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Hey all,
Please forgive me if i've missed this somehow, but i searched and searched and no luck. Here's the dealio. What happened is that on my first ever flash attempt to flash our amazing phone, i somehow grabbed the captivate stock rom and flashed via odin.
Yeah. Imagine how that soft brick felt to a noob after mustering the courage...
Well in any case, after a little research and experimentation i moved on, and flashed again and again, but that AT&T WORLD PHONE splash screen (basically the first thing you see after reboot or power on) right before the correct T-MOBILE VIBRANT splash screen just won't go away!
I've flashed several times, after reverting to stock, or over the current rom, and the damn screen just won't go away
I can't say what files are left behind by residual after that first idiotic Captivate flash to cause this, or how they affect my phone. After multiple roms i think we all know there there are no 2 Vibrants alike! So i experience some reported issues and of course all sorts of others with any available here...
If anyone can give me a hand with this issue or point me in the right direction i would really appreciate it. This community is the best!
Thanks in advance,
K~
Rareutu said:
Hey all,
Please forgive me if i've missed this somehow, but i searched and searched and no luck. Here's the dealio. What happened is that on my first ever flash attempt to flash our amazing phone, i somehow grabbed the captivate stock rom and flashed via odin.
Yeah. Imagine how that soft brick felt to a noob after mustering the courage...
Well in any case, after a little research and experimentation i moved on, and flashed again and again, but that AT&T WORLD PHONE splash screen (basically the first thing you see after reboot or power on) right before the correct T-MOBILE VIBRANT splash screen just won't go away!
I've flashed several times, after reverting to stock, or over the current rom, and the damn screen just won't go away
I can't say what files are left behind by residual after that first idiotic Captivate flash to cause this, or how they affect my phone. After multiple roms i think we all know there there are no 2 Vibrants alike! So i experience some reported issues and of course all sorts of others with any available here...
If anyone can give me a hand with this issue or point me in the right direction i would really appreciate it. This community is the best!
Thanks in advance,
K~
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Have you tried using Odin to go back to JFD? with re partitioning checked?
Tried JK2?
The splash screen is usually controlled by the kernel, you could also just try re flashing a stock vibrant kernel to see if that works.
I'm having the same issue. Just got a used Vibrant yesterday and I'm not sure what version it was on. I downloaded a bunch of apps and all was well - it worked great. I went to bed and when I woke up this morning it was stuck on the Samsung Vibrant screen. I tried using Odin with the 512.pit and the JFD.tar but that did nothing. I then found a one-click fix, not realizing it was only for the Captivate and used it. So now my T-Mobile Vibrant is stuck on the AT&T World Phone screen.
I can get into Download mode just fine and I have re-loaded the JFD in Odin several times, including doing so with the re-partition box checked but to no avail. I'm downloading the JKT rom now, though I have little hope that that will do the trick after all I've already done.
Any suggestions?
PS - I also tried downloading the All_In_One.zip and flashing to the Original.tar, then the T959UVJI6.tar. No dice. Nothing seems to work.
O.K. So my baby (HTC Dinc) was lost in a bunch of snow. I was running android 2.2 with scence UI 2.0 and never had any trouble finding new and exciting roms that were just a lot of fun to play with. So after doing little homwork and having the Verizon guy talk up this Samsung I made my next $200 plunge into my new favorite hobby. However I was not aware that this phones hacking community was so... confusing. So heres where im sitting I ran FascinateRoot_v02 which is a 1 click root and boom i get Superuser. Completely psyched to get a rom on that isn't plagued by Verizon advertisements and Bing Bull$#!t, alas i am stuck. rom manager went in and installed ClockworkMod 3.0.0.8 as its recovery. I download the SuperDark1.1-D101 and go to install it through ROM manager and nothing happens. then i realized that i must not have the right recovery. I am lost and hating the frustrations that are fallowing the events that led to me getting this phone. I know the hardware is good and all but Big Red and Bing (WTF is this doing on a google OS Phone) have turned the wonderful SuperAMOLED screen into an eyesore.
Here's what I need.
1.) someone to post what the OTA update did to my phone. (USB not recognized by PC)
2.) Someone to explain in very small words how to ROM this phone with the latest info.
3.) Someone to explain What VOODOO and NoN-VOODOO Kernels are and the benefits of both
4.)How to install the kernels
5.) Anything that i can do to help with 2.2 because running with limited/no flash makes me feel like im playing with an iphone original with a shiny new screen.
I'm very sorry for making a new thread that i am sure has questions that have been asked before on it, but for two days i have been lost on this. Please help a guy out!!!
Droidneedzsence said:
O.K. So my baby (HTC Dinc) was lost in a bunch of snow. I was running android 2.2 with scence UI 2.0 and never had any trouble finding new and exciting roms that were just a lot of fun to play with. So after doing little homwork and having the Verizon guy talk up this Samsung I made my next $200 plunge into my new favorite hobby. However I was not aware that this phones hacking community was so... confusing. So heres where im sitting I ran FascinateRoot_v02 which is a 1 click root and boom i get Superuser. Completely psyched to get a rom on that isn't plagued by Verizon advertisements and Bing Bull$#!t, alas i am stuck. rom manager went in and installed ClockworkMod 3.0.0.8 as its recovery. I download the SuperDark1.1-D101 and go to install it through ROM manager and nothing happens. then i realized that i must not have the right recovery. I am lost and hating the frustrations that are fallowing the events that led to me getting this phone. I know the hardware is good and all but Big Red and Bing (WTF is this doing on a google OS Phone) have turned the wonderful SuperAMOLED screen into an eyesore.
Here's what I need.
1.) someone to post what the OTA update did to my phone. (USB not recognized by PC)
2.) Someone to explain in very small words how to ROM this phone with the latest info.
3.) Someone to explain What VOODOO and NoN-VOODOO Kernels are and the benefits of both
4.)How to install the kernels
5.) Anything that i can do to help with 2.2 because running with limited/no flash makes me feel like im playing with an iphone original with a shiny new screen.
I'm very sorry for making a new thread that i am sure has questions that have been asked before on it, but for two days i have been lost on this. Please help a guy out!!!
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Your mistake was a simple one, you simply used the wrong Clockwork Recovery, the ORANGE. Most of our ROMS are not compatible with that. You need the RED Clockwork Recovery 2.x.x, if you do some searching it is all over here. Your OTA update I have no clue about because you didn't even mention it in the original post except to ask what it did. If USB isn't recognizing, reinstall the Samsung drivers, and try toggling USB debugging. You are now NON-Voodoo, your file system is stock RFS, which is slow. What Voodoo does is change your filing system to EXT4, which is must faster. This does not mean your phone will be blazing through everything. It simply means that your phone will be much faster at writing data, I have not seen one person disappointed per se in it yet, I personally use it. Overall, it will increase the performance of your phone. Kernels, you flash using the RED Clockwork Recovery, which you will find downloads of and instructions for all over this forum, it is very easy. Once you get the correct Clockwork Recovery this will be easy man, so go get that, and flash a ROM like you normally would. Have any more questions, you can reply, or IM me. EDIT: Also, get a program called Odin, which is all over this forum as well. As you read more and more, and do more things, you will see why it is very useful.
Thanks! 1 problem... I cant set it back using rom manager. How else can you fix/downgrade to 2.x.x. Also the OTA update has my phone hidden on my pc through USB conectivity and I have never used Odin. I really do appreciate the help! I hate trying to learn new setups in 2 days
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Droidneedzsence said:
Thanks! 1 problem... I cant set it back using rom manager. How else can you fix/downgrade to 2.x.x. Also the OTA update has my phone hidden on my pc through USB conectivity and I have never used Odin. I really do appreciate the help! I hate trying to learn new setups in 2 days
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Okay, here is Odin, attached at the bottom of my post. I am also including Clockwork Recovery, the one you need, as well as the update.zip. First you need to place Update.zip on your SDCARD. Since your pc won't recognize your phone, you can use the Dropbox program to do this. Update.zip HAS to be on the root of your SDCARD. Now, Odin is the program you want to use to Flash the cwm.tar, okay? And ONLY that .tar. Open Odin and mess with NONE of the settings, NONE. Click the PDA Button, choose cwm.tar and then click on START. Note: In the upper left hand corner, if Odin detects your phone, it will be yellow. And make sure USB debugging is enabled. So, flash cwm.tar to your phone, boot into recovery by holding BOTH of the volume keys while powering up, then in Clockwork Recovery select "Install Update.zip", it will install and you will have the RED Clockwork Recovery. THEN you go flash your ROMS and such, as for your USB problems, could be very simple, just do some Googling. Oh, and in terms of ROMS? I HIGHLY recommend Adrynalyne's SuperClean.
One thing to note since you have been having problems, and because I didn't see it mentioned above.
For odin to work (for odin to see your phone) you need to have it (your phone) in download mode.
This is made possible by pulling the battery, plugging in the phone to your PC via the STOCK usb cable (I have read non OEM cables can cause problems), and holding down the "down" button on the volume rocker while holding the power button. You should boot into download mode. Yellow Triangle as some call it...because of the giant yellow triangle on-screen....
I had a hell of a time figuring this out through the guides but once you figure it out you will have no problems.
gkirby11 said:
One thing to note since you have been having problems, and because I didn't see it mentioned above.
For odin to work (for odin to see your phone) you need to have it (your phone) in download mode.
This is made possible by pulling the battery, plugging in the phone to your PC via the STOCK usb cable (I have read non OEM cables can cause problems), and holding down the "down" button on the volume rocker while holding the power button. You should boot into download mode. Yellow Triangle as some call it...because of the giant yellow triangle on-screen....
I had a hell of a time figuring this out through the guides but once you figure it out you will have no problems.
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I KNEW I forgot something, thank you for adding that. I have so much going on but did not want to leave the guy hanging I rushed through the explanation.
There were some issues with the "stock" versions of CWM, and our devs have touched it up to work with our phones better. The latest "Orange" version you installed from Rom Manager uses a new method for installing updates/ROMs (Edify script). Almost all of the things available on these forums are still set up for the old method of installing updates/ROMs (Amend script). As a general rule of thumb, we don't update CWM through Rom Manager, and just use versions posted here. There were some compatibility improvements, but they also added Voodoo support and options.
Also, because of not using Rom Manager to update CWM, the "Install from SD Card" option in Rom Manager doesn't work. There's some kind of "*update.zip" in the clockwork folder on your SD card. If you copy the update.zip from the root of your SD card into the correct folder and rename it, the "Install from SD Card" might work. Sorry, I don't use Rom Manager anymore, so I don't have the exact names or folders.
The way a lot of people handle ROM installs is to reboot into recovery (hold volume up and volume down and power while starting up, and release only the power button when "Samsung" appears). Once you install the cwm.tar that Dread This Day posted, this method will take you straight into Clockwork Recovery. You can download ROMs from Rom Manager or directly from these forums.
Just a word of caution on Voodoo. There are some serious problems you can get yourself into if you don't know what you're doing with it. I strongly suggest you thoroughly research exactly what it does, the impacts of installing/using it, and how to properly remove it before you decide to use it.
Thanks for the info and the walkthrough. Gotta love expediant info. Ill be playing with it after I get off work. I have been using the micro usb from my Dinc so ill swap it out and see if it works.
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all i get from that is samsung recovery utils. lookin over the net and tried the whole emulator trick. this phone is aggravating I know its probably just me. So im going to run some tests to find out if i can get into the download mode via an cmd prompt or some such program.
In other news I FOUND MY Dinc! after a weekend of being in the snow a co-worker spoted a lighter and went to get it, at which point he found the phone under it. great news is that my case and screen protector saved it. no water damage, not even a red seal!
Edit:
The program is called terminal emulator not cmd prompt. sorry for the platform crossover.
In emulator
type in #su
agree to superuser
type in #reboot download
and done. i knew that computer class would pay off. lol next step is getting phone recognized by odin. more fun awaits...
abondon ship. htc thunderbolt is out in the next 3 weeks and im gonna be all over it. as my name infers deoid needs sense and samsung... well it has none and oit of the 5 phones ive rooted and romed this is by far the most anoying. ota updates that make a phone unrecognizable via pc and the need to run multiple programs just to get a phone to except root. no froyo in sight and... bing... they ruined a great phone by pretty much leaving it up to our devs to make it worth something. i shall miss my superamoled but not enough to birn an upgrade. thanks for the help, you guys are great, hope to see ya in the htc scene soon.
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In my opinion ROM Manager blows goats your better off downloading from xda and flashing in the orange clockwork
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WhiteRocks said:
In my opinion ROM Manager blows goats your better off downloading from xda and flashing in the orange clockwork
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Most of the ROMs for the Fascinate won't work with orange clockworks. You will need the red version.
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Sense really blows dude, I would cut my hand off before going back to buggy htc, 2.2 fascinate is way better, but to each his own...
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I was trying to root and get a custom rom on my friends Fascinate. I rooted it fine and then found out I had to use odin to set the firmware back so I could flash clockwork cause the stock recovery wouldn't let me. I'm pretty sure I used the wrong odin or something on accident. When I boot up the phone it shows at&t world phone. It wont boot up past that screen. It won't boot up with the usb cable in either. the phone is the 1008 version. Can anyone tell me if this is a for sure brick or not and if it isnt how to fix it or if it is if theres a way to get the at&t logo off the screen so verizon doesnt ask questions.
You flashed the wrong rom.
go here and get this Its the stock rom.http://www.multiupload.com/I9HBT8MXN1
and here get this its the stock pit. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2056318/atlas_v2.2.pit
And if you need odin get it here. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?t093btu771q0bgi
Them i would suggest using this rom and reading up on it here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983395
this should get you strait. If not go here as a last resort, it is a bit confusing at first. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265 and read this it includes a download link.
you will need to unzip the stock rom to get to the files you need for this.
The instructions there look pretty spot-on. You should thank DaleV.
Additional things:
1. ALWAYS make sure what you flash is for the VERIZON FASCINATE.
2. ONLY use the PDA button in Odin. NEVER EVER EVER use the phone button.
3. Jesus Christ. Be more careful with other people's $600 devices.
Yeah i know. Thanks so much man. Saved my butt. And yeah, ive really got to do ALL the research first and not cut corners. Lesson learned ha. Thanks guys REALLY appreciate it.
Hey All,
I've been looking for an answer for over a day now, but can't seem to find anything about my specific problem. Here's what happened:
I had flashed to ICS 4.0.3 on my Samsung Vibrant about a month ago and everything was working great until yesterday when I woke up to find the "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen on my phone. I did a little research to find out that there is a fix to this and to NOT reset the phone. So, I took the steps to ODIN the phone back to Stock Eclair in hopes that starting from the beginning again would be easiest way to fix the problem. The ODIN process finished completely fine (PASSED), but now when it reboots, I only get to the first "Vibrant" screen, then it shows the battery and spinning circle icon. Apparently it won't fully reboot. I've tried to ODIN it back to stock several times, and I keep getting the same results. I can get it into download mode and plugged into my computer, but that's about it.
From the posts I've read, it sounds like my phone might still be okay to recover since it does power up, but I can't seem to find a solution to get it fully back up and running.
Any help/recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Maybe your JFD file is corruption. Check with your MD5 sum if there any error or mismatch.. Just give you an idea.BTW what Odin are u using. I recommend Odin 1.7 I stay away the older Odin or the newer Odin
You are screwed.
Sorry to tell you this but i had the exact same problem and found no solution whatsoever to fix the phone. I finally gave up and bought a Galaxy Nexus. You can try flashing Eugene's Unbrickable Froyo Rom which is flashable through odin as a .tar package along with the pit file. You might be able to fix it but i highly doubt it. I flashed Eugene's rom and got the same results as you described. By any chance did you click "Reset Phone" when the "Encryption Unsuccessful" showed up? If so well yeah your phone is pretty much paperweight as of now...until someone finds a solution. Like you i am also able to access download mode. So i guess there may be a way to fix your phone. Not saying it's impossible...hopefully someone finds a solution soon.
Here is the link to Euguene's rom: http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=8
Good luck.
OP, what ROM were you running (specifically. Not just ICS 4.0.3-what is the name of the ROM)? Also what kernel?
Since you are not the only one this happened to, I would like to know the above and see if it correlates to the others that this happened to in the Vibrant section. I'll post the same in their threads too.
Check here out for a possible solution/workaround.
Replacement Vibrant Coming
Thanks for your recommendations/help guys.
I decided to go to T-Mobile and complain and they are sending me a replacement phone. Apparently it's still under warranty, so it won't cost me anything, and if my data is lost, then so be it...at least all my contacts will still be in tact through my Google account.
Merio - I did NOT hit the Reset Button when I saw the Encryption Unsuccessful screen. Before doing anything I did a little research and I found a forum here on xda that said to not hit that button, and tried to explain a way to fix it using the Heimdall One-Click. Basically it sounded like I'd be flashing back to a Gingerbread ROM. So, instead I just went ahead and tried to flash back to stock Eclair. The results of that were obviously not good.
Woodrube - I was running the Passion 13 ROM (ICS 4.0.3). Was really enjoying it until I got the Encryption "Screen of Death"
I don't know what Kernel it was, actually, I don't really know what a Kernel is...
Thanks again guys. Hopefully I'll be up and running on my replacement phone soon!
Now I know this question, in general, has been asked a lot. I've literally searched and tried the solutions in other threads, but this phone might be beyond help. I just want to know if someone has another solution as to how to revive this phone. I honestly think my situation is different than most....I downloaded and installed Team Hacksung's ICS 4.0.3 Build 6.1 ROM and I was using it just fine for a couple of months. Everything was working the whole time. Today, I am browsing through my local news station's app and my phone freezes on me! I pulled the battery and restarted the phone. It boots up fine and gets to the startup screen with the time and the screen lock. I did notice right away that the digitizer screen was not responding to my touch because I could not slide my lock over to get into my phone. I tried a few more soft resets and still nothing. I did notice, however, that the soft keys at the bottom did respond to my touch and they blinked and provided haptic feedback, so at this point I'm thinking it shouldn't be a problem with my digitizer. So I took the battery out then put the phone into recovery and wiped data, cache and dalvik. Then I rebooted the phone once again and still no response to touch at the home/lock screen. I then proceeded to try to reflash the same ICS ROM all over again and that's where the problem started. I can get into download mode and I've already tried to load stock froyo and stock gingerbread, but nothing works. My phone will not go past the "Samsung" boot-up screen. I've already tried several other forums' threads on how to recover a bricked Fascinate, but no matter what I try to load with Odin, Heimdall or anything else, my phone won't load past the Samsung screen. I can get into Download mode and that's it. My phone will not go into recovery using the 3-finger method. When I run odin I get a success message each time. I've even tried to heimdall the files individually and even tried to reload the stock kernel. The other problem I am running into is a lot of the links on these sites are all broken so I am unable to get the files I need. Has anyone else ever had this problem?
Edit: P.S. When the phone is off and on the charger, the grey battery shows the "loading" circle (whatever you call it) in the middle of it, but never converts to showing the green bars moving up and down indicating the battery is being charged. The loading circle is also frozen and does not spin.
im dizzy after reading a few sentences lol...check out my guide in the general section.
droidstyle said:
im dizzy after reading a few sentences lol...check out my guide in the general section.
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Are you referring to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070?
If so, I just did it and it won't go past "Samsung."
Did you do check repartition and use the atlas pit file? That would be key, I believe, in returning you properly to stock.
Droidstyle's guide has all the working links you'll ever need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
jawman27 said:
Did you do check repartition and use the atlas pit file? That would be key, I believe, in returning you properly to stock.
Droidstyle's guide has all the working links you'll ever need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
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I did check re-partition and yes I did load the atlas pit file. Still nothing.
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So you tried heimdall? What commands did you do? and what rom?
also which links were dead that you needed?
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So you tried heimdall? What commands did you do? and what rom?
also which links were dead that you needed?
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I used heimdall front end to load DI01 files, I didn't use any commands. Also, I was just referring to "Unbrick your samsung fascinate" threads on other websites. A lot of the links I found were outdated or broken.
yea unfortunately not many guides have working links these days...Mine is about the only one left that is kept up to date. Im very suprised a full odin session did not fix your issues. One thing left to try is to odin a older stock package like DL09
Found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526488
Just tried pushing the DL09 file in odin AND in heimdall and neither worked. I still get stuck on the "Samsung" boot and it goes no further. Can't even get into recovery....
I think I truly have a brick...
kinna long shot
but why not try a different PC and a new or different cable.
believe me a faulty cable did me in, a week back and i was sure at the time that my phone is gone, but then it wasn't as bad as the impression i am getting from your description.
all the best with this , and hoping that something solves this issue.
god bless
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Now I know this question, in general, has been asked a lot. I've literally searched and tried the solutions in other threads, but this phone might be beyond help. I just want to know if someone has another solution as to how to revive this phone. I honestly think my situation is different than most....I downloaded and installed Team Hacksung's ICS 4.0.3 Build 6.1 ROM and I was using it just fine for a couple of months.....
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I am having a similiar problem now. I was able to odin an older CWM (3.0 blue I got somewhere). From there I mounted usb and loaded ext4_formatter_all.zip. I ran this script and odin'd dh03 and finally got back to stock. That's where I am now.
Hope this helps
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I am having a similiar problem now. I was able to odin an older CWM (3.0 blue I got somewhere). From there I mounted usb and loaded ext4_formatter_all.zip. I ran this script and odin'd dh03 and finally got back to stock. That's where I am now.
Hope this helps
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I have a blue recovery [3.x, voodoo], here it is if the OP wishes to try it.
[Use Heimdall and select recovery]
cwm3_voodoo-blue.bin http://www.mediafire.com/?4ls06x8gha88vtp
cwm4-bml-i500-fascinate.bin http://www.mediafire.com/?2ny1ql66yh69bn3
35c31418dbe9a9db70de954cdf7369ef cwm3_voodoo-blue.bin
05f3e376ca697fd0fb8700dea05254aa cwm4-bml-i500-fascinate.bin
I threw in an extra 4.x cwm for good measure, lol. [I saved these in a folder in case I ever needed them..I was going to delete the folder since I upgraded to THS ICS rom (build 7.1), but I decided not to delete them for some reason]
it seems OP sounds like he knows what he is talking about, but lets start simple.
Have you tried going all the way back to 100% stock?
In droidstlyes FANTASTIC guide
do section 5, perhaps try with out repartition or the atlas....that has worked for me in the past.
I know on my THS ICS 7.1 build i had a "sleep of death" (wouldnt wake up) and i was lazy and did the 3 finger salute and it would ONLY boot into CWM. a battery pop would have been fine but like i said i was lazy. i had to Odin back to stock in order to re-flash everything. [luckily i had a nandroid from a few days earlier]
Good Luck
Edit: I have never seen or heard of a fassy that CAN get into Download mode and not be recovered to 100% functional.
I'm just thinking out loud here, but here are two things to consider. Perhaps the senior members will comment.
1. Have you considered flashing a different bootloader?
2. Is it possible you have a corrupt stock and/or pit file? Have you tried re-downloading them and giving it another go?
OP, can you post the md5sums of the files, along with the filenames that you are using in Odin/Heimdall?
thanks
Well, I ended up getting a droid bionic from a friend, so I will turn this fassy into a project phone. If I can get it to work I will sell it or keep it for backup. Anyway...
I have not tried the older blue recovery yet. I will try that when I get back to my computer. It seems like I've gone beyond anything I've ever had to try with this phone. I read on one thread that if odin did not work, keep trying heimdall over and over until the phone boots up. I must have tried at least 8 times on one run. It still won't go past samsung screen. I can get into download just fine. No matter how many different cwms I try, I can't get into recovery using the three finger method. Im pretty knowledgeable when it comes to this stuff and I didn't flash the wrong rom or kernel or anything like that. I was running smoothly on an ics rom until my phone froze. I did have it overclocked with ns tools, but not at the time the phone froze. I honestly don't think its hardware related, but merely a glitch in the software or a bad kernel that does not want to come out? I have no clue....help me revive this baby lol...
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jawman27 said:
I'm just thinking out loud here, but here are two things to consider. Perhaps the senior members will comment.
1. Have you considered flashing a different bootloader?
2. Is it possible you have a corrupt stock and/or pit file? Have you tried re-downloading them and giving it another go?
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I've tried different pit files from different threads. Even the one from droidstyle's thread. I've also tried different versions of the following stock files from different "known" and trusted sites: DI01, DL09, ED01, EB01, EH03, CM7, CM9 other ICS roms and different kernels that suit each both voodoo and non voodoo. And excuse my newbness on the terms, but what do you mean by flashing a new bootloader?
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... but what do you mean by flashing a new bootloader?
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Bootloaders can be flashed in Odin the same way a ROM can. A bootloader is the rudimentary software that gets the other software up and running. When Glitch's kernel started requiring Gingerbread bootloaders for complete functionality, a lot of us realized that just having GB didn't mean you had GB bootloaders.
http://www.mediafire.com/?fqojvsynkff93hc
Hopefully this link will work. It's certainly worth a try. It doesn't seem like you have much to lose. I'd recommend flashing it the exact same way you do a ROM. There's a bootloader section in Odin, but most people avoid it. Good luck.