Hello everybody, I'm new in this community. Well I just bricked last week my S2 SGH-I777 when i tried to flash Siyah v3.5.1 from ROM Manager, then the phone never comes back to life. Now im trying to reboot using jtag method with Riff box and Medusa. Question is if somebody has deal with same kind of problem and plz could give me a couple of tips of what to do to resurrecting my SGS2 SGH-I777?
Thanks in advance.
jdpardo said:
hello everybody, i'm new in this community. Well i just bricked last week my s2 sgh-i777 when i tried to flash siyah v3.5.1 from rom manager, then the phone never comes back to life. Now im trying to reboot using jtag method with riff box and medusa. Question is if somebody has deal with same kind of problem and plz could give me a couple of tips of what to do to resurrecting my sgs2 sgh-i777?
Thanks in advance.
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oh hurray rom manager!
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oh hurray rom manager!
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HAHAHAHAHHA!! After I bumped my link, this is getting old
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jdpardo said:
Hello everybody, I'm new in this community. Well I just bricked last week my S2 SGH-I777 when i tried to flash Siyah v3.5.1 from ROM Manager, then the phone never comes back to life. Now im trying to reboot using jtag method with Riff box and Medusa. Question is if somebody has deal with same kind of problem and plz could give me a couple of tips of what to do to resurrecting my SGS2 SGH-I777?
Thanks in advance.
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Honestly I want to help you buddy, but because you neglacted to read anything before you did this, this is your fault!
Yep very old. I cant believe that Koush hasnt figured something out for this yet. He fails too. CyanogenMod has always pushed ROM Manager, even tho most devs state not to use it.
OP: Get into download mode, and flash another, PROPER, kernel with ODIN or Heimdall.
Then use CWM to flash things.
I's in good mood today?
Well thanks anyway; hope to find a solution and post it. I know it was my fault so lwts move on its part of the experience in Android World.
jdpardo said:
Well thanks anyway; hope to find a solution and post it. I know it was my fault so lwts move on its part of the experience in Android World.
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The post above you gave you the solution...
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The post above you gave you the solution...
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True.
@jdpardo,
If you can get into download mode, or have any sign of life from your phone, then it is not a brick, and you should be able to recover. Please let us know if you can get into download mode, and more help will be forthcoming.
creepyncrawly said:
True.
@jdpardo,
If you can get into download mode, or have any sign of life from your phone, then it is not a brick, and you should be able to recover. Please let us know if you can get into download mode, and more help will be forthcoming.
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Thanks man, well my phone is hard bricked because is dead, i can't get into download mode, even turn it on; in this moment im trying to get ino it by jtag method using riffbox or medusa. It seems that is the only way to return to life. forum.gsmhosting.com
jdpardo said:
Thanks man, well my phone is hard bricked because is dead, i can't get into download mode, even turn it on; in this moment im trying to get ino it by jtag method using riffbox or medusa. It seems that is the only way to return to life. forum.gsmhosting.com
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Wish you good luck with that. Jtag takes a fair amount of dexterity for the micro soldering, and some fairly expensive equipment. If you are unable to get it done yourself, the owner of Mobile Tech Videos will perform Jtag recovery for about $50.00.
I sincerely hope you know that the method for getting into download mode on I777 is to take out the battery, plug normal portion of USB into computer already running Odin, then hold both volume buttons and plug in micro USB side to phone.
If that really does nothing for you, then try mobile tech videos.
i777 soft bricked, boot loop never goes away...
I bricked my samsung galaxy s2 i777 by trying to flash a rom via rom manager. While it was installing it, it rebooted and got stock on boot loop.
It can go into download mode but never to recovery or beyond.
I tried every solution recommended out there, like flashing stock kernel, stock rom, different roms, siyah kernel, oneclick unbrick, and you name it. I tied ADB but it does not recognize the device, nor does oneclick unbrick.
Somehow I need to go ahead and wipe everything but since I cannot get to recovery, I cannot wipe it, and every time I flash something via Odin, it goes through the whole process successfully however once it reboots after flashing, it is in bootloop again. All I see is samsung galaxy sII logo window.
Any solutions?
Thanks!
creepyncrawly said:
True.
@jdpardo,
If you can get into download mode, or have any sign of life from your phone, then it is not a brick, and you should be able to recover. Please let us know if you can get into download mode, and more help will be forthcoming.
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koksalcengiz said:
I bricked my samsung galaxy s2 i777 by trying to flash a rom via rom manager. While it was installing it, it rebooted and got stock on boot loop.
It can go into download mode but never to recovery or beyond.
I tried every solution recommended out there, like flashing stock kernel, stock rom, different roms, siyah kernel, oneclick unbrick, and you name it. I tied ADB but it does not recognize the device, nor does oneclick unbrick.
Somehow I need to go ahead and wipe everything but since I cannot get to recovery, I cannot wipe it, and every time I flash something via Odin, it goes through the whole process successfully however once it reboots after flashing, it is in bootloop again. All I see is samsung galaxy sII logo window.
Any solutions?
Thanks!
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After odin go into recovery and factory reset. (6) recovery is both volumes and power held together with no usb plugged in. Hold the buttons forever
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koksalcengiz said:
I bricked my samsung galaxy s2 i777 by trying to flash a rom via rom manager. While it was installing it, it rebooted and got stock on boot loop.
It can go into download mode but never to recovery or beyond.
I tried every solution recommended out there, like flashing stock kernel, stock rom, different roms, siyah kernel, oneclick unbrick, and you name it. I tied ADB but it does not recognize the device, nor does oneclick unbrick.
Somehow I need to go ahead and wipe everything but since I cannot get to recovery, I cannot wipe it, and every time I flash something via Odin, it goes through the whole process successfully however once it reboots after flashing, it is in bootloop again. All I see is samsung galaxy sII logo window.
Any solutions?
Thanks!
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After odin go into recovery and factory reset. (6) recovery is both volumes and power held together with no usb plugged in. Hold the buttons forever
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This. Do u have the android sdk installed, and the drivers for the i777 installed? You'll need those plus usb debugging already enabled to use ADB. (if u went the ADB route)
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122ninjas said:
After odin go into recovery and factory reset. (6) recovery is both volumes and power held together with no usb plugged in. Hold the buttons forever
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Something went wrong flashing AOKP from AoCP, bootlooped and I thought I could fix it, didn't realize I had to hold the buttons FOREVER, worked, thanks man
A simple way to get the i777 into download mode:
unplug the usb cable
turn the phone off
hold only the volume down button
insert usb cord
Almost instant download mode.
this really will help you
jdpardo said:
Hello everybody, I'm new in this community. Well I just bricked last week my S2 SGH-I777 when i tried to flash Siyah v3.5.1 from ROM Manager, then the phone never comes back to life. Now im trying to reboot using jtag method with Riff box and Medusa. Question is if somebody has deal with same kind of problem and plz could give me a couple of tips of what to do to resurrecting my SGS2 SGH-I777?
Thanks in advance.
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This video will show you how to un brick your galaxy S2-i777
write this in the Google search bar "Fix my S2-I777" watch the first video and good luck :good:
Joseph,
Are you going to link everyone to that video you just posted?
The information is already listed in the stickies.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Don't post that video anymore. Also, DO NOT USE THAT VIDEO!
I'm not saying it won't work, but the fact that you've got a file from gs2root shows your inexperience and/or lack of concern for the well-being of others devices. There is no reason to take the risk of using ANYTHING from gs2root... you can get everything needed to do everything possible with this device right here from xda and have the peace of mind that it will work as expected so long as you follow the instructions.
Clay
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So I spent a lot of time yesterday trying to install Ultimatum 2.0 on my i777 yesterday, and it finally worked after many hours. Then today, I decided to do a factory reset under "settings" and this is where the fun begins.
The phone rebooted into the screen with the Samsung Galaxy s2 along with the usual yellow exclamation mark, then froze. I tried restarting the phone and the same thing happened. Now I have nothing.
The Power + Volume (+/-) doesn't work so I can't get into CWM. I can get into Odin Mode with USB connection however.
So my question is, how can I fix this? I've already done a lot of reading on the topic but still haven't come up with a definite answer.
The basic idea is to flash the phone with Odin, but where can I get the files needed? Is there anything else I need to know? Thank you in advance
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So I spent a lot of time yesterday trying to install Ultimatum 2.0 on my i777 yesterday, and it finally worked after many hours. Then today, I decided to do a factory reset under "settings" and this is where the fun begins.
The phone rebooted into the screen with the Samsung Galaxy s2 along with the usual yellow exclamation mark, then froze. I tried restarting the phone and the same thing happened. Now I have nothing.
The Power + Volume (+/-) doesn't work so I can't get into CWM. I can get into Odin Mode with USB connection however.
So my question is, how can I fix this? I've already done a lot of reading on the topic but still haven't come up with a definite answer.
The basic idea is to flash the phone with Odin, but where can I get the files needed? Is there anything else I need to know? Thank you in advance
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why factory reset under settings? wipe data/factory reset is done in CWM.
flash a CWM kernal in odin. boot into CWM. flash whatever ROM you want.
yeah...it was a careless decision of mine.
So would the siyah kernel work? That's what I had before. Thank you
jw9116 said:
So I spent a lot of time yesterday trying to install Ultimatum 2.0 on my i777 yesterday, and it finally worked after many hours. Then today, I decided to do a factory reset under "settings" and this is where the fun begins.
The phone rebooted into the screen with the Samsung Galaxy s2 along with the usual yellow exclamation mark, then froze. I tried restarting the phone and the same thing happened. Now I have nothing.
The Power + Volume (+/-) doesn't work so I can't get into CWM. I can get into Odin Mode with USB connection however.
So my question is, how can I fix this? I've already done a lot of reading on the topic but still haven't come up with a definite answer.
The basic idea is to flash the phone with Odin, but where can I get the files needed? Is there anything else I need to know? Thank you in advance
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A simple search would have led you here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511999
I haven't been around long but I know searching before posting is a good idea unless u wanna get flamed
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brandonarev said:
A simple search would have led you here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1511999
I haven't been around long but I know searching before posting is a good idea unless u wanna get flamed
Sent from my SGH-I777 using XDA
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I did search before posting...there are only a small handful of threads about bricking on the i777 and I haven't seen anyone with the same situation as me. I've been through that link you posted many many times, and no it does not help.
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yeah...it was a careless decision of mine.
So would the siyah kernel work? That's what I had before. Thank you
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any kernal would work, depending on the ROM you want. And if you know how to Flash in odin/heimdall. Not sure about Odin, but it might require a certain file type. heimdall is easier IMO, if you know the commands.
Search around.
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any kernal would work, depending on the ROM you want. And if you know how to Flash in odin/heimdall. Not sure about Odin, but it might require a certain file type. heimdall is easier IMO, if you know the commands.
Search around.
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In Odin you usually use tar files I believe
jw9116 said:
I did search before posting...there are only a small handful of threads about bricking on the i777 and I haven't seen anyone with the same situation as me. I've been through that link you posted many many times, and no it does not help.
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If all you have is Odin, then flash a kernel with cwm like moto said and go from there. The sticky link i gave you has steps on how to do it. Good luck and hope you get back to normal
thanks for the help. Just one more question...should i be worried that my flash counter is at 1? I've read that it is an issue when flashing.....so in that case do I need to get a usb jig?
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thanks for the help. Just one more question...should i be worried that my flash counter is at 1? I've read that it is an issue when flashing.....so in that case do I need to get a usb jig?
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Yep, gotta try and search man.
counter is just a #
triangle away in market, if you dont like looking at it for the split second its there when you boot up.
i guess i'm in some trouble now...
Tried using the method as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525821
Couldn't even get Odin to recognize my device. Tried taking the battery out etc. Everything stops at "downloading...do not remove target" or something like that. The computer says i'm missing a bunch of drivers...anything else I can try?
MotoMudder77 said:
Yep, gotta try and search man.
counter is just a #
triangle away in market, if you dont like looking at it for the split second its there when you boot up.
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Don't worry about the flash counter it won't hinder your flashing. Jig or Triangle Away will work if u really don't want it
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jw9116 said:
i guess i'm in some trouble now...
Tried using the method as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525821
Couldn't even get Odin to recognize my device. Tried taking the battery out etc. Everything stops at "downloading...do not remove target" or something like that. The computer says i'm missing a bunch of drivers...anything else I can try?
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Get the latest drivers? Downloadable from Samsung I believe...
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jw9116 said:
i guess i'm in some trouble now...
Tried using the method as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525821
Couldn't even get Odin to recognize my device. Tried taking the battery out etc. Everything stops at "downloading...do not remove target" or something like that. The computer says i'm missing a bunch of drivers...anything else I can try?
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Will your phone go into download mode?
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Get the latest drivers? Downloadable from Samsung I believe...
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yep, tried that already. Thanks for the suggestion though. It just makes an error sound when i connect the phone in odin.
anyone else have any ideas..? thx
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yep, tried that already. Thanks for the suggestion though. It just makes an error sound when i connect the phone in odin.
anyone else have any ideas..? thx
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Only thing I can think of is you need to get a USB jig
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This subject is covered already. Before u even use Odin u MUST already have the proper drivers for your phone installed. On windows 7 its much easier to do, but any windows version is fine. http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-i777-USB-Driver-for-AT-T.shtml
I found this on a Google search. May help, but trying to resolve problems by searching a lot and reading through pages of data on how to do things is the best way to learn. If that sounds like a lot of work, it is. But we're all here to learn. Good luck.
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Honestly, there are so many many threads/posts mentioned about that. Some buried under but yes there are many. I can't even remember where exactly they are now but I will post link if stumble across.
In the mean time, help yourself by searching "yellow triangle", "binary counter", "brick", "back to stock", .......
Also, a lesson, do read up, be sure, be prepare before doing anything to the phone.
FIXED!!! SO HAPPY. Thanks for all the help guys.
It turned out to be a driver problem and that was the reason why odin wouldn't detect it. I installed the i777 drivers from the samsung website but those don't work.
anyone who's having a similar problem install the full driver set here: http://uploaded.to/file/xeczx9xt (grabbed from another xda thread)
1.) uninstall any existing samsung usb drivers.
2. ) Reboot computer
3.) install the new drivers.
4.) Reboot again
5.) Open Odin, do the button combination with your phone (2 volume buttons and hold)
Flash with instructions from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525821
Hope this helps someone in the future.
Sorry all, i have seemed to messed up my phone. Was on abberation and running great, then i see someone was getting amazing battery with the dream kernal and decided to give it a shot, I think i downloaded the wrong one because my phone will no longer go past the samsung logo screen, just sits there, So i try and manually get into CWM and cannot get into it, O i figure i have done somehting real dumb and flashed a kernal that doesnt have CWM? Either way i try to get odin to recognize my phone and i cannot, windows keeps saying its not recognized.... I have tried 3 different cords, and 25 usb ports on three different computers to no avail...Is there some secret? not sure why windows 7 and samsung make it so impossible for this to happen. As i am ready to light all my computers on fire and throw my i777 into the street i figure i should post on here first and take a deep breath and remember im just a amateur when it comes to this stuff. I have installed and removed kies numerous times, restarted the computer multiple times, downloaded and installed unistalled the drivers from samsung directly... any help would be greatly appreciated as i dont have a phone for the moment. I have a jig and can get into download mode no problem.
blaker13 said:
Sorry all, i have seemed to messed up my phone. Was on abberation and running great, then i see someone was getting amazing battery with the dream kernal and decided to give it a shot, I think i downloaded the wrong one because my phone will no longer go past the samsung logo screen, just sits there, So i try and manually get into CWM and cannot get into it, O i figure i have done somehting real dumb and flashed a kernal that doesnt have CWM? Either way i try to get odin to recognize my phone and i cannot, windows keeps saying its not recognized.... I have tried 3 different cords, and 25 usb ports on three different computers to no avail...Is there some secret? not sure why windows 7 and samsung make it so impossible for this to happen. As i am ready to light all my computers on fire and throw my i777 into the street i figure i should post on here first and take a deep breath and remember im just a amateur when it comes to this stuff. I have installed and removed kies numerous times, restarted the computer multiple times, downloaded and installed unistalled the drivers from samsung directly... any help would be greatly appreciated as i dont have a phone for the moment. I have a jig and can get into download mode no problem.
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well it won't recognize it unless you go into download modr
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122ninjas said:
well it won't recognize it unless you go into download modr
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im in download mode...
First please verify that you have the SGH-I777. (Not the SGH-I727 or some other device.)
Next, try to enter recovery by holding the three buttons, vol- vol+ Pwr. If necessary, hold continuously while the logo appears, goes away and appears the second time, then release and see if it boots into recovery.
If you successfully flashed the wrong kernel, and only the kernel but not the system, then it should still have ClockworkMod Recovery, which may boot. If it boots, use recovery to flash the correct kernel for your phone.
It would be helpful to know exactly what you attempted to flash.
If this does not get you going, then post your results and we'll continue to help.
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First please verify that you have the SGH-I777. (Not the SGH-I727 or some other device.)
Next, try to enter recovery by holding the three buttons, vol- vol+ Pwr. If necessary, hold continuously while the logo appears, goes away and appears the second time, then release and see if it boots into recovery.
If you successfully flashed the wrong kernel, and only the kernel but not the system, then it should still have ClockworkMod Recovery, which may boot. If it boots, use recovery to flash the correct kernel for your phone.
It would be helpful to know exactly what you attempted to flash.
If this does not get you going, then post your results and we'll continue to help.
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Yes i have thew i777
I flashed the dream kernal 3.04 one with the mic swap
booted fine after flash, then when i rebooted it frooze at samsung logo
cannot get into recovery only download mode
http://buildenv.dream-irc.com/android/?nav=display&file=60
thats what i flashed and i was on abberation 1.3
is that only a jellybean kernal? was thinking it did ics and jb? was that the issue...
was my USB port.... changed it with the new one i had ordered a few weeks back and walah! odin recognized it. took about 4 mins to replace micro usb port, should have done when i got it
Glad you're back in business. That download looks like the correct kernel for our phone, so I don't know why it didn't boot. The kernel should be good for both ICS and JB (both 4.x). If it was me, I'd probably download from XDA.
That's the link from xda?
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That's the link from xda?
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Yeah, I see that's their official download page, linked from the XDA thread. I havn't visited that thread in a long time.
Aberration comes with Siyah, but there's no reason I know of that it wouldn't work with Dream Kernel. I don't know what caused your problem. Maybe a bad flash?
Did you get your phone back?
Never mind... I saw that op posted on one of my threads at about the same time i posted here, so i deleted this
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Yeah, I see that's their official download page, linked from the XDA thread. I havn't visited that thread in a long time.
Aberration comes with Siyah, but there's no reason I know of that it wouldn't work with Dream Kernel. I don't know what caused your problem. Maybe a bad flash?
Did you get your phone back?
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Yes! Back to shostock...I guess it was a bad flash...not sure what happened...but thanks for getting back to me so fast with help!
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Hey man, I use version 2.7.4, may wanna try that one. Download the kernel, uninstall ex tweaks or whatever yer currently using to control cpu stuff, then reboot into recovery. Wipe cache, and flash new kernel. Then reboot,(into android) and install ex tweaks again. This is how I do it and it works for me. Good luck.
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Hello everyone,
Hoping you can help me before my mrs cuts my nuts off. She asked me to update her GS2 (GT-I9100 on 02) and completly wipe the phone as she has had random apps appear etc etc.
I said that wouldnt be a problem as ive done alot on my GS3, though i am still pretty new to the Android scene (Previously iPhone).
So she was on Stock 4.0.4 XXLQ6 firmware.
I followed the guide to root from here as i was aware of the hardbrick bug in this firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
After that it was time for the Wipe data etc and flash the new rom. I chose JELLYBAM as its Android 4.2 with a mix of other things. Sounded perfect.
I followed all the steps EXACTLY from the Devs page:
http://www.igio90.net/how-to-install/
All seemed to be going well at first, got to select afew options etc. Then it said it was Extracting the package...This is were the problems started.
It was stuck at 2% for AGES, then out of the blue the screen just went BLACK/BLANK......Hmmmm i thought!
I have since been trying to source info from everywere about how to turn the phone back on but having no luck at all. I have tried all the Soft/Hard boot methods, ive left it on charge (Yes it gets hot near the camera) and tried all boot methods whilst plugged into laptop with ODIN loaded up.
Nothing seems to be working.
Any help what so ever will be much appreciated. This device was never previously rooted. Im gutted a it was all going so well...I shoulda guessed something would go wrong.
Toon
Are you able to enter download mode? If you can make sure you have samsung drivers installed! Also JellyBam rom is not only for i9100 but other models too, are you sure you had the right rom? If you can't enter downlaod mode then try a USB jig?
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UltimateAnas said:
Are you able to enter download mode? If you can make sure you have samsung drivers installed! Also JellyBam rom is not only for i9100 but other models too, are you sure you had the right rom? If you can't enter downlaod mode then try a USB jig?
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Thank you for your reply, Unfortunatly i cannot enter any mode what so ever. The phone is literally dead...yet getting VERY hot as its plugged in.
Was thinking about taking it in to O2 2mora and seeing what they can do. Damn.
If your still under warranty you should get a new motherboard.They won't be able to tell you've rooted it since it seems hard bricked.
Next time,get a custom kernel on it a.s.a.p and backup efs and make a nand backup before you start flashing roms.
Either that or stay away from 4.0.4 stock.
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theunderling said:
If your still under warranty you should get a new motherboard.They won't be able to tell you've rooted it since it seems hard bricked.
Next time,get a custom kernel on it a.s.a.p and backup efs and make a nand backup before you start flashing roms.
Either that or stay away from 4.0.4 stock.
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Thanks for your reply, I did put a custom kernal (Sirayh?) on it prior.
The phone was a year old august just gone! Not sure Samsung be interested.
See if you can get your hands on a usb jig.If that fails try for a jtag.
Samsung warranty should be 24 months if you need it.
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So you did a wipe on a Samsung 4.0.4 ROM with original kernel? Then you have indeed hardbricked your phone. You said you were aware of this bug, so I can't figure out why you would do a wipe?
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So you did a wipe on a Samsung 4.0.4 ROM with original kernel? Then you have indeed hardbricked your phone. You said you were aware of this bug, so I can't figure out why you would do a wipe?
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No i changed the kernal, but followed the guide posted by DEV to install the ROM. Guessing i made a mistake somewere down the line as the phone is bricked!!
JIG & JTAG....will these help solve my problem? Not really clued up on them though i have done a brief look around. JTAG services is not in my area.
NO, on hardbricked S2 JIG/JTAG won't be useful. You can check my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242 for more info.
PS : the direct signs of this kind of hardbrick is a totally dead phone & back side getting hot (near the camera lens)
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NO, on hardbricked S2 JIG/JTAG won't be useful. You can check my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242 for more info.
PS : the direct signs of this kind of hardbrick is a totally dead phone & back side getting hot (near the camera lens)
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Is there any way to fix this or do i owe my mrs a new phone?
Just took it to a repair store and he said its knackered, but to be honest he wasnt much help...more interested in the texts he was getting on his phone!.....Typically a GS2...Im still pondering if he was taking the micky :silly:
if your s2 is still under warranty, just take it to the reapir service and tell them that the phone was on charge all night and didn't wake up in the morning
they won't be able to know what you did to it since it's completely unaccessible. If you successfully convince them, they'll change the motherboard !
PS : That isn't my idea but from what I saw in the hardbrick warning thread, most of the concerned people did the same trick ...
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if your s2 is still under warranty, just take it to the reapir service and tell them that the phone was on charge all night and didn't wake up in the morning
they won't be able to know what you did to it since it's completely unaccessible. If you successfully convince them, they'll change the motherboard !
PS : That isn't my idea but from what I saw in the hardbrick warning thread, most of the concerned people did the same trick ...
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Yeah i think this is the route imgoing to have to take Just spoke with them regards my GS3 and they said itll be 2 weeks to repair and return. No phone for 2 weeks
I just got off the phone with Samsung and they are taking it in for repair. No local service centers so im awaiting a jiffy bag. Then 2 weeks to get the phone back!
Plese, need help, tried to downgrade firmware from 4.0.4 to 4.0.3 using Odin and now i'm getting an error: android.process.acore has stopped, and can't really do anything.
is there anything I could do now or is my phone bricked?
Thanks in advance!
Pooshkis said:
Plese, need help, tried to downgrade firmware from 4.0.4 to 4.0.3 using Odin and now i'm getting an error: android.process.acore has stopped, and can't really do anything.
is there anything I could do now or is my phone bricked?
Thanks in advance!
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Please be more specific if you expect anybody to bother to help you.
When you say "can't really do anything" that doesnt tell us what you have tried and not tried!
1) Can you enter recovery mode?
2) Can you enter download mode?
3) Have you tried a USB Jig?
4) Have you removed battery for 30 mins?
5) What happens when you power on phone?
TheATHEiST said:
Please be more specific if you expect anybody to bother to help you.
When you say "can't really do anything" that doesnt tell us what you have tried and not tried!
1) Can you enter recovery mode?
2) Can you enter download mode?
3) Have you tried a USB Jig?
4) Have you removed battery for 30 mins?
5) What happens when you power on phone?
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Sorry.
1) Yes
2) Yes
3) trying to find now what it is
4) For 30 mins no, for few minutes - yes
5) It starts and then i got some errors memo.process, process.acore and few others (can't remember now). I can get email, explore through home screens and menus, but can't call, receive calls, write messages, look up contacts or memos and stuff only going through screens. Maybe I could do a hard reset or wipe the phone, but then won't i brick my phone?
EDIT: As user Pilaf suggested (thanking him a lot!) I installed a new siyha kernel then did a full wipe / factory reset, seems everything is backing up from google account and phone is working..
So you're telling me that the official 4.0.4 has a hardbrick bug? Well that's great.
Should I just wait for the official 4.1 or can I flash for example the Siyah kernel and then start flashing other ROMs?
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So you're telling me that the official 4.0.4 has a hardbrick bug? Well that's great.
Should I just wait for the official 4.1 or can I flash for example the Siyah kernel and then start flashing other ROMs?
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Did you just get released from a 6 month stretch in jail/or been in a coma or something.
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theunderling said:
Did you just get released from a 6 month stretch in jail/or been in a coma or something.
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Come on man, he's serious, so let's answer seriously
@krnrdstrm : to avoid the hardbrick, just flash a safe kernel (siyah, speedmod, dorimanx, philz ...) and enjoy ...
PS : didn't you have internet in jail ? :silly:
emmc bug
krnrdstrm said:
So you're telling me that the official 4.0.4 has a hardbrick bug? Well that's great.
Should I just wait for the official 4.1 or can I flash for example the Siyah kernel and then start flashing other ROMs?
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Yea, have a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756242
Siyah should be good,
Thanks: googy_anas
First let me put it out there that I have been rooting and installing roms for multiple phones with no issue ever.
I tried to install *TheCollective*AoCP - CP4.4 for i717 on my note and it hard bricked the first one I don't know why but it did. No biggie so I went through warranty and got a new one today. Heres my process (Assume I have samsung usb drivers already installed and battery is 100%)
Enable USB debugging
Used Odin3 v1.83
Used cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5
Downloaded *TheCollective*AoCP - CP4.4 for i717
Downloaded gapps-jb-20120726-signed
Added both to SD card
Boot into Recovery
NANDroid backup
Wipe data/Factory reset
Wipe Dalvik cache
Format /system
Install ZIP From SD Card (RoM first then gapps)
Reboot.....wont turn on at all black screen nothing from phone
What am I doing wrong?
Someone please tell me.
Dont format /system. It's not necessary. I do everything you did. Except I Use TWRP... I dont see anything wrong with your process
See and on the first phone I didnt format the system and it bricked so I thought it was because I didnt format the system thats why I did it on my note
Edit: Being a broke college student I can't afford this mistake again. If anyone can help me (specific to this rom) that I'm doing wrong or what may be wrong with my phone that would be awesome.
I did everything right I looked through the rom thread well into 100 pages and nobody has had any issues.
I've never hard bricked any other phone before and I had my original note on another rom as well.
It was only until I used that rom did it hard brick or as far as I know it hard bricked.
Can anybody respond to give me a hint as to what happened?
Post a picture of your note. I want to "see" this device.
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Fact of the matter is;
The packaged rom you refer to dose not contain bootloaders. So its really quiet unlikely its hard bricked unless you flash it to a device its not ment for.
The recovery in question is the one I use as well so that also should not cause an issue.
Have you tried a jig? To get back into download mode?
I really want to see this device you own I have a feeling you may be flashing the wrong device files.
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Johnsondr80 said:
Fact of the matter is;
The packaged rom you refer to dose not contain bootloaders. So its really quiet unlikely its hard bricked unless you flash it to a device its not ment for.
The recovery in question is the one I use as well so that also should not cause an issue.
Have you tried a jig? To get back into download mode?
I really want to see this device you own I have a feeling you may be flashing the wrong device files.
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I do not own a jig right now as I lost mine.
heres pic
http://imgur.com/DkseY
Sorry for bad writing...its late
I know that the device is not booting at all. no vibrate, no sound just a black screen.
I've heard amazing things about the rom hence why I wanna try it. I don't mean any disrespect to any of the rom developers.
I thank you for even responding! I'm pretty sure it's on my end I just wanna find out what.
Dark_lupus said:
I know that the device is not booting at all. no vibrate, no sound just a black screen.
I've heard amazing things about the rom hence why I wanna try it. I don't mean any disrespect to any of the rom developers.
I thank you for even responding! I'm pretty sure it's on my end I just wanna find out what.
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example of a jig(s): http://www.cellularfactory.com/det.jsp?d=57293&c=658122
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G5sHPPnins
i dont know if this is the one that will work for you but its what you need, if you are hard bricked.. did you try pulling batteries and getting into download mode by holding volume down and power and plugging in usb (all without the battery in device) ?
dont know if it will work but give it a shot.
mejori said:
example of a jig(s): http://www.cellularfactory.com/det.jsp?d=57293&c=658122
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G5sHPPnins
i dont know if this is the one that will work for you but its what you need, if you are hard bricked.. did you try pulling batteries and getting into download mode by holding volume down and power and plugging in usb (all without the battery in device) ?
dont know if it will work but give it a shot.
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Tried it that way when connected to my computer just kept giving me a you need to format G: etc etc over and over again (multiple windows) until i unplugged it.
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Tried it that way when connected to my computer just kept giving me a you need to format G: etc etc over and over again (multiple windows) until i unplugged it.
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This statement made me think of something else:
1: What cable did you use?
2: Were both phones bricked while flashing from the same PC?
I ask that, because if your phone is unplugged part way through a bootloader being installed... But you don't have to unplug it, it could be a faulty USB cable or bad PC drivers :/
Ive rooted and romd a ton of devices myself never ever bricked one until I came across this one... i own a jig and no recovery no boot whatsoever my only conclusion as to why this happened to me.. is a while back people were reporting a few certain phones had a "brick bug" there's an actual app to run and check to give you some peace of mind.
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Snarksneeze said:
This statement made me think of something else:
1: What cable did you use?
2: Were both phones bricked while flashing from the same PC?
I ask that, because if your phone is unplugged part way through a bootloader being installed... But you don't have to unplug it, it could be a faulty USB cable or bad PC drivers :/
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Used the cable that came with both phones, the old cable for the old phone and the new cable for the new phone
both phones used the same pc.(never had any issue before) Both phones were 100% battery and unplugged while installing the roms though\
Only until after installing the roms did the phone not come back on. (meaning after installing CWM I restarted the phone and it started up fine issue only happened after I installed the rom)
Brick bugs?
So squeezed my way into a replacement.
Scared to try another rom but I think that I will try another one and see if it works. My phone will be here tuesday.
Should I use another computer to do load CWM? Throw some advice as I'm pretty sure this is the last time I can get another phone for a while
Hi... I hard bricked my at&t sgh-i717 in the same way... same rom... same format system... and the phone would not start up, not recovery mode or download mode. I built a jig, that work correctly with the samsung S2, but on the Note no effect :crying:
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Can I do something to revive my Note?
Dark_lupus said:
So squeezed my way into a replacement.
Scared to try another rom but I think that I will try another one and see if it works. My phone will be here tuesday.
Should I use another computer to do load CWM? Throw some advice as I'm pretty sure this is the last time I can get another phone for a while
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I bricked a phone and soft bricked a phone and brought it back to normal just recently - The problem that i have is that i actually provide a flashing service to my customers and the guy i had dealt with used samsung kies and downloaded ICS which brings many issues to the table when flashing the easy way. Rather than mess around i decided to go about things the easy way below;
--Enter ODIN mode on i717, Download & Flash the STock Gingerbread 2.3.3 AT&T Rom (which is linked in Da_g's Thread) using ODIN on ur PC i(500MB zip)
--install the DA_G OC root kernel
--then install TWRP.zip via Odin or flash CWM
--then Download and flash Jellbean ROM of your choice / GAPPs. (after you wipe cache x3 and dalvik x3
Make sure you have all the samsung galaxy note drivers installed on your computer... if you are unsure REINSTALL them. Trust me
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I bricked a phone and soft bricked a phone and brought it back to normal just recently - The problem that i have is that i actually provide a flashing service to my customers and the guy i had dealt with used samsung kies and downloaded ICS which brings many issues to the table when flashing the easy way. Rather than mess around i decided to go about things the easy way below;
--Enter ODIN mode on i717, Download & Flash the STock Gingerbread 2.3.3 AT&T Rom (which is linked in Da_g's Thread) using ODIN on ur PC i(500MB zip)
--install the DA_G OC root kernel
--then install TWRP.zip via Odin or flash CWM
--then Download and flash Jellbean ROM of your choice / GAPPs. (after you wipe cache x3 and dalvik x3
Make sure you have all the samsung galaxy note drivers installed on your computer... if you are unsure REINSTALL them. Trust me
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Hi... my note would not power on... so no recovery/download mode... When i plug it to my pc, it's recognized like "qualcom device" or something similar... kies is up to date and the drivers are ok... but Odin is useless :crying:
First rule.
Flash packages built for your device.
Second rule.
Follow install instruction.
If your having problems its one of those that you failed at.
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Hi,
First I would like to say thanks for all the hard and awesome work.
I'm a noob/longime lurker, and don't have enough posts to be able to post on the thread itself, hence the PM.
I just wanted to share a suggestion if you can change your naming convention of your download files on the mirror site (or in general).
I had trouble downloading from the main link which kept timing out on me. So I used the dev-host mirror link, which has 4 links, but ended up downloading the wrong ROM. I should've gotten the i747 one (for AT&T) but instead got the i727 one, as I mistakenly thought these were just all different mirror links to the same file.
Long story short, this ended up bricking my phone, which is now getting exchanged at AT&T.
I know this is completely due to my noobness, and lesson learned,
but my suggestion is if you can change the naming convention of the files, (especially on the download mirror) or somehow make the difference in the files more obvious than just the 1 character digit difference located in the middle of the file name.
This may help other soul avoid making the same mistake I did.
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Please read the zip file name in its entirety.
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Johnsondr80 said:
First rule.
Flash packages built for your device.
Second rule.
Follow install instruction.
If your having problems its one of those that you failed at.
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Hi Johnsondr80... i flashed the right rom... for the right phone... I have an at&t shg-i717, and i717 was written on the name of the file i flashed... i'm only asking if you could help me to get back my phone... nothing more brother
I was on an international based rom and downloaded something that was supposed to be a fix for something. so after the download it took me to recovery to install and reboot. I flashed the zip and it obviously wasn't for my carrier because my screen went black then did the samsung logo, then my twrp recovery screen, but then right back around to the samsung logo. I can get to odin but not recovery. in odin it shows my phones product name correctly, says custom binary download and says no, current binary says samsung official, then system status says custom...Can someone PLEASE PLEASE help. I am so f***** without this phone...Please someone help....Thank You all..What can I do????
Need specifics. What rom were you on and wtf did you flash lol
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hopesrequiem said:
Need specifics. What rom were you on and wtf did you flash lol
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Lol yes, sorry kinda going crazy here. Thanks for responding, I appreciate that even. I was on Goodness i605 note 2. I must have screwed up by downloading something in those minsettings that was for a different carrier. It said it was a network error fix I believe. It then took me to recovery to flash the zip and thats when all hell broke loose. It just keeps booting over and over and after the samsung label it shows the twrp screen for a split second then it's just gone. It was obviously a huge mistake and I am an idiot for doing it. I have been trying to get things done through the pc and usb to the phone to fix it and that seems to be the other part of my problem is since I can't turn the usb debugging on on my phone i can't download anything through the usb, Right?...I'm a noob basically and obviously, lol but thanks for responding even if you have no advise.
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Lol yes, sorry kinda going crazy here. Thanks for responding, I appreciate that even. I was on Goodness i605 note 2. I must have screwed up by downloading something in those minsettings that was for a different carrier. It said it was a network error fix I believe. It then took me to recovery to flash the zip and thats when all hell broke loose. It just keeps booting over and over and after the samsung label it shows the twrp screen for a split second then it's just gone. It was obviously a huge mistake and I am an idiot for doing it. I have been trying to get things done through the pc and usb to the phone to fix it and that seems to be the other part of my problem is since I can't turn the usb debugging on on my phone i can't download anything through the usb, Right?...I'm a noob basically and obviously, lol but thanks for responding even if you have no advise.
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Dude go into recovery with the rom still installed, and dirty flash the rom while only wiping cache and dalvik. So long as you didn't wipe system you should be fine doing that.
And read more. The op of goodness specifically said don't flash ANYTHING from that till he gives the go ahead. Or it will softboot your phone like it just did
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hopesrequiem said:
Dude go into recovery with the rom still installed, and dirty flash the rom while only wiping cache and dalvik. So long as you didn't wipe system you should be fine doing that.
And read more. The op of goodness specifically said don't flash ANYTHING from that till he gives the go ahead. Or it will softboot your phone like it just did
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Thank you for the input but I don't believe that will work, I can't get into recovery. I can only get into odin download. But yes I read that as well, after I did it thanks
I would tey returning to stock feom odin, and starting all over again. I am not sure this would work, but it is worth a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
JeramyEggs said:
I would tey returning to stock feom odin, and starting all over again. I am not sure this would work, but it is worth a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34891181
"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
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Ok, I'll give it a try, Thank you. I've been trying the 1b section of the brick odin and it recognizes my phone and that but it gets through the whole thing and then says failed so I am stuck for sure. Thank you for the advise any and all is welcome.
chiefsfan69 said:
Ok, I'll give it a try, Thank you. I've been trying the 1b section of the brick odin and it recognizes my phone and that but it gets through the whole thing and then says failed so I am stuck for sure. Thank you for the advise any and all is welcome.
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Odin can be buggy, a lot of the issues are with USB cables and whatnot. Try some of these
1. Try Odin a few times, if it doesn't work disable any and all antivirus, reboot PC and try again.
2. If still no success, try reinstalling all drivers and yet again try again.
3. If that fails, use a different USB port.
4. If that doesn't work try a different USB cable.
5. If all else fails just try a different PC.
Frankly your phone has reached rock bottom so any fails with Odin should not make the problems worse than they are now. Keep us posted and good luck.
Sent with my pimped out VZW note 2
Ill give all that a go for sure thank you very much. Is there any possible way through your computer connected to your phone through the usb that you can turn on the usb debugging on your phone from your computer? Long shot I'm sure but it seems like if I could get that turned on I would be working in the right direction
are you getting into download mode on the phone itself and seeing the yellow triangle? you can flash the stock samsung firmware through odin which also unroots and then start over with rooting and such.
I would do what wto said. I have had odin fail multiple times because my drivers were not loaded correctly. Keep plugging away at it, and it might surprise you. Good luck, and sorry.....
"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
JeramyEggs said:
I would do what wto said. I have had odin fail multiple times because my drivers were not loaded correctly. Keep plugging away at it, and it might surprise you. Good luck, and sorry.....
"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
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Thank you all for being so helpful, really I appreciate it. Yes I can get to download and for the first time I was able to get those return to stock files to go through odin sucessfully but then it rebooted and then went into a different loop with just the samsung logo? In the post it said shut it down then and go into recover but I tried and it just goes right back into the loop? any idea from there?
I don't want to give you bad advice at this point. Honestly, this is my first Samsung device. You can still get into downlpad mode correct? If so, you are not completely screwed (hopefully). I will look around tomorrow, and see what I can dig up. At this point you know you can flash files with odin, so dont get careless at this point. I know how frustrating, and anxious you must feel. What a great learning experience, huh? My advice is to do as much research as possible. Getting late, so until tomorrow.
"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
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Thank you all for being so helpful, really I appreciate it. Yes I can get to download and for the first time I was able to get those return to stock files to go through odin sucessfully but then it rebooted and then went into a different loop with just the samsung logo? In the post it said shut it down then and go into recover but I tried and it just goes right back into the loop? any idea from there?
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Did you flash the PIT file when you flashed the return to stock files? Which return to stock files did you flash? If you haven't already done this try flashing just the PIT files in Odin and see if that will work for you, if not then flash the alternative recovery ROM and the PIT together in Odin and see if that works.
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chiefsfan69 said:
Thank you all for being so helpful, really I appreciate it. Yes I can get to download and for the first time I was able to get those return to stock files to go through odin sucessfully but then it rebooted and then went into a different loop with just the samsung logo? In the post it said shut it down then and go into recover but I tried and it just goes right back into the loop? any idea from there?
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If you can still get into download your phone will still be functional. I have a few questions.
1. What version of android were you rooted on?
2. Were you ever successfully rooted at any point?
3. Can you get your phone to be recognized in ODIN?
You shouldn't have to need USB debugging if you can get into download mode, for all I know download mode uses the same USB debugging properties as it is not in the OS yet.
Keep us posted and please don't leave out details in-case someone else comes around with a similar issue. If you do get something working, try to put a step-by-step on how you did it for future reference.
Great Learning experience for sure, I thought I was getting good at figuring out what I could and couldnt download lol..yes I'm extremely bummed and even more frusterated. I appreciate all the help and direction. I am truely sorry to even have to ask for help guys believe me. Yes I was rooted, yes I get recognized by odin in download mode and as for the version I was last on I am not sure exactly what I was on...i never got the latest update from verizon because I was rooted before that. So I rooted just after that verizon update that was the security patch I believe?? So I did the pit file with the root66 first and it keeps going all the easy tell the end of the download amd then fails...however I then did the pit with the stock restore and it passed, rebooted my phone then goes into a boot loop and I shut it down like it says in the directions and try to restart into recovery and it goes right back to the bootloop..its like I dont have a recovery set up or something anymore if thats possible?? I'm working now but ill be back to messing with it once I get off so any advice will be appreciated and put to use at 5mst...thanks again everuone
I am just thinking out loud, but if recovery is hosed, maybe you could run casual, and have it reinstall rhe custom recovery. I have no idea if this would work, but it is one way ro get a custom recovery back on. Still looking around for more info, but I dont want to brick your device completely.
Edit- You may try flashing twrp from odin. Here is a link to team.win's website, and download. Again, I am thinkong out loud, and none of my advise is bulletproof.
http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/133
"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
I dont know if i'm right about not having a recovery but I was thinking that to about casual but I tried and it won't even start cause I can't turn on usb debug??? Man I'm bummed
Check out my other suggedtion.
"One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" said anyone who has tried Moon Rom
Thank You sir, I.ll try that once I reach my house