Bricked and Odin wont work, help please! - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Alright, so I have cwm3, and was trying to use Bonsai 2.0. At one point I was able to get my phone to turn on, but it would constantly switch airplane mode on and off. I tried flashing it to the previous restore point, but then it would either freeze with the samsung icon, or still get no signal. Now I tried to hook it to odin and follow the instructions with the pit and dk18 tar. It either sets at setupconnection, or says failed.
Now when I try and start my phone it shows a picture of a cellphone and a computer with a ! in the middle. Any help would be amazing!!

The picture u see unofficially means use odin
Check if your tar file is the right size
That might be the problem
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I've found multiple different tars, which one do I need?

Okay, I finally got Odin to work, but now with bonsai I still cant get out of airplane mode. Is there an update I need to flash?

Kerdack said:
Okay, I finally got Odin to work, but now with bonsai I still cant get out of airplane mode. Is there an update I need to flash?
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Try doing odin again with just the modem.

Kerdack said:
Okay, I finally got Odin to work, but now with bonsai I still cant get out of airplane mode. Is there an update I need to flash?
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You need to odin stock dk28 to get the modem, the issue you arehaving is due to not having the proper modem. But, if I were you I would flash stock eb13 and wait for the bonsai custom rom based off of that
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Seriously
Kerdack said:
Okay, I finally got Odin to work, but now with bonsai I still cant get out of airplane mode. Is there an update I need to flash?
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Not getting on you for using dk28 but soon, and real soon dk28 will be dead no more support.
Probably as early as today most devs will stop supporting dk28 roms period.
In a few days a new wave of awesome Roms will appear on the site.
its going to be a dead horse so to speak.

Thanks everyone, I flashed the dk28 modem and it works fine now. And yeah, I head even my bonsai rom will be going eb13, so I probably should have waited. Hah.

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[Q] How to downgrade from EF02 back to stock 2.2.1

I upgraded the firmware to 2.3.3 with the EF02 build and i want to go back to stock for many reasons. I lost my root and now it seems i cannot get it back i tried many ways but cannot. Can someone please help me on how to go back to stock it would help alot thanks
Phantomg93 said:
I upgraded the firmware to 2.3.3 with the EF02 build and i want to go back to stock for many reasons. I lost my root and now it seems i cannot get it back i tried many ways but cannot. Can someone please help me on how to go back to stock it would help alot thanks
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Have you watched qbking77's videos on "How to return to stock"?
No, you haven't. You still can though, and I would suggest that. They are great vids and easy to follow along to. You can pause, stop, even rewind them to keep up
All kidding aside, check them out. It will get you where you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
You're ok for a Packer fan
Use odin or heimdall and flash ec05....
blu9987 said:
Use odin or heimdall and flash ec05....
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Well I did this and I still get notice to update modem on exhibit even flashed ec05 tar modem.
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daddy_droid said:
Well I did this and I still get notice to update modem on exhibit even flashed ec05 tar modem.
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You might wanna try to flash eb13 and after you use odin to flash to eb13, connect to wifi and manually update your software via ota to ec05. Go to settings and click about phone then system updates and select update android. This should get you back on ec05. I had the same problem when i wanted to go back to ec05. But i gotta say the second time i flashed ef02 all my functions that didnt work previously now work flawlessly. Although i did redownload the ef02 file again so maybe my original one was a bad download...Good luck to you...Dont forget to update us....
nfamisnme said:
You might wanna try to flash eb13 and after you use odin to flash to eb13, connect to wifi and manually update your software via ota to ec05. Go to settings and click about phone then system updates and select update android. This should get you back on ec05. I had the same problem when i wanted to go back to ec05. But i gotta say the second time i flashed ef02 all my functions that didnt work previously now work flawlessly. Although i did redownload the ef02 file again so maybe my original one was a bad download...Good luck to you...Dont forget to update us....
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Had to go to last 2.1 version tar and still got the notice to ef10 to ef02.
I then said yes
Rebooted
then went do update to fryo on wifi
Then I checked firmware, profile, prl and android and now all is good. No updates...
Thinking of trading tomorrow for an evo 4g. I trade about every week or so.
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still didnt work...and idk if its just my epic but every rom ive tried the battery is off really bad...it would take me a half an hour just to go up 3%...also i backed up my stock 2.2.1 tw and i tried restoring it but it wouldnt restore through clockwork(i have the purple cwm)it would just stay on the samsung bootloader and vibrate constantly. I would have to use another rom just to fix it...i just want to restore it back to stock with root but i have yet to sucessfully achieve that....would appreciate that i looked at the videos but none showed how to restore back to stock
Phantomg93 said:
still didnt work...and idk if its just my epic but every rom ive tried the battery is off really bad...it would take me a half an hour just to go up 3%...also i backed up my stock 2.2.1 tw and i tried restoring it but it wouldnt restore through clockwork(i have the purple cwm)it would just stay on the samsung bootloader and vibrate constantly. I would have to use another rom just to fix it...i just want to restore it back to stock with root but i have yet to sucessfully achieve that....would appreciate that i looked at the videos but none showed how to restore back to stock
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Your ggoing to have to use odin to flash back to stock not cwm, then reroot ur phone.
Sent from my anonomous ef02......
i tried that and it didnt work..i downloaded the stock dk28 and did it exactly as instructed but i said md5 script was invalid...ugh...what rom is the closest to the stock 2.2.1 and can be flashed with the purple cwm?
Phantomg93 said:
i tried that and it didnt work..i downloaded the stock dk28 and did it exactly as instructed but i said md5 script was invalid...ugh...what rom is the closest to the stock 2.2.1 and can be flashed with the purple cwm?
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U might want to go back as far as d107 or d118, their eclair versions but u could update back to froyo using ota updating. In your case I would start from the bottom and work my way back up.
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[Q] HELP!!!!!!

Ok I Odin the eg22.bin in the scrambled eggs rom and it said pass but didnt reboot and now it wont even cut on can anybody help me out??
Have you tried to pull the battery then turn on?
Yes I pulled the battery and tried to turn it on and i left the battery out and just plugged in a wall charger and the red light dosent even come on I hope it isnt bricked
If you can get into download mode your not bricked..... re download it.....try to Odin it again....
harrenb said:
Ok I Odin the eg22.bin in the scrambled eggs rom and it said pass but didnt reboot and now it wont even cut on can anybody help me out??
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Pull the battery and the sdcard. Let it sit for about an hour, don't plug it in, put it back together and try again. Try to go directly into download. Don't try to boot it up. When you installed the eg22.bin did you put it in phone or pda? Modems go in phone so I just wanted to make sure you had it in the right slot.
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I tried to go into download mode but no luck it wont recognize any power source and I will try the one hour thing now
harrenb said:
I tried to go into download mode but no luck it wont recognize any power source and I will try the one hour thing now
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Sorry for this question but I have to ask, are you sure the battery has juice?
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Yes when i started the odin process it was on 78 and it said pass and now it should reboot (or whatever) but it just shut off idk whats wrong with it but i hope i can fix it.
Well hopefully you had the .bin file in the phone slot and not the PDA slot... if you had it in the pda slot like you do with the .tar files for the other modems then you didn't follow the instructions on how to flash the eg22 modem...
All I can think of is that you did put the file in the pda and doing so you wiped out any power regulation program? I hope the 1 hour pull works, if not you might try to plug it in with no battery at all and see if any lights come on?
But yeah if you can't get into download mode you are hosed.
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scottyd035ntknow said:
Well hopefully you had the .bin file in the phone slot and not the PDA slot... if you had it in the pda slot like you do with the .tar files for the other modems then you didn't follow the instructions on how to flash the eg22 modem...
All I can think of is that you did put the file in the pda and doing so you wiped out any power regulation program? I hope the 1 hour pull works, if not you might try to plug it in with no battery at all and see if any lights come on?
But yeah if you can't get into download mode you are hosed.
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Yea i did it right because it didnt even recognize any .bin in the pda slot.. Idk my fingers are crossed lol
Can someone post the links to the un-brick threads?
Ok I got into download mode and ima try again
Ok now i can get it into download mode but it never reboots now ima try and use earlier versions of odin.....
harrenb said:
Ok now i can get it into download mode but it never reboots now ima try and use earlier versions of odin.....
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What check boxes do you have checked?
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harrenb said:
Ok now i can get it into download mode but it never reboots now ima try and use earlier versions of odin.....
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Try a new cable or download the bin again. The version of odin won't matter. I have used many different versions. Been using 1.85 for a long time.
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harrenb said:
Ok now i can get it into download mode but it never reboots now ima try and use earlier versions of odin.....
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Did you get this fixed? Just wondering what the resolution was if you did.
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malcolmXman said:
Can someone post the links to the un-brick threads?
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Are you blind or do you just not read stickies?
OP, if you can get it into dl mode then you should be fine. What I would do is a fresh install of a newly downloaded odin from a different site than your odin. Then re-install the samsung drivers and use a different cable. Also redownload a basic stock official Froyo .tar file just to get you unbricked and flash that one.
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[Q] HELP!!! stuck on samsung logo

I simply just updated to ei22 from clockwork mod and its not booting!
newguy0804 said:
I simply just updated to ei22 from clockwork mod and its not booting!
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A little more information please...
Did you attempt the manual update zip via flashing it in CWM?
Did you flash a custom GB based ROM?
Thanks.
I am ...was running a rooted froyo stock rom that came with the phone.
I followed this guide....for the most part I just installed the gingerbread folder from cwm and rebooted now im stuck.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB956i_KEp4
link to the video i used
Could be a bad flash.
Redownload, wipe, and try again.
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i have to be at thanskgiving an need my phone for driections now can u juyst tell me how to back to stock quick! like real quick! i cant get the com light to show up on odin!
If you followed the instructions right, you've already hosed what was previously your "stock" rom.
First, did you make a backup?
If so, wipe and restore.
If now, flash a new rom.
Did you already update the modem?
If its still on EC05, flash an EC05 rom.
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MY PROBLEM IS THat i cant even get it to show up on odin!
You don't Odin to flash a rom, so that's beside the point right now.
Don't get flustered here, I am trying to help.
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Dude, just restore your nand backup.
If you want to go back to stock and become unrooted, go to youtube and search samsung epic return to stock. Watch qbkings video. You will need the ec05.tar file, samsung drivers for your pc, and one additional file that should come with odin, and a valium. There are turtorials everywhere around here, but for step by step "easy" instructions, use qbkings video.
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newguy0804 said:
MY PROBLEM IS THat i cant even get it to show up on odin!
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Two options if odin doesn't see your phone. Try a different cable I bought mine at staples 15 dollars for a better 6 foot cable. Second option is remove the battery hold down 1 and power insert battery. That should get you back in. Then odin to stock ec05. Find a rom of your choice like randomrom thunderhawk. After it installs use the ec05 to ei22 modem flash. That is the method that I upgraded worked like a champ.
If odin doesn't see your phone, try disabling your antivirus and firewall that was causing me problems a while back with Norton I think.

Stuck in DONWLOAD MODE HELP....

Got my phone today updated it to EL29..went to go Root it ran Odin with the oneclick root..The blue bar went halfway then just stopped didnt do anything just froze..now I can get into Download mode but thats it..no recovery nothin..I tried different computers/cables...reinstalled drivers etc..still no go..I got it to almost finish the blue progress bar gets all the way to the end then stops...When I look at Odin its at the modem part....Help.......If I just turn the screen on like normal power on ..I get a phone /computer icons..then says--------FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE..PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN ""KIES"" & AN TRY AGAIN??????HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
Just to verify your phone is being recognized via Odin?
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jasone4gt said:
Just to verify your phone is being recognized via Odin?
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yes it does see it...just doesnt want to finish any of the tar flash thru Odin...
dodgeram02 said:
yes it does see it...just doesnt want to finish any of the tar flash thru Odin...
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Which tar are you trying to flash, and have you made sure it wasnt a bad download by flashing a different tar?
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Yeah try different tar if still doesntvwork,umtoot back to stock 29 and start over.(qbkings how-to-videos).
I got it fixed...just had to instal EG30 first manually them update to EL29...works like a charm...I used that AUTOROOT thats what effed my Phone up...for now on I will Manually do it...
dodgeram02 said:
I got it fixed...just had to instal EG30 first manually them update to EL29...works like a charm...I used that AUTOROOT thats what effed my Phone up...for now on I will Manually do it...
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EG30 tar works great. Actually all of sfhub's work is great. I did the EG30 then Odin flashed a kernel, got yellow triangle, used my USB jig then restored my nandroid and flashed my modem. From stock to my EL29 setup in 10 min..
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dodgeram02 said:
I got it fixed...just had to instal EG30 first manually them update to EL29...works like a charm...I used that AUTOROOT thats what effed my Phone up...for now on I will Manually do it...
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Do you mind relaying how Auto Root effed your phone up? All I read was ODIN didn't complete the flash (and the screen you saw is the expected behavior if that happens)
I didn't read where you used Auto Root.
dodgeram02 said:
Got my phone today updated it to EL29..went to go Root it ran Odin with the oneclick root..The blue bar went halfway then just stopped didnt do anything just froze..now I can get into Download mode but thats it..no recovery nothin..I tried different computers/cables...reinstalled drivers etc..still no go..I got it to almost finish the blue progress bar gets all the way to the end then stops...When I look at Odin its at the modem part....Help.......If I just turn the screen on like normal power on ..I get a phone /computer icons..then says--------FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE..PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN ""KIES"" & AN TRY AGAIN??????HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
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Thats what you get for liking the packers
sfhub said:
Do you mind relaying how Auto Root effed your phone up? All I read was ODIN didn't complete the flash (and the screen you saw is the expected behavior if that happens)
I didn't read where you used Auto Root.
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Ya I watched Qbkings video went an downloaded EL29 AutoRoot "Preserve" ran it..It got half way thru then froze.waited 30 minutes..then I retried just kept freezing..So the I treid an older version..EK02 an EG30...Ek02 got a little farther then frooze soon as it hit the modem for install then it frooze..EG30 just kept resetting my phone...Anyway Im not really new the flashing Well to samsung phones Yes im new..lol..anyway I did it manually an it worked..Not saying it was really your autoroot,Im thinkin ""ODIN"""is a very picky program..One thing I do notice is my recovery seems to change by its self....very wierd...it goes from CLOCKWORKMOD Touch..then back to the original version...I even tried that other one Rogue..same thing..just really wierd that everytime I boot into recovery I get a different Recovery...lol
meatwadathf said:
Thats what you get for liking the packers
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Hmmmm Who is your team...Da ****ty ass Bears LOL There is always next year for ya..Prob a Cubbies fan to huh........Dont be hating on the Packers..
dodgeram02 said:
Ya I watched Qbkings video went an downloaded EL29 AutoRoot "Preserve" ran it..It got half way thru then froze.waited 30 minutes..then I retried just kept freezing..So the I treid an older version..EK02 an EG30...Ek02 got a little farther then frooze soon as it hit the modem for install then it frooze..EG30 just kept resetting my phone...Anyway Im not really new the flashing Well to samsung phones Yes im new..lol..anyway I did it manually an it worked..Not saying it was really your autoroot,Im thinkin ""ODIN"""is a very picky program.
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I think the confusion is just terminology. None of what you just described is Auto Root. They are One-Click ODIN.
dodgeram02 said:
One thing I do notice is my recovery seems to change by its self....very wierd...it goes from CLOCKWORKMOD Touch..then back to the original version...I even tried that other one Rogue..same thing..just really wierd that everytime I boot into recovery I get a different Recovery...lol
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It doesn't really "change by itself". What is really happening is the CWM Touch you flashed is a fake flash and isn't persistent. It works immediately after the fake flash, but since it wasn't actually flashed, at next reboot, it will go back to original. You need to install a CWM Touch that is actually packed into a kernel, then it will be persistent.
Stuck in Downloading Mode!!
Hey dodgeram02, aside from flashing that EG30 kernel in ODIN, what else did you do? I flashed EG30 in ODIN with a PASS but the phone keeps bootlooping. What do I do? Any and all suggestions welcome
Epic4G Touch
I also tried using Odin to update to the fb27 modem leak and Odin got stuck at the end of the process. I was able to restore my phone by flashing a kernel through Odin then manually flashing a new rom and modem.. but now that I try to update profile and prl I get error messages
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Cant factory reset, change ROM, or ODIN takes no effect

Hi there, i am currently on the CM10.1.2 build. Phone works, but started getting weird problems on the ROM lately so i decided to try to clean flash the rom again through clockword recovery v5. After doing the usual factory reset, wipe cache, re flashing, etc. After restarting the phone, nothing i did seemed to take effect. So I tried the same thing with a a differnt ROM, noticed that doing the factory reset only lasted like 3 seconds, when usually it takes about 10-20 seconds. So at this point, i tried to ODIN back to stock 4.1. Phone passed through but took zero effect.. I have no idea what to do at this point,
other weird symptoms that my phone had were; automatically turning on when USB plugged in.
Has anyone experienced this, could it be my clockword recovery is corrupted, but even so, ODIN should be able to work..
vencc said:
Hi there, i am currently on the CM10.1.2 build. Phone works, but started getting weird problems on the ROM lately so i decided to try to clean flash the rom again through clockword recovery v5. After doing the usual factory reset, wipe cache, re flashing, etc. After restarting the phone, nothing i did seemed to take effect. So I tried the same thing with a a differnt ROM, noticed that doing the factory reset only lasted like 3 seconds, when usually it takes about 10-20 seconds. So at this point, i tried to ODIN back to stock 4.1. Phone passed through but took zero effect.. I have no idea what to do at this point,
other weird symptoms that my phone had were; automatically turning on when USB plugged in.
Has anyone experienced this, could it be my clockword recovery is corrupted, but even so, ODIN should be able to work..
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Upgrade to CWM6 with Odin and this file:
http://d-h.st/4Pk
Or better yet, use TWRP 2.5.0.0 tar from here:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules
If you can't install CM after that then I don't know.
just tried updating the clockwork to v6 through odin. it said it passed, but took no effect on my phone for some reason.. still on clockworkmod v5..
Im using odin v 1.85, ill try to re download it and see if it works. ive never had a problem with odin before this.
vencc said:
just tried updating the clockwork to v6 through odin. it said it passed, but took no effect on my phone for some reason.. still on clockworkmod v5...
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Just to make sure, you are in download mode when you do this?
If so, what happens if you try to flash a CWM6 zip with the CWM5 recovery?
http://d-h.st/APx
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Just to make sure, you are in download mode when you do this?
If so, what happens if you try to flash a CWM6 zip with the CWM5 recovery?
http://d-h.st/APx
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yes im in download mode, on odin, put the CWM6 MD5 into bootloader and it didnt change the recovery, even after saying it passed.
also i just re downloaded odin and tried again but no luck. this is the weirdest problem ive had on any android phone..
i will try to install the CWM6 file through CWM5 and report back soon.
vencc said:
yes im in download mode, on odin, put the CWM6 MD5 into bootloader and it didnt change the recovery, even after saying it passed.
also i just re downloaded odin and tried again but no luck. this is the weirdest problem ive had on any android phone..
i will try to install the CWM6 file through CWM5 and report back soon.
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First try using PDA to flash in Odin. PDA is the only thing I use in Odin for the Hercules.
ill try that now,
also, after a RR(random reboot) earlier today, a message popped up sayig; system error; you need to re partition or partition your phone, and some other error. There is a re-partition option in Odin, but i have no idea what it does and dont want to accidently brick my phone.
Any thoughts on that
vencc said:
ill try that now,
also, after a RR(random reboot) earlier today, a message popped up sayig; system error; you need to re partition or partition your phone, and some other error. There is a re-partition option in Odin, but i have no idea what it does and dont want to accidently brick my phone.
Any thoughts on that
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Never had that error, but I have read that checking re-partition can brick(hard brick?) your phone. So I would not mess with that option until you do some research about it first.
so i tried flashing the CWM6 through PDA, no luck, then tried flashing it through CWM5, no good either.
and i might have to look into the re partition thing, it might be a potential solution. if anyone else has any knowledge or similar problems, please help me out, running out of ideas
edit: is there a way to go back to stock via kies, or is that only for non-rooted phones
vencc said:
ill try that now,
also, after a RR(random reboot) earlier today, a message popped up sayig; system error; you need to re partition or partition your phone, and some other error. There is a re-partition option in Odin, but i have no idea what it does and dont want to accidently brick my phone.
Any thoughts on that
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Never check that option, it will seriously damage ur phone if it even boots after, ur best bet is to go with twrp, it a better recovery and has all the newest flashing scripts, try using Odin and PDA to flash the tar file from the link above, I've never seen a phone tell me to repartition it before that's strange bit I wouldn't suggest it, twrp by far has never failed me yet as cwm is rarely updated so sometimes u get errors with new roms
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soupysoup said:
Never check that option, it will seriously damage ur phone if it even boots after, ur best bet is to go with twrp, it a better recovery and has all the newest flashing scripts, try using Odin and PDA to flash the tar file from the link above, I've never seen a phone tell me to repartition it before that's strange bit I wouldn't suggest it, twrp by far has never failed me yet as cwm is rarely updated so sometimes u get errors with new roms
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thanks for the input, gonna try twrp now
well, nothing seems to be working, i think ill just use the phone as it is until i find a fix, or until it dies on me. already fixed this phone once (power button), maybe its a sign for me to get a new phone
vencc said:
well, nothing seems to be working, i think ill just use the phone as it is until i find a fix, or until it dies on me. already fixed this phone once (power button), maybe its a sign for me to get a new phone
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So even when u used odin and twrp it still didnt change anything? Thats very strange, its like ur system is read only, have u tried fixing permissions, idk dont think itll make much difference but if ur device isnt responding to odin im just taking a stab in the dark, odin says passed but it doeant take effect?
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Odin doesn't change a thing, even after the green light PASS. Maybe I should try downloading a newer version of ODIN(im on v1.85). But ive
Used this version in the past a couple times with no problems.
vencc said:
Odin doesn't change a thing, even after the green light PASS. Maybe I should try downloading a newer version of ODIN(im on v1.85). But ive
Used this version in the past a couple times with no problems.
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I've always used 1.85 ,don't think I've even used another version as its always worked for me, have u tried loading the tar file into PDA slot, not boot loader, I never touch boot loader, click PDA and try to odin the file from there, and move to twrp, its better, if that doesn't work I'm lost, but I'll help as much as I can, how about flashing a ROM, does that work or does that not take too? This is interesting, it sucks for u I know but I've never had an issue like this before...
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so ive been reading around and found out my phone has the faulty emmc bug. and i may have soft bricked my phone from all of the wiping data and cache when flashing new ROMs. apparently this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094564 has a fix for the i9100 version which i want to try but i have no idea how kernals work, or if i can use the kernal suggested in his thread. Can anyone enlighten me if it is safe to flash a kernal meant for i9100
vencc said:
so ive been reading around and found out my phone has the faulty emmc bug. and i may have soft bricked my phone from all of the wiping data and cache when flashing new ROMs. apparently this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094564 has a fix for the i9100 version which i want to try but i have no idea how kernals work, or if i can use the kernal suggested in his thread. Can anyone enlighten me if it is safe to flash a kernal meant for i9100
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If u have the emmc.brickbug Sammy will fix it free
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soupysoup said:
If u have brickbug Sammy will fix it from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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Really?? I did hear they were supposed to find a fix for it but they never did.. does it matter that the phone is rooted? Because I have no way of uprooting at this point.
Def a hardware problem though so no reciept or anything should be nessesary I'd think?
vencc said:
Really?? I did hear they were supposed to find a fix for it but they never did.. does it matter that the phone is rooted? Because I have no way of uprooting at this point.
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No, 9 times out of ten they never power on the phone, my buddy had the bug and they had him send it in, came back a new phone with the latest firmware...(edit) he was rooted as well so no issue with the phone rooted
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Thanks dude, I'll definitely contact Samsung and see if I can get a new phone.

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