Im updating the first post mentioning my observations so that one can read all my post in one place without hassel.
Friends, please help me with my bricked Epic.
My Epic was running on SRF 1.2
For couple of days it went fine.
But yesterday the problem started when I plugged in the Phone on Mass Storage mode. My computer said some erron on SD card and asked me to find and fix any errors.
I formatted the SD card using CWM 3.1.0.1.
Then I decided to go back to Stock EC05 and tired to flash the rom using Odin.
I've done it many times before. so Well aware of the steps needed.
But while flashing the Rom.. Odin hanged on factoryfs.rfs.
So I unplugged and tried again and again. But now the rreal issue start.
My computer do not recognize the phone anymore in download mode
On pressing power on botton or Volume Down+Cam+ power button.. NOTHING HAPPENS.
However I can boot into Download Mode (on battery only).
1) Computer do not recognize USB Drive. (tried uninstalling drivers > rebooting > reinstalling > rebotting ) still USB device not recognized. Even tried with different USB cable. And different ports.
2) However I managed it on my other computer. Where only 1 out of 4 USB port recognize my device.
3) Tried Odin to flash EC05 Stock... It hangs at some place or the other, and screen goes off or some times Solid Cyan (very rare).
4) Phone do not restart in Download mode without battery.
I tried to boot download mode without battery (plugged into computer).. but it wont.
Battery+USB = phone wont boot in download mode.
Phone boots to download mode only on Battery.
After that If i plug in the phone and remove the battery.. screen still stays on.
I went thru many threads but still having same problem.
Please help.
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well after I tried with DI18 rom which was still a failed attempt.
atleast now when I switch on the phone... i can see a screen with a logo..
tiny mobile phone -- "!" in a yelow triangle -- tiny computer
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When i go to download mode without the battery and try to Odin flash..
after some time it seems like the phone goes off for a second then I see the battery charging logo on the screen (0% batter).
needless to say that odin freezes.
When I plug in the phone with batery in my phone.. battery charging logo appears @ 0%.
charged the batter for 1 hr.. but still the logo shows 0%.
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One more info..
When i plug in the device.. 2 drivers are installed... (only 1 of of my USB port of my Desktop). Rest 3 ports.. it dont work. Neither it works on my laptop.
1) SAMSUNG USB Composite Device (USB)
2) SAMSUNG Mobile Modem #2 (Modem)
As far as i remember there used to be another Driver which used to show in Com Port section of Device Management window.
Am i missing any specific drivers?
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In another USB port of my desktop when I plug in the phone, it detects only SAMSUNG USB COmposite Device... But fails to detect modem driver.
When I try to flash using ODIN using that port, it stucks at SetupConnection..
yeah, im in search of HTC or BB original cable aswell.
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razortooth said:
Friends, please help me with my bricked Epic.
My Epic was running on SRF 1.2
For couple of days it went fine.
But yesterday the problem started when I plugged in the Phone on Mass Storage mode. My computer said some erron on SD card and asked me to find and fix any errors.
I formatted the SD card using CWM 3.1.0.1.
Then I decided to go back to Stock EC05 and tired to flash the rom using Odin.
I've done it many times before. so Well aware of the steps needed.
But while flashing the Rom.. Odin hanged on factoryfs.rfs.
So I unplugged and tried again and again. But now the rreal issue start.
My computer do not recognize the phone anymore in download mode
On pressing power on botton or Volume Down+Cam+ power button.. NOTHING HAPPENS.
However I can boot into Download Mode (on battery only).
1) Computer do not recognize USB Drive. (tried uninstalling drivers > rebooting > reinstalling > rebotting ) still USB device not recognized. Even tried with different USB cable. And different ports.
2) However I managed it on my other computer. Where only 1 out of 4 USB port recognize my device.
3) Tried Odin to flash EC05 Stock... It hangs at some place or the other, and screen goes off or some times Solid Cyan (very rare).
4) Phone do not restart in Download mode without battery.
I tried to boot download mode without battery (plugged into computer).. but it wont.
Battery+USB = phone wont boot in download mode.
Phone boots to download mode only on Battery.
After that If i plug in the phone and remove the battery.. screen still stays on.
I went thru many threads but still having same problem.
Please help.
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Try a different tar. I prefer dI18. A lot of people have problem on the ec05 tar and odin. Also if you can gt into download mode you are sponged. Not bricked. Hope this helps
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I just had this problem. I ended up reinstalling the drivers (like you did) and restarted my computer a few times. When that didnt work i got a new usb cable. the new usb cabe didnt work for crap... but then i used the old one and for some reason it just started to work. i also was putting the tar in phone slot, it would start but hang up at that same spot... i had to put it in the pda slot.
yeah i always used PDA slot for tar. pit in pit.
Odin 1.6
victory pit
Re-partition/auto reboot/f. reset time all checked
also tried with: auto reboot checked only
downloading DI18. like notsosmrtgeek suggested.
hope this works.
Tried DI18.
With Victory Pit.
Odin: 1.61
Screen goes White on sbl.bin
well after I tried with DI18 rom which was still a failed attempt.
atleast now when I switch on the phone... i can see a screen with a logo..
tiny mobile phone -- "!" in a yelow triangle -- tiny computer
tried to flash DI18 again with Re-Partition/Auto reboot/F. Reset Checked.
as usual hanged @ sbl.bin
but now when i start my phone i can see Samsung logo.
So if your computer is incapable of recognizing your phone, you are mostly screwed. I would say try a different computer. If that does not work, your last chance is to either make or buy a programming cable. The programming cable will force the recognition of your phone for reasons I do not understand.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077414
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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BTW, you can always use the Samsung Provided Flashing Utility
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22628158/Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13_Tool.exe
i just experienced a complete brick yesterday.. led didn't even turn on when plugged in to charge. couldn't boot into download mode. thought i was screwed.
i pulled the battery and the sdcard... let it sit for like 10 minutes. i kept hitting the power button just to clear any residual charge in the system. (i swear, i never got superstitious about electronics until this phone... ok, and the whole blowing in nintendo cartridge thing when i was 5 )
put the battery back in, with sdcard.. WAS ABLE TO BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE -- YES!!!
i used odin1.3 to flash eb13... kept stalling several times (but each time it seemed to go further before stalling and giving me a yellow screen, then a red screen, then a blue screen, etc) so i figure at least i was making progress...
finally i was able to get it all the way through flashing eb13 in odin1.3..
i experienced a lot of similar things as you: computer not "recognizing" my device, the stalling in odin... hope this helps.
Downloading EB13
link to Odin 1.3 plz..?
odin1.3: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026
eb13: http://www.multiupload.com/F0JFA0487M
i tried odin1.6 yesterday and that just wasn't working for me, either that or the ec05 tar file was messing me up... but good 'ol trusty Odin1.3 helped me out... note tho that i did have to flash a couple times (each time i went successively further before failure)
good luck!
Here is something new i noticed.
When i go to download mode without the battery and try to Odin flash..
after some time it seems like the phone goes off for a second then I see the battery charging logo on the screen (0% batter).
needless to say that odin freezes.
When I plug in the phone with batery in my phone.. battery charging logo appears @ 0%.
charged the batter for 1 hr.. but still the logo shows 0%.
oh yea, might be a good idea to remove sdcard while flashing in odin just in case
thank you for the link cache.
btw: should i use the same victory pit file with EB13?
use the pit that comes with the odin1.3 download
cache83 said:
oh yea, might be a good idea to remove sdcard while flashing in odin just in case
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yep
tried without sd card. stil same
just keep trying different things man.. working with these phones is a (very) inexact science
you might also give this a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042746 ... apparently some phones have this reset button and some don't.. mine didn't
seen that link yesterday.
my phone too dont have that button
One more info..
When i plug in the device.. 2 drivers are installed... (only 1 of of my USB port of my Desktop). Rest 3 ports.. it dont work. Neither it works on my laptop.
1) SAMSUNG USB Composite Device (USB)
2) SAMSUNG Mobile Modem #2 (Modem)
As far as i remember there used to be another Driver which used to show in Com Port section of Device Management window.
Am i missing any specific drivers?
the samsung usb driver should be it as far as i can tell really.. are micro usb cable are you using? might be a good idea to get a better quality one
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My Salutations, I am asking a question in regards to a serious bootloop I have managed to pull myself into.
Most bootloops I usually just enter CWM and flash another rom or restore. This problem however is much more serious.
Every time I attempt to enter CWM it goes directly to download mode. It's as if CWM doesn't exist on my phone anymore or something.
Download mode is the only thing I can access. I have tried multiple attempts to enter any other recovery mode but they all end up getting me to download mode.
This isn't the only problem. I thought this wouldn't be a big deal until I realized my PC can't recognize my phone at all anymore. Even before I got into the bootloop, my phone would only charge but any other recognition from the PC was absent. I have all the correct drivers installed including numerous attempts at re-installing, re-configuring, and restarting my PC.
I think I may have reached an irrecoverable error.
Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks.
FYI, The ROM I flashed when my Phone started acting like a bundle of ninnyhammerness was AOKP milestone 6. It's not the ROMs fault of course, seeing as how this ROM is very good. I also had the Darkside kernel. This is when I couldn't manually enter CWM. In stead, I had to let the phone boot up and utilizing the power menu, restart in recovery mode. I thought this was strange at first. I then wiped, and decided to flash the 20th Nightly of AOKP Jellybean just to try it. It booted fine, but then when I had to restart to enter CWM again I chose to flash another Darkside kernel. After this, my phone went into a bootloop. That is where everything else fell apart.
Sounds like either the recovery isn't sitting in the system correctly or its gone. When your phone is in download mode you said that you can't connect to pc. Are you running odin as admin and/or connecting the device to pc previous to putting the battery back?
sent from my T989 full of CM awesomeness and a touch of Venom from the Darkside!!
Yes I did run Odin as an administrator. I also tried connecting the device prior to putting the battery in, and also after.
I had this sort of problem yesterday (I installed a port of CWMR and it had some bugs which lead to it formatting the disk and then freezing and a reboot wouldn't allow me to install a rom...) anyways
1) Go to http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T989ZKBTMB? and download the drivers for the phone. This will allow windows to recognize the phone, without the phone having to communicate to the computer.
2) Download Odin v 1.85 (that's what I used anyways)
3) Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481141 It'll give you a workable CWMR to allow a format and installation of a rom to stop the boot loop
Those three steps should solve the problem, it did for me at least.
Hope that helps!
kmcclry said:
I had this sort of problem yesterday (I installed a port of CWMR and it had some bugs which lead to it formatting the disk and then freezing and a reboot wouldn't allow me to install a rom...) anyways
1) Go to http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T989ZKBTMB? and download the drivers for the phone. This will allow windows to recognize the phone, without the phone having to communicate to the computer.
2) Download Odin v 1.85 (that's what I used anyways)
3) Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481141 It'll give you a workable CWMR to allow a format and installation of a rom to stop the boot loop
Those three steps should solve the problem, it did for me at least.
Hope that helps!
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Thanks but, it still hasn't worked. It keep saying "USB device not recognized, Device driver software was not successfully installed."
I was able to fix it. If anyone else encounters this lethal, and pretentious conflict again... I resolved the problem by repeatedly spamming the power button on my computer, unplugging the cable repeatedly and letting my phone sit without the battery inside of it for 24 hours until my PC finally recognized the device.
i3lackDawn said:
I was able to fix it. If anyone else encounters this lethal, and pretentious conflict again... I resolved the problem by repeatedly spamming the power button on my computer, unplugging the cable repeatedly and letting my phone sit without the battery inside of it for 24 hours until my PC finally recognized the device.
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also it may be because of a faulty data cable !
Hey guys. just tried to flash CM 10.1.3 after some bugs in Carbon started getting on my nerves. Used ROM Toolbox and ended up getting my device stuck in some kind of weird boot loop. The phone boots up with the samsung logo and (recovery booting) text at the top left hand corner. For some reason, it boots up, but nothing on the display. it vibrates every few seconds, but nothing. I tried to boot into recovery manually, but the same thing happens. So i figure I'll just to into Odin and flash my stock copy on, no big deal. For some reason, my PC, nor Odin are recognizing that the GS3 is plugged in and in download mode. No Unkown Devices, nothing shows up anywhere. Anyone know a fix, or am I completely ****ed?
If your PC does not recognize download mode, you can try to check the cable, plug it into a different USB port, or pull your battery and try again.
If none of that works, you are not screwed. Be lucky you have an android It's possible for an android to boot from an SDcard such as a windows boot disk on desktop.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 DIRECTIONS TO UNBRICK: Their download link for unbrick.img is for T-MOBILE only
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345860 AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS THREAD, contains a link for an AT&T SGH-i747 debrick.img which should work ( I will edit my post when I complete, I am in the process of repairing my old brick now)
I an not responsible for any damage done to the device, or any sudden loss of limbs.
Thanks
Hi,
My brother's SGH-T989D phone (Koodo / Telus) crashed during an android update. Now, the phone boots to a black screen with the taskbar on top. There is no menu screen anymore. No apps at all. Doing a factory reset via the recovery mode does not change anything.
My PC does not detect the phone. Therefore, I am unable to install a new ROM with Odin. Here are all the infos I have :
1. The phone boots, but there is absolutely nothing except the task bar (I can toggle the wifi and bluetooth on and off, thats it...). There phone says preparing SD storage upon booting. There are no SD card and SIM card.
2. The phone is able to go into recovery and download modes.
3. My PC does not detect the phone. I know the Samsung drivers, Odin v3.07 and USB cable are working properly because I am able to connect my own phone which is also a SGH-T989D.
4. In recovery mode, there is a dead android with a red triangle with an "!" in the background.
5. It used to have the stock gingerbread Koodo ROM, and was probably updated over the air to the newest ICS from Koodo.
6. The phone was never rooted or messed with. I don't think it was ever connected to a computer before.
7. It is not under warranty anymore.
I've spent hours trying to get it recognized by the computer. I've tried putting the ROM on the SD card and applying the update via external storage in recovery mode. I get a message about Signature verification failure.
I've tried cleaning the micro-usb slot. Blowing in it resulted in the computer saying "Unknown device malfunctioned" a single time, which leads me to believe it only did that because some saliva created a short somewhere in there. The connections look clean.
I'm about to throw this phone off the building. What is wrong with it?
**EDIT**
Forgot to mention...the phone does charge when connected to the usb cable.
kamikazee1989 said:
Hi,
My brother's SGH-T989D phone (Koodo / Telus) crashed during an android update. Now, the phone boots to a black screen with the taskbar on top. There is no menu screen anymore. No apps at all. Doing a factory reset via the recovery mode does not change anything.
My PC does not detect the phone. Therefore, I am unable to install a new ROM with Odin. Here are all the infos I have :
1. The phone boots, but there is absolutely nothing except the task bar (I can toggle the wifi and bluetooth on and off, thats it...). There phone says preparing SD storage upon booting. There are no SD card and SIM card.
2. The phone is able to go into recovery and download modes.
3. My PC does not detect the phone. I know the Samsung drivers, Odin v3.07 and USB cable are working properly because I am able to connect my own phone which is also a SGH-T989D.
4. In recovery mode, there is a dead android with a red triangle with an "!" in the background.
5. It used to have the stock gingerbread Koodo ROM, and was probably updated over the air to the newest ICS from Koodo.
6. The phone was never rooted or messed with. I don't think it was ever connected to a computer before.
7. It is not under warranty anymore.
I've spent hours trying to get it recognized by the computer. I've tried putting the ROM on the SD card and applying the update via external storage in recovery mode. I get a message about Signature verification failure.
I've tried cleaning the micro-usb slot. Blowing in it resulted in the computer saying "Unknown device malfunctioned" a single time, which leads me to believe it only did that because some saliva created a short somewhere in there. The connections look clean.
I'm about to throw this phone off the building. What is wrong with it?
**EDIT**
Forgot to mention...the phone does charge when connected to the usb cable.
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IDK if this will help you. IF the phone isn't rooted or a custom recovery installed I don't believe you can reinstall the ROM. It does say 'signature verification error' so you might be able to turn off MD5 checking before install. It will be in the settings menu if TWRP is used. I don't believe its an option to do if on stock recovery.
so i mistakenly flashed a rom that was meant for the i900 or something and i got hardbricked and im not sure what steps to take or anything.
I know that i can buy this thing to make it go to download mode, but ive already tried doing the not jtag or Jig method but i used my Sandisk Micro Sdcard 8gb Class 4 instead since i dont have the 16gb class 10 version. what do i do?
ive used the windsik 32 image writer to write the
debrick sphl710.img to that microsdcard and idk what to do now. my batter was at 75% charger aswell and also i noticed if i removed the battery and the sdcard and cable and plug in just the usb cable (connected to my pc) it showed a red led light and then it turned off after a bit and my computer read a driver was missing with QHDSLOAD or something like that.
Go download Odin, go find twrp recovery for your phone, get the tar file, open Odin, put your phone in download mood, uncheck auto reboot and reset time, click pda, select the tar, after Odin recognizes your phone then click start. If it says pass then disconnect, power off, boot into your recovery, and flash something like Rooted stock ND8.
I don't normally flash the wrong roms, but occasionally crap won't work no matter how many times I re-download or flash. All that seems to work is flash a new recovery and then boot into it and flash the rom I needed.
Hi all, I've been using XDA for years since the original O2 XDA's and I have never had to post anything as I've always found my solution. I'm hoping somebody can assist me with a problem I have on this stock galaxy tab 3.
The device was brought to me after being thrown down the stairs. I replaced the screen and built it back up,
Removed battery connector and reconnected = nothing happens
Press power = nothing happens
press download mode = nothing happens
press recovery mode = nothing happens
Plug USB into PC = nothing happens on PC or tablet
Plug in USB mains charger and it displays battery charging logo but it doesn't fill or animate the fill then it starts the samsung boot screen. It reboots and continues to do this constantly and never ends.
I've tried two batteries and both batteries work in another tab 3 but neither batteries changed how the device works.
Thank you for any advice in advanced!!
I just received a Tab 3 lite (SM-T110) for repair, it's having a similar problem.
It does automatically turn on when plugged into charger or computer.. It is stuck on a bootloop, requiesting a Kies recovery. It does reboot when given the three finger salute (center button, volume down, and power) - it will not enter recovery mode though - same firmware error message). The device is also full off or full on, no indication of it's it's recharging or no - let the battery run out, it's off - else it's on (does not turn on or off with power button). I don't have any info how it got into this state - most likely power loss during a firmware update, but haven't ruled out other possibilities (ie bad rooting job, a custom ROM upgrade went wrong, etc). I'm not 100% concerned about cause, but hopefully I can unbrick the thing.
Anyways, I loaded Kies onto my computer and put it into recovery mode and plugged it in - nothing. Exit the recovery mode of Kies, and all of a sudden the program goes nuts trying to connect and disconnect from the device. Hmm... Okay, disconnect it, uninstall Kies, install Kies3 and try again - same thing except it complains the device is too old when the program leaves recovery mode - but same thing otherwise - does not show up in recovery mode, connects and disconnects at huge rate when not in recovery mode....
Hmmm...
Now looking at the screen, it does indicate (in the upper left hand corner) that it's in ODIN mode... So my next step I figure I'll try ODIN (although I'm researching ODIN at the moment as I haven't used it before (never had to unbrick anything from Samsung prior to now).
Okay, that was painless - downloaded and installed ODIN 3.10.7, and then downloaded the latest firmware from Samsung, extracted the firmware, added it to ODIN's AP line, then hit start to push the latest firmware onto the tablet. Good as new again.