Hey all,
So I've been digging into this for about a week now and have come up with no conclusive results. I sincerely hope someone can point me in the right direction.
I've been experiencing random lockups and resets recently on EVERY rom I use, including all stock roms. I just don't get it. So I've been trying every rom possible and going back to stock, changing kernels, underclocking and overclocking, changing I/O schedulers, etc...
But what is really blowing my mind is that regardless of how many full wipe and restores I've done, my phone still seems to remember my wifi network and other random info. My question is this:
Is there a way to truly get my phone all the way reformatted to how it came out of the box? (blank slate with absolutely NO user date whatsoever)
If anybody can help me out with this, it would be so greatly appreciated.
Also, I have to manually update the drivers on my device everytime I put it in to download just for Odin to work with it.
follow the going back to stock section in the link...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
Yeah I've done this so many times its sickening. Appears the drivers are gone from my phone as well.
This may be a stupid question, but somewhere along the the way I guess my nandroid backup disappeared. Is it possible to use someone elses?
MR H3LLMAN said:
Yeah I've done this so many times its sickening. Appears the drivers are gone from my phone as well.
This may be a stupid question, but somewhere along the the way I guess my nandroid backup disappeared. Is it possible to use someone elses?
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So you put the stock ed05 rom in the pda section of odin w/ atlas pit and repartition checked and you still have issues?
droidstyle said:
So you put the stock ed05 rom in the pda section of odin w/ atlas pit and repartition checked and you still have issues?
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Yeah. This is baffling me. I've been doing the custom rom thing for awhile now and am pretty knowledgeable on all of this. But I'm still getting random lockups and resets.
MR H3LLMAN said:
Yeah. This is baffling me. I've been doing the custom rom thing for awhile now and am pretty knowledgeable on all of this. But I'm still getting random lockups and resets.
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One thing to try is to back up your sd card to a computer then reformat it, then odin a stock package and see if that fixes things. Or odin all the way back to eclair (dl09) then flash your rom of choice. This was the only way I could get on cm7.
droidstyle said:
One thing to try is to back up your sd card to a computer then reformat it, then odin a stock package and see if that fixes things. Or odin all the way back to eclair (dl09) then flash your rom of choice. This was the only way I could get on cm7.
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I'm in the process of trying this right now. Also, thank you for your help and for replying in such a timely manner. I'll post back my results.
droidstyle said:
One thing to try is to back up your sd card to a computer then reformat it, then odin a stock package and see if that fixes things. Or odin all the way back to eclair (dl09) then flash your rom of choice. This was the only way I could get on cm7.
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You, sir, are a God among men. I don't know why but I odin'd back to dl09 instead of ed05 this time and reformatted my sd card and everything seems to have fixed itself. Crazy. Can't express enough gratitude...
MR H3LLMAN said:
You, sir, are a God among men. I don't know why but I odin'd back to dl09 instead of ed05 this time and reformatted my sd card and everything seems to have fixed itself. Crazy. Can't express enough gratitude...
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Your welcome...Glad it worked for ya! I think dl09 is the best stock package to odin as far as clean install. I was having one hell of a time trying to put cm7.1 on my phone a few days ago...tried every stock froyo package and pwgb, but couldnt get the file system to convert. just a bunch of "can't mount system/data" errors. Finally decided to try the old dl09 package and reformat sd card and bam cm7 installed...which imo was a good indicator that some of the stock odin packages out there do not completely wipe everything.
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Your welcome...Glad it worked for ya! I think dl09 is the best stock package to odin as far as clean install. I was having one hell of a time trying to put cm7.1 on my phone a few days ago...tried every stock froyo package and pwgb, but couldnt get the file system to convert. just a bunch of "can't mount system/data" errors. Finally decided to try the old dl09 package and reformat sd card and bam cm7 installed...which imo was a good indicator that some of the stock odin packages out there do not completely wipe everything.
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Yeah that has absolutely been my experience now. ED05 ended up failing me in the end. I just never thought to use dl09 since it was so old but now I'm a firm believer it is the only stock odin package that should be used for clean installs. I had so many issues before this and now it feels like the first time I ever installed a custom rom. And zero problems as well. Thanks again!
Is Atlas pit file same for dl09 and ed05?
kasmanavt said:
Is Atlas pit file same for dl09 and ed05?
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yep sure is
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After installing a ROM and rebooting the phone everything seemed to work fine. The only problem is that it I can not install any programs because it thinks that I have no space available.
Now I did not backup my system... I do have an older backup on my laptop... but I can not install clockwork because there is no space.
please help!
Thanks in Advance!
it might be a problem with the ROM.
ODIN back to stock, then flash that same rom again, if its still there, contact the DEV and tell him, because its their fault.
If it gets fixed with re-flash something went wrong while flashing and that happened.
What ROM did you install? Was it ODEX or DEODEX?
I agree with the above post, if an ODIN doesn't solve the problem, it sounds like a problem with the rom, but a little more info on your situation wouldn't hurt.
Thanks for the input... I hope to resolve this before tomorrow! The ROM was Bionix Fusion
I am new to this and probably should have researched a little more. lol
Ok I have downloaded the ODIN3 v1.00
How do I ODIN back to stock?
I have the Samsung Vibrant,
Having the same issue when running Odin with Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo ...I ran Odin to fix a brick and didn't know the history of the phone. This is the only tar that will boot the phone all the way up, but I get the 0.00 available space error too. I tried stock and almost get a full boot up, but then goes black before going to main screen... I've tried many different combos including T959UVJFD.tar + s1_odin_20100512 pit , 512 pit + T959UVJI6, T959JL5, etc...
suggestions?
The ROM itself seems nice... I like the changes I've seen. For some reason it does not recognize the space that is available on the SD card as space for Applications. I've read a post somewhere about repartitioning the SD card in ODIN. ROM manager is s pretty much useless without clockwork recovery installed.... can not install it without space available. I tried repartitioning in ODIN but would not do it... is this something that could work? Maybe I am doing something else wrong,... or any other suggestions?
At this point I will be happy to go back to factory settings then start over...
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The ROM itself seems nice... I like the changes I've seen. For some reason it does not recognize the space that is available on the SD card as space for Applications. I've read a post somewhere about repartitioning the SD card in ODIN. ROM manager is s pretty much useless without clockwork recovery installed.... can not install it without space available. I tried repartitioning in ODIN but would not do it... is this something that could work? Maybe I am doing something else wrong,... or any other suggestions?
At this point I will be happy to go back to factory settings then start over...
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I agree... This thread would probably get more attention in the development section, but I may be wrong. I will keep trying things and let you know if I come up with something...
Actually now I am having the same problem... Went back to the original using ODIN now when the phone boots up it goes to a blank screen and will not go any further!
Jayson Simmons said:
Actually now I am having the same problem... Went back to the original using ODIN now when the phone boots up it goes to a blank screen and will not go any further!
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What files did u use to odin back
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
s1_odin_20100512.pit
T959UVJFD
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
Jayson Simmons said:
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
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Thanks for posting your resolution in the event this happens to someone else down the line. Glad you got it up and running.
Yup that is the true stock firmware... try this, it might help and it might not? when you boot your phone and it loads up, format your internal and external sdcard. (back up first) then reboot.... see if that helps. if not, odin the stock rom again. right now i'm shooting at flies with a BB gun so it is worth a try anyway...... and i'll try and research it for ya......
oops i didnt know you found a way....my bad. glad you got it working!!!!
So is that the way to fix it then? I just want to know if anyone else has tried it with no problem before i do it. Also, will you be able to flash back to stock?
I flashed the files that were included with the ODIN package and i now don't have any memory for applications also is the only way to fix this issue by using ODIN again or has someone found another method?
Did you use OCLF at any time previously?
Sdobron said:
Did you use OCLF at any time previously?
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I tried voodoo for the first time and couldn't get past the vibrant screen i then used the odin package the tmobile default files and got to the tmobil boot screen but the screen goes black and nothing happens my hard ware keys were on but that's it so then i used eugenes package based off the tmobile leak and that's where i'm at now it works but no application memory available.
so i want to see if i can just use ODIN with the file that is up a couple of posts to get my app memory back
How much available app space are we suppose to have?
So I know the phone has 2GB of app space, but when I totally wipe everything and go back to stock, it says only about 1.7GB.
go to settings, then sd card and phone storage
scroll all the way down to application storage
how much available space is it suppose to have under stock conditions?
Jayson Simmons said:
Okay... YAY!!! I got it working! Here's how!
I want to note that every time I would Flash the phone with ODIN when the phone would reboot it would fail to wipe the data! This was not a fix that I found on purpose but it did work for me:
I flashed the file EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA
Now that file is for the Vibrant i9000. Not mine
So after that I re-tried the original one that I stated above,.... then it worked! I did notice that it did NOT fail to wipe the data!
So relieved!
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Can you post the EUGENE373_SamsungS_Froyo_PDA file? I flashed Eugene_2E_JK2 Froyo, and then tried flashing the original JFD Stock Rom, but it gave me a black screen after the Galaxy S screen. Also, it didn't wipe the data for me.
has anyone fixed this? i have the same problem im stuck
Ok, I was restoring my phone to stock with odin following these stpes
Disable Voodoo
Odin to eugenes froyo that wont brick
sticks at vibrant screen
tried odining to JFD
odin completes but still hangs at the vibrant screen
I have tried with and with out repartition checked and I am able to enter and exit download mode freely, I have tried 3 differnt versions of odin and 2 different downloads of the pda and pits. Any help would be great.
EDIT, Odin is finishing at the pass stage when the phone attempts to boot Currently flashing the JI6 seeing if it works.
Still not getting anywhere, I have now tried to odin to eugenes froyo, JFD, JI6, all which end the same with out a boot screen, I can get download but no recovery.
From my understanding when you flash eugenes froyo that wont brick the boot animation should change to the international one, mine has not done that so I am starting to wonder if there is an issue with the flashes themself.
How long did you wait after flashing the stock firmware? The first boot usually takes a while after an Odin. Did Odin finish flashing everything to the point that it said restart in blue?
You can find instructions to revert to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
I've gotten myself out of some pretty bad "bricks" with JFD and ODIN... make sure you also use the stock .pit file and you can check repartition, use JFD and should fix you right up.
I have waited for 10-15 minutes after it says restart and then sometimes after it says pass, and I have done to jfd and stock pit.
left phone at boot fell asleep woke up hr or so later still at vibrant screen, still cannot access recovery but can access download mode.
To OP. What custom rom did you run before flashing back to stock? Have you recovered?
iynfynity said:
To OP. What custom rom did you run before flashing back to stock? Have you recovered?
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I was on axura the newest one and did not like it that much tbh had tons of processes starting nonstop and was constantly down to 35m of memory while idle. No I have not recoverd, I have flashed every combo I can think of with ODIN but alas have had no luck.
Currently it is being warrantied out for a free replacement.
ionic7 said:
I was on axura the newest one and did not like it that much tbh had tons of processes starting nonstop and was constantly down to 35m of memory while idle. No I have not recoverd, I have flashed every combo I can think of with ODIN but alas have had no luck.
Currently it is being warrantied out for a free replacement.
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So tired.... I am in the same boat. But I get to flash Eugenes froyo but i have 0 room in app storage. Then When I try to Odin to stock JFD and stock .pit it all goes well untill I get to recovery and it tells me in red text "data wipe failed"
The phone reboots and goes black after the galaxy s animation.
You think samsung will fix it for me? I go the phone in July 2010.
To OP.
have you tried flashing eugenes froyo that doesn't brick? I can't understand why a lot of these bricks are happening right now. Especially when you do flash your phone back to stock.
iynfynity said:
To OP.
have you tried flashing eugenes froyo that doesn't brick? I can't understand why a lot of these bricks are happening right now. Especially when you do flash your phone back to stock.
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Yes read the first post it says what i have flashed.
Charlie Brown said:
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So tired.... I am in the same boat. But I get to flash Eugenes froyo but i have 0 room in app storage. Then When I try to Odin to stock JFD and stock .pit it all goes well untill I get to recovery and it tells me in red text "data wipe failed"
The phone reboots and goes black after the galaxy s animation.
You think samsung will fix it for me? I go the phone in July 2010.
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How would I know if samsung will fix it.. I called tmobile said it got bricked while doing JI6 boom problem solved. Their support is not that great though he was having me try to access root by calling it a secert master menu, then asked if i tethered my comp to it but his definition of tether was syncing files I was just playing dumb and letting him ask me his questions
ionic7 said:
How would I know if samsung will fix it.. I called tmobile said it got bricked while doing JI6 boom problem solved. Their support is not that great though he was having me try to access root by calling it a secert master menu, then asked if i tethered my comp to it but his definition of tether was syncing files I was just playing dumb and letting him ask me his questions
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Rooting your device and flashing custom roms onto it voids your warranty from t-mobile. You are wasting your time trying to see if they will help, This is NOT in their job description. They might laugh at you.
@OP Try flashing to a TRUE stock firmware, I personally would not flash from a custom rom to another custom rom, does that make sense? You should go back to t-mobiles legit 2.1. There is a link in the Bible here under the Dev forum. But, The link is broken. So Ive uploaded it here http://www.mediafire.com/?8kw71bx06an0vwg
Don't give up on odin yet, try things like changing your usb ports on the computer, this has worked for me. I also have a video tutorial using odin, it might be of some help to you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10207377&postcount=1
Good luck!
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Yes read the first post it says what i have flashed.
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try that again.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Im having the same issue with, "Data Wipe Failed" and have 0.00 space in Application storage but my phone reboots into eugenes 2.2 perfectly fine and works, but the application storage seems to be empty still...very frustrating.
cvibe88 said:
Rooting your device and flashing custom roms onto it voids your warranty from t-mobile. You are wasting your time trying to see if they will help, This is NOT in their job description. They might laugh at you.
@OP Try flashing to a TRUE stock firmware, I personally would not flash from a custom rom to another custom rom, does that make sense? You should go back to t-mobiles legit 2.1. There is a link in the Bible here under the Dev forum. But, The link is broken. So Ive uploaded it here http://www.mediafire.com/?8kw71bx06an0vwg
Don't give up on odin yet, try things like changing your usb ports on the computer, this has worked for me. I also have a video tutorial using odin, it might be of some help to you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10207377&postcount=1
Good luck!
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have changed usb cord, port, computer, have flashed jfd ji6 froyo that wont brick, 512 pit,513 pit,and they have not laughed at me in anyway they are sending my new phone now and a g2 to try out soo either way I have something soon. I also was going from axura to stock to a custom rom not from one to the other and I do know how to use odin, I know what I am doing just need help figuring this one out has to be something im missing or its just not gonna work. 50 odins and nothing kinda says it all.
I am in the same boat.. tried ODIN + stock ROM from various sources, nothing seems to work.. am I out of luck ??
I was running trigger 3.0.1 and decided to flash cm7, i went through the process and when i rebooted at the end, the cm7 logo flashed and returned me to recovery. I used Eugenes nor brick froyo from odin and now i cannot install rom manager or anything else because it says i have zero available memory even though i have 14.63 gb of available phone storage and 3.69gb of sd card storage. I have tried multiple times to repartition via odin but i still cannot install anything.
Any ideas ?
System memory and phone memory are two different things. Try removing some bloat apps if you have any, that should free up system memory.
Sent from my rough sketch of a Vibrant on a brick.
Are you still running Eugene's no-brick? You need to Odin back to stock (preferably JFD).
should partition be on in odin ? for going back to 2.1
all of my apps say that they are taking up 0.00 mb, im confused.
odin, and i always do re-partition, but idk if you should or not, hasn't hurt me ever.
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odin, and i always do re-partition, but idk if you should or not, hasn't hurt me ever.
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If Im not mistaken, some consider it very brickable.
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If Im not mistaken, some consider it very brickable.
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Really?! I always check it... Well... Its auto checked dunno if its just me
ive got the exact same problem. how did you solve this? i flashed eugenes tar and pit.. im now using odin to get back to stock JFD. ill update w results.
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Really?! I always check it... Well... Its auto checked dunno if its just me
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You should only check repartition when flashing JFD. The phone will be soft bricked if you select repartition on JI6
You probably gonna need adb & parted to get your partitions fixed.
Try this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937072&highlight=black+screen+death
Okay, so after installing the kang build 25 ICS for the vibrant, everything went fine. Randomly I get a random reboot and my phone says there was an "encryption error" and that I have to do a factory reset. Since I already had everything backed up, I didn't mind the data wipe. When it went rebooted the CWM screen came up and started wiping everything but when it got to the "formatting data" part, it failed. I tried this many times and it kept failing... SO, I decided to ODIN back to JFD. After doing so, all I get is the Vibrant screen, then an instant shut down. I even tried Eugene's old No Brick Froyo PDA, then tried to reinstall the JFD image, but got no luck.
Question is: What should I do now?
Any help will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!
Its a little involved but It's all I could find to help buddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
It's not the easiest thing in the world to accomplish but It is a guarantied way to get your vibrant into successful download mode to reflash to stock.
At the least something to get you started
Good Luck!
Perhaps it could be a bootloader problem? If you're sure you are doing Odin right, including repartition with the pit file, you could look at your SBL.
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Sorry but what is SBL?
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Sorry but what is SBL?
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I dont know how to explain it very well lol but to check if the rom you are trying to odin has the sbl in it. Rename it and put a .zip at the end. Then extract to see if its in there it should be named "sbl". To change it back simply delete the .zip off the original file.
JFD
I'm trying to ODIN the original JFD firmware, and I just checked that it does not have SBL in it.
Try odining a rom that has the sbl file in it thats probably why its not working.
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Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278683 you need to have java installed to open it
Just tried the Heimdall thing. No luck. As soon as it says rebooting, it goes to the vibrant screen, then the battery charging screen, then continues to bootloop. Same thing happened with Odin
why don't you try what I did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23056603&postcount=10
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I'm trying to ODIN the original JFD firmware, and I just checked that it does not have SBL in it.
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The SBL is the Secondary Boot Loader, which is loaded by the Primary Boot Loader.
I haven't personally encountered any roms which also flash bootloaders.
I did manage to get my phone bootlooped in some weird way which apparently could only be fixed by reflashing the SBL. Note: flashing bootloaders is more dangerous than regular roms.
I am presently running a GB SBL from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
It's not the easiest thing in the world to accomplish but It is a guarantied way to get your vibrant into successful download mode to reflash to stock.
At the least something to get you started
Good Luck!
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a 301kohm jig is ONLY good if you have a valid Initial Bootloader, Primitive Bootloader, Partition Table AND Secondary Bootloader. If you damage any of those, a 301kohm jig won't work.
Use UnBrickable Mod. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277056
Flashed the GB bootloader and no luck either . Flashed back to the froyo one, and got the data wipe error again, the phone rebooted, and now its at "KERNEL PANIC - UPLOAD MODE"
AdamOutler said:
a 301kohm jig is ONLY good if you have a valid Initial Bootloader, Primitive Bootloader, Partition Table AND Secondary Bootloader. If you damage any of those, a 301kohm jig won't work.
Use UnBrickable Mod. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277056
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I have already tried the Heimdall method... and I can access download mode. I think the thing that is causing the bootloop is that the Data wipe fails after a restore. Thats when the bootloop kicks in
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I have already tried the Heimdall method... and I can access download mode. I think the thing that is causing the bootloop is that the Data wipe fails after a restore. Thats when the bootloop kicks in
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If you did Odin/Heimdall to stock after flashing the SBL, and it is still messed up, its beyond me and I'd really like to know the fix. Wiping should be irrelevant after Odining to stock.
If you are getting errors in recovery when you try to wipe/format/restore, that indicates a mismatch between the kernel and the partitioning or filesystem.
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If you did Odin/Heimdall to stock after flashing the SBL, and it is still messed up, its beyond me and I'd really like to know the fix. Wiping should be irrelevant after Odining to stock.
If you are getting errors in recovery when you try to wipe/format/restore, that indicates a mismatch between the kernel and the partitioning or filesystem.
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SO the thing is I used the GLITCH kernel with vibrant build 25... I dont think I was supposed to... could that have caused the problem? maybe a voodoo problem?
There are two glitch kernel series that I know of, one for CM7 and one for CM9 and ICS (I think, not sure, that all ICS builds and CM9 use the same basic filesystem scheme).
All stock builds use a Samsung FS scheme which is different from the two above. So there are at least three mutually-incompatible families of FS+kernel pairs.
I used the CM9 kernel I think...
After the installation went fine, I got the encryption error which told me to reboot. as soon as I did, I got the Data wipe fail. Any ideas?
Encryption Error
I'm going through the same thing. I had my phone at ICS passion for months, last night I noticed my phone was in a boot load screen, but it was dimmed. I simply went and took out my battery. . maybe not the best idea, cause I'm now unable to flash back to stock.
I used odin to go back to stock, but I keep getting a boot load/reset. Nothing is happening.
If anyone has found out more on this, please let me know. Thank you so much.
tabthelab said:
I'm going through the same thing. I had my phone at ICS passion for months, last night I noticed my phone was in a boot load screen, but it was dimmed. I simply went and took out my battery. . maybe not the best idea, cause I'm now unable to flash back to stock.
I used odin to go back to stock, but I keep getting a boot load/reset. Nothing is happening.
If anyone has found out more on this, please let me know. Thank you so much.
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If you are still able to access Clockworkmod Recovery CWM (NOT STOCK RECOVERY) then try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303
Otherwise just give up. There is currently no fix for this bug as of now.
This is really getting out of hand ICS rom devs should put a big caution sign on their thread(s) stating the following:
WARNING THIS ROM WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE!!!
Goodluck... in the meantime find yourself a spare phone like i did cuz you certainly ain't fixing this one.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
mother of god
I hope this helps you. I finally, after hours of nothing, tried to use Odin to flash to 2.2 froyo. cha ching. got in.
tar file I used here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833024&page=49
worked for me. I hope it helps you
I've searched the forums and haven't found a solution to my problem. I have rooted S4 MK2 and wanted to put Gummy ROM on it, only finding out after I had installed TWRP that this wouldn't be possible. No big deal, but now, I can't get away from the stupid downloading screen for TWRP. No longer do I get the screen before it warning about tinkering with your operating system, and once it's stuck on the screen, getting the phone to boot properly sometimes takes a while, and a lot of foul language. I've tried several things to bypass/delete/overwrite TWRP, to no avail. ODIN doesn't work for me, tried several versions, ROM Manager and CWM doesn't work, when I try to boot into CWM mode it goes to downloading screen of TWRP. I finally gave up, decided to nuke it from space and do a factory reset... which took me straight to the damnedable downloading screen! This tells me I will probably be unable to update or use any ASOP ROMs that I might run into, because once on the downloading screen, nothing works, the phone isn't recognized by my computer, two different versions of ODIN failed to get its attention, unable to to load .pit or .tar files... I'm at wits end folks, and haven't found a solution in any other threads on xda, or the net in general, any help and suggestions would be much appreciated. I've not used ADB before, but if need be, I'll learn if there's a fix going that route.
roshane said:
I've searched the forums and haven't found a solution to my problem. I have rooted S4 MK2 and wanted to put Gummy ROM on it, only finding out after I had installed TWRP that this wouldn't be possible. No big deal, but now, I can't get away from the stupid downloading screen for TWRP. No longer do I get the screen before it warning about tinkering with your operating system, and once it's stuck on the screen, getting the phone to boot properly sometimes takes a while, and a lot of foul language. I've tried several things to bypass/delete/overwrite TWRP, to no avail. ODIN doesn't work for me, tried several versions, ROM Manager and CWM doesn't work, when I try to boot into CWM mode it goes to downloading screen of TWRP. I finally gave up, decided to nuke it from space and do a factory reset... which took me straight to the damnedable downloading screen! This tells me I will probably be unable to update or use any ASOP ROMs that I might run into, because once on the downloading screen, nothing works, the phone isn't recognized by my computer, two different versions of ODIN failed to get its attention, unable to to load .pit or .tar files... I'm at wits end folks, and haven't found a solution in any other threads on xda, or the net in general, any help and suggestions would be much appreciated. I've not used ADB before, but if need be, I'll learn if there's a fix going that route.
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Does Odin "see" your phone? If so, what build are you trying to install?
I know the damage is done, but a little reading before hand would have let you know that with MK2 you can't install a custom recovery. Only Safestrap works with compatible Touchwiz 4.3 Roms
Edit: Maybe this thread will help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
Edit #2: My apologies. Just re-read your post and I see you said, more than once, that Odin isn't seeing your phone. I'm afraid I won't be any help. Good luck.
Odin sees the phone, but fails at all attempts to install anything. .pit, .tar etc. I originally wanted to install Gummy but now I know that won't ever work, then I just tried to install stock .tar file and it also fails.
roshane said:
I've searched the forums and haven't found a solution to my problem. I have rooted S4 MK2 and wanted to put Gummy ROM on it, only finding out after I had installed TWRP that this wouldn't be possible. No big deal, but now, I can't get away from the stupid downloading screen for TWRP. No longer do I get the screen before it warning about tinkering with your operating system, and once it's stuck on the screen, getting the phone to boot properly sometimes takes a while, and a lot of foul language. I've tried several things to bypass/delete/overwrite TWRP, to no avail. ODIN doesn't work for me, tried several versions, ROM Manager and CWM doesn't work, when I try to boot into CWM mode it goes to downloading screen of TWRP. I finally gave up, decided to nuke it from space and do a factory reset... which took me straight to the damnedable downloading screen! This tells me I will probably be unable to update or use any ASOP ROMs that I might run into, because once on the downloading screen, nothing works, the phone isn't recognized by my computer, two different versions of ODIN failed to get its attention, unable to to load .pit or .tar files... I'm at wits end folks, and haven't found a solution in any other threads on xda, or the net in general, any help and suggestions would be much appreciated. I've not used ADB before, but if need be, I'll learn if there's a fix going that route.
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If you had taken 5 minutes of time to research...you wouldn't have bricked your phone...Countless threads on this very thing.
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roshane said:
Odin sees the phone, but fails at all attempts to install anything. .pit, .tar etc. I originally wanted to install Gummy but now I know that won't ever work, then I just tried to install stock .tar file and it also fails.
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What exactly are you trying to install with Odin?
no bricking, just, let's say a small pebble.
riker147 said:
What exactly are you trying to install with Odin?
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My most recent attempt was SCH-I545.pit, didn't work... I also tried Philz_Touch, gummy, and one other ROM which, of course didn't work, now I know why the roms didn't, but no sure why the .pit file won't work. All I really want to do now is remove all traces of TWRP. My phone isn't bricked, totally usable, it just won't be able to be updated or customized until I get rid of TWRP
roshane said:
My most recent attempt was SCH-I545.pit, didn't work... I also tried Philz_Touch, gummy, and one other ROM which, of course didn't work, now I know why the roms didn't, but no sure why the .pit file won't work. All I really want to do now is remove all traces of TWRP. My phone isn't bricked, totally usable, it just won't be able to be updated or customized until I get rid of TWRP
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It looks to me like your only option is to Odin back to stock MK2. Did you check out the link I gave you in my first post?
riker147 said:
It looks to me like your only option is to Odin back to stock MK2. Did you check out the link I gave you in my first post?
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I'm reading over it now, considering doing the full wipe. Now that I know custom ROMS are going to be limited to ASOP I don't mind going stock and unrooted. I really appreciate your help
roshane said:
I'm reading over it now, considering doing the full wipe. Now that I know custom ROMS are going to be limited to ASOP I don't mind going stock and unrooted. I really appreciate your help
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If you get it straightened out I would recommend reading this thread after. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Let me know how you make out. Good luck.
From reading this I think you're confusing TWRP with Odin. TWRP doesnt have a downloading screen, but Odin does and thats exactly the screen you want to be on to flash a stock Odin tar. You will need to flash a full stock tar. And if you respond saying it didnt work please include the Odin error log.
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riker147 said:
If you get it straightened out I would recommend reading this thread after. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Let me know how you make out. Good luck.
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no luck so far, got the full wipe downloaded, put everything into Odin, and in the Odin message box it says setupconnection.. not real sure what to do...
roshane said:
no luck so far, got the full wipe downloaded, put everything into Odin, and in the Odin message box it says setupconnection.. not real sure what to do...
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You making sure you have the proper USB drivers as well as a good USB cable?
Also like surge said its kind of confusing I think you're confusing Odin with twrp as well at times.
So now your trying to load which file from within Odin???
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Mistertac said:
You making sure you have the proper USB drivers as well as a good USB cable?
Also like surge said its kind of confusing I think you're confusing Odin with twrp as well at times.
So now your trying to load which file from within Odin???
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Got everything working, I'm all stock and all systems are go. Thank you very much for your kind help. I'm going to now patiently wait for the official 4.4 update to arrive and otherwise leave my phone stock.