USB jig question - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

Maybe a stupid question but I ordered a jig and haven't received it yet but how would I check if it works to leave positive feedback.. I'm stock rooted with Odin no custom recovery.... Would I just turn the phone off take the battery off put it back in and connect the jig? If it goes to download then it works?
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Power down the phone, plug in the jig, turn on the phone. It shoudl go into ODIN download mode directly and say something about stats being reset. If it doesn't do the latter, you are probably on a new bootloader and it isn't the fault of the jig.

Turn the phone off, take the battery out for about 15 seconds, put the battery back but leave the phone off. Put in the jig and in a few seconds you should be at the download screen and the download count should say it has been reset.
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dante32278 said:
Turn the phone off, take the battery out for about 15 seconds, put the battery back but leave the phone off. Put in the jig and in a few seconds you should be at the download screen and the download count should say it has been reset.
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And from there, are you free to just turn the phone back off by taking out battery?

You don't need to take out the battery. Just press and hold the power button until it resets.

Thanks for the quick reply, I bought one in the event I get a brick and need to take it to a store. Oh and it will still work if im on an FC07 leak right? Or will it only work with GB roms, kernels?

It will work with the ICS ROMs as long as you have the original (EG30/31) bootloader. If you flashed the raw leaked tar from Samsung/Sprint, then the reset of flashing data might not work (but it should still put you in ODIN D/L mode). If you flashed one of the ODIN OneClick packages I put together, then all the features will work.

Ok I think Ill be good to go then because Ive always waited til Calk puts up a stock rooted version, not flashing the tars. Anyways while I kind of have you here, I was just wondering if this type of stuff has anything to do with our phones our might show up in the future and which type does our phone use, if any. heres the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387334 I was rooting my dads Epic 4G so I kept on seeing it in the thread titles. Just curious

rsalinas1 said:
Ok I think Ill be good to go then because Ive always waited til Calk puts up a stock rooted version, not flashing the tars. Anyways while I kind of have you here, I was just wondering if this type of stuff has anything to do with our phones our might show up in the future and which type does our phone use, if any. heres the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387334 I was rooting my dads Epic 4G so I kept on seeing it in the thread titles. Just curious
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I didn't read that thread very closely, but MTD is sometimes an overloaded term and could mean different things to different people.
If used to compare flash memory types, we actually have eMMC rather than MTD. eMMC memory are block devices. MTD devices are similar to but not really block devices so they created a new category in the kernel to deal with them.
To get an idea about MTD, read this post:
http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/faq/general.html

Not that technical in Linux lol but thanks I will still give it a read. Bottom line of that thread made it just seem like MTD is a huge thing and makes the epic 4g a much better phone versus BML. Oh and it just said that they are types of partition maps, mtd being open and bml being closed source.
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rsalinas1 said:
Not that technical in Linux lol but thanks I will still give it a read. Bottom line of that thread made it just seem like MTD is a huge thing and makes your phone better versus BML, whatever that is lol.
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Ok, I read the thread a little more closely.
It seems the 2 main benefits from switching to the kernel supporting MTD partition format over the stock BML are you can resize the partitions easier and use ext4 (because those new kernels support ext4)
Our kernels already use ext4. w/r/t resizing partitions perhaps some people need more space in /data but most people seem to be ok with it.
It is always nice to have more options, but there is probably less demand for it on this phone than Epic.

I gotcha, maybe we will see it once our devices get older and we need something new lol. So just asking again now that you've read more closely, our phones dont use either of these partition maps correct?
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I'm actually not sure which partition map we are supporting. I initially read the thread as MTD vs eMMC memory technology, which is different than the purpose of that thread.

I see, maybe you can figure that out for us in your spare time lol (if it really even makes a difference.) The E4GT is a beast of a phone anyways lol.
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Just an FYI:
I got my jig and put it right in the slot while my phone was still on... it shut down my phone and put it directly into download mode and showed that my counter had been reset.
On a side note, for what ever reason, my GPS started working when I restarted the phone. It hadn't been working for days.

rsalinas1 said:
Thanks for the quick reply, I bought one in the event I get a brick and need to take it to a store. Oh and it will still work if im on an FC07 leak right? Or will it only work with GB roms, kernels?
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If you "brick" your phone, a JIG is not going to help you.

Drumrocker said:
If you "brick" your phone, a JIG is not going to help you.
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Depends what kind of brick. The /data nonwritable brick still allows you to write every other partition as well as use the jig to reset the counter

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USB Charging But No Data?

Hey, guys. I am pretty much feeling like this is a broken USB port, but here is a quick run down.
Flashed up to an EG22 based ROM a while ago, and flashed the modem via odin. This was a WHILE ago. And have flashed a few roms since then.
Soooo, here is my dilemma: Somewhere along the lines, I have lost any kind of data connectivity. Charging works fine, and I have tried this on a few other cables (stock, and a Western Digital external hard drive cable, and one 24 dollar cable from radio shack - i was desperate).
So, I am figuring that this is a bad USB port. Stupid. In order to do an insurance claim and get a new phone (thinking about going to a Nexus S 4G, since it is this phone's "equivalent"... I think) I have to have this thing back on an EC05 modem, or else I bite the cost of the phone.
any ideas, guys? I did QBKing77's full reset trick, still on EG22. That was my last effort after flashing a bunch of different ROMs.
Thanks again!
Sprint won't care if your rooted. I bet they wouldn't even check it in the first place. Take it in. But first, get something really small (q-tip) and put some alcohol (isopropyl) and clean out the port with the phone turned off. This is a galaxy s problem, happens
There is currently no way to change your modem from anything other than EB13 without Odin or Heimdall. Sorry. Just bring it in.
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Sprint won't care if your rooted. I bet they wouldn't even check it in the first place. Take it in. But first, get something really small (q-tip) and put some alcohol (isopropyl) and clean out the port with the phone turned off. This is a galaxy s problem, happens
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Care to explan this a little more I'm down to clean my phones port, fr all I know it might make it better.
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Sorry, I can't. I read a while back someone posted how to do it. Dont remember where
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Thanks, guys. Definitely appreciated on the feedback.
Looks like I am going to go to the Nexus
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Sorry, I can't. I read a while back someone posted how to do it. Dont remember where
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Ah I see ill look around then thanks!
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I had the sameeee exact problem and did everything I could but my phones usb port was just broken lol
This is what I did
there is a rom that will make ur phone look like stock ec05
Its over here in the development section look for something like "stock ec05 refs rom" or something like that
But the thing iss that I was stuck on eh17 no eg22
But that rom worked for me
I'm not sure if it'll work on eg22 but hopefully it will just download it on ur phone and flash it and just give it back it'll look completely stock
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I'm having almost the same issue here, as my phone can charge through the USB, but it won't detect it as mass storage mode (debug mode run well, though..)
I can run usb tethering too, but only the mass storage mode doesn't work..
I have try using another cable, going to other ROM, but still no effect, and now I'm using a card reader to read my SD card, which is quite lame.. -_-

[Q] Bricked... but maybe a way out?

so I was on vacation in europe and my wifi wouldn't connect, so I flashed CM9 as on a whim and the wifi worked great (for google voice wifi calling). The phone was acting wacky so I went into recovery to wipe cache and I accidentally did a full wipe (I blame the jet lag) using the included recovery and rebooted..and my phone was bricked. no samsung screen, no download mode, just solid blue light.
here's my question...
I read in another post that you can try holding the vol down and power until the blue light does the single blink and see if odin recognizes it and trying oding el29. I'm at work, so before I drive all the way home to try it, is there any truth to this idea or should I just wait patiently for my replacement phone?
thanks in advance
I have heard it doesn't work for a full brick, which it sounds like you have. Wouldn't hurt to try though. Usually if you can't access the download screen you're done.
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dante32278 said:
I have heard it doesn't work for a full brick, which it sounds like you have. Wouldn't hurt to try though. Usually if you can't access the download screen you're done.
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I know. and I knew immediately what I did. Not my first brick, lol. having TEP removes all safety protocols I should take when flashing, which I do about 10 times a week
but seeing that post gave me a glimmer of hope that I won't have to keep using my old blackberry until my replacement comes
You'll probably be able to get into ODIN D/L mode and flash everything but your /data partition. The problem is that usually when people do what you did, their /data partition memory gets corrupted in hardware, so you can try, but be prepared to get a replacement.
Oh no Wiz. Weren't you one of the early bricks from CWM Touch? I'm afraid sfhub is probably right. Getting Odin to connect is actually the easy part in these cases. Getting through data.img successfully is another story. Sorry man.
Sounds like you'll be stuck at data.img if you get into Odin. Best of luck though.
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Oh no Wiz. Weren't you one of the early bricks from CWM Touch? I'm afraid sfhub is probably right. Getting Odin to connect is actually the easy part in these cases. Getting through data.img successfully is another story. Sorry man.
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I actually never had a problem with the cwm touch, lol. my first brick was when I tripped over my usb cable while using odin XD
after that I got a usb jig... which I recommend EVERYBODY get. It's saved me from that fate at least 3x already.
but it didn't help now
didn't work. odin wouldn't recognize it
guess I'm stuck waiting for my replacement to come in..
I hate using this stupid blackberry

[Q] How to unbrick? (Blue LED of death)

I pretty much already know the answer - JTAG. I'm just hoping for a little bit of HOPE. Are there any other possible ways of me unbricking it with a blue LED of death?
No USB recognition, no Download mode, no recovery.
I was already on AOKP Build 30, I was getting forcecloses because I went from Build 29 to 30 without wiping data, so I used Mobile Odin for EL26 kernel, did a full wipe on data/cache, flashed AOKP Build 30, flashed Gapps, then I did a reboot. It rebooted onto the Galaxy SII screen with the yellow triangle, then it went away and rebooted again to come to the Blue LED of death and doesn't go away until a battery pull.
Apparently a USB jig won't work.
I can take it into Sprint (I have a warranty), but what should I tell them? Would they charge me for a new phone, and would I get it right away?
hrffd said:
I pretty much already know the answer - JTAG. I'm just hoping for a little bit of HOPE. Are there any other possible ways of me unbricking it with a blue LED of death?
No USB recognition, no Download mode, no recovery.
I was already on AOKP Build 30, I was getting forcecloses because I went from Build 29 to 30 without wiping data, so I used Mobile Odin for EL26 kernel, did a full wipe on data/cache, flashed AOKP Build 30, flashed Gapps, then I did a reboot. It rebooted onto the Galaxy SII screen with the yellow triangle, then it went away and rebooted again to come to the Blue LED of death and doesn't go away until a battery pull.
Apparently a USB jig won't work.
I can take it into Sprint (I have a warranty), but what should I tell them? Would they charge me for a new phone, and would I get it right away?
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I think you may be hosed but if you have the jig I'd definitely give it a shot (just in case). If that doesn't work you can take it into Sprint. If I remember right with the warranty if they can repair it there's no charge, if they need to send you a new device it's a $100 deductible. Most people just say it quit working on them without offering an explanation, seems to work most of the time.
Good luck!
Apparently JTAG is not going to work either. Something seems to be actually destroying the MMC chip when you mess with ICS and custom recoveries.
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Apparently JTAG is not going to work either. Something seems to be actually destroying the MMC chip when you mess with ICS and custom recoveries.
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JTAG has been able to recover some hard bricks. I think it depends on the extent of the damage.
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JTAG has been able to recover some hard bricks. I think it depends on the extent of the damage.
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Have not heard of Jtag bringing anyone back from these bricks though.. Also there is a guy in the thread above yours... right before I posted that had a similar issue with AOKP Build30... Hope there is no problem with that rom..
playya said:
Also there is a guy in the thread above yours... right before I posted that had a similar issue with AOKP Build30... Hope there is no problem with that rom..
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Ya, Me too.
hrffd said:
I pretty much already know the answer - JTAG. I'm just hoping for a little bit of HOPE. Are there any other possible ways of me unbricking it with a blue LED of death?
No USB recognition, no Download mode, no recovery.
I was already on AOKP Build 30, I was getting forcecloses because I went from Build 29 to 30 without wiping data, so I used Mobile Odin for EL26 kernel, did a full wipe on data/cache, flashed AOKP Build 30, flashed Gapps, then I did a reboot. It rebooted onto the Galaxy SII screen with the yellow triangle, then it went away and rebooted again to come to the Blue LED of death and doesn't go away until a battery pull.
Apparently a USB jig won't work.
I can take it into Sprint (I have a warranty), but what should I tell them? Would they charge me for a new phone, and would I get it right away?
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I am not sure if you listed every step you did or were just summarizing.
Did you have the Yellow Triangle before any of this? I ask because nothing you did should have triggered the yellow triangle unless you had it before (or traditional ODIN'd CWM outside of the steps you listed)
Also, nothing you did should have prevented you from getting into ODIN DL mode. Even in the case of /data EMMC corruption, you can still get into ODIN DL mode.
Are you sure you can't get into ODIN DL mode? Pull the battery, then as you insert the battery press-and-hold Power+VolDown. If it is difficult to do the finger combination, then you are doing it right.
If you can get into ODIN DL mode, use the EL29 OneClick to get back to a known base. Use the Full version. If it hangs on data.img, then you have the /data emmc corruption and your only option is to get the unit replaced. JTAG will not work.
I have a quick question since we seem to be on the topic of bricks today. Has anybody bricked from making a nandroid in ICS recovery then using format all zip and then restoring from it. I am not referring to AOKP, CM9, etc rather stock or themed stock ROMs. I would NEVER recommend anyone to do this but I have made a few and restored them only wiping with format all zip. Am I tempting fate here or what? I thought this was narrowed down to wiping individual partitions or working from AOKP, CM9 recovery. Any thoughts here?
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I have a quick question since we seem to be on the topic of bricks today. Has anybody bricked from making a nandroid in ICS recovery then using format all zip and then restoring from it. I am not referring to AOKP, CM9, etc rather stock or themed stock ROMs. I would NEVER recommend anyone to do this but I have made a few and restored them only wiping with format all zip. Am I tempting fate here or what? I thought this was narrowed down to wiping individual partitions or working from AOKP, CM9 recovery. Any thoughts here?
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the question is why are you wiping when restoring a nandroid back up?
You should be fine but the wiping step is pointless. The restore process should do it automatically.
Also yes, I have done a backup while in FC22 based CWM and recovered it from another FC22 based CWM install and it worked fine. No need to wipe at all.
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@JohnCorleone,
There are other posters that agree with you that not all ICS ROMs have that problem. Epix4G has reminded me of this on occasion, but that was in regards to using Calk's ROMs and solutions. But I would also caution that this probably isn't a good idea for Joe Schmoe with a shiny new E4GT... maybe those that have been around longer or are willing to take that risk.
In my personal case I don't have the option for insurance and had to pay full price for this phone. I can't afford to brick it so I stick with the ODIN TARs for now. Maybe a few months down the road, once ICS is out and hopefully there's a better handle on this, I'll try some of the other options out there. Besides, coming from an Optimus S stock will do everything I need and more right now.
garwynn said:
@JohnCorleone,
In my personal case I don't have the option for insurance and had to pay full price for this phone. I can't afford to brick it so I stick with the ODIN TARs for now. Maybe a few months down the road, once ICS is out and hopefully there's a better handle on this, I'll try some of the other options out there. Besides, coming from an Optimus S stock will do everything I need and more right now.
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Ya, I was using my phone on a different carrier, and bricked it. Talk about a ****ty realization. And coming from an Optimus, life is goooood eh? lol.
take the phone to sprint as long as they cant see anything your good to go. tell them you plugged it in to charge came back and smelt something funny and phone was real hot.
Same brick here, only blue led of death and no activity.
The phone is outside US so can't even get warranty / replacement. Can't get get mmc chip from Samsung which in this case is KLMAG4FEJA-A003
Jtag
sent from MY BAD A$$ ET4G
JTAG has failed over RISC
Disillusioned said:
Same brick here, only blue led of death and no activity.
The phone is outside US so can't even get warranty / replacement. Can't get get mmc chip from Samsung which in this case is KLMAG4FEJA-A003
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Are you able to get ahold of a USB jig and see if this will somehow get it to come to life? If not, have you considered asking someone in the US to try and work with Samsung on your behalf?
Its pretty much dead at this point, time to replace the device. Even if a jig will trigger dl mode it will more than likely fail/hang at /data in odin.
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Its pretty much dead at this point, time to replace the device. Even if a jig will trigger dl mode it will more than likely fail/hang at /data in odin.
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Yes, but if there is not a replace option getting that far would mean a modified pit will restore most functionality.
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Yes, but if there is not a replace option getting that far would mean a modified pit will restore most functionality.
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True, that's a 50/50 shot and worth the try if there's not a warranty or ins option, but if warranty is an option I'd personally grab a replacement instead of patching up a borked one just so I wouldn't run into a major issue from patching it back together and then be out of warranty and stuck with a total brick. I've also seen a few ppl be able to get to dl mode and it fail at data but the pit not work, probably user error but never know could just be totally fubar from the emmc bug
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
True, that's a 50/50 shot and worth the try if there's not a warranty or ins option, but if warranty is an option I'd personally grab a replacement instead of patching up a borked one just so I wouldn't run into a major issue from patching it back together and then be out of warranty and stuck with a total brick. I've also seen a few ppl be able to get to dl mode and it fail at data but the pit not work, probably user error but never know could just be totally fubar from the emmc bug
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It was def user error. In another post he said he loaded aokp from rujelus recovery:crying:

[Q] brick'd or not brick'd

my phone was on aokp and fine but i decided i just wanted to go back to the blazer i had
i boot into recovery and im in my cwm recovery (not rogue)
but when i go to wipe/factor reset the screen flashes its stock recover with the little green android in the background and freezes there
i think WTF? no biggie i pop out battery just boot into recovery again and start over
nope doesnt work im stuck on samsung galaxy s screen with yellow triangle
finally get home to comp and go into odin mode try to flash stock ek02 and that doesnt work just gets me stuck at data
so i try it without data and that works but now it just bootloops
so now i dont know if im brick'd or just in some boot loop
any help would be great!!!
hope everything i typed makes sense if not ill clarify
dont know what to tell ya man....im in a hole right now and i see no light either...
i was on codename and the phone was fine for a whole day and a half. i uncderclocked it to 800mhz and undervolted 100mv and the phone ran beautiful for a day and a half. then all of a sudden like two hours ago it froze. went in to a bootloop. trying to figure this out right now...odin wont recognize my phone at alllllll
damn man that is certainly worse than my situation not
seems like ics isnt as stable as we hope haha, but man idk why my phone get stuck when flashing the data.img in odin it never gets past this... im thinking its bricked which really sucks but just gotta roll with the punches... if anyone can help please do ill be up a little while longer
Yeah its bricked.
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damn man that is certainly worse than my situation not
seems like ics isnt as stable as we hope haha, but man idk why my phone get stuck when flashing the data.img in odin it never gets past this... im thinking its bricked which really sucks but just gotta roll with the punches... if anyone can help please do ill be up a little while longer
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ICS isn't unstable you just messed up basically. This is why you should read the brick threads and warnings first about flashing between ICS. And gingerbread. Your phone sounds like it's bricked. Sorry dude.
As for the guy with the boot loop. You're probably not bricked you just need to try and get into download mode and odin a stock rooted rom. How long did you pull the battery for?
Under volting can cause boot loops but your issue could be a combination. I would post in the brick thread. Someone experienced with that problem can help you.
I recommend pulling the battery and waiting an hour or so then redo it.
Good luck!
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LordJummy said:
ICS isn't unstable you just messed up basically. This is why you should read the brick threads and warnings first about flashing between ICS. And gingerbread. Your phone sounds like it's bricked. Sorry dude.
As for the guy with the boot loop. You're probably not bricked you just need to try and get into download mode and odin a stock rooted rom. How long did you pull the battery for?
Under volting can cause boot loops but your issue could be a combination. I would post in the brick thread. Someone experienced with that problem can help you.
I recommend pulling the battery and waiting an hour or so then redo it.
Good luck!
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ya i tried man...but odin doesnt recognize my phone... im thinking its the LG usb cable i have. i read somewhere that the pins inside the acttual cable arent the same as the E4GTs cable. so tomorrow im gonna get my stock cable.
Carbajal3009 said:
ya i tried man...but odin doesnt recognize my phone... im thinking its the LG usb cable i have. i read somewhere that the pins inside the acttual cable arent the same as the E4GTs cable. so tomorrow im gonna get my stock cable.
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That's possible if its some proprietary cable. These phones use a standard mini USB to USB so any standard generic cable should work. I use a really thick and durable Logitech cable that came with a mouse, or sometimes a generic super long one I have that's like 10 feet
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Ok u guys to to read the OP again for what your flashing you cannot flash any ROM from ICS right now it has a high risk of brick if your going to flash an ICS ROM the best bet is from a cwm based kernal like EL26 not Rogue and you shud be back on GB so use one of SFhub packages it takes an extra 10 minutes tops
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Ok u guys to to read the OP again for what your flashing you cannot flash any ROM from ICS right now it has a high risk of brick if your going to flash an ICS ROM the best bet is from a cwm based kernal like EL26 not Rogue
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Wow. Now you're spreading more misinformation. You certainly can flash roms from ICS recovery its just not 100% safe in all versions and flavors.
Its generally user error that's causing the bricks. The OP will usually claim he did everything perfect but 99% of the time it comes out sooner or later they did something wrong out of haste or neglect.
You're not necessarily helping though with your false info. No offense intended I just don't want you further confusing some poor noob who takes your word...
And just to further clarify: yes odin'ing stock EL26 is safer than flashing from ICS based CWM.
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Carbajal3009 said:
dont know what to tell ya man....im in a hole right now and i see no light either...
i was on codename and the phone was fine for a whole day and a half. i uncderclocked it to 800mhz and undervolted 100mv and the phone ran beautiful for a day and a half. then all of a sudden like two hours ago it froze. went in to a bootloop. trying to figure this out right now...odin wont recognize my phone at alllllll
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Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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MJHawaii said:
Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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Apparently you're not reading the entire thread lol. Scroll up man.
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LordJummy said:
Wow. Now you're spreading more misinformation. You certainly can flash roms from ICS recovery its just not 100% safe in all versions and flavors.
Its generally user error that's causing the bricks. The OP will usually claim he did everything perfect but 99% of the time it comes out sooner or later they did something wrong out of haste or neglect.
You're not necessarily helping though with your false info. No offense intended I just don't want you further confusing some poor noob who takes your word...
And just to further clarify: yes odin'ing stock EL26 is safer than flashing from ICS based CWM.
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as i said you cannot flash anything from ICS without running a risk of bricking your phone its a known issue
Goodnight jummy:what:
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MJHawaii said:
as i said you cannot flash anything from ICS without running a risk of bricking your phone its a known issue
Goodnight jummy:what:
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No. You just flat out said you can't flash from ICS CWM. I was clarifying that is not true. Don't take it personally.
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OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
@Carbajal, yes it's your LG cable. I have same problem with same cable (from Optimus S). Sammy cable will fix it if you still have it. I forget the specific reason why but in layman's terms it was explained to me that the Sammy cable may have a longer pin which triggers the recognition. If you search the Q&A forum you should be able to find the thread.
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Get back into DL mode and flash back to stock and invest in a usb download jig its 5$ and comes in handy in soft brick and bootloop situations
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i cant get the odin program to see my phone!! i can get into DL mode but am not able to flash anything through it...why?? i tried two different computers and three different cables but no go
Carbajal3009 said:
i cant get the odin program to see my phone!! i can get into DL mode but am not able to flash anything through it...why?? i tried two different computers and three different cables but no go
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As you didn't clarify it before, did you try the Sammy cable provided with the phone? If that isn't doing it you may want to check Device Manager (assuming Win PC) and make sure nothing is disabled or not working properly. I mention this as it happened to me once when I tried to reassign the COM ports to use CDMA Workshop.
garwynn said:
@Carbajal, yes it's your LG cable. I have same problem with same cable (from Optimus S). Sammy cable will fix it if you still have it. I forget the specific reason why but in layman's terms it was explained to me that the Sammy cable may have a longer pin which triggers the recognition. If you search the Q&A forum you should be able to find the thread.
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Word!
It freaked me out when I first tested this phone months ago since I came from Optimus S also. Didn't want to unpack all the accessories so just used the cable that came with the LG Optimus S, would charge, but no data. Thought the USB port on the E4GT was busted. Then tried 2 more LG Optimus S cables with the same result. Was about to return the phone when on a whim unpacked the flimsy looking Samsung cable and voila, it worked.
That flimsy looking Samsung cable has gotten me through over 300 flashes now w/o ever having a cable related problem.
garwynn said:
OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
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ross, this is your problem. i'm in the same boat. in that thread, someone was able to repartition the /data partition to his sdcard and it worked (albeit at the cost of sdcard space). worth a shot, but keep up with that thread as it's pretty active.
Thanks guys who inputed about that LG cable. I took me a while to find my original sammy cable!! but my phone workds again and im soooooo happy. Thanks a bunch.
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garwynn said:
OP: Phone is bricked, need to take to Sprint for replacement. More on your problem here:
Stuck at Data.img
And to see what the general advice is on avoiding this:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
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I did this sunday morning, trying out AOKP. Read that there was a possibility for corruption, did it anyway. after deciding it was too buggy for my liking as a daily driver, i attempted to go back. Tried my USB Jig with no luck.
Took it into Sprint on Monday, an hour later the tech tells me its toast. (Tell me something I don't know). I tried so hard to weasel out a new White model.
I've got a refurb'd black model and i'm suspecting there's a few issues with it. Its completely stock, no root. I've had to reboot four times today already from not turning on or coming out of sleep. Then every so often the phone will not stop vibrating during a haptic feedback response. I've turned haptic and vibrate off, but it still locks up on occasion. Funny but weird as hell. Probably gonna take it in later this week and try my luck again at getting a new model.

possible emmc brick fix - Odin...

I was going through the Stuck at Data.img thread and came across the post below from Jaymoon and just thought others may want to take a look at it. It looks like you can bring your phone back to life.... Hope it helps a few of you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27852689&postcount=435
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27888069&postcount=444
What I personally don't want is people going straight to that and then not taking it to Sprint if they can get replaced for free - so they should at least check out their options even after they get it running. But however they get back in the game is what matters in the end... Glad it worked for them.
Question though: If someone gets this running and then claims TEP or warranty repair/replace will it be honored? I'm not sure since I don't have available for me and it would seem that most techs are going to say it's not hardware if they can't see it for themselves. (Versus the bootloop with the unmodified .PIT file.)
garwynn said:
What I personally don't want is people going straight to that and then not taking it to Sprint if they can get replaced for free - so they should at least check out their options even after they get it running. But however they get back in the game is what matters in the end... Glad it worked for them.
Question though: If someone gets this running and then claims TEP or warranty repair/replace will it be honored? I'm not sure since I don't have available for me and it would seem that most techs are going to say it's not hardware if they can't see it for themselves. (Versus the bootloop with the unmodified .PIT file.)
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Most people will probably be happy it booted up. After possible weeks or days at looking at the blue light or Samsung screen... LOL
playya said:
Most people will probably be happy it booted up. After possible weeks or days at looking at the blue light or Samsung screen... LOL
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If you can get into recovery or ODIN, your device is not bricked. At least not with this phone. Only true brick for the E4GT is the Blue-Light-Of-Death symptom.
akarol said:
If you can get into recovery or ODIN, your device is not bricked. At least not with this phone. Only true brick for the E4GT is the Blue-Light-Of-Death symptom.
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I agree with this to the extent of the android definition of the word bricked. But that doesn't mean the phone is usable in its current state. The emmc bug cause a phone to not boot or accept a full Odin flash. So while it may get into recovery or download mode it is still pretty useless until the issue with emmc is resolved.
I also agree that people should explore their options before paying 8GB of internal memory to get their phone back up. If you can get a free replacement then that's how I would go about it.
Sent using an AOKP'd ET4G courtesy of Times_Infinity!
akarol said:
If you can get into recovery or ODIN, your device is not bricked. At least not with this phone. Only true brick for the E4GT is the Blue-Light-Of-Death symptom.
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you obviously dont know about the emmc bug. unless the partition can be fixed and repaired now (which it may be now)...
scarmon25 said:
I agree with this to the extent of the android definition of the word bricked. But that doesn't mean the phone is usable in its current state. The emmc bug cause a phone to not boot or accept a full Odin flash. So while it may get into recovery or download mode it is still pretty useless until the issue with emmc is resolved.
I also agree that people should explore their options before paying 8GB of internal memory to get their phone back up. If you can get a free replacement then that's how I would go about it.
Sent using an AOKP'd ET4G courtesy of Times_Infinity!
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One note from Drnull's test that does differ - the locations in memory are different for the GNote and the E4GT. His original tests noted you can bypass just the existing assignment for /data and begin reallocation from where the old one ended - resulting in only losing 2GB instead of 8GB. No one ever made a modified .PIT since most people were able to replace.
Let me see if I can track down the stock one and modify it based on those notes. I know I have it at home, just wondering if I have it here at the office...
Hey if this can help a few its better than having a paperweight sitting in your house. I agree like I said with most that exhaust all other options first. But if you have no other option and you have the same symptons as those listed to be repairable in the thread then I say go for it.
akarol said:
If you can get into recovery or ODIN, your device is not bricked. At least not with this phone. Only true brick for the E4GT is the Blue-Light-Of-Death symptom.
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Yeah that's the same thing I said in the op of ''Stuck at Data Img'' thread.
Lol..... Kinda wish the thread would go away... brings back bad memories. ;-)
Glad tho it looks as if a resolution may have come.
Got mine working again hope it lasts
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playya said:
I was going through the Stuck at Data.img thread and came across the post below from Jaymoon and just thought others may want to take a look at it. It looks like you can bring your phone back to life.... Hope it helps a few of you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27852689&postcount=435
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Hey maybe you can change the title of this to catch more brickers attention....it seems very useful and a great find. Like "possible emmc brick fix - Odin" or something.
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ive done 3 phones in a similar fashion.. but all with terminal commands.
where you can find the corrupted amount and skip it. and maybe not lose the whole 8gb. but, you have to realize, it makes things different in the future.
everytime you odin you will have to use a custom pit. you have to careful about a lot of different things going forward. one being that GB kernels will no longer recognize your partitions. (at least on hand created, converted partitions) TEP/Insurance is by far a better way to go..
dante32278 said:
Hey maybe you can change the title of this to catch more brickers attention....it seems very useful and a great find. Like "possible emmc brick fix - Odin" or something.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I edited the Stuck at Data Img op.
Thank you . My phone was soft bricked , this help me I lost 8 gb but I am back on .
dante32278 said:
Hey maybe you can change the title of this to catch more brickers attention....it seems very useful and a great find. Like "possible emmc brick fix - Odin" or something.
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your wish is my command... done! Also I know some are saying the option of just using TEP and other means but lets remember some of us on here use different carriers with the ET4G and can't go back to Sprint or use TEP so this may be the only alternative for them...
I just want to bring attention to an alternative... Good Luck guys
bump for some more views
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bump for some more views
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mid morning bump
I'm going to contact hg42 on his thread and see if he'd be willing to create a .PIT and find out what he needs to do it - I'm guessing it would be a list of each partition, starting position in memory and size.
In the meantime those of you who can't get it fixed by warranty and are using this solution - keep an eye on the eMMC discussion thread as well for updates on efforts to get a true fix for the problem.
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I'm going to contact hg42 on his thread and see if he'd be willing to create a .PIT and find out what he needs to do it - I'm guessing it would be a list of each partition, starting position in memory and size.
In the meantime those of you who can't get it fixed by warranty and are using this solution - keep an eye on the eMMC discussion thread as well for updates on efforts to get a true fix for the problem.
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Thats what I am talking bout. I just bump this thread for views since I know some of the people who had issues may not check here everyday. Its getting about 200-300 views a day so at least is bringing awareness to a possible fix for some and a fix for quite a few
creating a pit is not hard i have the c source.. and anyone who has sucessfully repaired theirs can do it with heimdall..

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