I feel ya brother....I feel ya.
Today I soft-bricked my phone which led me to soft brick in my pants, but I fixed it and hopefully you will too with these helpful methods....
Just like in my favorite show in the world, Doctor Who, we're gonna have to travel back in time to ED1. I tried many things and at best they left phone half crippled. This brought it back to health.
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The
Samsung PST Lite zip (z7 to be exact, get WinRar to open it) contains zips within zips.
Unzip everything, with the exception of your pants...unless you're alone.
Go into the
"USB Drivers" folder and install the
"VIA" drivers. If your computer keeps giving you a security warning, keep pressing "install anyway" until it's done. It may happen A LOT, but keep doing it. Then install the Samsung drivers if you don't already have them....if you're not sure, try to install them anyway...if it says they're already installed then hit "NO" or cancel or whatever the **** it says.
NOW...go to the
PST DLL folder (remember, UNZIP EVERYTHING) and then click on the blue
Installshied icon to install the program.
Here's EXACTLY what I did. A lot of these posters leave out some commonly known (amongst those who know) little steps. I am a moron when it comes to this, so I will give moron-proof steps (not saying that
you're a moron).
Take out your battery...take out your SD Card....take out your LTE Sim card. Wipe that single tear that happens to well up while looking at your phone in intensive care, and BUCK UP and get to work.
Take your little micro
USB cable, plug it into your computer and then into your phone.
Hold the "volume button" down until a yellow triangle appears with a little yellow Android guy (I think he's digging with a shovel) telling you that you're in
"Download Mode" and don't disconnect the target. Let go of the volume button and
put the battery back in.
Now follow steps 8 - 16 from this guy...he's got a couple of pictures too.
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That should be it there, sizzle chest.
It was quite the learning experience.
