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Help needed ASAP for broken epic

I need to take my phone back to sprint, seems there is a hardware problem with the phones charging circuit. it will not mount to the computer, it will sort of charge, but if you unplug the cord, it just thinks its still charging. if you turn it off, it either just stays off until you pull the battery or sometimes it just reboots itself. it will not charge when off etc.
I tried 3 different roms so I know its not the rom.
So odin is out. I have bonsai rom and clockwork mod on the phone. I don't think thats a good idea to take it to sprint like this. is there anyway to get it back to stock?

anyone help please?

Just to make sure, have you tried putting it in download mode? It doesn't necessarily need to mount to computer for odin to recognize it.
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I suppose you could flash something to get you looped at samsung mobile screen.
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Sean Hicks said:
I suppose you could flash something to get you looped at samsung mobile screen.
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Agreed, that's what I was getting at.If odin will at least recognize it and start to flash, even if it fails it'll stick at boot screen.
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i have got the screen to say download mode, but odin doesn't recognize nothing.
ugg, I got this clockwork v 3.0.0.5 and I tried to run an old update.zip figuring maybe i'd brick the phone or get it back to stock and it won't work with that version of clockwork. I don't know what the heck to do, i can't walik in with it like this.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
Just follow the instructions. Good luck. Let me know if you have any problems. I had a bricked epic once and that solved my problem.
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yea, odin is a no go, thats the problem i tried odin on two different computers, you want to know how screwed up this thing in? sometimes it boots up and thinks its in car dock mode.

Try a different USB cable? If odin is just impossible, remove sd card, take a short piece of wire with bare ends, have phone powered on, and short whatever you find on the back, fry the board. Sad, but gotta take it out back and put a bullet in its head.
Really though, IF the Sprint employee even notices, chances are they won't say anything anyway. Never did for me.
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xxmastermindxx said:
Try a different USB cable? If odin is just impossible, remove sd card, take a short piece of wire with bare ends, have phone powered on, and short whatever you find on the back, fry the board. Sad, but gotta take it out back and put a bullet in its head.
Really though, IF the Sprint employee even notices, chances are they won't say anything anyway. Never did for me.
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how much does it cost for them to fix it? tried 2 different cables and i know they were working, i know its not the cable because, when i plug in the charger, it doesn't ring up usb debugging when that is selected and you only supposed to be able to deselect or select usb debugging when the cable is out, but I can toggle it on and off with the cable in or out.

Go to another phnes thread
Maybe the EVO
Download a rom from there and then flash it through cwm
BOOM! Insta-brick 8)
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since i'm rooted and they would be foolish not to notice i'm rooted and it seems there is no way for me to unroot or go to a stock rom, would it be better to just brick the thing? i hate to do that do to the fact that then i'm stuck without a phone. Plus what if I brick it and they find out it was rooted? can they do that?

If its truly bricked, no they can't. Them knowing its rooted isn't that big of a deal, they'd either attempt to revert it to an official build anyway, or they'll tell you they can't take it that way, as in bring it back stock.
I've taken in 2 Epics for hardware issues, one was screen, the other keyboard. Both were rooted, one was on stock build and the other on custom rom. They restored stock software to the custom rommed phone before they decided the screen was actually broken lol
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xxmastermindxx said:
If its truly bricked, no they can't. Them knowing its rooted isn't that big of a deal, they'd either attempt to revert it to an official build anyway, or they'll tell you they can't take it that way, as in bring it back stock.
I've taken in 2 Epics for hardware issues, one was screen, the other keyboard. Both were rooted, one was on stock build and the other on custom rom. They restored stock software to the custom rommed phone before they decided the screen was actually broken lol
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won't they void the warranty on the spot?

robl45 said:
won't they void the warranty on the spot?
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While that would be the "smart" thing for a company to do, Sprint's official policy on rooting is that they will revert it to stock if they see that it's rooted during any repairs.

you are sure on this?

robl45 said:
you are sure on this?
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They did that for me too, twice.
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063_XOBX said:
While that would be the "smart" thing for a company to do, Sprint's official policy on rooting is that they will revert it to stock if they see that it's rooted during any repairs.
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apparently the policy has changed, as after waiting an hour and a half, they came back and said its rejected because it was flashed and i lack common sense apparently when I mentioned that it doesn't say anything about that anywhere.

If u can put the phone in download mode the problems r the drivers on your pc should check that or try different pc.
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Try taking it to an indirect dealer service center. Those people really don't care about things like that. I'm one of those people. I realy couldn't care. I just fix it and send it out.

Experts Needed:Nexus S 9020a is bricked for real

I bought a bricked Nexus S form the marketplace. I tried to get it in to download mode and it is not working at all. The phone is charging so i know it has life in it. It is not recognized by fastboot or odin. I have a jig and I tried it and failure striked again. I really need experts because the phone is to nice for it not to work and i know it is no such thing as a fully software bricked samsung android phone.

That is amazing. I thought for sure that you could get it working with no problems.
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TheBassman369 said:
That is amazing. I thought for sure that you could get it working with no problems.
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I thought i could. I'm still working on it.

gasolara2002 said:
I bought a bricked Nexus S form the marketplace. I tried to get it in to download mode and it is not working at all. The phone is charging so i know it has life in it. It is not recognized by fastboot or odin. I have a jig and I tried it and failure striked again. I really need experts because the phone is to nice for it not to work and i know it is no such thing as a fully software bricked samsung android phone.
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power it off. power it on holding the volume up button and power button at the same time. if it goes into the bootloader mode, then its not bricked.

Take out the battery and hold the power button for 20 secs
Uncle Jimmy says hello

If you can go to bootloader mode, you can flash clockwork recovery and install a rom.
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No luck with the bootloader. Ugh this is a challenge!
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I think i need a JTAG service to revive this thing. I will pay the 50 bucks. By the time i buy all the equipment it wouldn't be worth it.

I need a pit file to reformat the phone. Please help.
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gasolara2002 said:
I need a pit file to reformat the phone. Please help.
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Have you checked samfirmware.com?
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Pit is in the. Tar

I will try it when i get the phone back in a couple of days. I only see the i9020T on there.
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Have you checked samfirmware.com?
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[Q] brick nexus 4 help!!!

Hi guys a little while ago I was installing a rom and as soon as he had finished installing the phone is turned off and will not turn more except that the red led peravore able to help me what should I do??

fenix994 said:
Hi guys a little while ago I was installing a rom and as soon as he had finished installing the phone is turned off and will not turn more except that the red led peravore able to help me what should I do??
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Seems you have the red light of death ( RLOD) . Can you get into the boot loader?
Plug in the charger, hold power button and volume down button. If you can get into bootloader then use the volume key to select "power down" and use power button to choose that option. Then just leave the phone plugged in for a while.
I've had it only take maybe 5 minutes and other times take an hour. Try turning it on, if it just vibrates then shows the Google screen and reboots then redo the steps and leave it plugged in and let it sit for longer
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eminembdg said:
Seems you have the red light of death ( RLOD) . Can you get into the boot loader?
Plug in the charger, hold power button and volume down button. If you can get into bootloader then use the volume key to select "power down" and use power button to choose that option. Then just leave the phone plugged in for a while.
I've had it only take maybe 5 minutes and other times take an hour. Try turning it on, if it just vibrates then shows the Google screen and reboots then redo the steps and leave it plugged in and let it sit for longer
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the fact is that I put this rom that had less than 40% of battery .. you put red LED lights up and flashes in the bootloader, however, there is not turn on at all ...

fenix994 said:
the fact is that I put this rom that had less than 40% of battery .. you put red LED lights up and flashes in the bootloader, however, there is not turn on at all ...
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Plug it in and leave it for a while
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Check the file you flashed. Sounds like you flashed a ROM not meant for the nexus 4 like a nexus 7 ROM.
If that's the case you are bricked and only a JTAG will save it.
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If you can get in bootloader:
download the ROM from computer (correct one)
get into recovery
mount usb storage
put ROM in phone
flash rom
wipe
reboot
you might have to hold power and volume down for awhile.. 10+ seconds
You posted this in the wrong forum btw.. next time Q&A would be appropriate

eminembdg said:
Plug it in and leave it for a while
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I put in charge and you do not even see the light that says it is charging: (

fenix994 said:
I put in charge and you do not even see the light that says it is charging: (
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What's the name of the file you flashed?
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El Daddy said:
What's the name of the file you flashed?
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this FoxHound_Rising_2.4_Full-Essential_JellyBean

That's a galaxy ROM wrong phone send in for JTAG don't know anyway around it
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monte666 said:
That's a galaxy ROM wrong phone send in for JTAG don't know anyway around it
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what would it be and how do you do the jtag? ... is there another way?

fenix994 said:
this FoxHound_Rising_2.4_Full-Essential_JellyBean
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Looks like that is a gs2 ROM. Only way to save it is JTAG.
For future reference only flash Roms made for the device you are using.
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Wow, just wow
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See if you can power it on in the download mode. I forgot the button combo, but it's volume up or down (or both) and power.

eminembdg said:
Wow, just wow
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Sounds like a troll to me.

RussianBear said:
See if you can power it on in the download mode. I forgot the button combo, but it's volume up or down (or both) and power.
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It won't work. Its bricked just like all of the others who flashed roms or kernels not meant for the N4.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak7J3AOElXk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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fenix994 said:
what would it be and how do you do the jtag? ... is there another way?
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Is a machine that can rewrite your memory without turning the phone on their are some shops on the internet that do it. last I checked only other option is lg and they are going to be more expensive than a shop.
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lol oh look another thread of flashing wrong ROM -_-.
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monte666 said:
Is a machine that can rewrite your memory without turning the phone on their are some shops on the internet that do it. last I checked only other option is lg and they are going to be more expensive than a shop.
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there is a way to shake the ... brick?

Getting serious withdrawal symptoms

So I bricked my one to the point that it cannot mount, adb, side load and is stuck at the boot screen. Talked to Bell, and they said that they would give me a new one when they have more in stock by Friday. After using the one for a week, its getting really hard for me to use another device. Missing the feel, of it in the hands, the sexy build, amazing speaker sound, the gorgeous display, Zoe and blink feed. It feels weird using my nexus 4 now.
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EnIXmA said:
So I bricked my one to the point that it cannot mount, adb, side load and is stuck at the boot screen. Talked to Bell, and they said that they would give me a new one when they have more in stock by Friday. After using the one for a week, its getting really hard for me to use another device. Missing the feel, of it in the hands, the sexy build, amazing speaker sound, the gorgeous display, Zoe and blink feed. It feels weird using my nexus 4 now.
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i sold my n4 to get the one and u r right..the n4 got nothing on this..the only thing i will miss is getting early updates

Not trying to be a ****, but you getting a new phone because you bricked yours is stealing. The warranty does not cover you flashing unsupported software, so by getting a replacement for a non-defective device, you're stealing from HTC.
Just so you know.
sassafras

Not stealing from HTC, but from Bell. And bell can suck a big one.

Well, they don't know the state of the phone yet, so they can say no on Friday. I haven't stolen it yet.
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EnIXmA said:
So I bricked my one to the point that it cannot mount, adb, side load and is stuck at the boot screen. Talked to Bell, and they said that they would give me a new one when they have more in stock by Friday. After using the one for a week, its getting really hard for me to use another device. Missing the feel, of it in the hands, the sexy build, amazing speaker sound, the gorgeous display, Zoe and blink feed. It feels weird using my nexus 4 now.
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So you can't get it into hboot and flash from there?
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gusto5 said:
So you can't get it into hboot and flash from there?
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I can, but even after flashing a ROM, or the stock ROM, it ends up in in a stuck HTC boot screen after rebooting
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So you can't get it into hboot and flash from there?
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Second that, hardly believable that you couldn't boot into hboot and enable fastboot and do some work from there AKA if your device is rooted, find the command for installing a recovery and boom.
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beforedenied said:
Second that, hardly believable that you couldn't boot into hboot and enable fastboot and do some work from there AKA if your device is rooted, find the command for installing a recovery and boom.
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Does it boot cycle? I did that to mine when i got it and it kept on rebooting i fixed it though. Let me know.
MAXIUM TROLLING

I really hate people that do that. If you break your device man up and try to fix it, which I'm sure it could have been fixed with a little effort. People like you is why insurance is so high and with crazy deductibles.
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EnIXmA said:
I can, but even after flashing a ROM, or the stock ROM, it ends up in in a stuck HTC boot screen after rebooting
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Fastboot flash the boot.img of whatever rom you're flashing. Odds are, you didn't brick it. Wipe everything first. Flash the rom. Flash the boot.img via Fastboot.
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Can't you just use the RUU and go back to stock?

Completely lazy noob! That's all there is to this story....
It's not bricked it could be fixed in 5 minutes guaranteed.
No ...lets just tell HTC a fib and get a second one to softbrick next week :what:
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EnIXmA said:
I can, but even after flashing a ROM, or the stock ROM, it ends up in in a stuck HTC boot screen after rebooting
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For the record this Device tends to have a lengthy boot up time on HTC screen ....especially on backups and fresh Rom installs ...a lot of people have been getting this mistaken for bricking ... When it's not it's just time ...I'd almost laugh if he isnt letting it sit long enuff to boot up.
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K. I have managed to sideload 3 different roms, fast boot, a db push etc. Still doesn't get past the HTC screen. Mounted my USB through otg and did a nandroid restore of Bell's nandroid backup posted by some one. Bell has not released the ruu yet, other carrier's ruu doesn't work. o yeah, flashed stock ROM too. Left the phone on the HTC boot screen for hours, and it doesn't go past boot screen.
Any other suggestions?
BTW, I own 3 other nexus devices that are all rooted, and have been soft bricked numerous times and were easily brought back to stock. My first HTC device with no carrier ruu.
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EnIXmA said:
they said that they would give me a new one when they have more in stock by Friday.
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Right...well, mine is gone since 04/13...and I still didn't receive my new phone.

The phone company will decide whether they want to replace it and I've never had any problems with warranty replacements due to custom software. The phone isn't broke and HTC will simply use the parts or re flash it.
All the hysteria over rooting and custom roms breaking warranty is complete nonsesnse
If you burn out your processor over clicking it that's different of course but he hasn't.
Sheesh give the guy a break.
A phone that soft bricks or boot loops as easily as the one should never of been rootable in the first place.

My S3 won't turn on.

One day, it randomly shuts down, and I haven't been able to turn it on ever since.
Actually, I can, but then it shuts down a few seconds after. I can't even get into recovery or download mode becasue of this.
It vibrates when I try to turn it on, if that matters.

I would try to put it in download mode, and then flash a stock fresh Rom, to see if it solves the problem.
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Drakenfall said:
I would try to put it in download mode, and then flash a stock fresh Rom, to see if it solves the problem.
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As stated above, it won't last long enough to go into download mode.

Well, when I start in download mode, it goes straight to there, even without battery but connected to usb for example.
It should allow to do it, how do you try to go to download mode?
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You need a JIG to start it, have a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767763

pham818 said:
One day, it randomly shuts down, and I haven't been able to turn it on ever since.
Actually, I can, but then it shuts down a few seconds after. I can't even get into recovery or download mode becasue of this.
It vibrates when I try to turn it on, if that matters.
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Is your phone an I9300 ??

I think your eMMC just died on you.

If you're in any luck it's just your battery failing. Borrow one from a friend and give it a try. My dad's gnexus was in the very same situation, turns out his battery was malfunctioning. A 3€ cheapo new one off ebay and all is well again.

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I think your eMMC just died on you.
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What is that?
And I have tried a friend's working battery, it's the same thing.

JJEgan said:
Is your phone an I9300 ??
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It's a T-Mobile one.

I had a similar issue. My power button was stuck once pressed and therefore the boot did not get past the Samsung screen. Rebooted before it got to recovery or download. Fixed it with some oil

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What is that?
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It's called "Sudden Death Syndrome" (or SDS), but it only affects some I9300's with 16GB of internal memory.

UrbanDrawer said:
It's called "Sudden Death Syndrome" (or SDS), but it only affects some I9300's with 16GB of internal memory.
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Only 19300s and not other variants right?

pham818 said:
Only 19300s and not other variants right?
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Maybe I9305, I'm not 100% sure.

UrbanDrawer said:
Maybe I9305, I'm not 100% sure.
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alright thanks!

TMOBILE I9300 International MODEL or a different model suplied by TMobile ?
Actual model is critical to advise wrong model and you may brick your phone .
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