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[Q] Phone wont boot after attempting Voodoo Lag Fix

and I am not a happy camper right now. My phone is not bricked but I have tried everything imaginable to get it to boot up but no dice.
After I flashed the fix I couldnt boot past recovery and I couldnt but up into clockwork because I hate replace the update.zip with the the lag fix. So I used Odin to try to reflash back to stock without removing the lag fix (there was no way for me to).When Odin rebooted my phone and tried to wipe my data I realized it failed for some reason and then rebooted again. But it only got past the swirly S animation screen but the screen goes black after that. Cant get farther then that no matter what I do... Tried Odin multiple times but its the same result. Tried wiping data and cache manually through recovery but still not working.
Any suggestions?? Some quick facts that could help...
-I can get into recovery
-I can get into download mode
-I can use Odin
-Vibrant drivers are installed on my computer
-I have ADB installed

Ok I see theres a repartition option in Odin if I do that Im pretty sure ill be set if I check that since it will remove the lag fix but Ill end up losing all of my data. Is there any way for me to to copy the files in my internal sd card to my computer in the current state my phone is in??
Ok... tried mount USB storage but my computer isnt recognizing is it.

Nope, sorry. We don't really have a way to communicate with the file system unless the OS is booted and the proper drivers are loaded.
I guess if anything good comes of this it's that you know to back up often now though! You have to flash the "Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick" rom, then flash back to stock JFD or JI6, but you sound pretty informed so you probably already knew that.

I see thats to bad, the Amon's recovery for the G1 allowed you to view files in it. But no I never knew that you should flash Eugene before going back to stock. I've flashed back to stock from Axura before with no problems before. Still this gives me some hope because Im sure the problem is the lagfix I tried and maybe it will play nicely with Eugene's ROM.
EDIT: And it worked!! Thanks bud just goes to show any little bit of info could make a difference Lost all my files though but oh well, lesson learned.

[Q] HELP!!!!!

I'm new for Galaxy S and I just rooted yesterday!
It was working fine and today I changed the system font styles.
And then problems have started!
I just rebooted the phone and then when the Samsung logo coming on, it stopped. so I did hard reset but nothing different.
So I searched google and found Odin way.
I followed the steps, it passed, then all I got were bunch of "force close" msg. like loop of force close!
so I tried Odin few more times, and then I was told to try with Vibrant Odin then I might get an error after that try Fascinate again.
So I did it.
Then more probems!!
When I turn on the phone, first thing I see is GT5000 something whatever for the Vibrant model name, and then I see Verizon Wireless.
Sometimes the phone just keep blinking( screen goes on and off and on and off)
so I turn off the phone turn back on, and then Im not able to make phone calls or network (airplane mode is on and I'm not able to turn it off)
I'm so stuck here.
Is there anyone who can help me??? PLEASE!! HELP ME!!! =[

Did you odin with phone or pda
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I did it with PDA !!

sounds like you flashed vibrant firmware on your fascinate or vice versa...either way bad move

Yea, if you can somehow shoe horn the modem.bin, and falling up's fascinate images, you may be able to recover.
But if you flashed a rom from a different device, you may not be able to recover at all...
This is exactly how I would try to fix assuming that you didn't install voodoo.
1. Wipe in stock recovery (not in cwm, for some reason cwm recovery doesn't wipe)
2. Find a modem.bin for the di01. Flash that using odin.
3. Flash the system dump for di01.
4. Flash the kernel for di01.
5. Flash stock recovery as well just to be thorough.
If that works, then you should flash cwm recovery in odin and root again.

RacerXFD said:
Yea, if you can somehow shoe horn the modem.bin, and falling up's fascinate images, you may be able to recover.
But if you flashed a rom from a different device, you may not be able to recover at all...
This is exactly how I would try to fix assuming that you didn't install voodoo.
1. Wipe in stock recovery (not in cwm, for some reason cwm recovery doesn't wipe)
2. Find a modem.bin for the di01. Flash that using odin.
3. Flash the system dump for di01.
4. Flash the kernel for di01.
5. Flash stock recovery as well just to be thorough.
If that works, then you should flash cwm recovery in odin and root again.
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good luck getting your phone to work again...^ that *should* work for you
but really people this is about the 500th thread on people flashing the wrong firmware on phones...geez

Yep, there are stickies for this. Maybe we should write a guide so that no one does it again. Wait, they already exist...

What's with all these threads? ..
How hard is it to read the instructions first before doing anything drastic?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
This should help you. I fixed practically the same problem with this.
It's a magic wand, that'll take you back in time when you had your virgin unrooted fascinate

Desperately trying to get Fascinate unbricked!

I have a huge problem.
I rooted my wife's (yea...my wife's...) Fascinate last night. The root method I used worked like a charm. I installed ROM Manager. Again...no problem. Flashed ClockWork Mod no problem as well. I selected "reboot to recovery" to do a nandroid as I've done on numerous other phones. In fact, ALL of this I've done on numerous times on half a dozen different phones.
When it rebooted, instead of it being in Nandroid, it was in the regular stock recovery. My stomach sank...lol
It would just reboot...that's it. Is there a loop with the fascinate? How do I get out of it if so?
At one point, the phone wouldn't do ANYTHING...all that would happen when I plugged it in was a little computer and cell phone would pop up on the screen. No recovery, no nothing. So, after lots of digging and reading, I found the files here that I thought I'd need to reflash the system using odin. I got the /system file, the kernal and the recovery. I flashed the kernal...worked perfectly. Flashed the recovery...again, perfect (and recovery is back but still in a reboot loop...) When I try the .tar.md5 system file, it says md5 is invalid so I changed it to a straight .tar file and it worked all the way up to the very end, then it stops. That's it.
I just need the phone to work again for my wife. I don't care if I even flash a new custom rom (which I can't fine one of that works!) or if it's just simply restoring the stock system files.
ANY AND ALL HELP GREATLY appreciated, guys. Thanks!!

To get to cwm, you have to select "apply update.zip" from stock recovery. This is how fascinate and a few other galaxy s cwm works. Also don't ever delete the update.zip file from sd card.

But to start out....
Step 1: Start with Odin:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
A. Flash system and pit together
B. Flash kernel
C. Flash recovery
*Important note: in Odin, always use PDA!!!! Using phone will cause huge issues.
Step 2: Flash cwm:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/CWMrecovery.tar
*note: this is an Odin file, again flash using PDA
Your phone will end up stock, rooted and with cwm.

That's very interesting. Here's why:
A) It tried to flash the update and the update failed.
B) My Vibrant didn't require this step.
So...as I was typing that, I had the tar.md5 downloading again. Apparently 4th time was a charm because it worked and I'm back up and running.
Thank you all SO MUCH for the STUPID fast replies. Very very cool!!!

Rooting aside if you want to just fix it, I can help you with that. Nothing more though. Interested?
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rmp5s said:
That's very interesting. Here's why:
A) It tried to flash the update and the update failed.
B) My Vibrant didn't require this step.
So...as I was typing that, I had the tar.md5 downloading again. Apparently 4th time was a charm because it worked and I'm back up and running.
Thank you all SO MUCH for the STUPID fast replies. Very very cool!!!
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What do you mean for the "stupid fast replies"?

tats_06 said:
What do you mean for the "stupid fast replies"?
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I think he means that your replies were just as fast as geeknik's kernel. The only other interpretation is that although your replies were quite quick, unfortunately they were also stupid. But thats obviously not true, so it must be the former. ;-P
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I think some of us are showing our ages, "stupid" is the new "awesome."
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Hey dont worry i had same problem
http://www.mobilephonenews.info/and...fascinate-restore-is-it-really-that-easy.html go here and follow instructions!!!
then update phone manually to get latest update!! might take a few times or many times because it failed to get update many times but eventually youll get it!!
goodluck

Sherwood, in his case he needs all Odin files, not just system.

Fallingup was first to put this up, credit to his post!
Download:
Odin: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin%...in3 v1.3.exe
Odin Restore file for /system: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin%...System.tar.md5
Odin Restore file for kernel: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5
Odin Restore file for recovery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin%...covery.tar.md5
PIT file for use in Odin Restores: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin%...00-VZW-pit.pit

Yea...I mean it's almost stupid how fast I got good, meaningful, educated replies.
In other words, you guys kick ass. Thanks again!!

similiar issue, please help me out.
spent 90% of the last few days of my life trying to "unbrick" my phone. i kno some of you will argue that its not really bricked but hell, a screen lighting up does not mean its more useful than a brick. anyway my problem is as follows:
the one and only thing my phone will boot to is download mode. absolutely no recovery. i have flashed via odin the stock modem system and recovery files countless times, sometimes successfully sometimes with error. even when doing so succesfullly the phone gains absolutely no functions. still download mode or black screen. only real thing i can mention that may have led to this issue is that i flashed stock kernel over voodoo lag fix without doing anything to it first. Please help.
Thanx

aabfalter said:
spent 90% of the last few days of my life trying to "unbrick" my phone. i kno some of you will argue that its not really bricked but hell, a screen lighting up does not mean its more useful than a brick. anyway my problem is as follows:
the one and only thing my phone will boot to is download mode. absolutely no recovery. i have flashed via odin the stock modem system and recovery files countless times, sometimes successfully sometimes with error. even when doing so succesfullly the phone gains absolutely no functions. still download mode or black screen. only real thing i can mention that may have led to this issue is that i flashed stock kernel over voodoo lag fix without doing anything to it first. Please help.
Thanx
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sam problem here, i can get to cwm recoery and thats it. someone please help

justin94 said:
sam problem here, i can get to cwm recoery and thats it. someone please help
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I had the same problem when I flashed the non-voodoo over voodoo and spent hours trying to fix the boot loop. I followed the instruction here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204 but still running into the boot loop (recovery mode) then I flashed with the file from here via ODIN http://adrynalyne.us/files/kernels/DI01package3.tar.md5 and it restored my phone back to factory. From there you would have to do the root procedure again. Hope this helps.

anyone know where to get the update zip besides the dropbox link thsat has been dead forever??? every site i hunt on post that link. is there anywhere else to get it. both my pc get c++ runtime floating point errors when i open odin so i cannot flash with that. so i want to use the update zip but cannot find it

The update.zip to get to clockwork??
http://sharesend.com/g2jbl
First time I've ever hosted a file so let me know it if works lol.
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This could be one of the rosiest phone ever to unbrick, unless you are a noon of coarse.
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

tswtech2 said:
anyone know where to get the update zip besides the dropbox link thsat has been dead forever??? every site i hunt on post that link. is there anywhere else to get it. both my pc get c++ runtime floating point errors when i open odin so i cannot flash with that. so i want to use the update zip but cannot find it
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There is no update.zip method to unbrick. You will need to re-download a working copy of Odin or figure out how to make Odin work to do a factory restore with it.

Download the di01 complete package and use pda in odin to restore it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648

dun bricked myself good this time..

borked up the fascinate whilst trying to update to the devs 2.2.
i know exactly what i did wrong. i was running voodoo5, and i clicked to disable lag fix, but i forgot to restart to let it *actually* disable before trying to load the new stuff. STUPID!
when that happened, it hung on samsung screen, then after battery pull all the phone will do is boot loop.. samsung screen, then goes to robot and screen says says "wiping cache, data, ect.." and then back to samsung screen to reboot and reboot.
i have literally 30 tabs open with articles from here and other forums, nothing seems to be working. here is what i have tried.
1. tried booting back to red cwm and playing with the lagfix (enable and disable again) to see if it would work, no go. i ended up losing red cwm - had to ODIN red back.. i cant get green to flash.
2. tried flashing DL09 both the full package and each individual part via ODIN
3. tried flashing the stocki500system.md5 (from the board) and kernel via ODIN, and nothing.. same boot loop. everything i have flashed via ODIN still gives me a boot loop..
4. tried to connect via ADB but it wont let me access the phone.. NOTE: i just downloaded ADB as a last resort and know nothing about it..
the only thing i can seem to do is get to red cwm. i have several backups in the restore section, but none of them seem to work - either i get a "no file found" even though i can see the file(s), or i get an error after it does load that says ".android_secure.img not found. skipping restore of /sdcard/.android_secure"
any ideas?

Okay follow these steps. Make sure you follow them step by step. Even though you have the lagfix installed this removed it for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
Place the PIT file where it belongs. Then ODIN the system, kernel, and recovery in that order. Don't restart the process every time. Just ODIN them one after another.

thank you very much for taking a moment to answer. i did follow that thread, however
i managed to get the stocki500 recovery but the other files (recovery, PIT) are all 404 not found errors.
ive tried that stock md5 and it still boot loops. i actually have that tab open from when i tried that route..
any other ideas and thanks again

Thats why its not working. Try this restore by adrynalyne. The file is there and everything is in one. Just ODIN in the PDA section. This should work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648

I got myself into a bit of pickle too. Kept getting errors on the new_cwm file. After numerous attempts. I figured out the file hadn't downloaded correctly and the archive was damaged. Folks who havent installed Froyo yet, do yourself a favor and check the files before you save it to your sd card.

BSayre18 said:
Thats why its not working. Try this restore by adrynalyne. The file is there and everything is in one. Just ODIN in the PDA section. This should work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
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downloading now.. thanks for the point to this file.. i hadnt found that one yet

no problem. it should work out good.

mailaliasgar said:
I got myself into a bit of pickle too. Kept getting errors on the new_cwm file. After numerous attempts. I figured out the file hadn't downloaded correctly and the archive was damaged. Folks who havent installed Froyo yet, do yourself a favor and check the files before you save it to your sd card.
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i soft bricked doing that with a corrupt file before.. however that time i was able to restore using my backup.
this time, every time i try a method, it kicks me back to boot loop. if the file that im downloading now doesnt work, i will have to try and figure out ADB as a last resort..
thanks much for the help!

BSayre18 said:
no problem. it should work out good.
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problem
thank you for all your help

mrjake1970 said:
problem
thank you for all your help
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So this worked for you? You just re-rooted as normal?
def

Thank you all for your help. i applied all the info i got here, and one of them worked it finally took the ODIN flash to stock and i recovered into FROYO from there.
seriously thank you all.. its great that the community is so supportive

I did the exact same thing a couple of days ago, and recovered a similar way, odin back to D101, flashed DL09 & superclean, then restored a backup, then disabled voodoo and finally flashed DL30. I've got a couple of questions.
1: Is voodoo completely off my phone or is it just disabled (is there a difference)? When I apply update.zip from the blue recovery I get green cwm.
2: Each time I backup, restore, flash a different rom I apply update.zip, then from green recovery I flash "new_cwm.zip". Is this necessary?

Joe T said:
I did the exact same thing a couple of days ago, and recovered a similar way, odin back to D101, flashed DL09 & superclean, then restored a backup, then disabled voodoo and finally flashed DL30. I've got a couple of questions.
1: Is voodoo completely off my phone or is it just disabled (is there a difference)? When I apply update.zip from the blue recovery I get green cwm.
2: Each time I backup, restore, flash a different rom I apply update.zip, then from green recovery I flash "new_cwm.zip". Is this necessary?
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i followed all the hints i got, and i think that the one i got about formatting helped me get out of the boot loop from hell.. it finally took my flash from ODIN, it wouldn't until i did the format(s)..
mind you i am NOT an expert, however from what i read and talked about offline, voodoo is still resident on your phone but disabled (check to see if you have the voodoo file still on your card).. if DL30 is running fine, you are ok..
from what i have read, yes.. the new cwm is required in order to get it to mesh properly with 2.2 leak.. i havent had any issues and i loaded that as well.. from one of the posts i read, if you are a serial flasher, then you need to make sure that not only you download the new cwm zip, but also should have deleted the entire clockworkmod folder from your card for best results..

I love this threadd.... I did the same damn thingg...
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You guys are not alone. I'm just glad the peeps that know what's going on have the patience to put up with us.
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adrynalyne's di01 odin package covers a multitude of sins.

upsidedownaaron said:
adrynalyne's di01 odin package covers a multitude of sins.
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It will literally bring any phone back from the dead as long as its a software issue. I recommend keeping the di01 package, samsung drivers and Odin 1.3 on your computer at all times...
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godihatework said:
It will literally bring any phone back from the dead as long as its a software issue. I recommend keeping the di01 package, samsung drivers and Odin 1.3 on your computer at all times...
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ABSOLUTELY!! I have those on my computer at all times, adrynalynes d101 brought me back a few times.
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Hey I just seriously screwed my self over bassicly I tried to get miui to boot from the samsung fascinate however when I installed it in cmr it spassed out then powered of then went to the bootloader and I get a red error message saying can't mount data or something so then I tried to reinstall Eco 3 Odin using Odin and it worked it booted but it says I have zero data on my phone and I can't install anything. I also tried the oneclick soft unbricker but it fails saying adb divers are not installed when they are. I'm doing this on my phones browser witch is the only thing that seems to be working right now I also tried a band restore but I got the same data error message.

Have you tried restoring to DL17 and then re-upgrading to 2.2?

And how about a good old odin flash?
In worst case, I would ask imnuts for the full odin package, or use a fascinate full odin package to get you off your feet, then reflash the modem, and recovery, then wipe In recovery cyan cwm... Then flash ec03
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wait wait, is this on a Continuum or Fascinate?

Nuckin said:
wait wait, is this on a Continuum or Fascinate?
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He is on a Continuum, but you can use a fascinate Odin package to reformat partitions if they get messed up, then just reflash recovery and start fresh if you can get in then... That wasn't a really good thing though to suggest to a newcomer necessarily, so thank you for pointing that out

okay heres what happened firts i wanted to see if i could get the miui rom for the samsung fascinate to boot on the continuum there pretty much the same phone minus the ticker and screen size so i went into clockwork mod and wiped everything then went to install zip from sd card and clicked on the miui rom witch was the process we always used on the hero. then after i clicked on it, it started to install then my screen started shacking and my phone turned off. when i turned it back on it when to the bootloader and a red error message poped up saying
e:cant mount /dev/blockstill(invalid argument
and when i go to recovery it says the same thing when i try to wipe/restore nand it says the same thing. so at that point i powered off and went to download mode and reinstalled eco3 odin using pda mode on odin and it worked then it rebooted and i got to the set up screen and i got 2 force closes daily brefeing and something else i went ahead and skipped all that stuff and it loaded fine after that. however now for some reason it says i have zero system memory so i cant install any apps or save data however it does recognize my sd card but i cant install to sd card. so bassicly the phone functions just no internal memory. at this point i honestly dont know what to do everything on the hero was simple and straight forward and we never ran into these kind of problems. ive also tried to restore my nands and reinstall clockwork mod but still no dice. what i need to do now i guess is get the necessary files to go completely stock and see if that helps. and if someone could point me in the direction to those files i would really aprechiate it. oh and i tried the one click unbricker it sayed success but didnt really do anything.
oh and i know trying to install miui was stupid but i was just wanting to see if it would boot lol.

Download the PIT file in the Development forum, as well as the DL17 Odin package from the FAQ of the EC03 post I made. Flash the DL17 in PDA, with the PIT, and re-partition selected. After that, you should be back on DL17, and can do whatever you want from there.

huzzza!!!
thank god that worked thank yall so much i still cant believe that just happened but restoring the stock odin image worked and all is well. so i guess tommorow i can reroot and restore my nand.
once again thank yall for the help.