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help please!!

by mistake i flash the wrong kernel into my Vibrant,it is a galaxy s kernel but not for vibrant and now my phone just boot into a recovery that it is not for my phone,can not wipe or anything,please some help me with this crap!

Reyland said:
by mistake i flash the wrong kernel into my Vibrant,it is a galaxy s kernel but not for vibrant and now my phone just boot into a recovery that it is not for my phone,can not wipe or anything,please some help me with this crap!
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If you have access to a windows computer, you could put it into download mode, and flash the factory rom via odin. Look at the rom sticky in this section. To put into download mode, pull the battery, put back in, hold down up and down volume keys and then plug in the usb.
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go here follow simple step directions and done.
Then reroot and go here for some reliable kick in the nuts kernels that will have your vibrant smokin.
good luck

wildklymr said:
If you have access to a windows computer, you could put it into download mode, and flash the factory rom via odin. Look at the rom sticky in this section. To put into download mode, pull the battery, put back in, hold down up and down volume keys and then plug in the usb.
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im supose to see the recovery in download mode??

Reyland said:
im supose to see the recovery in download mode??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
Go to that link. Download the files. Open odin, and follow the instructions. If you use windows vista or windows 7, open odin by right clicking and run as administrator. You need to be in download mode for odin to be able to flash the stock rom. To get into download mode, follow my previous instructions. When you are in download mode you will see a yellow triangle with the android digging some dirt. Good luck. If still unsure search this forum for threads about odin and download mode.
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VooDoo bricked me, can't fix with Odin?

ok guys, i have unbricked my vibrant before after the OTA update about 5 weeks ago. i am pretty new at this smart phone stuff, but was pleasantly surprised i was able to get odin to fix the brick. about an hour ago i launched the stupid VooDoo in the OCLF app and the phone now will go as far as the animated galaxy "S", then go blank. i attempted the Odin flash about 5 times now with the same result each time, just boots up past the vibrant screen to galaxy S then goes blank. when the phone restarts or reboots after the odin flash a message in red reads DATA WIPE FAILED between a few yellow text lines. when i try to reinstall packages through boot screen i get the same message i got after the OTA brick, E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip now the phone was rooted with the OCLF before i launched VooDoo. can somebody help me out?!?

Odin back to stock. That should fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475

jnutz said:
Odin back to stock. That should fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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I second this comment. Flashing back to stock shall help. I've soft brick my phone and unbricked it recently.
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Anybody else have an suggestions?? like i said in OP i have tried to flash back to stock, about 5-6 times now, all with the same result. phone goes blank after galaxy S screen and music. thanks

As mentioned in a million threads, you need to flash Eugene's "froyo that doesn't brick." Then flash whatever firmware you want.

flashed the froyo successfully from eugene. cool set up, major issue though, i have no application storage now. there are a ton of apps in manage apps and i cannot uninstall any of them. can i fix this somehow??

i'm going to try flashing froyo back in it so it works, not select repartition. then restart odin, select repartition and flash the old vj12 rar and see if that works

Never seemed to get the answer to this. What is the purpose of "Eugene's froyo that doesn't brick?"
Why do some people suggest flashing that, before they odin?
Did eugene take everything down from xda, I can't even find that anymore.

i actually found what i though was the froyo that doesn't brick but it was actually his jk2 version. i clicked Eugene's link on one of his posts and it took me to his site and thats were i got it. i did some searching and actually found the "froyo that doesn't brick", it fixed my baby! i couldn't do anything once flashed but i was then able to flash back to jdf then j16 and all is well. i have flashed like 10 roms into her since this weekend with success, i am back to running j16 with some extras as the games i play don't support 2.2

I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?

Did you install the drivers
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spyda23 said:
I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?
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+1 for the drivers.

spyda23 said:
I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?
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Check your driver and be sure you phone is in download mode.

jackhuny said:
Check your driver and be sure you phone is in download mode.
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When i'm in download mode, it doesn't recognize it. When i'm in recovery mode, Odin recognizes it. If i turn my phone on and plug it in, my pc recognizes it, drivers are ok.

Any answers, i could really use the help

what version of Odin are you running? not that it should matter. try pulling the batt, hold volume up and down, insert batt while volume buttons are pressed then plug in USB and wait for it to go into download mode then release buttons. see if Odin recognizes it then.

try a different cable too if above doesn't work

Turn your phone off open odin hold down volume up and down,now plug in the usb this will get you into dl mode now you need to flash Froyo ~~~That does not Brick! rom with odin. Right after you flash that get back into download mode open odin first then with the phone ( power the phone off give it a min, hold down the volume up and down keys, now insert the usb cord BAM download mode) flash back to whatever rom you want.

Hey I'm not so tech sabby could you help wit steps to do the same cuz kind of have same prob. With voodoo

Technowiz said:
Hey I'm not so tech sabby could you help wit steps to do the same cuz kind of have same prob. With voodoo
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Or you could do the same steps I have already given and it will work, you do know how to use odin right?
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please help with odin to stock error!!!

i went to odin back to stock and accidentaly had re-partition checked... now i have error:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media :Can't mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed.
please help with solution to this!!!!!

Did you forget to undo vooooodooo first if so then follow this, even if not you should try it anyway
Turn your phone off open odin hold down volume up and down,now plug in the usb this will get you into dl mode now you need to flash Froyo ~~~That does not Brick! rom with odin. Right after you flash that get back into download mode open odin first then with the phone ( power the phone off give it a min, hold down the volume up and down keys, now insert the usb cord BAM download mode) flash back to whatever rom you want.
Ok this is a old post I made for another person that bricked there phone, if you don't have the Samsung drivers for your pc you can get them down below, also you should follow my instructions from my first post and then follow these for the rest.
Click HERE FOR ODIN 1.30
Samsung USB Drivers MS Windows 64bit HERE 32bit drivers HERE pick the drivers that work with your pc I have windows 7 so I use 64bit.
Step 1. Download the 512 PIT file HERE this file needs to be un rared with Winrar its a free program it HERE.
Step 2. Download the T959UVJFD.tar HERE
Step 3. Open Odin FIRST!I use 1.30 you can use whatever one works for you.
Step 4. Get your phone in download mode try just holding the volume up and down at the same time then plug the usb in, you might have to pull the battery and then put it back in the phone then hold volume up and down at the same time then plug the usb in it should go into download mode.
Step 5. Load the 512 PIT file you extracted with winrar into Odin 1.30 PIT section of Odin
Step 6. Load the T959UVJFD.tar you downloaded into Odin 1.30 into the PDA section of Odin.
Step 7. Click the Start button in Odin.
Step 8. Let it do its thing.
Step 9. Thank me
Step 10. Yes I'm smarter then a 5th grader just teasing hope this helped it really doesn't get much easier then what Ive given you in this list.

AustinKnight45 said:
Did you forget to undo vooooodooo first if so then follow this, even if not you should try it anyway
Turn your phone off open odin hold down volume up and down,now plug in the usb this will get you into dl mode now you need to flash Froyo ~~~That does not Brick! rom with odin. Right after you flash that get back into download mode open odin first then with the phone ( power the phone off give it a min, hold down the volume up and down keys, now insert the usb cord BAM download mode) flash back to whatever rom you want.
Ok this is a old post I made for another person that bricked there phone, if you don't have the Samsung drivers for your pc you can get them down below, also you should follow my instructions from my first post and then follow these for the rest.
Click HERE FOR ODIN 1.30
Samsung USB Drivers MS Windows 64bit HERE 32bit drivers HERE pick the drivers that work with your pc I have windows 7 so I use 64bit.
Step 1. Download the 512 PIT file HERE this file needs to be un rared with Winrar its a free program it HERE.
Step 2. Download the T959UVJFD.tar HERE
Step 3. Open Odin FIRST!I use 1.30 you can use whatever one works for you.
Step 4. Get your phone in download mode try just holding the volume up and down at the same time then plug the usb in, you might have to pull the battery and then put it back in the phone then hold volume up and down at the same time then plug the usb in it should go into download mode.
Step 5. Load the 512 PIT file you extracted with winrar into Odin 1.30 PIT section of Odin
Step 6. Load the T959UVJFD.tar you downloaded into Odin 1.30 into the PDA section of Odin.
Step 7. Click the Start button in Odin.
Step 8. Let it do its thing.
Step 9. Thank me
Step 10. Yes I'm smarter then a 5th grader just teasing hope this helped it really doesn't get much easier then what Ive given you in this list.
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thank baby jesus there is a solution! thank you so much... now... i know how to do all of the stuff in the second part of your post but how exactly do i flash the froyo file in odin... where do i put what in odin for the froyo flash?

BurningArmada said:
i went to odin back to stock and accidentaly had re-partition checked... now i have error:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media :Can't mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed.
please help with solution to this!!!!!
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Simple problem, you used a .tar file in odin that didn't have the DBDATA in it.
download the JFD tar, open it up, make sure it has DBDATA in it, then re-odin, and you will be fine.

BurningArmada said:
thank baby jesus there is a solution! thank you so much... now... i know how to do all of the stuff in the second part of your post but how exactly do i flash the froyo file in odin... where do i put what in odin for the froyo flash?
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You dl the froyo that doesnt brick (put the TAR file in the PDA part of odin) and just flash the tar file then it will reboot and do its thing in recovery and reboot and look like it will work but you'll see a i9000 boot screen that it will just hang at, long story short just get it in download mode right after you flash the first part and do the second part ...sweet baby jesus
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You dl the froyo that doesnt brick (put the TAR file in the PDA part of odin) and just flash the tar file then it will reboot and do its thing in recovery and reboot and look like it will work but you'll see a i9000 boot screen that it will just hang at, long story short just get it in download mode right after you flash the first part and do the second part ...sweet baby jesus
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sweet baby (insert: any mythical beinge you choose to worship) :more politically correct me thinks:
im downloading all stuff needed now and will be getting back on track soon! words cant express how much i thank you !

Cool as a fan..just pay it forward when you see a brother in need, let me know when you get it up and running again.
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i sure will man!!!!

ok... well... im out of the woods! woo hoo! but odin kept hanging while trying to flash the jfd tar so i went back to old faithful and tried to flash ji6 tar. it will boot but it hangs at the boot animation... ive been here before and i think i can mess around with it from here. i owe you a beer next time im in austin Knight!

BurningArmada said:
ok... well... im out of the woods! woo hoo! but odin kept hanging while trying to flash the jfd tar so i went back to old faithful and tried to flash ji6 tar. it will boot but it hangs at the boot animation... ive been here before and i think i can mess around with it from here. i owe you a beer next time im in austin Knight!
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Lol ok cool, you might have got a bad dl of "froyo that doesn't brick " ill check back tomorrow on you I have a copy on my laptop if all fails but it sounds like you might have it from here
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I'm back in bitness it kept hanging at the boot screen but I remembered I had the new Nero beta rom on the phone, so I just flashed it through cw recovery and am back to 100%! Thanks again!
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[Q] Double wammy, boot loop and clockwork fail

I am on root on 2.2 with Dk28 and epic all in one.Yesterday I decided I wanted to put baked snack on my phone. Everything went great and was working so i decided to install step 2 to get better battery life and I shut down to boot into clockwork. Therein started my problems. It refused to boot in to clockwork, so i tried to boot back up and it wont get past the Samsung with their .com boot screen (sorry first post cant post the full screen due to url). I have nandroid backups but cant make use of it as clockwork wont boot up. Drivers were originally working fine on my pc but overnight they got screwed up. (they working now on my other pc)Before that i tried to use odin to reset with the .tar file pda method and it said invalid image file and wouldnt work. Please leave suggestions as i dont know where to go next. I am working on a new pc now and will try after download, running dsl and slowgoing. Currently my phone is a break

irule9000 said:
I am on root on 2.2 with Dk28 and epic all in one.Yesterday I decided I wanted to put baked snack on my phone. Everything went great and was working so i decided to install step 2 to get better battery life and I shut down to boot into clockwork. Therein started my problems. It refused to boot in to clockwork, so i tried to boot back up and it wont get past the Samsung with their .com boot screen (sorry first post cant post the full screen due to url). I have nandroid backups but cant make use of it as clockwork wont boot up. Drivers were originally working fine on my pc but overnight they got screwed up. (they working now on my other pc)Before that i tried to use odin to reset with the .tar file pda method and it said invalid image file and wouldnt work. Please leave suggestions as i dont know where to go next. I am working on a new pc now and will try after download, running dsl and slowgoing. Currently my phone is a break
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Which tar are you flashing..whats the filename?
also have you checked to make sure it downloaded correctly without corruption via md5checksum?

checksum and tar
i used this page i used thread number 794138(cant post links) by whosdaman. I tried using dk28 and di18, Dk28 got checksum and di18 got invalid image. I just downloaded a new tar for dk28 and am currently trying odin on a different computer

Let us know what happens,I'm here to help for atleast 2 more hours.
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dk28 got checksum, working on di18, i hate you dsl

irule9000 said:
dk28 got checksum, working on di18, i hate you dsl
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any updates man?

hash dash invalid
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid
<OSM> SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 is invalid.
<OSM> End...

Clockwork fixed
Goodnews bad news, I fixed clockwork and flashed clockwork backup, still wont boot tho

irule9000 said:
Goodnews bad news, I fixed clockwork and flashed clockwork backup, still wont boot tho
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*Assuming that you want to return to the current official build used by sprint which is at this moment DI18*
*Assuming your phone can power up at all (if it doesn't there's a trick you can try for that mentioned elsewhere in the forums)*
*Only use main/direct-to-motherboard USB slot on PC (not on the face of your PC)*
*Only use high quality USB cable shorter than 3' and not the stock cable*
*Make sure SAMSUNG USB drivers are Installed*
*Make sure your battery is more than 50% charged*
1. SD Card is REMOVED, USB is UNPLUGGED and Battery is REMOVED from phone
2. While Phone is UNPLUGGED from USB, place battery in phone
3. Press and Hold the "1" key and Power button together to reach Download Mode
*KEEP USB UNPLUGGED FROM PHONE and phone in Download Mode*
4. Extract and Run Odin3.exe (Ignore the .pit file included in Odin3+v1.61andepic.pit.zip)
*Leave the "PIT" selection empty*
5. In Odin Uncheck "F. Reset Time", make sure "Auto Reboot" is the only box checked
6. In Odin click PDA and select your .Md5 file (SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5)
7. Plug USB in PHONE and wait for yellow COM box highlight to appear in Odin
8. In Odin Press Start and WAIT patiently
Download SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 from the link on the first page of this thread where it says DI18 Update:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794138
Download Odin from the link on the Wiki --look for "Odin3+v1.61andepic.pit.zip" under where it says "Odin Stock Flashing" at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki...Stock_Flashing
Download Samsung USB drivers from the link on the first post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388

fck me
I really shouldnt have screwed with odin while tired and pissed. Lost clockwork mod and tried again. Now im stuck with a paperweight that can go into download mode or boot to a screen that shows an old flip phone triangle with an exclamation mark and a pc/laptop. If anyone knows what that means, please post

I've reached that screen 3 times and twice I've been able to get my phone back out of it (not something I'm exactly proud of).
try:
1. Remove sd card and battery and unplug USB
2. While first holding 1+Power button, re-insert the battery
and if that doesn't work try it with the USB first plugged in.
next try
1. remove battery and sd card
2. insert USB
3. press and hold down vol up + vol down (not power) and Replace battery
next try
1. remove battery sd card
2. plug in USB
3. re-insert battery
4. hold power + vol down only
and lastly try
calling sprint or samsung repair as applicable and plead complete ignorance as to how it happened and any knowledge of smart phones and android beyond what's in the basic user manual. Say something like "It was like that when I woke up"
that seems to be the certain solution for this problem from what I've read.

I see ur problem rename ur .tar.md5 file to just .tar you might have to enable extensions to be seen. I don't remember how I did it but I remember googling something like how to enable file extensions. If you successfully rename it you will get a warning and just click ok on it or whatever enables you to change the extension.then use that file in odin.
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The flip phone triangle thing was something I had too. Make sure ur tar file is some where around 150mb to 200mb. The first time download my tar it was like 5mb for some reason
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I tried the tar thing it worked better but im having issues with drivers and connection issues with odin. Its working better but im getting stuck at pram or something like that

Sry I really can't help you much more. I'm not a dev so I really don't know. I only speak from experience. Also you should be more specific I posted two things about the tar file.
I also checked how big the tar should be and it is 255 mb
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i hate my phone
Every time i fix one problem another appears. My computer wont see my phone. The drivers are fine as my brothers epic 4g appears as normal. It seems that something in the phone is messed up. I have no other computer to test it on. Help me fellow xda members, what should i do.

Are you using the same cable thst your brother used? I couldn't get my computer (or a second one ether) until I used my wife's cable.
George
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i tried about 5 different cables, but now for some reason im getting the original recovery? to load. Its really wierd, when i leave the phone something happens even when it is off. is there anyway to restore from the original recovery. Is there anyway to mount an sdcard without loading the phone. I dont have clockwork, but i have an update.zip file on my sd and i want to see if it will load anything. Unfortunately i took it out under the directions of someone else and the phone wont remount it. I was wondering if there is a way to trick the phone to remount it allowing to do the update via stock recovery

I'm sure that would be possible via adb...but I'm not well versed in that lol
Does your phone connect to the computer at all anymore?
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thank you all the help. You guys were correct, i had an extension problem. After erasing md5 i was able to use odin. This was after i got lucky and my computer saw it as a modem on my much higher quality microusb. Im in the middle of a nandroid restore bringing back from stock di18 to good old dk28. Thanks all for help.

Galaxy tab odin FAIL, chech "re partition"

Hi
I have a Galaxy Tab GT P1000, and I accidently checked the "re partition" in ODIN and now the screen is OFF, but when I connect it to computer via USB it seems to get connected because the drivers gets installed.
Can someone please help me how to recover this stupid fault I've made ?
thanks you

I am sure you read many of replies scattered around.
Just follow my signature and use overcome method.
Download the PDF, download the GB-stock-safe-v5 package
make sure you can go to Download mode, and that you use Odin 1.7 not 1.85 or 3.0
Jump to guide page 7 and flash away.

priyana said:
I am sure you read many of replies scattered around.
Just follow my signature and use overcome method.
Download the PDF, download the GB-stock-safe-v5 package
make sure you can go to Download mode, and that you use Odin 1.7 not 1.85 or 3.0
Jump to guide page 7 and flash away.
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I have managed to read and understand all the replies around this matter. The only problem is that I dont know how to go to Download Mode

from off, hold down the volume down button, then hold down the power button.
When you get the android with a shovel, that is download mode.
EDIT: wait! how did you managed to repartition the tab if you never had download mode before?

priyana said:
from off, hold down the volume down button, then hold down the power button.
When you get the android with a shovel, that is download mode.
EDIT: wait! how did you managed to repartition the tab if you never had download mode before?
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I know how to usually goto download mode, but since I the screen is off and I can't see anything. I dont know when it is in download mode, and I cant figure out how to do it. I cant open the Tab because I dont have a tools ://

Oops. Didn't realise that you can't get to download mode.
Not much chance to use Odin.
Try look for OneClickUnbrick method.
Edit: you have forced it off before? Push the power for more than 10 seconds or longer. That should turned it off.
Try to turn it on again and see any sign of life.

priyana said:
Oops. Didn't realise that you can't get to download mode.
Not much chance to use Odin.
Try look for OneClickUnbrick method.
Edit: you have forced it off before? Push the power for more than 10 seconds or longer. That should turned it off.
Try to turn it on again and see any sign of life.
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It's a very strange situation. I could wait 1 or 2 days for the battery to run off and then I know its off, but the only problem is that I dont even know if the TAB is on or off. If its off, the battery will never run out lol

Now there is another problem I encountered, I May have now managed to go to download mode. I am using Heimdall, and when I run the the code on CMD "heimdall flash --repartition --primary-boot boot.bin --cache cache.rfs --dbdata dbdata.rfs --factoryfs factoryfs.rfs --pit gt-p1000_mr.pit --modem modem.bin --param param.lfs --secondary-boot Sbl.bin --kernel zImage --verbose"
It says : ERROR: failed to access device: libusb error: -12

Did you install zadig?
Actually if you haven't, why not now try Odin with overcome method.
Heimdall driver and Odin driver are not compatible with each other.
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priyana said:
Did you install zadig?
Actually if you haven't, why not now try Odin with overcome method.
Heimdall driver and Odin driver are not compatible with each other.
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If I use ODIN, I have \gt-p1000_mr.pit to browse on PIT, and PDA GB_Stock_Safe_v5.tar, but Do I chech the "re Partition" or uncheck it ?
thanks for all the help

Follow page 7 exactly.
You know which guide I am talking about?
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priyana said:
Follow page 7 exactly.
You know which guide I am talking about?
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I connected the TAB, and it says its connected via ODIN. But when I start the operation, it says "SetupConnection.." and it stays like this until I disconnect it again. It doesnt install anything ... :S

Reinstall the USB driver that comes with GB stock safe package.
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You should try another version of ODIN, V1.61 has never failed to me
If you are under Win8 make sure to install USB Drivers as Administrator

I can now see that its connected, and when I start the operation it still says "SetupConnection.." and nothing else happens. I am starting to give up this. Appretiate all the help I got from you guys! Thanks!

FINALLY! It got through the setupconnection, and my device is working fine again! I just couldn't give up lol. Thanks all for the help, you guys are the best. PEACE