I just bricked my phone...

[Original Poster]

I was trying to root my phone for a project and uni ... and something went wrong...my phone is now a brick... is there anyway I can fix this?

"firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please elect recovery mode in Kies & try again"

[Brandon H Supervisor]

samsung i take it from the message about Kies

do you get any options when connecting it to Kies?

[Haggis Veteran]

what phone and what were u flashing?

[Original Poster]

It is a samsung Gs3

using this

http://www.ibtimes.com/how-root-samsung-galaxy-s3-i747m-android-411-jelly-bean-umbll1-official-firmware-tutorial-1008726

I am about to plug it into kies ... buttt lets see if it does anything :/ ried it on mates laptop did nothing

[Haggis Veteran]

ok and what stage did u get to?

[Original Poster]

ok and what stage did u get to?

well it started to root then it froze on rooting and now im just stuck

[Brandon H Supervisor]

if you do get it unbricked I'd use this to root it your next attempt http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1979290

[TheLegendOfMart]

You'll have to use ODIN, the Samsung flashing tool.

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-recover-a-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s3-50009490/

You probably won't have clockworkmod installed but its basically the same operation.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

^ what he said

these instructions should un-brick it for you

[MillionVoltss]

http://androidforums.com/Very helpful Android forums. Android is really robust and unlikely bricked.

[Original Poster]

^ what he said

these instructions should un-brick it for you

you sir have given me hope ... if this works I will have your ass babies O.o

[TheLegendOfMart]

Of course it works, modern phones are pretty much impossible to brick just by flashing ROMs or rooting, as long as you can access "download mode" which none of these ROMs or Recovery Images touch then you can always return it back to stock firmware.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

Of course it works, modern phones are pretty much impossible to brick just by flashing ROMs or rooting, as long as you can access "download mode" which none of these ROMs or Recovery Images touch then you can always return it back to stock firmware.

very much so. samsung's got a good system with Odin :)

[Original Poster]

Of course it works, modern phones are pretty much impossible to brick just by flashing ROMs or rooting, as long as you can access "download mode" which none of these ROMs or Recovery Images touch then you can always return it back to stock firmware.

well i know its possible! but I barely know the steps of rooting a phone let alone resetting it up! i just needed someone to show me the way its impossible if i just had to guess I was searching around for a jelly bean cryogen mod to try and port it as its the only thing I knew of

[YanksOnTop]

As long as you can get back into download mode, youre fine. Just bust out odin and download the factory rom from xda and youre golden.

Heres a great video showing all the steps to root or unroot.

[articuno1au]

I will have your ass babies O.o

Quoted for great justice

[javagreen]

I will have your ass babies O.o

What is an ass baby? O.o

[Brandon H Supervisor]

What is an ass baby? O.o

don't ask xD

[Luc2k]

What is an ass baby? O.o

1. A medical term used to describe a child that was conceived by anal sex and/or birthed through the anal cavity.

2. A human so hideous that only an ass could have produced such a thing.

Dora gave birth to a beautiful ass baby boy last night.

Carrot Top is an ass baby.

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[Original Poster]

well... its kind of fixed... its loading up my service providers logo and samsungs but freezes there??

[Detection]

What is an ass baby? O.o

At a guess I would say it is similar to the "Anal Dwelling Butt Monkey" from Bruce Almighty, only human :laugh:

[Original Poster]

don't ask xD

fix! .... took me many hours but I did it O.o got all my data still as well

[javagreen]

don't ask xD

1. A medical term used to describe a child that was conceived by anal sex and/or birthed through the anal cavity.

2. A human so hideous that only an ass could have produced such a thing.

Dora gave birth to a beautiful ass baby boy last night.

Carrot Top is an ass baby.

Brought to you by UrbanDictionary.

At a guess I would say it is similar to the "Anal Dwelling Butt Monkey" from Bruce Almighty, only human :laugh:

Damn :laugh:

[Open Minded]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703488

Download the SGS3 toolkit. Made rooting and flashing a new ROM (for a friend) so easy. If you own an SGS3, this is a must have.

[+jamwheat Subscriber²]

Gee, makes me wonder what can be done with an old Samsung Gem phone!