Epic Seems Hard Bricked; Suggestions?

[GSF1200S]

I am quite familiar with Odin in terms of attempting to restore a phone that seems bricked. I ensured I had the proper drivers installed.

When I plug the phone in (not even in download mode), the battery indicator comes up, but freezes without going to a charging animation. This leads me to believe there is no kernel on the internal memory, and thus im screwed.

When I put it into download mode (1 + power till the caution/android shoveler comes up), plugging into my computer leaves windows saying that the USB device is not recongnized. Also, Odin seems to show no sign of it being connected at all. I have tried removing the drivers, rebooting windows, installing the drivers, rebooting windows, and then connecting, but no joy. I even tried using the old update tool Samsung released for one of their updates forever ago that I had lying around, but it doesnt recognize the phone either. The phone was communicating.. cough.. earlier before I tried (and successfully ran) CyanogenMod, but after attempting to restore a CWM backup, this crap started. If I just turn on the phone, it will sit at the Samsung logo eternally, and if I try to do a 3-finger salute on bootup, it will keep going Samsung logo-->capacitive lights light up--->phone goes black--->Samsung Logo, etc. I cant get to CWM and I cant get Odin or anything else to recognize the phone. Any ideas? Looks like I might have to take this one in (I have insurance- will they be able to tell it is(was) rooted?)..

 

[Paul627g]

I really doubt it...

If you can't get into CWM then your safe because they can't tell what type of recovery your running either...

Guess you will be getting a refurb... Good luck!

 

[GSF1200S]

I really doubt it...

If you can't get into CWM then your safe because they can't tell what type of recovery your running either...

Guess you will be getting a refurb... Good luck!

Thanks. Well, this one was a refurb too, and it gave me no issues. Im almost sure it was the flashing process and not the phone. This phone was perfect; hopefully the next will be the same.

 

[Paul627g]

Hope the best 4 ya.

I don't know what the deal is but for some reason at some point these Epic's just decide to lock us out. Normally its via Odin that causes it, but I have heard of a few CWM related flash issues like yours... Worst part is Sammy techs or other related mobile phone related hard core techs have the tool that can restore the device to bring it back online but that isn't made readily available to the general public.

Well anyways I doubt its anything you could of seen coming or prevented, you've been around this ballgame long enough (I recognize the name from my ACE ROM days) that I'm sure its nothing of your own doing, just a fluke that it happened...

Grab another refurb and root it and move on

 

[GSF1200S]

Hope the best 4 ya.

I don't know what the deal is but for some reason at some point these Epic's just decide to lock us out. Normally its via Odin that causes it, but I have heard of a few CWM related flash issues like yours... Worst part is Sammy techs or other related mobile phone related hard core techs have the tool that can restore the device to bring it back online but that isn't made readily available to the general public.

Well anyways I doubt its anything you could of seen coming or prevented, you've been around this ballgame long enough (I recognize the name from my ACE ROM days) that I'm sure its nothing of your own doing, just a fluke that it happened...

Grab another refurb and root it and move on

Yeah, pretty sure I did it all the right way. I always wipe data, cache and dalvik 4 times and ensure I have backups- must be a fluke. Maybe the Sprint service center will have that tool and just reformat it in the store? Hope so, but yeah, refurb, root and move on

 

[Paul627g]

Yeah, pretty sure I did it all the right way. I always wipe data, cache and dalvik 4 times and ensure I have backups- must be a fluke. Maybe the Sprint service center will have that tool and just reformat it in the store? Hope so, but yeah, refurb, root and move on

Sprint, nah they don't have the tool... I can't remember the exact name of it but its a tool that brings the chips back online from their frozen/locked up state.

 

[GSF1200S]

Sprint, nah they don't have the tool... I can't remember the exact name of it but its a tool that brings the chips back online from their frozen/locked up state.

Yeah, they surely did not. Now begins the seemingly endless 2 day wait for a new one to come in. Hey, at least it didnt cost me anything.