Last year i tried to disassembly the phone to fix a probably broken audio conector, then i decided to flash a new rom; since then, i'm facing bootloop. I tried to enter into recovery and simply doesn't go there. Download Mode works just fine, so i decided to flash a new stock rom and a TWRM (latest) and the system almost worked. I could enter Recovery Mode, but when i was about to try a factory reset, the touch stopped working. So i rebooted again, then a white screen (that first one that appears, with AT&T logo on it) appeared my phone rebooted.
I flashed a stock recovery but didn't had any sucess either...
Now i'm with a galaxy note 3 (n900) and my phone is in the shelter, completely useless.
Try an emergency recovery with kies.
440bro said:
Try an emergency recovery with kies.
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Thanks for answering, but it was no use for me.
I can only enter download mode now and my device didn't shown on that list.
Thanks, though.
You only need to be in download mode for kies to work.
Don't use kies 3 that the note 3 uses. Use the original one. Make sure it's up to date. Reinstall the i717 drivers from Samsung. Put phone on download mode and plug into pc. Open kies and click "emergency firmware recovery" type in all caps SGH-I717. Then type in serial number and let it do it's thing!
440bro said:
You only need to be in download mode for kies to work.
Don't use kies 3 that the note 3 uses. Use the original one. Make sure it's up to date. Reinstall the i717 drivers from Samsung. Put phone on download mode and plug into pc. Open kies and click "emergency firmware recovery" type in all caps SHG-I717. Then type in serial number and let it do it's thing!
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Here's a screenshot of what it looks like when i do EXACTLY as you told me to.
Also, it's a recently formatted computer, so isn't any driver conflict or thinks like that.
Here's a screenshot of what it looks like when i do EXACTLY as you told me to.
Also, it's a recently formatted computer, so isn't any driver conflict or thinks like that.[/QUOTE]
Try clicking "Firmware upgrade and initialisation" instead of "emergency recovery". I might of told you wrong. I apologize. It's been awhile since I've needed to fix my i717. I moved on to note 3.
440bro said:
Here's a screenshot of what it looks like when i do EXACTLY as you told me to.
Also, it's a recently formatted computer, so isn't any driver conflict or thinks like that.
Try clicking "Firmware upgrade and initialisation" instead of "emergency recovery". I might of told you wrong. I apologize. It's been awhile since I've needed to fix my i717. I moved on to note 3.
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Firmware upgrade is what you want. The only problem I had was Kies didn't like my serial number. Luckily my wife has a OG Note and I used her sn with no problems Good luck!
Here's a screenshot of what it looks like when i do EXACTLY as you told me to.
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440bro said:
Here's a screenshot of what it looks like when i do EXACTLY as you told me to.
Also, it's a recently formatted computer, so isn't any driver conflict or thinks like that.
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Try clicking "Firmware upgrade and initialisation" instead of "emergency recovery". I might of told you wrong. I apologize. It's been awhile since I've needed to fix my i717. I moved on to note 3.
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Just did that and still the same problem.
Type in SGH-I717 not SHG-I717. Hopefully you caught that typo.
Agoattamer said:
Type in SGH-I717 not SHG-I717. Hopefully you caught that typo.
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Whoops! Good eye!!
i am also having same issue .. kies says SGH-I717 not support initializing
Agoattamer said:
Type in SGH-I717 not SHG-I717. Hopefully you caught that typo.
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Unfortunately, it wasn't the case. I double check it before installing.
Maybe it's soft bricked.
Using odin to get you into download mode (not recovery), and flash a stock .tar file to get up and running again. Unless you have a hardware issue inside the phone.
If you want a decent tutorial on doing this, YouTube search "unbrick i717 odin" and the first video listed (for me anyway) is a video by Qbking77 on how to do this step by step. He gives links to odin files and .tar stock files for the i717.
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Hey guys,
Not been on here for a while but just thought I would share possibly the worst and most frightening experience I have ever had with a Windows application that's designed to help a phone - Samsung KIES.
So Samsung KIES tells me I have an update. I tell it to update my phone. It begins to update my phone until my phone freezes during the update, and it did freeze, I left that thing for 2 hours and it stayed at the same percentage. Knowing that KIES can recover my phone, I removed the battery and booted it into the recovery mode that it automatically boots into when it detects an update failure. When I began the recovery on my KIES however, it completely fails to find the phone. The drivers are working, the laptop detects the phone however for some reason KIES cannot perform an emergency recovery.
So right now I'm sh*tting myself quite literally, I've just spent £500 on a phone that's bricked. So I reluctantly enable the 'Firmware Upgrade and Initialization' knowing that this will completely wipe all my device and send it back to factory default. So after the entire process has completely my phone boots up, only to have installed the latest firmware, kept all my applications and settings after KIES warning me multiple times that going through with an Upgrade and Initialization will completely wipe my phone of everything installed on it... Sorry, but is there something I am missing?
Feel free to comment and tell me if I'm completely blind and I've misread something, I just find it crazy that this is even possible. This is what it says just before commencing with the initialization.
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As everyone who has ever owned a SGS2 will tell you, kies is ****, and there has been stories about this happening to many people. lots of close calls over the years.
Stick to odin!
Samsung Kies just sucks !
It takes backup of your apps, but wont recover them -.- WTF ?!?!?
if you're on this forum you would know to use Odin and not Kies
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lol , what's new
Avoid it like the plague.
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Kies...R.I.P.
If only the posters that hate Kies would moan at Samsung we might move forward .
jje
JJEgan said:
If only the posters that hate Kies would moan at Samsung we might move forward .
jje
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Tried that, got a generic "we are constantly seeking to improve....." answer,, they failed to mention that they constantly fail as well!
slaphead20 said:
Tried that, got a generic "we are constantly seeking to improve....." answer,, they failed to mention that they constantly fail as well!
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Yes but its one not ten thousand complaining .
jje
i also love how it still running after you close it so if you don't use task manager to close it it will balls up odin while your flashing and soft brick your phone and thats always fun
Its easily the worst mobile computer suite ever made, the updates they release just seem to make it even more unstable..
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Unable to connect to GTI9300
Hello,
I am not able to connect to Kies. It always gives me "Unable to connect to GT-I9300". I tried to uninstall and re-install again but without any luck.
Any suggestions?
USB Drivers also breaking MTP on my system
Installing them only when need to flash root
coopson said:
i also love how it still running after you close it so if you don't use task manager to close it it will balls up odin while your flashing and soft brick your phone and thats always fun
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In KIES option is an option where you can close the application when you click on the X. Not Kies fault, but yours.
karimakki said:
Hello,
I am not able to connect to Kies. It always gives me "Unable to connect to GT-I9300". I tried to uninstall and re-install again but without any luck.
Any suggestions?
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Do you have all the drivers installed in your pc ? Also, do you run kies as administrator ?
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demlasjr said:
In KIES option is an option where you can close the application when you click on the X. Not Kies fault, but yours.
Do you have all the drivers installed in your pc ? Also, do you run kies as administrator ?
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I have all the drivers because I can open my S3 bu going to my computer. And yes I run the kies as administrator
Their is a Kies forum somewhere on the www.
jje
Kies is by far the biggest piece of ****ty progrsm i ever saw.
it nuked my pc,failed at every backup try and never let me update my phone.
Just a sad story.but there is odin,and odi makes everThing great
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I've been trying to update my GS2 for the last 6 times and all the time ending up downloading around 900MB of **** and doing nothing
it downloads the firmware and hangs the phone by entering the DOWNLOADING mode. I've tried updating Kies each time and resulted in the same situation.
Anybody found a solution for this issue??
bnnagabhushan said:
I've been trying to update my GS2 for the last 6 times and all the time ending up downloading around 900MB of **** and doing nothing
it downloads the firmware and hangs the phone by entering the DOWNLOADING mode. I've tried updating Kies each time and resulted in the same situation.
Anybody found a solution for this issue??
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ODIN, CWN....
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soo thats the situation:
my gt i9100 suddenly stuck when i turned it on...
soo i`ve tried to go into recovery mode to wipe data and chach and to reinstall the rom firmware
all of those failed soo i tried to flash the firmware with odin and also failed and now when i turn on the phone i see
a drawing of a PC connected to the phone with an exclamation mark and now i cant go into recovery any more
and can only go to download mode
i`ve seen some threads saying something about a Jig
and i dont realy understand what is that Jig and if i can solve my problem without it ??
ill very appreciate any help... thanks ahead :silly::silly:
chiko2490 said:
soo thats the situation:
my gt i9100 suddenly stuck when i turned it on...
soo i`ve tried to go into recovery mode to wipe data and chach and to reinstall the rom firmware
all of those failed soo i tried to flash the firmware with odin and also failed and now when i turn on the phone i see
a drawing of a PC connected to the phone with an exclamation mark and now i cant go into recovery any more
and can only go to download mode
i`ve seen some threads saying something about a Jig
and i dont realy understand what is that Jig and if i can solve my problem without it ??
ill very appreciate any help... thanks ahead :silly::silly:
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You device has entered a forced download mode.
Since you can still enter download mode, I will advise you to follow this tutorial.
Good luck
i am folowing the tutorial you gave me and the odin flashing gets stuck
for now the phone is still connected to the PC and this is the situation:
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and i dont realy know what to do next...
You will need to flash with pit file for repartioning
i dont understad where do i get the .PIT from its not available at the thread you gave me....
thanks agin !
chiko2490 said:
i dont understad where do i get the .PIT from its not available at the thread you gave me....
thanks agin !
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what's the model of your phone, GT I9100 or GT I9100G?
Jokesy He has I9100 Look into picture
You can get the pit file here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
Use the stock pit file first.
@Paulius, my bad!
Paulius7 said:
Jokesy He has I9100 Look into picture
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The picture shows he is trying to use Odin to load a firmware meant for an I9100. It doesn't mean that his device is actually an I9100.
He could be trying to load it to an I9100G, or some other device.
ctomgee said:
The picture shows he is trying to use Odin to load a firmware meant for an I9100. It doesn't mean that his device is actually an I9100.
He could be trying to load it to an I9100G, or some other device.
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You are right.
@OP, please don't use pit file meant for another model. It will destroy your phone.
@ctomgee
We don't know what his model. Of pictures and first post it can be GT-I9100
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@ctomgee
We don't know what his model. Of pictures and first post it can be GT-I9100
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That's my point; we don't know what he actually has. His posted pictures only show what firmware he's TRYING to load. Not what the device is that he's actually trying to load the firmware TO.
Just because he says he has an I9100, doesn't make it so.
You know how many posts I've seen of people who thought they had an I9100 and actually had an I9100G, or vice versa?
Or now many posts I've seen of people who actually have a different Galaxy SII variant altogether (such as an SGH-I777, SGH-I727, SGH-T989, or SPH-D710) who have posted in this forum (for the I9100) and even tried flashing I9100 ROMs? More than I can count.
i think i have the gt i9100....
is there any physical differnce i can see ?
chiko2490 said:
i think i have the gt i9100....
is there any physical differnce i can see ?
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Remove your battery and check. Your Model no will be there.
chiko2490 said:
i think i have the gt i9100....
is there any physical differnce i can see ?
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Just go into settings-->about phone and check your model number
Just go into settings-->about phone and check your model number
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setting ? my device is in forced download mode or in soft brick...
Remove your battery and check. Your Model no will be there.
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and i`ve tried to remove the battry and check there is no sign of it...
<<< thanks agin >>>
okk sorry for all the trouble now i know for sure that the device is i9100 !
soo i need to flash the stock PIT file ?
okk now i think i have a real problem...
this is the situation now:
and it is stuck like this
chiko2490 said:
okk now i think i have a real problem...
this is the situation now:
and it is stuck like this
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I don't suppose you tried another USB cable? Or another USB port? Or are you plugged directly into a USB port on the computer? Sometimes flashing doesn't work well when not plugged directly into the computer. Like if you're using a hub, or a port on a keyboard or monitor or something.
i`ve checked the USB cable and it is perfctly fine and the connection is not the problem...
also i have found the device box the check its moudle and it says: gti9100 SSN: -19100GSMH
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what to do when this happen
Without knowing what you did/why you did it/when you did it plus phone details (rom/kernel/etc/etc), how do you honestly expect help/a sensible answer to that question ?
Might wanna re-upload tha pic....
Sent from the little guy
samsung galaxy s2
MistahBungle said:
Without knowing what you did/why you did it/when you did it plus phone details (rom/kernel/etc/etc), how do you honestly expect help/a sensible answer to that question ?
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how to upload image?
i try to upgrade...but suddenly my baby unplugg the cable
model i9100ggsmh..
there was to icon appear...white HANDPHONE & PC and then black background...
when i turn off an on again it still the same thing happen
please need help
Try imageshark.us or imagevenue.com to upload to an url.
Or post as an attachment.
I think it's force download, flash any Stock ROM via Odin.
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samsung galaxy s2 wont boot image
gastonw said:
Try imageshark.us or imagevenue.com to upload to an url.
Or post as an attachment.
I think it's force download, flash any Stock ROM via Odin.
Sent from the little guy
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what to do...
samsung galaxy s2 wont boot image
need urgent help
Forced download mode. Get a stock rom from Samfirmware & flash it with Odin (search XDA for instructions).
Edit - And while you might think it's urgent, people will help you when someone who is able to help reads your thread. Not before. Be patient once you make a thread.
syahruwardi said:
need urgent help
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use odin mode to flash a rom and it should work fine
MistahBungle said:
Forced download mode. Get a stock rom from Samfirmware & flash it with Odin (search XDA for instructions).
Edit - And while you might think it's urgent, people will help you when someone who is able to help reads your thread. Not before. Be patient once you make a thread.
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sorry my bad....
i try flash with odin but it wont boot to download mode...
when i turn off and turn on again...it still same image appeare...
Keep trying to get into download mode. Turn phone off, hold power/home/volume down. If you still can't get into DL mode, try a jig. If you still can't get into DL mode even with a jig, service centre.
syahruwardi said:
sorry my bad....
i try flash with odin but it wont boot to download mode...
when i turn off and turn on again...it still same image appeare...
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hold the button needed to go into odin mode and once the screen appears, try using odin. that happened to my phone once. i took my phone out in the middle of an odin update. the same screen appeared. i just put it back in and odin worked fine.
OP - I just realised something when I was outside having a smoke just now. The phone *is* already in download mode when you have those symbols on the screen (had a blonde moment earlier). It's just a matter of getting Odin to recognise the phone.
So....You need to try as many of the below steps as you need to in order to have Odin recognise the phone:-
*Must run Odin as administrator in Windoze.
*Ensure Kies & it's processes aren't running in Windoze task manager. Kill them if they are.
*Try different USB ports; you must be using a 'powered' or mainboard port.
*Try different USB cables (particularly the cable that came with the phone if you're not using it now)
*Try different versions of Odin (If you're using V3, use V1.3, and if that doesn't work use V1.85; search on here/Google)
*Uninstall Kies, reboot, redownload & reinstall it, reboot, try the flash again.
*Run Windoze Update.
And if all this fails, try a different PC. And if it won't work first time on another PC, go thru the above steps on that PC.
if odin doesn't recognize your device, maybe your PC doesn't have USB drivers installed.
I faced this problem when i tried to flash NeatROM but failed, and I want to get it back with the older kernel using odin, but my laptop doesn't recognize the device. I have tried different ports, but still the same.
I got the solutions by reading this thread, and finally getting directed to THIS THREAD.
- Download SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe, and install it on your PC.
- Open ODIN whatever version and plug your device (at this point odin should recognize your device)
- flash the kernel you want
I hope my post will help
buzzing_bee said:
if odin doesn't recognize your device, maybe your PC doesn't have USB drivers installed.
I faced this problem when i tried to flash NeatROM but failed, and I want to get it back with the older kernel using odin, but my laptop doesn't recognize the device. I have tried different ports, but still the same.
I got the solutions by reading this thread, and finally getting directed to THIS THREAD.
- Download SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe, and install it on your PC.
- Open ODIN whatever version and plug your device (at this point odin should recognize your device)
- flash the kernel you want
I hope my post will help
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Hum...yeah, he's been thru all that already.
There are many Odin versions, some would see the device, other wouldn't.
samsung galaxy wont boot
the problem solve...i use jig thank you guy.....i appreciate
Good to hear man.
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I will try to make a long story short. A couple of weeks ago I connected my I9300 international (bought in France) to a Macbook Air using Kies. Kies froze and I closed it, and disconnected the phone. I soon found out that the phone was not working, apparently because Kies had started an upgrade that never finished.
I reconnected the phone to the Macbook+Kies, but this did not recgonize the phone any more. After reading a lot from the internet, I realized
1. When I turn on the phone, I get a striped blank screen
2. I could not put the phone in recovery mode
3. I still can get to the download screen
Note that this phone was NOT rooted, and had the original firmware, Android 4.1.1.
Since then, I tried everything I could find on the net. In summary,
1. tried to flash a stock ROM using Odin, but I get a message saying that "there is no PIT partition"
2. I then tried to flash a PIT file. But Odin stops at "get PIT for mapping..." and nothing else happens
3. Also tried the S3 Toolkit, but it will not list the serial and apparently does not recognize the phone
I have read all I could find, and ran short of ideas. Could anyone help me please??? :crying:
maybe this will help.
Still no joy
chrismast said:
maybe this will help.
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Thanks for the relevant link. I read it all, almost like a dramatic soap opera, every chapter rising in tension. Well, this is what I did.
1. Changed to another computer, now a laptop, virgin of Samsung drivers
2. Installed the drivers from link provided in the indicated thread
3. Downloaded Odin 3.07 again
4. Dowloaded the 3-part firmware as indicated by SirKunon
5. Loaded Odin with mx.pit, code, csc and modem files
6. Connected the phone in dowload mode, drivers were installed, got the "Added" msg and blue ID:COM square
7. Clicked start and got stuck again at "Get PIT for mapping" - see image below
I repeated from 5, now using another USB port. Drivers loaded again, and now I said I did not want Windows to look for drivers on the web. It installed local drivers. I crossed fingers, hit start, got stuck.
Any furter ideas???
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One of the two , You probably damaged your nand or your phone has the sudden death (Since you are on 4.1.1) Take it to the service center and play dumb
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252
vsop.wiki said:
Thanks for the relevant link. I read it all, almost like a dramatic soap opera, every chapter rising in tension. Well, this is what I did.
1. Changed to another computer, now a laptop, virgin of Samsung drivers
2. Installed the drivers from link provided in the indicated thread
3. Downloaded Odin 3.07 again
4. Dowloaded the 3-part firmware as indicated by SirKunon
5. Loaded Odin with mx.pit, code, csc and modem files
6. Connected the phone in dowload mode, drivers were installed, got the "Added" msg and blue ID:COM square
7. Clicked start and got stuck again at "Get PIT for mapping" - see image below
I repeated from 5, now using another USB port. Drivers loaded again, and now I said I did not want Windows to look for drivers on the web. It installed local drivers. I crossed fingers, hit start, got stuck.
Any furter ideas???
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never checked re-partition while flashing via odin! try unchecking it!
^ he was flashing a pit file. . It needs to be on.
Damaged nand probably.. go to a service center and explain the kies situation , never ever mention odin.
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1. Go to service center.
2. Play as if you were a normal person (we on XDA are special )
3. NEVER MENTION ANYHING ABOUT ROOTING, XDA OR ANDROID DEVELOPING, REMEMBER YOU ARE TRYING TO BE LIKE A NORMAL PERSON.
4. Mention KIES accident if asked what happened.
5. Get free repair and have fun, not your fault anyway
Additional steps for future:
6. Don't buy a Samsung phone again if you ever thing (buy a Sony/Sony Ericsson or Nexus)
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bennycop said:
try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252
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Thanks, bennycop. Tried your unbrick, but did not work. Even after installing drivers it did not help. Next step, Samsung service.
And thanks a lot to all that made suggestions, including never buying Samsung phone again. But I did notice that you have an S3!
That would be stupid, if they didn't fix it for free. I see your point. But if they do, why would you never buy a Samsung phone again ? I loved the LG suggestion though. You will certainly .. love.. the ... Experience xD
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vsop.wiki said:
Thanks, bennycop. Tried your unbrick, but did not work. Even after installing drivers it did not help. Next step, Samsung service.
And thanks a lot to all that made suggestions, including never buying Samsung phone again. But I did notice that you have an S3!
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My other phone is an R800i Xperia Play.
It never had any problems at all at any point. No firmware bugs. No errors. Completely open source (good for devs) Sony Ericsson gives devs support as well (remember when they sent FreeXperiaProject 11 Xperia phones in 2011 for FREE just for them to develop Cyanogenmod)
The only problem EVER on the xPlay is the flex cable, because it is between the sliders if one hits the floor with the phone too violently (literally throws it as hard as possibly) or if you keep sliding it out as hard and quick as you can. If the flex cable disconnects then you would have problem (you would not see screen, touchscreen would not work or it would only work under charger)
And for the play it has such a nice and beautiful community in XDA where everyone literally helps each other and has respect for others and they are just nice.
For example:
Developer Sdojoin made music controls on lock screen for multiple ROMs and which can be easily ported into any other ROM as well. (Vokal 1992 adapted it)
I shared a rom with my custom AC!D Sound MOD v5 for Gingerbread (this was before AC!D Gingerbread official which came 4 months later)
Anyway enough Xperia Banter, we're in Samsung area.
BTW. One developer here that had an Xperia 2011 phone here is themer ThilinaC, I'm sure he still likes it A LOT.
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Alright. My current phone I was using broke (screen cracked) and I decided to use my old phone, the Droid Razr to get me by until I get a new phone. My Razr was previously rooted on JB when I left it a few years back. It works fine, except it was running slow. It had bootstrap and Safestrap installed. I'm pretty sure at the original time of getting JB on the razr, you had to use bootstrap first and then switch to Safestrap since its safer? However, I forgot this at the time. I wanted to try clearing the cache on the phone to see if it sped it up. However, I guess I uninstalled safestrap and switched it to bootstrap because i used the bootstrap recovery out of ignorance. When I turn on the phone, I get the "Encryption Unsuccessful" message.
I've tried doing the format option it gives but it just restarts the same every time. I've done some researching and it appears I've soft bricked it. I've been reading that the only way to fix it is by using fastboot to wipe the phone to factory settings. I have all the necessary files to do so. I've been working on this for about two days now. However, fastboot does not seem to recognize my phone. I have the drivers installed. When I plug it in normally when it is not in fastboot mode, my PC shows the XT912 under hardware plugged in via USB. But when I put it in fastboot mode, it does not recognize it and it isn't shown in my ADB devices list. What do I do here? I really need this phone to work and I am willing to do whatever it takes to it. I don't care if I have to wipe it/lose root any of that. Please help me. Im not one to make threads of issues that others have but no one elses thread has helped me.
MeltingHolster said:
Alright. My current phone I was using broke (screen cracked) and I decided to use my old phone, the Droid Razr to get me by until I get a new phone. My Razr was previously rooted on JB when I left it a few years back. It works fine, except it was running slow. It had bootstrap and Safestrap installed. I'm pretty sure at the original time of getting JB on the razr, you had to use bootstrap first and then switch to Safestrap since its safer? However, I forgot this at the time. I wanted to try clearing the cache on the phone to see if it sped it up. However, I guess I uninstalled safestrap and switched it to bootstrap because i used the bootstrap recovery out of ignorance. When I turn on the phone, I get the "Encryption Unsuccessful" message.
I've tried doing the format option it gives but it just restarts the same every time. I've done some researching and it appears I've soft bricked it. I've been reading that the only way to fix it is by using fastboot to wipe the phone to factory settings. I have all the necessary files to do so. I've been working on this for about two days now. However, fastboot does not seem to recognize my phone. I have the drivers installed. When I plug it in normally when it is not in fastboot mode, my PC shows the XT912 under hardware plugged in via USB. But when I put it in fastboot mode, it does not recognize it and it isn't shown in my ADB devices list. What do I do here? I really need this phone to work and I am willing to do whatever it takes to it. I don't care if I have to wipe it/lose root any of that. Please help me. Im not one to make threads of issues that others have but no one elses thread has helped me.
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Windows 7? 8? 10?
Did you tried all usb ports?
Uninstall all moto drivers,reboot computer,install them again.
Here are the newest moto drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=59139823
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Thanks for the quick reply. I'm using Windows 8.1. I did what you asked, and when I turned my phone on after re-installing the drivers, it installed the device normally. It shows this in device manager.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
It still wont recognize it in ADB.
MeltingHolster said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm using Windows 8.1. I did what you asked, and when I turned my phone on after re-installing the drivers, it installed the device normally. It shows this in device manager.
It still wont recognize it in ADB.
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That's a common problem with Windows 8,on Windows 7 everything is ok
Sent from my Razr XT910
So that means i cant fix it?
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MeltingHolster said:
So that means i cant fix it?
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You can fix it with Windows 7
Sent from my Razr XT910
MeltingHolster said:
So that means i cant fix it?
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What is on AP Fastboot screen, complete text?
sd_shadow said:
What is on AP Fastboot screen, complete text?
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It says AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)
0A.77
eMMC Info: Size 16GB
To return to normal mode - first press power key to power down
Device is LOCKED. Status Code: 0
Battery OK
OK to Program
Transfer Mode:
USB Connected