Bricked. Please help me.. - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

Hey whats up so I was installing a rom on to my phone(Hyperdrive) It installed fine then it went to reboot but all it did was vibrate. I can get into download mode every now and then. I have a verizon I545 S4. All I have access to right now is a mac. I need to unbrick my phone before I go to work in a few hours. I did this before on a toshiba laptop via odin but I don't have access to that anymore. Can anybody please help me with this asap!! I will donate money if somebody helps me asap. Please guys someone help me out. I need me phone working -_-

Yankeetim92 said:
Hey whats up so I was installing a rom on to my phone(Hyperdrive) It installed fine then it went to reboot but all it did was vibrate. I can get into download mode every now and then. I have a verizon I545 S4. All I have access to right now is a mac. I need to unbrick my phone before I go to work in a few hours. I did this before on a toshiba laptop via odin but I don't have access to that anymore. Can anybody please help me with this asap!! I will donate money if somebody helps me asap. Please guys someone help me out. I need me phone working -_-
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I experienced a similar issue flashing Hyperdrive.
If you're using TWRP it seems to flash better with OUHDS which is how I ultimately fixed my phone.
For a quick fix it seemed perfectly stable to do a restore or flash the rom and just not do a reboot.
But you'll likely need to return to stock and try again.

Can I just do a restore in Odin? what could I use on a mac to do a restore? Like I said it lets me access download mode only. It just vibrates when i try to boot up....

Can you get into recovery?
Did you make a back up before flashing hyperdrive?
Do you have Odin and the stock image for the phone handy?
If you can't get into recovery odin is probably your only option
If you can get into recovery, make sure your internal storage is not full, as that caused a boot loop for me.
If you made a back up, try a restore.
If you did not make a back up, you could try reinstalling hyperdrive.
If you can get the phone booted, it should be good as long as you don't attempt a reboot.
If you can't do any of the above things, you'll likely need to flash the stock image with Odin and then start from scratch.

1.No
2.Yes
3.No
My internal storage is not full. How can I do this using Hemdall? Or how can I download the stock recovery file on my mac and send it to a windows computer since it is taking forever to download??

How are you getting into download mode?
Trying to get into recovery you had the phone off, battery in, unplugged from charger. And then hold volume up and power key, then let go of power but hold volume up until recovery should boot?

no it wont work. I turn the phone on and all it does it vibrates. And I get a barley visible white line in the middle of the phone. I did this before and used odin to unbrick it but the files won't download.. and now i need to do this on a mac.

Can you help me??

Yankeetim92 said:
Can you help me??
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I don't believe there has been mention of a Mac friendly method to do what you need yet.
Sent from my Galaxy S4

I guess Ill have to find a windows computer than :/

hlxanthus said:
I don't believe there has been mention of a Mac friendly method to do what you need yet.
Sent from my Galaxy S4
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Pretty sure I have seen a mac version of odin or something on here somewhere. Let me look around and i'll get back to you
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Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337509

I don't need to root, I need to unbrick my soft bricked S4.....

Yankeetim92 said:
I don't need to root, I need to unbrick my soft bricked S4.....
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Your only option at this point is to get into recovery, and if you can not, get into download mode, and ODIN back to stock.
The Ax says, good luck and good day!

I can only access download mode. Could you provide me with a download link please? VerizonS4 I545

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vibrant brick pls help

hi all, i would like to ask you for a help with my vibrant. I just purchased it and successfully made the root and unlock. I managed to do both even tho my hardware button keys does not support the recovery mode. Any holding of the buttons will not allow the phone to go to recovery mode, this is not working even with an odin. After i did the root and unlock i downloaded the rom manager, created a clockwork image and back up i tried to make the partition of my 16gb SD card using the rom manager. After this my phone restarted but after t mobile logo and galaxy s logo the phone screen stays black. Tried all thee methods to go into the recovery mode but was not able to do it. i searched this forum also but was not able to find similar case to this one. i would be very thankful for any advice.
You'll have to get T-Mo to exchange it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8149673&postcount=15
thanks to this instructions i was able to use odin but this did not change the satus of my phone?????
unfortunately cant i did not buy it in the store
NEVER use rom manager to partition your SD card. Try the steps in this thread
thank you, trying to do it now
a friend of mine bricked his phone and it boot up to the "S" screen then go black after a min. i flashed it using oden and the T959UVJFD file but i got the same results when trying to boot up again. it wasn't my phone and i had already sent the guy to get a new one, but i just started flashing it with all the vibrant oden roms i could find... non of them worked. i really didnt care any more so i was just playing around with the phone and flashed a i9000 rom, of corse it didnt work but when i flashed it back with the T959UVJFD file it worked.... i dont know if it would work out for you i just wanted to share the story... good luck
thank you, unfotunatelly i am stuck with HW keys problem againm!!!!
i follow the steps from the post 4 from @Alkaloid and now from dead i am at froyo and will hang here for a while cause at least for a week dont want to flash nothing. Boy what a day, 12 hours fixing this samsung!!!
Ivuso, how did you get in to download mode? I tried everything from every single thread here that mentions how to get in to download mode..
Odin is the way to go..it saved me too
DJ! said:
a friend of mine bricked his phone and it boot up to the "S" screen then go black after a min. i flashed it using oden and the T959UVJFD file but i got the same results when trying to boot up again. it wasn't my phone and i had already sent the guy to get a new one, but i just started flashing it with all the vibrant oden roms i could find... non of them worked. i really didnt care any more so i was just playing around with the phone and flashed a i9000 rom, of corse it didnt work but when i flashed it back with the T959UVJFD file it worked.... i dont know if it would work out for you i just wanted to share the story... good luck
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how did u manage to do that
You do not have to exchange it the same thing happened to me. You just need to use odin to flash the stock rom onto it. Its really easy. Youtube it
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
if you have the hardware keys lock the only way to get to download modwe is through odin. For me worked this.
start odin, fil pit and pda
remove battery
usb in the computer
hold volume buttons
put battery in - phone is showing just the battery charging status
disconnect usb and than fast connect back
now you are able to flash froyo from the the 4th post in this thread, once finished you will be in download mode but need to reboot with adb cause hardwate "enter" button will not work
GOODLUCK

[Q] help i just flashed over voodoo

i accidentally flashed the dead horse kernal without disabling voodoo. lost all internal memory . now im factory wiped and when i go to download anything it says "sorry, theres not enough space to install this item" any help on how to correct this would be greatly appreciated
clockwork recovery -> disable voodoo to turn voodoo off . on the other hand factory data reset , and last one u didnt press repartition in while in recovery if not ,dont ever just for reference ;p
I have a similar but maybe worse situation . I flashed the same kernel (because I was not aware it was in the ROM nor aware of its effects) I posted that it erased my SD card and someone replied telling me to ODIN back a stock voodoo kernal which I. While booting i heard the voice that tells me about the re-partitioning going on. I think the last one i heard was it trying to mess with the system partition. It sat there for over 25 minutes doing nothing. I gave up on that. Now I cannot flash ANYTHING. I have tried flashing things from Clockwork but it all errors out because of the partitions not being there i assume. I tried using ODIN to flash back a stock rom and that doesn't work either, the phone just reboots and sits at the Vibrant screen forever. PLEASE HELP.
that did the trick thanks a lot!!!!!!!!
Edited .....ahh if you need hyelp i can help you convert your to conver your internal sd back to fat32 because u converted in to ext4 thats why u soft bricked your phone . Tsk tsk
I soft bricked my phone I think. I have samsung vibrant sgh-t959. I flashed a rom over voodoo and its just in a bootloop. I get into recovery and dont know what to do. I cant odin back to stock because my phone isnt in debugging mode. Is there a way to enable debugging mode or a file I can put on my sd to fix this? Please HELP!
beep834 said:
I soft bricked my phone I think. I have samsung vibrant sgh-t959. I flashed a rom over voodoo and its just in a bootloop. I get into recovery and dont know what to do. I cant odin back to stock because my phone isnt in debugging mode. Is there a way to enable debugging mode or a file I can put on my sd to fix this? Please HELP!
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You don't need debugging mode, you need download mode. Unplug your USB cable and take out your battery for 5-10 seconds. Put you battery back in and then while holding volume up+down, plug in your USB cable. Keep holding vol up+down until you see the yellow triangle with digger android. Now you are in Download Mode and you can use Odin to flash back to stock JFD.
+1 on his advice
Is there away I can thank you 50xs? Thank you so much
Hey movieaddict is the Hercules better than gs2? I have t mobile too was sad to see that were not getting a sg2. Hercules seems the exact same besides its 1.2 ghz processor. Bigger screen which is cool.
Sorry to dirty up this thread with that question
i wouldnt say its better and i wouldnt say its worse either its a beast of a phone. but its the best were gonna get compared to the sgs2 from tmobile.
beep834 said:
Is there away I can thank you 50xs? Thank you so much
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No problem beep. Good luck in future flashings.

phone doesnt turn on after i unbricked it

hi everyone im new to posting but i am really serious about getting my phone fixed.yesterday night i tried to update my vibrant through samsung kies and it bricked my phone.Ive tried the methods to unbrick it.It acutally does thought and starts my phone up normally just as if it were new.It is running perfectly until i turned it off.Once i do that it wont turn back on unless i unbrick it again and as u all know this process takes time and gets annoying.Also my computer doesnt ready my phone so the usb doesnt show.i cannot bring up my mass storage.I was wondering if any of you skilled and helpful people can pls help me out with my problem i dont understand why it works after i unbrick the phone but once i turn it off i have to unbrick it again to get it on..
bluerison said:
hi everyone im new to posting but i am really serious about getting my phone fixed.yesterday night i tried to update my vibrant through samsung kies and it bricked my phone.Ive tried the methods to unbrick it.It acutally does thought and starts my phone up normally just as if it were new.It is running perfectly until i turned it off.Once i do that it wont turn back on unless i unbrick it again and as u all know this process takes time and gets annoying.Also my computer doesnt ready my phone so the usb doesnt show.i cannot bring up my mass storage.I was wondering if any of you skilled and helpful people can pls help me out with my problem i dont understand why it works after i unbrick the phone but once i turn it off i have to unbrick it again to get it on..
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How are you un bricking it? try the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
okay im really happy about how quickly i got some help here its nice thankyou and before i try this method you introduced to me can u explain why everytime i unbricked it that it wouldnt get on unless i unbricked it again? what can be the cause of this?
bluerison said:
okay im really happy about how quickly i got some help here its nice thankyou and before i try this method you introduced to me can u explain why everytime i unbricked it that it wouldnt get on unless i unbricked it again? what can be the cause of this?
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Its hard to say what the possible cause could be, it could range anywhere to bad file downloads for what you were using to unbrick ( I assume you were using odin) all the way to hardware failure. I personally have never had that problem but if for whatever reason you aren't able to get your phone working again complain to samsung as it was their software that messed up your phone.
Sent from my AXURA powered voodoo infused Vibrant
thats true ive already tried complaining to tmobile but samsung would say the same thing because i bought the phone off of ebay so i dont have any warranties i really hope that this method u showed me can help
This method will get you back to stock. IF you want to update through minikies, then you will probably have to update to Ji6 first after doing this But this will resolve your problems
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Load the JFD rom for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
15. Then, root the phone and you can flash your new Rom.
doing this method will get everything back to normal and the phone will work just like it did right out of the box
also i would like to add that i have been trying odin i havent got any sleep at all trying to fix this phone ODIN SUX and im a bit upset that ive tried this over and over and it does work..
it wants me to get into usb debugging mode how do i do that if i cant get the phone to cut on?/
sigh now i got red text and the phone wont go into download mode again can anyone please help mee??/
Also, you will need to pull the sim and the sd card 1st before Odin back as long as Odin recognizes the phone you are ok, if Odin gives you problems you may want to try heimdall it works the same but sometimes just using a different program helps.
mr okal can u pls send me links to your method pls idk where to get the files
can u pls link me to the files that u wanted me to get
bluerison said:
can u pls link me to the files that u wanted me to get
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Odin
these are mirros that i put up of the most recent version of odin along with 512 pit and jfd tar files. hope this helps
gee i cant see the links
how do i get the eugenese froyo that do not brick
bluerison said:
gee i cant see the links
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All the links are there these are thinga you want on your pc not phone, for eugene's froyo you will have to do some searching try looking at he bible thread in the development section.
Sent from my AXURA powered voodoo infused Vibrant
bluerison said:
sigh now i got red text and the phone wont go into download mode again can anyone please help mee??/
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hold vol up and power only from a powered off state. this should bring you to a screen with red-orange writting. from there hold down vol up\down and power and that should bring you to dl mode. from there you need to use eugenes froyo that doesnt brick.
ive tried that already idk if i have the right eugenes froyo file but i got the phone to turn on and it does exactly what i told u guys it boots up and everything is ok except usb mode and my computer doesnt recognize it at all then once i turn the phone off it doesnt come back on unless i try the unbricking method all over again
it also whipes everything i had saved away.. Can someoen pls assist me with this?
i called samsung they offered to fix it because i have a warranty but there has to be a way to fix this at home i need my phone now to be honest. samsung will take forever to fix this and ship back..
bluerison said:
ive tried that already idk if i have the right eugenes froyo file but i got the phone to turn on and it does exactly what i told u guys it boots up and everything is ok except usb mode and my computer doesnt recognize it at all then once i turn the phone off it doesnt come back on unless i try the unbricking method all over again
it also whipes everything i had saved away.. Can someoen pls assist me with this?
i called samsung they offered to fix it because i have a warranty but there has to be a way to fix this at home i need my phone now to be honest. samsung will take forever to fix this and ship back..
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***head desk*** you need to odin to stock jfd not unbrickable froyo. You ccan flash eugenes stuff after you go back to stock 2.1 . Use the links I provided earlier for odin then use the steps others have listed to get into DOWNLOAD mode. Then flash with odin
Sent from my AXURA powered voodoo infused Vibrant
dude i understand what ur saying and u might be getting frustrated by my post but ur not understanding what im saying i have DONE everything that i was told .. the phone boots up just like if it was brand new but once i turn it off it wont turn back on unless i reflash it to stock all over again so what is the problem here do you understand my problem better now?

Really messed up my phone :( First time flashing and its all gone wrong!

Hi there, i finally got round to trying to root my galaxy s2 having put it off for a while due to the fear of it all! I only really wanted to root it to move the games over to my sd card since they were taking up all the room on my internal memory!
Anyway now that i have done it, i have really messed up my fone. My fone will not boot anymore, it will only go into download mode. It won't go in recovery or boot at all. It goes to the galaxy s2 logo and displays a yellow sign at the bottom of the screen. I have tried numerous tutorials online to try and fix this problem. I have tried 'Phistachio's guide on this forum and i still couldn't get it to work. It just comes up 'Fail' when i try to flash everything. It flashes the kernal fine, and it also flashes the pit file fine, but the rest it just fails on.
I really need my phone up and running again through any means! If anyone has the time to help me, that would be fantastic! I just need it fixed, and it feels like i am running out of ideas on what to do next.
Im sure i was on ice cream sandwich when i tried to flash the device so i followed this tutorial on galaxys2root....com (i can't post the link)
But it after this, it never booted.
Please help!
Thanks
coldjim said:
Hi there, i finally got round to trying to root my galaxy s2 having put it off for a while due to the fear of it all! I only really wanted to root it to move the games over to my sd card since they were taking up all the room on my internal memory!
Anyway now that i have done it, i have really messed up my fone. My fone will not boot anymore, it will only go into download mode. It won't go in recovery or boot at all. It goes to the galaxy s2 logo and displays a yellow sign at the bottom of the screen. I have tried numerous tutorials online to try and fix this problem. I have tried 'Phistachio's guide on this forum and i still couldn't get it to work. It just comes up 'Fail' when i try to flash everything. It flashes the kernal fine, and it also flashes the pit file fine, but the rest it just fails on.
I really need my phone up and running again through any means! If anyone has the time to help me, that would be fantastic! I just need it fixed, and it feels like i am running out of ideas on what to do next.
Im sure i was on ice cream sandwich when i tried to flash the device so i followed this tutorial on galaxys2root....com (i can't post the link)
But it after this, it never booted.
Please help!
Thanks
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http://galaxys2root.com/ only links to the whole website, post the link to the tutorial you followed (add spaces).
What's your phone Model no?
were you on Gingerbread or ICS before trying to root?
If you can get in download mode, then just flash a stock rom
coldjim said:
Hi there, i finally got round to trying to root my galaxy s2 having put it off for a while due to the fear of it all! I only really wanted to root it to move the games over to my sd card since they were taking up all the room on my internal memory!
Anyway now that i have done it, i have really messed up my fone. My fone will not boot anymore, it will only go into download mode. It won't go in recovery or boot at all. It goes to the galaxy s2 logo and displays a yellow sign at the bottom of the screen. I have tried numerous tutorials online to try and fix this problem. I have tried 'Phistachio's guide on this forum and i still couldn't get it to work. It just comes up 'Fail' when i try to flash everything. It flashes the kernal fine, and it also flashes the pit file fine, but the rest it just fails on.
I really need my phone up and running again through any means! If anyone has the time to help me, that would be fantastic! I just need it fixed, and it feels like i am running out of ideas on what to do next.
Im sure i was on ice cream sandwich when i tried to flash the device so i followed this tutorial on galaxys2root....com (i can't post the link)
But it after this, it never booted.
Please help!
Thanks
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Hi!
I can see that you are stuck on bootloop. There are a lot of options to get you started on fixing this.
If you can go to download mode, you can just flash a stock rom/firmware via odin..
If you can't go to download mode, you use a usb jig to get you to download mode (if you don't have a usb jig, you can borrow one near you.. the link is on my signature).. and once you get to download mode, you can flash a stock firmware/ rom..
you can get/ download stock firmwares on sammobile.com but you have to have an account there. don't worry it's free
I hope this helped
Cheers!
usb jig n flashing stock rom over pc odin the best way
coldjim said:
Hi there, i finally got round to trying to root my galaxy s2 having put it off for a while due to the fear of it all! I only really wanted to root it to move the games over to my sd card since they were taking up all the room on my internal memory!
Anyway now that i have done it, i have really messed up my fone. My fone will not boot anymore, it will only go into download mode. It won't go in recovery or boot at all. It goes to the galaxy s2 logo and displays a yellow sign at the bottom of the screen. I have tried numerous tutorials online to try and fix this problem. I have tried 'Phistachio's guide on this forum and i still couldn't get it to work. It just comes up 'Fail' when i try to flash everything. It flashes the kernal fine, and it also flashes the pit file fine, but the rest it just fails on.
I really need my phone up and running again through any means! If anyone has the time to help me, that would be fantastic! I just need it fixed, and it feels like i am running out of ideas on what to do next.
Im sure i was on ice cream sandwich when i tried to flash the device so i followed this tutorial on galaxys2root....com (i can't post the link)
But it after this, it never booted.
Please help!
Thanks
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Hi.
Firstly take out the fear in you n then try out anything with yr phone for wat u need.
Now find a jig which will reset yr binary count to Zero.
Find your countries latest stock rom on xda or sammobile.
Odin v 1.85
Stock rom tar file (which u get after extracting downloaded rom )
Install samsung mobile drivers on yr pc.
Put yr phone to download mode manually (vol down +centre+power)
Then open odin n don touch anything other than pda.
In pda select the md5sum tar file.
Then connect yr phone with usb cable to odin n after u find an yellow vom port u ve to start n wait for stock rom to get
Flashed n with fear don remove cable in the midfle of flash n once done it will restart n work the way it was before.
guys im managed to do it!! I was up all last night trying to figure it out and ive done it! WOOP! My fone is now rooted but the only downside is that i lost all my contacts, apps and messages in the process Fresh start it seems then..
but thanks for all ur help!!
share it! !!
coldjim said:
guys im managed to do it!! I was up all last night trying to figure it out and ive done it! WOOP! My fone is now rooted but the only downside is that i lost all my contacts, apps and messages in the process Fresh start it seems then..
but thanks for all ur help!!
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Hey friend.
Congrats! !!
Kindly spare sometime on sharing what you did to get yr phone back to work.
It might help some1 who faces same situation lik you came across.

[Q] HELP! My Samsung Galaxy S3 International I9300 is stuck in bootloop!

Hi,
I have the exact same problem as some of the other bootlooped/bricked Galaxy S3's, i was on a custom samsung 4.1.2 rom for about a month and while browsing the net today it crashed went in bootloop now i cant get out, went into cwm recovery mode and factory reseted but didnt do anything.
The problem now is i cant go back into clockwork mod at all, so i went into download mode by pressing power + voloume down and menu button and went into download mode and opened odin flashed a stock rom, however it just keeps saying fail after nand write.
I now tried a custom rom and the same issue occurs and it fails, now when i pull the battery out and turn it back on all i get is a error message saying 'firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies and try again' can somebody please helppppp me i literally have no phone at use at the moment!
Thanksssss :highfive:
Vishs87 said:
Hi,
I have the exact same problem as some of the other bootlooped/bricked Galaxy S3's, i was on a custom samsung 4.1.2 rom for about a month and while browsing the net today it crashed went in bootloop now i cant get out, went into cwm recovery mode and factory reseted but didnt do anything.
The problem now is i cant go back into clockwork mod at all, so i went into download mode by pressing power + voloume down and menu button and went into download mode and opened odin flashed a stock rom, however it just keeps saying fail after nand write.
I now tried a custom rom and the same issue occurs and it fails, now when i pull the battery out and turn it back on all i get is a error message saying 'firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies and try again' can somebody please helppppp me i literally have no phone at use at the moment!
Thanksssss :highfive:
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If you have a jig you might be able to bring it back to life and get in downloadmode and retry flashing a stock rom again. Pull the battery for a minute, reinsert it and use a jig. If you don`t have one try to buy one. Good luck
factory reset is your only way
yes a reply!
gee2012 said:
If you have a jig you might be able to bring it back to life and get in downloadmode and retry flashing a stock rom again. Pull the battery for a minute, reinsert it and use a jig. If you don`t have one try to buy one. Good luck
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heyyy thanks for the reply, i'm going to attempt to try flash another custom rom, worth a go, by the way what is a jig? also could you possible send me a link as to where i could by it, if i were to send it back to Samsung would they repair it you think?
Thanks buddy!
I'm haveing the same issue my friend. I was going to send it into mobiletechvideos.com, they have jigs for sale too. I'm about to try and flash another rom or something, it just keeps failing. I think we both have SDS or something. I can't even flash CWM through odin without it FAILING! I f I fix it I'll let you know, please do the same, I'll try different versions of odin and see what happens.
i tried a factory reset but
XeactorZ said:
factory reset is your only way
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i tried a factory reset in cwm when i managed to get it running by pressing volume up menu and power but it did not do nothing brought it back to boot loop again this thing is going to ruin my weekend :crying:
finally there is two of me!!
navymoss35 said:
I'm haveing the same issue my friend. I was going to send it into mobiletechvideos.com, they have jigs for sale too. I'm about to try and flash another rom or something, it just keeps failing. I think we both have SDS or something. I can't even flash CWM through odin without it FAILING! I f I fix it I'll let you know, please do the same, I'll try different versions of odin and see what happens.
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of course if i make a break-through i will definatley let you know, btw are your from the states.. because i'm from the UK, is yours an international S3 to? let me know how you get on, i will check out mobiletechvideos to but if they are based in the states then i'm in trouble lol :good:
Vishs87 said:
of course if i make a break-through i will definatley let you know, btw are your from the states.. because i'm from the UK, is yours an international S3 to? let me know how you get on, i will check out mobiletechvideos to but if they are based in the states then i'm in trouble lol :good:
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Yea, I'm in the states. I have the International version. I'm having th eexact same issue as you my man, even with the CWM not doing a Wipe. There has got to be a fix. I Know if I can get ODIN to stop failing then we can flash, but it's not working. I'm about to give up. Been calling everyone with Google voice on my computer.
damnnn
navymoss35 said:
Yea, I'm in the states. I have the International version. I'm having th eexact same issue as you my man, even with the CWM not doing a Wipe. There has got to be a fix. I Know if I can get ODIN to stop failing then we can flash, but it's not working. I'm about to give up. Been calling everyone with Google voice on my computer.
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yeah ima about to give up to, got to wait another 35mins for my rom to download, if it dont work gonna go bed try tomorrow its approaching 11pm here in London, let me know what your plan b is! :good:
Vishs87 said:
yeah ima about to give up to, got to wait another 35mins for my rom to download, if it dont work gonna go bed try tomorrow its approaching 11pm here in London, let me know what your plan b is! :good:
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It's only 2pm here in Cali, I'll be trying all night. Plan b is to send it into Mobiletechvideos, they do international shipping too, 5 star rating. But in the mean time, I'm going to do some ODIN trouble shooting, maybe try the Mac OSX alternative, Heimdall, and see if I can get it to connect.
cool check this out:
navymoss35 said:
It's only 2pm here in Cali, I'll be trying all night. Plan b is to send it into Mobiletechvideos, they do international shipping too, 5 star rating. But in the mean time, I'm going to do some ODIN trouble shooting, maybe try the Mac OSX alternative, Heimdall, and see if I can get it to connect.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNaQfdOi56E
someone managed to do it, give it a go, i"ll try it tomorrow, if it doesnt work hit me back with a message so i know not to try tomorrow, have a good day homie!
That's three of uss folks
I relate to you guys for that's exactly the same problem I'm going through. After successfully updated to the Jelly Bean 4.1.2 UK BTU international version and beautifully restored all my apps via Titanium backup I then proceeded to restore as well my EFS folder through a program named kTool, ignoring its warning message cuz I was just following a tutorial put out on a S3 Brazilian forum believing there was no danger at all.
Well, to my sadness and despair it returned on a bootlooping mode, if you will, and I did everything firstly tried to recover then wiped cache, dalvik, data, formatted the whole stuff and finally installed again via odin in download mode the same jelly bean 4.1.2 all to no avail
Now I got the bootlooping and when I press volume up + power + home I get a screen with a seemingly dead robot with a exclamation sign in its chest. Please what do I do in order to fully recover my S3?? this situation is killing me.
check the youtube link
Elban73 said:
I relate to you guys for that's exactly the same problem I'm going through. After successfully updated to the Jelly Bean 4.1.2 UK BTU international version and beautifully restored all my apps via Titanium backup I then proceeded to restore as well my EFS folder through a program named kTool, ignoring its warning message cuz I was just following a tutorial put out on a S3 Brazilian forum believing there was no danger at all.
Well, to my sadness and despair it returned on a bootlooping mode, if you will, and I did everything firstly tried to recover then wiped cache, dalvik, data, formatted the whole stuff and finally installed again via odin in download mode the same jelly bean 4.1.2 all to no avail
Now I got the bootlooping and when I press volume up + power + home I get a screen with a seemingly dead robot with a exclamation sign in its chest. Please what do I do in order to fully recover my S3?? this situation is killing me.
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hey mate try the youtube link, almost worked for me it actually flashed after continously getting nand write fail, however after i flashed factory reseted and got the same error, still trying to find a way round, i suggest avoiding factory reset and reboot straight away after trying that flash on the youtube link, let me know how u get on
I've already watched the YT vid.
Vishs87 said:
hey mate try the youtube link, almost worked for me it actually flashed after continously getting nand write fail, however after i flashed factory reseted and got the same error, still trying to find a way round, i suggest avoiding factory reset and reboot straight away after trying that flash on the youtube link, let me know how u get on
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Dude, I've watched that vid but haven't tried that procedure so far, matter of fact I will do that however flashing an earlier version of the ROM, perhaps JB 4.1.1 or 4.0.4 or yet the current one from another country since the UK BTU version I downloaded was somehow corrupted. Anyhow thanks for the heads up to avoid factory reset and reboot it instead, hopefully I'm going to manage to get the CWM recovery screen cuz now I get only this:
Android system recovey <S3>
Volume up/down to move to highlight:
power button to select.
Reboot system now
apply update from ADB
Apply update fom external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
Right below it appears, along with the fallen/dead robot, the folowing message:
# MANUAL MODE #
Applying Multi-CSC....
Applied the CSC-code: ZTO
Succesfully applied multi-CSC.
Solved
Here is the solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38780087#post38780087

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