[Q] how do i fix my phone when it froze during update - Epic 4G General

i was trying to update my epic 4g to 2.3.3 efo2 and it froze at factoryfs.rfs any help i had to unplug and take battery out for phone to shut off and when i turn on it shows a phone and a computer with a caution sign in the middle any way i can go back to factory settings or does anyone know were i can get that eb13 update that samsung let use dl from there website because that software also flashed the phone and helped me before when i screwed up my phone any help would be great

Can you bring download mode up again? Did you try to odin it again? Maybe try changing out the USB cable, especially if you are using the stock cable, it sucks.
For further help with odin, qbking77 has very helpful videos with a link in his signature.

kgs385 said:
i was trying to update my epic 4g to 2.3.3 efo2 and it froze at factoryfs.rfs any help i had to unplug and take battery out for phone to shut off and when i turn on it shows a phone and a computer with a caution sign in the middle any way i can go back to factory settings or does anyone know were i can get that eb13 update that samsung let use dl from there website because that software also flashed the phone and helped me before when i screwed up my phone any help would be great
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if you can still get into dl mode i would suggest trying the odin again with a different cable or put the ef02 tar in pda if you put it in phone. or try to odin in the stock ec05 tar

You could try a friends computer...or a different usb port.

Also try it with the battery out. Plug into computer, push 1 key and power to get into download mode, then start Odin. Make sure only reboot and PDA is checked with EF02 tar file in PDA section.
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[HELP] Is my vibrant completely bricked?

Not sure if this is the right section or not, but I felt I would get the best response from this forum.
OK.. so I was running euegene's Vibrant6 ROM, but I was having trouble getting any of the lagfixes to work correctly. So I decided to follow the steps outlined in this post: ((apparently I cannot post links))To flash the stock rom and so on. I had never used odin before, but a quick google search found me some directions and it seemed simple enough. So I try to flash with odin and I kept getting stuck at "File analysis.." After disconnecting my phone and trying to restart it, the phone would just go to the screen with the phone + warning sign + a computer. I was able to get back in to download mode from there. Still could not progress past the file analysis. I tried all of the tips outlined in this thread(apparently I cannot post links)) and after reading that last post, I was able to uninstall my previously existing drivers from my moto cliq.
Finally, odin progressed passed the file analysis and was flashing the filesystem.rfs file. I had a nice blue progress bar on the downloading screen, I thought everything was going to be fine. Then my phone went to a blank Blue Screen. The progress bar in odin seemed stalled at about 25%. As this was my first time using odin, I had no idea if this was normal. I let it sit this way for a good 10 - 15 min. No change. At this point I started getting concerned and thinking this can't be normal. I gave it a few more minutes and still no change. Odin was still just sitting there, right about 25% on filesystem.rfs and blank blue screen on the phone. So then I unplugged the phone, pulled the battery and put it back in, expecting that phone - error sign - computer screen again and hoping to reboot the pc and try again. No such luck.
Now my phone will do nothing. Plugged in to the pc with odin running no response whatsoever from the phone. Plugged in to the wall, no response. It's like I'm trying to turn it on without the battery in. I fear the worst and I'm 99.9% sure you guys will just confirm this as I can't get in to ANYTHING. What I would really like to know though is where I went wrong. Is it really normal for an Odin flash to take that long and to sit at that point?
EDIT: Quick follow-up question, and this is probably going to sound completely stupid, but I don't really care: is the "internal sd" an actual micro sd card that can be accessed at all, so that I can at least get my pictures/videos and such off of if I have to get a new vibrant?
this should be posted in the q/a section
I'm no expert, and I'm not sure what went wrong, but you can try to unplug phone from the USB charger, unplug the battery, put battery back in, hold volume up + volume down and plug back into usb charger (connected to computer) to see if you get a responce from the phone.
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merrifield69 said:
this should be posted in the q/a section
I'm no expert, and I'm not sure what went wrong, but you can try to unplug phone from the USB charger, unplug the battery, put battery back in, hold volume up + volume down and plug back into usb charger (connected to computer) to see if you get a responce from the phone.
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Thank you for the quick response. Sorry about the wrong section, wasn't really sure this would fit best. Tried what you said and IT WORKED first try. I'm now in download mode. NOW, I would like to retry the flash with odin, but I also need to know if I'm doing something wrong, or if this was a fluke? Should odin sit at that point (25% flashing filesystem.rfs) for that long with a blue screen on the phone? I was under the impression it should be a pretty fluid and somewhat quick process.
skoozi said:
Thank you for the quick response. Sorry about the wrong section, wasn't really sure this would fit best. Tried what you said and IT WORKED first try. I'm now in download mode. NOW, I would like to retry the flash with odin, but I also need to know if I'm doing something wrong, or if this was a fluke? Should odin sit at that point (25% flashing filesystem.rfs) for that long with a blue screen on the phone? I was under the impression it should be a pretty fluid and somewhat quick process.
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when i flashed using odin i didnt seen any blue screen only the download screen wha are ou trying to flash are you sure its for the vibrant?
cdw9800 said:
when i flashed using odin i didnt seen any blue screen only the download screen wha are ou trying to flash are you sure its for the vibrant?
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Yes, I downloaded a rar for stock vibrant, it contains :
s1_odin_20100512.pit which i put in the PIT field, and T959UVJFD.tar, which i put in the PDA field
EDIT: this is from the "odin1.0_T959UVJFD_512.pit_rootupdate.rar" which is linked in a few posts in this forum.
yeah those are correct. try having re-partition checked because that worked for me. also, make sure you dont have any files on the csc field. are you using the correct drivers on your system??
rpesigan6 said:
yeah those are correct. try having re-partition checked because that worked for me. also, make sure you dont have any files on the csc field. are you using the correct drivers on your system??
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Every time I try it with the re-partition option clicked it seems to hang at this status:
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
I am retrying this now, I have a small fraction of the blue progress bar on the "Downloading..." screen on my phone. Neither the device nor odin seem to be doing anything. How long should this normally take?
As far as I know the drivers are correct.. I installed the x64 drivers from the link provided in the informative links sticky in this forum. adb was working fine.. device manager lists the phone as "SAMSUNG USB Composite Device" and Driver details window lists three .sys files w/ version 5.16 built by WinDDK
EDIT: not sure if this helps.. here is screen shot of odin & driver details h**p://i37.tinypic.com/2cn8501.jpg (will not allow me to link or post img)
ok instead of flashing the s1_odin_20100512.pit in the PIT field, try flashing the other PIT which should be s1_odin_20100513.pit
THAT IS WITH THE 13, NOT THE 12.
you can find the 13.pit in one of the rar files. look deep into the rar files. im pretty sure you will find it
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ok instead of flashing the s1_odin_20100512.pit in the PIT field, try flashing the other PIT which should be s1_odin_20100513.pit
THAT IS WITH THE 13, NOT THE 12.
you can find the 13.pit in one of the rar files. look deep into the rar files. im pretty sure you will find it
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Unable to find any such file. After some google'ing, I was able to find an s1_odin20100513.pit from the samsungfirmwareworld i9000 forum. tried that with re-partition still checked. Same result. Tried again with re-partition unchecked, it gets to modem.bin, tries to work and then my phone goes to a blank RED screen.
skoozi said:
Unable to find any such file. After some google'ing, I was able to find an s1_odin20100513.pit from the samsungfirmwareworld i9000 forum. tried that with re-partition still checked. Same result. Tried again with re-partition unchecked, it gets to modem.bin, tries to work and then my phone goes to a blank RED screen.
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a blank red screen? all i can say is possibly try using another windows computer.
rpesigan6 said:
a blank red screen? all i can say is possibly try using another windows computer.
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I had a similiar issue but mine was worse, I unplugged on accident during a kernal transfer. Get into download mode and keep the phone plugged in while you load ODIN. Then reset the phone back into download by removing the battery with it still plugged in. This should allow you to put the stock firmware back on. Use the 512/tar you already have. It is usually almost always an ODIN problem and not a truly bricked phone. I've ****ed my phone up a LOT and always able to revert after messing with ODIN.
Regards,
B
vibrantFTW said:
I had a similiar issue but mine was worse, I unplugged on accident during a kernal transfer. Get into download mode and keep the phone plugged in while you load ODIN. Then reset the phone back into download by removing the battery with it still plugged in. This should allow you to put the stock firmware back on. Use the 512/tar you already have. It is usually almost always an ODIN problem and not a truly bricked phone. I've ****ed my phone up a LOT and always able to revert after messing with ODIN.
Regards,
B
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I'm trying to do this, but if I open ODIN with the phone already in download mode, ODIN does not see it. Pulling the battery and putting back in (downloading screen still up during this) does not change that. Maybe I misunderstood?
yes, i did.. likely at 4 am i guess.. so far its gotten past the modem.bin which it hasnt done in a couple hours of messing with this.. now its on filesystem.rfs again and stalling again, only now its only at about 10 - 15% as opposed to the 25% i was getting a couple hours ago before it stalled. This is with re-partition unchecked, btw. With it checked, odin still just sits at do not remove target.
I had this problem.. what I basically did was:
- Open Odin... add all the PIT and PDA files up (Re-partition UNCHECKED)
- Plug the phone in USB
- When the green battery was on the screen: hold volume buttons (basically.. get into download mode)
- Once in download Odin doesn't detect anything? Unplug USB and replug it back in
- Odin should detect your phone and one of the boxes should be labeled: COM[#]
Any # should be fine as long as you have the proper drivers
Then hit the start button. During this whole process, you should see the Android digging with a blue bar right below it. The screen shouldn't go black, blue, or anything crazy. Just android digging and a blue progress bar.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475&highlight=Stock Was the thread I used. Download hashtab (google it) and verify that the MD5 checksums are correct, once installed right click the file -> properties -> hashtab and then copy paste the MD5 on that thread an verify that it is correct.
For me the Odin process took less than a minute, the trick for me was to preload everything in Odin before plugging in the phone otherwise it would get stuck.
Personally, I don't think your phone is bricked anyway. Just some technical difficulties with getting Odin to work. The first time around when I was trying out Odin, it was messing up for me. Hope this helps.
Vibrant Drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929 -- If these aren't the set of drivers you're using, then uninstall yours and install this. This one works with no problems.
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a blank red screen? all i can say is possibly try using another windows computer.
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Was able to try this this morning.. it worked first try. With all the problems I was having, I was dumbfounded with how smooth it went. Don't know what was going on. Thank you all for your help with this
Hey guys, I figured I'll post here since I think I bricked my phone.... I was trying to install Eugene's Vibrant6 and I got stuck on the Vibrant Logo with Samsung at the bottom. I tried to reset with both volume buttons and power button and got to grey battery and nothing else... what can I do? Anyone can help me?
Thanks.
I fear my problem is worse as i was having the same issue with it loading filesystem.rfs and was stalling so i attempted to restart the process and now all that will display on my phone is an image of a cell phone a computer and a yield sign between. Plz help
Sounds like you need to upgrade Odin3 1.0 to Odin3 1.7
Ok i DL'ed Odin3 1.7 and still the same. The vibrant screen doesn't even come up, just an image of a cell phone and a comuter with a yield sign in between.
Start odin on your pc, remove batt, insert USB, hold down volume buttons and pop in the batt. This always gets me into download.
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VooDoo bricked me, can't fix with Odin?

ok guys, i have unbricked my vibrant before after the OTA update about 5 weeks ago. i am pretty new at this smart phone stuff, but was pleasantly surprised i was able to get odin to fix the brick. about an hour ago i launched the stupid VooDoo in the OCLF app and the phone now will go as far as the animated galaxy "S", then go blank. i attempted the Odin flash about 5 times now with the same result each time, just boots up past the vibrant screen to galaxy S then goes blank. when the phone restarts or reboots after the odin flash a message in red reads DATA WIPE FAILED between a few yellow text lines. when i try to reinstall packages through boot screen i get the same message i got after the OTA brick, E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip now the phone was rooted with the OCLF before i launched VooDoo. can somebody help me out?!?
Odin back to stock. That should fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
jnutz said:
Odin back to stock. That should fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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I second this comment. Flashing back to stock shall help. I've soft brick my phone and unbricked it recently.
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Anybody else have an suggestions?? like i said in OP i have tried to flash back to stock, about 5-6 times now, all with the same result. phone goes blank after galaxy S screen and music. thanks
As mentioned in a million threads, you need to flash Eugene's "froyo that doesn't brick." Then flash whatever firmware you want.
flashed the froyo successfully from eugene. cool set up, major issue though, i have no application storage now. there are a ton of apps in manage apps and i cannot uninstall any of them. can i fix this somehow??
i'm going to try flashing froyo back in it so it works, not select repartition. then restart odin, select repartition and flash the old vj12 rar and see if that works
Never seemed to get the answer to this. What is the purpose of "Eugene's froyo that doesn't brick?"
Why do some people suggest flashing that, before they odin?
Did eugene take everything down from xda, I can't even find that anymore.
i actually found what i though was the froyo that doesn't brick but it was actually his jk2 version. i clicked Eugene's link on one of his posts and it took me to his site and thats were i got it. i did some searching and actually found the "froyo that doesn't brick", it fixed my baby! i couldn't do anything once flashed but i was then able to flash back to jdf then j16 and all is well. i have flashed like 10 roms into her since this weekend with success, i am back to running j16 with some extras as the games i play don't support 2.2
I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?
Did you install the drivers
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spyda23 said:
I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?
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+1 for the drivers.
spyda23 said:
I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?
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Check your driver and be sure you phone is in download mode.
jackhuny said:
Check your driver and be sure you phone is in download mode.
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When i'm in download mode, it doesn't recognize it. When i'm in recovery mode, Odin recognizes it. If i turn my phone on and plug it in, my pc recognizes it, drivers are ok.
Any answers, i could really use the help
what version of Odin are you running? not that it should matter. try pulling the batt, hold volume up and down, insert batt while volume buttons are pressed then plug in USB and wait for it to go into download mode then release buttons. see if Odin recognizes it then.
try a different cable too if above doesn't work
Turn your phone off open odin hold down volume up and down,now plug in the usb this will get you into dl mode now you need to flash Froyo ~~~That does not Brick! rom with odin. Right after you flash that get back into download mode open odin first then with the phone ( power the phone off give it a min, hold down the volume up and down keys, now insert the usb cord BAM download mode) flash back to whatever rom you want.
Hey I'm not so tech sabby could you help wit steps to do the same cuz kind of have same prob. With voodoo
Technowiz said:
Hey I'm not so tech sabby could you help wit steps to do the same cuz kind of have same prob. With voodoo
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Or you could do the same steps I have already given and it will work, you do know how to use odin right?
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[Q] Double wammy, boot loop and clockwork fail

I am on root on 2.2 with Dk28 and epic all in one.Yesterday I decided I wanted to put baked snack on my phone. Everything went great and was working so i decided to install step 2 to get better battery life and I shut down to boot into clockwork. Therein started my problems. It refused to boot in to clockwork, so i tried to boot back up and it wont get past the Samsung with their .com boot screen (sorry first post cant post the full screen due to url). I have nandroid backups but cant make use of it as clockwork wont boot up. Drivers were originally working fine on my pc but overnight they got screwed up. (they working now on my other pc)Before that i tried to use odin to reset with the .tar file pda method and it said invalid image file and wouldnt work. Please leave suggestions as i dont know where to go next. I am working on a new pc now and will try after download, running dsl and slowgoing. Currently my phone is a break
irule9000 said:
I am on root on 2.2 with Dk28 and epic all in one.Yesterday I decided I wanted to put baked snack on my phone. Everything went great and was working so i decided to install step 2 to get better battery life and I shut down to boot into clockwork. Therein started my problems. It refused to boot in to clockwork, so i tried to boot back up and it wont get past the Samsung with their .com boot screen (sorry first post cant post the full screen due to url). I have nandroid backups but cant make use of it as clockwork wont boot up. Drivers were originally working fine on my pc but overnight they got screwed up. (they working now on my other pc)Before that i tried to use odin to reset with the .tar file pda method and it said invalid image file and wouldnt work. Please leave suggestions as i dont know where to go next. I am working on a new pc now and will try after download, running dsl and slowgoing. Currently my phone is a break
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Which tar are you flashing..whats the filename?
also have you checked to make sure it downloaded correctly without corruption via md5checksum?
checksum and tar
i used this page i used thread number 794138(cant post links) by whosdaman. I tried using dk28 and di18, Dk28 got checksum and di18 got invalid image. I just downloaded a new tar for dk28 and am currently trying odin on a different computer
Let us know what happens,I'm here to help for atleast 2 more hours.
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dk28 got checksum, working on di18, i hate you dsl
irule9000 said:
dk28 got checksum, working on di18, i hate you dsl
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any updates man?
hash dash invalid
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid
<OSM> SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 is invalid.
<OSM> End...
Clockwork fixed
Goodnews bad news, I fixed clockwork and flashed clockwork backup, still wont boot tho
irule9000 said:
Goodnews bad news, I fixed clockwork and flashed clockwork backup, still wont boot tho
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*Assuming that you want to return to the current official build used by sprint which is at this moment DI18*
*Assuming your phone can power up at all (if it doesn't there's a trick you can try for that mentioned elsewhere in the forums)*
*Only use main/direct-to-motherboard USB slot on PC (not on the face of your PC)*
*Only use high quality USB cable shorter than 3' and not the stock cable*
*Make sure SAMSUNG USB drivers are Installed*
*Make sure your battery is more than 50% charged*
1. SD Card is REMOVED, USB is UNPLUGGED and Battery is REMOVED from phone
2. While Phone is UNPLUGGED from USB, place battery in phone
3. Press and Hold the "1" key and Power button together to reach Download Mode
*KEEP USB UNPLUGGED FROM PHONE and phone in Download Mode*
4. Extract and Run Odin3.exe (Ignore the .pit file included in Odin3+v1.61andepic.pit.zip)
*Leave the "PIT" selection empty*
5. In Odin Uncheck "F. Reset Time", make sure "Auto Reboot" is the only box checked
6. In Odin click PDA and select your .Md5 file (SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5)
7. Plug USB in PHONE and wait for yellow COM box highlight to appear in Odin
8. In Odin Press Start and WAIT patiently
Download SPH-D700-DI18-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 from the link on the first page of this thread where it says DI18 Update:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794138
Download Odin from the link on the Wiki --look for "Odin3+v1.61andepic.pit.zip" under where it says "Odin Stock Flashing" at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki...Stock_Flashing
Download Samsung USB drivers from the link on the first post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
fck me
I really shouldnt have screwed with odin while tired and pissed. Lost clockwork mod and tried again. Now im stuck with a paperweight that can go into download mode or boot to a screen that shows an old flip phone triangle with an exclamation mark and a pc/laptop. If anyone knows what that means, please post
I've reached that screen 3 times and twice I've been able to get my phone back out of it (not something I'm exactly proud of).
try:
1. Remove sd card and battery and unplug USB
2. While first holding 1+Power button, re-insert the battery
and if that doesn't work try it with the USB first plugged in.
next try
1. remove battery and sd card
2. insert USB
3. press and hold down vol up + vol down (not power) and Replace battery
next try
1. remove battery sd card
2. plug in USB
3. re-insert battery
4. hold power + vol down only
and lastly try
calling sprint or samsung repair as applicable and plead complete ignorance as to how it happened and any knowledge of smart phones and android beyond what's in the basic user manual. Say something like "It was like that when I woke up"
that seems to be the certain solution for this problem from what I've read.
I see ur problem rename ur .tar.md5 file to just .tar you might have to enable extensions to be seen. I don't remember how I did it but I remember googling something like how to enable file extensions. If you successfully rename it you will get a warning and just click ok on it or whatever enables you to change the extension.then use that file in odin.
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The flip phone triangle thing was something I had too. Make sure ur tar file is some where around 150mb to 200mb. The first time download my tar it was like 5mb for some reason
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I tried the tar thing it worked better but im having issues with drivers and connection issues with odin. Its working better but im getting stuck at pram or something like that
Sry I really can't help you much more. I'm not a dev so I really don't know. I only speak from experience. Also you should be more specific I posted two things about the tar file.
I also checked how big the tar should be and it is 255 mb
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i hate my phone
Every time i fix one problem another appears. My computer wont see my phone. The drivers are fine as my brothers epic 4g appears as normal. It seems that something in the phone is messed up. I have no other computer to test it on. Help me fellow xda members, what should i do.
Are you using the same cable thst your brother used? I couldn't get my computer (or a second one ether) until I used my wife's cable.
George
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i tried about 5 different cables, but now for some reason im getting the original recovery? to load. Its really wierd, when i leave the phone something happens even when it is off. is there anyway to restore from the original recovery. Is there anyway to mount an sdcard without loading the phone. I dont have clockwork, but i have an update.zip file on my sd and i want to see if it will load anything. Unfortunately i took it out under the directions of someone else and the phone wont remount it. I was wondering if there is a way to trick the phone to remount it allowing to do the update via stock recovery
I'm sure that would be possible via adb...but I'm not well versed in that lol
Does your phone connect to the computer at all anymore?
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thank you all the help. You guys were correct, i had an extension problem. After erasing md5 i was able to use odin. This was after i got lucky and my computer saw it as a modem on my much higher quality microusb. Im in the middle of a nandroid restore bringing back from stock di18 to good old dk28. Thanks all for help.

Unbricked my phone without recovery mode

I apologize in advance if this has been posted before as I do not frequent this site much.
So I just tried to download 2.2 via kies and ended up bricking my phone. I followed it step by step so I don't know where I went wrong.
So in the process of me trying to unbrick my phone I tried to get into recovery mode with no success.
I got fed up trying to access download mode by vol. up/down and plugging in usb and decided to just go ahead and open Odin with the usb plugged into my phone and laptop still not in download mode.
On Odin it was on ID: COM 10 so i said screw it, I put in the pit and pda and hit start.
What do you know. it worked !
My phone is up and running now and I'm now trying to find an alternative way to get 2.2 on my vibrant.
Just wanted to share.
If you weren't in DL mode then what screen were you on?
The com number is unimportant. There is a deodexed stock version of 2.2 in the dev forum posted you could use that instead of Kies...... I would
I have only been able to access the phone via odin in download mode and the computer-phone mode, whatever its called.
These are the techniques I use to access d/l mode consistently. It depends on which software was installed prior to crash however, as they seem to alter the method somehow.
phone off then vol + and vol -, and plug in usb, the most common one. If that doesn't work, its usually phone off then vol - and power. This seems to be for the older versions of android. Also, keep the back cover off, because if it doesn't work, just pop the battery out and in.
leechdweler said:
I apologize in advance if this has been posted before as I do not frequent this site much.
So I just tried to download 2.2 via kies and ended up bricking my phone. I followed it step by step so I don't know where I went wrong.
So in the process of me trying to unbrick my phone I tried to get into recovery mode with no success.
I got fed up trying to access download mode by vol. up/down and plugging in usb and decided to just go ahead and open Odin with the usb plugged into my phone and laptop still not in download mode.
On Odin it was on ID: COM 10 so i said screw it, I put in the pit and pda and hit start.
What do you know. it worked !
My phone is up and running now and I'm now trying to find an alternative way to get 2.2 on my vibrant.
Just wanted to share.
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The ID: COM 10 means that Odin is communicating with your phone in download mode. lol
I thought I noticed this too a while back (when odin 1.8 leaked), but I figured my memory from the previous night's flashing was inaccurate. I'll remember to try if I've tried everything else to no avail.
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If you weren't in DL mode then what screen were you on?
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The screen on my phone: picture of a phone and a computer next to it.
So I guess this mean that I don't need to be on download mode on my phone in order to unbrick it. Sweet!
Now only if I could find an easy way to update to 2.2
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leechdweler said:
The screen on my phone: picture of a phone and a computer next to it.
So I guess this mean that I don't need to be on download mode on my phone in order to unbrick it. Sweet!
Now only if I could find an easy way to update to 2.2
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There is a very easy way to get to 2.2.
Root you phone, install CWM and flash a 2.2 rom. There is a Stock 2.2 ROM that will bring you back to un-rooted status if you are worried about warranty.

[Q] Epic 4G Boot Issues

Please help in anyway that you can. I was attempting to root my Epic for ACS recovery using Odin. Odin initially picked up on my device but when I hit start it failed. Then I tried a different port, cable, and took out the sd and now my phone wont start and it has a graphic showing a phone connected to the computer with a yellow sign in the middle.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Pull battery for a couple minutes. Reboot into download and try again... if that don't work many people have had success by pulling their battery and plugging it into computer with battery out and booting into download without the battery in. Never tried this but many people on xda have said that it works! Hope you get it working again
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if that fails, pull out the full EC05 odin using repartition and run that. then go back to ICS and go again... make sure that when you are rooting using odin, do not select repartition...

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