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lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts) Sat Jan 27, 2018, 09:38 PM Jan 2018

Been wrangling my bricked android tablet all day. OS corrupt.

Trying to put a replacement os onto a sd card. Only cost me $100 originally, so not worth repairing. sigh.

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Been wrangling my bricked android tablet all day. OS corrupt. (Original Post) lindysalsagal Jan 2018 OP

Back before they had 1step rooting, I bricked a brand new Samsung Galaxy 4. Good luck it's an awful dewsgirl Jan 2018 #1

Rescued! I found the factory mode trick on a non-company site, and I'm back. lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #2

dewsgirl

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1. Back before they had 1step rooting, I bricked a brand new Samsung Galaxy 4. Good luck it's an awful

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Sat Jan 27, 2018, 09:42 PM

Jan 2018

feeling.

lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts)

2. Rescued! I found the factory mode trick on a non-company site, and I'm back.

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 07:37 PM

Jan 2018

Doesn't appear to have lost anything.

Too bad my own company (Chinese) won't post this very simple solution:

1. Drain battery.
2. hold down volumn while
3. inserting usb to pc.

That was all I needed to know, and I had to trip over it on another site.

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