I bought these 3 S5830i, They were supposed to be Hong Kong version but they are Mainland China version(no Google/Gmail etc...). I'm trying to flash Stock Hong Kong firmware via Odin but I can't find a way to put the phone in download mode. Instead it goes in Factory Mode. Anything I try to flash via recovery end up with "Failed, signature problem". I tried USB Jig still no luck.
I can return those phone within 7 days but I need to ship them in Philippines and my friend is leaving(for Philppines) in 2 days so no time to return them and buy other.
Anyone encounter this problem and found a fix?
I really need to find a way to put Google play store in those phone, I managed to installed Maps and Translate but Google store FC's all the time.
If Vol Up + Vol Down + Power button can't let your phone go in Download Mode (Odin Mode), then they aren't original s5830i
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so i accidentally flashed a us yp-g1 with what looks like the Korean firmware and now my touch screen is inverted and i cant use the vol up and pow to re-flash it, any suggestions?
Download the app terminal emulator from the android market. Open it, type "su" and press enter, then "reboot download" and press enter and you should reboot to download mode and be able to flash back with ODIN.
corrupt_monkey said:
so i accidentally flashed a us yp-g1 with what looks like the Korean firmware and now my touch screen is inverted and i cant use the vol up and pow to re-flash it, any suggestions?
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Edit: now im stuck at the "android system recovery" and i can not use the power button to confirm a selection, on reboot it comes back to the "ASR" screen. any way to get aroud this so i can reflash?
How did you get to recovery? Typing reboot download should have gotten you to download mode, not recovery. Did you try plugging it into your computer and seeing if ODIN recognizes it? Otherwise, you could buy (or make) a "USB download jig", which allows a device to get into download mode. Search Google for it, they are cheap on EBay or if you have the right tools you could make one yourself.
While the USB cable is inserted and Odin is ready:
Long-hold (15+ seconds or so) power and VolDn
That should get you into download mode from which you can flash stock kernel/system
the power button isn't responding, I'm going with a USB jig. Is there anyway someone can point me in the direction of a good stock us rom to flash with Odin?
There's one lying around here somewhere I think... Worst case I've got a rooted stock I can upload somewhere.
I'm kind of surprised long-holding Power for 15 seconds or so doesn't cause a reset - that's a hardware feature!
i got the jig and am able to get to the download screen, i just need to get a hold of a us rom. the ones i have dont seem to want to take.
corrupt_monkey said:
i got the jig and am able to get to the download screen, i just need to get a hold of a us rom. the ones i have dont seem to want to take.
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i got an us rom but after flashing the touch screen is not responding. i still cant get to download mode with pow vol-dn.
Hey,
I decided last night I would try and backup my phone, however Kies thought it would be fun to start updating, and somehow it locked up. Now I get a message on my phone that says :-
Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
Now I have done what it says however everytime i connect it up i get a message saying "USB Device Not Recognised"
I have downloaded the drivers, with no such luck, and tried installing them via Kies again with no joy. Reading on the forum I found out about the recovery mode which I have manage to get the phone into and downloaded what I thought was the right thing but it's not working at all.
I think what Ideally i need is a way to get the phone back to a working version, I just have no idea how to do it. I have downloaded Odin as that seems to be a program that every page says.
Not sure if you need the information but it was on 3G UK network.
Sorry this probably sounds extremely noob like but I've spent 10 hours on it already and am confused beyond imagination
Kies is one of them horrible programs that just doesnt work properly.
as you have read about Odin, i will assume you know you can use this to flash a stock firmware to your phone.
Have a look for intratechs thread of offical firmwares (linked below), download one for your phone and flash it via odin.
Please read the top information in his thread it tells you what to do and how to do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
How do i resolve the other issue of windows not recognizing it ?
put the phone in download mode and pc should recognize the phone
If we're talking about a phone running stock firmware that you've never mucked around with (rooted it, run non-stock firmware on it, etc, etc), send it in to Samsung/whomever you bought it from for warranty service.'
If you start flashing things in order to try & fix it, you run the slight risk you might brick it/void your warranty. Which means you end up paying to get it fixed.
I wouldn't tempt fate if I were in your situation.
If we're talking about a phone you've been mucking around with (like most of us here ), then go to Samfirmware.com & search for the original firmware that came with your phone & flash it following whatever instructions they have for flashing firmware downloaded from their site.
Alternatively, if you're happy with the latest firmware available for your phone model/carrier/country, find/download the PC version of Checkfus (search for it on here/Google). This will allow you to download a tarball of the latest available firmware for your carrier/country, which you can flash according to the instructions here.
Also, before you do anything, try a factory reset if you haven't already.
1.Find your new firmware version and download the file from the links
2.Extract the file, so that you now have a .tar file.
3.Download and run the Odin software from the provided link (200KB)
4.Reboot the phone to download mode
To do this, turn the phone off, then simultaneously press the volume down key, the home button and then press the power button. If you see a warning, press the volume up button to continue.
5.In Odin, click the button named “PDA” and select your .tar file (your rom).
If the rom has several files, also put in the PDA, Phone/Modem and CSC files. but do NOT put in a .pit file.
6.Connect the phone to the computer with usb cable, and wait till ID:COM turns yellow.
7.Click the “Start” button, and Odin will flash your rom.
As simple as that.
I have the files however CANNOT get windows to detect the phone....it simply refuses every single time.
All i get is USB Device Not Recognised
Which i get after holding down, Power, Vol Down and Menu till i get the download screen. Occassionally (VERY RARELY) it has been detected by odin then fails on factory
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I have the files however CANNOT get windows to detect the phone....it simply refuses every single time.
All i get is USB Device Not Recognised
Which i get after holding down, Power, Vol Down and Menu till i get the download screen. Occassionally (VERY RARELY) it has been detected by odin then fails on factory
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How to use ODIN
Open odin load firmware
Put phone to download mode and read instructions yes/no
Connect Samsung usb cable .
Start in Odin
A fail during firmware flash is often a faulty download or wrong firmware for the phone .
PC does not see phone usually USB driver problem try another PC Kies must not be running occasionally fxxxd phone .
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UKVampire said:
I have the files however CANNOT get windows to detect the phone....it simply refuses every single time.
All i get is USB Device Not Recognised
Which i get after holding down, Power, Vol Down and Menu till i get the download screen. Occassionally (VERY RARELY) it has been detected by odin then fails on factory
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Are you plugged directly into a port on the PC, and not through a keyboard pass-through port, or a USB hub? Or have you tried a different cable?
Ok guys,
I have got it to the point it is able to flash now. Problem is I have some dodgy yellow ! and it wont go any further than that.
How do I get rid of that and get back to bog standard everything, I have used CheckFus and downloaded the firmware but it wont get rid of the !
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Ok guys,
I have got it to the point it is able to flash now. Problem is I have some dodgy yellow ! and it wont go any further than that.
How do I get rid of that and get back to bog standard everything, I have used CheckFus and downloaded the firmware but it wont get rid of the !
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Gonna need a little more detail than that. Yellow triangle at boot under where it says "Samsung Galaxy SII"? It's not really clear.
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Don't worry )
I have fixed it and am back to being on default software with no problems at all
Thanks for all the help on this forum
Hi there, recently a friend of mine who is on china brought me a souvenir, Yes it was Samsung Galaxy SIII. And yes again, it is my first android phone.
The phone comes with no play store and heck a lot of chinese apps from china-unicom one of the biggest operator in china.
I know nothing about chinese (chinese as in the letter) hence i read forums, and i downloaded the ROM for indonesia Galaxy I9300, and I flash the phone using ODIN v3.04. and Unfortunately, or the flashing failed and now my phone is stuck at "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in KIES & Try again"
I downloaded the KIES, and when i found the "EMERGENCY FIRMWARE RECOVERY, he asked me for pin which i dont know.
any help is appreciated
Cheers
Win Chandra
Just flash the firmware again using Odin v1.85.
That would do the trick.
Just get the phone in download mode and flash it.
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I would say to first get the phone unlocked and then you can flash another rom. There are some apps on playstore to unlock a phone i think.
Use supercurio's galaxy s3 unlock from market and use mskip's "galaxy s3 toolkit v.4" to get root,cwm,backup(to pc) and flash though Odin. Perfect noob toolbox for flashing.
remember to backup your EFS folder with K-TOOL(very important) , get it from market
I cant get the phone into download mode. The download mode is when you press and hold the vol down + power + home right? But nothing happened
Medizone said:
I cant get the phone into download mode. The download mode is when you press and hold the vol down + power + home right? But nothing happened
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Power off the phone. Then press vol down + home key and after 2 sec the power key. After that hold them for around 4,5 seconds.
Hi everyone,
Just joined the XDA Developers group to get some expert opinion from the Gurus here.
I have been using the ROMs to upgrade my many android phones successfully in the past from Motorola Cliq, to Orange San Francisco to my Galaxy S2 to now Galaxy Tab P1000.
The trouble came when I thought of upgrading my wife's Samsung Galaxy S2, and I will be dammed if I cant fix her phone.
The phone was on Android 2.3.6 before I tried my hands on it.
I downloaded an ICS ROM (I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar.md5 from dont know where) and used Odin v1.85 to flash the phone. Everything went well until the phone rebooted.
After the reboot the phone entered the OS, but now I have no home screen except the status bar on top which I can pull down. The status bar is fully functional i.e. it shows that its connected to wifi, shows its on Silent mode, shows the right time, and battery and also the USB connected icon when I plug in the USB.
The trouble is I cant do anything else as there is nothing else in display, I cant switch to apps screen and therefore I cant get on to Settings or Google Play to install any apps to reboot into recovery mode.
The worst part is that the phone now doesnt go to download or recovery mode, whatever I try (volume up/down, with or without home key pressed, with and without USB cable plugged in etc).
All I can do is to connect the phone using USB and transfer from and to files to it.
Can someone help me to understand how to recover this phone, and if there is any other way to go to download or recovery mode without using any key combinations? or if I can remotely run the apps from a PC using a USB cable? Samusng Kies does seem to recongise the phone, but I have been unsuccessful in using "Emergency Firmware Recovery" or "Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation" so far on the phone.
Any help will really save my time to continue my research on other home projects to keep my lovely wife happy :silly:
1-download stock firmware from sammobile.com
2-go to download mode - vol down+home+power button at the same time
3-start odin and put firmware to pda collum, dont touch anything else on odin
4-conect usb to pc
5-flash firmware
Mistahbungle can come over to your house with a usb jig and fix your phone and your wife can thank him personally....
yeh you need usb jig. as you cannot go to download mode also... hope you got your lunch and dinner
Hey there this is my first thread guys help me I purchased an old s3 which works better for 2 months after that I was facing problems-
1. Error 406 on play store downloaded.
2. Reboot loop.
3. Apk not installing.
This was out of warranty so I given this to samsung care in 3rd day they said to me that phone is dead I searched on net about it and I find its hard bricked.
Now I can't get into restore mode or download mode I can't get charging message.
Please help me what should I do now.
pankaj186 said:
Hey there this is my first thread guys help me I purchased an old s3 which works better for 2 months after that I was facing problems-
1. Error 406 on play store downloaded.
2. Reboot loop.
3. Apk not installing.
This was out of warranty so I given this to samsung care in 3rd day they said to me that phone is dead I searched on net about it and I find its hard bricked.
Now I can't get into restore mode or download mode I can't get charging message.
Please help me what should I do now.
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Connect your mobile to pc if it vibrates your mobile not hard bricked, you can unbrick your mobile via flashing stock firmware with odin
download stock firmware from SamMobile
Remove the battery & wait for 1 minutes. Then insert the battery.Connect your mobile to pc it will vibrate in 5 seconds(while vibrating Press and hold ‘Volume Down + Home + Power’ buttons together and release them once a Warning screen shows up on your device
Press ‘Volume Up‘ to accept the warning and boot into download mode.
Note- download mode only work when your press the the buttons while vibrating)
Open odin & flash stock Rom
Tq for reply but it does not vibrates I had tried I can't get into download mode tried almost all method to come into download mode. I don't tried jig or gtag I don't know how to do..
Device is totally blanked I m worring about it a lot...
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