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Faster way to Download Screen

Not sure if this has been posted before, though I have not seen it in my searches.
Remove the battery
Plug in the USB
Hold Down Volume and and Down
While holding them down, insert the battery
and Boom - Instant download screen.
You do not have to wait for two cycles.
Put the back plate on and flash away.
This works from either "bricked" (Computer "!" Phone) or reboot.

IBTM
Not really a development topic.

i have not bricked my device from doing this but what i do is just...
1. power down device
2. hold vol +/- button
3. insert usb
and it always goes to download screen. keep in mind i have flashed my device countless times using this method and have not ran into any problems but its just a fyi

Dmoney5150 said:
i have not bricked my device from doing this but what i do is just...
1. power down device
2. hold vol +/- button
3. insert usb
and it always goes to download screen. keep in mind i have flashed my device countless times using this method and have not ran into any problems but its just a fyi
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10 char

Insert sarcastic comment here..
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Perhaps my search skills are sub-par

Perhaps your're just trying to get to senior status
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This has been posted EVERYWHERE, and (afaik) is used by pretty much everyone who flashes through ODIN.
Please, please, pretty please, mercifully please... search/read and read/search again before posting.

my favorite way is turning off phone volume + and - and inserting usb

Dmoney5150 said:
i have not bricked my device from doing this but what i do is just...
1. power down device
2. hold vol +/- button
3. insert usb
and it always goes to download screen. keep in mind i have flashed my device countless times using this method and have not ran into any problems but its just a fyi
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Flash to stock JF6 using ODIN from this thread and you will lose ability to use buttons to go to recovery or download mode. Happens to me every time.
I have to apply 3 button fix to get that back

cnewsgrp said:
Flash to stock JF6 using ODIN from this thread and you will lose ability to use buttons to go to recovery or download mode. Happens to me every time.
I have to apply 3 button fix to get that back
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that is only if your 3-button wasnt working right from the factory. i have used the oneclick countless times and never lost the 3-button

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Rurki said:
Perhaps my search skills are sub-par
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Bo they are not even sub-par. They are horrible. This is probably in every thread.

[Q] Stuck in bootloop

My phone randomly turned off and went into a bootloop today. I've tried everything I know (pulling the battery, tried booting into CWM too) but they didn't work. Every time I put the battery in, the bootloop starts. I went through some other threads i found and a lot of them were talking about Odin, but idk what that is. Any help guys?
I'm running Infused v2.2.3, Entropys kernel
EDIT: New problem: I made my own JIG using resistors, and when I boot into download mode, it just keeps boot looping into download mode until i take the JIG out, so I can't flash using Odin or any other method if it keeps turning on and off.
Any solutions to this?

Garen21 said:
My phone randomly turned off and went into a bootloop today. I've tried everything I know (pulling the battery, tried booting into CWM too) but they didn't work. Every time I put the battery in, the bootloop starts. I went through some other threads i found and a lot of them were talking about Odin, but idk what that is. Any help guys?
I'm running Infused v2.2.3, Entropys kernel
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Search my friend. you were in the right track with odin. just keep reading in the Odin Back to stock thread and you will find your answer. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
I have answered too many of this today. Don't have the energy anymore

Ltilt2 said:
Search my friend. you were in the right track with odin. just keep reading in the Odin Back to stock thread and you will find your answer. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
I have answered too many of this today. Don't have the energy anymore
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Is going back to stock the only option at this point?

Garen21 said:
Is going back to stock the only option at this point?
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do you have a back up of your rom? if you have tried everything and it's not working, than yes.
Try doing a backup of your rom in recovery then wipe date factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik cache and reboot. See if that helps to boot up your phone

Ltilt2 said:
do you have a back up of your rom?
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Sadly, no
Ltilt2 said:
if you have tried everything and it's not working, than yes.
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By everything, do you mean the two things that I tried?

Ltilt2 said:
Try doing a backup of your rom in recovery then wipe date factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik cache and reboot. See if that helps to boot up your phone
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Can't boot into recovery though

What method are you doing when trying to get into recovery?
Pull battery. Put it back in. Hold both the volume keys and then hold the power button. Wait until the samsung screen shows and ONLY let go of the power button while still holding the volume buttons down. Factory reset and try to flash again.
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Garen21 said:
Can't boot into recovery though
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Odin back to stock

jayson94538 said:
What method are you doing when trying to get into recovery?
Pull battery. Put it back in. Hold both the volume keys and then hold the power button. Wait until the samsung screen shows and ONLY let go of the power button while still holding the volume buttons down. Factory reset and try to flash again.
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right when I put the battery in it automatically starts the boot loop, and I already tried with holding the volume buttons

Ltilt2 said:
Odin back to stock
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Boot into recovery and back up AFTER I odin back to stock?
EDIT: Can't boot into download mode either...

Garen21 said:
Boot into recovery and back up AFTER I odin back to stock?
EDIT: Can't boot into download mode either...[/QUOTE
first open up odin and set it up with what you need to flash back to stock then before you put the battery in hold both vol up and down buttons and plug in ur usb cable and wait for the dl screen to show up
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Ltilt2 said:
first open up odin and set it up with what you need to flash back to stock then before you put the battery in hold both vol up and down buttons and plug in ur usb cable and wait for the dl screen to show up
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Still can't get into download mode

Are you sure your power button isn't stuck weird that it turns on as soon as you put the battery in you are trying to get into download mode with the volume buttons right sorry have to ask
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brorex said:
Are you sure your power button isn't stuck weird that it turns on as soon as you put the battery in you are trying to get into download mode with the volume buttons right sorry have to ask
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Yes, I'm using the volume controls to try to get in, is there any other way, besides buying that JIG thing?

I would try letting your battery die in the loop then pull it and put it back in and try download mode your phone should not try to power on just by putting the battery in not sure why its doing that but maybe if the battery dies it'll work
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try pulling your battery plug your phone in hold down both volume buttons then put battery in keep holding and see what happens I just tried that and it worked

brorex said:
I would try letting your battery die in the loop then pull it and put it back in and try download mode your phone should not try to power on just by putting the battery in not sure why its doing that but maybe if the battery dies it'll work
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try pulling your battery plug your phone in hold down both volume buttons then put battery in keep holding and see what happens I just tried that and it worked
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2nd one didn't work, that's what I was trying before
Going to let the battery die and see what happens, trying to make my own JIG in the mean time
EDIT: Might just do this instead of actually buying a JIG, has anyone ever tried it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aoabVtPJ8

Making your own should work.
There's a fine point I want to make sure that you are doing correctly.
RECOVERY is holding all three buttons. Two volumes and power for 2 to 3 cycles.
Download is pull battery. Hold only two volume buttons, NO power button. Insert battery while holding volumes and insert USB. You can also insert USB then insert battery.
Try a different USB cordS. Try a different USB ports. Try a different battery

qkster said:
Making your own should work.
There's a fine point I want to make sure that you are doing correctly.
RECOVERY is holding all three buttons. Two volumes and power for 2 to 3 cycles.
Download is pull battery. Hold only two volume buttons, NO power button. Insert battery while holding volumes and insert USB. You can also insert USB then insert battery.
Try a different USB cordS. Try a different USB ports. Try a different battery
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Yes, I know how to read instructions, I wasn't holding the power button and trying to get into download mode.

Garen21 said:
Yes, I know how to read instructions, I wasn't holding the power button and trying to get into download mode.
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I wasn't implying that you can't read...it is a common error.
Did you try a diff USB cord our a diff port?

i'm also having bootloops. i'm using mac so im trying using heimdall, but i keeps getting stuck and it says "claiming interface". What should i do now?

[Q] Phone stuck on boot loop please help

So I was following a tutorial on how to put stock fw on the t959v but the files he provided was not for the t959v but the vibrant. So I got the phone stuck into boot loop, after hours of trying to get out of it it finally switched from boot looping to an alternate download mode. I didn't even need to hold the keys to get it into download mode I just had to turn on the phone.
Anyways I followed this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603656&highlight=firmware+upgrade+fail
which lead me to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
And that got me out of the alternate download mode. But now its stuck at boot loop again!
I keep trying using odin but it always fails or goes into another boot loop. Please help, this isn't even my phone.

Okay now the phone is stuck in a constant boot loop and I can't get it into download mode. The amount of threads I read don't help at all because the solution is in download mode which I can't get into.
PLEASE HELP SOMEBODY!

Follow and Download lumins30 heimdall one click stock

solrac1212 said:
Follow and Download lumins30 heimdall one click stock
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Please please give bhundven the namesake for the One-Click as he made it for us. I wrote the guide ONLY. I don't want to see it called lumin30's Heimdall One-Click. Thanks!

I did use heimdall, but thats what got my phone in a constant boot loop. Now it won't even boot up in download mode. I think it may be bricked. What can I do now?

You tried the three button combo to get in download mode?

lumin30 said:
You tried the three button combo to get in download mode?
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three button? I tried the volume up+down and inserting the USB cable. It goes straight to the charging screen then a black screen, then back to the charging screen.

Ramzi619 said:
three button? I tried the volume up+down and inserting the USB cable. It goes straight to the charging screen then a black screen, then back to the charging screen.
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That's not the way. Pull battery, plug phone into computer via usb, hold down BOTH volume buttons, insert battery(while still holding down the volume buttons). That will get you to DL mode.

hechoen said:
That's not the way. Pull battery, plug phone into computer via usb, hold down BOTH volume buttons, insert battery(while still holding down the volume buttons). That will get you to DL mode.
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Tried it, no luck :/ Same thing happens I see the charging screen (grey'd out) then it goes black, and then I see the charging screen again.

Ramzi619 said:
three button? I tried the volume up+down and inserting the USB cable. It goes straight to the charging screen then a black screen, then back to the charging screen.
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Actually this will work as long as you are holding the buttons and plugging the phone in at the same time and wait til the splash screen gets bright then let go...there are three different ways to get into download mode...you and also do it from cwm screen too...
Back on Barebones

Anymore input? I'd really like to get those phone running again, seeing as it's not mine. I'm guessing it's bricked since I can't get it into download mode.

Finally got it to work! Got it into download mode by holding down the volume down button and power button while inserting the battery. The mistake was holding down both volume keys, I guess that only works sometimes. After download mode I downloaded the file
"java -jar T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar" located in Lumins signature (second link) and flashed, after that the phone started boot looping again. So I tried it again this time clicking "flash bootloaders" and voila! The phone booted up and now it works!
Thanks everyone for the help! I'll be sure to click the thanks button!
Hope this post helped out other people with my problem!

Good job!

[Q] Unplugged MOTOACTV during adb clockwork recovery. How screwed am I?

Title pretty much sums everything up. Was trying to mod it following the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36348097 and unplugged the cable while in CWM like an idiot. Now the device will not shut down, nor will it be recognized by the computer. Battery pull is not possible with this thing either, unless I want to disassemble it while it's running. Pressing the power down button in CWM does nothing, and none of the other options work as well. Do I just have to wait a day for the battery to die, and will I be able to even use the watch then?

cheese007 said:
Title pretty much sums everything up. Was trying to mod it following the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36348097 and unplugged the cable while in CWM like an idiot. Now the device will not shut down, nor will it be recognized by the computer. Battery pull is not possible with this thing either, unless I want to disassemble it while it's running. Pressing the power down button in CWM does nothing, and none of the other options work as well. Do I just have to wait a day for the battery to die, and will I be able to even use the watch then?
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if u can get into download mode all is well but if u cant then i wont be able to help. If u can get into download mode i will help u through the rest.
Press thanks if ive helped you!

noahthedominator said:
if u can get into download mode all is well but if u cant then i wont be able to help. If u can get into download mode i will help u through the rest.
Press thanks if ive helped you!
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Forgive my ignorance but how do I do that?

cheese007 said:
Forgive my ignorance but how do I do that?
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No worries at all. Every phone is different. I would google it but I would try holding the power and volume up buttons. IF that doesn't work google motoactv download mode.
Press thanks if ive helped!

noahthedominator said:
No worries at all. Every phone is different. I would google it but I would try holding the power and volume up buttons. IF that doesn't work google motoactv download mode.
Press thanks if ive helped!
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Suddenly it started working again and I was able to reboot. This was after pressing both power and vol up but no idea if that helped. Thank you so much!

cheese007 said:
Suddenly it started working again and I was able to reboot. This was after pressing both power and vol up but no idea if that helped. Thank you so much!
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So it booted up???
Press thanks if I helped!!!

noahthedominator said:
So it booted up???
Press thanks if I helped!!!
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Indeed it did. Having a new issue though. Stuck in a bootloop when I tried the first instructions from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28179638 and can't seem to get out. Above command doesn't work.
EDIT: Fixed by waiting for the battery to drain, allowing me to boot into recovery, and used the adb commands to do the mod.

cheese007 said:
Indeed it did. Having a new issue though. Stuck in a bootloop when I tried the first instructions from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28179638 and can't seem to get out. Above command doesn't work.
EDIT: Fixed by waiting for the battery to drain, allowing me to boot into recovery, and used the adb commands to do the mod.
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I was just about to say get into download mode or recovery and sounds like u did. Glad i could help.

[Q] Fixing my Bricked Verizon S3

Hello everyone,
I'm in deep trouble with my bricked phone. Yesterday I wanted to flash Cyanogenmod 11 and I was following a video guide on how to do it. The video said to flash TWRP recovery to the phone so that's what I did. I don't believe it said anything about unlocking the bootloader at all. So what happened was I flashed the recovery and the problem said if I wanted to boot into recovery now.
It didn't because a message popped up saying "A program that i not authorized by Verizon was detected on this phone" blah blah blah. And now anytime I tried booting the phone it goes to that message. I can't boot to anything. Yesterday was able to boot into ODIN mode and thought I could flash something or at least wipe my phone completely and start from scratch. Well I went to bed and thought I could pick u from ODIN mode but now my screen won't turn on. When I press the power button, the light nor the screen turns on. Now I have no idea that to do.
Things I've tried:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5H8NJ7vTM
I tried this twice, once yesterday with a 2 GB non class 10 SD card and the other today with a 16gb Class 10 SD card that matches my 16gb S3.
Odin doesn't recognize my phone and neither does my computer.
I think my only option is to buy a USB Jig to try to get my phone into download again. Is there anyway I can make a USB jtag jig instead of buying? Would anyone in a Verizon Store be able to help me?
I don not care about the data on my phone at all, all I want to make it work again.
Please help, thanks.

I'll stop by the Verizon Store and see if they can help.
Edit: I wasted my time...

logitechnoob said:
I'll stop by the Verizon Store and see if they can help.
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They can't, you need to read the guides on how to fix the softbrick and read up on your device limitations. Updated S3's have locked bootloaders.
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BadUsername said:
They can't, you need to read the guides on how to fix the softbrick and read up on your device limitations. Updated S3's have locked bootloaders.
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Okay I'll keep trying. What probably really bricked my phone was when I tried the fix in the video with a small SD card. I didn't watch the first where he mentions it's crucial to use a 16gb class 10 card...

logitechnoob said:
Okay I'll keep trying. What probably really bricked my phone was when I tried the fix in the video with a small SD card. I didn't watch the first where he mentions it's crucial to use a 16gb class 10 card...
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Your phone isn't hard bricked, it's soft bricked, that guide won't do anything for you. If you were on 4.1.2 you need to use the appropriate file or you'll lock your bootloader.
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BadUsername said:
Your phone isn't hard bricked, it's soft bricked, that guide won't do anything for you. If you were on 4.1.2 you need to use the appropriate file or you'll lock your bootloader.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
I tried this one but I can't do it because ODIN doesn't see my phone and I can't get into Odin mode
Edit: Well I can't see anything because my screen won't turn on. I turn on the phone with holding down the Power + Home + Vol Down, then keep holding down Home and Vol Down, then Vol Up to get into download mode. When I plug in the cord the phone vibrates as if I turned it on again.

logitechnoob said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
I tried this one but I can't do it because ODIN doesn't see my phone and I can't get into Odin mode
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That will work, but you don't have to go through the whole flashing boot chain process, I'd use the newer guide ThePagel wrote with the 4.1.2 tar.
You should be able to get into download mode. Power + home + volume down until the blue small text appears in the corner. Then you can let go.
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BadUsername said:
That will work, but you don't have to go through the whole flashing boot chain process, I'd use the newer guide ThePagel wrote with the 4.1.2 tar.
You should be able to get into download mode. Power + home + volume down until the blue small text appears in the corner. Then you can let go.
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Well I can't see anything because my screen won't turn on. I turn on the phone with holding down the Power + Home + Vol Down, then keep holding down Home and Vol Down, then Vol Up to get into download mode. When I plug in the cord the phone vibrates as if I turned it on again.

logitechnoob said:
Well I can't see anything because my screen won't turn on. I turn on the phone with holding down the Power + Home + Vol Down, then keep holding down Home and Vol Down, then Vol Up to get into download mode. When I plug in the cord the phone vibrates as if I turned it on again.
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Strange, so you're getting into download mode but once you plug it in the phone reboots?
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BadUsername said:
Strange, so you're getting into download mode but once you plug it in the phone reboots?
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I can't verify that I'm getting into download because my screen is off the whole time, so I'm doing the button presses blindly. And yes it seems like it is

logitechnoob said:
I can't verify that I'm getting into download because my screen is off the whole time, so I'm doing the button presses blindly. And yes it seems like it is
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I think your power button is broken or the display is broken. It doesn't make sense for it to be hard bricked.
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BadUsername said:
I think your power button is broken or the display is broken. It doesn't make sense for it to be hard bricked.
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That's what the person said at the Verizon store but I don't believe it at all. The screen was perfectly fine Friday night. I didn't drop my phone at all so that the hardware could have been physically damaged.

logitechnoob said:
That's what the person said at the Verizon store but I don't believe it at all. The screen was perfectly fine Friday night. I didn't drop my phone at all so that the hardware could have been physically damaged.
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You don't need to drop it for it to be broken, they've been known to stick. Lookup YouTube videos on how to unstick the power button.
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BadUsername said:
You don't need to drop it for it to be broken, they've been known to stick. Lookup YouTube videos on how to unstick the power button.
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Okay so I had the phone unplugged and without the battery overnight. I put in the battery and turn it on, phone vibrates and that's it. However, when I plug it in to be charged, now the red LED light doesn't come on and the phone vibrates repeatedly like it's in a boot loop.
How can I tell if my power button it stuck? I can feel the button depress like it should.

logitechnoob said:
Okay so I had the phone unplugged and without the battery overnight. I put in the battery and turn it on, phone vibrates and that's it. However, when I plug it in to be charged, now the red LED light doesn't come on and the phone vibrates repeatedly like it's in a boot loop.
How can I tell if my power button it stuck? I can feel the button depress like it should.
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There's no way to easily tell, it sounds like it is though. Try to fix it and see if it fixes your phone.
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BadUsername said:
There's no way to easily tell, it sounds like it is though. Try to fix it and see if it fixes your phone.
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WOAHHHHHHH phone screen is working again for no reason!!! I can get into ODIN mode!! I'm doing this fix right now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030

Phone is de-bricked! Runnign stock Android 4.0.4 right now. I'm going to properly install Cyanogenmod now lol
Thanks for all your help!