i accidentally flashed the dead horse kernal without disabling voodoo. lost all internal memory . now im factory wiped and when i go to download anything it says "sorry, theres not enough space to install this item" any help on how to correct this would be greatly appreciated
clockwork recovery -> disable voodoo to turn voodoo off . on the other hand factory data reset , and last one u didnt press repartition in while in recovery if not ,dont ever just for reference ;p
I have a similar but maybe worse situation . I flashed the same kernel (because I was not aware it was in the ROM nor aware of its effects) I posted that it erased my SD card and someone replied telling me to ODIN back a stock voodoo kernal which I. While booting i heard the voice that tells me about the re-partitioning going on. I think the last one i heard was it trying to mess with the system partition. It sat there for over 25 minutes doing nothing. I gave up on that. Now I cannot flash ANYTHING. I have tried flashing things from Clockwork but it all errors out because of the partitions not being there i assume. I tried using ODIN to flash back a stock rom and that doesn't work either, the phone just reboots and sits at the Vibrant screen forever. PLEASE HELP.
that did the trick thanks a lot!!!!!!!!
Edited .....ahh if you need hyelp i can help you convert your to conver your internal sd back to fat32 because u converted in to ext4 thats why u soft bricked your phone . Tsk tsk
I soft bricked my phone I think. I have samsung vibrant sgh-t959. I flashed a rom over voodoo and its just in a bootloop. I get into recovery and dont know what to do. I cant odin back to stock because my phone isnt in debugging mode. Is there a way to enable debugging mode or a file I can put on my sd to fix this? Please HELP!
beep834 said:
I soft bricked my phone I think. I have samsung vibrant sgh-t959. I flashed a rom over voodoo and its just in a bootloop. I get into recovery and dont know what to do. I cant odin back to stock because my phone isnt in debugging mode. Is there a way to enable debugging mode or a file I can put on my sd to fix this? Please HELP!
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You don't need debugging mode, you need download mode. Unplug your USB cable and take out your battery for 5-10 seconds. Put you battery back in and then while holding volume up+down, plug in your USB cable. Keep holding vol up+down until you see the yellow triangle with digger android. Now you are in Download Mode and you can use Odin to flash back to stock JFD.
+1 on his advice
Is there away I can thank you 50xs? Thank you so much
Hey movieaddict is the Hercules better than gs2? I have t mobile too was sad to see that were not getting a sg2. Hercules seems the exact same besides its 1.2 ghz processor. Bigger screen which is cool.
Sorry to dirty up this thread with that question
i wouldnt say its better and i wouldnt say its worse either its a beast of a phone. but its the best were gonna get compared to the sgs2 from tmobile.
beep834 said:
Is there away I can thank you 50xs? Thank you so much
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No problem beep. Good luck in future flashings.
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hi all, i would like to ask you for a help with my vibrant. I just purchased it and successfully made the root and unlock. I managed to do both even tho my hardware button keys does not support the recovery mode. Any holding of the buttons will not allow the phone to go to recovery mode, this is not working even with an odin. After i did the root and unlock i downloaded the rom manager, created a clockwork image and back up i tried to make the partition of my 16gb SD card using the rom manager. After this my phone restarted but after t mobile logo and galaxy s logo the phone screen stays black. Tried all thee methods to go into the recovery mode but was not able to do it. i searched this forum also but was not able to find similar case to this one. i would be very thankful for any advice.
You'll have to get T-Mo to exchange it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8149673&postcount=15
thanks to this instructions i was able to use odin but this did not change the satus of my phone?????
unfortunately cant i did not buy it in the store
NEVER use rom manager to partition your SD card. Try the steps in this thread
thank you, trying to do it now
a friend of mine bricked his phone and it boot up to the "S" screen then go black after a min. i flashed it using oden and the T959UVJFD file but i got the same results when trying to boot up again. it wasn't my phone and i had already sent the guy to get a new one, but i just started flashing it with all the vibrant oden roms i could find... non of them worked. i really didnt care any more so i was just playing around with the phone and flashed a i9000 rom, of corse it didnt work but when i flashed it back with the T959UVJFD file it worked.... i dont know if it would work out for you i just wanted to share the story... good luck
thank you, unfotunatelly i am stuck with HW keys problem againm!!!!
i follow the steps from the post 4 from @Alkaloid and now from dead i am at froyo and will hang here for a while cause at least for a week dont want to flash nothing. Boy what a day, 12 hours fixing this samsung!!!
Ivuso, how did you get in to download mode? I tried everything from every single thread here that mentions how to get in to download mode..
Odin is the way to go..it saved me too
DJ! said:
a friend of mine bricked his phone and it boot up to the "S" screen then go black after a min. i flashed it using oden and the T959UVJFD file but i got the same results when trying to boot up again. it wasn't my phone and i had already sent the guy to get a new one, but i just started flashing it with all the vibrant oden roms i could find... non of them worked. i really didnt care any more so i was just playing around with the phone and flashed a i9000 rom, of corse it didnt work but when i flashed it back with the T959UVJFD file it worked.... i dont know if it would work out for you i just wanted to share the story... good luck
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how did u manage to do that
You do not have to exchange it the same thing happened to me. You just need to use odin to flash the stock rom onto it. Its really easy. Youtube it
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
if you have the hardware keys lock the only way to get to download modwe is through odin. For me worked this.
start odin, fil pit and pda
remove battery
usb in the computer
hold volume buttons
put battery in - phone is showing just the battery charging status
disconnect usb and than fast connect back
now you are able to flash froyo from the the 4th post in this thread, once finished you will be in download mode but need to reboot with adb cause hardwate "enter" button will not work
GOODLUCK
okay i had a completely stock vibrant.. rooted it, then installed axure ROM to it.. was loving it.. and wanted to see if i could make it better by installing ryanza's OCLF.. well it DOESNT say anywhere around axures ROM that OCLF cant be installed... so apparently it messed up the playlogos and wouldnt get past the vibrant screen on bootup... well i asked somebody what i should do.. they told me that i should installed jac's oc/uv colorfix with voodoo to fix it, because they said my kernel was screwed up... well now when my phone is started up, it brings up the vibrant screen then it instantly goes to the system recovery mode....
so i can NOT get into ROM manager to flash a new rom or whatever i need to do... i do NOT have SDK installed... but i can use ODIN..
can someone PPLLEEAASSEE tell me how to restore the playlogos files (if thats whats wrong) or whatever i need to do to get back to just axures ROM and thats it...
and i also dont want someone to just tell me where to go, because iv done that WWAAYY too many times, and i always end up getting the wrong thing ODIN'd to my phone... will someone please give me the webpage and the name of the PIT and PDA... i need help... QUICK... its my business phone and cant make money without it... i need help PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What business?
Anyways, use Odin and Eugene's famous "Froyo that does not brick". Then use Odin to flash the stock firmware. Then get a blackberry lol
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
sk8rboikelley said:
okay i had a completely stock vibrant.. rooted it, then installed axure ROM to it.. was loving it.. and wanted to see if i could make it better by installing ryanza's OCLF.. well it DOESNT say anywhere around axures ROM that OCLF cant be installed... so apparently it messed up the playlogos and wouldnt get past the vibrant screen on bootup... well i asked somebody what i should do.. they told me that i should installed jac's oc/uv colorfix with voodoo to fix it, because they said my kernel was screwed up... well now when my phone is started up, it brings up the vibrant screen then it instantly goes to the system recovery mode....
so i can NOT get into ROM manager to flash a new rom or whatever i need to do... i do NOT have SDK installed... but i can use ODIN..
can someone PPLLEEAASSEE tell me how to restore the playlogos files (if thats whats wrong) or whatever i need to do to get back to just axures ROM and thats it...
and i also dont want someone to just tell me where to go, because iv done that WWAAYY too many times, and i always end up getting the wrong thing ODIN'd to my phone... will someone please give me the webpage and the name of the PIT and PDA... i need help... QUICK... its my business phone and cant make money without it... i need help PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Go to this site and it will get you through it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
sk8rboikelley said:
okay i had a completely stock vibrant.. rooted it, then installed axure ROM to it.. was loving it.. and wanted to see if i could make it better by installing ryanza's OCLF.. well it DOESNT say anywhere around axures ROM that OCLF cant be installed... so apparently it messed up the playlogos and wouldnt get past the vibrant screen on bootup... well i asked somebody what i should do.. they told me that i should installed jac's oc/uv colorfix with voodoo to fix it, because they said my kernel was screwed up... well now when my phone is started up, it brings up the vibrant screen then it instantly goes to the system recovery mode....
so i can NOT get into ROM manager to flash a new rom or whatever i need to do... i do NOT have SDK installed... but i can use ODIN..
can someone PPLLEEAASSEE tell me how to restore the playlogos files (if thats whats wrong) or whatever i need to do to get back to just axures ROM and thats it...
and i also dont want someone to just tell me where to go, because iv done that WWAAYY too many times, and i always end up getting the wrong thing ODIN'd to my phone... will someone please give me the webpage and the name of the PIT and PDA... i need help... QUICK... its my business phone and cant make money without it... i need help PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Email me I will walk u threw it [email protected]
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
sk8rboikelley said:
okay i had a completely stock vibrant.. rooted it, then installed axure ROM to it.. was loving it.. and wanted to see if i could make it better by installing ryanza's OCLF.. well it DOESNT say anywhere around axures ROM that OCLF cant be installed... so apparently it messed up the playlogos and wouldnt get past the vibrant screen on bootup... well i asked somebody what i should do.. they told me that i should installed jac's oc/uv colorfix with voodoo to fix it, because they said my kernel was screwed up... well now when my phone is started up, it brings up the vibrant screen then it instantly goes to the system recovery mode....
so i can NOT get into ROM manager to flash a new rom or whatever i need to do... i do NOT have SDK installed... but i can use ODIN..
can someone PPLLEEAASSEE tell me how to restore the playlogos files (if thats whats wrong) or whatever i need to do to get back to just axures ROM and thats it...
and i also dont want someone to just tell me where to go, because iv done that WWAAYY too many times, and i always end up getting the wrong thing ODIN'd to my phone... will someone please give me the webpage and the name of the PIT and PDA... i need help... QUICK... its my business phone and cant make money without it... i need help PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here is a couple of methods to get into download mode. Once you get to download mode, follow the directions later in my post...
First Method
1) Pull the battery, sim card, and sd card.
2) Reinsert battery but do not press any buttons.
3) Plug into usb that is connected to your computer. If something shows up on the screen (charging logo) then you should be golden.
4) Hold the vol up, vol down, and power until the screen comes on, immediately release the power button but not the other two. You should be in dl mode.
Second Method
1) Another method that seems to work for some people is to pull the battery, sim, sd card.
2) Reinsert battery and hold both volume buttons but do not press power button.
3) Then plug in usb. The phone should boot into download.
Third Method
1) You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone and ADB.
Samsung Drivers for 32 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...=SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
Samsung Drivers for 64 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...ung/vibrant/&file=usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
2) Remove sim card and sd-card. Remove the battery.
3) Hold buttons vol up, vol down, and power.
4) While holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in and keep holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears. Once it reappears, release all 3 buttons.
5) Now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable.
6) Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type "ADB REBOOT DOWNLOAD" caps are not necessary.
7) Your phone will reboot into the download mode.
Once in download mode
Download the files in the linked thread and follow the directions there or the ones below.
Odin and Files Needed Available Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1) Open Odin and verify that one of the Com ports shows a device connected. If it doesn't try using a different usb port.
2) Load the .pit and pda files. It should be pretty obvious how to do that once you are in Odin.
3) Make sure that the option to partition is unchecked. The other two options should be checked.
4) Hit start and wait.
5) Your phone will restart when Odin is done and you will be good to go.
Also, you might have to build the usb jig. It is guaranteed to get you into download mode. Here is a link to that thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Also, if you would like I can use remote log in to your computer and do it for you. Send me a pm or email: [email protected]
geocepe said:
Go to this site and it will get you through it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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i have tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
doesnt do anything for me
sk8rboikelley said:
i have tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
doesnt do anything for me
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Then most likely you will have to build the usb jig.
can you help me i have a vibrant on auxra 2.2.5 one before froyo. everything worked fine until installed voodoo then couldnt hear no sound from phone unles pluged headphones so tried deleting voodoo didint work then tried yor unistall app now phone dont turn on. needs to be conected first to sb or chargers and keeps repeating e; cant mount/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 invaild arguement .when connect phone to usb or charger also a screens comes up and i cant select either reboot now ,apply sdcard;update zip or wipe data or cwipe cache.just stuck plz help new phone and usless plz help MY MAIL IS [email protected][/url]WAT CAN I DO
Can you get into download mode? Try to odin eugenes froyo that doesn't brick then reset odin with jfd or ji6 and the pit file and odin that you should be good
Runnin nero+dow+oclf
willsnews said:
can you get into download mode? Try to odin eugenes froyo that doesn't brick then reset odin with jfd or ji6 and the pit file and odin that you should be good
runnin nero+dow+oclf
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alll that shows when connect to compter or charger battery shows like charging the screen with e; message comes up. And top of screen says call the android system recovery2e samsung recovery utils for btl. Keeps flashing to that then back to battery sign
technowiz said:
alll that shows when connect to compter or charger battery shows like charging the screen with e; message comes up. And top of screen says call the android system recovery2e samsung recovery utils for btl. Keeps flashing to that then back to battery sign
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not to tech sabby cold you explain a bit sorry
Take out the battery plug in the phone to a computer hold down the volume keys while putting the battery back in if you've done this correctly you'll get a screen with an android holding a shovel that's download mode you'll know cause it will say download try it a couple times if you don't get it at first if you can't get into that screen your phone is hardware locked and we can go from there do you know anything about using odin?
Runnin nero+dow+oclf
willsnews said:
take out the battery plug in the phone to a computer hold down the volume keys while putting the battery back in if you've done this correctly you'll get a screen with an android holding a shovel that's download mode you'll know cause it will say download try it a couple times if you don't get it at first if you can't get into that screen your phone is hardware locked and we can go from there do you know anything about using odin?
Runnin nero+dow+oclf
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no i dont know much bout odin .and tried a few times and didnt work
So you can get into download? Odin is easy did you get into the application? Cause if so that was the hard part
Runnin nero+dow+oclf
willsnews said:
so you can get into download? Odin is easy did you get into the application? Cause if so that was the hard part
runnin nero+dow+oclf
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no couldnt get to download mode
You need a jig google search (jig resistor xda )that should take you right to the page you need also read the bible in the sticky on this page you'll learn what you need to learn about odin from there
Runnin nero+dow+oclf
Tried searching bt cant find bible could you guide me throgh the steps i know its alot to ask
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111 i think this should do it
Hey i think I have the same problem. I know how to use Odin but Im having trouble finding Eugene's version of froyo. Here's the thread that someone linked to but the thread was shut down
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
Does anyone know where i can get this version of froyo or some rom that doesn't brick?
calvincante said:
Hey i think I have the same problem. I know how to use Odin but Im having trouble finding Eugene's version of froyo. Here's the thread that someone linked to but the thread was shut down
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
Does anyone know where i can get this version of froyo or some rom that doesn't brick?
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Eugenes Froyo That Doesn't Brick (Odin)
Technowiz said:
no couldnt get to download mode
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if you do decide to use odin, make sure and at least try to disable voodoo beforehand. (It saves alot of trouble, it is however; possible to use odin without doing this, using froyo that doesen't brick... but I would not recommend it unless its your absolute last resort.)
I would try simply disableing voodoo and see if that fixes it.
welll gonna make a jig to get to download mode will i need any thing else besides odin to flash froyo that doesnt brick to the vibrant
hey well tried to remove voodooo and kind of bricked the phone got to dl mode them odin back to stock but phone goes blank afterthe samsung music and soft keys light up
finally got it. using eugenes froyo worked for me! thanks for the help
hi everyone im new to posting but i am really serious about getting my phone fixed.yesterday night i tried to update my vibrant through samsung kies and it bricked my phone.Ive tried the methods to unbrick it.It acutally does thought and starts my phone up normally just as if it were new.It is running perfectly until i turned it off.Once i do that it wont turn back on unless i unbrick it again and as u all know this process takes time and gets annoying.Also my computer doesnt ready my phone so the usb doesnt show.i cannot bring up my mass storage.I was wondering if any of you skilled and helpful people can pls help me out with my problem i dont understand why it works after i unbrick the phone but once i turn it off i have to unbrick it again to get it on..
bluerison said:
hi everyone im new to posting but i am really serious about getting my phone fixed.yesterday night i tried to update my vibrant through samsung kies and it bricked my phone.Ive tried the methods to unbrick it.It acutally does thought and starts my phone up normally just as if it were new.It is running perfectly until i turned it off.Once i do that it wont turn back on unless i unbrick it again and as u all know this process takes time and gets annoying.Also my computer doesnt ready my phone so the usb doesnt show.i cannot bring up my mass storage.I was wondering if any of you skilled and helpful people can pls help me out with my problem i dont understand why it works after i unbrick the phone but once i turn it off i have to unbrick it again to get it on..
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How are you un bricking it? try the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
okay im really happy about how quickly i got some help here its nice thankyou and before i try this method you introduced to me can u explain why everytime i unbricked it that it wouldnt get on unless i unbricked it again? what can be the cause of this?
bluerison said:
okay im really happy about how quickly i got some help here its nice thankyou and before i try this method you introduced to me can u explain why everytime i unbricked it that it wouldnt get on unless i unbricked it again? what can be the cause of this?
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Its hard to say what the possible cause could be, it could range anywhere to bad file downloads for what you were using to unbrick ( I assume you were using odin) all the way to hardware failure. I personally have never had that problem but if for whatever reason you aren't able to get your phone working again complain to samsung as it was their software that messed up your phone.
Sent from my AXURA powered voodoo infused Vibrant
thats true ive already tried complaining to tmobile but samsung would say the same thing because i bought the phone off of ebay so i dont have any warranties i really hope that this method u showed me can help
This method will get you back to stock. IF you want to update through minikies, then you will probably have to update to Ji6 first after doing this But this will resolve your problems
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Load the JFD rom for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
15. Then, root the phone and you can flash your new Rom.
doing this method will get everything back to normal and the phone will work just like it did right out of the box
also i would like to add that i have been trying odin i havent got any sleep at all trying to fix this phone ODIN SUX and im a bit upset that ive tried this over and over and it does work..
it wants me to get into usb debugging mode how do i do that if i cant get the phone to cut on?/
sigh now i got red text and the phone wont go into download mode again can anyone please help mee??/
Also, you will need to pull the sim and the sd card 1st before Odin back as long as Odin recognizes the phone you are ok, if Odin gives you problems you may want to try heimdall it works the same but sometimes just using a different program helps.
mr okal can u pls send me links to your method pls idk where to get the files
can u pls link me to the files that u wanted me to get
bluerison said:
can u pls link me to the files that u wanted me to get
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Odin
these are mirros that i put up of the most recent version of odin along with 512 pit and jfd tar files. hope this helps
gee i cant see the links
how do i get the eugenese froyo that do not brick
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gee i cant see the links
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All the links are there these are thinga you want on your pc not phone, for eugene's froyo you will have to do some searching try looking at he bible thread in the development section.
Sent from my AXURA powered voodoo infused Vibrant
bluerison said:
sigh now i got red text and the phone wont go into download mode again can anyone please help mee??/
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hold vol up and power only from a powered off state. this should bring you to a screen with red-orange writting. from there hold down vol up\down and power and that should bring you to dl mode. from there you need to use eugenes froyo that doesnt brick.
ive tried that already idk if i have the right eugenes froyo file but i got the phone to turn on and it does exactly what i told u guys it boots up and everything is ok except usb mode and my computer doesnt recognize it at all then once i turn the phone off it doesnt come back on unless i try the unbricking method all over again
it also whipes everything i had saved away.. Can someoen pls assist me with this?
i called samsung they offered to fix it because i have a warranty but there has to be a way to fix this at home i need my phone now to be honest. samsung will take forever to fix this and ship back..
bluerison said:
ive tried that already idk if i have the right eugenes froyo file but i got the phone to turn on and it does exactly what i told u guys it boots up and everything is ok except usb mode and my computer doesnt recognize it at all then once i turn the phone off it doesnt come back on unless i try the unbricking method all over again
it also whipes everything i had saved away.. Can someoen pls assist me with this?
i called samsung they offered to fix it because i have a warranty but there has to be a way to fix this at home i need my phone now to be honest. samsung will take forever to fix this and ship back..
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***head desk*** you need to odin to stock jfd not unbrickable froyo. You ccan flash eugenes stuff after you go back to stock 2.1 . Use the links I provided earlier for odin then use the steps others have listed to get into DOWNLOAD mode. Then flash with odin
Sent from my AXURA powered voodoo infused Vibrant
dude i understand what ur saying and u might be getting frustrated by my post but ur not understanding what im saying i have DONE everything that i was told .. the phone boots up just like if it was brand new but once i turn it off it wont turn back on unless i reflash it to stock all over again so what is the problem here do you understand my problem better now?
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
WheresWaldo said:
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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My Friend I'm so sorry to see this from you I really do feel bad for you I hope your phone turns out alright once it get's fixed I do not want to see anyone phone brick this is serious problem
Good Luck To you.......
What carrier version of the phone was it?
All Will Be Well
WheresWaldo said:
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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I believe the "ONLY" thing you did (wrong?) was the att flash counter zip -Eliminate the Att step - there is a rooting method that does not cause the flash counter to be tripped (i believe it's non touch cwm - then flash the touch cwm - then flash Roms to your Heart's desire) I'm not really sure the flash counter issue really matters - At&t only cares if there is physical damage to the phone because I believe they just re-flash the phone and sell it again.
I'm Mostly responding to say that JTAG is Beastly and your phone will be better than brand new when you get it back - the status of your order won't change until they ship it back (which for me was 7 days), but don't panic (like I did) they are Good & Fast - So relax it cost you $50 & A week, but Hell the phone cost $700 so All Will Soon be well.
Also double check that it was the correct zip files for the Note - I bricked my Skyrocket because I flashed a Note Rom by accident (Thanks JTAG ) - I've got Too Many Samsung Devices - Hope This Helps.
bigdaddy4u said:
I believe the "ONLY" thing you did (wrong?) was the att flash counter zip -Eliminate the Att step - there is a rooting method that does not cause the flash counter to be tripped (i believe it's non touch cwm - then flash the touch cwm - then flash Roms to your Heart's desire) I'm not really sure the flash counter issue really matters - At&t only cares if there is physical damage to the phone because I believe they just re-flash the phone and sell it again.
I'm Mostly responding to say that JTAG is Beastly and your phone will be better than brand new when you get it back - the status of your order won't change until they ship it back (which for me was 7 days), but don't panic (like I did) they are Good & Fast - So relax it cost you $50 & A week, but Hell the phone cost $700 so All Will Soon be well.
Also double check that it was the correct zip files for the Note - I bricked my Skyrocket because I flashed a Note Rom by accident (Thanks JTAG ) - I've got Too Many Samsung Devices - Hope This Helps.
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I have no issues with MobileTechVideos as I bought one of the first USB jigs when I got my day one Captivate. I am sure it will come back solid.
I did double check that I was using files specific to the Note, but I must say, you Note users have one finicky phone. I will stick with my Skyrocket. I'll look over the instruction for the non counter increasing root in the forums when the phone gets back.
Thanks
You didn't mention if you were able to get back to Clockwork. If you hold volume up and down while pressing power, it takes you straight into Clockwork regardless of the black screen. If so then you aren't bricked. Or if you still want to use Odin, hold volume down and power to get to download mode which is also Odin mode. Did you try these commands using physical button combinations and they did not work? If you didn't try them then you may be spending unnecessary money. If you did try all these things, then maybe you were hard bricked. Of all the Android phones I've owned and I've rooted all of them, I've never been unable to recover. I've only seen one hard brick from a coworker that had a galaxy s on tmobile that would not power on or charge after trying to root.
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
madman604 said:
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
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+1. I'm so confused now. Maybe he tried to unbrick it first, then the phone turned hard bricked.
The flash counter is kind of a joke, isn't it? I mean, if the tech is looking to see if you flashed something, he cares that you flashed something, not how many times you flashed it.
I think the jig added another variable to the equation, and was unnecessary. None of the threads for rooting required one.
Also, i'd check to see if a MD5 is available for the files you used for the flash. Check the files you used and see if that was the issue.
If the note is new, and really is hardbricked, he's hopefully within the 30 day window. Just take it back for an exchange and tell them it stopped booting.
There is a thread started by ncoder in the international note general forum that has been near the top for a long time. You are not alone. Samsung actually responded!
Edit: Samsung desperately needs a stock failure. Maybe they would fix your phone for free so they could do a JTAG core dump that matches their sources etc.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
jordant2 said:
You didn't mention if you were able to get back to Clockwork. If you hold volume up and down while pressing power, it takes you straight into Clockwork regardless of the black screen. If so then you aren't bricked. Or if you still want to use Odin, hold volume down and power to get to download mode which is also Odin mode. Did you try these commands using physical button combinations and they did not work? If you didn't try them then you may be spending unnecessary money. If you did try all these things, then maybe you were hard bricked. Of all the Android phones I've owned and I've rooted all of them, I've never been unable to recover. I've only seen one hard brick from a coworker that had a galaxy s on tmobile that would not power on or charge after trying to root.
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Would not go into Clockwork Recovery or Odin with any key combination, simply a black screen.
madman604 said:
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
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Jig is much faster, and works everytime, nuff said.
babymatteo said:
+1. I'm so confused now. Maybe he tried to unbrick it first, then the phone turned hard bricked.
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Nope, started with a working phone and after applying the counter reset, which works beautifully on the SkyRocket BTW, that's when it bricked.
PaulF8080 said:
There is a thread started by ncoder in the international note general forum that has been near the top for a long time. You are not alone. Samsung actually responded!
Edit: Samsung desperately needs a stock failure. Maybe they would fix your phone for free so they could do a JTAG core dump that matches their sources etc.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
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Thanks for the info.
Jamesyboy said:
The flash counter is kind of a joke, isn't it? I mean, if the tech is looking to see if you flashed something, he cares that you flashed something, not how many times you flashed it.
I think the jig added another variable to the equation, and was unnecessary. None of the threads for rooting required one.
Also, i'd check to see if a MD5 is available for the files you used for the flash. Check the files you used and see if that was the issue.
If the note is new, and really is hardbricked, he's hopefully within the 30 day window. Just take it back for an exchange and tell them it stopped booting.
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I am beginning to agree that the counter seems irrelevant and wholly unnecessary.
Jig simply puts any Samsung phone that is off into Download mode, it is the same as the key combination only easier.
I always check MD5 hashes after I copy to the internal SD card.
I'm with the others on this... Flash counter reset was designed to work on ICS and not GB, I do believe that's where things went bad.
WheresWaldo said:
I am beginning to agree that the counter seems irrelevant and wholly unnecessary.
Jig simply puts any Samsung phone that is off into Download mode, it is the same as the key combination only easier.
I always check MD5 hashes after I copy to the internal SD card.
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WheresWaldo said:
Thanks for the info.
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I have no clue if the info applies to you. I just was hoping you still had possibly useful data in your phone. Saving face with your cousin was a side benefit.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using XDA
the only other step you forgot is to create a backup after flashing cwm
WheresWaldo said:
Thanks for the info.
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I have same problem
WheresWaldo said:
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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Hi all
i have the same problem , i flash a wrong file and phone is hard bricked
now i want to send to MobileTechVideos , i am in Kuwait so my question is
is it safe to send them or any one other in the region to whom i can send?
please suggest me what i should do
My Device is N7000
thanks
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I was under the impression that the jig didn't work with the note, I recall someone else bricked their phone using one a while back
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jimmer411 said:
I was under the impression that the jig didn't work with the note, I recall someone else bricked their phone using one a while back
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda premium
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I agree. I have never even read of using a jig except for unbricking. Coincidence maybe but i wouldnt risk it again if you get a replacement
Sent from a big ass phone