[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
There are threads popping up everywhere of users who have bricked there devices..here in the past few days. It has gotten ridiculous. anyone who has been in multiple forums on xda can tell you the same thing i am...I have never seen so many bricks on a device.

Is it the device a problem maybe with the skyrocket???? NO

99.999

9

percent of the time bricks are caused by

user error

. Like it or not its true.

On the

very rare

occasion .. it is an actual

rom/kernel problem

......its rare because roms are rigorously tested by the developer before posting to the masses...

So Please if your just getting into roting and flashing or not familiar with Samsung phones......

.

read the roms thread. see if people are having issues or if u can find posts by others who are running the rom/kernel combo. that your are about to flash.

understand fully without doubts the process. of rooting...custom recoveries. and any kind of flashing. weather it be kernel/rom/modem/themes/mods.......

BECOME FAMILIAR WITH ODIN HAVE IT AVAILABLE AND KNOW HOW USE IT...

HAVE THE STOCK TAR AND STOCK RECOVERY TAR HANDY

under stand what a

nandroid backup

is and how to backup, and restore them.

NEVER

EVER EVER EVER EVER

FLASH

A

ROM

NOT IN THE SKYROCKET DEVELOPMENT SECTION

ON YOUR SKYROCKET.

( unless u know the deal with the t989 ) and understand that process fully

READ READ READ READ

....

THERE ARE guides on everything

you could ever want to do to a skyrocket...in the general section......read them ..spare yourself the trouble of destroying a very nice expensive phone.........

people asking am i bricked would know if they were if they had read any of the imperative,readily available information.

to sum up read always read everything u can. before tampering with your phone....

you will very rarely see a seasoned member posting am i bricked or help what did i do threads..............This is because they read, and obtained the proper knowledge. before proceeding.....

now heres the goodies that need to be read......ATLEAST the most important ones, that will solve most issues...

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THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD IS TO HELP EVERYONE OUT....BECAUSE WE ALL HATE TO SEE PEOPLE BRICK THERE DEVICES.......

but if u choose to ignore the above information,,,,,then that is on u and u will brick u may get away with a few flashes and softbricks.....but its just a matter of time

HERES THE GOODIES>>>>ATLEAST THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES

[REF] All in One guide for NOOBS!http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=4312138 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^READ THIS FIRST^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Originally Posted By:

appdroid

[HOWTO][TAR] THE ODIN THREAD :: Return to stock, fix soft brick :: 11/13: Rogers TAR! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 Originally Posted By:

k0nane

after you have read the all in one guide and the tar/odin thread and have them downloaded, and understood

then proceed here The "all-in-one-location" XDA Skyrocket General Info/Root Method/Kernel/ROM Thread!

Originally Posted By:

InSaiyanone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1383464

if u have read all of the above you should now have a pretty decent understanding. of the skyrocket, and rooting , and roms,kernels,modems......

NOW ITS TIME TO PARTY GO HERE THE DEVELOPMENT SECTION http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1383464

IF YOU ACTUALLY READ THE ABOVE INFORMATION......YOU CAN FEEL CONFIDENT YOUR SAFE FROM BRICKING......aside from the rare unusual freak situation, where u did everything correct. and your phone killed itself