsusb_dload and not an Android phone. Best of luck.
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Unfortunately I don't have a contract with T-Mobile so i can't do a warranty exchange. I ordered the USB Jig and i'm gunna see if that fixes it, if not I guess it's just a paper weight :\

mattbradfo said:
Unfortunately I don't have a contract with T-Mobile so i can't do a warranty exchange. I ordered the USB Jig and i'm gunna see if that fixes it, if not I guess it's just a paper weight :\
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if its registering as a ghsusb_dload device, a jig won't work.....how do I know you may ask? Cause I tried that as well before the exchange. Haha. Good news is you can pay someone to jtag your device. I think its like 50-100 but way better than 600 for a new phone. You should be able to find the link around the forums somewhere.
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The kitchen is not always good. The guy that did visionary would custom make roms for you. You need something like that
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Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.

techfanatic9 said:
Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.
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Like I told you before, it doesn't work for hard bricks. If it says qhusb, it's done and needs jtag

techfanatic9 said:
Try this video on how to unbrick Samsung Galaxy S2. Its worth a try.
Hope the video helped.
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Ya, my phone won't go into download mode. I'm just gunna have to send it to get J-taged

Send it back to Samsung that's what I did it has 1 year warranty
Try it just call Samsung they don't check if is brick
they just fix it they take like 2 weeks and is free

if sending it back to samsung dont work out for you, let me know. if all else fails, I have a riffbox, we can work something out.

Yayodroid said:
if sending it back to samsung dont work out for you, let me know. if all else fails, I have a riffbox, we can work something out.
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Ok, sounds good i'll check with samsung

ok, keep us updated. or pm or something lol

Ok, good news samsung says they'll fix it!

sweet! what did you tell them? that it just stopped working all of a sudden?

Yayodroid said:
sweet! what did you tell them? that it just stopped working all of a sudden?
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I just told them it was unresponsive and that it would't turn on. They didn't even ask if I rooted it

xcrazydx said:
Like I told you before, it doesn't work for hard bricks. If it says qhusb, it's done and needs jtag
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Like I said
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA

mattbradfo said:
I just told them it was unresponsive and that it would't turn on. They didn't even ask if I rooted it
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Good bro. Be careful this, time around
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[Q] I fracked up, hard. Bricked.

I hardbricked my S3. I messed up, I know. It was my fault that I didn't notice that the Slimbean was only for the international version. I have been looking online for a solution, but all I'm seeing is that I have to get a new phone. I cannot access Recovery or Download mode with or without the battery in while or while not plugged into the computer. Though, while the battery and SD are out, the charging/notification light will light up when plugged into the computer for about one minute, but that's it. Is there anyway to turn it into Sprint for a new one? It's been under a month. So...any advice?

Have you looked into this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171
Where did you find the rom that you flashed?

Wikd said:
Have you looked into this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727171
Where did you find the rom that you flashed?
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Looked at it, but I can't get my phone to go into Download mode, like I said. Whenever I plug it into the computer, it does nothing unless I have the battery out.
I got the rom from here.
http://slimroms.net/index.php/112-supported-device-list-cat/181

Methos013 said:
Looked at it, but I can't get my phone to go into Download mode, like I said. Whenever I plug it into the computer, it does nothing unless I have the battery out.
I got the rom from here.
http://slimroms.net/index.php/112-supported-device-list-cat/181
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ahh, I'm not too familiar with Samsung or bricks, just trying to help, im sure this is stressful for you. I read some of the post I linked above and it says a USB jib might work. Here's a link to make one if you want to try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331782
Check your pm and good luck.

Wikd said:
ahh, I'm not too familiar with Samsung or bricks, just trying to help, im sure this is stressful for you. I read some of the post I linked above and it says a USB jib might work. Here's a link to make one if you want to try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331782
Check your pm and good luck.
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I don't have a sodering tool. With it being the holiday season, ordering online for a premade one will take longer than I can go without a phone.

dude thats a very simple soldering job. you can get a soldering iron for like 5 bucks at radioshack, with solder. all those parts can be bought there, and the wire you can just rip a phone cord out of the wall lol

ou2mame said:
dude thats a very simple soldering job. you can get a soldering iron for like 5 bucks at radioshack, with solder. all those parts can be bought there, and the wire you can just rip a phone cord out of the wall lol
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Personally I recommend the search button. That usually helps. Its a paperweight and a jig is useless. Go to sprint and play stupid. They'll replace it

billard412 said:
Personally I recommend the search button. That usually helps. Its a paperweight and a jig is useless. Go to sprint and play stupid. They'll replace it
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Couldn't of said it better.

billard412 said:
Personally I recommend the search button. That usually helps. Its a paperweight and a jig is useless. Go to sprint and play stupid. They'll replace it
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Can I go to an authorized Sprint retailer/satellite store or an official Sprint store? Just gonna say it died and won't take a charge anymore.

billard412 said:
Personally I recommend the search button. That usually helps. Its a paperweight and a jig is useless. Go to sprint and play stupid. They'll replace it
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did you mean to quote me? i was just commenting on him saying he didn't have a soldering gun... i'm not saying if it will work or not, but if he did want to try it, it's a fairly simple object to make, with very simple and cheap tools. i don't have to search to know that it's just a few resistors and a male micro usb plug, maybe 15 bucks for everything including the soldering iron.

if you have insurance you can go to a sprint repair store and get it replaced for free... it usually takes about 2 days for your replacement to come in..
http://storelocator.sprint.com/locator/

xTmDarren said:
if you have insurance you can go to a sprint repair store and get it replaced for free... it usually takes about 2 days for your replacement to come in..
http://storelocator.sprint.com/locator/
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That is what I'm planning on doing tomorrow.

UPDATE: I did get it replaced yesterday. Told me it'd take thirty minutes, went out and got lunch. When I came back, they said they have no clue what happened to it to cause it to fry like it did, so they swapped it out for a new model. I'll root tomorrow when I have more time. I'll stick to what I can find here on XDA now on. Any recommendations for a good AOKP ROM?

Methos013 said:
UPDATE: I did get it replaced yesterday. Told me it'd take thirty minutes, went out and got lunch. When I came back, they said they have no clue what happened to it to cause it to fry like it did, so they swapped it out for a new model. I'll root tomorrow when I have more time. I'll stick to what I can find here on XDA now on. Any recommendations for a good AOKP ROM?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798981
The AOKP I am using for Sprint Galaxy S3.
Very nice. Works well. Love the emoji and custom ability.
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Sent From My Rooted, S-OFF'd Blackberry Curve using the iOS XDA Application for Android.

Smh...
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DirtyShroomz said:
Smh...
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I know, foolish. Coming from the OG Evo, I didn't have to worry about seeing if it was American or International and which carrier it was for. I'm being more careful this time.

Call samsung say the phone died and won't come on. They will replace it as long as there is no physical damage. One year manufacture warranty is still valid use it f sprint don't waste your time. Samsung is fast at sending you a new or refurbished phone. I had several phones replaced. They send you a new phone or used phone and a box to send your old one. They don't check for rooting or nothing they just install new software on the phone and send it out to the next person. Now ups is my issue with the entire process, they Just leave it on your door step even if your not home it happened twice thank god no one stole my phone, I thought we were supposed to sign for it but I guess not.
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Methos013 said:
UPDATE: I did get it replaced yesterday. Told me it'd take thirty minutes, went out and got lunch. When I came back, they said they have no clue what happened to it to cause it to fry like it did, so they swapped it out for a new model. I'll root tomorrow when I have more time. I'll stick to what I can find here on XDA now on. Any recommendations for a good AOKP ROM?
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Happened with my wife's phone as well. Full charged then it just shut down. Tried everything and nothing. Sprint told me it was fried.
Sent from my Samsung (Apples are meant to be eaten) Galaxy S3

Methos013 said:
UPDATE: I did get it replaced yesterday. Told me it'd take thirty minutes, went out and got lunch. When I came back, they said they have no clue what happened to it to cause it to fry like it did, so they swapped it out for a new model. I'll root tomorrow when I have more time. I'll stick to what I can find here on XDA now on. Any recommendations for a good AOKP ROM?
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well damn the sprint places around here told me I had to wait to get another one

Glad you were able to get a replacement. Now use protection when you flash
Haha
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[Q] Very strange brick situation

I was flashing a rom last night using twrp and after the rom was finished it said something like "no rom is installed on phone" so after seeing this I automatically tried another rom and it it seemed to have installed properly so I rebooted the and it never came back on. Doesn't vibrate, doesn't show charging symbol nor will it enter into download mode. The strange thing is when plugged into my pc it gets recognized but it shows this driver error message "driver for qualcomm cdma technologies msm" and the phone gets warm around the camera indicating that it may actually be charging. I've never experienced anything like this and I have searched for bricked solutions but this seems quite unique and I have found no similar cases. Is my phone completely bricked or can it be bought back to life?? If someone can help me it'd be greatly appreciated thanks

Godson1227 said:
I was flashing a rom last night using twrp and after the rom was finished it said something like "no rom is installed on phone" so after seeing this I automatically tried another rom and it it seemed to have installed properly so I rebooted the and it never came back on. Doesn't vibrate, doesn't show charging symbol nor will it enter into download mode. The strange thing is when plugged into my pc it gets recognized but it shows this driver error message "driver for qualcomm cdma technologies msm" and the phone gets warm around the camera indicating that it may actually be charging. I've never experienced anything like this and I have searched for bricked solutions but this seems quite unique and I have found no similar cases. Is my phone completely bricked or can it be bought back to life?? If someone can help me it'd be greatly appreciated thanks
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Try unbrick sgII, heimdall or buy a little download jig for $5. Usually the phone is a complete brick if the computer says QHSUSB D_LOAD attached. You're phone shouldn't say cdma anything since its a gsm phone so something is wrong there. What rom did you flash?
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richardlibeau said:
Try unbrick sgII, heimdall or buy a little download jig for $5. Usually the phone is a complete brick if the computer says QHSUSB D_LOAD attached. You're phone shouldn't say cdma anything since its a gsm phone so something is wrong there. What rom did you flash?
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Yea the cdma thing threw me off to when I first saw it...I just purchased a jig from ebay. I really hope it works cause I was just contemplating selling this phone to put towards an upgrade.The roms I flashed were (can't remember which order) Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC9-hercules and Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC9-d2tmo. Like I said I flashed one after it was done I went to hit reboot and it said there was no rom present on the phone. So I'm thinking good heads up so nervously not thinking I immediately flashed the other. It loaded fine I got no "no rom" warning so I hit reboot system as usual and then...nothing, won't do anything. Tried going into download mode and it just kinda acts as if I'm removing and inserting the usb cable back and forth and it says I need to format my disc

I'm guessing you flashed the d2tmo one second? That's the T-Mobile Galaxy S3. Sorry man, you're bricked
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android88 said:
I'm guessing you flashed the d2tmo one second? That's the T-Mobile Galaxy S3. Sorry man, you're bricked
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Damn...ugh that sucks. So you don't the the usb jig is going to work?

Godson1227 said:
Yea the cdma thing threw me off to when I first saw it...I just purchased a jig from ebay. I really hope it works cause I was just contemplating selling this phone to put towards an upgrade.The roms I flashed were (can't remember which order) Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC9-hercules and Liquid-JB-v2.0-RC9-d2tmo. Like I said I flashed one after it was done I went to hit reboot and it said there was no rom present on the phone. So I'm thinking good heads up so nervously not thinking I immediately flashed the other. It loaded fine I got no "no rom" warning so I hit reboot system as usual and then...nothing, won't do anything. Tried going into download mode and it just kinda acts as if I'm removing and inserting the usb cable back and forth and it says I need to format my disc
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Yeah if you flashed the d2tmo you are toast!!!
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richardlibeau said:
Yeah if you flashed the d2tmo you are toast!!!
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i'll guess I'll wait for the jig to come if that doesn't work I guess I'll use my warranty I really don't wanna go that route being dishonest...but that's my last resort.

Godson1227 said:
i'll guess I'll wait for the jig to come if that doesn't work I guess I'll use my warranty I really don't wanna go that route being dishonest...but that's my last resort.
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I did it once cost me $40 and they sent a new one. Just told them i got an update and after i updated it didn't boot up anymore.
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richardlibeau said:
I did it once cost me $40 and they sent a new one. Just told them i got an update and after i updated it didn't boot up anymore.
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Ok thanks, hopefully it goes smooth. Plus i'm sure do the cost to replace still doesn't cover the amount of money i've paid for insurance so I guess it all evens out in the end lol

Did the jig work?

I have the same exact issue. For some odd reason I wanted to flash the d2mo rom also those heavy drinking nights should not be spent flashing roms to show you are cool to your friends. Regardless made a jig and did not work. jig worked on another friends samsung so know the jig works but not on my s2. Anyone know if at this point a jtag might bring it back to life?.

If you flashed the d2tmo you are toast. That is for the s3. Different kernel and processor.
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this just happen to me brand new t989 out off box root flash aopk rom and phone wont
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If you flashed the d2tmo you are toast. That is for the s3. Different kernel and processor.
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this just happen to me brand new t989 out off box root flash aopk rom and phone wont and i get the err too

just want to say sorry to all you having these problems i feel your pain guys and good luck with your warranties shoot mobiletechvideos a message see what they can do for you they fix and revive anything lol

Phone dead, cant turn on, no vibration

Hey all,
Like the title suggests, my phone has died and it doesn't vibrate when I press the on button.
Any suggestions as to how I can fix this?
On another note, is it possible to erase ALL my info remotely while my phone is in this state?
I'm concerned about my privacy and wanted to make sure all sensitive material is wiped before I send it off to get swapped out.
Thanks so much

Ostyrion said:
Hey all,
Like the title suggests, my phone has died and it doesn't vibrate when I press the on button.
Any suggestions as to how I can fix this?
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Did you flash a ROM/kernel for a different phone?
If it says something like qhusb when you plug it into the computer, you probably can't wipe any of your info off of it.
Take the battery out for a few minutes then put it back and try turning it on.

meekrawb said:
Did you flash a ROM/kernel for a different phone?
If it says something like qhusb when you plug it into the computer, you probably can't wipe any of your info off of it.
Take the battery out for a few minutes then put it back and try turning it on.
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Nope, I flashed a new ROM ages ago and it was working fine up until now.
So there's no way at all to wipe any data off my phone at this point?
PS. I did buy a micro usb dongle and it should be coming in 2 days...

Ostyrion said:
Nope, I flashed a new ROM ages ago and it was working fine up until now.
So there's no way at all to wipe any data off my phone at this point?
PS. I did buy a micro usb dongle and it should be coming in 2 days...
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I've never had to do it so I'm not too sure about wiping the data. Hopefully the dongle will work.

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I've never had to do it so I'm not too sure about wiping the data. Hopefully the dongle will work.
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What do you think about the security of sending it back to T-Mobile/Samsung? Reliable?
I'm just a bit paranoid

Ostyrion said:
What do you think about the security of sending it back to T-Mobile/Samsung? Reliable?
I'm just a bit paranoid
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Don't worry about any of that, I know from a employee im very good friends with that when u send in your phone for repair all they do is basically wipe the entire phone clean and do a complete reflash, no need to worry they rarely ever even turn them on, just hook it to there system and "refurbish"
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soupysoup said:
Don't worry about any of that, I know from a employee im very good friends with that when u send in your phone for repair all they do is basically wipe the entire phone clean and do a complete reflash, no need to worry they rarely ever even turn them on, just hook it to there system and "refurbish"
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Hey, thanks so much for your reply!!
Really appreciate it. I really do
Thanks again man,
cheers!

Ostyrion said:
Hey, thanks so much for your reply!!
Really appreciate it. I really do
Thanks again man,
cheers!
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Anytime man, I know what its like lol
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soupysoup said:
Anytime man, I know what its like lol
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Just another quick question,
If they cant fix the hardware, do they just smash the motherboard/phone?
Because in my case its probably a bad motherboard or some other hardware component

Ostyrion said:
Just another quick question,
If they cant fix the hardware, do they just smash the motherboard/phone?
Because in my case its probably a bad motherboard or some other hardware component
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No they use pieces for another "refurbish" phone believe it or not, 9 times out of 10 theres nothing they can't fix, unless u really damage the hardware, it's very hard to kill the motherboard with software, u may render it unusable, but with there system it's just a matter of connecting it, wiping everything and flashing a stock img back on the device, in effect - new screen, new img., new plastic= "refurbished" phone lol
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No they use pieces for another "refurbish" phone believe it or not, 9 times out of 10 theres nothing they can't fix, unless u really damage the hardware, it's very hard to kill the motherboard with software, u may render it unusable, but with there system it's just a matter of connecting it, wiping everything and flashing a stock img back on the device, in effect - new screen, new img., new plastic= "refurbished" phone lol
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hahaha thats hilarious.
It so funny because I can actually imagine them doing so. hahaha
Again, thanks for the info

It's funny because it's true lol all these"refurbished" phones are just ppls old broken bricked devices if u ever do send a phone back here's a little funny, take a red pen and inside the battery compartment make a small dot or something that only u know is there, that way when u get it back u can laugh, because 99.9% of the time it's a completely different device lol
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