I'm getting the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue". I can not use Kies b/c I do not know my serial number.
I've tried looking for tutorials on using heimdall but not much comes up for our device on Sprint.
Can some generous person help?
My phone has been soft bricked for a couple of days and it's getting hard to arrange things w/o a phone. I'm getting desperate.
Thank you.
simply dave said:
I'm getting the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue". I can not use Kies b/c I do not know my serial number.
I've tried looking for tutorials on using heimdall but not much comes up for our device on Sprint.
Can some generous person help?
My phone has been soft bricked for a couple of days and it's getting hard to arrange things w/o a phone. I'm getting desperate.
Thank you.
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If your trying to change firmware on heimdall you need to first ....
1)Fire up Heimdall
2)Turn your phone off then put it into download mode with 3 button combo (Power,down,home)
3)Plug your phone into usb on your computer
4)Once device is connected go to Utilities and and hit Detect device
5)Go down to Download pit...Name and save your pit by hitting (Save As)Name & Save your pit to your Desktop then hit download. Your pit file is basically your phones map (Partitions) Where to install things like boot loader, modem, recovery etc... DO NOT USE SOMEONE ELSE'S PIT FILE OR DOWNLOAD ONE FROM THE WEB IT MAY HARD BRICK YOUR PHONE. Trust me i know
6)When that has downloaded then to to (Flash) and hit (Bowser Pit)
7) Pick the pit file you had saved on your desktop.
8) Once thats done go to Partition files and hit (Add) MDM is for Modem
Once you do that hit start and you should be all set .Let it do its thing and reset itself and BOOM! New firmware! Hope this helps its been awhile so if I've missed something someone please correct me.DO THIS AT YOUR QWN RISK!!!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOUR PHONE DIES!!!!!
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If your trying to change firmware on heimdall you need to first ....
1)Fire up Heimdall
2)Turn your phone off then put it into download mode with 3 button combo (Power,down,home)
3)Plug your phone into usb on your computer
4)Once device is connected go to Utilities and and hit Detect device
5)Go down to Download pit...Name and save your pit by hitting (Save As) Save your pit to your Desktop. Your pit file is basically your phones map (Partitions) Where to install things like boot loader, modem, recovery etc... DO NOT USE SOMEONE ELSE'S PIT FILE OR DOWNLOAD ONE FROM THE WEB IT MAY HARD BRICK YOUR PHONE. Trust me i know
6)When that has downloaded then to to (Flash) and hit (Bowser Pit)
7) Pick the pit file you had saved on your desktop.
8) Once thats done go to Partition files and hit (Add) MDM is for Modem
Once you do that hit start and you should be all set .Let it do its thing and reset itself and BOOM! New firmware! Hope this helps its been awhile so if I've missed something someone please correct me.DO THIS AT YOUR QWN RISK!!!! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOUR PHONE DIES!!!!!
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My device is detected however,
Part 5). I don't see anywhere I can Download pit.
This is what I see:
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Anyone?
simply dave said:
Anyone?
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Step 5
Sorry hit (Save As) I used Note3Pit then hit (download) It won't work anyway I did some research and their are reports that somethings up with the latest Heimdall... its not compatible with note 3 or the newer osx Mavicks which I'm running. Best bet is to find a PC windows user and run Odin
ok, thanks a lot!
Related
i was fixing my brick vibrant using odin. i loaded up the files called 512.pit, and T959UVJI6, and i started the odin with my download moded vibrant pluged into computer and also with the re-partition checked. i know that i shouldn't have checked re-partition but i didn't know
here is what went so wrong. hysterically, my vibrant was unpluged somehow while the odin was processing something even it said 'DO NOT REMOVE TARGET'.
now i got a new brick vibrant. (look at the picture attached)
computer no longer be able to read my device and the phone won't goto download mode.
(power bottom + voulme up and down is not working, and also taking off battery+SIMcard+SDcard and pressing up/down volume and re-insert batter not working)
help me~
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Go to the sticky it has some detailed info on how to fix,
Basically you will need to go into recovery by using the hold down the volume/on buttons with the battery removed and then plug the usb into the computer with Odin already up, this should get you back into recovery then:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. While in download mode load the files.
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. Download the 'JFD file
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!
good luck...............
Been there dude. Just keep trying to get Odin to recognize it, maybe restart your PC. I may have also tried rebooting into Download mode (3 buttons) to get the issue resolved. Just keep at it in Odin.
Try these steps if you havent already:
1. Remove USB from phone, take the battery out and put it back in (to make sure its off)
2. Open Odin and plug USB into PC
3.Hold both Vol buttons while connecting USB to phone
4. Phone should go into download.
If not then you need a JIG
thank you
i finally go into the download mode. i followed all each of you guys' suggestions.
thank you all very much~~~~~~~ good night!
simple solution
Go to this addy: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
It is Baywolf's AIO Toolbox 2.5 do all the steps I describe below and it will restore it back
To Eclair 2.1.1
First though keep you sim and SD card in, pull the battery, open up the program, connect your USB cable to the phone, then put the battery back in! Baywolfs program will detect it, you'll see a port yellow color appear, you now can do a restore, click the flash to stock button, and click pit, use his drop-down list, its already provided, then hit the PDA button, use the tar file he again provided, now its ready, hit the start button, and It will re-flash it back to Eclair 2.1.1 with 0 defects, its an awesome program, and this was the only program, that got me up and running, ODIN and Heimdall's wouldn't respond, but this one saved my ass! trust me, I was in the same scenario, your in! I now have axura 2.3.1.0 up and back running, and I got into that delimna by trying to downgrade a modem, and ODIN totally hosed me up!
Good Luck
Salam,,,,
i just bought my galaxy s ii yesterday with stock 2.3.4
i think that i followed all steps for "rooting thing"
after load "CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG1-v4.1-CWM4" in Odi3 v1.85
when i clicked start it says pass, but the last message in the box it says: Removed!!
then i got the yellow triangle, i tried to do the same step again and again, and sometimes load "KERNEL_I9100XXKG2_CL375027_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5"
i cant start my phone!!
help please
my apologies
now i got this problem
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Simple to remove yellow triangle: USB Jig
Second problem, try holding down Power + Vol Down + Home buttons together when the phone is off, until you see a verification popup saying if you want to continue to flashing a custom ROM. Then try reflashing your ROM or kernel.
well, in my country there is no USB jig unfortunately
second i got this problem in my second replay (look image)
there is no use when holding power+home+volume down or up
the same problem appear to me
thanks for your help
I doesn't matter if it's not in your country. Order one here:
http://usbjig.com/
Did you enable any of the checkboxes that were disabled when you started Odin?
Like "Repartition" or "Flash Bootloader" or any of those?
yes, all three was checked when i used PIT, PDA, PHONE, and CSC
There we are. The Galaxy S 2 does not need a pit file, you probably got a pit file for a Samsung Galaxy S.
<Warning information heard from other users>
In another big Android board is a discussion going on that flashing a pit file can fry the mainboard + battery as it will use wrong settings (the settings for the Galaxy S) and apply a too high voltage.
</Warning information heard from other users>
From my experience in that case even the jig does not work anymore (you could try it anyways) so you might either need to send it to Samsung or find somebody with a JTAG (won't help if the mainboard gets damaged).
@prodygee
i hope it doesnt take long time in delivery
ohh, dont tell me that the board is damaged
i didnt spent 24h yet!!!!
DBGT_87 said:
ohh, dont tell me that the board is damaged
i didnt spent 24h yet!!!!
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Nah, as I said, those are just reports from other users I couldn't verify (I'm not gonna flash a pit file just for the sake of testing!) so you should try the jig anyways, because it's not expensive and does the trick in many cases.
However if those user claims are correct not even a JTAG could help but let's just hope the best for the moment, there's no point in being scared beforehand.
I wish you luck and please tell us if the jig worked!
If you want to remove the yellow triangle and you don't have a jig it will be simple..
Flash Cf-Root
Flash stock kernel (cwm for cf root will remain)
Unzip the Cf root you falshed earlier until you get zImage and don't rename it
Open cwm
Choose flash kernel
Select the zImage you extracted and flash
After that there will be no yellow triangle after boot
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
@ephraim033
my friend i cant go to download mode anymore
how much do you think it cost when the board is damage more than $200?
i will try warrant company, then try jig
I see.. Why don't you take it to damsung service center and make a story that you updated through kies then kies broke your device.. Atleast try the service center because it's free, but if all else fails you can try jtag
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
oh man, i just take it to warranty company, they told that they will try to update the software (i think it wont work) otherwise they will give a new one!!
Why are you flashing anything without not knowing what your doing?!
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
they gave me a new, told me that your problem cannot be fixed
they will send the phone to Samsung!!
Hi, I was trying to root my device with insecure kernel, and then my device hangs on galaxy i9100 boot screen,
so, I've tried to restore my stock kernel, but it didn't help...
finally I've tried to flash the jpkg2 stock rom from intratec thread, also the same...
i tried this
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and my phone stoped at this
and with fully falied odion tests...
now I can enter the download mode.
but recovery mode is not working
Note: there was no Kies when I did this, after that I tried all the things before with kies installed, and with samsung_usb_driver, and still got no success.
Note: Odion recognize my device, download mode is fine.
any help would be apprecciated.
Quite clearly not a "How To", and what was wrong with your other thread?
plz help i9100 dead.
im trying here to make it more clearly
I did't find any help in my last thread, so I tried to be more specific here.
Taken from Intratech's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
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3. Start Odin
4. Click on the PDA button and browse to the .tar file that you extracted in step 1
If the package has more than one .tar archive then they will be labelled with PDA, Phone/Modem and CSC. Just put them in the corresponding section of Odin
5. DO NOT PUT .PIT FILE AND DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT TICK REPARTITION.
Anyone ask about .pit file is a moron
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First thing I notice when looking at your screenshot is that you have ticked re-partition.
Second thing I notice is that you have tried to flash a PIT file.
Maybe that's where you are going wrong??
I found this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18961761&postcount=9
this man was unable to flash his device " Odion Fail"
so one of the suggestions was to use another computer, and yeh!! it works for him.
matrex722 said:
im trying here to make it more clearly
I did't find any help in my last thread, so I tried to be more specific here.
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What was wrong with the replies? You didn't find a magic fix to your problem, which in all honesty, was just you being stupid putting the wrong files into the Odin boxes. If you want a magic fix, send your phone to Samsung and pay for the fix they do.
If you want a normal fix, listen to the replies given in the other thread. Don't start spamming new topics everywhere with the same question just because you don't like the answer. Remember, you killed your phone and others are actually trying to help you fix it....
meranto said:
What was wrong with the replies? You didn't find a magic fix to your problem, which in all honesty, was just you being stupid putting the wrong files into the Odin boxes. If you want a magic fix, send your phone to Samsung and pay for the fix they do.
If you want a normal fix, listen to the replies given in the other thread. Don't start spamming new topics everywhere with the same question just because you don't like the answer. Remember, you killed your phone and others are actually trying to help you fix it....
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im not talking about replies sir
i was talking about the way i explain the problem
matrex722 said:
im not talking about replies sir
i was talking about the way i explain the problem
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Then edit your post and topic title
Using Odin, I accidentally repartitioned my phone and didn't flash anything else besides the PIT file. What do I do? My phone doesn't turn on when plugged into the computer or the wall outlet. Is there anything I can do?
My phone is pretty much done, isn't it?
What the hell.... Anyways.... Pit always repartitions your phone. Did you flash anything after that? Details are lacking.
You can't get back into download mode to reflash?
DevinLeFevere said:
What the hell.... Anyways.... Pit always repartitions your phone. Did you flash anything after that? Details are lacking.
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No, because I wasn't able to use the phone at all after. The phone is dead. It won't do anything. There is no sign of life. I repartitioned it with a pit file and hit start. After that, the phone wouldn't work at all.
Because.... you need to follow steps and read.
You need to start over.... Odin the pit... then follow the steps and odin the rom you want to flash. Your phone isn't gone... yet.
Follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
DevinLeFevere said:
Because.... you need to follow steps and read.
You need to start over.... Odin the pit... then follow the steps and odin the rom you want to flash. Your phone isn't gone... yet.
Follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
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But will this work even though Odin can't see my phone, since my phone acts as if there's no battery? It doesn't function at all. So when I plug it in, nothing happens and Odin never sees my phone.
Actually, my phone is responding all of a sudden, so now I'm flashing my phone with Odin.
Why is Odin stuck at this part of the flash?
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yomama07024 said:
Why is Odin stuck at this part of the flash?
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You have to redo it... Sometimes it doesn't completely flash the first time.
Has anyone seen John Connor?
yomama07024 said:
Why is Odin stuck at this part of the flash?
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Or try a different odin package.
"the relentless pursuit of the perfect rom"
or reboot computer, or try different usb port, or try different cable.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
yomama07024 said:
Actually, my phone is responding all of a sudden, so now I'm flashing my phone with Odin.
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What did you do? I have the same problem. It didnt response at all.
you could also try something totally different and try heimdall with a different usb port, if that doesn't work then I'm definitely not sure what else you could try.
did you leave your battery in when you went into download mode to flash the stock rom? if you did, take the battery out, hook up the cable to a usb port hold down the - volume button along with the power button and it should boot into download mode
ztotherad said:
you could also try something totally different and try heimdall with a different usb port, if that doesn't work then I'm definitely not sure what else you could try.
did you leave your battery in when you went into download mode to flash the stock rom? if you did, take the battery out, hook up the cable to a usb port hold down the - volume button along with the power button and it should boot into download mode
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Thanks for help, it worked.
forserg said:
Thanks for help, it worked.
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no problem, sir! I'm glad to help
I've been searching XDA and Google for months now and I haven't found anyone else with this precise issue. I'm very tech savvy, but this is just beyond me! What say you? Will you help me in my quest to diagnose my device and possibly find a cure?
Listed below is what occurs when the USB Cable is connected, either via PC or the Wall.
While USB Cable is disconnected:
Pressing or holding any of the buttons, together or individually, does absolutely nothing. (But the battery can't be dead. I've had the thing on charge all night!)
When USB Cable is connected:
http://youtu.be/J8FJSo_S7cQ
Without pressing anything, the device powers on into download mode and continues to reboot itself every few minutes.
Holding the power button (or all buttons together) reboots it back into download mode to repeat what I just described above.
Pressing any/all buttons at this point does nothing.
When I disconnect the USB Cable from the device while in Download Mode, the device shuts off after about 20 seconds.
I have seen this on occasion, but nothing different happens:
(I'm aware this means forced download mode.)
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I'm able to use Odin completely normally and flash anything successfully as well. Yet it just reboots back into download mode. And if I leave it alone while connected to my PC with Odin up, this is what it looks like:
I've "successfully" installed Stock ROM, Kernel and PIT files. Nothing changes! I've also tried one-click unsoftbricker, heimdal, calling it names, begging it to work. Am I crazy or...is this thing done for?
Have you tried repartitioning it?
By clicking that check box in Odin? Yes.
Ah, you must've hardbricked your Galaxy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1496360 < See if anything in that topic helps you.
You need to flash a ROM that has boot loaders in it...
When you use the unbrickable resurector, it flashes a boot loader that always boots to download mode. From download mode, you can flash a FULL rom, that will replace the boot loader. Then it will boot normally.
TheKryptonite said:
Ah, you must've hardbricked your Galaxy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1496360 < See if anything in that topic helps you.
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Thanks, I've been suspecting hard brick. I've seen that thread before, it could really use some reorganizing. I can barely follow it.
Meticulus said:
You need to flash a ROM that has boot loaders in it...
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That would make sense but which ROMs would those be?
This is a Russian ROM but it should have boot loaders.
http://www.4shared.com/zip/vxHoJ8E0/G70JKKE3_STOK_222RU_.html
Let me know how it goes...
Downloading now. I'll have to try it tomorrow on spare time. Really hoping this works. Thanks for giving me some hope, I really thought this thing was done for!
It's not hard bricked... that ROM will restore it. But after you flash that rom , you'll need to flash a different Rom for your region...
Meticulus said:
It's not hard bricked... that ROM will restore it. But after you flash that rom , you'll need to flash a different Rom for your region...
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I never even heard of a "Full" ROM before. The problem I was having was apparently my bootloader - or lack-there-of.
You saved my Galaxy Player's life! Thank you very much!
I'm happy to say that this case is closed!
I am going to favorite this thread. You never know when you'll need some good info like this.
Ironically, my GP just managed to softbrick -_- I may be f'd.
Edit: Thankfully, I managed to fix it. Whew!