Hello,
I'm having some technical difficulties here and wanted to ask the community before trying anything else since I was afraid I had bricked the phone last night but upon leaving the battery out for the night and putting it back in this morning I am able to get back into download mode.
I am working on a Samsung Epic 4G and yesterday I used clockwork to flash a new MTD based ROM ( tried cleanGB and SleeperROM ) and it worked just fine and rebooted. After boot it kept rapidly trying to get service and in the menu you could see airplane mode rapidly checking/unchecking. I discovered this was because the phone still had the old DI18 and for these ROMs it needed EL30. I messed around with using Odin to get the radio on the phone and had no luck as Odin just kept crashing. I spent all day trying different combinations and a couple different cables. Later last night I found Heimdall and built it from source. I put the phone in download mode, connected it, and tried:
Code:
heimdall detect
It found the phone so then I tried to do a modem flash with it. I used the "EL30 Modem Only in BIN format" from here and the command:
Code:
heimdall --modem el30_modem.bin
and it appeared to work just fine. The device turned itself off...and stayed off. I waited a while and then pulled the battery after I could it to do anything by holding any combination of buttons.
So after pulling the battery for the night and then putting it back in I am able to get back in download mode.
I wanted to check to see what I need to flash with heimdall to get the phone back to stock (or ideally a newer version of android since it was running 2.1-update1)?
Also, to anyone familiar with heimdall, did I use that modem command incorrectly or did I leave out somethign else important?
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I found these heimdall packages and downloaded the XWJVZ (2.3.6) version and flashed it with heimdall using the command:
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heimdall flash --repartition --pit s1_odin_20100512.pit --factoryfs factoryfs.rfs --cache cache.rfs --dbdata dbdata.rfs --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin --param param.lfs --kernel zImage --modem modem.bin --verbose
it transfered the files and ended with
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Ending session...
Rebooting device...
Re-attaching kernel driver...
and then the phone went black again. I can't get back into download mode again so I just popped the battery and am waiting.
Ouch. Definitely need to stay within the epic 4g forums for this stuff. If you're lucky enough to get back in to download mode, try these files instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592994. Your heimdall command is fine, just extract the files from the FC09 tar. Don't forget the victory pit file.
::facepalm:: I just looked at the files I flashed again after reading your response. I can't believe I did that. I was in a hurry to get the phone fixed and got excited when I found the heimdall packages. I should have read it closer and realized it wasn't for the Epic 4G.
I left the battery out all night and I'm trying to get into download this morning with no luck. I even tried "battery CPR" which I saw others posting about (holding down 1 and power while putting the battery in). I've tried it without the battery plugged into AC and USB as well as with battery in on both of those two power sources.
This isn't looking good That is a really expensive mistake to make while unemployed, any other suggestions on ways to bring it back to life?
IAmCorbin said:
::facepalm:: I just looked at the files I flashed again after reading your response. I can't believe I did that. I was in a hurry to get the phone fixed and got excited when I found the heimdall packages. I should have read it closer and realized it wasn't for the Epic 4G.
I left the battery out all night and I'm trying to get into download this morning with no luck. I even tried "battery CPR" which I saw others posting about (holding down 1 and power while putting the battery in). I've tried it without the battery plugged into AC and USB as well as with battery in on both of those two power sources.
This isn't looking good That is a really expensive mistake to make while unemployed, any other suggestions on ways to bring it back to life?
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Leave battery and sdcard out plug cable into phone and computer try download mode.
Before somebody says the little button under the camera... there is no button. Have you tried leaving the battery out of the phone and just using the USB and the computer as a power source? If not youve got a hard brick. You'll need to JTAG it or send it to someone to get it JTAG'd. Otherwise say hello to your new paper weight sorry bud.
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tazfanatic said:
Leave battery and sdcard out plug cable into phone and computer try download mode.
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On top of that, it probably won't jump into download mode right away... keeping your fingers on the 1 and power button slide your battery in and out waiting 2 seconds in between in and outs... ya know, like your making love to it slowly with the battery...
Alright, I've tried every combination of buttons and power source I can think of and have been suggested, including "making love" to the phone with the battery while pressing it's buttons.
I think it is time to take it in to Sprint. I found another thread where a user took their phone into Spring without having equipment replacement (which we don't have) and got it replaced under warranty and paid $35 for a replacement. This phone is no longer under warranty though, does anyone know if Sprint is going to help me out if I take it in to a store after the weekend?
Otherwise I need to find someone to help me JTAG it.
You repartitioned with incorrect files for your device...
You flashed non Epic 4G boot loaders and a pit (partition info table) from the wrong device...
I'm afraid you are hard bricked.
This is the exact reason Heimdall packages were created (to prevent flashing files for the wrong device).
It would have been a better idea to use these packages (since they are actually for the Epic 4G).
Also you didn't have to build from source and use the cmd line, there are prebuilt install packages and a frontend UI you could have used.
A rather expensive lesson you have learned.
Good luck trying to get Sprint to help you out (not sarcasm, I do wish you luck).
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nubecoder said:
You repartitioned with incorrect files for your device...
You flashed non Epic 4G boot loaders and a pit (partition info table) from the wrong device...
I'm afraid you are hard bricked.
This is the exact reason Heimdall packages were created (to prevent flashing files for the wrong device).
It would have been a better idea to use these packages (since they are actually for the Epic 4G).
Also you didn't have to build from source and use the cmd line, there are prebuilt install packages and a frontend UI you could have used.
A rather expensive lesson you have learned.
Good luck trying to get Sprint to help you out (not sarcasm, I do wish you luck).
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Thanks for the response and pointing out the error of my ways, but I wish I would have found those packages you just posted earlier.
I compiled from source because it said:
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NOT AVAILABLE YET – Please compile from source.
Platforms: Debian Linux (AMD64 / Intel 64)
Is it still possible to JTAG it as suggested above if Sprint won't help me? If so it looks like there might be users on these forums I may be able to pay to help me with that?
IAmCorbin said:
Thanks for the response and pointing out the error of my ways, but I wish I would have found those packages you just posted earlier.
I compiled from source because it said:
Code:
NOT AVAILABLE YET – Please compile from source.
Platforms: Debian Linux (AMD64 / Intel 64)
Is it still possible to JTAG it as suggested above if Sprint won't help me? If so it looks like there might be users on these forums I may be able to pay to help me with that?
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Ah yes, I see now the newer version doesn't have prebuilt binaries yet.
(I'm still using 1.3.1.)
As far as JTAG goes, I believe there are a couple people here at xda that have the tools/skills needed to help you.
I don't remember who they are off the top of my head, but I believe they offer a "service" (as in "paid for" service) to JTAG bricked phones back to life.
Only one name comes to mind at the moment and that's Adam Outler, but I'm not even sure he does JTAG for people.
Again, best of luck to you.
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If you can't get the phone repaired under warranty, before paying for a repair (or buying a new phone), I definitely recommend trying a "custom jig". I don't know about the Epic 4G itself as I don't own one, but other Galaxy S devices have two secondary bootloaders on them that rotate each time you flash the device. The custom jig will swap the bootloaders and hopefully allow you to boot into download mode.
This^^^ the jig will jump you right into download mode if you do it right (if you don't you could fry the board).. I've done it a few times... possible and not that hard.... you can find a premade jig online for about 2 bucks or so...
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If you can't get the phone repaired under warranty, before paying for a repair (or buying a new phone), I definitely recommend trying a "custom jig". I don't know about the Epic 4G itself as I don't own one, but other Galaxy S devices have two secondary bootloaders on them that rotate each time you flash the device. The custom jig will swap the bootloaders and hopefully allow you to boot into download mode.
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Well, there you go.. I was not aware that using a "jig" would rotate between the two secondary bootloaders. Thanks (as always) for chiming in Ben!
The jig consists of a mini USB plug with a 301k resistor connected between pins 4 and 5. That is, as long as Ben is referring to the same thing I'm thinking of.
(I'm going by memory, so check the forums for the correct resistor value before making one.)
I actually have one of these that I made and don't have a use for any longer.
PM me if you'd like me to mail it to you (no charge).
Let me know and good luck!
ps- IDK how a jig could fry the board, but the one I have / made has been tested and works fine (I even have some pics I took while making it).
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Thank you!
Flashing radio from .tar with:
heimdall flash --pit PIT.pit --MDM modem.bin --APNHLOS NON-HLOS.bin
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hi all, so i flashed the new SFR today, i have odined and flashed and rooted several times so i have a good background with this stuff..
I decided to odin the EE03 modem.
odin hung on modem.bin, so i pulled the battery and i was going to try again. I cant start my phone now. it gives this image of a phone then an "!" then the computer.
i am now trying to odin the full ec05 tar to start over, and its not working. it hangs on factoryfs.rfs and the screen turns a single color. the first time it was red, then next try was blue, next try was grey, next try was totally black.
PLEASE HELP!
DrKaotica said:
hi all, so i flashed the new SFR today, i have odined and flashed and rooted several times so i have a good background with this stuff..
I decided to odin the EE03 modem.
odin hung on modem.bin, so i pulled the battery and i was going to try again. I cant start my phone now. it gives this image of a phone then an "!" then the computer.
i am now trying to odin the full ec05 tar to start over, and its not working. it hangs on factoryfs.rfs and the screen turns a single color. the first time it was red, then next try was blue, next try was grey, next try was totally black.
PLEASE HELP!
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Sounds like you are sponged. Try a different cable, try a different port. Try checking repartition and put the Victory pit in. As long as you can get to download mode you are not bricked. There is hope. Have you used that tar before? Does it have an .md5 extension? If so remove it. You may try to redownload the tar. What version of Odin are you using?
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Sounds like you are sponged. Try a different cable, try a different port. Try checking repartition and put the Victory pit in. As long as you can get to download mode you are not bricked. There is hope. Have you used that tar before? Does it have an .md5 extension? If so remove it. You may try to redownload the tar. What version of Odin are you using?
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i am afraid you might be right. my other two cables are not readily available, but i used the one i ALWAYS have used to odin. my main comp is a mac and restored an older XP laptop for the specific purpose of using odin, it only has one USB port (weird I know), but again, i've always used this, probably odined my phone atleast 15 times since i got it. I did check repartition every time i tried. I always use the victory pit. yeah i have several TARs saved on that computer, DI18, EB13, EC05, again i have used all these TARs before as they are old saves from when that respective build was current (i tried them all). I am not at my computer but its odin v1.61? does that sound right, it should be the current version.
I talked to my sprint rep friend, they have a different software package they use that is used like odin would be, so i might stop in and try that. beyond that i have never seen anything like this before.
it hangs on factoryfs.rfs for a few minutes (not unusual especially when coming from a EXT4 rom) then the screen on the phone turns a random solid color. Very, VERY uncool.
i am leaving the battery out to discharge anything left in the phone. I will probably try again tomorrow after work.
anyone else experienced this before??
Try the (non?)-imagionary button that I have.
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Hay dude search video on YouTube make jig or buy at some site that work if you brick your phone if you phone not get in download mode just contact cable with computer and open Odin if port found just run original rom. It sutbe work I did my many time
badboysllll said:
Hay dude search video on YouTube make jig or buy at some site that work if you brick your phone if you phone not get in download mode just contact cable with computer and open Odin if port found just run original rom. It sutbe work I did my many time
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He is experienced. He odin-bricked.
Did the news get around about a guy named butcher pete?
marcusant said:
He is experienced. He odin-bricked.
Did the news get around about a guy named butcher pete?
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no who is that?
This happened to me, and I tried it with a different computer... my screen was going Green and getting stuck on factoryfs.rfs
You can also try setting up Heimdall. It iis more robust than Odin.
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
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Did the news get around about a guy named butcher pete?
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DrKaotica said:
no who is that?
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Ol' Pete just flew in to that tooowwn, he was choppin up all the women's meat.
I had that happen to me once. That image is the download mode thinking it isn't plugged int. I just power drained it (holding down the power key with the battery out) and eventually got back into a connected download mode after about 3 or 4 min.
FIXED
well guys i left the battery out of my phone today to fully "uncharge" any extra electricity running around the phone.
just just got home from work and successfully odined with the battery left out of the phone.
remember i was always able to get the phone into DL mode, just that odin would not complete. so im FIXED! thank jeebus.
i was about to try this heimball, my question for that is when i was looking at screenies of the UI, there appears to be different slots for each partition of the phone? so how would one go about using this to flash ohh say.. the EC05 TAR i have sitting on my desktop
DrKaotica said:
well guys i left the battery out of my phone today to fully "uncharge" any extra electricity running around the phone.
just just got home from work and successfully odined with the battery left out of the phone.
remember i was always able to get the phone into DL mode, just that odin would not complete. so im FIXED! thank jeebus.
i was about to try this heimball, my question for that is when i was looking at screenies of the UI, there appears to be different slots for each partition of the phone? so how would one go about using this to flash ohh say.. the EC05 TAR i have sitting on my desktop
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You have to use something like Winrar to pull the different sections out. Just learning this myself trying to Heimdall the EC05 modem in. I have to use winrar on the modem tar and pull out modem.bin.
kennyglass123 said:
You have to use something like Winrar to pull the different sections out. Just learning this myself trying to Heimdall the EC05 modem in. I have to use winrar on the modem tar and pull out modem.bin.
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I have read that 7-zip is best when altering zips. Has to do with 7-zip's ability to auto-convert the file exts. Saves tons of time when dealing with alterations. Probably doesn't matter if you use Winrar if you are just deleting or moving files though.
I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?
I don't know what Odin 4.3 is but...
If you can get into download mode, use Odin 1.85 and find a rom to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184091
If you can't get into download mode, then I'm not sure what to do as I haven't researched brick stuff.
I'm also not sure if the dev forum is the right place for this thread.
Maybe.. if u tried almost ever thing u could to bring your phone back from a brick and its still brick than maybe its time to give up.. pay your deductible and get yourself a replacement.. U have to remember there are consequences to hacking your phone and u have to deal with it now.. Sorry
Aryantes said:
I don't know what Odin 4.3 is but...
If you can get into download mode, use Odin 1.85 and find a rom to try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184091
If you can't get into download mode, then I'm not sure what to do as I haven't researched brick stuff.
I'm also not sure if the dev forum is the right place for this thread.
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true if u cant at least get into download mode than u SOL... i recovered from a brick phone the other day by holding down the four gold circle pins on the back of the phone and than trying to go into download mode.. it worked for me but others have tried it and said that it didnt work..
Natty_lite said:
I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?
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Try the thread that is titled, bring your phone back from the brink, or something like that.. as long as you have download mode, you are good to go. And odin 4.3 is not an app for our phone.. odin3 ver 1.86 i believe is the newest...
Natty_lite said:
I've followed about 10 different links to files that I'm attempting to download to de-soft brick my phone. I'm having ZERO luck. Everything is dead. I've never experienced anything like this before for the 10 or so Android phones I've owned and hacked.
I managed to find Odin 4.3, but I keep getting an invalid file error. & before you call me a noob and tell me to download it again, or change the file name. I've already done that. Several times.
Am I ****ed?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Odin 1.65 is in this thread along with stock Froyo. I had a problem with my samsung logo not showing on boot and following the instructions in this thread got rid of my problem. As others have said, if you can't get into download mode you are out of luck as far as I know.
If you can't get into download mode and have TEP, take your phone into a Corporate Owned Repair Center, give them some bull**** story where suddenly your phone wouldn't come back on, I have done this twice now and they have given me a brand new Epic every time right there on the spot.....no deductible!
U sure down look round for a person that previously have 10 different android phones smh
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If you can get into download mode but, you still can't flash, then you probably have a bad cable. If you are using the stock usb cable, replace it with a quality micro usb cable and that should get you sorted. The ones that come with the phone are garbage.
I do find it a little humorous when you say not to call you a noob immediately after you pull "Odin 4.3" out of your hat. You would do well if there was a techie stand up act and your timing was just right.
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theduce102 said:
So we can post "question" threads in the development section now? i believe ill go make a few
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Yeah man you sure are acting like a noob with the posting in development and all... not to mention odin 4... try turning everything off. Then hold 1 for like 15 seconds then press power while still holding 1. Try around with different combinations of that and it should turn on eventually. Mine did.
cd's or tapes?
Edit: too much natural light perhaps?
Tw I am a n00b and even I know that there is NO an odin 4.watever!
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I was having trouble ODIN'ing my phone. It kept failing and I thought I bricked my phone because it wouldn't power on. I switched my USB port on my laptop and bam, it worked. Maybe try that (assuming you can get into download mode on your phone).
Try using another fully charged battery from a friends epic. Sometimes waiting an hour works can't tell you how many times I thought I hosed my epic or vibrant for that matter.
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Odin Multi Downloader 4.03 wasn't the right tool for the job. I got it from a thread similar to mine where someone was bootlooping and needed to flash back to stock. However, the link provided in the thread that Aryander posted did the trick right away.
Thanx
Sorry for posting within the wrong section.
During an attempt to flash a rom using odin to my rooted sgs2, odin crashed and closed before it was finished. I tried restarting odin, wouldnt see phone.
Removed battery from phone, reconnected to odin and tried using the one click odin to reflash back to stock. Also tried using odin with other roms to flash back.
Heres my problem.
When i power on the phone, it says the Galazy S2 i9100 for a few seconds, then just turns off.
I can open odin, or odin one click, plug in phone, shows me yellow w/com and added. I click start, it gets to Setupconnection and then just sits there.
I have tried
- Different roms and both one click and normal odin.
- Different usb cables
- Different usb ports
- Multiple computers
Is there any way to get past this? God i hope someone can either point me somewhere or help me out.
Reinstall Samsung Kies to your laptop or pc so the proper drivers are re-installed. Once complete with that install, plug your phone into the pc and put the phone into USB mode, hopefully the pc will recognize your phone and install the NEW DEVICE drivers after a few moments. Depending on your pc, sometimes it takes many seconds for your pc to recognize and bring up the drop down menu for the newly recognized drive. BE PATIENT. If the pc does recognize your phone, start Odin again. If Odin also see's your phone, which it now should, you should see a COM:# connection in the ID:COM box of Odin. Doesn't matter what COM # is, as long as something is there. You can now use Odin because it see's your phone. Once you start Odin flashing, make sure not to disconnect anything until you see the upper left GREEN PASS box in Odin. Once its GREEN with PASS in that box, you're finished. You can d/c your phone from the pc and the phone is probably rebooting anyway.
OFC, if your phone will not stay power'd up, all of the above is for nought. Wish I could be more helpful.
Keep in mind that I do not intend to insult intelligence but everyone has limits in experience and I always try to explain in the simplest way I can. No disrespect intended.
Good Luck!
R
Thanks for the reply,
How am i supposed to put the phone in usb mode when i cant boot it?
That does create a problem, I would do some research on a USB Jig for your phone. Search at eBay for: Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch USB Jig
I'm not sure if this will help a phone that will not power up but it does have its uses for Root'd phone especially using Odin to flash and to remover that nasty YELLOW Triangle that comes from ROOT ROMS that are unsign'd.
Wish I could help you further.
R
Scribes said:
Thanks for the reply,
How am i supposed to put the phone in usb mode when i cant boot it?
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Try to put in download mode if not try a jig ... If that fails it's sprint or jtag
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It does power on, basically shows the sgs boot logo (black backgroud w/ white text) then goes dark, but its actually still on cause it gets hot.
I can get it into download mode and i can get it into the android recovery.
Theres gotta be a way to recover with an update.zip from the android recovery via the sd card........
There you go, you have two of us saying about the same thing. Just make sure you get the correct JIG if you go that route. It's like $2.00 and arrives from China in like 2 weeks.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...e+for+Samsung+Galaxy+S2/i9100/i9000/T959/i897
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humm, an idling phone shouldn't get hot. That tells me you've got something going on. I think you just progress'd passed my pay grade my friend.
Heres another thing, as i mentioned in my first post.
The boot logo says i-9100....
and this is a sprint phone, isnt it a d710?
So im gussing in my late night haze i screwed myself by loading an i9100 rom/bootloader/whatever the hell that is.
Samsung calls it: I9100
Sprint calls it: SPH710
We call it: Epic 4G Touch
I see, so thats not the problem?
Im just gonna keep posting here while i mess with this incase i trigger someones mind for a fix.
(picture was here apparently i cannot post an external link yet. Was just a picture of device manager and odin sitting at SetupConnection)
The only way to get odin to see my phone, is if i open odin, put phone in download mode, plug phone in, then uninstall the com port via device manager, reinstall it. When i rescan for hardware changes, odin goes yellow as seen in the picture, i click start, then it sits at SetupConnection all day, so im guessing its losing the connection after it finds it.
My only solution here is via usb card i think, but i cant find a signed package. Cant someone just pull theirs from a stock phone? Why wouldnt that work?
Well, if you can get Odin to work, unroot to full stock with this:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ISD9AOP0
Right, getting odin to work is the real problem though i think.
Stuck at SetupConnection forever
This is super frustrating... going without a phone is impossible, work emails, texts, calls, ahhhh
..and there is no way to completely reload the entire phone using an update.zip off the sd card, one that is signed?
I know i used to do that on my droid, and all though i know this is a totally different game, i still have android recovery, one would think it would be possible if the package was signed. unsigned ones just fail, but at least i can attempt to run them from there.
If someone can find a way to do that, and it works for my phone, i will paypal $50
Let me see what I can find for ya....
I have searched two different Forums for a flashable unroot to stock with NO luck. Everything I found requires Odin. Sorry Buddy.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the i-9100 a whole different phone??? Looking at the specs and release date I would believe so. Sounds like he did an ics update for a phone that wasn't the Sph-d710 or something..
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9100_galaxy_s_ii-3621.php
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not sure, all I know it by is: SPH 710
~ via My Epic 4G Touch & XDA'a app ~
Have you tried just flashing a kernel only in Odin
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You tried flashing ICS on your phone, didn't you? B/C I'm pretty sure that's why you are seeing I9100 while booting up. If that is the case, do a search here as there are multiple people who have done this, and none of them have been able to fix it.
Sorry, your only solution is exchange at Sprint if you can, or JTAG.
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beezar said:
You tried flashing ICS on your phone, didn't you? B/C I'm pretty sure that's why you are seeing I9100 while booting up. If that is the case, do a search here as there are multiple people who have done this, and none of them have been able to fix it.
Sorry, your only solution is exchange at Sprint if you can, or JTAG.
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does not mean he flashed ICS when you odin a kernel that is not signed ie with CWM you will get yellow triangle and it will say i9100 too ..... so does not mean he flashed ics ... if odin sees the phone on a com port he probably didnt .... try flashing a working kernel from our phone
I did attempt to flash ICS. I could find where i got it, but it was supposedly for the Epic 4G touch, aka sprint sgs2 variant.
I am a network and systems admin, i should have known better. I jumped the gun and got ahead of myself. I have rooted and put roms on the og droid, and the droid x, samsung is a different beast all together.
However, i went in to sprint the day after i did this, they looked at it, no insurance, no replacement warranty, they didnt ask me anything, and THEY determined it was a factory defect , they had me sign a sheet that said "After researching found phone to be a factory defect and the solution from SPRINT is to replace the phone. $37.41, and 22 hours later i had a brand new SGS2 in my hand.
They hadnt sent my phone in yet. I honestly am not sure if they are going to be able to tell if i did anything to it or not, i may have just hosed the bootloader enough that odin wont connect, so they probably will have to use something like jtag in house to reflash it, or replace the chip or whatever they do. Even so, if they do see that i was messing with it, and say it voided my warranty, i have a signed receipt showing my payment and agreeing to pay for the replacement at $37.41, and that THEY determined the flaw. My brother in law is a lawyer, so i asked him, because i was curious if they would look at my phone at the service center or hub or whatever, and determine it was my fault. He assured me they could try, but it would all fall back to the employee who had me sign the agreement, so even if they dont like what i did, they are beyond doing anything about it.
I doubt they will even notice it, im sure they will try to boot it, then just flash it or however they do it.
Either way, im not worried anymore.
So...someone wanna point my idiot ass to an actual good rom, with a good method, that works for my phone? lol. I cant stand touchwiz, huge icons and cant replace them ....wtf is that all about.
Heres the deal, Ive had my original Epic4g for 2 years, I still love it but its worn out. I bought a new(used) one on ebay for cheap, ad said it freezes on boot and the owner couldn't fix it. sounded like a simple brick.
I received the phone, trying to turn it on loads the black SAMSUNG screen, the keys and soft touch buttons eventually light and then it freezes as such.
It will boot to download mode (1 + power) and will connect to ODIN, but Ive restored with various PIT/PDA combinations(follewed this guide first-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813) All say "Succeed 1/ failed 0" but they never get a different result (will still freeze at SAMSUNG with captive keys lit).
Also, Ive tried flashing a CWM-5 .tar and cannot get it into recovery. (yields same result, frozen w/ captive keys lit).
I HAVE tried odin 1.???, odin 3.04, different USB cables and a different computer. I dont believe communication is my issue.
jtegg007 said:
Heres the deal, Ive had my original Epic4g for 2 years, I still love it but its worn out. I bought a new(used) one on ebay for cheap, ad said it freezes on boot and the owner couldn't fix it. sounded like a simple brick.
I received the phone, trying to turn it on loads the black SAMSUNG screen, the keys and soft touch buttons eventually light and then it freezes as such.
It will boot to download mode (1 + power) and will connect to ODIN, but Ive restored with various PIT/PDA combinations(follewed this guide first-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813) All say "Succeed 1/ failed 0" but they never get a different result (will still freeze at SAMSUNG with captive keys lit).
Also, Ive tried flashing a CWM-5 .tar and cannot get it into recovery. (yields same result, frozen w/ captive keys lit).
I HAVE tried odin 1.???, odin 3.04, different USB cables and a different computer. I dont believe communication is my issue.
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Try a heavy duty blackberry cable as a last resort also remove battery and SD card if there is one. Odin again try to turn on if it still fails I would say truly hardware issue.
=( I am def using a heavy duty blackberry cable and ive had much success with it. I will try pulling the battery and SD card, thank you for that advice.
As for the hardware, Thats my big worry here, I'm hoping that's not the case... Messing with the phone, it feels like it has a missing/corrupt partition. does formatting with Odin in the PDA slot replace the boot section? (still learning what does what here ) If not, how can I reformat the boot partition?
Also, just for the sake of not giving up anytime soon, is there anyway to flash a custom rom/kernal(CM9 maybe?) through odin?
jtegg007 said:
=( I am def using a heavy duty blackberry cable and ive had much success with it. I will try pulling the battery and SD card, thank you for that advice.
As for the hardware, Thats my big worry here, I'm hoping that's not the case... Messing with the phone, it feels like it has a missing/corrupt partition. does formatting with Odin in the PDA slot replace the boot section? (still learning what does what here ) If not, how can I reformat the boot partition?
Also, just for the sake of not giving up anytime soon, is there anyway to flash a custom rom/kernal(CM9 maybe?) through odin?
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Make sure to include the PIT file included with odin. This will repartition the device and restore all as stock. We do not currently have any odinable current ROMs. I have an old EC05 froyo Odinalble prerooted rom in my archive but that is it.
It might be physical damage and not software corruption.. pretending it isn't though, verify that you're flashing the rom under PDA and not phone, frustration and desperation can make us do the most silliest mistakes.
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Shinydude100 said:
It might be physical damage and not software corruption.. pretending it isn't though, verify that you're flashing the rom under PDA and not phone, frustration and desperation can make us do the most silliest mistakes.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
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Yea, ive gone at it left and right, so im pretty damn sure its hardware... Anyone have an epic with a cracked screen and good internals they wanna sell me?
Hi everyone
I messed up my unlocked phone by trying to upgrade it to ICS. Didn't work and now phone is permanently stuck. Recovery mode does not work. It just stops loading after a third. So after searching for 3 days to find the solution, I realize that I can try to reinstall my phone to try and get it to work again. However, it just gets stuck on NAND write start. After searching some more, I figured that I need a stock pit file for the captivate glide.
But I can't find one. Does anyone have a stock pit file for the captivate glide? It's an unlocked phone and it's from AT&T if that helps.
Thanks in advance
Flash this Latest Official ICS to your phone with odin, then flash CWMR ...
Thanks.
I'll try that.
Couldn't flash to ICS. Odin gets stuck on factoryfs.img
Thanks anyways.
I just dumped my PIT, but it occurred to me, how are you gonna flash it without bricking your device?
Try the UCLG9 OneClick as I *THINK* it overwrites the PIT, not 100% sure. If it doesn't work, I'll have to whip you up a Heimdall image. Hope you know your way around Linux...
I'll try that.
Thanks.
pancakeproxy said:
Couldn't flash to ICS. Odin gets stuck on factoryfs.img
Thanks anyways.
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it does take a while and its not exactly uncommon for it to stick ... but the oneclick should work just as well
How long does the one click thing take normally?
I left it alone for a bit and the bar hasn't moved. It still says it's on factoryfs.img.
Using odin (or probably oneclick too) if you connect your USB through a hub, the install may not finish and just get stuck. If you're using a hub, try plugging the USB straight into a USB port on the computer instead. If you're not using a hub, you may try a different port (front instead of back or vice-versa of left side instead of right side if using a notebook) to see if that helps. Good luck!
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How long does the one click thing take normally?
I left it alone for a bit and the bar hasn't moved. It still says it's on factoryfs.img.
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factoryfs is big (600MB according to my PIT), and likely the first thing it flashes that's more than a dozen or so MB (every lower-numbered partition is 12MB max). I'd let it go for oh, say, an hour, before calling it hung.
If it IS hung, do me a favor. Put it back into download mode and run:
Code:
heimdall print-pit
And pastebin it here. I've got an ace up my sleeve, but certain partitions need to line up with my PIT for it to work.
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factoryfs is big (600MB according to my PIT), and likely the first thing it flashes that's more than a dozen or so MB (every lower-numbered partition is 12MB max). I'd let it go for oh, say, an hour, before calling it hung.
If it IS hung, do me a favor. Put it back into download mode and run:
Code:
heimdall print-pit
And pastebin it here. I've got an ace up my sleeve, but certain partitions need to line up with my PIT for it to work.
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Okay so if it doesn't work I go back into download mode and run that.
How do I do that?
I know how to get into download mode but I'm not sure how to do that.
Sorry \: I feel like a massive noob asking you all these questions
Thanks for helping
pancakeproxy said:
Okay so if it doesn't work I go back into download mode and run that.
How do I do that?
I know how to get into download mode but I'm not sure how to do that.
Sorry \: I feel like a massive noob asking you all these questions
Thanks for helping
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You'll need a Linux machine (real machine, not a VM), and you'll need Heimdall 1.4RC1. You could probably run it off a LiveUSB; Heimdall uses an integrated userspace driver so it should work in root pretty much anywhere.