T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II Stock Recovery
Some of you have been asking me for the stock recovery, and after a few minutes with Gillbostonian on IRC, I finally got it pulled.
Explination
What we have here is a stock recovery.img pulled from a stock T-Mobile SGH-T989 (Samsung Galaxy S II).
With this you can recover your phone using ODIN, to return it to a factory state.
Downloads
To restore the stock recovery to your phone I have a nice little tar file that will take care of the job for you that you can grab from here.
If you like my work..
and wish to donate you can buy me my very own T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II by using the details posted here.
How to Flash
We are going to be using Odin in this explanation to flash the stock kernel to your phone.
Downloads
First you are going to want to start by downloading all the needed files onto your computer and then place them onto your Desktop.
Samsung Kies
Odin3-v1.85.zip
SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar
Process
Once you have everything downloaded and on your desktop, you are going to want to first install kies.
After this is done you should restart your computer for proper driver installation.
Next, extract Odin to a new folder on your Desktop. Leave the tar in the form it is.
Now, open up Odin by double clicking the .exe in the folder you extracted it to.
The most important step is now, you need to put your device into Download/ODIN mode so your computer will recognize it and be able to flash to it. To do this simply turn your phone off completely (or pull the battery). Then you are going to want to use the following button combination to force your device into download mode:
Hold the volume up/down and power button all at the same time.
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Now ODIN should have recognized your device ( it may take a while for the drivers to complete installation so don't panic the first time).
Lastly, we want to click on the PDA button and then search for the SGH-T989-Stock-Recovery.tar we download earlier and placed on the Desktop.
If all of the above has taken place you are free to hit the Start button.
Rebooting into Recovery
Rebooting into recovery is almost just as easy, but a little less complicated.
Just turn your phone off all the way and boot into recovery by holding down vol up and vol down, pressing power until it vibrates, and letting go of power but at the same time keeping the vol buttons down. (or just by using Rom Manager from the Market.)
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Done!
If all has gone well at this point the flash should be proven successful and your phone should reboot like normal.
If so, please feel pressured to give yourself a pat on the back, that was tough!
Thank you!
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Thanks, much appreciated
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Bout time bubby
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Is this going to help out the soft bricks aswell? I think we need an Odin flashabale rom for that. I will work on it tommorow
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excellent! Thanks a million!
Sent from my SGH-T989
Where not worthy. Thank you so much.
Many thanks!!!
---------- Post added at 02:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:08 AM ----------
A little something to show my appreciation and to help towards your goal of the SGSII.
Confirmation number: 2G010761V3185764T
atoore said:
Is this going to help out the soft bricks aswell? I think we need an Odin flashabale rom for that. I will work on it tommorow
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App
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I'm actually getting ready to upload, test, and release that here in the next few minutes.
Here you go!! @bubby
confirmation: 90K10751MY7851216
^ Gil - thanks for your help as well as without your device we wouldn't have stock recovery tonight!
No problem man!! It's my pleasure I'm glad that my device has been big help to all of us. we got the stock recovery and now we will get the stock Tmobile full rom for odin in couple hrs..Thanks to Bubby again
Thanks, Bubby. Quite a few of us on the forum have been waiting for this path back to stock before rooting our phones. Your efforts are appreciated!
With out bubby and Gill We wouldnt have this!! Ty again bubby! i will be donating to ur phone once i get paid and i hope everyone else does after this great task u have done for the community!!
Does this also flash the stock Kernel, or do we have to flash UVKID's odin then this odin?
I assume we have to flash UV's odin first, but I just want to be clear.
So just to clarify, after completing this what should you see when you do the both volume buttons and then power button (without USB plugged in)? Is an update from sd card/wipe data screen the stock recovery our phone ships with?
I wanted to see if someone could tell me the series of steps to get this and the kernel loaded.
Do you do this in odin first, and then flash the kernel to get back to stock? Just curious on what it done first, second, third. The directions on the OP are good but I don't know how to get everything to come together.
Jjday7 said:
I wanted to see if someone could tell me the series of steps to get this and the kernel loaded.
Do you do this in odin first, and then flash the kernel to get back to stock? Just curious on what it done first, second, third. The directions on the OP are good but I don't know how to get everything to come together.
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I don't think it quite matters what you do first or second. I did it in the reverse order. Matter of fact I loaded an old nandroid backup I had made before and then did this. No cwm and no root anymore. This is only what I did though, I can't say it's the correct way. All I can say is everything works for me with these steps (maybe I screwed something up big time who knows).
ODIN BACK TO STOCK!
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319830
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper tar file in pit in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
Related
I just installed CWM 3.0.0.5 and now my Epic is frozen upon reboot! It keeps going to the SAMSUNG black screen and wont move from that.
I reboot in recovery mode and get to the CWM menu but cant do anything from there, cant wipe device, cant remove anything, etc.
Help me fix this!
Im a college student that needs his phone working ASAP!
Thank you!
I warned you in your other thread about not just jumping in head first into an empty swimming pool.
Ok lets see if I can help, so after you rooted with cwm3 and booted into cwm3. It converted all your files correct? If so you probably missed the most important step. After its done converting you need to flash an ext4 compatible rom(cwm3 compatible rom) then you reboot and should be good to go.
Now if you don't have the proper rom on your sd card, you need to go download one and then put it on your sd card, then boot into cwm holding volume down, camera button and power. After it boots into cwm3 use the volume buttons to navigate and the camera button to select, navigate to 'apply zip from sdcard' find your rom you just put on the sdcard and flash it. Its going to be a long day for you, but on the bright side your name is cheech and its 420 sonny. Good luck.
How will you ever get through college if you don't read?
epic4GEE said:
I warned you in your other thread about not just jumping in head first into an empty swimming pool.
Ok lets see if I can help, so after you rooted with cwm3 and booted into cwm3. It converted all your files correct? If so you probably missed the most important step. After its done converting you need to flash an ext4 compatible rom(cwm3 compatible rom) then you reboot and should be good to go.
Now if you don't have the proper rom on your sd card, you need to go download one and then put it on your sd card, then boot into cwm holding volume down, camera button and power. After it boots into cwm3 use the volume buttons to navigate and the camera button to select, navigate to 'apply zip from sdcard' find your rom you just put on the sdcard and flash it. Its going to be a long day for you, but on the bright side your name is cheech and its 420 sonny. Good luck.
How will you ever get through college if you don't read?
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How can I access the SD card if I cant even get past the SAMSUNG screen? I have my phone plugged in and I cant get it to recognize on my computer.
And I go to kent, our motto is "Kent read, Kent write, Kent remember last night, Kent state"
xD
I dont even want CWM on here anymore, I just want my phone working. Is there no way that I can just remove CWM and go back to factory?
cheech92007 said:
How can I access the SD card if I cant even get past the SAMSUNG screen? I have my phone plugged in and I cant get it to recognize on my computer.
And I go to kent, our motto is "Kent read, Kent write, Kent remember last night, Kent state"
xD
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Lol... your motto says it all. You will need a card reader and put the rom on the sdcard not in any folder(easier to find and it will be at the bottom).
You can still reboot into cwm by holding volume up, camera, and power and while still holding power and camera slide your thumb to volume down and that should get you into cwm. If it doesn't then pull the battery and boot into cwm.
You can return to stock via odin, but I've only used it twice and it was for flashing a modem both times. I've never flashed a rom with odin so I can't really give any quality advice.
epic4GEE said:
Lol... your motto says it all. You will need a card reader and put the rom on the sdcard not in any folder(easier to find and it will be at the bottom).
You can still reboot into cwm by holding volume up, camera, and power and while still holding power and camera slide your thumb to volume down and that should get you into cwm. If it doesn't then pull the battery and boot into cwm.
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okay, I can get into cwm...now what? I dont know what to do from here. I just want to get this thing off my phone lol
cheech92007 said:
okay, I can get into cwm...now what? I dont know what to do from here. I just want to get this thing off my phone lol
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Only way I know of is to use odin here is the threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
If you have a card reader tho you can still save this by doing what I mentioned in my above post, if you have no card reader, its odin and odin only as far as I know.
epic4GEE said:
Only way I know of is to use odin here is the threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
If you have a card reader tho you can still save this by doing what I mentioned in my above post, if you have no card reader, its odin and odin only as far as I know.
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Thanks, but that link to the Odin that is in the forum, doesnt work. Do you know of any others?
Sorry about that this one has a choice of cwm2.x or cwm3.x you will be rooted after flashing this so my advice is to flash the cwm2.x odin package....read and follow the instructions....PLEASE;-)
Duh forgot link....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
epic4GEE said:
Sorry about that this one has a choice of cwm2.x or cwm3.x you will be rooted after flashing this so my advice is to flash the cwm2.x odin package....read and follow the instructions....PLEASE;-)
Duh forgot link....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
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I wont lie to you.. Im not sure what the difference is, or which one to chose out of the ones you sent me. But Im gonna wing it. Hopefully it works as long as I follow the directions.
Thanks a lot man, Ill keep you posted
Download the stock eb13 cwm2.5 package if you do everything right it will work and if you get stuck refer to that thread and/or the first one I posted.....good luck, just follow the instructions and you'll be cool.
Trying not to sound rude, I really am...
Read man! Check threads in the development forum about flashing and Odin.
You have 2 options like Epic4GEE stated:
1. From a computer, download an EXT4 compatible ROM to your SD card and boot back into ClockWorkMod to wipe caches and flash.
2. Boot into download mode (1 key + power button to boot) and use Odin to put DI18, EB13 or EC05 back on your device.
There are even video tutorials stickied in the General section to assist people. People are here to assist if you have problems, but you have to help yourself by reading the material first. ;-)
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
nikon120 said:
Trying not to sound rude, I really am...
Read man! Check threads in the development forum about flashing and Odin.
You have 2 options like Epic4GEE stated:
1. From a computer, download an EXT4 compatible ROM to your SD card and boot back into ClockWorkMod to wipe caches and flash.
2. Boot into download mode (1 key + power button to boot) and use Odin to put DI18, EB13 or EC05 back on your device.
There are even video tutorials stickied in the General section to assist people. People are here to assist if you have problems, but you have to help yourself by reading the material first. ;-)
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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Thanks I completely forgot about the videos.....super helpful when reading or finding easy answers is umm not easy....duh the videos...thanks nikon
epic4GEE said:
Thanks I completely forgot about the videos.....super helpful when reading or finding easy answers is umm not easy....duh the videos...thanks nikon
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No problem.
Answers can be extremely difficult to locate when **** hits the fan or for someone new. The wiki doesn't appear to be kept all that up to date by us, the community, but then again I haven't checked it in like 2 months.
I'll even go one step further and upload my copy of the EB13 Samsung upgrade tool for you. Here
It's a one stop shop to rescue your phone in its current condition if you just want stock again. It is Odin, but wrapped within a Windows installer-like UI. This will erase all your data. Once installed, the phone will upgrade to EC05 via over-the-air update.
Stickies! Right on top of Development...how to fix "bricked" Epic....even though they mean sponged.
Do you BONSAI?
epic4GEE said:
Sorry about that this one has a choice of cwm2.x or cwm3.x you will be rooted after flashing this so my advice is to flash the cwm2.x odin package....read and follow the instructions....PLEASE;-)
Duh forgot link....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
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Okay I used Odin to reset my phone but when its in the DOWNLOADING... screen, the blue bar stops when it reaches the "O" in DOWNLOADING.
Now what?
epic4GEE said:
Download the stock eb13 cwm2.5 package if you do everything right it will work and if you get stuck refer to that thread and/or the first one I posted.....good luck, just follow the instructions and you'll be cool.
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and where exactly can I download the stock eb13 cwm2.5 package?
cheech92007 said:
and where exactly can I download the stock eb13 cwm2.5 package?
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Click this link and it should download.......http://www.multiupload.com/6ZCARWCFVU
I was hoping you had this all taken care of by now.....you see not reading is bad
Thank you to everyone who helped me out in this thread. My phone is now fixed. Turns out the .tar / PDA file that I was using in Odin was corrupt and wouldnt work fully.
I used a different version which seemed to work fine, then it upgraded once I turned my phone on.
Everyone who helped me out will be receiving thanks
Thanks again everyone!
***EDIT for solution***
ac16313 said:
I really have no idea, and I dont want to pin it to the "magic button" but what I did was
take the battery and sd card out and press the "button" under the battery cover for like a minute. And then hold the power button and 1 both while I plugged in the charger *without battery in* then, bam! Dowload mode!
Oh and before pressing the "magic button" I had tried tis method without it, and it didn't work, but I'm skeptical as to this button so maybe it was just coincidence.
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**Edit**
okay so now i odin'd a fresh EC05 install and still no samsung splash screen and i still cant turn it on normally on can get into download mode and turn on with method posted below. does someone think doing a bootloader update with odin will help it? if so can someone provide me the file name required in an odin tar to be able to check the " update bootloader" option?
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First of all backgroun info, I recently odin'd Stock EC05 selected repartition with the pit and auto reboot nothing else and it passed like normal, then I booted it up, selected debugging, and one click root, now I noticed the once click root took longer than usual this time but It finished and rebooted like normal.
Okay now here's the issue I'm curently running my phone, everything is fine... except for one small thing I can't turn it on! no button combination works when its off the only way I can get it to turn on is by
1st plugging in charger without battery
2nd replacing battery with charger plugged in
3rd waiting until charging screen comes on(and It only comes on with this method)
4th turing it on normally with power button.
and once this is finished it turns on, but I can't get into downlod mode or recovery this way, and what I didn't notice at first boot was that the "samsung" screen at start up didn't show up.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated as I can't do much right now, and I'm afraid I can't get into download mode.
ac16313 said:
First of all backgroun info, I recently odin'd Stock EC05 selected repartition with the pit and auto reboot nothing else and it passed like normal, then I booted it up, selected debugging, and one click root, now I noticed the once click root took longer than usual this time but It finished and rebooted like normal.
Okay now here's the issue I'm curently running my phone, everything is fine... except for one small thing I can't turn it on! no button combination works when its off the only way I can get it to turn on is by
1st plugging in charger without battery
2nd replacing battery with charger plugged in
3rd waiting until charging screen comes on(and It only comes on with this method)
4th turing it on normally with power button.
and once this is finished it turns on, but I can't get into downlod mode or recovery this way, and what I didn't notice at first boot was that the "samsung" screen at start up didn't show up.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated as I can't do much right now, and I'm afraid I can't get into download mode.
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Sure sounds like a bad flash. Seems like the bootloader is wonky. Since you repartitioned, are you sure you used the right PIT?
For stock EC05 I've always had the best results by using the old official Samsung EB13 installer they had on their website for a while, then letting EC05 download OTA and install itself. Once that is done you can use one click to root.
I know the EB13 tool is around the forum somewhere, just don't know where!
Edit....just realized you said you can't get into download mode. Hmmm...... guess my comments won't help much then. Sorry
poit said:
Sure sounds like a bad flash. Seems like the bootloader is wonky. Since you repartitioned, are you sure you used the right PIT?
For stock EC05 I've always had the best results by using the old official Samsung EB13 installer they had on their website for a while, then letting EC05 download OTA and install itself. Once that is done you can use one click to root.
I know the EB13 tool is around the forum somewhere, just don't know where!
Edit....just realized you said you can't get into download mode. Hmmm...... guess my comments won't help much then. Sorry
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Thanks for the input, Hm next time ill keep that in mind then, let's hope there's a next time.
Yeah I don't know how I can get into download mode. I was going to try the acs updater t install a recovery and kernel would that work? Or would it still need acess to a recovery to install them? And yeah I used the right pit, if I didn't id be sitting here with a nice permabricked phone, since I hit repartition.
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Any help you guys can offer me?
Is there a way to use odin without going into download mode?
Maybe replace the zImage file written to phone with one click root, with another full recovery?
I can use usb debugging if that's hepfull at all
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ac16313 said:
Any help you guys can offer me?
Is there a way to use odin without going into download mode?
Maybe replace the zImage file written to phone with one click root, with another full recovery?
I can use usb debugging if that's hepfull at all
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
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Have you checked this thread??
[SOLVED] bricked.... no download mode or anything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084694
there are some tricks to get the phone into download mode
jdelano said:
Have you checked this thread??
[SOLVED] bricked.... no download mode or anything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084694
there are some tricks to get the phone into download mode
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Thanks for replying, seeriously appreciate it!
Lol what's ironic is that I'm the 3rd commentor on that thread givin ideas.
But ill try all those ideas there!
*edit* I love you man! I was able to finaly put it in download mode!
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AWESOME; great to hear!!!!!
What was the trick that worked for you?? just for the record and for others that might come upon this thread later.
jdelano said:
AWESOME; great to hear!!!!!
What was the trick that worked for you?? just for the record and for others that might come upon this thread later.
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I really have no idea, and I dnt want to pin it to the "magic button" but what I did was
take the battery and sd card out and press the "button" for like a minute. And then hold the power button and 1 while I plugged in the charger *without battery in* then, bam! Dowload mode!
Oh and before pressing the "magic button" I had tried tis method without it, and it didn't work, but I'm skeptical as to this button so maybe it was just coincidence.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
you shouldn't have to worry about the repartition aspect of Odin until a standard flash won't boot.
OP updated issues still persist can i hit update bootloader on odin? whats reqiured?
**Update again.... issues solved it was a faulty odin tar file...I hope
hi,
i need help my GN is not starting after I flashed a theme all i can just get into clock mode recovery even i didn't have any back up or any restore point it just shows google logo when i start. Please helppppppppppppppppppp pleaseeeeeee
thankzzz
now i am stuck on below attachment please help thnkzz so much for all reply till now
since you didn't do a Android your basically screwed so all you data is gone you only hope is to transfer a file through fastboot(can you even do that?) Or boot to Odin mode and flash a stock image
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
GSM or LTE Gnex? What ROM were you running?
Golden rule: Do a backup before doing anything to your phone!
Now all you can do is to download EXACTLY same ROM as you were using by now, wipe cache/dalvik-cache, flash this ROM once again and hope that i'll boot. If it won't you'll have to wipe /data is well.
Sleuth255 said:
GSM or LTE Gnex? What ROM were you running?
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HI
its gsm i tried to flashed the same rom but still the same only i can access is to recovery
cordell507 said:
since you didn't do a Android your basically screwed so all you data is gone you only hope is to transfer a file through fastboot(can you even do that?) Or boot to Odin mode and flash a stock image
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
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tnkz bro but i am new to android please help how to do it with Odin
well since you can boot into recovery try searching in your sdcard folders if youve left a ROM .zip there laying around and if this is the case just flash it and youre back on track
nonione said:
well since you can boot into recovery try searching in your sdcard folders if youve left a ROM .zip there laying around and if this is the case just flash it and youre back on track
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unfortunatly i delete system file and data file also in recovery i tried to flash the zip update but no result helpppppppppppppppp
salym said:
unfortunatly i delete system file and data file also in recovery i tried to flash the zip update but no result helpppppppppppppppp
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This will help you get back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Sent from my GNex {GSM} T-Mobile
Change your spark plugs.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
spaceman860 said:
This will help you get back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Sent from my GNex {GSM} T-Mobile
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Hi bro i tired with Odin but stops on userdata any help thnkzzzz
salym said:
hi,
i need help my GN is not starting after I flashed a theme all i can just get into clock mode recovery even i didn't have any back up or any restore point it just shows google logo when i start. Please helppppppppppppppppppp pleaseeeeeee
thankzzz
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i am stuck on this now please help
ouch... softbrick.
put your phone down.
take a deep breath or two.
If you are old enough, grab a beer and relax for a bit. Think calming thoughts.
Now, start learning about how to mod your GNex. We can help.
Here's your First assignment:
find out if you still have a bootloader by booting into fastboot mode. Report back with your findings and a screenshot!
Sleuth255 said:
ouch... softbrick.
put your phone down.
take a deep breath or two.
If you are old enough, grab a beer and relax for a bit. Think calming thoughts.
Now, start learning about how to mod your GNex. We can help.
Here's your First assignment:
find out if you still have a bootloader by booting into fastboot mode. Report back with your findings and a screenshot!
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Still have a bootloader? Are you serious? You need to learn how to use an android device as well.
To the OP: Do a factory reset in Clockwork and go to mounts
and format /system. Flash the ROM zip. Profit.
Absolutely serious. Have you been reading this thread? The OP needs to start at ground zero and stop just trying every tool he/she sees. My purpose was to get this person to do some research and I was establishing a knowledge baseline. One plan I was considering was to help the OP install the GNex toolkit then locate stock images and obtain a working build. Your cryptic one liner bit should prove vastly more useful to this guy though. I'll let you have at it and go back to my dev work. lol at least this post was a good way to make sure gapps/root capabilities are properly cooked into my latest test build ....
Sent from my Full AOSP on Toro using xda premium
Sleuth255 said:
ouch... softbrick.
put your phone down.
take a deep breath or two.
If you are old enough, grab a beer and relax for a bit. Think calming thoughts.
Now, start learning about how to mod your GNex. We can help.
Here's your First assignment:
find out if you still have a bootloader by booting into fastboot mode. Report back with your findings and a screenshot!
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U r right i am not good in android but i tried to be and this happens, meanwhile nothing shows after i start the device it shows the !!!! mark with device the PC logo,this happens due to ODin actually the SUMSUNG ADB interface shows ! mark because i cant debug from device even no bootloader works any more thnkz for replying
*facepalm*
OP, you are holding it wrong.
I can think of at least 2 ways to recover from a situation like this. Both are well described in these forums (search works 99% of the time).
....
Oh come on, you don't have the zip of the last rom you flashed, get another one, hey, its free right? **** we dont know nothing about but we'll flash it anyways!
Man...If you have cwm recovery, you're safe. No need to go messing with fastboot (forget odin) just yet. Now stop wasting everybody's time and learn to help yourself.
Here's a few tags to get you started:
cwm, recovery, adb, bootloader, fastboot
bk201doesntexist said:
*facepalm*
OP, you are holding it wrong.
I can think of at least 2 ways to recover from a situation like this. Both are well described in these forums (search works 99% of the time).
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Oh come on, you don't have the zip of the last rom you flashed, get another one, hey, its free right? **** we dont know nothing about but we'll flash it anyways!
Man...If you have cwm recovery, you're safe. No need to go messing with fastboot (forget odin) just yet. Now stop wasting everybody's time and learn to help yourself.
Here's a few tags to get you started:
cwm, recovery, adb, bootloader, fastboot
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i tried more than one day on this issue its only starts with !!! mark on it nothing else, i have attached the pic i cant access any bootloader or any cwm or any thing all i did with Odin and stuck to attached pic even i start the device its shows the same pic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdM2M8Nz6QQ this I used on Odin
thnkzz
As I suspected earlier, it appears that the OP may have trashed his bootloader partition when he tried using Odin to flash the 4.0.2 factory image (which includes a bootloader). At one point he had CWM but not any more since he can't boot to the recovery partition.
Another possibility is that the Odin tool itself places the device in this mode and it can't be manually reverted by starting up in fastboot mode. Looking at the picture, it literally appears that the phone is saying that a flashing operation is half finished but the phone has lost the PC connection... This would be a lot like what I've experienced with iPhones.
In either case, I can deduce that Odin is the tool to use to clear this softbrick.
Hopefully, it'll be flame-off now Sdobron. Perhaps you might want to help out here since I'm not up to speed on the Odin tool myself and would like to learn more about it.
@salym: I know this may be redundant but I need to establish your problem baseline empirically. Once again, can you verify that when you hold vol down/vol up then press power that you get the image you posted?
Use Fastboot!
Dude, it looks like your problem is with crappy boot sector.
While turning on your phone, hold both volume up and volume down buttons, and long press power button untill you feel single vibrate feedback.
Then connect your phone to the computer via USB, and if it doesn't detect drivers, google "samsung android usb driver". Additionally you can install PDANet application (X64 or x86 depending on you system).
THen download Fastboot - there are plenty of instructions how to flash it, and flash stock images (that come with radio, boot sector, rom itself, etc) - there are also plenty of discussions about how to do it. PM if you have any other questions!
Hi,
I know your time is precious and I have already done hours of researching, googling, and downloading...
But believe me, no luck. I only found two 2.3 ROMs, one from this forum (but was a 'rooted' one) and one from SamMobile forum.
Both didn't work properly. I even cannot dial numbers (among other problems).
Can anyone, please, tell me from where do I find an official/good ROM for samsung captivate glide i927 ?
Sorry for taking much of your time, I really appreciate it.
Ali
Here is a good ROM from dman its stock ICS rooted (there is unrooted one at bottom of post if you dont want root) also it comes with CRT off i think so it looks cool when you turn off your phone. Hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841502
ItsMeBdon said:
Here is a good ROM from dman its stock ICS rooted (there is unrooted one at bottom of post if you dont want root) also it comes with CRT off i think so it looks cool when you turn off your phone. Hope it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841502
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thanks, but Isn't there an odin version of it?
Because I have tried the CWM method but I cannot boot into recovery mode, I can boot only into download mode.
Not sure why, although I press upper sound + home + power but still get the wrong mode...
I would really appreciate it if anyone can give me a link to a gingerbread ROM that is flashable from odin for i927.
I have tried this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391730
but it does not work properly (many errors appear)
I also tried the one from sampro.pl but still have many problems.
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Maybe when I flashed the ICS and then I want to downgrade to Ginger, I need something more than just PDA in odin...
maybe I also need to change bootloader ??
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I note after flashing: "cannot access csc...." something like that written just after flashing.... any idea?
You need to only press volume down and power button....try that to get into cmw
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app
And if u just want stock 2.3.5 u need to use odin for the samsung stock tar from there website
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app
ali_newyork said:
thanks, but Isn't there an odin version of it?
Because I have tried the CWM method but I cannot boot into recovery mode, I can boot only into download mode.
Not sure why, although I press upper sound + home + power but still get the wrong mode...
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Try using root booter, you gotta have root to use it but it will boot you into any mode supported by the phone.
I927UCLG9 Stock ICS 4.0.4
keyboard back light fix
super user 3.1.3 ARM Signed
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Not sure why, although I press upper sound + home + power but still get the wrong mode...
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As mentioned, the key combo for recovery is Volume Down + Power, that's the problem...
noob question...
Sorry to ask, but reading numerous forums has made me absolutely clueless as to what to do.
Long story short, My AT&T i927 is not rooted and i updated to official ICS via kies air and have been having multiple bugs, like the famous keyboard backlight issue (for which ive read the fix but was unable to implement it) and also, the pinch zoom gestures being of almost no use cuz they are THAT slow in response and the hd games on it have become extra laggy, the camera quality has become terrible.
I want to go back to gingerbread but dont know how so PLEASE, i request you to take few minutes out of your precious time and help me with one single post containing the step by step method and links to whatever it is that i need to download. I seriously appreciate this and would make sure this post is popular enough to not to be repeated again.
Eagerly awaiting your reply.
THANKS.
ali_newyork said:
thanks, but Isn't there an odin version of it?
Because I have tried the CWM method but I cannot boot into recovery mode, I can boot only into download mode.
Not sure why, although I press upper sound + home + power but still get the wrong mode...
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This isnt an odin version its a zip so all you have to do is flash it, but you want to make sure you have CWMR installed. I recommend the touch recovery because it makes it easier. Ill post link in bottom, also after you install you want to power off phone then hold power for 5 seconds and volume down to boot into recovery. To put CWMR on you need to use odin but once its on you will not need to use odin again unless another rom comes out that requires oneclick.
CWMR Touch
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766533
Go to gingerbread and try the kies emergency firmware recovery that might fix the issues but i havent tried so i dont know
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium
This seriously is a issue worth notifying to Samsung. They shouldn't have released Kies update for the phone if it as under development. This isn't anything like Samsung. Samsung always tests the build and then releases it. I hope some samsung Official falls upon this thread and replys us all.
Hey everyone, first time posting, but followed this forum for a while now.
Ok, so I had been running CM10 on my ICS S3 for a while, but wanted to start fresh and upgrade to JB, and see how I liked it. I followed this link:
androidrootz.c o m/2012/10/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s3-no.html
to flash my stock ROM back to the phone. (Hope linking is permitted, if not I apologize). I am on Mac and therefore used Mobile Odin Pro to help me achieve a fresh S3. I started at step 4, bc I didn't care to reset my flash counter. Everything was going smoothly until I hit step 15. It's here that the phone will flash the Samsung boot screen momentarily, then show the "blue droid" running script for less than a second, and repeat over and over again.
I've attempted to put it in recovery/download(is there a difference between the two) mode, but the phone repeatedly does what was just described. What options do I have to get this phone back in working order?
Please help me, King Newb, if there is actually any help that can be given. I really don't like using my old iPhone as my primary again. I just want my S3 back, preferably running JB and rooted. Please and thanks guys.
Out.
HungJury said:
Hey everyone, first time posting, but followed this forum for a while now.
Ok, so I had been running CM10 on my ICS S3 for a while, but wanted to start fresh and upgrade to JB, and see how I liked it. I followed this link:
androidrootz.c o m/2012/10/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s3-no.html
to flash my stock ROM back to the phone. (Hope linking is permitted, if not I apologize). I am on Mac and therefore used Mobile Odin Pro to help me achieve a fresh S3. I started at step 4, bc I didn't care to reset my flash counter. Everything was going smoothly until I hit step 15. It's here that the phone will flash the Samsung boot screen momentarily, then show the "blue droid" running script for less than a second, and repeat over and over again.
I've attempted to put it in recovery/download(is there a difference between the two) mode, but the phone repeatedly does what was just described. What options do I have to get this phone back in working order?
Please help me, King Newb, if there is actually any help that can be given. I really don't like using my old iPhone as my primary again. I just want my S3 back, preferably running JB and rooted. Please and thanks guys.
Out.
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Actually, you can't post links cause you're a new user.
Here's what you should follow: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822308
To get in download mode: Hold Vol down+Home + Power button
To get in recovery mode: Hold Vol up+Home + Power button
Instead of getting CWM, I would suggest getting TWRP, which can be done by downloading goomanager from the play store. (After you're done flashing stock rooted JB from the link above).
I am on Mac, is there an alternative to Odin, or a version that runs on OS X?
Thank you for putting me on the right track
HungJury said:
I am on Mac, is there an alternative to Odin, or a version that runs on OS X?
Thank you for putting me on the right track
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Mobile Odin or Heimdall.
OK, I need a little more clarification. My phone doesn't boot, so are you saying that I can use Mobile Odin right on my Mac, and is it possible to link me to a proper copy of Heimdall? Also, is there perhaps a step by step instruction set for getting me back to a functioning phone? I clicked your link and found a ton of information, but still unsure which set of steps I need to follow.
Thanks again for your patience.
HungJury said:
OK, I need a little more clarification. My phone doesn't boot, so are you saying that I can use Mobile Odin right on my Mac, and is it possible to link me to a proper copy of Heimdall? Also, is there perhaps a step by step instruction set for getting me back to a functioning phone? I clicked your link and found a ton of information, but still unsure which set of steps I need to follow.
Thanks again for your patience.
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Oh my bad, I replied fast (covering a lot of threads right now). Mobile Odin won't work.. And I haven't seen Heimdall around here. Sorry.
The easiest way would be to use a PC. I'll keep looking for what can be done on Macs (you should do the same )
I followed the steps to the link (used virtual machine) but when I get to the step where you press start, Odin just says "all threads completed. (succeeded 0/failed 0). So I think I'm getting close but not quite there yet.
Would it have something to do with the boot loader option? Just curious because of the boot loop I've been stuck in. Btw, I can't get my phone into recovery mode, however download mode still works fine, if that matters.
Another quick update. I've now been able to get into the phone by holding both volume buttons and the power button. Phone boots normally with cm boot logo. However the phone is completely wiped except for stock apps it comes with. This gives me a little more hope but still not sure where to go from here.
Bump. Can't anyone point me in the right direction? My situation is quite unique, as I have found another person explain it happening to them during my search. Want to get this fixed ASAP.
Thanks!
HungJury said:
Bump. Can't anyone point me in the right direction? My situation is quite unique, as I have found another person explain it happening to them during my search. Want to get this fixed ASAP.
Thanks!
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Download this if you are us using AT&T and if not use the drop down menu on the top left and pick your device and download the latest jellybean update:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747
Flash this download via mobile Odin. Read mobile Odin's directions carefully. You can so keep root of you wanted to through this app. This download will bring you back yo complete stock and will work for you.
HungJury said:
Hey everyone, first time posting, but followed this forum for a while now.
Ok, so I had been running CM10 on my ICS S3 for a while, but wanted to start fresh and upgrade to JB, and see how I liked it. I followed this link:
androidrootz.c o m/2012/10/how-to-unroot-samsung-galaxy-s3-no.html
to flash my stock ROM back to the phone. (Hope linking is permitted, if not I apologize). I am on Mac and therefore used Mobile Odin Pro to help me achieve a fresh S3. I started at step 4, bc I didn't care to reset my flash counter. Everything was going smoothly until I hit step 15. It's here that the phone will flash the Samsung boot screen momentarily, then show the "blue droid" running script for less than a second, and repeat over and over again.
I've attempted to put it in recovery/download(is there a difference between the two) mode, but the phone repeatedly does what was just described. What options do I have to get this phone back in working order?
Please help me, King Newb, if there is actually any help that can be given. I really don't like using my old iPhone as my primary again. I just want my S3 back, preferably running JB and rooted. Please and thanks guys.
Out.
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I'm having the exact same problem. Is there a solution I need one so bad
I have the same problem as the OP.
I CAN NOT get it into recovery mode.
I CAN get it into download mode.
Is my only option to use ODIN on a windows PC? Does anyone have any clue of what software to download and from where?
Oli
Yeah, I would try that. I'm not to familiar with mobile Odin. I do know that after running certain roms, if you Odin to stock you need to do a factory reset from recovery after the Odin flash.
You're not going to be able to flash stock via odin if you can't get into download mode.
What OS did you come from? What did you do just before this all happened?
Try recovery mode again (vol up + home + power). Release only the power button when the phone vibrates and you see the blue script in the top left corner. Report back
He can get dl mode, not recovery
mrhaley30705 said:
He can get dl mode, not recovery
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I stand corrected. I should wake up more before I hop on the boards. Cheers
Maybe you don't have cwm installed anymore since you wiped your phone. Try downloading rom manager and flashing cwm recovery then see if you can get into recovery mode.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
Phone won't boot, can't use Rom manager to flash cwm. I stand by what I said. Flash to rooted stock, use goo manager (or Rom manager) to install custom recovery. Dl and flash Rom.
Mobile Odin works much like the desktop version. The Odin package usually has a recovery so CWM or TWRP will be replaced by stock recovery. Although mobile Odin does have the ability to exclude recovery from the flash. So you will have to get back into down load mode use the desktop version of Odin to stock then flash cfroot with Odin. Now you should be able to get into recovery as cfroot has CWM
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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Mobile Odin works much like the desktop version. The Odin package usually has a recovery so CWM or TWRP will be replaced by stock recovery. Although mobile Odin does have the ability to exclude recovery from the flash. So you will have to get back into down load mode use the desktop version of Odin to stock then flash cfroot with Odin. Now you should be able to get into recovery as cfroot has CWM
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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My way has one less Odin flash