I tried to Odin Eugenes JK2 PIT and as I was Odinind the USB cord unplugged and now my phone will not boot-up. No power to it; Nothing.
hayn_pryde46 said:
Does anyone know how to unbrick the Vibrant from bootloader??
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bootloop? not sure exactly what you mean. Explain your problem more like how it happened or the title of the screen your stuck on and anyone here will be happy to give you advice.
if it's the bootloader that's caused the brick, then you're gonna have to jtag it in order to bring it back.
Oniyuri said:
if it's the bootloader that's caused the brick, then you're gonna have to jtag it in order to bring it back.
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Do you mean jig? http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=100
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if it's the bootloader that's caused the brick, then you're gonna have to jtag it in order to bring it back.
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Yeah I Was Wondering If Anyone Does This And Would Do Mine...
Does Odin recognize at all, if so, just run it, u don't have to be in dlmode for it to work
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Does Odin recognize at all, if so, just run it, u don't have to be in dlmode for it to work
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No Odin Wont Recognize My Phone At All... I Dunno Though I Been Having Usb Problems To Like Not Charging And Connecting To Computer Thats Why It Disconnected In Odin....
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Do you mean jig? http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=100
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nah, jigs only work for soft bricks. from what hayn's describing, it seems to be a hard brick (everyone's worse nightmare). AFAIK, using a riffbox jtag is the only way to bring back a completely bricked phone and there's very few that do it.
hayn, if you're sure this is a hard brick rather than a soft one, check out here for a repair centre: [REF] Repair/Service centres around the world
there are a lot of official numbers there but hopefully you'll find a normal store that could get your phone back into working order.
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Hey Hayn, before we get into the doom and gloom of having a hard brick, could you try taking everything out (sim/microsd) and see if you can get it back into download mode using the battery pull trick?
I was just thinking about how come ppl had thought that they hard bricked their phones before and realized that it could still get back into download mode. It's a small shot, but it might be worth the try.
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nah, jigs only work for soft bricks. from what hayn's describing, it seems to be a hard brick (everyone's worse nightmare). AFAIK, using a riffbox jtag is the only way to bring back a completely bricked phone and there's very few that do it.
hayn, if you're sure this is a hard brick rather than a soft one, check out here for a repair centre: [REF] Repair/Service centres around the world
there are a lot of official numbers there but hopefully you'll find a normal store that could get your phone back into working order.
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Hey Hayn, before we get into the doom and gloom of having a hard brick, could you try taking everything out (sim/microsd) and see if you can get it back into download mode using the battery pull trick?
I was just thinking about how come ppl had thought that they hard bricked their phones before and realized that it could still get back into download mode. It's a small shot, but it might be worth the try.
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Yeah I Wrote A Thread On Taking Out Sim And Micro Sd Putting Battery Back Hold Both Volume Buttons And Plug Usb In... This I Tried 30 Times It Aint Working No Light Nothing, Thanks Though
Similar thing happened to me I got into download mode by pulling battery, then putting it back in, then hold both volume buttons while plugging in the usb and as soon as you plug in the usb press the home and menu buttons a bunch if it doesn't work try again it worked for me after like 10 tries
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try the button combo for the i900 bootloader. also what sbl where you on and what sbl where you going to when it bricked? the only way i've ever heard of a true hard brick is coming back to the t959 sbl from the i900 sbl. i've seen countless people recover including me from the phone getting unplugged during an odin however if it was writing ANY part of the bootloader when it unplugged you may very well be sol.
good luck.
You could try the jig probably won't do it. One of the other posts had an option:
"try the button combo for the i900 bootloader. also what sbl where you on and what sbl where you going to when it bricked? the only way I've ever heard of a true hard brick is coming back to the t959 sbl from the i9000 sbl. i've seen countless people recover including me from the phone getting unplugged during an odin however if it was writing ANY part of the bootloader when it unplugged you may very well be sol."
Remember to try the variants of the button combos Like using the battery out plug in the usb and tap alternately the home and menu buttons while holding down the volume keys and there are other you just got to try those oddball variants. They have saved me in the past. Also you may be able to reload the bootloader in adb depending on how the phone reacts and what the computer sees. Also. you might try some google searches with Boolean restrictions (being specific) you might find someone who has had the exact same issue.... worth a try....
Good luck....
Are you on i9000 bootloaders? I am too and I've found all the tricks to getting into download, recovery, etc if you are pm me and ill try my best to help
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JTAG or send it back to Samsung for Warranty repair are your two choices.
Google T959 JTAG repair. Some guys would do it for 50 bucks
Guys, for the people about sbl, the Eugene jk2 ROM contained not only an sbl, but a boot.bin (primary bootloader). And if it failed during the boot.bin flash, then yeah, your sol.
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Okay I have a similar issue I actually got my phone to boot up into download mode. Everytime I try to flash the stock firmware though it fails. What now? I've downloaded the stock files from 4 different locations and also tried different versions of odin. Also tried different usb ports on my computer. Nothing works. I flashed the gingerbread bootloaders and a gingerbread from before this happened. I don't want to have to send my phone off!!! Please help
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search riffbox at Google then look who's the nearast person to you that have it.
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Guys, for the people about sbl, the Eugene jk2 ROM contained not only an sbl, but a boot.bin (primary bootloader). And if it failed during the boot.bin flash, then yeah, your sol.
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This is what I told him earlier in messaging - His cord came out after the boot.bin and before the sbl - this left him with a mismatched set - 1/2 i9000 gb, I think, and 1/2 Vibrant froyo - brick.
jellette said:
This is what I told him earlier in messaging - His cord came out after the boot.bin and before the sbl - this left him with a mismatched set - 1/2 i9000 gb, I think, and 1/2 Vibrant froyo - brick.
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Well then............. That sucks............. It is always critical to remember when flashing you have to pay attention, and make sure your surroundings are neat and safe so you do not lame out on yourself...........
The jk2 that you're talking about, is it the Froyo that doesn't brick?
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after using the "Odin3 One-Click Downloader" my i9000 only loops the att logo on and off, recovery mode and download mode are no longer working... had anyone experienced this?
well this is f...ed up..... my i9000 was unbranded, and that one click crap must have flashed the captivate fw or smth, should i let my phone die in peace now?
There are different oneclick apps for different branded SGSs. Which one did you download? Sounds like you downloaded the AT&T version.
You have to boot your phone into download mode again to flash the correct ROM for your specific phone. There are many different ways to get the phone into download mode. Check the dev forum or instructions.
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There are different oneclick apps for different branded SGSs. Which one did you download? Sounds like you downloaded the AT&T version.
You have to boot your phone into download mode again to flash the correct ROM for your specific phone. There are many different ways to get the phone into download mode. Check the dev forum or instructions.
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"[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers" I've downloaded this one... and i cant boot into download mode, the 3 button methods died on me
Its for captivate.... And your phine iscompletely bricked. Needs a new mother board.
Why people download weird **** from untrusted sources?
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Phone is completely bricked. Happened to me, and a few others too. Seems that these one-click odin downloaders do more harm than good. Hahaha...
Anyway, phone is bricked. Samsung replaced the motherboard for me. Luckily it's under warranty at no cost to me..
Seifer1975 said:
Phone is completely bricked. Happened to me, and a few others too. Seems that these one-click odin downloaders do more harm than good. Hahaha...
Anyway, phone is bricked. Samsung replaced the motherboard for me. Luckily it's under warranty at no cost to me..
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replace the motherboard? what the fudge.. i gave it to a local repair shop (samsung recommended one) and well.. they will try to reflash it or smth.. if that wont work, how much would replacing the motherboard cost? i'm out of warranty
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Its for captivate.... And your phine iscompletely bricked. Needs a new mother board.
Why people download weird **** from untrusted sources?
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What untrusted source? He went into Captivate forum here in XDA to download Captivate stock ROM. What do you think the outcome will be?
it might cost you around $150 or so, if i remember reading a recent post about a guy replacing his mb too. I think he had the same problem as you.
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it might cost you around $150 or so, if i remember reading a recent post about a guy replacing his mb too. I think he had the same problem as you.
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could you find that post for me? i cant seem to find it myself...
well, so far, i've found out that by flashing the i9000 (unbranded) with a captivate FW remapped all the buttons except for the power button, so download mode or recovery mode is impossible via any button combination. But if the phone does show something on the screen, its still only semi-bricked, in my case, its stuck at the bootloader. its fixable with JTAG ... i hope the service i took it to has a jtag device and will reflash to the i9k FW. and it would only cost me 10$ for the repairs
who had a similar experience?
I had exactly the same problem, after updating my phone through kies which failed halfway through i downloaded odin which at the time i didn't know was the wrong one and not for the i9000. in the end i had to get a new phone.
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aaronlivo said:
I had exactly the same problem, after updating my phone through kies which failed halfway through i downloaded odin which at the time i didn't know was the wrong one and not for the i9000. in the end i had to get a new phone.
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were you under warranty? did you try to repair it ?
well my sgs is not fully bricked, it does not need a new motherboard... it just needs to be reflashed with jtag or smth >.<
a fully bricked (faulty) device would not turn on at all
allright, so just by flashing the phone with that one click odin crap, the repairs are going to cost me 250$
Argh! I just tryed to restore back to JM1 from JPO due to official FroYo being near. Flashed plenty of times before so I know what I'm doing. Set up the usual pda, modem csc etc and it started to flash then my phone went from the download mode screen to a greyish colour. I left it for a few minutes and nothing was happening and the flash had failed. Took the cable out pressed the power button and that was it, it will no longer turn on. Has anyone got any ideas, I wouldn't ask for help if I didn't need it.
Thanks guys.
Edit: My phone from stock has been able to access download mode.
Hope you have your lagfix disabled prior to flash.
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Hope you have your lagfix disabled prior to flash.
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Yep, always make sure thats the first thing I do. I'm quite an avid user of xda so I tend to keep up with what to do etc. I really have no idea whats happened. I've tried holding down the download mode combo for a while and nothings happened. When I connect the usb to the computer nothing happens, take it out and put it back in a few time I hear the 'noise' thing from Windows 7. So there must be some kind of life in it :\
I recently did the same thing with my SGS. I bricked it once already trying to flash so was really apprehensive about doing it again but I'm addicted to flashing from my WinMo days with HTC phones.
When I flashed from JPO to JM1 I used all the JM1 files (PDA, Modem and CSC), the 512.pit and selected repartition and all went well. Sounds like something may have glitched when doing yours, maybe a spike in the power or temporary loss of comms between phone and PC?
Have you looked into the homemade JIG thats been detailed in XDA? Might be worth a try if you're completely locked out
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
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I recently did the same thing with my SGS. I bricked it once already trying to flash so was really apprehensive about doing it again but I'm addicted to flashing from my WinMo days with HTC phones.
When I flashed from JPO to JM1 I used all the JM1 files (PDA, Modem and CSC), the 512.pit and selected repartition and all went well. Sounds like something may have glitched when doing yours, maybe a spike in the power or temporary loss of comms between phone and PC?
Have you looked into the homemade JIG thats been detailed in XDA? Might be worth a try if you're completely locked out
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Yeah I've seen those JIG's and I think atm that may be the only thing that will save me atm.
EarlZ said:
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
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Tried that :\ No luck unfortunately! This is what happens when your addicted to ROM flashing. Maybe I need help haha. Going to hold in download mode buttons for as long as I can to see if anything happens, will report back.
EDIT: Right finally getting somewhere. After holding in the download mode combination for 5 minutes I managed to get into download mode. I really have no idea why though? Anyways Odin isn't playing ball. Odin won't get past factoryrfs.rfs. I'll leave it there and see what happens
EDIT 2 : Nothing. Can anyone help me on this?
Got help elsewhere, run kies in comparability mode for windows xp and run as admin. Phones working for the time being
Thanks for the help from those who contributed, it means alot.
Phone will not turn on after Odin 1.7 flash ROM and it not showing charging also....i am also facing same problem... pleas someone help. urgent..
I am having the same issue, not powering on after flashing xcal with odin 1.7.
update: I fixed it using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
Hope this helps you out!
I had the same problem and had started looking for a new phone.. :/ gutted! :/ I took the battery out, pressed download mode buttons, put battery back in and my phone sprang back to life... used ODIN again to flash new rom and phone was up and running again! Thanks for your help!
EarlZ said:
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
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Thanks so much it worked for me...
Forgot to charge my phone last night, and that's not really relevant.
I'm stuck on a screen with a "(phone) ... ! ... (Computer)" (exactly like image attached)
Nothing works.. read that a jig would help, but i'm no electrician..
I live near SaLt lake, utah.. hoping someone has a jig i could rent/borrow?
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Forgot to charge my phone last night, and that's not really relevant.
I'm stuck on a screen with a "(phone) ... ! ... (Computer)" (exactly like image attached)
Nothing works.. read that a jig would help, but i'm no electrician..
I live near SaLt lake, utah.. hoping someone has a jig i could rent/borrow?
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Where in SLC are you. I'm right by the E-Center. I can jig you and send you on your way.
or you can just open odin and plug your phone into your pc and see if you have a COM port showing. if you do , then flash back with it like it is.
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Where in SLC are you. I'm right by the E-Center. I can jig you and send you on your way.
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I live in west jordan. I'm stuck working on a damn school project until about 9:30 tonight, though..
Tmobile is sending me a replacement phone now, maybe i should just wait for it? Will they charge me if my phone comes back to them with a custom rom on it?
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or you can just open odin and plug your phone into your pc and see if you have a COM port showing. if you do , then flash back with it like it is.
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it shows as com9, but won't flash.
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it shows as com9, but won't flash.
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Well thats good...it shows that your phone is being recognized by your pc. What are you using? 512.pit in the PIT line and JFD.tar in the PDA line and repartition NOT CHECKED and hit start? and where does it go from there?
Your just soft bricked and should be able to recover that...
If he/she doesn't have the updated SBL.BIN flashed (came with the JK5 leak and the OTA ) they wont be able to ODIN in that screen.
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Well thats good...it shows that your phone is being recognized by your pc. What are you using? 512.pit in the PIT line and JFD.tar in the PDA line and repartition NOT CHECKED and hit start? and where does it go from there?
Your just soft bricked and should be able to recover that...
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If he/she doesn't have the updated SBL.BIN flashed (came with the JK5 leak and the OTA ) they wont be able to ODIN in that screen.
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I have a 512 pit file, and a t959UVJFD file. in the PDa
Stuck on do not turn off phone
Go here! I just went thru the same issue!
Go here! I just went thru the same issue as I was messing with my phone and flashing different Rom's until the last one did it, obviously. Follow this thread and click on the link of the first immediate response (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954846), it will take you to a site, follow the procedure, it took me 10 minutes to complete. It will bring your phone to T-Mobile Build as you purchased it.
Enjoy!!
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Go here! I just went thru the same issue as I was messing with my phone and flashing different Rom's until the last one did it, obviously. Follow this thread and click on the link of the first immediate response (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954846), it will take you to a site, follow the procedure, it took me 10 minutes to complete. It will bring your phone to T-Mobile Build as you purchased it.
Enjoy!!
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the problem is, i can't get in download mode. all the links in that whole thread are assuming you can get into download mode. that's why i needed a jig. I'm going to send it back to tmobile for an exchange.
To get into download mode, take out the battery, put it back in, hold both volume buttons only, do not press power and plug it into your computer while holding volume
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Rynobob said:
To get into download mode, take out the battery, put it back in, hold both volume buttons only, do not press power and plug it into your computer while holding volume
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I appreciate the help, but i've never had a problem gaining access to download mode. I've odin'd back to stock 6 times now and have never encountered this screen.
Now, no matter what i try, i get this. It's fine, i've got a replacement coming. Although i'm certain it's fixable, i'll just let tmo send me another phone. I scratched the screen once, and it'll be nice for once in my life to have a warranty be useful for something
Well for future reference that is how you get into download mode with that specific screen showing
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Well for future reference that is how you get into download mode with that specific screen showing
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unless that doesn't work. which, in my case, it does not
Well, today I tried setting up ClockworksMod so I could easily backup and restore my phone as needed. (As previous work i had caused issues and it wouldnt reboot until i reinstalled the rom)
Well, clockworkmod recovery would not install through the app, so I installed the image through Odin, and that worked flawlessly. I was able to backup and restore.
After it booted back up I was unable to add a new google account or erase the old one. Factory resetting it would casue it to get stuck in the boot loop again, until i restored it or reflashed.
Eventually I tried flashing another image, with repartition turned on.
Well, without surprise Windows 7 semi crashed and killed Odin.
Now when my phone "turns on" all i see is black. Nothing happens. I cant do any of the 3 button combos to get into Recovery or Download mode
Can anybody help me? I need to get this working ASAP!
Thanks
Edit : I need to check my eyes. I thought you can get into download mode.
If you cannot get to download mode with the 3-button-combo then you'll need a jig.
Intratech said:
If you cannot get to download mode with the 3-button-combo then you'll need a jig.
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Dosnt that only work if the image of the phone and computer show up on the screen?
Absolutly nothing shows up for me
Can I have your battery cover to keep as a spare.
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Dosnt that only work if the image of the phone and computer show up on the screen?
Absolutly nothing shows up for me
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You need a jig.
Uhm, why did you check repartition?
Also yes, you will need a jig. That's pretty much the only thing that can get you into download mode in this situation.
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You need a jig.
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Okay, going to just order one off ebay.
Will this do? hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S-II-Download-mode-USB-Dongle-Jig-/250824932406?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a6654bc36
But actually, it says it has to show one of those two screens, when mine is all black?
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Uhm, why did you check repartition?
Also yes, you will need a jig. That's pretty much the only thing that can get you into download mode in this situation.
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Because it said it was needed for that image i was flashing
bncplix said:
Okay, going to just order one off ebay.
Will this do? hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S-II-Download-mode-USB-Dongle-Jig-/250824932406?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a6654bc36
But actually, it says it has to show one of those two screens, when mine is all black?
Because it said it was needed for that image i was flashing
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It can still work in some cases, lets hope it does in yours.
Did you get that advise about repartitioning from Samfirmware?
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It can still work in some cases, lets hope it does in yours.
Hopefully! I just ordered one
Did you get that advise about repartitioning from Samfirmware?
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Yes I did, was that something I shouldn't have done?
It sat on repartitioning for about 15 minutes, then windoes said Odin stopped responding and it killed it :/
I've been telling everybody to stop using the .pit files and repartitioning the device for every flash as you're just increasing the possibilities of things going wrong but people don't seem to take notice. Sadly in your case something did go wrong. You only need to use the .pit files and repartition the device if you mess up your partition table.
Those guys at Samfirmware really need to stop telling people to repartition their device for every flash.
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I've been telling everybody to stop using the .pit files and repartitioning the device for every flash as you're just increasing the possibilities of things going wrong but people don't seem to take notice. Sadly in your case something did go wrong. You only need to use the .pit files and repartition the device if you mess up your partition table.
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Well, lesson learned. Today was the first time I even tried installing another ROM
Thanks for the help
Once my Jig comes in, I'll let you all know how it goes!
check if the phone heatens up extremely as soon as you put the battery in. if yes, thats a really bad sign.
a jig will only help you if you see anything on the screen. if the phone/screen doesn't react to ANYTHING, that's a full brick (happened to me too, jig didn't help, nothing helped, phone was completely dead and i had to send it in. fortunately, they repaired it within warranty).
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check if the phone heatens up extremely as soon as you put the battery in. if yes, thats a really bad sign.
a jig will only help you if you see anything on the screen. if the phone/screen doesn't react to ANYTHING, that's a full brick (happened to me too, jig didn't help, nothing helped, phone was completely dead and i had to send it in. fortunately, they repaired it within warranty).
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See, this is what I was trying to say! I read everywhere that if somethign is on the screen the Jig will work, otherwise it wont. Others are replying to me here saying it should still work for me
I'm not too worried about it. I have 4 of the phones. I work closely with Samsung and they were given to me. It would still be nice if it recovers, so we will see!
i guess in situations where it was reported to work under these conditions the owners didnt fully exploit all different possibilites to get it back on and so they just came up with this false assumption.
nonetheless, it's worth a try. at least, the jig is pretty useful to remove the yellow exklamation mark and to reset the flash counter .
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i guess in situations where it was reported to work under these conditions the owners didnt fully exploit all different possibilites to get it back on and so they just came up with this false assumption.
nonetheless, it's worth a try. at least, the jig is pretty useful to remove the yellow exklamation mark and to reset the flash counter .
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That's another thing I am unsure of, whats the flash counter?
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See, this is what I was trying to say! I read everywhere that if somethign is on the screen the Jig will work, otherwise it wont. Others are replying to me here saying it should still work for me
I'm not too worried about it. I have 4 of the phones. I work closely with Samsung and they were given to me. It would still be nice if it recovers, so we will see!
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I'm not saying it will work for sure, what I'm saying is depending on the damage done it may still get you into download mode so you can flash the firmware.
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That's another thing I am unsure of, whats the flash counter?
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to be precise, it's the "custom binary counter" which counts up as soon as you flash something modified manually on your phone. has nothing to do with your problem, though.
We need to find the way to boot the device externally, i.e. bootloader on ext. SDCard or the likes....
I was using odin on my new Samsung Continuum. I used the PDA button in odin to load what I thought was the original Galaxy boot loader and then used the PDA button again to try to install what I thought was the original firmware. After it was done and I restarted my phone appeared to not work. But, with the USB cable plugged in I can hear the phone connecting and disconnecting as if it is repeatedly turning off and on but I never see anything on the screen. Does anyone know what I may have done to it or possibly how to fix it.
well i dont know why u would flash anything other than whats oin this forum?
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channel...ntinuum&uio=d4
irc help... me, trailblazer101, and txwolf1980 are there now
I came here for help after I got the problem then realize I should have come here first. Now I am asking for help to try to fix my phone if possible. Thank you
I do not know how to use the web irc thing
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I do not know how to use the web irc thing
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Click on link and make a name. Enter text in box. Click connect
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just get a valid odin image and try reflashing it. Don't mess with any other boot loader as it isn't necessary. it should fix your problem once you load a valid image.
tastingtony said:
I was using odin on my new Samsung Continuum. I used the PDA button in odin to load what I thought was the original Galaxy boot loader and then used the PDA button again to try to install what I thought was the original firmware. After it was done and I restarted my phone appeared to not work. But, with the USB cable plugged in I can hear the phone connecting and disconnecting as if it is repeatedly turning off and on but I never see anything on the screen. Does anyone know what I may have done to it or possibly how to fix it.
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What happened is that you attempted to flash a generic boot loader. Any other 'galaxy s' phone, you might have gotten away with it. But that little 3rd screen at the bottom makes our phone somewhat of an oddball. It doesn't like generic stuff. And it gets really pissy when you try to feed it store brand crap.
My advice: Do exactly what Pattielipp said. Find a good continuum bootloader and flash back. Or, if you made a nandroid, before you tried this, try restoring.