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I think I briked the Galaxy tab 2

I was trying to root the device so i can get it updated from 2.2
I used Odin and tried recovery.tar file and now I'm getting a screen with a phone icon with a caution icon in the middle and a computer icon after it.
So I think I really messed it up
Any help
the thing is Odin is still connected
and no matter how much i try restarting whether in download mode or regularly same thing is still happening.
So if I can get some help would really appreciate it. I hope it can be restored
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positiveg said:
I was trying to root the device so i can get it updated from 2.2
I used Odin and tried recovery.tar file and now I'm getting a screen with a phone icon with a caution icon in the middle and a computer icon after it.
So I think I really messed it up
Any help
the thing is Odin is still connected
and no matter how much i try restarting whether in download mode or regularly same thing is still happening.
So if I can get some help would really appreciate it. I hope it can be restored
G
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Look and see if you have recovery mode available >>> volume up+power

nopes even when I boot power + vol up/ vol dn, still get that screen
G

just flash back to stock.. odin still recognize your phone.. thats what i do.. but if odin not recognize your phone, sorry i dont know..

positiveg said:
nopes even when I boot power + vol up/ vol dn, still get that screen
G
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Does Odin still see the device? If it does, try to install the stock firmware. It may take some time to find it on the net. The first place I would try is here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3 and scroll down the page, put in your info in the drop down boxes and submit.

Thanks, Odin is still recognizing it
the original firmware was the ATT one
this Tab 2 has the 3G version
when I checked there I didn't see any one that was similar

positiveg said:
Thanks, Odin is still recognizing it
the original firmware was the ATT one
this Tab 2 has the 3G version
when I checked there I didn't see any one that was similar
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What is your model number?

acefsw said:
What is your model number?
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I think he's talking about SGH-I497 ZSAAT

positiveg said:
Thanks, Odin is still recognizing it
the original firmware was the ATT one
this Tab 2 has the 3G version
when I checked there I didn't see any one that
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857608
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This is the screen I am getting on the tablet
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using xda app-developers app

That forum doesn't really work.
Gonna see what I can do still
thanks
acefsw said:
positiveg said:
Thanks, Odin is still recognizing it
the original firmware was the ATT one
this Tab 2 has the 3G version
when I checked there I didn't see any one that
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857608
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positiveg said:
This is the screen I am getting on the tablet
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using xda app-developers app
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It is a soft brick and is recoverable. Go to here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=752 and read all the stickies in the general and dev sections. Apparently, you will not find an at&t rom per se, but can flash a new rom and pit, there are some very good detailed instructions available, but first read, and read some more, and some more after that. Apparently, your type of tab had signed bootloader issues, so be careful which rom you load. Also, as I have suggested with my links, go to the correct forum. I'm pretty sure you have a sgh i987, (based on the fact you were running 2.2 on at&t), and not a tab2.
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acefsw said:
It is a soft brick and is recoverable. Go to here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=752 and read all the stickies in the general and dev sections. Apparently, you will not find an at&t rom per se, but can flash a new rom and pit, there are some very good detailed instructions available, but first read, and read some more, and some more after that. Apparently, your type of tab had signed bootloader issues, so be careful which rom you load. Also, as I have suggested with my links, go to the correct forum. I'm pretty sure you have a sgh i987, (based on the fact you were running 2.2 on at&t), and not a tab2.
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Previous link was to the wiki, this one is to the forum. Many links will be dead and you will have to likely download the euro rom from sammobile. There is also a sticky for radio issues.

Thanks appreciate all the help AMD o just realise I said this forum instead of this link that you had pointed to earlier. So again thank you. I will read through it while on break and again at lunch and try and make sure I do it right. Most the rims I see at sammobile are 4.04 or above those should he ok right?
Again thanks and will let you know. Cause I got this yesterday for my wife. So.....
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using xda app-developers app

wan903 said:
just flash back to stock.. odin still recognize your phone.. thats what i do.. but if odin not recognize your phone, sorry i dont know..
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Can you assist in where i can find the original ROM?
thanks

I've let the battery run down, well I think that's what happen anyway cause it's not coming on. I have it plugged into the wall but it still not coming on. But will give it a while and see.

The tablet came back on with the same screen from earlier. but now I'm looking at it it's gone off,
it feels warm but maybe it's me.
I don't know
I'm beginning to wonder about ordering a new one lol
G

positiveg said:
Thanks appreciate all the help AMD o just realise I said this forum instead of this link that you had pointed to earlier. So again thank you. I will read through it while on break and again at lunch and try and make sure I do it right. Most the rims I see at sammobile are 4.04 or above those should he ok right?
Again thanks and will let you know. Cause I got this yesterday for my wife. So.....
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using xda app-developers app
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What is the serial number? The rom has to match the model, you cannot just use any samsung rom.

acefsw said:
What is the serial number? The rom has to match the model, you cannot just use any samsung rom.
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serial number R2YB51005k
model is SGH-i987
thanks it stopped coming on I realise I would plug it in it will come on then go back off not sure after how long it goes back off I know I had ti plugged in both via wall and computer.
via computer the computer did pic it up cause it showed drivers being loaded
Now no matter what I'm doing I get a black screen
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Ok got it on charging same screen as I told you about before that I attached earlier
I've looked for the ROM suggest Euro but no luck, the links were dead
And while typing those last few words it gone back off, so i'm guessing it can only be on for say 30 mins.
If I can get the ROM and install it via Odin then I can possibly get it restarted
Thanks
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positiveg said:
serial number R2YB51005k
model is SGH-i987
thanks it stopped coming on I realise I would plug it in it will come on then go back off not sure after how long it goes back off I know I had ti plugged in both via wall and computer.
via computer the computer did pic it up cause it showed drivers being loaded
Now no matter what I'm doing I get a black screen
G
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Ok, as I suspectef, you have the galaxy tab, not the tab 2, hence this is the wrong forum. Go to the forum I linked to, there are some stickies about rooting, recovery soft brick, etc. My understanding is that overcome rom or p1000 should work, but you must follow whatever odin procedures, etc. they use. Chainfire has a great post up about recovering, however the file links no longer work. Go there and ask if someone has the file(s) you need. This guy lists the files he used from sammobile http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996970 You will not find the files in this forum, this is the wrong forum for your device, this is for tab 2 models 31xx and 51xx, yours is a p1000 branded.

GT-i9505x Recovery

Hello, i own a 9505x not a normal 9505, and flashing the existing custom recoveries, do nothing, since i cant boot them.
The root works fine.
Since this 9505x is a demo unit, it has some software restrictions i want to eliminate, like it wont turn off the screen and will keep on playing a Samsung demo, it wont take over 20seconds videos and some other annoying stuff, i am trying to make it a retail unit.
Any suggestions ?

Why did you post this here in "Android Development"?

Can some admin post it in q and a?

Noone owns one?

same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?

c2s.vdg said:
same here mate!
i got my hands on a i9505X at work (with sim tray and mmc slot) but i can't deactivate demo (retail) mode. everytime you poweroff the device it wipes every change.
it tried flashed a i9505 stock rom via Odin and it fails in the modem.bin part...
i was sucesslfull at rooting the device, but now my i9505X takes ages to boot (stuck in Samsung Galaxy S4 for a while) and has no wifi
i tried almost every i9050 kernel available with no luck...
any ideas?
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Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.

sedde said:
Mate can you pull the stock recovery and send it to me? I can tell you how to unlock retail mode and the security dongle.
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i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!

c2s.vdg said:
i'll give it a try... can u pull your actual kernel? mine takes ages to boot the phone!
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Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?

Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium

1337RYoN said:
Why do you need to make the demo unit work?
Sent from my Xperia Arc S using xda premium
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Its working, i just messed up the recovery mode by flashing a i9505 recovery and now i cant restore it. I want to unroot it and flash the mew firmware from kies. Thats why i need the stock recovery

Any chance you can extract the stock firmware for your GT-I9505X and upload it please. I have the same device given to me by a Samsung Rep and I stupidly tried to install the stock formware for the i9500 varient and now its had it. It loads the samsung boot screen as soon as you turn it on and then just keeps restarting every 5 seconds. Im hoping if I can get hold of the original firmware and reflash it will work! Cant find the firmware anywhere!
Sent from my GT-N7105 using xda premium

sedde said:
Kernel wont do anything for you, restore it and it will be fine. Did you succeed in pulling the recovery?
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i'm stuck with a costum recovery as well... no luck! f**k

I'll be very grateful too , if someone can share the original firmware....

I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...

Give this a try mate. Cheers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda premium

I also bricked my i9505 X. Stock Rom from i9505 does not fit to i9505X.
i9505X it's demo unit :
GT-i9505X
I9505XGSMH
PDA : I9505XXXUAMDE_LLK
Android Version: 4.2.2 – Build JDQ39
Phone does not turn on at all now, stands on live demo unit.
sorry for bad english

PiotrMmX said:
I can share it for you If you tell me how to download it from my i9505x... You better hurry as i will have to give my demo back in 2 days...
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Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.

I9505x
Hello everyone!!!!
I have the same problem here too. Im trying to make my I9505x to work not as a Demo Unit but as an normal one.
I also couldn't Enable USB Debugging from your phone’s Android Developer Options menu because i can't find this menu. I thing thats the reason that i cant root my phone either.
So Im waiting to hear news from you...
Thanks a lot in advance!!!!!!

sedde said:
Any luck mate? Its gonna help a lot of people.
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No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...

PiotrMmX said:
No luck mate... unfortunatly i'm just a normal user but not a developer... if anyone can tell me if there is a recovery file on the phone i would be able to copy it using astro file manager otherwise i will be no help to you... i've been browsing phones files and folders, copying files to my wd live hard drive but i can't find a clue...
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Oh no, its much more complicated than that. Anyhow thanks for considering it even.

holy crap i9500

I got a problem with the gt-i9500
There is no download mode
Volume down-home-power i will come in recovery also like up button
If i do volume up and power i'll get something with full test etc..
I got a jig usb works on my s4 but not on the gt-i9500
Got two phones
Gt-i9500 is a new one and yes it's a clone

wigwamradio said:
I got a problem with the gt-i9500
There is no download mode
Volume down-home-power i will come in recovery also like up button
If i do volume up and power i'll get something with full test etc..
I got a jig usb works on my s4 but not on the gt-i9500
Got two phones
Gt-i9500 is a new one and yes it's a clone
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Are you sure its GT-I9500?? Because the stock phone comes with download mode.. volume down + home + power
make sure its the S4...and make sure tge combo is right

sadeshmagic said:
Are you sure its GT-I9500?? Because the stock phone comes with download mode.. volume down + home + power
make sure its the S4...and make sure tge combo is right
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He already stated in the last part of post that it is a clone.
@wigwamradio
What do you expect? Its a clone a you know it
Sent from my Nokia 3210 LTE

marc_ecko28 said:
He already stated in the last part of post that it is a clone.
@wigwamradio
What do you expect? Its a clone a you know it
Sent from my Nokia 3210 LTE
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Kinda missed that...my bad

sadeshmagic said:
Are you sure its GT-I9500?? Because the stock phone comes with download mode.. volume down + home + power
make sure its the S4...and make sure tge combo is right
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There is no download mode
But there is a recovery
like wipe and factory and wipe cache but no davlik cache or advanced
it must be possible to change the clockmod?
or a boot recovery?

sadeshmagic said:
Kinda missed that...my bad
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model; GT-i9500
fcc id a3lGTi9500
SSN -i9500GSMH
if i choose kies firmware... and if i type gt-i9500 then he ask about an s/n number so i checked in the phone put the number in but it said invalid
Sorry about my bad english

wigwamradio said:
model; GT-i9500
fcc id a3lGTi9500
SSN -i9500GSMH
if i choose kies firmware... and if i type gt-i9500 then he ask about an s/n number so i checked in the phone put the number in but it said invalid
Sorry about my bad english
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Im sorry ...but the phone is a clone....so official firmware won't support it

wigwamradio said:
model; GT-i9500
fcc id a3lGTi9500
SSN -i9500GSMH
if i choose kies firmware... and if i type gt-i9500 then he ask about an s/n number so i checked in the phone put the number in but it said invalid
Sorry about my bad english
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If you try to flash firmware for a REAL GT-I9500 on your clone device, it won't work, and it might even brick it, totally destroying it.

donalgodon said:
If you try to flash firmware for a REAL GT-I9500 on your clone device, it won't work, and it might even brick it, totally destroying it.
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Hmzzzzzz okay
gone 200 euro's lolz
but i have changed the rom because the screen was freezing
but everything i do writing fails lolz
bad thing

Freeze home screen when unlock

Hi,
I´ve problems with my S4 I9505.
When I unlock the phone, Home screen not detect touch. I have to push Home button and then works.
I record a video for better explanation:
And too, when I enter in setup menu for example, If I press back, the screen goes black until I press home button.
Phone Details:
Model Number: GT-I9505
Android Version: 4.4.2
Kernel Version: [email protected] #1 Fri Feb 14 12:10:25 KST 2014
Number Compilation: KOT49H.I9505XXUFNB9
The phone is buyed in Amazon and it´s European.
Any ideas?
Thanls.

Albvadi said:
Hi,
I´ve problems with my S4 I9505.
When I unlock the phone, Home screen not detect touch. I have to push Home button and then works.
I record a video for better explanation:
And too, when I enter in setup menu for example, If I press back, the screen goes black until I press home button.
Phone Details:
Model Number: GT-I9505
Android Version: 4.4.2
Kernel Version: [email protected] #1 Fri Feb 14 12:10:25 KST 2014
Number Compilation: KOT49H.I9505XXUFNB9
The phone is buyed in Amazon and it´s European.
Any ideas?
Thanls.
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I got the same problem... got the latest orig firmware but this bug is kinda bad.
So i hope anyone has a fix for [email protected]

Sorry for bumping an old thread but I have the same problem with my phone. Does anyone have a solution?

Have you installed a custom lock screen?
I did it ince and my lock button froze.
Try a data wipe and see if that becomes okay.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using XDA Free mobile app

Hi,
I'have the same problem after an update with the last 4.4.2 DBT firmware (XXUGNG2).
I prefer not to wipe data because the phone isn't rooted and has no custom recovery (no way to make a full backup). Have you found another issue ?
I use a pattern lockscree. First I will try to use the swipe one...

dadoohan said:
Hi,
I'have the same problem after an update with the last 4.4.2 DBT firmware (XXUGNG2).
I prefer not to wipe data because the phone isn't rooted and has no custom recovery (no way to make a full backup). Have you found another issue ?
I use a pattern lockscree. First I will try to use the swipe one...
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You can always backup via so many apps on the playstore mate.
The contacts can be exported out, the images can be transferred to the pc or sd card.
It is lengthy but easy.
Plus it is always recommended to do a data wipe before using the new rom because the battery.stats also get rewritten with it.
Thank me if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.

@DeepankarS,
Thanks for your quick reply. I agree with you. I was talking of an app+data backup which is not easy without a rooted software.

dadoohan said:
@DeepankarS,
Thanks for your quick reply. I agree with you. I was talking of an app+data backup which is not easy without a rooted software.
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Apps can be backuped too via extractapk software available on the playstore,but not their data (sad)
But app data is nothing in comparison to the good functioning of our phone
Press the thank button if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.

You're right

I am also having this freezing problem. My phone is rooted with i9505xxugnj8 rom, after root was ok, then i used titanium backup to remove some bloatware and it started with this. There is only one difference that i have to press and hold home button to unfreeze.
Let me know any ideas, thanks.

jairjunior said:
I am also having this freezing problem. My phone is rooted with i9505xxugnj8 rom, after root was ok, then i used titanium backup to remove some bloatware and it started with this. There is only one difference that i have to press and hold home button to unfreeze.
Let me know any ideas, thanks.
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flash a custom rom maybe? would recommend you imperium rom v16.

xDroidZz said:
flash a custom rom maybe? would recommend you imperium rom v16.
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Thanks xDroidZz, yes I tried custom roms, not the imperium rom, but a lollipop 5.0 and other 4.4.2. I know it sounds crazy, but i think I got used to my original rom, I just wanted to get rid of some crap that came with it.
Looks like it is not a problem with the ROM, sounds like is something that was removed together with some bloatware. Like happened with rotation issue : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644293

Wrong Bootloader Nexus 7 (2012)

Hello Guys,
I need your help.
At first I used Nexus Root Toolkit (1.83) for flashing new rom. But while flashing the message "please use instead version 4.13 the version 4.23.
So I flashed new Bootloader, but nothing happens.
After searching here in XDA a found a fixed version (I don´t hope version of 2013 model).
Since there I have only black screen nothing happens :-/
power button + sound down --> black screen - nothing
power button + sound down + sound up --> black screen - nothing
Please help me

Guiekalle said:
Hello Guys,
I need your help.
At first I used Nexus Root Toolkit (1.83) for flashing new rom. But while flashing the message "please use instead version 4.13 the version 4.23.
So I flashed new Bootloader, but nothing happens.
After searching here in XDA a found a fixed version (I don´t hope version of 2013 model).
Since there I have only black screen nothing happens :-/
power button + sound down --> black screen - nothing
power button + sound down + sound up --> black screen - nothing
Please help me
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You hope it wasn't the 2013 versions bootloader? Flashing is a rather dangerous procedure, even worse when working with a bootloader, if it was a 2013 version then your tab is a brick.
Rather safe than sorry, when in doubt, ask.
Anyway, do you have a link to the thread you got it from?
Sent from my GT-I8190 using Tapatalk

Carlyle_f said:
You hope it wasn't the 2013 versions bootloader? Flashing is a rather dangerous procedure, even worse when working with a bootloader, if it was a 2013 version then your tab is a brick.
Rather safe than sorry, when in doubt, ask.
Anyway, do you have a link to the thread you got it from?
Sent from my GT-I8190 using Tapatalk
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I used this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45043044&postcount=15
After 45min the battery was empty and it starts while loading...puhhh...I was shocked....now everything is fine....
Thanks for supporting...:good: