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i commited the mistake of partitioning the sd card using rom manager.....so then i tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745547
flashed the EU version , then i strggled going into dowload mode again....i finally got into download mode using adb ...and when i was flashing it , it suddendly stopped and then the phone to pc symbol appeared
i dont know what else to do...i've been up all night and the phone is not even mine :'( please help
also my phone seems to be locked ....
Can you get phone into download mode? Install odin and all windows drivers. Take out batt plug up usb hold vol up and down and put in battery. If that doesn't work there is a cable you can but that might force it into download mode
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Can you get phone into download mode? Install odin and all windows drivers. Take out batt plug up usb hold vol up and down and put in battery. If that doesn't work there is a cable you can but that might force it into download mode
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i"ve tried that but no luck =/
Can you get adb to work?
I had the same thing happen earlier, I was flashing back a stock ROM in Odin, which I have done before, and this time it was doing the cache files and the phone went black and removed from Odin, now this PC-Computer icon is up. Holding down the power-button just blanks for a second then puts back to the phone-pc screen, my phone was hardware locked so the power+volumes does nothing, and the computer won't recognize the phone in adb.
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I had the same thing happen earlier, I was flashing back a stock ROM in Odin, which I have done before, and this time it was doing the cache files and the phone went black and removed from Odin, now this PC-Computer icon is up. Holding down the power-button just blanks for a second then puts back to the phone-pc screen, my phone was hardware locked so the power+volumes does nothing, and the computer won't recognize the phone in adb.
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exactly....we are having the same problem....we cant do anything but watch that damn sign
did you fix it?
sadly mine was that way and I had to get it replaced
nomadrider123 said:
sadly mine was that way and I had to get it replaced
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so i guess if you soft brick a hardware lock vibrant ur out of luck?
so you called tmobile to get a replacement?
El Cipitio said:
so i guess if you soft brick a hardware lock vibrant ur out of luck?
so you called tmobile to get a replacement?
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If you have tried everything twice and nothing worked .Don't mess around with customer services. You need to talk to tech services they got me a replacement
Download Mode trick.. it worked for me.
Ok guys! here you go.... If you feel like you semi-bricked your phone and cannot boot into download mode.. there is a trick that might work for some or it might not doesn't hurt to try, but damn sure worked for me... Make sure phone is connected to computer with ODIN Opened,..
1. Unplug your phone from usb
2. Take out battery (and mini sd and sim)
3. Plug usb back into phone.
4. Hold down up and down volume keys while putting battery back into the phone. IT SHOULD BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. if not sorry. Sometimes when people flash back and forth the up and down volume keys get reversed... so try volume down and power.. or volume up and power. GOOD LUCK!!!
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Ok guys! here you go.... If you feel like you semi-bricked your phone and cannot boot into download mode.. there is a trick that might work for some or it might not doesn't hurt to try, but damn sure worked for me... Make sure phone is connected to computer with ODIN Opened,..
1. Unplug your phone from usb
2. Take out battery (and mini sd and sim)
3. Plug usb back into phone.
4. Hold down up and down volume keys while putting battery back into the phone. IT SHOULD BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. if not sorry. Sometimes when people flash back and forth the up and down volume keys get reversed... so try volume down and power.. or volume up and power. GOOD LUCK!!!
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No luck, currently going through a relentless trial-error process of different usb-battery-sim/sd-volume-power buttons. Just found out insurance which I thought was covered on my phone via Asurion through T-Mobile is only covering one of the phones on my line, yet I bought them both with warranties at the same time... Pretty bummed, Only is looking like paying the deductable fee for a new phone as if lost/stolen.. Hope something pulls through.
Just a small deviation
1. Take out the battery
2. Plug the USB into the phone
3. Plug USB into the PC
4. Hold down the Volume up/down + Power button with one hand
5. Put the battery back in with the other hand
6. Wait for the phone2pc icon to flash 2 times and on the second time when the screen goes black release only the POWER BUTTON
7. When you see the digging Android you can let go of the Volume buttons
That is the only way I could get it to work
Hey everyone.
So the other day I got excited about the CM7. I was following the steps to install it. i made a mistake. after i flashed the kernel. i rebooted my phone now all i get is a screen with picture of phone with a yellow triangle attached to a pc.
The thing i've tried to do was
1.take out the battery
2. take out the sim(which was already taken out to be in my gs4g)
3.took sd card out.
4.plug usb into phone and computer
5.put battery in while hitting the vol +/- minus rocker and nothing happens.i have odin open when I( try this.
my computer just wont pick it up.
when I plug in my gs4g it picks it up right away.
I've spent all weekend working on this.
also i think they only way before hand for me to get into download/recovery was for me to use adb. could that be why I'm not getting any progress?
Thanks in advance. Also sorry if this question has been asked so many times..
Is your problem getting into download mode? Or is it that you get into download mode but Odin won't recognize the device?
If its the former, getting into download mode is a bit tricky in CM7, I've done it plenty of times though. This worked for me.
1. Unplug the usb cord.
2. Pull out the battery.
3. Plug usb cord in.
4. Hold down vol+ & vol- and power button
5. You will see the loading circle or whatever it's called, when the screen goes black let go of power button.
You should be in download mode now. Sometimes you won't get the loading screen and the phone'll just boot up, if so pull the batt and try again.
Cito11 said:
Is your problem getting into download mode? Or is it that you get into download mode but Odin won't recognize the device?
If its the former, getting into download mode is a bit tricky in CM7, I've done it plenty of times though. This worked for me.
1. Unplug the usb cord.
2. Pull out the battery.
3. Plug usb cord in.
4. Hold down vol+ & vol- and power button
5. You will see the loading circle or whatever it's called, when the screen goes black let go of power button.
You should be in download mode now. Sometimes you won't get the loading screen and the phone'll just boot up, if so pull the batt and try again.
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I've done that many times. I've tried for several hours during the weekend. Also CM7 is not installed yet. was in the middle of installing then this happend.
just open odin and plug your phone in to your pc and see if you get a COM port...if you do then flash it from there..
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just open odin and plug your phone in to your pc and see if you get a COM port...if you do then flash it from there..
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not getting that at all no com ports show up.. I'm going to try this on a different computer.
When I get the black screen with that icon in the middle and I plug it in, Odin recognizes it right away. Furthermore, I've only gotten it before when I go into download mode(yellow sign + android sweeping) and Odin doesn't recognize my phone and I pull the battery then turn it back on.
Get odin up usb cord connected to the computer but not the phone
Remove the sim card the sd card and the battery and do the vol up and down boot. Then while holding the vol buttons down at the same time plug in the usb.
That should get you back to recovery.
READ the STICKY for NOOBS......... S15274N did a wonderful job of explaining all the methods on how to get into recovery from a soft brick
good luck
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Get odin up usb cord connected to the computer but not the phone
Remove the sim card the sd card and the battery and do the vol up and down boot. Then while holding the vol buttons down at the same time plug in the usb.
That should get you back to recovery.
READ the STICKY for NOOBS......... S15274N did a wonderful job of explaining all the methods on how to get into recovery from a soft brick
good luck
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I've been trying all of those methods. Before this happened the only way for me to get into download was using adb reboot download command in adb.
The computer does not recognize in odin. I've tired this on two computers now.
I have all the drivers installed. i uninstalled ed reinstalled etc. used two different usb cables etc.
not sure what else to try. other than a baseball bat....
so i looked around and i bought a jig on ebay from skisky1. hopefully it will be here soon . to try this out .
I messed up my phoen flashing a rom and now when I am trying reset with odin it hangs up on file analysisI tried looking for a solution online nothing worked...
Changed usb ports
was wondering if someone knew how I could go about fixing this thanks...
Can you still get into download mode?
I would think he should be OK to get into DL mode. Sometimes ODIN likes to be difficult like that. Just unplug the phone, reset, and put it back into DL mode again. Any of those things could be the source, but doing them all shouldn't hurt, and I wouldn't expect the same issue to happen again. If it does, check your pit and tar files.
As long as you can get into download mode or recovery, you're fine. Just try different combinations as prince stated.
Verify the md5, or download again
Remove other usb items (my webcam hates odin)
Reboot pc
other usb
Using cable that came with phone? (my n1 cable didn't work)
i haven't been able to try that now when i connect my phone there is an image of a phone a computer and a triangular sign with and exclamation point cant get into download mode....? any clues why?
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i haven't been able to try that now when i connect my phone there is an image of a phone a computer and a triangular sign with and exclamation point cant get into download mode....? any clues why?
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Pull the battery, put it back in, Hold down volume up and down and plug in usb and that will get you back into D/l mode. Did it ten times today. That will happen when you pull the usb cord off the phone while in D/L mode. Always pull the usb out of the pc instead.
ace8187 said:
i haven't been able to try that now when i connect my phone there is an image of a phone a computer and a triangular sign with and exclamation point cant get into download mode....? any clues why?
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Unplug the usb from the phone and computer
Unplug every usb from the computer
Take out your battery
Restart your computer
Open Heimdall software once computer is booted
Plug the usb into the computer
Hold the vol up and down on your phone, while holding them, connect the usb to the phone, then insert the battery. Hold the two buttons until it's in download mode.
Edit...try bada method first. Both work.
problem solved
Thanks a lot i removed all the usb drives rebooted and ran odin it went trhough and froze up at another part but then i put the usb cable on the back of the pc and it was fixed thanks a lot guys i loaded it back to stock.
I had tried to update my phone via Kies and the computer blue screened. Now the phone is stuck on the ODIN Mode screen with a picture of my phone on the left, a yellow triangle in the middle, and a computer on the right. Taking the battery out does nothing, restarting does nothing, restarting while holding down the volume buttons does nothing. No matter what, it always comes back to this screen.
When I plug the device into my windows based PC and open ODIN, ODIN does not see my phone. When I plug it into my linux computer and run lsusb, it does not list my phone in the output, so the computer definitely isn't recognizing that my phone is plugged in. A couple of weeks ago, I had this problem while trying to back up the phone, so I'm not sure if it's related to the botched upgrade or not.
Does anyone have any tips or advice here? I'd really love to be able to use my phone again. I am using the cable that came with the phone. I have the same results with other cables, as well....
I'm happy to provide more information if needed. Just tell me what you need to know.
That screen is a form of download mode. You should be able to flash stock or stock plus root from there.
When I plug the device into my windows based PC and open ODIN, ODIN does not see my phone.
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If this statement reflects what you actually did, then it suggests the wrong order. You must first open oden on the desktop, and then connect the phone to the computer in download mode.
Try that first.
Next you could try putting the phone into download mode with the battery pulled out. Open Odin on the desktop, then with the battery out, hold down the vol- button while plugging in the usb cable.
Thanks for your response.
So I went ahead and cleared out everything and then reinstalled the USB drivers. Opened ODIN, connected USB to computer, took battery out of phone, put battery back in, held down volume buttons and inserted the cord. The screen immediately loaded up the one I spoke of in my first post. Odin still did not recognize that I had my phone plugged in.
So then I installed Kies and went to the firmware restoration item under the tools menu. Entered my model and serial number and put my phone into recovery mode according to the instructions there, but the "Start Upgrade" button was grayed out and never became clickable.
One thing I did notice while doing this (On yet another new computer) is that when I plug in the phone, I get a "USB Device Not Recognized" error in Windows. I'm not sure if this is a result of it being in download mode or not, but I thought it worth mentioning. I did attempt to blow out my mini USB on the phone for good measure, but had the same result, even with another cord.
On ur Windows pc, did u try different usb ports ? And don't use a usb hub.
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Yes, multiple ports on multiple PCs.
The port was working fine yesterday when the Kies update failed.
Have u tried using a Jig to get ur phone into download mode ??
(See my signature link below. There r links there on how to make a jig and/or where to buy one)
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First of all make sure that your PC isnt running Kies in the background - Use Tsk Manager to kill Kies process
Then Plug In your Phone
Enter Download Mode by holding both volume buttons and powerbutton till the Boot Screen Appears.Let the power button go when you see the boot screen but keep holding the volume buttons.
In no time you'll be in Download mode
Then go to odin and check if your computer recognises it. Odin willl show you (Com:x) X - Any Number
Then you can easily flash stock rom or a custom recovery..
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First of all make sure that your PC isnt running Kies in the background - Use Tsk Manager to kill Kies process
Then Plug In your Phone
Enter Download Mode by holding both volume buttons and powerbutton till the Boot Screen Appears.Let the power button go when you see the boot screen but keep holding the volume buttons.
In no time you'll be in Download mode
Then go to odin and check if your computer recognises it. Odin willl show you (Com:x) X - Any Number
Then you can easily flash stock rom or a custom recovery..
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I have already made sure Kies is not running (And have tried this on a computer without Kies installed) and according to creepyncrawly in the second post here, the screen that I'm seeing IS download mode.
4-2ndtwin said:
Have u tried using a Jig to get ur phone into download mode ??
(See my signature link below. There r links there on how to make a jig and/or where to buy one)
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Again, according to creepyncrawly, this screen is a form of download mode. I am IN download mode already.
Special_Kev said:
I had tried to update my phone via Kies and the computer blue screened. Now the phone is stuck on the ODIN Mode screen with a picture of my phone on the left, a yellow triangle in the middle, and a computer on the right. Taking the battery out does nothing, restarting does nothing, restarting while holding down the volume buttons does nothing. No matter what, it always comes back to this screen.
When I plug the device into my windows based PC and open ODIN, ODIN does not see my phone. When I plug it into my linux computer and run lsusb, it does not list my phone in the output, so the computer definitely isn't recognizing that my phone is plugged in. A couple of weeks ago, I had this problem while trying to back up the phone, so I'm not sure if it's related to the botched upgrade or not.
Does anyone have any tips or advice here? I'd really love to be able to use my phone again. I am using the cable that came with the phone. I have the same results with other cables, as well....
I'm happy to provide more information if needed. Just tell me what you need to know.
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I tried everything you did, and the only way I got Odin to recognize my phone was use a USB jig to get it into the download mode other people are talking about
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I'm definitely open to making one, but I'm confused since everything I'm reading says that the screen I described IS download mode, just with a different screen. Are you saying that you had the exact same situation as me and a Jig fixed it?
Special_Kev said:
I'm definitely open to making one, but I'm confused since everything I'm reading says that the screen I described IS download mode, just with a different screen. Are you saying that you had the exact same situation as me and a Jig fixed it?
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You could order one fairly inexpensive. But order it or make it still takes some time. But as several have mentioned, it may help.
Did you try forcing download mode with the battery out as I suggested in the second post?
Yes, I have tried forcing download mode by taking the battery out, holding down Vol and inserting it again. These are also the instructions that Kies gives, but it didn't work there either.
Special_Kev said:
I'm definitely open to making one, but I'm confused since everything I'm reading says that the screen I described IS download mode, just with a different screen. Are you saying that you had the exact same situation as me and a Jig fixed it?
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My phones update failed and I got the same phone, triangle, computer. I tried different USBs, different USB ports, different computers, tried Odin, nothing worked. As soon as I found my USB jig that was lying around, and plugged it in before I put in the battery, and the regular download mode which I am used to seeing showed up. ODIN recognized the phone and I flashed back to stock ICS rooted I downloaded from XDA.
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My phones update failed and I got the same phone, triangle, computer. I tried different USBs, different USB ports, different computers, tried Odin, nothing worked. As soon as I found my USB jig that was lying around, and plugged it in before I put in the battery, and the regular download mode which I am used to seeing showed up. ODIN recognized the phone and I flashed back to stock ICS rooted I downloaded from XDA.
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Good enough for me. I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
Thanks for your help.
Special_Kev said:
Yes, I have tried forcing download mode by taking the battery out, holding down Vol and inserting it again. These are also the instructions that Kies gives, but it didn't work there either.
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That's different that what I suggested. Remove the battery and leave it out. If you have to, sit on it so you won't be tempted to put it back in, lol. While holding vol down button, plug in the usb cable. The usb will supply the power. The phone should boot into download mode.
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That's different that what I suggested. Remove the battery and leave it out. If you have to, sit on it so you won't be tempted to put it back in, lol. While holding vol down button, plug in the usb cable. The usb will supply the power. The phone should boot into download mode.
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I guess I misread that. I blame it on my stressful week ending with no phone
So I just did that and boom, download mode as I would expect loaded up first time, no issues after I held down both Volume buttons while plugging it in (Holding down just Vol - didn't do anything). Unfortunately, it still did not show up in Odin (Kies background processes were all killed and USB driver IS installed on this computer and Odin WAS open before I plugged the phone in)
So I unplugged, opened Kies, and was going to try a restore through there since I could finally get download mode working properly. Except when I tried it this time, nothing happened. I held down the vol buttons, plugged it in, got a single vibrate, but nothing showed up on the screen. Unplugged, put the battery in, and it turned on and screen worked. Took out the battery and just plugged it in and the screen worked after vibrating 6 short pulses (It pulled up the screen mentioned in my first post). Unplugged, held down vol buttons and plugged it in, same thing. Blank screen.
Now I'm really at a loss. I'm starting to wonder if there is something wrong with my USB port on the phone itself.
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Now I'm really at a loss. I'm starting to wonder if there is something wrong with my USB port on the phone itself.
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hey i think that i have got a solution for your problem because it also happened with me in my galaxy y and then i did this thing = :fingers-crossed: see i firstly opened odin in the desktop and then take out the battery so once the battery is out connect the usb to the phone and go onto download mode without the baterry then u'll notice in odin that ur phone is connected and then add the battery back and u r done hope it works :fingers-crossed:
ODIN doesn't detect my Samsung Galaxy ACE
personalsydic said:
hey i think that i have got a solution for your problem because it also happened with me in my galaxy y and then i did this thing = :fingers-crossed: see i firstly opened odin in the desktop and then take out the battery so once the battery is out connect the usb to the phone and go onto download mode without the baterry then u'll notice in odin that ur phone is connected and then add the battery back and u r done hope it works :fingers-crossed:
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Hi there,
i have same problem with my Galaxy ACE GT-S5839i: i can't get ODIN to detect my phone. Originally, i tried to flash my phone and made a mistake in the process (installed a ROM before i installed CWM). This caused my phone to stop booting. The only thing remaining working is the download mode. But i can't get ODIN to detect. I tried 2 PCs, different USB ports; i tried to install Kies, or just the drivers... nothing makes ODIN detect my phone... I hear my PCs detects the phone when in download mode (it bips) and my PCs both recognized my phone (Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device). On PC uses windows 7 and the other Windows Vista. I ran ODIN v4.38 on both... Would be grateful for any idea what to do...
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canaver said:
Hi there,
i have same problem with my Galaxy ACE GT-S5839i: i can't get ODIN to detect my phone. Originally, i tried to flash my phone and made a mistake in the process (installed a ROM before i installed CWM). This caused my phone to stop booting. The only thing remaining working is the download mode. But i can't get ODIN to detect. I tried 2 PCs, different USB ports; i tried to install Kies, or just the drivers... nothing makes ODIN detect my phone... I hear my PCs detects the phone when in download mode (it bips) and my PCs both recognized my phone (Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device). On PC uses windows 7 and the other Windows Vista. I ran ODIN v4.38 on both... Would be grateful for any idea what to do...
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Actually, it works with ODIN v3.07! Finally!
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canaver said:
Actually, it works with ODIN v3.07! Finally!
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Finally it works with ODIN v3.07!
Special_Kev said:
I had tried to update my phone via Kies and the computer blue screened. Now the phone is stuck on the ODIN Mode screen with a picture of my phone on the left, a yellow triangle in the middle, and a computer on the right. Taking the battery out does nothing, restarting does nothing, restarting while holding down the volume buttons does nothing. No matter what, it always comes back to this screen.
When I plug the device into my windows based PC and open ODIN, ODIN does not see my phone. When I plug it into my linux computer and run lsusb, it does not list my phone in the output, so the computer definitely isn't recognizing that my phone is plugged in. A couple of weeks ago, I had this problem while trying to back up the phone, so I'm not sure if it's related to the botched upgrade or not.
Does anyone have any tips or advice here? I'd really love to be able to use my phone again. I am using the cable that came with the phone. I have the same results with other cables, as well....
I'm happy to provide more information if needed. Just tell me what you need to know.
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I had the same problem with kies on a sprint s2. EXACT same problem. Cord got jerked out in the middle of Odin flash. THE ONLY screen i could get is the one you described.
Also went through the steps with keis, dl firmware, got to the last part but the start button was greyed out. I had to do this several times and finally the start button lit up. Idk why it didn't work before but it finally did. Have you tried doing it more than once?
I wished i could be more help but that was my experience. Maybe it will work for you.
I was using CyanDelta for over months without any problem. Today (1 December 2013), I downloaded an update of about 21 MB of Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2 for Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777. While trying to install it, the phone booted into recovery and installed it. However, during the process of Upgrading, i.e. when the screen says “Android is Upgrading”, “Optimizing App”, the phone got stuck at “Optimizing app 271 of 313”. I waited for about 30 minutes before I manually switched off the phone using the power button. Then I restarted the phone and saw a new boot logo of cyanogenmod; but it got into boot loop. Then I booted into recovery and manually installed the new zip (of 1 December 2013) found in CyanDelta folder. Still the phone could not boot. Now I saw “Samsung” logo only once and then the phone completely turned off. Now I could not turn my phone on, nor could I boot into recovery or download mode. Also I fully charged the battery before flashing the new Zip.
I tried all other steps to boot my phone like removing the battery and pressing power button for a minute, plugging the usb cable into PC and pressing the volume down button and also all sorts of other key combinations. Nothing could boot the phone. Please help. Is my phone completely bricked or is there any issue with my battery ?
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777 (AT&T)
ROM : Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2
Battery Condition : Poor (But it was fully charged and also charger was plugged in while flashing the Zip)
Email : [email protected]
Alright, head over here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18630030) and read this thread by creepyncrawly.
It works. Virtually everyone who's ever had this phone and flashed custom stuff has had to use his guide at some point, so I promise you it works.... IF you follow the directions!
Good luck.
SteveMurphy said:
Alright, head over here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18630030) and read this thread by creepyncrawly.
It works. Virtually everyone who's ever had this phone and flashed custom stuff has had to use his guide at some point, so I promise you it works.... IF you follow the directions!
Good luck.
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I will definitely try your suggestions and for that I need to buy a USB Jig (as I am unable to boot into download mode). I will get back to you once I get the Jig. Hope I could boot into download mode using USB Jig. Since my phone is hard bricked, will a jig put it into download mode ? As I have read in various other forums that usb jig works only if the phone is soft bricked.
digesh9870 said:
I was using CyanDelta for over months without any problem. Today (1 December 2013), I downloaded an update of about 21 MB of Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2 for Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777. While trying to install it, the phone booted into recovery and installed it. However, during the process of Upgrading, i.e. when the screen says “Android is Upgrading”, “Optimizing App”, the phone got stuck at “Optimizing app 271 of 313”. I waited for about 30 minutes before I manually switched off the phone using the power button. Then I restarted the phone and saw a new boot logo of cyanogenmod; but it got into boot loop. Then I booted into recovery and manually installed the new zip (of 1 December 2013) found in CyanDelta folder. Still the phone could not boot. Now I saw “Samsung” logo only once and then the phone completely turned off. Now I could not turn my phone on, nor could I boot into recovery or download mode. Also I fully charged the battery before flashing the new Zip.
I tried all other steps to boot my phone like removing the battery and pressing power button for a minute, plugging the usb cable into PC and pressing the volume down button and also all sorts of other key combinations. Nothing could boot the phone. Please help. Is my phone completely bricked or is there any issue with my battery ?
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777 (AT&T)
ROM : Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2
Battery Condition : Poor (But it was fully charged and also charger was plugged in while flashing the Zip)
Email : [email protected]
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I will definitely try your suggestions and for that I need to buy a USB Jig (as I am unable to boot into download mode). I will get back to you once I get the Jig. Hope I could boot into download mode using USB Jig. Since my phone is hard bricked, will a jig put it into download mode ? As I have read in various other forums that usb jig works only if the phone is soft bricked.
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I have no idea what CyanDelta could have done. A firmware hard brick would usually be due to a damaged bootloader. Hard brick means no sign of life what-so-ever. If there is any sign of life, then there is hope. You need to get into download mode to proceed with recovering the phone. If you are unable to get into download mode by any means, then you probably need a jtag repair.
I can't tell from what you've written what you have tried so far to get into download mode. So, here are four ways to possibly get the phone to boot into download mode. Try each one of them before you give up. Also, remember that you must have a good working USB connection as well, especially with the battery out.
1) With the battery in, and the USB cable plugged into your pc, hold down vol+ and vol- but not power, and then plug the USB cable into the phone.
2) With the battery in, and phone connected to the pc via USB cable (plugged in at both ends,) hold down the vol- button.
3) With the battery out, and the USB cable plugged into your pc, hold down vol-, and then plug the USB cable into the phone. The USB cable will supply the power.
4) With the battery in, insert the USB jig.
Any USB jig you can buy should work. They are not phone specific. The only critical factor is that the resistance value must fall within a certain range. I don't remember the exact numbers off the top of my head, but I havn't seen anyone complain about bad jigs since Captivate days.
creepyncrawly said:
I have no idea what CyanDelta could have done. A firmware hard brick would usually be due to a damaged bootloader. Hard brick means no sign of life what-so-ever. If there is any sign of life, then there is hope. You need to get into download mode to proceed with recovering the phone. If you are unable to get into download mode by any means, then you probably need a jtag repair.
I can't tell from what you've written what you have tried so far to get into download mode. So, here are four ways to possibly get the phone to boot into download mode. Try each one of them before you give up. Also, remember that you must have a good working USB connection as well, especially with the battery out.
1) With the battery in, and the USB cable plugged into your pc, hold down vol+ and vol- but not power, and then plug the USB cable into the phone.
2) With the battery in, and phone connected to the pc via USB cable (plugged in at both ends,) hold down the vol- button.
3) With the battery out, and the USB cable plugged into your pc, hold down vol-, and then plug the USB cable into the phone. The USB cable will supply the power.
4) With the battery in, insert the USB jig.
Any USB jig you can buy should work. They are not phone specific. The only critical factor is that the resistance value must fall within a certain range. I don't remember the exact numbers off the top of my head, but I havn't seen anyone complain about bad jigs since Captivate days.
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Thanks for your instant replies. I tried all the above methods except for the last one i.e. usb jig method. None of them worked. I think my phone has no sign of life. I will have to try with USB Jig and then lastly jtag repair.
Even the usb jig could not get me into download mode. The phone is hard bricked.
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