I have to return my Verizon S3 for warranty replacement and I searched for a video on YouTube to help me with unrooting it. I followed the steps as per the video and ran the stock firmware through ODIN and the process completed with no problem. At that point the phone started to reboot and I expected it to boot up and I'd be good to go but instead its stuck in a boot loop and I don't know what to do at this point. I redid the whole process several times and each time it ends in a boot loop.
I'm an over the road trucker and I NEED my phone ASAP. I cant and wont drop $600 for a replacement phone and NO I don't have the insurance so I need to fix what I have.... I'm in a truck stop using the internet and I'm hoping for a quick solution to get my phone back up and running..
If anyone can help me figure this out I'd greatly appreciate it
Can anyone help?
Need the proper software and process to get this done.
Thanks for the help
have u tried wiping data and factory reset ??
Factory reset from recovery?
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Factory reset from recovery?
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the only thing I did was follow the information and video from a website called creative android. Since I haven't made 10 posts I cant post the URL for the website
I don't know if this phone is bricked or what
It was a suggestion.
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41593409#post41593409
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if u didnt flash recovery u can wipe cache and reset to factory mode by android based recovery by pressing volume up+menu+power and phone going to recovery mode and if u flashed recovery like cwm or else u can do this yet.. and do reset factory and wipe cache
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if u need download stock rom go to this page and find ur proper model and with tools with link i told above do that
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41593409#post41593409
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if u didnt flash recovery u can wipe cache and reset to factory mode by android based recovery by pressing volume up+menu+power and phone going to recovery mode and if u flashed recovery like cwm or else u can do this yet.. and do reset factory and wipe cache
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if u need download stock rom go to this page and find ur proper model and with tools with link i told above do that
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
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ok i'm going to try and get the files I need downloaded. Only problem is that the internet at the truck stop is so slow its going to take over 4 hrs to DL here... 788MB and 4 hrs to DL... truck stop internet is crap.......
factory reset before doing anything else
many thanks
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41593409#post41593409
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if u didnt flash recovery u can wipe cache and reset to factory mode by android based recovery by pressing volume up+menu+power and phone going to recovery mode and if u flashed recovery like cwm or else u can do this yet.. and do reset factory and wipe cache
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if u need download stock rom go to this page and find ur proper model and with tools with link i told above do that
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
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I just wanted to say that I FINALLY got my phone back up and running from being "soft bricked". It took me longer then normal because I am a trucker and the internet connections at truck stops is pretty crappy most of the time. I got lucky this time and found one with a GREAT connection and I was finally able to download the proper firmware as you suggested. I went to Sammobile as you suggested, joined the site and downloaded the file, flashed with Odin and i'm back in business.. Thanks a bunch for your help to get my phone up and running.
NJPanda said:
I have to return my Verizon S3 for warranty replacement and I searched for a video on YouTube to help me with unrooting it. I followed the steps as per the video and ran the stock firmware through ODIN and the process completed with no problem. At that point the phone started to reboot and I expected it to boot up and I'd be good to go but instead its stuck in a boot loop and I don't know what to do at this point. I redid the whole process several times and each time it ends in a boot loop.
I'm an over the road trucker and I NEED my phone ASAP. I cant and wont drop $600 for a replacement phone and NO I don't have the insurance so I need to fix what I have.... I'm in a truck stop using the internet and I'm hoping for a quick solution to get my phone back up and running..
If anyone can help me figure this out I'd greatly appreciate it
Can anyone help?
Need the proper software and process to get this done.
Thanks for the help
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Next time, post your questions in the right forum.
CyanogenModded Very China-like, from my Samsung Galaxy S III
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When I try to go into recovery mode all I get on my list is reinstall, reboot, factory reset and one more thing. I'm using my friend captivate to post this for help?? Cause my phone won't get past the boot screen. How would I proceed to fix this? Any help is appreciated. thanks!
Odin to stock, check the 1st sticky
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If your phone is at least trying to boot than your absolutely fine... read stickies and you'll be back on track in no time
make sure you install the samsung drivers for your comp.
jaydenboy said:
When I try to go into recovery mode all I get on my list is reinstall, reboot, factory reset and one more thing. I'm using my friend captivate to post this for help?? Cause my phone won't get past the boot screen. How would I proceed to fix this? Any help is appreciated. thanks!
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first of all your phone is not bricked...
1) turn off your phone
2) hold volume up + volume down then plug usb to ur machine..phone will automatically go into download mode..from there flash .tar and .pit files and ur phone will go back to stock..
here is a link follow thiis guide http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
and here is a video just in case if you wanna see before flashing back to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3K9my9kAvI
if you go back to stock..u will have to root again...but it will be a fresh start..GOOD LUCK
Hi,
I think i have forgot to turn on debbuging mode while flashing stock firmware and now i stuck at bootscreen.I have also turned off F. Reset Time in odin.Any help how i can make my phone alive or is it bricked?Btw i can get into system recovery and download mode
Flash any on click file with odin in download mode
manojcitc said:
Flash any on click file with odin in download mode
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Hmm.. I I tried but no luck I stuck at boot logo
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Should I flash cf root kernel and go into recovery and flash Rom, or send it to Samsung because there is no triangle?
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Should I flash cf root kernel and go into recovery and flash Rom, or send it to Samsung because there is no triangle? <br />
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If there is no yellow triangle, and your custom binary counter is zero, then just send it to Samsung.
Good luck
Swyped from Samsung Galaxy SII
Try that and after vo into recobery and wipe data,clear cache and flash new rom...
I had faced this problem in for so many times,i always use one click cm9 rom and flash with odin,and make sure that you dont touch any option in odin...
manojcitc said:
Try that and after vo into recobery and wipe data,clear cache and flash new rom...
I had faced this problem in for so many times,i always use one click cm9 rom and flash with odin,and make sure that you dont touch any option in odin...
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I also had bootloop long time ago, but that was because I didn't made I factory reset. When I need to flash kernel via odin, I need debbuging on. I think I have to send it to Samsung. I am also such a dimbass to forgot to turn debbuging on:sly:
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Can I turn on debugging while I can't access my phone. If yes, how?
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Problem solved by factory reset in system recovery
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I had a boot loop on my galaxy s 2 .. out of nowhere didnt do anything.
It was too weird. I spent time reading lots of forums about this and saw different techniques.
What i did was i flashed back to 2.3.6. Did factory reset. then flashed back to ICS.
I think it happened because of some cache bull****. Just thought i should share.
Boot Loop Solved
I don't know where to post this so I'm posting it here. I have been scouring the internet for HOURS trying to figure how others got out of boot loop so I could get my phone out of it. I have a samsung galaxy s2 i9100g. I was in the process of unrooting it and while rebooting after installing the stock rom BOOM- boot loop to the samsung logo. I tried everything; battery out, in, pushing all combinations of volume(s)+home+power= nothing worked. Finally after a lot of trial and error one thing worked. I unplugged my USB and took the battery out, then while holding the three buttons I put it back in- and suddenly after hours(of trying to get something to happen) I got the download screen. (My phone wouldn't turn off or go into recovery as other suggested). So I downloaded a different stock rom and tried reinstalling via odin a few times but the problem persisted- still boot loop, still only download mode. Then I tried something different. When in download mode I decided to see what would happen if I pushed the volume down to 'reboot'. To my amazement my phone started up and went past the samsung logo for the first time in FOUR HOURS. It went into recovery mode! Then I factory reset it, and restarted it. So keep at if you think your phone is soft bricked or boot looped. I appreciate everyone else's questions/answers that kept me going while trying to figure out something that worked for me. So I'll break it down into steps.
1)unplug USB, take out battery. Hold down volume (holding down the 'down' volume worked for me), home and power button then quickly slide the battery in(while still holding down till the screen comes up). It may take a few times but the 'download mode' screen should come right up.
2)using odin install the stock ROM for your phone
3)when re installation is complete follow step 1 to get into download mode
4)instead of clicking the volume up for download, click down to restart and recovery mode should come up
5)factory reset your phone and reboot
I genuinely hope this helps someone. Nothing worse than rendering your phone useless.
tried it
I'm having the same issue but your trick didn't help. i'm exasperated.
SirenumDev said:
I'm having the same issue but your trick didn't help. i'm exasperated.
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Same issue how to fix this?
SirenumDev said:
tried it
I'm having the same issue but your trick didn't help. i'm exasperated.
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yes, same here...my phone is back to the initial screen 'samsung galaxy sII' , with sign at bottom
Me too...
I think we need to flash stock rom as pointed in those guides:
[INDEX] Samsung Galaxy S2 - ROMs, Kernels, MODs, GUIDES
Samsung Galaxy S2 [INDEX] Helpful Information Welcome, this thread has been created to encompass everything you may need for your device. Please only post in this thread with feedback on how to improve this document. Do not post "Thank you"...
forum.xda-developers.com
The problem is I don't find a ODIN that works... links seem to be broken.
I have even risked to download a couple (4) different odin versions and some windows drivers / stock roms from the wild internet (who knows what crap those executables and files may come with), but I had no success with it...
I don't know how we can find trustable files that are required, or at least verify checksums somewhere to be sure that we don't get any unrequested present instead....
Will create or post in there asking for some help I think...
Hello all
I attempted to root and CWM my Mega and that seemed to go fine..
I can run CWM 6032 without issues
So I proceeded to install a custom rom I firstly did full wipe / cache and dalvik then installed the rom.
It boots to samsung logo and just hangs..
So I went back to the drawing board..Dled fresh tar img flashed with odin just had auto reboot and F.reset time ticked but the phone is still stuck at the samsung logo and not doing anything else..
I just got this amazing phone and its bricked already
Starting to panic
Please help
Jonny
OK After a good nights sleep things dont seem so bad
I got stock firmware loaded but I had to go into the stock recovery after the flash and do another factory reset / cache wipe
Jonny
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Jonny5isalivetm said:
OK After a good nights sleep things dont seem so bad
I got stock firmware loaded but I had to go into the stock recovery after the flash and do another factory reset / cache wipe
Jonny
:laugh:
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Good for you
I remember my first few flashes, with the little bootloop panic...
Usually, if one takes the time too pause and read and think (very probably someone had the issue, and the answer is here in the forums), then all those little issues can be fixed without too much trouble
hi man :>
i have flashed other phones before but noone gave me as much trouble as the mega..
glad she is running now
Real smooth atm with silentnight rom + an app off the store to decrease cpu speed..currently at 700mhz and i cant tell the difference!
Thanks for reply man
Yeah, every phone has its way.
I used to have HTC phones, and those seem to be the most annoying ones, with software updates locking the bootloader and such annoyances.
It might have changed now, though
I always make nandroid backup before flashing new rom, just in case things happen
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Bricked sgh-1527m
Hi,
I am wondering if you have any tips or info on unbricking my phone.
I seem to be having this same problem.
It has to do with a knox update i believe.
you mention a bootloader lock..is their some method to unlock so that it will allow me to flash the rom again.
any information would be greatly appreciated..I am getting a crash course in this trying to get my phone back up and running
thanks
Chris
kipue said:
Yeah, every phone has its way.
I used to have HTC phones, and those seem to be the most annoying ones, with software updates locking the bootloader and such annoyances.
It might have changed now, though
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Jonny5isalivetm said:
Hello all
I attempted to root and CWM my Mega and that seemed to go fine..
I can run CWM 6032 without issues
So I proceeded to install a custom rom I firstly did full wipe / cache and dalvik then installed the rom.
It boots to samsung logo and just hangs..
So I went back to the drawing board..Dled fresh tar img flashed with odin just had auto reboot and F.reset time ticked but the phone is still stuck at the samsung logo and not doing anything else..
I just got this amazing phone and its bricked already
Starting to panic
Please help
Jonny
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can you tell me how u root ur GT-I9205 ?? my attempts to root have made my samsung galaxy mega goes into a condition where...
1) when it boots up, there are sounds but no logo
2)i tried the custom recoveries,, it works fine
3) i tried the download mode,, there is only black screen,,,
please help me as a fellow gt-i9205 ...
Hi all, hope somebody can help me.... I am currently stuck in a boot loop on my i9300....
How did this happen? well....
I'll start at the beginning... I received an ota update notification for the 4.3 update and without checking the internet to find out how good it was/wasn't, i stupidly downloaded and installed it! as we all now know, its terrible!
So.... in an effort to get out of the nightmare that is 4.3 i downloaded odin on my computer and rooted my phone with cf auto root, i then downloaded I9300OXAEMG4_BTU from sam mobile. I put my phone in download mode, hooked it up to the computer and flashed the said xaemg4 rom via odin. Everything seemed to go well and the phone rebooted.... but now my phone just continually shows the swirling samsung boot screen and never gets past it!
So, what went wrong and how do i sort this mess out?? Should i try to reflash the rom again with odin will i just make things worse?
Just for info, i do not have a custom recovery on my phone, i just used odin to flash.
Please help me out guys. :crying:
Cheers
Steve
steve75dhd said:
Hi all, hope somebody can help me.... I am currently stuck in a boot loop on my i9300....
How did this happen? well....
I'll start at the beginning... I received an ota update notification for the 4.3 update and without checking the internet to find out how good it was/wasn't, i stupidly downloaded and installed it! as we all now know, its terrible!
So.... in an effort to get out of the nightmare that is 4.3 i downloaded odin on my computer and rooted my phone with cf auto root, i then downloaded I9300OXAEMG4_BTU from sam mobile. I put my phone in download mode, hooked it up to the computer and flashed the said xaemg4 rom via odin. Everything seemed to go well and the phone rebooted.... but now my phone just continually shows the swirling samsung boot screen and never gets past it!
So, what went wrong and how do i sort this mess out??
Just for info, i do not have a custom recovery on my phone, i just used odin to flash.
Please help me out guys. :crying:
Cheers
Steve
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Did u try recover and download mode? try to go to download mode and get some information on product code and other.. have you flashed firmware of other country than yours?? well to tell about boot loop there are lots of regions for it( bricked or SDS and many other too) first try to read all guides and faqs of s3 about 4.3 update..
suyash1629 said:
Did u try recover and download mode? try to go to download mode and get some information on product code and other.. have you flashed firmware of other country than yours?? well to tell about boot loop there are lots of regions for it( bricked or SDS and many other too) first try to read all guides and faqs of s3 about 4.3 update..
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Try 3 button combo get into recovert reset and delete cache it should boot up
waleed78636 said:
Try 3 button combo get into recovert reset and delete cache it should boot up
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that might too work, but thats not sure..
waleed78636 said:
Try 3 button combo get into recovert reset and delete cache it should boot up
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Wipe cache partition or wipe data/factory reset???
steve75dhd said:
Wipe cache partition or wipe data/factory reset???
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both..
waleed78636 said:
Try 3 button combo get into recovert reset and delete cache it should boot up
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both..
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Awesome.... Thank you guys! panic over!
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Awesome.... Thank you guys! panic over!
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nice to know that it worked for you..
I'm having real issues trying to get a stock ROM on my Virgin Mobile S3 (GT-I9300) and I'm hoping you guys can help me. I've looked absolutely everywhere for a solution but so far nothing has worked.
OK so a little history about the problem:
Using phone as normal, and then randomly turns off. Turn it back on and I get the two Samsung splash screens loop booting constantly. I boot into recovery mode and do a factory reset - same problem. Clear the cache - same problem. Send phone back to Virgin and they tell me I've rooted and installed a custom ROM which I absolutely have not but they have a screenshot with the custom counter showing '1'.
I've no idea how this is possible, but I would have remembered if I'd installed a custom ROM. Anyway, they send it back because I'm not going to fork out £100 for them to flash it.
So...lots of research later, I download the latest Odin (3.09), find the most likely stock ROM that will work with my phone (Carrier is Virgin Mobile UK). I find this ROM on SamMobile: I9300XXUGMK6_I9300OXAGMK6_BTU. Cannot for the life of me find an actual Virgin rom so this apparently should be fine as it's a generic EU build.
Fine, so I apply it using the AP selection in Odin, connect phone, it goes through and applies fine "PASS" etc.. and phone reboots automatically.
Now, it just sits at the Samsung splash screen (the static white text) and doesn't go any further. I've left it upwards of 10 minutes but no dice. So look online and find threads that suggest booting to recovery and doing a factory reset will do the trick. So try that (Power+volume up+home) and same problem - static splash screen. Balls.
So now I don't know what to do. I either need to try an actual Virgin ROM which doesn't seem to exist(?!) or my phone is truely bricked and I'll finally have a good reason to destroy the thing.
Can anyone let me know what the next steps should be? I would be eternally grateful.
Thanks in advance.
I found the s3 to be a pain when doing a reset. Basically do it twice. Wipe, flash, wipe then boot. As far as I know btu is correct but virmin mobile used to rent their airspace from tmobile who are now half ee. Such a minefield..
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shivadow said:
I found the s3 to be a pain when doing a reset. Basically do it twice. Wipe, flash, wipe then boot. As far as I know btu is correct but virmin mobile used to rent their airspace from tmobile who are now half ee. Such a minefield..
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When you say 'wipe' do you mean factory reset via recovery mode? Because I'm not able to access that. All I can get to is Download Manager to use with Odin...
I thought you said you could access recovery and you had cleared cache. In that case you are buggered. If it goes through the flashing phase and reboots but you still cannot get into recovery then you have 3 options..
1. Flash another rom but no lower than 4.3. Carrier shouldn't matter.
2. Full on flash with pit file (dangerous and can perma brick).
3. Return the phone under warranty and state that the flash counter also clocks official flashes too, samsung should know this as they make the phone.. staff need training if they say otherwise.
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Try the rescue firmware from general forum, follow the instructions exactly as it includes a pit.
It sounds like nand failure, so it's possible that you won't be able to fix it.
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I thought you said you could access recovery and you had cleared cache.
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Apologies for not being clearer, before sending it back to Virgin for the warranty repair I could access the recovery mode fine, when I got it back I couldn't - whether that was caused by the flashing of the firmware or something Virgin did I don't know unfortunately.
Try the rescue firmware from general forum, follow the instructions exactly as it includes a pit.
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Thanks for the tip - I've flashed the stock recovery and I can now get into recovery mode! Looks slightly different but I can now access the factory reset/wipe cache options so that's some improvement.
I'm just downloading the stock international ROM as per this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847 but it's going to take a few hours. Thanks so much for your advice so far i'll report back once the download completes.
No joy
I can however get into download mode and recovery mode now. Is there anything else I can try? Is it possible I can get a custom recovery image on there and flash it with something other than the stock rom?
I've got a feeling you're correct and it could be a hardware fault. Virgin say I can pay £100 to get it fixed, if they have to replace the entire phone that would prove it wasn't 'tampering' that caused it so I could potentially get my money back I guess, if I complained. I think that might be my only option now.
Ok I just booted into recovery mode and I was greeted with this error:
Any ideas what this could mean?
crispin85 said:
Ok I just booted into recovery mode and I was greeted with this error:
Any ideas what this could mean?
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I say this to people who have this sort of problem but I mention the dreaded word and they tend to ignore it but will tell you what to try anyway.
Install Kies 3 for android 4.3 (there I said it Kies) on the top menu bar click Tools then Firmware Upgrade and Installation
Follow the on screen instructions, this process will wipe the phone and install the most up to date original carrier / phone firmware, after this the phone should work and you can then root, flash roms etc , it may work for you so try it, don't just dismiss it because it refers to the use of Kies
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I say this to people who have this sort of problem but I mention the dreaded word and they tend to ignore it but will tell you what to try anyway.
Install Kies 3 for android 4.3 (there I said it Kies) on the top menu bar click Tools then Firmware Upgrade and Installation
Follow the on screen instructions, this process will wipe the phone and install the most up to date original carrier / phone firmware, after this the phone should work and you can then root, flash roms etc , it may work for you so try it, don't just dismiss it because it refers to the use of Kies
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Unfortunately I've already tried Kies, and it doesn't recognise the device when in recovery mode.
crispin85 said:
Unfortunately I've already tried Kies, and it doesn't recognise the device when in recovery mode.
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Make sure you are using the USB cable supplied with the phone and it is connected direct to your PC USB port, ideally the ones on the back but don't connect through any multi USB port connectors.
The USB cables and how you connect can make a difference