[Q] Broken USB, Broken CWM - Samsung Infuse 4G

I've read every thread on XDA about the Infuse. I was able to successfully update from 2.3.6 to cm9. Then of course I got greedy and went to cm10. While in CM10 the android keyboard kept FC'n. I went back into CWM and Factory reset, cache, data, dalvik and so on. Then I tried to perform a restore from a previous cm9 install. I got an error saying the system was unable to mount my system and something about not being able to mount recovery something or another.
I know normally I could just ODIN back to EP4 and work my way back up. Unfortunately my USB port was broken somehow by my teenage son when he was using the device. Because I'm a sucker and gave my daughter my SGH_i957 so this is the only device I have. Is there anyway I can fix this through CWM? Or is this phone a brick and I am without luck?
Thank You all

as usual I get no help, awesome

KFlannigan5 said:
as usual I get no help, awesome
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Only possible way I know is using heimdal and Odin back to GB, due to partitions u can't down grade from JB to anything lower than it. Same with ICS. U have bricked ur phone and even though u can access ur recovery I do not know of a solution to fix ur bricked phone unless u get ur USB port fixed
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bradman117 said:
Only possible way I know is using Heimdall or Odin back to GB, due to partitions u can't down grade from JB to anything lower than it...unless u get ur USB port fixed
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FWIW, sadly, I recently asked an independent repair shop about fixing the micro USB port on a smart phone, as I figure they must wear out fairly frequently due to all the plugging and unplugging for charging. They said that except for in the cases of about 3 to 5 models of phones, it is nearly impossible to fix the micro USB port on a phone because it is micro-soldered to the board. However, this may just be due to the fact that the repair shop doesn't have some of the more sophisticated equipment that a bigger repair shop would have. YMMV.

Thank You
bradman117 said:
Only possible way I know is using heimdal and Odin back to GB, due to partitions u can't down grade from JB to anything lower than it. Same with ICS. U have bricked ur phone and even though u can access ur recovery I do not know of a solution to fix ur bricked phone unless u get ur USB port fixed
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I appreciate your input. I looked online for hardware and the cost didn't suit the needs so I tossed it.
Thank you again for replying though, greatly appreciated.

KFlannigan5 said:
I appreciate your input. I looked online for hardware and the cost didn't suit the needs so I tossed it.
Thank you again for replying though, greatly appreciated.
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Mobile Tech Videos...Infuse USB repair- $35

KFlannigan5 said:
I appreciate your input. I looked online for hardware and the cost didn't suit the needs so I tossed it.
Thank you again for replying though, greatly appreciated.
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Lame sauce! I would have totally taken it off ur hands for u! Too bad I leave in a week though..
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The screen was broken and I'd just grown so frustrated with it. I'll give up my HTC Thunderbolt for an Infuse.....
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[REQUEST] Infuse Bootloaders

Does anyone have a link or have the sbl.bin and boot.bin files for the Samsung Infuse? Gracias!
You think you can unbrick bricked bootloaders in an Infuse?
re: bootloaders
ookba said:
You think you can unbrick bricked bootloaders in an Infuse?
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the short answer is NO the long answer is not in a hundred years!
Good luck, sell it on eBay you can get between $100-$200 for it if the fone is good shape all in one piece!!!
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Misterjunky said:
the short answer is NO the long answer is not in a hundred years!
Good luck, sell it on eBay you can get between $100-$200 for it if the fone is good shape all in one piece!!!
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connexion has a riffbox, this is how the firmware is installed at the factory. he wants this so he can provide a service for us. so the answer is 100% yes. don't speak so fast. Samsung also may have a way to repair bootloaders throught the USB, Adam outlet has been researching ways to do this and might be close.
connexion I'm on my phone so it is tedious to search and provide a link, but there was a untested bootloader dump in lost1's Odin package, the pit doesn't work with that one.
also gtg and other are trying to get Rogers bootloaders but without your service it is getting hard to get a tester, not sure if they got a good dump yet. thank you for your interest. i hope you are successful in finding what You need.
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Dani897 said:
connexion has a riffbox, this is how the firmware is installed at the factory. he wants this so he can provide a service for us. so the answer is 100% yes. don't speak so fast. Samsung also may have a way to repair bootloaders throught the USB, Adam outlet has been researching ways to do this and might be close.
connexion I'm on my phone so it is tedious to search and provide a link, but there was a untested bootloader dump in lost1's Odin package, the pit doesn't work with that one.
also gtg and other are trying to get Rogers bootloaders but without your service it is getting hard to get a tester, not sure if they got a good dump yet. thank you for your interest. i hope you are successful in finding what You need.
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Sorry about that, I was under the impression that he is trying to fix his bootloader, perhaps I did not read his post properly
Misterjunky said:
Sorry about that, I was under the impression that he is trying to fix his bootloader, perhaps I did not read his post properly
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he will fix bootloaders soon, the riffbox means opening up the phone and flashing directly to the board. and that means the ability to test gb bootloader dumps in confidence! hopefully we will have a tested working gb bootloader dump before then but if not connexion will be a good person to be involved.
but i understand that you may have thought he was flashing with Odin. still bootloaders are needed to use the pit file if used with heimdall, little known fact but i didn't think the bootloader request would be weird no matter who it is. i try to assume the poster has the knowledge unless it is otherwise apparent that they don't.
connexion - try to catch up with gtg465x or LinuxBozo on IRC, #infuse4g on freenode. They can hook you up.
BTW, due to troll problems webchat users are currently banned, you need to use a real client.
Thanks guys ill give one of hem a shot. Currently I can do the Captivate, Vibrant, i9000, TAB 7", Nexus S and Epic aand many many more. The Infuse has very similar hardware. If I can map the pinouts I may be able to connect and re-write a Captivate bootloader which COULD allow download mode and allow me to flash the correct ones. If that won't work but I can still connect via JTAG I can still just back up a working Infuse to create my own bootloaders. This is worlds first stuff we are talking about and I'm trying to get you guys in on a solution for a hard brick...
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connexion2005 said:
Thanks guys ill give one of hem a shot. Currently I can do the Captivate, Vibrant, i9000, TAB 7", Nexus S and Epic aand many many more. The Infuse has very similar hardware. If I can map the pinouts I may be able to connect and re-write a Captivate bootloader which COULD allow download mode and allow me to flash the correct ones. If that won't work but I can still connect via JTAG I can still just back up a working Infuse to create my own bootloaders. This is worlds first stuff we are talking about and I'm trying to get you guys in on a solution for a hard brick...
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Thats insanely awesome thanks bro
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connexion2005 said:
Thanks guys ill give one of hem a shot. Currently I can do the Captivate, Vibrant, i9000, TAB 7", Nexus S and Epic aand many many more. The Infuse has very similar hardware. If I can map the pinouts I may be able to connect and re-write a Captivate bootloader which COULD allow download mode and allow me to flash the correct ones. If that won't work but I can still connect via JTAG I can still just back up a working Infuse to create my own bootloaders. This is worlds first stuff we are talking about and I'm trying to get you guys in on a solution for a hard brick...
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AWESOME!
This could come in handy
Thanks for understanding and appreciating it! I just cracked the SGS II variants last week with the help of the RIFF team as well...
connexion2005 said:
Thanks for understanding and appreciating it! I just cracked the SGS II variants last week with the help of the RIFF team as well...
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Glad to have u.aboard
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Chewy11 said:
AWESOME!
This could come in handy
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+1 Great News!
I think I can see the end of the rainbow.....
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AT&T Froyo loaders: http://www.mediafire.com/?427lho7p35xy2hy
Rogers GB loaders: http://www.mediafire.com/?wuzs1wa4tr8btyy
Enjoy.
ookba said:
You think you can unbrick bricked bootloaders in an Infuse?
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It can be done, as outlined above.
Sent from my Captivate
BTW, do you know of anyone who has done work with using OpenOCD and FT2232-based JTAG dongles instead of the RIFF box?
If I can find a candidate "guinea pig" device (even a non-Infuse similar to ours) cheaply enough I may try getting the OpenOCD + FT2232 combo going with a Bus Blaster v2.
Which reminds me - What's the target Vref voltage for Samsung's JTAG port? Bus Blaster v2 can go down to 1.2 volts.
I've never tried using any other JTAG solution. I write to i897 with a JTAG Target Voltage of 2.8V...
Has anyone tested those bootloaders and actually flashed them? They appear to be legit after looking at them with a hex editor. If they are legit then Infuse bootloaders are NOT compatible with i897, T959 or i9000 bootloaders as both sets of those bootloaders for Rogers and ATT hard bricked my test Vibrant. Still does not mean I'm out of options. If I can connect to an Infuse via JTAG, I can write a script and inject my own bootloaders that way most likely.
Here's the real sticking point. We've tried heimdall and odin to flash bootloaders, and they either error out on flash, or just don't take at all. We're guessing there is some sort of signature checking, or the infuse has some other way of flashing bootloaders correctly. No one really has had time to sit down and figure it out completely.

Hard Bricked Samsung Galaxy S 4G...Please help..

Hi, everyone, I've recently HARD BRICKED my Samsung Galaxy MODEL: T959V with T-mobile.
First off, I got pattern locked on my phone, yea I know I'm an idiot, LOL. Next I totally forgot my gmail password so I could not log back into my phone.
So then I next decided to flash back to stock with odin 1.7 and T959UVJFD. tar file from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1047087.
As a result, my phone would boot to the loading screen with the dashed circle and a battery display in the background and thus would not finish booting all the way.
So I figured I would do more research and found that people would try flashing with the Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...833024&page=49 and after flash back to stock.
After I flashed with the Eugene rom this was when the phone completely died and would not turn on. I tried the take out the battery, holding down and up volume button and plugging into computer method but the computer would not detect it anymore.
Now I don't know what to do. I realized I was flashing with the Galaxy Vibrant kernels with Odin and now, it won't turn on anymore and can't boot into download mode. It is also not being detected my computer when I plug it in. I'ts a blank screen.
Please help.. Thanks, and appreciate it.
Unfortunately, you won't get much sympathy for that. Here's some info for you though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333423
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
If you can't do the first thread, try to look for someone who can help you with it.
Other than that, you're SoL.
Good luck.
Wow... all kinds of fail.
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op, lol. You are lucky bkoon posted first. Normally people would flame you for something like this. If ths above methods don't work, post in this thread again. Don't worry, you're not the first one to do this...pm me if you are still having problems.
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jager555 said:
op, lol. You are lucky bkoon posted first. Normally people would flame you for something like this. If ths above methods don't work, post in this thread again. Don't worry, you're not the first one to do this...pm me if you are still having problems.
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Normally wouldn't have posted anything, but seeing that no one did and started flaming him, I decided to help.
There's a good handful of people on XDA (maybe more) who are capable of doing what I mentioned to you. You'll have to look for them though. I'm sure they charge a decent fee as well.
There was a thread by raver i think that stated how to unbrick a hard brick
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If you can unbrick it.... it was never bricked to begin with.
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camalus said:
If you can unbrick it.... it was never bricked to begin with.
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What? the op is definitely bricked...
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UnBrickable mod is your best option. Read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333424
I'd you don't feel comfortable or don't have the tools, I can do it for $30 + shipping (usually $6) send me a PM.
I am having the same problem right now.... did you ever fix yours?
Mylilacs said:
I am having the same problem right now.... did you ever fix yours?
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What did you do? Listing the steps you took will help.
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What did you do? Listing the steps you took will help.
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...Will help you get scorned and ridiculed mercilessly! hahah
Mylilacs said:
I am having the same problem right now.... did you ever fix yours?
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Hello!! I bricked my gs4g, couldn't put it in download mode with the regular bottoms combo, so what I did was:with the phone off push volume bottoms, both in the same time nothing else, then connect your phone with the computer(usb), that gave me download mode
AdamOutler said:
UnBrickable mod is your best option. Read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333424
I'd you don't feel comfortable or don't have the tools, I can do it for $30 + shipping (usually $6) send me a PM.
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I have the same problem and I need you help me, I can pay you the price o more, but I'm from dominican republic and is to dificult send you the phone, so can you tell me whish is the best option to recover my phone.
thanks
hackeadorazo said:
I have the same problem and I need you help me, I can pay you the price o more, but I'm from dominican republic and is to dificult send you the phone, so can you tell me whish is the best option to recover my phone.
thanks
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Can you get your phone to boot to download mode?
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Cooptx said:
Can you get your phone to boot to download mode?
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no, the phone is totaly dead
hackeadorazo said:
no, the phone is totaly dead
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Does your phone light up at all?
If not, could your battery be completely dead and broke?
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Cooptx said:
Does your phone light up at all?
If not, could your battery be completely dead and broke?
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the battery is good, it measure is 4.1 and 3.7 is enough

odin wont recognize skyrocket bricked help:(

I was trying to return my phone to stock using odin. I was using the konane tar and instead of pushing PDA I pushed PIT and hit start. After it was done flashing my samsung skyrocket turned off will not turn on at all and when i connect it to my computer it is not recognized by odin at all. It is only recognized by my computer as QHUSB_DLOAD but nothing else. Can someone please help me or direct me to the right person. Thank you
Its hard bricked. Jtag or samsung warranty to fix
what is jtag? and where do i find it?
marcos1012 said:
what is jtag? and where do i find it?
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It's a place you have to send it to get fixed
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
its that the only two options that i have? and for jtag would it be considered a samsung galaxy s 2...even though mine is also skyrocket?
marcos1012 said:
its that the only two options that i have? and for jtag would it be considered a samsung galaxy s 2...even though mine is also skyrocket?
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Yes, it's toast, those are the only options.
No, it's a skyrocket, he fixes those too
thank u sir i appreciate your help very much. I am glad there is people like you in this forum
marcos1012 said:
thank u sir i appreciate your help very much. I am glad there is people like you in this forum
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It should be about $50 from him
Umm I don't know what carrier your with or if you are still in your warranty time frame or have mobile phone insurance? But when I first started flashing phones I bricked a captivate after having it for only a couple of months so I called att and told them I was updating the phone using kies mini as directed and the power blinked and screwed the phone up. So they never questioned me they just sent me a new captivate.. I was lucky cause that was about the time the froyo update came out so they never questioned me just said that's happened to a lot of people. So with gingerbread updates rolling out tell them you were updating and the phone cut off and won't come back on. Its worth a try. I know a lot on here that has done it...
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if its an AT&T skyrocket call AT&T warranty and get them to send a replacement in the mail or go to your local DSC if you have one and they will replace it there to

[Q] bricked my phone

accidently flashed a GSM rom onto my phone.. now it wont start up or get into download/recovery mode.
i've only seen the solution of sending it in to a repair company for $60.. which i dont have at the moment, is there any other way to fix it?
The LED is red when plugged in.
blubberflub said:
accidently flashed a GSM rom onto my phone.. now it wont start up or get into download/recovery mode.
i've only seen the solution of sending it in to a repair company for $60.. which i dont have at the moment, is there any other way to fix it?
The LED is red when plugged in.
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Nope, the JTAG is your only choice at this point. It sucks, but bet you won't make that mistake again.
Sent from my SGS3 running Eclipse 2.1
On ebay you can find a usb dongle that force your phone in download mode.. it's about 1or 2 $$.
Never uswd with s3 but with s1 and s2 was perfect.
A least you'll lose 2 $$..
Hope this help
...Tapatalk'ed
Trunkam said:
On ebay you can find a usb dongle that force your phone in download mode.. it's about 1or 2 $$.
Never uswd with s3 but with s1 and s2 was perfect.
A least you'll lose 2 $$..
Hope this help
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It won't work for his problem. His phone doesn't have download mode anymore. The international ROM overwrites that part. JTAG is the only option.
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kintwofan said:
It won't work for his problem. His phone doesn't have download mode anymore. The international ROM overwrites that part. JTAG is the only option.
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Ding ding ding....we have a winner!
I'm not asking this to be mean, I'm just generally curious...
How do people keep accidentally flashing ROMs not made for the VZW GS3?
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josh995 said:
I'm not asking this to be mean, I'm just generally curious...
How do people keep accidentally flashing ROMs not made for the VZW GS3?
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Simple...its called flashing without doing proper research. You would be amazed what people assume.
I accidentally flashed a GSM ROM on my phone once. I was able to get it into download mode. I had to use Odin to get back onto stock and start all over. Good luck.
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kintwofan said:
It won't work for his problem. His phone doesn't have download mode anymore. The international ROM overwrites that part. JTAG is the only option.
Sent from my SGS3 running Eclipse 2.1
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I'm not telling you are wrong, but have you tried?
I had my phone in a similar situation with not download mode via "buttons" and nothing to do except sending..
I tried and it worked.
Dongle works by hardware and not software..
But, anyway I would spend 2$ instead of 60 to try..
My2cents..
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It depends which gsm ROM if it's like a T-Mobile ROM I think it's savable, but international and it's done. There's a huge difference between the two.
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Trunkam said:
I'm not telling you are wrong, but have you tried?
I had my phone in a similar situation with not download mode via "buttons" and nothing to do except sending..
I tried and it worked.
Dongle works by hardware and not software..
But, anyway I would spend 2$ instead of 60 to try..
My2cents..
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No I've always read what I'm flashing so no need, but the download mode partition is overwritten by the ROM so there's nothing for the dongle to force him into. Also, this problem of people flashing the wrong ROM pops up all the time. The last guy I helped bought the single, wasted a week and when it didn't work sent his phone in.
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[Hard Brick] JTag vs Manuf. Warranty Exchange

I just hard bricked my sgs3. FIRST TIME EVER!! I've been flashing roms,kernels, etc since the MyTouch3.
Little back story.....
I flashed the LSmooth - Linaro 4.2.1 Jelly Bean Rom with CWM6. I noticed that I could not find my nandroid backups. Searched XDA and saw a thread that stated that TWRP is compatible with 4.2.1 and it will move the internal /sdcard from /0 back to its original file location, etc, etc. I went to GooManager, downloaded the twrp.tar (d2vzw), then went to MobileOdin, loaded the .tar file and flashed.
BOOM!!! No power, DOA. dead ass!! :crying::crying:
(( FACE SLAP )) then I remembered via build.prop it was configured as "maguro" and not "d2vzw". So, I'm assuming that since I failed to edit the build.prop before flashing the d2vzw TWRP recovery, it bricked my phone.
-- No power via wall, usb
-- No download / recovery mode
-- NOTHING!
My question is, if I were to call in and ask for a warranty exchange, what is the likely hood of Verizon troubleshooting, reviving my phone and figuring it out that its been rooted?
Or, should I just send my phone to someone that can JTAG it for me?
kuntri said:
I just hard bricked my sgs3. FIRST TIME EVER!! I've been flashing roms,kernels, etc since the MyTouch3.
Little back story.....
I flashed the LSmooth - Linaro 4.2.1 Jelly Bean Rom with CWM6. I noticed that I could not find my nandroid backups. Searched XDA and saw a thread that stated that TWRP is compatible with 4.2.1 and it will move the internal /sdcard from /0 back to its original file location, etc, etc. I went to GooManager, downloaded the twrp.tar (d2vzw), then went to MobileOdin, loaded the .tar file and flashed.
BOOM!!! No power, DOA. dead ass!! :crying::crying:
(( FACE SLAP )) then I remembered via build.prop it was configured as "maguro" and not "d2vzw". So, I'm assuming that since I failed to edit the build.prop before flashing the d2vzw TWRP recovery, it bricked my phone.
-- No power via wall, usb
-- No download / recovery mode
-- NOTHING!
My question is, if I were to call in and ask for a warranty exchange, what is the likely hood of Verizon troubleshooting, reviving my phone and figuring it out that its been rooted?
Or, should I just send my phone to someone that can JTAG it for me?
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You can send it to verizon as they'll have no clue what hapoened since a jtag will just be a fresh like new install showing no sing of it ever modified.
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Honest answer they won't know what happened.
Second honest answer? Grow a pair and pay for your mistake.
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I hard bricked mines before christmas.. Tried to flash cwm touch img through adb.. Sent my phone to mobiletechvideos paid 60 bucks paid extra for rush processing and express return shipping. Total was 95 bucks tookn10bdays from day sent to day received
iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple VZW GSIII
kuntri said:
I just hard bricked my sgs3. FIRST TIME EVER!! I've been flashing roms,kernels, etc since the MyTouch3.
Little back story.....
I flashed the LSmooth - Linaro 4.2.1 Jelly Bean Rom with CWM6. I noticed that I could not find my nandroid backups. Searched XDA and saw a thread that stated that TWRP is compatible with 4.2.1 and it will move the internal /sdcard from /0 back to its original file location, etc, etc. I went to GooManager, downloaded the twrp.tar (d2vzw), then went to MobileOdin, loaded the .tar file and flashed.
BOOM!!! No power, DOA. dead ass!! :crying::crying:
(( FACE SLAP )) then I remembered via build.prop it was configured as "maguro" and not "d2vzw". So, I'm assuming that since I failed to edit the build.prop before flashing the d2vzw TWRP recovery, it bricked my phone.
-- No power via wall, usb
-- No download / recovery mode
-- NOTHING!
My question is, if I were to call in and ask for a warranty exchange, what is the likely hood of Verizon troubleshooting, reviving my phone and figuring it out that its been rooted?
Or, should I just send my phone to someone that can JTAG it for me?
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I don't have an answer for your question but I would like to ask one. Did the build.prop change cause the phone to brick because it made Goo Manager download the wrong file, Mobile ODIN to flash it wrong/to the wrong place, or something else I'm totally missing? This is just a new one to me and I try to stay up on this stuff so I don't end up with a brick myself. Thanks.
JBO1018 said:
I don't have an answer for your question but I would like to ask one. Did the build.prop change cause the phone to brick because it made Goo Manager download the wrong file, Mobile ODIN to flash it wrong/to the wrong place, or something else I'm totally missing? This is just a new one to me and I try to stay up on this stuff so I don't end up with a brick myself. Thanks.
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Yes goo manager downloads recovery based on your build prop and such that's why it's always bad at the same time to change it if you aren't careful.
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nosympathy said:
Honest answer they won't know what happened.
Second honest answer? Grow a pair and pay for your mistake.
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Number 1, I need my phone for work. (plus i know people in the wireless industry)
Number 2, You tough talking on the internet. LOL!
GoonAssJuan said:
Yes goo manager downloads recovery based on your build prop and such that's why it's always bad at the same time to change it if you aren't careful.
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Thanks Bro! Now I know! I've been doing this too long to miss that.
JBO1018 said:
I don't have an answer for your question but I would like to ask one. Did the build.prop change cause the phone to brick because it made Goo Manager download the wrong file, Mobile ODIN to flash it wrong/to the wrong place, or something else I'm totally missing? This is just a new one to me and I try to stay up on this stuff so I don't end up with a brick myself. Thanks.
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I downloaded the d2vzw TWRP recovery and flashed it before changing my build.prop from maguro to d2vzw. smh
DROID3R said:
I hard bricked mines before christmas.. Tried to flash cwm touch img through adb.. Sent my phone to mobiletechvideos paid 60 bucks paid extra for rush processing and express return shipping. Total was 95 bucks tookn10bdays from day sent to day received
iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple VZW GSIII
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Instead, I called my VZW Account Rep(when i used to work BBYMobile), told them what happened. $12 Next day ....
reason why I didnt choose MobileTech,
1. I am unsure of the wait time
2. I need my cell for work
3. $12 Next day vs. $60-$95 10 Day wait ... ehhhhh
I do appreciate the comment and response, though. Thanks Bro~
GoonAssJuan said:
You can send it to verizon as they'll have no clue what hapoened since a jtag will just be a fresh like new install showing no sing of it ever modified.
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I was wondering because my vzw rep was unsure. i was going to invest in mobiletech , but i was unsure about the wait time and not having a phone for a few days to weeks. if it was TMO or ATT, yea I would have sent it because I can find me a prepaid GSM phone and use that temporarily. Oh well, thanks for the response!
Actually, I just hard bricked my s3 a couple hours ago as well! My situation is a little different though! Earlier today I received my OTG cable in the mail from eBay....long story short, this thing just destroyed my phone....turns out I'm not the only one who's had this happen! People, please be careful, don't do what I did and buy a cheap OTG cable! There seems to be some confusion as to whether it's the cable or the phones that are the cause of the problem....just google it.... OTG hard brick.....you'll see what I'm talking about!
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Thank God for the almighty sdcard with my nandroid backup from yesterday! Should be getting my replacement s3 on Saturday, then to root and restore!
kuntri said:
Instead, I called my VZW Account Rep(when i used to work BBYMobile), told them what happened. $12 Next day ....
reason why I didnt choose MobileTech,
1. I am unsure of the wait time
2. I need my cell for work
3. $12 Next day vs. $60-$95 10 Day wait ... ehhhhh
I do appreciate the comment and response, though. Thanks Bro~
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Maybe if you need your phone for work you shouldn't be so careless with it. Just saying.
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nosympathy said:
Maybe if you need your phone for work you shouldn't be so careless with it. Just saying.
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It would appear that you show... *adjusts sunglasses* no sympathy.
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Obaterista93 said:
It would appear that you show... *adjusts sunglasses* no sympathy.
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In keeping with my name...WOW! Never heard that one before!
I have been called the asshole of XDA more than a few times for a reason
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nosympathy said:
In keeping with my name...WOW! Never heard that one before!
I have been called the asshole of XDA more than a few times for a reason
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Hey, somebody's gotta do it.
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nosympathy said:
In keeping with my name...WOW! Never heard that one before!
I have been called the asshole of XDA more than a few times for a reason
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ur good man, i cringe anytime I see a send back to vz related question as this guy is how carriers can justify locking these phones down, or one of the reasons.
not that ethics and the internet go together but what op has done is wrong and it hurts this community.
vmancini3 said:
Actually, I just hard bricked my s3 a couple hours ago as well! My situation is a little different though! Earlier today I received my OTG cable in the mail from eBay....long story short, this thing just destroyed my phone....turns out I'm not the only one who's had this happen! People, please be careful, don't do what I did and buy a cheap OTG cable! There seems to be some confusion as to whether it's the cable or the phones that are the cause of the problem....just google it.... OTG hard brick.....you'll see what I'm talking about!
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2
Thank God for the almighty sdcard with my nandroid backup from yesterday! Should be getting my replacement s3 on Saturday, then to root and restore!
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Happened to a lot and can't even be Jtagged. Burns out the PCIM and non repairable as per Josh at Mobile Tech.
vmancini3 said:
Actually, I just hard bricked my s3 a couple hours ago as well! My situation is a little different though! Earlier today I received my OTG cable in the mail from eBay....long story short, this thing just destroyed my phone....turns out I'm not the only one who's had this happen! People, please be careful, don't do what I did and buy a cheap OTG cable! There seems to be some confusion as to whether it's the cable or the phones that are the cause of the problem....just google it.... OTG hard brick.....you'll see what I'm talking about!
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2
Thank God for the almighty sdcard with my nandroid backup from yesterday! Should be getting my replacement s3 on Saturday, then to root and restore!
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Dang bro! My replacement came in this afternoon (3p est) and I posted this yesterday night ( i think) ... I havent messed with that OTG cable, but good looking out.
prdog1 said:
Happened to a lot and can't even be Jtagged. Burns out the PCIM and non repairable as per Josh at Mobile Tech.
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Wow!

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