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Did I brick my phone?

So I just recently rooted my phone and was using the wireless tether with no problem.
Today I tried to flash the new caulkulin ROM, but I forgot to backup 1st. Threw the ROM on my phone and booted into CWM. Then I ran the reformat file as instructed, but I have no SD card in my phone, so I think it deleted the rom and everything else on the phone.
Now I am just stuck at exclamation screen. I can still get into CWM. I tried loading an SD card from my evo 3g with the calkulin rom on it, but it doesn't seem to recognize it.
Am I screwed? Any help is appreciated. Thanks

can you get into download mode? Odin something.
Or, try moving a file from your computer to your internal sd and flash that from recovery. any rom will do.
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a fresh download wouldn't hurt anything either. try starburst v1.9

Odin is the only way out of this one it sounds like.
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Its the surest way out.
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I am able to get into download mode.
I found a acs-eg30-stock-kernal-pulled.tar in my recycle bin on my laptop but it's only 8mb. Is this an incomplete file?
The pc I'm on now wont let me transfer anything off it, and I have no internet otherwise.

footfingmaster said:
I am able to get into download mode.
I found a acs-eg30-stock-kernal-pulled.tar in my recycle bin on my laptop but it's only 8mb. Is this an incomplete file?
The pc I'm on now wont let me transfer anything off it, and I have no internet otherwise.
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That's just the kernel, not sure if it'll fix your problem...worth a shot.
My suggestion is that you download (when you get a chance) the Odin back to stock tar, it's like 450 megs, but always good to have to start fresh. It'll make you cwr and root free but that's an easy fix.
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Ok I will try downloading it on my laptop at a cafe. Thanks for all the replies

Duce HD2 said:
That's just the kernel, not sure if it'll fix your problem...worth a shot.
My suggestion is that you download (when you get a chance) the Odin back to stock tar, it's like 450 megs, but always good to have to start fresh. It'll make you cwr and root free but that's an easy fix.
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Did this work? I also semi-bricked my phone in the same exact way. I'm coming from EVO 3D, so still getting used to CWM and ODIN. So all we do is go back in to ODIN mode and flash the stock-EG30.tar file?
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It worked. Big thanks to Duce HD2 for the tip!

You dpnt have to format system unless ur flashing starburst. Viper and calculyns dont need format system. Just wipe everything.

Just incase you havnt done it yet
flashing that kernel wont help you one bit if you formated system
and youl lose cwm too.
hold on ill look up the tar you want.
edit this would bring your whole phone back to stock so you can start over
would have no root and no cwm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
flash in odin

Thanks for all the replies. Flashing the stock rom over odin did the trick. Thank goodness I was ready to sh!t a brick

uofajac said:
Did this work? I also semi-bricked my phone in the same exact way. I'm coming from EVO 3D, so still getting used to CWM and ODIN. So all we do is go back in to ODIN mode and flash the stock-EG30.tar file?
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It worked. Big thanks to Duce HD2 for the tip!
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Glad it worked. A good piece of advice is to always have that "odin back to stock" on your pc as soon as it becomes available. It's a life saver.
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[Q] Installed Sonic R6, can I Odin to stock?

I successfully followed the directions for using the no-flash-counter-increment stock+root, then installed clockworkmod recovery with adb dd, then installed Sonic R6. If I wanted to go back to stock+root, could I just Odin the no-flash-counter-increment stock+root?
This procedure worked great on my old Vibrant, but on the Vibrant, the Odin back to stock cleared the user partitions, but when I did the Odin stock+root on the S3, it rebooted with all of my settings/apps/etc. intact.
To be safe, I'm intending to reboot to recovery, wipe data/cache/dalvik, then reboot to download mode and Odin again. Is this a sound plan? (Sorry for the newbie question, but the Odin differences between the Vibrant and the S3 make me nervous.)

it came back with the settings and apps because you have to wipe before going back to stock, and if you are going back to stock, depending on what rom you are using, you will have to root again.

With the custom recovery you can flash away without increasing the counter.
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Just flash one of the stock roms in yhe dev section and you'll get your stock + root just like when you originally rooted.
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Please help no operation system

I Trwp wasn't working for me everything I did it would say something simulating something then wouldn't work....so I went to Rom toolbox and flashed touch can...and factory reset it...andvcwm won't let me look at my ad card and even if I use my wife's phone and put a Rom on it it will still say no files found...so do I have to use Odin and what file do I need to have...Please.... Please...please...help...thanks in advance...
P.s...can I just flash a stock Rom tar file or what do I do...I'm bugging out I need.to have my phone in working order...
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Go to the stock firmware pinned thread in android dev.....

Where in the galaxy s3 threads...?
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I understand Panic Mode but you need to step back and take a breath before you "fix" anything.
They are right here.

ok so you can get to recovery? Flashing Roms will not allow it to boot am I correct? I would factory reset, Wipe system, data, cache, dalvik, flash a working rom with a verified md5, wipe cache and dalvik again. reboot
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seriouslty if you have the ability to flash roms you are ok! are you using odin or recovery?

killj0y said:
ok so you can get to recovery? Flashing Roms will not allow it to boot am I correct? I would factory reset, Wipe system, data, cache, dalvik, flash a working rom with a verified md5, wipe cache and dalvik again. reboot
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seriouslty if you have the ability to flash roms you are ok! are you using odin or recovery?
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I can't flash any tom from my recovery cause its saying no files. When I know there is...so I was gonna use Odin...but Odin only takes tar files...I just want any Rom that rooted and I'll fix from there...do you understand. Know...I never flashed a Rom through Odin...only rooting and recoverys....
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Woodrube said:
I understand Panic Mode but you need to step back and take a breath before you "fix" anything.
They are right here.
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How do I flash the recovery through Odin...does it still have to be a tar file and put it in pda section...right...go to go...and that site I just pick one from the t-mobile section obviously... Lol...right...lol...jk
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phordych05 said:
How do I flash the recovery through Odin...does it still have to be a tar file and put it in pda section...right...go to go...and that site I just pick one from the t-mobile section obviously... Lol...right...lol...jk
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yes it needs to be in download mode and you need a tar file. It sounds like a bad SD card. Keep the file on your pc. Plenty of rooted and stock tar files around...
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stock rooted roms here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687

Dude are you kidding me with this BS?
GO TO THE THREAD.
ODIN ROOT66, INSTALL RECOVERY THROUGH THE OPTIONS THEY GIVE YOU. FLASH W.E YOU WANT.
Wow.

psykhotic said:
Dude are you kidding me with this BS?
GO TO THE THREAD.
ODIN ROOT66, INSTALL RECOVERY THROUGH THE OPTIONS THEY GIVE YOU. FLASH W.E YOU WANT.
Wow.
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basically what I said but I said it nicer lol...

killj0y said:
basically what I said but I said it nicer lol...
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i got the driver but odin isnt reconizing my phone or will it only do that once i put it in download mode...cause if i put it in download mode and wind up not flashing anything...how do i turn download mode off...?

phordych05 said:
i got the driver but odin isnt reconizing my phone or will it only do that once i put it in download mode...cause if i put it in download mode and wind up not flashing anything...how do i turn download mode off...?
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Yes only in download mode and you can battery pull if need be just not while flashing and keep it plugged in

[Q] please can someone look out for your boy

Man look out, where do I begin? so short and simple bricked my note 2 freezes on boot up at Samsung Galaxy note II, I can still get it to boot into twrp and download mode, so when I boot into twrp ive noticed that when I go into mount, system is un checked. ive flashed other roms that have worked but it still freezes on boot screen. so this is where it gets tricky for me. I cant get my computer to recognize my phone. . Also I just recently upgraded my desktop to windows 8 and ive done the research and seen about the drivers unsigned or whatever. I go through that process and have the latest ones installed on my computer but still cant get it to recognize my phone. so I have the stock img and odin but without my computer recognizing my phone im pretty much stuck. I was wondering if theres a zip I can flash to unroot or take me back to factory rom or I don't know whatever. If theres anyone out there that can throw a little help my way it would be greatly appreciated and I would bless game however I could. Just a noob trying to get lil insight, appreciate ya

Can you get in to download mode? If so, start up Odin and then plug in the phone......does the upper left turn yellow?
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Flash this first....... http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390288116658474979
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Then flash this........ http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390288116658475186
Flash in the same recovery session.
Give thanks to t3project for supplying links.....
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If you can get into recovery and Odin your not bricked.. Don't worry about what I said at first about getting into Odin, if you can get to recovery just flash those two links.
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[Q] att galaxy note 2 stuck on samsung logo boot

PLEASE DO NOT BE ANNOYING AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE QUESTION EVEN IF THERES A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT DOESNT MEAN IT HAS THE SAME ANSWER OR WHERE THE THREAD IS OR WHATEVER! im only in need of someone that wants to help but basically i tried to unlock my galaxy note 2 but i had to downgrade the firmware to do so cuz its not possible with 4.1.2 and i downloaded the files and followed instructions to a t from cellunlocker and after using the odin my phone is just stuck on the samsung logo screen.. my phone wasnt rooted yet and there is no way to get recovery or to do factory data reset or anything, i kept trying to install drivers nothing . All i can do is manually flash through odin and still get stuck, i tried a root file i tried unroot file i tried original firmware i tried cmw i tried everything and nothing works it just wont get past that point.. i can do the power+down volumekey+ home key and get into the downloading mode so i can use odin but thats it

I also tried the galaxy note 2 toolkit and still nothing

So you aren't rooted yet?
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Factory reset

twanskys204 said:
Factory reset
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it wasnt rooted when i tried bringing back the firmware... and i dont know how to factory reset when the os wont even start. no recovery no bootloader i attempted to root after being stuck on the boot through odin

thekidcalledl said:
it wasnt rooted when i tried bringing back the firmware... and i dont know how to factory reset when the os wont even start. no recovery no bootloader i attempted to root after being stuck on the boot through odin
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I did that before. Press home + volume up + power that will put u in stock recovery, from there you should be able to factory reset wipe data. Before you downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1 you needed to full wipe because the factory image in Odin will just flash on top

scyr2355 got it...
your device is dirty...as you pushed images on top of each other. and this leaves old data behind.
the boot to stock recovery and a cache wipe with a factory reset should bring the phone back to life.....g

You could have just downgraded the radio and the secret menu is there again with the options to unlock... Hope this works out for you
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Home+Vol Up+Power will put you into stock recovery as stated previously. You will need to use odin. Make sure drivers are installed on your computer and use a stock Image. Of course you must reset everything. I bricked my phone in similar fashion when I first started flashing. Now I flash all the time without issue. I recommend TWRP. A simple search will get you all the info you need.

thekidcalledl said:
PLEASE DO NOT BE ANNOYING AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE QUESTION EVEN IF THERES A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT DOESNT MEAN IT HAS THE SAME ANSWER OR WHERE THE THREAD IS OR WHATEVER! im only in need of someone that wants to help but basically i tried to unlock my galaxy note 2 but i had to downgrade the firmware to do so cuz its not possible with 4.1.2 and i downloaded the files and followed instructions to a t from cellunlocker and after using the odin my phone is just stuck on the samsung logo screen.. my phone wasnt rooted yet and there is no way to get recovery or to do factory data reset or anything, i kept trying to install drivers nothing . All i can do is manually flash through odin and still get stuck, i tried a root file i tried unroot file i tried original firmware i tried cmw i tried everything and nothing works it just wont get past that point.. i can do the power+down volumekey+ home key and get into the downloading mode so i can use odin but thats it
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Just spent five hours tonight trying to fix the same problem. I have a couple questions for you.
1. Which version of ODIN are you using. I recommend using the 3.07 version because it officially supports downloading the ATT I-317 firmware to your handset.
2. Are you using an official stock ROM? Or one that has been tampered with, De-OXED and/or injected with a root. If so, I would also recommend using a stock tar.md5 ROM from the Samsung-Updates or SamMobile websites.
On an unrelated note, I'm originally from Warwick :laugh:

PLEASE HELP!!!
I did the same thing. I tried to downgrade to 4.1.1 to unlock a customers device and now im stuck on the Samsung logo.... Ive never had a problem like this before and like I said this is a customers Note 2 and I really dont have the $$ to replace his device.... I tried to get to stock recovery and It wont go.... it just keeps looping the Note 2 logo.... what can I do.... Im SUPER scared.... ive rooted many many devices but only 1 downgrade and this never happened.... everything passed on Odin?? PLEASE HELP ME??

Factory reset

twanskys204 said:
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I cant.... It wont let me go into recovery mode..

Just keep trying the 3finger combo... It goes volume up home power in that order..... Your gonna hafto play with it but it will boot. I promise
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U only hafto be scared if the device is unresponsive... What I don't understand is why ur using this method on a customers phone in the first place... Don't u sales people have ur codes?
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Thing is.... All u had to do is downgrade the modem to a 4.1.1 not the whole fw

twanskys204 said:
Just keep trying the 3finger combo... It goes volume up home power in that order..... Your gonna hafto play with it but it will boot. I promise
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U only hafto be scared if the device is unresponsive... What I don't understand is why ur using this method on a customers phone in the first place... Don't u sales people have ur codes?
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Thank you so much.. it did go into recovery.... and I was getting nervous cause the samsung screen took a long time to finish the boot but it finally did... thank you so much man!!! You just saved me from getting my ass kicked by this customer..... THANK YOU!!!!

Did u get it unlocked?

twanskys204 said:
Did u get it unlocked?
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Yes sir I just unlocked it now.... now time to root....this shouldnt be a problem.... I hope. I havent had problems rooting in the past, but now that I just said that I probably will, lol.
Thanks again, Ill keep you posted!

calm down man, its just a phone, its not life or death..

wase4711 said:
calm down man, its just a phone, its not life or death..
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It's worse then that....It's dirty Jim.
LOL, I'm a dirty boy. I got caught flashing dirty. After all these (5) years of flashing I forgot to wipe / format.
Even some of the "seasoned," meddlers / flashers have one of those moments where they forget to wipe.

Can you get into download mode volume down power button and home button ...if you can use odin to flash back to stock
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