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Hard Brick - qhsusb_dload mode - Help

Was Trying to Root the phone and reboot went into qhsusb_dload mode - Hard Brick... can anyone help to get bin file to restore

It's done dude.... Sorry
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What were you doing when this happened.
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Phone will not power on and will have blank screen. PC will detect the phone in QPST mode

Yea it hard bricked. From my knowledge there is no fix.
We're you messing with Odin when this happened. What was the last thing you were doing with it working?
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It seems like there have been a disproportionate amount of people running into this problem...it makes me nervous.
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Especially when, op's are so strangely adverse to telling us how it happened.
It's ok ro tell us if u were doing something stupid. We all do stupid stuff to these devices at some point or another, you now have the ability to tell us @ least 1 thing NOT to do.
That's why this works...
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I'm guessing he clicked something in ODIN he shouldn't have.

I was trying to install SKY ice cream ROM and was following - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21507135#post21507135
When i run odin it just run into errors and reboot was blank screen... i don't know what happen... i have done this before many times but this was my bad luck i guess

Was your battery low when you did this?
Have you tried pulling the battery for a few minutes?

I tried all option no luck... Ordered USB jig to see if that helps... other option is to get bin file and flash using QPST... I think someone who knows and are expert need to extract the bin file from the phone using QPST.

Jig won't work. I'm guessing you mucked something up in Odin.
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any idea if i can charge my battery using the phone now... doesn't give me any indication of charging

You can get a charger on eBay for $4 shipped.
Cheap Chinese crap but it works for me and my cheap Chinese spare batteries.
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I ordered from USA based ebay seller and got it in less than a week.
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nkamurlekar said:
I tried all option no luck... Ordered USB jig to see if that helps... other option is to get bin file and flash using QPST... I think someone who knows and are expert need to extract the bin file from the phone using QPST.
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If anyone knows how to get the device recognized as a COM port, I can take a shot at it. Got real familiar with QPST when I flashed an Epic over to Virgin Mobile.

Fortune090 said:
If anyone knows how to get the device recognized as a COM port, I can take a shot at it. Got real familiar with QPST when I flashed an Epic over to Virgin Mobile.
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Doesn't download mode do that? Excuse me if I'm wrong.
Edit: LOL not if your bricked it doesnt. Could we use a working skyrocket to get the correct files to fix a bricked one using QPST?
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cdshepherd said:
Doesn't download mode do that? Excuse me if I'm wrong.
Edit: LOL not if your bricked it doesnt. Could we use a working skyrocket to get the correct files to fix a bricked one using QPST?
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Download mode does, yes, but you can't read or write from QPST in it. You get a "Phone did not answer/respond/whatever" error back.
What I would say needs to be figured out first is how to get a non-brick and a bricked one recognized as a COM port. Really annoying, but QPST doesn't work otherwise...

Sorry for the question, but what exactly is QPST? I've never heard of that before.
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plwalsh88 said:
Sorry for the question, but what exactly is QPST? I've never heard of that before.
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Qualcomm Product Support Tools. It's a program used by Qualcomm to program Qualcomm chips in phones. Can flash/backup software, program the phone's service, check/change EEPROM settings, EFS settings, etc. It's free software, but I do NOT recommend looking through it and tweaking things if you don't know what you're doing... Quite a bit in there that's really easy to mess up.

[Q] Need to return phone for service

Hey guys I've been searching google.com and xda forums for the last 3 hours trying to find a way to unroot my phone so I can bring it in for service. My phone's speaker broke and I get no sound so I have to bring it into the store. What would you guys suggest to do? I don't want to use Odin cause it's not recognizing my phone and I don't want to trip the counter using the .tar Any help please!

Got to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Follow all instructions exctly and your phone will be 100 percent stock no root

Well first thank you for your reply. Ive been trying this method but I can't get Odin to detect my phone in download mode. It detects it when the phone is booted. I've reinstalled drivers and rebooted computer nothing has worked. Any suggestions?
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Did you flash cwm? If not and all you want to do is unroot that's simple..install a root file explorer and delete superuser.apk. now they can't tell you rooted the phone.
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evocalante said:
Hey guys I've been searching google.com and xda forums for the last 3 hours trying to find a way to unroot my phone so I can bring it in for service. My phone's speaker broke and I get no sound so I have to bring it into the store. What would you guys suggest to do? I don't want to use Odin cause it's not recognizing my phone and I don't want to trip the counter using the .tar Any help please!
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Why don't you brick it instead?
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if its just a speaker, they most likely will just replace the speaker.
Make sure you backup anything you dont want to loose, they may wipe the phone ,
I got a laptop back one time, that just needed a new keyboard, they wiped the damn thing, retards. ( this was way back before i was smart enough to do all that myself lol )

kr3w1337 said:
Why don't you brick it instead?
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Well if I brick it then ill probably have to pay $200 dollars for a new one.
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jamesd86 said:
Did you flash cwm? If not and all you want to do is unroot that's simple..install a root file explorer and delete superuser.apk. now they can't tell you rooted the phone.
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Yes I have cwm.
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evocalante said:
Well if I brick it then ill probably have to pay $200 dollars for a new one.
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Weird, my warranty replaces my phone for free if it won't even turn on. Plus, there isn't physical damage.
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There is a 1 year manufacturer warranty. Against hardware defects.. excluding water damage

Custom boot icon?

Hey guys, I followed the older thread on the original q/a forum but haven't gotten an answer. So I'll post here. Has there been an confirmed way to remove or restore so I get the stock boot img back I'm sick of the open padlock.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781471
Follow those instructions, or get a USB jig off ebay to reset. The jig works on this phone, I used mine to clear that padlock and erase the flash counter.

Thanks bud can you send a link to the jig?:thumbup:
EDIT:: determined found it.
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Yea thats the link I posted the question to before I posted here. I was just wondering if there was a more straight forward answer for Verizon customers.
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How do I use the jig? From what I read I
have to flash?
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Broadley1 said:
How do I use the jig? From what I read I
have to flash?
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No flash for jig. You turn off phone, plug into usb and it does its thing automatically.
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No flash for jig. You turn off phone, plug into usb and it does its thing automatically.
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can you give me a break down on what i would have to do when i get the jig.

Broadley1 said:
can you give me a break down on what i would have to do when i get the jig.
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Like I said, literally turn your phone off, once it's off completely, plug in jig. Jig will turn your phone back on automatically and put it in download mode. It will then erase the flash counter. You'll need to then pull the battery, and when you turn back on, lock will be gone. Good as new.
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Thanks you've been a big help:thumbup:
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PLEASE HELP! keep getting the system software not authorized alert.

i used a instant root using this http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-u-s-canadian-dual-core-galaxy-s3-on-mac-osx/ and tried installing the paranoid android rom, and i keep getting this alert and cant even get into cwm!

Did you unlock the boot loader?
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unfortunately i jumped the gun and forgot the ez unlock -__-, and tried installing. now it wont even let me do anything

Can you go into download mode? Volume down/power/ home button all at once.
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AegonTheDragon said:
Can you go into download mode? Volume down/power/ home button all at once.
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nope

Sorry to say this but you probably bricked it, you're gonna need a JTAG or a replacement. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that's the case.
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pull the battery, put it back in and try to get into download mode. you shouldnt be bricked unless you installed a rom from a different phone

I doubt he bricked it. Dude, try unlocking the bootloader again
Cyanogenmodded very skankily via XDA app. Skanky, indeed

Read this again and follow the part that applies to you. There's a section about not unlocking . It's a soft brick, very fixable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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bobAbooE said:
Read this again and follow the part that applies to you. There's a section about not unlocking . It's a soft brick, very fixable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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He just got into download mode, he's searching for firmware now
Cyanogenmodded very skankily via XDA app. Skanky, indeed

[HELP] Verizon GS3 can't boot into recovery or download mode

Hi, I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 running CyanogenMod 10.1.2. Today I tried flashing the Ninphetamine kernel on my device, and after a successful flash in recovery (I have TWRP), I rebooted my device but it wouldn't turn on. I then tried booting into recovery. Didn't work. I then tried to boot in download mode. Didn't work. Is my device bricked, or is there any other way to get into download mode other than using the Vol. Down, Home, and Lock buttons? Thanks in advance.

The magic 8 ball says google "jtag".
Hopefully I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that's not a Verizon kernel and that leads to a hard brick.
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bobAbooE said:
The magic 8 ball says google "jtag".
Hopefully I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that's not a Verizon kernel and that leads to a hard brick.
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Thanks for the quick reply. If I were to purchase one of these USB jig things, how would it help me get my device into recovery, or how does it work? Thanks.

I'm no expert or anything. But I'm pretty sure flashing a kernel from another carrier will hard brick, I couldn't find very much info on that kernel.
Check out this link. Never used them or even positive if you need it, just throwing out some info.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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Never seen that thing you flashed in the vzw s3 forums so your definitely hard bricked. I remember there was a known jtag service for only 65$ amd had good damn reviews. Cant get the name on top off my head. Usb jig wouldnt work
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Yeah... s2 kernel on s3.... bad news
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bobAbooE said:
I'm no expert or anything. But I'm pretty sure flashing a kernel from another carrier will hard brick, I couldn't find very much info on that kernel.
Check out this link. Never used them or even positive if you need it, just throwing out some info.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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I literally just got my phone back from MTV's JTag service. It worked like a charm. Definitely worth the $50. Only issue I am having is I have very very weak signal strength now, where I didn't before jtag. Good luck!
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