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Skyrocket can't boot into anything

So my friend wants to restore to default his skyrocket. So he went to cwm, factory reset the times, wiped dalvik and cache. When he tried to boot it soups just hang at the Samsung logo. So I had him format system and now he can't get into download mode,cwm, or boot. It will vibrate in 2 second intervals, but then hang when he releases his fingers. What can he do?
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ummmm try an LG cable? Those are practically jigs.
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Sorry I am a noob. What's an Lg cable and what's a jig?
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Willanhanyard said:
Sorry I am a noob. What's an Lg cable and what's a jig?
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A mini usb cable for lg phones. USB jigs are used for soft bricks. Which is why I'm thinking getting an lg cable will get you into download mode since those cables are like jigs for the gs2
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and if he has bricked it, send it out for JTAG Repair:
http://www.cell-dr.com
XDA members get a discount...

Willanhanyard said:
So my friend wants to restore to default his skyrocket. So he went to cwm, factory reset the times, wiped dalvik and cache. When he tried to boot it soups just hang at the Samsung logo. So I had him format system and now he can't get into download mode,cwm, or boot. It will vibrate in 2 second intervals, but then hang when he releases his fingers. What can he do?
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If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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nrm5110 said:
If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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Haha
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nrm5110 said:
If your a noob wtf did you go messing with someone else's phone for
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Really. Poking around where u don't need too
AOKP Android 4.0.4

Pull the battery reinstall plug in the USB while you hold volume up and down should allow you in download mode. Works for me when I formatt system.
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I'm pretty sure your out of luck, you said you had him "format system" then reboot? That's a no no..
Sorry. I agree with the JTAG service.
*Rollin on CM9 Alpha 4*

Yeah sounds like you definitely flashed something into the wrong place. Give these people a try. I just got my skyrocket back from them after hardbricking it like this. It takes like a week then they send it back fully functional
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/

Just wondering what an outfit like them does to a bricked phone that all the gurus on xda can't? They must have access to factory software or something?
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stoopendis said:
Just wondering what an outfit like them does to a bricked phone that all the gurus on xda can't? They must have access to factory software or something?
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They have access to hardware and have crazy soldering skills and know where to solder. You have to literally dig in to repair a hard brick..
As for the OP, follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
If you can't get download mode from the instructions in that thread you are probably out of luck and will have to send it for jtag
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If I can figure out how they do it, I'll unbrick phones for free.
But seriously, wtf. Format system? Do you even know what that does? You've got yourself a soft brick. Go into download mode and restore the stock tar.

Lol flash a different rom through cwm
CM9 Skyrocket

try externally charging the battery, then going into download mode

[Q] Advance power menu

Hi guys,
Can someone tell me how can I add advance power menu to stock rom?
I tried search XDA couldnt find any thing.

Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771200
It does only works for the 4g
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try the links quoted below, they are for non 4g ns
greg2826 said:
so the best option 4u would be, to go over there{legolas thread} and do little bit of research.
lots of ppl over there right now with same rom like urs and maybe with some solution.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764646&page=15 recovery,reboot mods for our NS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764646&page=8 percentage battery for our NS
they have been flashed to Gnex port with no problems
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p1gp3n said:
try the links quoted below, they are for non 4g ns
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Tried these links and they both ended up with boot loops on my NS running JB. Remember backup if you give them a try
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That quote came from a thread I started I do believe. I still have the zip on my phone and have tried to flash it on stock JB for my NS. Installation runs without a hitch in CWM and phone boots up fine, there is just no extended power menu.
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DefinitiveX said:
That quote came from a thread I started I do believe. I still have the zip on my phone and have tried to flash it on stock JB for my NS. Installation runs without a hitch in CWM and phone boots up fine, there is just no extended power menu.
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Hehe okay. That is strange..tried flashing it a few times and restoring to earlier backups too..still kept looping though. But no matter if it doesn't work in the end anyway as you say
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Krigsko said:
Hehe okay. That is strange..tried flashing it a few times and restoring to earlier backups too..still kept looping though. But no matter if it doesn't work in the end anyway as you say
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I mean, it worked on Legolas' AOSP 4.1.1 rom, but for some reason it doesn't work on the official ota.
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my only other thought is to check w/ one of the devs in the ns dev forum that have built stock jb roms w/ extended power menu. I saw some there that have it, but didn't see any flashable zips for just the power menu.
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p1gp3n said:
my only other thought is to check w/ one of the devs in the ns dev forum that have built stock jb roms w/ extended power menu. I saw some there that have it, but didn't see any flashable zips for just the power menu.
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Good idea.
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[Q] Xoom 2 p/w locked.... Tear down?

Ok my xoom 2 has been password locked thanks to my 10 year old brother who doesn't know what the password is.... (oh yay) unfortunately usb debugging wasn't enabled so running any commands to hard reset my xoom is a no go.
I have searched and searched for the last few days with no success in finding a solution so i'm going to have to go beneath the hood and have a play around.
I already know how to tear down the xoom as I've already tried doing a battery pull.
Does anyone at all know anything about the internals that I could pull to wipe the device or return it to stock?
I really don't like the idea that I have spent a few hundred dollars on a pretty looking frisbee.... :-/
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do a hard reset using power and volume + lose all your data though
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http://www.hard-reset.com/motorola-xoom-2-hard-reset.html check that out
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[email protected] said:
do a hard reset using power and volume + lose all your data though
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I have tried so many times to enter recovery and I can't, I can only get into debugging mode using volume - and power.
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once you see the motorola logo wait 3 seconds then press volume down
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[email protected] said:
once you see the motorola logo wait 3 seconds then press volume down
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Alright I'll give it a few more goes I have heard it can be a bit tedious to get into by making the right timing to press the buttons.
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yep good luck, deffo fixable though so all is not lost
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[email protected] said:
yep good luck, deffo fixable though so all is not lost
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Thanks. Will post back with results in the morning. 12:10am here
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Aha! With a small play around I found to get a train into recovery DONT press volume + at the logo hold both volume buttons plus the power button.. Goes straight to recovery
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Orkane1989 said:
Aha! With a small play around I found to get a train into recovery DONT press volume + at the logo hold both volume buttons plus the power button.. Goes straight to recovery
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glad to hear it
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Yep perfectly working (as you can see from my sig) thank you very muchly for getting to try the hard key reset again
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May have bricked Nexus S 4G flashed air kernel now download or bootloader

Hey I can't get my nexus s 4rg to boot or get to any kind of image on the touch screen! Any chance I didn't brick my awesome phone?
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zacnking said:
Hey I can't get my nexus s 4rg to boot or get to any kind of image on the touch screen! Any chance I didn't brick my awesome phone?
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More info needed to try and help:
What ROM were u using?
Do u have any backups?
What recovery do u have?
Thx
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Try download mode. Power button and both volume keys
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Not sure if it would help but have you tried removing the battery for a bit and putting it back before trying to go into recovery or bootloader? Just to ensure a clean state of the phone hardware.

May get a GS3 cause I'm crazy. Couple questions though

I may get a GS3 but only if I can do a couple things ...maybe one thing. Can we remove the annoying, persistent WiFi notification in a stock ROM that's rooted and clockworked? Thank you!
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Yea. I'm running Beans latest ROM n I don't get that notification
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There is also a dialer code you can type in that will give you the option to turn it off.
Why would you need to be crazy to get a GS3?
Edit: IIRC it still shows up in the same spot after the code, but it shuts up about saying you should use Wifi and such
(been a while since stock, my bad)

Bluerai said:
There is also a dialer code you can type in that will give you the option to turn it off.
Why would you need to be crazy to get a GS3?
Edit: IIRC it still shows up in the same spot after the code, but it shuts up about saying you should use Wifi and such
(been a while since stock, my bad)
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I've read of some XML edits that can remove it but it'd need to be stock. I run stock, rooted so it'd need to be removable from the stock ROM. I wouldn't wanna see it in my notification bar or the pull down. And crazy cause I've had about a dozen phones in a year. I have a problem.
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Yes, I'm also stock and rooted and i removed it, as well as that stupid popup about known networks in range.
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carpe13 said:
Yes, I'm also stock and rooted and i removed it, as well as that stupid popup about known networks in range.
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Oooo fancy! How did you achieve that? Is there a guide you followed that you can link to or clue me in? Thanks!
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tailsthecat3 said:
Oooo fancy! How did you achieve that? Is there a guide you followed that you can link to or clue me in? Thanks!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770622

con247 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770622
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Thanks!
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The last update took it off for me. Haven't rooted yet and was prompted for the update I took it and after the reboot the WiFi notification was gone.
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pbickel said:
The last update took it off for me. Haven't rooted yet and was prompted for the update I took it and after the reboot the WiFi notification was gone.
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Hmm interesting. Wonder why this wasn't reported on by the "media".
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