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I am beginning to think it isn't actually possible. I've tried everything, but I can't seem to brick my Vibrant to a point that I can't recover and Odin back to life. I read that flashing ROMs over bootloaders that aren't compatible can do it, but I was still able to force DL mode (never used a jig--haven't had a need yet) and Odin to stock even after doing that.
I say "with experience" because it is obvious that there are probably thousands of Vibrants that either hit the trash or are sitting in desk drawers somewhere..."bricked." I consider myself experienced with this phone. Been flashing on it for a year, tweaking signal settings, build.prop settings, and scheduler settings. The guys on here that have abused and really pushed their devices to discover the limitations are the ones who I want to hear from if possible. I don't particularly know if, short of dunking it in my coffee, I can be more abusive to this thing. This is one limitation I haven't yet discovered. Is it TRULY unbrickable?
It is possible. I have bricked 2 - most of the older devs have bricked at least one. This sucks for the guys that did the bricking but is good for the guys just starting out because they come into it knowing what not to do.
True bricks generally come about by way of flashing an incorrect sbl or have even happened by interrupting the flashing of a proper sbl.
Most non sbl "bricks", however, are nothing more than soft bricks that patience and perseverance will remedy.
I bricked my phone twice since I started rooting my vibrant. The first one when the usb disconnected from the laptop while it was half way odin. The second time was a hardware brick. The phone just simply has no light lolz. What happened was that I selected all the checkboxes when I odin the GB loader. However, I was able to bring her back to life after trying every possible combination while my heart was pumping 3,000 gallons of my blood in every minutes and my forehead was soaking with smelling sweat. lolz
Oh it can be done, install gb bootloaders from the old days, through light roms, flash the original axura rom, try to flash to stock. spend a week with a black screen, get warranty. Bootloaders are the kiss of death. Odin really only works if you can boot, and p.c. recognizes, through yellow com. If you dont have that your attitude will change dramatically. Youve only had soft bricks, not "The BlackScreen Of Death"
okies try harder, yada yada, yada
yea just try to update your phone using kies
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S#*T, how could anyone forget, my bad....
jellette said:
It is possible. I have bricked 2 - most of the older devs have bricked at least one. This sucks for the guys that did the bricking but is good for the guys just starting out because they come into it knowing what not to do.
True bricks generally come about by way of flashing an incorrect sbl or have even happened by interrupting the flashing of a proper sbl.
Most non sbl "bricks", however, are nothing more than soft bricks that patience and perseverance will remedy.
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And I definitely do appreciate the work that you guys do--I was sitting nearly in tears (ok, maybe a little buzz brought the tears) about a month after I bought my vibrant in October 2010. The kid in the T-Mobile store actually rooted it for me when I went back for some help with my bill, so I had access to files that I didn't know what to do with. I tried to apply some crap theme that, at the time, I thought destroyed my phone and turned it into a piece of $400 coffee table art. My wife would have probably beaten me if I hadn't discovered XDA and the brilliant work you guys do. After that little ordeal, I got heavy into reading the threads here and slowly but surely, got pretty fearless thanks to the research you guys had already done for me.
One other question for you: If you had those bricked phones today, would you be able to revive them after an sbl brick?
I believe even the worst brick can be fixed via JTAG Service.
from my understanding and from my noob experiences this phone is unbrickable
Don't forget about the hardware mod that let's you flash boot loaders
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It's NOT unbrickable. It's just hard to, unless if your just a total absolute idiot or a accident happens. I know my dogs pulled my usb cord while i was odining once, it caused a brick.
As the vibrant and the sgs are nearly the same, I've never bricked it at all... I just lost my IMEI that's all but that doesn't seem to make any problems at all. That's the only bad thing that happened to me : )
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It's NOT unbrickable. It's just hard to, unless if your just a total absolute idiot or a accident happens. I know my dogs pulled my usb cord while i was odining once, it caused a brick.
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It is unbrickable you can fix it even if bootloader get deleted the only way you can brick it is if USB port is broken
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Hi,
I've soft bricked my phone several times and restored it with no problems till last night. I had GB bootloader on my vibrant flashed back stock rom using odin and then upgraded to stock 2.2 rom using KIES. Now phone is not responding to anything. I've spend hours on forums and chats i've tried almost every thing and nothing could bring back my phone I even let it chard over night like some people say did not help.
Please let me know if there any way to restore it? Again it has GB bootloader with stock 2.1 and than upgraded to stock 2.2 via KIES.
Thanks in advance!
Did u get a USB jig yet that should work
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Did u get a USB jig yet that should work
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No not yet...I still want to find a way to restore it without JIG. It should be a way!
I think problem is that most of solutions where posted for Vibrant stock Bootloader not a GB Bootloader. May be there are different steps are required for GB Bootloaders. I don't want to give up
With GB BL you have to use vol+ and power to get into download mode. Just an fyi in case you didnt know.
What he said!
bfranklin1986 said:
yea just try to update your phone using kies
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Thats exactly how I bricked mine, and found out a day after by stumbling across a thread on the dangers of using KIES, when I was newbee dumb!
Also, if you can power the phone on in any way shape or form, meaning if you see anything on the screen, or the LED's illuminate, then you are NOT HARDBRICKED, that is still a softbrick senario!!
And BTW the primary Btloader is what powers the phone one, and the 2ndary Btloader is what loads the OS or ROM!
And when the primary is corrupted, that's a TRUE HARDBRICK scenario, because if you cant power the phone on, then nothing short of JTAGing it , will resurrect it!!
Although Adam Outler, supposedly has a Resurrection program, to JTAG the solder-less way, using pin point test probes and his Resurrection program, to inject and re-flash the Btloaders and thus, bring a dead non powered phone to life!
Link to Adam's Work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
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anatoliyus said:
No not yet...I still want to find a way to restore it without JIG. It should be a way!
I think problem is that most of solutions where posted for Vibrant stock Bootloader not a GB Bootloader. May be there are different steps are required for GB Bootloaders. I don't want to give up
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A JIG will not work, if the primary Bootloader is corrupted it wont power on , JIG's only work with phones that will power on, and in his case he corrupted the primary, and only JTAGing it will resurrect it, unless he has the intelligence to try this alternative below, otherwise send it to Adam or TechMobile, the only two guys I know who are true Ninja's with this type of micro surgery!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
It sucks...Just 2 weeks ago I've installed FFC, ordered 1800 Battery...invested money.
Don't want to spend any more money on this old cell phone I may just go and buy new phone then.
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dseldown said:
Thats exactly how I bricked mine, and found out a day after by stumbling across a thread on the dangers of using KIES, when I was newbee dumb!
Also, if you can power the phone on in any way shape or form, meaning if you see anything on the screen, or the LED's illuminate, then you are NOT HARDBRICKED, that is still a softbrick senario!!
And BTW the primary Btloader is what powers the phone one, and the 2ndary Btloader is what loads the OS or ROM!
And when the primary is corrupted, that's a TRUE HARDBRICK scenario, because if you cant power the phone on, then nothing short of JTAGing it , will resurrect it!!
Although Adam Outler, supposedly has a Resurrection program, to JTAG the solder-less way, using pin point test probes and his Resurrection program, to inject and re-flash the Btloaders and thus, bring a dead non powered phone to life!
Link to Adam's Work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
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A JIG will not work, if the primary Bootloader is corrupted it wont power on , JIG's only work with phones that will power on, and in his case he corrupted the primary, and only JTAGing it will resurrect it, unless he has the intelligence to try this alternative below, otherwise send it to Adam or TechMobile, the only two guys I know who are true Ninja's with this type of micro surgery!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
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Thanks...will try this solution. Downloading Ubuntu...
heysoos said:
I am beginning to think it isn't actually possible. I've tried everything, but I can't seem to brick my Vibrant to a point that I can't recover and Odin back to life. I read that flashing ROMs over bootloaders that aren't compatible can do it, but I was still able to force DL mode (never used a jig--haven't had a need yet) and Odin to stock even after doing that.
I say "with experience" because it is obvious that there are probably thousands of Vibrants that either hit the trash or are sitting in desk drawers somewhere..."bricked." I consider myself experienced with this phone. Been flashing on it for a year, tweaking signal settings, build.prop settings, and scheduler settings. The guys on here that have abused and really pushed their devices to discover the limitations are the ones who I want to hear from if possible. I don't particularly know if, short of dunking it in my coffee, I can be more abusive to this thing. This is one limitation I haven't yet discovered. Is it TRULY unbrickable?
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There are several of us that have including myself, heathen and Eugene just to name a few. We've actually taken the bullet previously so you don't have to. We pretty much know now what will cause a hard brick and that's why you rarely here of one now.
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My friend broke his i777 when trying to update to the newest AOKP (he used rom manager) I wasn't home to help him fix it and he accidentally used some vibrant tool to fix it instead of normal Odin.
So it is hard bricked, he got a jig and that's not working either. Any ideas?
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If it is a hard brick and the jig does not work then i think you need to buy a new phone
If it's truely hard bricked, then the only option is jtag recovery. Mobile Tech Videos is a reputable vendor who can do that.
If there is absolutely no sign of life, then that is your only option. If there is any sign of life at all, then you possibly might recover the phone without that.
dirtbikerr450 said:
If it is a hard brick and the jig does not work then i think you need to buy a new phone
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Negative. There is plenty of JTAG brick repairs. Google: mobile tech videos
Edit: sorry creepy, didn't see your post
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MTV repaired my captivate when i hard bricked it. Odin hanged on me during a boot-loader revert and it was toast. The guy that does the repair must have some special tools cause you'd never even know my phone had been opened up just by looking at it.
He flashed a vibrant rom with bootloaders?, that's the only way to hard brick a galaxy s2 from what I've read. Did you try connecting to computer and pressing volume up and down to enter in download mode?
Provide more information.
I don't know what vibrant thing he used it could have had boot loaders he doesn't know also yes I tried all those combinations
Also I am looking into JTAG repair now thanks for the help
Edit: are we sure this will work 50$ is allot (although not too much if it works) also where can I find this MTV guy?
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bbm21 said:
I don't know what vibrant thing he used it could have had boot loaders he doesn't know also yes I tried all those combinations
Also I am looking into JTAG repair now thanks for the help
Edit: are we sure this will work 50$ is allot (although not too much if it works) also where can I find this MTV guy?
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Go to mobiletechvideos.com. $50 is worth it and he can fix it. And for whatever reason, they can't get it working , they refund your money. But they're a trusted site. They unbricked my captivate
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Before you send it in for jtag repair...
If you havn't tried it already, try putting the phone into download mode by first removing the battery, then holding down Vol+ and vol- (but not power) while you plug in the usb cable connected to your pc. The key here is to have the battery out. If this puts you into download mode, then go to the Download Repository and flash the I777UCKH7-CL503881 Stock Binaries including bootloaders.
Re: jtag. From what I have read, you can trust mobile tech videos. $50.00 is a bit less than replacing the phone. The XDA developer Adam Outler also has done some jtag repair for folks on the captivate, and may also do the sgsII. I havn't heard lately, but some time ago he was a little cheaper than MTV.
Yes Mobile Tech videos will work perfectly for getting it fixed. I have also spoken to him on the phone many of times and he is a really cool person and very knowledgeable. He fixed my cappy back in the day and he got it to work with our sgs2s back when they first came out. Also you may see if he can apply the unbreakable mod for you while he is at it. Makes it darn near impossible to ever brick it again with bad flashes of even wrong/bad boot loaders. And $50 is way cheaper than a new phone or even insurance if you now decide to accident run it over with your car before calling att.
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I bricked my mother-inlaws captivate a while back and sent it to MTV. Had it back in 8 days, he also keeps you updated of the process. Seeing the "your phone has been resurrected " e-mail arrive was a sigh of relief. Didn't feel like hearing the wife or mom-inlaws grief
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Nuskul said:
I bricked my mother-inlaws captivate a while back and sent it to MTV. Had it back in 8 days, he also keeps you updated of the process. Seeing the "your phone has been resurrected " e-mail arrive was a sigh of relief. Didn't feel like hearing the wife or mom-inlaws grief
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Erhmm, if it's not broken, don't fix it. Should've thought of that before you flashed her device lol
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Thanks guys I guess I'll have him do that
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SGS2 AT&T Brick
Hey, Is that problem solved? I did not flash the wrong ROM but was flashing CM9 nightly on top of LD3.
Now my phone wont turn on.
I don't have JIG so if you say your problem got resolved, then I will send it to MobileTechVideo.com
thershope said:
Hey, Is that problem solved? I did not flash the wrong ROM but was flashing CM9 nightly on top of LD3.
Now my phone wont turn on.
I don't have JIG so if you say your problem got resolved, then I will send it to MobileTechVideo.com
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Hi,
Pretty much the same problem here,tried to update hydrogen rom,wiped cache/dalvik through CWM. Installation was hanging for 10-15 minutes,i pressed power button and phone died.Doesnt respond to any button and action.
I am awaiting jig to arrive today ,and will post back if it worked,i doubt though...
2 months later...
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Jig couldnt bring it to life. Probably only thing that helps is jtag...
I felt twice with my I777..I 'played" different options, and use SuperOneClick and Odin. I did know how, but Unroot, install Stock Kernel, reinstal CWMR 5.0.5.4 and enter in Download Mode and later ..uuulaaa.....Dont ask me how...In my desesperation test all I can imagine and had a good look to save my phone.
RockRatt said:
Yes Mobile Tech videos will work perfectly for getting it fixed. I have also spoken to him on the phone many of times and he is a really cool person and very knowledgeable. He fixed my cappy back in the day and he got it to work with our sgs2s back when they first came out. Also you may see if he can apply the unbreakable mod for you while he is at it. Makes it darn near impossible to ever brick it again with bad flashes of even wrong/bad boot loaders. And $50 is way cheaper than a new phone or even insurance if you now decide to accident run it over with your car before calling att.
Sent From My KickAss ATT SGS2 SPORTING my CobraRom
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I am wondering if AT&T would go to this level of trouble to determine if a ROM was uploaded to a phone or not to determine whether or not the warranty was voided? My phone froze under normal usage under one of the more popular ROMs. I wrote about it elsewhere so I won't write about it here again.. but it said something about encryption when rebooting and never came back from black.
My only concern is when sending it in under warranty at&t will reject and stick me for replacement bill..
Hp
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jcomana said:
I felt twice with my I777..I 'played" different options, and use SuperOneClick and Odin. I did know how, but Unroot, install Stock Kernel, reinstal CWMR 5.0.5.4 and enter in Download Mode and later ..uuulaaa.....Dont ask me how...In my desesperation test all I can imagine and had a good look to save my phone.
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Did you have a continually black nonresponsive screen?
HP
heartspeace said:
I am wondering if AT&T would go to this level of trouble to determine if a ROM was uploaded to a phone or not to determine whether or not the warranty was voided? My phone froze under normal usage under one of the more popular ROMs. I wrote about it elsewhere so I won't write about it here again.. but it said something about encryption when rebooting and never came back from black.
My only concern is when sending it in under warranty at&t will reject and stick me for replacement bill..
Hp
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Did you have a continually black nonresponsive screen?
HP
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Why post in a dead thread?
Bleh
Great. I, like a dumbass, decided to try and root my new phone without a backup plan. I have had no luck using the XDA video, and now I'm stuck with the "Please select recovery mode in Kies" screen. Kies doesn't recognize it, and I have no way to restore the stock ROM. Is my only option to wait until a stock firmware ROM is released, like it was for sprint?
Based on the information we're currently provided with, I think it'd be safe to say you're screwed for now. Why you would even try to root a device that doesn't currently have any rooting methods is beyond me. You should definitely read up before you try anything you're not sure of.
The only other option you'd have at this point is taking the phone into Verizon, showing them the screen and telling them that this is how it has looked since it came out of the box. Although it's a lie, and you bricked it out of your own neglect, the reps can't really turn you away.
Can you return it?
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I did some research, and nobody had any negative things to say about the rooting process, especially with all the videos and forums on it. I searched for how to root the Samsung note 2, versus the model number, which is different for different carriers.
MedicMillan said:
I did some research, and nobody had any negative things to say about the rooting process, especially with all the videos and forums on it. I searched for how to root the Samsung note 2, versus the model number, which is different for different carriers.
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Every carrier is different. You must be new here.
I am new. I have rooted phones before, but never had this problem. Would it be an option to install a custom rom like Cyanogen until there is a public release of the stock firmware?
MedicMillan said:
I am new. I have rooted phones before, but never had this problem. Would it be an option to install a custom rom like Cyanogen until there is a public release of the stock firmware?
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You will need to wait until the boot loader is unlocked to flash a rom, only way I can think of.
MedicMillan said:
I am new. I have rooted phones before, but never had this problem. Would it be an option to install a custom rom like Cyanogen until there is a public release of the stock firmware?
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At this point in time, you can't flash anything, you can't root, and there are no recovery images to return to stock with. You either have to wait it out, or try to exchange it at Verizon.
You can exchange, they will not know the difference
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Just take it to Verizon play dumb and get it replaced. It's within the 14 days so it will be swapped on the spot. They wont/don't care what's wrong with it.
The suggestion of just return it to the store, they won't notice, is a really **** move and I'm not saying that in defense of Verizon. I'm saying it that it is things like that that in the end cause more harm to the end user than good. They up costs and add charges, create obscene policies, etc. It may not negatively impact you immediately, but when multiple people do this all over the country it adds up.
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The suggestion of just return it to the store, they won't notice, is a really **** move and I'm not saying that in defense of Verizon. I'm saying it that it is things like that that in the end cause more harm to the end user than good. They up costs and add charges, create obscene policies, etc. It may not negatively impact you immediately, but when multiple people do this all over the country it adds up.
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I have to say I agree 100%. If people just used common sense, or read up a bit, situations like these could be entirely avoided.
MedicMillan said:
Great. I, like a dumbass, decided to try and root my new phone without a backup plan. I have had no luck using the XDA video, and now I'm stuck with the "Please select recovery mode in Kies" screen. Kies doesn't recognize it, and I have no way to restore the stock ROM. Is my only option to wait until a stock firmware ROM is released, like it was for sprint?
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Check the development section. There is a leaked ODIN .tar file that you can flash. It is a prerelease, but at least you will have a functioning phone until a proper root/unlock solution is found.
bork.it.consulting said:
Check the development section. There is a leaked ODIN .tar file that you can flash. It is a prerelease, but at least you will have a functioning phone until a proper root/unlock solution is found.
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This Odin file fails. It will not flash. Someone was trying to flash it last night with the same screen you are on.
just odin the stock image in the dev section and you will be back up and running...do not I repeat do not anybody try any root methods for the other gn2 variants!
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SCH-I605
if it fails then your screwed until the latest odin image is release, which im sure wont be too long.
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I have to say I agree 100%. If people just used common sense, or read up a bit, situations like these could be entirely avoided.
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I'm not saying that everyone should go flash happy, attempt to root without knowing what they are doing destroy their phones and take them back to Verizon then rinse and repeat the process. But there have to be a few that are a tempting to get root for everyone else there is bound to be some hard bricks. Should they be out 700, and that's kinda harsh.
Check out this link for a fixed brick....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34862234#post34862234
mrlaigle said:
I'm not saying that everyone should go flash happy, attempt to root without knowing what they are doing destroy their phones and take them back to Verizon then rinse and repeat the process. But there have to be a few that are a tempting to get root for everyone else there is bound to be some hard bricks. Should they be out 700, and that's kinda harsh.
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But with a little reading in the correct forum, people could avoid owning a $700 paperweight. It's really not that difficult, and any issues that arise from lack of research are due to their own ignorance. I can't feel sympathy for anyone who flashes blindly.
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But with a little reading in the correct forum, people could avoid owning a $700 paperweight. It's really not that difficult, and any issues that arise from lack of research are due to their own ignorance. I can't feel sympathy for anyone who flashes blindly.
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I'm not disagreeing with you. If you do not know what you are doing or if this is your first time you shouldn't be attempting to root an un rooted device. But there will always be those guinea pigs...
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This is exactly the reason why everyone else who follows commense is punished with locked bootloader.
As there are multiple posts/thread about ME7 issues and challenges, going to make this here thread the general clearing house for this topic.
Let's use this thread for discussion and not make any more general threads on this topic, OK?
now, here are two links to two recent threads, Have since closed them, but referencing them for information and discussion here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2417567
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2417291
All XDA posting rules apply...
Let's solve this riddle, shall we?
What's the outlook? Any updates on whether or not it will happen? I just got a 32gb s4 from big red, with me7 naturally, and am now strongly considering leaving for T Mobile even though getting a 32gb for them sounds like a pain.
I just went to 5 different retailers hunting for an MD phone and no one has one to my dismay. Maybe I should just settle for the HTC One if both of my options are locked devices.
Cares said:
I just went to 5 different retailers hunting for an MD phone and no one has one to my dismay. Maybe I should just settle for the HTC One if both of my options are locked devices.
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Picked up my gs4 recently, wish I still had my note 2 :banghead:
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The last real update I saw was in the Bounty Discussion thread where Obsidian sent the ME7 boot img to hashcode so I don't know if they are working on something or not. Maybe one of them can chime in and offer an update or give us some hope. Thanks to all those working on this!
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Have there been any phones that have came out thus far that haven't been able to be rooted? Seems like people easily got around every attempt to lock down android thus far so my hopes are high for this. However it does seem like a long time has passed with quite the sum of money at hand.
th3drow said:
Have there been any phones that have came out thus far that haven't been able to be rooted? Seems like people easily got around every attempt to lock down android thus far so my hopes are high for this. However it does seem like a long time has passed with quite the sum of money at hand.
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Phone is rooted just not with recovery or any kind of emploit on the bootloader.
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nativi said:
Phone is rooted just not worth recovery or any kind of emploit on the bootloader.
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err ya my bad I meant bootloader/recovery cracked. I know they had to safestrap the razr line but I think eventually they even cracked that. And even so anything to install custom roms would be great even if safestrap type solutions are kind of annoying to use.
I hope they get a recovery for us soon. I'm getting bord with this phone.
jcwilliams said:
I hope they get a recovery for us soon. I'm getting bord with this phone.
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Ditto I need some flashing action
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I'm ready for a rom. I hope something is found soon.
I am definitely ready for a new ROM too. Touchwhiz is depressing haha. I'm definitely surprised there isn't more people trying to unlock the bootloader with such a big bounty on the table.
My new replacement S4 came with MDK. If I unlock the bootloader before upgrading to ME7, does ME7 re-lock it? I'm putting off the upgrade notice until I know for sure.
DeerSteak said:
My new replacement S4 came with MDK. If I unlock the bootloader before upgrading to ME7, does ME7 re-lock it? I'm putting off the upgrade notice until I know for sure.
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would NOT give that a try, leave it as is
I hate stock lol I should have done some research before I got this phone.
Im use to flashing with my bionic and d1. Now I'm just bored lol
I looked into the new moto phone but it don't have a ext sd which is a no for me.
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would NOT give that a try, leave it as is
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That's kinda what I was thinking. I kind of like stock, but not enough to wind up with a totally locked phone.
DeerSteak said:
My new replacement S4 came with MDK. If I unlock the bootloader before upgrading to ME7, does ME7 re-lock it? I'm putting off the upgrade notice until I know for sure.
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You cant actually unlock the bootloader, there is just a workaround for recovery on mdk so if you update then you lose recovery. I think there is a stock rom in development that leaves out yhe bootloader and is rooted...
DeerSteak said:
My new replacement S4 came with MDK. If I unlock the bootloader before upgrading to ME7, does ME7 re-lock it? I'm putting off the upgrade notice until I know for sure.
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No reason to try something that risky. Root, use Loki to bypass the locked bootloader, and flash something new. There's quite a few ME7-based ROMs that you can use to get all the benefits of the upgrade without losing control of the phone.
Well ****, I was about to pick this phone up today. Where would it say me7 if it has it? Hoping to find one with mdk now
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vaeevictiss said:
Well ****, I was about to pick this phone up today. Where would it say me7 if it has it? Hoping to find one with mdk now
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it would say in the last 3 numbers of the build number
This was originally a post about how i stumbled on a problem Chainfire 3D causes which ends up soft bricking your phone. I got a replacement phone from verizon through my warranty and it came with MDK build on it. Apparently its not a good thing to figure out loopholes in the system and share them so ive changed this post to warn people about installing the drivers from the Chainfire 3D app.
Doing a factory reset doesnt wipe root. The root binaries are in system and a FDR only hits data partitions. People doing this is also why insurance deductibles are going up and caps put on how many claims you can file.
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Here goes more people frauding the system, people like you that make insurance claimed raise prices, just deal with what you have. We all want to be flashing yes but is this is what we are ultimately going to be doing for now on on new flagship devices? It's one of the reasons they actually lock bootloaders because if it were unlocked there will be even more cries about bricks and people attempting stuff without researching, we can all argue back and forth about all that but seriously guys? Breaking your phone on purpose, obsurd.
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hexitnow said:
Doing a factory reset doesnt wipe root. The root binaries are in system and a FDR only hits data partitions. People doing this is also why insurance deductibles are going up and caps put on how many claims you can file.
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Even if root isnt wiped during a factory reset they wouldnt see that. I would assume that once they try to boot the phone and it doesnt work theyll just use whatever software they use to set it back to stock and get it ready to send out to some other person. Im not saying this is the best idea. I just happened to stumble upon it and once i had an excuse to get a replacement i went for it. Obviously i very well could have used the stock tar file floating around and fixed it but i hate TouchWiz and the stupid features that came with the phone. I honestly doubt this is why insurance deductibles are going up considering i didnt use my insurance to get my phone replaced. it fell under the manufacturers warranty. if i wanted insurance to replace the phone i could have just dropped it "on accident".
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Even if root isnt wiped during a factory reset they wouldnt see that. I would assume that once they try to boot the phone and it doesnt work theyll just use whatever software they use to set it back to stock and get it ready to send out to some other person. Im not saying this is the best idea. I just happened to stumble upon it and once i had an excuse to get a replacement i went for it. Obviously i very well could have used the stock tar file floating around and fixed it but i hate TouchWiz and the stupid features that came with the phone. I honestly doubt this is why insurance deductibles are going up considering i didnt use my insurance to get my phone replaced. it fell under the manufacturers warranty. if i wanted insurance to replace the phone i could have just dropped it "on accident".
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You hate touchwiz but you bought a touch wiz based phone. Lol smh.
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hexitnow said:
You hate touchwiz but you bought a touch wiz based phone. Lol smh.
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Didnt hate it until after i had used it. I had planned on putting a custom rom on the phone as soon as i had gotten it. Ive seen how much faster the GS4 performs when its running a pure android rom. My phone is at least twice as fast now that ive switched from the stock rom to an AOSP based rom. i know it doesnt really mean anything but i also scored almost 2000 points higher on my Antutu benchmark test.
I wish there was an "unlike" or "thumbs down button" Don't break your phone on purpose people...
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If Verizon would just unlock everything people wouldn't have to accidentally break their phones. I personally bought the phone outright to keep my unlimited data I feel that since I did that I should be able to do what ever I want to MY PHONE! ! ! Plus I pay every month for my insurance and in doing so the insurance company takes the risk that something might happen to my phone to where they have to replace it and if nothing happens to my phone well that make out like bandits because I'm still paying each month for their insurance that I don't use.
"Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"
"Oderint Dum Metuant"
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I wish there was an "unlike" or "thumbs down button" Don't break your phone on purpose people...
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Agreed
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stvn2569 said:
If Verizon would just unlock everything people wouldn't have to accidentally break their phones. I personally bought the phone outright to keep my unlimited data I feel that since I did that I should be able to do what ever I want to MY PHONE! ! ! Plus I pay every month for my insurance and in doing so the insurance company takes the risk that something might happen to my phone to where they have to replace it and if nothing happens to my phone well that make out like bandits because I'm still paying each month for their insurance that I don't use.
"Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"
"Oderint Dum Metuant"
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I agree with you there. What i do with my phone is my business exspecially since i payed for the phone outright instead of getting it through an upgrade for free and i also pay for insurance. I didnt figure out how to break my phone then break it. i just figured out one thing on accident and decided not to fix it on my own (which i could have done very easily). The phone also had several issues right out of the box that would never seem to happen when id go into verizon. All the negative feedback to my post has forced me to change it to a warning about chainfire 3D. but that wont stop someone from figuring out they can get their phone replaced this way, but im also not forcing anyone to do this, its your phone do what you want with it.
Wtf is this thread all about? Warranty fraud isn't cool.
Lets not start a debate judging others morality/immorality or ethical/unethical decisions. This is so subjective, we might as well start arguing about whether there is a god or start debating about when the age of viability is for a fetus. Just keep your opinion to yourself, I don't care if you want to screw the system or not, theres not right or wrong in the grey area. Just dont be annoying about it like the people who knock on my door trying to convince me to join their religion, preaching they carry "the message of god". Like I tell them, then sing a prayer about it instead of annoying me, god damnit. This should be locked, the entire thread is a logical fallacy.
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Agree, this thread should be locked.
Users who think XDA is a site to perpetuate fraud are mistaken...To ask for help recovering from a bricked device is fine, you all should be fully aware of the chances you take when you came here, using fraudulent recovery maneuvers is not how we do things...be adult about your mistakes, claim accountability on your own and pay up.
And, for those who are offended about this, thanks, but instead of replying, next time just report the thread and a moderator will handle from there. Thanks
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