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[acs][how-to]hardware reset

I dont know where this belongs but can it be stickied in the right spot.
This will help you recover from a true birck
true brick = phone will not power up, no leds lighting up. Your phone trully dose nothing
Ive used this method 3 times so far and have been able to recover. I can not GUARANTEE this will work 100% of the time. My guess is it depends on the cause of the brick. (for me it was some alpha builds of the twilight kernel. sorry tanimn)
1) make sure your phone is powered off (if your bricked you dont need to worry about this)
2) remove the battery dore
3) look beneith the silver camera bezel on the left hand side. youll see a tinyu hole that dosnt look like much
4) insert a ball point pen or bent paper clip inside of the hole and apply some pressure (not to much)
5)hold for 10-15 seconds ( longer if you like )
6) boot the phone directly to dl mode
7) odin ec05 or any stock rom you desire. ( make sure its the full tar ).

Great to hear that there may be a way to fix things if something goes wrong! Even if it saves only one other person's phone!

you sly devil...it looks almost like the other spots in the plastic

wow intresting to try if i do brick my phone

I'm trying to find my digitial camera to take a picture.
I'm also trying to locate the thread (i9000 I think) that made me try this
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score!
ok mystery i guess i owe you that whipping you sooo desire.....
This is Awesome sauce.

Bumping because there's a picture.

aww snap I see it.

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Bumping because there's a picture.
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image in a mirror hehe... here is one that isn't backwards
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image in a mirror hehe... here is one that isn't backwards
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Thank you. I couldn't find my digitial camera and the camera on my evo is broke
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MysteryEmotionz said:
Thank you. I couldn't find my digitial camera and the camera on my evo is broke
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np had to find batteries for mine

Geeze, where were you about 2 weeks ago

I think this has been said before from someone that has taken the epic apart "That is not a button,or reset button"...
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ecooce said:
I think this has been said before from someone that has taken the epic apart "That is not a button,or reset button"...
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Others that have taken apart there phone have stated they seen this button
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Well I can say this for sure,I had phone on,took batt cover off,and tryed the "button" nothing happened,and I don't feel any click either,so to me its not a button at all...
No offence man really...
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ecooce said:
Well I can say this for sure,I had phone on,took batt cover off,and tryed the "button" nothing happened,and I don't feel any click either,so to me its not a button at all...
No offence man really...
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This is exactly why I never posted this before. This is the same issues with the i9000. Less then 50% if the people actually have this "magic button". I'm still trying to dig up that thread for reference.
I my self feel the button when pressed. I have recovered from 3 bricks using this "magic button" nubecoder had stated he has seen this button when his phone was disassembled
The reason this thread no exists now is cause I was asked to start a thread after I posted something in the vision kernel thread.
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Now I can imagine not every phone having this button,but there would be a hardware revision # diffrence,and we are all on r.5 unless you have a dev or promo phone...
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ecooce said:
Now I can imagine not every phone having this button,but there would be a hardware revision # diffrence,and we are all on r.5 unless you have a dev or promo phone...
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I understand what your saying but personally I have a hardware version .5 that I received on launch day.
Why I have the button and others may not idk. I'm still looking for the i9000 thread for reference
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MysteryEmotionz said:
I dont know where this belongs but can it be stickied in the right spot.
This will help you recover from a true birck
true brick = phone will not power up, no leds lighting up. Your phone trully dose nothing
Ive used this method 3 times so far and have been able to recover. I can not GUARANTEE this will work 100% of the time. My guess is it depends on the cause of the brick. (for me it was some alpha builds of the twilight kernel. sorry tanimn)
1) make sure your phone is powered off (if your bricked you dont need to worry about this)
2) remove the battery dore
3) look beneith the silver camera bezel on the left hand side. youll see a tinyu hole that dosnt look like much
4) insert a ball point pen or bent paper clip inside of the hole and apply some pressure (not to much)
5)hold for 10-15 seconds ( longer if you like )
6) boot the phone directly to dl mode
7) odin ec05 or any stock rom you desire. ( make sure its the full tar ).
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The back of my epic doesn't even look like that . The SD card is on the right of the camera.

The photo was taken in a mirror, so it is all backwards.

KIES AIR & Infuse

I'm able to connect my Infuse with my computer using KIES AIR.
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Truckerglenn said:
I'm able to connect my Infuse with my computer using KIES AIR.
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Are you a wizard? O.O
EDIT: Holy weasel tits! It really does work!

Well, I'm accessing my Infuse from Internet Explorer with Kies Air running on my Infuse.

Uh Kevin lol looks like we know how we'll be receiving this update.
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Axiomkid said:
Uh Kevin lol looks like we know how we'll be receiving this update.
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Haha, possibly. But can the phone be updated from Air? But wait, if Air is supported, maybe regular Kies will also gain support?
EDIT: It's so weird hearing Kevin. I'm so used to hearing nothing but Retherford anymore, haha.

This is kinda funny guys.
It's like you just found out we landed on the moon.
Wireless file transfer is not new. However, it is to slow to be effective.
You can use it to access music and photo though

I wonder why Kies air would work and not Kies mini.
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qkster said:
This is kinda funny guys.
It's like you just found out we landed on the moon.
Wireless file transfer is not new. However, it is to slow to be effective.
You can use it to access music and photo though
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We landed on the moon?! I transferred some music since my data part of my cable is borked, and it transferred pretty fast

Lol sorry to say that this is old. Gtg had this in his roms ^.^
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jayson94538 said:
Lol sorry to say that this is old. Gtg had this in his roms ^.^
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Was about to say, I pulled the apk from infused months ago.
Works like a charm!

its on the market

I have put this in all my ports I posted. Its been around for a while.

Dang, and here I thought that I'd stumbled across something.

Truckerglenn said:
Dang, and here I thought that I'd stumbled across something.
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You did, a buried treasure. People tend to overlook cool stuff like this. I love Kies Air. I use it all the time.
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bigfau said:
You did, a buried treasure. People tend to overlook cool stuff like this. I love Kies Air. I use it all the time.
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Yeah. Doesn't Work for me on MIUI for some reason.
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Truckerglenn said:
Dang, and here I thought that I'd stumbled across something.
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I had no idea, haha. It excited me
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AirDroid, anyone? It's free on the market and has a stunning interface and feature set.

Hard bricks can now be fixed

]Ok since this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359268&page=4 is not sticking out. Mabye this will...hard bricks can now be fixed........
Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk

From skimming it seams that we can't do it we would have to mail our phones out to the guy in that thread to do it for us?

thats right. But lets not turn this negative. So many people brick. And now there isba solution. Sure it sucks having to send it somewhere. But it is a solution. And if it was as simple as using odin or something. People would find a way to mess it up lol .

$50 beats a brick anyday. Sounds awesome. I have been rooting and roming for a while but have been a little bit more nervous with how expensive this phone is. This will make me a little more confident in flashing.
By the way. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-brick-repair/

silver03wrx said:
thats right. But lets not turn this negative. So many people brick. And now there isba solution. Sure it sucks having to send it somewhere. But it is a solution. And if it was as simple as using odin or something. People would find a way to mess it up lol .
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Oh I'm not complaining or turning things negative, just making sure I got the idea of the thread. I'm at work so I skimmed it real fast and didn't read all the pages. 600 for a new phone vs mailing a brick out is good.

It would have been easier to link to his specific site, or something rather than having to read through everything and find the correct link.
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blo...ii-skyrocket-i727i727r-jtag-repair-available/

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Look people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk
Hard bricks. Fixed. If u brick . No worry. No more.

Xboarder should send his in if there is any possibility it can be fixed.
silver03wrx said:
Look people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk
Hard bricks. Fixed. If u brick . No worry. No more.
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Go Josh I love that Guy since my cappy days
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monkeypaws said:
Xboarder should send his in if there is any possibility it can be fixed.
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No coming back from a fried chip
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This is awesome news but I'd still like to see a software solution with something like QPST.
At any rate, I'm going to be full-on reckless now that I know a brick can be fixed!

orlandoxpolice said:
No coming back from a fried chip
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Well, it makes no sense, if the chip is fried, then why does it give the error code? The phone can't turn on or do anything when the chip is fried. As there is nothing to make the phone boot or even process, there is no power supply.

Don't know just what I heard. Maybe it isn't true
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Error may come from another secondary chip not the CPU like the BIOS on a motherboard just my .02
people who live in glass houses sink ships

There is still no way to reset the counter

carrett said:
There is still no way to reset the counter
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No but nobody checks anyway why does it matter
people who live in glass houses sink ships

yeah if you know how to jtag you can fix hard brick i727
search on youtube Brick i727 skyrcoket samsung galaxy s 2 jtag

This DEFINITELY calls for more cowbell
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how much you want to bet he just plugs it into a computer runs a program takes 5min and its fixed the video is just to make it look complicated so you pay him still I can't do it. Gotta give the guy props thats a great idea hes going make some good cash doing that

Guys im getting my g2x engraved!

hello fellow g2x users,
so my girlfriend just got a job at an engraving place, and im going to get the metal strip down the center engraved on tuesday! im thinking of putting my xda username and xda.com as well.
thoughts?

Hey, if that's what you want, go for it!
Sounds cool. Plus if you don't like it you can always buy another back.

That's pretty cool. I would love to do something like that.
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Take pictures and post when it's done .

engrave your girlfriends name that way to show ur appreciation and then wait a little bit and order another back piece and then engrave whatever u want
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Wouldn't that look weird, especially since "with Google" is already engraved in the back?

FatalityBoyZahy said:
Wouldn't that look weird, especially since "with Google" is already engraved in the back?
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i don't mind it
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You should try to engrave it at the screen. :

FatalityBoyZahy said:
Wouldn't that look weird, especially since "with Google" is already engraved in the back?
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Maybe he could erase the Google sign like grind it out and then there would be a lot of room to put what he wabtd
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moeahmad1995 said:
engrave your girlfriends name that way to show ur appreciation and then wait a little bit and order another back piece and then engrave whatever u want
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haha i like the way you think man.

I have been thinking about doing that a while but never really did. You have pictures yet?
Pin it to Win it.

I.R.Chevy said:
I have been thinking about doing that a while but never really did. You have pictures yet?
Pin it to Win it.
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im going to today actually, so after its done i will be posting pics here!

iArtisan said:
haha i like the way you think man.
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shes going to initial it. like a painting

So here's the finished product!
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joeyxl said:
So here's the finished product!
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That looks pretty badass!! Turned out good! I guess I will have to do it too now that you gineapigged it haha
Pin it to Win it.

You forgot the screen...

nitrogen618 said:
You forgot the screen...
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Haha, im wondering where to put it. And what...
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I feel like getting "sucker" engraved on mine since T-Mo and LG basically stopped supporting the phone after I got it
Kidding aside, your gf did a nice job with the engraving.

That looks cool!!!
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RobBull69 said:
I feel like getting "sucker" engraved on mine since T-Mo and LG basically stopped supporting the phone after I got it
Kidding aside, your gf did a nice job with the engraving.
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Stop it.
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T-Mobile Updates

Samsung seems to be throwing their weight around like they should have been. I have seen more updates in less than a month than a lot of their device has seen in 2 years.
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Tidbits said:
Samsung seems to be throwing their weight around like they should have been. I have seen more updates in less than a month than a lot of their device has seen in 2 years. View attachment 4135257
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I just got that and it's downloading
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I will be impressed if Samsung keeps this up.
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It's red tint fix if anyone is wondering

bubblebuddyi said:
It's red tint fix if anyone is wondering
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I assumed that, and there is other bug fixes or at least it seems to me. Bixby button responds better to press just as an example. I wish carriers and OEMs would give out better change logs.
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Never had that red tint on my s8+
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Tidbits said:
I assumed that, and there is other bug fixes or at least it seems to me. Bixby button responds better to press just as an example. I wish carriers and OEMs would give out better change logs.
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1st did you have any performance issues after this update? (I know devices vary with different problems) 2nd what theme you got going on there? Lol

mlock420 said:
1st did you have any performance issues after this update? (I know devices vary with different problems) 2nd what theme you got going on there? Lol
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I haven't seen any hiccups or anything like that so far. Been going through the settings and such to find any changes or see if certain bugs are fixed. For example the hide edge panel still doesn't work from the lock screen.
The theme is metallic dark
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Tidbits said:
I haven't seen any hiccups or anything like that so far. Been going through the settings and such to find any changes or see if certain bugs are fixed. For example the hide edge panel still doesn't work from the lock screen.
The theme is metallic dark
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Thanks....

mlock420 said:
1st did you have any performance issues after this update? (I know devices vary with different problems) 2nd what theme you got going on there? Lol
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I haven't had any issues after my update either. Loving the phone so far.
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Tidbits said:
Samsung seems to be throwing their weight around like they should have been. I have seen more updates in less than a month than a lot of their device has seen in 2 years.
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Not here. In Canada we are yet to receive even a single update. Le sigh...

dhorgas said:
Not here. In Canada we are yet to receive even a single update. Le sigh...
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Last I remember y'all got more rules than the bible does lol.
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Tidbits said:
Last I remember y'all got more rules than the bible does lol.
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Can't speak your mind in Canada allegedly....

Tidbits said:
Last I remember y'all got more rules than the bible does lol.
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It's the freaking wireless carriers who are in collusion with our regulatory bodies. They are untouchable and provide only the bare minimum required service while charging maximum dollar for it.