Bricked - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

I think I have bricked my phone. Im pretty tech savvy I have had around 5 phones and have rooted all phones. I flashed a rom I had not seen before in rom manager. It is called minium 1.0.7. It flashed fine and I hit reboot and my phone did nothing. So I did a battery pull for about 3mins and put it back in and it wont boot at all. Is there anyway I can get it to come alive again. Thanks
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Its pretty much not safe to flash stuff from rom manager anymore. Tons of stuff that isn't for our phone shows up in there now, huge problem. But more than likely you are bricked. Only hope you have is holding volume up+down at the same time, and plugging in the usb cord until the "warning" comes up. If that does not work, you have no hope. If download mode actually does come up, i will point you in the right direction to fixing your phone.

slinky1914 said:
I think I have bricked my phone. Im pretty tech savvy I have had around 5 phones and have rooted all phones. I flashed a rom I had not seen before in rom manager. It is called minium 1.0.7. It flashed fine and I hit reboot and my phone did nothing. So I did a battery pull for about 3mins and put it back in and it wont boot at all. Is there anyway I can get it to come alive again. Thanks
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Somebody in the t989 forums already has a Jtag . He'll charge like 90 dollars though
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I just sent my phone back to Samsung for warranty when I bricked mine. If it wont boot at all 99.9% chance they just send you a refurb.
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Ok, I have tried that and it wont respond to anything I think its dead. To tmobile I go. Thanks for the help though.
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Bricked a previous gs2 with ROM from other gs2 forums. Sent it to Samsung and replaced under warranty free. Recently picked up this one and wishing I never sold the previous one
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never knew rom manager would let us dl roms not for our device. that sucks.
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junglizste said:
I just sent my phone back to Samsung for warranty when I bricked mine. If it wont boot at all 99.9% chance they just send you a refurb.
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I have a friend at a tmobile store that should exchange it for me. if I feed them a line lol
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osugsxr said:
Bricked a previous gs2 with ROM from other gs2 forums. Sent it to Samsung and replaced under warranty free. Recently picked up this one and wishing I never sold the previous one
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who did you talk too? or how did you know where to send it?
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Just read the comments in rom manager, people tell you that some roms are listed in phone section thats not for that phone. I allways read the comments....
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bmakk2055 said:
Just read the comments in rom manager, people tell you that some roms are listed in phone section thats not for that phone. I allways read the comments....
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this one had no comments on it. I should have guessed.
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Try putting it in download mode by using an official LG usb cord and plugging it into a wall socket. I know the LG cords have the constant power wire switched so you might be able to do that. I have seen it done before.

Talked to my awesome tmobile friend and she has a new one coming Wed and only cost $5 to replace. Thanks guys for all your advice.
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Probably worth it but your friend is pocketing $5
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junglizste said:
Probably worth it but your friend is pocketing $5
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Who cares it's $5 for a replacement.
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markusf21 said:
Who cares it's $5 for a replacement.
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Hell she can pocket $20 looks better $200
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"Its a brick....ouch!!!!" Sing it with me everyone, mother fatha RTFD Son. I am a developer, I can change your bootanimation, can I download rom manager on your phone?

slinky1914 said:
who did you talk too? or how did you know where to send it?
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Samsung website, register the phone and information is on there. Took about 10 days or less for it to get back.
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Just got my replacement in and I have noticed it doesn't have a lockscreen. I have rebooted and and turned the screen on and off. The screen turns on and without having to go thru a lockscreen.
The other thing I noticed is if my hold down my power button my phone turns off. It doesn't prompt me to put it airplane mode or anything. It doesn't even ask me if I want to shut down it just does. Can't get a custom rom on thus fast enough.
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Charging goes to download mode??

All of a sudden, while at work I turn off my phone to charge and it reboots and goes straight to download mode?? I think I read somewhere inside another topic.. does that mean the original usb cord is going bad and turned into a jig or something..?? Thank you.
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Same thing happens to my brothers gs2. Not rooted or anything... 100% stock
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Oh OK, shouldn't be bad towards the phone.. I think it is the cord.
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Are you using a g2x data cable?
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Ninosmaxima said:
Are you using a g2x data cable?
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Yep that will cause this.
I'm just sayin!
No and I think I figured it out. My 11months old baby kept playing with the cord and chewing on the tip.
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My phone does this as well on my car charger, I will need to pickup a better quality one.

T989 HardWare Failure

Hey Guys
SO I know a lot of you where looking for MIUIv4 and such to be updated and stuff.... Well, My phone got a hardware failure, and it broke. I may or not be getting this phone again. Please, just in case, DON'T MAKE BOUNTY THREADS OR DONATION THREADS!
Balls. Well I hope you get a replacement phone
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Sorry to hear about your phone. my condolence.
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Get another one please. Your help is much appreciated. Cell phone repair store can fix it
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Hope you had insurance
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Warranty exchange...
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G1ForFun said:
Warranty exchange...
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I sent it in, just got to wait for the replacement phone to come in.
alphadog32 said:
I sent it in, just got to wait for the replacement phone to come in.
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Nice hope you get a nice replacement if not a brand new in box one.
heh. hopefully you get one with no lines or blobs since I know for sure those exist now

Thank God for Android

Took on a project to jailbreak 2 iPhones to work on TMobile and holy hell was that a job - I'll stick to Android lol but it was a challenge I needed the experience
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i tried that too it,s pain ................................. not to mention with some of them if
your phone runs out of battery u will have to jailbreak it all over again. lol
Ooh man I didn't know that hope he don't come back knocking on my door lol
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peppersu812 said:
Ooh man I didn't know that hope he don't come back knocking on my door lol
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It all depends on if it's tethered, or untethered jailbreak.
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Cool Story Bro
Dude I know it was so hard, the unlocking was hell
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thank me.. please
Thank google for android not god lol
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bikrame said:
Thank google for android not god lol
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google != god?!?!
Haha
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Towle said:
It all depends on if it's tethered, or untethered jailbreak.
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Well I found a package to install tetherme in winterbored he now had the option to do so I had no idea the iPhone had so much to install on the jailbreak packages but still love flashing of the roms
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Since we are all sharing stories. I purchased a used 3g last year to see what the big deal was. I spent more than 2 hours trying to jailbreak the crap vecause itunes wouldnt recognize the packages. Once i got it jailbroken i tried unlockinh it and it broke the jailbreak which lead me to start back at stock iphone. I did finally get it to find out the came firmware or hardware had an issue. Ended up scrapping it. I love android
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I got everything working on it but found it allot easier to learn Android phones I spent hours at the computer and when I went to sleep I could hear the computer still running lol
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You guys must not be very technically inclined heartbreaking is as easy as plugging the thing into the computer and running the executable and following directions....
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xsteven77x said:
You guys must not be very technically inclined heartbreaking is as easy as plugging the thing into the computer and running the executable and following directions....
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Even when they had 5.0.1 on the iPhone and they wanted to run TMobile on it I couldn't get it to recognize the Sim card he wouldn't let me down grade
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xsteven77x said:
You guys must not be very technically inclined heartbreaking is as easy as plugging the thing into the computer and running the executable and following directions....
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and isnt untethered just a one click.
both are simple for me. All i had to do was the read and follow the tutorial for the device (iphone/ipod touch).
Well after I jailbroke it I found that easy but not knowing cause I've never messed with an iPhone found it more difficult to handle and much easier to flash or anything else themes and stuff
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The only thing i miss from iPhone was the syncing with all my other devices
peppersu812 said:
Well after I jailbroke it I found that easy but not knowing cause I've never messed with an iPhone found it more difficult to handle and much easier to flash or anything else themes and stuff
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I'm confused. Are you saying doing something you have never done before is harder than doing something you have done before?
If you have an at&t iPhone they now offer their customer the ability to unlock their iPhones
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Phone stolen...

Phone stolen today.
I've suspended the service and tried to use plan b with no success.
I have insurance with tmo.
Is there any way I can locate it+how much will it be to replace via insurance claim?
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If you have insurance it shouldn't cost more than $40 to get a replacement.
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richardlibeau said:
If you have insurance it shouldn't cost more than $40 to get a replacement.
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Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.
sinfulgray said:
Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.
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Damn didn"t know that. Had two phones replaced before on my contract and only paid 40 each time for new one.
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There is an app called (plan b) in the play store.. It's made by lookout it can be installed remotely and help to locate your phone
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sinfulgray said:
Insurance claims are more like $130. Lost my phone before.
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Well damn...
rymanh said:
There is an app called (plan b) in the play store.. It's made by lookout it can be installed remotely and help to locate your phone
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This app works bit ur service must still be on. I have used it before and works great
My favorite is Cerberus. Been using it since my D1 days....although its a little late now but I would recommend using it on your replacement.
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Do you guys think it's worth the 130$?
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JaZart said:
Do you guys think it's worth the 130$?
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For a new one yes all day long if you got it.
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richardlibeau said:
For a new one yes all day long if you got it.
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+1. Considering they still sell for more than $200 used on CL
Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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don728871 said:
Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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Yeah good luck with that.
don728871 said:
Ok why do that when I can just ask the cops to trace your phone lol
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Cops won't waste the resources for a phone that is not worth it.
Report it to T-Mobile and they will put the IMEI on a black list that it can never be used again...
I got a replacement via asurion
I'm not sure whether my stolen phone was imei blacklisted but they said it's now deactivated.
Actually pretty happy because my phone had tons of lines and a few scrapes+ scratched
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Omg they sent me a galaxy s blaze WTF?
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JaZart said:
Omg they sent me a galaxy s blaze WTF?
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Lol oh they snuffed you. I get to calling them right now and flip.
BACARDILIMON said:
Lol oh they snuffed you. I get to calling them right now and flip.
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That's precisely what I did and now..I'm getting a WHITE SII :victory::victory::victory:
They sent me a Blaze because apparently they didn't have any black s2 left...pretty dumb of them.
I think no apps can match 'find my iPhone' if in this situation ad i also have all version of iPhone.. once i try to locate n yes i found it back....
Samsung should have one of those..
Anyway, they shouldn't replaced to you the blaze i think... :banghead:
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Help. Phone will not turn on at all

I'm new to the S3 and I have rooted a few devices previously. I just got my S3 yesterday. I rooted it with no issue. Installed a custom recovery with no issue and even installed a custom ROM (wicked v10) with no issue other than ,once the ROM booted up I had no data. I did some searching and found a firmware/modem zip that I thought might fix my issue. It said that it will only install on a T999 T-Mobile version of the S3. Good, so I install it. Well I have a T-Mobile S3 but mine is a T999L. Now my phone does nothing. Will not start will not boot into safe mode. Doesn't even have a LED when on the charger. Somebody please please help.. Thanks in advance
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Pretty sure you just hard bricked it. Sorry man, I know that sucks. But if you can't get any response from the device.....
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So do you think I can return it to where I got it and tell them it just stopped responding and get another one without any issues?. I just bought it yesterday at my local wal mart..
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tj gamino said:
So do you think I can return it to where I got it and tell them it just stopped responding and get another one without any issues?. I just bought it yesterday at my local wal mart..
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depends if they take returns
they can't know what's wrong since it won't run at all
so give it a try act like you don't know anything about phones and say i was just charging it
Update: I was able to return the bricked phone and get another phone. Lady tried to say I might have "over charged" the phone. I just shook my head and said wow! I never heard of that before.. Good to be back
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tj gamino said:
Update: I was able to return the bricked phone and get another phone. Lady tried to say I might have "over charged" the phone. I just shook my head and said wow! I never heard of that before.. Good to be back
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Lol "over charged".
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tj gamino said:
Update: I was able to return the bricked phone and get another phone. Lady tried to say I might have "over charged" the phone. I just shook my head and said wow! I never heard of that before.. Good to be back
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hahaha LOL glad it worked out for you
That's great haha, congrats!
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Lol nice. Good thing you did it soon
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Lmaoooo brilliant!
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