Ok, so I'm an idiot. I flashed a ROM and a kernel for the international i9300 and now my phone is bricked. I didn't realize that the "Galaxy S III" forum was for the international version, which, looking back, was dumb.
Either way, I can't get into download mode. I have a jig, but it doesn't seem to do anything. The phone comes up on my computer as an "Unknown Device." When I connect the charger the LED turns red, and holding the power button for 10 seconds makes the light turn off and I hear the unknown device sound in Windows.
Any thoughts on how I could fix this without going the JTAG route?
Does Odin recognize it if it does try flashing a stock file doubt it will work but doesn't hurt to try
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funziebear said:
Does Odin recognize it if it does try flashing a stock file doubt it will work but doesn't hurt to try
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Thanks for the response, but since I can't get it into download mode (that I can see), ODIN won't help where I'm at. Does anyone know the specific driver for the SGS III? If I can get ODIN to see it (even if the screen doesn't come on) then I can flash stock.
Driver in my signature.
funziebear said:
Does Odin recognize it if it does try flashing a stock file doubt it will work but doesn't hurt to try
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Aerowinder said:
Driver in my signature.
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I have the drivers installed, but they aren't being detected and installed automatically. My question is which EXACT driver, ie, which INF, corresponds to the Galaxy S III download mode?
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so i made a noob mistake an flashed a rom that wasnt made for the tmobile gs2. the install of the custom rom was sucessfull. now the phone wont turn back on or get into any mode. when i plug it into the computer odin recognize it. can someone tell me what i can do other then using the jig. thanks in advance!
lookinforcar said:
so i made a noob mistake an flashed a rom that wasnt made for the tmobile gs2. the install of the custom rom was sucessfull. now the phone wont turn back on or get into any mode. when i plug it into the computer odin recognize it. can someone tell me what i can do other then using the jig. thanks in advance!
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Did you say that Odin recognize your phone or doesn't recognize it? If Odin recognize your phone then your definitely in luck.
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yes odin does recognize it. it says ID com19 and its highlighted yellow
lookinforcar said:
yes odin does recognize it. it says ID com19 and its highlighted yellow
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Now you have to get the original unrooted factory rom .tar file and restore your phone back to factory. Your phone is just soft bricked so you are very lucky. Use google or the xda search feature and look up something along the lines of "SGH-T989 .tar file" or "T-Mobile Galaxy S II tar". The exact file you need is floating around here somewhere.
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r u talking about the sgh-t989-stock-recovery.tar? i have tried that but get stuck on setupconnection
There is no stock rom tar file for our phone yet. We only have a kernel and stock recovery tar.
You can't get into recovery?
This phone is a BEAST!
what is the proper way to get into recovery. my phone wont do jack right now.
lookinforcar said:
r u talking about the sgh-t989-stock-recovery.tar? i have tried that but get stuck on setupconnection
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Honestly I haven't done this yet with the GS2, but I've done it a million times with a Vibrant I once owned. I'm gonna look it up right now and see what I find. This should be a pretty easy process. The best part is that at least your phone isn't completely bricked.
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mine is doing the same thing but odin isnt reconizing my phone but the computer is....someone help me
lookinforcar said:
what is the proper way to get into recovery. my phone wont do jack right now.
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First do a battery pull, then put the battery back into the phone, hold both the up and down volume rocker and press the power button till the phone vibrates (letting you know its been turned on), soon as the phone vibrate then release the power button but do not let go of the volume rocker until you see the recovery image! Once you see the recovery image you are easily back in business. Let me know if you can at least get into recovery.
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ok. did that many times and no vibrate
lookinforcar said:
ok. did that many times and no vibrate
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How long are you holding the buttons for, sometimes it takes a while.
This phone is a BEAST!
almost a minute
just recieved the phone today and screwed it up FML
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just recieved the phone today and screwed it up FML
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dude same thing happened to me, i just got this phone today, tried to root it, put a different rom on it, screwed up the phone....................................im computer will reconize it but the oden wont
cwa542 said:
dude same thing happened to me, i just got this phone today, tried to root it, put a different rom on it, screwed up the phone....................................im computer will reconize it but the oden wont
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when you turn on odin does the id com highleted yellow?
btw guys i backed up my stock rom with nandroid.md5
What ROM did you guys install? Few questions. Did you guys install Samsung drivers. If not install through kies or from the development section here and reboot computer. Then put in download mode and wait for comp. to recognize phone again. try entering recovery and flash a basic stock ROM from dev section. See if that works.
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dude same thing happened to me, i just got this phone today, tried to root it, put a different rom on it, screwed up the phone....................................im computer will reconize it but the oden wont
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Then get back into recovery and restore it.
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btw guys i backed up my stock rom with nandroid.md5
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chib1panda said:
Then get back into recovery and restore it.
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phone wont get into recovery mode or download mode...
Hi everyone long story short my buddy flashed a international gs2 software on our version and now obviously its not responding. It goes into download mode but on model version it says the international one.and odin does not recognize it. Is there a way to bring the phone back or shoul i tell him to enjoy his new paperweight ? Thanks in advanced.
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SpartanVissepo said:
Hi everyone long story short my buddy flashed a international gs2 software on our version and now obviously its not responding. It goes into download mode but on model version it says the international one.and odin does not recognize it. Is there a way to bring the phone back or shoul i tell him to enjoy his new paperweight ? Thanks in advanced.
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If he's on stock recovery, he is pretty much screwed. If he had custom recovery, could probably get the phone running again, but USB would probably not work.
I had the similar experience two times.
First time - When I just started learning about this phone -
odined I9100.
Second time - accidently flashed M250 rom a week ago.
But in my case, I was able to go to DL mode and reflashed sfhub's one-click odin and problems were solved.
kobridge said:
I had the similar experience two times.
First time - When I just started learning about this phone -
odined I9100.
Second time - accidently flashed M250 rom a week ago.
But in my case, I was able to go to DL mode and reflashed sfhub's one-click odin and problems were solved.
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Lucky you brother my friends phone won't even recognize odin mode
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I guess it's safe to say that he has a very nice paperweight
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Have you tried the USB jig? That puts mine into download mode, although mine is not messed up with an international ROM. Still though, if you haven't tried that yet, try that.
Nevermind, I failed to read that you can already get into download mode and that it is not recognized by odin.
SpartanVissepo said:
Hi everyone long story short my buddy flashed a international gs2 software on our version and now obviously its not responding. It goes into download mode but on model version it says the international one.and odin does not recognize it. Is there a way to bring the phone back or shoul i tell him to enjoy his new paperweight ? Thanks in advanced.
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I remember reading awhile back that you need to reinstall the drivers for the int version and it should be recognized then. Problem your friend has Odin thinks its the int version. Have him try that.
&roid said:
Have you tried the USB jig? That puts mine into download mode, although mine is not messed up with an international ROM. Still though, if you haven't tried that yet, try that.
Nevermind, I failed to read that you can already get into download mode and that it is not recognized by odin.
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Already try this my friend but thank u
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Jtag is 50.00
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
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i tryed to root my galaxy s3 sph-l710 sprint. i used odin3 and it got to the end and failed. my phone says firnware upgrade encoutered a issue please select recovery mode in kies. i used CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4. i have been trying to fix for awhile. need help badly
There is a much easier way to root. Go to qbking77.com and watch his video.
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stevesquaer said:
i tryed to root my galaxy s3 sph-l710 sprint. i used odin3 and it got to the end and failed. my phone says firnware upgrade encoutered a issue please select recovery mode in kies. i used CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4. i have been trying to fix for awhile. need help badly
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Where did you find that file was it here in the sprint gs3 forum, that warning is usually seen when you flash firmware for the wrong device
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dante32278 said:
There is a much easier way to root. Go to qbking77.com and watch his video.
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This!
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This!
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No. The cf root method is definitely as easy as it gets right now. Its posted in original development BTW. And no that warning has nothing to do with flashing the wrong firmware for your device. You get that warning when the Odin flash failed or got interrupted. Plug the phone in to the PC with that screen displayed and reflash cf root. Just check your cable/switch USB ports make sure your drivers are installed etc. Sounds like this was just a fluke
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No. The cf root method is definitely as easy as it gets right now. Its posted in original development BTW. And no that warning has nothing to do with flashing the wrong firmware for your device. You get that warning when the Odin flash failed or got interrupted. Plug the phone in to the PC with that screen displayed and reflash cf root. Just check your cable/switch USB ports make sure your drivers are installed etc. Sounds like this was just a fluke
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On the E4GT people who flashed international gs2 firmware with Odin got this message, anytime my Odin flashes failed it just booted back to download mode. I haven't used Odin on the gs3 yet tho
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Just want to get straight to the point;
Brother did a bad flash, Phone doesnt come on at all. But odin still recognizes the phone. Tried flashing stock from xda. gets stuck on setup.
Again, if pc doesnt recognize my brothers phone you would think its dead, but odin does recognize the phone. Also tried using usb jig, nothing, tried recovery, download modes nothing... Any help is much appreciated.
Try different USB ports..or maybe check the download of the file your trying to flash or redownload
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yea tried all my usb ports, and three different downloads and stock rom off xda. I dunno im just kinda blank at what else i can do.....
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Try different USB ports..or maybe check the download of the file your trying to flash or redownload
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My first step would be to re-download a stock rom and try to flash it multiple times (which i'm sure you already have done). I know when I had a bad flash back to stock and got a completely black screen, it took me quite a few flash attempts to get it to flash correctly.
ok will do.
MoNsTeRmAyHeM said:
My first step would be to re-download a stock rom and try to flash it multiple times (which i'm sure you already have done). I know when I had a bad flash back to stock and got a completely black screen, it took me quite a few flash attempts to get it to flash correctly.
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Might also try a different usb cable if you have one, I know one of my cables went bad and had issues connecting to my pc.
Yeah I had to use a Samsung OEM cable to get mine to reconize
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Any progress on your re-flashing?
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Yea I had to step aside and repair some iPhones. Just doesn't make sence... Yea I'm pretty close to calling for jtag.
It recognize then freezes on setup connection... On every com...
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Any progress on your re-flashing?
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I had a similar issue and I managed to recover it by flashing just the stock UVLH1 kernel.
There was also a PIT file packed with Odin which I removed before flashing the Kernel.
I know this is a basic question but did you run Odin as administrator?
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Yes^
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I'm sure they were running Odin as administrator, but I had to ask to cancel that out.
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No recovery, no fastboot no clue what software its running(my buddie bricked it) most likely 4.1 he flashed something in the "phone" option of ODIN. I know bad idea, i seem to still be able to get into Download mode(a phone on one side with some dots in the middle and a computer on the other see attached pic) and odin recognize's it, i found the stock 4.1 build on rootzwiki with the pit and it fail's after flashing the radio, I cant seem to find an OMAP guide for the VZW Nexus. i found this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934738&highlight=omapp
but it say's tuna??? not TORO. help me out as im not too familiar with this phone
Tuna is the right one
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Tuna is the right one
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Awesome!!! thank you sooo much!!
ok, thats not working. And from what ive read, that's not even download mode, although ODIN recognize's it, and computer recognize's it as OMAP with the battery out. has anyone found a fix for this?
Does this help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925468&highlight=bricked
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Does this help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925468&highlight=bricked
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unfortunately no, I tried that quite a few times, got the script to run, but still can't get into download or fastboot, and adb wont recognize either way.
You need to flash using odin i believe..........
Mach3.2 said:
You need to flash using odin i believe..........
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Fails after flashing the radio, I've tried numerous different guides for restoring with Odin even after the omap flash, Odin picks it up and will let me flash.. But from everything I've read, that isn't download mode, and it won't work
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