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Vibrant USB Connection Issue

Hello XDA Community!
I made a post about this issue before, but have more details so hopefully someone can help me figure out this issue.
My phone even when unplugged from my PC continuously says USB Connected/ USB Debugging in the notification menu.
Also, when I try and reboot the phone, instead of booting even to the Vibrant logo screen, the loading circle continuously blinks on and off, without actually booting.
As I type this, I am not holding down the power button, and the loading circle is blinking on and off by itself....
I used to be able to turn the phone on into recovery mode in the past, but now when I try to reboot into recovery I get a big yellow picture that says "Downloading"
The only way the phone will turn on is if it is plugged in.
I am fairly certain that this reboot issue and the USB issue are correlated in some way.
Did anyone else have this issue with their phones? And if so, how did you solve it?

Another thing I have just discovered...
When the phone is on and idle, the USB Connection notification will constantly blink on and off, which is why I think the phone would do the same when trying to power on!
Is this a hardware issue or a software issue?
I have not flashed anything in a very long time before this issue started happening so I believe a restore is unnecessary .
Someone please help me! This is very annoying, not only do I have NO notification bar because of the constant USB Connection notification turning on and off, I cannot turn on my phone at all unless it is plugged in!
ACK!

Take it back
I carry the insurance, so personally if this was happening to me I would not even mess with it. It sounds like you have a genuine problem with the phone and it needs to be replaced.
If it is possible to do try a nandroid backup of your phone to make getting back to where you are on your new device easier. Then take your phone back to stock with the recovery image here -->
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475 (Thank you justanothercrowd)
One you have a stock device see if you are still having the issue. If you are take it back as defective. Even if you don't have the insurance, that sounds like a factory defect and should be covered by the factory warranty. The insurance just makes the process easier and makes sure they just give you a swap out at the store rather than having to wait for repairs. It also covers things the warranty does not, such as screen breakage - which is the specific reason I carry the insurance.

Ah crap wish I had insurance.... Do I have to do that whole odin procedure or is there a one click un root procedure as well?
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Nevermind i just read through that link you posted. So when i go to a t mobile store do i have to unroot or can i just hide my root applications until i get a new phone?
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I actually have not had reason to go back to stock, or even use odin yet at this point. My only roms were .zip files that I flashed via clockwork recovery.
I would say that your best best it to just follow the instructions on justanothercrowd's thread very carefully and deliberately. You are already having issues with reboots and your USB port, so this is not the time to deviate into experiments.
So to cut you off and just answer you next three questions:
Q) Can I just . . .
A) No! Just follow the directions exactly.
Q) But can I . . .
A) No! Just follow the directions exactly.
Q) Do I have to . . .
A) Hey look, Just follow the damn directions exactly!
Sorry, I can't help much beyond that. You chose to modify your phone and risk that you would not have issues, just like the rest of us here. In your case you did have issues. Now you have to get it back to stock so they don't have any reason to claim you caused this or that your warranty is void. I hope all goes well and it works out for you. Let as know and keep us posted. Good luck.

Lo N Slo said:
Nevermind i just read through that link you posted. So when i go to a t mobile store do i have to unroot or can i just hide my root applications until i get a new phone?
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We must have been typing at the same time LOL.
There is a thread on unrooting, and basically it is just deleting a few things. After doing this you should not have any non-stock applications on the phone and there would be no reason to think it was rooted unless they went digging on the file system. Personally, I would delete those telltale files just in case, it looks a little suspicious to bring in a phone that looks like it has not been used since you bought it, but they have no proof you did anything and you can claim that you first did a factory reset to see if it would fix the problem.

Just want to keep this thread going, as I am having the exact same issue as the OP as of today. It happened out of the blue, and I haven't flashed anything new to my phone since JI6 was released, other than that, it's just a stock, rooted phone.
Hoping someone has an idea, but I will likely get it replaced under warranty, since the GPS has never worked either.

damnit damnit damnit I really wish I had warranty.
Random question about clockword mod recoveries.
If I were to do a backup right now, and save that file to my computer, could I restore that file later on a different phone after I root my replacement?
I don't have that many mods flashed, and I know all of the apps can be synced, but still it would be sooo convenient .

I believe that is how it works, so yes. It should be no different then when you clone a hard drive to put the image on multiple computers for easy distribution.
It is (just like the cloning metaphor) hardware specific. Just like I could not purchase a upgrade computer and expect a cloned image to work, don't expect to create a Vibrant backup and restore it on a Captivate.
That said, you should be able to restore your backup to new (identical) hardware.
By the way, what is the warranty on these? I thought it was a year for defects. I didn't think the Vibrant had been around long enough yet for anyone to be off warranty.

it should be a year, but there was also the option for a purchased warranty. I did not purchase a warranty, so I should be good on just my manufacturer's defect warranty

Being discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817643

[Q] My screen just froze on the lock screen. HELP!

My DX lock screen just froze, I can't get it to do anything; it won't turn off...nothing happens when I hit any of the buttons. I downloaded Liberty 1.0 a couple of days ago. Does any know what to do??

wtivey said:
My DX lock screen just froze, I can't get it to do anything; it won't turn off...nothing happens when I hit any of the buttons. I downloaded Liberty 1.0 a couple of days ago. Does any know what to do??
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Have you tried to pull the battery? I can't help you about what caused the error, but that should at least reboot the phone.

nvm, i just figured out how to take the battery out. problem solved

yeah I took it out and it worked...i didn't know i could pull the battery but I figured out how to do it

yeah, it's the simplest solution to problems like that. Just be careful not to do that while flashing roms. Even if the rom seems to be stuck. It's best to wait at least 15-30 mins.

What do you mean "flashing ROM?"

The term flashing is basically installing a new rom onto the phone.
I'm use to the computer terms where cmos bios chips were fproms and installing new firmware was called "Flashing"

Just be very careful with your phone. The terms that describe specific actions are golden on these types of forums. If you don't understand the terminology, please double check everything before you proceed with changing things on your phone. I know it is a fun world to play in, but one bad move can ruin your device. I'm not trying to be mean or to discourage you, I just want to make sure you have a fun and safe time without having to reprogram everything because of one "minor" mistake. We all started where you are now, so we understand the mysterious world. Just stay safe out there, friend.
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[Q] mytouch 4g wont turn on

so my mytouch 4g wont turn on even with a different battery. i plug it it in and it gives me a flash on th screen but thats it. any suggestion without sending it in

Take it to a tmo store, they'll swap it.

I got it off of Craigslist I think it was previously tampered with
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so i was in the process of doing a custom splash screen last night. i went through all the instructions on how to push the custom splash through terminal. everything went how the instructions said, but once i reboot it my phone turned off and never came back on. it doesnt power on, boot into recovery, nothing! i put the phone to charge and the red light comes on on the top left but when i take it off the charger it stays on.
i been rooted for about a month now and i was running cm7 build 8 when this happened. i just want to see if anybody has any idea on what going on. i tired everything i can think of. taking out the battery and normally powering on and nothing. taking off the battery and volume down and power to boot into recovery and nothing. taking off the battery, sd card, sim, putting back the battery and doing both normal power on and to boot into recovery and nothing.

First of all you just hijacked the guys old dead thread and second it sound like you just bricked your phone. As there is boot animation and there is slash screen. Seems like you flashed wrong thing. If the screen don't even turn on its dead then.
Sent from my HTC Glacier

Don't flame the poor guy! He's got it bad enough as is! And he didn't flash the "wrong thing" there are several threads on flashing splash screens in this phone's forum. Cut the guy some slack. He knows it may be bricked, he's just hoping it's not. And he was hoping for someone to provide some possible help. Not be be given **** for not opening a new thread.

i thread jacked because the thread was old and didnt want to clutter by starting a new one when im having some what the same problem. but no i pushed the splash image. i had already flashed a boot animation a few day back. i had call of android running on my phone as a boot animation. i just want to know is theres other methods of reaching hboot or recovery.

First of all don't put words in my mouth as my post does not contain any flame, second when I said wrong thing I meant he may not have meet the requirement for the splash image if he did correctly then obviously he would have had it up and running. Best thing for him would be going back to the original thread where he downloaded the image and asking the OP and troubleshoot it but at this point its to late all he can do now is warn others.
But if his phone is not old lol he can social engineer and play the victim card and send it back to HTC but first would be trying TMo saying he didn't get the POST OTA as he had PRE OTA and when he try to install the OTA it went blank and act like he has no idea what is going on, as he simply just want the phone to work or he will cancel service and do acting best of his life.

i already know i probably super bricked it. becuase ive bricked it before but not like this. i was able to fix it very quickly before. its like if the phone just doesnt have a battery. im just going to wait to see if anybody else has any more input. if not ill head to the tmo store see what they can do.

BlackSHELF said:
But if his phone is not old lol he can social engineer and play the victim card and send it back to HTC but first would be trying TMo saying he didn't get the POST OTA as he had PRE OTA and when he try to install the OTA it went blank and act like he has no idea what is going on, as he simply just want the phone to work or he will cancel service and do acting best of his life.
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I do apologize for using the word flame. It was too strong. But I get fired up when people criticize instead of offering insight. If you had posted the above paragraph first, I wouldn't have had any issues. This is good and viable option. Albeit a last resort, but much better than criticizing for thread jacking. And I am the OP of the thread that he's using and am doing EVERYTHING I can to help him figure out a way to get this resolved.

coupetastic-droid said:
i already know i probably super bricked it. becuase ive bricked it before but not like this. i was able to fix it very quickly before. its like if the phone just doesnt have a battery. im just going to wait to see if anybody else has any more input. if not ill head to the tmo store see what they can do.
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ok, I just got caught up on your issue. I am going to do a little research and see if I can come up with anything to maybe help. Do you have adb set up? What recovery are you running?

Same thing happened to me, flashed a rom rebooted and the phone never turned on again.

thanx every one for trying to help. i tried everything i can think of and i could not get that phone to power on at all. it was completely dead. so i went to the tmo store by my pad and they gave me a brand new one. now i just need to gain s=off on this one which i cant do for some reason. i dont know why since it was fairly easy to gain s=off on my other mt4g. ill figure out though.

coupetastic-droid said:
thanx every one for trying to help. i tried everything i can think of and i could not get that phone to power on at all. it was completely dead. so i went to the tmo store by my pad and they gave me a brand new one. now i just need to gain s=off on this one which i cant do for some reason. i dont know why since it was fairly easy to gain s=off on my other mt4g. ill figure out though.
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Don't know if you used this guide yet or not but I will post it anyway http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996

toby4059 said:
Don't know if you used this guide yet or not but I will post it anyway http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
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I aready got s=off but thanx anyways.
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Hi.
I had the same problem on my htc glacier (mytouch 4g) which was turn it on, stuck on the htcwelcome screen, keep loading and then turn off automatically. My phone is rooted and cusome flashed to the new htc 3.0 sense when this happened, i did a back up and restore to the oem mytouch sense and now it is working just perfectly. So if your phone is rooted you might give it a shot and hope it will work again

i had same prob kinda
i flashed a rom was useing it for a week and today i went to use camera and while camera was loaded the screen shut off like not beining used it did the crt thing and all then it wouln't come out of it so i pulled battary after like 5 min of a lighted black screen and went to power phone back on and nothing like no batt.....
anyways what i was geting to is that i called tmoble and they said it sounded like a hardware problem if you can plug it in to wall or car charger and nothing.. when i plug it into a usb on pc i get
hsusbs or something so u all might want to look into that.

i have s mytouch 4g it wont boot
i rooted my mytouch 4g ussing gfree and then i installed sense 3.0 rom and it worked then force closed left me in bootloader then from there flasheed cm7 worked good for 15 days then said force closed again then never turned back on aghain now when i plug it back in it tells me cannot install drivver software and it recognizes it as qhsusb_dload any solutions or its a gonner contact me at [email protected]

[Q] Whoops Fascinate Blunder

So I'm in some dire need of help. I have a rooted fascinate (with voodoo) for several months now. I was trying to upgrade to the new EB01 and was getting the no memory for storage error due to me not disabling voodoo. (whoops 1) In an attempt to restore my phone back again I found a fix to return back to a stock kernal, etc. I however was jumping around on way too many threads and flashed my phone with a vibrant rom/kernal. I am now running 2.2 Vibrant on a Fascinate. Here's the real problem, now when I hook my phone up to my computer through usb the phone shuts off. I can't get the phone into download mode to flash again wtih odin or recovery mode. It appears that the volume buttons aren't recognized on my fascinate hardware and vibrant rom. If there's ANY help anyone could offer me that would be great.
Not having a download mode or usb storage that I can fix it with adb/odin is really a huge problem obviously. Thanks!

Sounds like that phone is pretty much done, your best bet probably is to take it back to verizon. If you have a warranty it will cover that, just play it off as you didn't do anything to it.
I really don't understand how people can be so careless and inattentive while flashing, especially after already screwing up once.

thefunkbot said:
Sounds like that phone is pretty much done, your best bet probably is to take it back to verizon. If you have a warranty it will cover that, just play it off as you didn't do anything to it.
I really don't understand how people can be so careless and inattentive while flashing, especially after already screwing up once.
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Gonna have to be more creative then that...they will pop a battery in and check. And they will know if they can get it that far...

thefunkbot said:
Sounds like that phone is pretty much done, your best bet probably is to take it back to verizon. If you have a warranty it will cover that, just play it off as you didn't do anything to it.
I really don't understand how people can be so careless and inattentive while flashing, especially after already screwing up once.
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Well not removing the voodoo is something that tons of people have done according to all the posts I've seen people writing. Mistakes happen, it's not like I haven't rooted/flashed before I've done it a dozen times this boo boo just happened to be the mother of them all. And yeah I have a feeling that if I walk into a verizon store I'm SoL due to the VIBRANT that plasters across the screen upon booting. Just wondering if there's a work around for the usb portion of it that maybe someone can pull out?

So you have no adb and you are having a hard time getting into download mode.
Do you have:
- Recovery?
- cwr?
- is the phone useable at all? Can you get wifi, write or at least read your sd card, etc.
Your only hope in the end is when you get odin working eventually.
You _might_ be able to clean up with the mbr patch from this thread, provided you can install and run terminal emulator (as a substitute for adb shell) on the phone itself... but that is really iffy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804784
Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.

The phone turns on perfectly fine, goes into normal vibrant 2.2 mode so wi-fi is a go. I downloaded rom manager and can get it to go to a stock recovery however I can't use the up/down volume keys to navigate through the recovery, I can only reboot it again from there.

I agree that installing a voodoo incompatible kernel is a common enough and human mistake. As far as flashing full blown Vibrant, well I wish you didn't do that.
Just to be clear, in your case, you would want to get your phone into download mode ANY way you can. If it crashes when you plug it in, try to get download mode running _before_ you plug it into a computer.
I wouldn't give up just yet, there is still hope that there is something left of download and recovery modes on your phone.
There is a USB rig that you can read about how to build (fairly simple) that will force download noise by plugging it in.
It is remotely possible that you can flash something via kits to get yourself back on track, but that may only make matters worse.
Is there perhaps an app that launches download mode? (never heard of one)
Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.

soba49 said:
I agree that installing a voodoo incompatible kernel is a common enough and human mistake. As far as flashing full blown Vibrant, well I wish you didn't do that.
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Ditto. Also I can get access to the sd card however the usb situation comes into play again, when I plug it in I hear the connection bing through win7 but then the phone shuts off immediately. Phone is in usb debugging mode and allowing all connections etc.
I looked up a few ways to get into d/l mode through vibrant work arounds but none of them appear to work either, again I fear that it's the volume up/down incompatibility with the fascinate that's holding me back. Looking bleak thanks for the suggestions

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The phone turns on perfectly fine, goes into normal vibrant 2.2 mode so wi-fi is a go. I downloaded rom manager and can get it to go to a stock recovery however I can't use the up/down volume keys to navigate through the recovery, I can only reboot it again from there.
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That is good news! If you can somehow get CWR to run, you don't need volume buttons to navigate CW Recovery, it'll launch from rom manager. If you can do that, you can get to download mode.
It may still take some tricky fingers too get the volume buttons working again, but at least you can work on getting rid of the other carrier's badging.
Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.

IF there IS any hope for you (which i doubt), i advise you get on the fascinate irc and seek help there.

apparently I meant JIG, not rig:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
This is still your best avenue.
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(irregardless of whether usb is plugged in)
From regular recovery (blue) to download:
Press home button (to reboot) while hitting volume down
-- I don't think this will work for you since your volume buttons don't seem to work regardless of mode --

So, battery pull/hold vol down while plugging into usb won't get to dl mode for odin?
good day.

chopper the dog said:
So, battery pull/hold vol down while plugging into usb won't get to dl mode for odin?
good day.
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Pretty much, I'm boned. Thanks for the suggestions though. My own darn fault

Dead Nexus S

Hi guys,
Tried searching for my problem, but though I found some similar stuff, noone had quite my problem.
I was checking my Nexus S after a trip and it was with the 'emergency only' message. This sometimes happens to me, not sure if it's due to the roaming activation or caused by a bug where the radio subsystem crashes after a long period without network.
Anyway, I proceeded to my common solution: Turn off and reboot.
Except that after the phone was off, it would not turn on.
It doesn't even vibrate. It doesn't show anything when connected to the wall socket or to the computer. It's just completely dead.
Now, I'm not even sure if this is a hardware or software problem. Any idea on how I can debug this?
Here's what I've tried:
1. Take the battery out: no changes (even tried leaving it out overnight).
2. Charge the phone overnight: no change.
Next step: I'll go to a store and try a different battery... meanwhile I'm without my primary phone which sucks... Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!

Try booting your phone into the bootloader. Hold the power button and volume up button simultaneously.

If it is not the battery, i can see what else you can do, a "dont turn on" phone is a dead end...
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

Guess I'm screwed... I had some pics and other data there... anyway I can get it back? i.e. is there a way to remove the internal sd card?

saranyan said:
Try booting your phone into the bootloader. Hold the power button and volume up button simultaneously.
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Was this tried? Cause if that works there's hope for you yet.

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Was this tried? Cause if that works there's hope for you yet.
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Yup, it was one of the first things I tried. No sign of life... I can't get a single sign that the phone is even being powered. It's like the battery was taken out.

nunocordeiro said:
Yup, it was one of the first things I tried. No sign of life... I can't get a single sign that the phone is even being powered. It's like the battery was taken out.
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Sounds like something is wrong with the hardware then. Have you brought it the store? Might need to get a new one on warranty.
I have the same issue with my old Blackberry 9000. It worked fine up until I stopped using it. Left it in a drawer for a few months. Went to sell it to Sprint. Wouldn't turn on. No LED, no nothing. Worked fine months before when I was still using it. To this day I have no idea what's wrong with it and it doesn't turn on.

Why not get an external battery charger and charge the battery up and then test it?

All true, and after trying with a new battery I'll have a bit more information.
But what strikes me as odd is that I didn't leave it in a drawer - I didn't even let the battery run down... it was just a damn reboot! I shut it down, and then couldn't power it up again (try and imagine THAT happening to you). It would be odd for the battery to be sucked dry all of a sudden...
I have a feeling that there's something else... maybe while shutting down something burned out in the power circuitry....? =S
No one ever heard of anything like what I'm experiencing? It sucks to be the only one!
Thanks for all the help so far, guys!

If you can get to download mode nothing is lost. Just flash new image via Odin.
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nunocordeiro said:
All true, and after trying with a new battery I'll have a bit more information.
But what strikes me as odd is that I didn't leave it in a drawer - I didn't even let the battery run down... it was just a damn reboot! I shut it down, and then couldn't power it up again (try and imagine THAT happening to you). It would be odd for the battery to be sucked dry all of a sudden...
I have a feeling that there's something else... maybe while shutting down something burned out in the power circuitry....? =S
No one ever heard of anything like what I'm experiencing? It sucks to be the only one!
Thanks for all the help so far, guys!
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Never heard of that happening, but it's a possibility... Still, I would first attribute it to a bad battery and try that first
Sent from my Nexus S 4G

With a new battery (that works on another nexus S) still no luck. =(
I still can't find anyone with this problem. I feel like the unluckiest idiot on Earth.
I assume I can't get to download mode since I can't even get the phone to report it is charging (it used to do that even if off). Do you want me to try anything, though? I'm open to suggestions until Monday. Then I'm taking it to Samsung. Hope they can recover my pictures.
BTW, my receipt doesn't have the IMEI and a customer service rep told me I need it on the receipt or they won't give me free support. How can I get it with the phone off?
Regards and thanks to all who responded,
Nuno

nuno, if you cant power on even with a new charged battery, then it's a harware fault and nothing can me done... =o\
but thanks for the advice, i never thought about the data in sd card, i guess i should make some backups! =o)

nun
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Look under your battery. IMEI should be printed on the sticker beneath. Good luck!
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I've got the same problem: dead nexus s after a reboot. It says "no service" emergency call does not work. I tried pretty much everything like switching the battery, recovery mode, plug it in, etc. I even updated its image to the latest I've got access to. No luck. I'm already contacting samsung to get it replaced.

odd things can happen ... it sucks

igorgatis said:
I've got the same problem: dead nexus s after a reboot. It says "no service" emergency call does not work. I tried pretty much everything like switching the battery, recovery mode, plug it in, etc. I even updated its image to the latest I've got access to. No luck. I'm already contacting samsung to get it replaced.
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Did you try flashing a different rom? Or radio/

I haven't experienced this myself but I'm very interested on what happened. Did you guys flash any custom ROMS? or Radios for that matter?

This looks very similar to what i have. I just got my nexus s GT-i9023, it doesn't boot into fast boot, recovery, download mode or normal. The most activity i have got so fare is when i take the battery out, put it back it, and try turn the phone on it will sometimes flash then do nothing. I have looked every ware. When i use "./platform-tools/adb get-state" it returns "unknown". Any help would be great.
What i think i did was this:
- Unlocked bootloader, this worked
- restart
- installed clockwork mod with fast boot, this worked
- wiped data
- wiped cache (correct me if i spelt that wrong, or anything else)
- flashed cyanogenmod, this got an error but i didn't notice it the first time and i can't remember what it was.
- flashed gapps, this didn't work, when i restarted the phone it said that the installer for gaps had quit.
- restarted
- flashed cyanogenmod again, this is when i noticed the error
- restarted, didn't change anything
- wiped data
- wiped cache
- flashed i9020t recovery, this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061855 i think this is what stuffed it up because my phone is i9023
- wiped data after flashing, thats what it said to do, i thought it was strange but i went along with it.
- wiped cache
- reboot
- now doesnt work.

Take it to the store where you purchased and claim ignorance!