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How to unbrick Samsung Galaxy Gio [June.5.12]

How to Unbrick Samsung Galaxy Gio​​
If your phone doesn’t boot into download mode and you have a black screen after flashing anything wrong. Here's how you unbrick it; worked for me ​
==Method 1:==
Prepare ODIN with the firmware you want to flash (in my case was Gingerbread 2.3.4) and get it ready to go.
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Remove battery, wait for a bit. Insert battery again.
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Flash a recovery with your specific filesystem (EXT4 or RFS)-(If you have EXT4, download ext4 only, don't get ext4+rfs)
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Enter recovery & Wipe | Format:
System
Data
Cache
Dalvik Cache
Have ODIN ready. Connect phone to PC.
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Reboot to Download Mode
Hold Volume down + Power + Home button at the same time.
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At this point Odin should have detected your Galaxy Gio (Yellow rectangle should appear).
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Insert the Stock Rom or Custom Rom.
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Click Start button in Odin and wait about 5 min.
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Reboot and wait
If all goes well it should come back to life.
If not, repeat the steps above ^ (Atleast 2x)
Download ODIN 4.42
Download OPS Only
Download DRIVER Only
==Method 2==
Here's a video using a USB Jig to Unbrick
nggabi said:
if u brick with rom manager you can use only jtag box.
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www.jtagbox.com/
==Method 3==
You can try: One-Click UnBrick by AdamOutler
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Detailed procedure using ODIN HERE
==List of Stock Roms for GIO==
Password: samfirmware.com
OR
Password: sampro.pl

Recovery mode and the download does not turn on my phone is not charging will not load in this case is, this process recovers the phone with Kies was updating the brick?
thank you

Martin Riggs(Yunus) said:
Recovery mode and the download does not turn on my phone is not charging will not load in this case is, this process recovers the phone with Kies was updating the brick?
thank you
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It was hard to understand but did you mean: "Recovery mode and download mode does not work on my phone. It's not charging in this case. Does this process unbrick the phone with kies?"
Still hard to understand what you mean, did you brick your phone when trying to install clockworkmod?

iok1 said:
It was hard to understand but did you mean: "Recovery mode and download mode does not work on my phone. It's not charging in this case. Does this process unbrick the phone with kies?"
Still hard to understand what you mean, did you brick your phone when trying to install clockworkmod?
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No, I never turn on my phone. charge can not Kies program and installing the official 2.3.6 TUR after download article but the phone does not open

Martin Riggs(Yunus) said:
No, I never turn on my phone. charge can not Kies program and installing the official 2.3.6 TUR after download article but the phone does not open
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Try this:
Take out battery and wait for a while. Then put it back in.
Now, again, take out battery and wait for a while. Then put it back in.
Now try Download mode

Peteragent5 said:
Try this:
Take out battery and wait for a while. Then put it back in.
Now, again, take out battery and wait for a while. Then put it back in.
Now try Download mode
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Thank you!
but, how often the?
the exact solution?
No signs of life My Phone

Charge the phone using your charger
Sent over Electromagnetic Waves

This thread is useless without this info:
Howto brick a gio
1. Erase efs and bootloader partition
2. Have fun!
Sent from my hexacore rooted toaster with xdatoast premium

Peteragent5 said:
How to Unbrick Samsung Galaxy Gio
If your phone doesn’t boot into download mode and you have a black screen after flashing Froyo or GB here's how you unbrick it, it worked for me .
Step 1 – Prepare odin with the firmware u want to flash (in my case was gingerbread 2.3.4) and get it ready to go;
Step 2 – Remove battery, SIM and SD card, next connect your Galaxy Gio to the computer;
Step 3 – Hold Volume down + Power + Home button at the same time;
Step 4 – Insert the battery and wait a bit;
Step 5 – At this point Odin should have detected your SG Gio ( Yellow rectangle should appear);
Step 6 – Click Start button in Odin and wait about 5 min.
If all goes well it should come back to life.
If not, enter the Stock Recovery and Wipe Data and Cache, then repeat the steps above ^
For a detailed procedure using ODIN look HERE
List of Stock Roms for GIO
Grab this tool to flash the stock ROM:
ODIN Multi Downloader v4.42
OPS File: GIO_v1.0.ops
Driver: GIO_Driver
Or to Download Odin and Gio.ops only (No Driver Included) Download HERE
PS. The correct Asia Gingerbread firmware is this one:
S5660DXKT4
Password: samfirmware.com
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Password: sampro.pl
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well mine its not thata bad , i did the flash with odin but it keeps restarting , start image then goes back to logo and so on , what can ido? thanks

jaibobro said:
well mine its not thata bad , i did the flash with odin but it keeps restarting , start image then goes back to logo and so on , what can ido? thanks
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Go to recovery and wipe data/cache
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I have done anything, but my phone has still a bootloop with every rom.

WietsedeVries said:
I have done anything, but my phone has still a bootloop with every rom.
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That's good!
As in: your phone still has life!!
Does stock Rom work for you? Reflash it but you MUST wipe Data and Cache using the STOCK recovery before you reflash Stock!!
Remember to follow flashing instructions posted by the Dev!

Peteragent5 said:
That's good!
As in: your phone still has life!!
Does stock Rom work for you? Reflash it but you MUST wipe Data and Cache using the STOCK recovery before you reflash Stock!!
Remember to follow flashing instructions posted by the Dev!
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I have stock now on it, but I haven't wiped Data and Cache with the stock recovery, because I use CWM. This afternoon I will try to do it with the stock recovery.

Now I have wiped everything with the stock recovery, and then I tried to install the stock rom. I still have the bootloop. I really don't understand it. It has to work...
//When I click on "test redbend fota[FS]" in the stock recovery I get this error:
-- Update from RB Fota
E:failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
E:install_fota:Can't unmount /data
Can't mount data partition ...
Installation aborted
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any options if I can;t get into recovery, boot, and odin is stuck at downloading the first file in any .tar.md5 ?
kinda bricked my phone, odin doesn't do anything.

voetbalremco said:
any options if I can;t get into recovery, boot, and odin is stuck at downloading the first file in any .tar.md5 ?
kinda bricked my phone, odin doesn't do anything.
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Is that tar.md5 stock rom?

lemmymet said:
Is that tar.md5 stock rom?
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Fixed it, dont know how..
Sent from my GT-S5660 using xda premium

Take out the. md5 from the file

Fixed it already
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I´m having the same problem. How did you solved it?
Thanx in advance

I have lost my recovery!

After all the problems i had with my Wifi using ics (arco) i decided to downgrade to stock rom but with the new baseband hoping to solve the prblm. I downgraded according to "the-e"'s guide using ODIN but, i didnt flash stock recovery because i thought i would still have CWM recovery.
Now that i want to root, the "Box" comes up when i reboot but it just restarts and doesnt enter recovery mode~ i have no recovery. I tried using ODIN again, but it cant find my phone, it says "please connect phones". Even kies says my phone is incompatible!!?
What do i do?

sevenmad said:
After all the problems i had with my Wifi using ics (arco) i decided to downgrade to stock rom but with the new baseband hoping to solve the prblm. I downgraded according to "the-e"'s guide using ODIN but, i didnt flash stock recovery because i thought i would still have CWM recovery.
Now that i want to root, the "Box" comes up when i reboot but it just restarts and doesnt enter recovery mode~ i have no recovery. I tried using ODIN again, but it cant find my phone, it says "please connect phones". Even kies says my phone is incompatible!!?
What do i do?
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When using odin you have to put your phone into download mode and then plug it into the pc while opening odin. Do you did that?
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reddvilzz said:
When using odin you have to put your phone into download mode and then plug it into the pc while opening odin. Do you did that?
Sent from my GT-I8150 Indroid remICS v5.1
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I cant enter download mode?! The page comes where i have to press the volume up button but that doesnt bring any reaction. neither does volume down (which is supposed to restart the phone).

download mode is volume down+home dude
maybe reflashing from odin could work?

If not mistaken, we will lost CWM and it may go back to stock recovery if we flash a stock ROM, by the way did you manage to enter into stock recovery?
If yea just download the Zip-file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317394 to get root
Some guides related to CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867870 & http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924846
Hope it helps
Good luck

MyDeSTiNaTe said:
If not mistaken, we will lost CWM and it may go back to stock recovery if we flash a stock ROM, by the way did you manage to enter into stock recovery?
If yea just download the Zip-file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317394 to get root
Some guides related to CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1867870 & http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1924846
Hope it helps
Good luck
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Yeah i managed to get into stock recovery, but download mode isnt getting through.

hadidjapri said:
download mode is volume down+home dude
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thats odd! Rebooting directly from ics to download mode didnt get through but what you said worked. Thankyou very much

try this link >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G5sHPPnins

[Q] please help soft bricked my at&t s3

hi i have soft brick my galaxy s3 but its not a simple soft brick and i didn't even try to install a rom are anything i just simply rebooted it and it has been stuck on samsung logo every sense i can get into download mode and cwm recovery and ive tried everything from flashing stock in odin to flashing a custom rom and everything but all i did i root and reboot and it got stuck but ive tried every thing i think please help me if you know the issue im haveing thank you i think this is what happen i picked it up from a verizon galaxy s3 form
there is a risk of the /system and /data partitions not wiping correctly with R/O permissions rather than R/W. This makes it impossible for the phone to boot up because no data can be written this is what i think it could be but i could be wrong so can you guys please help me thank you

Didn't you make a backup you can restore to?
sent from K.I.T.T.

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blacknight1114 said:
Didn't you make a backup you can restore to?
sent from K.I.T.T.
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no i didnt think i should sense i wasnt installing a rom i was staying in stock

TRoPiCaL_No.OB said:
no i didnt think i should sense i wasnt installing a rom i was staying in stock
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Put the phone into Download Mode and flash stock firmware with root from this thread and your back in business
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

k
ok ima try it right now are you sure this will work?

k
TRoPiCaL_No.OB said:
ok ima try it right now are you sure this will work?
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are you sure this will work jw and as long as i can get into recovery and download mode i should be able to get this ?

TRoPiCaL_No.OB said:
are you sure this will work jw and as long as i can get into recovery and download mode i should be able to get this ?
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hey buddy read the thread follow directions to the tee an you will be fine. Download mode = volume down + home button + power all at the same time. release power on boot vibrate and screen should pop up. then follow thread i gave you and download the RIGHT software for your phone. flash in pda slot and make sure reparation is UNCHECKED. auto reboot and reset time should be the only thing checked.
going to bed have work early in morning good luck when in doubt search and read in dev section in stickies and google is your friend good luck and have fun!

abide wasnner
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hey buddy read the thread follow directions to the tee an you will be fine. Download mode = volume down + home button + power all at the same time. release power on boot vibrate and screen should pop up. then follow thread i gave you and download the RIGHT software for your phone. flash in pda slot and make sure reparation is UNCHECKED. auto reboot and reset time should be the only thing checked.
going to bed have work early in morning good luck when in doubt search and read in dev section in stickies and google is your friend good luck and have fun!
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ok thank sir!!

hi
TRoPiCaL_No.OB said:
ok thank sir!!
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omg thankks man i just fixed it

TRoPiCaL_No.OB said:
omg thankks man i just fixed it
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no prob buddy glad your up and running!:victory:

AOKP Error
Alright I downloaded the AOKP Task650 rom and I followed the developers directions to flash some odin files. However, when I tried flashing the roms I got a Status 7 error. I am now stuck loading and all it displays is the Samsung Galaxy SIII logo. I can enter into recovery and I tried wiping everything and rebooting. Nothing works. Please help!!!
I downloaded the AT&T file and flashed it in Odin: here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41503727&postcount=13716

UnknownTroll1 said:
Alright I downloaded the AOKP Task650 rom and I followed the developers directions to flash some odin files. However, when I tried flashing the roms I got a Status 7 error. I am now stuck loading and all it displays is the Samsung Galaxy SIII logo. I can enter into recovery and I tried wiping everything and rebooting. Nothing works. Please help!!!
I downloaded the AT&T file and flashed it in Odin: here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41503727&postcount=13716
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Status 7 means your recovery is outdated, Odin flash the latest version of cmw or twrp
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Bell S3 stuck in bootloop

hello xda!
my s3 suddenly restarted itself and is now stuck in bootloop. i'm able to get into download mode but recovery mode. i've tried to flash cwm/twrp but to no avail. i'm out of ideas. can someone please tell me what's the problem?
thanks in advance!

lolduck said:
hello xda!
my s3 suddenly restarted itself and is now stuck in bootloop. i'm able to get into download mode but recovery mode. i've tried to flash cwm/twrp but to no avail. i'm out of ideas. can someone please tell me what's the problem?
thanks in advance!
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If you can get into recovery you can wipe/factory reset and that should get you past boot loop. your other option is to flash stock via Odin.

BCSC said:
If you can get into recovery you can wipe/factory reset and that should get you past boot loop. your other option is to flash stock via Odin.
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that's exactly the problem; i can't get into recovery mode to do anything.

lolduck said:
that's exactly the problem; i can't get into recovery mode to do anything.
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You can enter download mode and reflash stock image with Odin. If you were running the stock rom you may not lose your data. Let me know if you don't know how to do this and I will direct you. It seems that something has become corrupted, but Odin will fix that

BCSC said:
You can enter download mode and reflash stock image with Odin. If you were running the stock rom you may not lose your data. Let me know if you don't know how to do this and I will direct you. It seems that something has become corrupted, but Odin will fix that
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i've tried doing that but the logo still comes up after i flash with odin

lolduck said:
i've tried doing that but the logo still comes up after i flash with odin
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After flashing Odin you should have access to the 3e recovery. Unless something is wrong with your hardware (Volume broken?), I can not see why you would not be able to enter recovery.

You can also try this tool to boot a custom kernel with recovery attached. Here is a forum with a similar problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011636&highlight=i9300
Here is the tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
All of this is done through download mode.

BCSC said:
You can also try this tool to boot a custom kernel with recovery attached. Here is a forum with a similar problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011636&highlight=i9300
Here is the tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
All of this is done through download mode.
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it doesn't allow me to do anything in the toolkit. it asks for adb mode and usb debugging.

it also says recovery booting when i attempt to boot into recovery mode but it goes directly to the s3 logo

lolduck said:
it also says recovery booting when i attempt to boot into recovery mode but it goes directly to the s3 logo
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You can download an Odin flashable recovery from here. http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2att. you will want the .tar file.
Beyond this i'm running out of ideas. Not too sure if this will work if you have gone stock with Odin as it may have taken root from you. Worth a try though.
Maybe an emergency recovery through Kies... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
Beyond that try Odin again and re download the stock Rom from a different source. You may have gotten a bad download. I have read of it happening. Maybe even an older firmware or Canadian one (i'm assuming you're ATT): http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747M

BCSC said:
You can download an Odin flashable recovery from here. http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2att. you will want the .tar file.
Beyond this i'm running out of ideas. Not too sure if this will work if you have gone stock with Odin as it may have taken root from you. Worth a try though.
Maybe an emergency recovery through Kies... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
Beyond that try Odin again and re download the stock Rom from a different source. You may have gotten a bad download. I have read of it happening. Maybe even an older firmware or Canadian one (i'm assuming you're ATT): http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747M
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i've tried both those methods but it still hasn't solved the problem. i'm going to try to flash ics. hopefully something good happens; i don't want to have to pay to get it fixed.

lolduck said:
i've tried both those methods but it still hasn't solved the problem. i'm going to try to flash ics. hopefully something good happens; i don't want to have to pay to get it fixed.
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Sorry I couldn't help. Good luck.

BCSC said:
Sorry I couldn't help. Good luck.
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thanks for your help. sucks that you couldn't find the problem.

Samsung grand dous GT I9082 doesn't boot into recovery or download mode

Hello to the bosses here! I'm new here and I need your help .
I tried to flash TWRP and CWM with flashify because i don't have a PC at my reach
So after I tried this , I discovered that my phone won't boot into recovery again. When I tried to hold the buttons or boot with the help of some apps after getting to the start logo it will went off and come up again. I don't really understand how to get my recovery back . please someone should help because my phone is more or less useless. Thanks.

tonias said:
Hello to the bosses here! I'm new here and I need your help .
I tried to flash TWRP and CWM with flashify because i don't have a PC at my reach
So after I tried this , I discovered that my phone won't boot into recovery again. When I tried to hold the buttons or boot with the help of some apps after getting to the start logo it will went off and come up again. I don't really understand how to get my recovery back . please someone should help because my phone is more or less useless. Thanks.
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U should try flashing with a computer using odin
Hit Thanks and i m yours

Msf107252 said:
U should try flashing with a computer using odin
Hit Thanks and i m yours
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my phone doesn't boot into download mode, its boot into factory mode instead. Is there any other way I can use Odin?

You mean factory mode like this or recovery mode

tonias said:
my phone doesn't boot into download mode, its boot into factory mode instead. Is there any other way I can use Odin?
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What do you mean by factory mode? Does it boot to system (normal launcher)? And what ver. and type of recovery did you try to flash? What was the last firmware/OS did you used before this happen?
Try look up for USB jig thread.
GL

Msf107252 said:
U should try flashing with a computer using odin
Hit Thanks and i m yours
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NeoLogY said:
What do you mean by factory mode? Does it boot to system (normal launcher)? And what ver. and type of recovery did you try to flash? What was the last firmware/OS did you used before this happen?
Try look up for USB jig thread.
GL
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Yes it boot into launcher, it's working fine. I tried Twrp using flashify I think that's where the error comes from. I'm using the stock firmware. 4.1.2