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[Q] HELP NEEDED: I think I am bricked, not sure

I was attempting to run this lag fix on my Vibrant and now my phone does not boot past the large S, it just sits there with the center of the S glowing every few seconds, then the screen goes black. I can then click the Home key and the keys all light up but screen stays black and the lighted keys never turn off.
I can also hold volume keys and power at this point and boot to Android system recovery screen but can't do much there because either a reinstall packages or reboot causes same issue at the big S. Is there any way to replace the update.zip (for lag fix) sitting on the internal memory so I can reload stock?
Note: I got to the part of that lag fix where it tells you to choose the top option in the MCL Scripting program (6:45 in thee video), while it was in there running the phone rebooted at some point and was extremely slow booting up. I was able to get to a "power-off" prompt there and since then have been stuck at the big S ever since.
Thanks for any help.

I was able to get back to the phone running again by doing a wipe (unfortunately) but now after booted I get an error like so:
Sorry!
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The application Web (process com.android.browser) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.
dumpstate_app_201008192123_com_android_browser.log has been saved. Use *#9900# to copy out log.
How can I flash my Vibrant back to stock now? I think this is kinda hosed the way it is now. Thanks!

Odin and stock kernel is your option.
Did you make a nandroid backup before you ventured into the lag fix?
EDIT: it should not be in this section

Took me a bit of time but I figured out how to use Odin and boot the phone in download mode and flash it with the stock kernel. Thanks for your help!

mgiusto said:
Took me a bit of time but I figured out how to use Odin and boot the phone in download mode and flash it with the stock kernel. Thanks for your help!
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can you please help a noob out and give me detailed steps on how you did this =]

if you want to learn to use odin read some of the faq threads there one in each of the galaxy s variants development forums just follow the instructions and it should work

[Q] i9505 won't boot into recovery or Android after it was "washed"

Hello guys, after a extensive research I decided to post thia thread and ask for help.
I recieved this phone (i9505 international version) from my cousin after it was washed in a wash machine inside his pants pocket'.
He told me he had sent it to a repair shop to have it cleaned and repaired before he sent it to me.
I recieved it, charged it's battery on a externalismo charger, put it back and it turns on ok, but gets stuck on The boot screen with a little blue message on the top that says "recovery booting" and never changes from there.
So , i tried The obvious, downloaded a official ROM, and tried to flash it. Flash was sucessful but i still had the same problems with it getting stuck in The first boot screen with the little blue text at The top.
Then i tried flashing The ROM with a pit file to rebuild The partittions. Flash was sucessful again, no errors at all, but I still had the same problem getting stuck at The boot screen.
The I tried flashing a custom recovery.
Clockwork recovery got me a error screen after i flashed it saying something got wrong during flash ask me to flash again.
Reflashed The oficial ROM with the pit file, tried again, same error. Had to reflash again.
Then I tried twrp.
This time something went different. I was still stuck at The boot screen, but The blue text changed to a red/orange 3 line text saying something like "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing".
I've read that this hás something to do with a locked bootloader and knox security.
Also, I've read that some people had this problems when their /data partition got corrupted.
So, I could not clear or format the data partition because I can't get into the recovery. The pit file never touches /data, and I don't really know if flashing the oficial ROM is enough to fix any problems in /data.
I have no idea if the data on /EFS is still OK.
And I'm still stuck with this problem.
Does anyone have any idea what else I can try in order to unbrick this phone?
I think the 3 possible problems are:
Corruption on /data
Corruption on /EFS (still it should boot)
Something wrong with bootloader vs rom version or region or something with Knox security.
Oh, I Aldo tried flashing another modem/radio. Got the same "something went wrong while flashing, try again" error.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry if you find any typos, I'm fighting my word corrector (which is in pt-br) as I type this from my phone (n7000).
PS: flashed Samsung 4.4.2 zto (brazil) to the i9505

Another possibility is that the volume rocker shorted and when holding power it is also holding volume. Therefore booting recovery. I would check this by removing the volume rocker ribbon from the board and powering on. I know it sounds silly but could be the problem
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I openned the phone a few minutes ago to check this. Acctualy the button is soldered into the mainboard. I wasn't able to disconnect it.
I get a new multimeter (mine broke a few weeks ago) and check the contacts, but I don't think this is the problem, because if it was just a problem with a key getting stuck it should still boot into the recovery and do something, but it's not the case, it gets stuck in the bootscreen before booting and never really enters the recovery.
and when I go into download mode, there is a screen that asks me to presse vol up to go into download mode or vol down to cancel, I acctually have to press vol up to enter download mode, so it's probably not the problem. Thanks for the sugestion tho'.

[Q] Galaxy Y Duos S6102 stucked into white screen

I have changed my OS from Gingerbread to Kitkat than after it, i again wanted the gingerbread so i tried it, but when i was doing so it seems that it din't succeed and my phone was stuck into white screen
now when i start my phn white sceen flash's and also when i try to enter the recovery mode it doesn't goes in recovery mode too can you pls suggest me the solution

Hi
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Please standby while we have your thread/question moved to the appropriate sub-forum for your device.
For future reference you can find your specific device forum here (bookmark/subscribe this):
Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360
Within that section you will find a dedicated q&a sub-forum (this is where your thread is going to be moved to):
Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!

vivekbangal4 said:
I have changed my OS from Gingerbread to Kitkat than after it, i again wanted the gingerbread so i tried it, but when i was doing so it seems that it din't succeed and my phone was stuck into white screen
now when i start my phn white sceen flash's and also when i try to enter the recovery mode it doesn't goes in recovery mode too can you pls suggest me the solution
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The only KitKat for 6102 is cm11
If you have a white screen it usually means
1 - you flashed the wrong firmware
2 - you have a hardware fault
Goto my firmware thread and download the firmware from there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700169
Follow all instructions and add the following
Once you are download mode if you still have a white screen still press Vol up to start connection and carry on as per my instructions on the firmware thread

I have tried the same process as told by you but it don't seems to work the same problem continues pls tell me what should i do???
and is there any software to reset my phone and clr factory settings b'coz i can't even enter into recovery mode:crying::crying::crying:

vivekbangal4 said:
I have tried the same process as told by you but it don't seems to work the same problem continues pls tell me what should i do???
and is there any software to reset my phone and clr factory settings b'coz i can't even enter into recovery mode:crying::crying::crying:
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Read the instructions fully!
You don't need recovery mode you need download mode
It will work if all instructions are followed fully from my firmware thread & add the extra instructions I gave in the previous post if you have a white screen in download mode too!
If you really can't do it or the phone has been mucked up beyond a simple firmware reflash the only thing that remains is either a jtag flash or replacement of the motherboard - both of which are pointless as will probably cost as good as the phones value

yaaaa i tried the download mode too but it seems to flash only white screen but the to i followed the process odin detected my phn then as per instructions i completed the process but then too the same problem continues and one more thing the logo of galaxy y duos comes on mirror image and in upward down direction means when you will watch it in mirror you will be able to read it...

vivekbangal4 said:
yaaaa i tried the download mode too but it seems to flash only white screen but the to i followed the process odin detected my phn then as per instructions i completed the process but then too the same problem continues and one more thing the logo of galaxy y duos comes on mirror image and in upward down direction means when you will watch it in mirror you will be able to read it...
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Long as pushed Vol up to start connection when in download mode (even with the white screen)
Guess it's time for a new phone then - its not worth repairing unless you can find someone to replace the motherboard for next to nothing or maybe a jtag flash if it's just the bootloader you have corrupted but a jtag costs £200 UK so again repair shop but I'd just buy a new phone

i have successfully regained my phone back and all of the recovery mode functions are working properly now only i need is the original files of gingerbread can anyone provide me the needed files

Is my S4 hard bricked

Hi
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with a problem I have, as I think I might have hard bricked my samsung galaxy s4 (i9505)
I was attempting to install clockwork recovery mod and, following some instructions, I downloaded a zip file called CWM_6.0.4.7_Touch_GT-I9505.zip
The instructions I had said to not extract the tar file within this zip but to transfer it to the S4 with odin in the compressed format.
When I first tried to do this I couldnt because odin did not recognise the zip file format. I therefore assumed I needed to transfer across the compressed file and so accessed it directly with odin
This file was called recovery.img
the odin transfer worked ok and it indicated pass when it had fininshed
However when my phone rebooted it presented lots of error messages one after the other saying (app name) has stopped.
I say ok to all these messages and am left with a blank screen.
I then tried to reboot the S4 into recovery by holding power up/home and power on but not see the normal recovery screen.
Instead I see 3 lines of text top left
1- (in blue)
2- (in red) recovery is not seanoroid enforcing
3 - in yellow) set warranty bit : recovery
I googled error message 2 and it was suggested that when I see the threee messages I should release home and power but keep holding the up button to go into recovery mode, but this does not work.
I am suspecting that by flashing this file I have overwritten the original recovery files and so wondered if there is any way I can resolve this probelm
Any help greatly appreciated
Thank you
Tony

Wrong forum buddy. This is for LG g4 not samsung
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tonypbx said:
Hi
I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with a problem I have, as I think I might have hard bricked my samsung galaxy s4 (i9505)
I was attempting to install clockwork recovery mod and, following some instructions, I downloaded a zip file called CWM_6.0.4.7_Touch_GT-I9505.zip
The instructions I had said to not extract the tar file within this zip but to transfer it to the S4 with odin in the compressed format.
When I first tried to do this I couldnt because odin did not recognise the zip file format. I therefore assumed I needed to transfer across the compressed file and so accessed it directly with odin
This file was called recovery.img
the odin transfer worked ok and it indicated pass when it had fininshed
However when my phone rebooted it presented lots of error messages one after the other saying (app name) has stopped.
I say ok to all these messages and am left with a blank screen.
I then tried to reboot the S4 into recovery by holding power up/home and power on but not see the normal recovery screen.
Instead I see 3 lines of text top left
1- (in blue)
2- (in red) recovery is not seanoroid enforcing
3 - in yellow) set warranty bit : recovery
I googled error message 2 and it was suggested that when I see the threee messages I should release home and power but keep holding the up button to go into recovery mode, but this does not work.
I am suspecting that by flashing this file I have overwritten the original recovery files and so wondered if there is any way I can resolve this probelm
Any help greatly appreciated
Thank you
Tony
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You are fine. CWM is highly outdated and shouldn't be used anymore.
Go to TWRP.com and download the latest TWRP. Flash it like you flashed CWM and you will be fine.

download mode
Thanks very much
After my post I remembered that I'd not checked if download mode worked, and it did so managed to restore everything
Can you please let me know with CRW or the program you mentioned if more than one ROM back up can be made because I'm thinking of, if I can, having a custom rom back up and a back up of any new roms I try until I decided what I want to stick with
Regards
Tony

PoiSpin said:
Wrong forum buddy. This is for LG g4 not samsung
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I think you are at the wrong place

ludoke said:
I think you are at the wrong place
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and i think you need to improve your reading skills
the thread has been moved from the incorrect section to the correct section

s7 Edge problems after flashing

First and foremost, I have searched but cannot find someone who has experienced a similar issue as myself.
I have followed the instructions on stechguide (cannot link as I am too new) to flash TWRP onto my s7 edge (Exynos).
However, after booting into recovery, I get a blue screen with an android spinning around saying "installing system update"
and then shortly after that I get a dead android dreaming of a big "!" warning symbol.
It then loads Android Recovery:
MMB29K.G935FXXU1APF2
Samsung/hero2ltexx/hero2lte
6.0.1
giving me the usual samsung recovery options. I am too scared to try anything else (brand new phone) so I just opt to reboot the phone..
The phone still seems to boot fine, however the fact that TWRP is not working and the warning symbol when trying to access recovery is bothering me. Also, when the phone starts, it seems to default to showing me my samsung registration information. Strange
Does anyone know why this might be? Flahsed twrp-3.0.2-2 img tar file, using odin 3.10.7 with these USB driers SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.00.exe (downloaded through the Verizon link)
any help appreciated
thanks for your time.

I have now resolved my problem. I needed to hold the recovery buttons immediately after flashing. Mods please delete this thread.