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I took my phone back to complete stock last night using odin, this morning I wanted to update the phone so my kiddo could get the new market, after downloading kies and running the update the phone will not turn on at all. it does not show when I connect a charger and I cant get it to go into download mode. Any suggestions or is this phone now done?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
I Tried this and it didn't work. I really believe my phone is completely dead!
So there is no sign of life at all? No leds or any backlight behind the screen? If not, then you are hardbricked. Kies is notorious for hardbricking phones.
You can call your carrier or Samsung and tell them your phone was bricked using THEIR software and see where that goes.
Sorry for your loss.
Nothing at all idk what they will say since I've had the phone since brand new
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I'm on the phone with Samsung now let's see what they say
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They are going to fix it for free!
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They are going to fix it for free!
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I had the exact problem you did. Tmobile sent me a replacement, and now I have a phone with no scratches or dings! :victory:
Well I've had mine since the day it came out, it it's out of warranty so t-mobile won't cover it, Samsung was not going to cover it at first but after it was said and done they decided to cover it since it was there software that bricked my phone
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This happened to me awhile back! I called T-Mobile, but as I was out of warranty, no phone could be sent! Wish I would've seen this thread before I tossed it...
I flashed the jellybean port over in the i9100 section and it booted but then i restarted my phone and it didnt boot so i had to repartition and flash all the pits and stuff and now when i boot it goes straight to recovery and dosnt let me select things or get into download mode
Odin flash back to stock pics or pics rom?
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I flashed the jellybean port over in the i9100 section and it booted but then i restarted my phone and it didnt boot so i had to repartition and flash all the pits and stuff and now when i boot it goes straight to recovery and dosnt let me select things or get into download mode
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Did you try selecting with the home button, please tell me you did
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Yes I did and it won't let me go into download mode
Can you force download mode by plugging in while holding sound up and dowb and power buttons or is it just sound up and down?
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On the i9100 thread you already asked in.
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Grab a pit file for your i777 and push it with odin. Then your partition will be recovered.
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I saw you asked if it worked for i777 if its not in this section don't try to flash it to this phone. There the same phone but its not exactly the same so that's why we have ports from the i9100 from the first 5-6 pages I read they are hardly able to get things fully working and a list of broken items like wifi camera ect.
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I called att and got a replacement for free
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moneyover said:
I called att and got a replacement for free
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How'd that happen?
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Had the same problem trying to root and flash 1900. Phone did some weird things when I kept trying to boot it but, finally it went to the download screen (don't know y it didn't the 10 other times) and I flashed the original.zip and went through the motions again and all is fine now.
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How'd that happen?
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They said since its under one year warranty they would take care of it and today i got my replacement working good
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They said since its under one year warranty they would take care of it and today i got my replacement working good
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did it still have stock recovery? If not, you might get a 500 dollar bill from att when they discover that...
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did it still have stock recovery? If not, you might get a 500 dollar bill from att when they discover that...
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I was just gonna say, when they get into Download mode and check that flash counter, or see that yellow triangle, that replacement is gonna cost you full price.. And you can bet they'll automatically tack it on to your next bill.
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I'd like to let him sit and squirm thinking he'll get it full price and someone will get grounded but if it didn't flash would it count?
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I'd like to let him sit and squirm thinking he'll get it full price and someone will get grounded but if it didn't flash would it count?
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You're mean
I don't know for sure, but I would imagine if it didn't flash, the counter won't trigger and he'll be OK. That's why I asked about the recovery - if it's still stock the flash probably didn't take. If it is a custom recovery, it probably means that the flash took and borked his phone...that would be the case where I would think he could expect a hefty phone bill when they catch on...
Well they would charge him for shipping the new phone checking the old phone, won't be pretty lol. This is what you get for just diving into flashing formware , I read the topic he flashed from and I knew it wasn't good for our phone yet it wasn't ported to i777 so there's no way I'd flash that.
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Lol no i reset the counter before i bricked and it is stock i9100 recovery so they look the same but the button configuration is different
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Well they would charge him for shipping the new phone checking the old phone, won't be pretty lol. This is what you get for just diving into flashing formware , I read the topic he flashed from and I knew it wasn't good for our phone yet it wasn't ported to i777 so there's no way I'd flash that.
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Hey atleast it booted i got to play with jellybean
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Its stock i9100 recovery? So it isn't i777 stock? Yeah, that'll totally pass the radar lol
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I called att and got a replacement for free
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Your phone was totally recoverable. In my view, you should have taken responsibility for your actions, and stayed with the issue till you fixed it.
It's a shame, and just plain wrong, when people abuse the warranty to get a new phone for free when the problem was due to their own actions. It's like stealing. From my time in the forum, however, it seems to be rather common behavior. I even see a post from time to time where one person advises another to do this.
At least AT&T/Samsung wind up with a phone which can be repaired and resold.
And now, since you sent them an I777 which boots to stock I9100 recovery, you will have a month or two of existential anxiety while you wait to see if they charge you full price for the phone, as written in their warranty.
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Oh goodie! You messed up your phone and got AT&T to fix it by giving you a new phone, the cost of which they can easily pass on to their other users.:good:
If u screw up yer phone, and u don't want to bother with trying to get "technical" and figure it out, there is a good chance this cycle will repeat itself. I would suggest taking a few days and just pouring over all information available here on how to do things and getting things properly understood before u go about flashing again.
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okay so while i was at the fair tonight, i rode one too many rides and threw up on myself and had to go home (lame me) and in the process of getting in the car i stripped down to my boxers and shoes in order to not get vomit all in my car. well stupid me forgot to take my phone, which i had layed on top of the car, off of the top of the car before i left and didn't realize it until i got home... my question is does anyone know any apps that can decently ping the phone without the gps being on (or turn the gps on and do it) it has my google account on it so i can load apps but i can't set them up... please help i just got this phone last week and love it...
There are plenty of free apps in the play store under 'lost phone' - everyone I've ever tried you had to setup on your phone first. Do you have insurance? Either way brother, good luck finding it.
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no i didnt have insurance thanks though!
Prey
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Plan b
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both can be installed after the incident. There is a good thread on this in the Hercules forums in the theme section
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Your carrier can track, as well. Call customer support. Whatever you do. Do it fast before they pull the SIM and wipe
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Samsung dive... the official Samsung phone tracker.
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my phone is dead.. unless i luck up and someone finds it and decides to charge it... i think all hope is lost :'(
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Samsung dive... the official Samsung phone tracker.
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i am on cm10
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for Verizon that I ran Casual on unlocked the bootloader, rooted it and put a custom Rom on. Then it all when to heck!! Loaded CleanRom on it but didn't like the Storage and SD card thing so I Flashed the changeup but apparantley I missed something in there becuse it wasn't right it would put apps on the sd card memory but pictures on the internal memory. Said I was out of space for updates and so on. Couldnt get it fixed and flashed Mean Bean to it. It worked for 3 days and began boot looping and I tried factory restore and It says something about efs files E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid Argument). Sent it to repair shop in Irving Tx. they have had it 2 weeks and they say if they can't fix it by Monday, there going to ship it back to me, still broken. Can this be fixed or do I have a $600.00 paperweight
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073654
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073654
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Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
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Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
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If anyone knows someone in the DFW area or anywhere who can fix this, send me a link and I will give them a try. I just want my phone working again. It's pretty stupid to be able to keep your unlimited data with Verizon you have to buy a phone at full price. I have a lot invested here!!! Thanks everybody!!
romotx said:
Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
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This is really not a very complicated procedure. Everything you would have to do you can look up and find out how to do it via Google. Its better than having to pay $60 to have it JTAGed. I'm not even sure if JTAGing it would be the way to go seeing as how it giant hard bricked and the steps to fix it are fairly explained in that thread. If you cant do what the thread explains find a techie family member or friend, show them the thread and ask them to do it.
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I have talked to some cellphone repair people and they all have said that you can't JTAG a Note 2 yet. I appreciate your help, but I took it to Dallas today to the shop, I don't want to take anymore chances.
romotx said:
I have talked to some cellphone repair people and they all have said that you can't JTAG a Note 2 yet. I appreciate your help, but I took it to Dallas today to the shop, I don't want to take anymore chances.
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The people you have been talking to apparently don't know jack diddly ****, look up MobileTechVideos. He is the communities go to guy and has been JTAGing Note 2s for quite a while. Don't believe everything you hear from these repair shops, most of them won't even know what the hell a JTAG is let alone if its available, which it is.
I have a very bad feeling about this shop, I'm pretty sure they're going to screw you pretty hard when you could've sent it off for $60 and had it JTAGed.
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Repair shop? I bet you also inherited millions from your dead Nigerian Prince uncle.
Send me a G and I'll fix it.
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Solution: JTAG $60
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Repair shop? I bet you also inherited millions from your dead Nigerian Prince uncle.
Send me a G and I'll fix it.
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Solution: JTAG $60
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He doesn't like to listen to people on the forums who have gone through this **** before, he only listens to repair shops that don't even know what JTAGing is.
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He doesn't like to listen to people on the forums who have gone through this **** before, he only listens to repair shops that don't even know what JTAGing is.
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He's what slimy salesmen call a "hot lead".
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He's what slimy salesmen call a "hot lead".
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Hence why I avoid said slim salesmen like the plague.
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Romotx - You jumped into the pool when you started flashing, but then you didn't want to learn how to swim. Did you even try typing the commands in the linked thread? That's how it works you type commands carefully and when you get an error you look that error up and try it again. Got a new error, look that one up, and so on. The more you do, the more help you get here. But it sounds like you were not very careful to start with to bork your phone that bad.
It's too late for you, but for others, when something goes wrong take a step back and take a breath. Do some reading, make sure you understand where you went wrong, and what and why you are doing next to your phone. What ever you did should have been an easy fix at some earlier point in time.
But good luck in getting your phone repaired.
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Romotx - You jumped into the pool when you started flashing, but then you didn't want to learn how to swim. Did you even try typing the commands in the linked thread? That's how it works you type commands carefully and when you get an error you look that error up and try it again. Got a new error, look that one up, and so on. The more you do, the more help you get here. But it sounds like you were not very careful to start with to bork your phone that bad.
It's too late for you, but for others, when something goes wrong take a step back and take a breath. Do some reading, make sure you understand where you went wrong, and what and why you are doing next to your phone. What ever you did should have been an easy fix at some earlier point in time.
But good luck in getting your phone repaired.
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The answer is no he didn't try the commands, he seafood it was to difficult.
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The answer is no he didn't try the commands, he seafood it was to difficult.
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Thanks for all of ya'lls help. Come here asking questions and get beat over the head. GEEZ!!!
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My phone will only go into download mode and when you try to do a recovery I get this
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Yes and that link that was posted earlier tells you exactly how to fix it. You just don't want to use it. If you can't get into CWM or TWRP try it on what shows up when you boot into recovery, for Christ's sake it's even telling you to use ADB commands which is exactly what that thread tells you to do. If you had pages attention you would know that.
Instead of taking it to a "shop" that obviously doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground you should listen to the people in the community who have been through this before.
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Thanks for all of ya'lls help. Come here asking questions and get beat over the head. GEEZ!!!
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We did help you! You now know that you don't take your phone to a "repair shop"! Lol.
But seriously, listen to dude above, or wait for droidstyle or kintwofan to pop in. They'll answer the same way they do every other time this happens. Search for "bricked note 2 xda" and add "kintwofan" or "droidstyle" to the mix (WILDCARD) and see how many hits you get. Doesn't matter if the symptoms aren't exact - TRY IT.
What bad can happen? You gonna brick your phone? Hell, it may even start working again!?
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We did help you! You now know that you don't take your phone to a "repair shop"! Lol.
But seriously, listen to dude above, or wait for droidstyle or kintwofan to pop in. They'll answer the same way they do every other time this happens. Search for "bricked note 2 xda" and add "kintwofan" or "droidstyle" to the mix (WILDCARD) and see how many hits you get. Doesn't matter if the symptoms aren't exact - TRY IT.
What bad can happen? You gonna brick your phone? Hell, it may even start working again!?
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I got this reply from mobiletechvideos.com
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You can get into download mode, correct? I bet someone here can fix you up.
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I got this reply from mobiletechvideos.com
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Its very odd that it was advertised recently then, hmmm I have to see what I can find out.
As for the option that someone else linked earlier, have you tried it yet? It seems like the perfect solution to your problem. Granted you can't get into recovery the screen it shows you tells you to use ADB which is exactly what the fix uses.
As for beating you over the head, what the hell do you expect? You come asking for advice and then don't take ANY of it and act like we are all fools.
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Its very odd that it was advertised recently then, hmmm I have to see what I can find out.
As for the option that someone else linked earlier, have you tried it yet? It seems like the perfect solution to your problem. Granted you can't get into recovery the screen it shows you tells you to use ADB which is exactly what the fix uses.
As for beating you over the head, what the hell do you expect? You come asking for advice and then don't take ANY of it and act like we are all fools.
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I never acted like anybody was a fool. I have been lurking and reading for years on here. I respect everyone's advice here! I have a $600.00 phone that I screwed up,yes thats what you have to do with Verizon to keep your unlimited data plan that they grandfathered you into and now when you want to upgrade it's pay full price for the phone or you get 2Gb. plan, and I don't feel confident enough to fix it like you guys suggest. I have never used ADB, I have never had a brand of phone where you could unlock the bootloader, I'm not a command and scripts and whatever voodoo you guys do to these phones.kind of guy. I can build computers and I have rooted and put roms on 2 other phones. I can't afford to buy another phone and in this backwoods hick town when you talk to anybody about rooting a phone they have no idea what the heck your even talking about.
Please!! im going CRAZY trying to root my Gs3 i747!! My usb mini port got bad so i got it replaced and now it wont connect to computer! not even in download mode it doesnt even show the icon on notifications. I tried framaroot, Ezinox abuse, root Z4, thru terminal with motochopper method and nothing!!!! my gs3 is 6 months old but i lost warranty, My only chance is if someone build a method for the i747 gs3 or i sell it for cheap and loose money please HELP!!!!! IM A FLASHOHOLIC and good rom tester!!
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Check out the Sprint GS3 general section I've seen something about it there before. I'd link it but I'm on my phone.
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Check out the Sprint GS3 general section I've seen something about it there before. I'd link it but I'm on my phone.
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cant find it but is kind of risky to mess with other carriers methods i think.. it could brick my phone right??
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Its universal for the galaxy s3 variants. Its your best bet. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352674
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Its universal for the galaxy s3 variants. Its your best bet. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352674
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yop tried that a few times got me exited for a sec. but ill go ahead and try it again who knows! thanks
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Good luck let me know if you can get it to work out.
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Good luck let me know if you can get it to work out.
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i ended up with this and no root
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Is there a recovery already on your device? If there is and you have an sdcard try moving the root files to that card with a friends phone or something. If there isn't then you might be out of luck. Keep searching I'm sure there's something you can do.
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Is there a recovery already on your device? If there is and you have an sdcard try moving the root files to that card with a friends phone or something. If there isn't then you might be out of luck. Keep searching I'm sure there's something you can do.
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i got stock android recovery and yeah i have a extsdcard and i got the motochopper files on the sdcard (internal) why?
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I was hoping you had a custom recovery from before the usb got messed up. I'm out of ideas just keep looking and if I come across anything I'll let you know.
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I was hoping you had a custom recovery from before the usb got messed up. I'm out of ideas just keep looking and if I come across anything I'll let you know.
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thanks a lot man! yeah this been a nigthmare, i had it root, my usb port got bad i unrooted to take it to warranty the process went good but got me left with a binary count and custom binary (no warranty) couldnt root it back so i pay to get the part fixed, came back only charging, had a big discussion with the tech, spend every hour trying to find a solution here so i can root back my phone and live forever happy lol but !nothing! and guess what my usb port started having trouble charging now AGAIN!! SO i will have to either fight with the tech outside the shop or throw my phone to the wall and put a end to this tragic episodes hahahahahaha
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thanks a lot man! yeah this been a nigthmare, i had it root, my usb port got bad i unrooted to take it to warranty the process went good but got me left with a binary count and custom binary (no warranty) couldnt root it back so i pay to get the part fixed, came back only charging, had a big discussion with the tech, spend every hour trying to find a solution here so i can root back my phone and live forever happy lol but !nothing! and guess what my usb port started having trouble charging now AGAIN!! SO i will have to either fight with the tech outside the shop or throw my phone to the wall and put a end to this tragic episodes hahahahahaha
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Sounds like you've been through a lot with that phone. You're better than me though because I would've slammed it already lol good luck with that and the more power to ya hahaha
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