I recently tried converting back to stock firmware(xdlj4). Did it many time but this time Odin failed and I didnt know what to do. So I turned off Odin and rebooted back my phone. And got a message saying my firmware has failed and download via kies. Well I didn't and I just rebooted into download mode and tried flashing it again. It was successful but now I when I try to call out or have some one call me. I cant hear anything in the speakers or on speaker phone. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
reflash with auto reset disabled
power off
power on into android stock recovery or cwm
wipe data / factory reset
profit?
Thanks but no luck at all.. anyone else??
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DEEBS808 said:
Thanks but no luck at all.. anyone else??
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First of all when you use odin you need to have everything that is related to kies turned off.So before you try to flash again via odin, go to process monitor, kill everything that has to do with kies and try again. You tried factory reset and nothing happened? Can u be more specific? I mean your speaker had that problem after the factory reset?Or you flashed again and then you found out the problem?
(Keep in mind that it might be a hardware problem.)
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hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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What I would suggest is to flash the J12 update through odin and see if that works. If that works, after boot up, go back and flash original rom back with odin and see if that helps. You should never click on repartition through odin because the instruction does not advise to do that when flashing a rom through odin. Hopefully you did not mess up your phone.
You probably need to follow 'eugenes froyo that doesn't brick' method. Do that first then odin to stock. Ind this should be posted in general or q&a
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1) This should be in "Q & A" or at the very least "General".
2) What ROM were you using that you are flashing back from?
3) Did you have any "lag fixes" installed?
x21chicago said:
hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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Make sure your flashing the stock JDF because the JI6 doesn't contain all of the files, and if that doesn't work flash the "froyo that does not brick rom" by eugene that is in the bible then flash the stock JFD rom
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How will repartition mess up your phone?
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x21chicago said:
hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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I'm having the exact same problem... I've tried multiple flashes but have yet to find a solution... Anyone have any idea how to get the data to wipe?
drpkenny said:
I'm having the exact same problem... I've tried multiple flashes but have yet to find a solution... Anyone have any idea how to get the data to wipe?
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When it say wipe data it doesn't wipe the built in memory it just wipes the partition where the OS is installed. Make sure you don't have voodoo lag fixed installed or it will hang up every time, I have used this method about 6 times to unbrick and have never had an issue. I followed the instructions to the letter and it has worked perfectly every time, but I would need more info on what rom you are coming from and what lag fix or what you have installed if all fails try the above mentioned fix with froyo that does brick.
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hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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launch your phone into recovery mode and delete everything-cache and all user data. i reinstalled the packages and then rebooted the system. its working without any problems now.
Fixed it!
OK, i ran into this exact issue yesterday and fixed it. This is what I did.
First flash Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick with Odin.
Went through steps one and two. Don't worry about the sdk thing.
Now you should be in recovery mode. Pull the battery. Get back into download mode. Now flash, [ROM] OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working). This got me out of trouble. I hope it works for you.
installing the froyo that dosent brick resolved my issue!
thank you for all your responses and help
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Anybody know where I can find this eugenes froyo that doesnt brick? Seems gino decided to remove the dl link for it n I checd his site but didnt c it, so im hoping theres like a mirror or maybe sum1 has it saved or something. Well anyway im able to flash the jk2froyo but it wont wipe data n then it wont let me dL any apps bcuz it says sorry not enough space.
It took some googling but I found it here
http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=8
Having problems with Odin, bah... trying to get my phone to work but always getting the "Data Write Failed" in red error.
EDIT: Haha nevermind got it to finally work after flashing Eugene's Froyo then stock JFD, guess I was using a different/wrong version of Eugene's Froyo haha damn I'm so relieved!!
I'm having a similar issue. Can someone give step by step instructions on how to fix this, please. I'm able to boot up, but then it give an error that says i have no space for apps. I check the application space and it just says 0.00 MB. Please help
First off, I want to apologize if I ramble on. I am trying to be as thorough as possible.
Also, I am relatively knowledgeable about rooting and whatnot, so hopefully I will understand whatever help you guys can give me.
Here's my problem:
I originally had Bionix-V 1.3.1 (which is a 2.2 rom), and I wanted to upgrade to a Gingerbread rom. So I downloaded "Trigger Redux" (addictivetips.com/mobile/install-android-2-3-5-based-custom-rom-on-t-mobile-samsung-vibrant/) and followed the instructions completely. The instructions told me to do a nandroid (which I did and it went perfect), then factory wipe the phone and wipe the dalvik cache (which I did), and then run the Trigger Redux zip from the sd card (which I did). Everything worked fine, but when I started messing around with the new rom, I didn't like it as much as my old rom, so I decided to reboot the phone into recovery to perform the nandroid restore. When my phone rebooted, I noticed the clockwork recovery looked different from what had before (it was orange, when the old one I had was red). Anyways, I tried to do the nandroid restore, it gave me an error about not being able to perform the nandroid for whatever reason (I honestly don't remember what it said now). So did a factory wipe again, thinking that may allow the nandroid restore to perform properly, and I still got the same error. So I restarted my phone, and now I'm stuck on the Vibrant logo screen. I can get into download mode (by plugging in usb/pressing vol up and down/inserting battery), but not sure how to get my phone into recovery mode again. I know I can probably use Odin, but I'm not real familiar with that program and I wouldn't know where to start.
What's the first thing I should do? I know my phone is fixable, I just don't know where to start Any help is very greatly appreciated. You guys are awesome!
Odin to stock is simple but risky...if it fails due to any reason u will have a completely bricked phone....there's a guide on how to do that process BC u will need to download two files...one is .pit and other is .Tar file......here's a video link..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIBeLG4frjM...and here is a link to download required files....http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/....good luck
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deziguy420 said:
Odin to stock is simple but risky...if it fails due to any reason u will have a completely bricked phone....there's a guide on how to do that process BC u will need to download two files...one is .pit and other is .Tar file......here's a video link..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIBeLG4frjM...and here is a link to download required files....http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/....good luck
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Yes you need odin but you won't be bricked if it fails for any reason. I have odin fail a few times and you start it back up and try again. The only way you can brick with odin is during a bootloader flash
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bfranklin1986 said:
Yes you need odin but you won't be bricked if it fails for any reason. I have odin fail a few times and you start it back up and try again. The only way you can brick with odin is during a bootloader flash
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if it fails in the very beginning then it's ok but if it fails in the middle then definitely it will be bricked... if you record yourself pulling off usb in the middle of the process then send me that link...i would love to see the result...
Samsung Android T-Mobile SGH-T959 Vibrant Firmware
fallow guy and use from this roms
http://gsm-beyond.blogspot.com/2011/07/samsung-android-t-mobile-sgh-t959.html
bfranklin1986 said:
Yes you need odin but you won't be bricked if it fails for any reason. I have odin fail a few times and you start it back up and try again. The only way you can brick with odin is during a bootloader flash
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i hard bricked going to stock with odin, it froze at the very end so i unplugged to try again and it went off and wouldnt do anything after that
its froze afew times at the beginning aswell but just goes to the phone ! pc screen when unplugged
deziguy420 said:
if it fails in the very beginning then it's ok but if it fails in the middle then definitely it will be bricked... if you record yourself pulling off usb in the middle of the process then send me that link...i would love to see the result...
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Why would you pull the cord? Never check auto reboot and if it fails just close odin and restart it. If you pull the cord and reboot with a half flashed phone then yes that would probably brick you
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bfranklin1986 said:
Why would you pull the cord? Never check auto reboot and if it fails just close odin and restart it. If you pull the cord and reboot with a half flashed phone then yes that would probably brick you
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that's exactly my point...according to other person he says odin to stock won't brick a phone...so i was just telling him to pull the plug out while it's running the procedure...and of course that will brick his phone and a prove that yes odin to stock can brick your phone... of course pulling a cable would be stupid...but what if your computer restarts all of the sudden or u lose electricity...stuff like that...can cause a dam hard brick....
Hi,
first I already searched for similar problems but i didn't find any thread that helped.
So.. I've SGSII with the official stock rom and not rooted, the phone was working fine and I've used the bluetooth before several times without any problems.
suddenly I needed to receive files via bluetooth, but once i turn it on the device start rebooting endlessly .. till i turn the bluetooth off
it will reboot every 10 seconds so I've to turn the bluetooth immediately once it start..
I'm using the official rom JPKJ2 2.3.5 with it's stock kernal, and never rooted the device before.
is it a manufacturer problem ? or something else ?
and how can I fix it ?
excuse my bad english, and thanks in advance =)
Badeeb said:
Hi,
first I already searched for similar problems but i didn't find any thread that helped.
So.. I've SGSII with the official stock rom and not rooted, the phone was working fine and I've used the bluetooth before several times without any problems.
suddenly I needed to receive files via bluetooth, but once i turn it on the device start rebooting endlessly .. till i turn the bluetooth off
it will reboot every 10 seconds so I've to turn the bluetooth immediately once it start..
I'm using the official rom JPKJ2 2.3.5 with it's stock kernal, and never rooted the device before.
is it a manufacturer problem ? or something else ?
and how can I fix it ?
excuse my bad english, and thanks in advance =)
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If it's worth the trouble then Try Factory Reset... Since your device is not rooted. Get CallLogBackupRestore and SMSBackupRestore free from playstore to backup your sms and call log. coz your device will wipe all data. Test see if it runs fine with factory defaults
check for the latest bt update?i mean is ur bt up to date?
Tool-kit said:
If it's worth the trouble then Try Factory Reset... Since your device is not rooted. Get CallLogBackupRestore and SMSBackupRestore free from playstore to backup your sms and call log. coz your device will wipe all data. Test see if it runs fine with factory defaults
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I'll root the device now and backup the data using titanium backup, then will try factory reset.
I'll update what's happening then.
thanks alot =)
rocky23 said:
check for the latest bt update?i mean is ur bt up to date?
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actually i don't know what's "bt" stands for =\
anyway i'll use factory reset and see what will happen.
thanks =)
So, I used the factory reset and it seems that everything work fine.
Thank you again for the help
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Badeeb said:
So, I used the factory reset and it seems that everything work fine.
Thank you again for the help
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Cool, anytime.
Just had a really strange problem with S3...I've installed the 1st OTA update, than my phone restarted & ended up in a bootloop. Atm I'm downloading a stock rom & gonna make a hard reset with Odin, but anyway I think it was kinda strange. Did the update just after I got the phone from the box, so it was in completely stock configuration. Any1 else experienced or heard of this kind of situation? Rom baseband: i9300XXALF2
cardrigar said:
Just had a really strange problem with S3...I've installed the 1st OTA update, than my phone restarted & ended up in a bootloop. Atm I'm downloading a stock rom & gonna make a hard reset with Odin, but anyway I think it was kinda strange. Did the update just after I got the phone from the box, so it was in completely stock configuration. Any1 else experienced or heard of this kind of situation? Rom baseband: i9300XXALF2
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Try force restarting it by pressing volume up+power. It fixes bootloop sometimes.
else just flash a stock ROM using Odin.
Try to restore factory settings in recovery mode.
I presume you still can get there with volume up+home+power buttons pressed simultaneously when the phone is off?
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Noob here, please bear with me:
Updated my I577 to ICS, then rooted it using this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806118
Worked like a charm, then I picked up ROM Toolbox Lite from PlayStore, which worked fine until I tried to change themes.
Somehow, it got to where boot was stuck at vendor logo. Unfortunately I did not Nandroid backup in time, but I was able to do a Kies backup before rooting, so not worry about the data loss at this time.
Used CWM5, did davlik & cache wipes, factory resets several times, no dice. No stock ROM available so I tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30444507&postcount=6
(flashed system tar through ODIN) Hanged at "system.img.ext4".
Here's where I'm at now:
-- Boot looping at second Samsung logo
-- ODIN 1.85 still reads device at port
-- Battery indicator visible when plugged in & power off.
-- Still able to get to cwm recovery 5.5.0.4
So, IS IT SOFT BRICKED OR HARD BRICKED?
Bonus Question: Is it unbrickable?
Any input or answers are GREATLY appreciated, and a fix will most likely be monetarily compensated through Paypal.
Black-wolf, j3r3goss, or shabbypenguin if you see this, your input is certainly appreciated as well!
Its soft bricked. Hard brick means there is no life at all and won't even power on (through software).
Any soft brick is unbrickable, the only nonunbrickable brick is a hard brick (which is rare)
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If you can get into Clockwork Mod Recovery still then select wipe data (Do this twice), then select whipe cache (Do this twice), next select factory reset (Do this twice), finally go back and select reboot system. This should unbrick your phone for you
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shimp208 said:
If you can get into Clockwork Mod Recovery still then select wipe data (Do this twice), then select whipe cache (Do this twice), next select factory reset (Do this twice), finally go back and select reboot system. This should unbrick your phone for you
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This.
If you can get into recovery you're only in shallow water
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Something's changed
THANKS so far for the input!
I was able to nandroid out of the loop, but now it's back to my original problem--it keeps booting to the "Rethink Possible" AT&T screen & freezing.
Any ideas? I'm thinking I'm gonna be outta luck until I get my hands on a legit Gingerbread Stock tar.
Did you whipe cache, whipe data and preform a factory reset like we suggested? Preforming a nandroid restore won't get you out of your phone hanging on the at&t logo.
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Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i brick
hey there im a noob to all this but i registered to see if someone here could give me advice.
i tried to flash a new rom on my phone (see title) and it doesnt do a thing anymore...
i rooted it and tried to put Retribution beta_2 on it and itlooked to be working till it rebooted..
all i got was the startup screen with galaxy ace gt-s5830i.
i looked around and i found that i could use download mode and odin 1 click download to put in a new rom.
so i tried that and it looked to be working but it stalled at end of install and now it doesnt even turn on anymore...
HELP!!!
hope someone knows whats up and can give me some advice.
i hope i didnr hardbrick it like i saw in this thread...
Emil.warm said:
hey there im a noob to all this but i registered to see if someone here could give me advice.
i tried to flash a new rom on my phone (see title) and it doesnt do a thing anymore...
i rooted it and tried to put Retribution beta_2 on it and itlooked to be working till it rebooted..
all i got was the startup screen with galaxy ace gt-s5830i.
i looked around and i found that i could use download mode and odin 1 click download to put in a new rom.
so i tried that and it looked to be working but it stalled at end of install and now it doesnt even turn on anymore...
HELP!!!
hope someone knows whats up and can give me some advice.
i hope i didnr hardbrick it like i saw in this thread...
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Are you able to get into recovery mode? Did you flash a custom recovery such as TWRP or Clockwork Mod Recovery?
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shimp208 said:
Are you able to get into recovery mode? Did you flash a custom recovery such as TWRP or Clockwork Mod Recovery?
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Hi thanks for your response to my problem,
yes i flashed a custom recovery from clockwork and i rooted it. i cant get in to recovery mode.
after i did that i tried flashing custom rom like i said before but after reboot it didnt do anything.
i just got the startscreen and found that i could use download mode and odin to flash original rom.
i used 1 click downloader from Odin and it started to recover my rom,but at the end it stalled.
after that happened i couldnt do anything anymore.
i thought it was totally dead but i just saw that when i connect to my comp it says unknown device..
im an idiot for trying this stuff without the knowledge..it looked easy in descriptions
but i found different descriptions how to do it..
i cant put links in my posts yet cause i am new..
i used the 1st one.. but after that didnt work i found that other 1 and that is little different...
.android.gs/update-galaxy-ace-s5830i-retribution-gingerbread-2-3-6
.technostall.com/samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830i-installing-retribution-custom-rom-firmware
i hope i have given you enough info
greets Emil
Hmm today i found out smth new,i installed some samsung drivers and now my phone is recognized as a samsung android phone-android composite adb interface its says in device mananger on my laptop.
All Fixed!
shimp208 said:
Did you whipe cache, whipe data and preform a factory reset like we suggested? Preforming a nandroid restore won't get you out of your phone hanging on the at&t logo.
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I did all that, but the one thing that finally nailed it was formatting my internal SD. I also formatted my external one, but I don't even think I put it back in the phone.
So, if anybody's reading this in the future, and you're still stuck after wiping the cache, wiping Davlik & performing factory reset,
FORMAT THE SD!
And flash this through Odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31765274&postcount=59
Huge thanks to j3r3goss!! :good::good::good:
Main Exhilarate thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926253
Soft bricked my galaxy s4
gagdude said:
Its soft bricked. Hard brick means there is no life at all and won't even power on (through software).
Any soft brick is unbrickable, the only nonunbrickable brick is a hard brick (which is rare)
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Hey, total noob here but Im having problems with my Galaxy S4 so I was on this thread looking for a fix.I have an AT&T Galaxy s4 (SGH-I337) and I just rooted my phone and installed clockworkmod recovery. I went to backup and then when I rebooted it freezes at the AT&T logo. Ive wiped data/factory reset, wiped caches, etc ive done everything and it freezes at the same spot. I have no ROMS as I had just rooted, just stock 4.2.2. Then I saw a vid on how to unroot/unbrick and it was working perfectly until it went to reboot.(I downloaded 4.2.2 firmware for my model phone) I used ODIN and it said pass then when it was rebooting it froze in the exact same spot (also instead of the normal bootup it still had the "custom" and an unlocked lock that Ive had since I rooted) and now I cant enter recovery mode. It starts booting but then freezes when the blue letters come on! Now even when I try to turn it on normally it freezes at the samsung logo (with unlocked lock and "custom")Please help! I would greatly appreciate it!