I just got the Galaxy note 2 L900. It is rooted and modified for international using. It works perfect and I was about to explore the Jelly bean 4.2.2 several times but later the battery felt out (phone has no back cover). I inserted the battery back and booted but it only started then stopped at xiaomi.com logo and the phone was frozen as brick with no control at all.
So how could I recover the custom ROM. I have never done this and I really need help. Thank you you all.
Are you able to get the device into Download mode? When turning the device on hold the power button, vol down, and the home button and the device should enter download mode.
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Are you able to get the device into Download mode? When turning the device on hold the power button, vol down, and the home button and the device should enter download mode.
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Thank you. I did this before I posted this matter but the question is which files I need to download and where I can find these files? Is is in the phone already? as I said I have never done this before.
If you can get into Download mode you can ODIN any ROM you would like to the device and fix the not booting problem. You can re-flash the ROM you were using if you choose. You would need to find an ODIN tar file to use this option to get your device working again.
icu814 said:
If you can get into Download mode you can ODIN any ROM you would like to the device and fix the not booting problem. You can re-flash the ROM you were using if you choose. You would need to find an ODIN tar file to use this option to get your device working again.
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Thanks again for your reply. It must be easier for me if I do the rooting or flashing of this phone from the beginning. I would read and following instruction step by step but right now it likes I am right in the middle of the jungle and really don't know where I should start. I looked for "ODIN tar file" and one link lead me to download the "odin multi downloader v3 95 exe.rar" but I found in here many files to download and one of these files is "Root mobile ODIN Pro v3 65 full" is the only file close to what I am looking for but I am not sure this is the file I need. I really needed help on this matter. You are the only one who replied my question and I believe that you can help. I wonder that you could text and help me through this matter. I would appreciate this. Thank you again
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Send me the service provider you use and I will see if I can find an ODIN flashable ROM for your device. I can link you to the download and we can go from there. The first part though is finding a flashable image.
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Send me the service provider you use and I will see if I can find an ODIN flashable ROM for your device. I can link you to the download and we can go from there. The first part though is finding a flashable image.
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I have no idea. This phone has bad ESN and was modified for international using so it has a SIM card port now for GSM network (that the seller told me). I just have this phone in 2 day only and as I said I just played with in about 1 hours to see what options the phone could provide before the battery felt out issue. I not sure it can be use with ATT or Tmobile when it has bad ESN. I didn't tried it. I bought it on ebay for my cousin in Vietnam (price cheaper to Good ESN). So I guess it must be best for an ODIN flashable ROM for gsm network. Thank you.
The phone might not have a bad ESN it just might not be recognizing a network due to an invalid SIM or no SIM at all. The phone might work and find a network if a good SIM is put into the device. The first thing I would do though is find a stock image that is for a GSM phone. You can attempt to find out what service provider your cousin is going to use but to be honest it really does not matter with a GSM carrier and a phone that does not have SIM card restrictions which I am sure this one does not. You can look for a flashable image for Docomo, AT&T, or some other GSM provider. That will at least get you into the device so you can check out the options. You could always contact the person you got the device from and see what ROM they had installed and go back with that. Just a few suggestions.
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The phone might not have a bad ESN it just might not be recognizing a network due to an invalid SIM or no SIM at all. The phone might work and find a network if a good SIM is put into the device. The first thing I would do though is find a stock image that is for a GSM phone. You can attempt to find out what service provider your cousin is going to use but to be honest it really does not matter with a GSM carrier and a phone that does not have SIM card restrictions which I am sure this one does not. You can look for a flashable image for Docomo, AT&T, or some other GSM provider. That will at least get you into the device so you can check out the options. You could always contact the person you got the device from and see what ROM they had installed and go back with that. Just a few suggestions.
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So why we don't try Tmobile (I am using Ptel and Ptel base on Tmobile). IF it works on Tmobile then it can be unlocked later. (but I am sure the seller he told this phone has bad ESN)
Thank you.
From what I have found T-Mobile did not put out the Galaxy Nexus device. There is an option that you can try though. You can use the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit to flash stock images through ODIN and root any build you choose to use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Check out this thread for the download. The toolkit provides step by step instructions when you are performing the various actions. You will need to manually boot into download mode like you did before in order to use the ODIN feature in the toolkit. Make sure you select a stock/factory image for a GSM device.
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From what I have found T-Mobile did not put out the Galaxy Nexus device. There is an option that you can try though. You can use the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit to flash stock images through ODIN and root any build you choose to use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Check out this thread for the download. The toolkit provides step by step instructions when you are performing the various actions. You will need to manually boot into download mode like you did before in order to use the ODIN feature in the toolkit. Make sure you select a stock/factory image for a GSM device.
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Wow. It seems too complicated. I downloaded and installed the Galaxy Nexus toolkit with GSM model 4.2.2 JDQ39 Build
in the menu it says: install/uninstall device driver on your PC [unplug device first] and many other instructions after that
But my question is where I should start from which application? I open the Galaxy Nexus toolkit folder and there are many applications in there. Should I use the Odin3_v3.07 to begin?
Do you know any "step by step instruction from the beginning"? I don't even know how to use the Odin3_v3.07 yet.
No there should be something in the ToolKit forlder named ToolKit.exe and that is what you want to open. All commands are run through the toolkit and when running it will look like a command prompt window with number options that you will type in. Commands will be displayed on the screen and you just type in the corresponding number to select options. The on screen instructions will tell you what to do at each step.
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No there should be something in the ToolKit forlder named ToolKit.exe and that is what you want to open. All commands are run through the toolkit and when running it will look like a command prompt window with number options that you will type in. Commands will be displayed on the screen and you just type in the corresponding number to select options. The on screen instructions will tell you what to do at each step.
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I did come to the prompt window and enter the option 1 : Install/Uninstall Device Driver on your PC (checked and saw driver on toolkit). Then reboot the phone (I guess in fastboot mode but holding vol down power and home keys) but I cannot get the serial number as show in the instruction and the phone show no activity at all. I checked toolkit and did see the USB connected Did I do something wrong?
There is a note in the command prompt window: make sure your device is booted fully into android. (how I am sure the phone is fully boot into android)
Please advice. Thank you
All the options that are listed that say booted into Android your not going to be able to use. You should be able to use any option that says via ODIN in the name of the option. When the toolkit attempts to reboot the phone and wait for fastboot you should be good if you are already in Download mode. You might have the option to flash a stock ROM via ODIN. If so that will at least get you into the phone and you can use other options in the toolkit from that point.
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All the options that are listed that say booted into Android your not going to be able to use. You should be able to use any option that says via ODIN in the name of the option. When the toolkit attempts to reboot the phone and wait for fastboot you should be good if you are already in Download mode. You might have the option to flash a stock ROM via ODIN. If so that will at least get you into the phone and you can use other options in the toolkit from that point.
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I tried most of the options but I could not get any control of phone in download mode. EX: I click on option 11: boot or flash .img file to device then it prompted "file not found." Other options I only message "waiting for the device" but there was nothing happen then.
I researched for the flashing the phone from beginning again but it seems nothing works for the bricked phone.
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I tried most of the options but I could not get any control of phone in download mode. EX: I click on option 11: boot or flash .img file to device then it prompted "file not found." Other options I only message "waiting for the device" but there was nothing happen then.
I researched for the flashing the phone from beginning again but it seems nothing works for the bricked phone.
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Pull the battery, wait 10 seconds. Put battery back in and press Vol. Down, Home (Middle button) and Power until you see a warning come on the screen. Press Up and you should see a picture of an Android with "Downloading" and "Odin Mode" in the upper left corner.
Once here try flashing via Odin again. If it's really a Sprint Note 2 I still suggest the MC2 Unrooted Restore to give yourself a clean slate.
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Pull the battery, wait 10 seconds. Put battery back in and press Vol. Down, Home (Middle button) and Power until you see a warning come on the screen. Press Up and you should see a picture of an Android with "Downloading" and "Odin Mode" in the upper left corner.
Once here try flashing via Odin again. If it's really a Sprint Note 2 I still suggest the MC2 Unrooted Restore to give yourself a clean slate.
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OK Here are what I did:
open toolkit at command window with many options and I have chosen options:
*** 17 for GSM model adroid 4.2.2
*** 25 for USA GSM model adroid 4.2.2
and even tried ***45 CDMA LTE model adroid 4.2.2 (when I tried I did notice some downloaded files on command window and this is the only activity I have notice in entire procedure but after file is downloaded it returned to main menu and nothing happened then.
When I choose option 17 or 25 or 45 I got into the same menu with many of fastboot , ADB mode... options. As I said I tried most of these but nothing works.
you said try flashing via Odin again. I tried to locate the MC2 Unrooted Restore but could not find it. Please advice. Thanks
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OK Here are what I did:
open toolkit at command window with many options and I have chosen options:
*** 17 for GSM model adroid 4.2.2
*** 25 for USA GSM model adroid 4.2.2
and even tried ***45 CDMA LTE model adroid 4.2.2 (when I tried I did notice some downloaded files on command window and this is the only activity I have notice in entire procedure but after file is downloaded it returned to main menu and nothing happened then.
When I choose option 17 or 25 or 45 I got into the same menu with many of fastboot , ADB mode... options. As I said I tried most of these but nothing works.
you said try flashing via Odin again. I tried to locate the MC2 Unrooted Restore but could not find it. Please advice. Thanks
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Let's skip the toolbox for a moment.
1) Download this file:
http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...rooted/SPH-L900_MC2_1090526_Stock_Restore.exe
2) Open it. It will unpack another EXE in Odin-OC.
3) Set phone into Odin mode as previously posted.
4) Connect USB cable to PC, open EXE in Odin-OC folder.
Once shows connected, click Start.
That should get you going. If you still have problems let me know.
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Let's skip the toolbox for a moment.
1) Download this file:
http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...rooted/SPH-L900_MC2_1090526_Stock_Restore.exe
2) Open it. It will unpack another EXE in Odin-OC.
3) Set phone into Odin mode as previously posted.
4) Connect USB cable to PC, open EXE in Odin-OC folder.
Once shows connected, click Start.
That should get you going. If you still have problems let me know.
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Cool. Thank you very much. You are really big help. Just restored the phone back to the Original Sprint android version 4.1.2 Hard ware version L900.09. It works perfect now but this phone was modified to use with GSM carriers (it got sim card lot) so I guess I will have to flash it. What should I do next. I prefer to AT&T or Tmobile.
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Please please please help. I am a newbie and like a dummy I thought I'd take a stab at this.
I have a Verizon GSIII and did the following.
I unrooted using Casual App on mac following these directions:
droid-life[dot]com/2012/08/15/unsecure-bootloader-can-now-be-flashed-to-verizons-galaxy-s3/
But, like I said a dummy, forgot to circle back to do step #3 and jumped (i think) to #4. So I forgot the step to "Select “Flash Unsecure Aboot” and then “Do It.”".
From there I tried to load the CM10 ROM M2 for Rooted Galaxy S3! [Android 4.1.2] (a .zip) from my SD Card when using Rom Manager. Upon restarting I am presented with the final message:
"System software not authorized by VZW has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and goto the nearest store for help."
Did I just brick my phone?? It seems to me with the limited amount of knowledge on this that I need to unlock the boot loader? Does that sound right?
I'm trying to follow this video:
phonesreview[dot]co[dot]uk/2012/08/16/samsung-galaxy-s3-jelly-bean-verizon-bootloader-unlock/
However, when I goto the download mode (pressing volume up, power and home buttons), and connect via USB, my mac doesn't recognize there's a device connected... even when i have Android File Transfer app up and running.
Any help is much appreciated!!
Volume up doesn't put you in download mode, it should boot recovery.
Volume Down is for download mode. You'll want to find a stock image that's flashable with odin or heimdall and flash that.
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Volume up doesn't put you in download mode, it should boot recovery.
Volume Down is for download mode. You'll want to find a stock image that's flashable with odin or heimdall and flash that.
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Sorry, I mean volume down. Like I said, I'm new.
Sorry, just query Google for "Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII stock image"?
Your help is appreciated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
This thread is probably your best bet. You will need to use heimdall instead of odin if you're on OSX instead of windows, however.
quantum1 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
This thread is probably your best bet. You will need to use heimdall instead of odin if you're on OSX instead of windows, however.
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So, I have a PC next to me, but when I plug in the phone, it's not recognized by the PC or app. Any ideas or software?
Well if you haven't already i recommend posting in the vzw section as they re probably more knowledgeable about your phone. However if I'm not mistaken(and bare with me as i don't know anything about crapintosh computers, but android file transfer wouldn't be used here. You need to get your phone in download mode and use heimdall as stated above and make sure all drivers are installed. You'll have better/faster luck getting this fixed if you find someone with a windows pc. Remember your in androids backyard right now trying to get help doing something from a crapple product.
Hello all, i was trying to flash back to my stock rom 4.0.2 from my custom rom 4.1.1 and then my little brother accidently unplug the cable and now my phone cant boot up. I can hear the sound but the screen is all black and the vibrator keep going off every 10 seconds. i couldnt go to recovery mode. I didnt do NANO back up either. So please someone help what should i do to get my phone back to normal. Thank you
uhm, kick your brother in the face? lol. you are screwed man.
Afraid he may be right.
Pull battery to make sure phone is off and try to boot into download mode.
If you can call yourself lucky, and odin flash the stock fw. Tie up your brotber first this time!
If you can't boot to download mode or recovery, then you are probably hard bricked.
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This shouldn't be too hard. I can't see how your download mode could have gotten damaged.
It sounds like you were using ODIN? You can get into download mode by pulling the battery. Then hold vol down+home and press power. Hold the first 2 until it is well on the way to coming up. Then you can flash the stock ROM by putting it in the PDA field of ODIN. The ROM should be easily findable in these sub-forums.
An alternate if you have a ROM zip file - which are more plentiful - is to use ADB. Although that takes a bit more confidence. In SUPER short because it can never be in enough threads:
1. Obtain a ROM of your choice, and note the location on your computer.
2. reboot your device into fastboot mode via one the following .
1. power off the device then back on with 'vol down ' + power button.
3. Wipe your device.
1. fastboot -w
4 . Update your ROM.
1. fastboot update </path/to/your/RomFile.zip>
5. Your phone will update and automatically reboot into the new ROM.
But really I'd go with ODIN. It's just easier.
call tmobile and tell them u installed a app off the market and your phone froze
go thru all the crap they tell you to restart the phone
obviously it wont turn on
wait for them to tell you that they are gonna send you a new phone
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call tmobile and tell them u installed a app off the market and your phone froze
go thru all the crap they tell you to restart the phone
obviously it wont turn on
wait for them to tell you that they are gonna send you a new phone
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Sure, defraud the carrier. THAT'S ALWAYS the answer.
This is why we can't have nice things.
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This shouldn't be too hard. I can't see how your download mode could have gotten damaged.
It sounds like you were using ODIN? You can get into download mode by pulling the battery. Then hold vol down+home and press power. Hold the first 2 until it is well on the way to coming up. Then you can flash the stock ROM by putting it in the PDA field of ODIN. The ROM should be easily findable in these sub-forums.
An alternate if you have a ROM zip file - which are more plentiful - is to use ADB. Although that takes a bit more confidence. In SUPER short because it can never be in enough threads:
1. Obtain a ROM of your choice, and note the location on your computer.
2. reboot your device into fastboot mode via one the following .
1. power off the device then back on with 'vol down ' + power button.
3. Wipe your device.
1. fastboot -w
4 . Update your ROM.
1. fastboot update </path/to/your/RomFile.zip>
5. Your phone will update and automatically reboot into the new ROM.
But really I'd go with ODIN. It's just easier.
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I'm bumping this old thread because of a question specific to the info above. I'm in adb and cannot flash the rom to phone because i'm stuck at
fastboot update </path/to/your/RomFile.zip>
I'm obviously not putting the correct path in, so can someone tell me the correct path if my rom is located in
C:\android-sdk\sdk\platform-tools\TD.zip
I've tried all sorts of combinations and am stuck at this point, which is frustrating because i'm almost there.
Thanks in advance.
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Ok everyone stop messing around, if your phone won't boot to CWM/TWRP or even if it does boot to CWM/TWRP but
you cannot flash custom roms for one reason or another this step by step guide is for you.
If your phone will not go into download mode you will need to exchange it or get it repaired by jtag.
If your phones do go into download mode successfully just follow this step by step guide to get your phone back up and working.
Easy and sure way to to get your phone back up and running properly with this step by step guide:
After you have followed these instructions your phone will be in the same condition
as it was the day you have purchased it except with the benefit of being rooted.
Download the stock-rooted T999 firmware: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390169635556426451
After downloading it make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the
file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Here is a link for ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app) http://d-h.st/Q14
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file.
Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
(It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!
How much time per-day do you waste answering questions people never asked? Just wondered.
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How much time per-day do you waste answering questions people never asked? Just wondered.
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his post was a lot more useful than yours.
reosting
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A lot more time than you do posting your nonsense. LOL
I have a Samsung galaxy S3 SGH-I747 ATT. I followed the steps on xda developers forum here to root and unlock bootloader using the samsung galaxy toolkit. I have not installed any custom roms as yet. I just copied the zip for Hyderdrive onto my phone and restarted it. Boom! Phone doesn't start. Tried recovery,download and just powering on, no luck. The phone doesn't get recognized on Odin. But, it still gets detected on the toolkit. But for me to do anything it asks me to enable USB debugging, which I am not able to cause the phone doesn't switch on. I tried just pluggin in and plugging out the usb cable. It makes the beep noise that we hear when we connect the phone to the system, but that's about it. Doesn't get recognized as a drive on the computer. Is this a hardbrick?
Edit: I don't think it's being recognized on the toolkit. I don't see any serial number on it.
Hyderdrive? whats that? You don't need to unlock the bootloader for the s3, it comes unlocked. Your phone can't be bricked just by copying a zip file to it.
What exactly did you do?
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Hyderdrive? whats that? You don't need to unlock the bootloader for the s3, it comes unlocked. Your phone can't be bricked just by copying a zip file to it.
What exactly did you do?
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That's pretty much exactly what happened.
Installed device drivers.
Backed up my data.
Rooted the phone by following all the steps. [ The problem is I do not remember if I chose Clockworkmod Recovery or TWRP Touch Recovery ]
Installed and Ran EZ-Unlock -- to unlock bootloader.
** At this point, My phone is rooted and I can access superU and EZ-Unlock apps.
**Here's the part I'm not too sure of.
From the main menu of the toolkit, I chose:
option 5 [Flash Custom Recovery via Odin] and chose option 1 [Flash Clockworkmod Recovery] -- This I am certain of.
So using Odin-->Pad-->I browse to the directory of the recovery file in the toolkit folder and Run it. I get the RESET Okay message on Odin. Should I be seeing a green PASS message on top? I'm not too sure. I only got a RESET in purple.
Exit out of odin.
Downloaded Hyperdrive RLS15 from here
Copied the Zip into my phone.
[Phone works perfectly fine till here]
I power off the phone and try to start in the recovery, download mode. Nothing works.
You ran an app to unlock a Verizon S3 bootloader, a process which 1. is unnecessary on an AT&T S3 and 2. will seriously mess with the bootloader which will hard brick your phone. If you take a look in this thread, you'll see that you pretty much have to send it somewhere to get it fixed.
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You ran an app to unlock a Verizon S3 bootloader, a process which 1. is unnecessary on an AT&T S3 and 2. will seriously mess with the bootloader which will hard brick your phone. If you take a look in this thread, you'll see that you pretty much have to send it somewhere to get it fixed.
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Well, that explains a lot. Thanks for your help. I'll probably have to send it in to get it fixed. FML.
Hi,
I have been a regular visitor of this website and have gained quite a good amount of knowledge through this forum.
I have been with android for the past 2 years and I have loved the android experience.
2 days ago, I read that there was a feature in android whereas the free apps access the internet frequently and use up precious battery power also the paid apps access the google play store in order to verify licenses. Both these kind of apps wakes up itself regularly and this eats up huge amount of battery.
To counter this I was searching for solutions through this website and found that there was an app which could be downloaded and which can handle such kind of scenario. Lucky Patcher. I didn't read the whole thread but I just went ahead and downloaded that app and my phone stopped working minutes after its installation. Upon reading the whole thread I found out that the android phone needs to be rooted in order for that app to work. BIG MISTAKE!
Now my phone is dead. I can start it but it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S3 logo and never goes ahead.
I took the help of this forum to flash a stock ROM of S3 onto my fone using Odin 3.07 and a stock rom downloaded from samsung dash updates dot com.
This is the name of the folder that was downloaded from the website
"Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-T999V_GLW_1_20120818102113_dgbyab64vd"
I tried flashing it using Odin following the procedure but there was nothing happening on the software or on the phone. I kept the phone attached while Odin was "Initialising" for around 4-5 hours. I slept along that time, and when I woke up, it was still there. I was supposed to get "PASS!" on Odin but I didn't get that. I downloaded the previous versions of the stock ROM and tried that but all in vain.
Phone model: SGH-T999V (Wind Mobile, Canada)
Now I can't find a solution to this problem and this is my last resort. By the weekend I will go to one of those mobile stores which I haven't seen in ages, but will have to go there as I am unable to revive back my fone. And I utterly miss using it.
If there is anything any of you guys can help me with, I will be more than happy to reply to any further information you need.
Thank you all for reading, and thanks a million for even thinking of helping me.
God Bless you all.
-shanxthechashmish
I can't get in recovery mode (Home+volumeUP+Power). it vibrates once but the screen remains blank.
I can get into downloading mode (Home+volumeDown+Power). which gives me two options, one to continue and the other to cancel.
(May be this helps to determine whether my phone has been bricked or not!)
Using ODIN, the following information is given and is stuck at this only...
"<OSM> KIES_HOME_T999VVLDLL1_T999VYVLDLL1_CL616748_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> File analysis..
<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/005> Initialzation.."
Usually, if you're stuck.during boot you just need to factory reset. Are you sure you're trying the right way to boot recovery? Hold volume up, home and power, when it vibrates, release power but continue holding volume up and home. Some blue text should flash at the top of the screen (you can let go of all buttons now) and it should boot recovery.
No idea why Odin isn't working. Do you have kies installed? If so, get rid of it, reboot and try again.
You could try flashing CWM or TWRP (see my Sig). Then boot recovery and factory reset or flash a Rom.
Sent from my SGH-T999L using Tapatalk 4
Sounds like the drivers are missing. Or you need to run ODIN as administrator
I'm with @KAsp3rd, the computer is not seeing the phone, reinstall the USB drivers try again.
Here is a guide I made:
1. Download and install USB Drivers from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1368
2. Download and extract ODIN 3.07 from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1369
3. Download Stock ROM image (.tar file) from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
4. Save all open files and reboot computer
5. Boot phone into Download mode (also called ODIN mode) by shutting down the phone and holding Volume Down & Home then pressing Power until it vibrates, still holding Volume Down & Home buttons, until the "Yellow Triangle" screen shows up.
6. Plug phone into computer and open ODIN 3.07 and make sure that only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" are checked.
7. Click on the "PDA" button (right side about half-way down), browse for ROM .tar file, click "Open" button.
8. Click "Start" button and watch to "Reset" or "Fail" to show in the 1st square (upper left side),
9. Phone will reboot
10. Leave phone alone for 10mins+ to let all of the first time boot stuff complete.
Good luck with it.
DocHoliday77 said:
Usually, if you're stuck.during boot you just need to factory reset. Are you sure you're trying the right way to boot recovery? Hold volume up, home and power, when it vibrates, release power but continue holding volume up and home. Some blue text should flash at the top of the screen (you can let go of all buttons now) and it should boot recovery.
No idea why Odin isn't working. Do you have kies installed? If so, get rid of it, reboot and try again.
You could try flashing CWM or TWRP (see my Sig). Then boot recovery and factory reset or flash a Rom.
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yes, I was doing the right way with the boot recovery. There was a blue text when the SAMSUNG logo flashed, but nothing after that. I let go off the power button while holding the power up and home buttons, but nothing went ahead.
I dont have kies installed. My laptop has a fresh win 7 ultimate installation. I got the usb drivers for samung already installed, it detects the phone everytime on one of the COM ports.
I'll go through the flashing CWM and TWRP. you meant your signature, right?
sorry for being such a newbie..
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Sounds like the drivers are missing. Or you need to run ODIN as administrator
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TI reinstalled the drivers using the Samsung flashing kit that was available here on xda developers.
I am not sure if ODIN is run as admin. I guess I need to try that one tonight. In class right now, too anxious to study..
wil post up the results as soon as i reach back home..
shanxthechashmich said:
yes, I was doing the right way with the boot recovery. There was a blue text when the SAMSUNG logo flashed, but nothing after that. I let go off the power button while holding the power up and home buttons, but nothing went ahead.
I dont have kies installed. My laptop has a fresh win 7 ultimate installation. I got the usb drivers for samung already installed, it detects the phone everytime on one of the COM ports.
I'll go through the flashing CWM and TWRP. you meant your signature, right?
sorry for being such a newbie..
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Yes, in my signature. But the others may still be correct. When you connect and open Odin does it show the port number in the top left area? If not then it's probably a driver issue, even if they're installed. Happens a lot believe it or not. Also try other usb ports on the computer.
If you can flash recovery in Odin though, this is all irrelevant of course! Either way let us know what happens.
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DJ_SpaRky said:
I'm with @KAsp3rd, the computer is not seeing the phone, reinstall the USB drivers try again.
Here is a guide I made:
1. Download and install USB Drivers from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1368
2. Download and extract ODIN 3.07 from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=1369
3. Download Stock ROM image (.tar file) from here: Thanks to @DocHoliday77 for hosting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
4. Save all open files and reboot computer
5. Boot phone into Download mode (also called ODIN mode) by shutting down the phone and holding Volume Down & Home then pressing Power until it vibrates, still holding Volume Down & Home buttons, until the "Yellow Triangle" screen shows up.
6. Plug phone into computer and open ODIN 3.07 and make sure that only "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" are checked.
7. Click on the "PDA" button (right side about half-way down), browse for ROM .tar file, click "Open" button.
8. Click "Start" button and watch to "Reset" or "Fail" to show in the 1st square (upper left side),
9. Phone will reboot
10. Leave phone alone for 10mins+ to let all of the first time boot stuff complete.
Good luck with it.
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Thnaks for this detailed list.
but i know this drill, the only problem being that the phone is not going anywhere after the step where the ODIN has already flashed the file on the phone.
It gets stuck while "Initializing.." I have posted that as an update on my Post.
As KAsp3rd said that I must try running it as an administrator, I might do it tonight and will let you all know what it gave me..
Thanks for all the help..
I think we posted at the same time so did you see my post? Do you remember if Odin had the port number at the top left? In the Odin output it said ID:0, so it may not be seeing the phone.
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@DocHoliday77
Yes, it shows the COM port on the top left corner of the ODIN.
I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the driveres several times, but with no effect.. I am thinking the run as administrator is the one thing I havent thought of or tried or seen anywhere on the forum.
I will post the result of that as well by tonight.
And thanks for hosting so many files online. I downloaded the one that was needed for the Stock Firmware.
Ok, and in case you don't know, uninstalling the driver software isn't enough on its own. Go into device manager, right click and either update drivers, or uninstall, then install the new driver package.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Ok, and in case you don't know, uninstalling the driver software isn't enough on its own. Go into device manager, right click and either update drivers, or uninstall, then reboot computer, then install the new driver package.
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Windows, always reboot after uninstalling any drivers.
@DocHoliday77
I tried that thing again. Reinstalled the drivers after uninstalling and rebooting. there is still no response.
I gave it to one of my friends, he tried putting in the recovery file and now the screen says "Installation of the software has been interrupted, please restart to begin"
I'll post the screenshot in the morning now.
Also, @KAsp3rd : I tried running Odin as administrator, but the same thing happened. It used to get stuck at "Initialization"
Any more advices ?
shanxthechashmich said:
@DocHoliday77
I tried that thing again. Reinstalled the drivers after uninstalling and rebooting. there is still no response.
I gave it to one of my friends, he tried putting in the recovery file and now the screen says "Installation of the software has been interrupted, please restart to begin"
I'll post the screenshot in the morning now.
Also, @KAsp3rd : I tried running Odin as administrator, but the same thing happened. It used to get stuck at "Initialization"
Any more advices ?
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Is it the phone that says installation interrupted? When he tried flashing the recovery did he use odin? Did it seem to flash properly?
Something else I don't thonk hss been mentioned is to try a different usb cable. Preferably one thst came with the phone, or another device. (Some cables sold for recharging are not capable of data transfer on these devices).
Also, try all ports on the computer, and unplug all unnecessary peripherals.
If something happened and you got a bad flash, it could be bricked. Can't remember if you tried KAsp3rd's unbrick method already.
Another thing you can try to get recovery installed is to adb shell into the device and using the dd command, dump recovery to the phone. Youll have to have the android sdk installed to do this though.
Its hard to say what's really needed at this point though. Usually if you can get download mode, you can Odin the stock firmware. Most Odin problems are due to driver and cable issues. (Is Windows fully updated?)
Even though you can get download mode, the debrick method may still help, but I'm just not sure. Maybe I'm missing something.....
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DocHoliday77 said:
Is it the phone that says installation interrupted? When he tried flashing the recovery did he use odin? Did it seem to flash properly?
Something else I don't thonk hss been mentioned is to try a different usb cable. Preferably one thst came with the phone, or another device. (Some cables sold for recharging are not capable of data transfer on these devices).
Also, try all ports on the computer, and unplug all unnecessary peripherals.
If something happened and you got a bad flash, it could be bricked. Can't remember if you tried KAsp3rd's unbrick method already.
Another thing you can try to get recovery installed is to adb shell into the device and using the dd command, dump recovery to the phone. Youll have to have the android sdk installed to do this though.
Its hard to say what's really needed at this point though. Usually if you can get download mode, you can Odin the stock firmware. Most Odin problems are due to driver and cable issues. (Is Windows fully updated?)
Even though you can get download mode, the debrick method may still help, but I'm just not sure. Maybe I'm missing something.....
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I have the original cable with me, the one that came with the s3.
he tried using ODIN, but thats as far as I know. He said something about using Kies to flash the rom as well. not sure what.
No, I didn't try KAsp3rd's unbrick method. Could you please guide me where could I find that?
Also, everything you said after this unbrick method simply doesn't make any sense to me. May be some guided instructions would be helpful.
And yes, the windows is fully updated, no issue on that.
Where can I find the unbrick method?
If you want to just search for android sdk. It'll find Google's page for it and instructions. Should also find some good guides on installing and using. All I'd 've doing is searching for then repeating it back to you, so it'll be easier for both of us if you just go to the source. I think it's developer.Google com or something similar.
And she'll basically connects to your phone and allows you to run commands as if you were using the terminal emulator.
The debrick thread is stickies in development.
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what is the official stock firmware can i download directly? and what are name of the firmware and how long the procedure to flash that?
Firmware thread stickies in development section. Link is also in my Sig. Everything you need to know and download to get started is in that thread.
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Hello there!
I have a problem with my samsung sgh-t989, the phone does not start, good start, but goes the screen "samsung" and restarts.
I followed this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
but can not get it to boot, I have access to download mode and tried to install multiple ROMS, all is the same.
I can not know what else to do ...
sorry for my English, I used google translator ...
I hope that a brilliant mind can help me solve this great problem.
Thank you!
PD: i'm form Chile...
jpgallardo said:
Hello there!
I have a problem with my samsung sgh-t989, the phone does not start, good start, but goes the screen "samsung" and restarts.
I followed this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
but can not get it to boot, I have access to download mode and tried to install multiple ROMS, all is the same.
I can not know what else to do ...
sorry for my English, I used google translator ...
I hope that a brilliant mind can help me solve this great problem.
Thank you!
PD: i'm form Chile...
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Do a clean install of the stock rom using fastboot.
Lokke9191 said:
Do a clean install of the stock rom using fastboot.
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no, not really familiar with that method, you have a tutorial that I could follow? I'd appreciate it
jpgallardo said:
no, not really familiar with that method, you have a tutorial that I could follow? I'd appreciate it
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Sorry, I forgot the s2 does not have fastboot mode. You should download the stock rom zip and gapps onto your SD card. Then factory reset. Install the stock rom and gapps. Then factory reset again. Make sure you have the proper rom. I've had bootloops like you when trying to install certain roms. Currently my wife's s2 t989 is running cm 10.1.2 with no problems. Cm 10.2 would cause bootloops. If you are getting to the Samsung logo your phone is not bricked, so don't worry. We just have to figure out what's going wrong with your install process. Let me know what happens.
Did you flash a custom recovery? And if so which one? This will be needed before flashing roms.
Lokke9191 said:
Sorry, I forgot the s2 does not have fastboot mode. You should download the stock rom zip and gapps onto your SD card. Then factory reset. Install the stock rom and gapps. Then factory reset again. Make sure you have the proper rom. I've had bootloops like you when trying to install certain roms. Currently my wife's s2 t989 is running cm 10.1.2 with no problems. Cm 10.2 would cause bootloops. If you are getting to the Samsung logo your phone is not bricked, so don't worry. We just have to figure out what's going wrong with your install process. Let me know what happens.
Did you flash a custom recovery? And if so which one? This will be needed before flashing roms.
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the way I'm working is THE FOLLOWING:
First, I have samsung drivers installed on my notebook and the phone is recognized.
Second, open the odin program, and on the phone I press vol +, vol + and connect the USB cable, the phone starts in download mode ...
third, odin in pda select rom with. tar.md5, I remove the selection to "re-partition" (sometimes I leave selected)
Fourth, I start ...
wait a while, the installation goes well (I sometimes appears "fail") but usually completes the installation, the phone restarts (odin says that ended with "pass") once it restarts in case of using a rom T-Mobile, the logo appears on the screen, shuts down or restarts ... and no more lights, again only shows the samsung logo and restart every two seconds about ...
I guess I'm doing the procedure well, do not know if anything else can fail ...
I do not know if it's possible to "format" the phone, leave it completely to zero and see if that way I can mount a rom ... by the way, a couple of the rom I downloaded from sammmobile.com so I think that should be the corresponding ...
I hope someone can help me please ...
respect to recovery, well this phone apparently was installed a wrong rom, had no recovery, I try to install the cwm apparently installed fine, but when trying to enter the recovery, as it appears again, the phone restarts just what mentioned earlier
Did you preform a NANDROID backup before flashing?
If not you probably will have to install KIES and firmware upgrade from there. I had to do this a few times with bad roms/recoveries.
You can try CMinstaller (easiest way to flash rom), but unless you enabled usb debugging, it may not work...
jtgr94
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jtgr94 said:
Did you preform a NANDROID backup before flashing?
If not you probably will have to install KIES and firmware upgrade from there. I had to do this a few times with bad roms/recoveries.
You can try CMinstaller (easiest way to flash rom), but unless you enabled usb debugging, it may not work...
jtgr94
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the truth of the matter is that this phone I received in that state, do not know if they have enabled the usb debugging mode, the last thing I tried was to install cwm apparently installed fine, but when the phone happens always the same, I recorded a video youtube ... do not know if I can post it here but I will send it.
Thanks for trying to help!
jpgallardo said:
the truth of the matter is that this phone I received in that state, do not know if they have enabled the usb debugging mode, the last thing I tried was to install cwm apparently installed fine, but when the phone happens always the same, I recorded a video youtube ... do not know if I can post it here but I will send it.
Thanks for trying to help!
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Can you boot into recovery by holding the vol up and down while powering the device on?
jtgr94
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jtgr94 said:
Can you boot into recovery by holding the vol up and down while powering the device on?
jtgr94
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noup... i can´t... not to recovery, just to download mode
jpgallardo said:
noup... i can´t... not to recovery, just to download mode
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Download this recovery and flash it with Odin, and then try to reboot to recovery.http://www.mrwodtke.com/android/t989_guide/recovery.tar
jtgr94
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jtgr94 said:
Download this recovery and flash it with Odin, and then try to reboot to recovery.http://www.mrwodtke.com/android/t989_guide/recovery.tar
jtgr94
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the installation was performed correctly, but the recovery does not start the samsung logo again just load and restarts
jpgallardo said:
the installation was performed correctly, but the recovery does not start the samsung logo again just load and restarts
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This is the only thing that I can think of that may work. I've done this a few times.
Download and install Samsung Kies on your computer if you do not have it already installed on it.
Note down your phone’s Serial number somewhere. You can find it under the battery of your device or the box your brand new device came with.
Launch Kies and click Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
Connect your device to computer using USB cable.
Enter your device model name in all CAPS (GT-I9500, for example) and click on OK.
Then you will be asked to enter the Serial Number of your device.
Once again, select OK on the next screen.
Doing this will force Kies to download the require firmware update files for your device.
Respond and confirm all securities warnings to clear the way for emergency firmware installation and then select Start Upgrade.samsung-firmware-restore
Kies will now start downloading firmware files and the process might take several minutes depending or data connection speed.
When it is finished, new firmware will be installed on your device and you will see: samsung-firmware-restore-complete
Click on OK and disconnect the cable.
Reboot your device and done!
jtgr94
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jtgr94 said:
This is the only thing that I can think of that may work. I've done this a few times.
Download and install Samsung Kies on your computer if you do not have it already installed on it.
Note down your phone’s Serial number somewhere. You can find it under the battery of your device or the box your brand new device came with.
Launch Kies and click Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
Connect your device to computer using USB cable.
Enter your device model name in all CAPS (GT-I9500, for example) and click on OK.
Then you will be asked to enter the Serial Number of your device.
Once again, select OK on the next screen.
Doing this will force Kies to download the require firmware update files for your device.
Respond and confirm all securities warnings to clear the way for emergency firmware installation and then select Start Upgrade.samsung-firmware-restore
Kies will now start downloading firmware files and the process might take several minutes depending or data connection speed.
When it is finished, new firmware will be installed on your device and you will see: samsung-firmware-restore-complete
Click on OK and disconnect the cable.
Reboot your device and done!
jtgr94
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Boot your phone into download mode to do this, by the way.
jtgr94
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jtgr94 said:
This is the only thing that I can think of that may work. I've done this a few times.
Download and install Samsung Kies on your computer if you do not have it already installed on it.
Note down your phone’s Serial number somewhere. You can find it under the battery of your device or the box your brand new device came with.
Launch Kies and click Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
Connect your device to computer using USB cable.
Enter your device model name in all CAPS (GT-I9500, for example) and click on OK.
Then you will be asked to enter the Serial Number of your device.
Once again, select OK on the next screen.
Doing this will force Kies to download the require firmware update files for your device.
Respond and confirm all securities warnings to clear the way for emergency firmware installation and then select Start Upgrade.samsung-firmware-restore
Kies will now start downloading firmware files and the process might take several minutes depending or data connection speed.
When it is finished, new firmware will be installed on your device and you will see: samsung-firmware-restore-complete
Click on OK and disconnect the cable.
Reboot your device and done!
jtgr94
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I already have kies installed, I'll try, thanks!
I did everything like you said ... but it did not work, I tried three times, but said "this device version can not be updated." ... I think this team definitely dead ...
jtgr94 said:
This is the only thing that I can think of that may work. I've done this a few times.
Download and install Samsung Kies on your computer if you do not have it already installed on it.
Note down your phone’s Serial number somewhere. You can find it under the battery of your device or the box your brand new device came with.
Launch Kies and click Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
Connect your device to computer using USB cable.
Enter your device model name in all CAPS (GT-I9500, for example) and click on OK.
Then you will be asked to enter the Serial Number of your device.
Once again, select OK on the next screen.
Doing this will force Kies to download the require firmware update files for your device.
Respond and confirm all securities warnings to clear the way for emergency firmware installation and then select Start Upgrade.samsung-firmware-restore
Kies will now start downloading firmware files and the process might take several minutes depending or data connection speed.
When it is finished, new firmware will be installed on your device and you will see: samsung-firmware-restore-complete
Click on OK and disconnect the cable.
Reboot your device and done!
jtgr94
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Boot your phone into download mode to do this, by the way.
jtgr94
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I did everything like you said ... but it did not work, I tried three times, but said "this device version can not be updated." ... I think this team definitely dead ...
jpgallardo said:
I did everything like you said ... but it did not work, I tried three times, but said "this device version can not be updated." ... I think this team definitely dead ...
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It seems that way. But maybe someone else here knows how to go about fixing it. The only thing that leads me to believe it is dead, is that you can't boot into recovery even after Odin.
If anyone can figure out a fix, please share, I'm a bit curious...
Regards,
jtgr94
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I just want to confirm your method for entering recovery. With the phone off and not plugged in you hold down both volume buttons and the power button. When the phone vibrates release the power button, and continue to hold down both volume buttons. Do not release volume buttons until the phone boots into recovery. This is what you are doing? I just want to cover the simple things before asking you to try more in depth possible solutions.
Check out this thread about faulty/dirty power buttons.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
you flashed with a nearly dead battery? I always charge mine to 100%. I've had issues where my phone won't boot up properly like what yours is doing when the battery hits 0%.
I'd plug it in and leave it for half an hour or so and see if it boots then. Let it charge to 100% and then put on either CWM or TWRP (I've had better luck with TWRP personally) and flash your ROM from there.
I've never had luck flashing anything but recovery and stock from Odin. Other things seemed to be a little flaky.
Also, since this is in the T989 forum, I'm presuming you have the T989 which I believe the recovery buttons are vol+ and power not both (but I could be wrong).
Once other thing you could try is grab a copy of the android SDK (specifically ADB) and run:
adb logcat > boot.log
and post the file it creates (called boot.log). Also, try running:
adb reboot recovery
to see if you can get into recovery mode. I THINK (but have never tried) that ADB should work from download mode. Try booting into download mode and running adb reboot recovery to see if that helps.
That is my best guess anyways.