Long story short, something went wrong while flashing the EE03 modem tar and apparently the SBL (or something) was overwritten, and can only boot into download mode. I know how to recover, of course, but the stock EC05.tar download is still missing an hour and a half (bad internet, right?). Is there by any chance a tar file lying around somewhere that only contains the bootloaders and maybe the modem? Point is no factoryfs.rfs to speed up the download. I need my phone right away... Thank you in advance.
Go to Development and in the stickies at the top there is a thread on How to fix a semi-bricked Epic.... in there is the stock ec05 tar.
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I Made my own Jig using 3 100kohm resistors from radio shack soldered between pin 4 and pin 5. I have use this jig on my phone and it will always reset ODIN counter and bring up download mode. I have also used it on an AT&T SGSII with no problems. However the last time i tried using it on a friends E4GT it would bring the phone into download mode but not reset the Odin counter... WTF? Any Idea why this might only have happened on one of the devices... also i used it on my phone immediately after and as usual it pulled up download mode and said erasing stats etc.... Could it have anything to do with a samsung update? since i have been on custom roms and kernels since day 5 of this phones release? and this one had been bone stock till yesterday?
you mustve upgraded your bootloader. only old bootloaders work with the jig. Go download the EG30 tar odin file and extract the bootloader files and then flash it with odin.
boot files = sbl.bin and boot.bin
should be flashed under the Phone menu in odin, I THINK
please note, flashing bootloaders is risky. if you disconnect the cable while flashing, you will BRICK your device. i hold no responsibility over this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1391624.html
Try this
Thanks for the replies i no longer have that phone in my possession but i was really frustrated since i was trying to help a friend out. I thought it had to do with some update. Next time i have that phone i will try the above.
I greet you all.
My question is related to ODIN. I remember the days I was using Samsung Vibrant and Eugene had put together for us a nice stock tar file that came really handy when the pure stock tar fails to revive the phone from soft brick.
I would then follow the following directions posted by Neffstarr below:
Originally Posted by Neffstarr
i followed the steps and everything went great after installation..and the reboot and the galaxy s logo it goes black
Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out.
So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an error, similar to the one posted below. Even Odin won't allow you to flash back to stock. Well, pay close attention and with some luck, you'll be good as rain...or something like that.
Fix 1:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM!
Here is the original post regarding Eugene373 Froyo that does not brick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
I remember a few times when using ODIN during the Vibrant days to try and go back to stock it will go half way and fail. Here is a good example below and this happened to someone using the galaxy s2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420289
Does anyone know if someone has developed a tar file similar to the one Eugene developed for the Vibrant?
Thanks
aobasha said:
I greet you all.
My question is related to ODIN. I remember the days I was using Samsung Vibrant and Eugene had put together for us a nice stock tar file that came really handy when the pure stock tar fails to revive the phone from soft brick.
I would then follow the following directions posted by Neffstarr below:
Originally Posted by Neffstarr
i followed the steps and everything went great after installation..and the reboot and the galaxy s logo it goes black
Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out.
So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an error, similar to the one posted below. Even Odin won't allow you to flash back to stock. Well, pay close attention and with some luck, you'll be good as rain...or something like that.
Fix 1:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM!
Here is the original post regarding Eugene373 Froyo that does not brick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
I remember a few times when using ODIN during the Vibrant days to try and go back to stock it will go half way and fail. Here is a good example below and this happened to someone using the galaxy s2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420289
Does anyone know if someone has developed a tar file similar to the one Eugene developed for the Vibrant?
Thanks
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That was for bad ext 4 conversions. there isn't a need for such a thing now. I'd you screw up a Odin flash, unless Odin recognizes your device, you phone is done. Jigs don't work either.
Pay for the Odin flash if you can't do it. No shame. These phones are expensive!
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First things first:
I want to flash with Odin because that's the only thing left for me, as I can't get in Fastboot/Bootloader!
I have fiddled around with Odin now for 2 days and flashed several stock roms on my phone which unfortunately didn't fix my bootloop.
Now to my question:
At first I flashed my phone via "PDA" then found a thread where you should put the file in "Bootloader" (still a rom and it worked for him).
Should I now try putting a stock rom in "Phone" or update my bootloader? (saw this mentioned as a fix for the Fastboot/Bootloader problem.
Hi,
I send you a PM... Hope this will help you.
Best regards
*EDIT*
For everybody interested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827685
The interesting point in this Odin tutorial is the usage of a .pit file, which will re-partition your phone's flash memory. That said, it appears that some Galaxy Nexus devices mess up the existing partitions occasionally and randomly. Of course, an inaccessible partition cannot be read, causing the freezes / bootloops. Additionally, wiping and re-flashing in fastboot or recovery will have no effect, since all they do is wiping the existing partitions, but not actually fixing the damaged partition.
All this is just stuff I read - I cannot try this myself, since I sent my phone back to the distributor to get it replaced.
I DOWNLOADED A ODIN IMAGE FROM XDA:
I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.MD5
AND NOW THE PHONE WONT EVEN TURN ON, RIGHT AFTER ODIN FINISHED. IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS?
cnile said:
I DOWNLOADED A ODIN IMAGE FROM XDA:
I747UCUEMJB_2024954_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.MD5
AND NOW THE PHONE WONT EVEN TURN ON, RIGHT AFTER ODIN FINISHED. IS THERE A WAY TO FIX THIS?
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Difficult to follow your issue because you've started several threads all of which appear related or perhaps linked to the same issue. If it's one issue, it's always tidier to stick to one discussion thread as opening different threads could lead to you getting conflicting steers based on different members' understanding of the problem. Is this the same device you wanted to manually update to 4.3 from 4.1.1 or a different one? If so, I'd be surprised you opted to try the Odin route. Although there shouldn't be any problem with the Odin image you flashed as it was developed by a well respected XDA member, the recovery option would have been a safer way to go. Did you use Odin ver. 3.07 to flash this image as it seems to work well only with this version and did you get the <Pass> message at the end? If so, there may be nothing to worry about. Try pulling out the battery, wait several minutes, replace the battery and, if it doesn't power on normally, see if you can boot to recovery mode and do a hard wipe/reset. If you are unable to boot to recovery mode, then you may have a soft brick which can, thankfully, be recovered from. You will find the definitive guide to unbricking in the first page of the following thread. All the files you need can be found there too ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
Recently my phone (A520F) started rebboting itself, i didnt think much of it until one day i left it charging and i came back to seeing my phone on Download Mode. I tried getting out of it but it brings me right back to it. When i charge it, download mode. When i turn it on, download mode. I believe the ROM got damaged or something inside. I tried flashing it with odin using the Home CSC so i wouldn't lose important data, but when i tried to start it a error came saying that there was no PIT Partition.
Is there a way to install the PIT Partition without formatting my device? Because i heard you needed to. Or anyway i can get my data out? It's been a week since i cant access my data and im pretty worried.
Sorry if this isnt the right place to ask, first time ever using this platform.
Do you have a PIT file selected in the Odin from the stock ROM?
LR7875 said:
Do you have a PIT file selected in the Odin from the stock ROM?
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Sorry for the late reply.
I do not have a PIT file selected, because im afraid that if i do select the PIT File correctly, and it flashes, it will format my device. I heard it somewhere, though i dont remember where.
I do have one ready for use.