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[Q] [HELP] Flashed CDMA image on GSM (Not booting) [bricked]

Hello everyone,
My phone was working fine until it starts an infinit loop when I tried to fix it, I downloaded and flashed a CDMA rom (mysid) on my GSM Galaxy nexus GT-I9250 (yakju) by mistake.
I tried ODIN to flash it back but it always stuck when it starts to write the bootloader
ODIN post that I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807
I attached a screenshot of my current phone state
Is there a way to fix this mistake?
Please note that I don't have warrantee on my phone :'(

if you have a CWM recovery try that first. andifthat doesnt work then try flashing with fastboot. thats what i would do

mohio said:
Hello everyone,
My phone was working fine until it starts an infinit loop when I tried to fix it, I downloaded and flashed a CDMA rom (mysid) on my GSM Galaxy nexus GT-I9250 (yakju) by mistake.
I tried ODIN to flash it back but it always stuck when it starts to write the bootloader
ODIN post that I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807
I attached a screenshot of my current phone state
Is there a way to fix this mistake?
Please note that I don't have warrantee on my phone :'(
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I'm not totally involved in all the modding, but I do know that if you can get something to pop up(like that screen), you didn't destroy your device. Just keep playing around with tools and what not until it starts working.

freebordjunky said:
if you have a CWM recovery try that first. andifthat doesnt work then try flashing with fastboot. thats what i would do
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Unfortunately CMW can't start and I think it been wiped out after I CDMA rom..
fastboot is not detecting nor recognizing the device.. I need to get to recovery mode to use fastboot which I can't go further than the attached screen..
Thanks though for your suggestion
Jmurph3 said:
I'm not totally involved in all the modding, but I do know that if you can get something to pop up(like that screen), you didn't destroy your device. Just keep playing around with tools and what not until it starts working.
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I believe so too.. Thanks for your support..

If you wont have any luck fixing it and If you are in the US, try going to mobiletechvideos.com. They will fix it for about 30$
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I957 using xda premium

mohio said:
Hello everyone,
My phone was working fine until it starts an infinit loop when I tried to fix it, I downloaded and flashed a CDMA rom (mysid) on my GSM Galaxy nexus GT-I9250 (yakju) by mistake.
I tried ODIN to flash it back but it always stuck when it starts to write the bootloader
ODIN post that I used:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807
I attached a screenshot of my current phone state
Is there a way to fix this mistake?
Please note that I don't have warrantee on my phone :'(
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Happened to me with my Epic 4G Touch... flashed the wrong image and ruined my mood. Tried everything but unfortunately, I had to get it jtagged by some guy online.
Have you tried running Odin as administrator? Usually works for me.
Sent from the future.

Ghostello88 said:
If you wont have any luck fixing it and If you are in the US, try going to mobiletechvideos.com. They will fix it for about 30$
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I957 using xda premium
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Thanks! I'll keep them in mind.. Though they have another service for bricked phone cost 50$.. I might need to contact and ask them.
SocialReject said:
Happened to me with my Epic 4G Touch... flashed the wrong image and ruined my mood. Tried everything but unfortunately, I had to get it jtagged by some guy online.
Have you tried running Odin as administrator? Usually works for me.
Sent from the future.
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I tried the administrator privilege.. Same result.
Thanks for sharing.. do you mind if you send me the online guy contact in case I can't fix it.

First, try flashing whatever ODIN file you HAVEN'T tried flashing. It may successfully flash...
Your phone still probably won't boot...but you might have access to the bootloader at that point.
If not:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
Make a jig.
Or find one on amazon.com.
This will get you into download mode and make ODIN usable.
Don't worry if our device doesn't list as a "working device" if you decide to purchase one...it'll work.
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Oh, and the "counter reset" that people talk about online with these jigs...
Ya, our phones don't have a flash counter. So that is irrelevant. FYI.

Jubakuba said:
First, try flashing whatever ODIN file you HAVEN'T tried flashing. It may successfully flash...
Your phone still probably won't boot...but you might have access to the bootloader at that point.
If not:
Make a jig.
Or find one on amazon.com.
This will get you into download mode and make ODIN usable.
Don't worry if our device doesn't list as a "working device" if you decide to purchase one...it'll work.
Edit:
Oh, and the "counter reset" that people talk about online with these jigs...
Ya, our phones don't have a flash counter. So that is irrelevant. FYI.
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I downloaded everything and even created my own combination but always get stuck at the point when it needs to write.
I have ordered:
amazon. com/gp/product/B005UUCT0Y/
it should be delivered by tuesday..
Thank you Jubakuba! for your suggestions and support.. The Youtube video seems to be very identical to my situation but with the galaxy S. I hope the jig helps me to get to download mode.
It's really amazing to see this kind of support and assuring around here.. I truly love you guys! :')

(Factory Stock) If AdamOutlers Odin Package Fails. Restore from soft/hard brick.

If you did something stupid or flashed incompatable kernel with a rom and then tried to return to stock by following Adam's guide and it completed but get's stuck at the [email protected] screen and you think you are screwed well you aren't you just have to use kies but try this first: "Usually when you are stuck on the AT&T screen after Odin, you do not even have to use kies.
A lot of the time if you just boot into factory recovery and factory reset from there it will boot up fine after that. Actually this works just about every time" Thanks to "jthrasher47" for that. If that doesn't work for you than continue by using kies. And if all else fails we have one last option thanks to "ou812bkewl" It seems to be a last resort and probably the most not noob friendly but a very well written guide, here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43512474
Here is a guide:
First this will most likely work for all Gs4's Canadian and all But not tested. I used on my [email protected] and It restores it back to factory stock no issues whatsoever. Also I have noticed that you might not even have to put your GS4 into "Download Mode" Just plug in and turn it on if you have really f'd up your phone and then just follow these simple directions.
1.Write down your Model and Serial which is found behind the battery on the sticker.
2.Plug Phone into a Good USB with a Good Cable and start up phone in download mode ( Power button Plus Volume down, then hit Volume up to continue.
3.Download and install Kies http://storagecow.tk/index.php?dir=Xda%2FJohnMonsour%2FKies+SoftBrick+Recovery%2F
4.Start Kies and Click Tools-> Firmware upgrade and initilazation up in the top tabs.
5.Type in model of your phone for example if on US AT&T: SGH-I337 ( all in capital letters) click OK, that you wrote down from the first step and click OK
5.There will be info about firmware click OK
6.Info about software version. Put your phone in download mode by pressing volume down key, home button and power button then connect to PC using orginal USB cable, click OK
7. Follow info on screen.
8. Phone will reboot by itself when all is done correctly.
Good luck Hope this help's some people that have soft or hard bricked.

JohnMonsour said:
If you did something stupid or flashed incompatable kernel with a rom and then tried to return to stock by following Adam's guide and it completed but get's stuck at the [email protected] screen and you think you are screwed well you aren't you just have to use kies.
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Usually when you are stuck on the AT&T screen after Odin, you do not even have to use kies.
A lot of the time if you just boot into factory recovery and factory reset from there it will boot up fine after that. Actually this works just about every time
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium

jthrasher47 said:
Usually when you are stuck on the AT&T screen after Odin, you do not even have to use kies.
A lot of the time if you just boot into factory recovery and factory reset from there it will boot up fine after that. Actually this works just about every time
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium
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Hmmmmmm Thanks, wish I would have tried that. But I couldn't even get into the factory recovery at one point in time and this has almost worked in every situation. But next time I odin back after trying some crazy stuff and I get stuck at that screen I'll give it a try. Thanks.

JohnMonsour said:
Hmmmmmm Thanks, wish I would have tried that. But I couldn't even get into the factory recovery at one point in time and this has almost worked in every situation. But next time I odin back after trying some crazy stuff and I get stuck at that screen I'll give it a try. Thanks.
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Added to the op and thanked you.

If this doesn't work, I have a boot loader Odin package here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43512474 I couldn't get Kies to fix me at all. It would fail every time.

ou812bkewl said:
If this doesn't work, I have a boot loader Odin package here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43512474 I couldn't get Kies to fix me at all. It would fail every time.
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JohnMonsour said:
Added to the op and thanked you.
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No problem.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda premium

Thanks for the thread OP. This is very useful info for those that soft-brick their phones.
I soft-bricked my SG4 using a hacked I9505 image (that had the apps-SD update) + I337M kernel & tried to move back to a factory image via odin roms (used the official roms & kernel from sammobile). Was nasty - tried everything to get unbricked from AOSP/ to stock roms to saved nandroids. All left the phone dead except for recovery & download modes.
I had actually found this procedure on my own before seeing this thread, but it was pretty much step-by-step the same thing I did. After doing this, my phone booted to the same state it was in when I brought the phone home from the Virgin store -- including all the 'official' tags showing on the download mode.

penguinjoe said:
Thanks for the thread OP. This is very useful info for those that soft-brick their phones.
I soft-bricked my SG4 using a hacked I9505 image (that had the apps-SD update) + I337M kernel & tried to move back to a factory image via odin roms (used the official roms & kernel from sammobile). Was nasty - tried everything to get unbricked from AOSP/ to stock roms to saved nandroids. All left the phone dead except for recovery & download modes.
I had actually found this procedure on my own before seeing this thread, but it was pretty much step-by-step the same thing I did. After doing this, my phone booted to the same state it was in when I brought the phone home from the Virgin store -- including all the 'official' tags showing on the download mode.
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Thanks for the confirmation and yeah hopefully this will help some people. If not we have a few options to try and they are all in this one place.

well, i now find myself needing to recover from a botched AROMA install using an I9505 ROM; device froze and rebooted before loki patch was installed. tried this method and the ODIN method using files from SamMobile but neither worked. any suggestions would be appreciated. thanks!
UPDATE: ODIN worked after i uninstalled KIES software, friggin driver issue .

Glad you got it working!
Sent from a fully Unlocked including bootloader SGS4 64gb Google edition. ROM: Changes almost everyday. Currently running stock 4.3 with CWM and super user.

thanks
THANKS for this you same me a lot work super
thanks JohnMonsour:good::good::good:

rantoca said:
THANKS for this you same me a lot work super
thanks JohnMonsour:good::good::good:
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Always a Pleasure.
Alright I'm about to write a in depth tutorial to you restore to stock on MF3 and an extensive how to guide. Can't believe this thread got dug back up..... I'm guessing 4.3 is out on [email protected] again over kies and OTA... If you have MF3 or MDB or MDL then you need to freeze the proper files asap before your device downloads and installs the new update. Idk though.... Sorry Rantoca? What base-band are you running and what did kies restore your phone to? MDL??? Or the New MJ9? Correct me if I am wrong But I think 4.3 official is MJ6 Or MJ9????? Right Anyways? Is it out once again. And instead of pulling up old threads. Just hit the Thanks under peoples Usernames instead of posting a comment. For future reference. And you are welcome. MF3 User's Do not install the new 4.3 as we are currently working on a g-fuse reset downgrade method. Or slowly but surly we are getting to the bottom of the encryption scheme. Now I am at 9457 Commits..... LOL. My friend has his jtag unit and we have two locked versions. Guess which variants? Anyone???? Big Red and Orange and Blue... HAHA. Then a Pink Variant and Also your favorite mullti-flavored Popsicle variant with a hint of vanilla.

Nevermind Read in your threads that you got stuck on the splash screen after flashing kit-kat. So Kies still has 4.2.2. AMDL.... But not for long. You are extremly lucky that they pulled the 4.3 Update off of Kies and OTA or you would have been up the creek..... I"ll Update that thread is obsolete and post a Multi-Recovery guide that uses Heimdall and Odin 3.04 My favorite version. On we go!!!

thanks
i was running on MDL and i was like crazy reading how i can get it back
maybe this one is the 3rd thanks for your info but help me a lot :good::good:

rantoca said:
i was running on MDL and i was like crazy reading how i can get it back
maybe this one is the 3rd thanks for your info but help me a lot :good::good:
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HAHAH. I am glad!

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-T989 with no OS

I bought this phone from a classmate because he said it was hardbricked and I wanted to fix it.. I tried to turn it on and by some miracle it cut on. But I could tell it had some custom Rom on it. I use iPhones mostly but I knew the boot screen wouldn't look like that. The phone had a silver icon that looked like a trident or something. So I proceeded to go to TRPW and wipe everything. I got to system and wiped it thinking it would erase the custom rom which I think it did but now the phone has no os. I can get to TRPW but I want to restore this SGH-T989 to the way it was when it was bought or stock firmware. I've tried many different threads but I can't understand what to do. II download 4.1.2 and tried to install it in TRPW but it won't work. Can someone please tell me what to do?

Wrong forum, US variants have their own fora, which in your case is here. I've asked mods to move your thread, sit tight until they do (might be a few hrs given it's night on your side of the world & most of the mods are there).

Use Odin to upload the factory image to the phone. That's the best way to get it back to out of the box stock.

mp3deviant721 said:
Use Odin to upload the factory image to the phone. That's the best way to get it back to out of the box stock.
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I don't know how but in trying to get to recovery I went into download mode. I finally got the phone to get recognized and right now on Odin it says mdm.bin. I double checked the firmware rom so I think this should work.

EmanuelDJ said:
I don't know how but in trying to get to recovery I went into download mode. I finally got the phone to get recognized and right now on Odin it says mdm.bin. I double checked the firmware rom so I think this should work.
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Did you ever get it working?
Sent from my PACman'd GS²

[Q] bricked tab s

Hey guys,
so I really messed up. I don't blame anyone besides myself.
Just seeing if you guys had any ideas that would help.
So I have a tab s t807 which is now bricked.
I did root and flash twrp which went perfect.
Since I don't use my mobile data for my tablet I decided I would flash a t805 rom
I knew it would work fine just data would be a Problem.
Now here's my mess up. I really wasn't paying much attention.
downloaded the Ironman t705 and flashed it. Huge mistake I know!
Now my tablet screen won't turn on. I can boot download mode
Can't figure out how to get to recovery.
I work for tmobile and now they don't do warranty for that tablet,
also my knox count is at one. So I can't go to samsung.
Any ideas? Thanks for the time for reading this.

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I have seen this behavior before.
You need to hold the home button and the volume down button together then you need to hold the power button for a few seconds. All three buttons must be held together.
If you're lucky, perhaps it will let you go to recovery.
I struggle with this from time to time and it eventually works.
Good luck.

holt3113 said:
Hey guys,
so I really messed up. I don't blame anyone besides myself.
Just seeing if you guys had any ideas that would help.
So I have a tab s t807 which is now bricked.
I did root and flash twrp which went perfect.
Since I don't use my mobile data for my tablet I decided I would flash a t805 rom
I knew it would work fine just data would be a Problem.
Now here's my mess up. I really wasn't paying much attention.
downloaded the Ironman t705 and flashed it. Huge mistake I know!
Now my tablet screen won't turn on. I can boot download mode
Can't figure out how to get to recovery.
I work for tmobile and now they don't do warranty for that tablet,
also my knox count is at one. So I can't go to samsung.
Any ideas? Thanks for the time for reading this.
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Hello.. So twrp works for T807T? Good to know. Anyway your gonna have to flash stock tmobile firmware if you can accesse twrp. Have you tryed doing adb reboot recovery on your conputer?

Bit confused, surely if you can enter download mode its just a case of flashing a t805 firmware?

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Hello.. So twrp works for T807T? Good to know. Anyway your gonna have to flash stock tmobile firmware if you can accesse twrp. Have you tryed doing adb reboot recovery on your conputer?
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Yes I didn't have any issues with twrp. Hmm I don't belive they have a tmobile firmware yet. But I will try to reboot to recovery from my computer. Thanks!!

ashyx said:
Bit confused, surely if you can enter download mode its just a case of flashing a t805 firmware?
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See that's what I thought. But kept getting a failed message in Odin. USB, drivers are good. And just before that. I flash twrp through Odin

I am downloading a Tmobile firmware now and will mirror it tommrow. Hopefully the download doesnt fail

As long as you can get to download mode the tab should be recoverable. Whether that be flashing a custom Rom, stock rom or a nandroid through twrp. I have soft bricked more times than I can remember, but always recovered through download mode or custom recovery.
I have even recovered from a total hard brick many times as I have jtag equipment which I needed for recovery when developing and tinkering with previous devices. As yet I don't see a jtag option for the tab s, so I'm not to keen to go messing too much.

Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!ylYEBA4D!yWUPtuT60dLCIy_zCN_rqnN2L319oZYSCSFtOC_Pv6Q
This firmware is for the T807T (T-Mobile) devices! It took me 14 hours total of download and uploading it to a fast server.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Download: https://mega.co.nz/#!ylYEBA4D!yWUPtuT60dLCIy_zCN_rqnN2L319oZYSCSFtOC_Pv6Q
This firmware is for the T807T (T-Mobile) devices! It took me 14 hours total of download and uploading it to a fast server.
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What? How? And where did you find that?

holt3113 said:
What? How? And where did you find that?
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Google samsung updates. For some reason they have the T807s also. One for verizon and also sprint and tombile.

sweet, well just downloaded and odin flashed, worked just fine. Thanks man for the help!

holt3113 said:
sweet, well just downloaded and odin flashed, worked just fine. Thanks man for the help!
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Thanks for confirming! I was wondering if it worked too

Help rooted and then it was stuck and i reinstalled factory firmware all seemed good but it now is saying mini uc is stopped and continuestobethesam

10.1 tab pro wifi edition rooted with king root worked good for about a week then I accidentallyheld power button to long and it went to go into Odin mode I think I hit cancel and then it wouldn't come back on was stuck at a gray screen I factory reset 4 times wipe cach..etc etc long story short its annoying any help with this would be coolthanks in advance..

I got a fix firmware file that looked legit and it worked on Odin so its gota be right rite?

I am kinda new to this xda sorry if I am in wrong place or wrong room

Noob/T said:
..... accidentallyheld power button to long and it went to go into Odin mode ..
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That's peculiar as Odin/download mode is usually achieved by pwr+Vol dwn+home button.
Anyway, as you can get into that mode, I'd use SamFirm_Reborn_0.3.6.3 to download stock ROM from Samsungs servers (checking boxes "binary nature" +decryption) and flash the 4 files contained in the .zip via Odin.
It's P600 isn't it?

Noob/T said:
I got a fix firmware file that looked legit and it worked on Odin so its gota be right rite?
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Where from?

bmwdroid said:
That's peculiar as Odin/download mode is usually achieved by pwr+Vol dwn+home button.
Anyway, as you can get into that mode, I'd use SamFirm_Reborn_0.3.6.3 to download stock ROM from Samsungs servers (checking boxes "binary nature" +decryption) and flash the 4 files contained in the .zip via Odin.
It's P600 isn't it?
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No sm_ T520

So can I just look on that site for the right firm cause I think I used the wrong one maybe but not sure

Thanks for the info tho fr

Noob/T said:
So can I just look on that site for the right firm cause I think I used the wrong one maybe but not sure
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With SamFirm_Reborn_0.3.6.3 you will definitely find the correct stock.
Used it for all 7 devices of mine.

bmwdroid said:
That's peculiar as Odin/download mode is usually achieved by pwr+Vol dwn+home button.
Anyway, as you can get into that mode, I'd use SamFirm_Reborn_0.3.6.3 to download stock ROM from Samsungs servers (checking boxes "binary nature" +decryption) and flash the 4 files contained in the .zip via Odin.
It's P600 isn't it?
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no its sm-T520

Noob/T said:
no its sm-T520
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Took you quite some time to find out
Anyway, procedure I've described above is the same.