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Please help! Cable disconnected during ODIN - hard brick??

I was in process of rooting Epic 4G touch in ODIN and the cable got disconnected. I don't think "Re-partition" flag was on but I may be wrong.
Phone is completely dead. Only blue light blinks while trying to turn on.
I mean - there is no recovery/CWM/not even download mode. ;(
Can anything be done?

Do you have a jig?
Got boost?

I don't.
Will this work http://www.amazon.com/SainSmart-Don...=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=2335752011&s=wireless?
Also, haven't heard of boost.
Will above work with broken partitions?

selytch said:
I don't.
Will this work http://www.amazon.com/SainSmart-Don...=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=2335752011&s=wireless?
Also, haven't heard of boost.
Will above work with broken partitions?
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That was just his signature ... Got boost?

Home made jig does not help. Apparently, if the screen does not even turn on nothing can be done.
First time in 10 years I brick a phone to point of no return!
Now lets try if TEP works...

try removing battery from phone , place battery back in phone , put it on the charger for about an hour see if you than get into odin mode again

Let me know what you end up doing.
Samsung Epic 4g Touch - Calkulin's v1.1

My only option was jtag service. He charged me 30 bucks. I renamed the wrong file and flashed i9000 firmware on my phone (smh.), thought it was a goner.
in my experience, if you can't get into download mode, force your phone into download mode with a jig, or get into recovery, send it off for repair.
I sent it to the guys at mobiletechvideos.com
Sent from the future.

By the way, what happens when you try and enter download mode?
Sent from the future.

[Q] Disconnected phone while flashing new boatloader... bricked phone? please help

so I was installing a new boatloader through odin and it failed to install; so I disconnected it. Ever since then, my computer simply will NOT recognize my phone. I have tried every possible method (using different slots and cable). Still, it will not recognize my phone at all.
Has anyone here ever encountered a similar situation and have found a solution?
I would highly appreciate any help. Thanks

What does the phone boot to?
Have you tried a USB jig?
The bootloader takes seconds to flash. Did you really press start and immediatly pull the USB cord? or did it not complete then you pulled the cord? If the latter, what did ODIN say in the logs?

I can get into odin or recovery mode with no problem, I loaded a custom testing version of an ICS Rom that failed to completely install.
I am waiting for my usb jig to come in the mail.
It installed like 80% and then said failed, then I removed it because it said it failed.
I know all my drivers are good because my sister has the same phone and it is unrooted and odin recognizes it fine.

sabatheman said:
I can get into odin or recovery mode with no problem, I loaded a custom testing version of an ICS Rom that failed to completely install.
I am waiting for my usb jig to come in the mail.
It installed like 80% and then said failed, then I removed it because it said it failed.
I know all my drivers are good because my sister has the same phone and it is unrooted and odin recognizes it fine.
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If you can get into Odin mode then Odin should be able to recognize your phone. Are you sure that Odin on your PC is not recognizing your phone?
Also, try flashing the el26 stock rooted update through cwm. Calk has the appropriate zip over in the dev section.
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sabatheman said:
so I was installing a new boatloader through odin and it failed to install; so I disconnected it. Ever since then, my computer simply will NOT recognize my phone. I have tried every possible method (using different slots and cable). Still, it will not recognize my phone at all.
Has anyone here ever encountered a similar situation and have found a solution?
I would highly appreciate any help. Thanks
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Where did you find a boatloader for our phones?!?!?!? That would be a truly Epic accessory for all boatloading enthusiasts! Think of the activities!
Haha, in all seriousness though, I hope you can get it figured out man, bricked phones are no fun!

yes, im 100% sure, Ive read of a few cases of people having similar problem. Problem that come from disconnecting a phone while loading a new boatloader. Once that happens, odin will not recognize a phone even if it is in Odin mode. Ive spent atleast 15 hours in total trying to get it to work

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sabatheman said:
I loaded a custom testing version of an ICS Rom that failed to completely install.
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Is this one made for E4GT or one for the european GS2?

If you can get into recovery just take the sd card out and put it in a sd reader and put a rom on there and flash it. I would use the stock rom. Something simillar happened to me and this is how I fixed it. I didnt have a card reader so I just used my digital camera, Thank god for that!!! Hope it all works out.
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sfhub said:
Is this one made for E4GT or one for the european GS2?
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Good question! I almost bricked my phone by putting a rom on there that was for the international version! You need to triple check to make sure what you are putting on is actually for your phone!

sabatheman said:
I can get into odin or recovery mode with no problem, I loaded a custom testing version of an ICS Rom that failed to completely install.
I am waiting for my usb jig to come in the mail.
It installed like 80% and then said failed, then I removed it because it said it failed.
I know all my drivers are good because my sister has the same phone and it is unrooted and odin recognizes it fine.
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Omg again people don't read. We don't have ics from for our phone! Gosh try to download the international gs2 drivers of get your phone jtaged. If not you got a paperweight
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I installed the one for the european s2 version,
rbtrucking, Ive tried doing that, but it says unable to mount the sd card when i go into recovery mode and applying update from external storage? any idea why?

sabatheman said:
I installed the one for the european s2 version,
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Your problem isn't that you disconnected the phone while flashing a new bootloader.
Your problem is you flashed the european GS2 version of the bootloader. After doing that the USB port is pretty much disabled and nobody has found how to enable it.

interesting... any theoretical methods to get it to work? do you think there will be a solution to fix it?

sfhub said:
Your problem isn't that you disconnected the phone while flashing a new bootloader.
Your problem is you flashed the european GS2 version of the bootloader. After doing that the USB port is pretty much disabled and nobody has found how to enable it.
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Nothing should be flashed to the Epic Touch unless its in the development section for the Epic Touch. Even then you should read up and know the pros and cons of flashing it. I don't recall anyone getting their phone back after doing this.
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Well Mobile ODIN won't flash the bootloader AFAIK, so if you have no way to flash the bootloader, the only other possibility will probably be JTAG, which is basically opening up the phone connecting to some pins/leads on the board and using some software to flash. I haven't seem anyone posting about this but probably there are techs who have the proper setup to do it.

damn, do you think if I go to a sprint corporate store and just say I was trying to update the phone via samsung kies OTA or something, will they be able to fix it? I am waiting for my jig to come in the mail to clear the download count, any opinions what I should tell sprint to avoid getting my warrenty voided?

sabatheman said:
I installed the one for the european s2 version,
rbtrucking, Ive tried doing that, but it says unable to mount the sd card when i go into recovery mode and applying update from external storage? any idea why?
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Ya because like everyone else said flashing that file that wasnt for your phone messed up the sd reader. Same thing happened to me once but I was still able to acess the internal storage that the phone has built in but i didnt have any roms on there. I was however able to flash through odin and dowload mode. Thank god that worked for me! If that isnt working for you I gotta be honest I really dont see a way to get the phone back up and running but I am by no means a pro. I would keep at it. When I almost bricked my phone I was going to give up too but I stuck with it and the fine people on this site pulled me through! You are at the right place trust me very smart people here!

thanks, this phone has been bricked for a week, Im still waiting on my usb jig to come in the mail so i can hopefully clear the binary download count because I want to take it to sprint? since my usb and sd reader isnt working, will the usb clear the odin thing? if it doesnt, im completely screwed. im willing to short out my phone worst case scenario... I need it a replacement (i dont have insurance but i have warrenty)... any ideas? should i short it out or take it to sprint... what excuse should I make up if I decide to take it?
Will the usb jig clear the download count even though my usb and sd reader doesnt work. (the phone still charges through usb)

sabatheman said:
thanks, this phone has been bricked for a week, Im still waiting on my usb jig to come in the mail so i can hopefully clear the binary download count because I want to take it to sprint? since my usb and sd reader isnt working, will the usb clear the odin thing? if it doesnt, im completely screwed. im willing to short out my phone worst case scenario... I need it a replacement (i dont have insurance but i have warrenty)... any ideas? should i short it out or take it to sprint... what excuse should I make up if I decide to take it?
Will the usb jig clear the download count even though my usb and sd reader doesnt work. (the phone still charges through usb)
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Ya if you have warranty i would actually just short it out! I had a friend that had an iPhone and he hooked it up to a computer with a messed up usb. It shorted it out, he took it back with his warranty info and walked out with a brand new iPhone no questions asked. If you dont and they see that it was routed you are going to be **** out of luck I can tell ya that. They definitely will inspect it to make sure there was no foul play with it trust me, best bet if you cant get it running is to short it out, and use the warranty. When you take it in just say it went off and you couldn't get it to go back on.

Honestly breaking the phone is your best option since the insurance will cover that. If you short it out or make the batter overload while it's in the phone then it's covered by the warranty. Also, clearing the download counter is pointless - if Sprint does manage to fix your phone it'll be pretty obvious you did something that made it FUBAR - mostly the international GS2 bootloader. Also, isn't the international GS2 GSM? Which means you can't reset it using a JIG, GSM versions don't support it.
Either way when you get a new one - make sure you read EVERYTHINGlet me say this again since people seem to take this stuff lightly: READ EVERYTHING BEFORE FLASHING if we had ICS for this phone don't you think the Dev section would be blowing up with ICS ROMs? Common sense seems to be the one thing that isn't common anymore....
Hope you figure something out though but I wouldn't hold my breath.

help with flashing stock on odin

well bout 3 or 4 months ago i got this phone from my friend and within the two weeks i bricked it by "ax" flashing a different phones rom (got it from the android development section idk why it was for a different phone) and hard bricked it. but i see you can fix it with a usb jig. tried making one and endded up not sodering wires right so im going to buy one off amazon. now the problem is once your in odin mode what do i do from there? i dont know how to get back to stock from odin. i plan on rooting again once im back to stock,

Trozzul said:
well bout 3 or 4 months ago i got this phone from my friend and within the two weeks i bricked it by "ax" flashing a different phones rom (got it from the android development section idk why it was for a different phone) and hard bricked it. but i see you can fix it with a usb jig. tried making one and endded up not sodering wires right so im going to buy one off amazon. now the problem is once your in odin mode what do i do from there? i dont know how to get back to stock from odin. i plan on rooting again once im back to stock,
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Most likely a USB jig isn't going to work for a hard brick.
If it does happen to work you can Google "Odin back to stock t989 xda" and find instructions there.
Otherwise you are going to have to send it for JTAG repair.

meekrawb said:
Most likely a USB jig isn't going to work for a hard brick.
If it does happen to work you can Google "Odin back to stock t989 xda" and find instructions there.
Otherwise you are going to have to send it for JTAG repair.
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I'm not sure if its hard bricked (i guess thats what its called when you flash a rom from a different phone)but I'm unable to turn it on and the only way I can fix it looks like Odin USB jig or JTAG. Can you recommend any USB jigs?

[Q] Hard bricked Ace II when updating to 4.1.2

Just yesterday I flashed my galaxy Ace 2 with 4.1.2 on Odin (which I've done hundreds of times), but I wasn't so lucky on the other side. I seem to have hard bricked my phone, no boot, no download, nothing . I made sure I put the tar.md5 in the PDA as usual, can someone please help me try and revive my bricked ace 2. I hear a usb jig will work for soft brick but will it work on a hard bricked phone?

Mitchpeep said:
Just yesterday I flashed my galaxy Ace 2 with 4.1.2 on Odin (which I've done hundreds of times), but I wasn't so lucky on the other side. I seem to have hard bricked my phone, no boot, no download, nothing . I made sure I put the tar.md5 in the PDA as usual, can someone please help me try and revive my bricked ace 2. I hear a usb jig will work for soft brick but will it work on a hard bricked phone?
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try using JTAG, it's work on my ace 2, i've bricked my ace 2 when i flash the china FW

fauzanskywalker said:
try using JTAG, it's work on my ace 2, i've bricked my ace 2 when i flash the china FW
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Yeah I flashed with china 4.1.2 >.<, later to find out china does not support other countries. I ordered a Jig off ebay, should be coming soon

Well, if your phone doesn't even turns on or enters to download mode with the 3button combination it's hard bricked.
Probably corrupted pbl and/or sbl which means the jig will not work.
Send back to samsung if it's still under warranty or ask someone who has JTAG and upload the bootloaders to the nand, this will bring back dl mode - a JTAG repair will cost approx. 30-50 USD.

Mitchpeep said:
Yeah I flashed with china 4.1.2 >.<, later to find out china does not support other countries. I ordered a Jig off ebay, should be coming soon
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Jig doesn't work.
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Same in here. Bricked Ace2 when flashing chinese 4.1.2.
All those f... saying chinese firmawe is "just a 4.1.2 without all that bloatware so go ahead" should now burn

so guys no solution?
i havent been using my phone for week

Szaby59 said:
Well, if your phone doesn't even turns on or enters to download mode with the 3button combination it's hard bricked.
Probably corrupted pbl and/or sbl which means the jig will not work.
Send back to samsung if it's still under warranty or ask someone who has JTAG and upload the bootloaders to the nand, this will bring back dl mode - a JTAG repair will cost approx. 30-50 USD.
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Hmmm, It seems to be when I plug my phone into the computer it makes the USB connected sound and stays like that, but after about 5-6 seconds it makes the disconnect sound. Does this mean anything at all?

It confirms your bootloader is corrupted.
I guess it will show an "U8500 USB ROM" in device manager when you connect the USB cable.
That's because the phones internal rom (I don't know what exactly called) tries to load the primary bootloader but it can't find a valid one.
The boot process of Ace 2 and I guess for a few other Samsung devices:
Internal rom -> PBL -> Search for valid SBL -> Loading SBL -> SBL Checks if any 3key combo or JIG/UART/charger/etc connected ?
NO -> Normal boot, loading kernel, etc.
YES -> Charging, Download mode or Recovery mode (depending which buttons are pressed or device is connected).
Or something similar, but the point is you should NEVER flash bootloaders, if one of them gets corrupted you can't recover your phone with the usual tools.
I doubt it can be recovered, but try this:
Pull out the battery, connect the phone to the PC (Odin should be started before) press vol_down+home+power and reinsert the battery (still hold the 3 buttons!)
See if odin detects the phone.

Szaby59 said:
It confirms your bootloader is corrupted.
I guess it will show an "U8500 USB ROM" in device manager when you connect the USB cable.
That's because the phones internal rom (I don't know what exactly called) tries to load the primary bootloader but it can't find a valid one.
The boot process of Ace 2 and I guess for a few other Samsung devices:
Internal rom -> PBL -> Search for valid SBL -> Loading SBL -> SBL Checks if any 3key combo or JIG/UART/charger/etc connected ?
NO -> Normal boot, loading kernel, etc.
YES -> Charging, Download mode or Recovery mode (depending which buttons are pressed or device is connected).
Or something similar, but the point is you should NEVER flash bootloaders, if one of them gets corrupted you can't recover your phone with the usual tools.
I doubt it can be recovered, but try this:
Pull out the battery, connect the phone to the PC (Odin should be started before) press vol_down+home+power and reinsert the battery (still hold the 3 buttons!)
See if odin detects the phone.
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No luck , I think I might send the phone back to the place I bought it from and act dumb.

Szaby59 said:
It confirms your bootloader is corrupted.
I guess it will show an "U8500 USB ROM" in device manager when you connect the USB cable.
That's because the phones internal rom (I don't know what exactly called) tries to load the primary bootloader but it can't find a valid one.
The boot process of Ace 2 and I guess for a few other Samsung devices:
Internal rom -> PBL -> Search for valid SBL -> Loading SBL -> SBL Checks if any 3key combo or JIG/UART/charger/etc connected ?
NO -> Normal boot, loading kernel, etc.
YES -> Charging, Download mode or Recovery mode (depending which buttons are pressed or device is connected).
Or something similar, but the point is you should NEVER flash bootloaders, if one of them gets corrupted you can't recover your phone with the usual tools.
I doubt it can be recovered, but try this:
Pull out the battery, connect the phone to the PC (Odin should be started before) press vol_down+home+power and reinsert the battery (still hold the 3 buttons!)
See if odin detects the phone.
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I plugged the phone into a different usb port and it said U8500 USB ROM then it says no driver found. Does this basically mean Ive screwed the boot? IS there any other way than JTAG to fix?

Hi
There is a trick that in most of cases can fix bircked phones!
Just remove battery and wait for a minute , then hold vol. down + Home + power button and ask someone to place battery while you are holding buttons!

sorset said:
Hi
There is a trick that in most of cases can fix bircked phones!
Just remove battery and wait for a minute , then hold vol. down + Home + power button and ask someone to place battery while you are holding buttons!
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Doesn't work sorry . I think its something to do with the boot loader.

Mitchpeep said:
Doesn't work sorry . I think its something to do with the boot loader.
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You mean the screen didnt turn on?! even its background light?

sorset said:
You mean the screen didnt turn on?! even its background light?
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Yes thats right, screen or background lighting wont even turn on. Its a hard brick unfortunately . Luckily its still under waranty, I'm sending it away to be repaired today .

hi any update? I also screwed up my i8160p during Odin process and face actually the same symptoms as you.
Samsung service center claimed need to replace motherboard and mine without warranty covered.:crying:
if need to Jtag what and which files to flashed?
thanks!!

testwater2 said:
hi any update? I also screwed up my i8160p during Odin process and face actually the same symptoms as you.
Samsung service center claimed need to replace motherboard and mine without warranty covered.:crying:
if need to Jtag what and which files to flashed?
thanks!!
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I think your pretty much screwed unless you take it to someone who J/TAGS or can revive hard bricked devices, a usb jig will not work. I have learnt my lesson now, to always read the comments at least 10 times before flashing any rom, that goes for stock roms too .

Mitchpeep said:
I think your pretty much screwed unless you take it to someone who J/TAGS or can revive hard bricked devices, a usb jig will not work. I have learnt my lesson now, to always read the comments at least 10 times before flashing any rom, that goes for stock roms too .
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Hello! I had exactly the same thing as you. Gave my phone to Sammy (flash counter was 2 and still is) and they've revived it for free :victory: I've got the phone back today. When leaving my device at Sammy, I've told (more or less ) what happened - OTA have crashed.
Anyway - I had the alternative way. Guys at GSM stalls told they may place a new bootloader too, but for money. Prices varied so be careful - from ~50 euros to even as cheap as 15 euros.
BR

piecho said:
Hello! I had exactly the same thing as you. Gave my phone to Sammy (flash counter was 2 and still is) and they've revived it for free :victory: I've got the phone back today. When leaving my device at Sammy, I've told (more or less ) what happened - OTA have crashed.
Anyway - I had the alternative way. Guys at GSM stalls told they may place a new bootloader too, but for money. Prices varied so be careful - from ~50 euros to even as cheap as 15 euros.
BR
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also happened with me and my counter was maybe 6 but they repair it for free:good:

[Q] Can't get Galaxy s3 into download mode - phone does not turn on.

Hey guys,
My Galaxy s3 is pretty much useless at the moment. I had it rooted a while back and decided to unroot it. I used Odin and the stock rom for telus galaxy s3 sgh-i747m. Odin did its job and showed it was done successfully, however the phone never booted back up even with holding the combo buttons (VolumeUp+home+power). Also my computer cannot detect the phone driver via usb cable showing QHSUSB_DLOAD, but it does make a beeping sound when connecting it or holding the combo keys while it's plugged in via usb cable.
I used a usb jig hoping it would get it to boot into download mode but no luck. I can take it for a JTAG and get it fixed, but since I screwed up I rather spend some more time and learn to fix it myself. A friend mentioned about QPST in order to get it to download mode and using a similar stock rom reprogram the phone, which I'm not familiar with.. anyone can give me a hint how to go bout this your help is much appreciated
If you need more info or i missed something please let me know...

4tunecookie said:
Hey guys,
My Galaxy s3 is pretty much useless at the moment. I had it rooted a while back and decided to unroot it. I used Odin and the stock rom for telus galaxy s3 sgh-i747m. Odin did its job and showed it was done successfully, however the phone never booted back up even with holding the combo buttons (VolumeUp+home+power). Also my computer cannot detect the phone driver via usb cable showing QHSUSB_DLOAD, but it does make a beeping sound when connecting it or holding the combo keys while it's plugged in via usb cable.
I used a usb jig hoping it would get it to boot into download mode but no luck. I can take it for a JTAG and get it fixed, but since I screwed up I rather spend some more time and learn to fix it myself. A friend mentioned about QPST in order to get it to download mode and using a similar stock rom reprogram the phone, which I'm not familiar with.. anyone can give me a hint how to go bout this your help is much appreciated
If you need more info or i missed something please let me know...
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Im not a pro, but it sound like a wrong rom was flashed. Good luck mate!

I know it's for another device but most of these still apply, I'd suggest giving them a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930

QHSUSB_DLOAD is a sure sign of a hard brick.

BWolf56 said:
I know it's for another device but most of these still apply, I'd suggest giving them a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
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Thanks bud, I'm gonna look it up,, here's what i've done so far: i got the qualcom high speed usb driver and my computer detected the phone on COM4, and QPST also detected it on COM4... any clue what to do next?
I also need a reliable telus stock rom for my phone (sgh-i747m) so i dont screw up my galaxy again! :/

4tunecookie said:
Thanks bud, I'm gonna look it up,, here's what i've done so far: i got the qualcom high speed usb driver and my computer detected the phone on COM4, and QPST also detected it on COM4... any clue what to do next?
I also need a reliable telus stock rom for my phone (sgh-i747m) so i dont screw up my galaxy again! :/
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Get the one from sammobile.com and flash it with Odin.

BWolf56 said:
Get the one from sammobile.com and flash it with Odin.
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Odin doesn't detect it yet.. QPST detects it as "download mode" on COM4 in the QPST Configuration.