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This time i'm sure its bricked...
I was installing the Voodoo lag fix for 2.2 JP6 firmware and it failed... Then the phone started with the Phone (!) PC icon...
I'm unable to get into Download mode.
I'm goig to use this factoidz.com/how-to-unbrick-your-samsung-vibrant-galaxy-s/] Method to try and get it back to dl mode then i'll reflash with my Jp6 and just be happy with a good 2.2 rom and no lag fix.
Anyone ever recovered from this issue before? Could you please explain how?
Thank you,
Jay
someone should start selling those Jigs lol.
I have that pc-(!)-phone icon once but I just send it to TMO.
Try getting to download mode using ODIN !
Make sure phone is fully of then start odin and hold VOL UP + DOWN buttons and insert the USB cable into Galaxy S and Downloading screen should comes up !
Always works for me after bad ROM flashes ...
jackhuny said:
someone should start selling those Jigs lol.
I have that pc-(!)-phone icon once but I just send it to TMO.
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They do. I saw them on ebay for $20
ODIN won't with if you can't get into dl mode. If this doesn't work, one of the resistor jigs most likely will. My phone was hardware locked when first tried messing with it.
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The_wolf88 said:
Try getting to download mode using ODIN !
Make sure phone is fully of then start odin and hold VOL UP + DOWN buttons and insert the USB cable into Galaxy S and Downloading screen should comes up !
Always works for me after bad ROM flashes ...
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If you follow this^^^ exactly it will work this will get you into download mode after that you need to flash to Froyo ~~~That does not Brick! rom with odin. Right after you flash that get back into download mode open odin first then with the phone ( power the phone off give it a min, hold down the volume up and down keys, now insert the usb cord BAM download mode) flash back to whatever rom you want. Or don't learn how to to fix it and send it to tmo and tell them your phone just bricked itself somehow
Here i go!
That 2.2 was awesome! Time to stop messing with it if i get it back up...
Got'er done y'all! Thanks!
i dont know what to do now, i have 2 samsung vib's and i redid one back to stock with odin, then updated it with the kies to the 2.2 i did a factory reset on my other phone and it rebooted into the vibrant screen,,,i try everything to get it to the download screen but it wont go,,,and my computer does not recognise it ....mind you it see's the other phone but not this one.....i dont know what to do now,,,and yes ive tryed every way to get it to the download or recovery screen no go on anything
crose948 said:
i dont know what to do now, i have 2 samsung vib's and i redid one back to stock with odin, then updated it with the kies to the 2.2 i did a factory reset on my other phone and it rebooted into the vibrant screen,,,i try everything to get it to the download screen but it wont go,,,and my computer does not recognise it ....mind you it see's the other phone but not this one.....i dont know what to do now,,,and yes ive tryed every way to get it to the download or recovery screen no go on anything
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Have you tried the hardware jig? That is a guarantee getting it into download mode.
How are you trying to enter download screen? Did you disable voodoo first?
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If it boots on its own without pushing power, take battery out and plug in usb, hold only volume up and down replace battery and should jump right to download. Bricked my phone every way possible, by now I can get out of almost anything.
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phone is stuck on the black screen with white vibrant in middle and samsung at bottom, no matter what i do or how i do it thats were the screen sits....pull batt. plug in remove usb....it does not matter,,,and what is jig.
richtertrevor78 said:
If it boots on its own without pushing power, take battery out and plug in usb, hold only volume up and down replace battery and should jump right to download. Bricked my phone every way possible, by now I can get out of almost anything.
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nope stillgoes right to right to------------------ooooooo hold on rebooting now ,,woot
Hold volume up and volume down plus the power button, after the SECOND time you see the vibrant logo ONLY release the power button before the vibrant logo appears for the third time. Works every time for me
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Are you sure you installed the samsung drivers right?
Rolling with TW's latest beefy beast.
I'm pretty sure if those options didn't work your Vibrant is a hardware locked one. You may want to try the hardware jig as mentioned above. I've fixed my hardware locked vibrant countless times with that little tool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaeaAcJHqw
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Snozbeary said:
Are you sure you installed the samsung drivers right?
Rolling with TW's latest beefy beast.
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ya it computer see's the other vibrant phone and i was able to revert back to stock with odin,,,this phone it not recognised so i cant flash with odin..
phone wont even let me do a rom flash from rom manager,,it starts to then just gets stuck at the vibrant screen again....wtf,,,well the phone boots up normal but i cant get into the recovery or rom flash,,,,every time i try the phone gets stuck on the samsung load screen,,it takes 3-5 times just to get it to boot right ,,,after that,,im clueless
crose948 said:
ya it computer see's the other vibrant phone and i was able to revert back to stock with odin,,,this phone it not recognised so i cant flash with odin..
phone wont even let me do a rom flash from rom manager,,it starts to then just gets stuck at the vibrant screen again....wtf,,,well the phone boots up normal but i cant get into the recovery or rom flash,,,,every time i try the phone gets stuck on the samsung load screen,,it takes 3-5 times just to get it to boot right ,,,after that,,im clueless
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well after tons of hours and trying every way i came to the concusion that the usb port might be damaged or corroded on the phone, like ive stated before my other vibrant connects perfect to the computer,,and on this phone i can wiggle the cord by the phone and you can hear it connect / disconnect from computer, but it still it not recognized by the comp. and so i dont think the jig would work becuase u would need a good usb connection to begin with,im thinking my gf got some water / snow or somthing in the port corroding the connection, i took a magnafying glass and seams like there is some green corrosion in the port.
nevermind ...........
Also bricked my phone - Will the jig help?
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
marksht said:
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
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I had this same issue trying to install bionix v.. I made a jig and the jig just booted it to the phone ! computer screen... I called tmobile and they sent me a new phone!
marksht said:
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
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Pull everything out of your phone (battery, sim, sdcard)
Open ODIN on your PC and plug the USB into it (PC)
Put the battery back in and hold down both volume e
keys
Plug the USB into the phone
Should be in Download Mode and you can let go of the volume keys.
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Ok, so now need to build the jig.
Tnx
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Try one more thing... Pull the battery and put it back in so your phone is off...plug in the charger so you get the charging screen...now when you see the charging icon hold in both volume buttons and the power button. You will see the icon flash off and back on then flash off and back on ...now when it flashes off for the third time...let go of the power button only..keep holding the volume keys
see if it will go into download mode that way
i had tried all of these methods and the jig...none of them worked...ervery time the screen turned on, it was the phone ! computer screen....no charging screen, nada..no matter what i did
ok try this too, pull batt,,,plug in charger,,,put batt. in then as soon as it lights up pull batt again,,then put back in fast,,then pull again as soon as it lights up ,do this 4 times and see what happens,,,my phone will get stuck on the samsung screen,and no matter what i do it gets / stays stuck like that untill i do the batt pull reinstall 4 times .then on the 4 th time i leave batt. in and phone boots up normal
I dont know where to start.
Well I got samsung galaxy S just today (thats bell version, vibrant)
and I tried unlocking by rooting them
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
using this
it worked
then i installed
sgs_unlock.apk (using computer)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...55&postcount=1
and it didn't find the code
so i tried to do the pro one, but i dont have wifi connection and of cors my 3g doesn't work (cuz its locked to bell)
so then i tried editing the hex file, and i couldn't find the right code ?
so then i saw this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869978
post # 7
and i did
#1 of that post
installing T959UVJI6 OTA Stock ODIN Flashable
then after this
the phone works if its not connected to pc
but when it is connected it doesn't work..
the phone goes dark
then the loading circle thing shows up
then the empty battery thing shows up then the phone turns dark
then the loading circle shows up etcs this repeats..
I can't do anything since it won't connect to pc
my computer doesn't even recognize it, it doesn't show as connected device.
I tried changing the usb settings to
samsung kies/media player/mass storage
none of them works, also tried usb debugging mode
but same thing happens
my phone would turn off (turn dark) then the loading circle then the battery (empty battery) with loading circle, then dark. T_T
i am trying to get my phone to work for 5 hours and I can't do it
I feel like i screwed up my phone and it won't work forever..
What do i do? I really need help.
I also tried factory resetting it but it doesn't help, it just removed my superuser thingy and SGS_Unlock app...
right now it says
model number
SGH-T959
Firmware version
2.1-update1
Baseband version
T959UVI6
kernel version
2.6.29
Build number
ECLAIR.UVI6
I also updated kies to the latest version
Please help me... I need a phone My iphone 4 got stolen yesterday and I got this today and I can't get it to work ...
Isn't the bell version like the i9000m version or something? Not sure why you would flash a stock T959 rom...
Sent from my Bullet fast, Winning Vibrant
Your phone is a Vibrant but it's the i9000m version. T959 is for the US variant.
It looks like you're gonna have to find a way to ODIN back to your stock so I suggest you head on over to the i9000 forums since that model is closer to what you're sporting.
BTW: once you get your phone back on track, check out this thread to unlock it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747235
laylovj said:
Isn't the bell version like the i9000m version or something? Not sure why you would flash a stock T959 rom...
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yeah it is
i had no idea (i have no knowledge on this)
and someone did it (on post#7) so i tried doing the same thing..
ugh..
now my phone won't even connect to pc
(i tried running adb and it says no device is connected..
Use odin to flash back to stock..not sure where to get stock i9000m fliles though..
Can u still get download mode?
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no I can't get into download mode...
pressing volume button with the power button when not connected to pc just shows the logo of samsung and galaxy s and repeat these two logos..
and when connected to pc, it does dark screen/loading/empty battery with loading..
when connected to pc, i can try to run
adb reboot download
it says
error: device not found..
Press just both the volume +/- and plug it in
laylovj said:
Press just both the volume +/- and plug it in
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when i do that,
my phone would show the
galaxy s
logo
then it would show
vibrant
samsung logo
then it will go dark
and repeat this again..and again and again
if i let it go
it just boots to the galaxy s phone (so it would ask me for sim network unlock pin, i can dismiss it to get the phone working.. not rly working.. but android os will show)
if you're trying to hit download mode, you've got to do a battery pull first.
1. pull battery
2. hold down volume +/-
3. while holding down buttons, reinsert battery & plug in USB.
This works for me everytime.
lkh5650 said:
when i do that,
my phone would show the
galaxy s
logo
then it would show
vibrant
samsung logo
then it will go dark
and repeat this again..and again and again
if i let it go
it just boots to the galaxy s phone (so it would ask me for sim network unlock pin, i can dismiss it to get the phone working.. not rly working.. but android os will show)
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turn the phone off then press vol down home and power once it turns on let the buttons go... if you get a screen that says downloading it works...
then use odin and flash the files from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022445
try no bootloaders----- 512 .pit and repartition ticked
hope this helps and from now on only flash stuff from the i-9000 thread
Jason123420 said:
turn the phone off then press vol down home and power once it turns on let the buttons go... if you get a screen that says downloading it works...
then use odin and flash the files from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022445
try no bootloaders----- 512 .pit and repartition ticked
hope this helps and from now on only flash stuff from the i-9000 thread
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wow
i love u
u are the best!!
i tried that 3 buttons and now i am on downloading screen
I am downloading the rom file from ur link
i am going to try it!!!! installing using odin <=== YES IT WORKED!! ALL I GOTTA DO IS NOW UNLOCKING I LOVE U XOXO THANK YOU SO MUCH
after this how do i unlock it..?
do i root, then use pro (Sgs unlock)?? (by paying 5 bucks??)
I have no idea haw to unlock it I never had to unlock mine.
Glad it worked...
Now don't be stupid and read EVERYTHING before you flash again
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My name is ovidiu and i need your help!!!!!!
Yesterday i tray to change from 2.3.3. To 2.3.4. On a sgs2.....but i didnt wait to finish and i unpluget the usb cable from the phone and right it doesn't open it!!
What can i do!!sorry for disturbing u!!cheers !!AND TODAY I BUY A USB JIG FOR THE SGS2 BUT IT DOESN'T WORK!!!
Use Odin to flash a new kernel (Clockwork Recovery for example) as PDA. This time do NOT unplug before its finished.
Remember to flash the kernel while you're in DOWNLOAD MODE: Vol down + Home + Power
Try to get into either recovery or download mode.
TURN PHONE OFF
VOLUME DOWN+HOME BUTTON+POWER
IF IT WORKS, PLUG IN AND OPEN ODIN AND FLASH AGAIN
hope it works for you
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Thoes buttons doesn't work anymore.the screen is black...in this case what can i do???
m2smoe said:
use odin to flash a new kernel (clockwork recovery for example) as pda. This time do not unplug before its finished.
Remember to flash the kernel while you're in download mode: Vol down + home + power
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this steps that u told me to do ,it doesn't work in may situation.cand u tell me plz another solution!!!>....plzz
So you mean your device is completely dead? No Download mode, no keys are working, right?
Have you tried to pull out the battery for some secs and put it back again?
Regards.
Yes try to remove battery and put back in, and if nothing works then you broke the phone, time to send it back (tell them you did samsung kies update and this happened)
m2smoe said:
yes try to remove battery and put back in, and if nothing works then you broke the phone, time to send it back (tell them you did samsung kies update and this happened)
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but as i told u,i root it,and i'm afraid they will see it.is possible???
And when u plug in to battery charger, nothing happen too ?
if no, i think that your GS is dead .. sorry for u
ovidiumihai05 said:
but as i told u,i root it,and i'm afraid they will see it.is possible???
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If you have tried all the things suggested and the phone cannot switch on, then how do you think Samsung will switch it on?
Right now you have an expensive paper-weight. And to be honest, you deserve it. The instructions for flashing the ROM will have told you not to unplug the USB until the flashing process was finished and roughly how long the flashing time would take.
So you have nothing to loose returning it to Samsung saying that it happened updating their KIES.
Hello, so i have a international S3 and have flashed ROMS since I got it. I am running Omega JB V28 with Syiah Kernel 1.7rc. All is fine for over a week. Just right now my phone froze and did not want to wake up, So I held down volume up, menu button, and power button to restart my phone. I accidentally let go too early before I saw the Galaxy s3 logo and now, I cannot start my phone??? I cant even go into recovery mode.... Any suggestions on how to get this to work??? thanks!
Try this:
Take battery out for 5 minutes and place it back in. Then do the required combination to get into recovery. If not try download mode...
If that fails... put the phone on charge and hopefully the battery will show up showing its charging. If not I can give no more advice.
Hope this helped.
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skrapi said:
Try this:
Take battery out for 5 minutes and place it back in. Then do the required combination to get into recovery. If not try download mode...
If that fails... put the phone on charge and hopefully the battery will show up showing its charging. If not I can give no more advice.
Hope this helped.
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Tried all of the above, took battery out, recovery didnt work. Battery out agin and download mode didnt work. Pluged phone in charge and not battery images. Tried recovery and download mode while phone plugged in charger and still nothing happens. It is weird cus I didnt prick my phone or anything, it was fine for a week. Just tried to restart it and let go to early and no this happens :/
As warranty is void you are best to source a USB recovery jig to access download mode before anything else .
jje
niclz said:
Tried all of the above, took battery out, recovery didnt work. Battery out agin and download mode didnt work. Pluged phone in charge and not battery images. Tried recovery and download mode while phone plugged in charger and still nothing happens. It is weird cus I didnt prick my phone or anything, it was fine for a week. Just tried to restart it and let go to early and no this happens :/
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You certainly pricked your S3 by at most flashing a non compatible rom for ur S3 (international) or u just messed up with something during installation,head to samsung customer care.
nhariamine said:
You certainly pricked your S3 by at most flashing a non compatible rom for ur S3 (international) or u just messed up with something during installation,head to samsung customer care.
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my phone has been rooted and flashed Omega ROM since may. The phone was working fine for 2 weeks after flashing the new Omega JB Rom v28 and it just shuts off and not power up now. I heard of people installing wrong ROMS or wrong versions of it then bricking their phons, but my phone was flashed the correct ROMS and was in a working state for 2 weeks since my last flashed ROM, never heard of a phone bricking out of now where after u've just used it... I am stopped and dont know how it happened :/ i ordered a jig and thought that might be my only way out. Anyone know if you can restart ur phone from download mode?
JJEgan said:
As warranty is void you are best to source a USB recovery jig to access download mode before anything else .
jje
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That is pretty much wut I have came down too... i ordered a jig online and hopefully I can get my phone into download mode from there. Any way there is a opstion the just restart your phone in download mode like there is in recovery mode??
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niclz said:
That is pretty much wut I have came down too... i ordered a jig online and hopefully I can get my phone into download mode from there. Any way there is a opstion the just restart your phone in download mode like there is in recovery mode??
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I may be ,isunderstanding what you are asking here but are you asking how to get your device in to download mode by using a button combo like getting in to recovery mode if so:
ODIN/Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key Combos: Volume Down + Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button until the green robot is visible on the screen indicating that handset is in Download mode.
Then press Volume Up to accept the disclaimer
Recovery Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key Combos: Volume Up+ Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button
carrd said:
I may be ,isunderstanding what you are asking here but are you asking how to get your device in to download mode by using a button combo like getting in to recovery mode if so:
ODIN/Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key Combos: Volume Down + Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button until the green robot is visible on the screen indicating that handset is in Download mode.
Then press Volume Up to accept the disclaimer
Recovery Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key Combos: Volume Up+ Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button
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A JIG is a usb end that plugs into your phone and forces it into Download Mode, all you would need to do it plug it in and it 'should' go into Download Mode.
Then hopefully you know what to do from there
skrapi said:
A JIG is a usb end that plugs into your phone and forces it into Download Mode, all you would need to do it plug it in and it 'should' go into Download Mode.
Then hopefully you know what to do from there
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USB jigs are great but most people only order one when they get a problem. I have not had a problem yet but I think its time to order a USB jig just incase
carrd said:
USB jigs are great but most people only order one when they get a problem. I have not had a problem yet but I think its time to order a USB jig just incase
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I actually am familiar on how to go to download moe and recovery mode. The weird thing is that my phone is unresponsive. It doesnt go to download mode or recovery mode at all. With no signs of life. And this happened yesterday morning after i used my phone for like 5 minutes when it was fine. I didnt brick my phone cus I wasnt flashing anything when this happened I just tried to reboot my phone and once the screen turned off it never came back one... kinda wierd and un heard of. But I did order a jig so hopefully it can be forced into download mode and take it from there....
skrapi said:
A JIG is a usb end that plugs into your phone and forces it into Download Mode, all you would need to do it plug it in and it 'should' go into Download Mode.
Then hopefully you know what to do from there
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Im running into the same problem.
I can get to the download screen but unfortunately do not know what to do from there (tried Odin and heimdal but still wont boot)
Just as another note I was able to get to my DL screen by removing battery > installing battery > holding both volume buttons then plugging in usb.
Just in case u cant get to it.
If anyone knowledgable can pm me i would appreciate it (phone is not for this forum) because i do not know what to do after i get the dl screen up apparently.
THANKS!
im having the same problem did the jigg work
You can't get into download mode? Or it won't work at all?
Running Beanstalk - JB 4.2.2 - OC Kernel - UCKK2 Modem
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wont turn on or go into recovery or download mode dosent even show batt on screen when i plug it in
Only thing I can think of is a crap battery that needs replacing.. You could also go to a metro store and ask em to restore it to stock. Almost all of em have the Samsung factory device. If u can get it into download mode I have a thread where I put instructions on how to recover from brick. (After 6 days of trial and error).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952278
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has anybody tried the unbricking usb thing
The jig or the Samsung device?
I havnt used the jig but tons of people have with success. You can make one or buy one off eBay for like $10.
The device I have used before on someone else's phone, AND you can use it to unlock your phone.
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Azrael-09 said:
The jig or the Samsung device?
I havnt used the jig but tons of people have with success. You can make one or buy one off eBay for like $10.
The device I have used before on someone else's phone, AND you can use it to unlock your phone.
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Yes the jig got mine for 4.35 And Im able to use another s3 or any android? Jig should b here Monday hope it works I all ready replaced phone with AT&T and got refeb. Phone if jig don't won't I have insurance on phone or maybe contact Samsung.