I just rooted and installed the JellyBomb rom for the GS3 for a friend. They didn't like the rom, so I remembered that there was a GS3 version of Android Revolution HD. I flashed the phone and hit reboot in TWRP and now nothing. I realized just now that the roms are different for the carriers but I possibly installed a rom for a different carrier. Nonetheless, the phone still isn't doing anything. It won't power on. I get no screen. Nothing. Is it completely bricked? How can I at least get back to Download mode for Odin?
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I just rooted and installed the JellyBomb rom for the GS3 for a friend. They didn't like the rom, so I remembered that there was a GS3 version of Android Revolution HD. I flashed the phone and hit reboot in TWRP and now nothing. I realized just now that the roms are different for the carriers but I possibly installed a rom for a different carrier. Nonetheless, the phone still isn't doing anything. It won't power on. I get no screen. Nothing. Is it completely bricked? How can I at least get back to Download mode for Odin?
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Good friend. You bricked his phone. Way to not read.
The Root said:
Good friend. You bricked his phone. Way to not read.
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That's all you have to say? Can I unbrick the phone?
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That's all you have to say? Can I unbrick the phone?
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Nope, probably should have done some more research before breaking someone else's phone for them. Hope you got a good job cuz I'd make you buy a brand new one
I like to break stuff!
-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Nope, probably should have done some more research before breaking someone else's phone for them. Hope you got a good job cuz I'd make you buy a brand new one
I like to break stuff!
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Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
It's bricked if it was an international version Rom. There's usually nothing you can do. Hopefully your friend can take it back to store say it was doing update and it never came back on. I hope he's a good friend. You can't get back into download mode at all because the partitions are different and your download and recovery are no longer in existence.
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It's bricked if it was an international version Rom. There's usually nothing you can do. Hopefully your friend can take it back to store say it was doing update and it never came back on. I hope he's a good friend. You can't get back into download mode at all because the partitions are different and your download and recovery are no longer in existence.
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Thank you for giving me a real explanation and not just running your mouth. She works for the carrier so she won't have an issue getting the phone replaced. I just hate inconveniencing them. It's just ridiculous that everything went smooth up until that point. What I don't understand is why the phone won't even power back on, at all, but oh well. She says they can have another to her within a day.
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Thank you for giving me a real explanation and not just running your mouth. She works for the carrier so she won't have an issue getting the phone replaced. I just hate inconveniencing them. It's just ridiculous that everything went smooth up until that point. What I don't understand is why the phone won't even power back on, at all, but oh well. She says they can have another to her within a day.
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here ill explain on the International S3 their Kernel partition is stored where on the US variant our bootloader is stored. So when you flash a international rom it wipes your bootloader because thats where the kernel goes on the international
This same thread will come up in about five hours. I will insult that person too. Learn what you're doing. I'm tired of these threads and they won't ban people who do this. I don't think you should be doing custom stuff to phones if you know this little. Is that more clear?
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here ill explain on the International S3 their Kernel partition is stored where on the US variant our bootloader is stored. So when you flash a international rom it wipes your bootloader because thats where the kernel goes on the international
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This will prevent it from even powering on or getting into Download mode? Sheesh.
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Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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I get that those replies probably werent the most soothing, but all of this could have been avoided and replying like that does not help you resolve you problem.
Now I dont know who you are or how much you looked into it, but next time make sure you stick to the development sections of the phone you're trying to flash
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Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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No problemo! Happy to help
I like to break stuff!
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Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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Hey, I'm not trying to be a jackass. Maybe I am, but you have to imagine the frustration of people like myself who read for months before even trying to root a phone. You have to understand what you're doing with your device and especially a friend's. Every phone that goes back and was exchanged because a of a "bad OTA" helped create the excuse for an off-contract $500 Samsung Epic to become a $600-$700 Samasung Galaxy S3. I have never bricked a device. I tested Triangle Away for the first time on this phone for Chainfire and tested countless leaked kernels for Agat on the Epic Touch. My devices are fine because i knew what I was doing. This is why you should read.
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This will prevent it from even powering on or getting into Download mode? Sheesh.
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Yes since the partitions are different so let's say its supposed to format cache then on the US variant it will format something else. So the System doesn't get installed and the wrong things get formatted. You'd think you could just go back to boot loader but its wiped since the partition was different
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Yes since the partitions are different so let's say its supposed to format cache then on the US variant it will format something else. So the System doesn't get installed and the wrong things get formatted. You'd think you could just go back to boot loader but its wiped since the partition was different
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For a little comparison, go install linux beside windoze on a separate partition using wubi, then delete the linux install and see if your computer will boot up. Oh no it won't boot because windows can no longer find the MBR (Master Boot Record, which is a PC bootloader) Just like borking the bootloader on a mobile device means that the device no more worky.
I like to break stuff!
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For a little comparison, go install linux beside windoze on a separate partition using wubi, then delete the linux install and see if your computer will boot up. Oh no it won't boot because windows can no longer find the MBR (Master Boot Record, which is a PC bootloader) Just like borking the bootloader on a mobile device means that the device no more worky.
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Ah. Hahaha. Good memories
I did this exact thing on my first linux install. Yay for recovery disks lol
Second time around I made sure I chainloaded into windows first and wrote the vista MBR. :good:
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Ah. Hahaha. Good memories
I did this exact thing on my first linux install. Yay for recovery disks lol
Second time around I made sure I chainloaded into windows first and wrote the vista MBR. :good:
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I keep a rescatux disk taped to the bottom of my laptops for just such emergencies. I can't tell you how many times I've decided to upgrade or change my linux distro and hosed the MBR. Even done it a few times when the install was "successful" and linux would boot fine but windoze was MIA :banghead: only problem with a mobile device is once the bootloaders blown there's no rescue disk equivalent for the home user. Sometimes jtag can fix it but not if it doesnt come on at all
I like to break stuff!
Lol..... You did almost the same mistake I managed to do (Was my first time EVER rooting and flashing a rom). Just call sprint an play dumb. You might have to pay a fee but that's all you can really do at this point. After that mistake, I always stay in the Sprint GS3 forum along with researching all my roms, add ons, along with themes that I flash beforehand and reading the reviews on them.
Not to defend anyone but everyone was a newbie at one point but I do agree with if your not sure ask questions and read before flashing
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The root is blunt but speaks the truth. If you read. You would have seen that there are threads of people who have bricked their phone. So if you would have searched you would have seen what to do. Sheesh there's even a sticky to remind you not to flash international ROMs on the US variants.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156714
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my phone wont start again after i flashed that Rom, its for Gt-I9100 International version, they phone wont boot at all, and when i plug it to the usb the computer ask me to install: QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Please any help
Can u get into dl mode
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Also this should be in general
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no deosnt boot at all ?????
People would be more likely to help you if you posted in the correct place.
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You flashed an i9100 rom?!!?! I'm blown away. Why...why...why? Why in god's name would you do that? We have completely different hardware, of course your phone won't boot. Dude...
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There's a really good chance you're hard-bricked.
As a warning to other people out there who are just starting to do this stuff. DO NOT THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT IS IS EASY THAT YOU CAN DO IT WITHOUT READING OR LEARNING ANYTHING. We here at XDA are all for helping people but this OP clearly did not read about flashing, read about what our phone is compared to the international version, or even do a search before posting this because then he would know how to attempt to get it into download mode and odin new firmware onto the device. We're not your personal, 24-hour tech support. If you want that, do not expect us to do it for free. If you genuinely want to learn about things and want someone to teach you how to fix something you did wrong, we'll be happy to do that. I'm going to repeat this one more time for effect:
We are not your personal, 24-hour/7-days-a-week, free tech support.
Yea. Im not gonna preach because i bricked my first phone yesterday :/
But its very important we dont flash software from other phones. This phone is different than any other Samsung and GS2 out there. You can often recover a phone if you flash the wrong rom, apparently that will not be the case on this phone..
If you cant get into recovery or dl mode theres no chance of a recovery. Sorry. Recovery can be accessed by pulling the battery, putting it back in, holding volume up and down and power all at the same time. Release the power button while continuing to hold both volume buttons ONLY if the samsung logo pops up. If nothing, try dl mode. That is done by pulling battery, putting it back in. Hold volume up and down while inserting the usb cord. If it does nothing your pretty much sol.
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this is my first android phone and you best believe that i would rather be put in a sweat box with 10 sumo wrestlers and have to clean and floss some ass before I flash add rom or anything else that has to do with rooting this phone that didnt have t989 in it or that wasn't confirmed by plenty of devs... just saying dont really understand how someone thats been a member for over a year and has cleary had years of exp with andriod phones would do this..... unless hes about 13 yrs old and wanted to run around his school saying i got mine rooted i got mine rooted..
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Yea. Im not gonna preach because i bricked my first phone yesterday :/
But its very important we dont flash software from other phones. This phone is different than any other Samsung and GS2 out there. You can often recover a phone if you flash the wrong rom, apparently that will not be the case on this phone..
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How did you do that? I want to make sure I don't do the same thing when I root or flash a rom
You are hard bricked. Needs a non existent jtag to repair. Pray that connexion learns to unbrick them.
Also, WHY???? Please click on the word friend in my signature.
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alibox87 said:
my phone wont start again after i flashed that Rom, its for Gt-I9100 International version, they phone wont boot at all, and when i plug it to the usb the computer ask me to install: QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Please any help
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Dude....., there is good chance you hard bricked your phone your only option is (JTAG).
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
I flashed a kernel using the mount point for epic touch. Not sure which partition it actually flashed to but as soon as it flashed the phone shutdown and wouldnt do anything. Part of trying to get things going here we now know the right partition to flash a kernel too just working on the path.
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How did you do that? I want to make sure I don't do the same thing when I root or flash a rom
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Idk if someone already mentioned this but try this:
1.Pull battery out
2.Download Odin 1.85 or above
3.Install drivers
4.Open Odin.exe
5.Put your battery back in to the phone
6.While holding both volume keys, plug the USB in and if your phone goes into.download mode then you are set and can pick up all the stock stuff and flash it via Odin.
And if that doesn't work then you will need a jig to get into download and I dnt knw if someone had made one yet or not.
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my phone wont start again after i flashed that Rom, its for Gt-I9100 International version, they phone wont boot at all, and when i plug it to the usb the computer ask me to install: QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Please any help
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Ouch
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Goodluck.. I had my first hard brick long time ago when I flashed my moto razr with the firmware for moto razr v3i.
this is rhetorical by why even reply to someone's stupidity its plain and simple all it takes is a little bit of ****ing reading! jesus christ! topics like this annoy the crap out of me and should be deleted ! im not cool with helping someone that doesn't help themselves first sorry !
I wouldn't be so quick. Difficult and unexpected situations happen to all of us I am sure.
From the original post, I think OP may have an international version of the SGS2, and flashed the T989 Rom. He's just looking for a way back.
goldeman said:
this is rhetorical by why even reply to someone's stupidity its plain and simple all it takes is a little bit of ****ing reading! jesus christ! topics like this annoy the crap out of me and should be deleted ! im not cool with helping someone that doesn't help themselves first sorry !
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i understand that! ive bricked a phone because i DIDNT READ. and even then i still didnt make a topic of it ... i tried every way possible to recover, when that didnt work i took the phone back. Seriously if you can type you can obviously read. trust me it helps.
I was going through the Stuck at Data.img thread and came across the post below from Jaymoon and just thought others may want to take a look at it. It looks like you can bring your phone back to life.... Hope it helps a few of you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27852689&postcount=435
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27888069&postcount=444
What I personally don't want is people going straight to that and then not taking it to Sprint if they can get replaced for free - so they should at least check out their options even after they get it running. But however they get back in the game is what matters in the end... Glad it worked for them.
Question though: If someone gets this running and then claims TEP or warranty repair/replace will it be honored? I'm not sure since I don't have available for me and it would seem that most techs are going to say it's not hardware if they can't see it for themselves. (Versus the bootloop with the unmodified .PIT file.)
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What I personally don't want is people going straight to that and then not taking it to Sprint if they can get replaced for free - so they should at least check out their options even after they get it running. But however they get back in the game is what matters in the end... Glad it worked for them.
Question though: If someone gets this running and then claims TEP or warranty repair/replace will it be honored? I'm not sure since I don't have available for me and it would seem that most techs are going to say it's not hardware if they can't see it for themselves. (Versus the bootloop with the unmodified .PIT file.)
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Most people will probably be happy it booted up. After possible weeks or days at looking at the blue light or Samsung screen... LOL
playya said:
Most people will probably be happy it booted up. After possible weeks or days at looking at the blue light or Samsung screen... LOL
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If you can get into recovery or ODIN, your device is not bricked. At least not with this phone. Only true brick for the E4GT is the Blue-Light-Of-Death symptom.
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If you can get into recovery or ODIN, your device is not bricked. At least not with this phone. Only true brick for the E4GT is the Blue-Light-Of-Death symptom.
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I agree with this to the extent of the android definition of the word bricked. But that doesn't mean the phone is usable in its current state. The emmc bug cause a phone to not boot or accept a full Odin flash. So while it may get into recovery or download mode it is still pretty useless until the issue with emmc is resolved.
I also agree that people should explore their options before paying 8GB of internal memory to get their phone back up. If you can get a free replacement then that's how I would go about it.
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If you can get into recovery or ODIN, your device is not bricked. At least not with this phone. Only true brick for the E4GT is the Blue-Light-Of-Death symptom.
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you obviously dont know about the emmc bug. unless the partition can be fixed and repaired now (which it may be now)...
scarmon25 said:
I agree with this to the extent of the android definition of the word bricked. But that doesn't mean the phone is usable in its current state. The emmc bug cause a phone to not boot or accept a full Odin flash. So while it may get into recovery or download mode it is still pretty useless until the issue with emmc is resolved.
I also agree that people should explore their options before paying 8GB of internal memory to get their phone back up. If you can get a free replacement then that's how I would go about it.
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One note from Drnull's test that does differ - the locations in memory are different for the GNote and the E4GT. His original tests noted you can bypass just the existing assignment for /data and begin reallocation from where the old one ended - resulting in only losing 2GB instead of 8GB. No one ever made a modified .PIT since most people were able to replace.
Let me see if I can track down the stock one and modify it based on those notes. I know I have it at home, just wondering if I have it here at the office...
Hey if this can help a few its better than having a paperweight sitting in your house. I agree like I said with most that exhaust all other options first. But if you have no other option and you have the same symptons as those listed to be repairable in the thread then I say go for it.
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If you can get into recovery or ODIN, your device is not bricked. At least not with this phone. Only true brick for the E4GT is the Blue-Light-Of-Death symptom.
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Yeah that's the same thing I said in the op of ''Stuck at Data Img'' thread.
Lol..... Kinda wish the thread would go away... brings back bad memories. ;-)
Glad tho it looks as if a resolution may have come.
Got mine working again hope it lasts
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playya said:
I was going through the Stuck at Data.img thread and came across the post below from Jaymoon and just thought others may want to take a look at it. It looks like you can bring your phone back to life.... Hope it helps a few of you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27852689&postcount=435
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Hey maybe you can change the title of this to catch more brickers attention....it seems very useful and a great find. Like "possible emmc brick fix - Odin" or something.
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ive done 3 phones in a similar fashion.. but all with terminal commands.
where you can find the corrupted amount and skip it. and maybe not lose the whole 8gb. but, you have to realize, it makes things different in the future.
everytime you odin you will have to use a custom pit. you have to careful about a lot of different things going forward. one being that GB kernels will no longer recognize your partitions. (at least on hand created, converted partitions) TEP/Insurance is by far a better way to go..
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Hey maybe you can change the title of this to catch more brickers attention....it seems very useful and a great find. Like "possible emmc brick fix - Odin" or something.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I edited the Stuck at Data Img op.
Thank you . My phone was soft bricked , this help me I lost 8 gb but I am back on .
dante32278 said:
Hey maybe you can change the title of this to catch more brickers attention....it seems very useful and a great find. Like "possible emmc brick fix - Odin" or something.
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your wish is my command... done! Also I know some are saying the option of just using TEP and other means but lets remember some of us on here use different carriers with the ET4G and can't go back to Sprint or use TEP so this may be the only alternative for them...
I just want to bring attention to an alternative... Good Luck guys
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I'm going to contact hg42 on his thread and see if he'd be willing to create a .PIT and find out what he needs to do it - I'm guessing it would be a list of each partition, starting position in memory and size.
In the meantime those of you who can't get it fixed by warranty and are using this solution - keep an eye on the eMMC discussion thread as well for updates on efforts to get a true fix for the problem.
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I'm going to contact hg42 on his thread and see if he'd be willing to create a .PIT and find out what he needs to do it - I'm guessing it would be a list of each partition, starting position in memory and size.
In the meantime those of you who can't get it fixed by warranty and are using this solution - keep an eye on the eMMC discussion thread as well for updates on efforts to get a true fix for the problem.
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Thats what I am talking bout. I just bump this thread for views since I know some of the people who had issues may not check here everyday. Its getting about 200-300 views a day so at least is bringing awareness to a possible fix for some and a fix for quite a few
creating a pit is not hard i have the c source.. and anyone who has sucessfully repaired theirs can do it with heimdall..
After installing FoxHound ROM on Galaxy S3 i747, and it is absolutely dead now. Not even powers up. Please help. Cannot get to recovery or download either. Just black screen, no signs of life whatsoever.
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michaelkagan said:
After installing FoxHound ROM on Galaxy S3 i747, and it is absolutely dead now. Not even powers up. Please help. Cannot get to recovery or download either. Just black screen, no signs of life whatsoever.
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Can you provide a link to the ROM?
That's an i9300 ROM.
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That's an i9300 ROM.
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That's what I thought. Sounds like a hard brick if you can't get to recovery or download mode. Search out mobiletechvideos they offer j-tag services and I have seen them recommended on here often.
The OP made a mistake and now needs help to fix it.
We are all here to help each other not make someone feel worse about themselves!
Let's respect and help each other
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or you can send to samsung for warranty repair, thats what i had to do.
Just go to att service center and get a replacement. That's it. That's what I.did with my skyrocket
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I heard you can pull battery and then attempt to get into download mode from there from a thread long ago.
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Few days ago I just started installing ROMs for the first time on my rooted AT&T S3. Starting with CM10, then JellyBam, and so forth testing/trying out one at a time. I was clearing dalvik and wiping cache before and after installing each ROM. Each ROM worked fine until I finally reached the fourth or fifth ROM called Foxhound and that's when my phone when to crap. I went through the install and after it rebooted my screen went blank and never came back on. Unable to get into CWM or Download Mode, I did battery pull and also plugged via USB into my PC it still won't boot. I read that the USB jig works on the Galaxy S3, already ordered and waiting for it to come in. If that doesn't work then I'm gonna have to send it in for JTAG repair. I already read off another site that someone encountered the same issue and the USB jig didn't work (this is after I already ordered it) so I'm crossing my fingers.
And this is all because of Samsung Allshare Play isn't compatible with CM10 because it works off touchwiz. So I was looking for a touchwiz based ROM and heard about Foxhound. Once I get my phone back up I'm going to try Jedi Invasion ROM as I heard some good reviews.
KryptonKal-El said:
Few days ago I just started installing ROMs for the first time on my rooted AT&T S3. Starting with CM10, then JellyBam, and so forth testing/trying out one at a time. I was clearing dalvik and wiping cache before and after installing each ROM. Each ROM worked fine until I finally reached the fourth or fifth ROM called Foxhound and that's when my phone when to crap. I went through the install and after it rebooted my screen went blank and never came back on. Unable to get into CWM or Download Mode, I did battery pull and also plugged via USB into my PC it still won't boot. I read that the USB jig works on the Galaxy S3, already ordered and waiting for it to come in. If that doesn't work then I'm gonna have to send it in for JTAG repair. I already read off another site that someone encountered the same issue and the USB jig didn't work (this is after I already ordered it) so I'm crossing my fingers.
And this is all because of Samsung Allshare Play isn't compatible with CM10 because it works off touchwiz. So I was looking for a touchwiz based ROM and heard about Foxhound. Once I get my phone back up I'm going to try Jedi Invasion ROM as I heard some good reviews.
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Foxhound is for the i9300 as stated above so JTAG is probably your only option! In the future double check to make sure the ROM you are flashing is for your device!
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Someone's your I download mode but phone looks off and screen black. Keep it hooked to Odin to check once it's connected.taken me two days before to fix a bricked phone two hundred trys with screen black but it worked once.
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Someone's your I download mode but phone looks off and screen black. Keep it hooked to Odin to check once it's connected.taken me two days before to fix a bricked phone two hundred trys with screen black but it worked once.
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sometimes, xxsicknessxx, i dont know wtf you're saying. its all good, though. cheers
xxsicknessxx said:
Someone's your I download mode but phone looks off and screen black. Keep it hooked to Odin to check once it's connected.taken me two days before to fix a bricked phone two hundred trys with screen black but it worked once.
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Lmao I think I might understand. Sometimes even though the screen is black you can still do the button combo for download mode and it'll actually go into it even though you can't see that it went into download mode. Then plug in usb and hopefully Odin will recognize that you're in download mode and you'll be able to flash stock rom lol
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xBeerdroiDx said:
sometimes, xxsicknessxx, i dont know wtf you're saying. its all good, though. cheers
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I second that, can you repeat that please? Something about hundred tries...? Lol (seriously though)
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drock212 said:
Lmao I think I might understand. Sometimes even though the screen is black you can still do the button combo for download mode and it'll actually go into it even though you can't see that it went into download mode. Then plug in usb and hopefully Odin will recognize that you're in download mode and you'll be able to flash stock rom lol
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Correct me if I'm wrong, after the combo press to get into download mode, don't you have to press either Vol Up or Vol Dn to continue into download mode? If so which one?
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I second that, can you repeat that please? Something about hundred tries...? Lol (seriously though)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, after the combo press to get into download mode, don't you have to press either Vol Up or Vol Dn to continue into download mode? If so which one?
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Wilcox12 said:
Foxhound is for the i9300 as stated above so JTAG is probably your only option! In the future double check to make sure the ROM you are flashing is for your device!
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*Update*
I received the USB Jig and it did not work. Will be sending it in for JTAG repair in a few days. I have also been thinking about taking the phone back to the AT&T store and give them a bs story about it just stop working all of a sudden and get it replaced since I'm still under the 1yr warranty. But then again I hate refurbished replacements so I'll might as well send it in for repair.............???
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*Update*
I received the USB Jig and it did not work. Will be sending it in for JTAG repair in a few days. I have also been thinking about taking the phone back to the AT&T store and give them a bs story about it just stop working all of a sudden and get it replaced since I'm still under the 1yr warranty. But then again I hate refurbished replacements so I'll might as well send it in for repair.............???
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Search around on here for warranty replacements. I've read a few threads where people have hard bricked and returned to AT&T for warranty replacements. One thing to keep in mind tho, if they were to look into and see that it was because you were modifying your device, after a few weeks you would have a fat 600$ charge on your bill.. I'm not saying its out of the question. Just read a lot and see what other peoples results were first!
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Wilcox12 said:
Foxhound is for the i9300 as stated above so JTAG is probably your only option! In the future double check to make sure the ROM you are flashing is for your device!
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Yeah, not to make the OP feel bad ( I feel your pain, really) but this should be a warning to all new flashers (myself included).
The International uses a quad core processor, and the AT&T uses a dual core. Not even close to being the same hardware and flashing the wrong rom is an invitation for disaster. This is not the first instance of this I have read either.
I know there is a tendency to say peeps need to watch what they're doing, but a big warning label would be nice, since the S3 comes in 2 hardware flavors.
I hope you get this worked out with a jig. I have read you can rig one up yourself if you're handy, but I have not seen the instructions to do so.
If you can get back in, I can personally verify that this rom flashes back to stock unrooted. Be sure to clear your cache too.
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a big warning label would be nice, since the S3 comes in 2 hardware flavors..
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a big warning label (bigger than what they already post) is not necessary, nor is it the devs responsibility to baby-proof everything. if you find yourself hunting around the internet on 12 different sites, looking for rooting guides and roms for the S3, you're wrong. stick to one place, like xda. know your model number, make sure you're in the right forum, read over the kernel/rom page to ensure you're flashing the files meant for your device.
a "big warning label" would only be encouraging the large amount of spoon-feeding that so many (noobs and lazy peeps) on this forum already expect and somebody would still flash the wrong file like an idiot.
cheers
xBeerdroiDx said:
a big warning label (bigger than what they already post) is not necessary, nor is it the devs responsibility to baby-proof everything. if you find yourself hunting around the internet on 12 different sites, looking for rooting guides and roms for the S3, you're wrong. stick to one place, like xda. know your model number, make sure you're in the right forum, read over the kernel/rom page to ensure you're flashing the files meant for your device.
a "big warning label" would only be encouraging the large amount of spoon-feeding that so many (noobs and lazy peeps) on this forum already expect and somebody would still flash the wrong file like an idiot.
cheers
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I see you joined back in November. How'd you get so wise so fast?
No, I agree that it not the devs responsibility to make sure no one makes a mistake, still, for a phone that comes with 2 different mainboards, it might be a courtesy, just in case the user has misplaced one of the half dozen or so tabs he/she has open in their browser after power surfing for an hour. The OP made a mistake. It happens. Calling him (or me) an idiot or lazy, is neither helpful, or polite.
cheers right back atcha!
Here are the circumstances. Was on Stock Deodexed and out of boredom wanted to try SlimNote2. Did a nandroid before flashing SlimNote2.
Flashed SlimNote2 only wiping Dalvik and Cache. Made sure the MD5 matched before doing so. The install was shaky...I had to reboot twice before the phone would finally boot to the main homescreen. At this point I had seen enough and decided to get back into TWRP to restore the nandroid I had just made. IDK WTF happened but a few seconds after the restore began it aborted. Not sure whether my hand swiped something it shouldn't of or what but it just abruptly aborted. Now I when I try to do a normal power up of the phone I'm just stuck at the main boot screen (black background with white letters: Samsung Galaxy Note 2)
I tried to boot up with volume up and volume down to get into either recovery or Download Mode but it's a no go on either.
I'm thinking my only choice is to bring this thing into Sprint and play dumb. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated!
Assuming that you know about download mode, I'm guessing you know about Odin - but you're not able to get into download mode.
Have you tried pulling the battery for 2 minutes then reinstalling it and trying to get into download mode?
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Have you tried pulling the battery, and hooking up the usb cable (from your computer) to your phone and again trying to get into download mode without the battery installed?
These were both tricks of "un-bricking" Sammy's Epic 4g (my current phone - hopefully soon to be replaced w/the note 2).
Hope either option gets you back on track!
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Assuming that you know about download mode, I'm guessing you know about Odin - but you're not able to get into download mode.
Have you tried pulling the battery for 2 minutes then reinstalling it and trying to get into download mode?
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Have you tried pulling the battery, and hooking up the usb cable (from your computer) to your phone and again trying to get into download mode without the battery installed?
These were both tricks of "un-bricking" Sammy's Epic 4g (my current phone - hopefully soon to be replaced w/the note 2).
Hope either option gets you back on track!
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thanks but both methods not working.
...same deal with trying to get into recovery?
If so, leave the battery off for longer, maybe 10mins.
The fact that you can get the splash screen up is a great sign, most true bricks are...true bricks (nothing happens).
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If you're still having issues, ou may want to check out this thread and PM the OP.
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Here are the circumstances. Was on Stock Deodexed and out of boredom wanted to try SlimNote2. Did a nandroid before flashing SlimNote2.
Flashed SlimNote2 only wiping Dalvik and Cache. Made sure the MD5 matched before doing so. The install was shaky...I had to reboot twice before the phone would finally boot to the main homescreen. At this point I had seen enough and decided to get back into TWRP to restore the nandroid I had just made. IDK WTF happened but a few seconds after the restore began it aborted. Not sure whether my hand swiped something it shouldn't of or what but it just abruptly aborted. Now I when I try to do a normal power up of the phone I'm just stuck at the main boot screen (black background with white letters: Samsung Galaxy Note 2)
I tried to boot up with volume up and volume down to get into either recovery or Download Mode but it's a no go on either.
I'm thinking my only choice is to bring this thing into Sprint and play dumb. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated!
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Are you holding down volume up or down + home key + power? I believe it is a 3 button press for stock roms to get into recovery or download mode...
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Are you holding down volume up or down + home key + power? I believe it is a 3 button press for stock roms to get into recovery or download mode...
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didn't realize it involved the Home key as well...unfortunately I may have jumped the gun with this.
Impulsively I took the phone to Sprint convinced that they would be unable to do anything with the phone. I was wrong. They apparently got the phone into Download mode and realized that there is a custom OS on there. They asked if I tampered with the phone and I said NO. They went on to say that if the phone is rooted my warranty will be voided. I think I may have made a big mistake by leaving my phone there <punches self in nutsack!>
Sooooooooo aggravated right now I can't even tell you guys!
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didn't realize it involved the Home key as well...unfortunately I may have jumped the gun with this.
Impulsively I took the phone to Sprint convinced that they would be unable to do anything with the phone. I was wrong. They apparently got the phone into Download mode and realized that there is a custom OS on there. They asked if I tampered with the phone and I said NO. They went on to say that if the phone is rooted my warranty will be voided. I think I may have made a big mistake by leaving my phone there <punches self in nutsack!>
Sooooooooo aggravated right now I can't even tell you guys!
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Dang, you went from starting the thread all the way to dropping your phone off with sprint in a hour or two? You should still be fine. Theyll probably give you crap about it. Is your insurance through them?
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didn't realize it involved the Home key as well...unfortunately I may have jumped the gun with this.
Impulsively I took the phone to Sprint convinced that they would be unable to do anything with the phone. I was wrong. They apparently got the phone into Download mode and realized that there is a custom OS on there. They asked if I tampered with the phone and I said NO. They went on to say that if the phone is rooted my warranty will be voided. I think I may have made a big mistake by leaving my phone there <punches self in nutsack!>
Sooooooooo aggravated right now I can't even tell you guys!
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sooooooooo, if they void your warranty, get your phone back and it is a 2 minute fix. you'll just be out a warranty and not a phone.
Yeah, I'm an impulsive jackass! So after one of you guys pointed out that I wasn't trying to access recovery/download mode properly I sprinted back to Sprint (bad pun intended.) Of course the store was closed already but the employees were still in there. Lucky for me one of them came over to the door and entertained me. I told the guy I just wanted my phone back and he said he couldn't service it because it had a custom ROM. Then he showed me my custom rom as he handed the phone back (it was in TWRP...dumb bastid don't know the difference between recovery and a rom :cyclops I was happy to the phone was in recovery.
Sure enough I went back home, threw in my SD card and just restored my last nandroid w/o a problem!
Wow, I feel like a real fool. I was so used to entering recovery/download mode with 2 buttons I totally forgot that this phone called for a 3 button method to enter recovery. I thank all you guys for the feedback!
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didn't realize it involved the Home key as well...unfortunately I may have jumped the gun with this.
Impulsively I took the phone to Sprint convinced that they would be unable to do anything with the phone. I was wrong. They apparently got the phone into Download mode and realized that there is a custom OS on there. They asked if I tampered with the phone and I said NO. They went on to say that if the phone is rooted my warranty will be voided. I think I may have made a big mistake by leaving my phone there <punches self in nutsack!>
Sooooooooo aggravated right now I can't even tell you guys!
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Ya, just get your phone back, and it doesn't void their responsibility of trying to assist you in getting the phone operable again. Maybe void your warranty with Samsung. If it were me, I would rather try to revive the phone myself than let them try to load the stock rom on it. Just take what the6 say with a grain of salt, some of these techs want to try to make you think you've committed a felony by opening the OPEN android os...
Believe me, I know, I own a Service Center. I always enjoy the modders that come in and talk about what is working , not working etc. Or when they try to say they didn't do anything to their device, knowing we know, then they find out we are " pro modding" and its a good experience for everyone. We find it a challenge to unbrick bad flashes and mistakes. ..
Good luck with it, pm me if you need help with an exchange, etc.
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Yeah, I'm an impulsive jackass! So after one of you guys pointed out that I wasn't trying to access recovery/download mode properly I sprinted back to Sprint (bad pun intended.) Of course the store was closed already but the employees were still in there. Lucky for me one of them came over to the door and entertained me. I told the guy I just wanted my phone back and he said he couldn't service it because it had a custom ROM. Then he showed me my custom rom as he handed the phone back (it was in TWRP...dumb bastid don't know the difference between recovery and a rom :cyclops I was happy to the phone was in recovery.
Sure enough I went back home, threw in my SD card and just restored my last nandroid w/o a problem!
Wow, I feel like a real fool. I was so used to entering recovery/download mode with 2 buttons I totally forgot that this phone called for a 3 button method to enter recovery. I thank all you guys for the feedback!
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Good for you! Im glad it all worked out.
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Next1776 said:
Ya, just get your phone back, and it doesn't void their responsibility of trying to assist you in getting the phone operable again. Maybe void your warranty with Samsung. If it were me, I would rather try to revive the phone myself than let them try to load the stock rom on it. Just take what the6 say with a grain of salt, some of these techs want to try to make you think you've committed a felony by opening the OPEN android os...
Believe me, I know, I own a Service Center. I always enjoy the modders that come in and talk about what is working , not working etc. Or when they try to say they didn't do anything to their device, knowing we know, then they find out we are " pro modding" and its a good experience for everyone. We find it a challenge to unbrick bad flashes and mistakes. ..
Good luck with it, pm me if you need help with an exchange, etc.
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Thanks for pointing out my mistake bro...had I just waited long enough to get some feedback on this thread I wouldn't have had need to go into Sprint at all...alas, I'm an impatient fool. Lucky for me it all worked out in the end.
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Thanks for pointing out my mistake bro...had I just waited long enough to get some feedback on this thread I wouldn't have had need to go into Sprint at all...alas, I'm an impatient fool. Lucky for me it all worked out in the end.
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Hey no problem, I've been there myself, asking wtf is wrong, great, I bricked it ! Then ding ding... oh ya, it was THAT. Sometimes I am working on several different devices , roms, and mods within minutes of each other, swapping back and forth -off odin with one, flashing into recovery on the next, moving a rom to an sd card on another. ... and each device having its own quirks, its easy to forget the little things. Glad you got up and running again. At least the store let you get your phone back after close. Its always fun to look up after close and see a customer standing there rattling the door- never know what your going to get, lol.
Haha at this thread.. Entertaining to read.. I swear I hate dealing with a print reps and hearing their ignorant thoughts about rooting.. One lady said I better not root my phone or we won't deal with it.. I'm like she doesn't know about triangle away and stock tars lmao
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
-Galaxy Note II Edition
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Haha at this thread.. Entertaining to read.. I swear I hate dealing with a print reps and hearing their ignorant thoughts about rooting.. One lady said I better not root my phone or we won't deal with it.. I'm like she doesn't know about triangle away and stock tars lmao
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
-Galaxy Note II Edition
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Not all sprint reps are ignorant to rooting. I'm a store manager and I never keep a stock phone, first chance I get I root my phone and load a rom.
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Not all sprint reps are ignorant to rooting. I'm a store manager and I never keep a stock phone, first chance I get I root my phone and load a rom.
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Wish I would have ran into someone like you then...maybe I would have been cut some slack.
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Wish I would have ran into someone like you then...maybe I would have been cut some slack.
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thats what throws me off....rooted phones are covered by tep...seems some stores still refuse help though.
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thats what throws me off....rooted phones are covered by tep...seems some stores still refuse help though.
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You are exactly correct. Rooted devices are covered, I verified the M&P documents myself this morning.
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thats what throws me off....rooted phones are covered by tep...seems some stores still refuse help though.
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That's what I'm saying.. I've damn near had some stores refuse help just due to me having a third party launcher
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That's what I'm saying.. I've damn near had some stores refuse help just due to me having a third party launcher
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
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i get that question from my techs alot...he is this rooted ....i am like no...that's go launcher lol
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I FIXED IT
Here's the Link to my Guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
Okay, So here's what I did.
I flashed the latest Illusions ROM for my S3 and the Slim AIO 7 for 4.2.2 (since Illusions is based out of SLIM, AOKP, PA, CM, ETC). Then TWRP 2.6.0.0 said that SuperSu wasn't installed (what the heck?!?!?) and it prompted me to install su so I was like "What the heck, why not" so I swiped for yes. Then the screen went black for a good 20 minutes. I got worried, did a battery pull and tried to but straight to recovery... no bueno. Same for booting to dl mode. I plugged my phone in to my computer without the battery and the red LED comes on for 10 seconds and then it dies. It prompted windows to install the QHUSB_DL driver and it failed. WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!?
Is there anything I can do to unbrick it?
Do I have to JTAG/JIG or what? If so, can anyone direct me to it? (Last resort)
I'm on the MD4 bootloader and modem.
I really need to get this phone fixed before I go to basic on the 23rd of July.
Other info: Yes, I already went to the local Sprint store (not to get a replacement. That would be irresponsible of me considering my S3 is built by me from the MoBo on up) to get help on flashing it back to stock.
Jtag is the only way and you need to send it to someone who does that.
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Okay, So here's what I did.
I flashed the latest Illusions ROM for my S3 and the Slim AIO 7 for 4.2.2 (since Illusions is based out of SLIM, AOKP, PA, CM, ETC). Then TWRP 2.6.0.0 said that SuperSu wasn't installed (what the heck?!?!?) and it prompted me to install su so I was like "What the heck, why not" so I swiped for yes. Then the screen went black for a good 20 minutes. I got worried, did a battery pull and tried to but straight to recovery... no bueno. Same for booting to dl mode. I plugged my phone in to my computer without the battery and the red LED comes on for 10 seconds and then it dies. It prompted windows to install the QHUSB_DL driver and it failed. WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!?
Is there anything I can do to unbrick it?
Do I have to JTAG/JIG or what? If so, can anyone direct me to it? (Last resort)
I'm on the MD4 bootloader and modem.
I really need to get this phone fixed before I go to basic on the 23rd of July.
Other info: Yes, I already went to the local Sprint store (not to get a replacement. That would be irresponsible of me considering my S3 is built by me from the MoBo on up) to get help on flashing it back to stock.
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I take it that post I linked to in my thread didnt work then?
And FYI
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
What was the name of the file for Illusion ROM?
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What was the name of the file for Illusion ROM?
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FML, I made a noob mistake. Flashed a i9300 Illusion Rom. But I got it from the link on the page. It's Illusion i9300 4.2.2 07132013
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I take it that post I linked to in my thread didnt work then?
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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No. Looks like I'm going back to my ogEvo. Won't be able to use that service until after the Navy is done with me. FML. I still can't believe I made a noob mistake. -_____- I have never bricked a phone and this is ironic because i usually de-brick phones... not brick 'em.
Have you looked at this thread
[HOW TO] Unbrick your Sprint phone from flashing an International gsm boot imag
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Have you looked at this thread
[HOW TO] Unbrick your Sprint phone from flashing an International gsm boot imag
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I JUST FIXED IT! LOL. I'm in the middle of Barnes and noble and I just fixed it. I'll put down directions for a HOW TO for my method, but it involves having Linux.
HARD BRICK FIX W/O THE JTAG!
and I'll have to give credit. I finally figured out how to dd that file that was posted by (I don't have his username atm) but yeah! I got it to work. His method needs a little more instruction.
Just booted to DL mode
Yeah, if I may, please don't make a guide thread for that. It will only encourage people to flash international roms.
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glad to hear you got it working.
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Yeah, if I may, please don't make a guide thread for that. It will only encourage people to flash international roms.
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Yes, well, some people would like the convenience of not having to send their phone off and spending 60 dollars to get it fixed. And there are many ways to hard brick an S3 and I think that this would be a convenient way of fixing their phone.
Mine was a legit mistake. I'm a veteran flasher of ROMs and everyone does slip up.
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Yes, well, some people would like the convenience of not having to send their phone off and spending 60 dollars to get it fixed. And there are many ways to hard brick an S3 and I think that this would be a convenient way of fixing their phone.
Mine was a legit mistake. I'm a veteran flasher of ROMs and everyone does slip up.
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Well if you do something like that, you should own up to it and pay the $60 bucks to get it fixed. International roms don't magically wind up on your flashing queue in recovery.
I obviously can't stop you from posting anything, but just keep that in mind.
Good day.
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Well if you do something like that, you should own up to it and pay the $60 bucks to get it fixed. International roms don't magically wind up on your flashing queue in recovery.
I obviously can't stop you from posting anything, but just keep that in mind.
Good day.
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Yes, well. I can't exactly do that since I'm in the Navy and I'm going to be gone for the next two months. I prefer to find a method BEFORE paying the 60 dollars to unbrick. Dude, this to help everyone. YES I MADE A MISTAKE. We all do. I understand its frustrating. Even I get frustrated. But why should I pay 60 dollars to have someone else fix my phone when I can fix it myself? I'm not a noob at flashing.
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Yes, well. I can't exactly do that since I'm in the Navy and I'm going to be gone for the next two months. I prefer to find a method BEFORE paying the 60 dollars to unbrick. Dude, this to help everyone. YES I MADE A MISTAKE. We all do. I understand its frustrating. Even I get frustrated. But why should I pay 60 dollars to have someone else fix my phone when I can fix it myself? I'm not a noob at flashing.
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It's a fine line we walk... We here at XDA want to be helpful to "noobs," but we also want to express the importance of reading and critical thinking before acting.
This argument came up a month or two ago. There's an easy way to make the ROMs check the phone model prior to flashing. This would be a great way to prevent hard-bricks, as the installation will abort on the wrong device. The issue that arises is two-fold:
1) There are many Devs and not all will implement this device check.
2) People will start getting lazy with their flashing, as it seems "idiot proof."
We are actually seeing this with the newest CM10.1 releases. Despite it being clearly spelled out in installation threads (if they read the last 3-4 pages of the thread), a lot of people are trying to flash them without updating their bootloader. They then get the infamous system 7 error. I was answering threads one after the next with people asking the exact same question about the system 7 error. A simple 5-minute perusal of the forums (or even just the CM thread) would've yielded the results, but people don't want to put in the "hard work."
In the case of hard-bricks and your guide, I don't fully agree with CNexus (it happens from time-to-time, but he's a quality guy and dev). If it works a good percentage of the time, I think it's a valuable tool that can help a lot of people. That being said, one of the "good" things about a hard-brick is that people generally learn their lesson after one. I've seen people here on XDA that hard-bricked their device (due to carelessness), had to get it JTAG-ed, then came back to become advocates for reading the posts/directions thoroughly. It's amazing how $60 and losing your phone for a week will make people a lot more sober about flashing a Rom.
I don't doubt for a minute that having an "easy" fix for hard-bricks will reduce the impact of this lesson.
That being said, I also believe that having this guide is a good thing. My recommendation would be to rewrite the beginning of the guide to include a strong disclaimer about the dangers of flashing a Rom not meant for your device. I understand that you're trying to take the approach of "hey, we are all noobs at times, it's not that big of a deal," but I think it'll reinforce the lazy mentality of a good number of flashers.
Just my two cents. I'm glad you were able to fix your phone and to find a way to boot into download mode from the SD card so you can rewrite the bootloader partition from Odin.