I just cracked the screen on my i605 yesterday, and they're sending me a replacement today. What are the odds that it'll have 4.3 on it? Because, I'd really like to unlock the bootloader.
crbnfbr said:
I just cracked the screen on my i605 yesterday, and they're sending me a replacement today. What are the odds that it'll have 4.3 on it? Because, I'd really like to unlock the bootloader.
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Just got my "new" replacement phone, and yep 4.3 on it. So, no unlocking the boot loader. Is there any way I can installed sophisticated ROM, or better yet CWM recovery?
crbnfbr said:
Just got my "new" replacement phone, and yep 4.3 on it. So, no unlocking the boot loader. Is there any way I can installed sophisticated ROM, or better yet CWM recovery?
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No there is not at this moment.. sad to say.. There is one option but it might cost you about a $100.. You could look online for a 4.1.2 motherboard for i605, the specific model.. it very simple to swap out..took me only about 15 mind and I have never done it before.. If your not comfortable PM me and I can recommend someone you can send it to that guarantees their work/parts for 3 months.. good luck man!:good:
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No there is not at this moment.. sad to say.. There is one option but it might cost you about a $100.. You could look online for a 4.1.2 motherboard for i605, the specific model.. it very simple to swap out..took me only about 15 mind and I have never done it before.. If your not comfortable PM me and I can recommend someone you can send it to that guarantees their work/parts for 3 months.. good luck man!:good:
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I actually tries "saferoot" and so far so good. I'm still waiting to see if it'll restore my data through Titanium Backup. Root checker does show it is rooted though.
I though about taking the mobo out of my cracked screen phone and swapping it once I booted this replacement and saw it was 4.3.
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I actually tries "saferoot" and so far so good. I'm still waiting to see if it'll restore my data through Titanium Backup. Root checker does show it is rooted though.
I though about taking the mobo out of my cracked screen phone and swapping it once I booted this replacement and saw it was 4.3.
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Dude thats a GREAT idea! You should.. as long as it was not damaged with the phone..
You can root 4.3 just fine.. that is the same method I used when I did it.. Make sure evrything is installing properly and you have no errors when the script runs through..
If you need any helping swapping motherboard out.. Hit me up in a PM and I can maybe provide some pointers..
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Dude thats a GREAT idea! You should.. as long as it was not damaged with the phone..
You can root 4.3 just fine.. that is the same method I used when I did it.. Make sure evrything is installing properly and you have no errors when the script runs through..
If you need any helping swapping motherboard out.. Hit me up in a PM and I can maybe provide some pointers..
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Is it just a matter of taking out all the baby silver screws, and connecting some ribbon cables? Also, will I still keepxmy CWM recovery and old sophisticated root?
I've done dzens of pc mobos but never a phone.
crbnfbr said:
Is it just a matter of taking out all the baby silver screws, and connecting some ribbon cables? Also, will I still keepxmy CWM recovery and old sophisticated root?
I've done dzens of pc mobos but never a phone.
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Yes..thats all it takes.. Umm not to sure.. Whatever you had on your old one might still be there.. not sure if it resets or anything..
If you have done PC's then it should be no problem for you.. take your time..just smaller pieces..
Good Luck!:good::highfive:
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Yes..thats all it takes.. Umm not to sure.. Whatever you had on your old one might still be there.. not sure if it resets or anything..
If you have done PC's then it should be no problem for you.. take your time..just smaller pieces..
Good Luck!:good::highfive:
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I've already sealed it up in the return envelope, but I'll cut it open for a chance to run a custom recovery and better root. I just don't think I can last a full year before my contracts up.
Even if it does reset my CWM backup I'd hope would restore everything.
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I've already sealed it up in the return envelope, but I'll cut it open for a chance to run a custom recovery and better root. I just don't think I can last a full year before my contracts up.
Even if it does reset my CWM backup I'd hope would restore everything.
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Worse case scenario is just running CASUAL again and unlocking it. Let me know what happens:good:
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Worse case scenario is just running CASUAL again and unlocking it. Let me know what happens:good:
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At the very least I'll at least I'll get my boot loader unlocked, CWM recovery and sophisticated rom all back.
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At the very least I'll at least I'll get my boot loader unlocked, CWM recovery and sophisticated rom all back.
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Well, I swapped the old mobo with the new one. Now, neither the old mobo or new mobo works with the replacement phone. I made sure everything was connected the same way, but still it won't even power on.
crbnfbr said:
Well, I swapped the old mobo with the new one. Now, neither the old mobo or new mobo works with the replacement phone. I made sure everything was connected the same way, but still it won't even power on.
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That does not make any sense... Did you watch that video? and stupid ? is your battery charged?
I watched the video. Battery was at like 90%. Now with the now mobo in the new phone if I hit the power button 3 times the LED will turn red, but when it's pliugged in charging it doesn't do anything.
I did leave the speaker and antenna from the new mobo in the replacement phone. Do I need to swap those too?
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I watched the video. Battery was at like 90%. Now with the now mobo in the new phone if I hit the power button 3 times the LED will turn red, but when it's pliugged in charging it doesn't do anything.
I did leave the speaker and antenna from the new mobo in the replacement phone. Do I need to swap those too?
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I can now get the green LED light to come one with the new mobo and charger plugged in if I hold the power button, but that's all it will do.
crbnfbr said:
I can now get the green LED light to come one with the new mobo and charger plugged in if I hold the power button, but that's all it will do.
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Sounds like something wasn't put together right.. I would start over and make sure all is connected properly.. And this motherboard was from same device correct? Not like one from tmobile, sprint etc ect Verizon to Verizon..
Yeah, it was from a i605 I got two weeks short of a year ago. I also agree about something not being put together right. I'm going to swap the antenna and speaker too.
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Yeah, it was from a i605 I got two weeks short of a year ago. I also agree about something not being put together right. I'm going to swap the antenna and speaker too.
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Ok..I didnt have to that.. and i was in the same scenario.. but just make sure you go over everything carefully...:highfive:
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Ok..I didnt have to that.. and i was in the same scenario.. but just make sure you go over everything carefully...:highfive:
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Well, I've made some progress. It boots up with the blue LED and I can hear the Verizon chime, but I get absolutely nothing on the screen. It's completely black.
crbnfbr said:
Well, I've made some progress. It boots up with the blue LED and I can hear the Verizon chime, but I get absolutely nothing on the screen. It's completely black.
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Weird sounds like something is not hook up to the screen? You didn't force it open and mess the screen up right..
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I'm thinking I must have messed up a ribbon cable by accident. The insurance company is going to send me a new one, and I'll just keep the locked bootloader and "saferoot" so I can use Titanium Backup and Rom Toolbox.
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ive got an issue, i happened to drop my eris in a pool last night on accident. luckily it still works for the most part but i just came to find out that cant access my sd card but it charges just fine?? and my phone wont work in a call unless on speaker phone now... im really happy that it still works but not having access to my sd is kinda stifling being rooted, has this happened to anyone else?, cuz im really debating sending it back under its warranty,im just thinking itd be an easy fix and maybe cheaper than an insurance claim....
any feedback would be great....
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ive got an issue, i happened to drop my eris in a pool last night on accident. luckily it still works for the most part but i just came to find out that cant access my sd card but it charges just fine?? and my phone wont work in a call unless on speaker phone now... im really happy that it still works but not having access to my sd is kinda stifling being rooted, has this happened to anyone else?, cuz im really debating sending it back under its warranty,im just thinking itd be an easy fix and maybe cheaper than an insurance claim....
any feedback would be great....
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if ur phone is rooted ur warranty is void
Your SD card doesnt work cause the card itself is probably broken and the microphone shouldnt work cause its full of water. Try taking it all apart (remove battery, sd card, case back) and put it all in rice over night. maybe itll dry out more. best of luck!
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so i guess my best bet is to take it to a phone repair, i was afraid of that but i guess its the cheapest route but yeah thanks for your input cuz i thought i was able to unroot and send it back...
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so i guess my best bet is to take it to a phone repair, i was afraid of that but i guess its the cheapest route but yeah thanks for your input cuz i thought i was able to unroot and send it back...
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Yeah not much you can do, id try the rice trick or silica beads which are cheap, if not then return it
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Your SD card doesnt work cause the card itself is probably broken and the microphone shouldnt work cause its full of water. Try taking it all apart (remove battery, sd card, case back) and put it all in rice over night. maybe itll dry out more. best of luck!
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i thought my sd might be broke aswell but when i go to recovery i can flash from sd allday long but it doesnt want to mount for some reason when plugged into pc & it only shows battery charge... but yeah ive heard of the rice trick, thanks for the input il def try it b4 i go to a repairman....
good luck! also try mounting it from recovery
In amon_ra: USB-MS Toggle
Clockwork: Partitions-->USB SD (or something like that its the last option)
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good luck! also try mounting it from recovery
In amon_ra: USB-MS Toggle
Clockwork: Partitions-->USB SD (or something like that its the last option)
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yeah usb toggle thru recovery dont work either. im really suprised it still works aswell as it does, my past three phones have died from drinking too much liquid but they were blackberries, the Eris is pretty indistructable! thanks for your help guys...
I've bricked 4 Eris's. Rooted with custom recovery. I walk into the Verizon store, say it won't boot and walk out with a refurb. They don't really seem to care. The last time the guy even gave me the link to the 1-click root app. They *may* check the water damage indicators on yours, but I wouldn't bet on it. Worth a shot at least.
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I've bricked 4 Eris's. Rooted with custom recovery. I walk into the Verizon store, say it won't boot and walk out with a refurb. They don't really seem to care. The last time the guy even gave me the link to the 1-click root app. They *may* check the water damage indicators on yours, but I wouldn't bet on it. Worth a shot at least.
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id do that if i had a brick but mine is far from bricked; its just small minor problems that a good phone repair can do easily for proably alot cheaper.
frosteddroid said:
id do that if i had a brick but mine is far from bricked; its just small minor problems that a good phone repair can do easily for proably alot cheaper.
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Not that I condone such behavior, but they are relatively easy to brick... They'll switch it out free at the store. Claim it happened after the OTA.
erishasnobattery said:
Not that I condone such behavior, but they are relatively easy to brick... They'll switch it out free at the store. Claim it happened after the OTA.
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Ive been debating on using the repair sd thru recovery but im not sure what that option does. since i cant mount sd ive been skeptical to try it.does anyone know if it might work?
Let the thing sit powered off to dry out. When I took my phone in for trackball probs they checked my water damage indicator.
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Let the thing sit powered off to dry out. When I took my phone in for trackball probs they checked my water damage indicator.
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i just rebooted and this being the 3rd time since the incident & now im getting a notification saying i have a damaged sd card, i wonder if a reformat will do the trick?, it's really wierd cuz all my apps show up in drawer and are usable.
Let the thing sit powered off to dry out. When I took my phone in for trackball probs they checked my water damage indicator.
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i just rebooted and this being the 3rd time since the incident & now im getting a notification saying i have a damaged sd card, i wonder if a reformat will do the trick?, it's really wierd cuz all my apps show up in drawer and are usable.
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Dood, call it in or take in. Lie to em, I'm on my 3rd, both before were rooted. first was a complete lie bc I was trying to get droid. But I banged it up after I got my replacement. I really don't care anymore about what's "right" especially for verizon. Use ur warranty..
Oh have you tried the sd card in another phone. That'll explain a lot if works or doesn't.
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Dood, call it in or take in. Lie to em, I'm on my 3rd, both before were rooted. first was a complete lie bc I was trying to get droid. But I banged it up after I got my replacement. I really don't care anymore about what's "right" especially for verizon. Use ur warranty..
Oh have you tried the sd card in another phone. That'll explain a lot if works or doesn't.
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ive done my troubleshooting and it looks like sdcard reader ate it! lss i called for warranty.lol
now i need to figure how i really wanna send it back to em...
Just pay VZW 50 bucks for a new one.
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Just pay VZW 50 bucks for a new one.
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That's if he has insurance
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That's if he has insurance
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yea i have insurance but since ive filed a warranty claim and getting my new phone on wednesday, im just gonna keep my fingers crossed they dont charge me an arm & leg in the end... i proably shoulda just done an insurance claim
i told em the sd driver isnt reading, mounting doing anything its supposed too.
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yea i have insurance but since ive filed a warranty claim and getting my new phone on wednesday, im just gonna keep my fingers crossed they dont charge me an arm & leg in the end... i proably shoulda just done an insurance claim
i told em the sd driver isnt reading, mounting doing anything its supposed too.
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ive been trying to get back to 2.1 stock for the developers sake just so warranty doesnt see everything i have on the phone but adb processes and says device not found when trying jcase's flash for ruu http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726885, unforrtunatly im not gonna b able to send it back looking stock, any recommendations?
Hey before I say anything at all I would appreciate all your help and I have looked everywhere and found no answer. My phone was working perfectly, until I got a T-Mobile update on my phone. I confirmed it and downloaded it. The update reset my phone to a white screen with a blue loading bar. I left it alone couple minutes later I get the phone and click the turn on button and nothing happens at all. The phone does absolutely nothing. It will not power on at all.
1. Pull battery
2. Pull sim
3. Pull sdcard
4. Plug in USB cord
5. Hold Vol+/Vol- and power button simultaneously.
6. Put battery back in and let go of power button when screen goes black after seeing the battery charge icon.
7. Search for Odin and 2.1 stock files.
8. Odin back to 2.1 Stock.
I tried that and it didn't work. even when i plug in the phone nothing happens. The phone does absolutely nothing at all. I don't think it could be the hardware because the phone was working perfectly.. Until I did the tmobile update.
so basically no buttons are lighting up? doesnt do the charging battery icon when plugged in without battery? if not go to tmobile slap the person behind the counter with you phone and politely ask for another.
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Hey before I say anything at all I would appreciate all your help and I have looked everywhere and found no answer. My phone was working perfectly, until I got a T-Mobile update on my phone. I confirmed it and downloaded it. The update reset my phone to a white screen with a blue loading bar. I left it alone couple minutes later I get the phone and click the turn on button and nothing happens at all. The phone does absolutely nothing. It will not power on at all.
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What update and what Vibrant phone,the 4g?
Enzozenuni, sell me your vibrant.
Nothing Lights up. I installing the stock firmware. I know its not hardware or it can't be. I have the box and everything and the phone is in perfect condition.
If Tmobiles update bricked your phone, just tell them that and get a replacement. For all the people here who abuse the replacement system, you're one of the few here with a legitimate case. I've seen people here who've literally had their phone replaced six times due to THEIR idiotic mistakes. So you should have no trouble getting one.
Corrupted bootloader most likely...you're not gonna be fixing it with Odin. Take it to T-Mo.
Blkegk said:
Enzozenuni, sell me your vibrant.
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How much will you give me?
enzozenuni said:
How much will you give me?
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Hmm it makes me go Hmm you can have tmo replace it for the cost of sending it back. So why would you sell it for a lot less
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Hmm it makes me go Hmm you can have tmo replace it for the cost of sending it back. So why would you sell it for a lot less
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You can have it for 200$ plus shipping if you like.
enzozenuni said:
You can have it for 200$ plus shipping if you like.
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Not even fully operational Vibrant's go that far, lmao.
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Not even fully operational Vibrant's go that far, lmao.
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I guess depends where you live. Here in orlando they go for 250-320
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I guess depends where you live. Here in orlando they go for 250-320
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not for a busted up one lol...you should fix it then sell it for more
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Not even fully operational Vibrant's go that far, lmao.
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I just sold a water damaged one open and honest for $150 so I don't know where you are getting your numbers from unless your basis is from the upgrade or new contract price from t-mobile and I have also sold one that does not power on for $210 so they sell pretty good. I think his $200 is a fair price for the condition it's in
Blkegk said:
Enzozenuni, sell me your vibrant.
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I have a vibrant that won't turn on. Any ideas how to bring it back to life?
thank u thank you
Cito11 said:
1. Pull battery
2. Pull sim
3. Pull sdcard
4. Plug in USB cord
5. Hold Vol+/Vol- and power button simultaneously.
6. Put battery back in and let go of power button when screen goes black after seeing the battery charge icon.
7. Search for Odin and 2.1 stock files.
8. Odin back to 2.1 Stock.
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this might sound dumb but u are brilliant this worked for me thank u !!!!! lifesaver
mugenfiji0327 said:
I just sold a water damaged one open and honest for $150 so I don't know where you are getting your numbers from unless your basis is from the upgrade or new contract price from t-mobile and I have also sold one that does not power on for $210 so they sell pretty good. I think his $200 is a fair price for the condition it's in
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My vibrant won't light up at all. Tried everything and will not come back to life. Anyone want to buy it?
Why not GO TO T-MOBILE AND GET A FREE REPLACEMENT?
Hey,
I didn't feel like going through the trouble of buying the Motorola factory charger or whatever you need to charge the phone when it said *battery low* *cannot program* when trying to use the RSD program (might have spelled it wrong) to restore to factory settings. My battery must have been low and in the middle of the restore, it stopped and now Im unable to get to either recovery or charge it.
I had insurance luckily so I just got my galaxy nexus back and should be to me tomorrow. Do yall think someone will buy this phone like that? i have 2 nandroid backups on there so it's probably not safe to sale with that stuff accessible.. smh.. that's why i liked the samsung galaxy s and galaxy s 2 devices because you can use Odin which makes the phones virtually unbrickable. The phone's in PERFECT condition. Would be nice if there was a way around that man
how much? just curiosity...
That's why its always recommened to have full charge when rooting or installing custom rom. I hope someone here in the forum can help you solve this issue.
you can make one looks like here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403100
if you want to give it a go, will cost you a $3 cable if you mess it up, and will gain you a $300 phone if you do it right.
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how much? just curiosity...
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I realized i can't sale it because I have nandroid backups within the phone and they'll still be there i think...
romdroid. said:
That's why its always recommened to have full charge when rooting or installing custom rom. I hope someone here in the forum can help you solve this issue.
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Yeah but you know when you're a frequent flasher and are sure it only takes about 10 percent batter at the most, you don't charge it to the max but I just made a boo boo by not reading the part that said *You must be running a the rom already before flashing the update portion*.. that caused the bootloop..
Thanks a lot though. You're right
Shinare said:
you can make one looks like here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403100
if you want to give it a go, will cost you a $3 cable if you mess it up, and will gain you a $300 phone if you do it right.
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imma try to get these tools.. i definitely have some spare USB cables in my room.. just getting the phone open and stuff is the issue. Not that tech savy lol
You don't need to open your phone
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Get phone in to ap fastboot and go down to bp tools and then press vol+.
Phone should reboot in to a sort of recovered state (last firmware that was on phone) and allow you to charge up.
Once 100% retry flashing.
I screwed my phone several times already and thought I wouldnt recover. Through some chat help have always recovered. Same for my Charge after a few times you figure out all the tricks.
You can recover it. I've done it twice
If you check out my post it shows you a alternative and easier way charge your phone again and make it back to stock rom and no root. Then you can sell your phone for a better price or just keep it!
Ill give you $150 for it...
Ill trade you a Samsung Charge for it. Seriously though you should be able to recover.
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Get phone in to ap fastboot and go down to bp tools and then press vol+.
Phone should reboot in to a sort of recovered state (last firmware that was on phone) and allow you to charge up.
Once 100% retry flashing.
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It takes me to this message every time. anyone else got this before? see attached
Yup I had that before. Happened to me when rsding to an earlier version and the battery went low before it finished. Gonna have to use a factory cable or replace it.
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orcsbane13 said:
Yup I had that before. Happened to me when rsding to an earlier version and the battery went low before it finished. Gonna have to use a factory cable or replace it.
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what if the whit light is showing after plugging it up to a computer with a different USB?
hmmm i wonder if it's charging???? see attached
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what if the whit light is showing after plugging it up to a computer with a different USB?
hmmm i wonder if it's charging???? see attached
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nope, left mine like that for 12 hrs and it never charged any. Won't charge unless you can get into recovery and can't get into recovery because webtop is messed up.
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I get that on mine when I let it die completely (after cocking up flashing!) ... what I do is connect it to pc...get solid white light..... press up/down/power.....boots to the other screen (cant remember what its called).....gives the option for normal boot......press up to get into normal moto boot logo..... VERY QUICKLY replug to a desktop charger.... Seems to work for me! I really must try reflashing with a clean rom!
There are several ways to recover from bricked because of dead low battery. Im sure there are easier but Im just gonna post a few.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-labs/146492-how-why-make-your-own-motorola-factory-cable.html
More expensive way for a cable but may want to have for future.
http://shop.teamblackhat.info/
More info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077414
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14832871&postcount=45
Thats all Im going to post for now but I have faith that it can be recovered. Dont sell unless desperate and dont want to deal with it. Send it to me and Ill try to recover and if not I can give you one of my Droid charges while I get it back up.
i tried to flash a rom and when it finished it turned off and now it wont turn back on. i have tried going into recovery and going into download mode and nothing. do you think a usbjig will work? or can i return it and just say the phone wont power back on?
update: if i plug it in to my computer i can hear the notification my computer gives when i plug in a usb device but the tome is different. its like a deeper tone.
anyone?????
So, you can get into recovery or no? Maybe look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27850974&postcount=7
zonly1 said:
So, you can get into recovery or no? Maybe look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27850974&postcount=7
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no. i cant get into recovery nor into download mode. the screen shows nothing at all and the phone doesnt vibrate. i did the tmobile chat and she said they might need to exchange it but would take 7-10 business days. i didnt tell her it was rooted tho. i was hoping the usb jig would unbrick it. i have an old usb from my other phone. i already cut it and stripped it but i need a 300k resistor and radioshack doesnt open in 1 more hour.
i just checked device manager and if i plug in my device it shows QHSUSB_DLOAD with a yellow exclamation.
update: i installed some drivers i found online and it now shows as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (com7) in device manager but odin wont recognize it still
so after doing the live chat with samsung and they wanted me to send them my phone to check it out and i had to wait 6-10 business days i went to my local tmobile store the guy tried to turn it on tried charging it and said to go back on wednesday because thats when they get them. so i am stuck with a loner phone.
That's a bummer...just curious...what ROM were you trying to flash?
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That's a bummer...just curious...what ROM were you trying to flash?
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I didn't know there was roms to flash yet
Then how'd it get bricked?
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http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/root-at-t-galaxy-s3/
Fixboot.tar just in case anything screws up when rooting. Saved some people's lives. Odin if anything happens to phone
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So how did u brick it?
worst case, take it back to tmobile tell them that it got really hot and turned off and wont power up. they wont check anything. just get a new one. and DONT FLASH ANYTHING UNTIL YOU READ UP ON IT! we are all using the Rooted stock rom. just chill out for now... ROMS WILL COME. this is the hottest phone on the market...
I thought Samsung phones were unbrickable. Is this sort of thing common or was it a bad unit?
fcortes626 said:
so after doing the live chat with samsung and they wanted me to send them my phone to check it out and i had to wait 6-10 business days i went to my local tmobile store the guy tried to turn it on tried charging it and said to go back on wednesday because thats when they get them. so i am stuck with a loner phone.
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Use the jig. I made one with parts from Radio Shack and it works on the S3.
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wiser212 said:
Use the jig. I made one with parts from Radio Shack and it works on the S3.
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You are wrong in this case because he hard bricked it, which is why he only sees the QHUSB_DLOAD mode.
That requires special software in order to flash, and we don't get access to it.
Lantek23 said:
I didn't know there was roms to flash yet
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there isnt
avataranjie said:
Then how'd it get bricked?
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i tried the cm9 fro international and changed the buildprop and bootimg
avataranjie said:
http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/root-at-t-galaxy-s3/
Fixboot.tar just in case anything screws up when rooting. Saved some people's lives. Odin if anything happens to phone
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odin wont find my phone
dasistsparta said:
So how did u brick it?
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flashed an international rom
Radsolutionz said:
worst case, take it back to tmobile tell them that it got really hot and turned off and wont power up. they wont check anything. just get a new one. and DONT FLASH ANYTHING UNTIL YOU READ UP ON IT! we are all using the Rooted stock rom. just chill out for now... ROMS WILL COME. this is the hottest phone on the market...
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yea i went yesterday and just said it wont turn on. he tried it and plugged it into the power outlet and nothing. he just said they dont get their shipments until wednesday(tomorrow) so i guess they will exchange it. good thing it was on warranty still. im guessing samsung wont be able to tell it was rooted since they cant access it and they will just reflash it and sell it as refurbished or something right?
wiser212 said:
Use the jig. I made one with parts from Radio Shack and it works on the S3.
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i was going to try it but it didnt work out lol. all the pins fell. i also read it wont work with devices that have a blank screen
Hunt3r.j2 said:
You are wrong in this case because he hard bricked it, which is why he only sees the QHUSB_DLOAD mode.
That requires special software in order to flash, and we don't get access to it.
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yup. i got qpst to see it but i dont know how to use that software so ill just wait until tomorrow. it was just some videos and pics i wanted to pull from the sd card. oh and i noticed the back cover was scratched so i want a new one lol. mus of happened when the tmobile guy got it out of the box and set it on the counter cuz i had a zagg cover all arround it. but oh well. i was the first to brick the s3 lol and that was the first phone i ever hard bricked. lesson learned haha
ECrispy said:
I thought Samsung phones were unbrickable. Is this sort of thing common or was it a bad unit?
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An unbrickable phone does not exist. The closest to unbrickable as you can get is an iPhone. But it can be bricked if you try hard enough I'm sure. Strapping an m80 to my iPhone seemed to do the trick as well
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unbrickable phones do exist, almost all samsung galaxy phones are capable of getting the "unbrickable mod" which is a hardware modification that enables the phone to be re-flashed without working bootloaders. but unbrickable out of the box, no.
Evocm7 said:
An unbrickable phone does not exist. The closest to unbrickable as you can get is an iPhone. But it can be bricked if you try hard enough I'm sure. Strapping an m80 to my iPhone seemed to do the trick as well
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isnt the captivate unbrickable?
i read somewhere that there are some phones that boot from the sd card first and that those are unbrickable.
fcortes626 said:
isnt the captivate unbrickable?
i read somewhere that there are some phones that boot from the sd card first and that those are unbrickable.
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I believe there are some that are very difficult to brick such as a setup that boots from sd like you mentioned. Regardless of how difficult it is to brick, there is always some idiot out there that will do the impossible
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So somehow, despite hiding my s4 in a massive otter box defender case, the LCD cracked underneath the glass (but glass is fine), while screen-down in my pocket.
Has anyone seen/heard that happen before? I've always seen the glass shatter before the LCD breaks.
Is there an option before I go the Asurion insurance claim route?
Thx
And on a similar note, does anyone have recommendations for making a nandroid when I can't see the screen?
Mix3d said:
And on a similar note, does anyone have recommendations for making a nandroid when I can't see the screen?
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If its anything like the old galaxy series, when the new phone arrives, you can take apart the phone backing and swap the motherboards and it will have everything on it.
resurektz said:
If its anything like the old galaxy series, when the new phone arrives, you can take apart the phone backing and swap the motherboards and it will have everything on it.
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Won't the replacement company know the imei is different then the one I put on the claim form?
But I love the idea
Mix3d said:
Won't the replacement company know the imei is different then the one I put on the claim form?
But I love the idea
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TBH my friend has done it with all his replacements on his S3 and they have yet to notice anything, but all his replacements were cracked screens
Mix3d said:
And on a similar note, does anyone have recommendations for making a nandroid when I can't see the screen?
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What recovery do you have? If you cwm I can record the button presses to backup to ext sd card.
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hexitnow said:
What recovery do you have? If you cwm I can record the button presses to backup to ext sd card.
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this. regardless of what recovery you have try to memorize the touch sequences and basically do it blind.
i did it once for my friend on his S3 when half the screen died out, could only see the bottom.
also its not usually recommended to flash a backup from one phone to another. just how i always learned from back in the day
Thats why i was going to write it down and post it here for him. Its about 11 button presses so it wouldnt be difficult. I had a droid x that crashed on me and when I got my new one from asurion I used the backup from the previous phone no problem. Theres quite a few posts on the forums of people doing the same. Only ones I read having problems were peolle restoring the backup on the same model phone with a diff kernel.
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I have an old nexus with twrp I can use to follow the steps, hope it works.
Do I got my replacement phone, and was going to swap motherboards, but noticed the version on the device was different;
My old phone was 13.05, while the replacement says 13.07. Is that just the manufacture month? Several other numbers in the plastic pieces don't match, so I wanted to confirm before I messed something up.
Thanks!
Oh, also, is it possible top use Odin to backup the phone and restore to the new one?
No odin doesnt have that capability
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you can do it through adb, assuming you have usb debugging enabled, or you could use a mhl adapter and hook it up to a tv, on a seperate note thats bull**** these things are even cheaper than i thought, i cracked my gnex after a year with no case and decided i wasnt gonna let that happen again, so i got an otterbox defender as well, which makes the thing almost unusable because its so f***ng huge, but if it willl still break thats bulls**t
I ended up doing the motherboard swap. We'll see if I get in trouble. It was certainly the easiest solution, in terms of saving time trying to back up, setting up the OS again, etc etc. Unfortunately the IMEIs don't match tho. Oh well!