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I got this phone in early Sept. Running it completely stock except using Launcher Pro Plus. Haven't rooted it because it's hardware locked. I read that all the customers will get the update by the end of October. Am I the only one that hasn't received their update officially over the air? Should I just wait a couple more days?
I just tried dialing *#*#8736364#*#* to start software update and just got connecting to DM something in notification bar. That went away after a couple mins. and tried start software update again. Got the same results.
I would wait a few days and if by Nov 1st you don't get the update then you can call your carrier and ask them to force it to your phone.
Or you could just do it manually, which honestly I suggest, because I just like many others , got a soft brick when I installed the update over the air.
You can use the software that Samsung put out, Mini Klies , to apply the update.
here's the link: http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa...ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=560&AT_ID=341559
I encountered a strange issue updating through mini kies. All went well, and my phone was running sluggishly so I did a reset and my build number went back to'eclair' but my baseband stayed ji6. I odin'd back to stock and I might just wait for the ota
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I guess I can wait a couple more days. I waited this long. I'm just afraid of anything negative happening. My vibrant is hardware locked, so I'm scared to do anything to it. If the official OTA update messes me up, can I do anything to fix it, or get a new phone or anything?
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I guess I can wait a couple more days. I waited this long. I'm just afraid of anything negative happening. My vibrant is hardware locked, so I'm scared to do anything to it. If the official OTA update messes me up, can I do anything to fix it, or get a new phone or anything?
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Honestly, if you want to take an hour or two to read up on it, it's really easy to get rid of the hardware lock by flashing a fix through Odin. Yeah, it's daunting at first, but I took the plunge and now I'm a ROM-flashing whore. You probably don't need to read that much, but I did just because of my cautious nature. There's a thread in the Development forum with the fix and instructions.
My take is that it's far more likely the OTA will mess you up than using Odin (use v1.3!). Once you remove the lock, it's *almost* impossible to brick this bad boy.
connect with KIES braa
fudo jay said:
connect with KIES braa
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Where can I connected with the "bra"?
Kubernetes said:
Honestly, if you want to take an hour or two to read up on it, it's really easy to get rid of the hardware lock by flashing a fix through Odin. Yeah, it's daunting at first, but I took the plunge and now I'm a ROM-flashing whore. You probably don't need to read that much, but I did just because of my cautious nature. There's a thread in the Development forum with the fix and instructions.
My take is that it's far more likely the OTA will mess you up than using Odin (use v1.3!). Once you remove the lock, it's *almost* impossible to brick this bad boy.
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I should look into that. I really don't look around too much. I just click on a few random threads here and there. Are the instructions simple? I know nothing about programming and this is my first smart phone.
Is this the correct thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
burntrat said:
I should look into that. I really don't look around too much. I just click on a few random threads here and there. Are the instructions simple? I know nothing about programming and this is my first smart phone.
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Heh, I came from an ancient Blackberry, if that makes you feel better.
But yeah, using Odin is stupid easy (but you need to be on Windows AFAIK). Just to give you a quick overview of what you'll need to do, you need to download
1) the Samsung phone drivers,
2) Odin 1.3,
3) the hardware lock fix, and
4) the Android SDK (just for adb, which is like a terminal program that you use to boot your phone into download or recovery mode; since a hardware locked phone can't get into download or recovery with the buttons, you use adb to force it to reboot into download or recovery).
Use adb to boot your Vibrant into download mode, drop the right file into Odin and go. There are actually good Youtube videos on using Odin too (can you tell I researched the crap out of this before risking it?).
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Where can I connected with the "bra"?
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haha its "brahh"? but no really get Kies and connect ur phone and u ll get the update. nothing special about update really. its gay anyway. get bionix fusion. its the ****
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haha its "brahh"? but no really get Kies and connect ur phone and u ll get the update. nothing special about update really. its gay anyway. get bionix fusion. its the ****
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Is there a link or something? I need instructions that are meant for a child. That is how little I know about this stuff.
Updates
Are there supposed to be updates available to US t-mob vibrant customers or is this only for European customers?
moncapitane said:
Are there supposed to be updates available to US t-mob vibrant customers or is this only for European customers?
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Yeah, there is supposed to be a minor update for US tmo vibrant owners. It just feels like I'm the only one that hasn't gotten it yet.
you don't want to update....makes swipe word predictions super retarded....doesn't samsung test this before sending it out????? WTF
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Haven't rooted it because it's hardware locked.
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you can't root a phone that's hardware locked???
momoe65 said:
you don't want to update....makes swipe word predictions super retarded....doesn't samsung test this before sending it out????? WTF
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I do not agree; my swype keyboard works good after update...the swype mic could be better but hey what u gonna do.
momoe65 said:
you don't want to update....makes swipe word predictions super retarded....doesn't samsung test this before sending it out????? WTF
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Really? That sucks, I use swype frequently.
m4r10 said:
you can't root a phone that's hardware locked???
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I am under the assumption that you can root, but if something goes wrong, you can't do anything to fix it. I was going to get a replacement with tmo, but heard this update will fix the hardware lock issue. I also didn't want to risk getting a refurb for my replacement phone.
vamp6x6x6x said:
I do not agree; my swype keyboard works good after update...the swype mic could be better but hey what u gonna do.
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Wait, what is swype mic? You can talk and it'll swype it for you?
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Wait, what is swype mic? You can talk and it'll swype it for you?
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The update added a microphone button to the swype keyboard so now you can talk to text.
Yeah, it's coming up on the end of the month and I haven't gotten the update either. I'm not closed to using the Mini Kies update, however the last time I updated something from Kies, (READ: JI6) it really ****ed things up, so much so that I'm still feeling the effects. Will the Mini Kies update prevent me future updates like Froyo, or will I me married to Kies and unofficial updates and flashes?
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i was running odin and download mode closed my phone now wont boot up or anything......
Euhmmmmm.... *poo*
just loaded and it has a pic of a cell a caution sign then a pc
*end heart-attack it decided it would work* i love the epic even more now....
PyRo
*please lock*
Take off the back, pull out the battery, pop battery back in and boot as normal into Download mode (holding down 1 as it powers up). Should work just fine.
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Take off the back, pull out the battery, pop battery back in and boot as normal into Download mode (holding down 1 as it powers up). Should work just fine.
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I sort of had the same issue, but nothing I do will get the unit to power on. Plugging it in to the charger does not turn the charging light on. And no three button method is working. The screen stays black, no charging light. Suggestions?
Never mind, it did come back.
same problem
epic wont boot, charge, etc
please help
You're going to have to give us info if you want any help.
ROM, What you did right before it happened, etc.
RANT- Is it me or is it ever thread now somebody bricking their epic? Not trying to be a **** but it like people dont research at all. Me coming from an evo i will admit the epic is a whole other beast. But i atleast took the time to research everything before i rooted.
mmhertz26= Try getting the phone in download mode( hold power button with #1 key) at the same time. If that works use odin to flash back to stock with right files. Also check your download files size before you try to flash it.
903tex said:
RANT- Is it me or is it ever thread now somebody bricking their epic? Not trying to be a **** but it like people dont research at all. Me coming from an evo i will admit the epic is a whole other beast. But i atleast took the time to research everything before i rooted.
mmhertz26= Try getting the phone in download mode( hold power button with #1 key) at the same time. If that works use odin to flash back to stock with right files. Also check your download files size before you try to flash it.
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The word brick is used too losely around here. Unless you've messed with the boot loader, and can no longer get into download mode your phone is NOT bricked.
Bricked means your phones is just a hunk of metal/plastic that's good for nothing but a paper weight.
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XtaC318 said:
The word brick is used too losely around here. Unless you've messed with the boot loader, and can no longer get into download mode your phone is NOT bricked.
Bricked means your phones is just a hunk of metal/plastic that's good for nothing but a paper weight.
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Yeah we need a new word for soft bricking. Softing? Broft? Oops?
heathmcabee said:
Yeah we need a new word for soft bricking. Softing? Broft? Oops?
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Nerf Brick? TV Brick? Sponged?
Do you BONSAI?
How about forget the term, and have people who are new to this actually research before jumping in.. but that's impossible because there's a lot of ignorant and stubborn people out there ^-^
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XtaC318 said:
How about forget the term, and have people who are new to this actually research before jumping in.. but that's impossible because there's a lot of ignorant and stubborn people out there ^-^
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you think with all the disclaimers on each and every rom,root,theme,ect that people would understand the risks involved in modding whether its a ps3 xbox360 phone router anything but all logic seems to disappear.
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Nerf Brick? TV Brick? Sponged?
Do you BONSAI?
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lol
BTW its is thrown around how about saying in your thread title like stuck on a screen, errors in clockwork or other nice terms to help u more,
It is really hard to brick this thing believe me ive done it all, FCs, errors in clockwork, stuck on samsung screens boot loops and yesterday officially bricked!!!
The only reason it bricked is some charge card in a beta bonsai rom, but thats what tep is for.
And remeber if you can see something on your screen of your phone use odin or heimdell to go back to stock if you phone wont charge,gointo download mode or go on or go into recovery then its time to take it in and replace it.
Mnhertz26. Did you fix your epic too or is it another real brick?¿
I know what a brick phone is. Im just tired of people not knowing what to do asking questions that are already explanied and sticky on top of the page. Not researching will cause this problem until people realize that if you dont understand this then you need to read, read, read. I had a wm phone and if you flashed the wrong file...DONE. Atleast with the epic as long as it can get in download mode you should be fine.
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Mnhertz26. Did you fix your epic too or is it another real brick?¿
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Another real brick? So far there haven't been any Epic's that weren't recoverable.
Ouch I am so glad I did not run Bonsai on my phone yet I was waiting for i dunno what but dodged that issue.
For those who jacked thier phones but didnt brick persay make sure you have a charged battery before starting and if unabl to charge after the incident you can charge in an external charger to get back into dload mode to odin back to stock or CW flash a back-up
Peace
I am returning the Atrix back to factory so I did a factory reset from the phone, but it's not booting into the phone now. It stays stuck at the AT&T rethink possible logo.
Im pretty sure this was caused by the root. Anyway to get it to boot again?
Returning the phone back to AT&T, not liking the phone. I will never buy another AT&T branded phone.
EDIT: I forgot to unroot the phone, that's what caused it..
Anyone? 10-chars
so you rooted it incorrectly and blame it on ATT ?
You did un-root it didn't you?
lsxrx7 said:
so you rooted it incorrectly and blame it on ATT ?
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He's not blaming it on att, he says he doesn't like the phone.
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royolpunk said:
He's not blaming it on att, he says he doesn't like the phone.
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to me it sounds like he bricked the phone because he didnt root it right
and he didnt like the phone because its now a brick
shoot, i wouldnt like a brick either ....
I think there is a post in dev section listing possible key combinations for "extra" boot menu/options. Maybe one of them can help. I havent tried any of them so I can be sure. Try plugging it in to a wall for a while powered off. Maybe pull the battery and charge it for a few minutes and try again. I am having trouble getting mine to boot at all because the battery drained.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961148
as for lsxrx7, if you dont have anything positive to say...
royolpunk said:
He's not blaming it on att, he says he doesn't like the phone.
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i "think" he just didn't read instructions right, bricked his phone, and now just doesnt like the phone, and hes done with ATT. that was my interpretation.
Yea. sounds like he rooted the phone and didn't un-root. Bricked the phone and now hates ATT because he has a brick.,
I am not blaming AT&T. I simply don't like the phone and forgot to unroot the phone before I did a factory reset. Now I hate it more that its bricked Maybe I should just bring it to a store and return it since they don't usually check to see if the phone is working.
lsxrx7 said:
to me it sounds like he bricked the phone because he didnt root it right
and he didnt like the phone because its now a brick
shoot, i wouldnt like a brick either ....
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FYI. I rooted and it was working fine. Removed everything possible with root explorer. But still not liking the phone simply because of not having hsupa.
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i "think" he just didn't read instructions right, bricked his phone, and now just doesnt like the phone, and hes done with ATT. that was my interpretation.
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How hard can 1 button root be? I just forgot to click the "un-root" button before I did a factory reset.....and now I have a brick... Just need to return it to stock so I can return it to AT&T.
I don't like the phone because it's crippled not only by Motorola, but also by AT&T....This is the reason why I'm never going to buy an AT&T branded phone again...
you must have done something else, because i did a factory reset without unrooting mine. and it's just fine.
I'm betting you screwed something up with this bit
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Removed everything possible with root explorer.
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edit: and this is the least crippled phone from AT&T yet. Just about everything was removable without root, which is unheard of on an AT&T phone.
cegna09 said:
you must have done something else, because i did a factory reset without unrooting mine. and it's just fine.
I'm betting you screwed something up with this bit
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Could be....I didn't really delete them, but actually renamed them to *.bak.
I agree with you on the phone being the least crippled by AT&T......but crippling the HSUPA on a "4G" (HSPA+) phone? Really?
Did AT&T charge you for restocking fee? I'm tempted to get this phone but just want to be sure I can return it if I don't like the performance.
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Did AT&T charge you for restocking fee? I'm tempted to get this phone but just want to be sure I can return it if I don't like the performance.
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I didn't return it yet. Trying to fix it first. I think they charge you a $35 restocking fee.
I'm in the same boat as the op. Did you change the /system folder to r/w in root explorer? I think that may be the commonality.
Clueless as to how to unbrick this thing.
Edit: To clarify, I did not do a factory reset. I rooted yesterday and it was working fine, and then I rebooted it today and got stuck at rethink possible.
seanmac said:
I'm in the same boat as the op. Did you change the /system folder to r/w in root explorer? I think that may be the commonality.
Clueless as to how to unbrick this thing.
Edit: To clarify, I did not do a factory reset. I rooted yesterday and it was working fine, and then I rebooted it today and got stuck at rethink possible.
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Yes. I did change the system/apps folder to r/w in order to rename/delete things that I want to get rid of. I might just ship it back this way :x
Phone returned. Case closed
I've done the same.
I want to demonstrate to someone how the phone can get stuck on something like bootloader or failed rom installations.
I currently have a nexus one with the bootloader still locked (but rooted). I dont want to try anything and render the phone dead. So I want to know if there is a for sure way t put the phone in a mode where it looks as if it doesn't work, yet be able to recover from it easily. Asking for opinions first.
I still want to have my phone maintained such that the bootloader stays locked.
Thanks
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Turning the phone off makes it look likes it doesn't work.
P.S why are you doing this though? Really? Is it to make someone think their phone is broken so you can buy it cheap then fix it and keep it?
cymru said:
Turning the phone off makes it look likes it doesn't work.
P.S why are you doing this though? Really? Is it to make someone think their phone is broken so you can buy it cheap then fix it and keep it?
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Didn't think of that. Maybe i should.
No, to make someone understand the process that I go through in updating the phone so that they can stop bothering me while Im doing it.
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I just realized that your post was so condescending. I asked a question and phrased it accordingly, to "demonstrate."
Don't you just love it when people express their opinion not knowing the entire story.
Try opinionating for the better, the next time.
And yeah, don't forget to help out people every now and then.
Thanks for your HELP!
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haha no worries
If i understand what you are asking, try backing up your rom, then flash completely different rom without wiping. That should by all accounts give you a bootloop.
Might be easier to have them watch some youtube vid's of flashing, rooting, unlocking, etc. They then should get the idea...
I would just nandroid and wipe my phone (I dunno how well that'd go I've never tried it but I don't see how it could totally brick your phone, who knows!)
I don't know if you've got anything flashed on your phone, but if not flash a recovery then yeah, flash any different rom without wiping and you should get boot loops.
Format /system
That should do it... xD
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If i understand what you are asking, try backing up your rom, then flash completely different rom without wiping. That should by all accounts give you a bootloop.
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I think this is what I will do... thx again.
galaxys said:
Might be easier to have them watch some youtube vid's of flashing, rooting, unlocking, etc. They then should get the idea...
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yeah but I need them to see me cuz they ultimately have to stop bothering me... lol
KAwAtA said:
I would just nandroid and wipe my phone (I dunno how well that'd go I've never tried it but I don't see how it could totally brick your phone, who knows!)
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not sure i get what you mean, "wipe" is a loose term here, wipe is generally associated with "data" wipe so it wont matter, it would just reset my phone to factory settings
ThudButt said:
I don't know if you've got anything flashed on your phone, but if not flash a recovery then yeah, flash any different rom without wiping and you should get boot loops.
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yeah i have blandroid at the moment, will try flashing some cm7 without wiping
danger-rat said:
Format /system
That should do it... xD
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how?
It's an option in Clockwork recovery
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It's an option in Clockwork recovery
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Cool, i should pay more attention to the CWM recovery options thx
Telling people to not bother you isn't enough?
cymru said:
Turning the phone off makes it look likes it doesn't work.
P.S why are you doing this though? Really? Is it to make someone think their phone is broken so you can buy it cheap then fix it and keep it?
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For the record, I think this is a fair question, and not particularly condescending.
OP: You are asking a legit question, but you have to admit it's a bit of a strange request. You can't blame people for wondering what you're up to, I thought the same thing. Not that you were scamming someone, but couldn't understand why you'd want to do this (I get it now... sort of). It's an impersonal forum, so there shouldn't be any hard feelings.
One thing that constantly caused bootloops in the CyanogenMod forum was to flash the Froyo gapps with a Gingerbread install. Bootloop every time.
You could probably flash a theme that wasn't designed for Gingerbread. I'd bet that would give you a bootloop (especially the further you go back... flash a cupcake theme for a G1 onto an N1 )
Maybe I'm just being cynical but it seems to me that the OP is doing something shady here. He wants to do something that makes no sense and then immediately jumps down the throat of someone who basically calls him for it. His reasoning for why he wants to do this nonsensical thing is also pretty nonsensical. I'd guess he's trying to scam something from someone.
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Maybe I'm just being cynical but it seems to me that the OP is doing something shady here. He wants to do something that makes no sense and then immediately jumps down the throat of someone who basically calls him for it. His reasoning for why he wants to do this nonsensical thing is also pretty nonsensical. I'd guess he's trying to scam something from someone.
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Yes, I completely agree with your first statement. YOU ARE BEING CYNICAL!!!
Ok as an avid lover of my phone (nexus one), I have the right to ask the means of breaking this phone if i'm going to root it and install a ROM which is only supported by the community that helps develop it (that includes primarily folks over at XDA). If you think I'm upto no good, too bad. Assume the worst, do whatever the F*** you want. All I'm trying to do is show my cousin what a bootlooped phone looks like. And apparently each time I am in the process of doing it, he wants to use the pc. He likes killing all the running apps when he's on the PC, and i need to stop him from screwing up something that can potentially f*** up my phone. I often switch from Stock N1 to CM7 to blandroid, and thankfully i follow directions which is why my phone hasn't boot looped til date.
Yes I jumped throat on the 1st person who responded, but look at my response before jumping throat. I didn't really think of the response as condescending, until had posted my answer, hence the edit.
Don't bother posting such crappy posts unless you want to feel like you're getting scolded by the DA's office for wrongful accusation.
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Well you cannot blame people for coming up with these various speculations. My 2 cents, but you just redirect your energy towards your cousin more rather then get angry over forum post.
The way I see your situation is this. The PC used to flash your phone, who is the owner? If you own it, tell him to wait like a good little boy or he can GTFO of your computer, ban him. Or if the PC belongs to him, maybe it's time you suck it up and respect when and how he wants to use his PC, and flash your phone using another instead. Or maybe get a job and buy your own?
Time to man up. Either you tell him to GTFO of your PC, or you GTFO of his. Simple solution to what I see to a simple matter. No need to complicate things by semi-bricking your phone.
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Either show him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I5XaDAuiEs
OR
Stop trying to make your cousin think he's broken you phone in order to ..
a) get him to pay for a replacement and/or
b) scare the crap out of him
No, I'm not crazy! I'm actually attempting to use a home made program to see if I can unbrick it. Does anyone know how I could do this? Thanks!
Don't know sorry but it's so fun
We spend so much time to avoid that happen ...
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corybantic said:
No, I'm not crazy! I'm actually attempting to use a home made program to see if I can unbrick it. Does anyone know how I could do this? Thanks!
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Try flashing recovery in odin and disconnect it in the middle
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Flash a rom with odin and use repartition.
This will brick your device.
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Flash a rom from another device works, too.
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No, I'm not crazy! I'm actually attempting to use a home made program to see if I can unbrick it. Does anyone know how I could do this? Thanks!
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Well, the other ones pretty much covered your query. I want to ask what happens if your program fails? And you mean soft or hard brick?
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Like all the folks before me, flashing wrong rom from other device probably would brick it... BUT to really, really brick it messing up the bootloader is always a good way to go.
Can you short it out?
Ooops,I guess I should've been clearer! I'm trying to brick it without rooting it, i.e., perhaps some code that I could input at the bootloader?
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Well, the other ones pretty much covered your query. I want to ask what happens if your program fails? And you mean soft or hard brick?
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Well if it fails, then I guess I gotta try - or come up with - a different program. The thing is, I had two SGT 10.1, one recently went back to Best Buy after the ICS update started freezing up my internet (not tripping tho, I was able to get a raincheck for the Note 10.1! Good thing I got the Product Replacement Plan!: victory, so I have literally a spare SGT 10.1 to mess around with. I've already rooted it and flashed different roms as well as unrooted it back to factory settings. So, to be honest, I simply have a tablet for having a tablet's sake right now.
I'm actually trying to "hard" brick it. The thing is my little program works on a "soft" brick palette so it has (usually) been able to unbrick an inadvertantly bricked phone as well as the SGT 10.1. I'm trying to see if I can brick it without rooting it to see if I can resuscitate it back to working condition.
"hard"brick it means you'd have to produce an hardware faillure, You wouldn't be able to fix an hardware failure unless you change the part that failed.
IE: Your memory chip has fried, your CPU overheated FUBAR, this kinda things
Well mine is pretty screwed. Wish I knew how it happened so I can tell you, but I don't. Yesterday I watched a movie on it and put it on the table. Later when I wanted to use it, nothing happens.
If I plug it into my PC I can get it into APX mode, but thats all. The backlight doesn't even go on. On NVflash I get the rcm version = 0x4, which means I got a locked bootloader.
When on charge, also nothing happens. The camera flash just flashed about every 2 seconds. Same thing when I keep the power button held in.
I could try your app for you on mine if you want...