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I think I just bricked this phone.

Posted this in the UPGRADING section but it may be better suited here, I'm not completely sure.
So I think I just bricked my dads vogue.
I followed the instructions in the HOW TO FLASH YOUR VOGUE thread as best as I could and now I'm in a rough position. He's been ranting about the WinMo OS almost since he got it and wanted to try Android so I tried to flash it.
What's going on:
Blank (black) screen
Backlight is on
Orange status(?) LED
Unresponsive to anything
Powering up yields a green status LED, one buzz of the vibration, call & end keys light up then it reverts to the above. Takes 1 or 2 seconds.
Plugging in the USB gives me "Found New Hardware: Data Interface" but I don't have the drivers or w/e is required to install it.
Any one able to help me? I figured this should be pretty straight forward but it's turning out to be a nightmare. :cries:

After you flash the android rom, you have to load a system image and data image into it. That may be normal.
Note, I have not flashed mine to Android, but it seemslike your missing the next step in the process.

This may help...
The bottom may help with the bricking and the top may help with android.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=603508

nope it isnt bricked just reflash windows and use android via haret...sounds kernel related

With advice from the other thread I'm in bootloader(?) mode
But that's as far as I got.
oh man I'm in trouble said:
So I've gotten back to red/green/blue/white striped screen but nothing will read the phone/let me flash anything to it.
Screen says:
VOGU100 MFG
SPL-2.31.CoKe
CPLD-3
USB
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oh man I'm in trouble said:
With advice from the other thread I'm in bootloader(?) mode
But that's as far as I got.
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Did you download your ROM you needed?

staud8469 said:
Did you download your ROM you needed?
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What carrier do you use?

Yes, downloaded the stock rom.
Provider is Verizon

oh man I'm in trouble said:
Yes, downloaded the stock rom.
Provider is Verizon
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Ok then...you will need to flash another rom. Verizon, is a pain.
Here is NFSFANS ROM windows 6.5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432487
The files from this forum will contain a program called ROMUpdateUtility. Run that in boot mode. Then run NFSFANS verizon provisioning. all files are on that forum. Just remember...Your device is not bricked (as it sounds). You could brick it though. So be careful. You may wanna get advice from a Verizon User.

staud8469 said:
The files from this forum will contain a program called ROMUpdateUtility. Run that in boot mode. Then run NFSFANS verizon provisioning. all files are on that forum.
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At this point, I'm throwing everything I think I know or understand out the window.
That said, can you walk me through the process starting at the bootload screen?

oh man I'm in trouble said:
At this point, I'm throwing everything I think I know or understand out the window.
That said, can you walk me through the process starting at the bootload screen?
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Yes, from a Sprint stand point though.
-download NFSFANS ROM
-Extract all the files from NFSFANS ROM to a new folder.
-Enter BootLoader
-Once it loads up plug your phone into your computer
-In your new folder there should be like 10 files...one of which say ROMUpdateUtility. Click and run that.
-Follow all the instructions on it.
-When it finishes...your phone will auto reboot.
-Once loaded up, Download Verizons Provesioning from NFSFANS ROM (you will find the link of the download towards the bottom of the first post NFSFAN has posted)
-Connect your phone to ur pc and put the Verizon Provesioning Cab on your sd card and install it.
-Restart your phone.
That should work.

Thanks a ton, I'm 35% into the RUU.
I'll keep everyone updated.

oh man I'm in trouble said:
Thanks a ton, I'm 35% into the RUU.
I'll keep everyone updated.
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Thats good progress. Now if/and when your phone boots up. Tell me if it gets stuck...and where at. If not then your good

Seems to be stuck at the Verizon logo. (First screen upon startup.)
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Yeah, it's stuck.

oh man I'm in trouble said:
Seems to be stuck at the Verizon logo. (First screen upon startup.)
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Does it say No radio?

oh man I'm in trouble said:
Seems to be stuck at the Verizon logo. (First screen upon startup.)
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give it awhile to boot though.

staud8469 said:
Does it say No radio?
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Nope.
M 03 PACAAAM4070
B 01 R 1.06.30
D3NFS
^That appears briefly under the Verizon logo which is normal but it still hangs after it disappears.
staud8469 said:
give it awhile to boot though.
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5-8 minutes isn't enough?

oh man I'm in trouble said:
Nope.
M 03 PACAAAM4070
B 01 R 1.06.30
D3NFS
^That appears briefly under the Verizon logo which is normal but it still hangs after it disappears.
5-8 minutes isn't enough?
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Well, I'm going to get a verizon guy to help you. Brb.

ok sounds no radio has been written
follow this wiki to the T and you my friend will have a working phone with GPS
mainly a working phone!!!
http://wiki.ppchaven.com/index.php?title=Pocket_PC_WIki:FIX_VERIZON_GPS

How do you keep customization from running?

[Q] Update broke my phone - Help?

i got the JI6 update (or J16, not sure which it is) and installed it. Now its just stuck on the power on screen, plays the little t-mobile tune(but not the animation) and sits there for the rest of time.
I have a 2 nandroid backups, tried the most recent one with clockwork, and that didnt help, im trying the older one now...
It was rooted with LagFix. Can anyone help?

You need to restore via odin...

Can you link a thread please, i dont know anything about odin, or how to use it. Thank you

Bumping in hopes someone will assist me in my noobness

Welcome to the club... This happened to me this morning and i'm trying to get it to work again via ODIN now.
Here's what I was told to do. Follow the "Part 2 of the guide and download the necessary .zip for ODIN at the top of the page.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803492

Thank you dude, ill give this a try now.

No problem. I'm waiting for it to finish downloading so I can try this myself.
Cheers

yea, the download is slow as balls

Oskiee said:
yea, the download is slow as balls
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Yeah it took about 2 hours but my phone lives again!!!

Get Froyo D/L'd from Kies, but fails to "upgrade"

I'm new here and was wondering if someone with more knowledge than myself could possibly help me. I've been trying all morning to download and upgrade Froyo for my Vibrant through kies mini. It took me awhile before finding out I had to use the TW Launcher to get it working, but after that I got it to download just fine. After it downloads thru kies, my phone gets this little warning sign that says "downloading, do not turn off target!!!" and has a "men at work" kinda symbol with the little android dude shoveling some stuff. And on kies it says it's starting to "upgrade", but after a minute or so of it sitting there doing nothing it goes to another screen that says:
"Result
SGH-T959 could not be upgraded.
1. Detach and reattach the mobile phone's battery.
2. Reboot the mobile phone, and then try the upgrade again.
*if the Mobile phone fails to reboot, please use "mobile phone emergency recovery".
I am able to reboot the phone, I took the battery out after shutting it down and tried again, got it downloaded and the same thing happened again.
I'm at a loss for what to do now. Can anyone please help me?
Thank you in advance!

someone posted this in one of the threads. not sure if this is correct, but you should wait for the OTA update which is "official"

but the thing posted throught t-mobile says "we are not releasing this OTA, you need to d/l thru kies"
Am I missing something???

well i guess a lot of people were misinformed. i personally am not gonna do the update, but you should ODIN back to stock 2.1 JFD or JI6 and go from there. or contact tmobile once you're back to stock.
sorry

I am stock. The only thing I've ever done to it is the JI6 OTA Update.

You can use ODIN
Just extract this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919687 and put the .tar in the PDA section of ODIN
Make sure you have a COM port showing (yellow)
Make sure Repartition is NOT checked
Hit start

suchavibrantthang said:
well i guess a lot of people were misinformed. i personally am not gonna do the update, but you should ODIN back to stock 2.1 JFD or JI6 and go from there. or contact tmobile once you're back to stock.
sorry
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The word on the official T-Mobile forum here, plainly states it will NOT be sent OTA, only through mini Kies. They may have lied, but it would be an official lie.

RoyLoo said:
The word on the official T-Mobile forum here, plainly states it will NOT be sent OTA, only through mini Kies. They may have lied, but it would be an official lie.
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wouldn't be the first and it damn sure won't be the last...

Forget Kies, Flash the KA6 update through Clockwork Mod instead. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919760
Instructions on how to flash through Clockwork Mod is in the Vibrant Bible here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111

p00fz said:
After it downloads thru kies, my phone gets this little warning sign that says "downloading, do not turn off target!!!" and has a "men at work" kinda symbol with the little android dude shoveling some stuff. And on kies it says it's starting to "upgrade", but after a minute or so of it sitting there doing nothing it goes to another screen that says:
"Result
SGH-T959 could not be upgraded.
1. Detach and reattach the mobile phone's battery.
2. Reboot the mobile phone, and then try the upgrade again.
*if the Mobile phone fails to reboot, please use "mobile phone emergency recovery".
I am able to reboot the phone, I took the battery out after shutting it down and tried again, got it downloaded and the same thing happened again.
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I had the same problem at first - I was upgrading from stock, non-rooted ji6. It just died during the download process and phone would only boot to the black screen of death men at work" kinda symbol with the little android dude shoveling some stuff. I pulled the battery, put it back in, re-connected phone and held down volume up and volume down. I was able to use emergency recovery, the upgrade process completed and I am now on ka6. I guess this is a glitch with kies or maybe kies+ka6 upgrade. I was using XP PRO SP3 but others running Vista and 7 have reported similar problems.
I have also read that there are problems upgrading from jfd and it's recommended to upgrade to ji6 then ka6 if you're going to use kies.

interesting... So when It freezes like that, I shouldn't close out of everything and reboot my phone. I should leave the kies thing up, and use the emergency recovery?
But the consensus seems to be that I should just root and flash a 2.2 rom, eh?

I'm getting almost the same thing on my T959 through Kies Mini, except I never even get to the download, just straight to the detach/reboot instructions. What a waste of time.

Yea. I said screw it... Rooted running Auxura 2.2.7.2 now.... Soooooo sweet!!!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Cannot upgrade to 3.2 via WiFi or Kies

Hi,
I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 GT-P7510
I Am running Build number HMJ37.UEKG4.P7510UEKG4
Kernel Version 2.6.36.3 [email protected] #1
I am not rooted.
Kies does detect my device but it gives no option to update firmware. When right-clicking on the device under "connected devices" the option to update firmware is greyed out.
Under "Current firmware version:" it says P7510UEKG4/P7510XARKG4/P7510UEKG4/P7510UEKG4.
Under "Latest firmware version:" it's blank...
Any ideas?

I just posted a topic few minutes earlier than you about the same issue...no idea why this is happening...

Did you ODIN any stock ROM before?
AFAIK you will get the update if you are in stock TW ROM (UEKME)

ansonantonym said:
Did you ODIN any stock ROM before?
AFAIK you will get the update if you are in stock TW ROM (UEKME)
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I have ODIN'd a ROM before. I went back to stock last week... maybe that's why it isn't working?

I am a brand new user, both to the Tab and Android. My unit also fails to update. When attempting to do it via WIFI the update downloads but stops installing at 13%. When attached to Kies, I get the message that there are no updates available for the unit. Most of the other Kies functions also do not work.
I chatted online with Samsung and when this tech was stumped, was referred to a phone contact. The next tech also was stumped so I had to return the unit for repair. The good news is that unlike some companies, Samsung picked up the shipping. I should have my Tab back in a couple weeks. Hopefully in fully functional condition.
Stay tuned.
Bob

rudolphe said:
I have ODIN'd a ROM before. I went back to stock last week... maybe that's why it isn't working?
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I believe you installed this "hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip"
This is stock ROM for I/O tab only. And i/O tabs haven't got the TW or 3.2 update.
Flash stock ROM using ODIN as per the instructions in http://p7510.teamovercome.net/?page_id=18 under the section named "Re-“Stocking” Yer System…"
ROM : http://p7510.teamovercome.net/downloads/001002-P7510_KME_Restock.zip

ansonantonym said:
I believe you installed this "hc-3.1_ota-full_sam_tab_10.1.zip"
This is stock ROM for I/O tab only. And i/O tabs haven't got the TW or 3.2 update.
Flash stock ROM using ODIN as per the instructions in http://p7510.teamovercome.net/?page_id=18 under the section named "Re-“Stocking” Yer System…"
ROM : http://p7510.teamovercome.net/downloads/001002-P7510_KME_Restock.zip
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Cool I'll give that a shot, that's exactly what I installed.
I'll update this thread if it works, thanks!!

Seems to be stuck in a boot loop now.
Gets to the Samsung animation and just restarts.
I already tried formatting system/data/cache via recovery menu. No luck
Any suggestions?

Same, sort of. I can't get any further than the boot logo, then just a blank screen.

Did you use the pit file?

rudolphe said:
Cool I'll give that a shot, that's exactly what I installed.
I'll update this thread if it works, thanks!!
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ansonantonym said:
Did you use the pit file?
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Yup, I figured it would be a good idea to just try it again now the download process gets to about 65% and just sits there...

ansonantonym said:
Did you use the pit file?
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Me? If you meant me, I can't get to a place to do anything...can't get in to recovery, can't get to boot. I have an expensive, glowing paper weight.

ret4425 said:
Me? If you meant me, I can't get to a place to do anything...can't get in to recovery, can't get to boot. I have an expensive, glowing paper weight.
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Try connecting it to Kies. I heard there is an emergency recovery functionality in it.

Ok, I'm back up and running now. I stopped using the crappy $5 extended charging cable I got off Amazon and used the cable that came with the device.
Can't be 100% sure if that's what fixed it but hey it worked... thanks again for all your support.

Instructions have also worked for me. I had previously rooted the tab and used Odin. Now it is stock TW 3.2 honeycomb.

How is it TW 3.2 if stock file you loaded is 3.1 ?
Hitec

Hitec Wireless said:
How is it TW 3.2 if stock file you loaded is 3.1 ?
Hitec
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We were trying to get back to stock 3.1 so we could OTA/Kies update to the new 3.2.

ansonantonym said:
Try connecting it to Kies. I heard there is an emergency recovery functionality in it.
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It won't connect, it just spins endlessly...is that about it? The power + volume button don't work, Kies don't work...that's it? It's just funked?

Does anybody have another link?
The mirror and the links on the website are saying the zip file is corrupt
Edit: nevermind my zip program was messing it up

Bootlooping
If you are still bootlooping, try clearing your cache and dalvik-cache. It worked for me. You need probably Clockworkmod for it.

[N8013] HELP!!! Trying to go back to Stock

So I had flashed my n8013 to the Germany n8010 4.1.1 firmware using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048213
Then today I tried to restore back to UEALH2 n8013 stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100971
Now I've landed myself somewhere in limbo and I don't know if my battery will go soon or not. I have it plugged into the wall so maybe it'll pull a charge i have no clue. I'm stuck on the Android screen with the blue orb and the blue status bar stuck somewhere around 25%. At one point I had it stuck on the pulsing SAMSUNG screen in what it seems like doing nothing. I've tried getting into recovery to do a factory reset and cache clear and when I do that and hit restart it doesn't restart. I've tried flashing the UEALH2 files again and right now the Android is where I am.
Can anyone save my skin please!!!

Here is what you do
Go into recovery do a complete wipe
Download the rom from here http://www.hotfile.com/dl/178484761/092fdea/N8013UEALI3_N8013XARALI3_XAR.zip.html
and Flash it with Odin, should work fine

vypor87 said:
Now I've landed myself somewhere in limbo and I don't know if my battery will go soon or not. I have it plugged into the wall so maybe it'll pull a charge i have no clue. I'm stuck on the Android screen with the blue orb and the blue status bar stuck somewhere around 25%. At one point I had it stuck on the pulsing SAMSUNG screen in what it seems like doing nothing. I've tried getting into recovery to do a factory reset and cache clear and when I do that and hit restart it doesn't restart. I've tried flashing the UEALH2 files again and right now the Android is where I am.
Can anyone save my skin please!!!
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Well if it's not doing anything leaving it stuck isn't going to help you. Unplug it and shut it off. Restart it in recovery by pressing power and volume up at the same time. Choose "wipe data/factory reset." That should get it back to a running state, probably the German ROM you were trying to replace. Someone posted a theoretic MD5 file of the whole new U.S. JB ROM. I haven't heard from anyone that's succefully installed it yet. I'd wait for the "all clear" before attempting to use it. In the meantime, assuming you're back on the German ROM after a reset, you're better off loading the U.S. ICS ROM via Odin and then use Kies to update to U.S. JB.
Check back in if the reset via recovery doesn't get your Note working again.

Can't reach stock recovery
Vol+ and Power only restarts it. It won't go into recovery. If i hold the power button it just restarts. I just need to get it charging and I don't know how. I don't have the german files on me at the moment.

vypor87 said:
Vol+ and Power only restarts it. It won't go into recovery. If i hold the power button it just restarts. I just need to get it charging and I don't know how. I don't have the german files on me at the moment.
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Can you get in to download mode via "power/volume down?" If you can then just install the U.S ICS ROM to get back to a working device.

BarryH_GEG said:
Well if it's not doing anything leaving it stuck isn't going to help you. Unplug it and shut it off. Restart it in recovery by pressing power and volume up at the same time. Choose "wipe data/factory reset." That should get it back to a running state, probably the German ROM you were trying to replace. Someone posted a theoretic MD5 file of the whole new U.S. JB ROM. I haven't heard from anyone that's succefully installed it yet. I'd wait for the "all clear" before attempting to use it. In the meantime, assuming you're back on the German ROM after a reset, you're better off loading the U.S. ICS ROM via Odin and then use Kies to update to U.S. JB.
Check back in if the reset via recovery doesn't get your Note working again.
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The first link was trying to use the US ICS Rom via Odin. My note won't get in a functional state either way

BarryH_GEG said:
Can you get in to download mode via "power/volume down?" If you can then just install the U.S ICS ROM to get back to a working device.
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Barry, I used the preroot stock rom and the kernel as suggested in your OP on the other forum page. for some reason it's not working out well for me. I thought I had followed exactly what i should have
edit: sorry Barry I'm getting you confused with HG! in the other forum page.

vypor87 said:
Barry, I used the preroot stock rom and the kernel as suggested in your OP on the other forum page. for some reason it's not working out well for me. I thought I had followed exactly what i should have
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That's swell. Can you get in to download mode?

BarryH_GEG said:
That's swell. Can you get in to download mode?
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Yes I have it in download mode. I'm looking for the US Firmware link. Could you help me find it and link it? I've been scouring the general section for it.

vypor87 said:
Yes I have it in download mode. I'm looking for the US Firmware link. Could you help me find it and link it? I've been scouring the general section for it.
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http://hotfile.com/dl/177432499/eb4...8013_XAR_1_20120918195236_k2xfp2k9el.zip.html
As long as you can get in to download mode you'll be fine. Just use Odin to get back to ICS and then Kies to update to JB. We can do a post-mortem to figure out what went wrong after you're off of Defcon 5. Nothing gets the heart rate up like potentially borking a $500 device.

vypor87 said:
Yes I have it in download mode. I'm looking for the US Firmware link. Could you help me find it and link it? I've been scouring the general section for it.
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Here is the official md5 file for the XAR N8013 Note 10.1: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-N8013&pcode=XAR&os=1&type=3#firmware
Hope this helps.

BarryH_GEG said:
http://hotfile.com/dl/177432499/eb4...8013_XAR_1_20120918195236_k2xfp2k9el.zip.html
As long as you can get in to download mode you'll be fine. Just use Odin to get back to ICS and then Kies to update to JB. We can do a post-mortem to figure out what went wrong after you're off of Defcon 5. Nothing gets the heart rate up like potentially borking a $500 device.
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K, downloading right now. I actually spent the $9 to get a month subscription to hotfile to download faster. Not helping much as it's not my best bandwidth but i hope it works!!

Holy s*** it's aaaaa-live!!! It's alive it's alive!!! DEF-CON lowered now. I had another UEALH2 rooted tar on my machine and I cannot remember which forum page I downloaded it from sadly. I had downloaded it back in August on the 24th. It's dated the 22nd of August. The other tar I downloaded was dated the 22nd also but it was different somehow. The name scheme on this one is UEALH2_rooted_system.tar and it worked. Unlike UEALH2_prerooted.tar. That one almost screwed me up! I need to find where this original file came from. Either way I'm back on ICS and plugged into a wall. It's taking me through all the initial setup crap right now so it's hard to tell how low I got it but I started this night flashing with about 56% battery. And when you start with half a battery you start regretting things shortly after when you botch something up big time!
Edit: BTW at no point during the "brick" did my tablet ever lose charge. Infact it even gain charge! I guess these tablets can pull charge in download mode or something. Either way I'm glad it's not almost to zilch!

Spoke too soon. This is the one where the touchscreen stops working. FML... Still downloading the HotFile link of the image Barry sent.

vypor87 said:
Now I've landed myself somewhere in limbo and I don't know if my battery will go soon or not. I have it plugged into the wall so maybe it'll pull a charge i have no clue.
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vypor87 said:
Edit: BTW at no point during the "brick" did my tablet ever lose charge. Infact it even gain charge! I guess these tablets can pull charge in download mode or something. Either way I'm glad it's not almost to zilch!
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It gained charge because you had it plugged in, right? Sorry to here about your touchscreen :crying:. Hope All works out for you.
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Question for Barry: What is the difference between the hotfile link you provided and sammobile firmware?

RandomAwesomeGuy said:
It gained charge because you had it plugged in, right? Sorry to here about your touchscreen :crying:. Hope All works out for you.
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Question for Barry: What is the difference between the hotfile link you provided and sammobile firmware?
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Well heres the worry about the charging I had. Motorola phones are not very forgiving to charge unless youre booted or on the battery charge screen. Thats why I was freaking out. I kies updated from that same botched image and it seemed to resolve my touchscreen issue. Time will tell. Only problem is now I forgot to protect root before the update so superuser doesnt know where to find the binaries. Does the CF Autoroot still work with 4.1.2? If so ill just use that.
Either way, enough problems cleared for one night. Im going to bed. Gotta wake up for work in the morning.
Sent from my GT-N8013 using xda premium

RandomAwesomeGuy said:
Question for Barry: What is the difference between the hotfile link you provided and sammobile firmware?
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Hopefully nothing. Mine's just the direct link to the Samsung-Updates upload. Where files exist in both places I post Samsung-Updates version because you don't need to register.

BTW thank you guys. It's always good to know that the community is looking out for each other. I think once I'm "100%" stock TriAway and all I ain't flashing to a different stock base again. Lol. Although I do like the stock German folders vs the crappy US ones that are literal folders that are ugly. Guess I need to find a new launcher. And Barry thanks for helping me enjoy 4.1.1 in the meantime!
Sent from my DROID RAZR using xda premium