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HELP Epic 4g Not turning on or powering!!! =(

i tried installing the new Eb13 (froyo) alongside Clockword mod 3. power went out now my phone wont turn on go to recovery nor download!!! is my phone bricked beyond repair????

You can look at other forums about the same problem and a few tricks you can try. It can be something as simple as replacing the battery.
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notsosmrtgeek said:
You can look at other forums about the same problem and a few tricks you can try. It can be something as simple as replacing the battery.
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no i have a spear battery and no dice!!! ill keep searching and thanks for the info!!! =)

Caballero777 said:
i tried installing the new Eb13 (froyo) alongside Clockword mod 3. power went out now my phone wont turn on go to recovery nor download!!! is my phone bricked beyond repair????
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did the power go out while you were installing it? or did you try to flash a rom that was rfs not ext4? also my phone has a had time goint into download or recovery cuz ive done it so much the buttons are worn out i think. i have to hit it multiple times before it works. keep trying... but we may need more info as to what all happened to assist you further

fury15 said:
did the power go out while you were installing it? or did you try to flash a rom that was rfs not ext4? also my phone has a had time goint into download or recovery cuz ive done it so much the buttons are worn out i think. i have to hit it multiple times before it works. keep trying... but we may need more info as to what all happened to assist you further
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yeah their is a picture of a cellphone and a computer with an exclamation point in the middle!!! i post it to download and the computer doesnt read it!!! =(

Yeah that happened to me before
Your phone got disconnected when using odin
Well it kinda of a hassle to get the computr to read it, and get it into download mode, but I can assure you your phone isn't bricked! just keep trying
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I had this problem before also, I fixed it by rebooting my PC, and then booting into download mode, and Odin back to stock. It did take a few tries though.

Caballero777 said:
i tried installing the new Eb13 (froyo) alongside Clockword mod 3. power went out now my phone wont turn on go to recovery nor download!!! is my phone bricked beyond repair????
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I've had this before. You need to purge the power in your phone. Take battery out and hold down the power button a few times.
This will purge power and memory.
Then boot into download. # 1 and power and then odin.
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castro08 said:
Yeah that happened to me before
Your phone got disconnected when using odin
Well it kinda of a hassle to get the computr to read it, and get it into download mode, but I can assure you your phone isn't bricked! just keep trying
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Odin is not working for me what so ever!! this is so frustrating!!! lol everytime i connect the usb without the download i get the update zip!!!

Caballero777 said:
Odin is not working for me what so ever!! this is so frustrating!!! lol everytime i connect the usb without the download i get the update zip!!!
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Caballero. Pm me your number. I can call you.
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zenvita said:
Caballero. Pm me your number. I can call you.
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thats the thing!!! this is my only phone! no relatives or anything!!! =( facebook is facebook.com/Caballero777

Try using different usb ports. After rebooting the computer. The pc will try to find ur phone again but if u get it to the download screen. Its just the matter of getting odin to work for you
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I had my phone do the exact same thing (die during flash). What you can try doing is leaving your battery out overnight, and in the morning, plug the phone in to your computer/wall, then plug your battery in.
Really what you need is to get your battery charged. If worse comes to worse, you could go to a Sprint Store, and tell them your phone died and you don't have insurance, and ask them to charge your battery, OR if you know someone else with your phone you could swap.

zenvita said:
I've had this before. You need to purge the power in your phone. Take battery out and hold down the power button a few times.
This will purge power and memory.
Then boot into download. # 1 and power and then odin.
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This is how I have delt with the same problem.. that and rebooting computer with phone still plugged in, with battery removed

I've Odin'd before and had the process freeze in the process and was forced to pull my battery in the middle. I got that same symbol described with the pc and the cell phone when trying to use the phone again after putting the battery back in. All I had to do was pull the battery again to get it back into download made.

Animas1020 said:
I've Odin'd before and had the process freeze in the process and was forced to pull my battery in the middle. I got that same symbol described with the pc and the cell phone when trying to use the phone again after putting the battery back in. All I had to do was pull the battery again to get it back into download made.
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Yeah it happened to me like that before and i solved it that way, but this time my computer is not reading my phone!!! So odin doesnt work and when it does read it odin stops all process and shuts off!!! ='(

Caballero777 said:
Yeah it happened to me like that before and i solved it that way, but this time my computer is not reading my phone!!! So odin doesnt work and when it does read it odin stops all process and shuts off!!! ='(
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How much is a bricked epic worth to you? Pm me with a price!
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Top Nurse said:
How much is a bricked epic worth to you? Pm me with a price!
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haha thats certainly an option!!!

Help please!

I dropped me Epic today and cant get it to power on. I took it to the sprint repair shop and some how they can power it up and I'm not sure how they do it? I need to power it on so I can fix the problem. I am running Anonymous rom i3 so it has a funny problem when powered down and plugged in....kinda freezes on charging screen. I also cant boot into recovery and cant get into download mode. The sprint store was able to power it on twice but wont help anymore because I voided warranty by changing software lol. I need to figure out if there is an alternate way to power on besides the power button? Keyboard maybe? Any input would be helpful!

Turn off, the power button + 1 key on the keyboard.

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Turn off, the power button + 1 key on the keyboard.
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Didnt he just say he couldn't boot into download mode
BigJPNut said:
I also cant boot into recovery and cant get into download mode.
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BigJPNut said:
I dropped me Epic today and cant get it to power on. I took it to the sprint repair shop and some how they can power it up and I'm not sure how they do it? I need to power it on so I can fix the problem. I am running Anonymous rom i3 so it has a funny problem when powered down and plugged in....kinda freezes on charging screen. I also cant boot into recovery and cant get into download mode. The sprint store was able to power it on twice but wont help anymore because I voided warranty by changing software lol. I need to figure out if there is an alternate way to power on besides the power button? Keyboard maybe? Any input would be helpful!
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Try taking the battrey out plug phone to computer and see if it powers on that way
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Esteway.619 said:
Try taking the battrey out plug phone to computer and see if it powers on that way
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No dice. It keep rebooting to the battery charging logo over and over. It just bugs me that the tech was able to power it up twice and i have no luck. Any more suggestions....im open to anything?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042746

Overstew said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042746
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If anything I got a good laugh about the magic button lol. There has to be a way to power this thing up. Tech did it twice but I couldnt see her steps!

My next door neighbor is a sprint repair tech I will ask her if I see her tonight.

Elite11b said:
My next door neighbor is a sprint repair tech I will ask her if I see her tonight.
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That would be awsome. For now I have battery and sd card removed...maybe magicly I can get into download mode after class

XxLostSoulxX said:
Didnt he just say he couldn't boot into download mode
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That happens a lot around here
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Well I pulled the battery for an hour....still cant get into DL mode with/or without cable. When I plug the phone in with/or without battery it still gets stuck on the battery charging logo. This is frustrating....

Why don't u ask the sprint repair dude how he got it to turn on?
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Every time I've bricked a phone I just pop in a different battery and it boots up into recovery or in our case download mode.
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Well I didn't see my neighbor but my buddies wife is also a tech at the same store. I told her what's going on I'm waiting for an answer. Hopefully I'll have an answer for you tonight.

Also u should look into the jig or what ever is called it just plugs in to ur USB port and it jumps it into download mode. Ill look for a video for u. Give me a second.
Edit: here's a video on how it works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KXBYyf2e28&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Esteway.619 said:
Why don't u ask the sprint repair dude how he got it to turn on?
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When I went back she was off til tomarrow...all others were uncooperative due to my phone having hacked software lol.

BigJPNut said:
When I went back she was off til tomarrow...all others were uncooperative due to my phone having hacked software lol.
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That's stupid lol.
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She thinks it's your battery. Especially since it won't charge when your phone is off. She said if you go to the store with just the battery and tell it's only lasting an hour or two they should give you a new one without much trouble. That's the only way to make sure.

Elite11b said:
She thinks it's your battery. Especially since it won't charge when your phone is off. She said if you go to the store with just the battery and tell it's only lasting an hour or two they should give you a new one without much trouble. That's the only way to make sure.
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If all else fails I will try. The not charging thing I believe is a common bug on Anonymous i3 rom?

Just recently I have had the exact same problem. I am getting ready to bring it to Sprint tomorrow. I have reloaded factory EC05 on it to make sure it wasn't a software problem and it still happens. Here is how I am able to currently power up my phone.
With the power completely down and the battery out, plug your phone in (either AC or USB, doesn't matter).
Press the power button once. The empty battery icon will appear for a few seconds then disappear.
Press the power button again. While the empty battery icon is shown, plug in the battery. It should recognize the battery, at which point you should be able to hold in the power button for a second to get it to turn on.
That is how I can get mine to work. By any chance, do you use an extended battery? This problem started for me about 2-3 weeks after I started using an extended battery.

[SOLVED] Strange Screen When Booting

I have a case on my Nexus 7 that uses the four sensors on the side to turn the screen on and off. I was using the tablet just fine, then I close the case like normal, and upon opening it, it would not turn on. The only way to get a response from the device is by plugging it in and the screen just lights up black. Any type of power reset using the button combinations result in the screen shown in the video at the end of the post.
videobam.com/oLcTA
Sorry I can't post the link. I don't have 10 posts yet.
Solution: I removed the back cover and disconnected and reconnected the battery.

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I have a case on my Nexus 7 that uses the four sensors on the side to turn the screen on and off. I was using the tablet just fine, then I close the case like normal, and upon opening it, it would not turn on. The only way to get a response from the device is by plugging it in and the screen just lights up black. Any type of power reset using the button combinations result in the screen shown in the video at the end of the post.
videobam.com/oLcTA
Sorry I can't post the link. I don't have 10 posts yet.
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That's really weird, are you stock?
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dante32278 said:
That's really weird, are you stock?
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100% stock. It never did anything of the sort. I didn't get the 4.2.2 update until around Wednesday of last week and it happened on Friday

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100% It never did anything of the sort. I didn't get the 4.2.2 update until around Wednesday of last week and it happened on Friday
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Might be a rogue app...have you added any new apps since the update?
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dante32278 said:
Might be a rogue app...have you added any new apps since the update?
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Not that I can recall. The tablet is purely my Portable Netflix/Evernote slave. I've left it on the wall charger for 24 hours, and on a usb port charger for 24 hours, to see if that helps but that won't do anything.

Re: Strange Screen When Booting
If you don't have anything important saved, you might to just try and wipe everything and start fresh. Are you rooted?
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dante32278 said:
If you don't have anything important saved, you might to just try and wipe everything and start fresh. Are you rooted?
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I have nothing that I would need to save, and how would I accomplish the wipe? I've never done it with an ASUS device before.

Re: Strange Screen When Booting
Check the stickies in the dev section, they will show you how to root/unroot and flash back to stock. You can likely just use the updated nexus 7 toolkit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195
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tbh i dont get the problem your vid is just you holding the tab? could you maybe do a better vid o the problem

dante32278 said:
Check the stickies in the dev section, they will show you how to root/unroot and flash back to stock. You can likely just use the updated nexus 7 toolkit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195
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All of the options are saying it needs to be in ADB or in Android. I can't get it to show any of those screens to verify I'm in that mode.

MX6Booster said:
All of the options are saying it needs to be in ADB or in Android. I can't get it to show any of those screens to verify I'm in that mode.
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I got it fixed. I ended up just removing the back and disconnecting the battery to force a power off. Thanks for your help though that tool will come in handy later

MX6Booster said:
I got it fixed. I ended up just removing the back and disconnecting the battery to force a power off. Thanks for your help though that tool will come in handy later
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Good deal!
There have been a couple threads where folks reported similarly-behaving screens. "sparkles", "static", "like an old tv screen", et cetera. I think at least several of them were similarly traced to battery charge issues or loose terminals on the battery connector.
Maybe add "[SOLVED]" to your thread title and it will help future visitors with the same issue.
cheers

[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?

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

pham818 said:
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.

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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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