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The situation:
While rooting my phone for the first time, I was using Odin3 v1.85 and when the progress bar was to about 95%, my power goes out. So, the firmware upgrade was unsuccessful. I now have an error screen that states "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." The problem is, my computer (and other computers that also have the correct drivers installed) will not recognize my phone. Odin also fails to recognize my phone once plugged in.
I can however put my phone into download mode, but seeing as no computer will recognize the phone, it seems fairly useless.
After reading several articles (didn't seem to find any with the exact same problem) from the forum, I am at a loss of what else I can possibly do to keep from pronouncing it bricked.
The thing that is most worrying to me is that I can't connect it to a computer which would mean I won't have access to any of the firmware to possibly make changes.
PLEASE if you have any suggestions on what I can try or need more information about my situation to form an idea, let me know. As we all know these are not cheap devices and I REALLY don't want for mine to be gone....
LogicMonster said:
The situation:
While rooting my phone for the first time, I was using Odin3 v1.85 and when the progress bar was to about 95%, my power goes out. So, the firmware upgrade was unsuccessful. I now have an error screen that states "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." The problem is, my computer (and other computers that also have the correct drivers installed) will not recognize my phone. Odin also fails to recognize my phone once plugged in.
I can however put my phone into download mode, but seeing as no computer will recognize the phone, it seems fairly useless.
After reading several articles (didn't seem to find any with the exact same problem) from the forum, I am at a loss of what else I can possibly do to keep from pronouncing it bricked.
The thing that is most worrying to me is that I can't connect it to a computer which would mean I won't have access to any of the firmware to possibly make changes.
PLEASE if you have any suggestions on what I can try or need more information about my situation to form an idea, let me know. As we all know these are not cheap devices and I REALLY don't want for mine to be gone....
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Do you hear any dings when you connect to the computer?
There are no dings. The computer is not detecting it all, I know there are other ways to check to see if anything is connected and I know for a fact it isn't being recognized as even being there. I might as well have plugged the other end into a banana for all my computer cares.
Can you boot into recovery? (Hold volume up and power button on reboot)
I cannot, I am greeted with the same error message as when booting normally
So, when in download mode, Odin no longer recognizes the device? The ID:COM box does not turn yellow?
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So, when in download mode, Odin no longer recognizes the device? The ID:COM box does not turn yellow?
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That is correct
Try this on your computer. Go to device manager by typing "device manager" in the start menu search. Click on device manager. On the menu bar click on view>show hidden devices. Then in the universal Serial bus controllers look for Samsung Mobile USB CDC composite Device. If you cant see it, try to connect your device while in download/odin mode. If you can see it then right click on it and disable it. Then reconnect your phone again. If you can't see it at all, you might have officially bricked your phone.
What exactly were you trying to flash?
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What exactly were you trying to flash?
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That was going to be my next question.
I was using the files from this post, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265429
The problem is that my power cut out for just a second at the most optimal time it seems... while writing.
And Benthe1, I had looked at that already but checked again just to be absolutely certain and I am absolutely certain My computer is not recognizing anything being plugged in.
Why does everyone get so worried about bricks? If you listen to the devs and mods here... they say read carefully. Do your research. Ill give y'all the best hint in the world. Two in fact. Google. RiffBox. Read. Learn. Save. Ressurrect. Enjoy.
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atrixboy said:
Why does everyone get so worried about bricks? If you listen to the devs and mods here... they say read carefully. Do your research. Ill give y'all the best hint in the world. Two in fact. Google. RiffBox. Read. Learn. Save. Ressurrect. Enjoy.
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1. Not helpful.
2. I've done my research and no freak accidents in the middle of a root that screwed up the firmware somehow.
3. People worry about bricks because it is a $500 device. Anything that expensive that I have personally paid for, I worry about doing things to regardless of how confident I am in what I'm doing.
atrixboy said:
Why does everyone get so worried about bricks? If you listen to the devs and mods here... they say read carefully. Do your research. Ill give y'all the best hint in the world. Two in fact. Google. RiffBox. Read. Learn. Save. Ressurrect. Enjoy.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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It sounds like he was listening to the devs and did his research. If you read the OP his power went out in the middle of the flash. This could happen to anyone, including you!
Have you tried uninstalling drivers and reinstalling them? I'm suprised you can get to Odin mode but your computer will not recognize your phone.
I might have miscommunicated that, I can NOT get in to Odin mode. I was saying that I can get my phone into download mode, but any interaction between my phone and the computer is non-existent.
After trying to get it working before this post I was fairly certain it had been bricked, but figured asking the long shot question of whether or not anyone else had the same thing happen or had some super secret advice (a.k.a. wizardry) that I could try wouldn't hurt. I may have to head up to the Sprint store in the morning and play the dumb customer to see if I can get it replaced.
Hey Logic, this may sound simplistic but have you tried pulling the battery, using a different usb cable?
I have indeed. I know that happens to be the problem sometimes though so no harm in asking.
I've gotten that screen before. It basically happens if ODIN opens up an upload session but doesn't close it.
I was able to get out of that mode by using an USB jig.
As long as you weren't flashing the intl bootloader, you should be able to recover.
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I have indeed. I know that happens to be the problem sometimes though so no harm in asking.
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Another simple one, try rebooting your computer. We need just a ding from the computer, and there is hope. Make sure you are in download mode, then plug into the computer. Try the reverse as well.
I can get into download mode, but odin doesn't recognize, the only other screen i get too sdays "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again, but Kies cant connect to it, am i screwed? Please help this all happened from changing my screen density, i cant find anyway too restore, i'm not a noob and am in desperate help, i'm gonna be soo bummed if i brick, but i have a feeling if i can get too download mode, there must be a way too restore it.
BbbYou say no recovery, but you should have at least stock recovery I think. Try holding volume up and power, is you can get in, restore to stock from there.
If doesn't work I would start by reinstalling the drivers or try a different computer.
You'll be fine.
Also you should state you rom, what you did before, rooted, etc
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I flashed the newest version of Roman BB's AOKP CM9 Kang and tried to change the density, i went too restore my nandroid and it froze before it finished, I tried odin and the first 2 times it recognized but both froze before the end. im kinda couch surfing so now i'm incredibally screwed without a phone, please help.
badname said:
BbbYou say no recovery, but you should have at least stock recovery I think. Try holding volume up and power, is you can get in, restore to stock from there.
If doesn't work I would start by reinstalling the drivers or try a different computer.
You'll be fine.
Also you should state you rom, what you did before, rooted, etc
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Roman bb's most updated AOKP, i changed the screen density and when i went to reboot it bootlooped, so i tried restoring a nandroid wich failed, tryed again, and now i cant get too recovery, i can only get too download mode, so i tried using odin too go back too stock, it failed almost at the end, twice, now i cant get odin to recognize my phone and it wont turn on, the only thing i can do is get too download mode, and too the thing saying use kies recovery, which does nothing because it won't connect. I'm at a total lost, i'm so scared i lost my only source of income, at this point in my life, if i dont have a phone, i dont have work or food or a warm place too sleep. Please anyone with any ideas please help.
I hate to be the one to tell you this but you're probably bricked. The giveaway is if you have problems in Odin at data.img:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
Will recommend that if you have further questions to post in that thread.
When going from ICS to anything else you should use ODIN to go back to stock. Anything else and you're risking a brick. More here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Hope this helps.
One quick question - which phone are you using and which usb cable for odin?
Be sure that using the original usb cable during odin.
kobridge said:
One quick question - which phone are you using and which usb cable for odin?
Be sure that using the original usb cable during odin.
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I've never heard that one before. What do you think is unique about the stock micro-usb cable?
micro usb cable is not unique. There's standard size of micro usb and pin numbers, etc. But based on the product, it's not fit well each other.
One example is old LG micro usb cable is not going well with Samsung phones.
Of course, I tried this by myself and it always fails. But original micro usb cable which comes together with phone, it never failed.
garwynn said:
I hate to be the one to tell you this but you're probably bricked. The giveaway is if you have problems in Odin at data.img:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
Will recommend that if you have further questions to post in that thread.
When going from ICS to anything else you should use ODIN to go back to stock. Anything else and you're risking a brick. More here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Hope this helps.
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i didnt go from ics to anything else, i changed the screen density, and it seems no one in those threads can get into download mode, i just cant get my odin to recognize my phone.
simple
TimidRat said:
i didnt go from ics to anything else, i changed the screen density, and it seems no one in those threads can get into download mode, i just cant get my odin to recognize my phone.
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use a different cable and uninstall drivers and reinstall reboot computer also
kobridge said:
micro usb cable is not unique. There's standard size of micro usb and pin numbers, etc. But based on the product, it's not fit well each other.
One example is old LG micro usb cable is not going well with Samsung phones.
Of course, I tried this by myself and it always fails. But original micro usb cable which comes together with phone, it never failed.
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Yeah now that you mention it I realized my nook color micro usb cable has a longer metal end-piece than my E4GT, and won't connect properly. I thought the length of the metal prong would have also been standardized. Go figure.
TimidRat said:
I flashed CM9. i went too restore my nandroid.
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This is the problem unless you flashed a gb kernel/recovery first. You should not do anything in ICS recovery.
kobridge said:
micro usb cable is not unique. There's standard size of micro usb and pin numbers, etc. But based on the product, it's not fit well each other.
One example is old LG micro usb cable is not going well with Samsung phones.
Of course, I tried this by myself and it always fails. But original micro usb cable which comes together with phone, it never failed.
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Its true not all cables are the same, but the funny part is from the beginning of OG Epic days we figured out quick the only thing you should do with the stock cable is charge... its garbage. Maybe the new model is better, havent tried it, but it looked pretty much the same, thin little thing... I use my 4 year old BBerry cable, about as thick as a cat-5... never had an issue. But yeah, try new drivers, cable, diff PC, use a USB that is physically part of the Motherboard of the PC (desktop)... all these things help with the shoddy drivers, etc... you may get lucky...
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i didnt go from ics to anything else, i changed the screen density, and it seems no one in those threads can get into download mode, i just cant get my odin to recognize my phone.
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But you said you did attempt a restore through CWM after the bootloop, correct? If you did and you're having problems you *may* have bricked. Using ODIN is a surefire way to confirm whether you did or not. If you didn't attempt anything through CWM while having CM9 installed then you may not be bricked but are obviously still having issues. As it has been said before - and quite often - CWM at your own risk; ODIN is believed to be the safest option.
Regardless, if you're having problems and the USB cable doesn't fix it I'll still recommend trying to get back to a GB stock ROM by ODIN. At the worst you've lost what you have done since the last backup, since you can restore that from the backup once you get back to GB. With so many bricked phones lately it may be best to err on the side of caution this time...
I've tried everything mentioned, except a different pc, i tried linux, on my pc odin doesntr recognize my phone, , but i just went and plugged a flash fdrive in so now im thinking my computer is having usb problems, so im gonna try another computer, i also made a usb jig to reset the odin counter too take it too sprint but it didnt work... i'm so confused and screwed without my phone. Thank you everyone for trying too help. Any more ides are greatly appreciated! Thanks soo much guys!
ive had this problem before and basically my phone would turn on but no signal sd card didnt work wouldent read in computer but if you cant get it to work and have fifty bucks u can go to mobiletechvideos.com and it will take about mabe 3-4 days mine took a week since i sent on a friday but it costs fifty bucks and the only thing when i came back that wasnt working 100% was the picture gallery. true him if it comes down to it
Well, since you're getting the firmware upgrade error, I'm gonna bet your phone is bricked. That happened to me, I finally took it to the Spring repair center and they couldn't fix it, so they swapped my phone out.
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blackroseMD1 said:
Well, since you're getting the firmware upgrade error, I'm gonna bet your phone is bricked. That happened to me, I finally took it to the Spring repair center and they couldn't fix it, so they swapped my phone out.
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Yup that's what theyre doing for me, i'll get it tomorrow or tuesday, cant complain too much im gonna get one with no scratches.
Thank you everyone who replied, im set egtting my new one, im gonna try and swindle kepping the bricked one cause im sure it could be of major use too a dev....
Sprint Epic 4G Touch Appears Bricked
My Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch will no longer connect to my computer (also tried another computer and different usb cable), after a failed attempt to upgrade to ICS 4.0. The phone will not load up now to 'normal' operating mode.
It will only come up to the message:
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I can no longer get into Recovery or Download modes. At least none that work. (See below)
I also built and tried the USB jig solution, which does power on the phone, but it then comes up and says:
FACTORY MODE
PRODUCT NAME" GT-19100
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (2 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
Downloading...
Do not turn off target!!
But connecting to my PC still fails. Any ideas?
So the short question is if there is any way for me to get root without a working usb port?
Last week I plugged in to charge my phone overnight with the phone off. In the morning, I was surprised to find that the screen was on and what should have been a full green battery was instead a scrambled image that kind of looked like a battery. I powered on the phone and it worked so I thought nothing of it but later on that night I needed to pull a file off my phone via usb and realized that the phone will no longer detect the usb host, ie. no mtp options whatsoever. It at least does still charge.
Since then I have tried cleaning the usb connector, pulling the battery/sim, setting the UART using *#7284#(PDA, mtp+adb), multiple computers, and multiple cables(including the Samsung one) and the phone still doesn't ever think its connected to a host. So today I decided to use my php warranty service which meant I had to restore stock recovery and rom. So I grabbed mobile odin and a stock UVLDJA image. Ran Triangle away once to clear the counter, and another time to verify it was at zero, and installed the full image via mobile Odin. When the phone booted back up, it successfully installed the rom only the flash counter is back at one and now I have lost root. If I had used my head I should have flashed just the recovery first but I wasn't thinking....
Any suggestions on how to get root back? I read these forums quite a bit and I am thinking that I am SOL but hoping maybe someone has a suggestion I haven't seen yet.
Dlkiser said:
So the short question is if there is any way for me to get root without a working usb port?
Last week I plugged in to charge my phone overnight with the phone off. In the morning, I was surprised to find that the screen was on and what should have been a full green battery was instead a scrambled image that kind of looked like a battery. I powered on the phone and it worked so I thought nothing of it but later on that night I needed to pull a file off my phone via usb and realized that the phone will no longer detect the usb host, ie. no mtp options whatsoever. It at least does still charge.
Since then I have tried cleaning the usb connector, pulling the battery/sim, setting the UART using *#7284#(PDA, mtp+adb), multiple computers, and multiple cables(including the Samsung one) and the phone still doesn't ever think its connected to a host. So today I decided to use my php warranty service which meant I had to restore stock recovery and rom. So I grabbed mobile odin and a stock UVLDJA image. Ran Triangle away once to clear the counter, and another time to verify it was at zero, and installed the full image via mobile Odin. When the phone booted back up, it successfully installed the rom only the flash counter is back at one and now I have lost root. If I had used my head I should have flashed just the recovery first but I wasn't thinking....
Any suggestions on how to get root back? I read these forums quite a bit and I am thinking that I am SOL but hoping maybe someone has a suggestion I haven't seen yet.
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Checking your flash counter in TA trips your counter, that's why it's at 1. Use mobile Odin to flash root66 to get rooted again.
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Towle said:
Checking your flash counter in TA trips your counter, that's why it's at 1. Use mobile Odin to flash root66 to get rooted again.
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Ok, thanks for the explanation on the counter. Don't I need root already to run mobile Odin?
Dlkiser said:
Ok, thanks for the explanation on the counter. Don't I need root already to run mobile Odin?
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Oh, duh! Yes lol you do. There would be no other way. Have you tried a factory reset then try to connect your phone? You could also try to install Kies on your PC to make sure all drivers are correctly installed.
If you wouldn't have said you have tried other cables, I would have for sure thought defective cable. Some cables are also charge only.
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Towle said:
Oh, duh! Yes lol you do. There would be no other way. Have you tried a factory reset then try to connect your phone? You could also try to install Kies on your PC to make sure all drivers are correctly installed.
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Yeah, did the factory reset along with all of the other suggestions I could find. I typically try to avoid Kies and since I cannot even get the device to enumerate I'm pretty sure it's not driver related.
I think my only hope would be getting root or twrp intalled via stock recovery or adb over wifi.
Thanks, I appreciate the help.
download Odin3 v1.85
Put your phone in download mode (vol down=menu=power then after the screen comes up press vol up
plug the phone usb to the computer,
run odin
the first box on the top left should have a colored highlight (the ID:COM )
if that pops up, your phone is 99% functioning correctly, and only problem is in your computer.
When trying do do a regulad usb transfer to the computer:
I have noticed, sometimes I have to connect, wait a bit (like maybe 2 minutes)
then disconnect the cable for about 15 sec then connect again, and it pops up after a minute
you could also try this:
open explorer on the computer(double click on my computer) and see if there is a t999 in your left pane. Sometimes the autorun function in the
computer gets farkled and it does not open automatically and you have to do it manually,
Good luck & Aloha !
Go to galaxys3root.com and follow his t.mobile root tutorial WORD FOR WORD. USE THE USB THE PHONE CAME WITH AND KILL SAMSUNG KIES. also run Odin before you connect the phone to Pc, should be no problem bruh once it took me a couple of hours making love to my comp before I got a colored com box. And use a windows PC Mac suxx for this kind of.
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I've basically given up trying to get the usb port working... I am convinced this is a hardware issue. Nothing shows up in the device manager when I plug in the phone whether USB debugging is on/off or I am in normal mode or download mode. The phone will never bring up the MTP options in the notification bar either. Again this is with multiple cables on 2 different comps where it used to work just fine. I think whatever bad charge experience I had last week damaged the USB host controller on the phone.
I think what looks promising now is using adb over wifi(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26844535) along with root via adb(http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-u-s-canadian-dual-core-galaxy-s3-on-mac-osx/). I can't do this at work but I'll follow up tonight on what will hopefully be success in case this could help someone else out.
Edit: Ugh, some quick googling shows that I need either root or working USB to make adb over wifi work.
Would you want to replace your chatging port?
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AppzTheGawd said:
Would you want to replace your chatging port?
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I don't think so.... the micro usb port is mounted on the main board and short of replacing that entire board it would be a ton of time/effort for something that I don't exactly think is the problem.
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I've basically given up trying to get the usb port working... I am convinced this is a hardware issue. Nothing shows up in the device manager when I plug in the phone whether USB debugging is on/off or I am in normal mode or download mode. The phone will never bring up the MTP options in the notification bar either. Again this is with multiple cables on 2 different comps where it used to work just fine. I think whatever bad charge experience I had last week damaged the USB host controller on the phone.
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This happened to me, and it was from using different devices in the same port (with same cable). I switched ports and it worked. Might not work for you, but worth a mention - it really stumped me and I tried everything including restoring the OS to an earlier point.
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Dlkiser said:
I don't think so.... the micro usb port is mounted on the main board and short of replacing that entire board it would be a ton of time/effort for something that I don't exactly think is the problem.
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Now that S3's are getting older, more people will be losing their functional USB ports. I found holding the phone vertically with steady even pressure on the plug was the trick to getting a solid connection on my flaky port, at least enough to get stock back (to send it back). That was the longest 15 minutes of my life (OK, not, but it was in the top 10, mostly because it was simultaneously nerve-wracking and insanely boring).
I tried de-soldering a usb port on a Galaxy S. Yeah.... To say it mildly, the way Samsung sets them up is booby-trapped. You can't get the existing silver solder hot enough to melt without toasting the board somehow. The boards are also wafer-thin and dimensional on both sides. Despite generally having a knack for fine tuning and detail work (thanks to estrogen or something), I felt like an ogre in a doll house. I definitely would suggest having all the (exactly) right tools in place before tackling it. Even then it might not be the port itself, but something between the actual port and the other components.
One other thing to note, Mobile Odin is an amazing tool, but it's even ***more crucial*** than regular Odin to get your ducks in a row before you flash. Know exactly what you are flashing what your next steps are, and what your results are supposed to be. One thing in particular: if you flash a stock ROM, it includes stock recovery, and you will lose root. make sure you've run Triangle Away before you flash stock (which won't trigger your counter, but anything else will).
I plan to keep the Triangle Away and Mobile Odin apk's ready on ExtSD to install, and a copy of a stock image (ROM) as well, from now on, on all my phones. You never know when that port is going to give up the ghost.
Just thought I'd add a couple things here. More times than not, when someone thinks their usb port on the phone is bad, it's actually just the cable. Even if the cable works on something else, or works to charge the phone. They ruin much, much, more easily than anyone wants to believe! Especially when you plug/unplug it as often as with a phone.
As for Mobile Odin, I fully agree! It's one of my favorite apps by far! But if you're going to keep stock firmware handy, which I highly recommend, you may as well keep the root66 version. Flash back with that, then run triangle away, then in SuperSU, choose full unroot. Then all you need is a factory reset. Making TA the last step makes for far fewer user mistakes.
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Let me start off by saying, I'm completely ignorant whenever it comes to rooting/flashing or any advance knowledge with phones, so I will not be too shocked if I screwed up my phone to no hope...
My brother recently got a new phone and sent me his Epic 4 G Touch which is a nice upgrade to my older Smart Phone. However, since the first day I received it, I've had issues. After activation with Sprint (a few days back), I didn't have service, I told him about the issue and he said I would need to flash the phone to solve my problem, he directly linked me to a tutorial here by Rwilco12 on how to 'root' the phone.
I've never done anything remotely similar to rooting a phone, but I figured I'm not an idiot, I can follow step by step directions....
So I thought. :silly:
I'm not big on the history of the phone but whenever I could actually turn it on, (without service) all I know is, it was running 'Jelly Bam', I assumed it was a variant of Jelly Bean, was that stupid? After downloading the Samsung Drivers, Kies, Superuser and one of the one click kernels (Jelly Bean: Agat63's Source-Built GB27 Recovery - which is where I originally believe I messed up)
I had the biggest issue getting my CPU to recognize my phone.
USB Device Not Recognized - One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctione, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.
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I was stuck trying to figure out the solution to that issue for days, mostly because I didn't have the time. I re-installed the drivers multiple times, uninstalled Kies, re-installed Kies, tried to update driver software, uninstalled all the USB Host Controllers/ Root Hubs, cleaned the USB Port, tried different USB ports/computers, restarted...FINALLY, I believe after changing my phones USB Storage, it finally recognized it, and at that time Kies was running as well.
I was finally able to go to the next step which was opening the ODIN program I downloaded in the tutorial as well, turned my phone into ODIN MODE, (closed Kies) completed the step by step process and it successfully finished flashing the Jelly Bean recovery. (I was initially happy, I thought I may have gotten all of this completed!)
Well, I go to turn my phone on and it loads up the Galaxy S 2 screen with the yellow triangle, then the screen turns black and nothing happens afterwards. I've been stuck here ever since. I figured if I could just flash an original stock rom onto the phone, all of my problems would be solved.
I can still go into Download mode and Recovery Mode..., to go into recovery mode the LED blinks once, shows me the Galaxy S2 logo, repeats and then puts me into AGAT_Recovery tREC_v0.2.2
My biggest problem is, I'm back stuck to where I can't get my CPU to recognize my phone no matter what I do, re-install the drivers, use Kies, don't use Kies, use different ports or computers, clean the USB port...the only thing I haven't tried is a different USB cord, only because I don't have ANOTHER one that actually seems to work with the phone, even though they fit the port.
Any suggestions are much appreciated, any answers, or next step in directions if I can ever get my phone to sync so I can run ODIN again.
My biggest questions at this point are, is my phone bricked? Can it still be saved? (I'm hopeful, just due to that fact I can get into recovery/DL modes.)
And how the FK do I fix this mess? :laugh:
Right now if you boot into download does your computer recognize the phone? If yes, download a full stock one click, found in the stickies.
If not with the recovery you can go to mount > mount usb storage connect to computer it should find it. Then dl to your computer whatever rom you want then copy to your phone via recovery
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mkfryan said:
Right now if you boot into download does your computer recognize the phone? If yes, download a full stock one click, found in the stickies.
If not with the recovery you can go to mount > mount usb storage connect to computer it should find it. Then dl to your computer whatever rom you want then copy to your phone via recovery
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No, currently my biggest issue is getting any CPU to recognize my phone. Mounting the USB storage did not work.
LeBricked James said:
No, currently my biggest issue is getting any CPU to recognize my phone. Mounting the USB storage did not work.
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Hate to say this..but you need to try a new usb cord
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You may also need to download the driver's again
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Stryke_the_Orc said:
You may also need to download the driver's again
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I will continue to try this, I really hope it's something as stupid as the USB cord.
I still need a few questions answered though, I'd actually like to learn about what I did and what I'm doing. Was there something wrong with what I originally flashed with Odin?
Was it the wrong thing? (Kernel)
Without a little more information we can't 100% diagnose it, but making an educated guess I believe you have either a bad usb cord or a bad usb port.
The fact you can get into recovery and download mode means you still have working hardware you just have to get the software on it.
I would recommend getting a new cord first and then try it from another computer.
rwilco12 said:
Without a little more information we can't 100% diagnose it, but making an educated guess I believe you have either a bad usb cord or a bad usb port.
The fact you can get into recovery and download mode means you still have working hardware you just have to get the software on it.
I would recommend getting a new cord first and then try it from another computer.
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Hmmmm....sound familiar? . Listen to the man, get yourself a new cord bro!
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jdsingle76 said:
Hmmmm....sound familiar? . Listen to the man, get yourself a new cord bro!
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I would've left it in your's and Stryke's very capable hands but I got a PM early this morning asking me to check out the thread and see if I could help. Didn't want to ignore him.
Hello, I purchased a phone off kijiji fully knowing it was not functional - For the 40 dollars my curiosity got the best of me; and if I can fix it well I can get myself a new phone for cheap. I was informed that this phone: Samsung Galaxy sgh-i747m had the latest update (not custom rom). The phone suddenly would not boot past Samsung logo and by the time I bought it, would not boot up at all. So after doing extensive research I decided I would give the 16gb class 10 sd card boot a chance. While somewhat of a success, the only thing it boots me to is this.
BOOT RECOVERY MODE (IN GREEN)
CHECK BOOT PARTITIONS
COPY FROM T-FLASH
BOOT RECOVERY
WRITE 159488 SECTORS
FLASH WRITE FAILURE (RED)
ODIN MODE (RED)
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747M
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: NONE
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER AP SWERV: 1
I should note that with the debrick-SGH-I747M-UEMK5 image that I used, the phone will boot to recovery mode without holding any buttons(While Plugged in). It will also boot to recovery if it is unplugged and I simply hold and release the power button when I feel the vibrate. I have also tried volume down + home + power. Same thing. If I take the sd card out I cannot get any sign of life / no recovery mode.
The computer does not see the device at all, even in device manager as a random name. There are no signs of life on the computer end. ODIN also does not detect it even when in boot recovery mode. Will not boot to download mode. A red light comes on if I pull the battery out and plug in the usb cable.
Do you have access to a USB jig to see if you can get into download mode?
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Do you have access to a USB jig to see if you can get into download mode?
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No, I was contemplating making one or ordering one online but was unsure if that would make any difference. But I am willing to try anything even if there is a slight possibility it could work.
Where are you located? I recall seeing a thread on XDA about people that has a USB job for use by other XDA members.
audit13 said:
Where are you located? I recall seeing a thread on XDA about people that has a USB job for use by other XDA members.
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I am in Thunder Bay, ON
I'm in Toronto which doesn't help you right now. Maybe order a USB jib and see what happens.
If you decide to sell the phone, let me know as I need to try and repair a phone that has a defective lcd and digitizer.
audit13 said:
I'm in Toronto which doesn't help you right now. Maybe order a USB jib and see what happens.
If you decide to sell the phone, let me know as I need to try and repair a phone that has a defective lcd and digitizer.
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Will do. Going to build jig today and test it out
Another solution may be to have the firmware flashed via jtag.
You should be able to flash with Odin from there if I'm not mistaken. (Been a long time since I've been through this part myself). You may need to try different drivers, different cables, usb ports, etc.
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Another solution may be to have the firmware flashed via jtag.
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Yea I didn't want to have to go that route if possible as my goal was to gain experience and knowledge from this little project. If I got the phone working then I would just replace my old Samsung infuse. I made the USB Jig using the 301K ohm's and it still does not work. I know the jig works because I tested it on my wife sgh-i747m and also on my infuse. Both of which boot into download mode immediately. My concern is there is something wrong with the main board because it really doesn't seem like it was rooted at all.
I am just going to see what I can get for it at this point, I paid 70 so would be looking to get at least 60
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You should be able to flash with Odin from there if I'm not mistaken. (Been a long time since I've been through this part myself). You may need to try different drivers, different cables, usb ports, etc.
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I have tried 5 different cords, and two different computers on all usb ports. Nothing
You said it'll boot recovery, is it stock or a custom one? Also, are you familiar with ADB?
When you plug it into the computer, is it detected by odin? If so, what does it say in the message box when you try to flash?
Look in device manager too. What does it detect the device as?
gravitysdepth said:
Yea I didn't want to have to go that route if possible as my goal was to gain experience and knowledge from this little project. If I got the phone working then I would just replace my old Samsung infuse. I made the USB Jig using the 301K ohm's and it still does not work. I know the jig works because I tested it on my wife sgh-i747m and also on my infuse. Both of which boot into download mode immediately. My concern is there is something wrong with the main board because it really doesn't seem like it was rooted at all.
I am just going to see what I can get for it at this point, I paid 70 so would be looking to get at least 60
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Hi,
Send me a message of you want to sell your s3.
Cheers.
I have an SGH-i747m and I'm having the same problem. Was a solution ever found?
Black Adam said:
I have an SGH-i747m and I'm having the same problem. Was a solution ever found?
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You have the Canadian version of the s3? Will you phone boot into download mode without the sd card installed?
Sorry, I have the SGH-i747. The phone only boots with the SD card and just stays in download mode. Odin doesn't recognize it.
Black Adam said:
Sorry, I have the SGH-i747. The phone only boots with the SD card and just stays in download mode. Odin doesn't recognize it.
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What was the last stock ATT ROM on the phone? Can the phone boot into download mode without the external SD card?
When you connect the phone to you computer in download mode, are you prompted to install drivers? If you are using Windows, any unrecognized devices in device manager?
And don't forget to try different cables and every USB port on the computer. Cables go bad much more easily than most people think, and many charging cables cannot be used for data transfer.
I've seen a number of times where people found that only one of the USB ports would allow it to connect.
You might also want to try several different driver versions. (I'd start with the oldest that was release along with the S3.) You can find several in the link in my signature.
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