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Guys...
i always read on xda about stuff on how to root s2 and all...
an everything was going well for me...
the last rom i flashed was Villainrom 2.4.2 and Ninphetamine kernel 2.0.5
Everything was going well for a week or so..
but all of a sudden a call got dropped today...
and after that i lost all service to my network...
it was appearing like the sim card was not inserted (there is a icon like no-parking on the status bar)
at first i just switched to flight mode and back on...no change
and then i rebooted the phone...still the same
i even reflashed the rom and also the stock rom just to see what the problem might be...
but still it was the same...everything other than the sim was functional...
then after searching and reading through xda...i decided to check my imei and baseband...
they both are UNKNOWN
the guys on the forum were talking abt 'efs' folder and stuff...
unfortunately stupid me did not back-up that folder
I purchased this phone 4rm UK guys...n i live in Sri Lanka (which is quite a long way)...
got the phone with a great difficulty...
its kinda impossible for me to send it back...
i got it the hard way
now i feel so bad....
am stranded guys...
please do help me out....
btw i registered just now because of this problem
help me out guys...
please
please help me out guys...
i have placed my faith in u all only
ikon4lyf said:
please help me out guys...
i have placed my faith in u all only
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Not sure if this will help. It seems that if you use a back up from another phone and flash it over to yours (might need to be on the same network *shrugs*) it works *maybe* there is a dedicated thread. The OP fixed his problem and stated the solution as well.
Hope it helps.
Cheers.
huzz said:
Not sure if this will help. It seems that if you use a back up from another phone and flash it over to yours (might need to be on the same network *shrugs*) it works *maybe* there is a dedicated thread. The OP fixed his problem and stated the solution as well.
Hope it helps.
Cheers.
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i tried everything...
the only problem is that efs is read only...
so unable to change that in any way...
even root explorer cant seem to copy files to it...
tried mount r/w n stuff too
ikon4lyf said:
i tried everything...
the only problem is that efs is read only...
so unable to change that in any way...
even root explorer cant seem to copy files to it...
tried mount r/w n stuff too
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Just copying efs folder as backup can't solve that. I suggest to flash back to stock rom and bring it to service center and lie about what happened. Just say you were on a call and all of a suden that happened. Don't mention you flashed and rooted etc.
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ephraim033 said:
Just copying efs folder as backup can't solve that. I suggest to flash back to stock rom and bring it to service center and lie about what happened. Just say you were on a call and all of a suden that happened. Don't mention you flashed and rooted etc.
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the prob is bro..
i got this phone from UK...
and am living in Lanka now (which is in south east asia)
so i got no way to send it back to UK..
is there any alternative measures to take instead?
Hey guys i have been using my galaxy s2 fo the past one year ..recently its vibration started to act wierd so iswitched it off .. but when i restarted my mobile signal started to dissapear and there is no imei number . evrything is unknown .. i dont know what to do.. I dont know how to root . so i dont know how to fix it as said in other posts .. can any one help me? .. im nooob to android .....!!!:crying::crying:
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Hey guys i have been using my galaxy s2 fo the past one year ..recently its vibration started to act wierd so iswitched it off .. but when i restarted my mobile signal started to dissapear and there is no imei number . evrything is unknown .. i dont know what to do.. I dont know how to root . so i dont know how to fix it as said in other posts .. can any one help me? .. im nooob to android .....!!!:crying::crying:
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Spoon feeding is not allowed here.
If you're a Android n00b and want to know how to root or flash custom or stock roms I suggest you do some reading/research. We have plenty of Q&A and guides that cover this.
Asking "how do I root" is a silly question to ask because its already been asked and answered so just look/read.
If you lost somehow your IMEI number(0 under *#06#), rooting the device won't help.
First, before any movement, backup your data and then restore defaults. Maybe it's some king of bug?
Settings->backup &restore -> restore defaults, erase memory.
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Spoon feeding is not allowed here.
If you're a Android n00b and want to know how to root or flash custom or stock roms I suggest you do some reading/research. We have plenty of Q&A and guides that cover this.
Asking "how do I root" is a silly question to ask because its already been asked and answered so just look/read.
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I kind of understood how to root but i cant understand this flashing rom thingy .. what should i do to just get it fixed? .. im soooo confusedddd . sorrryyy
mar10o said:
If you lost somehow your IMEI number(0 under *#06#), rooting the device won't help.
First, before any movement, backup your data and then restore defaults. Maybe it's some king of bug?
Settings->backup &restore -> restore defaults, erase memory.
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yea i did type *#06# but imei is not showing up . its empty!! its not a bug. its a corruption in the imei ... i have no idea what to do now
First, relax. Its just a phone.
If the phone is still under warrenty - get it replaced/fixed for free where you bought it from.
If not, try to recover the iemi like it's explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Sent from my digital submersible hovercraft.
f-r said:
First, relax. Its just a phone.
If the phone is still under warrenty - get it replaced/fixed for free where you bought it from.
If not, try to recover the iemi like it's explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Sent from my digital submersible hovercraft.
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thing is its hard to relax because i dont have an altrenative phone and it costed me a lot . my warranty just got over a few days ago another problem ........
well i checked out the link . but i dont get the cmd, adb shell part .. the whole 8th point i dont get it ???.
If you don't get it, there isn't anything further anyone here can do to help you. Send it to a Samsung service centre/authorised repairer, or ask local mobile repair shops. This is not something you're going to fix yourself.
MistahBungle said:
If you don't get it, there isn't anything further anyone here can do to help you. Send it to a Samsung service centre/authorised repairer, or ask local mobile repair shops. This is not something you're going to fix yourself.
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hmmm.. well i went to them . they asked me to change the motherboard whith a total cost of 800 dhs.. which my parents wont give
CMD is command line - like MSDOS or Linux terminal. ADB is not something that you'll get by asking questions and getting answers, you need to read about it and understand it. It will take you a couple of days to figure it out.
I'd try going to several different phone shops/labs. Hopefully they will diagnose the problem without replacing the entire PCB. It's worth a shot.
If every shop says that you must replace the board, ask around. Maybe one of your friends knows someone who is able to fix this.
From what you described it seems like water damage or other hardware fault.
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f-r said:
CMD is command line - like MSDOS or Linux terminal. ADB is not something that you'll get by asking questions and getting answers, you need to read about it and understand it. It will take you a couple of days to figure it out.
I'd try going to several different phone shops/labs. Hopefully they will diagnose the problem without replacing the entire PCB. It's worth a shot.
If every shop says that you must replace the board, ask around. Maybe one of your friends knows someone who is able to fix this.
From what you described it seems like water damage or other hardware fault.
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hey thanx .. okay so i guess im gona root my phone now...can u post a reliable working steps on how to root ? because i read many posts and pepole say som have bricked their phone or aint working properly....
rythu_u said:
hey thanx .. okay so i guess im gona root my phone now...can u post a reliable working steps on how to root ? because i read many posts and pepole say som have bricked their phone or aint working properly....
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If you want anyone to -try to- help you get your phone back you should at least consider searching for easy questions.
Check what ROM you are on and perform a search at xda or google (or both).
Now, are you sure warranty is voided? if it was 2 years you still got time....If you root your devices, warranty will be off the table for you.
Seat back and get you sh*t together, take a long breath and then report back to see what's up.
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Finally rooted my phone using framaroot
and all problems solved:victory:
rythu_u said:
Finally rooted my phone using framaroot
and all problems solved:victory:
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Hi all,
I have exactly the same issue on my Galaxy S2 on Vodaphone in the UK. It's out of warranty and not rooted. I did an IOS upgrade to ICS v4.0.3 and at that point it shows no signal and the IMEI no. is blank after dialing *#06#. Somehow it has lost/corrupted the IMEI no. during the upgrade.
Is the only way to recover the IMEI no. to root the phone? Or is there another method?
Thanks all!
An iOS upgrade ? No wonder you borked your IMEI
Go to Samfirmware, find the latest stock rom for your carrier/country. Flash it with Odin. How ? Search/read/learn. If you're lucky, yours is a case where the IMEI disappearing is a transient thing & doing a 'good' flash of stock (as opposed to the update that obviously barfed in some way - I presume you're talking about an OTA update as opposed to something you did manually ?) might well fix the problem. We've seen a number of similar problems on here lately.
If you're unlucky, you're SOOL & it ain't coming back. Rooting it isn't going to magically fix it unless you have an EFS backup, which you won't have if you're someone who's never rooted their phone. Take it to a local mobile repair shop, they may be able to help. A Samsung service centre/authorised repairer will also fix it for you regardless of the warranty status, they'll just charge you more than a local mobile shop who isn't an authorised Samsung repairer will, likely.
Thank you for your response! I took the S2 to a phone repair shop, the guy tried flashing it back to stock IOS but this failed. He ended up replacing the motherboard, all fine now. Would like to find out the safest way to upgrade the IOS to Jelly Bean now, it's currently running Gingerbread v2.3.3. Any advice appreciated, in the meantime will do some reading up.
Thanks all, great forum!
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Thank you for your response! I took the S2 to a phone repair shop, the guy tried flashing it back to stock IOS but this failed. He ended up replacing the motherboard, all fine now. Would like to find out the safest way to upgrade the IOS to Jelly Bean now, it's currently running Gingerbread v2.3.3. Any advice appreciated, in the meantime will do some reading up.
Thanks all, great forum!
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Okay i might be able to help you .but tell me your model number ......
if its GT-I9100 then you can update easily ,but if its gt-i9100G or smoething else,im nt sure i cn help .. u might have to do some readings ..
The model is GT-I9100, I managed to successfully upgrade the IOS to 4.1.2 using Kies. Perhaps I should've done that first time around instead of selecting Settings-About Device-Software Update over Wifi - which resulted in the phone losing it's IMEI no.
Many thanks for the replies!
okay dude .. enjoy your JB ...
Hi guys,
i'm an italian boy that has a galaxy s3 with a problem: i can't call or send messages because on the screen there is "not registered on network"
i do nothing, my phone is genuine...i didn't try to change rom or to do something...the problem is appared suddenly.
How can i fix the problem? imei code is intact and my telephone operator didn't block my phone or imei...
i know that in this forum there are some topics about this problem, but it is very difficult for me find them...
help me please...i haven't assistance...
thank you
Look for the serial, if it starts with 00000 or something like that, you nees to use Ariza Patch.
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If it helps...
...my wife had this problem last week. Phone was saying that it was not registered on Network. Looked around on the net, checked settings on phone and found that if you turn the phone off for a few minutes and back on, it re-registered to the network. Very basic, don't know why it did it, but it's now OK
djluis48 said:
Look for the serial, if it starts with 00000 or something like that, you nees to use Ariza Patch.
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This is the problem: imei code is ok but there is "not registered on network"
About the other solution, i'm going to try it but i don't think it will work for me..
Is there a final solution? It is impossible that we can't solve the problem..
Thank you all..
Crystian95 said:
This is the problem: imei code is ok but there is "not registered on network"
Correct network APN settings entered .
Sim working
Correct modem.
Is there a final solution? It is impossible that we can't solve the problem..
Multiple posts on this frequently asked question read them .
jje
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JJEgan said:
Crystian95 said:
This is the problem: imei code is ok but there is "not registered on network"
Correct network APN settings entered .
Sim working
Correct modem.
Is there a final solution? It is impossible that we can't solve the problem..
Multiple posts on this frequently asked question read them .
jje
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but i wanted to ask you if you can give me some link about these posts...as said, i'm italian and it is difficult to find a working solution...
in italian forums no one can help me for this reason i'm here
thank you
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Crystian95 said:
JJEgan said:
but i wanted to ask you if you can give me some link about these posts...as said, i'm italian and it is difficult to find a working solution...
in italian forums no one can help me for this reason i'm here
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No sorry i have read them but do not bookmark them .
jje
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my phone wont work
hello i am an dutch guy from holland and my samsung galaxy s3 stopt working with t-mobile internet and calling or recive calls as u guy said i have to use ariza patch my phone still dont work normally soo please help me i dont know what to do and my phone is the I9300 thanks for ur help or not
Jasonangelo said:
hello i am an dutch guy from holland and my samsung galaxy s3 stopt working with t-mobile internet and calling or recive calls as u guy said i have to use ariza patch my phone still dont work normally soo please help me i dont know what to do and my phone is the I9300 thanks for ur help or not
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I mistakenly flashed the 4.2.2 leak today and am having the same problem now.
After reading this forum, it looks like the phone has changed its IMEI after using ODIN. I now have an IMEI that starts with 0049. Help anyone please?
ratedr75 said:
I mistakenly flashed the 4.2.2 leak today and am having the same problem now.
After reading this forum, it looks like the phone has changed its IMEI after using ODIN. I now have an IMEI that starts with 0049. Help anyone please?
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i tryed everythng i can but still dont work it still wont work i think i have to go to the store
ratedr75 said:
I mistakenly flashed the 4.2.2 leak today and am having the same problem now.
After reading this forum, it looks like the phone has changed its IMEI after using ODIN. I now have an IMEI that starts with 0049. Help anyone please?
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Did you back up your EFS folder
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This is the name of the ROM I installed: ANDROM3D-VZLA-V3.0 Found it under: Samsung Galaxy S III I9300, I9305 > Galaxy S III Android Development
But now it seems to be gone that post, but it also killed my IMEI.
/Otto
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Reported multiple identical posts hijacking threads spamming the board .
jje
tallman43 said:
Did you back up your EFS folder
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I did, with team win, I restored but it still doesn't work after restoring. I too have 0049* as IMEI and the serial number is shown. My baseband is XXUFME7. My phone is brand new LOL. Any idea?
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I fixed it applying this.
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Get IMEI number back
To get IMEI number back flash modem XXEMG4. This should help with some but not all not registered on network issues.
Please help me
Christophson said:
To get IMEI number back flash modem XXEMG4. This should help with some but not all not registered on network issues.
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could you please help me with the choice of modem to flash for international s3 gt-i9300 Australia really need your help please mate im getting so desperate
Australan Modem please help
jonalo said:
could you please help me with the choice of modem to flash for international s3 gt-i9300 Australia really need your help please mate im getting so desperate
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guys really need to know which modem to flash to australian gt-i9300 please help me asap its been a few days n im desperate'
Possible fix
ratedr75 said:
I mistakenly flashed the 4.2.2 leak today and am having the same problem now.
After reading this forum, it looks like the phone has changed its IMEI after using ODIN. I now have an IMEI that starts with 0049. Help anyone please?
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Hey man I read that it could have sumpin 2 do wit type of modem mg2 or mg4 try searching about which versions of firmware have which on mop
solved it
i got it fixed but i will tell u how it happened to me so u can connect the dots with ur problems ,,
i was on omega rom v49 but i wanted to return to stock and un root (4.1.2) to do some things i had a problem while restoring the cable disconnected but i started the process again and everything worked fine except for the network i couldn't call and when someone calls me it gives him that my phone is ringing and i got nothing (be aware u may have got many calls)
i tried some videos from the youtube and tried ariza patch (i dont no if i did it right or not i choose patch 5 and rebooted but nothing worked ) and flashed some modems but nothing
so i flashed back to omega v47 it is MG2 and every thing worked just fine after that so give it a try i hope it helps
goofy n desperate theory
mido.gawad said:
i got it fixed but i will tell u how it happened to me so u can connect the dots with ur problems ,,
i was on omega rom v49 but i wanted to return to stock and un root (4.1.2) to do some things i had a problem while restoring the cable disconnected but i started the process again and everything worked fine except for the network i couldn't call and when someone calls me it gives him that my phone is ringing and i got nothing (be aware u may have got many calls)
i tried some videos from the youtube and tried ariza patch (i dont no if i did it right or not i choose patch 5 and rebooted but nothing worked ) and flashed some modems but nothing
so i flashed back to omega v47 it is MG2 and every thing worked just fine after that so give it a try i hope it helps
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hey peeps wus happening... i had this goofy theory coz this problem to me is like a villain in a game that needs cheats to beat him ... its the one that bit the dust huh.. it seems that we need to pay cash in this (serious amout too)
anyways here is the theory .. (what if we went way back to the first omega rom n kept upgrading till the latest one ... could it be the solution ... ??? LOOL its goofy but u know when ur desperate u think about some crazy stuff... so thats what i thought about ... coz there r many users who flashed older roms n it worked for them ... im just saying ... lets try to track our histories of our roms n c what happens ... thank u ..
davidedavini said:
I did, with team win, I restored but it still doesn't work after restoring. I too have 0049* as IMEI and the serial number is shown. My baseband is XXUFME7. My phone is brand new LOL. Any idea?
Update:
I fixed it applying this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43946365&postcount=15
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This worked for me after flashing S4 Revolution ROM V5, thank you i've got my IMEI back.
Hi guys my dad just bought me a phone and I've been researching and it appears to be a fake. It's model number is is still gt i9300. I saw a previous thread and someone had the exact same one and he was able to root and get it to the actual stock rom of the real gs3. There must be a way to do this but I need someone to give me a link to a specific tutorial to do this. It runs 4.1.1 and still has the specs of the s3 just not the Samsung apps and isn't made by Samsung.. Someone please reply and tell me what I can do. I'm still a noob at this stuff so try to explain everything in depth.. Thanks. Btw here is the link to where the guy said he was able to get to stock rom of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018881
Try downloading odin 3.04 and the latest firmware from sammobile.com
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noudledeen20 said:
Hi guys my dad just bought me a phone and I've been researching and it appears to be a fake. It's model number is is still gt i9300. I saw a previous thread and someone had the exact same one and he was able to root and get it to the actual stock rom of the real gs3. There must be a way to do this but I need someone to give me a link to a specific tutorial to do this. It runs 4.1.1 and still has the specs of the s3 just not the Samsung apps and isn't made by Samsung.. Someone please reply and tell me what I can do. I'm still a noob at this stuff so try to explain everything in depth.. Thanks. Btw here is the link to where the guy said he was able to get to stock rom of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018881
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Can you post screen shot from settings/about phone?
slaphead20 said:
Can you post screen shot from settings/about phone?
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Alright here's a picture because the phone isn't able to take screenshots. I really appreciate the help though guys thanks.
stevieb23 said:
Try downloading odin 3.04 and the latest firmware from sammobile.com
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I will try the Odin thing right now btw and tell you how it goes
Sorry mate, but since your kernel version and compilation is not a Samsung genuine phone, wich means that will not work with Odin for sure! LOL
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hello there ... i did something stupid .. and i need help .. i rooted my tmobile s3 using Mr.Robinson method 2 days ago and then decided two flash a custom rom .. i chose the slim bean 4.3.1 build 2.2 .. the only dumb stupid thing i did was downloading the international version zip instead of the tmobile one ... i flashed and the phone died after that ... can some help .. please
frozensama said:
hello there ... i did something stupid .. and i need help .. i rooted my tmobile s3 using Mr.Robinson method 2 days ago and then decided two flash a custom rom .. i chose the slim bean 4.3.1 build 2.2 .. the only dumb stupid thing i did was downloading the international version zip instead of the tmobile one ... i flashed and the phone died after that ... can some help .. please
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Flash back to stock first. See if can.
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Wrong forum, hence why you may have bricked your phone. As above try flashing the correct stock rom, else ask in the right forum.
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boomboomer said:
Wrong forum, hence why you may have bricked your phone. As above try flashing the correct stock rom, else ask in the right forum.
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Well he is kinda new.
Sent from my GT-I9300.
Give a thank if i helped you.
JellyYogurt said:
Well he is kinda new.
Sent from my GT-I9300.
Give a thank if i helped you.
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A phone is bricked be the user new or not .
If they want to start flashing without reading and double checking then its likely a problem .
As said usual per this scene flashed wrong firmware on a totally different hardware is not usual recoverable . Blown digitizer blown motherboard all probables .
JellyYogurt said:
Flash back to stock first. See if can.
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the phone id dead .. i cant get it to go to download mode ..
anyway i talked to some guy and he is gonna try a jtag on it ..
thanks
well
boomboomer said:
Wrong forum, hence why you may have bricked your phone. As above try flashing the correct stock rom, else ask in the right forum.
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sorry about the wrong form .. i just couldn't find the right form .. and yes sir i m new
and im a doctor ..so basically i know nothing about your world as much as you know nothing about mine ..
thank you for the help .. i rooted my phone before and i flashed a lot of roms ... it just this one went wrong due to a stupid mistake ..
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sorry about the wrong form .. i just couldn't find the right form .. and yes sir i m new
and im a doctor ..so basically i know nothing about your world as much as you know nothing about mine ..
thank you for the help .. i rooted my phone before and i flashed a lot of roms ... it just this one went wrong due to a stupid mistake ..
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Just like the Doctor then errors happen .
PS some of do know quite a lot about your world .
JellyYogurt said:
Well he is kinda new.
Sent from my GT-I9300.
Give a thank if i helped you.
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i flashed the international version of slim bean 4.3.1 on the t mobile version .. that was originally the problem
the phone didnt respond after that .. couldn't enter download mode .. couldn't go to recovery and couldn't boot the phone ..
now there is this website brickedmyphone.com .. that promised to help and thank you all
frozensama said:
sorry about the wrong form .. i just couldn't find the right form .. and yes sir im new
and im a doctor ..so basically i know nothing about your world as much as you know nothing about mine ..
thank you for the help .. i rooted my phone before and i flashed a lot of roms ... it just this one went wrong due to a stupid mistake ..
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How do you know I'm not also a doctor? Kind of annoying when people make assumptions based on no evidence. I didn't judge you -just pointed out the likely cause and effect, your phone's 'diagnosis' if you prefer.
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How do you know I'm not also a doctor? Kind of annoying when people make assumptions based on no evidence. I didn't judge you -just pointed out the likely cause and effect, your phone's 'diagnosis' if you prefer.
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He nvr said u aren't a doctor though
Sent from my GT-I9300.
Give a thank if i helped you.