Hi folks. First post.
Just upgraded to a Skyrocket from an Aria. I got a confirmation that it shipped and a link to set up my device via Ready2Go. Has anyone tried this? How does it work? Does it set it up exactly as if you were doing it manually? It seems like a cool feature, but it almost seems too good to be true, especially coming from AT&T. I just don't want anything setup incorrectly or differently (like having to use all the apps through some AT&T portal or something).
I've used it a few times. Works very well.
So I just got this lovely device from the ATT refurb store for ten bucks. And the problem I'm having is that ready2go will not sync to the device. I tried four times with reboots of phone and computer in between tries. What a stupid ass idea this is. Leave it to ATT to find a way to screw up a perfectly good system. Any way since it won't sync I can't use the phone at all. I've gotten Odin to recognize the device and know I can flash CWM then another ROM and that's what I'll end up doing but first just wanted to see if anyone else has run into this issue before or has any ideas.
hechoen said:
So I just got this lovely device from the ATT refurb store for ten bucks. And the problem I'm having is that ready2go will not sync to the device. I tried four times with reboots of phone and computer in between tries. What a stupid ass idea this is. Leave it to ATT to find a way to screw up a perfectly good system. Any way since it won't sync I can't use the phone at all. I've gotten Odin to recognize the device and know I can flash CWM then another ROM and that's what I'll end up doing but first just wanted to see if anyone else has run into this issue before or has any ideas.
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Why can't you use the phone at all because of ready to go? I always skip that ready to go crap and set up my phone myself. So be more specific when you say can't use. Is it locked up? Need more info...
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Why can't you use the phone at all because of ready to go? I always skip that ready to go crap and set up my phone myself. So be more specific when you say can't use. Is it locked up? Need more info...
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Well there is no option to skip it. Just back or continue. So if you go to continue it gives web address to go to and the code to enter to sync up. I enter the code and it just sits at the spinning beachball of death forever. How where you able to bypass this setup? I think it may be new from ATT as far as putting in on the phone right after the splash screen.
I would just flash cwm in Odin and flash a custom rom. Skip the stock BS
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BS is right. Like I said in my first post I know how to get around it I was just seeing if anyone else had it happen.
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BS is right. Like I said in the OP I know how to get around it I was just seeing if anyone else had it happen.
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No, I skipped it. Then I looked around my new phone for a few minutes. Then I said, hmmm time for a new rom.
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Well there is no option to skip it. Just back or continue. So if you go to continue it gives web address to go to and the code to enter to sync up. I enter the code and it just sits at the spinning beachball of death forever. How where you able to bypass this setup? I think it may be new from ATT as far as putting in on the phone right after the splash screen.
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Hit the home button and all that ready to go crap goes away and allows you to procede setting up the phone.
And xcrazydx is right you might just want to flash a custom rom if you can't figure out how to get past ready to go. Especially since you have a refurbished device and warranty is of little or no issue...
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Hit the home button and all that ready to go crap goes away and allows you to procede setting up the phone.
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Negative. I'm not a noob and I'm very familiar with Samsung devices. lol It will go nowhere with out the sync that's not working. More annoying than anything else. And just seeing if anyone else had this happen.
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Negative. I'm not a noob and I'm very familiar with Samsung devices. lol It will go nowhere with out the sync that's not working. More annoying than anything else. And just seeing if anyone else had this happen.
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It's been so long I don't remember much about ready2go. I never used it, I know that much
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It's been so long I don't remember much about ready2go. I never used it, I know that much
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Looks like it's off to odin touch recovery then flash ICS. Still really freakin annoying though.
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Looks like it's off to odin touch recovery then flash ICS. Still really freakin annoying though.
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Yeah, sorry I don't remember
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Hey I came from an Aria as well. Big change.
I don't use ready2go. Waste of effort. Might as well just customize on the phone itself. Why else is it a "smartphone" then?
I know for sure I skipped it just don't remember what button I pushed to do it. As much as I flash this phone and my wife's phone I don't take time to use that ready to go crap if I flash an update in Odin I usually turn right around and flash cwm then root then restore my apps data etc with titanium backup. Never has made me use ready to go....
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First off, I am not unhappy with my Skyrocket in general. To be fair I only purchased it because my Nexus One broke and needed a new phone, but it's been exhibiting some very annoying things that I can't tell are "common" with this phone or if they're specific to my own model. Full disclosure, I have rooted and installed different ROMS on my phone, but many of these issues have existed since before I made all the modifications. I don't know if they're because of a bad battery, bad phone, or a bit of both.
1. Battery life is ATROCIOUS. Yes I know this is not that uncommon, but considering I'm not using LTE (because AT&T thinks Puerto Rico is more important than providing service to an actual STATE that is one of the most prolific in the nation) and I don't have a lot of background processes grabbing data. I mainly use my phone during the week to check facebook and twitter and such, but in about 8 hours I can be down to 20% power. I don't recall my battery life being that bad with my N1.
2. Sometimes I'll turn on my phone and it can't contact the AT&T network. I'll have to reboot, sometimes requiring that I do a battery pull. Speaking of battery pulls..
3. Sometimes when I leave my phone to charge overnight and then disconnect the charger, the 100% message does not come up, nor does the phone turn on. Once again, another battery pull. Also, more often than not the phone isn't actually fully charged.
Anyone else experiencing this? What would you all suggest? Should I go to AT&T and demand a replacement (obviously after I restore back to stock features and possibly run the counter wipe) or just get a new battery (which I think that AT&T should pay for) or just suck it up and deal with it?
Actually talk to at&t they might send a replacement battery for free
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Yea something isn't right with your phone. Sorry you had to go through all that.
~PsyCl0ne
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Yeah, sounds like a defective battery or device. Might as well go for the new device.
Go back to stock. Reset flash counter. Get real pissy at the store and demand a replacement. Get a replacement phone.
Stupid question: How do i reset the flash counter? I mean I know there's a file out there that does it, but do I go into recovery and just do "install from Zip file?" Also, will doing the return to Stock also remove my CWM recovery?
Just flash the zip in cwm. You'll still have cwm after but your count will be NO.
Then Odin back to stock using the Samsung UCKJ2 tar (not the one in the soft brick thread). For me, sometimes going into download mode using the two button combo trips the counter again, sometimes not. Using a jig to get into dl mode will prevent tripping it (Google how to make your own--its really easy)
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i went from the Nexus One as well. As for the general Android experience i really miss my Nexus One, but over all the dual-core cpu, expanded memory and bigger screen is enough of a reason to stick with it. I'm just patiently waiting for CM9 to come out. I'm not a big fan of Manufacturer's bloated UI's.
Fellow nexus users have you installed texasice just to taste aosp ics it's built from evervolv and runs great on the n1..... I kinda miss my track ball too but i do love the screen and speed of the lte network and the processor
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Just flash the zip in cwm. You'll still have cwm after but your count will be NO.
Then Odin back to stock using the Samsung UCKJ2 tar (not the one in the soft brick thread). For me, sometimes going into download mode using the two button combo trips the counter again, sometimes not. Using a jig to get into dl mode will prevent tripping it (Google how to make your own--its really easy)
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Where can I get that? I looked around and it seems to be at SamMobile.com, but it says I need to register to get the file. Is it somewhere else on here? Why shouldn't I use the one from the softbrick thread?
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Where can I get that? I looked around and it seems to be at SamMobile.com, but it says I need to register to get the file. Is it somewhere else on here? Why shouldn't I use the one from the softbrick thread?
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The one in the soft brick thread doesn't flash the modem (not sure about the kernel, but maybe not). I'll post a link in a few when I get back to my desk
EDIT: This one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349207&highlight=uckj2
Once you download the file you'll need to unzip it. It'll ask for a password, enter sampro.pl . Once it's unzipped, open Odin (right click and click "Run as Administrator"). In the PDA slot place the file called HOME_SGS-I727user_CL626051.REV02.tar.md5 . Put into download mode and connect phone. Make sure Odin sees your phone (yellow COM box). Make sure nothing is checked other than Auto Reboot (DO NOT CLICK RE-PARTITION OR YOU WILL BRICK). Click Start and let it do it's thing.
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The one in the soft brick thread doesn't flash the modem (not sure about the kernel, but maybe not). I'll post a link in a few when I get back to my desk
EDIT: This one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1349207&highlight=uckj2
Once you download the file you'll need to unzip it. It'll ask for a password, enter sampro.pl . Once it's unzipped, open Odin (right click and click "Run as Administrator"). In the PDA slot place the file called HOME_SGS-I727user_CL626051.REV02.tar.md5 . Put into download mode and connect phone. Make sure Odin sees your phone (yellow COM box). Make sure nothing is checked other than Auto Reboot (DO NOT CLICK RE-PARTITION OR YOU WILL BRICK). Click Start and let it do it's thing.
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Thanks for the info.
So basically I go and get the counter reset here first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
Then I go do the Odin thing to send the phone back to it's not as cool state? Out of curiosity after I do the flash back, how can I check the flash counter?
dvandam said:
Thanks for the info.
So basically I go and get the counter reset here first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575712
Then I go do the Odin thing to send the phone back to it's not as cool state? Out of curiosity after I do the flash back, how can I check the flash counter?
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Yes, first do the counter reset, then Odin back to stock. After you flash back to stock you can check the flash counter by going into download mod. You don't need to have Odin open on your computer, just have the USB plugged in to your pc, and after pulling the battery and reinserting it, hold down the volume up+down keys as you plug in the USB. You'll get the yellow warning but click up. It should say:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I727
CUSTOM BINARY: NO
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
Before you send it back you'll want to go into Settings/About Phone and make sure your baseband is UCKJ2, with the original kernel version (2.6.35.11). Lastly, go into Settings/Security and do a Factory Data Reset (check Format USB Storage to wipe out everything you have on there). Reboot and make sure you get the initial setup screen.
I'll try this all soon and head back to the AT&T store this weekend after I take a double shot of tequila so my inhibitions go down so I won't take any guff (but hopefully won't get me to Mel Gibson levels..)
I have a weird question: If I did a Nandroid/CWM backup and then did the Odin thing, what would happen if I rooted then reinstalled CWM and then did a restore? Would my phone go back to what it was or does it not work that way?
On a COMPLETELY unrelated topic I found this to be amusing from Gizmodo..
http://gizmodo.com/5903436/this-is-objectively-the-worst-default-email-signature
dvandam said:
I'll try this all soon and head back to the AT&T store this weekend after I take a double shot of tequila so my inhibitions go down so I won't take any guff (but hopefully won't get me to Mel Gibson levels..)
I have a weird question: If I did a Nandroid/CWM backup and then did the Odin thing, what would happen if I rooted then reinstalled CWM and then did a restore? Would my phone go back to what it was or does it not work that way?
On a COMPLETELY unrelated topic I found this to be amusing from Gizmodo..
http://gizmodo.com/5903436/this-is-objectively-the-worst-default-email-signature
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Nandroid backups tend to be a little buggy and you might find weird things happening (or you could brick altogether--not likely but possible).
I'd recommend using Titanium Backup to back up all your apps, and then backing up the Titanium folder, along with any pictures, music, etc. you want to keep to a desktop computer.
You're better off getting off to a fresh start with a new device and not introducing any bugs that may have been leftover on your Nandroid backup (including potential bugs that may be related to the problems you're having).
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Nandroid backups tend to be a little buggy and you might find weird things happening (or you could brick altogether--not likely but possible).
I'd recommend using Titanium Backup to back up all your apps, and then backing up the Titanium folder, along with any pictures, music, etc. you want to keep to a desktop computer.
You're better off getting off to a fresh start with a new device and not introducing any bugs that may have been leftover on your Nandroid backup (including potential bugs that may be related to the problems you're having).
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That was my original plan. Just thought it would be nice to bypass a few steps if I could.
Also, I lol'd at that article man! I don't use the stock email app so I hadn't run into this.
It is a phone worth bragging about having, but imo any signature block with two trademark symbols in it is going a little overboard.
Out of curiosity do you know how long this is supposed to take? It seems like it's been on <ID:0/003> system.img.ext4 for an uncomfortably long amount of time..
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1. Battery life is ATROCIOUS. Yes I know this is not that uncommon, but considering I'm not using LTE (because AT&T thinks Puerto Rico is more important than providing service to an actual STATE that is one of the most prolific in the nation) and I don't have a lot of background processes grabbing data. I mainly use my phone during the week to check facebook and twitter and such, but in about 8 hours I can be down to 20% power. I don't recall my battery life being that bad with my N1.
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What's wrong with puerto pico? My girlfriend is puerto rican and she's gorgeous. hahaha
Anyway this happened with my T989, swap it!!! Or use warranty with Samsung if you must.
dvandam said:
Out of curiosity do you know how long this is supposed to take? It seems like it's been on <ID:0/003> system.img.ext4 for an uncomfortably long amount of time..
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Took a long time last time I did it.
Still stuck there?
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Took a long time last time I did it.
Still stuck there?
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I ended up going against all conventional wisdom and turned off the phone. Now it's giving me the Yellow Triangle but I re-started ODIN and re-ran the process and now it's running at a more acceptable pace. I Don't know if it'll work, but now it's on amss.bin as opposed to being stuck on that section for like 30 minutes.
Of course now it's taking an excessive amount of time on the amss.bin step... I knew I should have started this earlier in the night (and with less drinks in my system..) It also says "MODEM" on the top left white box..
OK, with all my messaging and calendar issues, I decided to re-flash the stock tar (as I had used the old method of rooting). I set the phone up again, and now I am still stuck at the start up screen with the rings. It will not go any further. It works fine as long as I do not shut the phone down. From what I can tell, in order to fix it, I need to factory reset, which I am hoping to not do this time again (for the third time in a day). Where should or can I go from here?
redownload the tar file again, check the md5 sum to make sure its good.
Also make sure the tar file is for your carrier, ie; verizon. that may be your problem.
Ended up they are sending me a new device. Could be the device? Could be an app or setting I am restoring with TB though. Not sure. It is getting kind of frustraing since I am not hacking this as I have other phones in the past and am having more trouble with this than any other phone.
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Ended up they are sending me a new device.
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This is why we can't have nice things. If people didn't waste so much of Verizon's time and money with their hacking maybe Verizon wouldn't feel the need to fight so hard to keep us from being able to hack our phones.
Did you flash stock with recovery or did you Odin back? Cuz if you odin'ed back, you may have missed the step to uncheck auto reboot, then load stock recovery mode and wipe phone. If you Odin to stock and don't after that, but before booting, you will most likely boot loop or freeze.
For future reference....
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This is why we can't have nice things. If people didn't waste so much of Verizon's time and money with their hacking maybe Verizon wouldn't feel the need to fight so hard to keep us from being able to hack our phones.
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Andthis is why XDA sucks sometimes. Guys like you who troll and decide to post in a thread in a negative way instead of helping out earlier. And in all actuality, what is happening to my phone I do not think has anything to do with rooting. I had rooted on 7/9 for the sole purpose of wifi tether, nothing else had been done to the phone. It worked flawlessly until this week when the borwser, calendar and facebook decided to start force closing for no apparent reason. I figured a reboot would help and that started these issues. Sooo..therefore I decided to revert back from scratch and the problem is still there. I think we all would know that Verizon care wouldn't be able to hel outside exchanging the phone.
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Did you flash stock with recovery or did you Odin back? Cuz if you odin'ed back, you may have missed the step to uncheck auto reboot, then load stock recovery mode and wipe phone. If you Odin to stock and don't after that, but before booting, you will most likely boot loop or freeze.
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Thanks, I did uncheck autoreboot. And was able to enter stock recovery. I actually factory reset again and other than the calendar issues, seems to be working fine so far.
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Andthis is why XDA sucks sometimes. Guys like you who troll and decide to post in a thread in a negative way instead of helping out earlier.
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You haven't even waited a day after posting for help before calling Verizon.. Too many people on these forums feel like Verizon is obligated to correct their problems even though they went against their Terms of Service..
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You haven't even waited a day after posting for help before calling Verizon.. Too many people on these forums feel like Verizon is obligated to correct their problems even though they went against their Terms of Service..
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Maybe so, but this didn't appear to be a root issue. Since this phone is so locked down I hadn't messed with anything and was getting multiple random force closes and then got stuck at the boot screen. No biggie, think I got it sorted out, went throgh and manually reset all settings and apps. Seems to have worked.
I'm glad you fixed the issue yourself..
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This is going to be long!
If anyone has insight to this would be appreciated
Precursor: I am on CM9 nightly (7-27-12) with 6.0.1.0 non touch recovery (NS4G)
So last night I go to open my opera web browser and it would flash like it would open and instant close (no error message). I say OK thats weird and decide to reboot. Upon rebooted I am greeted with never ending amount of FC's from every app and service imaginable. I again say OK EXTREMELY weird and decide its time to restore my backup from yesterday.
I reboot in recovery and what do I get greeted with? Unable to mount /sdcard! Long story short after scouring google for about an hour I find that if I do a fastboot oem lock/unlock I should get back up and running. Thankfully that works and I install the newest 7/31 CM9 nightly.
I wake up today without my phone alarm going off when it should. Weird huh? I go to open the clock and get a FC from the clock application. Reboot and it works just fine. OK weird again.
Go to work and leave my phone on the counter to help a customer. I come back to the desk and my phone is in recovery mode? Uhhh what? I reboot the phone and it says "encryption unsuccessful" and the phone needs to wipe data and reboot to continue use...
I decide WTF why not, not like I can use it. At this point I'm worried though. The phone reboots to recovery and I guess does a data wipe (takes 3-5 mins) and reboots. Now I am stuck on the CM9 bootscreen and won't go past.
I have some ideas as to get the phone (hopefully) back up and running. Just curious what this sounds like to anyone more knowledgeable then me (especially the part where it tried to encrypt my phone without me touching it!)
Any thoughts or help is appreciated!
Edit: I tried copying files to sdcard from recovery using mount usb storage. The files copy over and as soon as I leave the mount menu and go to install the zip files WHICH I SAW ON THE SDCARD they ARE NOT THERE anymore.
Edit2: It still lets me install the CM9 7/31 nightly which I had saved on the phone yesterday. Even after wiping everything and reinstalling the ROM I can't get past the CM9 bootscreen
Edit3: Tried fastboot, odin, nothing works. Even after odin I still get the CM9 boot screen. Pretty sure something is messed up to the point of I need a new phone. FML!
YESS!!!
YES I WANT ATTENTION.
I Have exactly the same. Mother of smartphones Somebody help us!
Its the internal Memory thats messed up yes, But Please somebody fix this Bullcrap. We don't have the knowledge but I will gladly donate to you who fixes it!
I just bought a brand new screen for my phone and I don't freaking want to buy a new Phone At the moment, So if you find a way to help us then let us know since that could be lifesaving right now.
Pretty sure I've given up. Everything I've tried has failed... looks like it might be gnex time.
NYYFan325 said:
Pretty sure I've given up. Everything I've tried has failed... looks like it might be gnex time.
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Have you tried just going back to the stock rom/recovery/bootloader with the samsung application?
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Have you tried just going back to the stock rom/recovery/bootloader with the samsung application?
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I would Love to get an link to that. if it helps us out i'd sh1t goldbricks. seriously.
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I would Love to get an link to that. if it helps us out i'd sh1t goldbricks. seriously.
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I couldn't post the link because I have less than 10 posts here so I pm'd you. At least I hope I did. Let me know if you didn't get it.
Can you send me the PM as well. I know of the tool you are referring to but can't seem to find it anymore
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Can you send me the PM as well. I know of the tool you are referring to but can't seem to find it anymore
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I tried to send it, I hope it worked but it doesn't show up in my sent messages so I am in the dark.
Stock ROM. All the way back to Gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
Well nothing officially works
The samsung simple dl tool just says "error" when I hit "start download" nearly immediately. Now I have no recovery or anything. Going to sprint right after I get out of work to get a gnex
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Well nothing officially works
The samsung simple dl tool just says "error" when I hit "start download" nearly immediately. Now I have no recovery or anything. Going to sprint right after I get out of work to get a gnex
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Ugh... I'm sorry people Who will get to our problem. Paid samsung services can Help. Nothing else. I be a smart guy and do like NYYFan here and get a galaxy nexus. thank You everyone for help. i set up 48hours for anybody to help me or i get a new device. Might sound rude but its a choice i made.
-Moon
I HAD THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM
Temporary solution: heat the phone up with a hair blow dryer. get it hot but not so hot that it melts things. it will be able to boot up and work. I used this method so i could copy my sd card to my computer and wipe everything off
Permanent solution: turn your phone in for repair. there is no remedy to fixing this. apparently the circuit board or chip is bad and you can't fix it.
Luckily I had best buy black tie protection and I am waiting on my new replacement phone.
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I HAD THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM
Temporary solution: heat the phone up with a hair blow dryer. get it hot but not so hot that it melts things. it will be able to boot up and work. I used this method so i could copy my sd card to my computer and wipe everything off
Permanent solution: turn your phone in for repair. there is no remedy to fixing this. apparently the circuit board or chip is bad and you can't fix it.
Luckily I had best buy black tie protection and I am waiting on my new replacement phone.
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I work in a computer repair shop and going by that solution...sounds like a problem I may be able to repair using a similar method as some of the board-level repairs I do pretty often...anyone want to send me a dead lab rat? Lol
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Xaelius said:
I work in a computer repair shop and going by that solution...sounds like a problem I may be able to repair using a similar method as some of the board-level repairs I do pretty often...anyone want to send me a dead lab rat? Lol
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You can have mine lol x) And Yep i fix computers for friends and so on their friends and this sounds like Nvidia was behind the chip... xD
It wouldn't matter who actually makes a chip if the heating it up is a temporary fix. That is a OEM issue. Basically think xbox360 rrod with the warped boards the solder melting/failing and the chips get loose etc.
Unless heating up failed flash storage temporarily makes it work. Which I doubt is the case but don't actually know. Brings back memories of putting failing HDD drives in the freezer though.
Well this is my official goodbye to the Nexus S forums (not like anyone cares haha). Just got my shiny new Galaxy Nexus. Have a great night everyone and happy modding!
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Well this is my official goodbye to the Nexus S forums (not like anyone cares haha). Just got my shiny new Galaxy Nexus. Have a great night everyone and happy modding!
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Ugh. Congraz. xD
Try Adam outler unbrickable mod for nexus s
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Unfortunately that is good only if software screwed up your phone. In my case and I'm sure others when it is hardware failure, that won't work :\
I haven't tried the jig, but all the other symptoms such as dead screen,functionless buttons and all are there, so I think it is Hard Bricked. It's really weird what happened, I rooted my S3, it was working perfectly, then I unlocked the bootloader, it was perfectly fine even after that, then using ROM Manager I installed clockwork recovery mod, it was was working great. Then, I deleted my android market using ES File Explorer, and the guide for replacing the market told me to look for Vending.apk and then delete it, I looked but couldn't find it, so I 100% remember I tapped the search button in ES File Explorer and searched for Vending.apk, then suddenly a window popped up with names of files flashing but it didn't say searching or anything just three dots (...) and under there were two options YES and NO. I pressed No, it closed and then popped up again so this time I pressed Yes. then the names of files kept flashing and then it finished but didn't give me any search result, But my Phone memory was showing Empty, only the sd card folder was there and nothing else so I closed the app and opened it again, still the phone memory was empty, I was freaked out, so I restarted the phone and then, it never started :crying: I don't know what happened. Please help?
odin back to stock and start over....your device is far from hardbricked.
Really?? Can you please tell me step by step what to do?? I'm a complete noob at this!
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odin back to stock and start over....your device is far from hardbricked.
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My device does not go into download mode, nor in recovery, it's buttons are useless and there's a completely dead screen.
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odin back to stock and start over....your device is far from hardbricked.
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have you tried a different battery?
I forgot to mention, it's brand new, this happened the second day I bought it. So, the battery is flawless and perfect.
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have you tried a different battery?
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No its dead for sure. He tried to unlock the us cellualr S3 which would result in a perma brick.
You don't need to unlock the bootloader of the us cellular S3. That is why everything is labeled "verizon unlock" and stuff.
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No its dead for sure. He tried to unlock the us cellualr S3 which would result in a perma brick.
You don't need to unlock the bootloader of the us cellular S3. That is why everything is labeled "verizon unlock" and stuff.
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ahh i missed that detail...yes i agree its dead for sure! jtag or new replacement time.
Since it's only a couple days, take it back into USCC store. You're in your 15 day Window, they should swap it for a new one. Act dumb, don't tell them you rooted it. Just say you heard it buzz and it died. They'll mark it down as defective and give you a new one
How the hell was I supposed to know that? The US Cellular S3 is completely identical to the Verizon one, the only difference is the carrier logo, I rooted it with the Verizon S3's guide everything went perfectly fine, so I continued to do all the other stuff. I just got it 2 days ago :crying: . Huff, I've sent it for JTAG to a friend.
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ahh i missed that detail...yes i agree its dead for sure! jtag or new replacement time.
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ShazzyK-IDEOS said:
How the hell was I supposed to know that? The US Cellular S3 is completely identical to the Verizon one, the only difference is the carrier logo, I rooted it with the Verizon S3's guide everything went perfectly fine, so I continued to do all the other stuff. I just got it 2 days ago :crying: . Huff, I've sent it for JTAG to a friend.
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a simple google search would of told ya that...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=is+the+bootloader+unlocked+on+the+usc+galaxy+s3
research then flash dont flash then research!
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Since it's only a couple days, take it back into USCC store. You're in your 15 day Window, they should swap it for a new one. Act dumb, don't tell them you rooted it. Just say you heard it buzz and it died. They'll mark it down as defective and give you a new one
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Great idea, but, I'm not in the US. I bought this phone from a guy who brought it from the US, I got it for half the price of an S3 here. So now, I don't know what to do, I gave it to friend, I hope he'll fix it, but if he's unable to can I give it to Samsung?
True, well said :'( I messed up big time.
droidstyle said:
a simple google search would of told ya that...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=is+the+bootloader+unlocked+on+the+usc+galaxy+s3
research then flash dont flash then research!
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Hi everyone,
I think my fiance might have hard-bricked his (new! Less than 24 hrs old!) Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III. He researched, rooted, set up bit-defender and it was working fine but when he tried to copy music files onto the micro-SD, they appeared to have gone onto the hard-drive instead and made his phone uber sluggish. We had some friends over, so he dropped the issue for a while and then went back to try to fix it only to make things worse. I know there isn't enough detail there about what *else* he tried to do, but when he came to bed last night he was kicking himself for not researching it enough and mentioned that he tried taking the batter out, resetting it, taking the sim card out, resetting it, telling bit defending to wipe the phone, etc. but all it would do last night was just display the 'samsung' logo then go to black.
This morning, I found your threads and tried to do the power+down+home advice that I've seen on a few threads here but it didn't work (obviously).
I suggested using the micro-SD adapter to try to explore the files on a PC, so we might look into that later.
Is there anything else you guys would recommend? I'm thinking the only thing to fix it now is the dopey route. :silly:
-Ami
Your phone is Soft Bricked not hard bricked, otherwise it wouldn't even turn on, Use A USB JIG to force it into download mode, then reflash with Odin.
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Hi everyone,
I think my fiance might have hard-bricked his (new! Less than 24 hrs old!) Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III. He researched, rooted, set up bit-defender and it was working fine but when he tried to copy music files onto the micro-SD, they appeared to have gone onto the hard-drive instead and made his phone uber sluggish. We had some friends over, so he dropped the issue for a while and then went back to try to fix it only to make things worse. I know there isn't enough detail there about what *else* he tried to do, but when he came to bed last night he was kicking himself for not researching it enough and mentioned that he tried taking the batter out, resetting it, taking the sim card out, resetting it, telling bit defending to wipe the phone, etc. but all it would do last night was just display the 'samsung' logo then go to black.
This morning, I found your threads and tried to do the power+down+home advice that I've seen on a few threads here but it didn't work (obviously).
I suggested using the micro-SD adapter to try to explore the files on a PC, so we might look into that later.
Is there anything else you guys would recommend? I'm thinking the only thing to fix it now is the dopey route. :silly:
-Ami
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ShazzyK-IDEOS said:
Really?? Can you please tell me step by step what to do?? I'm a complete noob at this!
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If you're such a noob and unprepared for a brick, maybe you shouldn't have ventured down custom ROM/unlock avenue?
Just a thought.
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ShazzyK-IDEOS said:
Your phone is Soft Bricked not hard bricked, otherwise it wouldn't even turn on, Use A USB JIG to force it into download mode, then reflash with Odin.
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Yeah, this morning it won't even turn on no Samsung, no hope. Lesson learned... hopefully not a very expensive one.. :fingers-crossed:
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Yeah, this morning it won't even turn on no Samsung, no hope. Lesson learned... hopefully not a very expensive one.. :fingers-crossed:
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Pull the battery, put it in and let it charge for a while couple hours. Then hold vol - , home and power. If it week go into download/Odin mode you're fine. If so then go to the development thread stickies and follow droid style guide section 6
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Great thought, but let me tell you before my Galaxy S3 I owned a Wildfire S, tinkered with it every bit, OC,Rom,bootloader and everything, before that I owned a Huawei U8150, my first android, I literally went bezerk modding that thing. So, I'm not a noob at this,I was a noob at this different Carrier different software kinda thing, I thought the phone was the same and indeed it is, but the difference is that the Verizon's Bootloader is locked. I'm well familiar with everything, I just messed up by not researching that if the bootloader was unlocked already, mainly because I was a bit too excited about getting my S3.
1ManWolfePack said:
If you're such a noob and unprepared for a brick, maybe you shouldn't have ventured down custom ROM/unlock avenue?
Just a thought.
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Since it's only a couple days, take it back into USCC store. You're in your 15 day Window, they should swap it for a new one. Act dumb, don't tell them you rooted it. Just say you heard it buzz and it died. They'll mark it down as defective and give you a new one
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Yup!
I hard bricked my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3.
I got the thing rooted just fine and I went to install a new ROM. I downloaded EZ unlock to unlock the bootloader and it all went fine. Then I went to restart it and nothing. It won't turn on at all. It doesn't enter recovery mode or download mode. It doesn't light up when it's plugged into the wall charger or laptop. My computer does make the sound when I connect the phone, but nothing shows up. When I open Odin I can get it to recognize the phone if I press the buttons to go into download mode but then it looses the connection as soon as it says added.
I followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166 but it didn't work.
I can't believe I did this. I feel like a total fool. You know that sick feeling that sinks into your gut? Yeah, I have it. I need this thing fixed like now but I don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I hard bricked my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3.
I got the thing rooted just fine and I went to install a new ROM. I downloaded EZ unlock to unlock the bootloader and it all went fine. Then I went to restart it and nothing. It won't turn on at all. It doesn't enter recovery mode or download mode. It doesn't light up when it's plugged into the wall charger or laptop. My computer does make the sound when I connect the phone, but nothing shows up. When I open Odin I can get it to recognize the phone if I press the buttons to go into download mode but then it looses the connection as soon as it says added.
I followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166 but it didn't work.
I can't believe I did this. I feel like a total fool. You know that sick feeling that sinks into your gut? Yeah, I have it. I need this thing fixed like now but I don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You can either use the method you posted or get it jtag'd. Those are your only 2 options in this scenario.
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You can either use the method you posted or get it jtag'd. Those are your only 2 options in this scenario.
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Thank you for your reply.
I really got myself stuck in the creek.
I was looking up the jtag stuff last night but I'm still confused about it. Is it a program I can download or a usb stick that I have to buy? Can I get it from a store or do I have to purchase one off Ebay?
Thanks again.
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Thank you for your reply.
I really got myself stuck in the creek.
I was looking up the jtag stuff last night but I'm still confused about it. Is it a program I can download or a usb stick that I have to buy? Can I get it from a store or do I have to purchase one off Ebay?
Thanks again.
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It's complex, it rewrites your bootloader to your mother board using a riff box. It isn't something easy that you could buy and operate yourself.
You'd send it out to someone. They'd break apart your phone and rewrite the boot image, put it back together, then send it back. Costs anywhere between $20-60.
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It's complex, it rewrites your bootloader to your mother board using a riff box. It isn't something easy that you could buy and operate yourself.
You'd send it out to someone. They'd break apart your phone and rewrite the boot image, put it back together, then send it back. Costs anywhere between $20-60.
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I just want to thank you again for your replies and your patience with my... noobishness.
I swear, I'm never messing around with my phone again. I had my old phone for 4 years and never fooled around with it. I had this one for 2 weeks and destroyed it.
Is there a company you could recommend that I could send it to? I'm in the U.S., Midwest region.
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I just want to thank you again for your replies and your patience with my... noobishness.
I swear, I'm never messing around with my phone again. I had my old phone for 4 years and never fooled around with it. I had this one for 2 weeks and destroyed it.
Is there a company you could recommend that I could send it to? I'm in the U.S., Midwest region.
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No problem, glad I could point you in the right direction.
It's not an issue about you messing with your phone. You just have to read more and understand what you're doing before attempting anything. All the information about 4.3 having a locked bootloader and not using ez unlock was readily available. Just next time you decide to root your phone, just read up as much as you can about it before attempting the process.
I really have no recommendations for jtag because I've never had to use it, but I know some eBay sellers can get pretty cheap.
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No problem, glad I could point you in the right direction.
It's not an issue about you messing with your phone. You just have to read more and understand what you're doing before attempting anything. All the information about 4.3 having a locked bootloader and not using ez unlock was readily available. Just next time you decide to root your phone, just read up as much as you can about it before attempting the process.
I really have no recommendations for jtag because I've never had to use it, but I know some eBay sellers can get pretty cheap.
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OMG I got it working. I just had to buy a different card.
Yeah, you're completely right. I'm certainly going to read everything before I attempt something like this again.
Thank you again!