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Three methods to fix your bricked Samsung Galaxy ...

Hello , guys ..
These are three methods to fix your bricked Samsung Galaxy :
1st Method by (three buttons) :
for galaxy I9000 :
here
for galaxy Vibrant and Capitive :
here
2nd Method for all versions by (Resistors) :
here
3rd Method for all versions by (RIFF Box) :
here

if your phone turns on, it's not bricked.

what bricks it anyways?

jonjonk said:
what bricks it anyways?
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Installing alot of roms

Not a brick if you can fix it ;D
People picked on me for that when I wrote my guide, LOL.

Its called a soft brick(software crash)
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I am sure I need method #3. My phone is totally dead.
Where can I take my phone go get this repair method done?

I bricked my phone. Fully bricked, no 3button or anything. screen blank no matter what i did etc etc
took it to optus (it was rooted so out of warranty apparently, but they weren't to know that) and said it just wouldn't turn on. They didn't even ask how it happened (had planned to say tried to update it with kies and it just wouldn't turn on) anyways they were just like 'hmmm yeah... not turning on, that's manufacturers problem. We'll send it to them and they'll have a look. Sign this and this and this.'
less than a week later i got a call from them and had my phone back working like nothing happened. All apps and data still there.
easy

A phone is bricked by you and it is totally your fault.in most cases the manufacturers wont take responsibility.your only hope then is sites like these.
Sent by a guy who knows what he's doing

mrappbrain said:
A phone is bricked by you and it is totally your fault.in most cases the manufacturers wont take responsibility.your only hope then is sites like these.
Sent by a guy who knows what he's doing
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If you're a guy who knows what he's doing then why bring back a topic that's been dead over a year with no useful info to add?

kxlling said:
If you're a guy who knows what he's doing then why bring back a topic that's been dead over a year with no useful info to add?
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I actually did lol at that.
Sent from a guy who has two thumbs and the thumbboard app. They go together like, well thumbs and thumbboards.

I dont know if this is brick!
IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE BROKEN!!! SO I NEED HELP!!
HERE LINK TO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBfMWMQ58Qc
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if any of you still have the phone,please upload the debrick.img
so i know it's a really old phone and no one actually carries it around anymore but still, i one in my closet and i hard bricked it. So I don't even know if it will work but it seemed like worth a shot.
here is a link on how to create a debrick.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2625628

You can visit unbrickit.com to have your phone fix remotely. 98% fix rate

hi guys which method do I use? when I was updating the system the battery fell off. now it just stops at tmobile screen. can't get into recovery mode but can go to download mode. also need to retrieve some important pictures. please help thanks so much I have note 3 sm-n900t

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Power on and stuck with logo Tmobile

Hi everyone
I have one brand new mytouch 4g, just got from tmobile
However i turn on the phone, and it stucks with logo Tmobile Mytouch 4G
I tried to reset, and hard reset with the instruction I search on google (i cannot post the link here cause I dont have enough post)
But still the same. anyone know how to resolve this problem. Please help
Thanks

sthh276 said:
Hi everyone
I have one brand new mytouch 4g, just got from tmobile
However i turn on the phone, and it stucks with logo Tmobile Mytouch 4G
I tried to reset, and hard reset with the instruction I search on google (i cannot post the link here cause I dont have enough post)
But still the same. anyone know how to resolve this problem. Please help
Thanks
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I would take it back to tmobil store If you just got it. Its a different story if you tryed to do something to the phone and now its messed up.

topgun303 said:
I would take it back to tmobil store If you just got it. Its a different story if you tryed to do something to the phone and now its messed up.
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i bought it on ebay,thank any way

sthh276 said:
i bought it on ebay,thank any way
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even if u bought on ebay and u have insurance, u should still have a manufacturers warranty for the phone and they should be able to replace for no charge, dont hurt to ask, all phones should have a man warranty for a year at least, quote me if im wrong ppl

nvmehaterz said:
even if u bought on ebay and u have insurance, u should still have a manufacturers warranty for the phone and they should be able to replace for no charge, dont hurt to ask, all phones should have a man warranty for a year at least, quote me if im wrong ppl
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im not sure...any one can help

sthh276 said:
Hi everyone
I have one brand new mytouch 4g, just got from tmobile
However i turn on the phone, and it stucks with logo Tmobile Mytouch 4G
I tried to reset, and hard reset with the instruction I search on google (i cannot post the link here cause I dont have enough post)
But still the same. anyone know how to resolve this problem. Please help
Thanks
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I'm confident I could walk you through fixing it... someone probably flashed something to it wrong and decided to sell it on ebay cause they didn't know how to fix it... you can find my google talk/ yahoo info in my profile

nvmehaterz said:
even if u bought on ebay and u have insurance, u should still have a manufacturers warranty for the phone and they should be able to replace for no charge, dont hurt to ask, all phones should have a man warranty for a year at least, quote me if im wrong ppl
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manufacture warranty only covers hardware defects... this sounds like someone flashed a bad image to it... should be a quick fix really

any one can help pls

If u got into recovery, does it go into clockworkrecovery? or the stock recovery?

like I said... contact me on gmail/yahoo/msn/IRC... I will help you... if you don't contact me I can't help.

[Q] focus run under omnia 7 rom

Hi all,
I recently bought a samsung focus through ebay but the phone was stuck in demo mode and I wanted to get rid of the demo.
What I have done is: I flashed the phone with the XENJK1 rom for omnia 7.
now the phone works perfect except these problems:
"down" volume button increases the volume instead of decreasing it.
"up" volume button does not do anything at all.
back button sometimes does not work
start button is not working at all
the accelerometer orientation of the screen is opposite than it should be!
any one got any idea how to fix these?! please!

Sounds very much like flashing i9000 Galaxy ROM to AT&T Captivate.The hardware of these two phones are slightlydifferent. There is no way unless you can hack the ROM to fix those issues. On Captivate (Android), ppl needs to mod the ROM (called re-orientation) before apply to the phone. Hope you're good at modding WP7 ROMs.

I have no experience in hacking wp7 roms but I will give it a shot if you could tell me what tools I need for it.

I don't know how to either. I don't believe anyone knows how to (check the Focus Dev forum and you will see). So, basically means you're SOL.
FYI: demo mode = stolen AT&T display phone.

foxbat121 said:
FYI: demo mode = stolen AT&T display phone.
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Many people spent $200 at least to get demo mode focus but had no idea of demo mode. Don't tell me they should return their phone to AT&T.

in2chaos said:
Many people spent $200 at least to get demo mode focus but had no idea of demo mode. Don't tell me they should return their phone to AT&T.
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yes and that was their stupidity.... ebay... id returned it and gave the seller horrible feedback plus reported it to ebay as stolen... craigslist...their stupidity of not making a call with it before you bought it period..... and as for they should return it... well if it ever by chance got caught by at&t...they could and i guarantee would prosecute... it is stolen property... im no goody goody but i wouldnt chance my reputation over a freakin cell phone... i mean if someone stole your phone wouldnt you want it back? someone walks through my door and says i found this or i got this from someone and saw your info in it ...id give them the benefit... if i found it in someone's posession and it was mine...im prosecuting to the fullest extent... plus this is federal... its a fcc licensed device.... so stupidity is no excuse for keeping something you either knew when you bought it was stolen or just found out and said well i paid 200 for it its mine... sorry its the property of at&t... hope you go to jail... over a cell phone.. that would be embarrassing...
ps who knows at&t might give you a reward...

in2chaos said:
Many people spent $200 at least to get demo mode focus but had no idea of demo mode. Don't tell me they should return their phone to AT&T.
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In many places, buying a stolen good is illegal as well. I have no sympathy for those who purchase stolen goods, knowingly or not.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

I am returning the phone and already opened a case on ebay. Hope there will be no problem because I installed an other rom to the phone in order to try and get it work properly. I haven't realised that it was stolen obviously since now! I also requested a full refund. any other suggestions what I should do?

carmello1911 said:
I am returning the phone and already opened a case on ebay. Hope there will be no problem because I installed an other rom to the phone in order to try and get it work properly. I haven't realised that it was stolen obviously since now! I also requested a full refund. any other suggestions what I should do?
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yeah..thats the best way to solve the problem.

in2chaos said:
yeah..thats the best way to solve the problem.
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then what is your solution... your best way????

Stolen phone
You guys totally went off track on what the op was asking and gave him no useful advice, he didn't ask for your sympathy, he asked about what to do. The commentor about I hope you get prosecuted blah blah blah, you have no clue about law and it is not a federal offense because it is FCC approved, car radios, iPods and all electronics that have radios or receive signals are FCC approved and are not federal offenses if you are in possession of them if they are stolen, go back to law school. In regards to editing the rom, good luck at this point wait for the update and flash with Odin. Now that's a Canadian answer some advice on his question, not some ignorant American answer about guns, laws and whatever else you guys could throw in.

I like the guys anamocity towards anyone talking about the demo mode phones. I buy and flip phones on ebay and craigslist, have gotten demo mode phones before, and am offended that you would go so far as to insult anyone for making the mistake of buying one. You do not have to flame to express your strict opinion of the law and what one should do with something they spent lots of money on. Just my two cents kawgi.

What a gem!
gthompson75 said:
Now that's a Canadian answer some advice on his question, not some ignorant American answer about guns, laws and whatever else you guys could throw in.
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Wow. Canadian, huh?
Priceless...

carmello1911 said:
any one got any idea how to fix these?! please!
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Does the Zune software see your device as a Focus or Omnia 7? If there's a registry key that identifies your device that can be changed, you might be able to get the next Focus ROM flashed on your phone through the update process.
At least your phone works. That's a far better situation than most people conned into buying demo phones.

zune recognise it as OMNIA 7 unfortunately.. and I don't have the required software knowledge to mess into the registry so I have the phone dusting in my office..

Worth trying
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zune recognise it as OMNIA 7 unfortunately.. and I don't have the required software knowledge to mess into the registry so I have the phone dusting in my office..
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Actually, it may be a good thing.
It might be worth trying to find a reg key that can be changed to identify your device to Zune as a Focus. Assuming the Nodo update is a complete flash followed by a sync (which I believe it is, though, I'm not certain) you may be able to get the Nodo update for the Focus.
Probably a long shot, but not too much work and nothing to lose?

I will give it a try then.. but I doubt that the nodo update is a complete flash so even if I manage to make zune recognise my phone as a Focus (still no idea how to do that) it won't do a thing..

This is funny as hell, I suppose you guys have never used a copy of Microsoft Windows as well, right? some friend gave it to you (maybe even a relative), Gosh I sure hope you ratted on your sister for that copy of Windows!
This is the problem with America today, its turning into a society of rats! You cant even have cheats on console games anymore , you can have achievements ,whoopty do , not the same thing , I suppose if you open the xbox ,the FBI will be searching for you! Yes this topic got way off base!
Good luck finding a rom for your phone!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982626
That would be why folks are coming down on this thread about using a Focus that was in "DEMO" mode.

I am no expert at phone hacks and such, but it seems completely logical that you could perform some things in diagnostic mode + registry changes to fix all of these problems. Just dig to find and learn how to do these and i believe you can do it.

Korea s3 i9300, is it a fake?

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problem solved, the phone was fake, got my refund thanks to everyone
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brought i9300 (used, cracked screen) online for mobo replace of my old bricked phone, can anyone tell if this phones a fake or not?
im not with the phone atm, i got my brother to take pictures, it doesnt have a samsung boot logo, it goes straight to the "android" logo,
i would like to know ASAP, to see if i can do anything with the seller. get my money back or something (i highly doubt)
thanks heaps, any help would be greatly appreciated.
PS: new phone on the right, old legit samsung on the left

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sorry, i most likely put this in the wrong place too, i didnt really know what i was doing, hence buying the fake s3......

adamDilger said:
sorry, i most likely put this in the wrong place too, i didnt really know what i was doing, hence buying the fake s3......
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I think you have bough pure s4 with stock android

Wow!
jPush said:
I think you have bough pure s4 with stock android
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oh wow! what a score!
no please. i would like to try and get my money back, any help would be greatly appreciated

adamDilger said:
PS: new phone on the right, old legit samsung on the left
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Well, it's obvious I guess... I start to hate ebay too
That's a S3 clone yes. Get your money back.

FredBE said:
That's a S3 clone yes. Get your money back.
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thanks for the help, when i said to the guy it was a fake he told me he did an imei number check and it come up as a korean samsung (i dont believe him) , is there anyway i can prove that its a fake? i want to be %100 sure before i start
thanks heaps

adamDilger said:
thanks for the help, when i said to the guy it was a fake he told me he did an imei number check and it come up as a korean samsung (i dont believe him) , is there anyway i can prove that its a fake? i want to be %100 sure before i start
thanks heaps
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Try fitting some Samsung Accessories to see if it fits? Search on Youtube "Samsung Galaxy S3 Korean" and compare it with your phone and send the seller the video. I hate fake phones!

cheers
Cesar124 said:
Try fitting some Samsung Accessories to see if it fits? Search on Youtube "Samsung Galaxy S3 Korean" and compare it with your phone and send the seller the video. I hate fake phones!
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hmm thats not gonna cut it, my old s3 is a i9300, and this "new" one claims to be a i9300, but its completely different, and doesn't have the samsung boot logo, just comes up "android", should this be enough? cause i9300 is the international s3, so how could the korea i9300 be any different? does a korea i9300 even exist?
thanks, i just need some facts so i can get my money back

adamDilger said:
hmm thats not gonna cut it, my old s3 is a i9300, and this "new" one claims to be a i9300, but its completely different, and doesn't have the samsung boot logo, just comes up "android", should this be enough? cause i9300 is the international s3, so how could the korea i9300 be any different? does a korea i9300 even exist?
thanks, i just need some facts so i can get my money back
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A Korean i9300 does exist. But once it shows "Android" as the boot animation, It's automatically a fake as Samsung never distributes phones that show that (that I know of). Get your money back! :fingers-crossed:

adamDilger said:
thanks for the help, when i said to the guy it was a fake he told me he did an imei number check and it come up as a korean samsung (i dont believe him) , is there anyway i can prove that its a fake? i want to be %100 sure before i start
thanks heaps
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My brother bought one of those too during a travel. Korean Samsung IMEI as well.
But then he came back to Belgium and our local GSM/3g network provider blacklisted his S3/IMEI...

great
FredBE said:
My brother bought one of those too during a travel. Korean Samsung IMEI as well.
But then he came back to Belgium and our local GSM/3g network provider blacklisted his S3/IMEI...
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Cesar124 said:
A Korean i9300 does exist. But once it shows "Android" as the boot animation, It's automatically a fake as Samsung never distributes phones that show that (that I know of). Get your money back! :fingers-crossed:
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wow, thanks heaps, you guys are awesome, and how good is this site!
cheers, i've contacted the seller, lets hope he gets back to me :good:
EDIT: seller gave refund, he'd been ripped off himself, so he tried to get rid of it on gumtree. Phew. thanks again.

Is this a fake/clone S5?

I want to buy it but it looks fake, what do you think guys?

Obagleyfreer said:
I want to buy it but it looks fake, what do you think guys?
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Post a pic of the backside, most clones don`t have a heartrate sensor. Als install Phone Info or CPU-Z if you can to help identifying the phone.

The Samsung is out of place.

itsadogslife said:
The Samsung is out of place.
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Samsung is NOT out of place. The photo wasn't taken straight on. That being said, the inner boxing is all wrong. The packing that holds the phone itself is flush with the top edge of the outer box the entire way around. Personally, I wouldn't buy it. If you have doubts dont do it. Also if the seller won't meet your requests for pics, don't do it

To me the dimensions look wrong, it looks wider than my s5. I call fake. Don't risk it unless you can see it in person

Thanks guys
I saw that the Samsung logo was in the wrong place (too close to the top of screen) instantly so that's why I asked here. But the seller remained certain it was genuine.
I won't buy it.
Thank you!

Obagleyfreer said:
Thanks guys
I saw that the Samsung logo was in the wrong place (too close to the top of screen) instantly so that's why I asked here. But the seller remained certain it was genuine.
I won't buy it.
Thank you!
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Exactly what I said, Samsung is in the wrong place, meant to be in the middle of the ear piece and top of the screen.

Obagleyfreer said:
Thanks guys
I saw that the Samsung logo was in the wrong place (too close to the top of screen) instantly so that's why I asked here. But the seller remained certain it was genuine.
I won't buy it.
Thank you!
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bezels are way too narrow. It is definetly a fake. Also if you're ever questioning a phones authenticity best way to sort out fakes from real is quickly login with a Gmail and download cup identifier from the play store. Tells you everything you need to know from model to cpu brand/type to camera resolution etc. Even tells you if it's imitating a real phone

I'm pretty sure that "samsung's logo is too close to the screen" and the "phone's too wide" or "the bezels are too thin"..is because of the black sticker/amoled paper thingy all over the phone.. im still doubtful tho

I have been going around posting a link to this website I found which has details about differences between real and fake Galaxy S devices.
http://littleboyreports.com/science...ifferentiate-original-samsung-galaxy-s5-fake/