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HELP!! I think I BRICKED it.

I will pay $50 or more if someone can unbrick my Epic. I will not back out of it as so many seem to do...the alternative is buying a new phone and this seems a lot cheaper to me .
Problem...phone went into boot-loop one day out of nowhere. Tried flashing a backup and the phone locked halfway through. Tried wiping everything and flashing a ROM from scratch. Got halfway through and stopped.
Now the phone will NOT GO INTO CLOCKWORK OR SAMSUNG RECOVERY. It loads to the "SAMSUNG: www.samsungmobile.com" screen and that's it.
Please help...I'm desperate

Try using the official Samsung .tar from the stickies in the dev section
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
I'll take the $50 now
edit: Use that guide, but replace the DG27 file with the DI18 file in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794138
And no, I don't really want your money.

THanks for the quick replies...trying to get all the stuff downloaded and see if it works.
Rapidshare is clearly a joke...

THANK YOU GUYS...guess it's time to pay up...
063_XOBX, LucJoe doesn't want it so it's either all yours or I'll donate it to XDA...take your pick.

I didn't really do anything, just pointed you towards what you needed so I couldn't ethically accept any kind of donation, but if you feel like donating you can give it to xda to help keep these forums going
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awenthol said:
THANK YOU GUYS...guess it's time to pay up...
063_XOBX, LucJoe doesn't want it so it's either all yours or I'll donate it to XDA...take your pick.
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all you had to do is use odin keep your money man

I know, but I keep my word ...I was prepared to buy a new phone, so this is a much better deal
Just donated $50 to XDA...

Good man, good man! It's good to see people actually asking questions in the right forums and people giving actual answers instead of the usual "Search moar noob!" type posts. This was refreshing.

just glad to see everything worked out good

awenthol said:
I know, but I keep my word ...I was prepared to buy a new phone, so this is a much better deal
Just donated $50 to XDA...
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Very nice!

[q] evo4g rookie

hey guys, im new to this website thanks to a good friend of mine (he doesnt have an xda account but he has knowledge of it). I'm basically interested in XDA because i wanted more to do with my phone (EVO4G) and i have heard the best source of help would be XDA. i've had the phone since its release date and havent done much with it since i've gotten it. Now im convinced to "root" it and see how fun it is. i'm having trouble doing anything i've seen on youtube and i dont want to do anything stupid to damage it, but i'd love to know everything on rooting and the likes of it...anyone willing to help a brother out? LOL

1. welcome newbie..
2. yes you are in the right place...
3. what the hell took you so long?
4. did you see the sticky : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881747
5. yes, there are a lot of members that will help you...but remember .. it is best to do a quick search first.
6. what is your question?
7.. because its lucky!

You want to start on the unrevoke website,than download the software and hboot drivers,you need them to root your phone,without them it will not work.
Sent from my evil evo!!

Yeah man I'll help you out... Rooted my evo before I even made a phone call... You're going to be amazed at how much better your phone is rooted/customized...
The best advice I can give you is to READ... try the stuff out, if you have issues or questions, like dan330 said, search first cuz more than likely whatever you run into has already been figured out. I've been here a long time so I know what will get you help from the people that know what they are doing.
Check out this thread when you get done with the other... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701245
come back and tell us what you'd like to get started with and I'll walk you thru it if need be.

First of all make a backup of your rsa keys and wiimax.img that is your 4g keys ..just in case you loose them in the process of flashing stuff.....

[Q] THANKS! stuck on boot screen, using vista, nothing u lot said has helped!

thank you for telling me how to ruin my phone! Downloaded 2 different ROMS niether run, have a folder full of different tools and I'm ****ing pissed off!
AN IDEA - 1 DOWNLOAD THAT WORKS! ALL INCLUDED! TOO MUCH TO ASK??
GOT AN APPOINTMENT AT 02 SHOP TOMORROW! IF THEY CAN'T OR WON'T DO IT I BIN IT DO I???
****S!

Its no ones fault but yours. No one held a gun to your head and made you do anything with your phone. How rude.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA Premium App

piss off **** head, your phone working is it? PRICK!

Lol is all I can say
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App

You really started a thread of this nonsense. Flashing custom roms is for experienced users with knowledge of what they are doing. You barked up that tree, and foul language is unneccesary , actimg like this will never get you any kind of help. You gotta learn to walk before you run, further disrespect to others and devs will be a recamendation or risk of banded of your account.
Edit: Simplt stating you risk a moderator shutting you down. No matter new acct or what. Man. If you change email, You bettet change your ip addresses to.
sent from SGS Captivate 2.3.4 with CM7 or MIUI using Escapist or TKglitch

You're warned, "do this **** at your own risk!" Nobody forced you. I'm sure you screwed up, because these guys have taught me everything and have transformed me from a noob to a flashoholic. Stop pointing fingers at people when you screwed yourself. Plus, you think with that attitude anyone is going to help you again?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Custom or original, I don't care, I tried the nice approach 2 days ago, no replies. I swear and look, REPLIES! wow huh?
how do you get experience to know what your doing? Why is there no simple download to recover my phone?
Had I been told ANYWHERE on here that its near impossible to DOC reset or whatever its called I would not have bothered, it was my brothers who is a know all like some of you &^*^%*

Na, I download, I run, and I have ****ed phone. Tell me where I'm going wrong????

rwells813 said:
You really started a forum of this nonsense. Flashing custom roms is for experienced users with knowledge of what they are doing. You barked up that tree, and foul language is unneccesary , actimg like this will never get you any kind of help. You gotta learn to walk before you run, further disrespect to others and devs will be a recamendation of banded of your account
sent from SGS Captivate 2.3.4 with CM7 or MIUI using Escapist or TKglitch
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Recommend they ban me? haha and leave me with a knackered phone?
I'm telling you now if that happens I will (seeing as I will have so much spare time not being on my phone) create e-mail account after e-mail account and then keep signing up to this site and fill every possible space with ANGRY WORDS! DAILY!
I have a XDA EXEC, 64MB and it was unlocked using an 02 sim with wm6.1, if 1 of you can actually see that I tried the nice approach 2 days ago to no avail and this is my last option and thenwould actually tell me how I can get my phone back I would be greatful and appologetic of course.
NOOB? yeah maybe, why not help me change that???
How is it so hard to get 1 download to help me?
1 download broke it, 1 can fix it no?

All you need to know about Uni is on my sig links
As discussion has moved from main topic I´m closing...
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[Q] Continuum 2.2 Update for Beginners?

I'm a noob when it comes to smartphones and android. My wife got this Continuum for free for me, and well I wish I would of known about it. I got this Friday and not knowing anything about Android, I thought I got a good deal, but soon realized after reading several forums up here there isn't going to be an official 2.2 release, but thanks to the kind folks here, there is a leaked version.
To my question, and I guess it's just me not being use to it, and trying to learn everything in a day, it's just not sticking. I would definitely want to upgrade to 2.2, but I'm lost. I understand the concept of it all, but like I said I'm lost. I haven't tried it yet, but do you have to root your phone first? Before you even attempt the update. I understand the concept of rooting a phone it basically gives you complete control over it, but is their a beginners guide?I guess I'm just lost although the leak was posted with great instructions it seems like a foreign language to a noob like me. Any help would be appreciated.

Odin image for 2.2 update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216872
Froyo Update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197415
How to root
http://youtu.be/J1MD7GX7Pyw
There is several instructions in these threads as well as useful links to the files you shall need. if you need further help you can either pm me or check out the irc
heres the irc info
irc.freenode.net
#Samsung-Continuum

I was like you a week ago, lost, afraid, overwhelmed with information. But then, I found the search bar and now my phone has 2.2 on it. I don't really remember what happened, musta blacked out. Oh well... good luck!

Check out www.addictivetips.com/mobile and search rooting continuum. For that matter, read a lot from that site. It helped me a ton, and they put it in layman's terms
Sent from my SCH-I400 using XDA App

I got it running on my first try. It really isn't too hard once you grasp it. Thanks for all the help offered. And especially a big thanks to the people who brought 2.2 to the Continuum. At least it's not so dead after all. My Rom from pastorbennett runs perfect. I do have another question...would it be safe to download the My Verizon app. Even though it's a little aggravating, I do like being able to keep up with my usage, but if it's not advised I'll stay away from it.

I've been reading through a lot of the threads for loading Froyo onto my continuum, but am running into an issue that I have not been able to get past (or maybe I am being impatient).
I have the phone in debugging mode (only way Odin seems to pick it up)
I click the PDA button
Load the tar file
Click start
The process seems to begin, but gets hung up on SetupConnection and does not proceed from there.
Is there something I am missing? Not doing right?
This is my first Android phone and am still learning the terminology and so on. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT - Figured out how to put the phone in download mode, everything moved right along. /facepalm

Tarheel487 said:
I do have another question...would it be safe to download the My Verizon app. Even though it's a little aggravating, I do like being able to keep up with my usage, but if it's not advised I'll stay away from it.
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I use the My Verizon app with no issues. Knock on wood...

jldroidfan79 said:
EDIT - Figured out how to put the phone in download mode, everything moved right along. /facepalm
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Hey, it's good to see users answering their own questions! I have done that I can't guess how many times... I look in the mirror and tell myself. Did you REALLY RTFM?
I'm glad you posted your fix. That might help others that read the thread. I guess it's a pet peeve of mine when I see a post that says, "Nevermind, I figured it out." And doesn't explain what they figured out, and how they did it... I'm just sayin'... Ya know!

Agreed, Moon Shadow.I've done several dozen searches, and clicked on promising links to someone who is having the same issue. The only resolution I see is "I got it". Which makes the search useless.
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Bring us back from legacy!!

I'm on a mission. We aren't dead or a legacy device just yet. I feel we've been put here too early to make room for other phones threads. We still have updates to our roms. That's not low activity. Sure we aren't high traffic here but there's still plenty of users.
Anything you wanna chat about? Questions? This is after all the general thread.
Sent from my HTX Zero Hero Sense 3.5

Hey if I post enough times they will let me post in the development section. So I end up killing two birds with one stone.
Have to say I'm glad that there is a place like xda for people to share their ideas and work. Otherwise I would probably have upgraded my little hero by now. Still actually enjoy the little phone. When I get tired of it I switch roms and boom got a new phone.
Where I live all we have is 3g so don't really figure it pays to upgrade til sprint figures out what they are doing with their 4g.

fargond71 said:
Hey if I post enough times they will let me post in the development section. So I end up killing two birds with one stone.
Have to say I'm glad that there is a place like xda for people to share their ideas and work. Otherwise I would probably have upgraded my little hero by now. Still actually enjoy the little phone. When I get tired of it I switch roms and boom got a new phone.
Where I live all we have is 3g so don't really figure it pays to upgrade til sprint figures out what they are doing with their 4g.
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Man I remember when this forum was hoppin. I knew nothing of android. Just lurking and reading whatever I could understand. Now.. I develop for it And all thanks to XDA. Almost everything I learned, I learned here. It takes a lot of time reading and searching and understanding.
New users. Feel free to post here if you can't post in the development threads. Just please refrain from "stupid" questions that can easily be answered with a search. Please read the forum rules. I beg of you. They are there for a good reason. Us senior members remember what it was like being new here but it gets old answering the same questions over and over. I will be glad to help or discuss anything here. And please use the Thanks button. I'm a complete whore over it. I'll admit it. But I do return a lot of them too.
Shameless plug time
Try out Team Hydra's Zero Hero Sense 3.5!! It's what Sprint should have left us with!!

just want to pop in and say thank you to all the devs for letting me come in late to the hero life cycle and still use this awesome little phone like its brand new. coming from the xdandroid builds on winmo phones to the vogue with android port and now to the hero, im not giving up on this thing for a long time to come. legacy is not a word to use for this device yet.

Exactly. We aren't technically low-activity IMO. Just quiet users who are afraid to post maybe. I know my reputation is the resident prick here but that's changed. Those of us older members remember what it was like here and why I took that stance. I could look in my history again and find some really good examples of why I was the way I was, and maybe still am. I hear the shooter forums are quite the riot and I've stayed away for a reason.

hey every section needs a resident prick lol, it keeps us all on topic
dont be afraid to be that prick, tell it how it is and things will flow smoother

but what if I'm wrong?

I was a lurker for a while until I finally got the balls to actually root my phone and now I cant get enough of flashing different ROMs.....and making my own Splash screens.
I wish I would have done this a year ago!!!
Only been one here not even a month getting my toes wet. I wish I had time to invest in really learning these systems.
I have got to hand it you all the devs that spend there time this stuff.

I just love how all of our work is basically a slap in Sprint's money grubbing face. See what WE can do with it? Jerks.
Sent from my HTX Zero Hero Sense 3.5

matt u know i love ya and i didnt even bother reading this but are u high.... you do realize how old the hero is right lol

Yea.... And yea.. I know its a useless mission. But not one person alive can say I didn't try to revive it yet once again. I'm a stubborn one. Since I know my time with the heroc is coming to close maybe this is how I say goodbye in a way. I dunno.
Sent from my HTX Zero Hero Sense 3.5

MattCrystal said:
Since I know my time with the heroc is coming to close maybe this is how I say goodbye in a way. I dunno.
Sent from my HTX Zero Hero Sense 3.5
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Wait, dont go yet, I have so many stupid questions that need answers...And who will be the Heavy?

lol! I remember the first time we got moved to low activity. Thats the day I bought the xda app, for some reason I thought that the free version no longer included the hero forum (what an idiot so I bought it and still couldn't find my forum. I finally got on my laptop and joined the ruckus. #occupyXDA to bring us back...again!

Matt = spartacus _--o_
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

Soo how would we get out?
Porting more roms?
Complaining to Xda?
Because I'm all about this cause

Pstevep is a mod now...
Sent from my HTX Zero Hero Sense 3.5

MattCrystal said:
but what if I'm wrong?
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I'll put you in your place.
私のEVO 3Dから送信される。

mesheeka said:
lol! I remember the first time we got moved to low activity. Thats the day I bought the xda app, for some reason I thought that the free version no longer included the hero forum (what an idiot so I bought it and still couldn't find my forum. I finally got on my laptop and joined the ruckus. #occupyXDA to bring us back...again!
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I get enough talk about occupy at the university... Lol
私のEVO 3Dから送信される。

Wow I thought this phone was dead
Sent from my PG86100 using XDA App

Think again sir
Sent from my HTX Zero Hero Sense 3.5