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[Q] T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II soft brick

OK I was trying to flash an unlocked kernal via ODIN last night, something went wrong and now phone is stuck on the phone--!--computer screen. I cannot get past this screen. vol+home+power doesn't do anything but loop to the same screen.
It shows ODIN MODE in red at the top of the screen, but ODIn won't recognize the phone, nor will Kies (not running at the same time). Computer makes USB connected/disconnected sound when I plug and unplug the phone.
I have tried One-Click Unbrick, did not recognize that phone was connected.
Help!!

which model of Galaxy S2 do you have?

T-Mobile SGH-T989

hose902 said:
T-Mobile SGH-T989
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there''s currently nothing to flash this phone
it came out only 2 days ago
DEV are still working on finding root
so, the best suggestion is to take it back to the store and get it exchanged
or wait a few more days/weeks until a flashable release becomes available to fix the mistake

I know, I was hasty and now this. Even when there something available to flash, the device isn't being recognized by ODIN. Any troubleshooting help for this?

When I managed to get my Vibrant into that mode I could pull the battery, hold volume up, put the battery in, press and release power (still holding volume up) and it'd kick back into download mode everytime. Once in download mode I could plug the USB in and a running ODIN would see it pop up. If ODIN wasn't running and USB was already plugged in things wouldn't work right.
I haven't tried ODIN on the GS2 yet (I'll wait for a root ). I did find the vibrant nearly impossible to brick though... trust me I unexpectedly tried quite hard.
You might need the newest ODIN for GS2 support, and possibly newer drivers.

Hey, Hey, Hey...
My Story...
1. I got a TMO Samsung Galaxy S2
2. Tried to root
3. Used Odin to root and install ROM and referenced the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
4. Realized phone models are not the same
5. Phone does not boot and nothing comes up on the screen
6. No lights or LED indicators (i.e. charging) HOWEVER....
7. ODIN recognizes the phone when I plug in the phone via USB
8. Tried to load stock rom:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321811
9. ODIN gets stuck on <ID:0/005> SetupConnection...
10. I am unable to access SD Card for CWR
11. Next step? Return or exchanges are currently not an option.
Thanks in advance for the assistance!

fix4tv said:
Hey, Hey, Hey...
My Story...
1. I got a TMO Samsung Galaxy S2
2. Tried to root
3. Used Odin to root and install ROM and referenced the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
4. Realized phone models are not the same
5. Phone does not boot and nothing comes up on the screen
6. No lights or LED indicators (i.e. charging) HOWEVER....
7. ODIN recognizes the phone when I plug in the phone via USB
8. Tried to load stock rom:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321811
9. ODIN gets stuck on <ID:0/005> SetupConnection...
10. I am unable to access SD Card for CWR
11. Next step? Return or exchanges are currently not an option.
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
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I'm a bit new to this, but a custom ROM shouldn't affect your recovery mode. Are you sure you are using the correct buttons and methods to boot recovery?
Might want to make a new thread instead of necroing something from when the phone was 2 days old.

I have GT I9100 and done the same thing and got the same result . stuck at setup connection with odin
Please Help

Go into device manager when is plugged in and if it says qhd-usb or something like that its a hard brick. What tipped me off was you said it makes two noises when you plug in. that's a tell tell sign your hard bricked
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

soft bricked my phone (i hope)
i have sgh-t989 (t-mobile) i am running a miui rom. it wont boot it just goes to miui boot up screen. i can go to the download mode but not recovery (how do u do that) but when im in downoad mode Odin dosnt recognize my phone. and my computer says it is an unknown device.
tried new wire, uninstalling re-installing kies, stopped all processes, diff computer tried to boot for a day, let battery out for a day, and a few other things.
please help and thank you.

iamnoone626 said:
i have sgh-t989 (t-mobile) i am running a miui rom. it wont boot it just goes to miui boot up screen. i can go to the download mode but not recovery (how do u do that) but when im in downoad mode Odin dosnt recognize my phone. and my computer says it is an unknown device.
tried new wire, uninstalling re-installing kies, stopped all processes, diff computer tried to boot for a day, let battery out for a day, and a few other things.
please help and thank you.
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You should try to uninstall then reinstall driver, and try another usb port. In my experience, Odin seems to be picky, it only recognizes your phone if you plug it in the usb port that you used in the first time.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app

Recovery is accessed by holding both vol + and - while starting the phone. Hold them both while pressing the power button, then release the power button when it vibrates, keep holding the vol buttons till you see the recovery screen.

Alarmmy said:
You should try to uninstall then reinstall driver, and try another usb port. In my experience, Odin seems to be picky, it only recognizes your phone if you plug it in the usb port that you used in the first time.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app
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ok i have done this through kies is there another way that you can do this?
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nagoshi said:
Recovery is accessed by holding both vol + and - while starting the phone. Hold them both while pressing the power button, then release the power button when it vibrates, keep holding the vol buttons till you see the recovery screen.
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when i do this it only takes me to download mode.

Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
for a DL link for the USB Drivers
Cheers,
Chris

Sk3tchy said:
Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
for a DL link for the USB Drivers
Cheers,
Chris
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i tryed this but still odin does not recognize my phone. (no yellow box shows up)

[q] radio messed up?

I have a galaxy s 2 tmobile version rooted and running beastmod 5.0
So I'm having a problem. I flashed the ics roms to my t989. I was running bm 5 before. I called the #2632* thingy to just get edge instead of 4g because it was killing my battery. I decided to go back to bm 5 cuz the ics ports based on the att leak were horrible. Usually on bm 5 I have GSM only selected for the network but it hasn't been able to connect. The only way I can connect is by using wcdma/gsm auto mode to connect to T-Mobile then I can select GSM only to just use GSM. If I restart with GSM only again it wont find signal unless wcdma/GSM is seleceted then I switch to GSM only. Idk what to do anymore GSM only used to work before I flashed ics and this is pissing me off help me anyone please! Its greatly appreciated.

Did you flash a gingerbread radio before going back to bm?

I did I found the t989 radio on xda I flashed it and it didn't work its the same problem.

joeloe03 said:
I did I found the t989 radio on xda I flashed it and it didn't work its the same problem.
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And what does your baseband say right now?

I attached a picture.

Super wipe, factory reset, flash back to stock with Odin, etc
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda premium

What's a super wipe. Where can I find it and how do I do the rest. I tried it like go back to stock but Idk if it worked I need help

joeloe03 said:
What's a super wipe. Where can I find it and how do I do the rest. I tried it like go back to stock but Idk if it worked I need help
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Hit the darkside part of my siggy and look over the OP. Superwipe is a script by tdj recommended prior to any ROM flash.

joeloe03 said:
What's a super wipe. Where can I find it and how do I do the rest. I tried it like go back to stock but Idk if it worked I need help
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Super wipe:
Thank TDJ!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
Boot into CWM.......wipe data/factory reset
Flash darkside superwipe
Back to stock:
Ok, you are going to need the drivers for your phone. http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
You need odin as well, download it. http://www.mediafire.com/?u868rqz4qn0ta34
If you already have drivers and odin move on to below
Go here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ and make an account. I use sammobile because it contains everything in one shot. No need to get radio and crap from other places. After you make an account go to firmware section and type t989 in the search box. download the t989uvkid or Kl1 ASSUMING YOU HAVE AMERICAN T989
After you have completed the download you are going to need to unzip it with 7zip to extract the tar.
Plug the USB cable into your computer, without plugging it into your phone.
Hold VOL UP + VOL DOWN while plugging in the USB cable to your phone. Stop holding buttons when the ''Warning'' appears.
Press Volume UP and open ODIN (Run as Admin on Vista and 7, just to be safe)
Click PDA and locate the MD5 file you extracted earlier.
WAIT FOR ODIN TO RECOGNIZE YOUR PHONE. THE COM PORT WILL TURN YELLOW AND HAVE A NUMBER
MAKE SURE NOTHING BUT AUTO REBOOT IS CHECKED!!!!!!!
Press 'Start' and be patient. It will take a few minutes because it is a large file.
phone will reboot automatically.

thank so much for the instructions however
this llink doesnt work for the DRIVERS doesnt work
and i had the superwipe already and thanks lol silly me.

If you go to Samsung website and download Kies, the drivers will automatically update.

joeloe03 said:
thank so much for the instructions however
this llink doesnt work for the DRIVERS doesnt work
and i had the superwipe already and thanks lol silly me.
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Fixed link

Okay. Thanks and the drivers what do I do with them??

xcrazydx said:
Super wipe:
Thank TDJ!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
Boot into CWM.......wipe data/factory reset
Flash darkside superwipe
Back to stock:
Ok, you are going to need the drivers for your phone. http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
You need odin as well, download it. http://www.mediafire.com/?u868rqz4qn0ta34
If you already have drivers and odin move on to below
Go here http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ and make an account. I use sammobile because it contains everything in one shot. No need to get radio and crap from other places. After you make an account go to firmware section and type t989 in the search box. download the t989uvkid or Kl1 ASSUMING YOU HAVE AMERICAN T989
After you have completed the download you are going to need to unzip it with 7zip to extract the tar.
Plug the USB cable into your computer, without plugging it into your phone.
Hold VOL UP + VOL DOWN while plugging in the USB cable to your phone. Stop holding buttons when the ''Warning'' appears.
Press Volume UP and open ODIN (Run as Admin on Vista and 7, just to be safe)
Click PDA and locate the MD5 file you extracted earlier.
WAIT FOR ODIN TO RECOGNIZE YOUR PHONE. THE COM PORT WILL TURN YELLOW AND HAVE A NUMBER
MAKE SURE NOTHING BUT AUTO REBOOT IS CHECKED!!!!!!!
Press 'Start' and be patient. It will take a few minutes because it is a large file.
phone will reboot automatically.
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So now I download kies open kies plug my phone in in the download mode for it to send the drivers over. Then what? How do I do the drivers

joeloe03 said:
So now I download kies open kies plug my phone in in the download mode for it to send the drivers over. Then what? How do I do the drivers
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You dont do anything with it. kies installed the drivers already. just follow the directions in my post

xcrazydx said:
You dont do anything with it. kies installed the drivers already. just follow the directions in my post
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okay but once i download kies do i plug in the phone and let it install just while the phone is on then unplug it turn it off go into download mode and open odin?

joeloe03 said:
okay but once i download kies do i plug in the phone and let it install just while the phone is on then unplug it turn it off go into download mode and open odin?
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It doesn't matter. Just follow the directions. I've already broke it down barney style and explained it in more detail than anyone else ever has. Spent a decent amount of time to help you, and you have yet to even push the button and give me a simple thanks. Geeze man

xcrazydx said:
It doesn't matter. Just follow the directions. I've already broke it down barney style and explained it in more detail than anyone else ever has. Spent a decent amount of time to help you, and you have yet to even push the button and give me a simple thanks. Geeze man
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okay thank you i appreciate your invested time and trying to help me im at school so when i get home i will do this, im a big noob as this stuff. thanks again

joeloe03 said:
okay thank you i appreciate your invested time and trying to help me im at school so when i get home i will do this, im a big noob as this stuff. thanks again
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Thanks
If you really need it I may be able to walk you through it on here. But you should have no problem if you follow the instructions.
http://webchat.irondust.net/?channels=skyrocket
Pm me if you need help and i'll try to get on

Or you could've used my sticky. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359

[Q] HELP! My S3 wont boot past the samsung logo

My phone is stuck at the samsung logo for about 30 min. I tried flashing another rom but it didnt work. I can access download mode but not recovery mode.
What is my possible solution?

If the 3 button method doesn't work you may be able try ADB to get into recovery.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

Thenewguy1 said:
If the 3 button method doesn't work you may be able try ADB to get into recovery.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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The three button method as in "Download Mode"?

ThatGuyIsEpic said:
My phone is stuck at the samsung logo for about 30 min. I tried flashing another rom but it didnt work. I can access download mode but not recovery mode.
What is my possible solution?
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If you can get into download mode, then ODIN TWRP to your phone. Or ODIN the proper rooted ROM.
Sent from my SGH-I747

aybarrap1 said:
If you can get into download mode, then ODIN TWRP to your phone.
Sent from my SGH-I747
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Do I flash TWRP in the PDA box on Odin?
Also note that I tried different usb cables and usb ports but nothing is working its still stuck at the boot screen

aybarrap1 said:
If you can get into download mode, then ODIN TWRP to your phone. Or ODIN the proper rooted ROM.
Sent from my SGH-I747
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I flashed TWRP and tried booting into recovery mode but it doesnt work I get the samsung logo and in the top left hand corner I get recovery boot in blue text then after that it goes black
Is my device useless now?

aybarrap1 said:
If you can get into download mode, then ODIN TWRP to your phone. Or ODIN the proper rooted ROM.
Sent from my SGH-I747
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All the ROMs I know require you to flash via ClockworkMod is there any ROMs you can flash with Odin?

ThatGuyIsEpic said:
I flashed TWRP and tried booting into recovery mode but it doesnt work I get the samsung logo and in the top left hand corner I get recovery boot in blue text then after that it goes black
Is my device useless now?
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Vol up + home + power. When your device vibrates and you see the blue text, release just the power button

xbeerdroidx said:
vol up + home + power. When your device vibrates and you see the blue text, release just the power button
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thank you so much i got it work :d

ThatGuyIsEpic said:
All the ROMs I know require you to flash via ClockworkMod is there any ROMs you can flash with Odin?
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Uhhg
Just 5 minutes of reading and looking for and answer and you wouldn't have to make this thread -_-
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-I747&pcode=ATT#firmware
Any of those firmwares will work on a i747
If you have a i747M or you're not ATT look here and select your correct phone information in the drop down boxes:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
These will restore you to factory, you will still have to root.

I still cant get my phone to work.
I have done this many times and the galaxy s3 logo comes up and then nothing..
I wasnt rooting my phone i was charging it last night.... the phone got hot so i unplugged. I tried to turn it on in the morning and it wouldnt turn on. i know how to put my phone in recovery mode, ive done it before but it wont. it will go into download mode but thats.about. it. I know i dont know much about phones but i know how to put it in recovery mode to clear the cache and that isnt working.... any thoughts?

jessicarabbit85 said:
I still cant get my phone to work.
I have done this many times and the galaxy s3 logo comes up and then nothing..
I wasnt rooting my phone i was charging it last night.... the phone got hot so i unplugged. I tried to turn it on in the morning and it wouldnt turn on. i know how to put my phone in recovery mode, ive done it before but it wont. it will go into download mode but thats.about. it. I know i dont know much about phones but i know how to put it in recovery mode to clear the cache and that isnt working.... any thoughts?
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Does the phone actually connect to your pc? I assume you have the proper drivers installed? Open odin while in download mode and see if it detects the phone. Sounds as if the phone's bootloader is screwed. If its detected you should be able to fix without much trouble. Sometimes you have to flash the original stock rom as the newer ones sometime have trouble for whatever reason. Version 4.0.4 i believe.

scotteb said:
Does the phone actually connect to your pc? I assume you have the proper drivers installed? Open odin while in download mode and see if it detects the phone. Sounds as if the phone's bootloader is screwed. If its detected you should be able to fix without much trouble. Sometimes you have to flash the original stock rom as the newer ones sometime have trouble for whatever reason. Version 4.0.4 i believe.
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I dont have odin on this computer, when i plug it in it isnt recognized, i assumed that was because it wasnt technically powered on. I guess i'll take it to someone tomorrow to have it looked at.... im so out of my element here... thanks.

jessicarabbit85 said:
I dont have odin on this computer, when i plug it in it isnt recognized, i assumed that was because it wasnt technically powered on. I guess i'll take it to someone tomorrow to have it looked at.... im so out of my element here... thanks.
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If you can get the phone into download mode , it should auto install your drivers and make it recognizable by Odin.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

[Q] Did a MEGA WIPE on SGH-I747 and have completely deleted everything. Plz help?

I would like to apologize in advance if I posted in the wrong category (I think it's the right category). As the title says I have done a mega wipe with my Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747) and completely removed the OS along with the System Recovery and everything. It is basically just the phone and nothing inside. When I plug it in the computer, my windows OS makes a sound signaling it detected a device but then nothing happens. I do see a red light turning on my Galaxy S3, I think it says it's charging. Tried accessing the recovery mode, but no luck.... So my question is...is there any way to reflash an OS? Thank you so much XDA!!

If you can get to download mode, you can use Odin to flash a rom. Why would you wipe the recovery partition?

You need some JTAG action.

strawhatluffy28 said:
I would like to apologize in advance if I posted in the wrong category (I think it's the right category). As the title says I have done a mega wipe with my Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747) and completely removed the OS along with the System Recovery and everything. It is basically just the phone and nothing inside. When I plug it in the computer, my windows OS makes a sound signaling it detected a device but then nothing happens. I do see a red light turning on my Galaxy S3, I think it says it's charging. Tried accessing the recovery mode, but no luck.... So my question is...is there any way to reflash an OS? Thank you so much XDA!!
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Hi My friend this is happened for me b4 and this what I did
1- take your battery out for about 5 Minutes.
2- Download Odin and The firmware orginal no rooting no custom recovery ** I started with ICS from Samsung-update.com***
3- Start Odin Don't add firmware yet.
4- Put your phone in Download mode by holding Volum down+ home+power and when the screen come push volum up to go to download mode.
5- Now connect your phone to PC and Odin will see your phone on which com.
6- Now add the Firmware by clicking on PDA when it say ready just click start on odin.
7- You are back on orginal Rom ( No root or Custom recovery) and you can go from there.
Good Luck
IF I Help Hit Thank Botton

saj222 said:
You need some JTAG action.
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I can't even access the Download mode part , is there a thread that could point me in the right direction for JTAG? (wtv that is :S) Thanks!

strawhatluffy28 said:
I can't even access the Download mode part , is there a thread that could point me in the right direction for JTAG? (wtv that is :S) Thanks!
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JTAG repair is done to your phone by an expert with special equipment. You would need to bring your phone to them or ship it off to be fixed. Google '(your city) Jtag repair' . No boot but still having a sound from connecting to PC is a good sign that your bootloader is corrupted.

If the computer makes as noise when you plug it in, try for download mode... Even If the screen of the phone doesn't turn on try to connect and use Odin, sometimes Odin will pick it up...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

[Q] U.S. Cellular Galaxy S3, can it be saved?

Don't be afraid to be the bringer of bad news here. Here's what I did: I wanted to clear some space and start from scratch on my S3 (d2usc), so I wiped and used odin to go back to the stock 4.1 firmware. I updated OTA to 4.3 then I flashed CWM touch. From recovery I flashed SuperSU and the most recent CM11 nightly along with gapps. It was running perfect at this point. I made a backup and that's when I decided I was pro enough to flash a custom kernel in recovery. Specifically this one. Which I'm sure is a nice kernel, if only it was made for my device *facepalm* So now it won't turn on and I can't get into download mode or recovery. When I plug in to my PC Windows doesn't recognize it. I can hear the "plugged in" sound, but it sounds sort of laggy. When I unplug it I get the normal "unplugged" sound, but the screen stays black no matter what. I also get a red LED when plugged in without a battery. I'm thinking my only option might be a USB jig, but I really have no idea if that will work in this situation. So what do you guys think? Is it done for or salvageable?

Have you tried download mode? Volume up and power and home buttons at the same time. If you can get into download mode, your not bricked. Only option if download mode works, is to find a tar file, which flashes every partition of the phone. You must know how to use ODIN to flash a tar file though.
sent from my Gs3

joeyhdownsouth said:
Have you tried download mode? Volume up and power and home buttons at the same time. If you can get into download mode, your not bricked. Only option if download mode works, is to find a tar file, which flashes every partition of the phone. You must know how to use ODIN to flash a tar file though.
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Download mode does not work.

ThePhill said:
Download mode does not work.
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Jig or jtag
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