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Any chance to reanimate completely dead device?

Hi guys,
No able to turn the device on,
to switch to a download mode, (tried all methods),
when connect to computer via ODIN comp doesn’t recognize device.
(battery charged, used other device for charging)
Help please!!!
thank you!

Eugg_ said:
Hi guys,
No able to turn the device on,
to switch to a download mode, (tried all methods),
when connect to computer via ODIN comp doesn’t recognize device.
(battery charged, used other device for charging)
Help please!!!
thank you!
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You either have a severe hardware failure or a corrupt bootloader.
Since it's nearly impossible to corrupt bootloaders on our device I'm guessing hardware failure. Take it in for warranty service.
What were you doing with it before it died? Provide details.

Entropy512 said:
You either have a severe hardware failure or a corrupt bootloader.
Since it's nearly impossible to corrupt bootloaders on our device I'm guessing hardware failure. Take it in for warranty service.
What were you doing with it before it died? Provide details.
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I'll see your corrupt bootloaders and raise you a 10 kiloton explosion.

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.

I have had two people now that have had completely dead batteries and did not know. Try to charge your battery. See if the emblem comes on while charging. If it does leave it alone for at least 4 hrs then try to enter download.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium

If you are using a Windows PC to run Odin, make sure that you have installed the correct drivers to connect with your phone. I believe these are proper:
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...ATT_SGH-i997_Infuse4G_USB_Drivers_5_2_0_2.zip

You can also spend $1.99 on eBay for a resistor jig:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=jig+download

I once had something crazy happen after a bad crash with an experimental overclock kernel for the vibrant on my captivate. the screen went black even in download mode. but the phone was infact in download mode just no screen image. it flashed in odin and restored me back to stock.
I know its an off chance but if you happen to have had a similar error and your drivers in windows aren't installed right then it may look like a hardware failure.
if you have insurance get another one. if you haven't voided the warenty send it to Samsung. if you want to help out development donate it to Adam outler. he wants something not restorable by normal means.

My Infuse recently did the very same thing. DEAD ON ARRIVAL! I tried all forms of CPR but she died an untimely death while attempting to flash back to stock. I had done that many times before so it wasn't anything I did wrong. I took it back to the ATT Store and they sent me to the device support center to get a new one. The new one is far more stable ans performs better than my original out of the box model. So just take it back and get another one or call warranty and they will ship you one overnight.

Product F(RED) said:
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.
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Nice one. Lmao
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Blackberrynomore said:
My Infuse recently did the very same thing. DEAD ON ARRIVAL! I tried all forms of CPR but she died an untimely death while attempting to flash back to stock. I had done that many times before so it wasn't anything I did wrong. I took it back to the ATT Store and they sent me to the device support center to get a new one. The new one is far more stable ans performs better than my original out of the box model. So just take it back and get another one or call warranty and they will ship you one overnight.
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Yeah, you just got a bad model, it happens.
At OP, if you have warranty with AT&T, take it back to the store, and ask for another one. If not, call Samsung, you can ship them your phone and then they'll either fix it, or send you another one.
Sent from my phone. :3

Eugg_ said:
Hi guys,
No able to turn the device on,
to switch to a download mode, (tried all methods),
when connect to computer via ODIN comp doesn’t recognize device.
(battery charged, used other device for charging)
Help please!!!
thank you!
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Depending on what you were doing, you may have hard bricked your phone. A usb jig may work for a soft brick but since your phone has no response whatsoever, chances are its hard bricked. Go to "mobiletechvideos.com" they provide a JTAG service that unbricks hard bricked phones. give it a shot

Why pay for JTAG service when his device is still under warranty? Contact AT&T or Samsung. One of the two will hook you up.

hi guys,
thank you for your help

i like what he said better

Please Help!

Hello,
I'm brand new to the forums, been reading up on my phone and things to do with it. I've just been running stock everything, unrooted and using GO overlays which I really like. I was thinking of rooting my phone and let me friend play around with it... BIG MISTAKE. My phone won't turn on, boot, power up or anything... Have they bricked my phone and is there ANYTHING at all that I can do to recover it? I was using Kies and have my phone backed up and everything... but assuming it won't even turn on... Does anyone have any advice on some options?
Galaxy SII SkyRocket I727
Rogers - Canada
-Pixie

If it wont turn on it sounds like a hardbrick, what did your friend flash? my guess he probably flashed a SGS II rom. You will have to repair it using jtag for 50$.
If you still got warranty you could try using it.

Going Crazy!
Holding down the volume key doesn't work, I can't download emulators to get it up with the phone unable to function or device drivers be updated or detected at all... I've read and read and read and NOTHING is working... I can see if I can create a jig, I think the parts are all around here somewhere... But is that the ONLY option? If it's hard bricked and they've completely messed it up, does anyone know of ANY potentials whatsoever of how to rebuild this thing back to normal?? Please help, I'm going to ASDLKDJLSKDJ someone up... !!! In the meantime I need to see if I can save this thing!

As I said for hardbrick you'll have to find a jtag repair service nearby and send your phone nad pay 50$.

kishke said:
If it wont turn on it sounds like a hardbrick, what did your friend flash? my guess he probably flashed a SGS II rom. You will have to repair it using jtag for 50$.
If you still got warranty you could try using it.
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I'm pretty sure I'm under warranty... Pretty sure they're going to be extremely peeved when they find out it's hardbricked from god knows what...
It took a while but I finally found the ordering site for jtag... Going to try that route I s'pose, thank you. Good thing I have an old crap phone as a back-up in the meantime... They don't require the SIM do they? I don't really trust sending that off...

Pixielated said:
I'm pretty sure I'm under warranty... Pretty sure they're going to be extremely peeved when they find out it's hardbricked from god knows what...
It took a while but I finally found the ordering site for jtag... Going to try that route I s'pose, thank you. Good thing I have an old crap phone as a back-up in the meantime... They don't require the SIM do they? I don't really trust sending that off...
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No sim required. When you pull the battery out and put it back in and hold power do you even get a Samsung logo flash on the screen?
Sent from my SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

Pixielated said:
I'm pretty sure I'm under warranty... Pretty sure they're going to be extremely peeved when they find out it's hardbricked from god knows what...
It took a while but I finally found the ordering site for jtag... Going to try that route I s'pose, thank you. Good thing I have an old crap phone as a back-up in the meantime... They don't require the SIM do they? I don't really trust sending that off...
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go the warranty way. you got nothing to loose

[Q] Will USB Jig work?

Hello, so here is the story the best I can tell it. I have done quite a bit of work on Iphones, Ipods, and roms on my own phones, because of this my friends son asked if I had ever JTag'd a phone before, which I had never heard of at the time. Apparently a friend of his was trying to load a custom ROM on his Verizon Galaxy S3 and something went wrong. Unfortunatly, I have no idea what ROM he tried loading or how he tried loading it. All I do know is, there is no response on the phone at all, the screen stays black. When you plug it into the computer, the computer recognizes a device but asks for a qhsusb_dload driver. I have read that this is a hard brick, and needs Jtag service, however I have also read that it is really hard to actually hard brick a phone, and this is actually more of a soft brick. Can anyone confirm this, and is it possible that just a USB jig will work to force it into download mode? I have ordered a Jig and it should be here next week, but I wanted to ask some questions in the mean time. Thanks for your help.

pedenspeed said:
Hello, so here is the story the best I can tell it. I have done quite a bit of work on Iphones, Ipods, and roms on my own phones, because of this my friends son asked if I had ever JTag'd a phone before, which I had never heard of at the time. Apparently a friend of his was trying to load a custom ROM on his Verizon Galaxy S3 and something went wrong. Unfortunatly, I have no idea what ROM he tried loading or how he tried loading it. All I do know is, there is no response on the phone at all, the screen stays black. When you plug it into the computer, the computer recognizes a device but asks for a qhsusb_dload driver. I have read that this is a hard brick, and needs Jtag service, however I have also read that it is really hard to actually hard brick a phone, and this is actually more of a soft brick. Can anyone confirm this, and is it possible that just a USB jig will work to force it into download mode? I have ordered a Jig and it should be here next week, but I wanted to ask some questions in the mean time. Thanks for your help.
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Good luck. That qhsusb tag denotes a hard brick.

pedenspeed said:
Hello, so here is the story the best I can tell it. I have done quite a bit of work on Iphones, Ipods, and roms on my own phones, because of this my friends son asked if I had ever JTag'd a phone before, which I had never heard of at the time. Apparently a friend of his was trying to load a custom ROM on his Verizon Galaxy S3 and something went wrong. Unfortunatly, I have no idea what ROM he tried loading or how he tried loading it. All I do know is, there is no response on the phone at all, the screen stays black. When you plug it into the computer, the computer recognizes a device but asks for a qhsusb_dload driver. I have read that this is a hard brick, and needs Jtag service, however I have also read that it is really hard to actually hard brick a phone, and this is actually more of a soft brick. Can anyone confirm this, and is it possible that just a USB jig will work to force it into download mode? I have ordered a Jig and it should be here next week, but I wanted to ask some questions in the mean time. Thanks for your help.
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That sucks, that my friend, is a hardbrick, fixable, but its a process and tedious.
Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space

I had the same thing happen to me. See here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1770341
I pushed a corrupt ROM and it borked. Contrary to your post, it is easy to brick this S3. I've hard bricked twice.... Just be sure the files you flash are for your variation of the S3 (ie don't flash an ATT rom onto a VZW fone) and make sure you got a good download by checking the md5.
FWIW, Josh over at MobileTechVideos.com has JTAG'd me back both times. Fair price and quick service. I believe he's the only dude in the US doing it...
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

hi there, unfortunately i flash the wrong rom, and the result is the same of the first poster
what i can do? what is jtag?
i have bought a j usb someone have used it? it works?

what is "jtag?"

It's a debugging port that can be used to push firmware onto memory. Mostly used for diagnostics and initial programming since it allows debugging after the first cpu instruction.

UnEZ said:
It's a debugging port that can be used to push firmware onto memory. Mostly used for diagnostics and initial programming since it allows debugging after the first cpu instruction.
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i have bought the jig usb, i'll try, if download mode starts, then what i should do? follow this guide? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030

Interested to see if you are able to get the jig to work. I have not heard of a jig working on a hard brick. Yes if you get back into download mode just start the process over with Odin
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arkas90 said:
i have bought the jig usb, i'll try, if download mode starts, then what i should do? follow this guide? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
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Hey arkas90 did JIG work for you i am in the same boat trying to revive my s3 . Please let us all know if that works

Hard Bricked My US Cellular S3, I think, please help!

I haven't tried the jig, but all the other symptoms such as dead screen,functionless buttons and all are there, so I think it is Hard Bricked. It's really weird what happened, I rooted my S3, it was working perfectly, then I unlocked the bootloader, it was perfectly fine even after that, then using ROM Manager I installed clockwork recovery mod, it was was working great. Then, I deleted my android market using ES File Explorer, and the guide for replacing the market told me to look for Vending.apk and then delete it, I looked but couldn't find it, so I 100% remember I tapped the search button in ES File Explorer and searched for Vending.apk, then suddenly a window popped up with names of files flashing but it didn't say searching or anything just three dots (...) and under there were two options YES and NO. I pressed No, it closed and then popped up again so this time I pressed Yes. then the names of files kept flashing and then it finished but didn't give me any search result, But my Phone memory was showing Empty, only the sd card folder was there and nothing else so I closed the app and opened it again, still the phone memory was empty, I was freaked out, so I restarted the phone and then, it never started :crying: I don't know what happened. Please help?

odin back to stock and start over....your device is far from hardbricked.

Really?? Can you please tell me step by step what to do?? I'm a complete noob at this!
droidstyle said:
odin back to stock and start over....your device is far from hardbricked.
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My device does not go into download mode, nor in recovery, it's buttons are useless and there's a completely dead screen.
droidstyle said:
odin back to stock and start over....your device is far from hardbricked.
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have you tried a different battery?

I forgot to mention, it's brand new, this happened the second day I bought it. So, the battery is flawless and perfect.
droidstyle said:
have you tried a different battery?
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No its dead for sure. He tried to unlock the us cellualr S3 which would result in a perma brick.
You don't need to unlock the bootloader of the us cellular S3. That is why everything is labeled "verizon unlock" and stuff.

con247 said:
No its dead for sure. He tried to unlock the us cellualr S3 which would result in a perma brick.
You don't need to unlock the bootloader of the us cellular S3. That is why everything is labeled "verizon unlock" and stuff.
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ahh i missed that detail...yes i agree its dead for sure! jtag or new replacement time.

Since it's only a couple days, take it back into USCC store. You're in your 15 day Window, they should swap it for a new one. Act dumb, don't tell them you rooted it. Just say you heard it buzz and it died. They'll mark it down as defective and give you a new one

How the hell was I supposed to know that? The US Cellular S3 is completely identical to the Verizon one, the only difference is the carrier logo, I rooted it with the Verizon S3's guide everything went perfectly fine, so I continued to do all the other stuff. I just got it 2 days ago :crying: . Huff, I've sent it for JTAG to a friend.
droidstyle said:
ahh i missed that detail...yes i agree its dead for sure! jtag or new replacement time.
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ShazzyK-IDEOS said:
How the hell was I supposed to know that? The US Cellular S3 is completely identical to the Verizon one, the only difference is the carrier logo, I rooted it with the Verizon S3's guide everything went perfectly fine, so I continued to do all the other stuff. I just got it 2 days ago :crying: . Huff, I've sent it for JTAG to a friend.
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a simple google search would of told ya that...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=is+the+bootloader+unlocked+on+the+usc+galaxy+s3
research then flash dont flash then research!

tallgrasshawk said:
Since it's only a couple days, take it back into USCC store. You're in your 15 day Window, they should swap it for a new one. Act dumb, don't tell them you rooted it. Just say you heard it buzz and it died. They'll mark it down as defective and give you a new one
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Great idea, but, I'm not in the US. I bought this phone from a guy who brought it from the US, I got it for half the price of an S3 here. So now, I don't know what to do, I gave it to friend, I hope he'll fix it, but if he's unable to can I give it to Samsung?

True, well said :'( I messed up big time.
droidstyle said:
a simple google search would of told ya that...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=is+the+bootloader+unlocked+on+the+usc+galaxy+s3
research then flash dont flash then research!
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Hi everyone,
I think my fiance might have hard-bricked his (new! Less than 24 hrs old!) Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III. He researched, rooted, set up bit-defender and it was working fine but when he tried to copy music files onto the micro-SD, they appeared to have gone onto the hard-drive instead and made his phone uber sluggish. We had some friends over, so he dropped the issue for a while and then went back to try to fix it only to make things worse. I know there isn't enough detail there about what *else* he tried to do, but when he came to bed last night he was kicking himself for not researching it enough and mentioned that he tried taking the batter out, resetting it, taking the sim card out, resetting it, telling bit defending to wipe the phone, etc. but all it would do last night was just display the 'samsung' logo then go to black.
This morning, I found your threads and tried to do the power+down+home advice that I've seen on a few threads here but it didn't work (obviously).
I suggested using the micro-SD adapter to try to explore the files on a PC, so we might look into that later.
Is there anything else you guys would recommend? I'm thinking the only thing to fix it now is the dopey route. :silly:
-Ami

Your phone is Soft Bricked not hard bricked, otherwise it wouldn't even turn on, Use A USB JIG to force it into download mode, then reflash with Odin.
Aminarra said:
Hi everyone,
I think my fiance might have hard-bricked his (new! Less than 24 hrs old!) Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III. He researched, rooted, set up bit-defender and it was working fine but when he tried to copy music files onto the micro-SD, they appeared to have gone onto the hard-drive instead and made his phone uber sluggish. We had some friends over, so he dropped the issue for a while and then went back to try to fix it only to make things worse. I know there isn't enough detail there about what *else* he tried to do, but when he came to bed last night he was kicking himself for not researching it enough and mentioned that he tried taking the batter out, resetting it, taking the sim card out, resetting it, telling bit defending to wipe the phone, etc. but all it would do last night was just display the 'samsung' logo then go to black.
This morning, I found your threads and tried to do the power+down+home advice that I've seen on a few threads here but it didn't work (obviously).
I suggested using the micro-SD adapter to try to explore the files on a PC, so we might look into that later.
Is there anything else you guys would recommend? I'm thinking the only thing to fix it now is the dopey route. :silly:
-Ami
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ShazzyK-IDEOS said:
Really?? Can you please tell me step by step what to do?? I'm a complete noob at this!
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If you're such a noob and unprepared for a brick, maybe you shouldn't have ventured down custom ROM/unlock avenue?
Just a thought.
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ShazzyK-IDEOS said:
Your phone is Soft Bricked not hard bricked, otherwise it wouldn't even turn on, Use A USB JIG to force it into download mode, then reflash with Odin.
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Yeah, this morning it won't even turn on no Samsung, no hope. Lesson learned... hopefully not a very expensive one.. :fingers-crossed:

Aminarra said:
Yeah, this morning it won't even turn on no Samsung, no hope. Lesson learned... hopefully not a very expensive one.. :fingers-crossed:
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Pull the battery, put it in and let it charge for a while couple hours. Then hold vol - , home and power. If it week go into download/Odin mode you're fine. If so then go to the development thread stickies and follow droid style guide section 6
Sent from my SGS3 running Eclipse Touchwiz

Great thought, but let me tell you before my Galaxy S3 I owned a Wildfire S, tinkered with it every bit, OC,Rom,bootloader and everything, before that I owned a Huawei U8150, my first android, I literally went bezerk modding that thing. So, I'm not a noob at this,I was a noob at this different Carrier different software kinda thing, I thought the phone was the same and indeed it is, but the difference is that the Verizon's Bootloader is locked. I'm well familiar with everything, I just messed up by not researching that if the bootloader was unlocked already, mainly because I was a bit too excited about getting my S3.
1ManWolfePack said:
If you're such a noob and unprepared for a brick, maybe you shouldn't have ventured down custom ROM/unlock avenue?
Just a thought.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
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tallgrasshawk said:
Since it's only a couple days, take it back into USCC store. You're in your 15 day Window, they should swap it for a new one. Act dumb, don't tell them you rooted it. Just say you heard it buzz and it died. They'll mark it down as defective and give you a new one
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Yup!

Phone Dead?

Yesterday I was using my phone while it was charging and it randomly turned off... Now it doesn't turn on at all, and I cannot put it into recovery or download mode. Please help me asap, since this is really annoying me (my only phone).
BTW: I've tried the 1,2,3 method plenty of times and it does not work..

Bump plz help

Dosanjh6 said:
Yesterday I was using my phone while it was charging and it randomly turned off... Now it doesn't turn on at all, and I cannot put it into recovery or download mode. Please help me asap, since this is really annoying me (my only phone).
BTW: I've tried the 1,2,3 method plenty of times and it does not work..
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Can u get the display to turn on either by connecting it to PC or charger? Does the samsung LOGO come up ? If possible try putting another battery in there. Best case, battery died and u need a replacement.
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zeeshanonlyme said:
Can u get the display to turn on either by connecting it to PC or charger? Does the samsung LOGO come up ? If possible try putting another battery in there. Best case, battery died and u need a replacement.
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It's not the battery and on my computer shows up it being as Qualcomm HS-USB QDloader 9008 (COM12) I need help assap

Dosanjh6 said:
It's not the battery and on my computer shows up it being as Qualcomm HS-USB QDloader 9008 (COM12) I need help assap
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I am not sure why, but I have been in that same situation since months right now. The weird temporary fix that I found out was to keep the Note in the freezer for 30 minutes and then take it out and boot, it will work for 5 mins. I wouldn't recommend it cause it will damage your phone.
Due to this unrecoverable issue I switched to Note5.
It also can be that you might have hard bricked you Note Edge, solutions in below links:
DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK, I recommend giving your phone to an official Samsung service center or a repair shop if your phone is not rooted / knox not tripped.
Link 1 -> GSM Forum Solution for SM-N915F ( Link )
There was another solution in XDA Forums as well but i couldnt find it, instead found the Note 4 version ( Link for Note 4 ) (check page 2 of the thread for solution)

Dosanjh6 said:
It's not the battery and on my computer shows up it being as Qualcomm HS-USB QDloader 9008 (COM12) I need help assap
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This happened to me in 2015. Your motherboard is burnt out. Luckily I was still under warranty so I got it fixed for free and my phone has been fine ever since , I am an expert with software when it comes to android and no amount of flashing or modification will fix this issue. You have to get your motherboard replaced. I currently have the s8 + now and use my note edge as a backup . Once it get it replaced, it will be good for a very long time. It's been almost 3 years since I got it fixed and it's been fine ever since but as I said , it's just a backup phone now

Darth-Kadd said:
This happened to me in 2015. Your motherboard is burnt out. Luckily I was still under warranty so I got it fixed for free and my phone has been fine ever since , I am an expert with software when it comes to android and no amount of flashing or modification will fix this issue. You have to get your motherboard replaced. I currently have the s8 + now and use my note edge as a backup . Once it get it replaced, it will be good for a very long time. It's been almost 3 years since I got it fixed and it's been fine ever since but as I said , it's just a backup phone now
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Thanks for the info man, I also doubted that it was a hardware problem.

I don't have the warranty so what should I do?? I've tried qpst but it doesn't work it doesn't download firmware. I've tried flashing a bootloader to a microsd but it messes my micro sd card up and formats it into multiple drives that you cannot store things on.

Update, gave it in for repairs...

Service center?

zeeshanonlyme said:
Service center?
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Nope gave it to some random tech shop. They said they would replace the mobo for $150

Dosanjh6 said:
Nope gave it to some random tech shop. They said they would replace the mobo for $150
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Hey,
Any update about your phone? Did you get the mobo replaced?

Mine is dead as well. See https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/ddi-mmcread-failed-boot-error-fix-t3434335
Start saving money for a Note 8.

Toontje123 said:
Mine is dead as well. See https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/ddi-mmcread-failed-boot-error-fix-t3434335
Start saving money for a Note 8.
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Well Bummer, I guess save cash for a new phone then

Toontje123 said:
Mine is dead as well. See https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/ddi-mmcread-failed-boot-error-fix-t3434335
Start saving money for a Note 8.
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I think I've figured out a way to fix the Note Edge

Dosanjh6 said:
I think I've figured out a way to fix the Note Edge
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okay I'm all ears I've got a SM-N915T that I'm trying to revive

stickshift4cole said:
okay I'm all ears I've got a SM-N915T that I'm trying to revive
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Nevermind... I just traded it in for my new s9+