THIS IS FOR SGH-T989 (T-MOBILE) ONLY!
This will restore to T-Mobile 2.3.6 ULKL1.
This guide is for those who screwed up a flash, need to return their phone, are selling their phone, or just want that stock new phone feeling again.
Prerequisites:
1) ODIN
2) USB Drivers
If you need your data backed up first, backup personal data with Kies and Application Data with Titanium Backup.
Steps:
1) Download THIS file and extract it. (Password is 'sampro.pl') --Source HERE.
2) Power off your phone and remove the battery. Re-insert the battery after a few seconds.
3) Plug the USB cable into your computer, without plugging it into your phone.
4) Hold VOL UP + VOL DOWN while plugging in the USB cable to your phone. Stop holding with 'Warning' appears.
5) Press Volume UP and start ODIN (Run as Admin on Vista and 7, just to be safe)
6) Click PDA and locate the MD5 file extracted earlier.
7) Press 'Start' and be patient. It will take a few minutes because it is a large file.
8) Unplug your phone after it has completed and rebooted twice.
Now everything is 100% stock! Kernel, System, Bootloader, and Modem are stock.
If you're going to sell the phone, or just return it, I advise you to do the following:
1) Go to Settings > Privacy > Factory Data Reset
2) Check Format USB Storage
3) Press 'Reset Phone'
4) Press 'Erase Everything'
This will erase EVERYTHING on your phone including your SD Card (External + Internal)
If you happen to have a bootloop, perform the following:
1) Boot into recovery (Power on phone while holding VOL UP and VOL DOWN)
2) Wipe Data, Cache, and Dalvik
3) Reboot System
If this helped you save your phone, please press 'Thanks'
And if you want to, DONATE (You aren't required to, it's just HIGHLY appreciated.)
and here I was getting ready to upload stock recovery backup of my tmobile gs2
Thanks man I was waiting for someone to post one of these tutorials up. Can't wait to see it done.
Thanks looking forward to this!
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
Waiting patiently...
Basically hold + and - and plug in the microUSB cable to get into ODIN mode
then select PDA and choose the STOCK ROM. Flash it.
THIS IS FOR 2.3.6 t-mobile KL1 baseband
for other stock ROMS 2.3.5 KID (t-mobile) and 2.3.5 KJ3 (Telus) please go to the bottom of this OP to DL them http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324517
Guide Done!
Sticky
This should be a sticky!!
gazment said:
This should be a sticky!!
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Thanks haha
Update the OP and state that this is for T-mobile KL1 2.3.6
Bricked my phone
I tried this downloaded used pda slot and completly bricked my phone. wont turn on and when plugged in it reads a a usb Qsub_DLOAD
Shawnkanan said:
I tried this downloaded used pda slot and completly bricked my phone. wont turn on and when plugged in it reads a a usb Qsub_DLOAD
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The steps posted by the OP look reasonable to me. I did basically* the same thing several weeks ago using the same .rar file and it worked fine. Maybe you had a bad download . . . is the file size 324,600,505 bytes? (*My phone doesn't require pulling the battery, and I always plug the USB cable into the phone last to get into download mode.)
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
Shawnkanan said:
I tried this downloaded used pda slot and completly bricked my phone. wont turn on and when plugged in it reads a a usb Qsub_DLOAD
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Are you a t989 user? I don't see any reason for it to brick your phone if you have a successfully downloaded file and that it flashed successfully
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
Enough power to flash? I've never heard of Odin system requirements.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using XDA App
Odin keeps crashing while flashing the cache (cache.img.ext4). I am using Odin3 v1.70
I have the auto reboot and F. reset time checked. Any ideas?
Bricked my phone
Again I have flashed phones with ODIN ever since the Vibrant and never had an issue I downloaded the full file had plenty of power and followed the instructions and it failed multiple times then when I pulled the battery to see if it would boot it was done from then on out no Download mode, no recovery the phone does nothing! I plug it in and it shows in Device manager QHSUB_DLOAD and from what I hear its toast. So I wish everyone luck who tries this.
wj04 said:
Odin keeps crashing while flashing the cache (cache.img.ext4). I am using Odin3 v1.70
I have the auto reboot and F. reset time checked. Any ideas?
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update: I decided to just flash a stock kernel found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454321
and that solved the problem.
Shawnkanan said:
Again I have flashed phones with ODIN ever since the Vibrant and never had an issue I downloaded the full file had plenty of power and followed the instructions and it failed multiple times then when I pulled the battery to see if it would boot it was done from then on out no Download mode, no recovery the phone does nothing! I plug it in and it shows in Device manager QHSUB_DLOAD and from what I hear its toast. So I wish everyone luck who tries this.
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that really sucks, you have the t989 right? are you sure the file downloaded completely? I was going to ask you to check the md5 for the file.. but there isn't one listed. The OP needs to be updated.
I'll add my vote of caution to restoring stock with ODIN and the SGH-T989, as I bricked mine as well. Luckily we're all still under warranty and they just replaced the main board and sent it back.
I think in my case it failed because with the Vibrant (I've flashed my Vibrant lots and lots) you always used a .pit file, and I didn't see a .pit file with the T989 stock reload I used (not this OP's file). So I hunted one down, and apparently I shouldn't have. Or maybe it just wasn't meant to be.
In any case be very careful!
Are you sure you followed this guide correctly? I did this EXACT same procedure a few days ago and it worked perfectly. Same file and everything. And the power notice is so your computer doesn't goto sleep or shut down while flashing.
Related
OK I was trying to flash an unlocked kernal via ODIN last night, something went wrong and now phone is stuck on the phone--!--computer screen. I cannot get past this screen. vol+home+power doesn't do anything but loop to the same screen.
It shows ODIN MODE in red at the top of the screen, but ODIn won't recognize the phone, nor will Kies (not running at the same time). Computer makes USB connected/disconnected sound when I plug and unplug the phone.
I have tried One-Click Unbrick, did not recognize that phone was connected.
Help!!
which model of Galaxy S2 do you have?
T-Mobile SGH-T989
hose902 said:
T-Mobile SGH-T989
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there''s currently nothing to flash this phone
it came out only 2 days ago
DEV are still working on finding root
so, the best suggestion is to take it back to the store and get it exchanged
or wait a few more days/weeks until a flashable release becomes available to fix the mistake
I know, I was hasty and now this. Even when there something available to flash, the device isn't being recognized by ODIN. Any troubleshooting help for this?
When I managed to get my Vibrant into that mode I could pull the battery, hold volume up, put the battery in, press and release power (still holding volume up) and it'd kick back into download mode everytime. Once in download mode I could plug the USB in and a running ODIN would see it pop up. If ODIN wasn't running and USB was already plugged in things wouldn't work right.
I haven't tried ODIN on the GS2 yet (I'll wait for a root ). I did find the vibrant nearly impossible to brick though... trust me I unexpectedly tried quite hard.
You might need the newest ODIN for GS2 support, and possibly newer drivers.
Hey, Hey, Hey...
My Story...
1. I got a TMO Samsung Galaxy S2
2. Tried to root
3. Used Odin to root and install ROM and referenced the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
4. Realized phone models are not the same
5. Phone does not boot and nothing comes up on the screen
6. No lights or LED indicators (i.e. charging) HOWEVER....
7. ODIN recognizes the phone when I plug in the phone via USB
8. Tried to load stock rom:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321811
9. ODIN gets stuck on <ID:0/005> SetupConnection...
10. I am unable to access SD Card for CWR
11. Next step? Return or exchanges are currently not an option.
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
fix4tv said:
Hey, Hey, Hey...
My Story...
1. I got a TMO Samsung Galaxy S2
2. Tried to root
3. Used Odin to root and install ROM and referenced the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
4. Realized phone models are not the same
5. Phone does not boot and nothing comes up on the screen
6. No lights or LED indicators (i.e. charging) HOWEVER....
7. ODIN recognizes the phone when I plug in the phone via USB
8. Tried to load stock rom:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321811
9. ODIN gets stuck on <ID:0/005> SetupConnection...
10. I am unable to access SD Card for CWR
11. Next step? Return or exchanges are currently not an option.
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
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I'm a bit new to this, but a custom ROM shouldn't affect your recovery mode. Are you sure you are using the correct buttons and methods to boot recovery?
Might want to make a new thread instead of necroing something from when the phone was 2 days old.
I have GT I9100 and done the same thing and got the same result . stuck at setup connection with odin
Please Help
Go into device manager when is plugged in and if it says qhd-usb or something like that its a hard brick. What tipped me off was you said it makes two noises when you plug in. that's a tell tell sign your hard bricked
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
soft bricked my phone (i hope)
i have sgh-t989 (t-mobile) i am running a miui rom. it wont boot it just goes to miui boot up screen. i can go to the download mode but not recovery (how do u do that) but when im in downoad mode Odin dosnt recognize my phone. and my computer says it is an unknown device.
tried new wire, uninstalling re-installing kies, stopped all processes, diff computer tried to boot for a day, let battery out for a day, and a few other things.
please help and thank you.
iamnoone626 said:
i have sgh-t989 (t-mobile) i am running a miui rom. it wont boot it just goes to miui boot up screen. i can go to the download mode but not recovery (how do u do that) but when im in downoad mode Odin dosnt recognize my phone. and my computer says it is an unknown device.
tried new wire, uninstalling re-installing kies, stopped all processes, diff computer tried to boot for a day, let battery out for a day, and a few other things.
please help and thank you.
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You should try to uninstall then reinstall driver, and try another usb port. In my experience, Odin seems to be picky, it only recognizes your phone if you plug it in the usb port that you used in the first time.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
Recovery is accessed by holding both vol + and - while starting the phone. Hold them both while pressing the power button, then release the power button when it vibrates, keep holding the vol buttons till you see the recovery screen.
Alarmmy said:
You should try to uninstall then reinstall driver, and try another usb port. In my experience, Odin seems to be picky, it only recognizes your phone if you plug it in the usb port that you used in the first time.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
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ok i have done this through kies is there another way that you can do this?
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nagoshi said:
Recovery is accessed by holding both vol + and - while starting the phone. Hold them both while pressing the power button, then release the power button when it vibrates, keep holding the vol buttons till you see the recovery screen.
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when i do this it only takes me to download mode.
Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
for a DL link for the USB Drivers
Cheers,
Chris
Sk3tchy said:
Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
for a DL link for the USB Drivers
Cheers,
Chris
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i tryed this but still odin does not recognize my phone. (no yellow box shows up)
Hello all, i was trying to flash back to my stock rom 4.0.2 from my custom rom 4.1.1 and then my little brother accidently unplug the cable and now my phone cant boot up. I can hear the sound but the screen is all black and the vibrator keep going off every 10 seconds. i couldnt go to recovery mode. I didnt do NANO back up either. So please someone help what should i do to get my phone back to normal. Thank you
uhm, kick your brother in the face? lol. you are screwed man.
Afraid he may be right.
Pull battery to make sure phone is off and try to boot into download mode.
If you can call yourself lucky, and odin flash the stock fw. Tie up your brotber first this time!
If you can't boot to download mode or recovery, then you are probably hard bricked.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
This shouldn't be too hard. I can't see how your download mode could have gotten damaged.
It sounds like you were using ODIN? You can get into download mode by pulling the battery. Then hold vol down+home and press power. Hold the first 2 until it is well on the way to coming up. Then you can flash the stock ROM by putting it in the PDA field of ODIN. The ROM should be easily findable in these sub-forums.
An alternate if you have a ROM zip file - which are more plentiful - is to use ADB. Although that takes a bit more confidence. In SUPER short because it can never be in enough threads:
1. Obtain a ROM of your choice, and note the location on your computer.
2. reboot your device into fastboot mode via one the following .
1. power off the device then back on with 'vol down ' + power button.
3. Wipe your device.
1. fastboot -w
4 . Update your ROM.
1. fastboot update </path/to/your/RomFile.zip>
5. Your phone will update and automatically reboot into the new ROM.
But really I'd go with ODIN. It's just easier.
call tmobile and tell them u installed a app off the market and your phone froze
go thru all the crap they tell you to restart the phone
obviously it wont turn on
wait for them to tell you that they are gonna send you a new phone
pufntrees said:
call tmobile and tell them u installed a app off the market and your phone froze
go thru all the crap they tell you to restart the phone
obviously it wont turn on
wait for them to tell you that they are gonna send you a new phone
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Sure, defraud the carrier. THAT'S ALWAYS the answer.
This is why we can't have nice things.
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ethutch said:
This shouldn't be too hard. I can't see how your download mode could have gotten damaged.
It sounds like you were using ODIN? You can get into download mode by pulling the battery. Then hold vol down+home and press power. Hold the first 2 until it is well on the way to coming up. Then you can flash the stock ROM by putting it in the PDA field of ODIN. The ROM should be easily findable in these sub-forums.
An alternate if you have a ROM zip file - which are more plentiful - is to use ADB. Although that takes a bit more confidence. In SUPER short because it can never be in enough threads:
1. Obtain a ROM of your choice, and note the location on your computer.
2. reboot your device into fastboot mode via one the following .
1. power off the device then back on with 'vol down ' + power button.
3. Wipe your device.
1. fastboot -w
4 . Update your ROM.
1. fastboot update </path/to/your/RomFile.zip>
5. Your phone will update and automatically reboot into the new ROM.
But really I'd go with ODIN. It's just easier.
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I'm bumping this old thread because of a question specific to the info above. I'm in adb and cannot flash the rom to phone because i'm stuck at
fastboot update </path/to/your/RomFile.zip>
I'm obviously not putting the correct path in, so can someone tell me the correct path if my rom is located in
C:\android-sdk\sdk\platform-tools\TD.zip
I've tried all sorts of combinations and am stuck at this point, which is frustrating because i'm almost there.
Thanks in advance.
re: starting fresh
Ok everyone stop messing around, if your phone won't boot to CWM/TWRP or even if it does boot to CWM/TWRP but
you cannot flash custom roms for one reason or another this step by step guide is for you.
If your phone will not go into download mode you will need to exchange it or get it repaired by jtag.
If your phones do go into download mode successfully just follow this step by step guide to get your phone back up and working.
Easy and sure way to to get your phone back up and running properly with this step by step guide:
After you have followed these instructions your phone will be in the same condition
as it was the day you have purchased it except with the benefit of being rooted.
Download the stock-rooted T999 firmware: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451
After downloading it make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the
file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Here is a link for ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app) http://d-h.st/Q14
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file.
Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
(It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
How much time per-day do you waste answering questions people never asked? Just wondered.
losangeles100 said:
How much time per-day do you waste answering questions people never asked? Just wondered.
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his post was a lot more useful than yours.
reosting
losangeles100 said:
How much time per-day do you waste answering questions people never asked? Just wondered.
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A lot more time than you do posting your nonsense. LOL
Recently I tried to root my SIII T-Mobile.
I used the XDA tutorial to root it with Odin and that stuff.
So when it didn't get past the first thing, after 1 hours, I unplugged it because I thought it wasnt connected good.
So now it's saying this:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
I haven't got any previous rooting experience, I just followed XDA's tutorial.
Does this mean my phone is bricked?
How can I fix this?
I don't care if my phone will be rooted or not after I fix it, I just want it to work
Please help me.
I know I'm a new member.. but I am very scared.. really scared that my phone is bricked.
Can this be fixed?
Will this work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900345
(second post)
Next time you attempt to root read a little bit more and don't rush. Try to get into download mode if you can odin back to stock
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
re: it's not bricked
Mikeyman123 said:
Recently I tried to root my SIII T-Mobile.
I used the XDA tutorial to root it with Odin and that stuff.
So when it didn't get past the first thing, after 1 hours, I unplugged it because I thought it wasnt connected good.
So now it's saying this:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
I haven't got any previous rooting experience, I just followed XDA's tutorial.
Does this mean my phone is bricked?
How can I fix this?
I don't care if my phone will be rooted or not after I fix it, I just want it to work
Please help me.
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This guide will get your phone back up and running properly, doing anything else will just prolong your problem.
Easy and sure way fix your problem - Here is s step by step guide:
Download the newest pre-rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 Jellybean v4.1.2 rom: T999_UVDMD5
After downloading make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the
file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file
Here is the link for Odin: http://d-h.st/Q14
• Download ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app)
• Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
• Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
• Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
• Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
• You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
• Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
• Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
• Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
• TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
• If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
• Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
• Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
• You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
• Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
• (It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
KingKostas said:
Next time you attempt to root read a little bit more and don't rush. Try to get into download mode if you can odin back to stock
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Thanks for replying.
How do I get it back in download mode? it only says the problem I mentioned before.
With phone off, hold volume down, home, and power. Then press vol up to continue.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Misterjunky said:
This guide will get your phone back up and running properly, doing anything else will just prolong your problem.... ....(It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
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If this works, wow..
I greatly appreciate you helping me.
Trying it right now
Mikeyman123 said:
If this works, wow..
I greatly appreciate you helping me.
Trying it right now
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It should work. If you can get into download mode you're not hard bricked and should be able to get it running again. Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Is it normal that it's on NAND Write Start!! for like 15 mins now ?
I googled and the problem was that Kies was running in the BG.
I killed the process and can I safely restart Odin now? I'm scared I'll cause damage closing Odin.
closed kies and its still stuck on nand write start...
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closed kies and its still stuck on nand write start...
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Try to be patient. It may take a while, but it should eventually timeout and Fail. Though, if you dont think its going to happen, then you can try to stop everything as you did before. Chances are nothing was actually done, but I cant promise you that. Last time you were able to still get download mode, you will probably still be able to if you have to resort to forcing it to stop.
BTW, uninstall Kies!!!!! There is really not much it is good for.
fixed the nand thing, now its on aboot.mbn
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Try to be patient. It may take a while, but it should eventually timeout and Fail. Though, if you dont think its going to happen, then you can try to stop everything as you did before. Chances are nothing was actually done, but I cant promise you that. Last time you were able to still get download mode, you will probably still be able to if you have to resort to forcing it to stop.
BTW, uninstall Kies!!!!! There is really not much it is good for.
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I unistalled Kies
I tried Odin v3.07 < stuck on NAND Write Start!!
I tried Odin v1.3 < stuck on aboot.mbn
I am trying Odin v3.07 GS3 < stuck on NAND Write Start!!
What should I do?
Cool! Is it still taking a really long time though? Or has it finished?
Now that you know the problem cause, if it were me i would reflash again just to be sure nothing was corrupted.
Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
re: Odin flash
Mikeyman123 said:
closed kies and its still stuck on nand write start...
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First unplug usb from the phone.
The kies drivers are still loaded unless you reboot the computer so the best thing would
be if you uninstall kies, it's not needed at all then reboot the computer.
After rebooting download the official samsung usb drivers which can be found here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T999RWBTMB#
After downloading the samsung usb drivers install the drivers and reboot the computer, start odin put the rom TAR file into the PDA slot
in Odin and then put the phone in download mode and lastly connect the usb cable from computer to the phone.
Then Re-Read the step by step instructions which was my first post here and follow it exactly to a TEE!
Good luck!
DocHoliday77 said:
Cool! Is it still taking a really long time though? Or has it finished?
Now that you know the problem cause, if it were me i would reflash again just to be sure nothing was corrupted.
Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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It was taking a lot of time so I tried v1.3 again.
How do I reflash it if it keeps getting stuck?
Can I contact you on Skype or something?
Mikeyman123 said:
It was taking a lot of time so I tried v1.3 again.
How do I reflash it if it keeps getting stuck?
Can I contact you on Skype or something?
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It should not keep getting stuck if you follow the directions I just gave you.
It normally can take Odin between 5-10 minutes to complete.
Misterjunky said:
It should not keep getting stuck if you follow the directions I just gave you.
It normally can take Odin between 5-10 minutes to complete.
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didn't see your post, thanks I'm going to try this now.
re: step by step instructions
Mikeyman123 said:
didn't see your post, thanks I'm going to try this now.
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After you get done with uninstalling kies and reboot then download/install samsung usb drivers and reboot computer again
then follow this guide to a TEE!
This guide will get your phone back up and running properly, doing anything else will just prolong your problem.
Easy and sure way fix your problem - Here is s step by step guide:
Download the newest pre-rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 Jellybean v4.1.2 rom: T999_UVDMD5
After downloading make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the
file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file
Here is the link for Odin: http://d-h.st/Q14
• Download ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app)
• Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
• Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
• Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
• Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
• You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
• Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
• Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
• Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
• TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
• If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
• Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
• Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
• You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
• Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
• (It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
Just making sure, is your gs3 always a sgh t99 if you buy it from t-mobile?
I'm not sure I first thought I had a i9300 but I just clicked the t-mobile one because I bought it at them.
I was using PA rom (3.69) with Franco kernel, my recovery was TWRP 2.6.0.0
yesterday I was backing up my sd card (I'm doing it every 2 months) and then some error was showing up an my pc's screen I don't really remember what the error said but I found out that was from my twrp folder, so to find what happend I just wanted to boot up into the recovery and then my nexus wont boot up I found out that my Gnex was hard bricked (with no reason why) so I used this page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760787/) to unbrick and it helped alot but I can't find my backups , and when I'm trying to boot into Fastboot,the recovery or even to reboot, it's funny that my nexus was working excellent befor what happend :crying: (btw my nexus was pluged to my pc when i tried to boot into twrp)
so yeah can not do anything I'm stuck with a broken PA (all my apps are still installed but I can not find my backups)
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME !!!!
My Device : White Galaxy nexus (takju) 16GB
Rom: PA: latest 4.2.2
Kernel: Franco latest
Recovery: Stupid TWRP (I'm going back to CWM after this)
There is no possible way in hell to brick a gnex unless your NAND fries lol, download mode is hard coded into the chips and you can always get into it no matter what happens. I suggest using ODIN and flashing all the factory images, there are guides floating around, a factory reset usually fixes all your problems
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IRX120 said:
There is no possible way in hell to brick a gnex unless your NAND fries lol, download mode is hard coded into the chips and you can always get into it no matter what happens. I suggest using ODIN and flashing all the factory images, there are guides floating around, a factory reset usually fixes all your problems
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I can't go into download mode :crying:
How can I know that my NAND fried??
EDIT I have the same problem that the user rekrapg had but I don't have my backups anymore
Wait what? So what exactly happens when you try and get in to fastboot?
GldRush98 said:
Wait what? So what exactly happens when you try and get in to fastboot?
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nothing happened
Are you sure that is ur battery not working anymore?
e753 said:
Are you sure that is ur battery not working anymore?
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my battery was on 97%
Well I guess that my Gnex Was killed, I can't even use the OMAP Flash
guessing that twrp killed it
So, you take out the battery, put it back in, hold vol+ and vol- and then hit the power button, and absolutely nothing happens? The screen doesn't come on at all?
What if you take the battery out, put the batter back in, and plug it in to the wall charger (don't try and turn it on). Have you left it on the wall charger for a couple hours?
GldRush98 said:
So, you take out the battery, put it back in, hold vol+ and vol- and then hit the power button, and absolutely nothing happens? The screen doesn't come on at all?
What if you take the battery out, put the batter back in, and plug it in to the wall charger (don't try and turn it on). Have you left it on the wall charger for a couple hours?
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I tried that method and it didn't work.
I know very well how to use android (I used android for 3 years) and I never saw this thing before ,It's weird that you can not even brick (Kill) nexus devices.
It's alive !!!! Alive !!!!!!!!!
So I searched a bit on xda and found some helpful Pages
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f63...9250-galaxy-nexus-gt-i9100g-gt-i9300-1465412/
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065470
and it helped
flash stock rom with toolkit
KnighthooD said:
flash stock rom with toolkit
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already did that
I have the same thing with a buddies GNex. I flashed stock images using a toolkit, nada. SuperWiped, flashed stock, nada. Even did an ODIN flash several times, and still nothing.
We can boot into Fastboot and various custom recoveries, but nothing is booting.
player911 said:
I have the same thing with a buddies GNex. I flashed stock images using a toolkit, nada. SuperWiped, flashed stock, nada. Even did an ODIN flash several times, and still nothing.
We can boot into Fastboot and various custom recoveries, but nothing is booting.
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Did you do what i am going to mention?
Part 1:
Now you will need these things before you're proceeding
**USB cable**
**I suggest using windows 7 (because my windows 8 pc didn't install the drivers)**
**A bricked Gnex (of course) without the battery installed **
** and these files "https://www.dropbox.com/sh/owi65iy2xvvpzf0/i5rgGJFJwO" **
1 go ahead and download the files that I provided
2 extract the "9250 omapflash_tuna.zip" to the desktop (recommend)
3 go into your device manager [Control Panel ---> Hardware and Sound ---> Device Manager]
4 go to Actions Menu and select Add Legacy Hardware then click on add manually double click on Snow All Devices, Have Disk, now go into the omapflash folder and choose "usb_drv_windows", "omap_winusb.inf".
Now now, it will take some time so please be patient .
5 after the drivers are installed plug in the Gnex into the USB cable that you have.
6 go back to the omapflash folder and open the "omap4460_tuna_hs_pro.bat" it will some scripts that will "semi unbrick" your nexus
7 close the .bat program and install back the battery to your nexus and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (if your gnex had USB debugging on before it was bricked, if not boot into your rom and enable it and then afterwards
perform 1-6 if your nexus can't boot back into download mode)
Part 2:
**you will need t charge your Gnex to 80%-90%**
**you will need your Gnex installed USB drivers on your pc (the best way is to install kies)**
1 unzip the second zip file "Odin.stock Gnex I9250 4.3" to the desktop (again recommend)
2 open the folder and then open "Odin307" after that open Odin307.exe (once your phone is successfully connected to your pc, the ID:COM box on ODIN will turn blue and will show the COM port number)
3 click the PIT icon and choose "I9250_partition-table-0915.pit" from the ODIM folder
then click the PDA box. then click the button and choose "odin.takju.4.3.tar.md5"
4 now click on start button and it will fully unbrick you Sexy Galaxy Nexus (don't be afraid it will take some minutes)
plus you just updated to android 4.3
special thanks to samersh72, rekrapg and legija
Hi,
I have been a regular visitor of this website and have gained quite a good amount of knowledge through this forum.
I have been with android for the past 2 years and I have loved the android experience.
2 days ago, I read that there was a feature in android whereas the free apps access the internet frequently and use up precious battery power also the paid apps access the google play store in order to verify licenses. Both these kind of apps wakes up itself regularly and this eats up huge amount of battery.
To counter this I was searching for solutions through this website and found that there was an app which could be downloaded and which can handle such kind of scenario. Lucky Patcher. I didn't read the whole thread but I just went ahead and downloaded that app and my phone stopped working minutes after its installation. Upon reading the whole thread I found out that the android phone needs to be rooted in order for that app to work. BIG MISTAKE!
Now my phone is dead. I can start it but it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo and never goes ahead.
I took the help of this forum to flash a stock ROM of S3 onto my fone using Odin 3.07 and a stock rom downloaded from samsung dash updates dot com.
This is the name of the folder that was downloaded from the website
"Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999V_GLW_1_20120818102113_dgbyab64vd"
I tried flashing it using Odin following the procedure but there was nothing happening on the software or on the phone. I kept the phone attached while Odin was "Initialising" for around 4-5 hours. I slept along that time, and when I woke up, it was still there. I was supposed to get "PASS!" on Odin but I didn't get that. I downloaded the previous versions of the stock ROM and tried that but all in vain.
Phone model: SGH-T999V (Wind Mobile, Canada)
Now I can't find a solution to this problem and this is my last resort. By the weekend I will go to one of those mobile stores which I haven't seen in ages, but will have to go there as I am unable to revive back my fone. And I utterly miss using it.
If there is anything any of you guys can help me with, I will be more than happy to reply to any further information you need.
Thank you all for reading, and thanks a million for even thinking of helping me.
God Bless you all.
-shanxthechashmish
I can't get in recovery mode (Home+volumeUP+Power). it vibrates once but the screen remains blank.
I can get into downloading mode (Home+volumeDown+Power). which gives me two options, one to continue and the other to cancel.
(May be this helps to determine whether my phone has been bricked or not!)
Using ODIN, the following information is given and is stuck at this only...
"<OSM> KIES_HOME_T999VVLDLL1_T999VYVLDLL1_CL616748_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation.."
Usually, if you're stuck.during boot you just need to factory reset. Are you sure you're trying the right way to boot recovery? Hold volume up, home and power, when it vibrates, release power but continue holding volume up and home. Some blue text should flash at the top of the screen (you can let go of all buttons now) and it should boot recovery.
No idea why Odin isn't working. Do you have kies installed? If so, get rid of it, reboot and try again.
You could try flashing CWM or TWRP (see my Sig). Then boot recovery and factory reset or flash a Rom.
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Sounds like the drivers are missing. Or you need to run ODIN as administrator
I'm with @KAsp3rd, the computer is not seeing the phone, reinstall the USB drivers try again.
Here is a guide I made:
1. Download and install USB Drivers from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1368
2. Download and extract ODIN 3.07 from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1369
3. Download Stock ROM image (.tar file) from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
4. Save all open files and reboot computer
5. Boot phone into Download mode (also called ODIN mode) by shutting down the phone and holding Volume Down & Home then pressing Power until it vibrates, still holding Volume Down & Home buttons, until the "Yellow Triangle" screen shows up.
6. Plug phone into computer and open ODIN 3.07 and make sure that only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" are checked.
7. Click on the "PDA" button (right side about half-way down), browse for ROM .tar file, click "Open" button.
8. Click "Start" button and watch to "Reset" or "Fail" to show in the 1st square (upper left side),
9. Phone will reboot
10. Leave phone alone for 10mins+ to let all of the first time boot stuff complete.
Good luck with it.
DocHoliday77 said:
Usually, if you're stuck.during boot you just need to factory reset. Are you sure you're trying the right way to boot recovery? Hold volume up, home and power, when it vibrates, release power but continue holding volume up and home. Some blue text should flash at the top of the screen (you can let go of all buttons now) and it should boot recovery.
No idea why Odin isn't working. Do you have kies installed? If so, get rid of it, reboot and try again.
You could try flashing CWM or TWRP (see my Sig). Then boot recovery and factory reset or flash a Rom.
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yes, I was doing the right way with the boot recovery. There was a blue text when the SAMSUNG logo flashed, but nothing after that. I let go off the power button while holding the power up and home buttons, but nothing went ahead.
I dont have kies installed. My laptop has a fresh win 7 ultimate installation. I got the usb drivers for samung already installed, it detects the phone everytime on one of the COM ports.
I'll go through the flashing CWM and TWRP. you meant your signature, right?
sorry for being such a newbie..
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Sounds like the drivers are missing. Or you need to run ODIN as administrator
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TI reinstalled the drivers using the Samsung flashing kit that was available here on xda developers.
I am not sure if ODIN is run as admin. I guess I need to try that one tonight. In class right now, too anxious to study..
wil post up the results as soon as i reach back home..
shanxthechashmich said:
yes, I was doing the right way with the boot recovery. There was a blue text when the SAMSUNG logo flashed, but nothing after that. I let go off the power button while holding the power up and home buttons, but nothing went ahead.
I dont have kies installed. My laptop has a fresh win 7 ultimate installation. I got the usb drivers for samung already installed, it detects the phone everytime on one of the COM ports.
I'll go through the flashing CWM and TWRP. you meant your signature, right?
sorry for being such a newbie..
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Yes, in my signature. But the others may still be correct. When you connect and open Odin does it show the port number in the top left area? If not then it's probably a driver issue, even if they're installed. Happens a lot believe it or not. Also try other usb ports on the computer.
If you can flash recovery in Odin though, this is all irrelevant of course! Either way let us know what happens.
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DJ_SpaRky said:
I'm with @KAsp3rd, the computer is not seeing the phone, reinstall the USB drivers try again.
Here is a guide I made:
1. Download and install USB Drivers from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1368
2. Download and extract ODIN 3.07 from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1369
3. Download Stock ROM image (.tar file) from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
4. Save all open files and reboot computer
5. Boot phone into Download mode (also called ODIN mode) by shutting down the phone and holding Volume Down & Home then pressing Power until it vibrates, still holding Volume Down & Home buttons, until the "Yellow Triangle" screen shows up.
6. Plug phone into computer and open ODIN 3.07 and make sure that only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" are checked.
7. Click on the "PDA" button (right side about half-way down), browse for ROM .tar file, click "Open" button.
8. Click "Start" button and watch to "Reset" or "Fail" to show in the 1st square (upper left side),
9. Phone will reboot
10. Leave phone alone for 10mins+ to let all of the first time boot stuff complete.
Good luck with it.
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Thnaks for this detailed list.
but i know this drill, the only problem being that the phone is not going anywhere after the step where the ODIN has already flashed the file on the phone.
It gets stuck while "Initializing.." I have posted that as an update on my Post.
As KAsp3rd said that I must try running it as an administrator, I might do it tonight and will let you all know what it gave me..
Thanks for all the help..
I think we posted at the same time so did you see my post? Do you remember if Odin had the port number at the top left? In the Odin output it said ID:0, so it may not be seeing the phone.
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@DocHoliday77
Yes, it shows the COM port on the top left corner of the ODIN.
I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the driveres several times, but with no effect.. I am thinking the run as administrator is the one thing I havent thought of or tried or seen anywhere on the forum.
I will post the result of that as well by tonight.
And thanks for hosting so many files online. I downloaded the one that was needed for the Stock Firmware.
Ok, and in case you don't know, uninstalling the driver software isn't enough on its own. Go into device manager, right click and either update drivers, or uninstall, then install the new driver package.
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Ok, and in case you don't know, uninstalling the driver software isn't enough on its own. Go into device manager, right click and either update drivers, or uninstall, then reboot computer, then install the new driver package.
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Windows, always reboot after uninstalling any drivers.
@DocHoliday77
I tried that thing again. Reinstalled the drivers after uninstalling and rebooting. there is still no response.
I gave it to one of my friends, he tried putting in the recovery file and now the screen says "Installation of the software has been interrupted, please restart to begin"
I'll post the screenshot in the morning now.
Also, @KAsp3rd : I tried running Odin as administrator, but the same thing happened. It used to get stuck at "Initialization"
Any more advices ?
shanxthechashmich said:
@DocHoliday77
I tried that thing again. Reinstalled the drivers after uninstalling and rebooting. there is still no response.
I gave it to one of my friends, he tried putting in the recovery file and now the screen says "Installation of the software has been interrupted, please restart to begin"
I'll post the screenshot in the morning now.
Also, @KAsp3rd : I tried running Odin as administrator, but the same thing happened. It used to get stuck at "Initialization"
Any more advices ?
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Is it the phone that says installation interrupted? When he tried flashing the recovery did he use odin? Did it seem to flash properly?
Something else I don't thonk hss been mentioned is to try a different usb cable. Preferably one thst came with the phone, or another device. (Some cables sold for recharging are not capable of data transfer on these devices).
Also, try all ports on the computer, and unplug all unnecessary peripherals.
If something happened and you got a bad flash, it could be bricked. Can't remember if you tried KAsp3rd's unbrick method already.
Another thing you can try to get recovery installed is to adb shell into the device and using the dd command, dump recovery to the phone. Youll have to have the android sdk installed to do this though.
Its hard to say what's really needed at this point though. Usually if you can get download mode, you can Odin the stock firmware. Most Odin problems are due to driver and cable issues. (Is Windows fully updated?)
Even though you can get download mode, the debrick method may still help, but I'm just not sure. Maybe I'm missing something.....
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DocHoliday77 said:
Is it the phone that says installation interrupted? When he tried flashing the recovery did he use odin? Did it seem to flash properly?
Something else I don't thonk hss been mentioned is to try a different usb cable. Preferably one thst came with the phone, or another device. (Some cables sold for recharging are not capable of data transfer on these devices).
Also, try all ports on the computer, and unplug all unnecessary peripherals.
If something happened and you got a bad flash, it could be bricked. Can't remember if you tried KAsp3rd's unbrick method already.
Another thing you can try to get recovery installed is to adb shell into the device and using the dd command, dump recovery to the phone. Youll have to have the android sdk installed to do this though.
Its hard to say what's really needed at this point though. Usually if you can get download mode, you can Odin the stock firmware. Most Odin problems are due to driver and cable issues. (Is Windows fully updated?)
Even though you can get download mode, the debrick method may still help, but I'm just not sure. Maybe I'm missing something.....
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I have the original cable with me, the one that came with the s3.
he tried using ODIN, but thats as far as I know. He said something about using Kies to flash the rom as well. not sure what.
No, I didn't try KAsp3rd's unbrick method. Could you please guide me where could I find that?
Also, everything you said after this unbrick method simply doesn't make any sense to me. May be some guided instructions would be helpful.
And yes, the windows is fully updated, no issue on that.
Where can I find the unbrick method?
If you want to just search for android sdk. It'll find Google's page for it and instructions. Should also find some good guides on installing and using. All I'd 've doing is searching for then repeating it back to you, so it'll be easier for both of us if you just go to the source. I think it's developer.Google com or something similar.
And she'll basically connects to your phone and allows you to run commands as if you were using the terminal emulator.
The debrick thread is stickies in development.
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what is the official stock firmware can i download directly? and what are name of the firmware and how long the procedure to flash that?
Firmware thread stickies in development section. Link is also in my Sig. Everything you need to know and download to get started is in that thread.
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