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[Q] Bricked my Epic while trying to install Clockwork...

had my epic rooted for a while then went to install clockwork with the "all-in-one" epic.aio.v1.13 file. It successfully installed Clockwork but I couldnt not boot into clockwork. So in the vain effort to try and keep the files i have i tryed flashing the SPH-D700 kernal, bare-min and odin hung, Now im trying to get the full factory reset files to flash with odin. are their any other ways to do this other than going all the way back to SPH-D700-DG27-8GB file? BTW when i start now the phone comes up with a phone dash dash yellow ! dash dash Icon. Im guessing I completely trashed this thing. Some one help me?

metalblaster said:
had my epic rooted for a while then went to install clockwork with the "all-in-one" epic.aio.v1.13 file. It successfully installed Clockwork but I couldnt not boot into clockwork. So in the vain effort to try and keep the files i have i tryed flashing the SPH-D700 kernal, bare-min and odin hung, Now im trying to get the full factory reset files to flash with odin. are their any other ways to do this other than going all the way back to SPH-D700-DG27-8GB file? BTW when i start now the phone comes up with a phone dash dash yellow ! dash dash Icon. Im guessing I completely trashed this thing. Some one help me?
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You can still get into download mode. There us a d18 tar floating around. Flash that the odin
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If it powers on then you still have hope. Hold qwerty 1 and the power button to boot into download mode and use this thread to flash back to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
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No problem just do this
metalblaster said:
had my epic rooted for a while then went to install clockwork with the "all-in-one" epic.aio.v1.13 file. It successfully installed Clockwork but I couldnt not boot into clockwork. So in the vain effort to try and keep the files i have i tryed flashing the SPH-D700 kernal, bare-min and odin hung, Now im trying to get the full factory reset files to flash with odin. are their any other ways to do this other than going all the way back to SPH-D700-DG27-8GB file? BTW when i start now the phone comes up with a phone dash dash yellow ! dash dash Icon. Im guessing I completely trashed this thing. Some one help me?
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I have had your same problem my friend just hold 1 while pressing power on and get in download mode then just do odin again
This nice yellow arrow has happened to me bunches of times so don't worry!

When you get the dash yellow icon situation, the only way to recover is to flash back to factory with Odin3.
In case you haven't gotten it yet, here's the download link for the di18 stock tar:
http://www.multiupload.com/X9AB1U56JV
You can get back into download mode by doing the following:
* Close the Odin program
* Pull the USB cable and battery out of the phone
* While pressing both the 1 key and power button with one hand, replace the battery with the other. Download mode should immediately appear.
* Open Odin first, then reconnect the USB cable
* Load the di18 stock tar into PDA, reboot should be the only thing ckecked. Press start.
I wrote the all in one script, and would like to know what happened when you installed the clockwork mod. Tell me what OS you were using and what messages came up. The script should have detected if the install wasn't successful.
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thanks for the help
Being the resilient person that I am, (as well as the impatient one). I found a stock Tar for DG26 and Flashed it to my phone using odin... it fixed it. Then i manually updated it... Had i waited for a response i would have known there was a .tar file with the DI18 update floating about... Thanks for the help though. This is a good forum with a good community.

metalblaster said:
Being the resilient person that I am, (as well as the impatient one). I found a stock Tar for DG26 and Flashed it to my phone using odin... it fixed it. Then i manually updated it... Had i waited for a response i would have known there was a .tar file with the DI18 update floating about... Thanks for the help though. This is a good forum with a good community.
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At least quite a few people came to your aid... glad you've gotten it sorted. Feel free to post again in the all in one if you still want to install clockwork mod, I do my best to help as long as I'm online. You know what to do now in case something doesn't work out... It's happened to us all.

Interesting enough, I don't think I actually bricked the phone when I first installed Clockwork. Seeing as this is my first smartphone and my first foray into the Android universe, I am a bit of a noob when it comes to how things are done. Not realizing that clockwork Mod used a different button to engage items than the normal Samsung recovery platform, I had thought I had some how overridden the start up files to eclair with the All in one program.. After re-upgrading the phone back to DI18, I rooted then installed clock work again using the "AIO" program. (great program BTW). I encountered a similar error to what I had before, When I was in clockwork I was unable to leave by using the home button or even removing the battery, but I hit the back button and then figured out that the camera button acted like the home button would in the native Samsung recovery client. I think this was the case from the start. Just keep this as a story of warning if you ever are in my position, ask people before you think you've completely "bricked" or screwed something up, because there may be a simple solution. Anyways thanks for the help, I'm still learning all of this, though I've been using linux platforms for years (no ubuntu or mint, more Red hat and Debian.) so you'd think id be ok at it....

[Q] HELP! Cant boot into recovery/odin not recognizing phone..

I rooted my phone earlier today. Was looking into flashing a new rom.
Went with a dj05 rom, downloaded it, and the radio. All flashed fine. Went to reboot after and do the kernal and now it wont boot into recovery. (has a screen that comes up with a cell phone and computer with a triangle in between.
It will boot into download mode, but odin isn't recognizing my phone as being plugged in.
It was the superclean dj05 rom i flashed. any help would be greatly appreciated...

Are you sure that you have the correct phone drivers installed? Odin has never been the most well-written and bug free of programs, but it has been invaluable all things considered. Have you been able to use Odin in the past?
If you are absolutely sure it doesn't work, I suggest downloading and figuring out to use Heimdall, as it will use completely new USB drivers and do pretty much the same thing as Odin.
I also helped someone who had Odin not recognize the phone and nothing I suggested would help him. Eventually someone came up with the idea of buying a USB controller PCI card, and miraculously that worked. It shouldn't have to be that way, but sometimes computers like to fart in your face like that

Also, make sure you have the battery out when plugging in and going into download mode. Odin doesn't like batteries.

I've seen many people on this forum have luck with trying different USB ports on their PCs when this happens. For some reason ODIN is finicky with some USB ports, even when those same ports work fine for mounting the SD card and other things.

Kevin Gossett said:
Also, make sure you have the battery out when plugging in and going into download mode. Odin doesn't like batteries.
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Have you had a bad experience? I am the type of person that doesn't use any specific arrangement for download and recovery mode... but I kept lousy notes. I can only confirm it never has hurt me to try with the battery in and remove it if there is a problem.
I mean no offense and admit it is good practice; I'm just curious how this detail sorts into rumor/prejudice/fact in the spirit of raised eyebrows.
Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.

soba49 said:
Have you had a bad experience? I am the type of person that doesn't use any specific arrangement for download and recovery mode... but I kept lousy notes. I can only confirm it never has hurt me to try with the battery in and remove it if there is a problem.
I mean no offense and admit it is good practice; I'm just curious how this detail sorts into rumor/prejudice/fact in the spirit of raised eyebrows.
Swyped w/ XDA App. When in doubt, mumble.
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I haven't heard it cause any kind of damage if that's what you mean but Odin just plain wont see my phone if the battery is in it sometimes. If I unplug the USB and remove the battery I can plug it back in and it works. Odin is just crazy like that.

I can't even get my phone to go into download mode when there's no battery in. Plugged in via USB and everything- no response. I got to the screen once, and used Odin to put CWM from the EB01 walkthrough thread on there, but Rom Manager won't recognize that, OR that I have the SD card in mount mode. Help please? Lol.
UPDATE: Fixed it. Figured out what I was doin' wrong to get into Manual Download and just redid everything, and it worked out.

Kevin Gossett said:
Also, make sure you have the battery out when plugging in and going into download mode. Odin doesn't like batteries.
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The battery thing and odin is completely untrue. At least for me. Because whenever I need to flash something with odin my battery is in every time. So the whole odin not liking batteries seems like a myth to me.
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times_infinity said:
The battery thing and odin is completely untrue. At least for me. Because whenever I need to flash something with odin my battery is in every time. So the whole odin not liking batteries seems like a myth to me.
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Agree.... I have option to reboot into Download mode via the power button and I dont take my battery out, still works fine.

Take the battery out, hold down the volume down button, then plug the usb cable in (other end of the usb cable should be plugged into the computer.) This is the correct way to get to "download mode" and use Odin. Also, what someone said about drivers is also something to consider. But after flashing a rom, I figured you'd have done all this at least once!
Do you have the correct version of clockwordmod? What about the modem version? This should be sorted out before flashing...

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Can't get Verizon update any longer

Hello all,
Been rambling around the forums in ninja mode trying to gain enough knowledge to not mess up my phone before trying to mod it but alas best laid plans....
Anyhoo I was working to put the Froyo leak on my phone and everything was good till I did a cwm wipe of the phone and wammo it had problems. I managed to use Odin to get it back to barebones stock, lost my high score in Angry Birds too dang it.
Now that I am back to this point I tried to run the Verizin updates and it downloads and goes into install mode on reboot and it dies at Updating Modem section. At that point I saw I was rooted so I removed that and tried again, no dice amigo. Did a factory wipe, nothing. Cleared the cache, fail again.
If it helps its trying to do a dh12 to di01 update. Got any ideas?

When you went to stock did you flash the stock kernel and stock recovery as well? I had to do this when I updated to dl09

Good question and yes I believe I did, I followed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204&highlight=return+stock thread to get the job done. Let me try it one more time.
Also I load the PIT file with each md5 correct?

Looks like I fixed it on the second time around. Not sure what I missed but the update went through. No worries. Might pay someone to hand hold my through getting DL30 on my phone cause even as an IT guy I'm missing something every time.

Strong thing is, once the DI01 update happens it actually doesn't find any other updates...wifi is off.

VZW pulled the DL09 update due to the e911 bug until it is fixed

Makes good sense. Sooo anyone wanna tutorialize me on how to de-crappify my phone? Its worth a donation from me.

You're on di01 right?
I would odin the dl09 package, then use cwm to flash super clean 2.2. Clean, debloated froyo goodness
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Sounds good. The problem lies in me somehow fudging up the process at some point and having to set my phone back to stock again.

Where did you see this?
"VZW pulled the DL09 update due to the e911 bug until it is fixed"
Have any sources on this one? I really would like to see them.
Not doubting you, I have just been rebooting and *228 for 3 days trying to get this update only to see this quote...

VZW sent a message to all Fascinate owners the other night acknowledging the bug and a fix being in the works. Why would they continue to push it out after that?
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Well...
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New EA update is being pushed out.
Verizon told me to go to a store as some phones will not accept OTA updates. Seems stupid and like a lie, but whatever...

Atst44 said:
"VZW pulled the DL09 update due to the e911 bug until it is fixed"
Have any sources on this one? I really would like to see them.
Not doubting you, I have just been rebooting and *228 for 3 days trying to get this update only to see this quote...
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He's right. Google the source if you need it. Please don't take this response as me being snarky, I don't mean it that way.

I think the biggest issue people are having is not being careful and following the directions perfectly.
I was new two days ago and did this with only one hiccup.
1. I followed the Beginner's thread in this forum to get me rooted. First pass with Odin failed as the one click code didn't recognize the phone. 2nd pas worked. Trick was to just turn on USB debugging and plug in phone, do not then click the mount notification. Leave that off as USB debugging was all that was needed.
2. I installed Mod Manager and Titanium backup right after. This was part of the main directions and Titanium (though not mentioned) allowed me to save all my specific apps that had important data, like my 100% completed Angry Birds.
3. I then followed the directions in the developer forum for the How To.. install DL30 for Froyo. This scared me at first because the CW recovery stalled when wiping data. I waited over 30 minutes before getting the courage to pull the battery and start over. Figured its only deleting user data, should be ok. It was and then it worked the 2nd time without fail. I did reboot in normal recovery, but running the update.zip put it back into CW.
4. After that, I rebooted numerous times, checked all stock apps, upgraded firmware in camera, and used Titanium to add back my apps I bought or downloaded as well as restored my bookmarks and memo notes.
In the end I've had no bugs/issues as others have reported. Only functionality not tested is bluetooth as I don't use it for anything.
I hope this helps and if you are walking through it all again, I would be glad to help specific questions based on my experience.
I was DL09 stock OTA at first. I'd recommend getting rooted and using Odin to get the stock DL09 from these forums flashed before you try to put DL30 on. As a developer myself, it just makes sense to always put on builds that are in order of each other. So DI01, then DL09, then DL30.

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superchunkwii, thanks for the feedback. When I booted into cwm recovery mode it hung too. I think my fatal mistake was I booted in regular recovery mode and did my wipe....sad. I should have just rebooted and went back in cwm like you did.
As far as freezing apps I did not know freezing angry birds would save its data. Boy was my wife is mad (she plays it the most).
I did everything else on cue so I will try again and see how she goes. IT CAN BE TAUGHT! As the genie says.
On another note I did download the EA28 update today, can I install the DL30 Rom or do I need to "downgrade" to DL09 to get this done? Anyone try?

dlmcclou said:
superchunkwii, thanks for the feedback. When I booted into cwm recovery mode it hung too. I think my fatal mistake was I booted in regular recovery mode and did my wipe....sad. I should have just rebooted and went back in cwm like you did.
As far as freezing apps I did not know freezing angry birds would save its data. Boy was my wife is mad (she plays it the most).
I did everything else on cue so I will try again and see how she goes. IT CAN BE TAUGHT! As the genie says.
On another note I did download the EA28 update today, can I install the DL30 Rom or do I need to "downgrade" to DL09 to get this done? Anyone try?
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1. Not freeze.. that makes it so app won't run. Backup with Titanium Backup is what you need I think.
2. What is EA28? I don't think the fascinate has had that build.

Just got an update EA28 any ideas what it does
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EA28 build is the update to fix the emrgency dialing bug in DL09. As I understand, it is otherwise the same as DL09. I am by no means an expert though.

EA28 build is the update to fix the emrgency dialing bug in DL09. As I understand, it is otherwise the same as DL09. I am by no means an expert though.
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Cool. Can anyone confirm this?

Unbrick this phone. ( This is a good one )

So I was mucking about installing ICS on my fascinate and I've managed to thoroughly brick the device. It will not power on in any form from my perspective. No Download mode, no recovery nothing.
The steps that I took to get myself here
Installed Teamhacksung ICS Build 2 (Everything was wokring fine except calenders so I had to do a reinstall)
Did a Full wipe of all mount point via CWR and fresh reinstall including Google Apps v.5.
Booted fine went through initial setup.
Downloaded Glitch kernel 14 preview 2 for the i9000 ( Yes I know in retrospect it is the obvious wrong kernel )
Flashed Wrong kernel via CWR
Booted phone ( It started up just fine. But I had no Wifi and no 3G not panel buttons only physical worked. This is when I looked at the kernel filename again and discovered my mistake.)
Booted to CWR via power button menu
CWR was modified along with th glitch kernel install. ( It is unable to mount sdcard of any local resource.
I figure okay my bad lets odin
I put the phone in download mode
I flash the atlas_2.2.pit and the CWM4 tar designed to work with CM7 with the following options.
----Odin 1.83
Re-partition
F Reset Time
Atlas_2,2.pit in PIT section
CWM4_for_cm7.tar in PDA Section
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Flash is successful I power down phone by pulling battery and unpluging from usb
I put the battery back in to boot into recovery and the phone will not power on.
It will not enter download mode via volume-down method or via 301k jig
This phone is dead as far as I'm concerned.
Any help / ideas are appreciated.

I would try a new cable. If that doesnt work i think your only option is the Unbrickable mod.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288093&highlight=unbrickable+mod

Not that it will help but I believe your mistake was in using the pit file without flashing a rom. You repartitioned your device and then did not install an os essentialy.
Edit: you should also pull the battery while flashing with Odin.
On a possibly helpful note, have you tried connecting to Odin since then. I know on the Charge people have reported entering download mode but having no visual conformation of it (ie: blank screen but Odin recognizes the phone). Might be worth a shot.
We all make mistakes, I hard bricked my wifes Charge because I keep all my Odin files together, clicked through to quickly and ended up flashing stock i500 files to it instead of i510 files.../facepalm
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Ya I've tried connecting to Odin even though not visual representation for Download Mode is there. The Fascinates do that as well from time to time. The thing that gets me is that even if the partition structure is totally hosed the phone "should" be able to get into download mode. I disassembled it last night and will be attempting the Unbrickable mod once a new tip comes for my soldering iron.

I have no clue why you used Odin and repartition v2.2 pit without flashing a stock ROM. where you got the idea to flash a cwm file instead of a .tar ROM file is beyond me.
Now that i have given you some scolding. unless one of fascinates geniuses comes to your rescue. You're only option is to use unbrickable mod on you're phone. And you best follow directions on that mod a lot better than you have on this past endeavor. It does involve soldering your processor pins, so i wish you luck.
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Have you tried making/buying a jig to trick the phone into Download Mode.
I found these 2 threads:
Jig 1
&
Jig 2
I found these on the captivate forums when I needed it and it works pretty well, but buying one is much easier.
If you arent familiar with what I'm talking about, putting 301k of resistance on the 4 & 5 pins on our phones will put the phone in Download mode, which is what a jig will do for you.
They are also sold on Ebay, and on MobileTech Videos.
Hope this helps!

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Edit: you should also pull the battery while flashing with Odin.
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Flashing with the battery in is no different than flashing with it out really. The reason all Fascinate tutorials say to flash with the battery out is to prevent recovery from getting over-written should the phone reset and boot normally after flashing.
Also, I would say try a download mode jig. Since you flashed the i9000 kernel, it could be doing something odd that a Fascinate wouldn't normally do. If it was a MTD i9000 kernel, hopefully it didn't re-partition and wipe out or corrupt the bootloader/secondary bootloader.

imnuts said:
Flashing with the battery in is no different than flashing with it out really. The reason all Fascinate tutorials say to flash with the battery out is to prevent recovery from getting over-written
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I am aware of that, just saying it doesn't hurt to follow directions.
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I broke my phone, need help.

This is a case of "I have no idea what I'm doing. I shouldn't have messed with crap I don't understand."
I have an Epic 4g that I've rooted previously and, using Odin, installed a custom ROM (forget which one). Yesterday, I attempted to flash Legendary ROM, following the directions in the How-to video linked in the Legendary post. I have an earlier version of CWM (v2.5.1.0 if that makes a difference) than what was on the video. I wiped the data, the Dalvik cache, and the battery stats before I began the flash.
The flash consisted of downloading the zip file of the ROM to my phone, booting into CWM, and installing the zip file from the SD card. The screen said that it installed correctly, but I got an error "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log". When I went to reboot, it got stuck at the Samsung screen permanently.
I tried to flash again the same way - same thing happened. I read on a forum post somewhere that the SD card partition may not have enough space to flash the ROM, so I partitioned my SD card. Yup, I'm that dumb. Now, when I boot it up, it goes to the Samsung screen for a few seconds, then directly to CWM screen. It even goes to CWM when I plug the phone in without turning it on.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere for this problem and specifically the error message (E: Can't open ...) and can't really make heads or tails of anything. The replies are over my head as far as my knowledge of my phone and these processes. I don't know what the exact problem is nor how to fix it. If you could help an idiot through the steps, I would greatly appreciate. If you live around the Philly area, I could offer you $50 to fix my phone and install the Legendary ROM.
Thank you for your time in reading this.

as long as it turns on and you get some kinda life you are still good couple things you can try
1 since you are on a older version of CWM wipe data 3 times cache 3 times and dalvic 3 time then try installing your ROM again give it a shot wont hurt anything
2 if that doesnt work you will have to Odin back to stock and re-root...i know it sounda like a pain in the ass but its the best option ill find you a how to for this if you need it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461337

ajt167 said:
This is a case of "I have no idea what I'm doing. I shouldn't have messed with crap I don't understand."
I have an Epic 4g that I've rooted previously and, using Odin, installed a custom ROM (forget which one). Yesterday, I attempted to flash Legendary ROM, following the directions in the How-to video linked in the Legendary post. I have an earlier version of CWM (v2.5.1.0 if that makes a difference) than what was on the video. I wiped the data, the Dalvik cache, and the battery stats before I began the flash.
The flash consisted of downloading the zip file of the ROM to my phone, booting into CWM, and installing the zip file from the SD card. The screen said that it installed correctly, but I got an error "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log". When I went to reboot, it got stuck at the Samsung screen permanently.
I tried to flash again the same way - same thing happened. I read on a forum post somewhere that the SD card partition may not have enough space to flash the ROM, so I partitioned my SD card. Yup, I'm that dumb. Now, when I boot it up, it goes to the Samsung screen for a few seconds, then directly to CWM screen. It even goes to CWM when I plug the phone in without turning it on.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere for this problem and specifically the error message (E: Can't open ...) and can't really make heads or tails of anything. The replies are over my head as far as my knowledge of my phone and these processes. I don't know what the exact problem is nor how to fix it. If you could help an idiot through the steps, I would greatly appreciate. If you live around the Philly area, I could offer you $50 to fix my phone and install the Legendary ROM.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
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I can fix your phone remotely do you have teamviewer?
Go download and install teamviewer and pm me your id and password and ill fix it.
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Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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K3VlN said:
as long as it turns on and you get some kinda life you are still good couple things you can try
1 since you are on a older version of CWM wipe data 3 times cache 3 times and dalvic 3 time then try installing your ROM again give it a shot wont hurt anything
2 if that doesnt work you will have to Odin back to stock and re-root...i know it sounda like a pain in the ass but its the best option ill find you a how to for this if you need it
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Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.

You need to flash CWM5 for correct conversions
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brooksyx said:
Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggoron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him.... i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing

K3VlN said:
no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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Yep yep I've done this quite a few times now
My record for unbricking flashing to stock and rerooting and restoring a backup is like 10 minutes xD
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brooksyx said:
Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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Its not bricked if it turns on! And you don't have to wipe 3 times... only 1 time each on all 3 things! Update your cwm and try to flash again, if that doesn't work odin to stock and start over... this time don't use an old version of cwm use the newest (5.0.2.7)
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ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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here is a link for qbking77 with a tutorial for ODINing back to stock...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU
the links for the software are under the video.
hope this helps.
bigron is da man and can help u, but if you want to play more with ur phone, BigRon might be with one of his "Honies" and you can't disturb da playa.

K3VlN said:
no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggoron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him.... i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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flastnoles11 said:
Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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I always heard it was good to know that there is a way to fix it thanks for the info

ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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http://files.devphone.org/epic4g/SPH-D700-EC05-8gb-REL.tar
MD5SUM: 4ea4dfea809c1a6d59b9fccf9e939f35
That's the file you'll have to use with Odin to flash your phone back to stock 2.2. That file will go in the PDA slot of Odin. Don't bother with a PIT or repartitioning (probably not needed in your case).
Once you boot with stock 2.2, let the phone OTA to EI22 and EL30 to get to stock gingerbread with the updated modem. From there you can start the root/rom flash process again.

flastnoles11 said:
Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
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I'm just glad no one has suggested the good o'l magical restore button anymore xD
Sent From My Thugnificent SPH-D700 because its more than Magnificent

Thank you all for your help. Man, you guys are awesome! I'm going to try to reload stock using Odin this evening. If I'm unable to do this, I'm going to get Biggoron to help me via teamviewer.
Thank you all again. It seems that the only way I'm able to learn about things is by breaking them.

ajt167 said:
Thank you all again. It seems that the only way I'm able to learn about things is by breaking them.
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Dont sweat that... most of it is all through trial and error. Truthfully, that's how I really got to know my phone better and the stuff I can do w/ it. That and this community. That's why trying a new rom isn't no big thing. If it doesn't take... it doesn't take. That's why we have "nandroid backup" and in "bad" situations, we have ODIN...

wscott9903 said:
Dont sweat that... most of it is all through trial and error. Truthfully, that's how I really got to know my phone better and the stuff I can do w/ it. That and this community. That's why trying a new rom isn't no big thing. If it doesn't take... it doesn't take. That's why we have "nandroid backup" and in "bad" situations, we have ODIN...
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Welcome to the Sponge club and also the halls of Asgard to visit Odin or heimdall.

It worked!
I was able to successfully set my phone back to stock 2.2 and just received the OTA updates.
Before I left work last night, my wife called and told me that I locked the cat in the office the night before and she chewed up the USB cable for the phone (I'm so "internet"). I stopped at the Sprint store on the way home and got a new USB cable. I was using Odin for the process, following the video, using my new cable, and Odin couldn't see my phone. The guy in the video was completely right about Sprint/Samsung cables being crap. The chewed cable was originally from a Blackberry. I tried the chewed cable, having to hold it stretched out and tilted to the left, and Odin saw my phone. It went smoothly from there, though my arm got a bit sore.
When I get a chance within the next few days, I'm going to root and try again to install Legendary.
You guys are fantastic. Thank you all for your help. It's obvious that the people here know a lot about this stuff, but it's especially great that you're able to explain this stuff to people who don't know much at all. That's a talent.

ajt167 said:
I was able to successfully set my phone back to stock 2.2 and just received the OTA updates.
Before I left work last night, my wife called and told me that I locked the cat in the office the night before and she chewed up the USB cable for the phone (I'm so "internet"). I stopped at the Sprint store on the way home and got a new USB cable. I was using Odin for the process, following the video, using my new cable, and Odin couldn't see my phone. The guy in the video was completely right about Sprint/Samsung cables being crap. The chewed cable was originally from a Blackberry. I tried the chewed cable, having to hold it stretched out and tilted to the left, and Odin saw my phone. It went smoothly from there, though my arm got a bit sore.
When I get a chance within the next few days, I'm going to root and try again to install Legendary.
You guys are fantastic. Thank you all for your help. It's obvious that the people here know a lot about this stuff, but it's especially great that you're able to explain this stuff to people who don't know much at all. That's a talent.
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Replace that cable ASAP, if you had lost connection in the middle of Odin'ing to stock you could have really bricked your phone! You might need to use Odin again soon..when learning my phone I had to Odin to stock probably 15 times, especially when you start flashing between MTD and BML ROMs (if you don't know what that is, just keep reading on here you will figure it out soon)

luna_c666 said:
Replace that cable ASAP, if you had lost connection in the middle of Odin'ing to stock you could have really bricked your phone! You might need to use Odin again soon..when learning my phone I had to Odin to stock probably 15 times, especially when you start flashing between MTD and BML ROMs (if you don't know what that is, just keep reading on here you will figure it out soon)
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I have a good cable that I'm planning on using, I just left it at work last night. I'll read up on those types of ROMs. Thank you.