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
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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..
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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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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 there, i finally got round to trying to root my galaxy s2 having put it off for a while due to the fear of it all! I only really wanted to root it to move the games over to my sd card since they were taking up all the room on my internal memory!
Anyway now that i have done it, i have really messed up my fone. My fone will not boot anymore, it will only go into download mode. It won't go in recovery or boot at all. It goes to the galaxy s2 logo and displays a yellow sign at the bottom of the screen. I have tried numerous tutorials online to try and fix this problem. I have tried 'Phistachio's guide on this forum and i still couldn't get it to work. It just comes up 'Fail' when i try to flash everything. It flashes the kernal fine, and it also flashes the pit file fine, but the rest it just fails on.
I really need my phone up and running again through any means! If anyone has the time to help me, that would be fantastic! I just need it fixed, and it feels like i am running out of ideas on what to do next.
Im sure i was on ice cream sandwich when i tried to flash the device so i followed this tutorial on galaxys2root....com (i can't post the link)
But it after this, it never booted.
Please help!
Thanks
coldjim said:
Hi there, i finally got round to trying to root my galaxy s2 having put it off for a while due to the fear of it all! I only really wanted to root it to move the games over to my sd card since they were taking up all the room on my internal memory!
Anyway now that i have done it, i have really messed up my fone. My fone will not boot anymore, it will only go into download mode. It won't go in recovery or boot at all. It goes to the galaxy s2 logo and displays a yellow sign at the bottom of the screen. I have tried numerous tutorials online to try and fix this problem. I have tried 'Phistachio's guide on this forum and i still couldn't get it to work. It just comes up 'Fail' when i try to flash everything. It flashes the kernal fine, and it also flashes the pit file fine, but the rest it just fails on.
I really need my phone up and running again through any means! If anyone has the time to help me, that would be fantastic! I just need it fixed, and it feels like i am running out of ideas on what to do next.
Im sure i was on ice cream sandwich when i tried to flash the device so i followed this tutorial on galaxys2root....com (i can't post the link)
But it after this, it never booted.
Please help!
Thanks
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http://galaxys2root.com/ only links to the whole website, post the link to the tutorial you followed (add spaces).
What's your phone Model no?
were you on Gingerbread or ICS before trying to root?
If you can get in download mode, then just flash a stock rom
coldjim said:
Hi there, i finally got round to trying to root my galaxy s2 having put it off for a while due to the fear of it all! I only really wanted to root it to move the games over to my sd card since they were taking up all the room on my internal memory!
Anyway now that i have done it, i have really messed up my fone. My fone will not boot anymore, it will only go into download mode. It won't go in recovery or boot at all. It goes to the galaxy s2 logo and displays a yellow sign at the bottom of the screen. I have tried numerous tutorials online to try and fix this problem. I have tried 'Phistachio's guide on this forum and i still couldn't get it to work. It just comes up 'Fail' when i try to flash everything. It flashes the kernal fine, and it also flashes the pit file fine, but the rest it just fails on.
I really need my phone up and running again through any means! If anyone has the time to help me, that would be fantastic! I just need it fixed, and it feels like i am running out of ideas on what to do next.
Im sure i was on ice cream sandwich when i tried to flash the device so i followed this tutorial on galaxys2root....com (i can't post the link)
But it after this, it never booted.
Please help!
Thanks
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Hi!
I can see that you are stuck on bootloop. There are a lot of options to get you started on fixing this.
If you can go to download mode, you can just flash a stock rom/firmware via odin..
If you can't go to download mode, you use a usb jig to get you to download mode (if you don't have a usb jig, you can borrow one near you.. the link is on my signature).. and once you get to download mode, you can flash a stock firmware/ rom..
you can get/ download stock firmwares on sammobile.com but you have to have an account there. don't worry it's free
I hope this helped
Cheers!
usb jig n flashing stock rom over pc odin the best way
coldjim said:
Hi there, i finally got round to trying to root my galaxy s2 having put it off for a while due to the fear of it all! I only really wanted to root it to move the games over to my sd card since they were taking up all the room on my internal memory!
Anyway now that i have done it, i have really messed up my fone. My fone will not boot anymore, it will only go into download mode. It won't go in recovery or boot at all. It goes to the galaxy s2 logo and displays a yellow sign at the bottom of the screen. I have tried numerous tutorials online to try and fix this problem. I have tried 'Phistachio's guide on this forum and i still couldn't get it to work. It just comes up 'Fail' when i try to flash everything. It flashes the kernal fine, and it also flashes the pit file fine, but the rest it just fails on.
I really need my phone up and running again through any means! If anyone has the time to help me, that would be fantastic! I just need it fixed, and it feels like i am running out of ideas on what to do next.
Im sure i was on ice cream sandwich when i tried to flash the device so i followed this tutorial on galaxys2root....com (i can't post the link)
But it after this, it never booted.
Please help!
Thanks
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Hi.
Firstly take out the fear in you n then try out anything with yr phone for wat u need.
Now find a jig which will reset yr binary count to Zero.
Find your countries latest stock rom on xda or sammobile.
Odin v 1.85
Stock rom tar file (which u get after extracting downloaded rom )
Install samsung mobile drivers on yr pc.
Put yr phone to download mode manually (vol down +centre+power)
Then open odin n don touch anything other than pda.
In pda select the md5sum tar file.
Then connect yr phone with usb cable to odin n after u find an yellow vom port u ve to start n wait for stock rom to get
Flashed n with fear don remove cable in the midfle of flash n once done it will restart n work the way it was before.
guys im managed to do it!! I was up all last night trying to figure it out and ive done it! WOOP! My fone is now rooted but the only downside is that i lost all my contacts, apps and messages in the process Fresh start it seems then..
but thanks for all ur help!!
share it! !!
coldjim said:
guys im managed to do it!! I was up all last night trying to figure it out and ive done it! WOOP! My fone is now rooted but the only downside is that i lost all my contacts, apps and messages in the process Fresh start it seems then..
but thanks for all ur help!!
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Hey friend.
Congrats! !!
Kindly spare sometime on sharing what you did to get yr phone back to work.
It might help some1 who faces same situation lik you came across.
Hey whats up so I was installing a rom on to my phone(Hyperdrive) It installed fine then it went to reboot but all it did was vibrate. I can get into download mode every now and then. I have a verizon I545 S4. All I have access to right now is a mac. I need to unbrick my phone before I go to work in a few hours. I did this before on a toshiba laptop via odin but I don't have access to that anymore. Can anybody please help me with this asap!! I will donate money if somebody helps me asap. Please guys someone help me out. I need me phone working -_-
Yankeetim92 said:
Hey whats up so I was installing a rom on to my phone(Hyperdrive) It installed fine then it went to reboot but all it did was vibrate. I can get into download mode every now and then. I have a verizon I545 S4. All I have access to right now is a mac. I need to unbrick my phone before I go to work in a few hours. I did this before on a toshiba laptop via odin but I don't have access to that anymore. Can anybody please help me with this asap!! I will donate money if somebody helps me asap. Please guys someone help me out. I need me phone working -_-
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I experienced a similar issue flashing Hyperdrive.
If you're using TWRP it seems to flash better with OUHDS which is how I ultimately fixed my phone.
For a quick fix it seemed perfectly stable to do a restore or flash the rom and just not do a reboot.
But you'll likely need to return to stock and try again.
Can I just do a restore in Odin? what could I use on a mac to do a restore? Like I said it lets me access download mode only. It just vibrates when i try to boot up....
Can you get into recovery?
Did you make a back up before flashing hyperdrive?
Do you have Odin and the stock image for the phone handy?
If you can't get into recovery odin is probably your only option
If you can get into recovery, make sure your internal storage is not full, as that caused a boot loop for me.
If you made a back up, try a restore.
If you did not make a back up, you could try reinstalling hyperdrive.
If you can get the phone booted, it should be good as long as you don't attempt a reboot.
If you can't do any of the above things, you'll likely need to flash the stock image with Odin and then start from scratch.
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My internal storage is not full. How can I do this using Hemdall? Or how can I download the stock recovery file on my mac and send it to a windows computer since it is taking forever to download??
How are you getting into download mode?
Trying to get into recovery you had the phone off, battery in, unplugged from charger. And then hold volume up and power key, then let go of power but hold volume up until recovery should boot?
no it wont work. I turn the phone on and all it does it vibrates. And I get a barley visible white line in the middle of the phone. I did this before and used odin to unbrick it but the files won't download.. and now i need to do this on a mac.
Can you help me??
Yankeetim92 said:
Can you help me??
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I don't believe there has been mention of a Mac friendly method to do what you need yet.
Sent from my Galaxy S4
I guess Ill have to find a windows computer than :/
hlxanthus said:
I don't believe there has been mention of a Mac friendly method to do what you need yet.
Sent from my Galaxy S4
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Pretty sure I have seen a mac version of odin or something on here somewhere. Let me look around and i'll get back to you
Edit:
Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337509
I don't need to root, I need to unbrick my soft bricked S4.....
Yankeetim92 said:
I don't need to root, I need to unbrick my soft bricked S4.....
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Your only option at this point is to get into recovery, and if you can not, get into download mode, and ODIN back to stock.
The Ax says, good luck and good day!
I can only access download mode. Could you provide me with a download link please? VerizonS4 I545