hello my problem is this, I wanted to update the telephone froyo to gingerbread, but I needed to first get into recovery mode, I was trying several agreed, but did not work, then I find information for how to enter recovery mode, i found a tutorial, explaining that many companies block to enter recovery mode, you first need to install a file to have the mode, by odin. I follow step by step tutorial, and odin showed all correct, then the phone went black, will not start, took the pile and put it back, and still does not work, I have tried several but none agreed,'s try the JIG but neither method worked, I think I have no choice but to take it to technical service, but my question is, if the phone has a solution, because it is dead. thanks for the help can give me.
i'm not 100% sure what you did, but it looks like you hard bricked your phone, if it does not even start up. where did you hear all of this stuff, btw? you should have checked the bible on how to do this stuff.
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hello my problem is this, I wanted to update the telephone froyo to gingerbread, but I needed to first get into recovery mode, I was trying several agreed, but did not work, then I find information for how to enter recovery mode, i found a tutorial, explaining that many companies block to enter recovery mode, you first need to install a file to have the mode, by odin. I follow step by step tutorial, and odin showed all correct, then the phone went black, will not start, took the pile and put it back, and still does not work, I have tried several but none agreed,'s try the JIG but neither method worked, I think I have no choice but to take it to technical service, but my question is, if the phone has a solution, because it is dead. thanks for the help can give me.
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Whoawhoawhoa.
First of all, you don't need anything aside from ODIN to install Gingerbread.
Second, what did you do before the screen went black, and the phone would not start?
To get into recovery mode, you must hold the up and down volume buttons, while holding the power button.
Anyway, before trying the Jig, explain exactly what you did once you got the phone into download mode.
Remember, download mode is different than recovery mode.
Odin=needs download
Recovery=For CWM
Read the quickstart guides.
http://www.cyclopscomputers.com/gs4g
hello, I explain, I was reading a post that would tell me step by step how to install gingerbread, download odin 1.85, when I get to step into recovery mode, the phone usually only kindled.
then mentioned that some teams were locked and needed by odin Unlock it with these files:
adb
aries_P.SBL.tar.md5
reboot download
odin upload files and puts on the screen that everything was done successfully, but the phone was black screen, then disconnect and I want to restart the phone and it stuck.
not much like doing these things, and I think I'm paying for my mistakes, find information here on the forum and follow some methods like these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
but none worked, this happened to me yesterday also left without battery Saturday night the entire phone and follow the steps above but does not work,
JIG use the method does not work,
this is the problem I have is that it is safer for a service technician, but you who know the subject, if you are under, I do not want the surprise to be told the service technician who is no longer available,
Thanks for your answers
I'm not sure I'm following you all the way, but when you say the screen is stuck, that means it is starting up, right? Is it stuck on the galaxy s startup screen?
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Sorry if I do not write well, my English is not very good, I am saying is that the phone
try to say is that the phone works not already more dead, nothing appears on the screen, hopefully appear something, but nothing appears, it died completely, the phone can have resolution?
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hello, I explain, I was reading a post that would tell me step by step how to install gingerbread, download odin 1.85, when I get to step into recovery mode, the phone usually only kindled.
then mentioned that some teams were locked and needed by odin Unlock it with these files:
adb
aries_P.SBL.tar.md5
reboot download
odin upload files and puts on the screen that everything was done successfully, but the phone was black screen, then disconnect and I want to restart the phone and it stuck.
not much like doing these things, and I think I'm paying for my mistakes, find information here on the forum and follow some methods like these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
but none worked, this happened to me yesterday also left without battery Saturday night the entire phone and follow the steps above but does not work,
JIG use the method does not work,
this is the problem I have is that it is safer for a service technician, but you who know the subject, if you are under, I do not want the surprise to be told the service technician who is no longer available,
Thanks for your answers
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he flashed another devices secondary bootloader to the device instead of the sgs4g boot and sbl files hes hardbricked unless he has access to a riff box for a recovery
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Sorry if I do not write well, my English is not very good, I am saying is that the phone
try to say is that the phone works not already more dead, nothing appears on the screen, hopefully appear something, but nothing appears, it died completely, the phone can have resolution?
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thats because u flashed the aries secondary bootloader file over your phones bootloader file hince why you got a hardbrick
kakarh, I guess that's the final word. sorry. Try to talk to tmobile for a new phone.
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by all means do not tell them that you flashed your phone unless u want them to tell u were sorry we cant help u
Why would you flash that bootloader? This forum gives you all the information to mod your phone as you see fit.
So his phone doesnt boot up at all, remembered i did that to my htc hd2
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So his phone doesnt boot up at all, remembered i did that to my htc hd2
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thats what a hardbrick is yes when you flash the wrong sbl and boot files to a phone yes it hard bricks with 0 software recovery without using a riff box or jtag
I'm from mexico and buy the phone online, I understand that the phone is dead, right now the situation that scares me is if the phone is completely dead, the phone has not even repair technical service, because I have no warranty and need to carry a technical service here in Mexico and would have to pay, pay is not a problem right now, so that the service technician can revive the phone. you think they can run again, or already lost my money?
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I'm from mexico and buy the phone online, I understand that the phone is dead, right now the situation that scares me is if the phone is completely dead, the phone has not even repair technical service, because I have no warranty and need to carry a technical service here in Mexico and would have to pay, pay is not a problem right now, so that the service technician can revive the phone. you think they can run again, or already lost my money?
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I'll ask them, but I almost hope I have not, well, thanks for your answers I will comment after what happened to the phone. regards
PM sent...I can revive this for you.
Why dont you give us a link for that tutorial you followed?
I bricked my phone. The screen shows a... phone..!..computer symbol. Can the phone still recover from this with odin?
Please Help me. I cant go without a phone. I feel naked and vulnerable
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I was trying to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952588 i was in step 6 and clicked start but the blue bar wasnt moving for 20 minutes so i closed odin and removed my captivate battery and put it back and opened odin again an tried to boot into download mode but the phone never turn on.. if ANYONE have something that can help me please contact me as fast as posible
Try to make/buy a jig.
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so i bricked the phone?
if it was step 6 then yes its bricked. you were flashing bootloaders at that time, thats where the only risk is and thats where it messed up. contact at&t or samsung, play dumb say some bs about trying to use kies and get a warranty replacement, or go to mobiletechvideos.com and he can jtag it for 50 u.s. dollars. only options...sorry man
sad but yes that was the only step that can brick ur phone.
Edit: But i am guessing that u have tried both download mode combinations already
I can fix this for you...PM sent.
boot into download mode was never the problem, the problem was in step 6 that the process stoped i dont know why
noone ever said your problem was getting into download mode?
Odin sometimes hangs,freezes,fails, or just decides to be a douche and not work properly. It's not guaranteed to work flawlessly 100% of the time. There is a chance of odin doing that everytime you use it, the only time you risk bricking is when it does that while flashing bootloaders. which that's all you were flashing in that step.
dammm you odin for not work properly whe i was flashing the bootloader -___-
Contact connexion, hes got jtag stuff to use. Pretty useful stuff...
He posted above
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ok droid charge was rooted went to restore back to stock unrooted (was going to sell it) tried to flash using Odin with the pit file and stock one Odin went about half way and had a error phone turned off i tried to get the phone back into download mode to restart the process but i can't get the phone into download mode also i can't get the phone to boot up no Samsung logo nothing any help would be greatly appreciated the phone will not do anything at all i need help i have tried p3 Samsung pst method but still nothing
thanks
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ok droid charge was rooted went to restore back to stock unrooted (was going to sell it) tried to flash using Odin with the pit file and stock one Odin went about half way and had a error phone turned off i tried to get the phone back into download mode to restart the process but i can't get the phone into download mode also i can't get the phone to boot up no Samsung logo nothing any help would be greatly appreciated the phone will not do anything at all i need help i have tried p3 Samsung pst method but still nothing
thanks
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just curious what methode are you using to enter download mode? Did you try recovery for giggles?
i have tried both download mode and recovery and just trying to let it boot up normal and it will not do anything in all three just a black dead screen
Try leaving the battery in when you go to download mode. Also leave it in when flashing.
if it wont even power on in any way or go into the download mode you might be bricked...I did this before and I had to exchange it at Verizon..luckily since it wouldnt turn on they couldnt tell what I did to it...hope you can get your issue resolved
Ha a true brick. Finally someone using the terminology correctly. A buddy of mine has this happen with his galaxy s. He got it exchanged in store no questions asked. btw Sorry to hear about your phone
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Hi
Sorry to hear about your issue. I am at half brick now. Been at multiple spots learning here but never completely no visability! 3/4, 7/8, right now in a flash it does not see my phone (no network) data side is fine but can not get or receive calls. It is not the SIM card (according to VZW). Data side works fine 4G etc, emails but no phone. A great PDA but not a phone. No one has answers but I belive to be a cp_modem.bin issue download hangs at around 98% in what does a boot 2nd boot on the screen in the download then says:
Wait, VIA Booting ..
VIA rest done. ..
Downloading to VIA...
To everyone the {Kangfuscius.tar} has helped me when I thought all hope was lost, even in a partial download it helped to bring me back.
Any suggestions on files for the phone tab in ODIN all I can think of is, it can't get worse. The FEDEX guy kow knows me by name between the Fascinate's and now I guess the Charge.
Any help appreciated,
norm883
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Hi
Sorry to hear about your issue. I am at half brick now. Been at multiple spots learning here but never completely no visability! 3/4, 7/8, right now in a flash it does not see my phone (no network) data side is fine but can not get or receive calls. It is not the SIM card (according to VZW). Data side works fine 4G etc, emails but no phone. A great PDA but not a phone. No one has answers but I belive to be a cp_modem.bin issue download hangs at around 98% in what does a boot 2nd boot on the screen in the download then says:
Wait, VIA Booting ..
VIA rest done. ..
Downloading to VIA...
To everyone the {Kangfuscius.tar} has helped me when I thought all hope was lost, even in a partial download it helped to bring me back.
Any suggestions on files for the phone tab in ODIN all I can think of is, it can't get worse. The FEDEX guy kow knows me by name between the Fascinate's and now I guess the Charge.
Any help appreciated,
norm883
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I don't know why your phone is booting into 'VIA' mode and don't even know what that is so I couldn't say a fix other than odining the usual stock rom/pit combo (leaving the battery in when flashing in odin also and uncheck the 'auto reboot' option)... also phone tab/button is NOT supposed to be touched in odin, only PDA, PIT if needed, and Start
Where did it fail in the Odin flash? The only way you should be bricked is if it failed while flashing boot.bin or sbl.bin, otherwise, it should still go to download mode. Have you tried using one of the Force Download Mode jigs/dongles that the GSM models use to get into download mode?
i don't recall where it failed at but it will not not respond to anything with batt or without where can i find the gsm software i will give it a try before i call insurance a link or anything would be great
what gsm models are equivalent to the charge
dustin4863 said:
i don't recall where it failed at but it will not not respond to anything with batt or without where can i find the gsm software i will give it a try before i call insurance a link or anything would be great
what gsm models are equivalent to the charge
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Infuse 4g or SGS 2 unlocked.
Sleek69 said:
Infuse 4g or SGS 2 unlocked.
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SGS2 is not equivalent. Just search for galaxy s download jig and i'm sure you'll find what I'm talking about. It is the same thing for all the SGS phones, and some have said it works on the 4G versions of the phones as well.
dustin4863 said:
ok droid charge was rooted went to restore back to stock unrooted (was going to sell it) tried to flash using Odin with the pit file and stock one Odin went about half way and had a error phone turned off i tried to get the phone back into download mode to restart the process but i can't get the phone into download mode also i can't get the phone to boot up no Samsung logo nothing any help would be greatly appreciated the phone will not do anything at all i need help i have tried p3 Samsung pst method but still nothing
thanks
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Hi, I had the same thing happen to my first Charge. I could not boot my phone even to the samsung logo, so I searched around the Internet. Somehow I think it was the Captivate trick worked. I took out sim, battery, sdcard>plugged in usb to computer>held up and down volume together>put in battery; miraculously it went to download. I tried every other combination beforehand and none worked, so I know this method works.
Unfortunately this was before we had IMNUTS Pit file and a odin flash would not change anything so I could not recover and I flashed a Pit that was not for the Charge. Wrong answer! After that it was in the non-boot state again but the same method above would not work any longer. If your phone does not work with the method above, maybe something went wrong with the repartition and pit file. That is just a guess though!
well the jig hasn't worked yet i am running right at 300k tomorrow i am going to get a 1k and add that in also and see if that helps. also pulling all the cards and the battery didn't work either. this is not looking good i am up for any ideas that anyone has
thanks
dustin
Hey guys found a way to unbrick Samsung droid charge and revert back to stock.
1. Download and install Odin found here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1085190 ) unzip and open
2.Download this file and unzip ( CI510_VZW_EE4_ALL_ONE-LTE-CP_REV03_user_CL1014954.tar.md5.7z) from here ( http://www.multiupload.com/6WJ2SFUKO6 ) or original thread where i found this file is from here ( http://androidflip.com/android-2-3-4...talling-guide/ )
3. set phone to download mode, do this by taking battery of phone, plug phone into computer and hold Volume down, a Yellow triangle with a working android will appear.
4. Click on odin you will see your phone come up under ID:COM, now do not click on anywhere but on PDA thats where you will have to find the file you downloaded on step 2 and make sure is the unzipped file. once u find it, click on open then start.
5. Be patient this can take up some time, once is done the box will turn green and say pass, at this time your phone will no longer have the Yellow triangle and you can unplug and place the battery back in and turn phone on.. once again be patient when turning phone on it will take a little while to complete.
i tried this and it does work, my Droid charge was bricked and now it works.
Thanks to xda-developers where i was able to find odin and also thanks to androidflip.com where i was able to find the Droid Charge stock rom to flash it back using odin.
Hope this helped everyone needing help.
dustin4863 said:
well the jig hasn't worked yet i am running right at 300k tomorrow i am going to get a 1k and add that in also and see if that helps. also pulling all the cards and the battery didn't work either. this is not looking good i am up for any ideas that anyone has
thanks
dustin
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Dustin, were you able to get it working? I'm in the same boat. Right after boot.bin it failed. Which was within seconds after hitting the start button in Odin. Verizon won't honor my warranty, because I didn't buy the phone from them.
Hard Brick Fixed
If you are truly hard bricked (no download mode, no power, no nothing), you can get it fixed for $40 at mobiletechvideos.com. I flashed a file that didn't work unless I took off the md5 extension. Big mistake. After trying absolutely everything, including surfing the internet for a day, spending almost $20 to get 2 day delivery for a USB Jig that did absolutely nothing, I sent my phone to mobiletechvideos.com. Josh brought it back from the dead; don't know how, but it was the best $40 I ever spent! I think there aren't any reviews because there haven't been enough newbies like me who just can't wait for Gingerbread and bricked their Samsung Charge. Putting my review there tonight...should be first one. The reviews from all the other phones he has unbricked convinced me to try and I'm glad I did.
Many people have hard bricked their phones trying to downgrade. Give the jig a shot, but don't hold out much hope.
Personally I think there is something being overlooked during the downgrade process... Too many people are hard-bricking during the process for it to be coincidence.
Oh yes
mgsparro said:
If you are truly hard bricked (no download mode, no power, no nothing), you can get it fixed for $40 at mobiletechvideos.com. I flashed a file that didn't work unless I took off the md5 extension. Big mistake. After trying absolutely everything, including surfing the internet for a day, spending almost $20 to get 2 day delivery for a USB Jig that did absolutely nothing, I sent my phone to mobiletechvideos.com. Josh brought it back from the dead; don't know how, but it was the best $40 I ever spent! I think there aren't any reviews because there haven't been enough newbies like me who just can't wait for Gingerbread and bricked their Samsung Charge. Putting my review there tonight...should be first one. The reviews from all the other phones he has unbricked convinced me to try and I'm glad I did.
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Doing so NOW! For the same issue. My PC decided to spontaneously reboot during ODIN while flashing a ROM on My Droid Charge. Josh was quick to respond to EVERY single annoying question I had about their service. So I am doing so. If it works, I'll tell you, I'm adding a link to their site in my signature on every forum I'm a member of, even forums I have for my daughter's schooling hahaha! They deserve the references just for being quick to respond. Thanks for the info man, props to you.
Hey guys found a way to unbrick Samsung droid charge and revert back to stock.
1. Download and install Odin found here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085190 ) unzip and open
2.Download this file and unzip ( CI510_VZW_EE4_ALL_ONE-LTE-CP_REV03_user_CL1014954.tar.md5.7z) from here ( http://www.multiupload.com/6WJ2SFUKO6 ) or original thread where i found this file is from here ( http://androidflip.com/android-2-3-...are-on-samsung-droid-charge-installing-guide/ )..
In case it fails and it just keeps failing try this other file is not stock but it is 2.3.4 and it works great here is a link to find the file ( http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5PUB8UY7 ) and it also find a mirror download here ( https://rapidshare.com/#!download|9...ar.md5.7z|391371|RapidPro expired. (34fa3175) ) i tried it guys and it does work.
3. set phone to download mode, do this by taking battery of phone, plug phone into computer and hold Volume down, a Yellow triangle with a working android will appear.
4. Click on odin you will see your phone come up under ID:COM, now do not click on anywhere but on PDA thats where you will have to find the file you downloaded on step 2 and make sure is the unzipped file. once u find it, click on open then start.
5. Be patient this can take up some time, once is done the box will turn green and say pass, at this time your phone will no longer have the Yellow triangle and you can unplug and place the battery back in and turn phone on.. once again be patient when turning phone on it will take a little while to complete.
i tried this and it does work, my Droid charge was bricked and now it works.
Thanks to xda-developers where i was able to find odin and also thanks to androidflip.com where i was able to find the Droid Charge stock rom to flash it back using odin.
Hope this helped everyone needing help.
Thanks for posting this, but it isn't the end-all-be-all. I tried to recover from a bad flash using this method and it failed.
I got the error message seen in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111486
The method in that post failed to help me recover.
I finally found this method (which is linked much later on in the thread above):
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html
and it worked perfectly for me.
So, if the first method from the OP fails, you have the Samsung PST flash utility that may help.
Yea i was also getting that message at first but it worked fine, but i also ended up installing the 2.3.4 so it worked out well.. was able to fix and unbrick my Droid charge.
I think this is already in a thread here...
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We've known about this for a while, but thanks. There's a "How to fix your phone" thread in development which also includes a pit file you use in combination with that .md5
Also, you were probably just bootlooped, not bricked.
Thanks Guys for the input. I thought i was bricked, looked to me i was bricked... But i did this steps and was able to fix my droid charge... I did bot know there was a threath about this on here.. just trying to help people fix their phone if this can be helpful for them that's good.
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I bricked my droid charge
Can I just pay somone to have it unbricked wthout paying $100 +? I dont trust myself to unbrick the device.
jonnyb81 said:
Can I just pay somone to have it unbricked wthout paying $100 +? I dont trust myself to unbrick the device.
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look in the dev section for the 'Unbrickable Mod', theres a guy who'll do it for 40 bucks I think
I thought being bricked meant not being able to get into even Download Mode.
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DirgeExtinction said:
I thought being bricked meant not being able to get into even Download Mode.
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yeah but even then its not completely hopeless, there are USB jigs that can force it into download mode and this 'Unbrickable Mod' thing that requires tinkering with the internals which is supposedly fool proof
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I've seen the term "bricked" thrown about a lot so I'm going to clarify some things.
First of all, there are two types of brick, a soft-brick and a hard-brick.
Soft-brick, that's what people often say when they have a boot-loop. This isn't a brick in the traditional sense. It's not really a brick, you can still recover it if you're at this stage. As long as you can get to the screen with the big yellow triangle you're not bricked at all and you can recover it.
Hard-brick, this is a true brick. This is what happens when the phone will not do anything. Won't show the Samsung logo, won't show the yellow triangle screen, won't do anything at all. At this stage, it might as well be a brick because you can't do anything to it. JTAG should be able to reload the bootloader and the base firmware.
trparky said:
I've seen the term "bricked" thrown about a lot so I'm going to clarify some things.
First of all, there are two types of brick, a soft-brick and a hard-brick.
Soft-brick, that's what people often say when they have a boot-loop. This isn't a brick in the traditional sense. It's not really a brick, you can still recover it if you're at this stage. As long as you can get to the screen with the big yellow triangle you're not bricked at all and you can recover it.
Hard-brick, this is a true brick. This is what happens when the phone will not do anything. Won't show the Samsung logo, won't show the yellow triangle screen, won't do anything at all. At this stage, it might as well be a brick because you can't do anything to it. JTAG should be able to reload the bootloader and the base firmware.
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well that's bootlooping not a soft brick, a soft brick would be when you flash something wrong or stop odin mid flash or flash something corrupted then get that little "phone --- ! --- pc" thing (done it twice myself) but yes it is recoverable
permabrick is indeed when it won't power on or do anything, it is a paperweight
hard brick is usually when it won't go into download mode but may still boot up or even go into recovery (probably just bootloops though), however as I mentioned in my last post none of these situations are completely hopeless
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
anoninja118 said:
yeah but even then its not completely hopeless, there are USB jigs that can force it into download mode and this 'Unbrickable Mod' thing that requires tinkering with the internals which is supposedly fool proof
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can anyone help me out to finding diy on how to do this ^ .... cause i cant get my phone to go into download mode nor will it power on
DaRobsterr said:
can anyone help me out to finding diy on how to do this ^ .... cause i cant get my phone to go into download mode nor will it power on
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this is supposed to be a guide I think: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245391
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
DaRobsterr said:
can anyone help me out to finding diy on how to do this ^ .... cause i cant get my phone to go into download mode nor will it power on
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You're supposed to put in the battery for it to turn on....
But seriously, there's a thread for it in the dev section, but just hope you're good at soldering.
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There always a way to unbrick the charge, it's all thru the development forum. I have had several android phones and have bricked all off them and recovered all them- htc incredible, htc wildfire, droid x and the charge
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kvswim said:
You're supposed to put in the battery for it to turn on....
But seriously, there's a thread for it in the dev section, but just hope you're good at soldering.
Sent from my Droid Charge running Infinity Beta
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I tried everything battery in and out to get into download mode. Ended up finding a post somewhere and read that i should try a usb jig; which is why im guessing if you asked if i was good at soldering. To answer that question yes i am good at it. But i called verizon and they ended up sending me a replacement. Thanks for the guys who tried to help me out.
i recently got into rooting and setting up my phone for new roms but im still new at it. i ended up bricking my phone to the lg screen with the blue swipe across the screen. my computer will not register the driver to use recovery flasher. i need help. anyone wanna help out a noob?
Try using nvflash to revert back to 2.3.4 I can't give you a link but it's easy to find in the development section
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Try using nvflash to revert back to 2.3.4 I can't give you a link but it's easy to find in the development section
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i tried to use nv flash but no matter what i do i cant seem to make my phone register in the usb driver. if i could make it register i would be able to flash it then.
Did you try using the kdz updater? it's a tricky method, but if you follow the guide properly you should be able to get it going
jj_z1 said:
Did you try using the kdz updater? it's a tricky method, but if you follow the guide properly you should be able to get it going
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i dont know how to go about it.
laroacha said:
i dont know how to go about it.
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Never mind my last post, you need to be able to boot into a rom to use kdz updater, it's been a while since I had to do this kind of thing.
I'm pretty sure you only soft bricked your phone (i.e. it still turns on) and the only way, that I know of, is to use nvflash. I've had the same problem before, there could be many things that are causing the phone to not be recognized by your computer. Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229
when you plug the usb into your phone make sure the audio on you computer is loud enough for you to hear that "usb recognized" sound. If you don't hear it, or it does not get recognized, try using a different usb port on your computer, believe me that actually worked for me a couple of times. Also, make sure you follow the steps very carefully because if you use the wrong button combination, or release the buttons too early, it won't work.
I wish I could help you more, but that's all i've got.
Good luck, and if by any chance you get it fixed, don't try to root your phone using any root tools, simply nvflash cwm recovery and flash your choice of a custom rom, that will automatically give you root privileges.
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Never mind my last post, you need to be able to boot into a rom to use kdz updater, it's been a while since I had to do this kind of thing.
I'm pretty sure you only soft bricked your phone (i.e. it still turns on) and the only way, that I know of, is to use nvflash. I've had the same problem before, there could be many things that are causing the phone to not be recognized by your computer. Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17258229
when you plug the usb into your phone make sure the audio on you computer is loud enough for you to hear that "usb recognized" sound. If you don't hear it, or it does not get recognized, try using a different usb port on your computer, believe me that actually worked for me a couple of times. Also, make sure you follow the steps very carefully because if you use the wrong button combination, or release the buttons too early, it won't work.
I wish I could help you more, but that's all i've got.
Good luck, and if by any chance you get it fixed, don't try to root your phone using any root tools, simply nvflash cwm recovery and flash your choice of a custom rom, that will automatically give you root privileges.
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every time i look at my apx driver it always tells me to troubleshoot but it always says driver not installed. ive downloaded the same driver in different posts just to make sure but nothing helps. Wireless shops are useless. I live in vegas and there isnt a single store with a person smart enough to figure it out.lol. ive given my phone up for days at a time to shops who brag about "WE CAN FIX ANYTHING" they lied. well i guess im going to search for a few more hours on here to get some kind of lead. thanks for the help. if you kknow anything else or figure something out i would appreciate the help.
Have you tried this stuff?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619932
It sounds to me like your pc's jacked up the driver somehow. Try plugging in the phone with the battery out and holding all 3 buttons, go into your device manager and uninstall all the USB drivers. Then reboot and try following the apx driver installation procedure again.
Sorry if you tried all this stuff a million times already.
I would say the two things that I would focus on would be to first fix the drivers on your computer. I downloaded mine from the LG website. Next is to flash CWM Recovery so you can flash a rooted ROM to your phone. I would go back to the thread where you got the instructions to start flashing and ask the same questions but only after reading the whole thread. There the orig. developer might chime in and you'll have more specific answers focused on your specific issue.
It's true your phone isn't bricked and have patience and you'll get it fixed.
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I would say the two things that I would focus on would be to first fix the drivers on your computer. I downloaded mine from the LG website. Next is to flash CWM Recovery so you can flash a rooted ROM to your phone. I would go back to the thread where you got the instructions to start flashing and ask the same questions but only after reading the whole thread. There the orig. developer might chime in and you'll have more specific answers focused on your specific issue.
It's true your phone isn't bricked and have patience and you'll get it fixed.
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well i have all the drivers needed. and the computer is fine but the phone is not. i mean the pc doesnt quite read the phone right. with that being said i dont know how to flash cwm recovery to a phone my computer cant read. im running windows 7 64bit and all my usb drivers work fine.
CWM = Clockworkmod Recovery (everyone remember this is a newbie).
Important question: Did you do a backup before making any changes to your phone?
Also, try this: remove your phone's battery for 30 seconds. Put the battery back in. Press and hold the volume down button, then press and hold the power button. Hold both buttons. First you'll see the white LG screen, then wait, when you next see the blue LG screen wait ONE second (no longer) then release the buttons. Tell us what the phone does then and what the screen says.
Have you tried taking out your SIM card and micro SD card?
Usually right after I take them out and plug in my phone while holding volume up and volume down... it usually works after that.
Yup, that's my problem. No matter how many USB ports I tried it still wouldn't read it until I took out the SIM card and micro SD ;p.
Try this on for size...
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well i have all the drivers needed. and the computer is fine but the phone is not. i mean the pc doesnt quite read the phone right. with that being said i dont know how to flash cwm recovery to a phone my computer cant read. im running windows 7 64bit and all my usb drivers work fine.
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Sounds like you are having the same the issues i was having with my phone why dont you try this..... First you have to flash a custom recovery image for your phone, follow all the procedures exactly then once you have flashed your CWM Recovery ( i. e. Clockworkmod recovery) Once you have installed that properly, you can now flash your new custom ROM and that should help to fully reboot your phone back to recovery for you to start using again....... hope that works for you.......just as it did for me have a good one!!... :fingers-crossed:
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Sounds like you are having the same the issues i was having with my phone why dont you try this..... First you have to flash a custom recovery image for your phone, follow all the procedures exactly then once you have flashed your CWM Recovery ( i. e. Clockworkmod recovery) Once you have installed that properly, you can now flash your new custom ROM and that should help to fully reboot your phone back to recovery for you to start using again....... hope that works for you.......just as it did for me have a good one!!... :fingers-crossed:
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He can't flash anything to his phone -__- that's the problem we are all trying to solve.
May sound stupid, but have you tried different cords? Maybe your USB cord is bad. Just a thought.
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@op can you give us screenshots of:
A: what your device manager looks like when you plug your phone in not in apx mode.
And
B: When it is in apx mode.
To do this: right click on my computer>properties>on left hand side, click on device manager. Hit print screen, open paint and tell it to paste. Save and upload here.
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CWM = Clockworkmod Recovery (everyone remember this is a newbie).
Important question: Did you do a backup before making any changes to your phone?
Also, try this: remove your phone's battery for 30 seconds. Put the battery back in. Press and hold the volume down button, then press and hold the power button. Hold both buttons. First you'll see the white LG screen, then wait, when you next see the blue LG screen wait ONE second (no longer) then release the buttons. Tell us what the phone does then and what the screen says.
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well i brought it to two shops and were both unsuccessful. wireless toyz and smart fix. i have it back and it goes to the lg screen. and instead of the second it flashes from black to a very dim gray back and forth. when i hold the power button along with the volume down it does a master reset and i can press the home button then it takes me to a screen to delete cache partition and what not and you move up and down with the volume keys but i cannot select anything. i think i really messed my phone up.
Somehow you got stock recovery. Google for howbto do a master reset, on devices like the nexus tablet at my work there's a series of steps needed to do a full reset/restore. Just booting into stock recovery may not give you the option. As well, please post those screen shots as I said earlier, this way the issue with the USB can be troubleshot and maybe we can get you a fully working phone with CWM.
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Somehow you got stock recovery. Google for howbto do a master reset, on devices like the nexus tablet at my work there's a series of steps needed to do a full reset/restore. Just booting into stock recovery may not give you the option. As well, please post those screen shots as I said earlier, this way the issue with the USB can be troubleshot and maybe we can get you a fully working phone with CWM.
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idk how to post screenshots of my phone without a camera.lol. im about ready to give up. its been way too long with not having a phone.
You hit the print screen button, open paint, and tell it to paste/paste from clipboard.
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Hello I have tried to avoid posting this at all cost, however after days of relentless research I have drawn a blank. I have a friend who had a Verizon Galaxy S3 and when he went to reboot the phone it went into a boot-loop. Before I had a chance to look at his phone, he took it into a place to get it looked at. After taking it there they returned the phone to him and said that it was hopeless and now the phone would not boot, vibrate, or go into boot into download mode.Soon after this he bought a S4 and gave this one to me. I want to fix the phone so that I can give it to my wife to use, however I need to try to get it going from there. I know that the boot-loop problem was caused from a bad power button, which I successfully changed out. The phone was operating on 4.3 and was never hacked. After many hours of searching I found some really good debricking information including the debrick file for 4.3. I was able to finally get the phone to boot, but not very far, all I was able to get to come up is the following on the Display and I also included a pic:
Boot Recovery Mode
Check Boot Partitions.
Copy from T-Flash.
Boot Recovery..
Write 159488 sectors.
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: None
QUALQUAMM Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1
This is the first instance when I have had to write a post for help and help I definitely need. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Hello I have tried to avoid posting this at all cost, however after days of relentless research I have drawn a blank. I have a friend who had a Verizon Galaxy S3 and when he went to reboot the phone it went into a boot-loop. Before I had a chance to look at his phone, he took it into a place to get it looked at. After taking it there they returned the phone to him and said that it was hopeless and now the phone would not boot, vibrate, or go into boot into download mode.Soon after this he bought a S4 and gave this one to me. I want to fix the phone so that I can give it to my wife to use, however I need to try to get it going from there. I know that the boot-loop problem was caused from a bad power button, which I successfully changed out. The phone was operating on 4.3 and was never hacked. After many hours of searching I found some really good debricking information including the debrick file for 4.3. I was able to finally get the phone to boot, but not very far, all I was able to get to come up is the following on the Display and I also included a pic:
Boot Recovery Mode
Check Boot Partitions.
Copy from T-Flash.
Boot Recovery..
Write 159488 sectors.
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: None
QUALQUAMM Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1
This is the first instance when I have had to write a post for help and help I definitely need. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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you use Odin to flash stock 4.3?
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you use Odin to flash stock 4.3?
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Sorry forgot to mention that, yes I did try to use ODIN to flash the stock 4.3, when tried to flash, ODIN would come up with a fail every time. This is where I am really getting stuck. When I boot the phone with the SD card, the information that I gave earlier is all I can get the phone to do. I cannot flash anything to it and it will not go into download mode and I have nothing that I can select from on the phone. Thank you again.
Donny
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Sorry forgot to mention that, yes I did try to use ODIN to flash the stock 4.3, when tried to flash, ODIN would come up with a fail every time. This is where I am really getting stuck. When I boot the phone with the SD card, the information that I gave earlier is all I can get the phone to do. I cannot flash anything to it and it will not go into download mode and I have nothing that I can select from on the phone. Thank you again.
Donny
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Try to use Odin again and flash the pit file with Odin along with the stock image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
I'm confused what you're saying though, you can't enter download mode at all? That looks like you're in download mode.
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There's no option in the recovery to boot into download mode? I had a similar problem with 2 older droids (Galaxy Proclaim and ZTE Merit). I screwed around and hard bricked one and soft bricked the other. One would turn on and vibrate but the lit up and stayed black and the other was stuck on a boot loop. Neither could boot into download mode.
Luckily a few days of googling and I found a solution with odin and adbtool... I was able to get them to detect the phones and I used the tool to force one into download mode and Odin to flash firmwares, bootloaders, and roms.
Also do you know was the phone rooted?
Well after several days of trying I am still at square one, I have read and read many post and cannot seem to get anywhere with this darn thing. I get nowhere with Kies, Verizon Tool hangs up at 83% and disconnects, and Odin will not flash anything including a new PIT, which is what it says my phone is missing. I have also attempted to NAND Erase all as suggested in one post and unchecked Re-Partition when trying to install the PIT and new stock ROM provided by the guides.
BadUserName, I was thinking that I was not in download mode because when my phone boots, it comes directly to the screen that I posted in my original post. At the top of the screen it says Boot Recovery Mode so I assumed that it was not in download mode because I never got the other screen that it should have booted to. Again the screen shot that I sent is the only screen that I am able to get it to boot to and will only boot when I use the SD card to boot it from. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you and take care.
Donny
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Well after several days of trying I am still at square one, I have read and read many post and cannot seem to get anywhere with this darn thing. I get nowhere with Kies, Verizon Tool hangs up at 83% and disconnects, and Odin will not flash anything including a new PIT, which is what it says my phone is missing. I have also attempted to NAND Erase all as suggested in one post and unchecked Re-Partition when trying to install the PIT and new stock ROM provided by the guides.
BadUserName, I was thinking that I was not in download mode because when my phone boots, it comes directly to the screen that I posted in my original post. At the top of the screen it says Boot Recovery Mode so I assumed that it was not in download mode because I never got the other screen that it should have booted to. Again the screen shot that I sent is the only screen that I am able to get it to boot to and will only boot when I use the SD card to boot it from. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you and take care.
Donny
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Ya I don't think you're in download either.
So volume down + home + power boots you to that exact same screen?
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BadUsername said:
Ya I don't think you're in download either.
So volume down + home + power boots you to that exact same screen?
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Yes, even if I boot holding down volume down + home + power it still boots to the same screen shown in the picture that I posted with the text that I posted in the OP. I know that it is having issues with the PIT, but no matter what I do it will not flash a new PIT. I am not sure what 1000phones did, but they did something nasty to this phone. I know the power button is now good because I replaced it with a new one and I am a experienced 2M tech and it responds when I only hit the power button, so I know that what ever the problem is it is software related. I have also tried multiple cords and computers to flash this phone with. All the correct drivers are installed. Again I greatly appreciate any and all help on this one.
Donny
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Yes, even if I boot holding down volume down + home + power it still boots to the same screen shown in the picture that I posted with the text that I posted in the OP. I know that it is having issues with the PIT, but no matter what I do it will not flash a new PIT. I am not sure what 1000phones did, but they did something nasty to this phone. I know the power button is now good because I replaced it with a new one and I am a experienced 2M tech and it responds when I only hit the power button, so I know that what ever the problem is it is software related. I have also tried multiple cords and computers to flash this phone with. All the correct drivers are installed. Again I greatly appreciate any and all help on this one.
Donny
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Ya, well if you aren't in download mode you can't flash anything from Odin.
Can you make a USB jig from a micro USB cable and try to force it into download mode?
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Ya, well if you aren't in download mode you can't flash anything from Odin.
Can you make a USB jig from a micro USB cable and try to force it into download mode?
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I am not too sure how to do that, all that I have read about and tried is using a class 10 micro sd with the debrick file for 4.3, which is what this phone has.
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I am not too sure how to do that, all that I have read about and tried is using a class 10 micro sd with the debrick file for 4.3, which is what this phone has.
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That's for a hard brick, yours isn't quite hard bricked.
Look up how to make a USB jig, or you can buy it for cheap on Amazon and eBay, but that's what I would try next.
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BadUsername said:
That's for a hard brick, yours isn't quite hard bricked.
Look up how to make a USB jig, or you can buy it for cheap on Amazon and eBay, but that's what I would try next.
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I did look at how to make one and it seems pretty straight forward and completely doable, however my phone will not even turn-on, vibrate, or charge without the debrick sd card. From what I understood is if the phone will not even respond to anything without the debrick SD in it, it is a hard brick. I am a Noob when it comes to this phone, I was able to help another friend out get his right up, but am stuck on this one. I am use to messing with HTC phones, so I am defiantly learning as I go with this one. Thank you again and do appreciate all your help.
Just added a screenshot of what ODIN is doing no matter whart I do to flash my phone.
Try checking re-partition?
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Try checking re-partition?
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Unfortunately I have tried that with no luck. When I try flashing it with the re-partition checked, ODIN attempts to flash then immediately comes back with a fail. Never have I ran across such a stubborn phone when trying to repair or flash. I think that this is something that has a lot of people stumped at this point. I am still appreciative about any help that will lead me in the right direction. Tomorrow if I get a chance, I am thinking about going to Radio Shack to get the parts I need to build a jig to see if that does anything. Thank you and take care.
Donny
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Unfortunately I have tried that with no luck. When I try flashing it with the re-partition checked, ODIN attempts to flash then immediately comes back with a fail. Never have I ran across such a stubborn phone when trying to repair or flash. I think that this is something that has a lot of people stumped at this point. I am still appreciative about any help that will lead me in the right direction. Tomorrow if I get a chance, I am thinking about going to Radio Shack to get the parts I need to build a jig to see if that does anything. Thank you and take care.
Donny
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Ya it isn't in download mode so it isn't going to flash.
I think you might be able to get a jtag repair to fix it at this point. I can't think of anything else. if it's hard bricked then you can get a riff box to force a bootloader transfer and boot from your internal card.
Maybe try doing the hardbrick method again after formating your external SD card. Sounds like you're doing everything right.
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Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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It isn't in download mode, it doesn't say "do not turn off target" and it's displaying information about a recovery partition.
It's in some sort of system diagnostic mode. Never anything I've seen before.
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Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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As stated in one of my replied, I did attempt a NAND erase all but with no luck. All I got was a fail in ODIN and the phone displayed erasing in blue but does nothing else.
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It isn't in download mode, it doesn't say "do not turn off target" and it's displaying information about a recovery partition.
It's in some sort of system diagnostic mode. Never anything I've seen before.
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That is why I started this thread, it is really weird. At first I thought that I was doing something wrong, so I formatted my SD card several times and reflashed the debrick file and got the same thing every time. What ever the phone repair place did to the phone they did it good. LikeI said, a brick like I have never seen. Thank you and please let me know if anyone can figure something out.
After doing some more research and trying, I am curious to know if it is possible to obtain a PIT from someones phone that has 4.3. When I look at all the available PIT files, they are from a while ago and none were extracted from a S3 with the new 4.3 OS on it. I am curious that since mine has this unique brick if a possible change was done to the new PIT file during the 4.3 update??? If anyone can post this for me it would be greatly appreciated. I figured at this point it would be worth a try.
Donny
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After doing some more research and trying, I am curious to know if it is possible to obtain a PIT from someones phone that has 4.3. When I look at all the available PIT files, they are from a while ago and none were extracted from a S3 with the new 4.3 OS on it. I am curious that since mine has this unique brick if a possible change was done to the new PIT file during the 4.3 update??? If anyone can post this for me it would be greatly appreciated. I figured at this point it would be worth a try.
Donny
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I've got the exact same error screen you've run into. I've tried to NAND Erase All and that failed. Going to try re-partition now