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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
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

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

Killed it?

Hi Guys,
Been sent over here as you're the "bees knees" at fixing problems.
I have a Galaxy S which I rooted with Z4root and had the OCL lagfix also.
Was on 2.2 but updated via KIES to 2.2.1 yesterday ( sorry can't remember the last letters).
Phone now sits in boot loop, so tried reflashing stock firmware via Odin3. Phone WILL go into download mode, and WILL accept .PIT files and .TAR files. Odin says successful, but when phone boots, the Galaxy S screen comes up, then recovery screen with the following message
E:Can't mount/dev/block/st110 (invalid argument)
E;copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet,please use UI menu for format and reboot actions,
copy default media content failed.
Trouble is the phone won't boot so can't get to UI menu to format
Is this bricked big time or is it repairable? I presume the default media is the whole workings of the phone?
I have only limited knowledge of these things, and shouldn't have played with it in the first place.
Just need to know if I ought to claim for a new one on my house insurance?
Thanks

Do you have your stock jpy firmware already downloaded?
Follow the directions in the block 2 section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556

presume you did not unroot or disable lagfix .
two different file systems is why it broke .
You need 3 button download mode + stock Firmware + odin
Flash stock firmware .
Or take the phone to Samsung and hope repaired under warranty .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=810686
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
jje

This one is easy to fix so don't panic.
Download this ROM and extract (Odin 1.7 and 512.pit are included), then do as follows:
-Start Odin and load 512.pit, don't connect the phone yet.
-Make sure "Re-Partition" is checked, don't change anything else.
-Load PDA.tar.md5 as PDA, MODEM.tar.md5 as PHONE and CSC.tar.md5 as CSC.
-Put your Phone on download mode and connect it, start flashing.
When flashing is done, the phone will enter recovery mode, if it get stuck at the same error, simply do a wipe/factory reset and reboot the phone, the phone shall boot normally then.
Link: http://www.multiupload.com/PZNPALHVDW
Good luck.

electrotune1200 said:
Do you have your stock jpy firmware already downloaded?
Follow the directions in the block 2 section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
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Tried all that, loads it but phone won't boot up properly cos it can't write media to internal partition E

[Ramad] said:
This one is easy to fix so don't panic.
Download this ROM and extract (Odin 1.7 and 512.pit are included), then do as follows:
-Start Odin and load 512.pit, don't connect the phone yet.
-Make sure "Re-Partition" is checked, don't change anything else.
-Load PDA.tar.md5 as PDA, MODEM.tar.md5 as PHONE and CSC.tar.md5 as CSC.
-Put your Phone on download mode and connect it, start flashing.
When flashing is done, the phone will enter recovery mode, if it get stuck at the same error, simply do a wipe/factory reset and reboot the phone, the phone shall boot normally then.
Good luck.
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Thanks for this. Got that file, using Odin and it gets as far as saying "Do not turn off Target" and it has been on that for approx 15 mins now. Is that too long?

tojjer said:
Thanks for this. Got that file, using Odin and it gets as far as saying "Do not turn off Target" and it has been on that for approx 15 mins now. Is that too long?
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Yes, that is too long. Unplug the cable and take out the battery for 2 min. then put on download mode before you connect the phone and flash again.
When you unplug it now an error will appear, don't worry about it, just take out the battery for 2 min. and you shall be able to enter download mode again.

[Ramad] said:
Yes, that is too long. Unplug the cable and take out the battery for 2 min. then put on download mode before you connect the phone and flash again.
When you unplug it now an error will appear, don't worry about it, just take out the battery for 2 min. and you shall be able to enter download mode again.
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You are one clever fella, don't know how to thank you enough.
It worked by doing that, and now it's back to stock I presume?
Is it safe for me to root again to use things like setcpu and lagfix?
Again, I can't thank you enough. My wife was in her element nagging me that I'd just cost us a lot of money !!
Tojj

tojjer said:
You are one clever fella, don't know how to thank you enough.
It worked by doing that, and now it's back to stock I presume?
Is it safe for me to root again to use things like setcpu and lagfix?
Again, I can't thank you enough. My wife was in her element nagging me that I'd just cost us a lot of money !!
Tojj
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You are welcome, yes, it's back to semi-stock now.
In phone dialer enter the following : *#272*your_imei_number_here#
Put the phone IMEI-number in the code above and see if your CSC is XEU, if it's XEU then you are at stock, if not then choose XEU and hit "Install", the phone should reboot and reset and you will be fully at stock.
Root with SuperOneclick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682 Use 1.5 after enabling USB-debugging mode , and reboot, newer ones tends to hit or miss.
I think that you might need to try using the phone without a lagfix, if you can't live without it then try voodoo http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774500 which uses EXT4 filesystem, it's way more secure than EXT2 that you were using, and it has a nice audio fix.
You will be good anyway...tell your wife that it's not easy to kill a Galaxy S, unless you use a hammer ofcourse.

I think she'll be saving the hammer for me !!
Hope it doesn't matter which 1.5, gonna try 1.5.5.
I'll take your advice on trying it without lagfix for a while, see how it goes.
Sorry to be a pain, but doesn't Froyo have apps2sd built in, cos at the moment it seems to be saving them to my phones internal memory, not internal/external sdcards?

The applications are always saved to a partition called /data , it's 2GB in size.
The internal SD-card is divided as 2GB /data and 6GB /sdcard.
some applications can be moved to the internal/external SD-cards, you can check that under Settings>Applications>Manage applications and choose an application, if the button "Move to SD card" is highlighted then the application can be moved/run from the SD-card.

Thanks, that explains it.
Phone was a little laggy at first but seems to have speeded up after a reboot.
I'll leave you alone now ( for a while at least )
Thanks again, you've been really helpful, and hopefully shut my Mrs up for a while
And that takes some doin, believe me !!

[Q] I have a semi-bricked Vibrant and CANNOT FIX!!! HELP!!

I have been on this forum for 3 days going through many fixes for this problem.
NONE of them have worked.
I have been able to get into download mode, and the phone is recognized via com3 in odin.
I have re-flashed it with Eugenes no-brick version, then re-flashed it with tons of different stock and non-stock roms. It gets to various stages but does NOT work.
Any ideas or fixes will be a lifesaver!! Thanks in advance!

If you can still get into download mode and Odin recognizes your phone, flash it with these two files, they work:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
DO NOT check the re-partition checkbox in odin.

why not repartition as long as you put pit file in pit field repartitoin like crazy if you like .
and repartition would be required if you coming from vodoo based kernel or if you ran anyother partiton than rfs .

Thanks for the quick response.
I tried these files again (I have tried them before) both with and without checking the re-partition box.
It boots then says Vibrant Samsung, then crashes. When I turn it back on it again crashes and turns itself off after the initial splash screen.
Any other ideas? It says that I passed in Odin

charge your phone ?

bartek25 said:
charge your phone ?
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Hahaha ya I wish it was something so simple (maybe it is!) but it isn't that!

download this ! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
put JFD in to PDA
also downlaod PIT from the same lik i gave you and seriously charge your phone , and when you odin with the files i gave you from the link check rapartition . check phone efs clear and f.reset time and auto reboot .

come back report resoults if not we help more .

also by any chance u didnt play with ROM MANAGER when your wibrant was working and didnt play with repartiton while there right ?

The same crashing loop has happened with the latest advice. I checked Phone efs clear, re-partition, auto-reboot, and f.reset.time.
I used tVhe T959UJFD PDA, and the 512 Pit.
This phone has been plugged in for days I really doubt the battery is dead.
It just is a constant loop of crashing,h whether at te "off battery" logo or the vibrant splash screen.
The ONLY flash that has given me any different results is the "eugene no brick froyo" which takes me to the Android Recovery screen but does not allow me actually select any of the options.
I am starting to think there may be a hardware issue.

To be completely honest, I got this phone from a friend who had bricked it. If I can get it working then I have a galaxy on the cheap.
On the downside I have no idea what he did to brick it, and he is not tech-savvy enough to know himself.
I come from an original G1 and Cliq, so this is a tad different then I am used to.

from my point of view your phone is fried (it happends) or you are not doing something right or someone is more tech savy to help more , did you pull battery out for at least a min and let it sit and try again to boot ...

Ohhh i know whats wrong with the phone ........if your friends gave it to you broken i think good advice is ,download a program that can repartition hard drive from windows like any program that can do format of anydrive from windows i recomend PARAGON PARTITION MANAGER , find your phone while in the program and u need some skills lol for it but find the phone and click delete partiton after you do that click apply 2. after deletion and applaying the actions click on the phones formated drive in the program i recomended you and click submenu wher you will see create partiton click FAT32 apply 3. click again on the disk you created and click format . 4 done , its easy just get to hang of it

Good advice, I will work on this and get back to you later tonight.
Thanks again!

sounds like your friend bricked his phone from ROM MANAGER by creating EXT4 partion in phones memmory not on SD thats why phone cant find a drive to install the system , happend to me by my own mistake but i got it to work so if that help you You have free vibrant so try hard if not u have paper weight toy

if u dont want the phone i buy back from you for 20 bucks so i cant smash it against the wall , always want it to do that

Intim said:
The ONLY flash that has given me any different results is the "eugene no brick froyo" which takes me to the Android Recovery screen but does not allow me actually select any of the options.
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Just so you know when you get to this point you need to make sure you had ADB set up on your pc and then plug in the phone and do adb reboot and that will boot the phone up, then you can shut it down and go into DL and flash back to stock. if you read the directions from Eugene's no brick it stated you need to do a adb reboot to get it to work, so you can fix it if your getting to the recovery of that flash.

Ok so for the paragon partition manager it does not recognize my phone's harddrive. Unsure how to fix that as it is just a wizard type program.
I have been able to recognize the phone in ADB, although I cannot push any files to the phone (access denied) and have not been able to get SU access either as I am assuming he did not have root when he bricked it.
Any ideas?

you dont need to push any files to the phone with the adb, after you flash the eugene rom and it boots into recovery you just need to load up your adb and type this
adb reboot
thats it, and it should reboot your phone and if it does boot up fine then you can flash back to stock with odin from there.

Did you perchance happen to have installed the Team Whiskey DOW kernel on this phone?
Your symptoms match the symptoms of quite a few others.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11704550&posted=1#post11704550
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11680374#post11680374

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.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda premium

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.
Sent from my DROID RAZR using xda premium

[Q] New Problem! Need help!

Hey guys,
So I tried to take my phone to the Samsung experience store today to try and fix my previous issues. the person tried to reset the firmware on it because I am not getting a baseband or IMEI at all (shows baseband unkwon and IMEI null/null). I may have caused this myself by the way when i was playing around with different firmwares and did not back up EFS ever.
Anyway, Now i am stuck with this:
SGH-I337 galaxy S4
Version: 4.4.4
Build: I337UCUFNJ4
Baseband Unknown....
I am not sure what I need to do in order force IMEI back onto phone I tried rooting and playing with EFS, but the phone seems to not get rooted either via motochopper.
WHAT CAN I DO NEXT ?!? Need some if your brilliant minds here please.
By the way, the person at Samsung checked by IMEI to make sure it wasnt blacklisted or reported stolen or anything so that is not the issue.

How to root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221

Thank you for this, I will try it.
But after I root, what would be the next step?

jmjoyas said:
How to root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221
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When I tried to follow what it written, IT wont let me flash from ODIN because it there is no PIT partition.

tigerx88 said:
When I tried to follow what it written, IT wont let me flash from ODIN because it there is no PIT partition.
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Flash the nb1 tar file. Never flash a pit file
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app

jd1639 said:
Flash the nb1 tar file. Never flash a pit file
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app
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I tried to flash the NC1 stock as per the directions from above, but when I try that ODIN says failure, no PIT partition.

tigerx88 said:
I tried to flash the NC1 stock as per the directions from above, but when I try that ODIN says failure, no PIT partition.
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Flash the nb1 tar file from here, do not have re-partition checked in Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50912149
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app

jd1639 said:
Flash the nb1 tar file from here, do not have re-partition checked in Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50912149
Sent from my Nexus 9 using XDA Free mobile app
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Hey, sorry for the long delay. So i was finally able to flash the phone as you told me, and I also rooted it (I hope...). So now I still am having an issue because baseband still says unknown and IMEI null/null. What would be the next step to fix this? I have no idea
Thanks all!! Hoping for some serious help lol

tigerx88 said:
Hey, sorry for the long delay. So i was finally able to flash the phone as you told me, and I also rooted it (I hope...). So now I still am having an issue because baseband still says unknown and IMEI null/null. What would be the next step to fix this? I have no idea
Thanks all!! Hoping for some serious help lol
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Unfortunately,I haven't seen any fix for no imei other than flashing the firmware. You might have yourself a nice Wi-Fi only device.
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Take a leap
Okay well everyone else is saying never flash a pit file but I ran into the same problem and I actually had to flash a pit file BUT you're only able to fo it on MK2 SO FIRST odin back to a fresh install of NB1 uncheck the reboot option in odin after the firmware finishes and says reset on odin unplug youre cable remove youre battery and stick it back in then use the VOLUME UP HOME AND POWER KEY you will see an android with a progress bar GET READY after its done the phone will reboot hold up the volume and home it will reboot into android recovery and then use you're volume keys scroll down to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition after that hit reboot system now we're done with that part this is the second part PART 2 after the phone fully boots up and youre at the welcome screen power off the device go into download mode volume down home and power this is where we are able to DOWNGRADE TO MK2 ITS ONLY POSSIBLE FROM NB1 TO MK2 ONLY HEAD OVER TO THIS THREAD http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545 and download two files JFLTE_USA_ATT_16G.pit that's going to be youre pit file and then you need the MK2 firmware AP_I337UCUEMK2_.tar.md5 I'll give you some time to download them it takes a little time........Okay we ready? Good now load up the two files the pit file in the PIT and the Firmware in the AP NOTE you will see now the repartition box checked LEAVE IT its because of the pit file that its checked! Now we are going to uncheck the auto reboot like we did earlier after Odin says phone reset unplug cable remove battery stick it back in and same thing volume up home power then wipe data factory reset and cache partition then reboot phone should boot up to MK2 now the only thing thats not working at this point is the wifi dont worry about that go through the setup process dont worry about any of youre information we dont care at this point go into settings and check and see if all of youre stuff is back baseband imei everything if it is then great thats what we wanted now we can go back into download mode and use odin and upgrade back to NB1 WE'RE DONE! Congratulations everything should be working properly you're now on NB1 you can take OTA to NJ4 if you want or stay where you're at install safestrap and a custom rom I hope all has went well for you and everything works out!

brownie9987 said:
Okay well everyone else is saying never flash a pit file but I ran into the same problem and I actually had to flash a pit file BUT you're only able to fo it on MK2 SO FIRST odin back to a fresh install of NB1 uncheck the reboot option in odin after the firmware finishes and says reset on odin unplug youre cable remove youre battery and stick it back in then use the VOLUME UP HOME AND POWER KEY you will see an android with a progress bar GET READY after its done the phone will reboot hold up the volume and home it will reboot into android recovery and then use you're volume keys scroll down to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition after that hit reboot system now we're done with that part this is the second part PART 2 after the phone fully boots up and youre at the welcome screen power off the device go into download mode volume down home and power this is where we are able to DOWNGRADE TO MK2 ITS ONLY POSSIBLE FROM NB1 TO MK2 ONLY HEAD OVER TO THIS THREAD http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545 and download two files JFLTE_USA_ATT_16G.pit that's going to be youre pit file and then you need the MK2 firmware AP_I337UCUEMK2_.tar.md5 I'll give you some time to download them it takes a little time........Okay we ready? Good now load up the two files the pit file in the PIT and the Firmware in the AP NOTE you will see now the repartition box checked LEAVE IT its because of the pit file that its checked! Now we are going to uncheck the auto reboot like we did earlier after Odin says phone reset unplug cable remove battery stick it back in and same thing volume up home power then wipe data factory reset and cache partition then reboot phone should boot up to MK2 now the only thing thats not working at this point is the wifi dont worry about that go through the setup process dont worry about any of youre information we dont care at this point go into settings and check and see if all of youre stuff is back baseband imei everything if it is then great thats what we wanted now we can go back into download mode and use odin and upgrade back to NB1 WE'RE DONE! Congratulations everything should be working properly you're now on NB1 you can take OTA to NJ4 if you want or stay where you're at install safestrap and a custom rom I hope all has went well for you and everything works out!
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I will def. try this! For the first part, I am already on NB1, so I need to do it again? OR can I skip straight to step 2? (P.s, when i flashed NB1, I didnt follow this whole procedure ( flashing, then resetting etc.) i simply jus flashed it as per Odin.

You can try as-is
You may not have to re-do it, you could probably go ahead and just skip to part two I just always recommend doing a clean flash but if it doesn't work then just simply go back and try that
tigerx88 said:
I will def. try this! For the first part, I am already on NB1, so I need to do it again? OR can I skip straight to step 2? (P.s, when i flashed NB1, I didnt follow this whole procedure ( flashing, then resetting etc.) i simply jus flashed it as per Odin.
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brownie9987 said:
You may not have to re-do it, you could probably go ahead and just skip to part two I just always recommend doing a clean flash but if it doesn't work then just simply go back and try that
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Ok, and when I downloaded the files off that link, its downloading as an application... y is this

Dev host?
Is the site dev-host? If so they been having problem from people trying to spam their site I have the files on my computer still if you cant get them to download I can upload them but if you haae wifi on you're s4 you should be able to use it to download them
tigerx88 said:
Ok, and when I downloaded the files off that link, its downloading as an application... y is this
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brownie9987 said:
Is the site dev-host? If so they been having problem from people trying to spam their site I have the files on my computer still if you cant get them to download I can upload them but if you haae wifi on you're s4 you should be able to use it to download them
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Yea it is dev-host, but when I try to download it, it takes me to firstfirst.net and its the same file name but a application type file Tried both the download links lo (I hope im not just not seeing the right download mirror)

Spammed
Yup it got spammed that sucks while like I said I have the files myself I can upload them to my dropbox and post the link
tigerx88 said:
Yea it is dev-host, but when I try to download it, it takes me to firstfirst.net and its the same file name but a application type file
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brownie9987 said:
Yup it got spammed that sucks while like I said I have the files myself I can upload them to my dropbox and post the link
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Actually I think I found it haha!! ( Check the exclamation mark where it says: "file links !", that seems to be a hyperlink) is that right? Gonna take a while to download, but I will try what you said as soon as its done and let you know.

Should be right
That should be right its like 1.4 gigs it only takes me 12 minutes to download with IDM internet download manager great windows program for stuff like this it speeds everything up
tigerx88 said:
Actually I think I found it haha!! ( Check the exclamation mark where it says: "file links !", that seems to be a hyperlink) is that right? Gonna take a while to download, but I will try what you said as soon as its done and let you know.
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brownie9987 said:
That should be right its like 1.4 gigs it only takes me 12 minutes to download with IDM internet download manager great windows program for stuff like this it speeds everything up
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Its actually 2.2 GB (Filename: AP_I337UCUEMK2_1921628_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5). Is this right? Just want to make sure. I am going to redo the NB1 Odin etc. now.

That's it
Yup that should be the one I forgot that one isnt compressed
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Its actually 2.2 GB (Filename: AP_I337UCUEMK2_1921628_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5). Is this right? Just want to make sure. I am going to redo the NB1 Odin etc. now.
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