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[Q] s#%rocket

I heard this special from Samsung to AT&T dismissed by one of the pillars of this community as it's conglomeration of hardware is somehow disagreeable. Hence my respect to that with the title of this thread.
I am stuck at:
ODIN MODE
Product name: SGH-I727
custom binary download: NO
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
<picture of phone on left and yellow ! triangle middle, and on the right pic of pc
under that it says:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I am stuck there. (I unplugged during download mode) Any help for this ignorant biker who tried getting root first thing before even setting up his new phone would be appreciated.

They'll probably be able to help you more in the turdrocket forum.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App

So do you have the SR or the ATT SGS2 ? IF you have the sgs2 then look in the development thread for a return to stock rom. It has directions to get you back to stock firmware. I know some people accident flashed i9100 international sgs2's and they were able to get back with the return to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
If you have the SR you will need to go to there forums for a fix.
Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING CM7

samsung galaxy SII skyrocket
RockRatt said:
So do you have the SR or the ATT SGS2 ? IF you have the sgs2 then look in the development thread for a return to stock rom. It has directions to get you back to stock firmware. I know some people accident flashed i9100 international sgs2's and they were able to get back with the return to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
If you have the SR you will need to go to there forums for a fix.
Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING CM7
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CM7 is my goal once I get root. First I gotta Heimdall/Odin/unbrick...
thanks for the link, I'm downloading that. Wow. Fast reply. This place rocks.

fukenbiker said:
CM7 is my goal once I get root. First I gotta Heimdall/Odin/unbrick...
thanks for the link, I'm downloading that. Wow. Fast reply. This place rocks.
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if you download from that link, and flash it to your skyrocket....you are going to regret it....
for the love of all that is holy, go to the correct forum section for your files.

*grabs popcorn*
This might just get interesting...

Kadin said:
*grabs popcorn*
This might just get interesting...
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stuck
I have windows 7 on the pc and the yellow triangle with the exclamation point for a skyrocket phone. I plugged during download mode. Stuck at Odin. I read the stuff, downloaded stuff, is there a link to fire up Odin on Windows 7? I downloaded tar files and stuff but can't do anything with them. I have winzip and 7zip now and all kinds of stuff downloaded. Just stuck. LOL sigh

TOA Duck said:
They'll probably be able to help you more in the turdrocket forum.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
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WTF?

fukenbiker said:
I have windows 7 on the pc and the yellow triangle with the exclamation point for a skyrocket phone. I plugged during download mode. Stuck at Odin. I read the stuff, downloaded stuff, is there a link to fire up Odin on Windows 7? I downloaded tar files and stuff but can't do anything with them. I have winzip and 7zip now and all kinds of stuff downloaded. Just stuck. LOL sigh
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please make sure you downloaded the right tar files from skyrocket section. you originally posted your problem in the i777 section.
secondly.
READ.
you have no business flashing crap at random on your phone without understanding what the F you are doing.

TOA Duck said:
They'll probably be able to help you more in the turdrocket forum.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
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Gotta love all the mad AT&TSGSII users. Mad that you'll never get official ICS and no drivers?
Sent from my SGH-I727 using xda premium

not
not mad just dysfunctional. Stuck with a yellow ! triangle between the phone symbol and the pc symbol and yeah I'm sure I flashed the wrong stuff and that's why I started this thread. I'm here, maybe someone else is as stupid as me and it'll help that one plus me. Right? Well ok I'm so stupid it'll only help me. Fine.

fukenbiker said:
not mad just dysfunctional. Stuck with a yellow ! triangle between the phone symbol and the pc symbol and yeah I'm sure I flashed the wrong stuff and that's why I started this thread. I'm here, maybe someone else is as stupid as me and it'll help that one plus me. Right? Well ok I'm so stupid it'll only help me. Fine.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
after downloading this stuff hold vol up and down until odin recognizes your device.... should see odin have a yellow popup with the word com in it
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Thank you!
I am pleased to report it worked very well. Thank you very much for your helpful reply kornklown69.
I wonder why you smart people always assume so much and leave out details obvious to yourselves and a mystery to an ordinary biker?
If I hadn't been voraciously reading every page of as many threads as I have, spending as many hours as I can every day for weeks on end now (started with an att Infuse), I would still have been clueless.
I felt SO empowered when I realized the puzzle. The link you provided took me to the {How to][Tar][Odin] thread. Read the whole thing. Sounded promising. Got my stuff together, I'm not "rogers", check. My computer and cords have been performing flawlessly, check. Who cares about this counter and maybe I will end up getting a jig, and end up stashing it with my HDMI cord 'n stuff, check.
Hey where is the link for Odin?
STILL "where is the link to Odin" it finally dawned on me to use the Forum tool button and search for "Odin 1.85"
Bingo. A tiny little file that downloaded in no time, compared to the hour it took to download the TAR.
My elevator has been up for a long time my door just wouldn't open. Thank you for the help, and thank you for indulging, I digress.

fukenbiker said:
I wonder why you smart people always assume so much and leave out details obvious to yourselves and a mystery to an ordinary biker?
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so you come in and insult the skyrocket, post in the wrong forum about it, flash the wrong files on it, and WE ARE TO BLAME for you not reading the **** that someone has already typed up for you?
wtf?
this site is not a 'help me im a retard' site. its a developer site.
READ
LEARN
READ SOME MORE
here's a tip: dont create a thread titled ****ROCKET if you want some decent help.

Pirateghost said:
so you come in and insult the skyrocket, post in the wrong forum about it, flash the wrong files on it, and WE ARE TO BLAME for you not reading the **** that someone has already typed up for you?
wtf?
this site is not a 'help me im a retard' site. its a developer site.
READ
LEARN
READ SOME MORE
here's a tip: dont create a thread titled ****ROCKET if you want some decent help.
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Pirateghost for President!

properly scolded
Thanks. Beg pardon also.

Pirateghost said:
here's a tip: dont create a thread titled ****ROCKET if you want some decent help.
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Pirateghost for XDA President!!!!
Completely agree with Pirateghost! This forum is about loving ur phone and plz don't insult the device that i love. Thank You.

appdroid said:
Pirateghost for XDA President!!!!
Completely agree with Pirateghost! This forum is about loving ur phone and plz don't insult the device that i love. Thank You.
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agreed!! ive also been waiting on his ROM to come out for awhile can't wait for release
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

kornklown69 said:
agreed!! ive also been waiting on his ROM to come out for awhile can't wait for release
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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He needs themer and he will get it out.

bricked i727r

Ok...
All I wanted to do was flash a custom rom on my Rogers I727R so I could get on my laptops adhoc network.
FoxHound_Otacon_V1_LP4_ICS_GSII_By_SnakeS.zip Seemed to be the right choice.
Rooted phone fine, but couldn't seem to get into cwg with the button combonation.
Heard of Rom Manager so ran that, it began flashing the new rom...
The linux text was in italian for some reason, and then I read errors regarding permissions?
Rebooted phone. MF Bricked.
Bought a usb jig, took about two weeks to arrive, followed the jig instructions, still cant get the phone to turn on.
Used a multimeter to check battery voltage, it's reading 3.665v, should be enough?
Any ideas? Besides having Rogers send it back to Samsung and wait 3 weeks, do I have any other options? Cheers.... ...

Nope but where did you get that rom is is a 727 or 989 rom
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

You flashed a ROM from a different phone. Its toasted.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

Yup u need jtag. Service. And also need to only flash i727 or t989 roms

*rubs eyes* f..I thought it said SG2...oh man...
What'll happen if Samsung gets ahold of it? Will they just send it back and say sol?

Sgs2 skyrocket very different then sgs2

rogers dont send your phone to samsung and make you wait 3 weeks, they send you a refurbished GS2 and a return box to put your broken phone and return it back to them. I've do this many times over the past 5 years ive been with them and they never made me wait for any repair

Man, I feel sorry for you. . However, it is not like it is "fried" or anything. A "repair" service is needed to reload the firmware etc.
EDIT: Yeah, try what polish_pat says. TELL THEM YOU TRIED AN OTA SOFTWARE UPDATE, and then the phone just died.
BUT, where the heck did you get the ROM from. Seriously, how could you even THINK of flashing something you had no clue about.
With all respect man, this is a thread all newbies should read. Even when I myself flash ANYTHING I am so tense, even after reading till I get a headache.
Contact adam outler on the forums here. Search for user "Adam Outler". PM him. He will ask you t mail your phone. He is a king in repairs. He has all kinds of hardware tools, and he won't gyp you with exorbitant prices.
Good luck !!

I thought I727r and I9100 were the same thing...argh..
I'll try rogers then on Tuesday and update.
If someone can someone point me to a good rom for I727r so I can get adhoc going when I get my phone back I'd really appreciate it, I really need wifi and adhoc is my only option where I'm located.
Got the rom from galaxys2root.com, didn't realize it wssnt for I727R.

3r4in1ac said:
I thought I727r and I9100 were the same thing...argh..
I'll try rogers then on Tuesday and update.
If someone can someone point me to a good rom for I727r so I can get adhoc going when I get my phone back I'd really appreciate it, I really need wifi and adhoc is my only option where I'm located.
Got the rom from galaxys2root.com, didn't realize it wssnt for I727R.
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Does the USB jig get you into download by ANY chance? Just by fluke or something ! You said you used a jig.
In ht meantime also look for member Adam Outler and PM him. He always has thousand tricks up his sleeve.

Only if soft brick. You have a hard brick

I did the same thing, people keep saying Odin doesn't work for us Canadians, it does, use Odin on your PC, find stock Rogers ROM, flash that, should fix it, and more questions about how, pm me
Sent from my SGH-I727R using xda premium

Odin only works if he can actually get into download mode he flashed a Rom from a different phone and buggered up
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 2

denenatse said:
I did the same thing, people keep saying Odin doesn't work for us Canadians, it does, use Odin on your PC, find stock Rogers ROM, flash that, should fix it, and more questions about how, pm me
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Who said Odin didn't work on the i727r? There's even a stock tar file for the i727r. Never heard that before, Sorry bruh but if the phone won't kick into download mode then she's toast
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Odin with i727r
Actually what I read here was:
"NOTE: Rogers users double check to make sure each thread you are reading is compatible with your S2 LTE (I727R) before taking action! As a general tip, the ICS leak Odin TAR files are incompatible with the Rogers S2 LTE."
Not the same thing as Odin not working on Rogers' phones.

bricked device

So im guessing i bricked my s3 verizon.. the phone wont completley turn on I rooted and tried to put on a jelly bean rom and found out that I put the wrong one on meaning I put a GSM instead of a CDMA which is my fault because I never payed attention to it.. Any solutions for this problem?
Battery pull did not work
Charging it did not work
The phone completley will not turn on no way to get into download mode or whatever so I need help thanks.

I haven't kept up as much in recent days but what I heard in the past was that flashing an international ROM was close to a death sentence since you end up in a qualcomm diagnostic mode with no download mode. I have no idea if there has been any changes, updates, or progress made in this regard or if a USB jig will help you. I would imagine a JTAG would still be useful. You might want to try on IRC.
Also, this is not development and does not belong here. The rules clearly state that. Many bad things can be avoided by taking the time to read.

ameno13 said:
So im guessing i bricked my s3 verizon.. the phone wont completley turn on I rooted and tried to put on a jelly bean rom and found out that I put the wrong one on meaning I put a GSM instead of a CDMA which is my fault because I never payed attention to it.. Any solutions for this problem?
Battery pull did not work
Charging it did not work
The phone completley will not turn on no way to get into download mode or whatever so I need help thanks.
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Try Purchasing a jig to get it in download mode

ameno13 said:
thanks for the help..
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Ameno fr what ive read theres different ways of brick education some more severe than others but fr my understanding when ur phone doesn't want to come on thats a hard brick and not to bring u down but yea i believe that phone is done, i would just tell verizon u took an update and after the update it just wouldnt start cuz how would they is rooted if it wont come on for them to find out

Flip35 said:
Ameno fr what ive read theres different ways of brick education some more severe than others but fr my understanding when ur phone doesn't want to come on thats a hard brick and not to bring u down but yea i believe that phone is done, i would just tell verizon u took an update and after the update it just wouldnt start cuz how would they is rooted if it wont come on for them to find out
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its not done...jtag will fix it.

Apparently nobody read the 1st reply to the question. :silly:

droidstyle said:
its not done...jtag will fix it.
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what is jtag? i would like to know, i never heard of it and who knows if i ever run into that issue

Flip35 said:
what is jtag? i would like to know, i never heard of it and who knows if i ever run into that issue
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Orignal Galaxy S links but you'll get the idea of what a JTAG is from these:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/jtag-your-captivate-god-like-soldering-skills-not-required/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7edUXE7jLg

bobloblaw1 said:
Orignal Galaxy S links but you'll get the idea of what a JTAG is from these:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/jtag-your-captivate-god-like-soldering-skills-not-required/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7edUXE7jLg
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Thanx man
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

bobloblaw1 said:
Apparently nobody read the 1st reply to the question. :silly:
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I did, was just confirming what you had already said :good:

Spoke with Verizon and they'll replace it for me...should have been more careful, I flashed the GSM version of a rom after rooting. JTAG looks like it's quite difficult though. I'd only do it if Verizon told me to take a walk...Anyways thanks for the responses, and always remember: practice safe flashing!

[Q] New here.. Desprately need help..

Hi.. I'm going to be as brief as I can..
I had to get my phone replaced because it got all "defective" on me.. No joke.. it wouldn't Charge, wouldn't call, txt, turn off, tried everything.
called tmobile they said that it was a known issue and that I would have to call samsung about the warrantee. Called Samsung "Call Tmobile"
called tmobile "can't help sorry". Took the phone into the store.. "oh you have the $7.99 insurance! call them" Called Insurance.. "It's not covered call Tmobile". called tmobile "call insurance". finally got someone to actually listen to me after about 6 hours of being on my husbands phone! Got tmobile to send me a replacement. It was the very same SGS4G that I have loved for years.. Then I turned it on... New Load Screen... Gingerbread... (I was on froyo 2.2 before and NEVER had a problem with anything until the phone went completely nuts)
So now my phone....
Can't Send txts without it being MMS
Bounces from 4G to Searching whenever it wants (most of the time it's in searching or just enough signal to make calls)
takes forever to download even the smallest apps..
Basically it's become a phone that I want nothing to do with..
So I talked to my dad knowing that he did alot of rooting stuff to his Droid
He told me "Root the Phone! Put the Rom you want on it and Make it work how you want it. Look up Xda-developers" <-- for a solution it didn't seem to get better than that!
That was my Headache.... Now for my Problem..
As I was reading through tons of stuff on here I saw that there was Slim ICS.. then I saw the "Not Working" section..
then there were different programs that are needed to install different things...
not to mention that I don't want to over work my processor which is a 1Ghz processor
As for a Modem... no clue which to pick... I just need a better connection altogether..
Could You please let me know which things run the best together..
Which programs do I need to root, install etc.. these things
and I'm soo confused right now it's not even funny.. My dads droid was soo easy for him to root and change that he's confused at the process that the SGS4G needs..
Any advice or help at all would be amazing!
I will be eternally grateful for any help at all!
Please feel free to laugh at my situation.. I know I am..
This all started as a desperate cry for something better than what my phone has become.. although I think that this whole thing is going to become one big funny story lol

First of all, you need to root your phone, then we'll talk after that. Go read the how to root thread in this forum. It is an easy process. Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375517
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda premium

gizmoscoop said:
First of all, you need to root your phone, then we'll talk after that. Go read the how to root thread in this forum. It is an easy process. Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375517
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One Slight problem with rooting it lol... from all of the info I'm getting here on the site it says I need to download something to root it...
I would really love to get all of the stuff needed so that once I root I can just get the whole process done with.
My dad is also on thephone with me right now.. yes at 3:35am lol..
He's trying to help me look through Roms and help me pick the best one. However he doesn't know much about my phone because he's with verizon...
What I need to know is what stuff works best together.. You know, the least amount of bugs and problems. I want to know from someone more experienced than ether me or my dad because We have been looking at this stuff for almost 10 hours... o_0 and it's not getting any less confusing lol.
Thank you
Serenity

Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=, it has all the download links.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda premium

Follow the guides to root your phone. Then start looking at roms.
Most likely you'll want to start out with a GB rom and move around from there, you still have to root it to install those.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

vopezy said:
Follow the guides to root your phone. Then start looking at roms.
Most likely you'll want to start out with a GB rom and move around from there, you still have to root it to install those.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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I already have GB... that's what is messing me up badly.. I don't want to have GB anymore.

gizmoscoop said:
Read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=, it has all the download links.
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so the link told me..... "No thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"
as far as the first link.. there are different programs to root your phone with... which one works the best.
The first one that you sent me to which is the One-Click thingy... sounded great at first! However I also have to download some C ++ thingy and something else before I could even use the program to root the phone..
Honestly a good program would be 1 program to root, one program to install. That kinda thing..
not 1 program to root... wait before you root install these 2 programs then stand on your head and download program 3... i mean honestly that kind of multi program stuff makes me wonder where the "Take this survey to unlock your download" screen is gonna be... lol

What would be the fun if you just clicked a button and everything worked.. Clearly something happened to your phone and you paid good money for it to work the first time. Luckily all this is free.
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vopezy said:
What would be the fun if you just clicked a button and everything worked.. Clearly something happened to your phone and you paid good money for it to work the first time. Luckily all this is free.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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I hear that lol... although it took my phone 2 1/2 years to mess up lol.. but yes this is free.. and very very very confusing... but free lol

The least confusing way to do this is a heimdall one-click. Yes, you gotta have Java and the c++ runtime for windows installed but the links are provided right in the first post of the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
Starting from stock gb if you wanna go to ics download Eollie's one-click in the second post.
Now you should have the correct recovery to get to ics.
Currently the most functional ics rom I think is aokp which has auto-brightness working right out of the box.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1733097
A few things here and there aren't quite working on any ics rom:
Wifi calling
Tv out
...can't think of more now but those are probably most notable.
All you gotta do is follow instructions on the links I just posted. That's as easy as it gets. Really.
O. I forgot, to get into download mode turn off phone, hold volume up and down, plug phone into pc.
To get into recovery turn off phone, hold volume up and down, hold the power button until the second screen comes up, keep holding volume buttons. Recovery will come up.

You should also understand that as great as ICS is, you sacrifice some battery life over GB. There are so many great ROM's for this phone, you just need to see which works best for you. Check out this link... All of the information you need regarding ROM's, kernels, modems, etc. can be found here.
http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464066

Wait! This thead again?! Yay! Like we haven't answered it already about a thousand time.

Serenity8525 if you haven't bricked your device because you were linked to advanced level posts. Click on the purple link in my signature. In that thread there is a guide linked by lumin30 called fresh out of the box now what? Read that thread. Yes it is long and might take a while to get through, but once you are done and did not rush through you should be comfortable enough to use the one click linked in my signature.
For the others that have attempted to help. Remember in the future lumin30's guide should always be linked to new people. It is very detailed and noob friendly.

Dude you gotta get that stickied

TwitchyEye said:
Dude you gotta get that stickied
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Report it and ask to have it stickied. I believe lumin30 stated once he didn't like having those posts stickied because people ignore the stickies. /shrug
Plus if you want to help people its best to know what all is available and easiest for a complete noob.

eollie said:
Report it and ask to have it stickied. I believe lumin30 stated once he didn't like having those posts stickied because people ignore the stickies. /shrug
Plus if you want to help people its best to know what all is available and easiest for a complete noob.
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Serenity8525 if you haven't bricked your device because you were linked to advanced level posts. Click on the purple link in my signature. In that thread there is a guide linked by lumin30 called fresh out of the box now what? Read that thread. Yes it is long and might take a while to get through, but once you are done and did not rush through you should be comfortable enough to use the one click linked in my signature.
For the others that have attempted to help. Remember in the future lumin30's guide should always be linked to new people. It is very detailed and noob friendly.
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chrisbo4 said:
You should also understand that as great as ICS is, you sacrifice some battery life over GB. There are so many great ROM's for this phone, you just need to see which works best for you. Check out this link... All of the information you need regarding ROM's, kernels, modems, etc. can be found here.
http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464066
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Ok so I would like to say thanks for everyones help... No the device isn't bricked because I haven't even rooted yet.. I want to get all the info all the things that I will need, understand the process then start the process of "NOT Bricking my phone" lol...
I don't think that it's possible to sacrifice some battery when my phone only stays alive for 20-30 minutes... the GB update messed the phone up soo bad it's not even funny... if I was still on Froyo I wouldn't have any desire to Root or change the OS.
As far as that link.... it's not usable... it's listed there 2 times back to back. I did however shorten it until it worked and thank you
Just I do know how to get into DL and Recovery mode I have had to do this a million times over when on the phone with Tmobile trying to trouble shoot the issues that have come up since i got the replacement phone with GB. I can not begin to count the number of factory resets this phone has on it...

Serenity8525 said:
If I was still on Froyo I wouldn't have any desire to Root or change the OS.
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Heh, I said that about going to GB, then going to ICS. Now I dread when I have to run GB to see how things worked "back then" when doing dev work.
The good news is that with the one-click-back-to-stock packages now available, along with a good backup utility like Titanium Backup Pro, it is a lot easier that it once was. I won't say it's "fool proof" as there are many people who are foolish enough not to read current threads about how to flash and upgrade an SGS4G, or foolish enough to flash a ROM, kernel, or "tweak" that isn't intended for the SGS4G or the Android version they are running.

Serenity8525 if you know how to get into DL mode download the one click in the purple link it will get you onto stock plus root with custom recovery. Then from there follow the directions in the ICS thread you want to flash. Just make sure it is from this forum and not the sister phones. As long as you follow the directions you will be hard pressed to brick the phone.
Like jeffsf stated once you get on a working form of either ics or gb you will wonder how you ever dealt with froyo. I suggest however to flash a different rom once you get the one click in my sig flashed. And just for safety's sake flash it twice and the second time click the flash bootloaders box.

eollie said:
Serenity8525 if you know how to get into DL mode download the one click in the purple link it will get you onto stock plus root with custom recovery. Then from there follow the directions in the ICS thread you want to flash. Just make sure it is from this forum and not the sister phones. As long as you follow the directions you will be hard pressed to brick the phone.
Like jeffsf stated once you get on a working form of either ics or gb you will wonder how you ever dealt with froyo. I suggest however to flash a different rom once you get the one click in my sig flashed. And just for safety's sake flash it twice and the second time click the flash bootloaders box.
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sounds like a plan... although i know it will ultimately come down to personal preferences but is there a specific setup that works best?
setup as in...
Rom
Modem
Kernel
etc...?
honestly thats what the main question was. Yea I gave background and what not. Yes I asked what program was easiest to use. People have answered those. However what people didnt answer was the setup variations that work well together.
I mean after all the rooting and rom gets installed and im still on GBis there a combo i can use to get my signal going again? Right now if I want to make a call I have to use wifi calling... since that isnt working in ICS... I dont want to get ICS and not be able to make anycalls. I have a tower about 2-3 miles away from me and never have signal. If rooting the phone doesnt fix the signal what would i need to change to get it working?
so I'm gonna start out simple..
Root with GB cause from what I can tell WIFI calling still works on a GB Rooted phone.
I'm guessing that just rooting my phone and staying with GB will mean that better Kernels and modems will not be compatible?
If that's true then my signal will still be nothing..
but with
ICS
I will need ether wifi calling to work or upgrade the Kernel or Modem... so...
I need setup ideas
GB rooted
Kernel?
Modem?
etc...
and just to play it safe if you guys could help with the ICS setup too
ICS rooted (I think the post was about AOPK?... which has the most stuff working. so that will be the one I would use)
Kernel?
Modem?
etc...
Again Thank you everyone who has been helping me

eollie said:
Serenity8525 if you know how to get into DL mode download the one click in the purple link it will get you onto stock plus root with custom recovery. Then from there follow the directions in the ICS thread you want to flash. Just make sure it is from this forum and not the sister phones. As long as you follow the directions you will be hard pressed to brick the phone.
Like jeffsf stated once you get on a working form of either ics or gb you will wonder how you ever dealt with froyo. I suggest however to flash a different rom once you get the one click in my sig flashed. And just for safety's sake flash it twice and the second time click the flash bootloaders box.
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So looking further into the Roms... went to..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1733097
They gave me a quite a bit of info but they also had other links there like the feature list and what not... anyways I eventually ended up here...
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/28279-aokp-galaxys4gmtd-july-08-milestone-6/
not quite sure what to do cause one place says to install one way and the other talks about gapp... don't know what gapp is lol

[Q] mobiletechvideos jtag repair process

hey anyone out there who can help me, i recently hard bricked my phone long story short didnt follow the instructions as stated and well what do yu know my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket wont boot up, tried every little thing that could bring back my phone but its Hard bricked, its not like soft brick where you can fix it using stock rom and odin or just a restore from CWM/TWRP Recovery Nandroid Backups
anywz the point is how do does the whole thing work "mobiletechvideos" jtag repair
any kind of thing culd be helpful i just need my awsome phone back

Search thread reported this has been discussed and its in the wrong section
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

If its hard bricked, you basically answered your own question. Mobiletechvideos is your best bet. Well known for their work. Look em up and it'll cost you 50$.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA

You send phone, they fix it, you profit. Easy as that
Sent from my Slimmed out Skyrocket

will do that
bps119 said:
You send phone, they fix it, you profit. Easy as that
Sent from my Slimmed out Skyrocket
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will surely do that, money is not a problem just have to send it this weekend and off to mobiletechvideos, hope they get it fixed as you guyz said

winosxbuntu said:
will surely do that, money is not a problem just have to send it this weekend and off to mobiletechvideos, hope they get it fixed as you guyz said
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I just do Jtag service for $25. Please check my feedback.

tomy1986.nt said:
I just do Jtag service for $25. Please check my feedback.
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No thanks
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

I am sure you will be pleased with them. For $50, they bring your phone back from the dead.
I have hard bricked a phone before (my wife's Note) and got it back from them in less than a week. One of the new criteria I have for when I buy a new phone is that mobiletechvideo has a jtag service for it already.

should i root, again since i fcked my first phone
my Galaxy S2 is still bricked but i got the AT&T SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 I747 on 4.1.1 instead cost $$300 on ebay :laugh:
the results came better than i expected by gettin myself a new smartphone but comin back here on XDA reminds me of how i completely turned my sphone into a paper-weight by just installing a new ROM/ROOTIN
should i go back to the ROOTIN wagon? iknow the risks and goods that comes with it but android stock w/touchwiz is not that bad

winosxbuntu said:
my Galaxy S2 is still bricked but i got the AT&T SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 I747 on 4.1.1 instead cost $$300 on ebay :laugh:
the results came better than i expected by gettin myself a new smartphone but comin back here on XDA reminds me of how i completely turned my sphone into a paper-weight by just installing a new ROM/ROOTIN
should i go back to the ROOTIN wagon? iknow the risks and goods that comes with it but android stock w/touchwiz is not that bad
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It's really easy, if you find that you need features you can only use when rooted/on a custom rom then go ahead.
If you don't find yourself thinking "that custom feature would be of some real use now" then there's no reason to "go back to the ROOTIN wagon"..
Finally, some friendly advice :angel:, if you intend to start modding your phone please read the goddamn instructions this time around. :highfive:
I've had 3 samungs and 1 sony, and never once did I not read the bloody instrufuctions, and you know what?
Never did I soft or hard brick any of them, thanks to God's gift of literacy. :victory:

lingowistico said:
It's really easy, if you find that you need features you can only use when rooted/on a custom rom then go ahead.
If you don't find yourself thinking "that custom feature would be of some real use now" then there's no reason to "go back to the ROOTIN wagon"..
Finally, some friendly advice :angel:, if you intend to start modding your phone please read the goddamn instructions this time around. :highfive:
I've had 3 samungs and 1 sony, and never once did I not read the bloody instrufuctions, and you know what?
Never did I soft or hard brick any of them, thanks to God's gift of literacy. :victory:
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thanks, i needed that plus am gonna root my phone this week

bps119 said:
You send phone, they fix it, you profit. Easy as that
Sent from my Slimmed out Skyrocket
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I sent my phone to them and fixed it like it was nothing but I was quite surprised to find out that it was a bad EMMC CHIP failure which blacked out my phone with no sign of life.............
Thanks xda
sent from Samsung Galaxy S3 i747 Synergy Rom 4.1.2 w/ Ziggy Kernel
using XDA Premium

tomy1986.nt said:
I just do Jtag service for $25. Please check my feedback.
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i need jtag service for my htc one mini

lingowistico said:
It's really easy, if you find that you need features you can only use when rooted/on a custom rom then go ahead.
If you don't find yourself thinking "that custom feature would be of some real use now" then there's no reason to "go back to the ROOTIN wagon"..
Finally, some friendly advice :angel:, if you intend to start modding your phone please read the goddamn instructions this time around. :highfive:
I've had 3 samungs and 1 sony, and never once did I not read the bloody instrufuctions, and you know what?
Never did I soft or hard brick any of them, thanks to God's gift of literacy. :victory:
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same as me never had problem with roms or a bricked device