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Day one and im bricked..

Just jumped ships from sprint and got my facinate. Today rooted with one click and tried installing clock work. Thmanage rom manager. All seems well then suddenly my phone freezes for ten minutes I have to do a battery pull. Phone wont boot in anyway or form now. No lights or signs of life other than if I hold the power button as long as its pressed. A device labeled SEC S5PC110 Test B/D appears in device manager. And that'd all it will do. Thinking about exchanging it tomorrow afternoon. Just letting the community know what happened to me any thoughts as how or what happened might be able to help future mishaps

I'd try doing an odin flash. Just search the forums for the step by step. If u can get the phone into flash mode.

Yeah dude, definitely try Odin. Did you try flashing cwm from within ROM manager? I ask because that doesn't work for our phones yet, and it wouldn't surprise me if that could cause problems. I would use Odin to flash it back to stock, and then use the very thorough guide on here on how to get cwm going.
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hilarious post title.. good luck tho man. my only word of advice (tho it won't help u now) is to run back ups before you do anything major

illtema said:
hilarious post title.. good luck tho man. my only word of advice (tho it won't help u now) is to run back ups before you do anything major
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Hard for him to do a backup when he got bricked installing CWM LOL

Possibly bootlocked.
Newer Fascinates seem to be locked. Don't know if there is any way to tell which you've got without attempting a modification of the system....which would of course, result in the above nastiness....

I would think that if newer fascinates were boot locked, so would mesmerizes and I first flashed the stock files for Verizon on my phone then went to elements zinc (which is awesome BTW) installed voodoo 1200 kernel and everything is working great for me. Could just be that he got a bunk phone or something

PhoenixPath said:
Possibly bootlocked.
Newer Fascinates seem to be locked. Don't know if there is any way to tell which you've got without attempting a modification of the system....which would of course, result in the above nastiness....
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I'm thinking it's just Noob users who are bootlocked...

My phone is only a week old everything went fine root,cwm...

wisconsinated said:
I would think that if newer fascinates were boot locked, so would mesmerizes
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Why would you think that? Same hardware!=same software...or we'd all be running USC's kernel/ROM.
Could just be that he got a bunk phone or something
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Could be...which is why I said "possibly" instead of "definitely".

Couldn't get to the flash mode even to use odin, went back today and bestbuy swapped it out for me thinking I just got a bad phone, I could also shake the thing and hear raddling with the usb door shut to so im not really surprised. The new one seems to be working better already, eill try root tonight,

Jwahlg said:
I could also shake the thing and hear raddling with the usb door shut
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Volume toggle. I bet the new one does it.
good day.

chopper the dog said:
Volume toggle. I bet the new one does it.
good day.
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He's right, the volume rockers rattle like a sumbitch.
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My Fascinate is just twp weeks old and One Click and CWM worked just fine for me. BTW I am running JTs super clean rom. Lovin this phone!
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This is why manufacturing companies are locking down phones now. That phone wasn't bricked it could have easily been fixed. OP. Please read and try to learn what u r doing. As well try to have a semi understanding of how u can fix ur phone if u mess it up. I would bet that your phone could have been up and running in 15 minutes.
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ksizzle9 said:
This is why manufacturing companies are locking down phones now. That phone wasn't bricked it could have easily been fixed. OP. Please read and try to learn what u r doing. As well try to have a semi understanding of how u can fix ur phone if u mess it up. I would bet that your phone could have been up and running in 15 minutes.
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This is counter development long term.
I further submit that in the future, all root processes require a ten question exam on the users knowledge to work.
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Mine crashes sometimes. Even with all original OS. I just pull the battery and all is good.
My volume rocker doesn't rattle, so there is that plus.
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did i kill my epic?

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.

bullet2300 said:
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.

kennyglass123 said:
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.

brendan802 said:
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

Ok.. so bricked for good? Not entering download mode. (UPDATED)

Ok so my phone was bricked and Ive been trying these past few days to fix it with odin. Odin doesnt work on my computer though. Today I connected it and odin started to work and it started to flash, it got to the factoryfs part and then froze, so I disconnected it.
Now my phone won't enter download mode and it won't turn on anymore.. what can I do?
EDITL: So i got into the sprint store and tell them that some update made my screen turn off and it wouldnt turn back on/nor charge. They were working on it for like an hour then they came to me and said that i have to pay 35$ then i can pick up a new one on tuesday. Yay and I was able to ad insurance because I didnt have it before.

I'd try just taking it back to Sprint and tell them that you were performing an OTA update and it just died in the middle of it and you don't know what to do.

Is your battery charged? Because it should at least power on
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hayabusa1300cc said:
Is your battery charged? Because it should at least power on
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Im not sure but it doesnt charge even if I plug it into the wall =( And yeah ill try to go to the sprint store tomorrow, if they question me about rooting should I deny everything? Can they check if the phone is rooted?

Yeah, just play dumb and act like you don't know what happened with it, and it just went blank during an OTA update. They can't see if the phone is rooted or not as far as I'm concerned, but if you bring it to a Sprint repair shop, I'm pretty certain that they won't know.

Actually just try pulling the battery for 3 minutes,then download mode should work,then re-odin...This has happened to me 3 times,really thought it was bricked the first time.
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ecooce said:
Actually just try pulling the battery for 3 minutes,then download mode should work,then re-odin...This has happened to me 3 times,really thought it was bricked the first time.
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same thing happened to me when i first started flashing roms with this phone.. just give it alittle time, plug it in with the battery to make sure its getting a charge and it should boot back into download mode.

kalico17 said:
same thing happened to me when i first started flashing roms with this phone.. just give it alittle time, plug it in with the battery to make sure its getting a charge and it should boot back into download mode.
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I did that and nothing happens, it doesnt charge anymore i think. Im pretty sure its hard bricked now :/

The Sprint store is going to try another battery first before they throw the towel in on the phone. If that doesn't work then yes play dumb and do exactly as previously stated by @brianhuangbh.... "Was doing an OTA and it just froze". Good luck and let us know what they said

sasha101 said:
Ok so my phone was bricked and Ive been trying these past few days to fix it with odin. Odin doesnt work on my computer though. Today I connected it and odin started to work and it started to flash, it got to the factoryfs part and then froze, so I disconnected it.
Now my phone won't enter download mode and it won't turn on anymore.. what can I do?
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same thing happened to me, that i ended up getting another phone. anyway i was fooling around with my brick epic when i decided to put in a fully charged battery in. nothing happened but i noticed after a while that the phone was warm. i pulled the battery then waited a couple of minutes then put it back in and held the power and 1 button and what do you know, it went to download mode. i used Odin CORRECTLY this time and now it works. when using odin make sure reboot is the only box checked and that u start Odin first then plug the epic in.

So i went to the sprint store and everything turned out good

Awesome congrats hopefully the new phone doesn't act up on ya if you decide to root lol
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tphillips78 said:
Awesome congrats hopefully the new phone doesn't act up on ya if you decide to root lol
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Im gonna stay away from rooting haha, came too close this time. Plus my computer refuses to co-operate with odin so i cant unbrick it.

Good stuff if u do decide to root feel free to pm me if u have questions. The people of xda were very helpful to me so I'm returning the favor lol.
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Data drops.....

Is anyone else having major data drops? Mine is happening like 3x a day now! Very annoying. It has nothing to do with airplane mode. All of a sudden I will see my 3G signal leave, then there's a small x near my status bars then the x will go away but the 3G signal will not come back unless I reboot. When I reboot, my battery level drops all the way to where I need to connect my charger to keep it on.
This started happening about 5 days ago. Never an issue before that. Started happening after I flashed Trigger v1.5 rom. Went back to Bionix V and it's still happening. Wiped, Wiped, reflashed, wiped, wiped reflashed...still an issue.
Any help is appreciated!

You might try flashing a different modem.
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Or you might have a SIM getting ready to crap out on you.

jmcghee1973 said:
Or you might have a SIM getting ready to crap out on you.
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That just may be the problem. Its happening now like every hour. Forgot about that. It happened to me once before. years ago. Forgot, but can I just go into T-mo and get a new sim?

yes..you can tell them whats happening..minus the ROM flashin part..and they will get you a new SIM

jmcghee1973 said:
yes..you can tell them whats happening..minus the ROM flashin part..and they will get you a new SIM
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Lol. Trust me I know not to let them know I'm a flashaholic.

mainevent3405 said:
Lol. Trust me I know not to let them know I'm a flashaholic.
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Dear mainevent, Searching found your post. May I ask, did replacing sim handle?

greencloudz said:
Dear mainevent, Searching found your post. May I ask, did replacing sim handle?
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I did a sim replacement but I really can't tell if it helped me because I'm still having this issue but not really all the time. Are you on 2.2?
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Phone won't power on after flashing Alliance rom

So I had Alliance ROM on my phone to begin with and I downloaded this http://www.alliance-rom.com/community/threads/rom-4-4-2-alliancerom_vzw-build-30-32-themes-11-29-14-fully-customizable-nd7.9054/ and installed it in safestrap recovery mode. After the file was finished installing the phone turned off. (I thought it was going to restart and well that never happened, The phone doesn't even turn on. I've taken the battery out and tried to power it on, I've tried taking the SIM and SDCard out and turning it on. I've left it plugged in and charging and tried turning it on, I'v plugged it into a computer and tried it that way. Nothing that I have tried has worked. If anyone can please help me get this working I would HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT!! I use this phone for work and to keep in touch with my Daughter. Thank you ahead of time for any ideas that may or may not work.

Gerzzy said:
So I had Alliance ROM on my phone to begin with and I downloaded this http://www.alliance-rom.com/communi...-themes-11-29-14-fully-customizable-nd7.9054/ and installed it in safestrap recovery mode. After the file was finished installing the phone turned off. (I thought it was going to restart and well that never happened, The phone doesn't even turn on. I've taken the battery out and tried to power it on, I've tried taking the SIM and SDCard out and turning it on. I've left it plugged in and charging and tried turning it on, I'v plugged it into a computer and tried it that way. Nothing that I have tried has worked. If anyone can please help me get this working I would HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT!! I use this phone for work and to keep in touch with my Daughter. Thank you ahead of time for any ideas that may or may not work.
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wrong thread..
Hate to say it but if your phone wont even turn on at all its likely bricked.. you cant get into recovery or download mode i assume?
also, the link you provided doesnt appear to be for our device at all.. we never had a nd7/mj9 build nor have we ever had phillz recovery..
you should have used the alliance roms posted in the dev section for the g900v and not from the site.. you most likely flashed the wrong rom and your phone didnt like it
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Gerzzy said:
So I had Alliance ROM on my phone to begin with and I downloaded this http://www.alliance-rom.com/community/threads/rom-4-4-2-alliancerom_vzw-build-30-32-themes-11-29-14-fully-customizable-nd7.9054/ and installed it in safestrap recovery mode. After the file was finished installing the phone turned off. (I thought it was going to restart and well that never happened, The phone doesn't even turn on. I've taken the battery out and tried to power it on, I've tried taking the SIM and SDCard out and turning it on. I've left it plugged in and charging and tried turning it on, I'v plugged it into a computer and tried it that way. Nothing that I have tried has worked. If anyone can please help me get this working I would HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT!! I use this phone for work and to keep in touch with my Daughter. Thank you ahead of time for any ideas that may or may not work.
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Call the manufacturer. I thought mine was bricked, and Samsung saved me in about two minutes. Good luck!

Rapunzl said:
Call the manufacturer. I thought mine was bricked, and Samsung saved me in about two minutes. Good luck!
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kind of hard to fix it if it wont turn on lol
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Gerzzy said:
So I had Alliance ROM on my phone to begin with and I downloaded this http://www.alliance-rom.com/communi...-themes-11-29-14-fully-customizable-nd7.9054/ and installed it in safestrap recovery mode. After the file was finished installing the phone turned off. (I thought it was going to restart and well that never happened, The phone doesn't even turn on. I've taken the battery out and tried to power it on, I've tried taking the SIM and SDCard out and turning it on. I've left it plugged in and charging and tried turning it on, I'v plugged it into a computer and tried it that way. Nothing that I have tried has worked. If anyone can please help me get this working I would HIGHLY APPRECIATE IT!! I use this phone for work and to keep in touch with my Daughter. Thank you ahead of time for any ideas that may or may not work.
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The link you provided is for the I605, which I believe is the vzw Note2.
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Yep it is for the Note 2. It says in the top
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killa408shark said:
Yep it is for the Note 2. It says in the top
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lol yea.. i would assume he most likely has a hard brick
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elliwigy said:
lol yea.. i would assume he most likely has a hard brick
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Hard brick, advanced paper weight and toddler toy. Are just some of the names you can call it now. If you flashed the wrong ROM then you are SOL. There is no repairing on your own. Stop your online searching now cause it's a waste of time.
Sorry man. Wish you luck.

Sharpie603 said:
Hard brick, advanced paper weight and toddler toy. Are just some of the names you can call it now. If you flashed the wrong ROM then you are SOL. There is no repairing on your own. Stop your online searching now cause it's a waste of time.
Sorry man. Wish you luck.
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I guess I got lucky. My phone wouldn't start up for me, but the Samsung Chat Rep had me take out and replace the battery, then boot up into download mode (volume down+power+home). It worked.

Rapunzl said:
I guess I got lucky. My phone wouldn't start up for me, but the Samsung Chat Rep had me take out and replace the battery, then boot up into download mode (volume down+power+home). It worked.
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lol we couldve told you to do that except you said it wouldnt turn on.. either way, glad you got it fixed! now next time pull from this dev thread (for g900v) and not from an outside site unless u can be certain its our device
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elliwigy said:
lol we couldve told you to do that except you said it wouldnt turn on.. either way, glad you got it fixed! now next time pull from this dev thread (for g900v) and not from an outside site unless u can be certain its our device
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It wouldn't turn on... that's what they fixed. I tried several times and charged it for a bit to see if that would help. Maybe it was just at a black screen and I thought it was off? I worked on it for about a half hour, trying not to panic before chatting up Samsung.

Gerzzy said:
So I had Alliance ROM on my...
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This is not the way any development thread should begin... Development has specific rules for what can be posted & this is most certainly not not one of them. Things like this belong in the Q&A section... Please post in the correct sections - Consider this your warning to understand & follow the rules of these forums.
Thank you.

elliwigy said:
lol we couldve told you to do that except you said it wouldnt turn on.. either way, glad you got it fixed! now next time pull from this dev thread (for g900v) and not from an outside site unless u can be certain its our device
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He's not the OP dude. He's another member who was trying to help the OP by sharing his experience of getting some type of brick situation resolved. I see you were on the mobile app when you replied and I know the OP isn't identified in subsequent posts the way it is on the site. Just a friendly FYI.