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I need urgent help please

I had installed Axura 2.0.6 and Voodoo Lag Fix.
I noticed my GPS was no longer working so disabled the Voodoo lag Fix.
It was causing me problems, without knowing i decided to ODIN my Vibrant while Voodoo was still installed. After a long period of a Black screen of death and various problems. I got it finally but my wifi wasnt working buttons were inverted wouldnt recognize my sim card and i couldnt mount the phone. I attempted to do a data wipe but was unable to saying it was denied. I have no idea what to do and ive been up for hours. I am on Windows Xp and im just going crazy. Im attempting to use adb but my knowledge with adb is minimal as well. Please can anybody please please help me.

This is why I hate voodoo. Not that this happens, but because nobody reads up on how to fix it. Download eugenes froyo that doesnt brick from the bible sticky. Click repartition in odin and flash it. Then flash to regular jfd with repartition unchecked.
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reodin stock rom, sounds like you odined an i9000 rom...
try something like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833024
not entirely the right way to go about asking for help, starting a new thread, but i know what its like to be tired and freaked out... doing the above should take care of immediate problem
EDIt: yeah do the eugenes froyo that doesnt brick thing first for good measure

odin eugenes froyo that doesnt brick with repartion clicked then without turning on the phone odin jfd stock

diaa08 said:
reodin stock rom, sounds like you odined an i9000 rom...
try something like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833024
not entirely the right way to go about asking for help, starting a new thread, but i know what its like to be tired and freaked out... doing the above should take care of immediate problem
EDIt: yeah do the eugenes froyo that doesnt brick thing first for good measure
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im sorry for opening a new thread but im so stressed out=(
i cant even find the stupid download link for his rom since he dropped all support.

wildklymr said:
This is why I hate voodoo. Not that this happens, but because nobody reads up on how to fix it. Download eugenes froyo that doesnt brick from the bible sticky. Click repartition in odin and flash it. Then flash to regular jfd with repartition unchecked.
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do i use the pit file i already have?
or does the eugene_2e_jk2_froyo already provide that?
Also found that my internal storage is only 2 gigs
i really screwed my phone up=(

After
Repartitioned the phone with Eugene 23 jk2 froyo and it stated data wipe failed
currently in process of flashing regular jfd.
will post updates and sorry for noobness i swear never again will i do this.
also thank to everyone that is helping me out

stephenj37826 said:
odin eugenes froyo that doesnt brick with repartion clicked then without turning on the phone odin jfd stock
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1. Do exactly what he said. Use 512.pit
2. For god's sake please don't install a lagfix unless you are 100% sure it's compatible with the ROM. READ the description of ROMs.
3. Please post in the right forum next time.

Well
It didnt work.
The applications i had are still there
i still dont have access to my phone
wipe data failed.
no internet at all even after putting back apn settings

sk8erdude525 said:
It didnt work.
The applications i had are still there
i still dont have access to my phone
wipe data failed.
no internet at all even after putting back apn settings
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Did you check repartion when you load the pit file?
After you've repartitioned it, did you UNCHECK the box and then load JFD?

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MilkPudding said:
Did you check repartion when you load the pit file?
After you've repartitioned it, did you UNCHECK the box and then load JFD?
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Yes sir i did, and both times it stated Wipe Data Failed in red letters.
and now everytime one boots up it states a fc from rom manager

sk8erdude525 said:
Yes sir i did, and both times it stated Wipe Data Failed in red letters.
and now everytime one boots up it states a fc from rom manager
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8698655&postcount=150
Try this if all else fails. And please be very careful with any lagfix next time. It's dangerous to mess around if you don't know what it does to your phone.

sk8erdude525 said:
Yes sir i did, and both times it stated Wipe Data Failed in red letters.
and now everytime one boots up it states a fc from rom manager
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Did you flash the JK2 rom or Eugene's froyo that does not brick? JK2 won't work.
http://forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php?p=15555
Sent from my frozen yogurt powered Vibrant

And I forgot: don't check re-partition when flashing Eugene's froyo. Check it when flashing JFD. You will get an error message after flashing froyo that does not brick. That's normal.

Yay
I finally got it to work.
Thank you guys and have a good day.

stephenj37826 said:
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duh i was half asleep lol. sorry for telling you backwards man.

I don't get it. how come he had all this trouble if he disabled voodoo in the first place?
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Because
i had flashed another rom without disabling voodoo first, then my computer wouldnt recognize the phone and i partioned the internal sd with the actual computer and it was just a mess but thank god to everyone that helped me.

Flashed from Bionix-v 1.21 to Trigger 2.1, now my data is stuck in E.

I flashed from TW Bionix-v 1.21 to Trigger 2.1.1 and though the flash went great and the rom seemed to work perfect, my data is all messed up. It seems stuck on E now where before I was always on H. Speedtest has gone from 4000kbps down to 120kbps down. I flashed back to Bionix and even flashed in the KA6 modem that I had the best results with before and the problem still persists. In Boinix it will show the data speed as H, but as soon as I try to access the internet or use Speedtest, it drops to G, then to E. I'm lost as to where to go from here. Any help is greatly appreciated.

What about flashing back to stock using odin then reflashing the rom
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Woah, wait up don't flash back to stock or anything. Follow this thread, it has all the modem software in it. I suggest using Odin...it's real simple, just dl the file extract it and load it into the phone section in odin and hit start....BAM you got a new modem. Do tests with JL5, it's a good modem.

I was thinking of flashing back to stock but I've never done it before. Is there anything I need to do differently because of Voodoo? I may just go the AIO Toolbox method if that's ok.

I won't be doing anything until later tonight. I've flashed a few modems in the modem thread, but none have fixed this problem. I may just flash back to stock (I really don't mind), but I'm just nervous about doing it because of having Voodoo on my phone right now. Can I just flash back to stock using the AIO Tools, or is this ill-advised?

Always best to disable lag fixes, I do it even if I don't have to. If the problem is persisting through different modems I dunno what's up....maybe hardware related? Maybe try one of those cell reception mods. That'd be the absolute last thing I'd do though, try every modem if you can.

I really don't know what happened. It may have even been a bad flash with Trigger, that's when things went bad. Honestly I wish I'd have just stayed put with Bionix. The phone was working perfectly with it. Oh well, I think I'll try flashing back to stock, then going back to Bionix.

Try this:
Settings-->Wireless and Network-->Mobile Networks-->Network Mode
I have mine set to WCDMA only. I only use Auto mode when I travel outside of town. Works great and keeps me out of the edge network.

kbohip said:
I was thinking of flashing back to stock but I've never done it before. Is there anything I need to do differently because of Voodoo? I may just go the AIO Toolbox method if that's ok.
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DUDE, if you haven't ever flashed back to stock, I recommend it now then reflash the new rom. It will totally clean up in ghost data in the phone.
Remember the sequence is Backup everything 1st, then disable the lagfix, Then flash the froyo that does not brick (do not check the repartition box), then flash Stock JFD (this time check the repartition box) Then Root, then, the flash your new rom then Download Rom manager and titanium backup and you are good to go.
BTW, you most likely got a corrupted bit of software in the flash or already it was on the phone but there is no way of knowing, THAT is why you should do this.

kbohip said:
I won't be doing anything until later tonight. I've flashed a few modems in the modem thread, but none have fixed this problem. I may just flash back to stock (I really don't mind), but I'm just nervous about doing it because of having Voodoo on my phone right now. Can I just flash back to stock using the AIO Tools, or is this ill-advised?
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Sorry to hear that man. I've had this problem before... looong ago. I had just flashed a new release of a TW ROM and all the sudden my data was stuck on E. I was freaking out just like you haha. I odined to stock and reflashed at least 3 times and the problem persisted.
I just left the phone on overnight and it seemed to work itself out by morning. Maybe it was T-Mobile doing maintenance or maybe the phone was just being retarded...
Either way, I'd suggest flashing back to stock at least once to clear things up. Check back in the AM and see if it's fixed or not

oka1 said:
DUDE, if you haven't ever flashed back to stock, I recommend it now then reflash the new rom. It will totally clean up in ghost data in the phone.
Remember the sequence is Backup everything 1st, then disable the lagfix, Then flash the froyo that does not brick (do not check the repartition box), then flash Stock JFD (this time check the repartition box) Then Root, then, the flash your new rom then Download Rom manager and titanium backup and you are good to go.
BTW, you most likely got a corrupted bit of software in the flash or already it was on the phone but there is no way of knowing, THAT is why you should do this.
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I've never flashed back to stock, and of course all of these excellent custom roms have me flashing like a madman. I think I've flashed at least 5 different roms in the last month at least. I think I understand what you mean by "ghost" data. It's like the old days in Windows 98 where an upgrade install was never as good as a clean install. Flashing back to stock is sort of a clean install for Android I'm guessing?
birgertime said:
Sorry to hear that man. I've had this problem before... looong ago. I had just flashed a new release of a TW ROM and all the sudden my data was stuck on E. I was freaking out just like you haha. I odined to stock and reflashed at least 3 times and the problem persisted.
I just left the phone on overnight and it seemed to work itself out by morning. Maybe it was T-Mobile doing maintenance or maybe the phone was just being retarded...
Either way, I'd suggest flashing back to stock at least once to clear things up. Check back in the AM and see if it's fixed or not
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Ok, this is strange. It looks like this is exactly what's happening. I'm now getting 4000+kbps down again on H. All day though the phone has been bouncing down to E every time I access the internet, go to market, etc. Upload is still quite a bit lower than it used to be though. Still, in the back of my mind though I feel like what oka said above is probably not a bad idea. For peace of mind I'm going to flash back to stock using AIO Vibrant Toolbox, then root, then flash either Bionix or Trigger back on.
Btw, for the short amount of time I had Trigger installed on my phone, I can tell you that it's a VERY nice rom. It looks great and is at least as fast, if not faster than Bionix. Great, great work.

I was having this problem earlier today too on Bionix. I was downloading Quadrant and I was stuck in E for a couple of hours. Must be something wrong with Bionix. Either way it's working now and I hope you solve your problem!

3g
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kbohip said:
I flashed from TW Bionix-v 1.21 to Trigger 2.1.1 and though the flash went great and the rom seemed to work perfect, my data is all messed up. It seems stuck on E now where before I was always on H. Speedtest has gone from 4000kbps down to 120kbps down. I flashed back to Bionix and even flashed in the KA6 modem that I had the best results with before and the problem still persists. In Boinix it will show the data speed as H, but as soon as I try to access the internet or use Speedtest, it drops to G, then to E. I'm lost as to where to go from here. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Maybe you did something wrong,i also move from Bionix V to Trigger 2.1 and my data is working well,the only thing i notice is that 3g works like edge now,very slow and when on H it fly.

[Q] Phone Wiped clean trying to install froyo 2.2 update

I Followed the directions from a developer on this web site to install android froyo 2.2....downloaded everything I was told to...followed the directions step by step...received a signature error...then when I rebooted my phone....i found my phone top be completely swiped...contacts...texts...apps...everything but what was on my sd card...does anyone have any help or advice?

You mean, all your settings/data/apps were gone, with only the contests of the SD card remained? That's supposed to happen, you're supposed to wipe all the phone's data for such a large change.

Yes your supposed to back up your contacts and wipe data and stuff but I didn't. I went from e lair to dl30 then to eb01 never wiped. All I did was, Lear dalvik cache and works wonderful. Signature error? Are you using clockworkmod?

Yea I'm sorry I'm at work but it was two different errors regarding reading the signature or the signature name when I would try to install dl-30 through clock work mod into the reboot into recovery mode...haha wish I would have been told to copy everything to my pc! Luckily I still have my old phone to get it all back from

boorad22 said:
Yea I'm sorry I'm at work but it was two different errors regarding reading the signature or the signature name when I would try to install dl-30 through clock work mod into the reboot into recovery mode...haha wish I would have been told to copy everything to my pc! Luckily I still have my old phone to get it all back from
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So are you running the froyo or not? I suggest the eb01 odin package, gets you to froyo and root with one click and you dont have to mess with clockwork.
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate

ziggy484 said:
So are you running the froyo or not? I suggest the eb01 odin package, gets you to froyo and root with one click and you dont have to mess with clockwork.
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate
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Lol what? Odin is 100000000000000000000000 times more risky than clockwork. The version you flash through clockwork comes rooted also.

Odin is very simple, and not risky at all if you're following directions. You have to flash the modem with Odin anyways, so why not do the all-in-one?

There is always a risk with Odin, because if it crashes, freezes, or the connection goes sour while something critical is being flashed, very bad things can happen (as in a bricked device).
But it also is true that's exceedingly rare (as in I've never actually heard of it happening barring someone physically unplugging their phone in the middle of an Odin flash), and anyways, you have no choice but to flash the modem through Odin.
I personally still wouldn't recommend using Odin for more than you absolutely need to, however.

Kevin Gossett said:
Odin is very simple, and not risky at all if you're following directions. You have to flash the modem with Odin anyways, so why not do the all-in-one?
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+1 to this. As long as you don't unplug your phone or use anything but the PDA button you'll be fine.
Falcyn said:
I personally still wouldn't recommend using Odin for more than you absolutely need to, however.
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I always recommend Odin for any major problem (and It's certainly my first choice when something goes awry). It is just so much easier to flash one of the complete modem/system/kernel packages when something goes wrong than spend forever trying to go through every obscure little possible solution.
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Thrillhouse847 said:
+1 to this. As long as you don't unplug your phone or use anything but the PDA button you'll be fine.
I always recommend Odin for any major problem (and It's certainly my first choice when something goes awry). It is just so much easier to flash one of the complete modem/system/kernel packages when something goes wrong than spend forever trying to go through every obscure little possible solution.
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I agree. If there was a choice between a full package with odin and cwm, I would say odin is much better. Some people dont read instructions and end up messing up their phone with cwm. Odin would be far easier to do with just a single click of the button.

Kaze105 said:
I agree. If there was a choice between a full package with odin and cwm, I would say odin is much better. Some people dont read instructions and end up messing up their phone with cwm. Odin would be far easier to do with just a single click of the button.
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so how exactly would i go about getting odin? i guess my main goal is to just have android 2.2 froyo on my phone. and the way i first went about it obviously did not work too well....thanks for everyones help on all of this!

thefunkbot said:
Lol what? Odin is 100000000000000000000000 times more risky than clockwork. The version you flash through clockwork comes rooted also.
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If you have to do some of it with odin why not do the whole thing? And what makes it 1000000000x more risky? Its actually been REALLY simple every time i use it. There are way more directions to follow and things to screw up when doing eb01 the odin and clockwork method.
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Stuck on Galaxy S screen!

Hi guys I hope someone can help me, I rooted my S and did factory reset ready to install darkys 9.3 rom, installed cwm and CF-Root-XW_OXX_JV1-v1.3-BusyBox-1.17.1_NO-CWM.zip that cf file, everything went ok with odin and when the phone rebooted it wont get past the Galaxy S screen, cant get into download or recovery mode and when I hold the power button it goes off and then comes straight back on, is there anything I can do to sort it, I am on Virgin, 2.2.1 JPW, thanks for any help

Did you came from another custom rom before flashing Darky's?
Have you disabled any lagfix before flashing?

Hi m8. Stock and no lagfix applied. I have been in touch with Virmin and they are couriering a new phone to me tomorrow. Thx for the reply.

sarbe said:
Hi m8. Stock and no lagfix applied. I have been in touch with Virmin and they are couriering a new phone to me tomorrow. Thx for the reply.
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No 3 buttons combo = JIG
Always Check that you have the 3 B COMBO, before flashing anything it's on a steacky thread!! (i think admin should change the color of the sticky thread).

Will they charge you for a new phone as you have a custom rom on the exchange .
jje

No 3 button combo m8.
It is on stock m8 after doing factory reset.

GOOD .
jje

Lagfix
I also encountered this. But my problem was that I had lagfix enabled when flashing a new kernel. Just reflashed the previous kernel and disabled the lagfix. Flashed the new kernel again and everything was good.

I also found this when updating from JM7 to JS5, directly.
Seems it was a patience issue. That screen can take a long time after a flash.
Once also it ended by a shutdown after a while. Reflashing to JM5 then to JS5 through the 3 combo buttons solved it + repartition

sarbe said:
Hi guys I hope someone can help me, I rooted my S and did factory reset ready to install darkys 9.3 rom, installed cwm and CF-Root-XW_OXX_JV1-v1.3-BusyBox-1.17.1_NO-CWM.zip that cf file, everything went ok with odin and when the phone rebooted it wont get past the Galaxy S screen, cant get into download or recovery mode and when I hold the power button it goes off and then comes straight back on, is there anything I can do to sort it, I am on Virgin, 2.2.1 JPW, thanks for any help
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Man, hope you get/got your new phone but you fu**ed up. Your problem stands out like dogs balls. You've even put it in capital letters.
1. You flashed CF ROOT JV1-NO CWM.
JV1 = Gingerbread. You were on 2.2.1 Froyo. Of course it won't boot up.
NO CWM - means exactly that. What's the purpose of installing cwm/recovery then flashing a kernal that ends with NO CWM?? It doesn't support it. How were you going to flash darkys?
Man, not knocking you but you really need to read instructions before doing **** like this. Any 2.2.1 (maybe even 2.2) cf root version would have avoided this.
2. You say the phone was stock when returned because you factory reset. You forgot that you flashed a custom kernal after that based on firmware that hasn't even been officially released yet. The reason it wouldn't boot. So, it aint stock. Shouldn't matter anyway as Sammy will just force it into download mode and reflash.
3. Since you initially flashed with Odin, then 3 button method was working before. So, the lesson for us all is: jv1 kernal + froyo base = brick. Jig sellers aren't complaining.
I'm also with virgin but using docs 2.2.1 (or CM7 2.3.3 depending on the time of day). If your near Melbourne I'm more than happy to help out with your new phone.
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ttf said:
No 3 buttons combo = JIG
Always Check that you have the 3 B COMBO, before flashing anything it's on a steacky thread!! (i think admin should change the color of the sticky thread).
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3 button combo must have been working initially as he flashed kernal with odin. It was the kernal that busted it.
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sxi200 said:
3 button combo must have been working initially as he flashed kernal with odin. It was the kernal that busted it.
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Not sure, maybe he made it with "adb reboot download" command.

i think i just broke my 2nd SGS

hey fellas
i just went to go from 2.3 back to darky ROM and my phone is having a fit, its constantly rebooting at the first boot screen, i still got download mode though
no matter what i try nothing works.
have tryed darky RE, JM5, JL2, JH1, DV3 the JVK, download EZBase now to see what happens
this is my 2nd phone i have ****ed up doing this i think

aussiesausage said:
have tryed darky RE, JM5, JL2, JH1, DV3 the JVK, download EZBase now to see what happens
this is my 2nd phone i have ****ed up doing this i think
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Are any of those stock rom's you are trying, or are they all Darky's roms?
Flash a stock rom, hopefully that will get you up and running. After that, format your sd card.

couple of them are stock, none worked.
downloading a march 2011 stock firmware from samfirmware now, aswell as EZBase rom

If darkys is a 2.2.1 based rom then you need to flash to that base first.
Try a stock 2.2.1 firmware in odin with all 3 files and tick repartition. I use jpu and always works.
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MY fix for broken phones is .
Use Odin flash Eclair with pit 512 and repartition checked .
Phone works flash base Froyo .
Phone works you can now customize as required .
Choose a rom this time that does not kill phone .
jje

thanks fellas, will try that.
i've flashed about 5 ROMS and tryed repartion and none have worked, will try a eclair, gotta go download one

ok, JPU did not work. 3 files, re-partion and 512 pit
oh dear

When you say jpu didn't work, did the process actually start in Odin and complete?
If not, just reboot download mode again, close and restart odin and try again.
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yeah it said PASS, just got the stupid white reboot thing.
JE3 ( 2.1 ) halfed worked, it went into recovery, dont some **** then booted. then i got something like "kernel panic pload" with all this red writing ????????
i think that might be cause i got a 2.2 kernel flashed?
broken phone broken?

here is what im getting
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sorry for the spam typing, now im getting this. and it goes to the animated SGS logo, hangs for about 1 minute then phone turns off
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thanks for the help guys. but phone is dead
it will not even turn on now, plug into charger nothing happens. held in power button for ages and it wont turn on, no download mode, nothing.
my 2nd SGS dies, this is 1 month old. time to call mobicity and warranty it
damn im sick of this thing

aussiesausage said:
thanks for the help guys. but phone is dead
it will not even turn on now, plug into charger nothing happens. held in power button for ages and it wont turn on, no download mode, nothing.
my 2nd SGS dies, this is 1 month old. time to call mobicity and warranty it
damn im sick of this thing
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yes, happened that to me too. If it;s not starting anymore, than you must rewrite it's bootloader with JTAG...JIG won;t help. The point is, when you tried to go back on 2.2.1 you should first flash the bootloader with heimdal. With bootloader updated you shouldn't have any problem flashing back JM8 or something
sorry for you

Crysis21 said:
yes, happened that to me too. If it;s not starting anymore, than you must rewrite it's bootloader with JTAG...JIG won;t help. The point is, when you tried to go back on 2.2.1 you should first flash the bootloader with heimdal. With bootloader updated you shouldn't have any problem flashing back JM8 or something
sorry for you
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may i ask what JTAG is?

There might be answer to your misery, check Yovi's thread, he found hard reset method for totally bricked phone.
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Edit. Just read you can not power up. Go with Jobiza's post.
Flash just a kernel in PDA ie voodoo or speedmod k13. Nothing else and auto reboot checked. After that flash away.
This happened to me and I tried different combos for hours till this method and it worked.
Good luck mate.
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Don't know did you tried it, but if you are able to go to Download Mode, download JVK with bootloaders from XDA, start Odin check Re-Partition and Phone Bootloader Update select filef from new FW connect phone and it should do the magic I hope.
If not http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018620

Maybe last resort?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018620&page=2

^^^
Yeah aussiesausage!
Let us know if this works! You can do it!