Hay Guys, I have bricked my friends Galaxy S5 SM-G900A.
He handed over it to me to fix the multiple reboots it was taking and was unable to start properly.
I thought it was a common problem of bootloader so i searched for a BL file in the androidfilehost and ODIN flashed it on the BL section but thereafter the phone is totally dead and does not start at all.
I don't know what to do, Is there any thing like short circuiting kind of thing like it was there for LG G2.
I believe the only way to fix that is to flash the correct Bootloader. You did not mention if the phone is rooted, stock, android/software version, etc. Someone could probably find the correct file for you, just give us the details!
johnkirchner said:
I believe the only way to fix that is to flash the correct Bootloader. You did not mention if the phone is rooted, stock, android/software version, etc. Someone could probably find the correct file for you, just give us the details!
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Thanks, the phone is just all dead, it doesn't boot at all. BTW it was not rooted, it was on official Marshmallow 6.0 and it is an AT&T S5. Thanks by they way for your interest. Some body told me it needs to be jtaged kinda thing.
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talvigi said:
Thanks, the phone is just all dead, it doesn't boot at all. BTW it was not rooted, it was on official Marshmallow 6.0 and it is an AT&T S5. Thanks by they way for your interest. Some body told me it needs to be jtaged kinda thing.
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Flash this: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862703384 onto an SD CARD with at least 300MB space (THIS WILL WIPE THE CARD!!) with win32diskimager.
Then just pop the SD Card into the phone and you'll be able to boot into Download Mode
AptLogic said:
Flash this: onto an SD CARD with at least 300MB space (THIS WILL WIPE THE CARD!!) with win32diskimager.
Then just pop the SD Card into the phone and you'll be able to boot into Download Mode
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Hey, same problem happened to my G900FQ s5. Where can i find a debrick.img for that?
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Hey, I was updating my rogers captivate through the kies software from 2.2 to 2.3 and the software stopped at 34% for 2 hours...so I quit the program and unplugged my phone. When I reset the battery, and turned on my phone, there is a weird pc!phone icon and I cant get the phone to work. I am not sure what I should do now... I never rooted the phone or added any custom ROMs to it. And my 1 year warranty is up. Please help and thanks!
You are soft bricked. If none of the methods found here work to get in to dl mode you need a jig. Don't ever use kies.
i can get into dl mode, but i have no clue what to do with it :S
You can send it for warranty since it broke with kies (assuming you don't mod it). Or fix it yourself with ODIN.
is there a guide that I can follow to address this problem?
Nope, there are definitely no guides to help on this site.
^lol 10char
Thanks for the links, but they didn't really help me with the problem because I wasn't able to follow some of the steps. I can't boot up my phone to put the rom inside the internal drive. I have basically the same problem as this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395437. I can go into download mode, but not recovery mode. May you give me a bit more of a guide on where I should start/follow? thanks!
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Thanks for the links, but they didn't really help me with the problem because I wasn't able to follow some of the steps. I can't boot up my phone to put the rom inside the internal drive. I have basically the same problem as this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395437. I can go into download mode, but not recovery mode. May you give me a bit more of a guide on where I should start/follow? thanks!
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holy fk!
seriously?!
did you bother reading those links?
not one of the 3 required any usage of putting a zip file on the phone, and every one of them is how to recover using download mode
SMFH.......
2. Find a neat-o ROM from Captivate Development Section and get it onto your internal SD card (the one you cant remove) download using phone internet browser or download and copy to phone using PC.
thats from the 3rd link... and the first link were just the ROMs for that...
The 2nd link is telling me to download this APN app(no clue what its for) from the market... I don't want to jump at any steps if I am unsure of any of them...
GTFO! said:
2. Find a neat-o ROM from Captivate Development Section and get it onto your internal SD card (the one you cant remove) download using phone internet browser or download and copy to phone using PC.
thats from the 3rd link... and the first link were just the ROMs for that...
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The 2nd link is telling me to download this APN app(no clue what its for) from the market... I don't want to jump at any steps if I am unsure of any of them...
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so what you are saying is that you are incapable of comprehending the DOWNLOAD mode and the ONE CLICKS to get you back to stock so that you could load a rom???
i mean, cmon, you have to learn how to educate yourself a little bit. nobody here is going to hold your fkng hand and spoonfeed you this info....
there is literally a PLETHORA of knowledge on these forums, all you have to do is learn and try to UNDERSTAND what it is telling you to do. Not just blindly follow some tutorial/walkthrough/video that doesnt explain WHAT you are doing.....
this site does not exist as support for stupidity or laziness. it is here to HELP people that are willing to HELP THEMSELVES.....
Don't know what is the big issue. You want to go to STOCK not flash a rom. Just follow the instruction of the 3rd link until step 10. Done finish stock. If its a 1 click its even easier. There are a ton of stickies. Flashing can screw up your phone if you don't know what you are doing.
Edit: PirateGhost beat me to it....
if i was a noob, and i just 'bricked' my phone doing something stupid, yes, i would panic. i would search google, which would bring me here to xda and i would search and figure out what i needed to do. this is because i do not need anyone holding my hand for anything. but before discounting anyone's assistance it would behoove me to do a little damn research and by the power of deduction realize what it is EXACTLY that i need to do.....
Okay, so I followed the 3rd guide and I am stuck on step 13 for the odin method. I cannot find a ROM inside Onix Recovery, so can I download any ROM and put it into the EXTERNAL sd card? or does it have to be inside the INTERNAL sd? because I cannot access the internal sd card. Also, is it normal for my phone to have the AT&T World Phone logo at boot? because I am from Rogers...and not AT&T. Will this affect my phone in the future? thanks
You just wanted stock WHY are you using recovery?
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Okay, so I followed the 3rd guide and I am stuck on step 13 for the odin method. I cannot find a ROM inside Onix Recovery, so can I download any ROM and put it into the EXTERNAL sd card? or does it have to be inside the INTERNAL sd? because I cannot access the internal sd card. Also, is it normal for my phone to have the AT&T World Phone logo at boot? because I am from Rogers...and not AT&T. Will this affect my phone in the future? thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979133
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Odin doesn't even detect my phone for some reason...normally it would say something when my phone connects or disconnects...
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You just wanted stock WHY are you using recovery?
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The phone still wasn't working at that point...
Then you are doing something wrong..... Go in to download mode connect to comp with ODIN open and flash the package. Profit.
So, bought my Note 3 when my contract was up on my Note 2.
Played with it for about a week, then decided to re-root like I did on my Note 2.
Downloaded the Kingo root, as it looked the simplest and then installed safestrap to eventually look at a rom.
Booted Safestrap into recovery, then set my phone next to me and started watching Role Models again. I must have layed on my phone weird or hit some buttons. Because only a Galaxy Note 3 screen is up with a big CUSTOM at the bottom.
Not too sure what I did, but I have tried almost every method of recovery to get the thing working again. So far, we are at hour 12 and I am at a complete loss. Every method either fails or says it worked, all to the same end. My phone will go to either the Download (Odin) screen, Recovery or the GN3 Logo.
Did I (literally) accidentally brick my phone? Or is this fixable?
Was your phone on 4.3 JB or 4.4.2 Latest AT&T KK? Which version of SS did you install? 3.72 or 3.71? Have you tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715 ? Or this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707555 ?
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Was your phone on 4.3 JB or 4.4.2 Latest AT&T KK? Which version of SS did you install? 3.72 or 3.71? Have you tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715 ? Or this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707555 ?
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Phone was 4.3, Safestrap 3.72. The Hedimall option failed for me dozens of times so I gave up on that. I will try this other method in the morning.
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Phone was 4.3, Safestrap 3.72. The Hedimall option failed for me dozens of times so I gave up on that. I will try this other method in the morning.
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There is your problem. "4.3, Safestrap 3.72". it shoulda been 3.71 man. 3.72 is for KK. If the heimdall fails, then you need to reinstall the two packages (86x and 64x) ones and reboot your pc. Same exact thing happened to me and that fixed it. The other method will definitely work(or hopefully) ask op (@mutantblack). He's very helpful. Make sure you use 3.71 SS If you're on 4.3 JB.
Sent from my SM-N900A
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There is your problem. "4.3, Safestrap 3.72". it shoulda been 3.71 man. 3.72 is for KK. If the heimdall fails, then you need to reinstall the two packages (86x and 64x) ones and reboot your pc. Same exact thing happened to me and that fixed it. The other method will definitely work(or hopefully) ask op (@mutantblack). He's very helpful. Make sure you use 3.71 SS If you're on 4.3 JB.
Sent from my SM-N900A
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I'm not sure what it means by load everything on to your external SD card. My computer doesn't detect my phone at all.
Use K-Alzawayed's first link. Follow the instructions explicitly. Use a card reader if you can't connect the phone to the computer, but first make sure you've installed the Samsung Driver on your computer.
Once you've done that you'll be on MJ5. Root the phone and turn the AT&T update app off. (You can use Link2SD to freeze it.) Then install Safestrap 3.71 and install some 4.3 ROMs. (Be careful - there are 4.3 and 4.4.2 apps here in the development thread.)
You'll probably also need to reset to MJ5 again (and allow the phone to keep updating) if you ever want the official 4.4.3 update. (I wouldn't take the 4.4.2 - unless you have a specific need for it - too many bugs for my taste, although my wife's N3 doesn't seem to have any problems.)
As far as the Custom lock, Xposed and the Wanam module will fix that - Wanam has a checkbox in the Security hacks section to set the phone back to show that it's stock (even though it's not).
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Use K-Alzawayed's first link. Follow the instructions explicitly. Use a card reader if you can't connect the phone to the computer, but first make sure you've installed the Samsung Driver on your computer.
Once you've done that you'll be on MJ5. Root the phone and turn the AT&T update app off. (You can use Link2SD to freeze it.) Then install Safestrap 3.71 and install some 4.3 ROMs. (Be careful - there are 4.3 and 4.4.2 apps here in the development thread.)
You'll probably also need to reset to MJ5 again (and allow the phone to keep updating) if you ever want the official 4.4.3 update. (I wouldn't take the 4.4.2 - unless you have a specific need for it - too many bugs for my taste, although my wife's N3 doesn't seem to have any problems.)
As far as the Custom lock, Xposed and the Wanam module will fix that - Wanam has a checkbox in the Security hacks section to set the phone back to show that it's stock (even though it's not).
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So I've gotta put my MicroSD inside the computer and load everything on there? Then back in phone and try again? I read about 10 pages of that thread and nobody covered it.
burke9688 said:
So I've gotta put my MicroSD inside the computer and load everything on there? Then back in phone and try again? I read about 10 pages of that thread and nobody covered it.
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Yes, use a card reader to insert your external sd card in then plug into your computer then transfer whatever files you're asked to transfer to the SD card in that thread then after done, put your sd card back into your phone then go ahead with the process. I wish I had some time to chat with you on hangouts to walk you through it. I swear I'd get you back and running.
Sent from my SM-N900A
K-Alzwayed said:
Yes, use a card reader to insert your external sd card in then plug into your computer then transfer whatever files you're asked to transfer to the SD card in that thread then after done, put your sd card back into your phone then go ahead with the process. I wish I had some time to chat with you on hangouts to walk you through it. I swear I'd get you back and running.
Sent from my SM-N900A
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Everything is done, I haven't posted until now because it's my girlfriend's 21st birthday. Everything is running, I flashed a few roms on separate rom files via that SafeStrap. Turns out I DID have the wrong version. I appreciate the help. I ended up running to Walmart and buying an 8gb Samsung card and loaded everythingo n there then back on to my phone. From there, everything started working perfectly. Though, it did completely wipe my 128gb sd card with almost 20gb of photos and videos from the last two years. But, that's fine. I didn't like half of that stuff anyways.
Thank you again for the help. I purchased the XDA premium app on my phone to try and give back a little to the community.
ALL IS GOOD!!! My Note 3 is ballin' again. I also bought 2 Hard Bricked phones (in the same situation as mine) on Craiglist today for 120 a pop. Got the both of them running and I'm flipping them for 600ea tomorrow. I'll hopefully be able to send some of that back to the website that gave me the means to fix broken phones.
Thank you again man, such simplicity in the fixing but it made all the difference.
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Everything is done, I haven't posted until now because it's my girlfriend's 21st birthday. Everything is running, I flashed a few roms on separate rom files via that SafeStrap. Turns out I DID have the wrong version. I appreciate the help. I ended up running to Walmart and buying an 8gb Samsung card and loaded everythingo n there then back on to my phone. From there, everything started working perfectly. Though, it did completely wipe my 128gb sd card with almost 20gb of photos and videos from the last two years. But, that's fine. I didn't like half of that stuff anyways.
Thank you again for the help. I purchased the XDA premium app on my phone to try and give back a little to the community.
ALL IS GOOD!!! My Note 3 is ballin' again. I also bought 2 Hard Bricked phones (in the same situation as mine) on Craiglist today for 120 a pop. Got the both of them running and I'm flipping them for 600ea tomorrow. I'll hopefully be able to send some of that back to the website that gave me the means to fix broken phones.
Thank you again man, such simplicity in the fixing but it made all the difference.
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Man, I'm so glad you're back and running. I know the feelings. It happened to me before and I got helped by @jerrycoffman45 and after swore and promised him that I'll always pass It on to however goes through the same. No problem at all. Again, I'm so glad you're good now. Keep slangin them note 3's off of Craiglist
Sent from my SM-N900A
Questions and help issues belong in Q&A and help sections
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*edited* There was a question here about restoring from a bad brick from mixing up KK and JB files/roms. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701062 saved my ass. Please ignore.
Ok ladies and Gents I have a problem that is driving me crazy. I have an ATT branded note 3 unlocked bought it a few weeks ago everything is working perfect phone is flawless. The Firmware version was MJ5. So I did the ota to NB4 now I'm pulling my hair out because this phone is acting retarded. Touch wiz is always crashing, My sd card slot will not read any micro sd card (I Have 5 micro sd cards of different sizes from 1gb to 32gb) I just want to flash this thing back to normal and I can not find anything on re flashing this phone. Contacting att is not an option they are not my service provider neither did I purchase the phone from them so please do not refer me to them. Any information will help.
You can follow this thread to restore to mj5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
440bro said:
You can follow this thread to restore to mj5.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
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Just tried to downgrade back to MJ5 just bricked my phone. Its stuck on the boot logo. I wish it was like my TMO s3 just flash the original Rom good to go, any info will help remember sd card slot is not reading
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Just tried to downgrade back to MJ5 just bricked my phone. Its stuck on the boot logo. I wish it was like my TMO s3 just flash the original Rom good to go, any info will help remember sd card slot is not reading
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That's not bricked. Just follow the instructions to T
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That's not bricked. Just follow the instructions to T
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Your right well I got it working I actually upgraded to kitkat but I still cannot mount my sd card I have no idea what the problem is it was working fine a few weeks ago and now it stopped working.
Ok so I rooted my phone and its rooted at&t us. when i go to recover i don't see any back up options,every time i flash from my sd card it wipes my phone out iv'e flashed roms on my old phone so its not like i don't know what i'm doing. can anyone help am i doing something wrong that's why it's not flashing thanks in advance.
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Ok so I rooted my phone and its rooted at&t us. when i go to recover i don't see any back up options,every time i flash from my sd card it wipes my phone out iv'e flashed roms on my old phone so its not like i don't know what i'm doing. can anyone help am i doing something wrong that's why it's not flashing thanks in advance.
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What recovery are you using, and what are you trying to flash?
I have rom manger and twarp none of them seem to be working I tried superuser from rom manger wont work also used unity rom every time i flash it wipes it out and i cant flash a backup cause theirs no option
tdogin said:
I have rom manger and twarp none of them seem to be working I tried superuser from rom manger wont work also used unity rom every time i flash it wipes it out and i cant flash a backup cause theirs no option
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Well I'm taking it you haven't read up too much on the status of the S5 for AT&T and Verizon, but the bootloader is locked and encrypted with no known workaround so you can't flash a custom recovery.
The only option for recovery is Safestrap. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2794087
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Ok so I rooted my phone and its rooted at&t us. when i go to recover i don't see any back up options,every time i flash from my sd card it wipes my phone out iv'e flashed roms on my old phone so its not like i don't know what i'm doing. can anyone help am i doing something wrong that's why it's not flashing thanks in advance.
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You really need to do a lot more reading I'm not being rude but by what you're posting leads me to believe you've jumped into the AT&T S5 and didn't know what you were getting into. Every device is completely different. If I were you I'd try to do quite a bit more research before going any further before you brick your device I'd start here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2697270
"You stay classy San Diego"
Sent from my XKRom Gold LimiTed powered A900G
Hey guys!*
First time posting on this site but I'm hoping you guys can help!
I have a Note 3 N900AUCUEOC2 5.0 Lollipop version.
My ultimate goal is to root my Note 3. Since in the past I have rooted my old phones and love it. But with the Note 3, specially the N900a 5.0 lollipop version, it seems hardest to get accurate root instructions for.*
After days of searching over many forums, I came to the conclusion that I need to flash my version (using Odin) Lollipop 5.0 OC2 back to Kitkat 4.4 NC2 and then from there I can use Towel Root to root my device and then upgrade to 5.0 again. So I thought..?
First of all, I backed up all my contacts and apps and everything using Easy Back Up. To my ext SD card an then I removed my ext SD card for safe keeping. Then I downloaded the required (working) Odin N900AUCUCNC2 files. Which was 4 separate files. I then put my phone into Odin Mode and connected to PC and ran Odin with the files selected. Everything went smooth, passed and my phone rebooted.. of course I was expecting a full factory reset with the new version. But when I check the version it says I'm still on 5.0??? And I even tried to fire up Towel Root and it won't even let me go to the site anymore and gives me a 404 error messege. All other sites seem to work tho.
Also to confuse things more, I turned off my phone and put my SD card back in to retrieve my back up and everything else on it. But... there's nothing there! It's complete wiped clean! Which doesn't make sense since I didn't have it inside my phone during the flashing progress.*
So now I basically flashed my phone for nothing and lost all my data in the process.*
I thought I was more computer savy than this but I guess this one stumped me and I could really use your guys help.*
Where did I go wrong and how can I fix it?
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Hey guys!*
First time posting on this site but I'm hoping you guys can help!
I have a Note 3 N900AUCUEOC2 5.0 Lollipop version.
My ultimate goal is to root my Note 3. Since in the past I have rooted my old phones and love it. But with the Note 3, specially the N900a 5.0 lollipop version, it seems hardest to get accurate root instructions for.*
After days of searching over many forums, I came to the conclusion that I need to flash my version (using Odin) Lollipop 5.0 OC2 back to Kitkat 4.4 NC2 and then from there I can use Towel Root to root my device and then upgrade to 5.0 again. So I thought..?
First of all, I backed up all my contacts and apps and everything using Easy Back Up. To my ext SD card an then I removed my ext SD card for safe keeping. Then I downloaded the required (working) Odin N900AUCUCNC2 files. Which was 4 separate files. I then put my phone into Odin Mode and connected to PC and ran Odin with the files selected. Everything went smooth, passed and my phone rebooted.. of course I was expecting a full factory reset with the new version. But when I check the version it says I'm still on 5.0??? And I even tried to fire up Towel Root and it won't even let me go to the site anymore and gives me a 404 error messege. All other sites seem to work tho.
Also to confuse things more, I turned off my phone and put my SD card back in to retrieve my back up and everything else on it. But... there's nothing there! It's complete wiped clean! Which doesn't make sense since I didn't have it inside my phone during the flashing progress.*
So now I basically flashed my phone for nothing and lost all my data in the process.*
I thought I was more computer savy than this but I guess this one stumped me and I could really use your guys help.*
Where did I go wrong and how can I fix it?
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sounds like you did everything typically right, but i dont have this device to verify the steps. best to post your question in the note 3 q&a forums for quicker and possibly more accurate answers.
just my opinion, but im betting your sd wasnt wiped, just something wrong with your phone and cant read it, i could be wrong. you could use an adapter and put it in your pc to verify if its clean or not.
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sounds like you did everything typically right, but i dont have this device to verify the steps. best to post your question in the note 3 q&a forums for quicker and possibly more accurate answers.
just my opinion, but im betting your sd wasnt wiped, just something wrong with your phone and cant read it, i could be wrong. you could use an adapter and put it in your pc to verify if its clean or not.
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Ohh okay. Yeah I wasn't sure where exactly to post, so I'll post it in Q/A.
And I didn't think to check my sd card on my computer. I'll try that.
Monstrous22 said:
Ohh okay. Yeah I wasn't sure where exactly to post, so I'll post it in Q/A.
And I didn't think to check my sd card on my computer. I'll try that.
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its ok to post here, but if your device has its own forums, you will generally get more detailed help there faster