I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 for Verizon that I ran Casual on unlocked the bootloader, rooted it and put a custom Rom on. Then it all when to heck!! Loaded CleanRom on it but didn't like the Storage and SD card thing so I Flashed the changeup but apparantley I missed something in there becuse it wasn't right it would put apps on the sd card memory but pictures on the internal memory. Said I was out of space for updates and so on. Couldnt get it fixed and flashed Mean Bean to it. It worked for 3 days and began boot looping and I tried factory restore and It says something about efs files E:failed to mount /efs (Invalid Argument). Sent it to repair shop in Irving Tx. they have had it 2 weeks and they say if they can't fix it by Monday, there going to ship it back to me, still broken. Can this be fixed or do I have a $600.00 paperweight
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073654
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2073654
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Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
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Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
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If anyone knows someone in the DFW area or anywhere who can fix this, send me a link and I will give them a try. I just want my phone working again. It's pretty stupid to be able to keep your unlimited data with Verizon you have to buy a phone at full price. I have a lot invested here!!! Thanks everybody!!
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Thank you very much for the link, looks pretty complicated, I have only rooted 3 phones. 2 Motorola Droids 1 was an X2 and an LG Spectrum. This is very complicated stuff. The shop that had my phone is sending it back to me tomorrow, no charge they say the only way it can be fixed is under warranty, which I have voided by unlocking the bootloader and rooting it.
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This is really not a very complicated procedure. Everything you would have to do you can look up and find out how to do it via Google. Its better than having to pay $60 to have it JTAGed. I'm not even sure if JTAGing it would be the way to go seeing as how it giant hard bricked and the steps to fix it are fairly explained in that thread. If you cant do what the thread explains find a techie family member or friend, show them the thread and ask them to do it.
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I have talked to some cellphone repair people and they all have said that you can't JTAG a Note 2 yet. I appreciate your help, but I took it to Dallas today to the shop, I don't want to take anymore chances.
romotx said:
I have talked to some cellphone repair people and they all have said that you can't JTAG a Note 2 yet. I appreciate your help, but I took it to Dallas today to the shop, I don't want to take anymore chances.
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The people you have been talking to apparently don't know jack diddly ****, look up MobileTechVideos. He is the communities go to guy and has been JTAGing Note 2s for quite a while. Don't believe everything you hear from these repair shops, most of them won't even know what the hell a JTAG is let alone if its available, which it is.
I have a very bad feeling about this shop, I'm pretty sure they're going to screw you pretty hard when you could've sent it off for $60 and had it JTAGed.
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Repair shop? I bet you also inherited millions from your dead Nigerian Prince uncle.
Send me a G and I'll fix it.
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Solution: JTAG $60
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Repair shop? I bet you also inherited millions from your dead Nigerian Prince uncle.
Send me a G and I'll fix it.
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Solution: JTAG $60
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He doesn't like to listen to people on the forums who have gone through this **** before, he only listens to repair shops that don't even know what JTAGing is.
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He doesn't like to listen to people on the forums who have gone through this **** before, he only listens to repair shops that don't even know what JTAGing is.
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He's what slimy salesmen call a "hot lead".
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He's what slimy salesmen call a "hot lead".
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Hence why I avoid said slim salesmen like the plague.
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Romotx - You jumped into the pool when you started flashing, but then you didn't want to learn how to swim. Did you even try typing the commands in the linked thread? That's how it works you type commands carefully and when you get an error you look that error up and try it again. Got a new error, look that one up, and so on. The more you do, the more help you get here. But it sounds like you were not very careful to start with to bork your phone that bad.
It's too late for you, but for others, when something goes wrong take a step back and take a breath. Do some reading, make sure you understand where you went wrong, and what and why you are doing next to your phone. What ever you did should have been an easy fix at some earlier point in time.
But good luck in getting your phone repaired.
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Romotx - You jumped into the pool when you started flashing, but then you didn't want to learn how to swim. Did you even try typing the commands in the linked thread? That's how it works you type commands carefully and when you get an error you look that error up and try it again. Got a new error, look that one up, and so on. The more you do, the more help you get here. But it sounds like you were not very careful to start with to bork your phone that bad.
It's too late for you, but for others, when something goes wrong take a step back and take a breath. Do some reading, make sure you understand where you went wrong, and what and why you are doing next to your phone. What ever you did should have been an easy fix at some earlier point in time.
But good luck in getting your phone repaired.
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The answer is no he didn't try the commands, he seafood it was to difficult.
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The answer is no he didn't try the commands, he seafood it was to difficult.
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Thanks for all of ya'lls help. Come here asking questions and get beat over the head. GEEZ!!!
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My phone will only go into download mode and when you try to do a recovery I get this
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Yes and that link that was posted earlier tells you exactly how to fix it. You just don't want to use it. If you can't get into CWM or TWRP try it on what shows up when you boot into recovery, for Christ's sake it's even telling you to use ADB commands which is exactly what that thread tells you to do. If you had pages attention you would know that.
Instead of taking it to a "shop" that obviously doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground you should listen to the people in the community who have been through this before.
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Thanks for all of ya'lls help. Come here asking questions and get beat over the head. GEEZ!!!
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We did help you! You now know that you don't take your phone to a "repair shop"! Lol.
But seriously, listen to dude above, or wait for droidstyle or kintwofan to pop in. They'll answer the same way they do every other time this happens. Search for "bricked note 2 xda" and add "kintwofan" or "droidstyle" to the mix (WILDCARD) and see how many hits you get. Doesn't matter if the symptoms aren't exact - TRY IT.
What bad can happen? You gonna brick your phone? Hell, it may even start working again!?
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We did help you! You now know that you don't take your phone to a "repair shop"! Lol.
But seriously, listen to dude above, or wait for droidstyle or kintwofan to pop in. They'll answer the same way they do every other time this happens. Search for "bricked note 2 xda" and add "kintwofan" or "droidstyle" to the mix (WILDCARD) and see how many hits you get. Doesn't matter if the symptoms aren't exact - TRY IT.
What bad can happen? You gonna brick your phone? Hell, it may even start working again!?
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I got this reply from mobiletechvideos.com
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You can get into download mode, correct? I bet someone here can fix you up.
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I got this reply from mobiletechvideos.com
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Its very odd that it was advertised recently then, hmmm I have to see what I can find out.
As for the option that someone else linked earlier, have you tried it yet? It seems like the perfect solution to your problem. Granted you can't get into recovery the screen it shows you tells you to use ADB which is exactly what the fix uses.
As for beating you over the head, what the hell do you expect? You come asking for advice and then don't take ANY of it and act like we are all fools.
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Its very odd that it was advertised recently then, hmmm I have to see what I can find out.
As for the option that someone else linked earlier, have you tried it yet? It seems like the perfect solution to your problem. Granted you can't get into recovery the screen it shows you tells you to use ADB which is exactly what the fix uses.
As for beating you over the head, what the hell do you expect? You come asking for advice and then don't take ANY of it and act like we are all fools.
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I never acted like anybody was a fool. I have been lurking and reading for years on here. I respect everyone's advice here! I have a $600.00 phone that I screwed up,yes thats what you have to do with Verizon to keep your unlimited data plan that they grandfathered you into and now when you want to upgrade it's pay full price for the phone or you get 2Gb. plan, and I don't feel confident enough to fix it like you guys suggest. I have never used ADB, I have never had a brand of phone where you could unlock the bootloader, I'm not a command and scripts and whatever voodoo you guys do to these phones.kind of guy. I can build computers and I have rooted and put roms on 2 other phones. I can't afford to buy another phone and in this backwoods hick town when you talk to anybody about rooting a phone they have no idea what the heck your even talking about.
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hello i didnt want to open a thread but i cannot find the anwser to my problem ive had for 2 weeks
1.my phone will not charge from the stock charger yes i have tried 6 different chargers
2.sbf alot times
3. locked boot loader
4.factory reset
5.different batteries
cant think of anything else the only way it charges is when i connect usb to my laptop and mount sd if i dont mount sd it doesn't charge when i power phone off it just turns back on if i connect it doesn't give me the charging animation when phone is off if anybody knows a fix please let me know or if you want to help find a solution to fix it im all in it as i read alot of Motorolas have this problem but i cant find a fix for it
thanks
I suppose it is hardware related, maybe you can go to the Moto repair center to have your phone checked.
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It could be or maybe I lost a img or something while flashing bought through best buy in September do I call sprint or go to best buy
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RockoDev said:
It could be or maybe I lost a img or something while flashing bought through best buy in September do I call sprint or go to best buy
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you can't miss something cos if so your phone won't boot up, i think call bestbuy first and make sure your phone is unlocked when you deliver your phone to them.
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you can't miss something cos if so your phone won't boot up, i think call bestbuy first and make sure your phone is unlocked when you deliver your phone to them.
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NO!!!! That is INCORRECT! Make sure you phone is LOCKED before you take it to best-buy or Sprint!!!!! You got the phone under warranty Locked, they will standby that. If you unlocked it and they see it, that means you f**ked with it which voids the warranty and they don't owe you s**t!
TRUST ME!!!!
Look for my thread "I F'ed up!", I have a post with DETALED instructions how to put it back and what you need!! (I'll be back, I wil find it!)
That's what I was afraid of taking it back but oh well
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That's what I was afraid of taking it back but oh well
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You don't have to take my word for it, ask a forum admin. He**, go to another phone and ask around there! Look [email protected], the instructions for ANY Flash/Root/Unlock starts out with "This will void your warranty and I'm not responsible if you brick your phone!" Then they give you instructions.
Even if you take it in unlocked and they find out and you say screw it and walk out, then fix it yourself back to stock, your still f**ked. They will upgrade your account with note that you did it, so if something jacked later, T.E.P is off the hook!!!
Note: I know all this because I was a B.E.S. Admin for @ 7 years. My old job, I did not work in Mobile support, but I loved flashing Windows phones and they had like 40 of them laying around. Sale guys would see **** I did, to embrassed to ask because it would make them look dumb, try it, brick it, go into Store, hence, company contract and warranty is gone!!!! Got into Android with Evo and never looked back!
I'm working but just looked @ briefly, e-mail me your e-mail and I will send you file and EXACT instructions to get you out of jam. In the mean time, you need to download RSDLite to your computer and install. Also, make sure you have 100% charge on your phone (you can go lower, but that is trouble too!). Also, free up USB on BACK of computer, not front!!
Trust me, I spent 2 days without phone, I know how it feels!
I'm Home! [email protected]!
My bad a lil lost so are you saying to sbf because I already did and it didn't fix the problem what I can try is someone can do a fresh install backup with none of your info and pm a zip or files and see what my is missing
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NO!!!! That is INCORRECT! Make sure you phone is LOCKED before you take it to best-buy or Sprint!!!!! You got the phone under warranty Locked, they will standby that. If you unlocked it and they see it, that means you f**ked with it which voids the warranty and they don't owe you s**t!
TRUST ME!!!!
Look for my thread "I F'ed up!", I have a post with DETALED instructions how to put it back and what you need!! (I'll be back, I wil find it!)
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Sorry guys. i made a mistake....
trust me...
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I was trying to run the exploit so I could use HTC dev unlock and followed all of the instructions even pasted the commands and my phone is bricked. I have never bricked a phone and I've been hacking smart phones per directions since they came out.
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not yet....
but I may be on my way. I was kinda iffy on trying the exploit because I know lots of people have done it, but just the numbers for the sample size are still kinda small. I went ahead and did it anyway and followed the directions to the T. Everything was going good, then I got the access denied or something along those lines on the second command after the point of no return. I kept trying, nothing would work. So I gave up for now, but you better believe I am NOT going to be resetting my phone anytime soon, im going to keep that thing charged up and alive for now, until I am for sure its ok to reset it, but most likely not until I know this exploit goes through.
of course, being the hardcore lurker I am. I cant go ask questions in the unlock thread yet, so I have to wait until someone else has my problem(which they are), and hope I can find a fix for it.
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not yet... I went ahead and did it anyway and followed the directions to the T. Everything was going good, then I got the access denied or something along those lines on the second command after the point of no return. I kept trying, nothing would work. So I gave up for now...
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I was EXACTLY in the same spot as you when I THOUGHT I was doing everything right, but I wasn't. You have NOT bricked your phone. In fact, you have not even passed the recovery correctly. When you send the command to restore backup.ab, the command prompt tells you to unlock your device and confirm the restore. Probably just like you I thought it was trying to unlock my device or something...no...you literally have to look at your phone (unlock it if it screen locked) and accept the prompt on the screen to restore the recovery. So, just .... look at your phone when it tells you to in this step and again later when you repeat it.
My screenie when I thought I was in trouble: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/68066384/no joy.jpg
and out of "trouble": http://dl.dropbox.com/u/68066384/woot.jpg
I did the whole exploit and at the final reboot my phone wouldn't reboot.
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yup me too :/
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I did the whole exploit and at the final reboot my phone wouldn't reboot.
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But, can't you return your device to Verizon for replacement?
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In your screen shot it looks like you hit ctrl c while the exploit window was active ... That killed the process
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Bricks are rare, and are due to user error (I bricked one too).
Come to the chat and wait for us to wake up.
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no idea what I did before but I went ahead and started over again. This time when I got the permission message I just went ahead and did I the mkdir command that was next anyways, and it said the directory was already there, so the previous step must have some have went through before when I got another error, so I took a gamble and just kept going. I am happy to report all is good and I was able to unlock it.
jcase i just got a replacement your right i screwed up the reboot cmd i didnt know id have one free the next day thanks verizon lol
It's no wonder Verizon locks down phones. You brick it you buy it. None of this, well I'll just fraudulently return it nonsense.
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erishasnobattery said:
It's no wonder Verizon locks down phones. You brick it you buy it. None of this, well I'll just fraudulently return it nonsense.
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I paid 626$ on this I can do as I please with it
Also if we pay for it full why can't we choose to do what we want also told cs what happened I'm not scared of paying a replacement either full price I make my choices Idk about people who lie cause they can't be honest with them . I didn't expect it to be free so I brought cash for a new full price one
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But, can't you return your device to Verizon for replacement?
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I just got my replace ment
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Just tell them it won't charge or turn on.
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This^^ Works for me every time. You can even say it was lost or stolen. This way you have no phone to return, so they think.
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It's no wonder Verizon locks down phones. You brick it you buy it. None of this, well I'll just fraudulently return it nonsense.
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If they gave us HTC unlock and the option to root to begin with, maybe there wouldn't be so many bricks! And why would you sympathize with the big red money printing press anyway? I guess you must be a 1%er.
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I bricked mine too. I guess I'll try to go in in the morning and see if they'll give me a replacement. I got to the reboot phone command and my computer froze up. Very mistakenly I rebooted again to try to run that last command that says "wait for phone" and when I rebooted it was doneeeeeee. It won't respond or do anything. I talked to jcase and he said that's exactly how he bricked dsb's phone. This reallyyyy sucks.
You know in the entire time I've been buying these things I've bricked two devices not to blame jcase he's helped this community since well for me back in the 3d days I think but we are all thsnkful. We take a risk upon doing this but ive only bricked to apease my need to flash things on this power house maybe we know what we are doing and smoked to much what ever the reason waiting for a safer method is at times good. Thank you devs on this I look forward to all the great things to come ..
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I bricked mine too. I guess I'll try to go in in the morning and see if they'll give me a replacement. I got to the reboot phone command and my computer froze up. Very mistakenly I rebooted again to try to run that last command that says "wait for phone" and when I rebooted it was doneeeeeee. It won't respond or do anything. I talked to jcase and he said that's exactly how he bricked dsb's phone. This reallyyyy sucks.
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It does suck thankfully its a brand new device so they are a little nicer . But if ya got usb to connect to pc and it beeps 3 times your done
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volfan22 said:
I bricked mine too. I guess I'll try to go in in the morning and see if they'll give me a replacement. I got to the reboot phone command and my computer froze up. Very mistakenly I rebooted again to try to run that last command that says "wait for phone" and when I rebooted it was doneeeeeee. It won't respond or do anything. I talked to jcase and he said that's exactly how he bricked dsb's phone. This reallyyyy sucks.
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Please don't lie to them when you do return it. They might even replace it anyway (sometimes they respond well to your honesty and take pity on you).
gitku said:
In your screen shot it looks like you hit ctrl c while the exploit window was active ... That killed the process
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Can't get a true timeline of chicken before the egg there, but you can see I was already two more commands into the process after I stopped the exploit on the right. The entire problem was I wasn't looking at my phone and interacting with the prompt to restore the backup. You can see later, when I did, I had complete success; thanks to jcase and company.
Mobile Tech Videos just added the AT&T LGOG to his JTAG Service. JTAG fixes permanent bricks where the device won't even boot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRXhJxbtYY
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/lg-optimus-g-jtag-brick-repair/
I bricked my OG when my computer crashed in the middle of a LGNPST. I shipped mine out to him earlier this week. I'll let you know how it goes.
Damn that's actually a really cool idea. Wish I knew more about this stuff. I would totally open a shop in the mall that specializes in all kinds of phone repair.
I wish I knew what they did Lol
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daboyal006 said:
I wish I knew what they did Lol
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Basically what he does is, he uses his JTAG device and program to reflash the bootloader/download mode to the device. This is why he has to open the phone up and solder wires directly to the mainboard. Once the bootloader is all working, he can put the phone back together and reboot the phone into download mode. From there he most likely uses LGNPST to flash back all the other partitions.
This is just my best guess from watching the video.
Lol the phone in the video is my actual phone. The one I'm responding on right now. He did a great job. Thanks josh @ mobiletechvideos.com.
Im not scared to try anything on my phone anymore since I know I can always get it fixed lol
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Lol the phone in the video is my actual phone. The one I'm responding on right now. He did a great job. Thanks josh @ mobiletechvideos.com.
Im not scared to try anything on my phone anymore since I know I can always get it fixed lol
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Well thanks to you now the many LGOG xda-ers don't have to be afraid either. Glad to see your return, not that you really left though.
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I'll be sending my HTC One X out to him soon. Be nice to have a back up phone. Love that phone.
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This should be stickied imo
bluebattery70 said:
This should be stickied imo
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I don't think it should be sticked but the info should go into either Pony's FAQ thread or Carrett's Everything Thread. If someone bricks they are most likely to look there first.
Please!! im going CRAZY trying to root my Gs3 i747!! My usb mini port got bad so i got it replaced and now it wont connect to computer! not even in download mode it doesnt even show the icon on notifications. I tried framaroot, Ezinox abuse, root Z4, thru terminal with motochopper method and nothing!!!! my gs3 is 6 months old but i lost warranty, My only chance is if someone build a method for the i747 gs3 or i sell it for cheap and loose money please HELP!!!!! IM A FLASHOHOLIC and good rom tester!!
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Check out the Sprint GS3 general section I've seen something about it there before. I'd link it but I'm on my phone.
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Check out the Sprint GS3 general section I've seen something about it there before. I'd link it but I'm on my phone.
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cant find it but is kind of risky to mess with other carriers methods i think.. it could brick my phone right??
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Its universal for the galaxy s3 variants. Its your best bet. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352674
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Its universal for the galaxy s3 variants. Its your best bet. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2352674
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yop tried that a few times got me exited for a sec. but ill go ahead and try it again who knows! thanks
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Good luck let me know if you can get it to work out.
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Good luck let me know if you can get it to work out.
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i ended up with this and no root
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Is there a recovery already on your device? If there is and you have an sdcard try moving the root files to that card with a friends phone or something. If there isn't then you might be out of luck. Keep searching I'm sure there's something you can do.
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Is there a recovery already on your device? If there is and you have an sdcard try moving the root files to that card with a friends phone or something. If there isn't then you might be out of luck. Keep searching I'm sure there's something you can do.
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i got stock android recovery and yeah i have a extsdcard and i got the motochopper files on the sdcard (internal) why?
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I was hoping you had a custom recovery from before the usb got messed up. I'm out of ideas just keep looking and if I come across anything I'll let you know.
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I was hoping you had a custom recovery from before the usb got messed up. I'm out of ideas just keep looking and if I come across anything I'll let you know.
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thanks a lot man! yeah this been a nigthmare, i had it root, my usb port got bad i unrooted to take it to warranty the process went good but got me left with a binary count and custom binary (no warranty) couldnt root it back so i pay to get the part fixed, came back only charging, had a big discussion with the tech, spend every hour trying to find a solution here so i can root back my phone and live forever happy lol but !nothing! and guess what my usb port started having trouble charging now AGAIN!! SO i will have to either fight with the tech outside the shop or throw my phone to the wall and put a end to this tragic episodes hahahahahaha
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smallyetzon said:
thanks a lot man! yeah this been a nigthmare, i had it root, my usb port got bad i unrooted to take it to warranty the process went good but got me left with a binary count and custom binary (no warranty) couldnt root it back so i pay to get the part fixed, came back only charging, had a big discussion with the tech, spend every hour trying to find a solution here so i can root back my phone and live forever happy lol but !nothing! and guess what my usb port started having trouble charging now AGAIN!! SO i will have to either fight with the tech outside the shop or throw my phone to the wall and put a end to this tragic episodes hahahahahaha
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Sounds like you've been through a lot with that phone. You're better than me though because I would've slammed it already lol good luck with that and the more power to ya hahaha
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I was reading in the forum about a company out of Texas that can take your phone back to stock with unlocked bootloader. I even emailed them for answers to a couple of questions that I had and they answered me back with what I needed. I am now ready to send my phone out to be fixed. Now I lost the email and for the life of me can not find that post again. If anybody knows where this imformation is, please post it here for me or give me the link.
Thank you.
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-bootloader-sboot-downgrade-service/
Thank you very much. I'm going to send it out on Monday. I Can't wait to get my old phone back.
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I sent my phone in today for the downgrade service. I will either post here or start a new thread when I get my phone back and let you all know how it turned out.
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Been wanting to do this, but might just wait till its time to upgrade and move away from Samsung... Looking forward to seeing how it turns out for you.
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Any results yet?
Why would you pay to go back to stock if you rooted it, why not just reload the stock ROM?
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Why would you pay to go back to stock if you rooted it, why not just reload the stock ROM?
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Because they will go back to 4.1.1 which is an unlocked bootloader...THEN you can install ANY compatible rom without using safestrap
Seems kinda lazy to me.. Why even been in this type of forum if you aren't up to doing it yourself. Might as well get that other phone which we won't utter its name lol
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morbeious said:
Seems kinda lazy to me.. Why even been in this type of forum if you aren't up to doing it yourself. Might as well get that other phone which we won't utter its name lol
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Because if you took the 4.3 or higher Ota or have a phone pre-installed with it, then you can't revert back to an older version of Android where the bootloader can be unlocked. This service is supposed to be able to do that with the hardware they have.
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morbeious said:
Seems kinda lazy to me.. Why even been in this type of forum if you aren't up to doing it yourself. Might as well get that other phone which we won't utter its name lol
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Seems kind of crazy that if you ARE on a forum like this AND own this phone you don't know this...it is ALL over the forum about Knox & 4.3. I heard the "other" phone is on sale if you decide to get one!
Well I have my phone back and as advertised, they took my phone back to 4.1.2 with the VRAMC3 bootloader which is as we all know, unlocked. I'll tell you that it was worth every penny. And it wasn't the "lazy way out". It was the only way out. There is no way to unlock the updated bootloader, which you would know by reading the threads for this phone. And by the way, here, or XDA forums, is where I found the information to even do this. I have my unlocked phone back and am happily flashing again.
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Well I have my phone back and as advertised, they took my phone back to 4.1.2 with the VRAMC3 bootloader which is as we all know, unlocked. I'll tell you that it was worth every penny. And it wasn't the "lazy way out". It was the only way out. There is no way to unlock the updated bootloader, which you would know by reading the threads for this phone. And by the way, here, or XDA forums, is where I found the information to even do this. I have my unlocked phone back and am happily flashing again.
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Senate Committee Approves Bill To Make Cellphone Unlocking Legal Again
http://consumerist.com/2014/07/10/s...bill-to-make-cellphone-unlocking-legal-again/
glockman4519 said:
Well I have my phone back and as advertised, they took my phone back to 4.1.2 with the VRAMC3 bootloader which is as we all know, unlocked. I'll tell you that it was worth every penny. And it wasn't the "lazy way out". It was the only way out. There is no way to unlock the updated bootloader, which you would know by reading the threads for this phone. And by the way, here, or XDA forums, is where I found the information to even do this. I have my unlocked phone back and am happily flashing again.
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NICE!
Might have to send mine off...I might be getting the Verizon LG G3 soon though...
I am very pleased with the way my phone turned out. I am now running Alliance build 26 for the first time without safestrap. Hell, I even had Carbon room on it for a bit the first day I got it back. It is awesome to have my unlocked bootloader back again. I highly recommend their services.
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Pleased that YOU had a good experience!
I'm surprised to see that someone else had a good experience with this company. So far dealing with this company has been a huge disappointment; not the impression I was under, considering all of the good reviews. I guess "service" just like products are like everything else...sometimes you get a lemon. I'm about to dispute the charge based on suspected fraud.
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I'm surprised to see that someone else had a good experience with this company. So far dealing with this company has been a huge disappointment; not the impression I was under, considering all of the good reviews. I guess "service" just like products are like everything else...sometimes you get a lemon. I'm about to dispute the charge based on suspected fraud.
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What happened?
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What happened?
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Ditto.
How long did it take and do you have a contact # sent a note 2 out a few weeks back still no update.
xFLiP227x said:
I'm surprised to see that someone else had a good experience with this company. So far dealing with this company has been a huge disappointment; not the impression I was under, considering all of the good reviews. I guess "service" just like products are like everything else...sometimes you get a lemon. I'm about to dispute the charge based on suspected fraud.
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How long did it take and do you have a contact # sent a note 2 out a few weeks back still no update.
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I can vouch for Josh. He does get busy. Just think about all the phone he gets sent. I will tell you that he is good for his work, will be fair, and if you have an issue, he will work something out with you (this is from my personal experience) He had my phone for over a month. But apologized for it and did not charge me the fee. (not saying he will do this for you) But I know it's hard but be patient and he will get back to you.