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So this morning I was checking out the new choices in my Froyo leak - rooted Captivate, I clicked on every one of them to see what it is and then I clicked on one that said something like user accounts, well ever since then my phone has been a black screen only displaying the top clock and a no signal bar. What should I do next? Unfortunately Im stuck at work with no programs. So Im wondering what would you do, which Odin should I use? Ill be checkin in cause at least I can do this and plan fixing my phone for later
Im guessing you tried pulling the battery?
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sure did tried the reboot screen.
and the other thing, now the phone wont go into sleep mode so my battery is slowly dying too
try to boot into recovery and clear out the cache...
I did that too and it clears and then i reboot then it goes right back to black screen
The same thing happened to me, but I wasn't digging around in the settings. Like previously mentioned, I booted into recovery, and cleared cache/factory wipe, and it booted back fresh. Luckily, I had a Titanium Backup from a few hours before it happened, so I didn't really lose anything.
I had something like this too. Can you get into Download mode and use Odin to return to stock rom? It took me several tries before Odin worked.
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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i will try when i get home, im stuck at work unfortunately, at least i know im not the only one, i was also fooling with settings
thank you
Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.
If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)
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Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.
If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)
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Well that sucks.
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theMaginator said:
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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I had one. OTA update. And I wasn't the only one. I couldn't even get into download mode.
yeah, bricked here too trying to go to Froyo. Sent to Samsung, they fixed it.
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Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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lol its happened to many people, myself included.
hey guys,
i doubt anyone can be of any help. I have bricked my captivate in trying to odin flash the rom back to the stock js6, or whatever. Any help.. wont go into download or recovery mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
If you don't even know what ROM you're trying to flash to, perhaps you should stick to stock.
rww265 said:
hey guys,
i doubt anyone can be of any help. I have bricked my captivate in trying to odin flash the rom back to the stock js6, or whatever. Any help.. wont go into download or recovery mode.
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I really like how descriptive you are in telling us what exactly your problem is
Here's a simplified guide to fixing your phone:
1. Press the power button. Does something happen (anything?) If yes, go to step 2, otherwise jump to step 3.
2. Read what Miami_Son posted.
3. Your phone is dead. Mail it back to Samsung. Pray that they don't charge you an arm and a leg to restore the firmware.
Uh-oh
3. Your phone is dead. Mail it back to Samsung. Pray that they don't charge you an arm and a leg to restore the firmware.
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Do you happen to know how much they may charge for this? I tried to flash back to stock last night and now have no reaction when I press the power button. I talked to Samsung, but couldn't get any good information from them about potential cost without telling them exactly what happened.
Does anyone know what the process involves? Can the tell from a phone that won't power what was done?
Sorry for the n00bish questions.
bmwenger said:
Do you happen to know how much they may charge for this? I tried to flash back to stock last night and now have no reaction when I press the power button. I talked to Samsung, but couldn't get any good information from them about potential cost without telling them exactly what happened.
Does anyone know what the process involves? Can the tell from a phone that won't power what was done?
Sorry for the n00bish questions.
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Hard bricking with Odin takes some effort. Did you try everything in the thread I posted? If it didn't complete an Odin flash then they probably can't tell what happened or if it has a custom ROM on it. More likely they'll just strip it for repair parts or just reflash it without diagnosing it. Just say that it was suffering from random shutdowns and now it won't turn on.
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Hard bricking with Odin takes some effort. Did you try everything in the thread I posted? If it didn't complete an Odin flash then they probably can't tell what happened or if it has a custom ROM on it. More likely they'll just strip it for repair parts or just reflash it without diagnosing it. Just say that it was suffering from random shutdowns and now it won't turn on.
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About the only thing I haven't tried is a jig, but from what I have read unless you have something happen when you push the power button that won't work. I didn't far enough to really tell where it is in the process. I had a recovery screen (2e I think) show up and then nothing responded to a button press. Next thing I know, it won't let me boot up.
Oh well, we'll see what happens with the phone and Samsung.
Thank you so much for all the help I have gotten over the past few weeks from this site.
So ive had my mytouch 4g slide for about 6 months. Recently i rooted it like 3 months ago, i had wildchilds rom, but then i changed to miks stock rom, everything was fine and dandy, but then my phone stopped sending msgs, receiving msgs, calls not coming in, and calls not going out. I restarted my phone several times, still the same problem. So i took it to T-Mobile, and i told the guy there what happend. He told me to factory reset my phone, and i did infront of him, everything worked fine and all, calls and texts back to normal, but then i looked through my phone, no Market, or play store. I askedhim wahts wrong and he said maybe its a glitch. He told me to restart it, i did, still not there, we factory reset again and nothing. So defeated i left and went home. I thought i could just reflash the rom, but since i dont have any apps and i dont have rom manager, it just ffreezes on me. So i am stuck with my phone without apps. What can i do to get play store on my phone again. been like this for 5 days so far. IT SUCKS!
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So ive had my mytouch 4g slide for about 6 months. Recently i rooted it like 3 months ago, i had wildchilds rom, but then i changed to miks stock rom, everything was fine and dandy, but then my phone stopped sending msgs, receiving msgs, calls not coming in, and calls not going out. I restarted my phone several times, still the same problem. So i took it to T-Mobile, and i told the guy there what happend. He told me to factory reset my phone, and i did infront of him, everything worked fine and all, calls and texts back to normal, but then i looked through my phone, no Market, or play store. I askedhim wahts wrong and he said maybe its a glitch. He told me to restart it, i did, still not there, we factory reset again and nothing. So defeated i left and went home. I thought i could just reflash the rom, but since i dont have any apps and i dont have rom manager, it just ffreezes on me. So i am stuck with my phone without apps. What can i do to get play store on my phone again. been like this for 5 days so far. IT SUCKS!
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If you are S-On Locked you can go here...... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532809
If you are S-On Unlocked you can go here to see the most common mistake when flashing........ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508556
It's probably that simple. Good Luck
mine is S-Off. my rom manager wont work. i reboot and try to wipe data and cache but it will just show me the rom manager logo and sit there. It wont power off reboot or anything. Any option i choose it will get stuck. I click the options button, back or home and it will send me back to the menu with all the options.
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mine is S-Off. my rom manager wont work. i reboot and try to wipe data and cache but it will just show me the rom manager logo and sit there. It wont power off reboot or anything. Any option i choose it will get stuck. I click the options button, back or home and it will send me back to the menu with all the options.
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Sounds like maybe you are pushing the wrong button to activate the command. Try pushing the trackpad when you have the item selected.
Did you reflash the gapps? I'm not sure if that ROM has them, but that could be your problem.
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Did you reflash the gapps? I'm not sure if that ROM has them, but that could be your problem.
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I cant flash anything at all on my phone since my rom manager isnt working, I dont know what to do. I am pressing the right button to command it because ive done it before pressing the on/off button. But it wont work ugh. What do i do?
Have you tried the trackpad button?
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I cant flash anything at all on my phone since my rom manager isnt working, I dont know what to do. I am pressing the right button to command it because ive done it before pressing the on/off button. But it wont work ugh. What do i do?
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You can flash from recovery without using Rom Manager. Just dl the file and use the choose zip option when installing. You'll be fine.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
Maybe we need a noob guide for how to use recovery! He's using power to select instead of Trackpad
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robertog1994 said:
I cant flash anything at all on my phone since my rom manager isnt working, I dont know what to do. I am pressing the right button to command it because ive done it before pressing the on/off button. But it wont work ugh. What do i do?
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to get into recovery turn off the phone take out the battery for 5 seconds, put the battery back in and hold vol down while holding the power button. It will take you to the hboot menu. Once there press vol down until recovery is highlighted and Press the power button and it will take you to recovery.
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Somebody (and I'm speaking more in general terms) should create a good noob guide for Android in general. But then there's a need for specific guides for the major manufacturers too. And of course, I'd really appreciate any guide including a good glossary.
From my experience, XDA and other developer forums are very steeped in detailed technical jargon with little explanation for the casual or new user. And I know that the focus is on development and not hand holding the noobs. But I'll counter with the fact that they do come here, looking for help. And it's infinitely harder to learn when there isn't a good resource.
Having said all that, I do appreciate Blue6IX's [REF] doubleshot Developers Reference.
GoPadge said:
Somebody (and I'm speaking more in general terms) should create a good noob guide for Android in general. But then there's a need for specific guides for the major manufacturers too. And of course, I'd really appreciate any guide including a good glossary.
From my experience, XDA and other developer forums are very steeped in detailed technical jargon with little explanation for the casual or new user. And I know that the focus is on development and not hand holding the noobs. But I'll counter with the fact that they do come here, looking for help. And it's infinitely harder to learn when there isn't a good resource.
Having said all that, I do appreciate Blue6IX's [REF] doubleshot Developers Reference.
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By all means feel free to make one. Your right new people come here and get lost in the hours of research needed to understand things but like you said this is a developers forum first and formost so everything is set for them
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Coug76 said:
You can flash from recovery without using Rom Manager. Just dl the file and use the choose zip option when installing. You'll be fine.
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You don't understand. I do go into the thing to flash. No matter what option I select it'll just show rom manager icon in the middle and freeze. No matter what I select I get the same result. I will record a video and show you what I mean once I get home. No matter what I do it won't clear cache, clear data, update, install from zip, nothing. I've done this before guys, I'm not completely mew at this, but this is the first time this has happend to me.
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You don't understand. I do go into the thing to flash. No matter what option I select it'll just show rom manager icon in the middle and freeze. No matter what I select I get the same result. I will record a video and show you what I mean once I get home. No matter what I do it won't clear cache, clear data, update, install from zip, nothing. I've done this before guys, I'm not completely mew at this, but this is the first time this has happend to me.
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So to verify, you're using the trackpad to select and not the power button right? Just making sure because it was never answered.
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As your not new to this then you should now how to fix it. Flash back to stock and start over. By following the directions of someone that has no idea what they are doing you ended up removing important files and without them you won't be able to do much at all.
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robertog1994 said:
You don't understand. I do go into the thing to flash. No matter what option I select it'll just show rom manager icon in the middle and freeze. No matter what I select I get the same result. I will record a video and show you what I mean once I get home. No matter what I do it won't clear cache, clear data, update, install from zip, nothing. I've done this before guys, I'm not completely mew at this, but this is the first time this has happend to me.
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You are right, I didn't understand what you were trying to communicate.
I was under the impression that when you were writing about ROM Manager that you meant ROM Manager and not CWM. ROM Manager is an application that communicates with CWM and directs it to do what the user directs, CWM is a developed recovery. They are not the same thing. Clarity is helpful if you are asking for assistance.
Here is a thread regarding getting back to stock but I don't know if it will help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15834402
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fastboot flash recovery path/to/recovery.img
Sent from Spaceball One.
Also, like the others have said, use the track pad to navigate in recovery. If you use the power button to select, that is why you get the logo, and frozen screen. I have done it, I know.
Hey guys I didn't find any useful posts for this device with the same problem.So I started a new thread. Well I was googling and texting and all of a sudden my phone reboots. I thought well it's nothing and put my phone down, 15 minutes later I was hoping for it to be on and ready to be used and all I saw was Dual Core Technology. I rebooted it countless times to see if it'll come alive and no luck. I did root the phone awhile back and never had any problems with it until now.
I did try to go to recovery and all it shows is the android with an exclamation mark. I can get into fast boot and everything but I am a noob with fast boot so I don't exactly know how to wipe the phone by using that.
So I am counting on you guys to help me out. I don't even know if my phone is charging atm I just have it plugged into my power port and all it shows is Dual Core Technology and the battery is dead for letting it sit on that screen for about 30 minutes. I hope you guys can help.
Thanks,
Mike
Have you tried to fxz back to stock using RSD Lite? If not make sure your battery is charged before doing so. That should do the trick. If you have a back up try the recovery. When the Android with the exclamation comes up hit both the up and down volume keys at the same time.
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MaTrixJ said:
Hey guys I didn't find any useful posts for this device with the same problem.So I started a new thread. Well I was googling and texting and all of a sudden my phone reboots. I thought well it's nothing and put my phone down, 15 minutes later I was hoping for it to be on and ready to be used and all I saw was Dual Core Technology. I rebooted it countless times to see if it'll come alive and no luck. I did root the phone awhile back and never had any problems with it until now.
I did try to go to recovery and all it shows is the android with an exclamation mark. I can get into fast boot and everything but I am a noob with fast boot so I don't exactly know how to wipe the phone by using that.
So I am counting on you guys to help me out. I don't even know if my phone is charging atm I just have it plugged into my power port and all it shows is Dual Core Technology and the battery is dead for letting it sit on that screen for about 30 minutes. I hope you guys can help.
Thanks,
Mike
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Couple things we need to know mate. What firmware are you running? 2.3.5? 2.3.6? Or ICS?
These all play into how you are going fix your phone. And frankly your stock recovery is not going to do you any good with this issue. You WILL have to FXZ back, UNLESS you have a backup made in a different recovery system, IE: bootstrap, or bootmenu. Once again all dependent on what firmware you are on. If you can answer those questions, we can help you with the right procedure.
A good thread to start with is this one: Noobs guide to Android and the Atrix 2
It will give you all the info you need on the FXZ and fastboot.
More info and we can fix ya! :highfive:
EDIT: just saw your battery issue. Pull your battery until you are ready to flash in Fasboot. You need to conserve. How much battery do you think you have? Or is it dead? Flashing in FB and having your phone die due to low battery is a SURE way to hard brick your A2.
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Couple things we need to know mate. What firmware are you running? 2.3.5? 2.3.6? Or ICS?
I am running 2.3.6 stock
These all play into how you are going fix your phone. And frankly your stock recovery is not going to do you any good with this issue. You WILL have to FXZ back, UNLESS you have a backup made in a different recovery system, IE: bootstrap, or bootmenu. Once again all dependent on what firmware you are on. If you can answer those questions, we can help you with the right procedure.
A good thread to start with is this one: Noobs guide to Android and the Atrix 2
It will give you all the info you need on the FXZ and fastboot.
More info and we can fix ya! :highfive:
EDIT: just saw your battery issue. Pull your battery until you are ready to flash in Fasboot. You need to conserve. How much battery do you think you have? Or is it dead? Flashing in FB and having your phone die due to low battery is a SURE way to hard brick your A2
I have a way to charge the battery up without the phone so that's fine ill let it charge tonight and do it in the morning..
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Axis_Drummer said:
Have you tried to fxz back to stock using RSD Lite? If not make sure your battery is charged before doing so. That should do the trick. If you have a back up try the recovery. When the Android with the exclamation comes up hit both the up and down volume keys at the same time.
I'll definatly try holding both volume keys at the same time next time, thanks!
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Oh and do you guys know what exactly caused this to happen?
Mike
It could've been caused by a number of things. The A2 is an unpredictable phone. Somethings that happen to one person may not happen to others. From my experience.
Did you make any changes to any system files or anything of the such? I see you was rooted, but did you have a custom ROM or custom recovery? I'm assuming since you tried to get to recovery and got the android on its back, that that you didn't have a custom recovery installed..
If someone knows the exact reason this happened, let us know. This is twice I've come across someone with this problem.
FXZ should work for sure though. All is well.
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No I don't think I modified anything except rooting and installing cheesecake but I didn't use it. I don't remember having a recovery installed either.
What I did was use android recovery by pushing vol up and down and I reset it. Works fine now I lost root though so I'm going to reinstall it and reset my server on cheesecake because I can't add a motoblur account right now then uninstall it again Lol.
I really appreciate the help. I almost hate the A2. 2 phones 2 unique problems, like you said some people experience a issue that no one else has.
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My Galaxy S3 will not respond to any combination of button presses, and the device is identified as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager. If I take out the battery and plug it in, the light turns red for ~10 seconds, and then turns off. (Device Manager is refreshed at this time, but still reads it out as QHSUSB_DLOAD). It does not respond to home+power+vol down or up.
To get to this result, I had booted into recovery mode in order to install a new ROM, but the installation failed. I chose the reboot option and this is how I ended up. Looking back, I probably should've restored the device prior to booting...
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My Galaxy S3 will not respond to any combination of button presses, and the device is identified as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager. If I take out the battery and plug it in, the light turns red for ~10 seconds, and then turns off. (Device Manager is refreshed at this time, but still reads it out as QHSUSB_DLOAD). It does not respond to home+power+vol down or up.
To get to this result, I had booted into recovery mode in order to install a new ROM, but the installation failed. I chose the reboot option and this is how I ended up. Looking back, I probably should've restored the device prior to booting...
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You most likely need to go into Odin mode and flash back to stock using Odin. Just follow the steps in this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Also, dumb question, but is your battery dead? I know I had this problem coming from a completely dead battery once, took a bunch of tries to get it to start charging and turn back on. But I wasn't coming off of a bad flash, of course.
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You most likely need to go into Odin mode and flash back to stock using Odin. Just follow the steps in this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Also, dumb question, but is your battery dead? I know I had this problem coming from a completely dead battery once, took a bunch of tries to get it to start charging and turn back on. But I wasn't coming off of a bad flash, of course.
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The battery was at ~60% when I was flashing.
ALSO: I can't get into ODIN mode as the device doesn't respond to any type of button combination.
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Ok. I don't know what steps you have taken so far, but do a battery pull and then try to get into Odin mode.
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I don't know if you read the OP or not but I did in fact already do what you stated. It does not work. I have: Battery pull+attach to USB, Battery pull+battery back in. Neither work to get back into ODIN mode.
Yeah, sorry, I did read that right after my post, but I couldn't go back and edit it fast enough because I have these new user restrictions on my account.
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Yeah, sorry, I did read that right after my post, but I couldn't go back and edit it fast enough because I have these new user restrictions on my account.
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I understand, I have the same restriction. However, I think that the device is simply bricked and cannot be recovered. If no solution is posted then I will be heading to the VZW store tomorrow I suppose.
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My Galaxy S3 will not respond to any combination of button presses, and the device is identified as QHSUSB_DLOAD in Device Manager. If I take out the battery and plug it in, the light turns red for ~10 seconds, and then turns off. (Device Manager is refreshed at this time, but still reads it out as QHSUSB_DLOAD). It does not respond to home+power+vol down or up.
To get to this result, I had booted into recovery mode in order to install a new ROM, but the installation failed. I chose the reboot option and this is how I ended up. Looking back, I probably should've restored the device prior to booting...
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Your phone is hard bricked. I'm gonna guess you were flashing a non Verizon ROM, probably an international.
The only fix at this point is a JTAG service. Also, unfortunately you would not have been able to restore before leaving recovery anyways. I'll try to find the popular website people use for that service.
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Yep, sounds like you flashed a ROM not made for the Verizon S3. Be a little more careful next time.
Check out mobile tech videos for a JTAG.
Zalithian said:
Yep, sounds like you flashed a ROM not made for the Verizon S3. Be a little more careful next time.
Check out mobile tech videos for a JTAG.
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Thanks I couldn't remember the site.
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I'm not trying to be a ****, but how/why do people flash roms not made for Verizon GS3? Is it really that easy to make the mistake? Where are they getting the roms from??
Just curious
josh995 said:
I'm not trying to be a ****, but how/why do people flash roms not made for Verizon GS3? Is it really that easy to make the mistake? Where are they getting the roms from??
Just curious
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Probably just google about flashing roms, find a youtube video and follow instructions. Wonder if a lot of videos don't have a warning, or if people ignore it.
josh995 said:
I'm not trying to be a ****, but how/why do people flash roms not made for Verizon GS3? Is it really that easy to make the mistake? Where are they getting the roms from??
Just curious
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I'm just an idiot, and jumped the gun on this flash.
josh995 said:
I'm not trying to be a ****, but how/why do people flash roms not made for Verizon GS3? Is it really that easy to make the mistake? Where are they getting the roms from??
Just curious
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Well, back in the days before quadcore... the roms that were made for the international HTC Desire HD also worked on the us version the HTC Inspire 4G. . . I fell right into the pitfall after getting used to that.