I'm experiencing issues with my SGH-T989 where it will ONLY boot into ODIN Download mode. Does NOT boot into any other mode. on standard boot it will get to samsung Logo with Loading bar, the loading bar goes to (from what I can tell) 99% and freezes there for a few seconds, then it goes away and the screen blanks. nothing shows. the battery drains if I dont take the battery out I've noticed.
I've tried using Kies, it states that "this device version cannot be updated". I've tried using ODIN and it shows PASS after I've PDA the stock Firmware. I've used ODIN to install a custom recovery, as the phone seemed to not be able to access recovery before. I've tried both CWM and TWRP and neither recovery seems like it wants to work. At this point I'm left without options. I have no idea where to go from here.
Any help at all?
without Access to recovery I can not root or install from SD.
the phone is stock. I wasn't attempting to ROOT or do anything, this just happened out of the blue. put the phone in my pocket and pulled it back out not even 2 minutes later and it wouldnt boot AT ALL for 3 days. now all of a sudden I'm presented with this issue. it will boot but only in ODIN.
How are you trying to get into revovery?
Press power and volume up and down. When it vibrates, let go of power only. As soon as you see recovery splash screen....let go of volumes.
If recovery flashed successfully in Odin, this should work.
Then try a factory reset....and for good measure, wipe cache and dalvik cache as well. Phone hopefully will boot then. If Odin flashing firmware was successful.
yeah, I've tried vol down, vol up, both down + up and plugging into comp. with and without battery. Ive tried every button combination even (i know..) tried to use combinations with the bottom haptic buttons. this phone will not enter recovery. I've reflashed stock reco, cwm, twrp... flashed ICS, GB...
everything says its fine in Odin but the phone is acting as if nothing were changed. in all of the different attempts Ive tried, nothing has changed the behaviour of the phone in one way. it still has two routes; Freeze at bootlogo on standard boot, or boot into Download mode. its not user error as far as I can tell. I've also taken it apart and blew any excess dust or dirt away from the power button, as I have heard this can be caused by a gunked up or sticking power button.
I'm at a loss =\
I'm at a loss then for your next move.
There's apps that can boot into recovery. But you need root. To get root, you need recovery.
To get into phone, you need recovery, to at least try a wipe of the caches.
Something is not right for sure.
Maybe try flashing ICS firmware in Odin....if you can find one. If it boots, you have a phone. But with no recovery access....you're looking at an unrooted life with the phone.
Maybe you can use adb to reboot recovery if it recognizes phone
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Yup, lol you feel my confusion and frustration with this. All I want is the phone to work again. it wont boot regardless of what OS i ODIN onto it. i have no idea what could cause this. it didn't overheat, wasn't subject to water or steam, didnt get knocked around.. I simply put the phone in my pocket and pulled it out moments later and it was like this. would purchasing a new motherboard be my best option here? I see some online for 20-30$ but me issue with that is getting a bad IMEI.
What I meant was have you tried adb to force to recovery and factory reset. If you have adb, open platform tools, hold shift and right click mouse, choose open command Window, type "adb reboot recovery" then hit enter
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It is showing as Device not found. should I be trying this in ODIN or after the Bootlogo Blackscreen?
You can do it in Odin mode but computer has to adb has to recognize it
Should show a number under devices
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May not work if debugging and unknown sources aren't enabled on your phone
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No, just tried it, adb won't recognize it in download mode,
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When you try to get to recovery don't use the usb cable-thats only to get to download mode
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Fasted12 said:
When you try to get to recovery don't use the usb cable-thats only to get to download mode
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Yes, if a USB cable is plugged in, your phone will NOT boot into recovery mode. Odin can be hit and miss. I find Heimdall to be much more reliable with this phone. @Derpwood , pm me and I will send you instructions for flashing stock ICS in Heimdall.
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But the issue still remains that the phone wont enter Recovery mode. =\ I've tried with and without USB plugged in. with and without SD cards (tried 3 different cards, 8gb, 32gb, and 64gb) tried all known button combinations to start phone. and it still just freezes after samsung Logo or goes into Download mode (with Vol + and - along with power, plugged into USB). At this point I have a new motherboard in my shopping cart on Ebay and I'm waiting to get paid. but if I can avoid dumping anything more into this phone I'd Love that.
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But the issue still remains that the phone wont enter Recovery mode. =\ I've tried with and without USB plugged in. with and without SD cards (tried 3 different cards, 8gb, 32gb, and 64gb) tried all known button combinations to start phone. and it still just freezes after samsung Logo or goes into Download mode (with Vol + and - along with power, plugged into USB). At this point I have a new motherboard in my shopping cart on Ebay and I'm waiting to get paid. but if I can avoid dumping anything more into this phone I'd Love that.
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Would JTag from www.mobiletechvideos.com be cheaper? Have you tried USB Jig? Mobile tech videos sells them and you can buy them on EBay for 2 bucks. If you have a soldering iron, you can make one.
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I do have a soldering iron. hmm, I'll look into a Jig. would that fix this? I was doing a bit of research on USB Jig's but it was at nearly 4am and I got too tired to remember any info.
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I do have a soldering iron. hmm, I'll look into a Jig. would that fix this? I was doing a bit of research on USB Jig's but it was at nearly 4am and I got too tired to remember any info.
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Yeah a jig can sometimes be used to force a Samsung phone into Odin/Download mode. Jig is not to be confused with JTAG.
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EDIT: never mind, I just realized that your problem was you couldn't boot into recovery, not download mode.
wow, don't see how this could be a hardware problem
with a clean download of stock gb, ics,or even jb ,delete kies, odin as administrator, and a solid cable , i've always got them to boot.
Fasted12 said:
wow, don't see how this could be a hardware problem
with a clean download of stock gb, ics,or even jb ,delete kies, odin as administrator, and a solid cable , i've always got them to boot.
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+1 I've gotten them to boot again on the firmware upgrade has encountered an error screen, but I used Linux, JOdin3, and Heimdall. So I would think that Odin would be able to fix this. I have had more luck fixing these things on Linux though. Odin is what cashed the firmware upgrade error screen anyway after it crashed :/
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So maybe I'll start from scratch and delete kies again.. hmm.. =\
see everywhere I look, they seem to say this shouldnt be a hardware issue...
Derpwood said:
So maybe I'll start from scratch and delete kies again.. hmm.. =\
see everywhere I look, they seem to say this shouldnt be a hardware issue...
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Is the screen you get Download Mode or Firmware Upgrade Error screen?
I seem to be having the same problem but mine comes from reflashing stock ics with odin from PA 4.45. I can get to the dL screen but not recovery and everything I flash passes too. But I can't get passed the pulsating Samsung logo after the android load bar.
ScottPomroy said:
I seem to be having the same problem but mine comes from reflashing stock ics with odin from PA 4.45. I can get to the dL screen but not recovery and everything I flash passes too. But I can't get passed the pulsating Samsung logo after the android load bar.
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Flash stock in Odin. Unplug from computer once it reboots. Hold in power and both volume buttons until you feel two vibrations in a row then hold just the volume buttons until it us past the loading bar. You should boot into recovery. Wipe data/factory reset and then do a wipe cache and Dalvik cache. I had the same problem.
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OK I was trying to flash an unlocked kernal via ODIN last night, something went wrong and now phone is stuck on the phone--!--computer screen. I cannot get past this screen. vol+home+power doesn't do anything but loop to the same screen.
It shows ODIN MODE in red at the top of the screen, but ODIn won't recognize the phone, nor will Kies (not running at the same time). Computer makes USB connected/disconnected sound when I plug and unplug the phone.
I have tried One-Click Unbrick, did not recognize that phone was connected.
Help!!
which model of Galaxy S2 do you have?
T-Mobile SGH-T989
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T-Mobile SGH-T989
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there''s currently nothing to flash this phone
it came out only 2 days ago
DEV are still working on finding root
so, the best suggestion is to take it back to the store and get it exchanged
or wait a few more days/weeks until a flashable release becomes available to fix the mistake
I know, I was hasty and now this. Even when there something available to flash, the device isn't being recognized by ODIN. Any troubleshooting help for this?
When I managed to get my Vibrant into that mode I could pull the battery, hold volume up, put the battery in, press and release power (still holding volume up) and it'd kick back into download mode everytime. Once in download mode I could plug the USB in and a running ODIN would see it pop up. If ODIN wasn't running and USB was already plugged in things wouldn't work right.
I haven't tried ODIN on the GS2 yet (I'll wait for a root ). I did find the vibrant nearly impossible to brick though... trust me I unexpectedly tried quite hard.
You might need the newest ODIN for GS2 support, and possibly newer drivers.
Hey, Hey, Hey...
My Story...
1. I got a TMO Samsung Galaxy S2
2. Tried to root
3. Used Odin to root and install ROM and referenced the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
4. Realized phone models are not the same
5. Phone does not boot and nothing comes up on the screen
6. No lights or LED indicators (i.e. charging) HOWEVER....
7. ODIN recognizes the phone when I plug in the phone via USB
8. Tried to load stock rom:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321811
9. ODIN gets stuck on <ID:0/005> SetupConnection...
10. I am unable to access SD Card for CWR
11. Next step? Return or exchanges are currently not an option.
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
fix4tv said:
Hey, Hey, Hey...
My Story...
1. I got a TMO Samsung Galaxy S2
2. Tried to root
3. Used Odin to root and install ROM and referenced the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
4. Realized phone models are not the same
5. Phone does not boot and nothing comes up on the screen
6. No lights or LED indicators (i.e. charging) HOWEVER....
7. ODIN recognizes the phone when I plug in the phone via USB
8. Tried to load stock rom:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321811
9. ODIN gets stuck on <ID:0/005> SetupConnection...
10. I am unable to access SD Card for CWR
11. Next step? Return or exchanges are currently not an option.
Thanks in advance for the assistance!
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I'm a bit new to this, but a custom ROM shouldn't affect your recovery mode. Are you sure you are using the correct buttons and methods to boot recovery?
Might want to make a new thread instead of necroing something from when the phone was 2 days old.
I have GT I9100 and done the same thing and got the same result . stuck at setup connection with odin
Please Help
Go into device manager when is plugged in and if it says qhd-usb or something like that its a hard brick. What tipped me off was you said it makes two noises when you plug in. that's a tell tell sign your hard bricked
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soft bricked my phone (i hope)
i have sgh-t989 (t-mobile) i am running a miui rom. it wont boot it just goes to miui boot up screen. i can go to the download mode but not recovery (how do u do that) but when im in downoad mode Odin dosnt recognize my phone. and my computer says it is an unknown device.
tried new wire, uninstalling re-installing kies, stopped all processes, diff computer tried to boot for a day, let battery out for a day, and a few other things.
please help and thank you.
iamnoone626 said:
i have sgh-t989 (t-mobile) i am running a miui rom. it wont boot it just goes to miui boot up screen. i can go to the download mode but not recovery (how do u do that) but when im in downoad mode Odin dosnt recognize my phone. and my computer says it is an unknown device.
tried new wire, uninstalling re-installing kies, stopped all processes, diff computer tried to boot for a day, let battery out for a day, and a few other things.
please help and thank you.
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You should try to uninstall then reinstall driver, and try another usb port. In my experience, Odin seems to be picky, it only recognizes your phone if you plug it in the usb port that you used in the first time.
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Recovery is accessed by holding both vol + and - while starting the phone. Hold them both while pressing the power button, then release the power button when it vibrates, keep holding the vol buttons till you see the recovery screen.
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You should try to uninstall then reinstall driver, and try another usb port. In my experience, Odin seems to be picky, it only recognizes your phone if you plug it in the usb port that you used in the first time.
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ok i have done this through kies is there another way that you can do this?
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nagoshi said:
Recovery is accessed by holding both vol + and - while starting the phone. Hold them both while pressing the power button, then release the power button when it vibrates, keep holding the vol buttons till you see the recovery screen.
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when i do this it only takes me to download mode.
Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
for a DL link for the USB Drivers
Cheers,
Chris
Sk3tchy said:
Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513359
for a DL link for the USB Drivers
Cheers,
Chris
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i tryed this but still odin does not recognize my phone. (no yellow box shows up)
Searched all over and google yada yada yada. So i end up opening a thread here.
Hello guys/babes/kids/oldfags/ifags in disguise . I have a galaxy nexus here that will only boot into
-download mode,
- fastboot (not working at all, pc wont detect its fastboot and buttons all dead when in recovey/fastboot)
- safe mode - will boot into safe mode if i did combo buttons when attached to charger/pc
The story :
When i booted it from batt pull via only power button press, it will go into download mode straight and if i power off or factory reset in safe mode, it will reboot back into safe mode.
I cant flash anything since fastboot is broken. Ive tried Odin back to factory image of Galaxy Nexus GSM ICS and Jellybean but the prob isnt solved and fastboot is still broken. Tried repartition and bootloader update in ODIN yet still fail. And after every successful flash of repackaged stock, it will directly boot into safe mode (for both ICS and JB factory image). Why i didnt flash using fastboot? Fastboot is broken that is. Lets continue...
Other hardwares are still fine as in safe boot, ive tested all the buttons, display, calls, speaker etc. This is fastboot relate i believe as no matter what pc ive tried and all types of gnex drivers i tried. It wont even fart when connecting to pc(win7 x86). ADB works fine though when i booted into the safe mode. Im able to do adb stuffs but whenever i query it to reboot to fastboot or recovery, a dead end again. OMAPflash the tuna edition for omap4460? Tried yet still the same.
Additional facts : The phone was not unlocked and tempered by any way before the prob happened but now the bootloader is unlocked after i flashed the repackaged ODIN (chainfire posted it)
So XDA Gnex'ers, LET THE HUNT BEGIN!
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Have you stumbled across this yet?
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f63...-i9100g-via-usb-cable-freeeeeeeeeeee-1465412/
iowabowtech said:
Have you stumbled across this yet?
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f63...-i9100g-via-usb-cable-freeeeeeeeeeee-1465412/
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thats omapflash, to be more precise.
op, try that. also, might want to read something more, efrant has a link on it on one of his threads.
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bk201doesntexist said:
thats omapflash, to be more precise.
op, try that. also, might want to read something more, efrant has a link on it on one of his threads.
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Yup, tried it but its still the same. Fastboot still dosent work and relashing packaged factory images in odin dosent fix the fastboot
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Saw a Jtag service nearby and thinking of sending it in. Its roughly after conversion from RM(Malaysian Ringgit) around USD$90. Possible recovery from the issue?
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does it try to create an error log? or are you able to pull bug report?
it boots into download mode and safemode so, there's hope.
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Searched all over and google yada yada yada. So i end up opening a thread here.
Hello guys/babes/kids/oldfags/ifags in disguise . I have a galaxy nexus here that will only boot into
-download mode,
- fastboot (not working at all, pc wont detect its fastboot and buttons all dead when in recovey/fastboot)
- safe mode - will boot into safe mode if i did combo buttons when attached to charger/pc
The story :
When i booted it from batt pull via only power button press, it will go into download mode straight and if i power off or factory reset in safe mode, it will reboot back into safe mode.
I cant flash anything since fastboot is broken. Ive tried Odin back to factory image of Galaxy Nexus GSM ICS and Jellybean but the prob isnt solved and fastboot is still broken. Tried repartition and bootloader update in ODIN yet still fail. And after every successful flash of repackaged stock, it will directly boot into safe mode (for both ICS and JB factory image). Why i didnt flash using fastboot? Fastboot is broken that is. Lets continue...
Other hardwares are still fine as in safe boot, ive tested all the buttons, display, calls, speaker etc. This is fastboot relate i believe as no matter what pc ive tried and all types of gnex drivers i tried. It wont even fart when connecting to pc(win7 x86). ADB works fine though when i booted into the safe mode. Im able to do adb stuffs but whenever i query it to reboot to fastboot or recovery, a dead end again. OMAPflash the tuna edition for omap4460? Tried yet still the same.
Additional facts : The phone was not unlocked and tempered by any way before the prob happened but now the bootloader is unlocked after i flashed the repackaged ODIN (chainfire posted it)
So XDA Gnex'ers, LET THE HUNT BEGIN!
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First of all, bricked mean there is nothing beside a black screen. Nowaday device are hard to brick. second, One does not simply flash a gnex with odin. It's simply a big wtf that is shining through my head. 3rd, if fastboot is not working, it's because it need a special driver that i suppose you didnt install. If you can boot your phone in fastboot but can connect to it, it's because you have a broken USB port, which is not the case since you can access adb. 4th, i'm still trying to know how you achieved this. It look to me you were following some instruction and it either ended, tl;dr i will skip a few step, hope it will work which didnt or you missed electricity. Install Kies, get your phone in download and recover your phone from it. Never attempt again to play on custom rom. Man, how can someone derp a galaxy nexus, it is like the easiest device to work with.
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First of all, bricked mean there is nothing beside a black screen. Nowaday device are hard to brick. second, One does not simply flash a gnex with odin. It's simply a big wtf that is shining through my head. 3rd, if fastboot is not working, it's because it need a special driver that i suppose you didnt install. If you can boot your phone in fastboot but can connect to it, it's because you have a broken USB port, which is not the case since you can access adb. 4th, i'm still trying to know how you achieved this. It look to me you were following some instruction and it either ended, tl;dr i will skip a few step, hope it will work which didnt or you missed electricity. Install Kies, get your phone in download and recover your phone from it. Never attempt again to play on custom rom. Man, how can someone derp a galaxy nexus, it is like the easiest device to work with.
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Thx for the reply.
Some clarification here, im not the owner of this phone. Im using 9100 and im just helping a friend to recovery. Ive tried few pcs and it wont even fart when i plugged in during fastboot or recovery (i read someone that in recovery you can do some commands) but the pc(s) wont even detect a hardware being plugged in.
Plus, in fastboot, i cant press any of the hardware keys. No vol up or vol down and the power button dosent work in recovery. I only got to the 3e stock recovery via 'adb reboot recovery' during in fast mode where it booted into the relaxing chillin android with the triangle + red exclamation mark on its tummy. Pressed all buttons and it went to the 3e recovery.
At the 3e, only power button works. I cant toggle a bit using the vol keys. Note that the vol buttons work to boot the phone into fastboot and download mode and also during safe mode, all the keys works flawlessly.
So, i tried the odin method to recovery this living Gnex but with a faulty heart and kidney but it will still boot to safe mode regardless of ICS or Jellybean.
How did this happen?
I have no idea. The owner of the phone claimed that he has never rooted or tempered it in any way. Plus it was still on ICS when i first got the phone (all data was still intact but it was in safe mode at that time).
Regarding drivers, ive attempted many pcs with almost every drivers available. Shall i list em here:
- KIES
- Naked Nexus drivers
- PDA.net
- the 'official' gnex verizon driver set which is said working on GSM devices etc.
Tried those and adb+download mode works fine. Pcs detect em and tried to install the hardware n search for the drivers but not in fastboot. Its just dead.
killersloth said:
does it try to create an error log? or are you able to pull bug report?
it boots into download mode and safemode so, there's hope.
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Adb works fine so im able to pull anything when its booted. Im not sure if we can pull anything in download mode. Adb/fastboot didnt work in download mode. Am i correct? Mind to share some light here on this. And in fastboot, none. No vol keys to operate and the 4-5 pc ive tried wont even fart a sound or hint anything saying a hardware connected. Its like its a dead circuit plugged only in fastboot.
This is quite a super rare case here. Most of the dead gnex i found on the next and also in XDA has a working fastboot that only needs drivers to make it working but on this unit, even the vol keys is dead. Awkwarddddd
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override182 said:
Thx for the reply.
Some clarification here, im not the owner of this phone. Im using 9100 and im just helping a friend to recovery. Ive tried few pcs and it wont even fart when i plugged in during fastboot or recovery (i read someone that in recovery you can do some commands) but the pc(s) wont even detect a hardware being plugged in.
Plus, in fastboot, i cant press any of the hardware keys. No vol up or vol down and the power button dosent work in recovery. I only got to the 3e stock recovery via 'adb reboot recovery' during in fast mode where it booted into the relaxing chillin android with the triangle + red exclamation mark on its tummy. Pressed all buttons and it went to the 3e recovery.
At the 3e, only power button works. I cant toggle a bit using the vol keys. Note that the vol buttons work to boot the phone into fastboot and download mode and also during safe mode, all the keys works flawlessly.
So, i tried the odin method to recovery this living Gnex but with a faulty heart and kidney but it will still boot to safe mode regardless of ICS or Jellybean.
How did this happen?
I have no idea. The owner of the phone claimed that he has never rooted or tempered it in any way. Plus it was still on ICS when i first got the phone (all data was still intact but it was in safe mode at that time).
Regarding drivers, ive attempted many pcs with almost every drivers available. Shall i list em here:
- KIES
- Naked Nexus drivers
- PDA.net
- the 'official' gnex verizon driver set which is said working on GSM devices etc.
Tried those and adb+download mode works fine. Pcs detect em and tried to install the hardware n search for the drivers but not in fastboot. Its just dead.
Adb works fine so im able to pull anything when its booted. Im not sure if we can pull anything in download mode. Adb/fastboot didnt work in download mode. Am i correct? Mind to share some light here on this. And in fastboot, none. No vol keys to operate and the 4-5 pc ive tried wont even fart a sound or hint anything saying a hardware connected. Its like its a dead circuit plugged only in fastboot.
This is quite a super rare case here. Most of the dead gnex i found on the next and also in XDA has a working fastboot that only needs drivers to make it working but on this unit, even the vol keys is dead. Awkwarddddd
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Great to know you are not the one who did that . So if i understand correctly, you say download mode work ? If yes, flash another stock rom from chainfire using odin. No one wan't to flash with odin, but if fastboot is not working, you shall at least try it. Also, when you are putting the phone in download mode and connecting it to kies, it should detect it has to be restored. i would say the main reason for it to not work is that android debugging is not ticked in developer options. But that would be strange that adb work on safe mode. There is probably a way to that with adb but you will have to google it. Tell your friend to follow instruction next time. And ffs, do not use odin ! (Little idea too, try to get in fastboot not connected on PC and wait a few minutes then see if you can move with the volume button, then try to connect it on pc)
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Great to know you are not the one who did that . So if i understand correctly, you say download mode work ? If yes, flash another stock rom from chainfire using odin. No one wan't to flash with odin, but if fastboot is not working, you shall at least try it.
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Yes i have already did that few times. Few times of ICS factory image and few with JB. All are repacked version provided by chainfire. Its the full package not the software only with stripped bootloader n recovery. Its still the same
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
download and install toolkit from that thread ^^^^^^
uninstall all gnex drivers you installed
reboot pc, open gnex toolkit, with phone unplugged install the drivers
fastboot should work
killersloth said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
download and install toolkit from that thread ^^^^^^
uninstall all gnex drivers you installed
reboot pc, open gnex toolkit, with phone unplugged install the drivers
fastboot should work
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Thx, tried it on a few pcs but it still wont work. Even the volkeys in fastboot didnt work :8
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override182 said:
Thx, tried it on a few pcs but it still wont work. Even the volkeys in fastboot didnt work :8
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did you try flashing google's factory image in odin??
my fastboot once was unresponsive, but rebooting into it fixed it
from safemode, if you adb reboot bootloader it is unresponsive?
killersloth said:
did you try flashing google's factory image in odin??
my fastboot once was unresponsive, but rebooting into it fixed it
from safemode, if you adb reboot bootloader it is unresponsive?
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Yes i had, still boots to safe mode and the fastboot is still dead. Yes ive tried adb reboot bootloader but its dead in fastboot, again.
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only suggestion left is to just boot into fastboot, leave it alone for awhile (5-10 mins), then try and plug it in and mess with it.
Try doing the whole driver thing mentioned above but instead of flashing a Google image just do the boot loader portion, what settings are you using to flash in Odin?
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killersloth said:
only suggestion left is to just boot into fastboot, leave it alone for awhile (5-10 mins), then try and plug it in and mess with it.
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Tried yesterday, nothing happened
Sparx639 said:
Try doing the whole driver thing mentioned above but instead of flashing a Google image just do the boot loader portion, what settings are you using to flash in Odin?
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First tried pda only with auto reboot, no gooding. The i tried with booloader, no good. Then bootloader only, still no good. Then i tested all including pit file, still no good.
Update, sent in for Jtagging few min ago. The phone is not with me now and ill get it back in 3days working or not. I shall report in back after 3 days. Thanks to all by giving suggestion and ideas. See u guys again in 3 days
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chadouming said:
Also, when you are putting the phone in download mode and connecting it to kies, it should detect it has to be restored. i would say the main reason for it to not work is that android debugging is not ticked in developer options.
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adb does not work in download mode/bootloader. adb only works when adbd (adb service) is started, and that happens in android boot process. it means android debug bridge.
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Sorry for the long delay to anyone waiting for the answer/status.
Jtag cant fix it. Returned the device to a friend. Prolly a mobo replacement is the solution but its damn pricy here in Malaysia. It costs 80% of the price to get a new Gnex.
Hell yeah and thx to everyone supporting this.
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So I was using Mobile Odin because I was selling my device and the person didn't want AOKP on it so I went and did what i did on my wife's S3 and used mobile odine to flash stock JB TW (Latest update), for some reason when I did mine, after checking the MD5 the phone said it was all good then it was going to start and after it started the phone when to boot up (im guessing) and nothing happened after this, now my device wont go to DL mode or recovery when I try to use any of the finger combos to go into either of this modes.
As a matter of fact when I press the PWR the device does absolutely nothing..
Any helo is appreciated.
Thanks.
IcOpRo said:
So I was using Mobile Odin because I was selling my device and the person didn't want AOKP on it so I went and did what i did on my wife's S3 and used mobile odine to flash stock JB TW (Latest update), for some reason when I did mine, after checking the MD5 the phone said it was all good then it was going to start and after it started the phone when to boot up (im guessing) and nothing happened after this, now my device wont go to DL mode or recovery when I try to use any of the finger combos to go into either of this modes.
As a matter of fact when I press the PWR the device does absolutely nothing..
Any helo is appreciated.
Thanks.
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Pull battery put in hold down watever the volume combo is and connect power and see if that does something. If not try adb after holding power for a bit and see if ur device is recognized or anything...
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howtomen said:
Pull battery put in hold down watever the volume combo is and connect power and see if that does something. If not try adb after holding power for a bit and see if ur device is recognized or anything...
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I pulled the battery a couple of times and left it out for a minute or even more, and nothing happens when I apply the volume combo. My windows box died last week, so i only have my Mac , Ill look for info on ADB on Mac if theres any.
Thanks.
IcOpRo said:
I pulled the battery a couple of times and left it out for a minute or even more, and nothing happens when I apply the volume combo. My windows box died last week, so i only have my Mac , Ill look for info on ADB on Mac if theres any.
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If it goes to Odin find your model and carrier image and flash that. You're back to square zero then
zetsui said:
If it goes to Odin find your model and carrier image and flash that. You're back to square zero then
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Cant get the phone to turn on in any way whatsoever
that doesnt sound good search on some terms like mobile odin black screen and kies at once
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Doesn't sound good at all, might need a jtag. I used Mobile Odin just yesterday to go back to stock from AoCP. No problems whatsoever. I did flash stock 3e recovery before flashing the firmware, not sure if that helped.
When you plug it in does the charging indicator show up? (asking this to see if there are any signs of life, and also in the unlikely event that the problem is a dead battery...)
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Doesn't sound good at all, might need a jtag. I used Mobile Odin just yesterday to go back to stock from AoCP. No problems whatsoever. I did flash stock 3e recovery before flashing the firmware, not sure if that helped.
When you plug it in does the charging indicator show up? (asking this to see if there are any signs of life, and also in the unlikely event that the problem is a dead battery...)
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Yeah when I plug it in to charge nothing happens, not even the LED lights up, I even put my battery on my wifes GS3 and it has like 40% left on battery and it powered on my wifes phone.
Hello all,
I have flashed ROMs via recovery and Odin plenty of times. I would say I generally know what I am doing and I flash ROMs on the regular. This is my second Samsung device and have been rooting/flashing for almost two years, so not a noob.
I was stuck in a bootloop on my Note and it wouldn't even let me boot into recovery, so I decided to Odin and back to stock and try again... I got the one-click, phone recognized, yellow COM box popped up, hit start, walked away for 10-15 minutes. Come back and there has barely been any progress at all... I could barely see the green progress bar. I figured something is wrong because I've done this before and it only takes a minute at most. What I did next is what I think messed me up...I pulled my phone and closed the Odin dialogue box and tried to redo it. Problem is, nothing I could do would get me the Yellow COM box. The phone goes into download mode but Odin doesn't seem to want to recognize it. I've tried EVERYTHING. When I boot the phone normally, I get the Samsung error screen saying there was an issue with a firmware upgrade and I should try Kies. I download Kies and attempt to upgrade firmware that way, but I get to the last step where it says "Upgrade Firmware" or something like that on the button but the button remains greyed out and I can't click it... I have tried everything. I downloaded the toolkit and installed drivers but each time I do that, the driver install freezes my PC at the end of the install. Same thing happens if I try to get the drivers from the Samsung site directly, the computer freezes. I have rebooted a million times and tried every USB port there is. I have had the computer try to "set up" the deivce while it's in download mode a few times but usually hangs at the end (probably bc drivers not properly installing). Once or twice it setup fine, but still Odin won't recognize. I think the driver thing is moot because it was recognizing the device before this mess just fine and it recognizes and accesses my wife's S2 just fine.
I am at my wit's end. Did I destroy my phone???? Is there nothing I can do to salvage it?
I just aged about five years in the last 2 hours. Please someone help!!!
Longshot, but try installing the toolkit on a different system and try again. I've had drivers from different systems mixed up and it worked fine when installed on a fresh system. Probably not your problem, but worth a try before trying to warranty your phone. Good Luck.
Also try a different usb cable.
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RTC88 said:
Also try a different usb cable.
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TMPOOLE said:
Longshot, but try installing the toolkit on a different system and try again. I've had drivers from different systems mixed up and it worked fine when installed on a fresh system. Probably not your problem, but worth a try before trying to warranty your phone. Good Luck.
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Different cable didn't work.
I'll try a different system but I'm not holding out hope.
Will warranty work if in Odin mode the phone says that I have a custom ROM and custom recovery installed???
Am I out of luck here? I always thought that if it boots up, it's not completely bricked. Shouldn't a PC see it if I get the drivers installed???
If no computer sees it and the Download/Odin screen shows Root and custom ROM/Recovery so no warranty replacement, what are my options?
mikelav456 said:
Am I out of luck here? I always thought that if it boots up, it's not completely bricked. Shouldn't a PC see it if I get the drivers installed???
If no computer sees it and the Download/Odin screen shows Root and custom ROM/Recovery so no warranty replacement, what are my options?
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You say it finds your wife's phone just fine and she has the same model? Have you tried installing the drivers manually through the driver update in device manager?
As to other options, if you're paying for the additional insurance Sprint offers, and are willing to pay the $200 deductable (as opposed to the $500 replacement cost) you could always turn it on and drop it in a bucket of water. They won't be able to pull root/rom info from the unit at that point. Otherwise I think it's a matter of luck as to what kind of techs work in the store you go to. I've heard stories about those who were sticklers and those who didn't care (the latter tend to those who root their own phones). All you can do is ask, hypothetically of course.
Wish I could be more help. Good luck.
Please help!!! Does anyone have any other advice?
DreamingWolf said:
You say it finds your wife's phone just fine and she has the same model? Have you tried installing the drivers manually through the driver update in device manager?
As to other options, if you're paying for the additional insurance Sprint offers, and are willing to pay the $200 deductable (as opposed to the $500 replacement cost) you could always turn it on and drop it in a bucket of water. They won't be able to pull root/rom info from the unit at that point. Otherwise I think it's a matter of luck as to what kind of techs work in the store you go to. I've heard stories about those who were sticklers and those who didn't care (the latter tend to those who root their own phones). All you can do is ask, hypothetically of course.
Wish I could be more help. Good luck.
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Appreciate your help. Wife's phone is a different model, but also Samsung.
I do not have the Sprint insurance unfortunately. I will probably try to go through the Samsung warranty, but not holding my breath....
mikelav456 said:
Appreciate your help. Wife's phone is a different model, but also Samsung.
I do not have the Sprint insurance unfortunately. I will probably try to go through the Samsung warranty, but not holding my breath....
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If you can get the drivers to extract (I know it crashes when you try to install) you could still try the manual update method for your phone's drivers. (can't count how many times I've had to do that for peripherals and my win7 laptop that isn't certified for win7)
Did you try completely uninstalling the drivers before you tried to reinstall them?
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If you can get the drivers to extract (I know it crashes when you try to install) you could still try the manual update method for your phone's drivers. (can't count how many times I've had to do that for peripherals and my win7 laptop that isn't certified for win7)
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Not sure how to do this. I'll look into it.
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Did you try completely uninstalling the drivers before you tried to reinstall them?
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Yes. I'm going to try a different computer tonight.
I had the same problem.forgot what I did though. It was something like a oneclick selfextracting installer to install factory rom.older than ljc. let me look and ill try to find it for u..
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try this.http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=228 same idea just different modem. read through and make sure you understand what garwin is saying. If you dont have anything special on your internal sd card I would use the wipe all as the no data restore didnt work for me some reason. also download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 as it will hook you up with the right drivers.
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I had the same problem.forgot what I did though. It was something like a oneclick selfextracting installer to install factory rom.older than ljc. let me look and ill try to find it for u..
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try this.http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=228 same idea just different modem. read through and make sure you understand what garwin is saying. If you dont have anything special on your internal sd card I would use the wipe all as the no data restore didnt work for me some reason. also download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957155 as it will hook you up with the right drivers.
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Thanks but this is exactly what I tried first and continue to try... The problem is I unplugged the phone while the one-click was doing its thing because it wasn't progressing. The phone still goes into to Download mode but the one-click no longer 'sees' the phone when I plug it in, so I can't try again...
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Thanks but this is exactly what I tried first and continue to try... The problem is I unplugged the phone while the one-click was doing its thing because it wasn't progressing. The phone still goes into to Download mode but the one-click no longer 'sees' the phone when I plug it in, so I can't try again...
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You said the computer doesnt recognize it right? If it did I would recommend flashing a custom recovery then going from there.
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You said the computer doesnt recognize it right? If it did I would recommend flashing a custom recovery then going from there.
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If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?
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If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?
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I would download the tool kit and reinstall the drivers from their. I had the exact same problem months ago. took hours of trying to flash different stuff to get it to work. make sure that you try to unplug then replug in the cord and I think you must use a cord that is made for your phone. Mine wont work unless I use the one supplied with it which is weird but I read somewhere that the prongs are longer or something.open the oneclick oden then plug the phone in and let it sit for a min or 2
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I would download the tool kit and reinstall the drivers from their. I had the exact same problem months ago. took hours of trying to flash different stuff to get it to work. make sure that you try to unplug then replug in the cord and I think you must use a cord that is made for your phone. Mine wont work unless I use the one supplied with it which is weird but I read somewhere that the prongs are longer or something.open the oneclick oden then plug the phone in and let it sit for a min or 2
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I'm going to try tonight on a different computer.
So you think I should do the following:
1. install drivers
2. open odin one-click
3. put phone in download mode
4. plug phone in
5. even though yellow COM thing should pop up right away let it sit for a while
6. flash one-click back to stock
I'll give it a shot after work.
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If I get my computer to somehow recognize the device via the drivers, I should not use the odin one-click to just go back to stock? How do I install a custom recovery if I can't boot into Android?
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I have actually had this happen before. I couldnt get anything to work even the one click. So what I did was use the toolkit to flash a custom recovery with the stock kernel. Then when it rebooted I held the volume up home, and power buttons. Go into recovery and nandriod back to my previous rom and it worked. But my pc did recognize my device.
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I have actually had this happen before. I couldnt get anything to work even the one click. So what I did was use the toolkit to flash a custom recovery with the stock kernel. Then when it rebooted I held the volume up home, and power buttons. Go into recovery and nandriod back to my previous rom and it worked. But my pc did recognize my device.
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I didn't know you could flash a recovery to the phone without booting to Android. The toolkit says boot to android as pre-req for installing recovery. If I could get to recovery I could fix this. I'll give it all a shot again tonight.
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I didn't know you could flash a recovery to the phone without booting to Android. The toolkit says boot to android as pre-req for installing recovery. If I could get to recovery I could fix this. I'll give it all a shot again tonight.
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Never mind I miss understood. Good luck with the pc switching
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Hello Everyone,
Yes, this is another one of those threads, I'm in a bricky situation (get it? its funny right? no? ok )
STORY: Anyway, my sisters STOCK MD5 ROM started acting up, and started boot looping for some reason, maybe she installed a malicious app, idk
I tried Booting into safe mode, but it didn't work
I tried going into stock recovery to wipe data and cache, but the phone DID NOT LET ME, as in when i was 5 seconds into recovery, the phone went back to the boot loop, strange...
So I decided to use ODIN to take the phone back to stock. Did all the procedures that one would normally do, used the correct .tar file and everything. Midway through flashing, I see a FAIL on Odin, and it turns out that Download mode is doing the same thing that stock recovery did. About 5 seconds into being in Download Mode, the phone takes me away from Download Mode, and forces itself to a boot loop.
PROBLEM: Essentially I am stuck because my sister's phone is NOT allowing me to stay in Download mode for more than 5 seconds which unables me to do anything with Odin. Now I have that logo saying "Firmware Upgrade encountered an Issue. Please plug into Kies etc." (Which also shuts off after 5 seconds.)
THOUGHTS: I'm curious as to why this is happening. In all my years of Rooting and Flashing, an issue to where the phone rejects you from being in download or recovery mode for awhile is interesting. Of course, you guys are here to explain and help and for that I am GRATEFUL
sounds like hardware damage my friend, too many drops or some water damage in the micro usb connector, or the flex cable is shorted on the power button and it keep's rebooting itself because it think's it's being pressed.
I really can't know for sure unless I had the phone, but at this point I think we can narrow it down to hardware.
Also I'm confused about your ODIN step's, you said it failed half way into flashing a stock .tar but the phone rebooted from download mode 5 seconds after being in download mode, this part does not add up at all, a stock .tar flash in odin takes a couple minutes and requires 100% download mode.
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Also I'm confused about your ODIN step's, you said it failed half way into flashing a stock .tar but the phone rebooted from download mode 5 seconds after being in download mode, this part does not add up at all, a stock .tar flash in odin takes a couple minutes and requires 100% download mode.
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Oh yes let me clarify:
Download mode would NOT let me stay for more than 5 seconds AFTER my Odin attempt (which failed).
At first the phone would not do anything when in download mode, but after using Odin and getting the fail, the phone would not let me stay in download mode for more then 5 seconds, just a continuous boot loop.
Hopefully you get it now, haha
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Oh yes let me clarify:
Download mode would let me stay for more than 5 seconds AFTER my Odin attempt (which failed).
At first the phone would not do anything when in download mode, but after using Odin and getting the fail, the phone would not let me stay in download mode for more then 5 seconds, just a continuous boot loop.
Hopefully you get it now, haha
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Sounds like a warranty replacement is in your future. Does download mode show unofficial or a flash counter?
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Sounds like a warranty replacement is in your future. Does download mode show unofficial or a flash counter?
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Yes that seems like the only conclusion now.
And no it shows no counter due to the phone being stock
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Yeah whenever stock recovery doesn't work there must be a serious hardware or firmware problem. Does it stay in download mode with usb disconnect? Where you using the system alot while running odin? I doubt this would fix it, but leave the battery out for an hour or so to power cycle it and try again. Maybe try a different battery?
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Yeah whenever stock recovery doesn't work there must be a serious hardware or firmware problem. Does it stay in download mode with usb disconnect? Where you using the system alot while running odin? I doubt this would fix it, but leave the battery out for an hour or so to power cycle it and try again. Maybe try a different battery?
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Download mode doesn't stay long when the usb is out and in, so no difference.
I have yet to try the battery solution you stated, but I'm gonna put my 2 cents on it being a hardware issue...
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