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Long story short, a friend of mine tried to root his Samsung Vibrant while drunk and failed. Well he managed to try and fix it with Odin and somehow managed to install some AT&T software on it. Problem is, now it's stuck in an infinite black loop unless you hold Vol Down+Home+Power. It then comes to a black screen displaying red numbers. I've tried to fix it with Odin v3 but I never gets past the first step. I'm accepting all help and advice.
Confused on how people can screw up rooting this phone. It is literally just one click to root it. What process did you guys use?
Lethal_NFS said:
Confused on how people can screw up rooting this phone. It is literally just one click to root it. What process did you guys use?
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Yeah I know..he apprently Google searched a method instead using XDA.
I don't know what he used to attempt to hack it but he tried using Odin to fix it but with Samsung Captivate files..
creid2352 said:
I don't know what he used to attempt to hack it but he tried using Odin to fix it but with Samsung Captivate files..
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wrong section. this goes in q&a...if u can link what he flashed with odin there might be a recovery method. the red letters that pop up say kernel panic? if he flashed the captivate boot.bin he might be ****ed
Go here
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6998-howto-recover-from-a-soft-brick-on-your-vibrant/
If that dont work your throw your phone at the wall and get it replaced by tmo.
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I don't know what he used to attempt to hack it but he tried using Odin to fix it but with Samsung Captivate files..
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Your buddy used the one-click odin for the captivate. I've helped a friend restore his captivate with that, its nice, but model specific for sure. Your only hope is that the bootloader of the captivate rom allows you to somehow boot the vibrant to dl mode. The following method works on my vibrant and my friends captivate.
Phone off, battery sim and sd cards out, have odin loaded with the pit and tar files for the vibrant.
Plug in usb from pc to phone.
Holding down both volume up and down only, and insert the battery.
This will hopefully get you into download mode, and you can flash the correct rom with the right odin, not the one click.
Hope this helps. This boot method works on both phones to get dl mode. Keeping my fingers crossed for ya.
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I would try using the froyo that does not brick method. That has got me out of some tough spots. Also use newest version of odin and a 32 bit operating system. Never really bricked if you can get into dl mode
And if it fails keep trying, odin is finicky.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
I'm pretty sure it's a Captivate, and NOT a Vibrant. So, stop throwing Vibrant specific fixes at the phone.
So the ROMs that are available are Different. On that note, I have zero useful specifics to share. Sorry, but Good Luck.
a4 moda said:
I'm pretty sure it's a Captivate, and NOT a Vibrant. So, stop throwing Vibrant specific fixes at the phone.
So the ROMs that are available are Different. On that note, I have zero useful specifics to share. Sorry, but Good Luck.
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op said it was a samsung vibrant that got flashed with a captivate firmware. read....
a4 moda said:
I'm pretty sure it's a Captivate, and NOT a Vibrant. So, stop throwing Vibrant specific fixes at the phone.
So the ROMs that are available are Different. On that note, I have zero useful specifics to share. Sorry, but Good Luck.
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If it walks like a duck (using odin to flash vibrant specific roms), talks like a duck (I've seen same screen on my vibrant today actually), and op says its a duck (he literally says "samsung vibrant"), then why YELL at people for offering solutions to fix a duck?
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New Odin
Does anyone have a link for the new one?
Code:
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!
This is as far Odin v1.3 gets..
creid2352 said:
Does anyone have a link for the new one?
Code:
<ID:0/008> Added!!
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!
This is as far Odin v1.3 gets..
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Try it again. Close odin, disconnect phone and pull battery. Odin can be tempermental. Reopen odin, reload the files, boot phone to dl mode, and try to hit the start button in odin within about 20 seconds of the com port being recognized. Try to select repartition in this case, so odin knows to set the partitions. If all else fails, search for and use the froyo that doesn't brick method mentioned earlier. If you can boot to dl mode, there is still hope.
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Got it up and running again, thanks a lot guys or girls. This post can be deleted now.
Good to know, glad you got her runnin. Now tell your buddy, no more drunk flashing, lol.
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I tried to update my galaxy tab to 3.2 version using the software update menu of the tab (did not use odin or recovery manager). Before, I was using the Starburst ROM.
The updating process did not finish and now when I try to turn on my tab it does not do anything and when I try to charge it it does not display the battery charging icon.
Anything I can do to fix it?
Edit: Managed to display the samsung logo and then blank screen (but the screen is on) and when connected to PC Odin discovers it. Anything I should try here?
If the device is recognized in odin then attempt to flash a stock image.
iOSh8er said:
If the device is recognized in odin then attempt to flash a stock image.
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How do I go about doing that? Any tutorials? I have used odin to root but not sure on how to go about doing a full flash for my P7510
Originally Posted by iOSh8er
If the device is recognized in odin then attempt to flash a stock image.
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How do I go about doing that? Any tutorials? I have used odin to root but not sure on how to go about doing a full flash for my P7510
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Just go to www.samfirmware.com. In the tablet section you will find all the firmwares and tutorials. You will have to register though.
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Or search around this forum.
I've answered this question a few times very recently.
One of the threads on this topic should be stickied.
Just want to make everything clear before I go on. My screen is blank (but still on). I am not in real recovery mode but odin detects my tab (possibly because its stuck on installation of 3.2). Is it safe to go on? I do not care about the data on the tab but I do care about its functionality
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Just want to make everything clear before I go on. My screen is blank (but still on). I am not in real recovery mode but odin detects my tab (possibly because its stuck on installation of 3.2). Is it safe to go on? I do not care about the data on the tab but I do care about its functionality
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Can you get into download mode?
If so follow the steps here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089 to return to stock.
**Edit**
Pm me and I'll walk you through it on gtalk.
iOSh8er said:
Can you get into download mode?
If so follow the steps here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089 to return to stock.
**Edit**
Pm me and I'll walk you through it on gtalk.
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Afraid I cant go to download mode. Thats my main issue.
Cannot flash from ODIN. This is the output.
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
And then does nothing.
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Cannot flash from ODIN. This is the output.
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
And then does nothing.
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pm sent... 10char
maximos86 said:
I tried to update my galaxy tab to 3.2 version using the software update menu of the tab (did not use odin or recovery manager). Before, I was using the Starburst ROM.
The updating process did not finish and now when I try to turn on my tab it does not do anything and when I try to charge it it does not display the battery charging icon.
Anything I can do to fix it?
Edit: Managed to display the samsung logo and then blank screen (but the screen is on) and when connected to PC Odin discovers it. Anything I should try here?
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Just wondering, why would you update to the official 3.2 update after running a custom rom? You should always wait for the rom to update with the latest otherwise.
maximos86 said:
I tried to update my galaxy tab to 3.2 version using the software update menu of the tab (did not use odin or recovery manager). Before, I was using the Starburst ROM.
The updating process did not finish and now when I try to turn on my tab it does not do anything and when I try to charge it it does not display the battery charging icon.
Anything I can do to fix it?
Edit: Managed to display the samsung logo and then blank screen (but the screen is on) and when connected to PC Odin discovers it. Anything I should try here?
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Have you tried a reset by pressing the on/off button and the left side of the volume button for a few seconds thats how I did mine when mine froze trying to use the 3.2 update.
finally managed to reboot into recovery and flash a rom everything is fixed now. Thank you everyone
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iOSh8er said:
If the device is recognized in odin then attempt to flash a stock image.
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my computer will recognize my tab in odin, but which file do i use? i am pretty new to this and am a quick learner... any help?
Greetings.
I know this forum can get quite annoyed with posts being repeated and the same question being asked many times over.
I would just like to say that I have searched this forum for the problem I have, however either the posts are beyond my knowledge or not directly related to my issues. If I have missed something please let me know.
First things first. My phone.
I have an International Samsung Galaxy S3
It is running Stock JellyBean 4.1.1 (O2 UK)
It has been rooted with Odin. (I only rooted because I wanted to use Titanium Backup). It has been rooted successfully for about 3 weeks.
I wish I could give the exact firmware and other figures but I can't access them on my phone.
The Problem
Today whilst working at my desk I decide to check my phone but when I look at it there is a message being displayed that states "Encryption Failed". There is some text saying that I need to factory reset my phone and then, below that is a reset button. I press the reset button, the phone reboots to exactly the same screen. I press it again... And again... And again.
Now it boots into CWM-based recovery. Figuring I don't want to screw this phone up further without finding out what the problem is, i restart the phone again. Now the phone just boots into the Samsung logo and then reboots and so the cycle continues.
I have no idea how this happened, it was so random and unexpected.
What should I do?
The good points
I can still get into CWM-Recovery
From reading previous posts I have downloaded Samsung toolkit but its well beyond my capabilities.
The bad points
I haven't a clue what to do
Having only just switched to android and learnt the basics about rooting, I really need some assistance with this problem.
Please, please, if there is anyone on XDA who can help point me in the right direction I would forever be grateful.
Tried flashing a clean, stock ROM from Odin?
robogo1982 said:
Tried flashing a clean, stock ROM from Odin?
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Thank you. I will look into how to do that. I've only ever rooted, never flashed any kind of ROM. I apologise for my noobness.
The one good thing about this is that I certainly will learn a lot more about my phone in a short space of time.
I will update when I have tried this.
Also will the 'backup and restore' or 'reboot recovery' in CWM be of any use?
Thanks again.
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If you made a backup when you rooted with cwm recovery, then I would try to restore it 1st.
Sent from the S3
shinyazz52 said:
If you made a backup when you rooted with cwm recovery, then I would try to restore it 1st.
Sent from the S3
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Unfortunately I didn't make a backup in CWM, so I cannot restore (I'll be sure too next time though).
Thanks for your suggestion.
Just to update.
Now the phone just gets stuck on the Samsung glowing screen and doesn't keep restarting. I still have access to CWM.
I'm still searching for the Official Jelly Bean ROM to download for my phone.
Starchini said:
Just to update.
Now the phone just gets stuck on the Samsung glowing screen and doesn't keep restarting. I still have access to CWM.
I'm still searching for the Official Jelly Bean ROM to download for my phone.
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http://www.sammobile.com/
I have now opened Odin3 v1.85.
Interesting to note that the top black bar says 'Epic 4G'. I don't know if that is of any significance.
I've found the ROM which i relevant to my phone, i think (I9300XXDLIB)
Just to ask, I'm not needing to download any firmware? Different firmware versions were the major results i found when searching. I wouldn't be able to tell you what firmware I'm on, other than to say its Stock o2 UK firmware, whatever that maybe.
Thanks again for the replies.
UPDATE:
I just used odin to try and install the new ROM but it failed.
"
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> system.img
<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
"
I don't know what else to try
Starchini said:
I have now opened Odin3 v1.85.
Interesting to note that the top black bar says 'Epic 4G'. I don't know if that is of any significance.
I've found the ROM which i relevant to my phone, i think (I9300XXDLIB)
Just to ask, I'm not needing to download any firmware? Different firmware versions were the major results i found when searching. I wouldn't be able to tell you what firmware I'm on, other than to say its Stock o2 UK firmware, whatever that maybe.
Thanks again for the replies.
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I think that I9300XXDLIB is a polish firmware , are you sure it wasnt I9300XXDLIH ,that is what comes up on sammobile when searching for the stock o2 jb
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I think that I9300XXDLIB is a polish firmware , are you sure it wasnt I9300XXDLIH ,that is what comes up on sammobile when searching for the stock o2 jb
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Please can you provide a link? Its my first time on Sammobile so im still trying to find it. Thanks.
Ok.. After that first try failure I've noticed the phone doesn't even get past the Samsung Galaxy s3 boot screen.
I still have access to CWM through pressing the right buttons.
Starchini said:
Please can you provide a link? Its my first time on Sammobile so im still trying to find it. Thanks.
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Mate I think ( if i remember rightly) you need an account on there to download , but here you are
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9300&pcode=O2U&os=1&type=1#firmware
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Mate I think ( if i remember rightly) you need an account on there to download , but here you are
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9300&pcode=O2U&os=1&type=1#firmware
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I've just created an account with them and am waiting to download the file. My God, if this works you are my freaking savior! My own personal Jesus f**king Christ.
If doesn't I still really appreciate you helping.
Starchini said:
I've just created an account with them and am waiting to download the file. My God, if this works you are my freaking savior! My own personal Jesus f**king Christ.
If doesn't I still really appreciate you helping.
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Mate I am no expert myself !, just trying to point in right directions. I am wondering if you should do factory reset from recovery before flashing again , anyone else advise please
Starchini said:
I've just created an account with them and am waiting to download the file. My God, if this works you are my freaking savior! My own personal Jesus f**king Christ.
If doesn't I still really appreciate you helping.
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Alright alright, let's start with some basic stuff here.
1)- Do you have a micro sd card in there? And a card reader to read/write content to it from your PC? (We can use this to flash another ROM directly from CWM).
2)- Did you enter download mode when attempting to flash with ODIN? (Powerdown + Home + Power button)?
Everyone should follow the layout of the first post when asking for help, makes it way easier for people to understand and help.
Skander1998 said:
Alright alright, let's start with some basic stuff here.
1)- Do you have a micro sd card in there? And a card reader to read/write content to it from your PC? (We can use this to flash another ROM directly from CWM).
2)- Did you enter download mode when attempting to flash with ODIN? (Powerdown + Home + Power button)?
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Hi,
1) Yes I have a micro SD card, which I can use to place files on from my PC.
2) Yes, I entered download mode when flashing to from Odin (The screen with the warning about installing custom software). I clicked ok, and then Odin detected my phone.
I'm currently downloading PDA:I9300XXDLIH & CSC:I9300O2UDLI3 as I'm aware the last ROM could have been the wrong one.
Any assistance would greatly appreciated.
Hope all goes well mate , skander1998 will have much more knowledge than I
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Hope all goes well mate , skander1998 will have much more knowledge than I
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, you may not be an expert but you're one step ahead of me.
Starchini said:
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, you may not be an expert but you're one step ahead of me.
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If ODIN doesn't work after all, download Android Revolution or any other stock based ROM, place it in your external SD card, and flash it from CWM, Factory reset and that should work.
Skander1998 said:
If ODIN doesn't work after all, download Android Revolution or any other stock based ROM, place it in your external SD card, and flash it from CWM, Factory reset and that should work.
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Thank you. I will try this and let you know. Hopefully it will work.
After installing TWRP restore via Goomanager (on the play store) I pressed reboot to restore. the phone rebooted to to download mode. I Pulled the battery for 40+ seconds, and pressed the power button, but whatever I do, the phone keeps booting into download mode.
Is it possible to factory reset my phone via Odin?
Phone:
Samsung galaxy S4 sch-I545
Thanks,
Bill The android
Yeah you can do that but dont try installing a recovery again. Im betting youre on me7, and currently its only rootable. No recovery.
When you said factory reset I thought you meant restore. But no, you cant reset via odin. You can turn your phone off and then use the key combo to boot into odin. Itll ask to confirm or deny booting and if you deny your phone will boot normally. Everytime you restart yoll have to do this so eventually youll have to restore through odin.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
Did you try booting into recovery? If you get into recovery try rebooting back to system. Hopefully the phone will boot up normally. You could also do a factory reset if you do get into recovery.
I am having a similar issue -- I am stuck in download mode after attempting TWRP installation. Odin is not responding to my phone once plugged in (only says "connecting"). I am unable to enter recovery mode and am not sure what I should try next. Any suggestions?
This is a new S4 on verizon -- I545/ME7
hexitnow said:
Yeah you can do that but dont try installing a recovery again. Im betting youre on me7, and currently its only rootable. No recovery.
When you said factory reset I thought you meant restore. But no, you cant reset via odin. You can turn your phone off and then use the key combo to boot into odin. Itll ask to confirm or deny booting and if you deny your phone will boot normally. Everytime you restart yoll have to do this so eventually youll have to restore through odin.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
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You cant enter recovery because you overwrote the stock one and youre unable to flash/use a custom one because me7 blocked it. There might be a stock recovery posted on the forums but i havent seen one yet. I would try a different usb port, if youre using a pc a few people have had trouble with the front ports. If youre on win 7 try granting admin rights. Try a different pc. Try a different cable are some solutions.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
I see -- I meant Kies was not connecting to the phone in my previous post (not odin). If I am unable to get it to respond, is the best way to restore to a stock phone using Odin?
Wahoogoose said:
I see -- I meant Kies was not connecting to the phone in my previous post (not odin). If I am unable to get it to respond, is the best way to restore to a stock phone using Odin?
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I have never used kies so cant really say anything about that. But ya odin is best way to restore a phone to stock in my opinion. Like I said There might be an me7 stock recovery posted and that should fix your problem.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 2
I am having trouble finding the appropriate restore .tar for my phone -- I have been looking at androidfilehost with minimal luck, but I see where other people claim to have found it.
Theyre in the dev section.
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fixed?
has anyone been able to get out the download/ odin mode booting..... i still cant use my phone or enter recovery, if anyone solved this, any help would be appreciated. I am using the galaxy s4 at&t version i337. Please help me i just got the phone 2 days ago lol
Development section.. me7 stock .. Take out Battery start Odon hold volume down plug in usb.. Make sure drivers are installed. . After it says comm. In Pda browse to stock me7.. reinstall battery then start. . You may need a pit file not sure. .when done Reroot.. There is no cwm for me7 yet so your done after rooting don't try cwm or twerp
Can someone point me to the stock ME7?
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Development section.. me7 stock .. Take out Battery start Odon hold volume down plug in usb.. Make sure drivers are installed. . After it says comm. In Pda browse to stock me7.. reinstall battery then start. . You may need a pit file not sure. .when done Reroot.. There is no cwm for me7 yet so your done after rooting don't try cwm or twerp
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This is undoubtedly my solution as I did not do enough research before I tried to flash TWRP while running ME7. I'm a complete noob on this forum and when you say dev section, me7 stock; well, I still have no clue how to find it. I would be extremely grateful if someone could take their time and post a link. Thank you guys. Just switched back from iOS and look forward to becoming a part of the android community!
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chris17922 said:
has anyone been able to get out the download/ odin mode booting..... i still cant use my phone or enter recovery, if anyone solved this, any help would be appreciated. I am using the galaxy s4 at&t version i337. Please help me i just got the phone 2 days ago lol
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hold the power button and the down volume key and it should ask you if you want to install a custom os or not and then you just hit cancel and it will boot regularly
WOW
mavratin15 said:
hold the power button and the down volume key and it should ask you if you want to install a custom os or not and then you just hit cancel and it will boot regularly
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saved my ass.....
how long are you holding down to get that message? mine is just rebooting without asking.
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bettadaze said:
how long are you holding down to get that message? mine is just rebooting without asking.
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phew..finally got it...hopefully last of my silly s4 mishaps.
bettadaze said:
how long are you holding down to get that message? mine is just rebooting without asking.
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phew..finally got it...hopefully last of my silly s4 mishaps.
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I can get past download mode when I click volume down I get the yellow triangle. When I try to odin back to stock I get error message Need help.
chris17922 said:
has anyone been able to get out the download/ odin mode booting..... i still cant use my phone or enter recovery, if anyone solved this, any help would be appreciated. I am using the galaxy s4 at&t version i337. Please help me i just got the phone 2 days ago lol
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I did this exact thing, and this guide got it fixed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
Kodaxx said:
I did this exact thing, and this guide got it fixed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
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If you upgraded to MJ7 that link will not help you. You need to Odin a MJ7 stock. I had to do it last night problem is you will lose root. You cant flash back to anything yet if you were on MJ7.
Here is link to zip I had to use. Post #12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47041854#post47041854
get out of downloading loop
I have read all the different ways to get out of a downloading loop with ME7 and none of them worked for me. however, i did find another way that did work.
if your phone boots to downloading every time you boot. I came up with this method. I can only attest that it worked for me.
1. At the downloading screen, plug your phone into your computer
2. Run Odin (I used Odin3 v3.09)
3. Uncheck auto reboot and F. Reset Time
4. Select PIT and load a .pit fil ( I used a file called "SCH-I545.pit" that I downloaded from these forums)
5. Click Start
It will fail and your Message box will look like this
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
<ID:0/005>
<ID:0/005> Re-Partition operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/005> Removed!!
6. Now uplug your phone from the computer and reboot.
The only explanation I can come up with is that the partition file info gets corrupted or lost and doing this either rewrites the partition info file or tells the system where to look for it. I could be wrong but it is the only thing that works for me.
good luck!
THANX!!
FIXED!!! thank you, i registered here just to say thanks for posting this. Ive been looking for hrs. and this was all I had to do the whole time. great solution for being stuck on the downloading screen with errors....thank you!!! I thought I ruined my new phone! =D lol:good:
[Q] [SOLVED] My Samsung galaxy s2 just got bricked, & now its between life and death
Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE
Model name: SHV-E110S
No Custom Binary Download
Current binary is Samsung Official
Jelly bean 4.1.2 (90% sure)
Froze while using it and upon reboot froze at boot screen where the logo of "T" keeps rotating.
Firstly, being myself a complete Noob when it come to stuffs like Custom Roms, firmware, kernel etc got the phone in worse condition.
Upon reading few forums here, tried using Odion3 v 1.85 and tried fixing it following some ideas from these forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016984
Reckoning that the mobile must have been soft bricked, tried using recovery package which failed as shown below:
http://oi39.tinypic.com/678nls.jpg
Then committed second mistake by using "PIT" file selecting Re Partition. After that on turning on the mobile, instead of BIOS, came "Odion Mode" where additional logo of "Update appears" The failed pic using PIT is shown below:
http://oi40.tinypic.com/14ihn5h.jpg
So, is there any hope for the phone or it's gone? It doesnt gets detected on kies but is detected on odion. I closed the kies in processes in taskmngr too.
So, please tell me what should i download now?
So, please help me everyone. I need all of your guidance.
I wont use that software without any knowledge.
Please tell me the steps to be taken by me now. I badly need that phone. There's no warranty now, so i dont want to go to customer care center.
And is there any way in which none of the files get deleted inside it. It's internal system memory is 2 GB. And USB memory is 12 gb. No SD card inside it.
Thank you!
best of luck
go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31319717&postcount=495
How?
gohel.vishal said:
go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31319717&postcount=495
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I'm so sorry man, but i didnt understand anything from that forum. I mean the forum hasnt provided kernel for the SHV-E110S. I'm a noob. I'm so sorry
sulav_rock said:
Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE
Model name: SHV-E110S
No Custom Binary Download
Current binary is Samsung Official
Jelly bean 4.1.2 (90% sure)
Froze while using it and upon reboot froze at boot screen where the logo of "T" keeps rotating.
Firstly, being myself a complete Noob when it come to stuffs like Custom Roms, firmware, kernel etc got the phone in worse condition.
Upon reading few forums here, tried using Odion3 v 1.85 and tried fixing it following some ideas from these forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016984
Reckoning that the mobile must have been soft bricked, tried using recovery package which failed as shown below:
http://oi39.tinypic.com/678nls.jpg
Then committed second mistake by using "PIT" file selecting Re Partition. After that on turning on the mobile, instead of BIOS, came "Odion Mode" where additional logo of "Update appears" The failed pic using PIT is shown below:
http://oi40.tinypic.com/14ihn5h.jpg
So, is there any hope for the phone or it's gone? It doesnt gets detected on kies but is detected on odion. I closed the kies in processes in taskmngr too.
So, please tell me what should i download now?
So, please help me everyone. I need all of your guidance.
I wont use that software without any knowledge.
Please tell me the steps to be taken by me now. I badly need that phone. There's no warranty now, so i dont want to go to customer care center.
And is there any way in which none of the files get deleted inside it. It's internal system memory is 2 GB. And USB memory is 12 gb. No SD card inside it.
Thank you!
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Based on your description of the problem, you should still have Odin download mode, which is good.
Let's first try and restore the phone back to somewhat stock...
Go to this post and download the MH2 pre-rooted stock firmware image (and unpack the zip file).
Flash using Odin, but don't change any of the default options and settings, just specify the tar.md5 file in the PDA section as you've done before...DO NOT TOUCH PIT option.
If Odin fails again, post the screen dump and show us the message log
if Odin succeeds, it will reboot and take a few minutes to initialize the phone (this MH2 image performs an implicit factory reset), you should eventually get the configuration wizard to setup the phone
if possible to enter in download mode then noworry you have chance to get back your device,
but if not then give try on some USB JIG products... (buy from web)
this product let you open download mode by just connecting usb part to device.
once you get enter in download mode you'll safely flash stock rom again.
but this time I suggest you to use ODIN V3.07 (latest version much safer much easier to use)
No problem with download mode
j.posarekar70 said:
if possible to enter in download mode then noworry you have chance to get back your device,
but if not then give try on some USB JIG products... (buy from web)
this product let you open download mode by just connecting usb part to device.
once you get enter in download mode you'll safely flash stock rom again.
but this time I suggest you to use
When i turn on my mobile, it directly opens Download mode. And it wont even close when i press power button. I've to force shut down by taking out the battery. There's no boot screen showing Samsung logo.
Actually i used odin3 v3.09 on first place. I knew nothing about it. so following a forum on recovering soft brick i switched to old version.
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sulav_rock said:
j.posarekar70 said:
if possible to enter in download mode then noworry you have chance to get back your device,
but if not then give try on some USB JIG products... (buy from web)
this product let you open download mode by just connecting usb part to device.
once you get enter in download mode you'll safely flash stock rom again.
but this time I suggest you to use
When i turn on my mobile, it directly opens Download mode. And it wont even close when i press power button. I've to force shut down by taking out the battery. There's no boot screen showing Samsung logo.
Actually i used odin3 v3.09 on first place. I knew nothing about it. so following a forum on recovering soft brick i switched to old version.
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You still have Download mode on the Phone, so your bootloader is still ok. Flash a stock rom image with Odin and you should be ok...post your results.
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Questions
davidcsv said:
Based on your description of the problem, you should still have Odin download mode, which is good.
Let's first try and restore the phone back to somewhat stock...
Go to this post and download the MH2 pre-rooted stock firmware image (and unpack the zip file).
Flash using Odin, but don't change any of the default options and settings, just specify the tar.md5 file in the PDA section as you've done before...DO NOT TOUCH PIT option.
If Odin fails again, post the screen dump and show us the message log
if Odin succeeds, it will reboot and take a few minutes to initialize the phone (this MH2 image performs an implicit factory reset), you should eventually get the configuration wizard to setup the phone
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first of all, thank u so much for responding. Ok i'll try downloading the pre rooted ROM.
I'll post the results on the thread in the forum after it completes.
Since u're really talented in these stuffs, i wanted to ask u few questions.
1) Will installing Pre Rooted ROM root my device or not? Or do i have to root separately?
2) Will everything get wiped out? I'm sure wallpapers, messages, and settings configurations will be deleted. What about songs, photos? Will the USB storage get wiped out too? btw there's no sd card.
3) Can i recover anything? If yes. how?
sulav_rock said:
first of all, thank u so much for responding. Ok i'll try downloading the pre rooted ROM.
I'll post the results on the thread in the forum after it completes.
Since u're really talented in these stuffs, i wanted to ask u few questions.
1) Will installing Pre Rooted ROM root my device or not? Or do i have to root separately?
2) Will everything get wiped out? I'm sure wallpapers, messages, and settings configurations will be deleted. What about songs, photos? Will the USB storage get wiped out too? btw there's no sd card.
3) Can i recover anything? If yes. how?
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1) Pre-rooted means just that, it is already rooted for your convenience.
2) Wiping data/cache can be different on different phones. It always wipe the internal data partition (place where app specific data and such are stored) and sometimes the internal user data storage (place where your pictures and other user files are stored). Whether the user data storage is cleared, I can't say for certain, varies between roms and phone models. (external sd card is never cleared, so that's why you should get yourself one and store your data there or in the 'cloud')
3) Depending on what happens in 2), yes or no. If it's wiped, it's gone, if not, then you're lucky I suppose.
When you manage to resurrect the phone, try to follow these rules...
- sync photos with Google+
- keep other data, songs, documents, etc... on the external sd card as much as possible
- sync contact, agenda/calendar, notes, and other personal management data synced with a cloud service (Google+, Exchange, etc...)
- make regular backups with for example Titanium Backup, Super Backup, etc...
- a Samsung account and Google account will help to automatically backup some settings, call logs, etc... (If you let/allow them)
so you have download mode,
download this pre-rooted stock rom here
then this pit file for e110s here
once the files are downloaded,
head to odin then choose pit for the pit file you downloaded
same goes for the pda file
then it should flash without any errors. after that if your phone is stuck in boot animation.
turn off the phone then Reboot to recovery (volume up+volume down+power)
use the volume rockr keys to navigate and power button to select an item.
choose wipe data/factory reset and cache.
flash the rom again without the pit file, only PDA to make sure everything is fine.
it should fix your soft bricked e110s.
Thank you so much.
davidcsv said:
Based on your description of the problem, you should still have Odin download mode, which is good.
Let's first try and restore the phone back to somewhat stock...
Go to this post and download the MH2 pre-rooted stock firmware image (and unpack the zip file).
Flash using Odin, but don't change any of the default options and settings, just specify the tar.md5 file in the PDA section as you've done before...DO NOT TOUCH PIT option.
If Odin fails again, post the screen dump and show us the message log
if Odin succeeds, it will reboot and take a few minutes to initialize the phone (this MH2 image performs an implicit factory reset), you should eventually get the configuration wizard to setup the phone
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Bro,
Thank you so much for all the trouble you took to help me. Finally, i was successful in fixing it.
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> E110SKSJMH2_SLIM_PR20130904.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> userdata.img.ext4
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> tz.mbn
<ID:0/004> sbl3.mbn
<ID:0/004> sbl2.mbn
<ID:0/004> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/004> recovery.img
<ID:0/004> param.lfs
<ID:0/004> mdm.bin
<ID:0/004> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/004> boot.img
<ID:0/004> amss.bin
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> ums.rfs
<ID:0/004> tomb.img.ext4
<ID:0/004> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/004> RES OK !!
<ID:0/004> Completed..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
really want u to thank from my heart. Not only that, i've actually learned so many things in this 3 days regarding ROMS, multiple zip file etc.
So thanks again
best one??
davidcsv said:
Based on your description of the problem, you should still have Odin download mode, which is good.
Let's first try and restore the phone back to somewhat stock...
Go to this post and download the MH2 pre-rooted stock firmware image (and unpack the zip file).
Flash using Odin, but don't change any of the default options and settings, just specify the tar.md5 file in the PDA section as you've done before...DO NOT TOUCH PIT option.
If Odin fails again, post the screen dump and show us the message log
if Odin succeeds, it will reboot and take a few minutes to initialize the phone (this MH2 image performs an implicit factory reset), you should eventually get the configuration wizard to setup the phone
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Hi,
I'm sure you've flashed at least once samsung gs2 shv e1102 with custom ROM. Did it work? Actually currently, if it's safe i want to switch to the latest version that's available for my device. The stock is JB 4.1.2 So, is it bad if i use the latest verson which will trigger the status of Rom i guess. If it's actually good then i want to try it. Coz the phone has just been recover. There's no need to backup. And i've always been bothered by the sms limit of 80 letters. More than that, it becomes mms and will be sending failure. So, do u have any suggestions. And if i have to upgrade, which one will be good for me? And is the procedure same? By using Odin software?
sulav_rock said:
Hi,
I'm sure you've flashed at least once samsung gs2 shv e1102 with custom ROM. Did it work? Actually currently, if it's safe i want to switch to the latest version that's available for my device. The stock is JB 4.1.2 So, is it bad if i use the latest verson which will trigger the status of Rom i guess. If it's actually good then i want to try it. Coz the phone has just been recover. There's no need to backup. And i've always been bothered by the sms limit of 80 letters. More than that, it becomes mms and will be sending failure. So, do u have any suggestions. And if i have to upgrade, which one will be good for me? And is the procedure same? By using Odin software?
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Go to this post and download the GT-I9210 Based MF1 Stock Root Ready rom. Same method as stock images with Odin. This is a regionalized version for the European S2 LTE variant. It works well on the E110S and will take care of that 80 character sms limit.
If you have warranty on the Phone, then you might be worried about triggering the custom binary counter, otherwise, don't worry.
Root/unroot
dc_power! said:
Go to this post and download the GT-I9210 Based MF1 Stock Root Ready rom. Same method as stock images with Odin. This is a regionalized version for the European S2 LTE variant. It works well on the E110S and will take care of that 80 character sms limit.
If you have warranty on the Phone, then you might be worried about triggering the custom binary counter, otherwise, don't worry.
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Ok i'll download it. btw i dont have warranty coz the phone was bought in south korea itself. I didnt even find a flip cover case for that phone is my country. now the question Is there any latest version of JB where the sms limit has been removed. I mean any custom Rom having version greater than 4.1.2. If yes, which one should i download?
and the procedure is same isnt it? I've go in download mode(odin mode) and flash ROM using Odion on the PDA section isnt it?
sulav_rock said:
Ok i'll download it. btw i dont have warranty coz the phone was bought in south korea itself. I didnt even find a flip cover case for that phone is my country. now the question Is there any latest version of JB where the sms limit has been removed. I mean any custom Rom having version greater than 4.1.2. If yes, which one should i download?
and the procedure is same isnt it? I've go in download mode(odin mode) and flash ROM using Odion on the PDA section isnt it?
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MF1 is 4.1.2. It is a stock based rom, but is identified as custom because some work had to be done with the boot kernel.
If you want anything later than 4.1.2, google cyanogenmod based roms for the e110s/celox devices. There's enough out there, but you have to put some effort into researching and finding it.
4.2.2
dc_power! said:
MF1 is 4.1.2. It is a stock based rom, but is identified as custom because some work had to be done with the boot kernel.
If you want anything later than 4.1.2, google cyanogenmod based roms for the e110s/celox devices. There's enough out there, but you have to put some effort into researching and finding it.
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The link u gave me before also had Jelly bean 4.2.2. So if i download and flash that using Odin, will it also remove the sms limit. I actually want to switch from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2. The procedure is same isnt it? Flashing it on Odin. Or do i have to factory reset before flashing?
When i flashed official roms with Odin i never used PIT files. Just out the rom on PDA section and flash it. Usually wipe data/factory reset will erase your data on internal storage card,but in my case is not happeni g. I am trying custom roms on my s2 (i9100) and when i wpie cache,data and delvik,no data is lost from the internal memory. Still got my obb files,music and stuff. Try to flash your device using an official rom and after that i recommend omni 4.4.2. It is very stable for samsung galaxy s2.
Trimis de pe al meu GT-I9100 folosind Tapatalk
Bricked again after 2 years
davidcsv said:
Based on your description of the problem, you should still have Odin download mode, which is good.
Let's first try and restore the phone back to somewhat stock...
Go to this post and download the MH2 pre-rooted stock firmware image (and unpack the zip file).
Flash using Odin, but don't change any of the default options and settings, just specify the tar.md5 file in the PDA section as you've done before...DO NOT TOUCH PIT option.
If Odin fails again, post the screen dump and show us the message log
if Odin succeeds, it will reboot and take a few minutes to initialize the phone (this MH2 image performs an implicit factory reset), you should eventually get the configuration wizard to setup the phone
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You wouldn't believe it but my phone "Samsung Galaxy s2 LTE SHV E100s" got bricked today after 2 years. Yes i'm still using the same phone. And thank you for helping me out last time my phone got bricked.
I have a question for you. Hope you'll help me out this time too david.
1) Which ROM would be best for my phone now? Currently i had "pre rooted 4.1.2 JB" the one you gave me link. I'm sure you have tested all sorts of ROM's.
2) DO You have any new ROMS for shv e110s? if yes, is the procedure to flash it via odin same as before? e.g leave settings on default, select .tar file on pda section and flash?
Thank you!