Hey guys I've been searching google.com and xda forums for the last 3 hours trying to find a way to unroot my phone so I can bring it in for service. My phone's speaker broke and I get no sound so I have to bring it into the store. What would you guys suggest to do? I don't want to use Odin cause it's not recognizing my phone and I don't want to trip the counter using the .tar Any help please!
Got to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Follow all instructions exctly and your phone will be 100 percent stock no root
Well first thank you for your reply. Ive been trying this method but I can't get Odin to detect my phone in download mode. It detects it when the phone is booted. I've reinstalled drivers and rebooted computer nothing has worked. Any suggestions?
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Did you flash cwm? If not and all you want to do is unroot that's simple..install a root file explorer and delete superuser.apk. now they can't tell you rooted the phone.
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Hey guys I've been searching google.com and xda forums for the last 3 hours trying to find a way to unroot my phone so I can bring it in for service. My phone's speaker broke and I get no sound so I have to bring it into the store. What would you guys suggest to do? I don't want to use Odin cause it's not recognizing my phone and I don't want to trip the counter using the .tar Any help please!
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Why don't you brick it instead?
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if its just a speaker, they most likely will just replace the speaker.
Make sure you backup anything you dont want to loose, they may wipe the phone ,
I got a laptop back one time, that just needed a new keyboard, they wiped the damn thing, retards. ( this was way back before i was smart enough to do all that myself lol )
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Why don't you brick it instead?
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Well if I brick it then ill probably have to pay $200 dollars for a new one.
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jamesd86 said:
Did you flash cwm? If not and all you want to do is unroot that's simple..install a root file explorer and delete superuser.apk. now they can't tell you rooted the phone.
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Yes I have cwm.
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evocalante said:
Well if I brick it then ill probably have to pay $200 dollars for a new one.
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Weird, my warranty replaces my phone for free if it won't even turn on. Plus, there isn't physical damage.
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There is a 1 year manufacturer warranty. Against hardware defects.. excluding water damage
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Was Trying to Root the phone and reboot went into qhsusb_dload mode - Hard Brick... can anyone help to get bin file to restore
It's done dude.... Sorry
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What were you doing when this happened.
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Phone will not power on and will have blank screen. PC will detect the phone in QPST mode
Yea it hard bricked. From my knowledge there is no fix.
We're you messing with Odin when this happened. What was the last thing you were doing with it working?
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It seems like there have been a disproportionate amount of people running into this problem...it makes me nervous.
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Especially when, op's are so strangely adverse to telling us how it happened.
It's ok ro tell us if u were doing something stupid. We all do stupid stuff to these devices at some point or another, you now have the ability to tell us @ least 1 thing NOT to do.
That's why this works...
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I'm guessing he clicked something in ODIN he shouldn't have.
I was trying to install SKY ice cream ROM and was following - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21507135#post21507135
When i run odin it just run into errors and reboot was blank screen... i don't know what happen... i have done this before many times but this was my bad luck i guess
Was your battery low when you did this?
Have you tried pulling the battery for a few minutes?
I tried all option no luck... Ordered USB jig to see if that helps... other option is to get bin file and flash using QPST... I think someone who knows and are expert need to extract the bin file from the phone using QPST.
Jig won't work. I'm guessing you mucked something up in Odin.
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any idea if i can charge my battery using the phone now... doesn't give me any indication of charging
You can get a charger on eBay for $4 shipped.
Cheap Chinese crap but it works for me and my cheap Chinese spare batteries.
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I ordered from USA based ebay seller and got it in less than a week.
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nkamurlekar said:
I tried all option no luck... Ordered USB jig to see if that helps... other option is to get bin file and flash using QPST... I think someone who knows and are expert need to extract the bin file from the phone using QPST.
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If anyone knows how to get the device recognized as a COM port, I can take a shot at it. Got real familiar with QPST when I flashed an Epic over to Virgin Mobile.
Fortune090 said:
If anyone knows how to get the device recognized as a COM port, I can take a shot at it. Got real familiar with QPST when I flashed an Epic over to Virgin Mobile.
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Doesn't download mode do that? Excuse me if I'm wrong.
Edit: LOL not if your bricked it doesnt. Could we use a working skyrocket to get the correct files to fix a bricked one using QPST?
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cdshepherd said:
Doesn't download mode do that? Excuse me if I'm wrong.
Edit: LOL not if your bricked it doesnt. Could we use a working skyrocket to get the correct files to fix a bricked one using QPST?
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Download mode does, yes, but you can't read or write from QPST in it. You get a "Phone did not answer/respond/whatever" error back.
What I would say needs to be figured out first is how to get a non-brick and a bricked one recognized as a COM port. Really annoying, but QPST doesn't work otherwise...
Sorry for the question, but what exactly is QPST? I've never heard of that before.
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Sorry for the question, but what exactly is QPST? I've never heard of that before.
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Qualcomm Product Support Tools. It's a program used by Qualcomm to program Qualcomm chips in phones. Can flash/backup software, program the phone's service, check/change EEPROM settings, EFS settings, etc. It's free software, but I do NOT recommend looking through it and tweaking things if you don't know what you're doing... Quite a bit in there that's really easy to mess up.
So my friend wants to restore to default his skyrocket. So he went to cwm, factory reset the times, wiped dalvik and cache. When he tried to boot it soups just hang at the Samsung logo. So I had him format system and now he can't get into download mode,cwm, or boot. It will vibrate in 2 second intervals, but then hang when he releases his fingers. What can he do?
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ummmm try an LG cable? Those are practically jigs.
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Sorry I am a noob. What's an Lg cable and what's a jig?
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Sorry I am a noob. What's an Lg cable and what's a jig?
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A mini usb cable for lg phones. USB jigs are used for soft bricks. Which is why I'm thinking getting an lg cable will get you into download mode since those cables are like jigs for the gs2
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and if he has bricked it, send it out for JTAG Repair:
http://www.cell-dr.com
XDA members get a discount...
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So my friend wants to restore to default his skyrocket. So he went to cwm, factory reset the times, wiped dalvik and cache. When he tried to boot it soups just hang at the Samsung logo. So I had him format system and now he can't get into download mode,cwm, or boot. It will vibrate in 2 second intervals, but then hang when he releases his fingers. What can he do?
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If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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nrm5110 said:
If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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Haha
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nrm5110 said:
If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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Really. Poking around where u don't need too
AOKP Android 4.0.4
Pull the battery reinstall plug in the USB while you hold volume up and down should allow you in download mode. Works for me when I formatt system.
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I'm pretty sure your out of luck, you said you had him "format system" then reboot? That's a no no..
Sorry. I agree with the JTAG service.
*Rollin on CM9 Alpha 4*
Yeah sounds like you definitely flashed something into the wrong place. Give these people a try. I just got my skyrocket back from them after hardbricking it like this. It takes like a week then they send it back fully functional
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/
Just wondering what an outfit like them does to a bricked phone that all the gurus on xda can't? They must have access to factory software or something?
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stoopendis said:
Just wondering what an outfit like them does to a bricked phone that all the gurus on xda can't? They must have access to factory software or something?
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They have access to hardware and have crazy soldering skills and know where to solder. You have to literally dig in to repair a hard brick..
As for the OP, follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
If you can't get download mode from the instructions in that thread you are probably out of luck and will have to send it for jtag
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If I can figure out how they do it, I'll unbrick phones for free.
But seriously, wtf. Format system? Do you even know what that does? You've got yourself a soft brick. Go into download mode and restore the stock tar.
Lol flash a different rom through cwm
CM9 Skyrocket
try externally charging the battery, then going into download mode
:crying: hard bricked my g3 totally please help to get it back to life
folliwing is what i done :
1.updated phone with kyrillos rom 9.6 based on 2.2 froyo
2.tired of look hence started odin to get back to stock by samsung
3.pluged to pc with download mode and started flashing
4 :crying:AND ELECTICITY GOES OFFFFFFFFFFFFF
5.only pda file was flashing and everithing gone black NOW NOTHING IS HAPENING
HELP ME GET BACK I DONT TYRIED USB JACK WILL IT WORK
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Are you able to go to download mode?
Try this combination
Power key + home + Volume key down.
And report.
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I bricked my Apollo months ago, took it to carphonewarehouse and told them it doesn't boot. They repaired it for free and I got a new one.
Hard bricked is very hard to get out of so go get it repaired
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@The person above, that's probably because you had a warranty.
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I did have warranty. Do you still have warranty?
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Well I am not asking the question in the op so you should ask him btw, I didn't even buy warranty. Its useless because I take god care of my phones so they hardly get damaged
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i am not getting in download mod
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Well I am not asking the question in the op so you should ask him btw, I didn't even buy warranty. Its useless because I take god care of my phones so they hardly get damaged
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i am not getting in download mod but i still have warrenty
also ihave send it to samsung care hope they repair it for freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
So I'm trying to fix a phone for someone but I can not find a way. Basically the phone says the IMEI is all 0's and even if you put a sim in it has a O with a line through it instead of service bars but still shows the 4G icon. Also it has all this stuff written on the screen that I've attached pictures of. Going into the settings says all 0's for the IMEI. I've tried factory resets and using ODIN to flash stock but no luck, I've thought of just restoring the IMEI but not to sure that would solve it
Yeah it looks like you need to restore the IMEI. Worth a shot
EFS is wiped and needs to be reprogrammed. Did this happen randomly? You can take it to Verizon and they can fix it as long as the device isn't blacklisted.
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EFS is wiped and needs to be reprogrammed. Did this happen randomly? You can take it to Verizon and they can fix it as long as the device isn't blacklisted.
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Yea pretty much they brought the phone to me one day like this. The person who owns it isn't tech savvy at all, doesn't even know anything about rooting
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Doesn't Tweaked reset that? Could have swore I saw something like that when Odining Tweaked 3.
(~: Tweaked out on Peace :~)
Can you get the phone to download mode? If yes you can get the phone restored to original settings. Based on this picture your kernel might be messed up. It is just a guess.
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Just to give an update I tried tweaked rom and odin to stock but neither worked. What did work was odin to stock BUT I checked Phone EFS Clear and all is well now. Thanks for all the help guys
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Just to give an update I tried tweaked rom and odin to stock but neither worked. What did work was odin to stock BUT I checked Phone EFS Clear and all is well now. Thanks for all the help guys
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You just permanently broke your phone.
JihadSquad said:
You just permanently broke your phone.
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Well everything is working on it and it gets service
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mcp2009 said:
Well everything is working on it and it gets service
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That's weird. Efs clear is supposed to make your radio useless.
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That's weird. Efs clear is supposed to make your radio useless.
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This
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Has anyone found out how to root the vrbmf1 update yet? I've look around and can't seem to find a good enough guide or video on how to do so. If anyone has information on it can you please send me a msg.
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Has anyone found out how to root the vrbmf1 update yet? I've look around and can't seem to find a good enough guide or video on how to do so. If anyone has information on it can you please send me a msg.
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There is one method in the android development section it has been there for months and it's the first post. There are to others that have been updated since it was posted last year also in the android development section. Lastly all the methods work you just have to CAREFULLY follow directions.
Yes its hard yo find all the tight files I have Odin 307 I think do you know if that will work with the files?
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Yes it will work.
Is it beanstwon method that you are referring to?
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Yes it doesn't require Odin. It is just a one click method.
Oh OK I read a lot of the comments and they are positive feedback but as I watched on this guy on YouTube his comment section are loaded with this "messed up my phone" or "don't do this this doesn't work" very little comments that said this worked for me. If this doesn't work on the first try I understand using another USB port on the computer is an option and using a different cord other than the one Samsung gives you is also an option. Is there anything to know about before doing this? This phone s my daily driver and I really don't want to have to use a prepaid phone.
And Should I also download the stock ROM not rooted before doing in case it does like some kind of soft brick?
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Well I have never tried the one click method as I use Odin to root my phone. So get the stock roms as backup in case you run into problems with casual.
OK thank you so much for the advice and I'll shall let you know what happens.
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One more question before I do this. Will I still be able to get back to stock like usual if its a hard brick?
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fofocudlypoops said:
One more question before I do this. Will I still be able to get back to stock like usual if its a hard brick?
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If you hard brick your phone you send it to jtag and pay them to get it fixed because nothing else works.
If you are feeling squeamish about the whole thing then it is probably a better idea not to do it.
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You are right I an a bite on the edge about it because of its locked boot loader I have dine root before but it was on at&t
Not verizon.
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One more question before I do this. Will I still be able to get back to stock like usual if its a hard brick?
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No you will need jtag services to fix hardware bricks.
fofocudlypoops said:
You are right I an a bite on the edge about it because of its locked boot loader I have dine root before but it was on at&t
Not verizon.
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Just thought you might like to know that I just used CASUAL this morning to root my galaxy s3 on Verizon build VRBMF1 with no problem. CASUAL unlocks the bootloader and installs TWRP which I like so far. Just make sure you grab the right download and if it doesn't work the first time try again with a different mirror. There's a version of it floating around out there that for some reason wouldn't work with my drivers.
Hope this helps ease your mind a little. Oh btw I probably read 1000 posts about rooting and the best method and someone claims to have bricked their with every single one of them. It's a risk we take.