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Galaxy S II died..

so i was in the middle of a call, and it just died on me.
i was trying to change my vibrating settings on go sms so it doesnt vibrate during calls(because thats annoying)
then out of no where, it cuts off on me and died
i thought it was just a reset but it does not turn on at all
took batteries out, took sim/ memory card out too, still nothing
plugged wire in, doesnt turn on at all, as if it has no life.
current rom is bomb and bullet kernel
any ideas on how to get it up and working..?

dorksturhh said:
so i was in the middle of a call, and it just died on me.
i was trying to change my vibrating settings on go sms so it doesnt vibrate during calls(because thats annoying)
then out of no where, it cuts off on me and died
i thought it was just a reset but it does not turn on at all
took batteries out, took sim/ memory card out too, still nothing
plugged wire in, doesnt turn on at all, as if it has no life.
current rom is bomb and bullet kernel
any ideas on how to get it up and working..?
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Were you on DaBomb or Bombaridie?r

Definitely sounds dead to me. If you can't get the device turned on, you can't get into recovery or download mode which means you really can't do anything.
I'd start by calling T-Mobile, tell them what happened and see if you can get it replaced under warranty. If it's as dead as you say it is, they probably won't be able to get far enough in to it to find that its been rooted etc...
Good luck

Tell me if you can download mode or recovery. If you cant go to download mode try this way.
1. Pull out battery along with sim card and sd card
2. Hold Up+Down volume buttons
3. Plug in the usb to connect to your pc
4. Put in your battery should work
dorksturhh said:
so i was in the middle of a call, and it just died on me.
i was trying to change my vibrating settings on go sms so it doesnt vibrate during calls(because thats annoying)
then out of no where, it cuts off on me and died
i thought it was just a reset but it does not turn on at all
took batteries out, took sim/ memory card out too, still nothing
plugged wire in, doesnt turn on at all, as if it has no life.
current rom is bomb and bullet kernel
any ideas on how to get it up and working..?
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dorksturhh said:
so i was in the middle of a call, and it just died on me.
i was trying to change my vibrating settings on go sms so it doesnt vibrate during calls(because thats annoying)
then out of no where, it cuts off on me and died
i thought it was just a reset but it does not turn on at all
took batteries out, took sim/ memory card out too, still nothing
plugged wire in, doesnt turn on at all, as if it has no life.
current rom is bomb and bullet kernel
any ideas on how to get it up and working..?
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Use a jig to revive your phone...
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Athavan said:
Use a jig to revive your phone...
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Is the jig for the GSII different than the one from the first Galaxy S? Mine died too while trying to root...tried everything to get back into download mode

DavidXSU said:
Is the jig for the GSII different than the one from the first Galaxy S? Mine died too while trying to root...tried everything to get back into download mode
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Dont have any idea about it.. Search ebay or any other shopping site with keyword galaxy s jig.. In ebay u get it jusy for $8-10...
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damit.. even with my description of the phone, you guys still think jig would resurrect it? :\
how many of you guys used jig before? can you tell me your experiences?
yeah im on Bombaridier 3.0 bullet 2.2

Once my galaxy s was dead.. I used jig to recover it.. why, do u have any bad experience with jig?
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oh i was just wondering because i've never heard of jig before, so im curious what it could do to my phone

I found one that I got last year for my Vibrant but it wouldn't throw my GSII into download mode so I was wondering if there were newer ones to support GSII or if the old ones were supposed to work.
I just ended up calling T-Mobile for an exchange right now though.

dorksturhh said:
oh i was just wondering because i've never heard of jig before, so im curious what it could do to my phone
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Search the internet for how jig works... You can buy jig from ebay or any other shopping website.. Costs around 10$.. Very useful one...
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DavidXSU said:
I found one that I got last year for my Vibrant but it wouldn't throw my GSII into download mode so I was wondering if there were newer ones to support GSII or if the old ones were supposed to work.
I just ended up calling T-Mobile for an exchange right now though.
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yes buddy you shouls buy new one..
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Try my way before you do the jig
dorksturhh said:
oh i was just wondering because i've never heard of jig before, so im curious what it could do to my phone
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Sent from AN AMAZING PHONE WITH A FREAKING DENT TT^TT

+1
If this doesn't work you are probably screwed! Sorry
phreshjoker said:
Tell me if you can download mode or recovery. If you cant go to download mode try this way.
1. Pull out battery along with sim card and sd card
2. Hold Up+Down volume buttons
3. Plug in the usb to connect to your pc
4. Put in your battery should work
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hmmm if i order a jig, its gonna take way too long,
i called tmobile for a replacement instead, they charged me $20 service fee..
so much for the best phone out :\

Lol try phreshs method an you can probably still get into download mode
sent from my real Gs move in silence like lasagna

dorksturhh said:
hmmm if i order a jig, its gonna take way too long,
i called tmobile for a replacement instead, they charged me $20 service fee..
so much for the best phone out :\
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Meh get an Amaze then. People offered you the best advice and you decline all of it, despite making a thread asking for it.
**The regular Samsung Jig (there's only one kind) works on our device, I have confirmed this myself. AllGamer also made a thread that answers a lot of questions about download mode, binary counter, and the jig itself. Please search before making new threads looking for a savior, only to reject the help. Thanks in advance.

You are one stubborn member -.- i shouldnt even had replied
dorksturhh said:
hmmm if i order a jig, its gonna take way too long,
i called tmobile for a replacement instead, they charged me $20 service fee..
so much for the best phone out :\
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Sent from AN AMAZING PHONE WITH A FREAKING DENT TT^TT

phreshjoker said:
Tell me if you can download mode or recovery. If you cant go to download mode try this way.
1. Pull out battery along with sim card and sd card
2. Hold Up+Down volume buttons
3. Plug in the usb to connect to your pc
4. Put in your battery should work
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hey sorry about that, i did your method before hand and it didnt work :\

[Q] Need help with phone not turning on.

My friend's S2 is having the following issues:
The phone will not turn on (Darkside 3.6 ROM with DarksideX Kernel). The phone will show the Samsung logo, the Darkside X kernel flash and then it would shut off. It will then have a constant vibration ever 2 seconds or so.
I tried going into recovery mode to try and wipe all the caches, but the phone will not let me go into recovery mode at all. It will give me the constant vibration mentioned above.
I'm guessing the issue is being caused by Kernel crash so I tried going into download mode so I could try and flash a new Kernel via Odin, but once I get into the warning screen and I press volume up to go to download mode, the phone go into download mode for a split second before shutting off and go into the constant vibration mode again.
Any idea what's going on? Or did anyone have had these problems in the past?
I flashed her phone a few months ago and it's been working flawlessly until last night. So I know it's not a bad flash. I'm getting frustrated here because I can't keep the phone turned on long enough to re-flash or to ODIN or to do anything.
Any help is appreciated!

Try letting it sit for a couple of minutes, the battery might have drained too much. This happened to me before I hope this helps, every once in a while when it turns off and on try to boot into recovery and just reboot back out to restart the phone to a normal boot.
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Daddy_617 said:
Try letting it sit for a couple of minutes, the battery might have drained too much. This happened to me before I hope this helps, every once in a while when it turns off and on try to boot into recovery and just reboot back out to restart the phone to a normal boot.
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I've tried letting the phone sit for hours.
I've tried unplugging and then plugging back in and not touching it for hours.
I've tried charging the battery to 100% (with my phone) and then putting it in my friend's phone.
Nothing's working

Sounds like the power button may be stuck, or a hardware failure.

xcrazydx said:
Sounds like the power button may be stuck, or a hardware failure.
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Power button is definitely not stuck.
I'm worried that it's hardware failure, but the phone is still under warranty and if that's the case, I'm trying to get this back to stock so I can claim the warranty.

belly1026 said:
Power button is definitely not stuck.
I'm worried that it's hardware failure, but the phone is still under warranty and if that's the case, I'm trying to get this back to stock so I can claim the warranty.
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This happened to a couple people a while ago. One had some lint or corrosion on the battery contacts, they cleaned it, and that fixed it.
skrambled said:
BOOM!!!! I fixed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew it was a battery or battery connection issue. I removed the back plating and noticed that there was some lint on the inside that was bridging the battery connections (I don't know the tech terms, sorry).
Used some air duster and blew it out. Reassembled and it is working like a charm now.
(If Joosty is reading this, I did a factory data reset--including USB storage--immediately so no worries about any personal data you may have had on there.)
EDIT: For anyone trying this fix just thought I'd mention that I used a 1/16 screwdriver to get the screws out and that getting the cover off was a little tricky--I thought I was going to break the plastic when trying to pop it off. Also, the volume rocker button falls right out so make sure to watch for that...
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From this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546174

xcrazydx said:
This happened to a couple people a while ago. One had some lint or corrosion on the battery contacts, they cleaned it, and that fixed it.
From this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546174
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Tried doing that just now, didn't work
Thanks for the link though. I'm wondering if that jtag service could repair this. Nobody on that thread seemed to actually tried that method.

belly1026 said:
Tried doing that just now, didn't work
Thanks for the link though. I'm wondering if that jtag service could repair this. Nobody on that thread seemed to actually tried that method.
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I would bet he can fix it, whether it be a hardware or software issue. Mobiletechvideos does good work from what I hear.
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dongle
bought 3.00 usb dongle on Ebay, that forced mine brick into download mode. Reflashed through Odin

Try to just put the battery in and hold the volume up and down button while it keeps booting up and down with the vibration thingy going on. It usually just boots into recovery might take a few tries just be patient and hold down the volume up and down buttons
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Happened to me when I put a née battery in while the phone rebooted into recovery. I ref lashed recovery and let the battery recharge bam it worked.
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Daddy_617 said:
Try to just put the battery in and hold the volume up and down button while it keeps booting up and down with the vibration thingy going on. It usually just boots into recovery might take a few tries just be patient and hold down the volume up and down buttons
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I've tried this and didn't work. I was pressing the vol up and down button so long for so many times, my fingers started to hurt lol.
Madblaster6 said:
Happened to me when I put a née battery in while the phone rebooted into recovery. I ref lashed recovery and let the battery recharge bam it worked.
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Battery is 100% charged and the phone will not boot into recovery

Damn... I guess you should try a jig, that's the only thing I have in mind. Sometimes you need to take everything out such as the sim card, Sdcard etc... let sit for 5 minutes then try to put the battery in to go into download mode. Last time I was getting so frustrated and noticed the USB cable was still in and that was the reason I couldn't get into recovery I was so heated! Haha anyways I hope this helps.
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Daddy_617 said:
Damn... I guess you should try a jig, that's the only thing I have in mind. Sometimes you need to take everything out such as the sim card, Sdcard etc... let sit for 5 minutes then try to put the battery in to go into download mode. Last time I was getting so frustrated and noticed the USB cable was still in and that was the reason I couldn't get into recovery I was so heated! Haha anyways I hope this helps.
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Yeah, I'm ordering a jig and hoping that it would force my phone to download mode and keep it on long enough for me to flash new kernel or stock rom.
But I did try letting the phone sit overnight before attempting anything to it with no results. If the jig doesn't work, I'm just going to send it in for the JTAG service. I e-mailed them and they said they would be able to fix it.

What??
belly1026 said:
Yeah, I'm ordering a jig and hoping that it would force my phone to download mode and keep it on long enough for me to flash new kernel or stock rom.
But I did try letting the phone sit overnight before attempting anything to it with no results. If the jig doesn't work, I'm just going to send it in for the JTAG service. I e-mailed them and they said they would be able to fix it.
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This does not make sense. First, were you able to go into download mode using Vol up+down and USB cable plugged in to computer? If you can, then press vol up to continue and start ODIN on your desktop, flash the stock ROM (download from the Galaxy S2 Android Dev threads) and see if that works.
To me this does not sound like a hardware but more like a corrupt software issue.
I hope you just don't waste your money for nothing here.

belly1026 said:
once I get into the warning screen and I press volume up to go to download mode, the phone go into download mode for a split second before shutting off and go into the constant vibration mode again.
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razormight said:
This does not make sense. First, were you able to go into download mode using Vol up+down and USB cable plugged in to computer? If you can, then press vol up to continue and start ODIN on your desktop, flash the stock ROM (download from the Galaxy S2 Android Dev threads) and see if that works.
To me this does not sound like a hardware but more like a corrupt software issue.
I hope you just don't waste your money for nothing here.
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As I'd mentioned in my first post, I'm able to go into download mode, but I'm unable to keep the phone turned on for me to do anything with ODIN.
I'm hoping that by using the JIG, it will somehow force my phone to stay in download mode long enough for me to flash.

That happened when my phone's Seidio battery had some liquid spilled on it. It did the same exact thing but I used my stock battery to boot it, let the phone run from the charger and replaced the battery. That fixed it for me. Try using another battery.

aranurea said:
That happened when my phone's Seidio battery had some liquid spilled on it. It did the same exact thing but I used my stock battery to boot it, let the phone run from the charger and replaced the battery. That fixed it for me. Try using another battery.
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I've used three different batteries. No go.
Thanks for the suggestion though.

No problem. If your gonna return it, either brick it or stock it
Sent from my Ice Cream Sandwiched Darkside T989.

did you manage to fix it?
I have the same problem! please help

[Q] Galaxy S III Fried

Would appreciate if anyone could help
Bought a brand new Galaxy S III from T-Mobile, a week ago. On the same day I rooted it, using these instructions galaxys3root dot com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999/. . . Worked out great.
Then I used this ROM called Deodexed_Debloated_T999UVALEM, and that worked out fine.
Today I decided to use this rom: Criskelo_6.0.1_Stock_XXBLG9_ota
And while it was installing, it asked for an update file, which I did not have.. So I chose the option to reboot the phone. Since then the phone has been practically dead, and here are the symptoms:
1. The phone does not power up, in any mode
2. When connected to the pc, pc cannot recognize it
3. Installed Kies, and drivers, nothing changed
4. Plugged to the charger, and nothing changed
5. Removed the batter for over an hour and repeated the above and nothing changed
Does anyone know what I can to salvage this phone?
Thank you

Rekhter said:
Would appreciate if anyone could help
Bought a brand new Galaxy S III from T-Mobile, a week ago. On the same day I rooted it, using these instructions galaxys3root dot com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999/. . . Worked out great.
Then I used this ROM called Deodexed_Debloated_T999UVALEM, and that worked out fine.
Today I decided to use this rom: Criskelo_6.0.1_Stock_XXBLG9_ota
And while it was installing, it asked for an update file, which I did not have.. So I chose the option to reboot the phone. Since then the phone has been practically dead, and here are the symptoms:
1. The phone does not power up, in any mode
2. When connected to the pc, pc cannot recognize it
3. Installed Kies, and drivers, nothing changed
4. Plugged to the charger, and nothing changed
5. Removed the batter for over an hour and repeated the above and nothing changed
Does anyone know what I can to salvage this phone?
Thank you
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Looks like you flashed a ROM for I9300.

Can you get into download mode?
Hold down and home key while restarting phone.

Rekhter said:
Would appreciate if anyone could help
Bought a brand new Galaxy S III from T-Mobile, a week ago. On the same day I rooted it, using these instructions galaxys3root dot com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-t-mobile-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999/. . . Worked out great.
Then I used this ROM called Deodexed_Debloated_T999UVALEM, and that worked out fine.
Today I decided to use this rom: Criskelo_6.0.1_Stock_XXBLG9_ota
And while it was installing, it asked for an update file, which I did not have.. So I chose the option to reboot the phone. Since then the phone has been practically dead, and here are the symptoms:
1. The phone does not power up, in any mode
2. When connected to the pc, pc cannot recognize it
3. Installed Kies, and drivers, nothing changed
4. Plugged to the charger, and nothing changed
5. Removed the batter for over an hour and repeated the above and nothing changed
Does anyone know what I can to salvage this phone?
Thank you
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The problem here is that you flashed an International rom onto a T-Mobile Galaxy S3. The only solution I could think of would be to flash back to stock using Kies but that isn't really possible unless the phone is able to go into download mode.

zer0trip said:
Can you get into download mode?
Hold down and home key while restarting phone.
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This
But you will hold the Volume down + Home + Power button Don't let go until your in download mode

Jigga0o7 said:
The problem here is that you flashed an International rom onto a T-Mobile Galaxy S3. The only solution I could think of would be to flash back to stock using Kies but that isn't really possible unless the phone is able to go into download mode.
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Thank you for your response, unfortunatley it is not doing anything, it is not restarting in any modes.
Got any suggestions?

You just hard bricked your phone!!! :/ damn that sucked!!!!
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cybrnook said:
This
But you will hold the Volume down + Home + Power button Don't let go until your in download mode
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I held all three buttons down for over 3 minutes, nothing happened. Should I try it for longer?

Rekhter said:
I held all three buttons down for over 3 minutes, nothing happened. Should I try it for longer?
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No , shouldn't take more than 10 seconds.
Sorry to hear that man, but in the future PLEASE RESEARCH before you get flash happy. International version of the GSIII has completely different hardware inside.
You need to stick to T-Mobile GSIII roms, or don't flash them at all. Might be a good candidate for stock rooted, or no root at all.

Pull battery. Put battery back in and hold Vol down, home and power, until it vibrates, then let power go but hold the other two until download mode comes up.

Flashing different carrier ROMs and kernels will result in hard bricking your phone!!! Only flash ROMs and kernals that is for your phone model!!!
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The downfall of getting Flash Happy and just throwing anything at it you think you can...

stevessvt said:
Pull battery. Put battery back in and hold Vol down, home and power, until it vibrates, then let power go but hold the other two until download mode comes up.
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Tried that again. Removed the battery, held all three down for 2 minutes straight, no vibration. screen black, nothing happening :-/

dannydv said:
Flashing different carrier ROMs and kernels will result in hard bricking your phone!!! Only flash ROMs and kernals that is for your phone model!!!
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Dude you are more drama than gurls. Relax @op worst case scenario u will have to buy a jtag $3 on ebay and problem solved but first do some search and try possible solutions that worked for other users.

Alarmmy said:
It is time to call Tmobile or Samsung for warranty exchange.
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Quite sure this is not covered under warranty.
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lazarat said:
Dude you are more drama than gurls. Relax @op worst case scenario u will have to buy a jtag $3 on ebay and problem solved but first do some search and try possible solutions that worked for other users.
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JTAG ftw

dannydv said:
Flashing different carrier ROMs and kernels will result in hard bricking your phone!!! Only flash ROMs and kernals that is for your phone model!!!
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not entirely true. At&t roms an kernels work with the T-Mobile s3. Don't remember if any others do.
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I haven't seen one for 3 bucks but you definitely need the JTAG.

mustk1ll20 said:
not entirely true. At&t roms an kernels work with the T-Mobile s3. Don't remember if any others do.
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Yup... we CAN in fact flash kernels and att roms... its modems/radios from other carriers that shouldn't be flashed. We can also flash some sprint and verizon roms, but as they are CDMA it'll take some more advance modding, to get them to run full and proper... probably a little over the OP's head, but just saying.
Still alls not lost, look into Jtag as others have suggested...

If u hard brickd your phone the $5 usb dongle JTAG will not unbrick it! You need to send it in for a jtage reflash!
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dannydv said:
If u hard brickd your phone the $5 usb dongle JTAG will not unbrick it! You need to send it for jtage reflash!
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Any suggestions on where I can get this done?

Hard Bricked my Epic- Will I have to make an assurion claim?

Now before you say its not hard bricked, just use odin/download mode bla bla bla, know that I do know what I am talking about. I was odining WITH PARTION ON to go from mtd to bml and my computer power cut out. Now I can't turn my phone on OR get into download mode . I looked into th e unbrickable mod but apparently that's just more of an untested thing (at least for the epic). That pretty much means I can only get a new phone (probably get the note 2). However I was wondering for the time being if I turned this into sprint, assuming they don't know whats wrong with it and i play dumb, Will they just replace my phone cause I have tep? Or will i have to make an assurion claim? Or should i use an old crap phone for the next 3 weeks until i can get my gnote 2?

A month or so ago, I thought I had hard bricked from an odin disconnect. I searched & tried EVERYTHING and couldn't get it to DL mode. Somewhere in XDA I stumbled on a suggested unbrick method that amazingly worked. I wish I could find that post & hit Thanks.
- Close the keyboard
- Put the battery in
- Press the power button TWICE with short presses
- Plug in your USB cable
- Use 1+Power to fire up DL Mode
- Voila!!
I know it sounds overly simple, but it worked for me. I was shocked.
Al
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arschend said:
A month or so ago, I thought I had hard bricked from an odin disconnect. I searched & tried EVERYTHING and couldn't get it to DL mode. Somewhere in XDA I stumbled on a suggested unbrick method that amazingly worked. I wish I could find that post & hit Thanks.
- Close the keyboard
- Put the battery in
- Press the power button TWICE with short presses
- Plug in your USB cable
- Use 1+Power to fire up DL Mode
- Voila!!
I know it sounds overly simple, but it worked for me. I was shocked.
Al
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I don't know why, but they seemed to work...thank you!

Well, I guess my memory isn't so hot. I found the original post here. The instruction should have been to press the power button twice with the the battery OUT. I'm glad it worked for you anyway.:laugh:
Al

arschend said:
Well, I guess my memory isn't so hot. I found the original post here. The instruction should have been to press the power button twice with the the battery OUT. I'm glad it worked for you anyway.:laugh:
Al
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My friend told me it had something to do with waiting for the static something or other to clear with the battery out...so it may not have been your method. Just the two hours i got frusturated and didn't do anything with it and the battery out.

samdsox said:
My friend told me it had something to do with waiting for the static something or other to clear with the battery out...so it may not have been your method. Just the two hours i got frusturated and didn't do anything with it and the battery out.
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this drains the power out of the phone board, you could also unplug the battery and plug the phone into a WALL charger while holding power and 1, then after you get into download mode plug the battery in and take it to the usb for odin.

samdsox said:
Now before you say its not hard bricked, just use odin/download mode bla bla bla, know that I do know what I am talking about. I was odining WITH PARTION ON to go from mtd to bml and my computer power cut out. Now I can't turn my phone on OR get into download mode . I looked into th e unbrickable mod but apparently that's just more of an untested thing (at least for the epic). That pretty much means I can only get a new phone (probably get the note 2). However I was wondering for the time being if I turned this into sprint, assuming they don't know whats wrong with it and i play dumb, Will they just replace my phone cause I have tep? Or will i have to make an assurion claim? Or should i use an old crap phone for the next 3 weeks until i can get my gnote 2?
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If its been 30 days you can go back to any sprint store and they have to give you a new one. I've done it. not for the s3 but for other phones. Thats considered a manufacturers defect.

T989 Boot Loop Question

Guys/Gals,
I have an issue with my T989 that just arose over the weekend. First a little background about my experience and what has been done to the phone. I had the phone rooted with various versions of JB installed around a year ago. I was basically trying different firmwares, it was like a hobby. I decided to go back to stock FW around this same time (around a year ago) and have been running stock since then. In other words, I did not keep custom FW on the device very long.
This weekend, my phone just decided to crash when I was trying to send a text. I thought maybe the battery was dead so I plugged the phone in. The phone came up and goes through the progress bar located on the "Samsung Galaxy SII Android 4G Tmobile" screen. It gets almost all the way to the end of the progress bar and then shuts down and reboots starting the process over again. Occasionally it will make it all the way through and go to the "Samsung" flash screen that normally proceeds getting into the actual OS. When it does make it this far, the Samsung logo just keeps flashing and it never proceeds further.
I try to enter download mode via power + the up and down volume keys. Doing this leads me to the start of download mode; however, the droid falls over dead with a red triangle and exclamation point appearing around his stomach area and the following message appears for a moment before rebooting:
"
--Verifying internal MMC block
checksum confirmation -> check (0)
Not need checksum confirmation
already executed!!...
# MANUAL MODE #
"
One big problem with this is I cannot enter download mode and my PC does not recognize the device. When it actually makes it to the SAMSUNG logo, the device is seen as "unknown." I have the drivers and try to install them, but windows provides the following error message: I don't have it verbatim, but it is an error 29 and states the devices firmware failed to allocate resources.
Any ideas? I am leaning towards the internal memory is damaged. Do you think a JIG stick would help me get into download mode or will I probably get the same error message?
Thanks!

Not sure if this will fix your problem, but to get into download(Odin) mode you need to hold volume up + down and plug USB into your computer.

meekrawb said:
Not sure if this will fix your problem, but to get into download(Odin) mode you need to hold volume up + down and plug USB into your computer.
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Thanks for the reply. I am able to initiate download mode as you described, but receive the error I described above almost immediately. Download mode just won't launch. The device errors out and I get the droid with the red triangle coming out of his stomach and the device reboots. I just ordered a USB jig. Hopefully it can save my device. I am not liking my chances.

braggtd said:
Thanks for the reply. I am able to initiate download mode as you described, but receive the error I described above almost immediately. Download mode just won't launch. The device errors out and I get the droid with the red triangle coming out of his stomach and the device reboots. I just ordered a USB jig. Hopefully it can save my device. I am not liking my chances.
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If you take out the battery and put it back in does the phone turn on by itself? It kind of sounds like you may have a sticky power button. If that is indeed the problem, there is some stuff you can try near the end of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310

What does it cone up as when it does get seen by PC is it just unknown or does it say qalqcom something...
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meekrawb said:
If you take out the battery and put it back in does the phone turn on by itself? It kind of sounds like you may have a sticky power button. If that is indeed the problem, there is some stuff you can try near the end of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
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Sounds like my phone..Same issues..It's on its third trip to Samsung today... If it's under warranty, I'd express you want the board replaced along with the power button components.....They replaced all my components except the board, and they're doing that this time... .

soupysoup said:
What does it cone up as when it does get seen by PC is it just unknown or does it say qalqcom something...
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Just "unknown." It only shows this when it actually gets to the glowing "Samsung" logo. It does not see the device at all when it is in reboot over and over mode.

I would agree with smokin Joe then, I'd call Sammy and id check ur powers button as it may ba stuck....
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smokinjoe2122 said:
Sounds like my phone..Same issues..It's on its third trip to Samsung today... If it's under warranty, I'd express you want the board replaced along with the power button components.....They replaced all my components except the board, and they're doing that this time... .
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Thanks for the info. No warranty left. I am going to order a Nexus 4 I suppose. I have a USB jig on order as a last ditch effort to get into download mode.

braggtd said:
Thanks for the info. No warranty left. I am going to order a Nexus 4 I suppose. I have a USB jig on order as a last ditch effort to get into download mode.
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Its not too hard to remove the power button and put on another. Its also a hell of a lot cheaper than getting a new phone. Its worth a shot id say. Button is less than 5 bucks. A reputable electronics shop would likely only charge 10 bucks to solder it on if you disassemble it and have everything ready. Its easy to remove the entire logic board. Before taking it to them though, try blowing the button out with compressed air. It fixed my bootloop
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meekrawb said:
Not sure if this will fix your problem, but to get into download(Odin) mode you need to hold volume up + down and plug USB into your computer.
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pyraxiate said:
Its not too hard to remove the power button and put on another. Its also a hell of a lot cheaper than getting a new phone. Its worth a shot id say. Button is less than 5 bucks. A reputable electronics shop would likely only charge 10 bucks to solder it on if you disassemble it and have everything ready. Its easy to remove the entire logic board. Before taking it to them though, try blowing the button out with compressed air. It fixed my bootloop
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I opened the phone and tried the fix from the forum link above. My power button is still clicking and does not appear to be sticking. I don't think this is the issue. I am leaning towards internal memory error. I should have my usb jig tomorrow. I ordered a Nexus 4 in the mean time. I will sell this phone if I get it working. Thanks for the assistance!

Well guys and gals, I think my phone is officially dead. I received my USB JIG and the phone actually goes into "download mode" and displays the following:
Factory Mode
Product Name: SGH-T989
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
The problem is the PC still sees it as "unknown" with the firmware error "29" message. I don't know what else to try. Any other thoughts?
Thanks!