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Galaxy S bootloop

Hello everybody,
i´m new here and have a great problem on my Galaxy S I9000.
I hat Android 2.2 installed on that device and wanted to install Cyanogenmod by this guide (cant post links)
The Problem i had was i couldn´t get into the downloadmode or recoverymode (Volume up/down, home and Power button)
So i made it with the Android SDK (adb reboot download) to get into the downloadmode.
Once I was there i made the part with the heimdall flash --kernel zImage.
In the end it said the Installation was succesfully and rebootet the Phone. Now it always reboots and only shows the "Samsung Galaxy S I9000" screen and then restarts.
Notice, i didnt do anything else instead the things above (no rootet phone, no flash or something like this). I also had problems installing Android 2.3 with Kies on this device so i tried it with 2.2.
Is there a chance for me to get the phone back to stock? If i connect the USB to the PC it sounds like it detected the device, but then it restarts.
If i only stick in the USB cable to the PC without booting the device a round loading screen apears but stock.
Odin also dont show up anything. Is there anything i can do? Thank you.

Pinije said:
Is there a chance for me to get the phone back to stock? If i connect the USB to the PC it sounds like it detected the device, but then it restarts.
If i only stick in the USB cable to the PC without booting the device a round loading screen apears but stock.
Odin also dont show up anything. Is there anything i can do? Thank you.
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For USB Connection issues try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27205737&postcount=4571
For recovery try to Flash Rescue kit for i9000 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29331775&postcount=1

Sounds like you flashed kernel only, so the proper system is missing.
Try to get into download mode again, and flash a complete ROM (kernel, phone, csc, database, pit512, repartition...) using Heimdal or Odin. Search sammobile.com or the forum to get the ROM/version you need/want (if stock is your choice, use the 3-files-firmware).
If you want to install CyanogenMod, you'll need to get into recovery mode and install the CyanogenMod.zip from here.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app

[Q] ODIN fails at 'system.img.ext4' - 4.3 with KNOX bootloader

ODIN keeps failing at 'system.img.ext4' - 4.3 with KNOX bootloader
Hi guys
I've recently tried to flash a 4.3 stock rom via Odin and it failed, and I now have a bricked phone that has this warning:
PHONE-----YELLOW TRIANGLE----- COMPUTER
'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
I tried to flash the latest KNOX bootloader roms via ODIN to boot up the phone, however....
ODIN keeps hanging on the "system" flashing command and goes to a red "fail". It won't start flashing "system.img.ext4.... etc"
I've tried all versions of ODIN and all version of 4.3
I can't use any 4.2.2 roms as the phone only seems to accept 4.3 stock roms now.
Do you guys know why ODIN keeps failing at flashing 'system.img.ext4' ?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

how to fix odin fail
Hey guys
I found a way to fix my ODIN flashing errors (with system.img.ext4)
Install SAMSUNG USB drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
Make sure you are NOT using VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X.
Bootcamp your Mac if you have to (with 64 bit Windows 7 preferably), or borrow a friends' Windows laptop.
My biggest mistake was running VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X - the new KNOX bootloader/roms doesn't like being flashed on virtual Windows PC
Odin flash PDA should work perfectly fine now
I finally saved my phone from being a brick after 36 hours!!!!

Thanks for this - I too was attempting to do this using VM Fusion. Sorted once I flashed on a non virtual machine.

VMWare Fusion
I had the exact same issue using Odin from VMWare Fusion. Since I didn't have a PC handy, I had Parallels installed on my other mac. I was able to successfully flash the new ROM via my Parallels VM.

I Just flash the PIT file form 4.2.2 after flash 4.3 and everything is ok.
Wysłane z mojego GT-I9506 przy użyciu Tapatalka

I have the same problem but in windows
Hello community
can someone get me some instructions to solve this on a windows 8.1 notebook
S4 mini I9195 - Spanish Vodafone phone, flagged already with KNOX 0x1
4.2.2. android
Thank you in advance

orchid18 said:
I had the exact same issue using Odin from VMWare Fusion. Since I didn't have a PC handy, I had Parallels installed on my other mac. I was able to successfully flash the new ROM via my Parallels VM.!
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Oh Geez! Wish I had found this post hours ago...

Thank so much!
orchid18 said:
Hey guys
I found a way to fix my ODIN flashing errors (with system.img.ext4)
Install SAMSUNG USB drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
Make sure you are NOT using VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X.
Bootcamp your Mac if you have to (with 64 bit Windows 7 preferably), or borrow a friends' Windows laptop.
My biggest mistake was running VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X - the new KNOX bootloader/roms doesn't like being flashed on virtual Windows PC
Odin flash PDA should work perfectly fine now
I finally saved my phone from being a brick after 36 hours!!!!
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very nice! Thank! This worked for me. After 7 hours make trying recover my mini s4!

orchid18 said:
Hey guys
I found a way to fix my ODIN flashing errors (with system.img.ext4)
Install SAMSUNG USB drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
Make sure you are NOT using VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X.
Bootcamp your Mac if you have to (with 64 bit Windows 7 preferably), or borrow a friends' Windows laptop.
My biggest mistake was running VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X - the new KNOX bootloader/roms doesn't like being flashed on virtual Windows PC
Odin flash PDA should work perfectly fine now
I finally saved my phone from being a brick after 36 hours!!!!
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I have the same problem with my s5 mini (dual sim) sm-g800H, Odin fails just when it starts system.img.ext4. Any help with this, i have tried it on a couple of Windows 7 pcs using different USB cables and different Odin versions, any idea how to solve this?

Kitkat
if you have installed Stock Kitkat or Custom 4.4.2 Touchwiz rom [some roms support rolling back and others don't], you won't be able to roll back to 4.3 . i had this problem when i tried to roll back to 4.3 from 4.4.2
Fix : install latest Kitkat firmware

Al_Jourgensen said:
Hello community
can someone get me some instructions to solve this on a windows 8.1 notebook
S4 mini I9195 - Spanish Vodafone phone, flagged already with KNOX 0x1
4.2.2. android
Thank you in advance
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1.install samsung usb driver
2. find your mobile model and download single .tar image from sammobile
3. flash through odin(tick only F.reset time and auto reboot)

Odin Fail with VMWare Fusion on Mac: The below worked for me
This post is late to this thread: Wanted to share what worked for me for Verizon SCH-I545 Samsung Galaxy S4:
* Used Windows 7 on VMWare Fusion 7.0.1 on MacBook Air; Odin 3.09
* Experienced same Odin failure for "system.img.ext4" during process; this fixed it.
* Change Fusion USB Settings: Close Windows but not Fusion. Go to "Fusion Settings/USB & Bluetooth". Go to "Advanced USB options" and select "USB Compatibility" USB 1.1.
* Restart Fusion and restart Windows.
* I used TAR file "I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_I545VRUFNC5_HOME.tar.md5" inside downloadable file "I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_VZW" which was downloaded from URL: sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SCH-I545
* Note: I joined this website for 1 week to take advantage of faster download speeds. I tried without joining and the download timed out before the download was completed. Speed was much faster with membership.
* Prep phone for download by pressing 3-buttons "Power-Home-Volume Down". Note: Be sure to hold down the "Volume Down" portion of the button and not the complete Volume button. Press Volume Up when prompted on screen by the phone.
* Start Odin 3.0.9
* Plug in phone using USB cable that came with phone. Other cables may work - but I don't know.
* Odin will indicate that the phone was "Added"
* Be sure to select in Odin the Options "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time". Select "AP" and go to file to add: "I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5_I545VRUFNC5_HOME.tar.md5"
* Adding this file takes a few seconds. Once added click "Start"
* The process seemed to take quite a bit of time, likely due to it being a USB 1.1 but it eventually took.
* Once it "Passed" in Odin the phone was on the red Verizon screen for about 3 minutes and then indicated it was updating the apps
* Once apps were updated the phone was in startup mode
* It worked fine and was back to normal.
* Close Windows, and reset Fusion USB settings back to USB 2.0.
* Note: I use USB 2.0 settings in Fusion as Windows 7 doesn't recognize USB 3.0 and Windows (in Windows Explorer) has difficulties, when USB 3.0 is selected, recognizing many connected USB devices even though Fusion indicates these devices are connected.
Hope this works. Thanks to the many folks on this thread and in this forum who assisted me in determining a solution.

you saved my life !!!!
thanks
it works with parallel desktop.

I'm still having that problem.
orchid18 said:
Hey guys
I found a way to fix my ODIN flashing errors (with system.img.ext4)
Install SAMSUNG USB drivers from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
Make sure you are NOT using VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X.
Bootcamp your Mac if you have to (with 64 bit Windows 7 preferably), or borrow a friends' Windows laptop.
My biggest mistake was running VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X - the new KNOX bootloader/roms doesn't like being flashed on virtual Windows PC
Odin flash PDA should work perfectly fine now
I finally saved my phone from being a brick after 36 hours!!!!
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i have downloaded drivers but this time when that fails. it just moved little bit but still fails

Swapnil Soni said:
i have downloaded drivers but this time when that fails. it just moved little bit but still fails
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orchid18 said:
ODIN keeps failing at 'system.img.ext4' - 4.3 with KNOX bootloader
Hi guys
I've recently tried to flash a 4.3 stock rom via Odin and it failed, and I now have a bricked phone that has this warning:
PHONE-----YELLOW TRIANGLE----- COMPUTER
'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
I tried to flash the latest KNOX bootloader roms via ODIN to boot up the phone, however....
ODIN keeps hanging on the "system" flashing command and goes to a red "fail". It won't start flashing "system.img.ext4.... etc"
I've tried all versions of ODIN and all version of 4.3
I can't use any 4.2.2 roms as the phone only seems to accept 4.3 stock roms now.
Do you guys know why ODIN keeps failing at flashing 'system.img.ext4' ?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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I finally get rid of this after several hours of searching. for me im flashing the 4 files, after failed flashing, ive red from somewhere to rename the phone/cp file, by removing .md5, then extracting modem.bin to put in cp box(odin), then flash success, then reboot samsung to download mode again the flash the last csc file, finally saw the progress bar.

Worked for me too, thanks!!! Was trying to install using Odin v3.12.3 in VMware Workstation on Windows 10.

Please Help... Soft Brick or Hard Brick?

So I've only had this phone for about a week now and just tried to install TWRP on my phone with the TWRP app from google play once rebooted 'm now stuck on a screen that says:
SECURE FAIL: KERNEL
Start Up Failed
Your device didn't start up successfully. Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repair your device.
What do I do?!
Things I've tried to do:
I tried hooking it up to my computer but it doesn't detect it but makes a sound when connected?
Even though I'm on fully stock rom but my device is rooted with kingroot i planned on using ODIN to go back to stock rom just to see if anything would happen but still wouldn't detect my phone, I'm lost and miss my baby, it's the only phone I have right now currently and I need it for work.
My phone is on 5.0.1 btw

Do you have kies and the drivers installed?

[GT-19500] Stuck In Download Mode

Hello!I need urgent help.I tried to install TWRP on my friend's phone using an app called Rashr.After it is installed it says that I need to reboot my device.So I did that.After rebooting it went straight to Download mode.It just stuck there.I have tried everything,from using odin (It won't detect my friend's phone),to using ADB (It also won't detect my friend's).I really has to fix his phone ASAP.Thanks!
(Note #1: Sorry for my terrible English )
(Note #2:I have used ADB before to fix my phone (Core Prime) when it was stuck in bootloop)

There's no way to get it working without Odin.
So try everything you can find online to make the PC detect the phone.
After that you should try flashing a bootloader (the same one that's already on the phone if possible). I'm almost certain that it will make the phone boot.
And then you can also proceed to flash the recovery with Odin.
And maybe this a silly question, but did you install the Samsung USB drivers?

Download the latest stock ROM from sammobile. Use the original Samsung USB cable and a USB 2.0 to flash the phone.
I like using Odin 3.07 as it has always been very stable for me: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=...168421&usg=AFQjCNEdxqAS5QWImOPDJboTA_V3D5S9eA
Stock gt-i9500 firmware here: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9500/
Get USB phone drivers from here: https://www.xda-developers.com/where-to-download-android-usb-drivers/

My J7 is soft bricked, please help :)

Hi all,
So my J7 2017 (SM-J730FZKDLUX) basically soft-bricked itself after an official update. Everything on this phone is stock and I never installed anything suspicious on it either.
The current situation is as follows:
Booting the phone normally doesn't work as it gets stuck on the first Android/Samsung screen.
Recovery and safe modes don't work at all: nothing happens.
Download/Odin mode works.
Samsung Smart Switch says my device is not supported while it's supposed to be...
Samsung Kies does not want to start on my PC and says "Update in progress. Unable to run Kies".
Even though it is still under the standard warranty, I've been told I would have to pay for the screen to be changed since the current screen has a scratch on it...
Since Download mode works, I've tried flashing the phone by following this guide from SAMmobile (https :// www(d0t)sammobile(d0t)com/firmwares/galaxy-j7/SM-J730F/LUX/download/J730FXXU3BRL3/247119/) as well as this guide from updato (https :// updato(d0t)com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=0E6D53429C5B11E89F15FA163EE8F90B).
Both result in Odin getting stuck on the "Initialzation" phase. I've searched on the Internet and people said to remove the SD card (I don't have one in that phone), remove the battery (impossible), use a different USB port (tried all of them), be quick (I click on the "Start" button as soon as the phone is "Added" in Odin), enable Debugging mode (well... I can't boot the phone...), make sure to install the Samsung drivers (done from https :// developer(d0t)samsung(d0t)com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows (official Samsung site), but that didn't change anything), using an older version of Odin (but which am I supposed to use? There are tens of them), make sure that Kies is not running at the same time as Odin (Kies was not even installed at the time), running Odin as admin (this is actually required otherwise it doesn't get passed the "SetupConnection" step unless I'm quick enough), use the original USB cable the phone came with (impossible, it was destroyed by my dog however the cable I'm using fits well in the USB port of phone)...
So what am I doing wrong? What can I do? Please help me!
PS: You'll note that my links are a bit weird, it's because I'm new to xda, sorry about that.

Blagatt said:
Hi all,
So my J7 2017 (SM-J730FZKDLUX) basically soft-bricked itself after an official update. Everything on this phone is stock and I never installed anything suspicious on it either.
The current situation is as follows:
Booting the phone normally doesn't work as it gets stuck on the first Android/Samsung screen.
Recovery and safe modes don't work at all: nothing happens.
Download/Odin mode works.
Samsung Smart Switch says my device is not supported while it's supposed to be...
Samsung Kies does not want to start on my PC and says "Update in progress. Unable to run Kies".
Even though it is still under the standard warranty, I've been told I would have to pay for the screen to be changed since the current screen has a scratch on it...
Since Download mode works, I've tried flashing the phone by following this guide from SAMmobile (https :// www(d0t)sammobile(d0t)com/firmwares/galaxy-j7/SM-J730F/LUX/download/J730FXXU3BRL3/247119/) as well as this guide from updato (https :// updato(d0t)com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=0E6D53429C5B11E89F15FA163EE8F90B).
Both result in Odin getting stuck on the "Initialzation" phase. I've searched on the Internet and people said to remove the SD card (I don't have one in that phone), remove the battery (impossible), use a different USB port (tried all of them), be quick (I click on the "Start" button as soon as the phone is "Added" in Odin), enable Debugging mode (well... I can't boot the phone...), make sure to install the Samsung drivers (done from https :// developer(d0t)samsung(d0t)com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows (official Samsung site), but that didn't change anything), using an older version of Odin (but which am I supposed to use? There are tens of them), make sure that Kies is not running at the same time as Odin (Kies was not even installed at the time), running Odin as admin (this is actually required otherwise it doesn't get passed the "SetupConnection" step unless I'm quick enough), use the original USB cable the phone came with (impossible, it was destroyed by my dog however the cable I'm using fits well in the USB port of phone)...
So what am I doing wrong? What can I do? Please help me!
PS: You'll note that my links are a bit weird, it's because I'm new to xda, sorry about that.
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You should use the latest odin (3.13.1) and use an official samsung USB cable if possible. Not all cables (although it fits) are wired the same.
If the problem is hardware related at least you have warranty.

Blagatt said:
Hi all,
So my J7 2017 (SM-J730FZKDLUX) basically soft-bricked itself after an official update. Everything on this phone is stock and I never installed anything suspicious on it either.
The current situation is as follows:
Booting the phone normally doesn't work as it gets stuck on the first Android/Samsung screen.
Recovery and safe modes don't work at all: nothing happens.
Download/Odin mode works.
Samsung Smart Switch says my device is not supported while it's supposed to be...
Samsung Kies does not want to start on my PC and says "Update in progress. Unable to run Kies".
Even though it is still under the standard warranty, I've been told I would have to pay for the screen to be changed since the current screen has a scratch on it...
Since Download mode works, I've tried flashing the phone by following this guide from SAMmobile (https :// www(d0t)sammobile(d0t)com/firmwares/galaxy-j7/SM-J730F/LUX/download/J730FXXU3BRL3/247119/) as well as this guide from updato (https :// updato(d0t)com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=0E6D53429C5B11E89F15FA163EE8F90B).
Both result in Odin getting stuck on the "Initialzation" phase. I've searched on the Internet and people said to remove the SD card (I don't have one in that phone), remove the battery (impossible), use a different USB port (tried all of them), be quick (I click on the "Start" button as soon as the phone is "Added" in Odin), enable Debugging mode (well... I can't boot the phone...), make sure to install the Samsung drivers (done from https :// developer(d0t)samsung(d0t)com/galaxy/others/android-usb-driver-for-windows (official Samsung site), but that didn't change anything), using an older version of Odin (but which am I supposed to use? There are tens of them), make sure that Kies is not running at the same time as Odin (Kies was not even installed at the time), running Odin as admin (this is actually required otherwise it doesn't get passed the "SetupConnection" step unless I'm quick enough), use the original USB cable the phone came with (impossible, it was destroyed by my dog however the cable I'm using fits well in the USB port of phone)...
So what am I doing wrong? What can I do? Please help me!
PS: You'll note that my links are a bit weird, it's because I'm new to xda, sorry about that.
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Tru using portronics cable it will right fit into your jack . Try it