[Q] S3 bricked help please - T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII

Hi all
Ok was playing around with the samsung toolkit and somehow managed to brick my phone as it will only go to the boot screen.
I can only get it to go in to the download screen (Vol down, home, power)
Ive tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&page=3
but when i try even the first step i left it nearly 30 mins and it dosnt seem to do anything
Any help you could give would help me alot
Thanks

avenger79 said:
Hi all
Ok was playing around with the samsung toolkit and somehow managed to brick my phone as it will only go to the boot screen.
I can only get it to go in to the download screen (Vol down, home, power)
Ive tried this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&page=3
but when i try even the first step i left it nearly 30 mins and it dosnt seem to do anything
Any help you could give would help me alot
Thanks
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Just keep trying to flash via Odin. I had that happen where it just sits there five times in a row. Just gotta keep trying
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elesbb said:
Just keep trying to flash via Odin. I had that happen where it just sits there five times in a row. Just gotta keep trying
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I must have done it 100 times and always seems to hang never seems to get any further, I've gone straight to the rom too and same thing looks like its doing something but nothing how long does it take?

avenger79 said:
I must have done it 100 times and always seems to hang never seems to get any further, I've gone straight to the rom too and same thing looks like its doing something but nothing how long does it take?
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Are you using the file that is stated in the post you referenced? Im no unbricking expert but Not sure putting verizon firmware on a tmo phone works very well...
Also I had a problem with Odin awhile back and it turned out to be the cable I was using...
If you can get into download mode and have odin recognize your phone I believe you will be good to go if you put the correct software on your phone...
Think you should try to Odin back to a stock firmware for your phone instead of using some sort of "unbrick" method... use only one from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687

majic12 said:
Not sure putting verizon firmware on a tmo phone works very well...
Also I had a problem with Odin awhile back and it turned out to be the cable I was using...
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Agreed on both accounts.
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From an Odin guide I read, can't remember the one now. I believe it said to use the cable from the wall charger. Other cables may work, but that is the one that should work for some reason no matter what.
Good Luck.

If nothing else works on it, search for mobiletechvideos.com. I flashed I-9300 ROM onto my T-999 phone. Hard bricked it. I sent it to those guys and within 1 week, phone was back and was like it was before I flashed the wrong ROM. Great service they provide. It was also my only option. ha.

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Whats the deal with the EPIC?

I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?
I don't know what Odin 4.3 is but...
If you can get into download mode, use Odin 1.85 and find a rom to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184091
If you can't get into download mode, then I'm not sure what to do as I haven't researched brick stuff.
I'm also not sure if the dev forum is the right place for this thread.
Maybe.. if u tried almost ever thing u could to bring your phone back from a brick and its still brick than maybe its time to give up.. pay your deductible and get yourself a replacement.. U have to remember there are consequences to hacking your phone and u have to deal with it now.. Sorry
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I don't know what Odin 4.3 is but...
If you can get into download mode, use Odin 1.85 and find a rom to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184091
If you can't get into download mode, then I'm not sure what to do as I haven't researched brick stuff.
I'm also not sure if the dev forum is the right place for this thread.
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true if u cant at least get into download mode than u SOL... i recovered from a brick phone the other day by holding down the four gold circle pins on the back of the phone and than trying to go into download mode.. it worked for me but others have tried it and said that it didnt work..
Natty_lite said:
I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?
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Try the thread that is titled, bring your phone back from the brink, or something like that.. as long as you have download mode, you are good to go. And odin 4.3 is not an app for our phone.. odin3 ver 1.86 i believe is the newest...
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I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Odin 1.65 is in this thread along with stock Froyo. I had a problem with my samsung logo not showing on boot and following the instructions in this thread got rid of my problem. As others have said, if you can't get into download mode you are out of luck as far as I know.
If you can't get into download mode and have TEP, take your phone into a Corporate Owned Repair Center, give them some bull**** story where suddenly your phone wouldn't come back on, I have done this twice now and they have given me a brand new Epic every time right there on the spot.....no deductible!
U sure down look round for a person that previously have 10 different android phones smh
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If you can get into download mode but, you still can't flash, then you probably have a bad cable. If you are using the stock usb cable, replace it with a quality micro usb cable and that should get you sorted. The ones that come with the phone are garbage.
I do find it a little humorous when you say not to call you a noob immediately after you pull "Odin 4.3" out of your hat. You would do well if there was a techie stand up act and your timing was just right.
EDIT: post deleted, thread moved
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So we can post "question" threads in the development section now? i believe ill go make a few
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Yeah man you sure are acting like a noob with the posting in development and all... not to mention odin 4... try turning everything off. Then hold 1 for like 15 seconds then press power while still holding 1. Try around with different combinations of that and it should turn on eventually. Mine did.
cd's or tapes?
Edit: too much natural light perhaps?
Tw I am a n00b and even I know that there is NO an odin 4.watever!
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I was having trouble ODIN'ing my phone. It kept failing and I thought I bricked my phone because it wouldn't power on. I switched my USB port on my laptop and bam, it worked. Maybe try that (assuming you can get into download mode on your phone).
Try using another fully charged battery from a friends epic. Sometimes waiting an hour works can't tell you how many times I thought I hosed my epic or vibrant for that matter.
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Odin Multi Downloader 4.03 wasn't the right tool for the job. I got it from a thread similar to mine where someone was bootlooping and needed to flash back to stock. However, the link provided in the thread that Aryander posted did the trick right away.
Thanx
Sorry for posting within the wrong section.

Help Please

I rooted my phone and somehow messed it up. I took it to sprint but they told me since I have custom roms they wont be able to help me. The guy at the store pointed me this way. He said something about stuck power cycle on splash screen. I need to get back to the original roms. Before this happen the phone was on android 2.2
Thank you soo much
Abdi said:
I rooted my phone and somehow messed it up. I took it to sprint but they told me since I have custom roms they wont be able to help me. The guy at the store pointed me this way. He said something about stuck power cycle on splash screen. I need to get back to the original roms. Before this happen the phone was on android 2.2
Thank you soo much
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Best fix, is to ODIN back to stock and start over. If you flashed a ROM, you could try going into CWM and wiping data/cache/dalvik and reflashing...
Go to Development section and follow the thread near the top in the stickies regarding how to fix a semi bricked epic.
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adamdelozier said:
Best fix, is to ODIN back to stock and start over. If you flashed a ROM, you could try going into CWM and wiping data/cache/dalvik and reflashing...
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How do I do that, will you be able to post a link on how to do that. much appreciated
Abdi said:
How do I do that, will you be able to post a link on how to do that. much appreciated
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Here is the post Kenny was referring to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Thank you very much, you guys are the best
How do I get the phone into download mode???
Abdi said:
How do I get the phone into download mode???
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With the phone off, press and hold the 1 key on the physical keyboard then add pressing and holding the power button. Yellow triangle saying download mode will pop up. Then you connect the cable to the PC with Odin or Heimdall running.
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Soft keys flashing then to CWM 5.8.2 cannot install rom

I'm fairly a noob when it comes to rooting and whatnot, however i've learned quite a bit since i've started. I rooted nexus s with no hassel. My friend the other day gave me a LG Nitro HD, the phone boots shows the LG logo then goes to the Clockworkmod touch 5.8.2. I have tried installing roms on it, it will install the rom and run then when i try to reboot, the soft keys will flash for 2 mins before showing the LG logo and going back to the Clockworkmod again. Keep in mind there is nothing on the SD card besides the signed_HO!NO!_p930 i have tried other os's too. I don't know exactly what he did to his phone. Please help me out. Thanks a bunch guys :laugh:
luqman91 said:
I'm fairly a noob when it comes to rooting and whatnot, however i've learned quite a bit since i've started. I rooted nexus s with no hassel. My friend the other day gave me a LG Nitro HD, the phone boots shows the LG logo then goes to the Clockworkmod touch 5.8.2. I have tried installing roms on it, it will install the rom and run then when i try to reboot, the soft keys will flash for 2 mins before showing the LG logo and going back to the Clockworkmod again. Keep in mind there is nothing on the SD card besides the signed_HO!NO!_p930 i have tried other os's too. I don't know exactly what he did to his phone. Please help me out. Thanks a bunch guys :laugh:
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I am having the exact same issue here for two days now... I did a full back up prior to flashing yet still nothing and no matter what ROM I try I wind up back in CWM....
I am going to stop bye a shop were I know a guy that does rooting and such and take the phone to see...Will keep you posted from this side anxious to read what others may say.
Try following machzelets or mattman86's unbricking guide. Well thats if you can get into download mode.
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rani9990 said:
Try following machzelets or mattman86's unbricking guide. Well thats if you can get into download mode.
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I know I cannot get into download mode, Will be interested to see if Lugman can or not ... So unbricking is not an option at this point for me. Tried that yesterday also.
Lugman please post any progress sounds though we are in the same river of CWM... Why the HOX is so easy compared to this ....
Try charging it then do a battery pull then plug in the USB while holding the volume update. This should bring up a screen saying download mode. Then unbrick from there.
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rani9990 said:
Try charging it then do a battery pull then plug in the USB while holding the volume update. This should bring up a screen saying download mode. Then unbrick from there.
Sent from my LG-P930 using xda premium
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Yes that worked that specific method, its in download mode however my laptop says that the device driver software was not successfully installed. I dunno what to do after this.
luqman91 said:
Yes that worked that specific method, its in download mode however my laptop says that the device driver software was not successfully installed. I dunno what to do after this.
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You can go here:
http://www.lg.com/us/support-mobile/lg-P930#software
Download the drivers and have a blast... I dropped mine off at the shop to see if the guy can do something... He mentioned that he has seen some of this going on with CWM sticking he tried some methods and a couple different ROMS and also nothing. So I left it hoping I get the call that all is well in the AM.
Anyway GOOD LUCK ..
Thanks alot man, am gonna try all this out and see how it all works. I appreciate your help. am gonna post here what the progress is and whatnot. so check back!
luqman91 said:
Thanks alot man, am gonna try all this out and see how it all works. I appreciate your help. am gonna post here what the progress is and whatnot. so check back!
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Great let us know... I have mine at the shop the guy is using the inbricking guide from here to do some magic (I hope) thought I would have the phone back today but told maybe tomorrow as it takes a long time to do the process...
Not sure I ever want to use CMW first will have to read up more on it....

Hard Bricked Sprint Galaxy s3 Need Help!!!

So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
Sent from Galaxy SIII
musclehead84 said:
If u can't get download mode or recovery than there is no help. Maybe a jig if u have one but I'm not sure if they even work for the s3.
Sent from Galaxy SIII
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Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
jsmoof21 said:
Ahhhh shyt! These new phones are harder to fix now, never had this problem before, but its like if mess up once with these new galaxy s3's thats it, whats the point of flashing roms when you chance it every time. Thanks though man looks like I'll have to call to get a new one.
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Its not a problem as long as you flash a rom FOR YOUR PHONE.....
Did you try this?
jsmoof21 said:
So I managed to Brick my sprint version of the galaxy s3. Like an idiot I overlooked a rom and used the i9300 version instead of my model version(nood move). Anyway I can't turn my phone on AT ALL!! I tried putting in into download and recovery and I get nothing. How do i fix this?? Anyone???
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I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
tyler1037 said:
I thought I hard brick my sons phone and here is what I did: Worth a try at this point.
Take battery out and do NOT put it back in. Take SD card out. Plug phone into computer and attempt download mode. Mine booted right up with this method when it wouldn't with anything else. If it does flash the stock rom through Odin right away and you are good to go.
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I just tried that and no luck. sounds like u soft bricked it. I can't get it to turn on period. The only thing that turns on is the lcd light but only for 10 seconds then shuts off. Thanks for the help though!
If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
galaxy s3 softbrick
jsmoof21 said:
I gave up an ordered a new one lol that's the only solution I could come up with
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
bonao1851 said:
hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Do you get a screen at all? You say you're softbricked but you also say it doesnt start up. If you are really just softbricked then you have a screen too, in which case you'll just look like an ass going to sprint because they will see you fuucked with it and laugh you out the store. If you are hardbricked then you would have just a black screen. If you have a screen, do some reading like you shouldve done in the first place and fix it yourself.
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hey jsmoof21 did you got you galaxy s3 back from sprint, im asking because my is softbrick and i need to know if i can bring mine to sprint and getting a replacement because my dont start up eather. thanks
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Mine was hard bricked and it couldn't be turned on period. If yours is soft brick then you should be able to get it back into download mode but you can't get it to turn on at all, then you have a hard brick. I went to sprint and got a brand new one because they couldn't fix it either. So unless they can fix it you will have to get a new one!
Also Hard Bricked.
18th.abn said:
If your getting a light, even temporary, I'd boot a tinycore Linux and see what mode its in for that 10 seconds
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On the advice for taking the battery out and trying to get into download mode, I tried and now without my battery in I get my red light but still no luck on download mode. any advice like "tinylinux". Sorry not a noob but not a pro so whereever that middle area is is where I stand. Thanks in advance.
UNBRICK
Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
pvinodnayak said:
Hi please follow these steps
1 download stock firmware below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737859
2 download clock work mod (CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip) below
http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
3 copy the CWM recovery zip to ext sd card using some card reader trough a pc and insert the sd card into your SGS3.
4 now i still presume your phone is still booting but gets stuck at samsung boot screen. reboot to ODIN mode and flash the
CWM file downloaded earlier with "AUTOREBOOT" unchecked.
5 once the cwm is flashed remove the usb cable and remove battery, hold for a sec and put the battery back again.
6 Reboot to recovery VOL UP + HOME Button + POWER, you should boot to CWM.
7 do DATA WIPE 3 times
8 do CACHE WIPE 3 times
9 under advanced do DALVIK CAHCE WIPE 3 times
10 click on reboot, as soon as you do it the vibrates, remove battery as soon as it vibrates.
11 put the battery back again and boot to odin mode again
12 flash stock firmware with F.RESET and AUTO REBOOT checked
13 your phone should reboot,
14 wait for it
please let me know if it helped.
Please do as it says without step number 3
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DUDE THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG
I had same stuck at boot screen but could get odin download mode still this literally saved my phone thanks your awesome!
I Screwed Up
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
jonathanod said:
Hello All,
I wish my first post was not for the issue of a bricked phone but it seems like it might be.
I have the sprint samsung S3 and was installing the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905676 Rom and something seems to not have gone right.
I got an error and when I went to restart my phone I get nothing...
Thanks for the help and if I have no options would anyone like to by a lovely almost new GS3?
Jonathan
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I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
m20120 said:
I think you may have flashed your Sprint GS3 with an international GSM GS3 ROM. I think you are not going to be able to recover from that.
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why are people still doing this?
nicholaaaas said:
why are people still doing this?
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Some people really should get an iPhone...
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WHYDavid said:
Some people really should get an iPhone...
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Totally agree.That or a motorola
Try YouTubeing QBKing77 on his video for bricked S3's
Good luck. There will be a way to unbrick. Just have to find the right method.
[JellyBombed S3 via XDA premium]

[Q] Samsung t989 Galaxy S II - Bootloop HELP please :(

I downloaded the Jedi Mind Trick JB 2 ROM and installed it via clocwork mod recovery .. That went fine but it took me a few days to realize I didnt have a working video camera anymore on my phone.. so I thought to flash a stock ROOTed rom instead...
Then I found this threat about an updated version of Jedi Mind Trick's ROM labled JB 3.. So I wiped as much as I could in recovery and chose to format all the options it gave me in recover , Format system , data , cache , emms(or something) .. and now when I boot the phone , it shows the first flash screen , and the samsung logo starts to shimmer then it reboots back to the splash screen and repeats this process everal times before just going black and sitting there..
So I've successfully bootlooped my phone doing this..
MY PROBLEM -- I don't know how to charge my phone or connect to it to install anything else..
Is this a serious problem? How can I charge my phone to continue troubleshooting it? It still has some battery to try some things but I don't know how to hook it up to transfer any other roms to it via USB cable and PC in it's current state..
I'm very computer savvy but I'm trying to learn this phone modding stuff and I realy hope I didn't brick my phone in this process.
Can someone please help me out here? I'll be on the forums religiously until I figure this out.
What should I start doing first??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!
still working at it
I think I'm at the point of having to use ODIN to flash a new rom since i cannot simply copy this rom to the sdcard to use clockwork to flash it .. Am I correct on this ?
For some reason this rom I found (should be stock rooted tmobile gSII rom) does not want to open from ODIN's PDA button cause its in .zip and not .tar or anything... I'm not sure how to flash this rom with ODIN ( I'm not even 100% sure this is how its supposed to go) Any suggestions ?
phew
UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
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UPDATE - So I managed to research enough to find out that there is no way to flash a CUSTOM rom with ODIN.. SO I had to download a stock (presumably rooted) t-mobile rom and flash THAT ...
Now I'm back up with a rooted rom and will begin re-installing clockwork and then my custom deodexed rooted rom afterward.
Thanks for all who almost kinda tried to care to reply in this past 2 hours =) -- As previously mentioned.. I am a nerd.. I just suck at phone modding. Haha
So , looks like I'm in the clear now and don't need any more support on this particular topic yet.
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Is this true? Through a recommendation (haven't done anything to my phone from rooting/flashing KANGSJUGGERNAUT2 years ago), I tried to flash CM10 and ended up with a bootloop myself. Tried flashing through ODIN but it kept crashing; does anyone know why?
Afterward, I tried to reflash it through CWM and from then on bootloops into a installation process that never completes.
For some reason my CWM turned super slow, freezes/hangs and reboots after a few minutes.
I gave the phone to a friend who does this stuff on the regular but he said my initial flash wasn't complete cause in download mode says I'm still running official? No clue.
I was told this via email/chat: "No luck, it won't even boot anymore, I think I'll just bring it back tmrw morn
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Sorry I'm at a wedding (yea I know random) I left my phone with coat check
OK I've narrowed down the reason but not the solution, you had an AOKP based ROM which fundamentally is based on CyanogenMod, but it wasn't correctly flashed as the phone still thought it has factory ROMs still running
11:10 PM
Clockworkmod(even though it was working before) wasn't accessing the partitions of the phone correctly so it wasn't properly wiping or flashing properly.
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So basically from the first time you flashed cwm it didn't flash properly then the next time you flashed using the new recovery it didn't flash anything it was supposed to do itself properly , so basically it was a chain of events in addition to a bad boot loader, that's why it never went to recovery or download mode correctly
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That's something that had to do with the way the phone was built meaning you may of had a bad bootloader from the very begin and are now feeling the synptoms
Basically, and I would hate to be the reason or partially the reason you have a dead phone, basically it was a matter of coincedencr that it happened as this could of happened at anytime, once you have a bad boot loader its pretty much down hill from there"
Any helpful insight as how I can rectify this? is my phone truly dead? Sorry about the quoted format, it was copied and pasted.
If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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If I were in your boat, I'd use Odin and flash the stock 4.1.2 ROM.
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The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
JahJahLoO said:
The phone won't turn on, unable to go into recovery and download mode; plugged in usb (hear connection beep but pressing power button plays disconnect button) to no avail. What can I do to unbrick?
Stock 4.1.2? Possible over a hardbricked T989 with old 2.3.6?
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sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.
sam.balia1012 said:
sorry but i have to assume that you are not doing the 3 button recovery or download mode right.
Pull battery, put battery back in, hold power button & Vol +/- untill you see SAMSUNG on the screen ---> let go off power button(keep holding
Vol +/- button) .....u will see recovery. (assuming you did flash cwm before).
Let me know.
hit thanks.
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I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
dont give up
JahJahLoO said:
I believe I am doing it correct, I have been entering recovery and download mode many times, right before I soft bricked it.
And sorry, no, I've tried many times, many methods and my phone is confirmed as entirely hard bricked.
SUPAR SAD, but thank you!
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you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
sam.balia1012 said:
you can try using adb and put the phone in dl mode.
sometimes its as easy as pull battery and wait awhile (20 min or more) and try again.
if you've exhausted all possibilities, you can use a jig to force a dl mode.
let me know
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I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
JahJahLoO said:
I don't know what adb is, or how to use it; I have, however seen my friend RDP to my desktop and do something and used the term 'adb' in his attempt to code through the phone.
I've done that battery waiting period, for nearly an hour and still no result.
After doing some researching, I have found that many people have stated a USB JIG would not be applicable to a 'hard bricked' phone. I really wanted to try as it looked like the most, simple and inexpensive solution.
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If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.
sam.balia1012 said:
If you know for a fact that you bricked your s2, maybe wrong rom or kernel that u flashed by accident then.....
contact these guys.... http://brickedmyphone.com/contact-me/
good like and click thanks if you agree.
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Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
JahJahLoO said:
Lols, you're really fishing for them "Thanks"; you got it buddy. Very swift responses. :cyclops:
Anyway, I'm still searching the net for anymore possible solutions.
Thanks.
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fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
sam.balia1012 said:
fishing for them ???????
what the hell does that even mean? it seems that brick did hit u in the head!!!
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It might as well have... :crying:

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