Ok a friend S3 started acting up I didn't back up so I lost anything
When I tried to put back the original firmware on the phone using Odin for no reason at all will it be installed. It will just stick on Nand writing in the bottom part of the screen and nothing on tp part of the screen that would usually show FIL, PASS etc.
Next thing with some other firmwares the blue loading bar on the phone will go to basically 100% but nothing will happen on the phone
I did get on 2 firmwares, one just kept booting to the Samsung logo then go in a revolving boot sequence with the animation coming up, the other firmware I got on seems like it belonged to some other phone company and after their boot screen comes up and the Samsung's logo come on the screen it will just stay there.
In both cases the phone was left after installation on both screens for hours with no success.
All I want to do is put back on the 4.12 JB T mobile version enter unlock code and give back to my friend
Can I get some assistance please thanks
positiveg said:
Ok a friend S3 started acting up I didn't back up so I lost anything
When I tried to put back the original firmware on the phone using Odin for no reason at all will it be installed. It will just stick on Nand writing in the bottom part of the screen and nothing on tp part of the screen that would usually show FIL, PASS etc.
Next thing with some other firmwares the blue loading bar on the phone will go to basically 100% but nothing will happen on the phone
I did get on 2 firmwares, one just kept booting to the Samsung logo then go in a revolving boot sequence with the animation coming up, the other firmware I got on seems like it belonged to some other phone company and after their boot screen comes up and the Samsung's logo come on the screen it will just stay there.
In both cases the phone was left after installation on both screens for hours with no success.
All I want to do is put back on the 4.12 JB T mobile version enter unlock code and give back to my friend
Can I get some assistance please thanks
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Take out the battery and post the model number here.
Factory reset to get past the forever spinning Samsung logo. The Odin fails are probably due to incorrect firmware.
GT-I9300
I've been trying to get a firmware for that. And how do i get it to the point of factory reset option?
thanks
G
Aerowinder said:
Take out the battery and post the model number here.
Factory reset to get past the forever spinning Samsung logo. The Odin fails are probably due to incorrect firmware.
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positiveg said:
GT-I9300
I've been trying to get a firmware for that. And how do i get it to the point of factory reset option?
thanks
G
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Direct all future questions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1563
You factory reset by entering recovery and choosing that option.
Thanks got it factory reset and it started
Was some firmware not in English but was able to change language to English so it's good will root and should be on my merry way
thanks again
Sorry if I put thread in wrong area as well
G
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Direct all future questions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1563
You factory reset by entering recovery and choosing that option.
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Hi guess what i wa trying to put on a ROM, and for some reason it's messing up. I backed up the phone before I did it and I can't find the back up
So I'm like ok let me try and put back on the firmware, but i downloaded so many firmware looking for one to try I've been unable to find the correct one. So can you point me where I can get a firmware for my galaxy I9300 please
thanks
G
Aerowinder said:
Direct all future questions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1563
You factory reset by entering recovery and choosing that option.
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Hi guess what i wa trying to put on a ROM, and for some reason it's messing up. I backed up the phone before I did it and I can't find the back up
So I'm like ok let me try and put back on the firmware, but i downloaded so many firmware looking for one to try I've been unable to find the correct one. So can you point me where I can get a firmware for my galaxy I9300 please
thanks
G
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1563
Tired looking thru this place.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1563
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Tired looking thru this place.
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You should stick to that forum before someone doesn't read this thread and answers with a link to our firmware which will brick your device.
It should be in there somewhere. Did you read the stickies? Like aerowinder said, all tour future questions need to be posted in that forum. We know very little about your device here.
You can find all samsung firmware at samsung-updates.com
Sent from my SGH-T999V using Tapatalk 4
I didn't fing anything in that forum
no prob cool
thx
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You should stick to that forum before someone doesn't read this thread and answers with a link to our firmware which will brick your device.
It should be in there somewhere. Did you read the stickies? Like aerowinder said, all tour future questions need to be posted in that forum. We know very little about your device here.
You can find all samsung firmware at samsung-updates.com
Sent from my SGH-T999V using Tapatalk 4
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I didn't fing anything in that forum
no prob cool
thx
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Well that forum is specifically for your device. Use what you find in this forum and youre destined for a brick.
If you were to ask this question there you would get answers from people who are familiar with the device you have. Ours is very different.
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I'm sorry hey but this was moves to the correct forum
Seems as well that Odin 3.4/3.6/3.6. All seem to have a problem I installed a firmware using 1.85 and it went on find.
Ok thanks got you, have a good one. so the devices are soo similar still very different?
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Well that forum is specifically for your device. Use what you find in this forum and youre destined for a brick.
If you were to ask this question there you would get answers from people who are familiar with the device you have. Ours is very different.
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Ok thanks got you, have a good one. so the devices are soo similar still very different?
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Hardware wise, they aren't similar at all.
positiveg said:
GT-I9300
I've been trying to get a firmware for that. And how do i get it to the point of factory reset option?
thanks
G
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According to this you are working on an International i9300 S3 I will move your thread to the correct forum as to not confuse other users here, or have someone here give you the wrong links to software that may brick your device.
Thread moved.
The op can post what the problem is here please if its an I9300 .
I9300 Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
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Please Help. I flashed this Ice cream sandwich file "I9100XXLPB_I9100OXXLP5_OXX" on my galaxy s2 i777 and now i cant go back to stock. I get a frozen boot screen with the gt-i9100 logo. The only time I can get the phone to turn on is when I reflash the i9100 ics with odin. I dont want that because the back and search buttons dont work and internet data is not working. I just want to go back to the icsrewd that I had or foxhound. Please help. Thank you.
P.s. I also tried this, but didnt work "[Heimdall][Odin][Stock][Root]UCKH7/KK6 Return/Unbrick to Stock (or Root)"
Why not flash back to what was working, as you stated you can, and then from there, clear/wipe etc., and flash what you do want?
Clay
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It wont let me flash anything that has to do with i777, not even the rom i had before.
If you can get into download mode you can flash back to stock. Just do everything you did when you flash the 1900 but use the stock one found in the development board and you should be fine
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Tried to return to stock. It finishes download and reboots phone, but then the screen freezes at the galaxy s2 logo. I have to re-enter download mode to get off that screen. The phone never boots up after that. I need a link to a .tar file for a rom so I can flash through odin.
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Tried to return to stock. It finishes download and reboots phone, but then the screen freezes at the galaxy s2 logo. I have to re-enter download mode to get off that screen. The phone never boots up after that. I need a link to a .tar file for a rom so I can flash through odin.
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Flash back to stock first. You need to flash everything for the I777 that is in the i9100 package that caused the problem. Use an archive program to open the i9100 tar and look at the contents. It probably includes boot.bin, sbl.bin, and param.lfs. None of the stock I777 packages that you tried to flash have those. In that case, flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries from the Download Repository, which contains those files.
What Creepy said is accurate. The reason yer messed up is you flashed i9100 bootloaders most likely.
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Thank you so much everyone, creepy especially. I struggled with this problem for hours tonight until I was able to get your method to work. I want to cry I'm so relieved. I've only got a few hours until I have to get up for work, but it's all been worth it now that my phone is resurrected. You all are techno-saviors.
*weeps*
similar problem in my s2
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Thank you so much everyone, creepy especially. I struggled with this problem for hours tonight until I was able to get your method to work. I want to cry I'm so relieved. I've only got a few hours until I have to get up for work, but it's all been worth it now that my phone is resurrected. You all are techno-saviors.
*weeps*
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Hello friend,
can you please help me with the similar problem i am facing now. i got At & T s2 and by mistake i updated with jelly bean test version of GT i9100 on my SGH I777. I tried to understand from your problem conversation but couldnt find out meanings of the words like flash, factory setting etc. can you please help me in this regards by writing what should i do in steps wise. looking forward for your reply.
Regards,
Praveen
praveenkumar111 said:
Hello friend,
can you please help me with the similar problem i am facing now. i got At & T s2 and by mistake i updated with jelly bean test version of GT i9100 on my SGH I777. I tried to understand from your problem conversation but couldnt find out meanings of the words like flash, factory setting etc. can you please help me in this regards by writing what should i do in steps wise. looking forward for your reply.
Regards,
Praveen
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Why oh why are people so eager to do things to their phones without even a basic understanding of what they are doing? At least he only resurrected a thread and didn't start a new one.:silly:
Oh, looks like I spoke too soon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34787156#post34787156
U need to flash stock firmware with odin to restore functionality to the phone. Search for "stock firmware uckh7 i777 xda" with Google or search for creepyncrawly's profile here on xda, in his signature he has links to return to stock. Good luck.
praveenkumar111 said:
Hello friend,
I tried to understand from your problem conversation but couldnt find out meanings of the words like flash, factory setting etc. can you please help me in this regards by writing what should i do in steps wise.
Regards,
Praveen
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Ok this is not being mean or rude, but if you dont know the meaning of these basic terms then you need to stop what your doing and spend some time doing your homework. Will you be with out a phone for a few hours? Yes but this is the price you pay for doing something before you understand what your doing. So please before you do something that cant be fixed. Do the research.
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Ok this is not being mean or rude, but if you dont know the meaning of these basic terms then you need to stop what your doing and spend some time doing your homework. Will you be with out a phone for a few hours? Yes but this is the price you pay for doing something before you understand what your doing. So please before you do something that cant be fixed. Do the research.
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And remember that the many helpful people in here are unpaid volunteers and this is not the Samsung Help Desk. No one is here to save you from your stupidity or laziness.
first of all sorry if this is a repeated thread, very new to this site and no offense intended. please point me in the right direction if this is the case.
phone is very unresponsive with either a battery symbol (with circle inside - frozen) or galaxy s2 load up screen with triangle. I have previously rooted the phone with a litening rom through odin v 1.85. i was running a version of ICS on it and this morning i tried to upgrade to jellybean as a forum on this site had said it was possible. firstly in clockwork mod (holding power, vol up and home button) somewhere through the process of putting the file on the phone (instructions said to carry out the process through the clockwork mod) i have made a grave error. If I was able to get the phone to be recognised by the laptop I would be able to flash another stock kernel through odin to at least get me back functional and worry about tweaking later. Currently the phone won't recognise as a drive to the laptop though. Any advice people? Perhaps a suggestion also of a location of stock kernel for australian samsung galaxy s2 (using the virgin network).
That's just a soft brick, don't worry about it .
We got plenty of threads about phone not being recognized by PCs.
Checked the pistachio thread?
Sent from the little guy
just a soft brick, gastnow right check pistachio theard
ShowerPower said:
just a soft brick, gastnow right check pistachio theard
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Are you following me around?
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gastonw said:
Are you following me around?
Sent from the little guy
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Hes just spamming to build up his post count.Hes posting at double the rate you have.......lol.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
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Hes just spamming to build up his post count.Hes posting at double the rate you have.......lol.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
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Why did he pick me? Should I be worried?
Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
Sent from my digital submersible hovercraft.
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Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
Sent from my digital submersible hovercraft.
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O M G
further problems with rooted phone
gastonw said:
That's just a soft brick, don't worry about it .
We got plenty of threads about phone not being recognized by PCs.
Checked the pistachio thread?
Sent from the little guy
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Hi (newb alert)
First of all thanks for all the info - followed the pistacchio thread to regenerate phone, that worked great. however, now once the phone is going again, repeatedly getting an overvoltage error message (did not have before) and the battery dying very quickly. I also cannot access the 3G network, but wifi is fine.
Can you recommend a course of action for this, not sure if i have flashed back to a complete stock rom or not, does that mean that the phone is still rooted? I would like to flash another rom if possible, but am not asking what one to use (have seen the rules of the site Sometimes the battery is even flashing . kernel version is 3.0.15-I9100XXLPH-CL118559 and build number is IML74K.XXLPH.
Any more info needed I am happy to provide. I was really happy with the slim ICS rom and would like to stick with that in the jellybean option if possible.
thanks
Go as stock as possible before going custom again.
See if issues persists.
Make sure you flash the right ROM for your device, noticed you're on I9100 ROM and you've only stated you own an "s II" , so, I cannot recommend any specific ROM because of the variants.
Sent from the little guy
sgs2
gastonw said:
That's just a soft brick, don't worry about it .
We got plenty of threads about phone not being recognized by PCs.
Checked the pistachio thread?
Sent from the little guy
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gastonw said:
Go as stock as possible before going custom again.
See if issues persists.
Make sure you flash the right ROM for your device, noticed you're on I9100 ROM and you've only stated you own an "s II" , so, I cannot recommend any specific ROM because of the variants.
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Sorry phone is a gtI9100. Australian on Virgin network, which is same as optus one I think, more info required? Happy to provide. Do you know any links (with helpful instructions and up to date download links) to help please
divx4life said:
Sorry phone is a gtI9100. Australian on Virgin network, which is same as optus one I think, more info required? Happy to provide. Do you know any links (with helpful instructions and up to date download links) to help please
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You can find a lovely thread about official jelly bean posted in the general section. There you can find download links and support for 4.1.2
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First off, I am completely new to the android operating system. Ive used iOS since the day the first iPhone was released and have always been in the jailbreaking scene since day one. I don't know any android lingo, so im not exactly sure what what to seach on this website to help get me out of this situation.
Today I rooted my phone, and installed clockwork mod. Watched a boatload of videos online of all sorts of things you can do with root. After installing CW, i rebooted my phone and it would get stuck small blue letters in the top left of the screen saying something about recovery, then continue to vibrate every few seconds. I was able to get the S3 into download mode and now i have no idea what to do with odin to get it to boot back up. Can anyone direct me to a thread that has a download link to re install the OS on my phone if that's whats needed?
Thanks
is your device i9300 or i9305 ??
Blackwolf10 said:
is your device i9300 or i9305 ??
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I apologize, I think I posted in the wrong section. I'm using the tmobile (T999) model.
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I apologize, I think I posted in the wrong section. I'm using the tmobile (T999) model.
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then you need to go post there or ask a mod to move your thread anyway hope someone can help you
my question is simple how to know if my bootloader is locked or not ? i need it to be unlocked so i can root it using this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273&highlight=root+samsung+galaxy+s3&page=55
i have another question is cwm recovery working for 4.1.2 jb devices and where to get it? if not what's the alternative?
Stop.
Don't do anything else to your phone before you go and read ALL the stickies in the general forum.
You need to understand the basics and backup your efs folder before you destroy your phone.
Please don't start new threads for questions that have been answered a hundred times before and are all in the faq.
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Stop.
Don't do anything else to your phone before you go and read ALL the stickies in the general forum.
You need to understand the basics and backup your efs folder before you destroy your phone.
Please don't start new threads for questions that have been answered a hundred times before and are all in the faq.
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lol i knew i shouldnt have posted this !!! now i look like a noob its not the first time i root a phone and install custom rom
i always did it successfully by the way i know another custom recovery twrp but i was wondering if their is another one cuz i sincerely didnt like twrp
Please make sure as well that you have an I9300 not some other model .
jje
JJEgan said:
Please make sure as well that you have an I9300 not some other model .
jje
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of course im not stupid the international version gt-i9300 i pay attention to details :good:
chack152 said:
lol i knew i shouldnt have posted this !!! now i look like a noob its not the first time i root a phone and install custom rom
i always did it successfully by the way i know another custom recovery twrp but i was wondering if their is another one cuz i sincerely didnt like twrp
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Philz recovery, that to is in the stickies. Take a hint.
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of course im not stupid the international version gt-i9300 i pay attention to details :good:
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I read the OP thats why i am asking to make sure .
btw I9300 bootloader is not locked but do read the stickies as it is a different device than all american and several other sgs3 variants
okok no need to kill me i learned my lesson READ the stickies before posting stupid question!!
i scoured this place but i cant find a way to know the bootloader status i found out that xoom is locked and some xperia devices and that i can determine the bootloader status by the time it take on the boot screen but this doesnt sound very accurate is there a code to put it in the dial pad ?
Bootloader is irrelevant, it's a separate operating system that plays no part in recovery or rom.
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Bootloader is irrelevant, it's a separate operating system that plays no part in recovery or rom.
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if the bootloader is locked the chance of bricking my phone is bigger so i need to know first before jumping into the customizing process isnt that right?
You're trying to find something that doesn't exist, confusing completely different handsets with Samsung's open approach.
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You're trying to find something that doesn't exist, confusing completely different handsets with Samsung's open approach.
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ok i got it but generally talking not in samsung devices
forget about it when i get a non samsung device i will search for it's bootloader status thanks for your time and dedication and im sorry if i made u angry of annoyed u
No problem, you didn't annoy me -you didn't brick your phone.
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No problem, you didn't annoy me -you didn't brick your phone.
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NOT Yet did i appear to u as a noob?
chack152 said:
okok no need to kill me i learned my lesson READ the stickies before posting stupid question!!
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i scoured this place but i cant find a way to know the bootloader status
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I wrote it in the stickies.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4
actually the verizon sgs3 does have a locked bootloader. so it is not always the manufacturer that makes the decisions. in the us the carriers have much more input especially in regards to updates. att just recently began updates to 4.12.
have a look at this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756338 they are all samsung galaxy s 3 but none are identical . some are exynos , some are snapdragon. ram , video boards, radios all different variants. that is why it is important to know your device
All the US versions are the same hardware... Besides Radio related stuff...
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Hello, so this is what happened i saw a rom From http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2154790
After that i got to 80% then it failed on Odin now i'm stuck on a (soft brick) Odin Mode
My phone info
Samsung note 1 (SHV-E160L) Korean version
Any Help guides is help full By the way is this fixable?? i hope its not bricked i only got it 5~6 weeks ago
i also got a video on youtube with my problem Please help!
www *dot* youtube *dot* com/watch?v=JWr67N122r8&feature=youtu.be
Adam1337 said:
Hello, so this is what happened i saw a rom From http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2154790
After that i got to 80% then it failed on Odin now i'm stuck on a (soft brick) Odin Mode
My phone info
Samsung note 1 (SHV-E160L) Korean version
Any Help guides is help full By the way is this fixable?? i hope its not bricked i only got it 5~6 weeks ago
i also got a video on youtube with my problem Please help!
www *dot* youtube *dot* com/watch?v=JWr67N122r8&feature=youtu.be
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you have posted the same thread twice, I don't think that is going to change anything. most likely a moderator will eliminate one of them. you had 231 views and only 2 people attempt to help.
did you try my suggestion of posting in the sub forum in the general area? I really think you have a better chance of a response there. as I said in your other thread, I read of others who had similar problems. cant do it for you, you have to help yourself first. I understand your frustrated, but a second post in same area will not fix your problem.
the sub forum is for your device specifically.
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you have posted the same thread twice, I don't think that is going to change anything. most likely a moderator will eliminate one of them. you had 231 views and only 2 people attempt to help.
did you try my suggestion of posting in the sub forum in the general area? I really think you have a better chance of a response there. as I said in your other thread, I read of others who had similar problems. cant do it for you, you have to help yourself first. I understand your frustrated, but a second post in same area will not fix your problem.
the sub forum is for your device specifically.
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OHH I see what u mean sorry
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OHH I see what u mean sorry
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no need to apologize, just trying to help.
actually, I just looked over in GENERAL forums again and noticed there are at least 3 threads over there for Korean device users. 2 of those threads have 100,000 or more viewers. I would say that's where your help is going to be.
hope I have helped
The phone is ok for now. Re download the rom and try again.
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The phone is ok for now. Re download the rom and try again.
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ok i'll try some more roms see if they will work
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The phone is ok for now. Re download the rom and try again.
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you were one of the folks I was hoping would chime in and try an help this guy Ranger
Adam1337 said:
ok i'll try some more roms see if they will work
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I think he is suggesting you try and re download the same rom again.
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I think he is suggesting you try and re download the same rom again.
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Tried didn't work