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Help New(used) Phone. Can get to DL mode, have odin'd, still a brick...

Jtegg007

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Heres the deal, Ive had my original Epic4g for 2 years, I still love it but its worn out. I bought a new(used) one on ebay for cheap, ad said it freezes on boot and the owner couldn't fix it. sounded like a simple brick.

I received the phone, trying to turn it on loads the black SAMSUNG screen, the keys and soft touch buttons eventually light and then it freezes as such.

It will boot to download mode (1 + power) and will connect to ODIN, but Ive restored with various PIT/PDA combinations(all say Succeed 1/) but they never get a different result (will still freeze at SAMSUNG with captive keys lit).

Also, Ive tried flashing a CWM-5 .tar and cannot get it into recovery. (yields same result, frozen w/ captive keys lit).

I HAVE tried odin 1.???, odin 3.04, different USB cables and a different computer. I dont believe communication is my issue.
 
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