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mindmajick

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Am I doing things wrong if I prefer the stock rom? I just prefer something that I know is stable all I really want to do is remove bloatware, some branding and add crt.

Lol! Nope... it's all personal preference... is why I like nexusmod.

It IS the stock rom- repaired to work properly, branding removed and CRT off.

Since I've been an IT geek for 30 years, I prefer stable to bleeding edge too..

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droid512

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Wait mod everyone on here wa s talking about that same problem today and they fixed im at work right now so i can't remember where but i think its not a brick

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iandr0idos

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Hey M0D,

If your phone turns on the moment you put the battery in... you're not hardbricked. Not even close.

Your phone should not be able to turn on without the power button being pressed down. Otherwise, you have a problem much worse than that... I'm going to try to simulate a jammed power button real quick...

[UPDATE]
Yes I believe it's a jammed or shorted power button. My phone did EXACTLY what you described.

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M0D1441

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Ugh! My dad's not gonna let me exchange it, i exchanged it twice back in December for the screen lines and he said it was the last time. I'm too scared to ask for my old Samsung impression.
 

IEatKittys!

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Device turns on immediately following battery insert and boots up into the second Samsung splash screen where it takes a crap and turns off and goes into a continuous vibration seizure. Opening device and disconnecting power button to see if it concludes to something...

Hey mod. that is the exact same problem i was having. Same exact motherf**king problem. i think you should take it to a Device Support Center. Thats how i got mine fixed. all you need is the last name and last 4 digits of the account holder and they will fix it for you.

http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB91429&cv=820#fbid=-KUkcu64nEV
 

M0D1441

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Hey mod. that is the exact same problem i was having. Same exact motherf**king problem. i think you should take it to a Device Support Center. Thats how i got mine fixed. all you need is the last name and last 4 digits of the account holder and they will fix it for you.

http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB91429&cv=820#fbid=-KUkcu64nEV
Thank you! What did you do for it to get stuck? just wondering

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Take it apart and fix the power button?

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Already tried, can't really just fix it like that..
 

xcrazydx

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Hey mod. that is the exact same problem i was having. Same exact motherf**king problem. i think you should take it to a Device Support Center. Thats how i got mine fixed. all you need is the last name and last 4 digits of the account holder and they will fix it for you.

http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB91429&cv=820#fbid=-KUkcu64nEV

no, you're problem was you couldn't figure out how to use Odin.

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iandr0idos

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Thank you! What did you do for it to get stuck? just wondering

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Already tried, can't really just fix it like that..

You can. Do you have a soldering iron and solder remover? You can take off the solder, take out the button, fix it, and solder it back in.

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IEatKittys!

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no, you're problem was you couldn't figure out how to use Odin.

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Actually I do know how to use Odin. My problem was that I could not keep my phone on long enough to use Odin. It would reach the download mode screen and shut off and vibrate.

And Mod: I had my phone in my pocket as well and it froze at the lock screen. So I went to reboot and it didn't just pass the two Samsung logos and then it would shut off and just vibrate

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icenight89

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Take phone completely apart and use isoproply alcohol and carefully drip it into the power button, while pressing like crazy. Then let sit for 20 min or so and put back together.

If that doesn't work, find a bit of WD40, and with the battery removed use the red straw attachment and carefully, I'm mean CAREFULLY put a tiny amount of it into power butoon, and press like crazy.

If that doesnt work, its definitely shorted out and u gotta warranty that sucker
 

skrambled

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Mod, check inside behind the battery port block, see if any lint is bridging the connection. I bought a "bricked" phone and fixed it by blowing the lint out.

That phone would start vibrating as soon as I put the battery in though, so maybe that isn't it if you don't have this symptom.

If you can get any boot screen to come up at all you aren't hard bricked yet. Just be careful not to strip the screws if you remove the back in case you have to go warranty route (and if so go to att -- I've heard its a ***** trying to go through Sammy)

Edit: check this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1546174 Another guy there says mobiletech told him it was stuck power button...)

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In case of ics release. I can't push it through wifi can I? I don't want to miss anything mid-flight. Its a four hour flight to Washington d.c.

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M0D1441

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You can. Do you have a soldering iron and solder remover? You can take off the solder, take out the button, fix it, and solder it back in.

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It's not physically stuck, it clicks just fine. I'm a bit to worried of messing up the connections if i solder so i'm just going to do the alcohol method, if not i'll take it to the AT&T center
 
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