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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indopilot:
I'm sure people like me can stop using the term "bricked" if you know a better term for a cell you can not use for calling, texting and using data anymore(sorry but phone u can not use for its main purpose is a brick to me). But honestly I would expect more from a senior member like u than an "advice" like that just to add an 1 extra count on your posts count. If you don't know how to or don't want to help, just say that straight away or don't reply at all. Your comment like this is not gonna help anyone and certainly no-one is gonna learn anything new from it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riso123:
What does me being "senior" have to do with it? It doesn't make me any more of a role model, doesn't earn me extra money and doesn't make my poopie smell nice...

Your phone is not bricked, it's just lacking in functionality at the moment. It's likely something that can be fixed... if it was bricked, you would have no functionality and no way to fix the device, thus making it a useless brick...

So yeah, my original post stands... your using the term, along with a lot of other people, incorrectly and it's annoying.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radeonxt:
try flashing it with stock rom for australia.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indopilot:
Well what else can I add, maybe just "thank you very much for your very useful advice, it's very much appreciated and it helped me a lot". But on a serious note now, obviously you have absolutely no idea how to help as the SAMSUNG SC does, but at least they don't try to be a smart ass and admit that straight away. Anyways my apologies to everyone who got offended by my term "brick", I should use more proper term "useless". I hope this will make you happy now so you can get a good night sleep Mr. Smart###!;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riso123:
You have been given the needed advise to fix the problem. The only reason that flashing your carrier and country brand firmware would be that your IMEI has been blocked. If your IMEI is blocked then the phone is likely a stolen unit.

What more advise do you want/need, Mr Arrogant? ;)

Edit: oh, and of course your EFS could be screwed. But again, flashing to stock would fix that too...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyana:
First if all, not all country implemented the IMEI blocking.

It requires huge resource to maintain the database.

Which country and network you are trying to use it at?

Secondly I haven't seen one method of flashing to change the boot logo like SAMSUNG SC did.

Can the Thai have done the same originally?

What is the model number under the battery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indopilot:
Sorry I have no idea about IMEI blocking - maybe it is not that common here due to huge amount of mobiles in use around here? I am in northern Thailand, trying to use it on DTAC and yesterday got 2 more SIMs to try another operators - AIS and TRUEMOVE. Even tried my czech and indonesian SIMs, without luck.

I do not know the way SAMMY SC used to change my boot logo but they did it somehow. And this morning I dropped my S3 to one of those street shops specialised in unlocking and repairing phones - they said should be no problem to fix it, left it there for an hour but they returned it to me with apologies that they reflashed what they could and tried different firmwares but no luck. And BTW they reflashed the boot logo too - now it is back to GT-I9300T(which is annoying, will go to SC again on Monday to reflash it back to I9300:)).

The model number under the battery states: GT-I9300 and SAMMY SC confirmed I9300.

And yes I am sure despite the fact the phone has been sold to me as brand new, someone must have tampered with it - I guess to unlock it or something - it was rooted and CWM was installed. As I mentioned according SAMMY SC the phone comes from french distribution, is GT-I9300 but it was TELSTRA(I think australian) branded and flashed with GT-I9300T.

And to top it up - KIES can not identify what was the original FW for this unit - after inserting the model and S/N into KIES, it just says to check the S/N again and insert the correct one. Real mistery!!!:crying:

But anyway thanks a lot for help and suggestion priyana,

Tomas
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manormachine:
Hi Tomas,

I am experiencing the same problem :( have u been able to fix your phone? If so how did you do it? I hv tried flashing so many firmwares and took it to like 10 stores without success. Imei is shown also, but sn differs from the one on the sticker. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indopilot:
Yes, the issue has been solved easily and free of charge although Sammy SC in Czech Republic and Thailand told me it is a hardware issue and motherboard has to be replaced(costs 225UDS in Thailand and 250EUR in Czech Republic). I repeat it is a lie and trick how to rip you off of some cash - it is SW issue only and I found a place where it has been fixed in less than half an hour and free of charge. Sorry, I m travelling now, will give u more details later;) Keep hope alive!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammad.ali123:
You need to visit some service centre wih SPT box.

It will make your phone functional.

But you need to remove modem before flashing roms

If you flash modem after repair you will loose signals.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indopilot:
So this issue can not be solved and I will have to stay on the same modem forever? So how can we ever update our firmware if modem can not be tampered with? It sounds like this issue bans us completely from updating our firmware:( I wanted to try other stock/modded firmwares or at least kernels but now I m afraid to touch the firmware in order not to lose signal again:'(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikola_st:
Please help me my SGS turn into brick. Only thing i can approach is download mode. Can I do something with odin or something else.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jogibush:
Hey guy, your can use darky's Resurrection package (just Google that name). After flashing that package, your phone should reboot the normal way, but it keeps up to 10 minutes (be patient).

Now you can flash any rooted stock Rom like jw5 and upgrade to cm9 with the latest cm9 nightly ;)

Try a JB Rom if you want the smoothest way to use your phone :)

Best regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikola_st:
thank you, it worked!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itm:
When I connect my S3 to my Windows XP laptop it connects as a media device, showing only 2 folders - data and media. When I connnect to a Windows 7 desktop I can access both the internal and external SD cards as storage devices - which is what I want to do on the laptop.

Is there any way that I can get full access to my phone's SD card from a Windows XP machine?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnbasarir:
I'd suggest trying to install KIES for the drivers and see if that helps
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Or search for the SaMSUNG usb DRIVERS .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itm:
I had already installed the Samsung USB driver, so that wasn't the issue. I've now installed Kies, but that seems to have made things worse - I now get an error installing the hardware device when I plug the phone in, and the laptop can't see it at all :0(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwchips:
Really? It is my understanding that stock s3 does not support usb mass storage, only mtp (which is why you see it appear as a media device). You can download easy usb mass storage from the s3 android apps forum to enable mass storage mode (requires root and busybox), but only for the external sd card. As the internal sd card is a single partition mounting it in windows would render the device unusable. Could you elaborate on how you are achieving this in win7,and what you are running on your s3 (firmware, rooted etc)?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itm:
There was no special setup on Win7. I'm running Win7 Enterprise and did not manually install either Kies or a Samsung driver - I just plugged the phone in. The phone is rooted, and running CheckROM 3.5. It is listed as a media player, but shows the internal SD card as "Phone" and the external card as "Card". Now if only I could get XP to do something similar.

Will investigate easy usb mass storage....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwchips:
Thanks for the speedy clarification. If you went into either phone or card could you see non-media files (e.g zip files)? I think you may be running in mtp mode on both machines, and I think you can only see media files in mtp mode. However I am definitely no expert or developer.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itm:
Yes I'm running MTP mode. The only other option is Camera (PTP). On the Win7 machine I can see all files and directories - it behaves just like a mass storage device.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
MTP mode

Connected via Samsung USB cable to Win 7 PC.+ drivers installed

Open My Computer

Open GT-i9300

Two drives Phone and SD card exactly the same as in USB mass storage mode .

Cut Paste Copy Delete all the normal functions on all the user folders .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwchips:
Yeah I just plugged my phone in to test and can see non-media files in mtp mode. I'm sure it has drawbacks but I'm afraid I can't remember them lol. I know the positive points for mtp is the phone can still access the card, and media files will be formatted to the optimum file type when you transfer them (for example movies will be re encoded to native resolution).

I'm afraid I've reached the limit of my knowledge in this area and don't think I can be of any more assistance. The best I can advise is use easy usb to access the external sd card on your xp machine, and research the limitations of mtp mode, and how xp handles mtp.

Edit: after some brief research it seems you need windows media player 10 or higher for mtp to work on xp, although I seriously doubt you have an older version. Also as you are rooted you could install Solid Explorer Beta from the play store (free) and browse the file system via wifi by pressing menu key and selecting file sharing from within the app.

I'm now officially out of ideas :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InfX:
Do you have the latest service pack installed on XP (sp3), as well as as latest windows media player? The XP MTP support comew with one of those, i don't remember which one, though. Wouldn't hurt to have both anyway.

PS: Those recommending Kies should think again! It has NOTHING to do with it and its a piece of cr^H^H^H bloatware.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] right7left:
Hi,

It is very annoying that screen will wake when I plugged/unplugged/charge my phone.

I have saw this function in other ROM, but is it possible to make a flashable zip so I can use it with other ROM?

Thanks for any help~
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
Hey guys, I can't seem to flash a kernel via fastboot.

Here's my info

Phone : Xperia Mini Pro

Root : Rooted

Bootloader : Unlocked

Android Version : 2.3.4 (but have tried with 4.0.4 too)

USB debugging on

MSC mode activated

Unknown souces : checked

LOG :

17/012/2012 14:12:13 - INFO - FASTBOOT Output:

sending 'boot' (4926 KB)...

FAILED (remote: Unrecognized command, bork!)

finished. total time: 0.000s

I'm trying to install CM9, I extracted boot.img

fastboot detects device but fails when trying to flash

Any ideas please?

(if you need more info, more than welcome)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] SS-4050:
Try to redownload the kernel,Maybe that will work Or try to use Flashtool to flash the kernel :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
I've tried several different kernels and I've tried with flashtool and Command Prompt :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] SS-4050:
Do you have tried to install other kernel?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
yeah i've tried to flash different kernels but still the same problem :/
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] daydu19:
which method you are using?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] xdevilium:
Try with my tool' in my signature
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
Did you unlock your bootloader via sony or via testpoint method?

Have you checked *#*#7378423#*#* and then Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status. If Bootloader unlock allowed says Yes, it's another problem...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
To all the ppl who replied before - Did you even read the log?

"Unrecognized command"

You need to use the following command:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

or

fastboot -i 0x0fce flash boot boot.img
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
But normally it should have worked, cause with flashtool it should work. Doesn't flashtool do same command like

fastboot flash boot boot.img

?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] eltonpestana:
I believe it is a problem with your controller manager kernel. This can occur because of a problem with the remote connections with the driver files. Try flashing your ROM STOCK then do root and then try to apply the kernel
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
Sorry guys I've been away for a while so I've kinda had to put this on the back burner. but I'm back now :)

@daydu19

I've tried both methods, Flashtool and through Command Prompt using

fastboot flash boot boot.img

&

fastboot -i 0x0fce flash boot boot.img

but no joy

EDIT: I can't unlock my phone with testpoint because of the new securities, my phone is "12W27" :/

@mihahn

I'm not quite sure how I unlocked it I tried several ways, testpoint & sony, the weird thing is that I didn't think that either of them worked but I'm able to flash FTF files with flashtool and also Flashtool says that my bootloader is already unlocked...

Loader : S1_Loader_Root_773f - Version : R4A066 / Bootloader status : ROOTED

And lastly

It says that it is allowed

@xdevilium

Thanks, I'll try this out and let you know if that helps :)

EDIT: Nope, doesn't work either :(

@eltonpestana

I've flashed my device multiple times back to stock to 2.3.4 and 4.0.4, they're FTF files that I found on here but that was the only way I managed to get my phone to work again, When I tried flashing the kernels through fastboot, it came up the errors I mentioned and by so Bricked my phone...

The one thing I haven't tried yet is to use Sony PC companion to "reset" my phone (mainly due to my painfully slow internet connection) but I'm not sure that will do much good seeing as it will restore it to 4.0.4 making it impossible to root and I'll end up having to flash the other FTF again.. no?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
is it possible to download a custom kernel as a FTF file and then flash it rather than going through fastboot?

because I can flash the stock kernels (that are in the FTF files) that I got
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
Worst case scenario are there any good ICS ROMS that will work with the stock kernel?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Deleted member 4736004:
Try flashing stock ftf and then it should get work done.

---------- Post added at 05:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:51 PM ----------

Apparently not . But cm 7.2 works with stock kernel.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
I've already tried :/

thanks, CM 7.2 is gingerbread though, ICS is nicer
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
anyone?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Mikeboss71:
Heres the new log

C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\fastboot>fastboot devices

YT9001KGWM&ZLP fastboot

C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\fastboot>fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img

sending 'boot' (4926 KB)...

FAILED (remote: Unrecognized command, bork!)

finished. total time: 0.001s

C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\fastboot>fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img

sending 'boot' (4926 KB)...

(bootloader) USB download speed was 2505kB/s

OKAY [ 2.030s]

writing 'boot'...

FAILED (remote: Unrecognized command, bork!)

finished. total time: 2.032s

C:\Users\Mike\Desktop\fastboot>fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img

sending 'boot' (4926 KB)...

(bootloader) Flash of partition 'boot' requested

(bootloader) S1 partID 0x00000003, block 0x00000280-0x000002e3

(bootloader) Erase operation complete, 0 bad blocks encountered

(bootloader) Flashing...

(bootloader) Flash operation complete

FAILED (unknown status code)

finished. total time: 1.005s
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] seamo123:
I wonder can anyone help me with this? I recently unlocked my bootloader (with wotanserver.com - test point method) and have since been trying out new kernels.

Unfortunately, I've had some problems with Sirkay's Advanced Stock .587 Kernel when I flash it. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1544513

I followed his flashing with flashtool instructions (standard procedure). My phone appears to boot up as normal at first, (the kernel's preinstalled CWM recovery works too) but after the initial boot logo & brightening screen that indicates CWM is present - the screen then just goes black with white LED on (with screen backlight v. slightly on) and nothing else happens, i.e. the phone is well and truly stuck.

The end result is that I have to flash back to the kernel I was previously using. There's nothing in the Flashtool log to suggest any problem with the flashing either, and there's been no problem flashing any .img or .sin files until now - so I assume I have all the correct drivers etc.

Am I overlooking something obvious here? Would be very glad to someone's opinion, this is driving me nuts!

Device: ST18i (unlocked bootloader)

ROM version: Iced Bean 2.1 [.587] - Can be used with any kernel (according to the author)

Baseband version: .77
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] adityam533:
hey its cheerfull day .can anyone think y, no.i also dont believe,,i have galaxy s3 now...
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] SohamJ:
what is the meaning of posting about your new device ? xda is about sharing and discussion about android not showoff :(
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Aspire:
lol, 'gratz
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] adityam533:
i m not the guy as u think. i am just expressing my hapinesss. nor i am doing any show off ...
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] TeeJay3800:
Congrats on your new device, but this really isn't the place for such things and has nothing to do with the Fit. Closed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] herbiehusker2608:
I am running synergy and I would like to remove back up plus? I thought if I unchecked everything it would not run. It's annoying!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jubakuba:
I'm not sure (GNex owner, or I'd test) but you SHOULD be able to disable the application in the PhoneSettings>Apps tab.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ssgunner20:
I tried that and it doesnt work. Keep getting the cloud icon every time i take a new picture. Very annoying.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddggttff3:
sign into your account online, go to line features, and disable it. I did, and it completely disabled all backups.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SiXandSeven8ths:
Remove app through Titanium Backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ssgunner20:
Thanks. Just did that right now.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amace04:
Hi folks, I just got a Rogers Nexus S 1020a off a buddy that is hopefully just soft-bricked. It won't boot past the Google logo. I can however get into the 'unlock bootloader?' screen, but I am not given the option to unlock it. I can get into recovery, but a factory reset does not fix the problem.

Can anybody offer any suggestions? Is there a one-click stock recovery method that works without actually being able to boot up the device?

When trying to run the ADB command to unlock it, I get "The program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing"
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayjay3333:
So the bootloader is unlocked? Is recovery CWM or TWRP or stock?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amace04:
Sorry... Is locked, completely stock. I'm going it's now hardware failure, but I can get into bootloader which leads me to believe is a soft brick

**EDIT***

I got it booted, took a little playing around. I can't get Windows to recognize it though. Can't run the one-click root, won't recognize adb commands. Can't do a factory wipe.

What do you think? Device a goner? Any way to save it?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] flinkisme:
Hiya,

I just replaced the flash on my G2. I bought it from KR-Net on ebay for USD$6. They sent me the tiny replacement board and even included the tools I needed to take apart the back of the phone and pop the case.

From getting the envelope to having my phone back to 100% was about 15 minutes.

Anyone who can turn a screwdriver can do this fix. :D
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] C_Adamanteus:
I've had several occasions where my flash stopped working, and all it took was a reboot. I would check if it's that before doing any hardware adjustments.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] flinkisme:
Mine was definitely dead. I went through the obvious checks.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] C_Adamanteus:
That must have been frustrating. Atleast it all turned out well.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] flinkisme:
It was very frustrating. I don't take many pictures, but I used a flashlight app almost on a daily basis, as well as Instant Heart Rate Monitor. I thought about replacing only the LED, but I never read of anyone having a part number or of anyone who had replaced the LED.

It turns out that the LED is a miniscule SMD version on a very tiny PCB.

It honestly couldn't have been easier. True, I did need a magnifying glass, but that's only because my eyes are somewhat past their prime ;)

Just three tiny torx screws and a plastic prybar (I think a guitar pick would also work) and the back case was off. Then I gently peeled up a bit of sticky copper that shields part of the board and the board pops right out.

I have learned my lesson: Don't use the LED Flashlight on the HIGH function, when the low beam is enough.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] agazza:
yeah everything you have to change, speaker and so forth are really easy on these, a plastic knife and 3 screws and you can access the things that break first, and they are cheap as hell to
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] fermunky:
I also replaced my flash recently. Was using the flash as a light when building a friend's new PC, but I sat it down with it on super-bright mode and forgot. About 20 minutes later, I picked the phone up and saw that it thought the light was on.

It may not have been the same eBay seller, but I got the same thing, for around 7 bucks, got the replacement light, "soft opening" tool to crack the case open, and the torx screw driver needed. I think they even sent me a tiny phillips screw driver, but was not needed.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] natabbotts:
Bookmarked, if I ever need it. Thanks so much!
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] virtualflyer:
My only problem is the void adhesive (can't recall the right word in english) on the screw...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] JDogg1329:
I've noticed that the LED on the G2 (Or DZ if it makes a difference) is very bright, the brightest LED I've ever seen on a phone (On deathray mode, or high brightness mode on the torch app), is the replacement LED just as bright? Not that it really matters much but I'm just curious. Also how often did you use the LED and how long till it died?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] alarmdude9:
Do you happen to know of somewhere that shows how to open the back case of the phone? I have some dust or something on my lens and can't figure it out.

Sent from my G2 running the random rom of the day.