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i have a samsung epic for sprint and when i turn it on it shows the samsung mobile font with black background and it never loads the rom ive tried to odin it but odin wont find the phone ive downloaded and re installed drivers numerous times and i can get the phone into the downloading mode but my comp doesnt see the phone when its pluggged in idk what to do ive been without a phone for two weeks trying to figure this out any help would be appreciated thanks

First off try different usb cord. Make sure you start odin and load the files and then plug in your phone. Hope this helps
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What rom did u try to flash? And are you on rfs or ext4?
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Take the battery out, plug it in and boot to download mode without the battery
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i did all of that this is the tutorial and i downloaded all of the stuff from there and did what it said http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

Its 2 late now but for anyone else that comes by this thread it is crucial that you have tested if not ODIN recognizes your phone before rooting it and putting a custom zip on your sd card. I can't tell you how many threads I have seen like this.
Before modding your phone what so ever it is a good idea to just open ODIN and see if your phone is using a com port. That way you always have an escape route if things go wrong.
To the original poster. If you tried everything listed in the posts above and still have no luck your only option is 2 find another comp.
Sorry
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Did you try flashing a kernel like Genocide after the ROM? That has saved me once before.
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In download mode you see the big yellow graphic of an android with a shovel right?
I would suggest using the drivers from samsung.com rather than any you find elsewhere, I've always had better luck with them.
Make sure you reboot your PC right before you try to use odin. Don't put it to sleep/hibernate, actually turn it off and back on.
Finally, try a different micro usb cable and plug into a different usb port. When you plug in, have you computer sound on to listen for the plugnplay "ding" sound - if you hear the sound just let it sit for up to 5min for the drivers to install. Either they will install and odin will give a com port or you will get an error on your PC.
If you get the error (failed to install driver) then you are probably still using the samsung usb cable and truely need to get a different one.
If you are using a diff usb cable, have tried multiple usb ports (front and back) and you have allowed up to 5min for the install but it still won't pick it up, either try with a different computer or take it to sprint and they can odin it for you.
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it is rommed now but wont run os like it died oneday and when i charged it it showed the samsung logo for ever so idk

[Q] Help!!!!!

I formatted the /system partition by mistake and now my SGS II is dead. Can anybody help me???

neovitwin said:
I formatted the /system partition by mistake and now my SGS II is dead. Can anybody help me???
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The system partition is written to whenever you flash a rom. I would suggest following the root procedures again, as this should rewrite the system partition. I would wait for some second opinions though.
Edit: I think maybe the root thing was just the rooted kernel. Someone will probably post a Backup file soon and you may have luck with that.

The thing is that it is not booting at all and the only thing that the computer recognizes is a QHSUSB_DLOAD something.

Have you tried to use odin yet? Just to see if it shows a connection? I don't know if you know this way to get to download mode, but hold vol up + vol down when odin is running on your computer and your phone is connected to the computer. It should automagically go to download mode...unless you deleted it when you formatted system.

I tried that. The only thing I did before restarting was "format /system" I do not know if that has something to do with the download mode

I found this for the driver...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=631288&d=1308601930
I don't know what to do with it from there though.

Did you flash clockwork recovery yet?
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Don't panic it can be fixed
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How? I flashed. that is how I got to the format /system option. Any suggestion. The driver did not help and I am running out of ideas

If you flashed cwr, with the phone off hold volume up and down at the same time and press power. It should boot to a blue cwr screen. If that happens your in great shape. then all you need is a backup image. which I can upload after work
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No worries your phone is not dead, you need to use Odin to reflash. Follow the instructions or google it on youtube how to get in download mode and use odin. Search Samsung Galaxy S the procedure is same.
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quest4fire said:
No worries your phone is not dead, you need to use Odin to reflash. Follow the instructions or google it on youtube how to get in download mode and use odin. Search Samsung Galaxy S the procedure is same.
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He can't get into download mode...

You can always get in download mode there are different ways. He has a soft brick that can be fixed. Try pulling battery then plug it in then hold both volume buttons with TWO fingers and turn phone on and when Samsung logo pops up release power button but still hold on the volume buttons then download mode will kick in.
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If he holds volume up and down with the power off and plugs in USB in his computer it does nothing?
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pb05life said:
If he holds volume up and down with the power off and plugs in USB in his computer it does nothing?
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That's what he said. I already gave him these instructions.
Sometimes on my Vibrant I had to pull out the SIM and sdcard, so I guess that's another option.

I might need to be in front of my computer to help then not driving 80mph on the highway. Lol
But i'm pretty sure it can be fixed
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Thanks all for your help. The phone is not responding to anything button related at least not all what i tried (And you guys mentioned).

Here's something else to try, since I don't think my instructions were clear.
Disconnect your phone from the computer.
Take out SIM.
Start Odin on the computer.
PRESS AND HOLD vol up and vol down.
WHILE HOLDING connect the phone to the computer.
This SHOULD do something, like show a yellow com port connection in Odin.
Disclaimer: I'm not yelling at you, just trying to highlight the important parts. I don't know your level of experience either, so if you feel I'm talking down to you, DON"T!

JAJAJAJA. not a problem. It shows the yellow port connection text box. but is not connecting to the phone it is waiting forever on SetupConnection. However, nothing is happening in the phone. the screen is still black.

neovitwin said:
JAJAJAJA. not a problem. It shows the yellow port connection text box. but is not connecting to the phone it is waiting forever on SetupConnection. However, nothing is happening in the phone. the screen is still black.
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again not to make you sound dumb but you have:
ODIN V1.8.4?
Samsung Kies installed but closed?
Pulled battery out?
put battery back in?
run odin v1.8.4?
hold both Vol up + Vol down, and plug the USB cable in?
Do you have another computer and usb cable you can try if the above does not get you into download mode. it could be a driver issue on your computer
I am making a backup now for you to restore if we can get you in download mode to flash cwr

Phone won't turn on anymore

i was trying to update the ROM of my phone to 2.3.6 manually using ODIN3, but it didn't work because i didnt have the correct PIT file, it said write operation fail in ODIN. I made a thread about getting the PIT file but now my phone won't turn back on!
what do i do?

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i was trying to update the ROM of my phone to 2.3.6 manually using ODIN3, but it didn't work because i didnt have the correct PIT file, it said write operation fail in ODIN. I made a thread about getting the PIT file but now my phone won't turn back on!
what do i do?
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Pull the battery out and let it sit for awhile. Try to get into download mode and Odin to recognize it. No pit file is needed to flash this phone only the PDA file which is a tar.md5 file. Should have searched and followed thisguide. hope you can get it working.

I did that, the phone still didnt turn on. but when i plug my phone into the computer, device loaded up (without drivers), it is QHSUSB_DLOAD.
I found the QHSUSB_DLOAD driver, but it's stuck installing the driver, what's going on?

DeathBlimp said:
I did that, the phone still didnt turn on. but when i plug my phone into the computer, device loaded up (without drivers), it is QHSUSB_DLOAD.
I found the QHSUSB_DLOAD driver, but it's stuck installing the driver, what's going on?
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Hard Brick.

DeathBlimp said:
I did that, the phone still didnt turn on. but when i plug my phone into the computer, device loaded up (without drivers), it is QHSUSB_DLOAD.
I found the QHSUSB_DLOAD driver, but it's stuck installing the driver, what's going on?
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Try to find and install that driver yourself.
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Do you have a G2x data cable? Hold volume keys and plug in. Or buy a jig cable that's a life saver.
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found this post.

i found a driver and installed it on windows, i managed to get my phone detected in ODIN, so i tried to flash the 2.3.6 rom into it, now it's on doing "setupconnection.." in the message but wont do anything. It doesn't seem to be sending the rom either.
should i be sending something else at this point?

DeathBlimp said:
i found a driver and installed it on windows, i managed to get my phone detected in ODIN, so i tried to flash the 2.3.6 rom into it, now it's on doing "setupconnection.." in the message but wont do anything. It doesn't seem to be sending the rom either.
should i be sending something else at this point?
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Which ROM are you using? You should just try a stock ROM and stock kernel first.
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i used the 2.3.6 that is the update of the default 2.3.5 stock ROM. I can't find the 2.3.5 stock ROM in the other forum.

DeathBlimp said:
i used the 2.3.6 that is the update of the default 2.3.5 stock ROM. I can't find the 2.3.5 stock ROM in the other forum.
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Are you using the one from this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
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I don't see anything on the screen even when i hold the 3 button combo. But i am trying to flash it with the 2.3.6 ROM. so far it's just sitting there on setupconnection... in ODIN
the USBJig site said as long as there's something on the screen it should work. but i don't see anything on screen.

Have Odin running before connecting your phone. Pull the battery off the phone and connect the USB cable to computer and phone. Hold Vol+ and Vol- and plug the battery back in. Keep holding the volume keys until you see something on the phone screen or if Odin changes.
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i plugged the phone in without a battery and odin detects the phone (at least COM9). i put the battery in while holding the 2 volume buttons but phone nor ODIN changed.
if i hold the power button for 5 seconds COM port disappears but reappears when i release the button.
do i need a PIT file? because when it first screwed up i used a PIT file along with the 2.3.6, and it gave me a write error, and this is when the phone died.
the pit file i used is something called u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4.pit (i probably shouldnt have used this)

I'm out of ideas........sorry.
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i think i can use samsung warranty to get another phone, but i would really like to fix this so if i screw up again i can fix what's wrong here... that and it will be a solution others can try
could i have messed up something when it loaded the PIT file? maybe i can get the correct pit file? or a bootloader?

I can tell you for a fact from experience that is a hard brick and nothing is going to fix it sorry
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sigh i guess i am going to send it in, i personally didnt expect to hard break it so bad so easily

alright samsung send me back the phone with PBA replaced (main board i guess)
it has 2.3.6 in it but i have a CWR backup of my old 2.3.5 from before all this trouble.
Hopefully i can restore that no problem!

Root Gingerbread w/o download mode???

So the other day my phone pretty much got submerged in water, luckily I let it dry out completly in a vacuum chamber and it still pretty much works except for a few keyboard keys, the volume up key, and MOST ANNOYINGLY the power button. Meaning that I can't turn on my phone once it's off, I've gotten lucky in being able to turn it on by plugging in and out the usb cable, but other than that I've been making sure that it dosen't run out of battery (n I've been wakign up the phone by slidingthe keyboard out)...
I've been reading around and it seems that I might be able to remap the power button to the camera key using buttonremapper or something like that, unfortunately the phone has to be rooted and after reading up on that it seems that a one click root would work since I'd never need the power button, however for gingerbread FC09 I can only find a way to root using odin, which apparently requires download mode, which I can't access since the power button dosen't work
so my question is does anyone know of a way to root gingerbread FC09 without the need of a power button, either something similar to one click roots or odin without accessing download mode??
Thanks, any help is much appreciated

There was another thread. Where they was saying you can type in reboot download. In the terminal emulator to get into dl mode. Also if you have the tools. Take it apart clean the board with rubbing alcohol and a tooth brush. It could fix. All your keys. Just make sure you let the alcohol dry up before putting it back together. I restored an e4gt with that method. Hope this helps. I know that wasn't the answer to your question but its an alternative.
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notsosmrtgeek said:
There was another thread. Where they was saying you can type in reboot download. In the terminal emulator to get into dl mode. Also if you have the tools. Take it apart clean the board with rubbing alcohol and a tooth brush. It could fix. All your keys. Just make sure you let the alcohol dry up before putting it back together. I restored an e4gt with that method. Hope this helps. I know that wasn't the answer to your question but its an alternative.
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You need root access to do it with the terminal emulator........ so that's a no go... really if you are on gingerbread with no way into download mode, I really think you are stuck... there is no other way that I can think of other than maybe a jig to jump you into download mode.............
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Is adb an option
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Is adb an option
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I had heard of that but didn't try it yet since I couldn't find any clear article on how to root just using that method...
I'll download the drivers and program and try it when I can, but I'm pretty sure I can access adb as it's android's development tool and only requires usb debugging to be on, and everything so far has worked as long as it dosen't require the power button...how would I root using adb?
@notsosmrtgeek: thanks for the advice, however I already did that the first time after it got wet and before drying it out...I think it was inevitable that some of the microcircuitry got messed up...weird is volume up dosen't work, but if I say anything into the phone (voice search) then it raises the volume up to the max level, lol

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Is adb an option
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so I can get adb up...could you explain how to root using only adb or direct me to a thread that does so.
Thanks

3rd sticky in Dev sec

adb reboot download
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it's hopeless :/
MДЯCЦSДИT said:
adb reboot download
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so I did adb reboot download, and now when I boot up it always goes to the standard android system recovery 3e, I can scroll the options but it dosen't let me select any option, i tried the home key and my power button dosen't work...and so the only thing I can do is pull out the battery and try again, but of course the same thing happens...
I decided to get the dongle to force download mode, and maybe and try rebooting the phone through odin or flashing a stock rom (even though it has stock but just to get the phone to reboot properly) and I can get to download mode and odin does recognize it, but it always says write FAIL after boot.bin, i tried different usb cords/ports, reinstalling drivers, flashing different roms in case the file was corrupt, but no luck always fail
also since odin recognizes the device, i though maybe i could do adb reboot, but unfortunately the android debug bridge dosen't recognize my phone
does anyone have any suggestions or should I just give up, and settle that this phone is bricked...

Restoring via Odin question

If im still on an EC05 modem can i use the FC09 .tar and upgrade the modem as well as restore? Or do i have to use the EC05 .tar file and then go to FC09 manually.
Thanks

Nope you can just Odin in the FC09 tar. You'll be fine your modem will be upgraded as well.
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meh i bricked my phone by not unchecking the re-partition box it got stuck on the datafs.rfs : Now the phone doesnt even turn on, but i can get into DL mode, but the computer wont recognize it anymore. +1 for me... -_- lol

can your phone get into recovery mode?
xjs1200x said:
meh i bricked my phone by not unchecking the re-partition box it got stuck on the datafs.rfs : Now the phone doesnt even turn on, but i can get into DL mode, but the computer wont recognize it anymore. +1 for me... -_- lol
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Dropple said:
can your phone get into recovery mode?
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Nope, i was just reading the first thread on this forum about a guys' wife's phone thats bricked, and thats pretty much what mines doing.
When phone is powered off with battery in and plugged into PC - No LED light, no charging.
Wont power on - cant get into recovery.
Can get into odin mode
wont recognize it while in odin mode tho "USB device is not recognized" (on all 3 USB ports on my laptop, as well as a different laptop)
Cannot get it to get into odin mode without a battery in it.
Ive held down the power button with the battery out 3 separate times - nothing
Im not terribly worried because best buy will just order me another one since it doesnt turn on, but id still like to try something new
I have an Epic Touch that im restoring as well, Odin recognizes that just fine simultaneously fwiw
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I let it sit for about 25 minutes and i plugged it in and Odin recognized it just fine the first time, however Odin says its stuck on Initialization
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Add the PIT file so it will fix the partition table. And use a heavy duty Blackberry cable.
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Ive had the victory pit file in the slot, but i unchecked re partition

xjs1200x said:
Ive had the victory pit file in the slot, but i unchecked re partition
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don't do that
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