Hi guys im new to the forums and couldnt find any bricked fascinate info that could help so here i am. Forgive me if this has been discussed. Anyway my Samsung fascinate is really bricked bad. I cannot go into download mode to flash a stock through odin and i cant get to my nandroid backup in Cwm voodoo. Im stumped. Please help. And once again there's absolutely no way i can go into download mode, and none of my lights come on my buttons either. I fear shes done for. What i did before she bricked was like an idiot i flashed dorians ugjk3 v2? For captivates because i was under the impression it would work. WHAT DO I DO?
first search download mode "jig" in google. This will allow you to jumper certain pins on the usb port of your fascinate. If that dont work than you will have to give this a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288093
Im basing this off of the fact that you have tried every typical method of getting into dm...such as different computer, usb cable, uninstall/reinstall samsung drivers, heimdall instead of odin, etc...
Yea i cant use the jig because no samsung symbol comes up, and that second one I understand but Im not confident with a soldering iron. If thats the only possible way i will try it (after much practice elsewhere.) Ive never tried hiemdall because i read the walkthrough and its based the same as odin in requiring download mode am i correct? And thanx for your assistance
You are in luck my friend. Take a look at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288162. All you need is some soldering skills and vmware or virtual box to install Ubuntu if you don't alright have a computer running linux. Post back with your results if you attempt this, im curious if it works or not.goodluck
Hi. I have a SGS2 for 6 months, and yesterday I tried to update from 2.3.5 to 4.0.3 ICS. I used Odin -> vol- -> home button -> power to get into download mode and did all those stuff. [It was the official Poland md5 file, no root]
It didn't work, getting everytime boot.ini error. After that, I tried exactly what's on the bootloop topic and then here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458 to get back on my 2.3.5. Everytime I got the samsung logo and yellow triangle [only when I used the stock kernel], others md5 file over 250mb never flashed/ passed odin.
+ the symptoms below
Enters Download mode but does NOT enter recovery mode (usually means a NAND rw corruption)
Doesn't flash
Bad flash in odin (FAIL after flashing, or the flashing suddenly stops)
I checked every USB port, uninstalled kies but not the usb drivers, used 2 different cables and only rear usb panels. Tried different firmwares for i9100, like 12 or something.
Now my battery died, [low battery!! can't download..]. I don't have any other i9100, so no other battery.
What can I do now beside praying that it's not broken?
One USB recovery jig to force download mode
Two Paid for JTag repair
Three Paid for service centre repair.
Four Donate a brick to the new XDA building .
jje
I'm able to enter in the download mode. Assuming I get a charged battery, what should I do next?
Last time I used stock 'Kernel_I9100XWLA4' and that yellow triangle appeard + 'GT-I9100_DBT_I9100XWLA4_I9100XXKI4_I9100DBTKH1', but this one failed.
Do I really need to take every update and see if it works on my phone?
law11 said:
I'm able to enter in the download mode. Assuming I get a charged battery, what should I do next?
Flash a stock GB firmware do not flash ICS .
Get the phone in working order is the first step .
jje
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I just downloaded the official gingerbread [2.3.4 september - i9100] firmware from samfirmware.com.
still doesn't work. stuck at boot.bin
l.e.
all these problems after I watched and did everything I saw on a youtube video [How to Unroot/Unbrick your Galaxy S2 i9100! [ICS]]
Now I got a battery charged up, I can use download mode, flash any stock kernel [but stuck at loading with yellow triangle], and never flashed an official update [2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6 or 4.0.3] stuck at boot.bin
I also found on another forum someone with the same problem on a i9100G. He used a pit file and repartition, but after all researching everyone says it is some risky way.
You said you tried 2 different cables... I would buy a brand new cable (can be generic microUSB) and try again. I've seen more than one person have to try three before they found one that worked.
The second usb cable was from a friend with an identical i9100. still tried with some no-name cable and no result.. also I installed usb drivers from samfirmware and tried different rear usb ports.
Now I flashed Kernel_I9100XWKI4. It shows Samsung logo and yellow triangle. If I try to flash any other firmware, it just fails.
You using a Windows 7 machine? Try running Odin as administrator. And I would STILL try a different, DIFFERENT cable.
yes, w7. tried to run it as administrator, still no result.
I don't think usb cable is the problem.
OK, but I'm just saying, there was a thread where someone had to try three cables before they found one that worked. I'd also try a different computer. Unless that computer/cable combination works with your friend's I9100?
hi,
i am new to this forum.
Only after buying the G-version of S2 in India and using it for a few weeks, I came to know that it was an inferior version to the non-G version (in the sense that it is not only under-clocked but has far lesser custom ROMs to choose for the updates).
I might sound silly, but AFAIK, there is no official Samsung ICS for this product. I don't want to get my phone bricked and I can't find a proper ICS Custom ROM either. From what I've been reading elsewhere, the Samsung Official ICS for S2-I9100G won't be released before May (After Galaxy Note in April)
Can somebody suggest me a STABLE ICS ROM for this device? And yes, you'd have already gathered by now, I am a newbie when it comes to the complicated issues of rooting/flashing/and what not.
Thanks in advance.
I read about villainrom 1.1, tried to flash it now but after 3 minutes of loading it failed. Now I'm back on stock Kernel_I9100XXKI3.
I don't know if that second usb cable was used for any updates through odin.
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Only after buying the G-version of S2 in India and using it for a few weeks...
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Can somebody suggest me a STABLE ICS ROM for this device?
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For an I9100G? There isn't one yet.
And it's rude to try to hijack someone else's thread, dude.
I solved it!!!!
Congratulations
Would you care to share the solution to the rest of us?
I chose randomly 'Kernel_I9100JPKF3' from a list [probably I should've checked that this was the very official version of my phone] and flashed it with some i9100 odin version from an arabic website/blog. After the reboot, I saw there was no triangle and it booted normally.
Thanks ctomgee and jje for your time!
Happy for you that you have solved your problem
Best idea, if youy have problems go back to stock, SHIPPED rom.... Never failed me yet...
yep. now I see that the wireless connection is not as stable as it was before. It has lots of moments when it's disconnected from wifi by itself.
I'm not using any battery life saver and the router is fine.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
If you have the heart to venture that route again, to fix wifi issue you may want to use the ultimate kernel cleaning script and retry with the shipped or ICS kernels.
Also if you haven't yet, must read the guide to fixing unflashable soft-bricked phones.
Hello folks,
I know I can find the solution to this problem somewhere in this forum but be ensured I have searched through here and google for the past 2 days and nothing was helpful...
I know I am a noob and I called my mommy and told her she was right when she called me special... in the end I hope anyone out here feels sorry for me and helps me out
Galaxy N7000 -
recently followed the steps and installed Imilka ICS tablet version on my phone prob was I dont have clockrecoverymod or anything similar installed now... I discovered that my stupid alarm is not working and besides getting up late for work nothing else seems to operate the way I want it too which is why I decited to install a different Rom...
And thats where the problem is...
USB cant find a supportive driver for my phone...
Kies wont connect to it
Odin is telling me to screw myself
and I am writing this in shame... "shakes head"
I managed to put the files I will ned for the other rom onto my phone with airdroid but how the heck can I either
1. fix the USB issue
or
2. Install the other Rom without using Odin via PC ..
please guys i really need some help.
i tried to update my phone but i had put on a bad firmware (i9100 instead of i9100g)
now it doesnt do anything exept when i connect it to a usb it will turn on and put the "samsung galaxy s2 GT-i9100g" with a yellow triangle.
i cant put it in download mode can someone please help me ?
enniocharchar said:
please guys i really need some help.
i tried to update my phone but i had put on a bad firmware (i9100 instead of i9100g)
now it doesnt do anything exept when i connect it to a usb it will turn on and put the "samsung galaxy s2 GT-i9100g" with a yellow triangle.
i cant put it in download mode can someone please help me ?
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You have been asking many common questions asked. And you managed to install the wrong firmware? The thing you can do is to use a USB jig. If it doesn't work then many Jtag or samsung.
You really need to stop creating multiple threads. It's not your first time.
Your other thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33426283) for this issue even already has the answer you are looking for, and you even thanked the guy who linked you to the answer you were looking for. What's your issue now?
yes i know but this is another problem ... i cant seem to put it in download mode and i have search a lot of threads but none seems to be helping me
Use a USB jig. If it doesn't work, Jtag or Samsung. This question has been asked multiple times.
i know it has been asked but non of them are working with me are there any other way please i nedd some help, i have the firmware odin... but the only problem is that i cant put it in download mode
enniocharchar said:
i know it has been asked but non of them are working with me are there any other way please i nedd some help, i have the firmware odin... but the only problem is that i cant put it in download mode
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If you can't put it in download mode there is no other way. Unless you can go to CWM.
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You really need to stop creating multiple threads. It's not your first time.
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.........and it wont be the last.
Clear cut case of needing spoon-fed all the way..........lol.
Hey guys! A week ago I bought a Ace 2 from ebay. It was still running 2.3.6 and I wanted to update it to 4.1.2. The firmware I used was a 4 part firmware. I think Re-Partition was checked. After the flash the screen turned black, the phone shows nothing and when I connect it with the PC it just shows U8500 USB ROM for 3 sec and then disconnects. I already tried it with a USB jig but it wont work and I cant buy a JTAG.
How can I fix it without sending it to Samsung or using a JTAG? (GT-I8160)
There's no way ... try to send a PM to user fluffi444, he has a riff-box, but i don't know if he still has it or if he's still willing to fix ace 2 phones from other users.
btw u created a thread in a wrong place, it should be here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-ace/ace-2-general
Oh you are right.. I should have posted it to Q&A
Anyway, are there no other ways? I mean maybe a debrick image or something like that
How should it work? Your Bootloader is broken, so u don't have access to the eMMC over the USB Port anymore.
Only JTAG access is now possible.