I have been reading the other threads about similar situation both on here and on galaxynexusforums but I think my situation may be slightly different, if not terribly worse.
I has been running my Verizon Galaxy with BAMF 1.25 and was going to upgrade to 2.4 or whatever is the newest. I was doing it all through CWM recovery, I deleted DATA, and Cache, THEN and where Im pretty sure I screwed the pooch was though CWM recovery I also formatted Data, Cache and SDcard
At that point when I rebooted I got the red triangle with the little android being worked on, I was still able to get in to recovery and fastboot and Download mode, but it would not boot past any of that. My assumption is that I deleted the whole OS and since I formatted everything there wasn't even a backup or any rom to install. Everything was gone. My computer also no longer recognized it as a phone/mobile device or even as storage. I re-installed the all the Samsung drivers and still nothing. My phone is not seen by the galaxy nexus tool kit, odin, or kies
At this point I attempted to go to stock via Odin, to mysid-icl53f-factory-65895fa8. This failed, I got the big red box in Odin and was going to pull the battery as the Odin faq says and do it again, but then the phone booted in to the dreaded yellow triangle exclamation point. This is all my phone does. I can not boot back into recovery, or download or any other possible alternate.
So this is where I am at, booting to the phone/pda..yellow triangle..computer screen and can go no further and my phone is not seen as a functional device on my PC even after installing driers again.
I do have one of those dongles that force the phone to boot to download mode coming from ebay. but without any OS at all (or so it seems) I dont know if it will do anything. I do have insurance on it so I'm not that worried on it, but I would rather not have to pay the deductible and be shamed for my success at bricking what is supposed to be unbrickable.
any ideas?
I am not very experienced, but can you get into boot menu? (Just volume up + down + power) if so, you might be able to install galaxy nexus toolbox on PC, install drivers from there, download factory IMG on PC and install IMG through the toolbox via usb.. or reflash cwm through the toolbox and recover nandroid if you have it
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mabast said:
I am not very experienced, but can you get into boot menu? (Just volume up + down + power) if so, you might be able to install galaxy nexus toolbox on PC, install drivers from there, download factory IMG on PC and install IMG through the toolbox via usb.. or reflash cwm through the toolbox and recover nandroid if you have it
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No, I can't get to any other menu. Power + Vol up or Power + Vol Down or Power + Vol up AND down. Don't do anything. I really think I may have completely formatted the phone to nothing or close too it. I was able to get a new one though warranty however so that should be here in a few days.
You try Odin in dl mode yet?
http://www.galaxynexusforum.com/for...how-return-stock-using-odin-vzw-lte-only.html
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then00b said:
You try Odin in dl mode yet?
http://www.galaxynexusforum.com/for...how-return-stock-using-odin-vzw-lte-only.html
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I did, try it before I got the yellow triangle and it didnt work. Now I can't in to download mode, and the odin program wont recognize the phone, either do to it not being able to get in to the download mode or because despite reinstalling all samsung drivers, my computer wont recognize the device as anything.
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I did, try it before I got the yellow triangle and it didnt work. Now I can't in to download mode, and the odin program wont recognize the phone, either do to it not being able to get in to the download mode or because despite reinstalling all samsung drivers, my computer wont recognize the device as anything.
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If you can get into fastboot mode, I am assuming the bootloader, then you can use the gnex toolbox and reflash the factory image and start over.
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If you can get into fastboot mode, I am assuming the bootloader, then you can use the gnex toolbox and reflash the factory image and start over.
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No, like I said no combination of button presses will put the phone into any other mode.
Could have used fast boot to push a ROM to the device, then enter recovery and flash the ROM.
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If you look in my post history you might find something, I fully bricked my phone before and someone posted in a thread I made and it involved downloading some program and setting up special drivers, I'm going to bed but if you have not found anything by then, then I'll try and find it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28486568&postcount=2 read this i had a full brick on my phone (nothing would come on no download mode or anything just a black screen. that omap program fixed me right up.
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I'm trying to access the Download Mode for my Epic 4g but can't seem to do so. I've flashed my phone back to stock several times in the past so I know I'm following the correct procedure.
The problem started after flashing my phone to Eclair DI18 using Odin and using the one click root & recovery 2.55. I was constantly receiving 2.2 OTA update notices so I clicked install thinking that I could restore back to stock if something went wrong. I received an error message during the update but the phone was able to start into Eclair so I didn't think anything of it.
Well, I tried flashing my phone back to stock today for the purpose of updating the phone, but I couldn't get download mode to start. Thinking that I could restore the download mode using one of my old back up files from CW3, I tried the restore option but it was a no go.
Is there any way to restore my phone without using Odin? I'm still able to boot into recovery mode. If that's not possible, is there anyway to remove clockworkmod recovery so I can bring the phone into a Sprint store?
Thank you in advance!
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I'm trying to access the Download Mode for my Epic 4g but can't seem to do so. I've flashed my phone back to stock several times in the past so I know I'm following the correct procedure.
The problem started after flashing my phone to Eclair DK28 using Odin and using the one click root & recovery 2.55. I was constantly receiving 2.2 OTA update notices so I clicked install thinking that I could restore back to stock if something went wrong. I received an error message during the update but the phone was able to start into Eclair so I didn't think anything of it.
Well, I tried flashing my phone back to stock today for the purpose of updating the phone, but I couldn't get download mode to start. Thinking that I could restore the download mode using one of my old back up files from CW3, I tried the restore option but it was a no go.
Is there any way to restore my phone without using Odin? I'm still able to boot into recovery mode. If that's not possible, is there anyway to remove clockworkmod recovery so I can bring the phone into a Sprint store?
Thank you in advance!
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Download mode is built into the phone. ROMs shouldn't kill it. Pull out the battery, plug the phone into the computer. Now hold the 1 key and then press and hold the power button. If it goes into download mode then you can put the battery back in.
Just tried it but I get stuck in a boot loop. It boots into samsung screen, reboots, samsung screen, reboots...
With the battery in and usb out, i'm able to boot into CW recovery...
If you are holding the 1 button first then holding power you shouldnt go to the Samsung boot screen.
If you are I dont know of any other way to get into download mode. Sorry.
Neckberg said:
If you are holding the 1 button first then holding power you shouldnt go to the Samsung boot screen.
If you are I dont know of any other way to get into download mode. Sorry.
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Darn... that sucks... Thanks for the reply guys.
Try flashing a rom it might get you out of the boot loop
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I found this old thread, which looks promising, but the link to the stock DI18 file is dead...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861259
Trying to search for the file on google but no luck so far.
Maybe your 1 key is broken.
Do you BONSAI?
if the 1 and power= no download mode then maybe keeny is right and ur 1 key is broken, maybe use the samsung update tool with eb13 in it?
Does that make it go in download mode automatically?
Look in the dev section for the re-rfs rom and install that.
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Or lookup the usb jig that will put you in download mode...
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kennyglass123 said:
Maybe your 1 key is broken.
Do you BONSAI?
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Tested key in CWM and it works fine.
davidrules7778 said:
if the 1 and power= no download mode then maybe keeny is right and ur 1 key is broken, maybe use the samsung update tool with eb13 in it?
Does that make it go in download mode automatically?
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Tried it but it did not. I had to manually activate download mode.
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Look in the dev section for the re-rfs rom and install that.
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This is the first rom that actually flashed! Once the rom is flashed, I reboot the phone and it goes back into CWM recovery... Gawwwd, this is so frustrating!
R u flashing right type of rom
Rfs roms go with green recovery
Ext4 roms go with orange recovery
Blue recovery means your screwed
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R u flashing right type of rom
Rfs roms go with green recovery
Ext4 roms go with orange recovery
Blue recovery means your screwed
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Ya, I think so. From what I can tell, re-rfs should have worked on either green or orange recovery.
deano0714 said:
Look in the dev section for the re-rfs rom and install that.
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I took out the battery for awhile, plugged in my usb, and tried accessing download mode and it WORKED! Awesome! Thanks, man! re-rfs was the way to go
SOLVED! Thanks everyone for all of your replies
I am also having similar problem.
On pressing power on botton or Volume Down+Cam+ power button.. NOTHING HAPPENS.
However I can boot into Download Mode (on battery only).
1) Computer do not recognize USB Drive. (tried uninstalling drivers > rebooting > reinstalling > rebotting ) still USB device not recognized. Even tried with different USB cable. And different ports.
2) However I managed it on my other computer. Where only 1 out of 4 USB port recognize my device.
3) Tried Odin to flash EC05 Stock... It hangs at some place or the other, and screen goes off or some times green (very rare).
4) Phone do not restart in Download mode without battery.
I tried to boot download mode without battery (plugged into computer).. but it wont.
Battery+USB = phone wont boot in download mode.
Phone boots to download mode only on Battery.
After that If i plug in the phone and remove the battery.. screen still stays on.
Bricked my phone today. When powered on it freezes on the splash screen. Will boot into download mode but will not connect to Odin (my first choice for reflashing a rom/kernel to fix it). Will boot into stock recovery but everything I've tried flashing fails signature verification.
Anyone have a link or can point me in the direction of something I should be able to install via the stock recovery?
Earlier leaked version would let u flash from stock recovery but on fc05 its a no go. U gonna have to odin the stock el29 or eg30. If ur pc don't recognize your phone other option mobile Odin its 4.99 in the market.
It would be lot easier if u mention what rom or recovery up running?
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jnhelman said:
Bricked my phone today. When powered on it freezes on the splash screen. Will boot into download mode but will not connect to Odin (my first choice for reflashing a rom/kernel to fix it). Will boot into stock recovery but everything I've tried flashing fails signature verification.
Anyone have a link or can point me in the direction of something I should be able to install via the stock recovery?
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go into stock recovery wipe and restart
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Are you sure you have the right drivers installed on ur PC? After that try diff USB ports or a new cable.
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Yeah mobile odin is a no go bc it won't boot past the splash screen. A couple of the older stock leaks will flash from stock recovery though? I'll have to try that.
Tried wiping repeatedly, still stalls.
I've reinstalled the drivers a couple of times, literally tried 4 different cables & every USB. Phone is recognized by computer when it's stalled on the splash screen, just not in download mode.
thanks all for the input!
jnhelman said:
Yeah mobile odin is a no go bc it won't boot past the splash screen. A couple of the older stock leaks will flash from stock recovery though? I'll have to try that.
Tried wiping repeatedly, still stalls.
I've reinstalled the drivers a couple of times, literally tried 4 different cables & every USB. Phone is recognized by computer when it's stalled on the splash screen, just not in download mode.
thanks all for the input!
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Do you have it plugged in ? If so unplug it and boot .... Mine wil hang at first boot if its plugged in ....kind of stupid but happens
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So after rooting my recent Tmobile GS3 and then attempting to flash the overclock my phone simply wont turn on. The root did fine, and I was able to install setcpu and everything but the second I installed the overclock my phone shut down. Now whenever I attempt to turn my phone it just flashes the Samsung insignia and then it shuts down. I can get to the Downloading screen (by pressing Volume down + power + home) but can I do anything about that? If someone can help me out that would be amazing. Thanks.
Also, I tried flashing a stock rom with Odin and it keeps failing. If anyone knows anything thank you.
Can you get into recovery? Volume up + home + power
If so then flash back to a nandroid backup or to a new rom or whatever.
If recovery wont boot, try again but look for blue text at the top right corner that says "booting recovery" when the sammy logo comes up. I've had it where my recovery wouldnt boot but I saw that for a split second when I tried. If this is the case, get back into download mode and flash the insecure boot + cwm again with Odin. Then you should be able to get into recovery.
If Odin fails to flash, reboot you're computer and try a different USB cable.
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If you can get to download mode, then you're probably in good shape.
There are a few tricks that can be found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Just make sure when you odin/flash something, you are flashing the correct image for your phone/carrier.
same boat here
well I thought I'd give it a try using instructions here. and now I'm hosed. I was able to root and install the ALLINONE (Insecure Boot, CWM & Busybox) rebooted, super user showed up in apps etc. I thought everything was fine. the next thing I tried was disable boot up animation and now the phone won't boot up at all.
I can get into the recovery and download screens but whenever I try to restore I get "can't mount /sdcard/"
The toolkit no longer sees my phone either. When it's plugged in and the toolkit is active, it just cycles over and over "samsung" then "Samsung Galaxy SIII" logo then black screen repeat.
The toolkit keeps giving message either "device not found" or "Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled".
download mode/ Odin mode is working- I have downloaded the file:
Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229_ogindgck8z.zip
but haven't been able to get Odin to load it ... I have to be in download mode for that to work right?
Any tips are appreciated.
using TMO SGH-T999
Try flashing the same file you did to get root with Odin... then you should at least be able to get in to recovery and from there you're golden.
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andham95 said:
Try flashing the same file you did to get root with Odin... then you should at least be able to get in to recovery and from there you're golden.
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I tried that a few times to no avail and gave up. figured out that I needed to unzip the stock rom from t-mobile in order for Odin to recognize and load it. That's where I left it last night. So I'm now back to stock and reloading all my apps and settings.
I'm ok with that, this is my first go at flashing/rooting. My phone works ... and for that I'm breathing a little easier. thanks for your reply!
danfinger said:
I tried that a few times to no avail and gave up. figured out that I needed to unzip the stock rom from t-mobile in order for Odin to recognize and load it. That's where I left it last night. So I'm now back to stock and reloading all my apps and settings.
I'm ok with that, this is my first go at flashing/rooting. My phone works ... and for that I'm breathing a little easier. thanks for your reply!
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AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
CZ Eddie said:
AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
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Next lesson I need to study is the full backup so I don't have to re-do everything (took about 1.5 hours) -- the hardest one was my tasker macros.
Titanium backup......nuff said.lol
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CZ Eddie said:
AWESOME!
Now time to fook it up again.
You've recovered from your first fubar and now you're a root/rom veteran! :good:
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Lol, I needed that. Thanks. I remember when I first screwed up my hero a long time ago and had to get help. "I'm going to stay stock for a while", I think that feeling lasted a day if that.
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blacknight1114 said:
Titanium backup......nuff said.lol
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definitely, best tool to have. Get the paid version or its a pain to restore everything. Better than not having it but still.
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lopezpm said:
definitely, best tool to have. Get the paid version or its a pain to restore everything. Better than not having it but still.
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yep. That was the first thing I did after rooting. everything is nicely backed up to the internal SD as well as dropbox. Thanks! Looking forward to some really slick ROMs.
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danfinger said:
well I thought I'd give it a try using instructions here. and now I'm hosed. I was able to root and install the ALLINONE (Insecure Boot, CWM & Busybox) rebooted, super user showed up in apps etc. I thought everything was fine. the next thing I tried was disable boot up animation and now the phone won't boot up at all.
I can get into the recovery and download screens but whenever I try to restore I get "can't mount /sdcard/"
The toolkit no longer sees my phone either. When it's plugged in and the toolkit is active, it just cycles over and over "samsung" then "Samsung Galaxy SIII" logo then black screen repeat.
The toolkit keeps giving message either "device not found" or "Waiting for USB debugging to be enabled".
download mode/ Odin mode is working- I have downloaded the file:
Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999_TMB_1_20120523140229_ogindgck8z.zip
but haven't been able to get Odin to load it ... I have to be in download mode for that to work right?
Any tips are appreciated.
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I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?
Pull battery out, get sutff ready prior to odin, eithet recovery or stock img, then put battery back on, then put phone on download mode, vol. Up + vol.down then plug usb, tadda! You're on dowload mod make sure you have the right files, homie, if you are able to boot on recovery right now, that means you can boot into dowload mode just know the right button combo
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dudedude987 said:
I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?
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Have you tried putting a twrp recovery flashable zip as in flash twrp usig cwmt?
Then from there you can flash any rom too
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Hey, I had the same problem. Could only get into cmw 6.0.1.2 and all flashes would just freeze up. I flashed darkside superwipe till it stopped, pulled the battery, flashed an old ics ROM, looked like it froze again so i pulled battery and started phone normally, booted perfectly. Then downloaded ROM manager from play store and flashed cwm. Phones been working beautifully ever since.
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Pull battery out, get sutff ready prior to odin, eithet recovery or stock img, then put battery back on, then put phone on download mode, vol. Up + vol.down then plug usb, tadda! You're on dowload mod make sure you have the right files, homie, if you are able to boot on recovery right now, that means you can boot into dowload mode just know the right button combo
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... thanks but i cant get into download mode it goes strait to recvoery.... i know the right button combo...
iNeedICS said:
Have you tried putting a twrp recovery flashable zip as in flash twrp usig cwmt?
Then from there you can flash any rom too
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no i havnt ill check that out
bfloFBR said:
Hey, I had the same problem. Could only get into cmw 6.0.1.2 and all flashes would just freeze up. I flashed darkside superwipe till it stopped, pulled the battery, flashed an old ics ROM, looked like it froze again so i pulled battery and started phone normally, booted perfectly. Then downloaded ROM manager from play store and flashed cwm. Phones been working beautifully ever since.
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so? lol flash battery pull flash untill one of them completes? sounds like your phone was working fine and you didnt wanna wait for it to come around lol
Use a usb jig.
If that doesnt boot you in Download mode, then u messed up BIG TIME!
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... thanks but i cant get into download mode it goes strait to recvoery.... i know the right button combo...
no i havnt ill check that out
so? lol flash battery pull flash untill one of them completes? sounds like your phone was working fine and you didnt wanna wait for it to come around lol
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No, none of them fully completed, thats why i had to battery pull. For the first several flashes i let it sit for 10min+ hoping it would work itself out, to no avail. The battery pulls were out of frustration. I just did trial and error until it eventually worked. Sometimes you have to figure things out for yourself.
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bfloFBR said:
No, none of them fully completed, thats why i had to battery pull. For the first several flashes i let it sit for 10min+ hoping it would work itself out, to no avail. The battery pulls were out of frustration. I just did trial and error until it eventually worked. Sometimes you have to figure things out for yourself.
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Give this a try:
1) Go to Samsung Kies & download " Kies " on your PC.
2) Run Kies & click on the Tools tab.
3) Select " Firmware upgrade settings " & follow the on screen steps. Depending on your download speed this my take 1hr.
4) Your phone is back to stock ICS 4.0.4. Put this file on the root of your SD card " root.zip " You can also find this zip in the installed folder for Toolkit Beta.
5) Download & install " [APP] Samsung Galaxy S II Toolkit Beta V2.4 *ICS ROOT READY!!!* "
6) Follow the on screen steps to flash CWMT. This will use odin to flash CWM Touch back on your phone.
7) After odin opens click pda & select the recovery file " recovery.tar.md5 " it should be the only file listed.
8) After CWMT is on your phone and phone has rebooted unplug the usb wire from the phone & turn it off.
9) Pull battery wait for 10 sec then replace battery now push in and hold both volume up & volume down buttons at the same time then hold the power button until the phone vibrates. *Do not let go of the volume buttons until you see CWMT*. It will flash the screen one time then you are now ready to flash the root.zip file you put on your SD card.
10) Find the root.zip file you put on your SD card, now flash it *note it may not flash right away just keep trying until it flashes. Then reboot.
11) You should now be stock & rooted & ready to flash your hart out.
Let me know if this helps, I have done this 4x now & it works with no problems.
dudedude987 said:
I'm no coder but im no newb either been flashing with little to no issues since Heroc
but wtf t989!?
How i got here. flashed cwmT via term following the upgrade instructions. flashed cm9 but for got darkwhip got loop and died. trashed a usb cable got the battery charged, and the fun begins
no matter what i do phone can only successfully reach recovery mode cwmT 6.0.1.2 . I try to enter download nope vibrate samsung recovery (like a joke) no problem i thought... then it chokes up in the middle of anyflash!? i cant darkside wipe i cant wide factory i cant restore my backup...
i'd sure love to odin a funtioning recovery or fastboot this POS
any ideas?
IRC link?
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First plug in the USB to you phone
Second press and hold Vol up and down while you turning on you phone release only the power button then download mode should works now go back to stock and install twrp recovery and try it now
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I just bricked my Samsung Galaxy S2x (SGH-T989D). :crying:
I was trying to install the latest CWM recovery and Cyanogen ROMs. It all seemed to go smoothly, but then when I rebooted the phone it stuck on the Cyanogen animation - I left it for more that 15 minutes with no change. At that point I pulled the battery and restarted in recovery mode.
For some reason, the phone would freeze or reboot when I tried to clear the cache directory. The log showed errors that it couldn't access that cache directory either.
To make a long story short, I tried to use ODIN to reinstall the recovery and it crashed half way through. There was a Windows error that ODIN has stopped working and my only option was to close the app.I left the phone for a few minutes but nothing was happening, so I pulled the battery.
Needless to say, now I don't get any activity on the screen. ODIN doesn't see the phone. When I plug the USB cable I get a QHSUSB_DLOAD device under "Other devices".
I do have the Qualicomm QHUSB drivers and a copy of QPST (v 2.7.323 from 2008), but I doubt that will help me much.
What do I do next? Is there any way to fix this? It's a Koodo phone, but I doubt that they'll take it as a warranty repair/swap as it's been unlocked so I can use it on Rogers.
Thanks for ANY help at all! (Even name calling!)
Well if you got $50 bucks check out mobiletechvides
Is.com they will JTAG it for you for around 50 bucks which is ur only option at this point or send it in for a warranty swap out
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I should have mentioned that I have three of these phones, so there are two I can use to get stock images from, if I can figure out how.
I have connectivity to the phone using QPST... (screen capture attached).
Does anyone know if it's possible to use QPST to capture an image from a good phone?
I've tried to connect to COM8 with PuTTY, but it is unable to open a connection.
Well you're just soft bricked because you didn't wipe system before flashing the new ROM
Easy fix
Odin back to stock ROM (there's a thread in the roll up stickies in dev section)
Odin flash a recovery
Go to goo.im and search under devs gir ericwill and find his openrecovery folder and download twrp 2.4 or just Google search "twrp Hercules 2.5 goo"
Flash it in cwm
Reboot back into recovery
Click wipe
Click advance wipe
Check first 4 options (dalvik, data, system, cache)
Swipe to wipe at the bottom
Now flash your ROM followed by gapps and reboot.
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iburnhearts said:
Well you're just soft bricked because you didn't wipe system before flashing the new ROM
Easy fix
Odin back to stock ROM (there's a thread in the roll up stickies in dev section)
Odin flash a recovery
Go to goo.im and search under devs gir ericwill and find his openrecovery folder and download twrp 2.4 or just Google search "twrp Hercules 2.5 goo"
Flash it in cwm
Reboot back into recovery
Click wipe
Click advance wipe
Check first 4 options (dalvik, data, system, cache)
Swipe to wipe at the bottom
Now flash your ROM followed by gapps and reboot.
Sent from my Infamous Hercules.
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Unfortunately, ODIN doesn't see the phone at all.
The phone shows up in the Windows Device Mangler as a Qualicomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008. (or QHSUSB_DLOAD before I loaded the Qualicomm drivers)
I will take a look at for the posts that you mention though.
Thanks!
Cal_ab said:
Unfortunately, ODIN doesn't see the phone at all.
The phone shows up in the Windows Device Mangler as a Qualicomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008. (or QHSUSB_DLOAD before I loaded the Qualicomm drivers)
I will take a look at for the posts that you mention though.
Thanks!
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I know Odin doesn't see your phone...but the thread I'm talking about has a link to the drivers that will let odin see your phone
Here's the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
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Download Mode
I was reading this and i noticed u never said u anything about put ur phone in download mode have u tryed,
You can do that by pressing the Volume Down and Volume Up keys. Keep the buttons pressed and connect your phone to the computer via USB cable. Wait until Download Mode boots.
Just a thought im sure u already tried but it sounds like u had a little bit of life out of since it booted and froze, i recently bricked mine and could get it to do anything theres a guy on pm me ill send u his name jtag for 25$ and have done and back to u less than 7 days!!!:good:
Try opening kies on your computer and selecting emergency firmware recovery. It worked for me when something similar happened to me.
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u gotta verify whether its a soft or hard brick.
u need to put phone in dl mode and try with odin ..flash cwm again ...if u have a backup already..restore it.
make sure to disable kies & any antivirus.
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If possible try another pc.
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*sigh*
I cannot get ODIN to flash the stock rom... It stops at "SetupConnection.."
One thing to note, when I try to put the phone into download mode, the screen stays black. Device Mangler says "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM5)". ODIN does see the phone.
Readdownload the zip and let it flash
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esema1o said:
Readdownload the zip and let it flash
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I'm not sure what you mean.
It sat at Setup Connection for an hour.
I've tried on a couple PC's, and using different cables and USB ports.
Is there anything else I can do to verify that the connection is going to work? Use a terminal on the COM port? ADB?
Thanks for the help guys!
Did you try kies? Open kies on your computer and select "emergency firmware recovery“. It will ask you to enter your serial number (take off the back cover of the phone to see the serial number).
That should get you back to stock. Worked for me when I was having the same problem.
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gc84245 said:
Did you try kies? Open kies on your computer and select "emergency firmware recovery“. It will ask you to enter your serial number (take off the back cover of the phone to see the serial number).
That should get you back to stock. Worked for me when I was having the same problem.
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Unfortunately it says, "the SGH-T989D does not support initialising". Good info though as I didn't try it before.
:crying:
...going for a warranty repair.
At this point I'm going to try for a warranty repair. I haven't had the phone too long and I'm hoping that they don't dig too far when they receive it from me.
Thanks guys!
I'm betting they toss them in a bin if they don't boot! Pretty sure they won't launch an investigation on every phone that gets sent in.
Its the ones that send them in rooted with a custom rom still on them and their volume button quit that get denied warrenty. Lol
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Use Odin to flash twrp
Justizs26 said:
Use Odin to flash twrp
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And that will help how???? Lol
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Cal_ab said:
At this point I'm going to try for a warranty repair. I haven't had the phone too long and I'm hoping that they don't dig too far when they receive it from me.
Thanks guys!
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I sent like 3 phone brick and 2 root and they never check them out
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