Well I'm stuck with a black screen.....nothing. I know I can send it in for jtag but this is my daily driver so I'm hesitant and need it running soon. I was running stang5litre's oc1 rom and tried to flash gigilies port of albe96's super6 v1.87 ROM. I followed instructions to the T. I wiped then installed through flashfire. That could have been the problem but it was supposedly tested with it so idk. Any way I could fix with an sdcard or something? Thanks in advance!!!
Can you get into download mode?
Hold down the volume down, Home key, and Press and Release power
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No sir completely hard bricked.
Will it turn on at all?
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Will it turn on at all?
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No sir won't do anything.
Although when I plug it in it says searching for drivers for qhusb_dload. But after awhile it says that this device has malfunctioned.
turn it off again, hold Vol- and power.... (release power when screen light up) still nothing?
No sir but I meant when I plug it into the computer the computer says that.
That's really not good at all. I think JTAG repair is the only hope.
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That's really not good at all. I think JTAG repair is the only hope.
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OK thankyou. I was afraid that was what I was gonna have to do. But I still have hope for some kind of sdcard repair. Lol
hard bricked I545 also!
Looking to see if theres a SD Card method before I have to look into getting it JTagged. I dont know anything of how or what firmware it has but its a friends phone and he doesnt even know how it hardbricked. I've been trying to read before I posted anything so this is where im at as I am a newb lol.
I have win32diskimager. I need a debrick img for sch-I545. I also have a 32gb class 10 microsd card.
I'm guessing I get the img, write it to the sd using win32disk. put it in phone, then try to power on correct?
I got a debrick img somewhere on xda, but it was labeled backup.bin, and I didnt really know how to convert it to .img correctly nor do i know how to check if its been written properly?
Any help would be awesome! thank you
dougfunnieyo said:
Looking to see if theres a SD Card method before I have to look into getting it JTagged. I dont know anything of how or what firmware it has but its a friends phone and he doesnt even know how it hardbricked. I've been trying to read before I posted anything so this is where im at as I am a newb lol.
I have win32diskimager. I need a debrick img for sch-I545. I also have a 32gb class 10 microsd card.
I'm guessing I get the img, write it to the sd using win32disk. put it in phone, then try to power on correct?
I got a debrick img somewhere on xda, but it was labeled backup.bin, and I didnt really know how to convert it to .img correctly nor do i know how to check if its been written properly?
Any help would be awesome! thank you
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First off if your friend didn't do any type of modding or flashing then the problem could be that the power button is stuck in the open position and you may need to get that replaced.
But if it hardbricked during a flash or something of that sort then The sdcard has to be the same amount as phone storage. So if you have the 32gb then in theory that would work. But if you have 16gb phone you would need a 16gb sdcard. I haven't had any luck but I don't have a class 10 sdc so that's probably the problem. Also from the videos ive watched on youtube (so i could be wrong) you don't need to change the file to img just click on the bottom right corner when you are searching for the file press where it say ".img" ".IMG" and change it to "." Then you will be able to find the backup.bin file. Then me know if this helps and or if it worked then I may have to buy myself a class 10 sdc. Thanks
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First off if your friend didn't do any type of modding or flashing then the problem could be that the power button is stuck in the open position and you may need to get that replaced.
But if it hardbricked during a flash or something of that sort then The sdcard has to be the same amount as phone storage. So if you have the 32gb then in theory that would work. But if you have 16gb phone you would need a 16gb sdcard. I haven't had any luck but I don't have a class 10 sdc so that's probably the problem. Also from the videos ive watched on youtube (so i could be wrong) you don't need to change the file to img just click on the bottom right corner when you are searching for the file press where it say ".img" ".IMG" and change it to "." Then you will be able to find the backup.bin file. Then me know if this helps and or if it worked then I may have to buy myself a class 10 sdc. Thanks
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Ya he works for verizon so im guessing he did or tried to flash something. He said it was hardbricked but didnt say how or what he did. I was able to write to the card changing IMG to . allowing me to choose the bin file. The phone didn't boot up or anything, could be wrong debrick img? wish I had different ones to try. This looks like it could be leaning to a JTAG repair, but I still have hope with the SD method.
I have the debrick image for gs4 oc1 I made it from another gs4 thru terminal if you would like me to upload.
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I have the debrick image for gs4 oc1 I made it from another gs4 thru terminal if you would like me to upload.
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sure! definitely, anything is worth a shot at this point. Thank you
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I have the debrick image for gs4 oc1 I made it from another gs4 thru terminal if you would like me to upload.
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please upload the file, i need it my i545 is getting hardbrick
thanks before
i have vwz GS4 i try to unlock boot loader using EZ-unlocker that hard brick my device .neeed help to brind it back to life kindly upload debrick img and procedure
Same exact problem happened to me. All the way down to flashing the same ROM. I believe my battery popped out while flashing with FF, once I put it back in my phone wouldn't turn on. I'm in a bit of a panic over here :/
Unlocked to bricked
You can not unlock the boot loader there is no method yet to do so. I wonder if some of you have drained you battery & that's why it won't boot up to at least down loading screen. Try plugging it in to a charger for 1/2 hour or so then try.
If you can get to down loading screen you can hook id to computer & load the stock firmware with Odin.
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You can not unlock the boot loader there is no method yet to do so. I wonder if some of you have drained you battery & that's why it won't boot up to at least down loading screen. Try plugging it in to a charger for 1/2 hour or so then try.
If you can get to down loading screen you can hook id to computer & load the stock firmware with Odin.
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i try with new battery full charged but still no sign of life in it after using ez-unlocker to unlock boot loader and pc wont detect:silly::crying: any thing when i connect phone with it
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Well I'm stuck with a black screen.....nothing. I know I can send it in for jtag but this is my daily driver so I'm hesitant and need it running soon. I was running stang5litre's oc1 rom and tried to flash gigilies port of albe96's super6 v1.87 ROM. I followed instructions to the T. I wiped then installed through flashfire. That could have been the problem but it was supposedly tested with it so idk. Any way I could fix with an sdcard or something? Thanks in advance!!!
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funny i just did the opposite I bricked flashing stang's new 2.0 on my OC1 OTA phone (got it for cheap after the update) just had rooted it and flashed my gDux to it no problems then flashed stang's and bam. the issue resides in the fact that when I made the OP for Super6 it was based on my downgrading to 4.42 Kernel then using Safestrap. Which a kernel flash has to have the -orig tag at the end of the block in order to flash over the stock kernel. This means that if your on OC1 and you flash a ROM you must not flash a kernel and if you do on accident you need to pull the battery before the install finishes and if thats not possible hold the vol down button in hopes of getting to download mode before trying to boot the phone or it will brick. so if your going to try and flash Stang 2.0 don't use his FF instructions the only time you need to flash a kernel in FF is if your upgrading with mdk, or Safestrap is installed on the phone. otherwise make sure the block for the kernel doesnt have the -orig because that wont work obviously. sucks Im usually more careful when flashing other's releases. if someone has the OTA installed and bootloaders at 5.0 an SD .img for debricking would be useful could someone please zip a result of this command from terminal in the Stock ROM:
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dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=1048576 count=128
if you zip the .img you'll save a lot of bandwidth. I'd like to try and attempt to revive via sdcard (doubt its possible I didnt have luck with NK and an SD) but if nothing else theres been some improvements the qhs_usb department it might be possible to force write the debrick.img I'll do some investigating but if anyones already fixed this issue please let me know
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After many lost hours of sleep, I finally give up and come to the community for help. I've seen the problems I'm having posted a lot, but I've not yet found a solution.
To start, all was well with my KitKat 4.4 ROM, except that my SIM would not read. So in my troubleshooting process, I did a full system wipe of everything through TWRP v2.6.3.0 (including internal memory), knowing that my ROM and other necessary files were saved on my SD card. The problem now is that TWRP will not show that I actually have an SD, so I'm stuck with no OS now. I've tried everything I've seen, such as formatting and properly "ejecting" the SD from my computer after doing so. I've tried three different SD cards, two 16gig and one 2 gig. Still won't read.
The only other thing I can think to do is use ADB to push or sideload - my device does not show at all when I try. Same result with fastboot. I'm suspecting that the issue with this is the driver. So far, after searching for hours and hours, the only driver I've found to use with the E970 is the usb_driver downloaded through SDK Manager. When I use this driver, it shows my phone as Google Galaxy Nexus ADB Interface in the Device Manager. But still no luck with ADB or Fastboot.
So I apologize if either of these has been solved one or more times before, but I'm desperate for help. Thanks!
AFAIK , there is a special modded TWRP version for KK Geeb that is patched to read SD Cards.
You'll have to search it or wait till someone who has it posts it here. But I have read about that somewhere , it's just that I am not able to recall. If I find it , I'll post asap.
Rishi. said:
AFAIK , there is a special modded TWRP version for KK Geeb that is patched to read SD Cards.
You'll have to search it or wait till someone who has it posts it here. But I have read about that somewhere , it's just that I am not able to recall. If I find it , I'll post asap.
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As of right now, my phone has no ROM installed. I'd be willing to bet that it wouldn't read from an SD even before I tried my first ROM, but I don't really know since I never tried. Stupid on my part for not doing so before the wipe. I'll look into the modded TWRP, and hopefully it'll get me somewhere. Thanks for the help!
I assume it shouldn't be hard to push the modded recovery to the phone via ADB. Then you would be able to get the SDcard recognized and flash the rom of your choice.
Or second choice stands as LGNPST , then flash alt./orig. teenybins , which'll give you TWRP 2.5.0.0 or something similar to it. You can flash the new modded TWRP using that as well.
Rishi. said:
I assume it shouldn't be hard to push the modded recovery to the phone via ADB. Then you would be able to get the SDcard recognized and flash the rom of your choice.
Or second choice stands as LGNPST , then flash alt./orig. teenybins , which'll give you TWRP 2.5.0.0 or something similar to it. You can flash the new modded TWRP using that as well.
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The problem with this is that I can't get ADB to find my device. If that were the case, I'd just push the ROM straight to my internal memory since that's the only one it sees. I've tried and double checked many times to make sure I was doing the ADB process properly. As far as I can tell, I am. Which leads me to think its not the proper driver for my phone. But I can't find any others.
I thought about LGNPST, but I can't get the phone into download mode without an OS. And that's the only way I know to use LGNPST.
You can get the phone to download mode , even without a ROM. The Download mode is initiated , right at phone start up. I think you may be doing it in a wrong way or so , that's why it's not booting up in dload mode. Check the TeenyBins thread , and see if you are doing it right way.
If your phone is booting then LGNPST will work most probably.
Rishi. said:
You can get the phone to download mode , even without a ROM. The Download mode is initiated , right at phone start up. I think you may be doing it in a wrong way or so , that's why it's not booting up in dload mode. Check the TeenyBins thread , and see if you are doing it right way.
If your phone is booting then LGNPST will work most probably.
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You're absolutely right! I had entered download mode more than a few times before, so I knew how to do it. But I guess in my sleep-deprived and frustrated state, I must have been forgetting something. Just got it into download mode on the first try. I feel like starting fresh with a stock ROM is best, so it's working on that right now.
Thanks coming your way!
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You're absolutely right! I had entered download mode more than a few times before, so I knew how to do it. But I guess in my sleep-deprived and frustrated state, I must have been forgetting something. Just got it into download mode on the first try. I feel like starting fresh with a stock ROM is best, so it's working on that right now.
Thanks coming your way!
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Take enough sleep , before flashing next time. Last time I remember when I was sleep deprived and did some flashing , I ended up with a partial brick. :lol:
Start fresh with teeny bins. Then FLash the stock rom using recovery. ( Don't LGNPST the stock .tot file.( Use LGNPST just to throw in the correct TWRP recovery and update partitions with TeenyBins ). I would recommend flashing the stock JB .zip file using TWRP recovery . (Created by SnowLeopardJB ). ) Check his thread.
Post if you face any issues. ::highfive:
Rishi. said:
Take enough sleep , before flashing next time. Last time I remember when I was sleep deprived and did some flashing , I ended up with a partial brick. :lol:
Start fresh with teeny bins. Then FLash the stock rom using recovery. ( Don't LGNPST the stock .tot file.( Use LGNPST just to throw in the correct TWRP recovery and update partitions with TeenyBins ). I would recommend flashing the stock JB .zip file using TWRP recovery . (Created by SnowLeopardJB ). ) Check his thread.
Post if you face any issues. ::highfive:
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Well, I opted to use LGNPST to flash TeenyBins and a TWRP that read my SD. Flashed the KitKat ROM just to try it, and it boots perfectly but I'm back to no SIM. So I'll be moving on to this new issue... haha
So you didnt slept...huh .. lol.
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So you didnt slept...huh .. lol.
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Haha, no I didn't. Between work and travel, I'm still trying to figure out this sim issue. It won't detect my sim on this ROM, or others it seems. I tried on a LiquidSmooth 4.3.1 ROM just now and it had the same issue. It's almost as if it has the detection set backwards. When I insert the sim, it thinks I've removed it and says ”sim removed." Then when removed, it says ”sim inserted” or something along those lines, and wants to restart. I'm at a loss, and I'm wondering why it could be doing this.
hey guys, i have no clue what happened. i havent fooled around and fiddled with my HDX 8.9 in months. i rooted it in december and installed safestrap last month (but i didnt use it. i only installed safestrap in anticipation of a rom) and out of the blue my kindles wifi stopped working yesterday. i decided to restart it bc thats the ultimate fix for all electronics but now its stuck on the animated kindle fire boot logo. ADB works and i can also boot into fastboot. Thats where my knowledge ends. i dont have the knowledge you guys have and i have googled this for the past 3 hoours but to no avail. i would find other help on other devices but i dont wanna risk ruining my hdx even more by trying another devices fix.
can anyone tell me how to recover from adb. i tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530623
and it just booted me into fastboot and i would use this command: "fastboot -w -i 0x1949" and that doesnt do anything. androidcowboy seemed to have some problems with that method too, so im skeptical. is there someway to push a unmodified firmware and get stock back?? ill provide any more info you guys need. a quick step by step or a link to somebody elses page would be awesome!! a cookie to the best helper! :highfive:
PS i should also mention that i can in fact boot into safestrap. however, my backup does not appear. my internal storage in safestrap says 0mb. is my internal sdcard not mounting for a reason?
please help!
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hey guys, i have no clue what happened. i havent fooled around and fiddled with my HDX 8.9 in months. i rooted it in december and installed safestrap last month (but i didnt use it. i only installed safestrap in anticipation of a rom) and out of the blue my kindles wifi stopped working yesterday. i decided to restart it bc thats the ultimate fix for all electronics but now its stuck on the animated kindle fire boot logo. ADB works and i can also boot into fastboot. Thats where my knowledge ends. i dont have the knowledge you guys have and i have googled this for the past 3 hoours but to no avail. i would find other help on other devices but i dont wanna risk ruining my hdx even more by trying another devices fix.
can anyone tell me how to recover from adb. i tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530623
and it just booted me into fastboot and i would use this command: "fastboot -w -i 0x1949" and that doesnt do anything. androidcowboy seemed to have some problems with that method too, so im skeptical. is there someway to push a unmodified firmware and get stock back?? ill provide any more info you guys need. a quick step by step or a link to somebody elses page would be awesome!! a cookie to the best helper! :highfive:
PS i should also mention that i can in fact boot into safestrap. however, my backup does not appear. my internal storage in safestrap says 0mb. is my internal sdcard not mounting for a reason?
please help!
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did you use the normal usb calbe to boot into fastboot mode? or you were using a special usb cable?
if you can boot into safesatrap, then your hdx is not a brick at all ,you can fix it in safestrap ,try to google the ways using the SS.
goodayoo said:
did you use the normal usb calbe to boot into fastboot mode? or you were using a special usb cable?
if you can boot into safesatrap, then your hdx is not a brick at all ,you can fix it in safestrap ,try to google the ways using the SS.
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thanks for response. i was using a normal cable. are you sugesting that i load amazons official firmware over my stock partition through SS? this is why i was asking because this is what it seems google say to do. i was planning on doing that but i didnt want to mess my device up more so thats why i was asking. i was thinking of creating a slot and installing stock firmware on it and see if it was safe but because my internal storage doesnt mount and shows up as 0mb i was unable to create a slot and load the firmaware.
please be a little more specific as to what i should be googling and i will gladly do it. i hate asking questions in forums bc i dont want to be that guy who takes peoples time up for a simple solutioin but the truth is that i looked everywhere before i asked the question. i have a couple of methods i would like to use but i dont know which one is the right one and the safest one. im leaning towards reloading stock amazon firmware into the stock slot on SS.
thanks again and sorry for being a pain. im a noob compared to most of you guys but believe it or not im quite tech saavy.
anybody toss me a clue please. should i go ahead a flash stock rom? i went to dl stock rom from http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_v4_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201357220 and it was a .bin. should i rename it to a zip? also, the file i downloaded is 488mb however when it downloaded it said it was supposed to be 795mb. i dled it twice and it came out 488 both times. can somebody give me a md5 of their update so i know i have a proper file. sorry to sound desperate but i need answers. :fingers-crossed:
thanks y'all
My copy of update-kindle-14.3.1.0_user_310079820 is 794 MB.
MD5 : 0F2BC5278C057E7A6B4823B0F68D0727
It looks like you've got a bad copy
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anybody toss me a clue please. should i go ahead a flash stock rom? i went to dl stock rom from http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_v4_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201357220 and it was a .bin. should i rename it to a zip? also, the file i downloaded is 488mb however when it downloaded it said it was supposed to be 795mb. i dled it twice and it came out 488 both times. can somebody give me a md5 of their update so i know i have a proper file. sorry to sound desperate but i need answers. :fingers-crossed:
thanks y'all
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Try this http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/apollo//apollo-amazon-os-14.3.1.0.zip
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ptrsnshane said:
Try this http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/apollo//apollo-amazon-os-14.3.1.0.zip
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great... thanks to you guys. now should i just go ahead and push it through adb and flash it?? does it matter that internal storage doesnt mount in SS?
thanks again
gutts10 said:
great... thanks to you guys. now should i just go ahead and push it through adb and flash it?? does it matter that internal storage doesnt mount in SS?
thanks again
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I have only installed it on a rom slot. It worked like it should but in your case I'm not sure.
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I have only installed it on a rom slot. It worked like it should but in your case I'm not sure.
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ok ill give it a go first thing tomo... ill let you know how it goes. thanks again.
I was trying to install the Kit Kat ROMS on my MK2 phone using the new patches from these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674280
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720163
I forgot that I was still on Safestrap 1.71, so I clearly am the one that messed this up. They were giving me some kind of error while I was install the patches, so I tried Restoring back to my old backup. It wouldn't boot, so I erased the Rom Slot, reinstalled it, and restored again.
I can't remember if my phone finished restoring, or if I told it to reboot, either way it shut off and I cannot get it to turn back on. The battery was fully charged, and I've been trying to turn it on with/without the battery and the charger.
I still have no idea how to get it to boot back up, so I can get Odin to find it. Fingers crossed that somebody has an idea for me?
So you tried taking the battery out for about 30 seconds. No charger plugged in. Then put the battery back In and boot into Odin mode using the keypress.
Yeah, what's the key press? Definitely possible I'm doing it wrong?
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Yeah, what's the key press? Definitely possible I'm doing it wrong?
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open1your1eyes0 said:
This is the button combinations you need to enter each mode.
ODIN/Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key(s): Volume Down
While holding this key down simultaneously press the Power button until you see a disclaimer on the screen
Then let go of both buttons and press Volume Up to accept the disclaimer
Once the green robot is visible on the screen this indicates that handset is in now ODIN/Download mode
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No response. No matter what I do.... I can't believe my luck with phones sometimes.
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No response. No matter what I do.... I can't believe my luck with phones sometimes.
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moving to 4.4 via the leak is probably to soon as there are numerous issues to be worked out. As long as people don't mind bricking their phones in attempting to do so.....
If you can't get the phone to go into odin mode, probably will have to send to jtag service....and hope they can fix it.
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No response. No matter what I do.... I can't believe my luck with phones sometimes.
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So your screen is black and nothing works? Go ahead and plug your phone via USB into a Windows computer. Open Device Manager and tell me if it recognizes a device being plugged in, and what that device's name is. If you get any action on USB, there's hope.
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So your screen is black and nothing works? Go ahead and plug your phone via USB into a Windows computer. Open Device Manager and tell me if it recognizes a device being plugged in, and what that device's name is. If you get any action on USB, there's hope.
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I have a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and an "SM Bus Controller" under the Other Devices drivers. I'm pretty sure that qhsusb is my phone. So what's your idea? It's got to be worth a try.
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moving to 4.4 via the leak is probably to soon as there are numerous issues to be worked out. As long as people don't mind bricking their phones in attempting to do so.....
If you can't get the phone to go into odin mode, probably will have to send to jtag service....and hope they can fix it.
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So there's nobody else that can flash an update to my phone? Like Verizon, or anybody that I don't have to wait weeks for?
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
I have a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and an "SM Bus Controller" under the Other Devices drivers. I'm pretty sure that qhsusb is my phone. So what's your idea? It's got to be worth a try.
So there's nobody else that can flash an update to my phone? Like Verizon, or anybody that I don't have to wait weeks for?
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You're in luck. We'll need an unbrick image. You'll want to download the program win32diskimager, and have a blank SD card. @Surge1223 do you have an unbrick image?
If this actually works... I got the program, and the SD card. The only thing is, should I leave my S4 in the PC? I have no idea if it's charging/wasting battery, or if it'll be seen by the computer again.
ryanbg said:
You're in luck. We'll need an unbrick image. You'll want to download the program win32diskimager, and have a blank SD card. @Surge1223 do you have an unbrick image?
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Well I think I have 512mb MK2 debrick.img but this users issue may be a tad more complicated as I believe he was one of the users attempting to upgrade to 4.4.2 with root. So he may require a 4.4.2 NC2 debrick.img depending on which of his bootloaders were written over, (considering its in qhsusb_dload we can assume aboot is toast on his device)
Luckily my bootloaders are on the 4.4.2 NC2 build so I'll make a debrick img and that might help.
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Yeah, I was technically on MJ7. I went to NC2. I was way over my head when I was doing this. I'm really lost as to why I was able to restore once, it just got stuck in a boot loop.
I know I used the NC2 to MK2 downgrade patch too. I'm not entirely sure which one I used last. If there's anything else I can do to help, please let me know. Otherwise, thank you so much just for trying.
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Yeah, I was technically on MJ7. I went to NC2. I was way over my head when I was doing this. I'm really lost as to why I was able to restore once, it just got stuck in a boot loop.
I know I used the NC2 to MK2 downgrade patch too. I'm not entirely sure which one I used last. If there's anything else I can do to help, please let me know. Otherwise, thank you so much just for trying.
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You can download the debrick.img here debrick.img you may need to ask @ryanbg for directions after that, I believe he has successfully restored his device using a debrick.img in the past.
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Surge1223 said:
You can download the debrick.img here debrick.img you may need to ask @ryanbg for directions after that, I believe he has successfully restored his device using a debrick.img in the past.
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Is there somewhere I can find mdk debrick.img or can someone give me the rundown on creating my own or link me to directions?
I already had to pay out of pocket for this phone, so yes somebody please give me some instructions on how to do this. Or a link to a forum is fine. I'm usually not an idiot, just want lazy sometimes. I want to be fully aware of what I'm doing with this. I can't stand going back to my old RAZR.
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
I already had to pay out of pocket for this phone, so yes somebody please give me some instructions on how to do this. Or a link to a forum is fine. I'm usually not an idiot, just want lazy sometimes. I want to be fully aware of what I'm doing with this. I can't stand going back to my old RAZR.
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If you're device shows QHSUSB_anything, you typically can do an SD boot. What I need you to do is download that image, format your SD card in an SD card reader directly into the computer, not through your phone. Use Win32DiskImager and write the image file to your SD card. Pop it in your phone, and try turning it on or going to download mode.
Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
I already had to pay out of pocket for this phone, so yes somebody please give me some instructions on how to do this. Or a link to a forum is fine. I'm usually not an idiot, just want lazy sometimes. I want to be fully aware of what I'm doing with this. I can't stand going back to my old RAZR.
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Awesome. I don't have a card reader here, though. Think I can just use that program running through my old RAZR as an SD card reader, or just better to go pick up a reader? I could use one anyway, just don't want to wait.
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Narc0lept1cN1nja said:
Awesome. I don't have a card reader here, though. Think I can just use that program running through my old RAZR as an SD card reader, or just better to go pick up a reader? I could use one anyway, just don't want to wait.
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You'll need to use an actual card reader. The phone wouldn't really let you write directly to the card.
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Doesn't seem to be working... The phone still isn't turning on with the SD Card in. I plugged it back into the computer; every time I try turning the phone on, it disappears from the Driver Manager for a few seconds but it shows back up.
I can't see anything on the phone change
When I write this image to my SD Card, should it still be seen by my PC? Whenever it Writes Successfully, it disappears from my computer. I can find it in Disk Management, which is good because I can reformat it. However, it makes about 30 different volumes, and most are about 3 MB if that large.
Haven't not done this before, but having created Linux LiveCDs under Windows before this sounds about right. I would imagine the volumes are just a format that Windows doesn't recognize.
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Hello everyone, firstly I want to apologise for having my first post here be a forgettable and generic cry for help but I'm at my wits end and I hope that the community is nice enough; I would be very grateful. I rooted my phone as the idea really excited me as the phone had been really behaving erratically, since rooting it the phone performed brilliantly, I was thinking of installing CyanogenMod but it was lost on me, the entire process and caveats frightened me away... And I put my hands in the air admitting I probably didn't respect the process enough, thinking if the worse happened - c'est la vie! Well now it has and I'm feeling sick.
I rooted a few months ago, the Android version was 4.3. Basically I know what I've done and to quote Chromium himself in his thread for the app - I love the app, I'd done nothing at all exotic since rooting the phone - no custom ROM, no custom OS, just did it for the improved performance it affords, and I've been using Fontster all this time. Only recently, thinking I'm really clever I put a ttf font file on the phone via USB, a font that was unavailable in the app itself and thought nothing of it, promptly forgetting I ever did it to be honest.
Chromium said:
https://github.com/Chromium1/Fonts/raw/master/RestoreStockFonts.zip
This feature was available in one of the previous beta versions, but I decided to remove it from the app. One of the key points of this app is that it replaces all styles of fonts included in the rom and that I personally collected (or in some cases made) full sets of the fonts. In addition I edited the classifications of all the fonts so that they dont result in a bootloop when installed. If the user was able to pick their own files the classifications of the fonts will very likely be incorrect and they will soft brick their phone. Considering I already have a bunch of ignorant, uneducated reviews on the play store from people who failed to read the description, I cant imagine how much worse it would get if I left this option in the app.
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I did not know this prior to I've done; last night I had grown tired of the font I had been using and started installing other fonts and had actually rebooted the phone a few times, and then I did it, didn't I? I must have chosen the font that I had put on the phone manually, the phone reboots and it hanged.
Since then, I've tried Odin and Kies. I needed to flash the stock recovery again and I have access to both Download and Recovery mode, Odin is detecting it all good and most of the internet is in agreement that as I have access to Download mode I am able to save the phone.
I have downloaded the stock ROM from multiple services, I currently have one downloading from http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300 however but there is no mtd tar file no matter how many times I unzip the folder, using Windows' own file manager and 7zip, and there is no discussion about this anywhere on the Internet, though I am on Windows 8.1!?
Please help, I'm thinking I just need that mtd/tar file to be put in the PDA box?!
Additionally when in recovery mode there is red text -
E: failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)
can't mount '/system' (Invalid argument)
E: failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)
Am I boned?
Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated; this has really opened my eyes to the pitfalls of dealing in something I have no idea about, I'm through and through a Windows techie.
When you extract the downloaded files what do you see in the folder?
Darke5tShad0w said:
When you extract the downloaded files what do you see in the folder?
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Thank you DarkestShadow for your reply; it's still downloading (but going from memory; but I'll edit when it's finished) there was a boot image, a META-INF folder, a Modem file, a system file and others - I know this isn't thorough enough. From what I've seen on YouTube and from guides online once the zip is extracted it all becomes a single mtr5 / tar file. And that just isn't happening, it's perplexing as much as it is infuriating.
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Thank you DarkestShadow for your reply; it's still downloading (but going from memory; but I'll edit when it's finished) there was a boot image, a META-INF folder, a Modem file, a system file and others - I know this isn't thorough enough. From what I've seen on YouTube and from guides online once the zip is extracted it all becomes a single mtr5 / tar file. And that just isn't happening, it's perplexing as much as it is infuriating.
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Just did some quick research and if you don't get the tar file the stock rom zip can be flashed with recovery
Darke5tShad0w said:
Just did some quick research and if you don't get the tar file the stock rom zip can be flashed with recovery
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Thank you very much. So if I am reading you correctly, if I can get the stock rom as a zip folder on the phone and flash via the stock recovery it should be good to go?
How would I go about getting the zip on the device? I have an SD card, although it has a lot of personal files which I don't want to lose. Could I use a tablet and computer connection to backup and get the stock rom zip on the SD card, put the SD card in my phone and then....??
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Thank you very much. So if I am reading you correctly, if I can get the stock rom as a zip folder on the phone and flash via the stock recovery it should be good to go?
How would I go about getting the zip on the device? I have an SD card, although it has a lot of personal files which I don't want to lose. Could I use a tablet and computer connection to backup and get the stock rom zip on the SD card, put the SD card in my phone and then....??
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Does not matter what method you choose as long as you get your personnel files off and get the zip in.
I did not realize you had stock recovery, so there is a chance it may not work. If not we will have to get you the proper odin type file.
Where are you from? what region/carrier stock are you trying flash on it?
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Thank you very much. So if I am reading you correctly, if I can get the stock rom as a zip folder on the phone and flash via the stock recovery it should be good to go?
How would I go about getting the zip on the device? I have an SD card, although it has a lot of personal files which I don't want to lose. Could I use a tablet and computer connection to backup and get the stock rom zip on the SD card, put the SD card in my phone and then....??
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Just take out your sd card and copy all your stuff to pc.then put the zip file on your sd card and flash it, but you do need custom recovry.
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Just take out your sd card and copy all your stuff to pc.then put the zip file on your sd card and flash it, but you do need custom recovry.
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It is my understanding (And I could be wrong) you can flash stock zips with stock recovery? but of course you need custom recovery for anything else.
Darke5tShad0w said:
Does not matter what method you choose as long as you get your personnel files off and get the zip in.
I did not realize you had stock recovery, so there is a chance it may not work. If not we will have to get you the proper odin type file.
Where are you from? what region/carrier stock are you trying flash on it?
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I am in the UK. I am downloading I9300XXUGMK6_I9300OXAGMK6_BTU.zip , but even so, it's the whole issue with the fact I can't see the tar / md5 file.
The phone is the Samsung GT-i9300 Galaxy SIII, it's carrier unlocked.
Although I am perfectly happy and confident in flashing a different recovery, I just want to make the phone usable again. I managed to flash the stock recovery no problem. I don't care about flash count and the warranty, I'm upgrading my contract soon anyway, I just need the phone obviously!
JJKirby said:
Although I am perfectly happy and confident in flashing a different recovery, I just want to make the phone usable again. I managed to flash the stock recovery no problem. I don't care about flash count and the warranty, I'm upgrading my contract soon anyway, I just need the phone obviously!
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Then I suggest this one
https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300/philz_touch_6.48.4-i9300.zip.md5
Thank you DarkestShadow you have really surprised me, thank you so much for your assistance. I mean it from the bottom of my heart. Okay so with this file, this will go in the PDA box of Odin yes? And then flash it to the phone, with that done I can then put the stock rom zip on the card, put the card in the phone, boot up to CWM and then presumably follow the on screen prompts?
In the mean time though, I will wait for the download of the zip to finish to see if there is a tar file, if not I will flash CWM and be straight back on here for further assistance which I hope you'll be happy to provide? Do I need to name the zip file of the stock rom anything?
Thanks again.
JJKirby said:
Thank you DarkestShadow you have really surprised me, thank you so much for your assistance. I mean it from the bottom of my heart. Okay so with this file, this will go in the PDA box of Odin yes? And then flash it to the phone, with that done I can then put the stock rom zip on the card, put the card in the phone, boot up to CWM and then presumably follow the on screen prompts?
In the mean time though, I will wait for the download of the zip to finish to see if there is a tar file, if not I will flash CWM and be straight back on here for further assistance which I hope you'll be happy to provide? Do I need to name the zip file of the stock rom anything?
Thanks again.
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Of course I will continue to help.
Yes in pda, then if it does not auto restart into recovery shut phone off and hold Home, Volume up and Power buttons together. When you see the samsung logo, let go and you'll see it go into custom recovery.
Then choose install zip, storage/sdcard1 and the file should be there, does not need to be named anything special or changed at all just aslong as you recognize it then confirm.
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Of course I will continue to help.
Yes in pda, then if it does not auto restart into recovery shut phone off and hold Home, Volume up and Power buttons together. When you see the samsung logo, let go and you'll see it go into custom recovery.
Then choose install zip, storage/sdcard1 and the file should be there, does not need to be named anything special or changed at all just aslong as you recognize it then confirm.
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Thank you Darkest, probably another silly question; I can just chuck the zip anywhere on the SD card, regardless of all the crap Android has formatted on/for it? - like DCIM, Android etc. as long as it's in the root of the card and I know what it's named.
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Thank you Darkest, probably another silly question; I can just chuck the zip anywhere on the SD card, regardless of all the crap Android has formatted on/for it? - like DCIM, Android etc. as long as it's in the root of the card and I know what it's named.
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Nope it doesn't matter as you can navigate around to find it but in the root of the sdcard is the easiest
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Nope it doesn't matter as you can navigate around to find it but in the root of the sdcard is the easiest
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Okay then Darkest, finished downloading SGS3INT-XXUGMK6-BTU-20131216, extracted the zip and lo and behold I have the md5 file! As well as a dll file named SS_DL
Now what? I've completely forgotten, put that md5 file into the PDA box in Odin and commence the flashing, however if I wanted could I flash the custom recovery at a later date? If I intend on using custom OS's / rooting again / just for the ease of mind knowing it's a lot more thorough if I ever soft brick again.
I'm going to sleep now, it's 05:25AM for me, I hope that this help and advice and continue as I really appreciate talking with someone so versed in these matters, my friends and colleagues are all ****ing clueless!
JJKirby said:
Okay then Darkest, finished downloading SGS3INT-XXUGMK6-BTU-20131216, extracted the zip and lo and behold I have the md5 file! As well as a dll file named SS_DL
Now what? I've completely forgotten, put that md5 file into the PDA box in Odin and commence the flashing, however if I wanted could I flash the custom recovery at a later date?
I'm going to sleep now, it's 05:25AM for me, I hope that this help and advice and continue as I really appreciate talking with someone so versed in these matters, my friends and colleagues are all ****ing clueless!
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Yes that is right here are some instructions ill copy from another post
4.4 Go to DOWNLOAD mode by
4.5 Press the Home, Volume Down and Power buttons together.
4.6 Press Volume Up to continue when prompted.
4.7 Run ODIN on your computer and connect your phone.
4.8 When it recognizes it, check "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time".
4.9 Everything else should be left unchecked.
4.11 Press "PDA" on ODIN and select this file.
4.12 Everything should be as shown here: http://gyazo.com/fea7a1c8b7a7b5bb287fb0a0c70056dc
4.13 Click Start and wait for it to do it's thing. It'll take quite a few minutes.
4.14 When it's finished, you're DONE!!!!
IMPORTANT: If when rebooting, it hangs at the samsung logo for a while then perform STEP 3 (Wipe Device) and then reboot it. Should work. If not then post here and someone may help you OR you can attempt reflashing your stock ROM again.
Yes after all this you can reflash that custom recovery that I posted earlier.
Darke5tShad0w said:
Yes after all this you can reflash that custom recovery that I posted earlier.
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Thank you for being here for me Darkest, I will try it tomorrow and report back, in the meantime is it possible to flash a custom recovery at any point? I don't want to ever have to go through something this stressful again, and this experience has only made me all the more cautiously confident ie: rom manager/custom roms/rooting etc.
JJKirby said:
Thank you for being here for me Darkest, I will try it tomorrow and report back, in the meantime is it possible to flash a custom recovery at any point? I don't want to ever have to go through something this stressful again, and this experience has only made me all the more cautiously confident ie: rom manager/custom roms/rooting etc.
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Yes with the i9300 we have the luxury of not having to worry about locked boot loaders etc so it should be able to be flashed with odin when ever you choose.
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Yes with the i9300 we have the luxury of not having to worry about locked boot loaders etc so it should be able to be flashed with odin when ever you choose.
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Thank you for all your help DarkestShadow, it worked like a charm, my S3 is now functioning, basically from the factory condition.
I have since rooted my S3 using CF Auto Root, what would you suggest my course of action to be?
Definitely install a custom recovery and from custom recovery? Can I then install say, a custom ROM but as long as I backup the current state of the phone I could then go back to back; if I wanted to?
I was trying to flash the OC1 deodexed rom using flashfire everything was going fine it was flashing then it said it was going to reboot and as in the instructions I waited for 30 min to boot up and nothing but a black screen so I fell Asleep woke up and still nothing so I took out the battery and tried to turn the phone on and nothing.... No power, no usb connection sound, no recovery, no download mode , nothing works Ive been looking all day for a fix... NOTHING all I can do is a JTAG but damn Im broke right now... and a USBJIG but damn it I really need my phone working! USJIB there is no guarantee that it would work its a 50/50 I guess... Any Ideas on how to unbrick using a SD card like on a GS3 post I found using that method?
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I was trying to flash the OC1 deodexed rom using flashfire everything was going fine it was flashing then it said it was going to reboot and as in the instructions I waited for 30 min to boot up and nothing but a black screen so I fell Asleep woke up and still nothing so I took out the battery and tried to turn the phone on and nothing.... No power, no usb connection sound, no recovery, no download mode , nothing works Ive been looking all day for a fix... NOTHING all I can do is a JTAG but damn Im broke right now... and a USBJIG but damn it I really need my phone working! USJIB there is no guarantee that it would work its a 50/50 I guess... Any Ideas on how to unbrick using a SD card like on a GS3 post I found using that method?
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Which ROM did you flash, link?
You will need an OC1 debrick.img in order to recover. Someone on here that is rooted and on the OC1 bootloader will need to create the .img with the following ADB or terminal command and send to you:
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dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=1024 count=131072
You will then need the Win32 Disk Image tool to burn it onto your extsd card. Your device will boot from the OC1 BL on your extsdcard at which point you can go into download mode and Odin flash the OC1 .tar.
Ahhh, so that is how a debrick works.
Perhaps @dgutierrez04 would be willing to help? He is the first one who comes to my mind that has OC1.
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Which ROM did you flash, link?
You will need an OC1 debrick.img in order to recover. Someone on here that is rooted and on the OC1 bootloader will need to create the .img with the following ADB or terminal command and send to you:
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dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=1024 count=131072
You will then need the Win32 Disk Image tool to burn it onto your extsd card. Your device will boot from the OC1 BL on your extsdcard at which point you can go into download mode and Odin flash the OC1 .tar.
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its on droidviews . com verizon galaxy s4 verizon oc1 root
is there any one that could help me get that .img bro? I have a Iphone 5s but I hate I phones I miss my S4... :/
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its on droidviews . com verizon galaxy s4 verizon oc1 root
is there any one that could help me get that .img bro? I have a Iphone 5s but I hate I phones I miss my S4... :/
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Even though I closed my XDA thread they were linking to my AFH account. I just deleted the files so their links are now dead.
I'm sure someone will step up and come through with the files, it takes just a couple minutes to create the .img.
Akcent13 said:
its on droidviews . com verizon galaxy s4 verizon oc1 root
is there any one that could help me get that .img bro? I have a Iphone 5s but I hate I phones I miss my S4... :/
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Hey there. I think I did it right. so here is the image that you need i just uploaded it to my google drive.. thank you @muniz_ri for providing the steps to get the file for u. and make sure to also thank @XxD34THxX for linking me to this page. if you need something else. i am happy to help in anyway i can
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6jLdJmYZakud0hRTUdnbDNnNVU/view?usp=sharing
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Even though I closed my XDA thread they were linking to my AFH account. I just deleted the files so their links are now dead.
I'm sure someone will step up and come through with the files, it takes just a couple minutes to create the .img.
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Thanks to @dgutierrez04 He provided me the debrick.img but I was not able to get my phone to boot up at all... I tried many times I re wrote the .img to the sd card followed all the steps, the batter is 100 percent charged I used my friends sprint gs s4 and no luck, I just ordered 3 different USBJIG'S hope fully one of them will be able to get it into boot mode, but not even sure if that would work since it wont even power on... Thanks Anyways bro, I appreciate the help Thats why I love the XDA FAM, God bless... :good:
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Hey there. I think I did it right. so here is the image that you need i just uploaded it to my google drive.. thank you @muniz_ri for providing the steps to get the file for u. and make sure to also thank @XxD34THxX for linking me to this page. if you need something else. i am happy to help in anyway i can
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6jLdJmYZakud0hRTUdnbDNnNVU/view?usp=sharing
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Thanks man for the debrick.img god bless... I tried to get my phone working following the steps but nothing man.... USBJIG is my only last hope for now... If not im not going to send it in to get it fixed JTAG no way... Anyways im getting my new Galaxy S6 Edge Plus or Note 5 Next month so I can wait.. Just sucks that I wont be able to call anyone for a wile... but hey better wait then not have nothing later on right? lol thanks for the help anyways bro appreciate it! :good:
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Hey there. I think I did it right. so here is the image that you need i just uploaded it to my google drive.. thank you @muniz_ri for providing the steps to get the file for u. and make sure to also thank @XxD34THxX for linking me to this page. if you need something else. i am happy to help in anyway i can
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6jLdJmYZakud0hRTUdnbDNnNVU/view?usp=sharing
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Hey I need OC1 Debrick file can u upload it again