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[Q] Bricked Phone

Hello,
I've found myself on another precarious situation with the temperamental testy phone called the Epic 4G. I was installing ViperROM Trinity; I did my normal flash then installed the ROM.
Recovery said everything was fine; but upon restart the phone got stuck in the bootloader loop issue.
So I grabbed Odin; and began to reflash the phone.
After loading the stock Eclair SPH-DI18 it started flashing. But... During the flash it keeps on getting stuck on:
"Factoryfs.rfs"
Odin the stayed on it for 30 minutes; so I took the battery out and tried to boot into CWM to see if anything changed- but it gave me the "Phone -- ! -- Computer" which is where it does nothing. I've gotten out of it before; but this time it doesn't want to budge.
I've tried my laptop / desktop
I've switched to all my USB Ports
Run Odin in Administrator
I only have AutoReboot and F.Reset Time checked
Restarted Computer
Changed USB Cable
Any suggestions guys?

You should only have fast reboot checked.
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I tried that; still no luck. Also changed the MD5 to a TAR format to see if that would help. Still stuck on Factoryfs.rfs.

I've also disabled all firewall services; virus software; and attempting to redownload stock DI18 again to see if it's corrupted somewhere.

Take pit file out if using that. Other than that try dl the tar file again.
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I've tried that; it still keeps getting stuck on factoryfs.rfs. I don't understand why Odin can't break through this?

try checking all three on the left side

Thanks so far for the help guys, that still didn't work. It's still stuck on factoryfs.rfs.

I had this happen, remove the battery, then plug into your usb cable that is hooked to the computer. I believe it started working after that. If it doesn't, unplug it, then plug it back in holding down the 1 and power buttons. Hope this helps!
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Should of added do all this with the battery out of the phon
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Another method bites the dust I'm afraid; I'm starting to believe I may have actually found myself in one of those rare circumstances where I've really screwed something up. Or it's defective... Cause Flashing shouldn't be this hard. It should go through quick and effective.

I thought that's what you meant; so right now its:
- a new USB Cable
- Administrator Odin 3 V1.7
- Battery Out of Phone
- No Pit File
- A brand new md5 files; renamed and removed md5 to convert to TAR
- Only Auto Reboot Checked

Also remove the sd card from your phone. We want the smallest amount of interference possible. Try a blackberry cable if possible. Heard they were high quality. Other than that, post above me sums it up.
I highly doubt you've permanently bricked your phone. Did you flash in a lightning storm or something?
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I tried the Micro-SD Card; it's so jacked up now... No, I didn't... What's weird though; I've Flashed my way out of this before. But now; it's just like dead...

Could always try the eb13 installer from samsung, unless they pulled it. If you can't find let me know I have a copy of it.
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I assume you've looked here, but maybe there's something you missed. Relax and take your time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032

Need Help/Advice Phone Wont Run Os

i have a samsung epic for sprint and when i turn it on it shows the samsung mobile font with black background and it never loads the rom ive tried to odin it but odin wont find the phone ive downloaded and re installed drivers numerous times and i can get the phone into the downloading mode but my comp doesnt see the phone when its pluggged in idk what to do ive been without a phone for two weeks trying to figure this out any help would be appreciated thanks

First off try different usb cord. Make sure you start odin and load the files and then plug in your phone. Hope this helps
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What rom did u try to flash? And are you on rfs or ext4?
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Take the battery out, plug it in and boot to download mode without the battery
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i did all of that this is the tutorial and i downloaded all of the stuff from there and did what it said http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

Its 2 late now but for anyone else that comes by this thread it is crucial that you have tested if not ODIN recognizes your phone before rooting it and putting a custom zip on your sd card. I can't tell you how many threads I have seen like this.
Before modding your phone what so ever it is a good idea to just open ODIN and see if your phone is using a com port. That way you always have an escape route if things go wrong.
To the original poster. If you tried everything listed in the posts above and still have no luck your only option is 2 find another comp.
Sorry
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Did you try flashing a kernel like Genocide after the ROM? That has saved me once before.
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In download mode you see the big yellow graphic of an android with a shovel right?
I would suggest using the drivers from samsung.com rather than any you find elsewhere, I've always had better luck with them.
Make sure you reboot your PC right before you try to use odin. Don't put it to sleep/hibernate, actually turn it off and back on.
Finally, try a different micro usb cable and plug into a different usb port. When you plug in, have you computer sound on to listen for the plugnplay "ding" sound - if you hear the sound just let it sit for up to 5min for the drivers to install. Either they will install and odin will give a com port or you will get an error on your PC.
If you get the error (failed to install driver) then you are probably still using the samsung usb cable and truely need to get a different one.
If you are using a diff usb cable, have tried multiple usb ports (front and back) and you have allowed up to 5min for the install but it still won't pick it up, either try with a different computer or take it to sprint and they can odin it for you.
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it is rommed now but wont run os like it died oneday and when i charged it it showed the samsung logo for ever so idk

Odin not working.

Can anybody help me out really quick? I was trying to go to the latest MIUI from CM7 and of course whatever happened happened, now I have to ODIN back However, I'm trying to use ODIN3 v1.30 GT-P1000, victory_8G_100528.pit, Deodexed-Rooted-CWM-Busybox-EH06.tar, but the computer won't discover my phone while it's in download mode.
YES, I HAVE DRIVERS INSTALLED!

Hope you got about 5 cable, cuz that's what I go through everytime. Also I go to 2 computers and about 10 usb ports, then something will work.

What do you mean 5 cable? Man this used to be a breeze, I used to use my moms Windows and it was so simple, but her laptop decided to totally die out on me, so now I can't do anything.

Use the Odin3 v.1.85 .zip file in this thread, it will work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337

Original Android <3ers! said:
What do you mean 5 cable? Man this used to be a breeze, I used to use my moms Windows and it was so simple, but her laptop decided to totally die out on me, so now I can't do anything.
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I have to try about 3-5 cables each time.

shane6374 said:
I have to try about 3-5 cables each time.
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Alright, is there any alternative I can use instead of ODIN? Because I've used 2 wires, and 3 USB Ports, reinstalled drivers, and nothings working.

You could try hemindal, or how ever you spell that. The odin alternative. It's in the development section somewhere.
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shane6374 said:
You could try hemindal, or how ever you spell that. The odin alternative. It's in the development section somewhere.
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Gah! I don't know how to use that. Anything else guys?

make sure you're not using a pit with that file you're flashing, too, i don't think u need it with that specific file. try your old cables this way first before u try another cable, and try the usb ports on the back of your computer. and one more thing, i'm pretty sure heimdall is just for apple.

bender beerman said:
make sure you're not using a pit with that file you're flashing, too, i don't think u need it with that specific file. try your old cables this way first before u try another cable, and try the usb ports on the back of your computer. and one more thing, i'm pretty sure heimdall is just for apple.
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My problem is that the laptop won't detect the phone from download mode.

Original Android <3ers! said:
My problem is that the laptop won't detect the phone from download mode.
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maybe try uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers on your laptop, and try a new cord, the one that came with the epic was notoriously crappy.
edit: redownload them from sammy, just to be sure...

If you can get into a recovery you can try installin srf 1.2 and do a proper shutdown. This has usually fixed this issue for me
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Have u tried booting into recovery?
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Odin will only recognize your phone on 1 port, usually the first port you used that installed the drivers. Try every port. If you want to try Heimdall go into Development at the top in the stickies in the thread about How to fix a semi-bricked Epic. Post 2 is all about how to use Heimdall.
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Ummm I think I know what your going through if I remember one of the cm7 builds my pc wouldn't recognize my phone either. I have a thick black berry cable and it always works and detects except for. That situation you need to pull sd card plug into sd adapter to plug into pc put a flashable of some rom since your on rfs I would say try the newest cm7 even if it doesn't boot maybe it will bring back your usb to pc connectivity. Since your on rfs don't flash srf1.2 cuz your phone won't boot you would have to do srf1.1
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Try dialing ##8778# and putting the phone on pda or modem under the USB section.. I don't remember what one worked for me, I think it was modem. But mess with those settings. Hope it helps.
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Whenever I have a problem it is always the cable, the port or the computer itself. I just try varying combinations until I get it to pick it up, if it is just the initial recognition I don't see how it can be anything else

I've had my system USB drivers corrupt before. Try getting drive sweeper and look up how to do a reinstall of those drivers (not the samsung drivers).

I tried odin3 v1.85 -worked for me, where earlier Odin v1.3 would not recognize the phone (Epic) while in download mode.

Can you get to CWM with 3-finger boot? May be easier to go that route...
Other thing I've run into when Odin doesn't want to work is you need reboots after each stage like this:
Uninstall drivers
Reboot
Install drivers
Reboot
Open Odin and then connect phone in download mode.
If I skip the reboots, many times it won't recognize phone.

[Q] [Help] Bricked Sprint Epic 4g!!

I tried to use Odin to flash Clockworkmod Recovery and it soft bricked, no worries dl mode worked, so I went to the rescue thread and tried to odin back. Got stuck on modem.bin, so I pulled the battery. Now it wont turn on, at all. Not with cable or battery, just blank. Help!

Okay, I managed to get back into download mode. Can anyone direct me to the proper odin flash? Stock is fine, stock rooted even better. I don't want to go through that again Dx Thank you

Follow the instructions posted in this thread a day or so ago:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625054
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broken link, Thanks though

Thing O Doom said:
broken link, Thanks though
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I think he meant this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625054

Please post all questions in Q&A.
AND only post one thread asking for help.
Thanks
FNM
This is the thread you are looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813

Sorry about the general post, I hardcore freaked out. Should be able to fix now.

It's ok. We got great helpful users here that read all the forums. Post your question here and it usually will be answered quickly. Also google has lots of links to relevant XDA threads like the restore a semi-brick thread. I prefer that to the forum search most times.
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As someone else recommended to me, pull the battery from the phone and leave it out for a while. Then, hold down the 1 and power button (a little tricky) and slide in the battery. If the phone still doesn't turn on, try the procedure again.
I thought I had bricked mine and did this -- it worked after a few tries.
Also, another thought -- sometimes leaving the battery OUT of the phone for a while (like overnight) and trying it again works.

Thanks for the suggestion but I have already try that.
Actually I have been reading every possible solution during the past 2 and today I build my own USB JIG that has a 300kohm resistor between pin 4-5 and still not able to get into download mode.
Have left the battery out of the cell-phone for a complete day.
Have try keep push button 1 and power and sliding the battery in, wait for a couple of seconds, slide it out and repeat the process for a while.
Done the same using the USB
Running out of ideas

So your initial flash of CWM via ODIN failed. You then tried to do what? Flash a complete stock .tar file via ODIN and it failed on the modem.bin process?
It kind of sounds like a few things could be the culprit.
Did not use the .PIT file when flashing the CWM.tar
Bad or cheap USB cable
Bad download of CWM.tar and/or whatever you flashed 2nd
Moving of the device while using ODIN, which could have jostled the cable

nikon120 said:
So your initial flash of CWM via ODIN failed. You then tried to do what? Flash a complete stock .tar file via ODIN and it failed on the modem.bin process?
It kind of sounds like a few things could be the culprit.
Did not use the .PIT file when flashing the CWM.tar
Bad or cheap USB cable
Bad download of CWM.tar and/or whatever you flashed 2nd
Moving of the device while using ODIN, which could have jostled the cable
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Well, not sure what the problem was, I have been using ODIN since last year when I got my EPIC and I never had problems. This time ODIN hang in the middle of the factory.rfs flashing (I waited for 20 minutes and it did not went through) so I turned everything OFF and :O surprise, phone was dead
I try battery CPR, build my own USB JIG (that works like a charm in a couple of frined's SAMSUNG phones ) but my phone still nothing.
The battery is at 4.045V, today I will use a charger to see if having the battery at maximum helps.
This is my last thing to try, if this do not work I will take the phone to SPRINT and see what they can do.
If they can fix it, cool, if not at least I hope they replace it
Thanks for the help and support

If your repartition was checked flashing a modem then you bricked it. Try connecting to odin with no battery or sd card BUT have your usb connected and see if that does anything.
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b16flybye said:
If your repartition was checked flashing a modem then you bricked it. Try connecting to odin with no battery or sd card BUT have your usb connected and see if that does anything.
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So if your phone is completely bricked, aka, ()$)(# windows update in the middle for a reboot.
The power button does nothing, can't get into download mode, no response to plugging it in with no battery etc etc.
Anything to be done with the phone besides throwing it at a wall?

b16flybye said:
If your repartition was checked flashing a modem then you bricked it. Try connecting to odin with no battery or sd card BUT have your usb connected and see if that does anything.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
I have already charged my batery till 100%, in a friend's cellphone the battery works like a charm and we are able to turn on the cell and go into download mode with my JIG and everything.
My phone does not do anything
Probably something went really bad during the update process that harm something else.
Will have to take it to SPRINT
Thanks all for the help and support

Yikes. Yeah, if your jig wont revive the phone then just get it to sprint. Don't forget to take the sd card out or they'll see your clockwork folder.
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b16flybye said:
Yikes. Yeah, if your jig wont revive the phone then just get it to sprint. Don't forget to take the sd card out or they'll see your clockwork folder.
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Yes I already made sure I erased all unneeded stuff from my SD CARD and will keep it in my house.
Will take my cell tomorrow to SPRINT, hopefully it will get fixed/replaced fast

b16flybye said:
Yikes. Yeah, if your jig wont revive the phone then just get it to sprint. Don't forget to take the sd card out or they'll see your clockwork folder.
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I've brought my phone in on MTD. Why would they look in your SD card (personal files) or know what clockwork mod is? They also have a new policy allowing root and jailbreak.
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marcusant said:
I've brought my phone in on MTD. Why would they look in your SD card (personal files) or know what clockwork mod is? They also have a new policy allowing root and jailbreak.
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It is still at the Tech's discretion. The last thing someone wants to do is fight corporate after a tech blacklists your phone. And most techs are sporting rooted phones and kn.ow what clockworknod is.
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Btw, I finally fixed it, and determined it was the evil stock cable. Note to self and all future odin-flashers NEVER USE THE DAMNED STOCK CABLE, I did and it took 3hrs of my life unbricking.

Phone keeps going into Download mode

Oye.... So my brother's girlfriend's T989 (Same model as myself) did the kies update to 4.1.2. All was well for a little while, but now every time she plugs her phone in (I believe just into the computer, but need to verify) it goes into download mode. The phone additionally does random reboots and crashes.. All is stock, no root. I had her use the stock recovery to wipe the cache and factory reset, and still not working.
I RDP'd to her PC and tried to ODIN to stock, but since it automagically goes into download mode when you plug it in, I'm not sure how it's communicating with ODIN and if it's even taking the flash.
Any thoughts, or anyone seen this before? The worst thing is she lives 6 hours away, so everything I do is a walkthrough or RDP.
Let me know if anyone has any suggestions..
Thanks!

I find that I get that download mode issue if I'm not using the charger and cable that came with the phone.
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Dugan1017 said:
I find that I get that download mode issue if I'm not using the charger and cable that came with the phone.
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I've read that before... I'm going to verify