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Root [Sprint/Cricket] Hard Brick from liquidsmooth 2.9

Mtbsinger85

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Jul 4, 2010
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I Just flashed liquidsmooth 2.9 from the download link in xda for the sprint (yes, I have a sprint phone) galaxy s3, and when I hit reboot, the screen went black and will not turn on, will not enter recovery or download mode, and will not connect over usb. Any suggestions anyone? I'm getting ready to go down to the sprint store and have them re-activate my evo 4g, because I think that might be my only option right now.

Edit: I did a factory reset and wiped cache and dalvik cache before flashing the new rom from twrp.

Re-Edit: Found that the file I used was for an i9305 even though I clicked the download link from the sprint page on XDA, they had multiple links for multiple carriers there, and I should have paid more attention before I flashed it. Oh well.
 
Re-Edit: Found that the file I used was for an i9305 even though I clicked the download link from the sprint page on XDA, they had multiple links for multiple carriers there, and I should have paid more attention before I flashed it. Oh well.


crap, that might have borked it good...

ive only heard of the jtag fix for this. Jigs wont work because the download modem and recovery are gone. you might have some serious work ahead of you or a paperweight.

Heres a video for the I9000 version of the fix, im sure that theres another youtube vid with the version for the sprint S3

JTAG repair for Samsung I9000 Galaxy S (Unbrick, repair) - YouTube
 
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