[Q] Did I just brick my phone? - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

Well, I just received my phone today and I decided to root it by following a guide. Little did I know that firmware I was rooting was not meant for this phone. Now the phone shows the Samsung screen for a split second and then it turns off.
Is there anything I can do to restore it back to normal? I only have access to download mode right now.

Pm howtomen hrs helped someone earlier today in irc. not sure how. But you're still ok
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He helped me...long story short, there's not much we can do until a stock ROM is available.
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Ohh ok thank you both for the quick replies. This sucks, I don't have a phone now untill I can get this fixed :\

So where did the dev forum for our phone go? Is it mixed in with the other major 4 US carrier versions?
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It seems to randomly disappearing and reappearing.
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If you can get into download mode you're ok. You need to flash a stock rom and you'll be back to normal. Don't flash chainfire's root from the international thread because the kernel is not the same.

maladju said:
So where did the dev forum for our phone go? Is it mixed in with the other major 4 US carrier versions?
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Oops, guess it's just not showing in the XDA app for me.
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READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE EVER FLASHING ANYTHING :silly:

Very silly. I've been kicking myself all day.
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kensshin said:
Well, I just received my phone today and I decided to root it by following a guide. Little did I know that firmware I was rooting was not meant for this phone. Now the phone shows the Samsung screen for a split second and then it turns off.
Is there anything I can do to restore it back to normal? I only have access to download mode right now.
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have you try visiting DSC near by. they might be able to help you recover your device with the tool they have.

That was quick

junglizste said:
That was quick
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that^

Any fixes yet? I did the same thing and all I get is
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
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kensshin said:
well, i just received my phone today and i decided to root it by following a guide. Little did i know that firmware i was rooting was not meant for this phone. Now the phone shows the samsung screen for a split second and then it turns off.
Is there anything i can do to restore it back to normal? I only have access to download mode right now.
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flashing the sprint clockwork recovery works! Also lets you go into recovery mode

Thank you TheSoberRussian and HowToMen. From soft brick to root thanks to you two guys. I really appreciate your help lol.
If anyone is soft bricked, there is a solution that works already!

Please elaborate. Flashing the sprint cwm allowed revovery to boot. But android wont. What is the fix for soft brick please help..
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mscott998 said:
Please elaborate. Flashing the sprint cwm allowed revovery to boot. But android wont. What is the fix for soft brick please help..
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Try flashing this It's fixed other bricks earlier.

Ty ty ty ty... worked like a charm. Someone needs to put a how to thread in the deav section for fixing soft brick
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mscott998 said:
Ty ty ty ty... worked like a charm. Someone needs to put a how to thread in the deav section for fixing soft brick
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Already done

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Rom manager major problem!

Long story short: I soft bricked and went back to stock.
Rooted phone.
Then on rom manager I pressed flash clockwork.
Then selected vibrant. That's where the problem is.
It says error occured when downloading and that's it.
I'm stuck on stock how can I make this work or will it work if someone gives me their update.zip?
Also if that works can someone give me their update.zip?
This is the first time I've had this problem and I haven't heard any similar problems so that's why I'm asking.
Thanks in advance.
Delete update.zip, Uninstall/reinstall cwm and try again on wifi
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Nope still same problem.
Look in one of the other threads for the zip file and flash like normal
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hazard99 said:
Look in one of the other threads for the zip file and flash like normal
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Can u help me find that thread? I'm on my phone and search doesn't work on xda app or something
Someone please I hate stock lol
xriderx66 said:
Someone please I hate stock lol
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http://twitter.com/#!/koush/status/33871353211912192
oh... thanks master, your my favorite user here.
a Developer with so much time.... i love you.

Don't know what topic to post need help pls

I have no signal ,on my phone baseband coming up unknown
What rom are you running?
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Stock but its rooted ,it has the cyaogen kernel
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I have clockwork recovery
I would suggest Odin back to stock or restore from your back up, or go into recovery and wipe the Dlvik cache.
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the_professor. said:
Stock but its rooted ,it has the cyaogen kernel
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Then your not running stock. I've read a few of the threads you've started and come to the conclusion that either you really need to read more before doing anything to your phone, or your just trolling for posts.
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Yes I'm a idiot,not trolling,I thought xda was to help.everyone I'm noob I'm begging for help,I don't wanna pay.636,I'm sorry for all the wrong threads can you guys please,help me
the_professor. said:
Yes I'm a idiot,not trolling,I thought xda was to help.everyone I'm noob I'm begging for help,I don't wanna pay.636,I'm sorry for all the wrong threads can you guys please,help me
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You need to help yourself before anyone here will be willing to help you. You've been a member for 5 months, and you've made almost 80 posts, yet your questions consistently indicate that you do not read enough to understand your phone and how it works, yet you post that you do things with your phone that you don't understand and don't know how to correct.
Odin back to stock and leave it that way until you understand what you are doing.
the_professor. said:
Yes I'm a idiot,not trolling,I thought xda was to help.everyone I'm noob I'm begging for help,I don't wanna pay.636,I'm sorry for all the wrong threads can you guys please,help me
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Search is your friend. . Look for one click return to stock, should get ya going again. For future ref, read twice, flash once. If you're diligent and follow directions here to the T you should be good to go %99 of the time.
the_professor. said:
I have no signal ,on my phone baseband coming up unknown
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return to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
problem solved.
Thks
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Fixed back.too stock
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good. Now enjoy it as it sits now and once you read up enough to understand how to flash a custom rom, then give it another try.

Bricked my phone :(

I hadn't rooted before the OTA ICS update (TELUS) but decided to finally root my phone and stuff....
i wasn't being really careful i guess and I just tried the one click odin method but I found out later this doesn't work on ICS i717.... hence my phone now seems to be bricked
it gets stuck on samsung logo. I really don't want to try and factory reset my phone and stuff... is there another way to try and unbricking this thing? I've now downloaded CWM on ma phone but I dunno how this is going to help...
PLEASE HELP ME!!
Look at my thread
That is a soft brick if it was brickd. It wouldnt do anything at all. If u have cwm download a rok. Wipe data/cache and flash it . You can also always jut use odin. To flash a tar
Code:
thanks guys! managed to get all my data back + rooted
Thanks by posting is appreciated but hit the thanks button for them too bud
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Kflan22 said:
Thanks by posting is appreciated but hit the thanks button for them too bud
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Thanks for the heads up buddy
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Also edit tittle and add SOLVED to it or ask mod to close the thread
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[Q] Need official stock firmware Verizon note 2

Hi I need to put my verizon note 2 back to stock using odin does anyone have the most recent official firmware that I can use thanks
First page on Android Development...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728
[ODIN][VRALJB] Restore to Stock
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Didnt you already odin back to stock I thought I seen from the link given?
Good luck to the op if you figure it out please share how you got it working thanks!
Travisdroidx2 said:
Didnt you already odin back to stock I thought I seen from the link given?
Good luck to the op if you figure it out please share how you got it working thanks!
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I did but i tryed using that triangle away and it brought me back to the screen where it says unatorized software when I did a reboot and I need that firmware again so I can take it out of that unatorized software thing not unless if you know of a way to do it with out having to re dowload the stock firmware again thanks
Sorry I am new to this device. I was under the impression if you flashed it back to a stock rooted odin then you would have the original firmware and the app should work as advertised. Sorry never used it myself that is why I am curious incase I ever get in your position.
Travisdroidx2 said:
Sorry I am new to this device. I was under the impression if you flashed it back to a stock rooted odin then you would have the original firmware and the app should work as advertised. Sorry never used it myself that is why I am curious incase I ever get in your position.
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yah im new to the device and also to rooting and stuff sorry for the dumb questions just want to learn how do do this stuff really interesting by the way do you know if I have to install anything in the pit in odin or just the stock firmware in pda odin thanks
Zacedward said:
yah im new to the device and also to rooting and stuff sorry for the dumb questions just want to learn how do do this stuff really interesting by the way do you know if I have to install anything in the pit in odin or just the stock firmware in pda odin thanks
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did you find out how to fix the problem? I'm having the same one.
silvershoy2 said:
did you find out how to fix the problem? I'm having the same one.
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Yah I did I just followed this post and it worked the one below this post tryed to put link in but it didnt work sorry
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Its TwiX said:
First page on Android Development...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35265728
[ODIN][VRALJB] Restore to Stock
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. Great to hear you are good now counter and everything reads good now?
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Link is broke you got it fixed sweet! Would like to know how you got it done.
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I just followed that post and it worked only took like 7 min to fix
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Zacedward said:
Yah I did I just followed this and it worked
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Did the file download quickly for you? Mine isn't making any progress for some reason... It's been stuck at 0 for about an half hour. and How did the link work for you? Could one of you upload it to dropbox or something else for me please?
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. Great to hear you are good now counter and everything reads good now?
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Everything except it still says 1 flash count so I am going to unlock bootloader tomorrow then try it I was reading the triangle away description in the play store and it says the bootloader has to be unlocked befire my bootloader was not unlocked so I think thats why my phone did that
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silvershoy2 said:
Did the file download quickly for you? Mine isn't making any progress for some reason... It's been stuck at 0 for about an half hour. and How did the link work for you? Could one of you upload it to dropbox or something else for me please?
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Mine eent somewhat quick took like 45 min to download
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Bricked .. Please Help

I believe i just bricked my SGS4 Verizon By attempting to use goomanager to flash the recovery.. after the script ran the phone restarted and now everytime it boots into download mode...
Please help me, i'm not entirely sure what to do. I just got the phone today with VRUAME7 on it if it helps.. Sorry i'm a bit new to all of this.
previse said:
I believe i just bricked my SGS4 Verizon By attempting to use goomanager to flash the recovery.. after the script ran the phone restarted and now everytime it boots into download mode...
Please help me, i'm not entirely sure what to do. I just got the phone today with VRUAME7 on it if it helps.. Sorry i'm a bit new to all of this.
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Good news is if you can get into download mode then your not bricked. You may have to just Odin the factory image back to stock and you should be fine. Don't panic!
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bajasur said:
Good news is if you can get into download mode then your not bricked. You may have to just Odin the factory image back to stock and you should be fine. Don't panic!
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Phew! that's what i was hopeing to hear. Where could i find the factory image?
Also might you be able to help me actually get a custom recovery working so i can flash hyperdrive? This was a lot easier with my i9500 back 3 months ago, its killing my head figuring this all out all over again
Also i notice RLS9 on the thread for hyperdrive is downloadable @ 1.7gb. could i just flash this in download mode?
previse said:
Phew! that's what i was hopeing to hear. Where could i find the factory image?
Also might you be able to help me actually get a custom recovery working so i can flash hyperdrive? This was a lot easier with my i9500 back 3 months ago, its killing my head figuring this all out all over again
Also i notice RLS9 on the thread for hyperdrive is downloadable @ 1.7gb. could i just flash this in download mode?
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Short answer no... Long one.. ME7 locked the bootloader...
Dra$tiK said:
Short answer no... Long one.. ME7 locked the bootloader...
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So what you're saying is i cant install custom roms .. at all.
previse said:
So what you're saying is i cant install custom roms .. at all.
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That is correct. No custom recovery, no roms, no going back. Root, debloat, try playing with Nova Launcher is about all you can do for now.
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previse said:
So what you're saying is i cant install custom roms .. at all.
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Nope no roms at the moment. Next time do a little bit of reading, it goes a long way. Its been beaten to death literally theres no custom recovery for me7, its been posted atleast a hundred times and its posted in the me7 image thread as well. Check out the safestrap thread in the general section. Hashcode is working on a method for roms/recovery as we speak. After you get your phone fixed and rooted if you choose to do, look into xposed framework and the wanam module.from the play store. You will atleast be able to get some customization out of the stock me7 rom.
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Damn... Didn't read you were on me7.. That's not good. I would contact mobile tech videos for help but you may be screwed. Sorry man
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bajasur said:
Damn... Didn't read you were on me7.. That's not good. I would contact mobile tech videos for help but you may be screwed. Sorry man
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Hes not screwed he just has to odin the stock me7 image. The phone is still bootable in fact but everytime he tries to go into recovery its going to throw him into download mode. Back onto topic I would odin one of the stock me7 images so you will atleast have a stock recovery.
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Good luck bud. Let us know how it works out for you
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bajasur said:
Good luck bud. Let us know how it works out for you
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I was able to flash a stock image and root it. I'll just wait it out for ME7 to be cracked.

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