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[Q] Bricked Epic - tried everything

Well first off, ive been at this for 2 days and its frustrating. I am new to this flashing and rooting business and ended up bricking my phone from using the wrong files in metamorph and never backing my stock files up. It would give me a blank screen with the red LED lit up and all my home buttons on the bottom lit up. I followed the Odin directions and actually got my phone to stock. But it was extremely laggy and and i had no service and my SD card just kept connecting and reconnecting. Well i followed the flashing kernel threat because someone told me to try that so i can get the stock kernel or whatever on the phone. That failed and now im sitting here with my phone displaying a phone icon and a computer icon, then a caution symbol in the middle. Someone pleaseeee help me fix this.

l2,
I've been there 3 times this morning already as I hadn't flashed a new zImage to this particular device yet until this morning. What you need to do is get the stock files from http://rapidshare.com/files/415661977/SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar.html and s1_odin_20100513.pit (it must be 13, not 12). Boot into Download mode (hold 1 when powering on). Start Odin 3, check Auto Reboot and Debug En. Choose your PIT file, and under PDA choose the SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar. Plug in your phone, once it is recognized in Odin click Start. This takes about 10 minutes, I know it looks like it hangs up a couple of times but it should keep going. Let me know if that helps.

khalaan said:
l2,
I've been there 3 times this morning already as I hadn't flashed a new zImage to this particular device yet until this morning. What you need to do is get the stock files from http://rapidshare.com/files/415661977/SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar.html and s1_odin_20100513.pit (it must be 13, not 12). Boot into Download mode (hold 1 when powering on). Start Odin 3, check Auto Reboot and Debug En. Choose your PIT file, and under PDA choose the SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar. Plug in your phone, once it is recognized in Odin click Start. This takes about 10 minutes, I know it looks like it hangs up a couple of times but it should keep going. Let me know if that helps.
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okay ill try all of that but Where can i get the 13 pit file?

It can be downloaded from this link.
http://www.4shared.com/get/6aSCPmEf/s1_odin_20100513.html

khalaan said:
It can be downloaded from this link.
http://www.4shared.com/get/6aSCPmEf/s1_odin_20100513.html
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thanks so much man ill try it out. One question though. I already started this odin thing and its doing its thing. its about half way done but its using the 12...can i just shut my phone off and put it in download again when its done and use the 13 and it will work?

If you have it going with the 12 already I'd give that a try, if it doesn't work you can always get back into download mode and do it with 13. I couldn't get 12 to ever start it would always sit for 20m and do nothing.

khalaan said:
If you have it going with the 12 already I'd give that a try, if it doesn't work you can always get back into download mode and do it with 13. I couldn't get 12 to ever start it would always sit for 20m and do nothing.
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okay yeah ill try. but its been sitting for like 10 min at half way on the status bar...

That is way the devil too long, go ahead and unplug your phone, hit reset in odin, set it up like I instructed, reboot your phone to download mode, and give it another go.

yeah lol okay i thought so. haha

Alllll fixed. Thank you guys soooo much for helping out. Im going to root again but i'm not gunna mess with metamorph this time lol, whats a good root? Im learning all this stuff and idk what one i should do.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8628341#post8628341
>_>

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" Solved - Bricked Epic - tried everything "

I bricked my Epic last weekend and am feelin' ya on all the stuff you did to unbrick it. Glad to hear that all is well~

I screwed my setup up and had to do the Odin method yesterday. I didn't read this post before hand, and I used the ****12.pit instead of the 13. What is the difference in the two? My phone seems to be working just fine with the 12. One problem I found I don't believe I had before is theming the dialer_tab_activity.apk FCs the phone on hangup, but when I put another one in unthemed, it works fine.

help
I cannot get phone to load any tar completely.. they all stop and phone's screen goes purple. Most the time it hangs in odin at the zImage and then sometimes it gets a few bars going .. and hangs at factoryfs.rfs. Any help

You don't need the pit file when flashing a tar rom. It's only for modems and kernals. I have used Odin and haven't used the pit. Works just fine.

Okay, i just joined. Sorry if i sound ignorant (most likely cause I am) but i am fairly certain i semi-bricked my Epic, okay so it started when i flashed the CyanogenMod it was very laggy so i figured i did it wrong, quickly using clockwork i flashed VIPERrom (FRoZeN) DK28 all looked fine but then my phone's service started acting up, so i tried to re-flash CyanogenMod. This ***** it up worse it got stuck at the Samsung boot logo, now i am trying to revert to Stock but Odin nor my Cpu recognize the Device.
Extra info that might help, I have the Stock Tar, Odin 1.6 with Pit, can get into both download and CW recovery...
Help this ignorant fool please T_T

The Boxinator said:
Okay, i just joined. Sorry if i sound ignorant (most likely cause I am) but i am fairly certain i semi-bricked my Epic, okay so it started when i flashed the CyanogenMod it was very laggy so i figured i did it wrong, quickly using clockwork i flashed VIPERrom (FRoZeN) DK28 all looked fine but then my phone's service started acting up, so i tried to re-flash CyanogenMod. This ***** it up worse it got stuck at the Samsung boot logo, now i am trying to revert to Stock but Odin nor my Cpu recognize the Device.
Extra info that might help, I have the Stock Tar, Odin 1.6 with Pit, can get into both download and CW recovery...
Help this ignorant fool please T_T
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You forgot to flash the EXT4 or RFS Kernel
http://android.stolenrobot.com/Epic4G/epic.htm
that comes with cyanogen it looks like just put either on your sd card then flash after you flash cyanogen in Cwm
Here is some more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935060&highlight=tutorial

iSaint said:
You forgot to flash the EXT4 or RFS Kernel
http://android.stolenrobot.com/Epic4G/epic.htm
that comes with cyanogen it looks like just put either on your sd card then flash after you flash cyanogen in Cwm
Here is some more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935060&highlight=tutorial
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I did flash EXT4 "CM6EXT4kernel-1-2-2011" this one to be specific.

The Boxinator said:
I did flash EXT4 "CM6EXT4kernel-1-2-2011" this one to be specific.
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did you wipe x3 ?

Black Screen Vibrant

Okay, I know there is many post about this, but none seem to answer my question or help me. I have a Vibrant and I've been searching this site along with google to help fix my phone.
I brought it off a friend so warranty won't happen since T-Mobile is being asses. My phone is suck on the black screen after it passes the big S logo. It stays black, and I get 4 lights bright on the buttons. I've reflashed my phone with Odin and it has not worked. I think it correctly as well. Com3 was on, ran the stock Vibrant with Pitt and Tar with PDA one. That had only got my phone off the complete brick that my phone had gone through, when It wouldn't even turn on.
I got the brick off and now I'm stuck with this program. I did have a one click root fix and I was trying to mess around with clock work. To help answer some questions. No, I can not boot into recovery mode. Yes I have cleaned and wipe out cache. Yes I can go into Download mode, but its pointless since odin doesn't do much for me. No I can not go into the phone since the black screen is there and no I can not flash a update file for some reason.
Saying that, I would be grateful for some help and before hand I thank anyone who comes across this even if they don't help, just for taking time to read this and maybe referring someone else to help me or even pointing me in the right direction. Thanks and once again PLZZZZZZZ HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP.

No, odin is not "useless." I'm pretty positive that you applied Odin wrong.
- Check the MD5 on the files you downloaded; verify they are indeed identical.
- Search for development forum for "drivers"... theres a thread posted by TGA_Gunner. Find that thread and download the version respective to your OS (x86 or x64). This one is proven to work.
What exactly happened in Odin?

zephiK said:
No, odin is not "useless." I'm pretty positive that you applied Odin wrong.
- Check the MD5 on the files you downloaded; verify they are indeed identical.
- Search for development forum for "drivers"... theres a thread posted by TGA_Gunner. Find that thread and download the version respective to your OS (x86 or x64). This one is proven to work.
What exactly happened in Odin?
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Okay. One thing I notice when I try to put my phone into the Android system recovery it says this "
-- Movi_check start .. !!
checksum confirmation need _checksum [1301305579]
MBR _Chksum in header :4.1
MBR checksum : EC0063A432AFDBA2B104C3F0DF52FE3D
MBR Checksum Error
Movinand Checksun Confirmaton Fail
-- movi_checking done!...
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Appling Muti - CSC ...
Installing Muti - CSC "
Another thing, I hit reinstall packages and It says "
-- install from sdcard...
finding update package ...
opening update package ...
E: cant open /sdcard/update.zip
(no such file or directory)
installation aborted.
the drivers I use are the samsung Vibrant drivers for windows 7 64. I know it works because the phone before didn't come up when I didn't use the driver. It always failed and when I install it, than it read my phone. When I connect the phone to the computer, the phone does read it and on odin, it says com 3 in yellow. I than Install pitt and install tar.
The tread you sent me too, I actually went through there before. Both of those drivers didn't work but I found one for windows 7 and it started working for my computer. I could tell it works because the computer actually reads the phone and so does odin. Like I use odin right because it goes through the phone and than says pass at the end. so like WTF lol. I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right tho
Another thing. I used odin a few seconds ago, got the phone to run and it went through the green bar and a blue screen now saying reset came up. My phone than went into androids recovery mode but it started to wipe out data. When doing so, the data said wipe fail. It booted up and now back to the start. Black screen, 4 panels on the bottom lit up and nothing to do.
I'm starting to think it has to do with clockwork I did a partition in it and every since than my phone has been doing this blackscreen with 4 lights.

ANY body ?
help would def be appreciated and even donates if possible. I just need my phone to work

same thing here, know idea, odin says everything passed but still the black screen and four buttons. i also noticed that the sound and tmo splash screen are not in sync. no idea ???? help would be great!!!!!!!!!!! same errors though. also from the partion feature in clockworkmod.

i assume your on windows i don't keep up if there is a working version for mac. Anyway, make sure your update.zip is just named update DO NOT add .zip yourself or the phone for what ever reason sees .zip.zip. I would also go ahead re download your odiin files just to make sure non of them are corrupted for what ever reason.

files all check out good, i can't gain access to the phones sd, i have flashed this thing with every checked build i could find, all with the same result. the master boot record is not adding up.? still have know idea.

have you tried using this.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
this work for me and was able to flash to stock..

somebody please help I'm experiencing the same problem as the OP? can somebody point me in the right direction I've been looking for hours

Instead of making us read the entire thread perhaps you could summarize your specific problem.
My initial impression goes like this.
1. Get into download
2. ODIN back to STOCK 2.1
Run odin in admin mode
Use rage against the cage
After getting back to stock Recovery 2e go ahead reroot and flash away
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Don't know if this is still an issue, but here's how I fixed it.
http://forum.androidspin.com/showth...yo-That-does-not-Brick!-Downgrading-Is-Fine-)
Downloaded this file knowing it wouldn't work, Had ODIN flash it and got into this weird recovery screen. Just pulled the battery and then flashed back to stock using ODIN.
Helped me out.

Use 512 .pit and True Stock 2.1 from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747335
And quit messing with your phone! lol

This is how i fixed mine too, my phone would go through a seemingly normal start up, but the UI would never load and it would stay on a blank screen.
Flash Eugenes373s froyo that doesnt brick. once it brings you to the recovery screen, pull the battery and once again use odin to flash back to stock. the phone should boot up now.

mnm0071980 said:
ANY body ?
help would def be appreciated and even donates if possible. I just need my phone to work
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Hey i just encountered the same exact problem four days ago except i flash with odin it says pass but im still stuck on a black screen after the s logo my problemwas encountered by tryig flash a kernal. Please tell me that u found a solution

[Q] Update broke my phone - Help?

i got the JI6 update (or J16, not sure which it is) and installed it. Now its just stuck on the power on screen, plays the little t-mobile tune(but not the animation) and sits there for the rest of time.
I have a 2 nandroid backups, tried the most recent one with clockwork, and that didnt help, im trying the older one now...
It was rooted with LagFix. Can anyone help?

You need to restore via odin...

Can you link a thread please, i dont know anything about odin, or how to use it. Thank you

Bumping in hopes someone will assist me in my noobness

Welcome to the club... This happened to me this morning and i'm trying to get it to work again via ODIN now.
Here's what I was told to do. Follow the "Part 2 of the guide and download the necessary .zip for ODIN at the top of the page.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803492

Thank you dude, ill give this a try now.

No problem. I'm waiting for it to finish downloading so I can try this myself.
Cheers

yea, the download is slow as balls

Oskiee said:
yea, the download is slow as balls
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Yeah it took about 2 hours but my phone lives again!!!

ROM Install Issue

My original issue got resolved thanks to s15274n. This mans ROOT walkthrough is amazing!!!!!
NOW I have a problem getting my ROM to load.
Im trying to Install the Malice ROM. and nothing is going quite as smoothely as I think it should.
This is attempt 2, the first time I waited an hour to try and install this rom, straight from SD, and I think the furthest it got was "installing ROM"
nothing. pull the batery out (I assume thats a total noob move, and at beast ill-advisable.) rebooted, went about my day. well, im trying again, and now the furthest ive gotten is "Installing update" the status bar is never filling or scrolling though.
Whats the problem? (going on about 15 minutes with no change btw)

You must use Odin to either
-Flash back to stock so you can reinstall packages
or
-Flash a voodoo integrated kernel so you can flash roms w/ CWM/Voodoo Recovery

Download a voodoo kernel and flash it using odin.

ok, I have the kernal and I have ODIN. once again I have never used ODIN< I definately used a one click root.
does anybody have a link to a thread with *detailed*, hold my hand, walk me through it and pat me on the butt at the end Instructions on this? It's a learning process and damn if im not learning something by the time this is all said and done lol.

last time it sat still for me when it said installing update, it was a bad download. I redid my download of the rom and it went through fast and smoothly. Thats how i fixed my prob maybe it will fix it for u.

I really need some help i want to cry
I got the samsung galaxy s(vibrant) and it doesnt go pass the welcome screen im trying to install a rom but i dont know how have looked over thing i installed odin3 and everything else but when i plug it to the usb it doesnt show on my computer idk why and nothing shows on the id com for odin someone plz tell me this can be fixed please can someone plz plz help me i begg you from the bottom of my heart

i always odin to stock whenever i flashed a new rom, works like a champ all the time.

elmoslonely said:
I got the samsung galaxy s(vibrant) and it doesnt go pass the welcome screen im trying to install a rom but i dont know how have looked over thing i installed odin3 and everything else but when i plug it to the usb it doesnt show on my computer idk why and nothing shows on the id com for odin someone plz tell me this can be fixed please can someone plz plz help me i begg you from the bottom of my heart
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do you have the .pit and .tar files? Also, are you turning your phone off? There is an awesome guide by s15274n called the noob guide. It goes over very specifically how to root, it also has a small tutorial on rooting using ODIN3. Search the q&a forum, i believe thats where the guide is.
Also just to clarify, im not saying ur a noob or inept, im just saying its a super awesome guide. My phones neen rooted for three days now, ive flashef a bunch of roms and i always flash nack to stock...REALLY helpful tutorial. Good Luck!

Samsung Tab Help

ok so just a little background, i have rooted droid incredibles, droid x, droid x2, hp touchpad, a few iphones and ipod touches, and some other odds and ends, so i am not a super noob or anything...
but here goes I recently acquired a samsung galaxy tab I800 (wifi only)
when i received it it was stuck in a boot loop and just kept rebooting the Verzin logo over and over again
i can get it into recovery, and the downloading thing while connected to pc
so i have tried heimdall way of restoring or what not..
i know nothing about this SGT, pretty sure its not rooted, but i wouldnt know, and i have no idea what happend to get it into the boot loop,
i have read MANY posts and did alot of searching over the last week and a half before i decided to post..but i must be missing something,
and i really need some assistance...
so if someone can help guide me through this i would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

a bit misleading
SCH-I800 is not wifi only. It is a CDMA device.
P1010 is wifi only.
Look for post on CDMA (sprint/verizon the same).
I can't help much since I don't know about CDMA device.
Good luck.

thanks for the info that i was getting mixed up...its is defiantely a sch I800 which is what it says on the back.and likei said i dont know alot about this tab, just what i was told, which was that it was wifi only..but that was definately wrong info according to what i am told now.
either way i am still stuck on the verizon screen. i also tried the heimdall again see maybe if it would take this time, but still no luck, i feel like i am using the right firmware but i am going to start from scratch now and see if i can get it going..too much misinformation in my head..lol
but if anyone can shoot me in the right direction i will be checking back here alot to see whats up..
thanks again
and thanks to priyana hopefully i can get this thing working..
here is a link to my most recent try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967175&page=13
its in the post by justin buser post #130

There are several things that make ur device stuck on verizon bootloop.
It can be bad partition system(the wrong pit)-happens when ppl try incorrectly upgrading from froyo to gb/ics, or gb to ics, vice versa.
It can also be incomplete rom - flash interruptions, missing system folders etc.
Go to recovery and check if you get error msgs when you do factory reset wipe and data cache wipe.
Your best bet is to flash a cdma rom with repartition option and tlinclude the correct pit file. You can do it via heimdell or odin.

yappoe said:
There are several things that make ur device stuck on verizon bootloop.
It can be bad partition system(the wrong pit)-happens when ppl try incorrectly upgrading from froyo to gb/ics, or gb to ics, vice versa.
It can also be incomplete rom - flash interruptions, missing system folders etc.
Go to recovery and check if you get error msgs when you do factory reset wipe and data cache wipe.
Your best bet is to flash a cdma rom with repartition option and tlinclude the correct pit file. You can do it via heimdell or odin.
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yes i do get error messages when i try to do a factory restore and data cache wipe i could post a screenshot if that would help, i know it says something like cant mount some files located on E:
one example is
E: install_application_for_customer:cant mount data
then some more files that are unable to mount
and sorry to sound dumb but could you point me to cdma roms? and not sure what you mean about the repartition option..also where or how can i obtain the correct pit file? and as i said in first post not sure what android OS is on this thing nor do i know if it was rooted, and i have no idea how it got into this state
thanks for the help as well..i been a member on this site for a bit, but always just read and get it done, this is the first issue that i have had to post about that i am completely lost on, so your help is greatly appreciated

Can you me more details about your device like model no etc..
Here's the link to stock firmware , check if your model is listed here
http://www.samfirmware.com/
Are able to go into download mode
Volume down+power button

ronak.super said:
Can you me more details about your device like model no etc..
Here's the link to stock firmware , check if your model is listed here
i cant post links yet lol but its the samfiemware website that was here
Are able to go into download mode
Volume down+power button
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only stuff i know about the device is what is on the back
which is galaxy tab sch-I800
i know its a 7 inch tab and is thru verizon.
do you want the sku number and stuff as well?
everything else i found out about it is in my previous posts
and yes i can go into download mode and recovery
when i try to do a factory wipe/ cache delete option it says in yellow text "your storage not prepard yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions" if that means anything
and a bunch of red text stating stuff about not being able to mount or open certain files on E:
i checked that site with the firmwares, but i dont see any that even say anything about I800
my galaxy tab is

Use this pit file when you flash later.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28759501
I'll get back to you on firmware/ROM.

yappoe said:
Use this pit file when you flash later.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28759501
I'll get back to you on firmware/ROM.
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are you refering to the pit file that i posted ? lol

http://www.jamesriter.com/blog/tag/how-to-restore-verizon-galaxy-tab-back-to-stock/
This is the solution to your problem hope it helps
Hit thanks!!

ronak.super said:
http://www.jamesriter.com/blog/tag/how-to-restore-verizon-galaxy-tab-back-to-stock/
This is the solution to your problem hope it helps
Hit thanks!!
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I did try that route before and it seems like it goes ok, but then when it finishes and i have to reboot (because of the verizon bootloop) and i got to wipe data and cache it has all the red text saying stuff about no being able to mount E: drive files/folders..
i will give it another try just for the sake of trying again
thanks

Hahaha.. didnt realize that. Then just use that pit file to repartition with the choice of rom.
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Download latest heimdall you get an option for reparition check it , It'll wipe your memory!
And hit the thanks button below

I am on the same boat. My tab is ok except the kernel. I want to flash it to cm9 but heimdall is not seeing my tab.
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