I was sending a text message tonight and out of no where the phone's screen turned off and went into a vibration loop. Took out the battery and put back in and as soon as I put in the battery the phone boots up and passes the samsung logo and goes into vibration loop, tried to enter clockwork recovery and it won't work! it gives like a mini CRT-off animation and reboots what do I do? Been running skyics for almost 2 months now no issues. cant enter download mode either wtf!
*edit* I guess I need to order a USB JIG? Not sure tho since I cant enter download mode or CWR.. once I enter download mode when it gives me the warning to "install custom OS" blah blah, and it just reboots itself and then boot loops with vibration.. not sure if my phone qualifies for a soft brick or hard brick.
Which sky ics?
Do you have a device support center near you? I had the same problem running a custom from and brought it there..they couldn't even flash it back to stock because it would boot loop so they just gave me a new one
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One before the latest one, UDLD2 or w.e.. so is my phone hard bricked or soft? And I might try to get warranty work done.. I don't understand why this happened tho, doesn't make sense.. not like I dropped the phone a second before it happened
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One before the latest one, UDLD2 or w.e.. so is my phone hard bricked or soft? And I might try to get warranty work done.. I don't understand why this happened tho, doesn't make sense.. not like I dropped the phone a second before it happened
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It sounds soft bricked. Can you get into DL mode? Odin stock tar?
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It sounds soft bricked. Can you get into DL mode? Odin stock tar?
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You didn't read the OP post properly. No I can not get into DL mode, it just restarts the phone when it tries to after giving the "custom OS warning"
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You didn't read the OP post properly. No I can not get into DL mode, it just restarts the phone when it tries to after giving the "custom OS warning"
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Maybe you have debris bridging the battery contracts like that other one a while ago. There is a thread called something like, symptoms of a bricked phone.
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same thing happened to me. Since they can't load it up to see the warranty is voided, you will just get a new one.
aceownstheworld said:
same thing happened to me. Since they can't load it up to see the warranty is voided, you will just get a new one.
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You were on an ics leak too?
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would like to know if this happened to anyone else.. If it is happening im not gonna flash ICS leak or any custom rom for that matter
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would like to know if this happened to anyone else.. If it is happening im not gonna flash ICS leak or any custom rom for that matter
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I think it is the reason. I Have been seeing it on both the t989 and here. I think it's the same bug the note has. Wiping with the ics kernel is making bricks everywhere. It's just starting to happen and be documented on the rocket and 989. That's just my guess, taker it or leave it.
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You were on an ics leak too?
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Actually, no. I was on GB. Alien build.
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I think it is the reason. I Have been seeing it on both the t989 and here. I think it's the same bug the note has. Wiping with the ics kernel is making bricks everywhere. It's just starting to happen and be documented on the rocket and 989. That's just my guess, taker it or leave it.
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hmm.. i had been running it fine tho for months. And all of a sudden it happened..
Girn said:
hmm.. i had been running it fine tho for months. And all of a sudden it happened..
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That's the same thing that's happening with the note. Some run fine for a long time, some get bricked almost immediately after. I'm not saying this is your case, but it might be. I'm avoiding the ics leak. I ran it fine for longer than a month, but I'm done with it now.
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That's the same thing that's happening with the note. Some run fine for a long time, some get bricked almost immediately after. I'm not saying this is your case, but it might be. I'm avoiding the ics leak. I ran it fine for longer than a month, but I'm done with it now.
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I thought the bricking was related to using the notes modem (in the note and in the skyrocket).
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Nobody really knows 100% what's happening
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Locoman_ said:
I thought the bricking was related to using the notes modem (in the note and in the skyrocket).
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That's a whole different separate issue.
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Can you post a link to the thread with note people and T989 having the bricking issue?
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Can you post a link to the thread with note people and T989 having the bricking issue?
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There's at least one sticky in the note forum about it, should be easy to spot. As far as the 989, I have seen a couple threads with similar problems like you. I'm not gonna hunt them down right now, I'm on my phone
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same problem except mine wouldnt even go to the boot logo. when i tried to turn it on it would just vibrate. sent it into samsung and they replaced the PCB and it worked fine,
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first off, first time poster long time reader so hello everyone!
my problem is this. i rooted my cell phone a few months back, my USB jack died a few days ago on my phone and cant be read. i have been charging the battery by putting the positive and negative wires in the prongs of the cellphone battery area.
My replacement from rogers came today and i need to flash it back to stock. i downloaded "mobile odin" to find out my cell isnt supported, what are the other ways i can flash my cell? i have clockwork installed and rom manager. for my rogers stock all i have is a ".tar" file. is this correct or do i need to extract it again or do i just need a whole new file?
You really need Odin to go back to stock completely and it needs a USB for that hmmmmm
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nrm5110 said:
You really need Odin to go back to stock completely and it needs a USB for that hmmmmm
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i tried using the teriminal method but every time i enter the /sdcard/recovery.img it says the file doesnt exist and i have checked it a few times. maybe my file is wrong?
I727RUXKJ7_I727RRWCKJ7_I727RUXKJ7_HOME
is what i have. inside that is the recovery.img file
As stated before.... you NEED to have the usb functional to use odin. There is no work around really. You're going to have to send it in as is.
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As stated before.... you NEED to have the usb functional to use odin. There is no work around really. You're going to have to send it in as is.
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alright, well i used a custom stock firmware i read someplace that it doesnt trip the odin counter?
charredfields said:
alright, well i used a custom stock firmware i read someplace that it doesnt trip the odin counter?
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It may or may not have, these devices are strange. No two things ever work the same
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xcrazydx said:
It may or may not have, these devices are strange. No two things ever work the same
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alright thanks a lot guys, guess i'll just cross my fingers got my replacement so its all i can do at this point
charredfields said:
alright thanks a lot guys, guess i'll just cross my fingers got my replacement so its all i can do at this point
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Yeah you can't really do anything about it. My bet is you'll be just fine, they don't even seem to care anymore
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I accidentally flashed a rom from the SGH-I777 forum. I realize how dumb this is. I just assumed...
Anyways I'm going to try the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Has a mistake this dumb ever been recovered from?
Thanks!
Good luck
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That would almost certainly end up in a hard brick.
Man, I've been flashing roms on my Atrix for the last 7 months without problems. Had this thing for an hour. Guess I better check model numbers in the future.
It's toast.
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USB Jig?
jluke86 said:
I accidentally flashed a rom from the SGH-I777 forum. I realize how dumb this is. I just assumed...
Anyways I'm going to try the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Has a mistake this dumb ever been recovered from?
Thanks!
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Use jig to force phone to go download mode and use Return to stock, fix soft brick, remember to not check repartition or it really going to brick your phone. Hope you still have a chance to recover it.
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USB Jig?
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That's the only chance, but it's slim to none
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Thanks, guys.
This is my first post so bear with me lol. I had previously thought about rooting my Skyrocket and had flashed Cwm recovery. I then decided against it in light of waiting for ICS ota and flashed to stock using k0nane tar file so I could receive OTA's. This did the trick to get rid of Cwm and I was able to update to 2.3.6 without issue when it became available via ota. Yesterday (month + on stock 2.3.6) I used a friends T-Mobile charger and turned my phone off for faster charging. The next thing I know I'm in download mode and even weirder I have a 1 on the flash counter and it says I'm running a custom rom.... why does it say I'm on a custom rom when I flashed stock and why would plugging my phone into a T-Mobile charger into the wall I might add not the computer put me in download mode. It reminds me of a jig, but its the standard USB cable ...
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it probably went into download mode because when you plugged in the charger you had the volume buttons pressed also there is a flash counter reset zip for our skyrocket so if you flash it in your recovery the counter should go away
chinthekng said:
it probably went into download mode because when you plugged in the charger you had the volume buttons pressed also there is a flash counter reset zip for our skyrocket so if you flash it in your recovery the counter should go away
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I thought the same thing with the volume buttons and replugged the phone in while on and proceeded to shut down and same thing. Its not a big deal and when I went home I tried my old Atrix charger as well as my current Skyrocket charger and the phone simply went to the battery charging image as it is supposed to. As for resetting the count I saw that earlier today in a post by I believe cdshepard or some variation of that name. That will reset the counter but why does the stock tar show up as a custom rom? No problems to note...just curious. I need cwm and flash the zip from SD correct. (No wipes / formatting necessary?)
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Mike on XDA said:
I thought the same thing with the volume buttons and replugged the phone in while on and proceeded to shut down and same thing. Its not a big deal and when I went home I tried my old Atrix charger as well as my current Skyrocket charger and the phone simply went to the battery charging image as it is supposed to. As for resetting the count I saw that earlier today in a post by I believe cdshepard or some variation of that name. That will reset the counter but why does the stock tar show up as a custom rom? No problems to note...just curious. I need cwm and flash the zip from SD correct. (No wipes / formatting necessary?)
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yeah all you need is cwm and just flash it no need to wipe and i heard that the stock tar in k0nane's thread was modified in some way when i tried it out it never worked so i just used the one from samfirmware.com
The fact that I took the 2.3.6 OTA without issue and it still said custom rom just made me start thinking. Thanks
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Mike on XDA said:
The fact that I took the 2.3.6 OTA without issue and it still said custom rom just made me start thinking. Thanks
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No problem
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This is the first time I've used the forums (XDA or any Android forum for that matter). Its nice to be able to ask questions and get answers from knowledgeable people.
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Mike on XDA said:
This is the first time I've used the forums (XDA or any Android forum for that matter). Its nice to be able to ask questions and get answers from knowledgeable people.
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True we are all noobs at one point heck I kinda still am one
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First time poster in the right section omg whaaaa
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nrm5110 said:
First time poster in the right section omg whaaaa
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Lol true
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I try lol... this is my first post but I've done quite a bit of reading lately on various Skyrocket things so I sort of know the deal
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Mike on XDA said:
I try lol... this is my first post but I've done quite a bit of reading lately on various Skyrocket things so I sort of know the deal
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I have thanked every post keep up the good work
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This means there is hope for us after all. At first i thought nrm and crew were being mean but after reading post after post of the same thing i cant wait to see what whitty flame they come up with next. Added thanks all around til my fingers bled.
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This means there is hope for us after all. At first i thought nrm and crew were being mean but after reading post after post of the same thing i cant wait to see what whitty flame they come up with next. Added thanks all around til my fingers bled.
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I only flame when its called for
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Some more thanks for the collection.
Welcome to XDA!
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Questions? look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php
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I only flame when its called for
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Sorry didnt mean to make is sound like you do it out of malice. You are correct sir. It does give me hours of entertainment at work
madmax49201 said:
Sorry didnt mean to make is sound like you do it out of malice. You are correct sir. It does give me hours of entertainment at work
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Lol its cool man normally I don't flame if mods take control which is the case latelt
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nrm5110 said:
I only flame when its called for
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Like when the guy from Bangladesh was asking how to get ICS lol..... "Gaaaaaaaahhhhhh how many of you are there today"
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Mike on XDA said:
Like when the guy from Bangladesh was asking how to get ICS lol..... "Gaaaaaaaahhhhhh how many of you are there today"
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Searching shows that three threads of that were closed just today and more exist in q&a and general as well
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Agreed
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Hello. I recently purchased a SIII from eBay and got it activated today. The first time they booted it up at the Verizon store I noticed what I thought was an unlock icon towards the bottom of the screen (which I am no longer seeing).
Once the phone was activated it performed a system update to the latest OS release. Now that I have got the phone home it keeps randomly rebooting and then it will get stuck in a boot loop. I pull the battery, it will boot as normal, and then it will randomly reboot again. I have performed a factory reset/data wipe but that did not help.
I did search a bit on here but didn't see anything similar to what I'm experiencing. Any ideas on what my issue is? Thanks in advance for your help.
My GS3 randomly reboots too, I am running SynergyROM with ziggys kernel, seems like a lot of people have problems with this phone.
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deuce237bblock said:
My GS3 randomly reboots too, I am running SynergyROM with ziggys kernel, seems like a lot of people have problems with this phone.
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That's not true at all.
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silver04v said:
That's not true at all.
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Have to agree. Sure there might be a couple people that have had problems, but the overwhelming majority of people are quite pleased with their handsets.
Sounds like the phone was rooted. If it had a custom rom and you took the ota verizon update, that could cause problems.
Edit. Wrong link.
Corrected link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Would serve well to save above link.
If you want to stay on stock rom, follow instructions on section #6.
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deuce237bblock said:
My GS3 randomly reboots too, I am running SynergyROM with ziggys kernel, seems like a lot of people have problems with this phone.
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Imho, r73 with ziggy is one of the most stable builds around.
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epagib said:
Sounds like the phone was rooted. If it had a custom rom and you took the ota verizon update, that could cause problems.
Edit. Wrong link.
Corrected link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Would serve well to save above link.
If you want to stay on stock rom, follow instructions on section #6.
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Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it. I followed step #6 from the link you provided and the phone has been up for over an hour without rebooting. So far so good!
Well I spoke to soon. It just rebooted again. I'm starting to think that it must be hardware issue. I guess I should go back to the seller to see if they'll take the phone back..... :-/
I just loaded the latest OTA and it seemed to make the random reboots more frequent.
When you say "loaded" are you just flashing a stock ROM or did you Odin back to stock?
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Marcismo55 said:
When you say "loaded" are you just flashing a stock ROM or did you Odin back to stock?
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I did the ODIN back to stock (using the ROM that was in step #6 of the above link). After that booted the phone up and it indicated there was an OTA available. I downloaded that (about 30 Mb); performed the update; and then the phone seemed to start the random reboots more frequently.
silver04v said:
That's not true at all.
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apacseven said:
Have to agree. Sure there might be a couple people that have had problems, but the overwhelming majority of people are quite pleased with their handsets.
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I didn't mean that everybody has problems when I said a lot and maybe it isn't "a lot" but I have seen numerous people posting on here about there problems whether its random reboots or screen flashing/flickering or w/e it may be and not just here I know a few people with this phone (my wife, father, brother, mother in law, and myself.) And I have had 2 problems with this phone, random reboots and WiFi never wants to connect and my wife has the sim card issue, my dads phone has problems with screen and WiFi, idk what the deal is. That's 3 phones out of 5 that has problems and idk if the sim card issue even counts but still.
I'm not saying this is a bad phone or anything, other than these issues it has been a great phone the best phone I have ever owned.
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well my dumbass finally did it, i bricked my skyrocket. i had sky ics on it for months and was getting a little tired of it so i started playing with some other roms. i tried a new kernel on it and bam, all black, no vibration, no nothing. any combo of buttons or anything will bring her back. this totally sux for me because i am about to go on vacation and wasnt counting on kicking out the extra cash for another cell phone. just wanted to whine a little folks . thx for listening.
Kernel from a different device?
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btm fdr said:
Kernel from a different device?
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i dont think so , this is it lk_aosp_jb_vzw-v 1.10. it said flash failed then all gone . like i said it was my mistake , but it was a big one.
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i dont think so , this is it lk_aosp_jb_vzw-v 1.10. it said flash failed then all gone . like i said it was my mistake , but it was a big one.
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Doesn't look like a skyrocket kernel. Where did you find it? Were you trying to flash a jb kernel on a ics rom? That could brick too.
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toyes said:
Doesn't look like a skyrocket kernel. Where did you find it? Were you trying to flash a jb kernel on a ics rom? That could brick too.
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yeah thats what done it, i wasnt paying any attention, i am pretty sure it came from here but it may not have. anyway it goes i am screwed now.
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cain308 said:
i dont think so , this is it lk_aosp_jb_vzw-v 1.10. it said flash failed then all gone . like i said it was my mistake , but it was a big one.
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Pretty sure that's an S3 kernel
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JTAG may save it. That'll set ya back $50. Beats shelling out $ for a new phone..
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That's definitely not a skyrocket kernel. It's a Verizon wireless kernel from some other phone.
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The times when i have soft bricked my phone is when messing with kernels. Now i just use the stock kernel for whatever rom i am using. Good luck
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went out today and got the s4, but still sending this one out to see if i can get it fixed.
cain308 said:
went out today and got the s4, but still sending this one out to see if i can get it fixed.
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50 bucks to mobiletechvideos and it will work again.
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Where did you find this kernel? And was it labeled as Skyrocket, ATT, Galaxy, S2, LTE, sgh-i727, or anything else that resembles the phone?
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Where did you find this kernel? And was it labeled as Skyrocket, ATT, Galaxy, S2, LTE, sgh-i727, or anything else that resembles the phone?
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i had downloaded it earlier and sent it to the root of my phone ,but never installed it and forgot to delete it from phone . well the other night i downloaded the beanstalk rom and was gonna put it on my phone, wasnt paying attention and installed this , well tried . after the fail came the brick.
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50 bucks to mobiletechvideos and it will work again.
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friend told me about them and i looked them up, thats where its going. thanks for the help.
maybe you might have the same luck as toyes, use a usb jib or "dongle". They are very cheap. $5 and might save you the $50 jtag. Its worth a shot.
occupational_hazard said:
maybe you might have the same luck as toyes, use a usb jib or "dongle". They are very cheap. $5 and might save you the $50 jtag. Its worth a shot.
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Removed.
Apologies for the misinformation.
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ctalcant said:
Don't waste the money, has been discussed many times that the USB jig is not helpful, send it off to get jtagged.
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USB Jig did indeed save my phone. (Read back in the offtopic if you want more details.) But in this case here it is hardbricked and will not help. The only thing to do is jtag.
Toyes