Hey guys,
I'm trying to flash the S2 back to UK Factory kernal as I want to take it back for a warranty claim.
I've unrooted the phone so far, but bnow want to restore the phone with a stock/factory kernal, however the links for the factory kernals in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278 don't work. I keep getting messages that the files have been removed due to copyright violati ions etc...
Can somebody please help?
Cheers
Try here, if not Samfirmware, if not you'll have to flash an entire stock rom (which is what I'd probably do regardless if I was returning a phone for a warranty claim).
Thanks for the links MistahBungle, but what do you mean by 'flash an entire stock rom'. Is it not sufficient to just flash with a kernal from the links?
How difficult is it to do the entire stock rom? I'd rather be safe than sorry, if flashing the entire stock rom keeps the warranty inatct...
cheers
here you go stock rom ,kernek and modems
I mean, instead of flashing just the kernel, flashing the entire rom package (which also obviously contains the kernel). You don't absolutely have to do this, it's just what I'd do (just my personal preference).
It's no more difficult to flash a whole rom, just the download will take longer as it's a couple of hundred MB Vs a few MB for a kernel.
Do whatever you're comfortable with ;-)
shan_tsung said:
Thanks for the links MistahBungle, but what do you mean by 'flash an entire stock rom'. Is it not sufficient to just flash with a kernal from the links?
How difficult is it to do the entire stock rom? I'd rather be safe than sorry, if flashing the entire stock rom keeps the warranty inatct...
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apk_xiz said:
here you go ["]stock rom ,kernek and modems[/URL]
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Thanks mate
MistahBungle said:
I mean, instead of flashing just the kernel, flashing the entire rom package (which also obviously contains the kernel). You don't absolutely have to do this, it's just what I'd do (just my personal preference).
It's no more difficult to flash a whole rom, just the download will take longer as it's a couple of hundred MB Vs a few MB for a kernel.
Do whatever you're comfortable with ;-)
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Got you. I'll just do the whole rom I think.
Thanks guys
:S connected phone in dowload mode and ran Odin, downloaded firmware file from site that apk_xiz suggested (downloaded one that had XX in the region, as that should be the one for UK?)
Loaded tar.nd5 file in pda on odin and hit start and the the phone just stays in downloading and nothing happens now?? Odin says all hread completed suceed 0 and failed 0?
Can somebody please shed some light
Check Windoze Task Manager & kill Kies/related processes if they're running. If they're not, go thru as many of the following steps as you need to:-
*Must run Odin as administrator in Windoze.
*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.
*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)
*Try different versions of Odin (search on here/Google)
*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again. Also run Windoze Update.
And if all this fails, try a different PC. And if it doesn't work first go on the 2nd PC, go thru the above steps on that PC.
shan_tsung said:
:S connected phone in dowload mode and ran Odin, downloaded firmware file from site that apk_xiz suggested (downloaded one that had XX in the region, as that should be the one for UK?)
Loaded tar.nd5 file in pda on odin and hit start and the the phone just stays in downloading and nothing happens now?? Odin says all hread completed suceed 0 and failed 0?
Can somebody please shed some light
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well first of all UK version is XEU (cuz mine is uk too)
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and 2nd do what MistahBungle suggested !
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if that way won't work then i will tell you difficult way (adb way)
Thank you so much guys, think Its going back to stock now, still downloading as I type...
I've noticed though that the bianry counter states 3 downloads :S I take it I need to buy a 'JIG' tool to reset this counter back to '0'?
Or can I just do a factory erase/reset by holding up menu and power then selecting restore/erase option, would that reset the counter too?
Yep, buy a jig on eBay (costs a couple of bucks), provided you're not running the 'new' bootloader, the jig will reset your flash counter.
If you find the jig doesn't work, you have two options; flash the 'old' bootloader, or use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter.
But don't worry about that now, get your phone working, buy a jig (even if it doesn't reset your flash counter, could come in handy if you can't get into download mode someday for whatever reason) & see how it goes.
no you won't have to buy any zig to reset your binary count just root your phone and download triangle away and you are good to go .
enjoy
Okay, phone is working again with stock firmware...
Now, I already had a battery temprature problem with the phone, it didn't restart without plugging in with a charger when you would power it down... But now after restore, it keeps telling me that charging has been paused due to high voltage and the battery icon keeps flashing in the top right corner on the screen?? Should I just leave this one for the warranty then?
Seriously, you've messed with it enough, haven't you ? ;-P Send it in for warranty, add that problem to the list of other stuff you tell them about.
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Seriously, you've messed with it enough, haven't you ? ;-P Send it in for warranty, add that problem to the list of other stuff you tell them about.
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just the 'jig' and i'll throw it back to them I'll update once I hear back.
Thanks for the help dude
As Apk_Xiz, said, you're going to have to use Triangle Away to reset the flash counter if you've flashed an ICS stock firmware. Go to that thread he linked to if that's the case, read the instructions & go for it. But if you've flashed a Gingerbread stock rom, yeah, wait for the jig & reset it then send it off.
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just the 'jig' and i'll throw it back to them I'll update once I hear back.
Thanks for the help dude
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So a few days ago my galaxy s2 shut it self off and wouldn't start again. Wouldn't charge the battery, just sat there with the empty battery symbol. I by passed the battery and directly wired a cut usb cord onto the battery terminals. It worked! But now wont boot past the "Samsung Galaxy s2" white on black logo screen. I have reflashed the PDF, PHONE, and CSC though odin with 10 different files I found around these forms and across the internet. Nothing made any difference and it still sticks on the logo screen. Anything else I could try before sending it away? :/
Also I never installed any custom ROM or firmware on it, it was totally stock. I am also with Bell in Canada if that helps.
If you've already tried flashing stock firmware via Odin, probably not. Does it successfully flash in Odin, I.E do you get the green pass box & the phone auto reboot ? If not, copy/paste (or type) the details from the 'message' section in Odin when it's doing the flash here.
Yep every time I have done it it has said passed and my phone has restarted.
I followed this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458,
And did everything including flashing the bootloader, except using the .pit and re-partitioning because I'm afraid I will hard brick it, but it still had the same result. Won't boot past logo and wont go into recovery only download.
Why did you flash the bootloader ? You don't normally do that save for very specific situations.
OK. So you followed that guide using files from Samfirmware. I have absolutely no idea about files from that site or how they work/what to do with them as I've flashed anything from that site & doubt I would.
Given you can still get into download mode, only thing I can suggest is to download a stock rom from Intratech's thread from here & flash in PDA section of Odin if links work, if not, download stock firmware for your carrier/country with the PC version of Checkfus & flash that in the PDA section of Odin. In both cases, only one file and no mucking around.
I flashed the bootloader because that very official looking guide told me to lol
"Have you done everything correctly until now? Then...
Congratulations on recovering your phone!
You deserve some cake afterwards, and some rest
Now, if your problem is the NAND rw coruption, and wasn't fixed by the above fix, then follow these steps :
5) Download the Kernel. Flash it in PDA. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
6) Successful? Nice, hope is still present.
7) Flash the recovery package, following steps 1-4 This should fix your issue. If it does not, then :
WARNING : FLASHING A BOOTLOADER IS DANGEROUS. FLASH WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
8) Download the Bootloader. Flash it as PDA or Bootloader in ODIN. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
9) Flash the Kernel, as in step 5
10) Flash the recovery package, like in steps 1-4 And that will fix any of your issues
I hope that this guide was helpful, and if it was, hit the thanks button! "
Because my phone did not get bricked by trying to use custom ROM I feel its different then everyone else's problems here. Maybe its a bad app, is there a way to hard wipe my phone from where I am? Thanks very much for responding btw.
Guides don't necessarily work the way they're supposed to is all I'll say.
No, your problem is not different to every other case like this we see here maybe 20 times a week. A bad flash/not being able to get into recovery/can get into download mode is a bad flash/not being able to get into recovery/can get into download mod.
You're not going to wipe it without getting into recovery. You could try and flash a rooted kernel that has recovery (CFRoot ?), but frankly best advice I can give you is to do what I suggested in my last post.
You're welcome
Ok I got check fus and found the firmware for my phone. I'l try using it to flash in ODIN but it does't seem like it will be any different then the other 10 firmwares I have tried
When you flash it, make sure you're plugged into a powered/mainboard USB port on your PC, make sure Kies/it's processes aren't running in Windoze Task Manager (if they are, kill them. You need the drivers that come with Kies to use Odin, but they mess with each other if they're running @ the same time), ensure you're running Odin as admin, and use the USB cable which came with the phone if you have it.
I did exactly what you said, still stuck in bootloop.
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I did exactly what you said, still stuck in bootloop.
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And still can't get into recovery? Usually a full wipe will alleviate a boot loop.
If you're now in boot loop, the ROM is corrupted, think of it as a Windows loading forver. Just push a new ROM compatible to your device, I recommend stock for now, and see if it will boot normally.
I only experience boot loop once during my CM 7 installation, I reinstalled the ROM and everything works perfectly.
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I did exactly what you said, still stuck in bootloop.
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You obviously did not do what I said.
I said "If you did everything and it didn't work, proceed to flash the Kernel and/or the bl".
You did 't use the .PIT and re-partition. If you use it, it'll fix the phone.
Have you flashed the kernel?
Plus, you have a soft bricked phone, period. The only different thing from others is how it happened
Flash the kernel. And then the recovery package. Without the .PIT. If that doesn't work, use the .PIT.
Just a FYI : I once soft bricked my phone when flashing a stock ROM. So yeah, soft bricks happen with almost all ROMs that are messy.
I did flash the kernel and the recovery package. At this point I haven't voided the warranty and I'm scared the flashing the .pit will do so. But I guess if that's the only thing I haven't done and you say it will fix it I will. I should use the one from the recovery package right? It will work on my Bell Canada I9100M?
Are you able to enter recovery by pressing volume up + home + power?
Have a read of my Helper Post...
Happened to me yesterday. Follow this:
1. Get Siyah kernel in .tar and flash it through odin.
2. Enter recovery and go to mount. In there format /data, /system, /cache, format all. Reboot recovery.
3. Search for a wipe script in xda forum ex: sgs2 rom wipe or something like that. Put it in your phone and go to recovery and install it.
4. Boot in download mode and flash latest version of stock rom downloaded from sammobile.com
Thats how I soved mine. Good luck.
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Phistachio said:
You obviously did not do what I said.
I said "If you did everything and it didn't work, proceed to flash the Kernel and/or the bl".
You did 't use the .PIT and re-partition. If you use it, it'll fix the phone.
Have you flashed the kernel?
Plus, you have a soft bricked phone, period. The only different thing from others is how it happened
Flash the kernel. And then the recovery package. Without the .PIT. If that doesn't work, use the .PIT.
Just a FYI : I once soft bricked my phone when flashing a stock ROM. So yeah, soft bricks happen with almost all ROMs that are messy.
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Let's save the pit file flash for last.
People see "PIT" and go like "oh, I gotta flash this".
They must think it's a magic file, or something.
gastonw said:
Let's save the pit file flash for last.
People see "PIT" and go like "oh, I gotta flash this".
They must think it's a magic file, or something.
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Forgive me for barging in, but if am correct, flashing PIT files is needed only when u have messed up the partitions on ur device, right?
Would that happen if I flash another phone's firmware, like say an i9300?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
immortalneo said:
Forgive me for barging in, but if am correct, flashing PIT files is needed only when u have messed up the partitions on ur device, right?
Would that happen if I flash another phone's firmware, like say an i9300?
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
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Yeah, corrupted nand and all.
The thing is that people just love flashing pit files, my guess is they think "new ROM, maybe it needs more room, besides I've unzipped the .rar and the pit file is there. Gotta flash that in order for the ROM to work".
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So I've bricked my SGSIII. Tried to flash genuine firmware. didn't worked. Goes into the Download Mode and does NOT Goes into the Recovery Mode. I've seen 5 files in the SamMobile Firmware.
GT-I9300_mx_20120220.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120322.pit
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit
M0_20120220.pit
mx.pit
Mine is a 16GB Pebble Blue. United Kingdom-unbranded. I9300XXBLG8 was my last firmware.
Which should I do? My phone is totally bricked no other thing is helping me in anyway!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903085
mx.pit is correct partition information table file your model.
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
i have uk branded white one, same firmware as yours.
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit worked for me
Used with odin yesterday with I9300XXBLG8 firmware.
SirKunon said:
mx.pit is correct partition information table file your model.
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
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OK! So how did you know that its for my model number? I can result in a brick if I did the wrong one :/
fuflo said:
i have uk branded white one, same firmware as yours.
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit worked for me
Used with odin yesterday with I9300XXBLG8 firmware.
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REALLY??? What is ur CSC Version?
Mine was I9300OXABLG8... Are you sure it will work for me?
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OK! So how did you know that its for my model number? I can result in a brick if I did the wrong one :/
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Yes, you can brick your device. I said which one is proper for your phone to avoid any errors while flashing 16Gb model of i9300. But if you don't have a knowledge about pit's and you even don't know which one to use than better live repartition options to someone else or don't touch this at all for your own safety. But stop asking if you are not listening the answers.
You asking about .pit but I suppose you have no idea which type of Rom it should be flashed with if you are trying to resurrect your phone.
i9.0.1.3k galaxy imperator
I9300XXBLG8_I9300OXABLG8_I9300XXLH1_HOME.tar.md5
This was the firmware grabbed directly from KIES during an update, so that would be same CSC, I9300OXABLG8.
And yesterday i reflashed the same firmware with the mentioned .pit.
I won't say that i'm sure it will work for you, since i'm not in a position to be sure, but it seems the only difference between us is the color of the phone.
Also i had messed up my partitions, but CWM was working for me partly. So slightly different situation.
Personally i would try to reflash CWM first. And if it doesn't boot in recovery still, then try to repartition and flash the original firmware.
By the way, just to correct myself, mine is also 'unbranded'. I meant it as in 'from uk' in the previous post
How about given ppl some info,like how and why u SEMI-bricked your phone.rom,kernel and what did u do to try to solve it..repartitioning is the last resort to turn to.
First try and flash a recovery(cwm) with odin(eg.with "toolkit v5") and flash a rom from that.
If that doesn't work,then flash the 3 files PDA,modem,csc from odin(when finished flashing,the phone will boot and this can take 10min to boot).
NOW if these attempts fail,then u can try repartitioning..
But why are u flashing your 600$ phone without reading on how to repair a soft-brick.it is very easy to repair after some reading.there is detailed info everywhere on xda.
Just Google: flash with odin,galaxy gs3 soft(semi)-bricked..
So the key to repair your phone is google...
Guys I already have tonnes of posts by me for the same purpose. I have tried every single thing that could resurrect this phone. I haven't flashed the PIT File yet. And yes i don't know much about it but I have been searching the XDA forums and I found no solid answer. Many people ended up in bricks and got there motherboards replaced by Samsung just by flashing the wrong PIT File. That is why I asked this because I don't wanna risk my phone. I have even tried replacing the NAND Memory (Consider my old posts). This too hasn't fixed it.
I'm not a noob that much but I do know somethings and don't know some too!
Thought I'd add to this rather than start a new thread...
Could do with a bit of advice...my phone battery died overnight and when I plugged it in to recharge and start it up again it wouldn't get past the Samsung start screen...
I managed to reflash it with the latest 9300 stock and then flashed again with Miui India...
Everything ok until it started restoring my messages when it decided to reboot and now it cant get into anything other than upload mode...
The PIT looks like it needs flashed...I've a UK i9300, 32GB and could do with a pointer or 2...sammobile.com is down at the minute (bad gateway), is there anywhere i can get the firmware to try and to fix it?
Phantom Zone said:
Thought I'd add to this rather than start a new thread...
Could do with a bit of advice...my phone battery died overnight and when I plugged it in to recharge and start it up again it wouldn't get past the Samsung start screen...
I managed to reflash it with the latest 9300 stock and then flashed again with Miui India...
Everything ok until it started restoring my messages when it decided to reboot and now it cant get into anything other than upload mode...
The PIT looks like it needs flashed...I've a UK i9300, 32GB and could do with a pointer or 2...sammobile.com is down at the minute (bad gateway), is there anywhere i can get the firmware to try and to fix it?
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I had the same thing. Phone was charging - next minute it was stuck on boot screen. Tried everything to restore but nothing worked. Like you would only boot into d/l menu but Odin wouldnt do anything. I took it to Sammy service centre who diagnosed dead battery. Completely dead - no cells working!. They said they would replace battery and reflash but today now saying they cant do this and phone is getting sent to samsung now. No doubt in my mind that this is all caused by catastrophic battery failure but I bet its screwed the mobo also. My phone was rooted but running stock os. Fingers crossed they repair or replace.
Calpol said:
I had the same thing. Phone was charging - next minute it was stuck on boot screen. Tried everything to restore but nothing worked. Like you would only boot into d/l menu but Odin wouldnt do anything. I took it to Sammy service centre who diagnosed dead battery. Completely dead - no cells working!. They said they would replace battery and reflash but today now saying they cant do this and phone is getting sent to samsung now. No doubt in my mind that this is all caused by catastrophic battery failure but I bet its screwed the mobo also. My phone was rooted but running stock os. Fingers crossed they repair or replace.
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Great I've even tried the rescue firmware and it fails with 're-partition operation failed'....I've also changed the battery lol
Funnier still..the 5 UK service centres are all in GB and all 'walk in' ony and I live in NI rofl
fuflo said:
i have uk branded white one, same firmware as yours.
GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit worked for me
Used with odin yesterday with I9300XXBLG8 firmware.
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so we cannot flash any rom using odin normally anymore,i mean without adding pit.?
royjames said:
so we cannot flash any rom using odin normally anymore,i mean without adding pit.?
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so we cannot flash any rom using odin normally anymore,i mean without adding pit.?
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For anyone reading this unhelpful post, DO NOT TRY FLASHING A PIT, it will brick your phone.
For some reason Odin doesn't work well if you use PIT with one-part rom. I had a similar problem, my friend flashed rom for totally other phone but luckily he had an /efs backup and working download mode (flashing normal rom failed with anything else than bootloader, probably changed partition table).
Pit and 1-part rom didn't work as well, so I went back to 4.0.X and flashed 3-part rom with a pit file... and guess what. It worked, it literally bringed back whole the system, only /efs content was missing so I restored his efs backup and revived his phone.
Luckily one of my polish folks prepared such 3-part rom.
Mirror 1 | Mirror 2
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If everything else fails you can try (on your own risk!) to flash above 3-part rom with a pit included and re-partition ticked. It flashes very old XXALEF (4.0.X) without sudden death fix and should be only used when you really need to repartition your phone. If you pass such flashing immediately flash something newer, f.e. XXEMG4.
ok i saw all the threads but no help ...
symptoms... no recovery (just battery logo), download mode is working,
when i flash siyah it gets bootloop... stuck at samsung logo...
odin is flashing normaly without error...
these are the screens i get
1. recovery (battery logo)
2. entering download mode
3. download mode
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lb2vi1y7h833q50/T1c9GSy8kx
gt-i9100
ssn i9100gsmh
fcc id a3lgti9100
which rom should i download and with which version of odin to flash
everything id downloaded ok and odin flashes without problem ...?
Flash philz touch or cf kernel then siyah
Send from my SGS2 I9100 with HassanROM and latest DorimanX 8.xx kernel
Ok i will try asap... Will report back
still nothing...
sabirwest said:
still nothing...
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Go to sammobile.com, sign up, dl a stock rom, flash through Odin, root.
THE biggest issue is that i cant get to recovery, i allready downloaded stock rom and tried. right now i am downloading i9100xwlss version to try because my friend has thatone on his phone working... i just have no starting point to begin with. allready got bricked phone and i dont know on which carrier it was, whic android version it had. etc.. will try this and then i give up. lots of time i have lost trying.
sabirwest said:
THE biggest issue is that i cant get to recovery, i allready downloaded stock rom and tried. right now i am downloading i9100xwlss version to try because my friend has thatone on his phone working... i just have no starting point to begin with. allready got bricked phone and i dont know on which carrier it was, whic android version it had. etc.. will try this and then i give up. lots of time i have lost trying.
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You put phone into download mode and flash through Odin. There are many guides on here for directions
Here's one guide. Read the full first page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21659039
yeah i know, many guides i have done, walked through, but nothing helps. odin flashes without problem. phone restarts and still no recovery with bootloop... flashed this and that.. and still same issues.
Flash JB leak firmware via odin (comes as 3 parts - Pda, phone and csc). Then see if it boots. If it doesn't, try to enter recovery and factort reset.
Report back what happens.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
I've seen a couple of these cases happening lately, my bet is on the bootloader, eventhough I don't encourage people to try flashing it. Or, as always, OP is holding something back.
Neo, I'm not familiar with the ROM being downloaded from a non-stable internet connection and I know you get them from an internet cafe. Now, is it possible that Odin would allow (flash) a corrupted ROM?
Sent from the little guy
sabirwest said:
yeah i know, many guides i have done, walked through, but nothing helps. odin flashes without problem. phone restarts and still no recovery with bootloop... flashed this and that.. and still same issues.
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try to find the stock rom that comes in 4 files, CSC, PDA, modem + bootloader
sabirwest said:
yeah i know, many guides i have done, walked through, but nothing helps. odin flashes without problem. phone restarts and still no recovery with bootloop... flashed this and that.. and still same issues.
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I literally did this yesterday. After you flash stock you have to boot into 3e (stock recovery) and wipe data. This will stop the bootloop and you can carry on with rooting if that's what you want.
It's better to wipe dalvik, you need CWM for that, that's why it's always suggested to flash a custom ROM when on a bootloop.
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jeah i know but whatever i flash i still have no recovery...
ok now its official. phone memory is problem, i went to service today and they told me that when i flash with odin the values that i flash dont stay in the memory, on the next boot
those values get clear, memory bug of some kind, he said that he can manual and direct approach to the motherboard and write recovery directly but he cant say if it will always
work like it is suppose to.
Hum....I think you're getting conned, as the matter of fact, he must be reading this right now.
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Just as i thought
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Check other threads, I'm dealing with 3 guys with this same issue.
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officialy the phone went bye bye !!!! Cheers for being with me in those hard times !!!
Pit file flash?
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PLS HELP. i have flashed cm 10.2 then cm11. But after few days i wanted to go back to my JB Official. I am flashing jb INU on my phone but m getting failed. Do i need to flash any kernal first?? Below is my ss.
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You need Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread; search for it & try the stuff in the thread. Should enable you to get a successful flash away.
MistahBungle said:
You need Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread; search for it & try the stuff in the thread. Should enable you to get a successful flash away.
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not found of this error
do you have samsung kies installed?
EricCartmanez said:
do you have samsung kies installed?
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yes installed. you can see in pic setup is intialized
Firoz24 said:
yes installed. you can see in pic setup is intialized
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You need to uninstall Kies before running Odin. Check out the guide at the top of this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43640820&postcount=1
Not so much uninstall it, because installing Kies is an easy way (for some n00bs) to get the drivers you need installed to make Odin work, but make sure it/it's child processes aren't running in Windoze Task Manager before you try to use Odin & end them if they are. It's those that don't play nice with it.
But that's in Hopper's thread, and the whole point of the thread/having info like that in one 'reference' is so we don't have to constantly repeat ourselves everytime someone runs into problems with Odin.
MistahBungle said:
Not so much uninstall it, because installing Kies is an easy way (for some n00bs) to get the drivers you need installed to make Odin work, but make sure it/it's child processes aren't running in Windoze Task Manager before you try to use Odin & end them if they are. It's those that don't play nice with it.
But that's in Hopper's thread, and the whole point of the thread/having info like that in one 'reference' is so we don't have to constantly repeat ourselves everytime someone runs into problems with Odin.
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but there is not answer of factoryfs.img
heywheelie said:
You need to uninstall Kies before running Odin. Check out the guide at the top of this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43640820&postcount=1
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going to try this
heywheelie said:
You need to uninstall Kies before running Odin. Check out the guide at the top of this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43640820&postcount=1
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same prob
If you uninstall Kies you have to install the Samsung USB drivers (attached at the very bottom of the post in that that topic I referenced above).
Either that or reinstall Kies and do as MistahBungle stated above.
heywheelie said:
If you uninstall Kies you have to install the Samsung USB drivers (attached at the very bottom of the post in that that topic I referenced above).
Either that or reinstall Kies and do as MistahBungle stated above.
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yes installed samsung usb drivers from there but nothing happened
All I can suggest is that you read @Hopper8 Odin troubleshooting guide carefully. You will find it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345831
Hopefully it will be able to solve your problem.
cheers
OP - take it to someone who knows what they're doing. I suggested that thread (which covers every possible thing that could stop Odin from working) this time yesterday, you've clearly shown you're unable/unwilling to even try everything (anything?) in the thread. So until such time as you do (or do as I suggested in the first sentence of this post), your phone stays busted. We can't fix it for you, only you can.
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OP - take it to someone who knows what they're doing. I suggested that thread (which covers every possible thing that could stop Odin from working) this time yesterday, you've clearly shown you're unable/unwilling to even try everything (anything?) in the thread. So until such time as you do (or do as I suggested in the first sentence of this post), your phone stays busted. We can't fix it for you, only you can.
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i have tried everything and many roms.
now problem solved. i have installed by my friend's pc. No error, it got installed. thanx for helping
Hi guys, i realy need your help, my phone is dead.
In the beggining i had a problem with power controller: Phone thought that it is constantly charging (For that time i thought that the problem is in micro usb port or in firmware)
I decided to flash it and go to stock via backup made by CWM a year ago.
But during this process the phone made a reboot by itself and after that there was no loading. I could see only name of the device and thats it.
No recovery. Only download mode.
I gave my phone to service center, they told that I have two problems: 1st is connected to power controller, 2 - dead flash memory. They say that port usb is ok (tried different board with micro usb port). They try flash it via Riff box Jtag but process stopped at data.img.
I took the phone and tried to flash it via Heimdall with brick fix pit.
After using this pit file, the phone was flashed normally and even turned on normally.
But in the phone info menu I saw no any data about internal memory. (It was damaged and required format). I tried format through phone menu and it did nothing.
I decided to flash the phone via Odin with normal 16 GB pit file and had a bad luck. I experienced freez during re-partition. After this, phone is a complete brick.
When I connect it to PC without battery pressing vol down and rower buttons it connects as unknown device but there is nothing on the phone display. No recovery, no download mode. Nothing - just reflection of my frustrated face).
Currently i'm tring to make a Jig, maybe it'll put it in the download mode, but hope is dying...
I've herad somewhere that it is possible to put it in the download mode in linux. Any other suggestions?
Replace motherboard.
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Replace motherboard.
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Is it the only way?
If the EMMC is corrupted & a JTAG failed, that's the fix.
I want to revert an ATT i717 rooted, with CWM ver.6, custom KK rom back to ATT stock rom (I did try KIES but it didn't recognize phone as I understand due to rom being custom.) I don't have a back up of the original stock rom. All download links I have come across are dead. Need help to locate working DL links.
2-Wifey has the same exact phone rooted with CWM ver. 6 with stock JB rom. I am wondering if I take a back up of that and flash it to my phone if that will be ok or if that's a chance for a brick?
jayinc11 said:
I want to revert an ATT i717 rooted, with CWM ver.6, custom KK rom back to ATT stock rom (I did try KIES but it didn't recognize phone as I understand due to rom being custom.) I don't have a back up of the original stock rom. All download links I have come across are dead. Need help to locate working DL links.
2-Wifey has the same exact phone rooted with CWM ver. 6 with stock JB rom. I am wondering if I take a back up of that and flash it to my phone if that will be ok or if that's a chance for a brick?
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You have posted in the development forum. Try Q&A.
Also if you can't find Odin file here, try to search google. You may find an active somewhere else. Other than that, you can wait. if I ever get off work I could probably scrounge up a copy to my dropbox.
Let me know if you find. Sorry, I won't have time until tomorrow afternoon . In middle of a work marathon on 2 jobs.
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jayinc11 said:
I want to revert an ATT i717 rooted, with CWM ver.6, custom KK rom back to ATT stock rom (I did try KIES but it didn't recognize phone as I understand due to rom being custom.) I don't have a back up of the original stock rom. All download links I have come across are dead. Need help to locate working DL links.
2-Wifey has the same exact phone rooted with CWM ver. 6 with stock JB rom. I am wondering if I take a back up of that and flash it to my phone if that will be ok or if that's a chance for a brick?
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here's a link to stock jb:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8CfFE5fSiMQS1NuZVZmUnRNYVU/view?usp=sharing
it includes the rom, cwm recovery, supersu, odin, kernel, and modem.
odin the rom first, then the recovery.
copy supersu to the phone and install thru cwm.
you'll need to update binaries.
also included is the current cwm recovery i use to install kit kat roms.
beenkenobee said:
here's a link to stock jb:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8CfFE5fSiMQS1NuZVZmUnRNYVU/view?usp=sharing
it includes the rom, cwm recovery, supersu, odin, kernel, and modem.
odin the rom first, then the recovery.
copy supersu to the phone and install thru cwm.
you'll need to update binaries.
also included is the current cwm recovery i use to install kit kat roms.
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Hey thanx! Just a quick question - what is to update binaries and how do I go about that?
captemo said:
You have posted in the development forum. Try Q&A.
Also if you can't find Odin file here, try to search google. You may find an active somewhere else. Other than that, you can wait. if I ever get off work I could probably scrounge up a copy to my dropbox.
Let me know if you find. Sorry, I won't have time until tomorrow afternoon . In middle of a work marathon on 2 jobs.
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Hey thanx - I am following the d/l link from above. Unless otherwise think it will work out.
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Hey thanx! Just a quick question - what is to update binaries and how do I go about that?
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once you get done installing and the phone booted up,
start supersu and follow the instructions.
beenkenobee said:
once you get done installing and the phone booted up,
start supersu and follow the instructions.
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Finally d/l at work, odined the rom and encountered "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in kies and try again"
Phone cannot enter recov. mode nor download mode. I tried kies and 2 issues came up 1 my phone has no serial number, I entered wife's S/No. (same exact phone, both made in Korea) but the second problem is that kies wants me to turn off phone, and enter d/l mode which isn't coming up.
I tried my JIG thingy but same screen comes up.
How do I fix this?
ATTN: MOD
If need be please move thread as appropriate.
jayinc11 said:
Finally d/l at work, odined the rom and encountered "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in kies and try again"
Phone cannot enter recov. mode nor download mode. I tried kies and 2 issues came up 1 my phone has no serial number, I entered wife's S/No. (same exact phone, both made in Korea) but the second problem is that kies wants me to turn off phone, and enter d/l mode which isn't coming up.
I tried my JIG thingy but same screen comes up.
How do I fix this?
ATTN: MOD
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i've restored using this many many times and never ran into a problem.
did you odin only the firmware tar?
possibly a bad d/l.
See below
beenkenobee said:
i've restored using this many many times and never ran into a problem.
did you odin only the firmware tar?
possibly a bad d/l.
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Could be, really don't know for sure. Note has this screen. Anything I attempt it's resulting in the following screen below. DL mode, hit volume up and bam, same screen. Recovery, same deal, try to boot normally = same. Even a jig gets the DL mode first screen and then bam! Is there any way to fix this or Is the phone at the point of jtag repair, or worse a brick?
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Could be, really don't know for sure. Note has this screen. Anything I attempt it's resulting in the following screen below. DL mode, hit volume up and bam, same screen. Recovery, same deal, try to boot normally = same. Even a jig gets the DL mode first screen and then bam! Is there any way to fix this or Is the phone at the point of jtag repair, or worse a brick?
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uninstall kies.
reinstall the usb driver if needed and try again.