Bricked T889 I think? It seems really bad. - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II

I was playing pokemon go and I got a facebook messenger message, and my phone just crashed and started boot looping at the Galaxy note ii screen. I tried going into the recovery and deleting the cache and factory resetting it, tried flashing it with ODIN, and nothing seems to be fixing it. I've tried flashing it to the stock rom too, but that seemed to make things worse? Now half the time when I try and turn it on it it wont turn on unless I plug it in or remove and put back the battery, when I try charging it when it's off it turns on and I can see the battery screen, but it freezes either when loading or when the animation plays. There's no red light and I'm not even sure it's charging.
I can get to the CWM menu and the recovery menu, I did have the Nandroid backup files but it seems like I mistakenly deleted it, so that's an option. I tried flashing it with different firmwares and it doesn't seem to make a difference. The first time I flash it it usually goes to the T-Mobile splash screen, which plays the little animation and sound but stays at that screen. Any Ideas?

I tried reflashing it another few times and now I actually got into the setup screen and got to the home screen. It charges somewhat normally but it still boot loops when I start it. When I plug the charger in when it's looping it boots fully and I got to the point where I installed an update. Not I'm stuck in a loop on the T-mobile splash

Try a new battery.

Bell-wether said:
I was playing pokemon go and I got a facebook messenger message, and my phone just crashed and started boot looping at the Galaxy note ii screen. I tried going into the recovery and deleting the cache and factory resetting it, tried flashing it with ODIN, and nothing seems to be fixing it. I've tried flashing it to the stock rom too, but that seemed to make things worse? Now half the time when I try and turn it on it it wont turn on unless I plug it in or remove and put back the battery, when I try charging it when it's off it turns on and I can see the battery screen, but it freezes either when loading or when the animation plays. There's no red light and I'm not even sure it's charging.
I can get to the CWM menu and the recovery menu, I did have the Nandroid backup files but it seems like I mistakenly deleted it, so that's an option. I tried flashing it with different firmwares and it doesn't seem to make a difference. The first time I flash it it usually goes to the T-Mobile splash screen, which plays the little animation and sound but stays at that screen. Any Ideas?
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Did you try Samsung Kies' emergency recovery option yet?

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try to flash stock image from google
Cristi_10 said:
try to flash stock image from google
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Silly question, but how would I go about getting that? And can I get it to the phone without the phone being able to boot
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Silly question, but how would I go about getting that? And can I get it to the phone without the phone being able to boot
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deja vu.....million times.
with a little search i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Was able to wipe data/cache and re-flash the rom. Seems to be working for now. I think I'll go back to stock (thanks for the link samersh) and see if I'm still having issues.

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