Hello... I tried flashing from 2.1 update 1 w/root to firebird via this method...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1s3TQ3rL-U
and while i was doing it, I dropped my phone and it shut off. (back cover was off because I had just put in a different sd card, and battery came out). Now, it just boots to the firebird logo, and does nothing for like.. ever.
Can someone help me out?! this is the only phone i have
Maybe I was being stupid and doing something wrong aside from the battery coming out, but either way I'm stuck and need help. thanks
Can you get into recovery?
What rom were you running?
do you have the rom file saved to sd?
Can you get into dl mode?
Do you understand my questions?
iamtheculprit said:
Hello... I tried flashing from 2.1 update 1 w/root to firebird via this method...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1s3TQ3rL-U
and while i was doing it, I dropped my phone and it shut off. (back cover was off because I had just put in a different sd card, and battery came out). Now, it just boots to the firebird logo, and does nothing for like.. ever.
Can someone help me out?! this is the only phone i have
Maybe I was being stupid and doing something wrong aside from the battery coming out, but either way I'm stuck and need help. thanks
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you were flashing a 2.2 kernel over your 2.1 rom.....
Pirateghost said:
you were flashing a 2.2 kernel over your 2.1 rom.....
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ok, so now I know. how do i fix it?
mcord11758 said:
Can you get into recovery?
What rom were you running?
do you have the rom file saved to sd?
Can you get into dl mode?
Do you understand my questions?
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yes, 2.1 because i failed to use my brain before hand, yes, and yes.
Phone stops at boot logo for firebird. can't get past it, but I backed up my rom before I flashed the firebird kernel
iamtheculprit said:
yes, 2.1 because i failed to use my brain before hand, yes, and yes.
Phone stops at boot logo for firebird. can't get past it, but I backed up my rom before I flashed the firebird kernel
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If you were running stock, you need to follow these directions to get back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Are you in Canada or the US?
The return to stock process is different if you have an i896.
nickm50 said:
Are you in Canada or the us?
The return to stock process is different if you have an i896.
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the US. damn near mexico lol. AT&T
kennonk said:
If you were running stock, you need to follow these directions to get back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
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stock w/root and sideloading, yes.
Thread on the second page in the forum
How to unbrick the totally bricked Captivate
Please look around or search before posting. This thread tons of info on how to recover your phone. These things are darn near impossible to break unless you drop it.
There's already a thread opened with the same topic.
On that note, thread closed
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I did the ODIN one click 2.2 update a few months ago and I've been having little issues here and there and I need to go back to stock ATT 2.1 and I'll wait for 2.2. I thought Master Clear did that but it just clears all data. I've looked around the forum but I haven't seen a definitive answer and I just want to make sure I do it right. Can anybody help?
Just use odin 1 click JF6.
http://www.multiupload.com/XAZUYNXSC1
But if you have build # 1010 phone, use my guide to revert back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
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Is there really a way to go "truly back" to stock phone after flashing a new rom?
Eschatologist said:
Is there really a way to go "truly back" to stock phone after flashing a new rom?
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ODIN will do it....
Pirateghost said:
ODIN will do it....
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I guess I should've specified that I'm on Rogers, which is not the case, since both the stock 2.1 and 2.2 roms posted here still retain the ATT logo boot splash after they've been reflashed. Besides some direction to the ATT splash, can someone educate me on what files are NOT overwritten/replaced/fixed/etc when flashing a new rom?
The initial At&t logo is loaded from files within param.lfs
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The initial At&t logo is loaded from files within param.lfs
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I'm kind of a noob so bear with me...but other than adding the ATT graphic to the boot cycle, what else does (I should I say, doesn't) the flashable roms here fix or change?
Ok so that worked no problem, but now trying to get the ATT update failed, I'm wondering if I'll be able to update to the 'fixed' 2.1 and eventually the 2.2 sometime in 2012 at the rate they are going.
Well after months of flashing every ROM under the sun, I finally managed to somehow kill my phone
I was running Andromeda 3 with great success and you may have even noticed that I recently ported a couple of themes, so that means lot's of flashing, etc.
Last night I got a wild hair up my butt and decided to try GR-11. The install went great! I used the phone last night and this morning then I started noticing a few minor bugs and decided it wasn't for me just until the GB Roms are refined.
I loaded up Odin, put in my 2.1 pit and tar and pushed them (I do have 3 button recovery). The install succeeded and rebooted......only it never powered back on!!
It's dead! No power. I had a full battery of course. I have tried every button combo possible to get it back on but no luck. It will not power on with the charger plugged in, nor after a battery pull, nor anything else that I have tried.
Guess it's off to the AT&T store and hopefully get a replacement.... It's only a few months old and was not a refurb so I should be good.
timbrendelaz said:
Well after months of flashing every ROM under the sun, I finally managed to somehow kill my phone
I was running Andromeda 3 with great success and you may have even noticed that I recently ported a couple of themes, so that means lot's of flashing, etc.
Last night I got a wild hair up my butt and decided to try GR-11. The install went great! I used the phone last night and this morning then I started noticing a few minor bugs and decided it wasn't for me just until the GB Roms are refined.
I loaded up Odin, put in my 2.1 pit and tar and pushed them (I do have 3 button recovery). The install succeeded and rebooted......only it never powered back on!!
It's dead! No power. I had a full battery of course. I have tried every button combo possible to get it back on but no luck. It will not power on with the charger plugged in, nor after a battery pull, nor anything else that I have tried.
Guess it's off to the AT&T store and hopefully get a replacement.... It's only a few months old and was not a refurb so I should be good.
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Tough luck man.
Go and lie your a$$ off.
41LY45 said:
Tough luck man.
Go and lie your a$$ off.
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Oh I will. The thing that sucks is that I didn't back it up first
Im losing my pictures and crap.
timbrendelaz said:
Oh I will. The thing that sucks is that I didn't back it up first
Im losing my pictures and crap.
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Damn, that's not nice at all.
That JTAG bring back to life thingy is just not worth the cost.
Should've opened the .tar with 7zip first and made sure BOTH or NO bootloaders where in it. Boot loaders will be in the update folder and.they are boot.bin and sbl.bin. Sounds like it only had ONE and that's why you're toast.
studacris said:
Should've opened the .tar with 7zip first and made sure BOTH or NO bootloaders where in it. Boot loaders will be in the update folder and.they are boot.bin and sbl.bin. Sounds like it only had ONE and that's why you're toast.
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Possibly, but wouldnt I atleast get the charging animation when the phone is powered off and plugged into USB or charger? Im not even getting that.
timbrendelaz said:
Possibly, but wouldnt I atleast get the charging animation when the phone is powered off and plugged into USB or charger? Im not even getting that.
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If you damaged/mix/screw up with the bootloaders.. You won't get ANY kind of reaction from your phone. No matter what (beside with JTAG).
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Possibly, but wouldnt I atleast get the charging animation when the phone is powered off and plugged into USB or charger? Im not even getting that.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294
There you go, dude. That'll give you an idea of why things went down the toilet.
BWolf56 said:
If you damaged/mix/screw up with the bootloaders.. You won't get ANY kind of reaction from your phone. No matter what (beside with JTAG).
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I see by your sig that this happened to you also
Since it wont power on I should be able to take it to the AT&T repair facility and plead the "FIF" right? Just tell them it died while on a call? Or while I was upgrading to 2.2?
timbrendelaz said:
I see by your sig that this happened to you also
Since it wont power on I should be able to take it to the AT&T repair facility and plead the "FIF" right? Just tell them it died while on a call? Or while I was upgrading to 2.2?
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I'd go with The upgrading to 2.2 lie or I mean *ahem* stretch of truth...
studacris said:
I'd go with The upgrading to 2.2 lie or I mean *ahem* stretch of truth...
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Hahahaha!!
Yea it did happen to me.. Although, it was my fault as I went too fast and didn't read/understand all I was doing back then
Also +1 on the upgrading to 2.2 - it's a known issue
I just got back from the AT&T service store and they replaced my Cappy!!!! The only problem is that it is a 1012 model w/ 2.2 installed. The process to root and flash a ROM is the same as my old 1008 model right?
Not quite ... Unless you use odin first thing and flash 2.1
Otherwise go to the 3e recovery sticky and follow that after rooting with super one click.
Imo its just easier to odin to eclair, then everything will be exactly the same.
studacris said:
Not quite ... Unless you use first thing and flash 2.1
Otherwise go to the 3e recovery sticky and follow that after rooting with super one click.
Imo its just easier to odin to eclair, then everything will be exactly the same.
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Oh man, I was scared he was gonna pull another 3e recovery sig failed question!? lol
timbrendelaz said:
I just got back from the AT&T service store and they replaced my Cappy!!!! The only problem is that it is a 1012 model w/ 2.2 installed. The process to root and flash a ROM is the same as my old 1008 model right?
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it is a little different. i've got 3 phones from att with 2.2 pre installed. just odin one click back to stock and you're good to go. glad you got another cappy bro.
Can't you just flash a cwm kernel using odin and then use that to install whatever rom you want?
Time_Zone said:
Can't you just flash a cwm kernel using odin and then use that to install whatever rom you want?
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That works too.
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That works too.
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That's what Im gonna do. The battery is charging now
Thanks everyones.............
Is the GPS on the 1012 any better then the earlier models?
timbrendelaz said:
Is the GPS on the 1012 any better then the earlier models?
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Just because thats what the sticker on the phone says doesn't mean that's what board is on it, its a refurb who knows what the actual build number is.
but there isn't a set build number that had ****ty gps that just varies from phone to phone no matter what the build date is.
EDIT: MY 100TH "THANKS"!!!!
Ok so I just got me a New samsung showcase. It came with 2.2 installed build number sch-i500.ee25. Ok so i find out about rooting and all this so i start researching all about it. Here is where i am. I rooted with SuperOneClick. Worked fine. I installed ROM manager to get the clockworkmod but it did not work so I used Odin to install clockworkmod. That worked fine. So at this point I decided i need to backup the stock ROM. I try this using ROM manager but no go. it reboots into clockworkmod and gives me the sd card not mounted stuff. So I read and read and read but i can't seam to find a solution to this problem. I know there other people that have had this problem. I have read through the step by step guides and i really see nothing on this. Anyone have any type of solution.
Running on stock 2.2 rom manager doesnt work. You will need to go into cwm by turning off phone, holding power,vol up and down at same time. after samsung blinks 2nd time let go of buttons and you will boot into recovery.
Thank you. I thought I tried that before but I guess i did something wrong. Worked that time. Now if my memory is correct from reading that will not back up two things. The kernel and something else. How do I back up the kernel? Or am I just not thinking correctly cause I have not had enough sleep.
Samsung Galaxy S with Cellular South
I had to have Kies Mini open and running on my computer to root my phone
First, Welcome!
Second, Download and familiarize yourself with a program called Odin. This phone is hard to brick. From nearly every situation you can flash back to stock with Odin.
Third, Showcase files are not common. Send me a PM and ill give you my email address. I can better help over email.
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This phone is hard to brick. From nearly every situation you can flash back to stock with Odin.
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Not true; that's what we call a false sense of security.
add144 said:
Not true; that's what we call a false sense of security.
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that is true. ive seen phones get restored that have been flashed with roms for other phones and wont even get past the samsung logo. he said nearly, I'm sure you can come up with some weird far out situation but don't try and scare the newbies off this early.
Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
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don't try and scare the newbies off this early.
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What will scare newbies off is when they start flashing crazy **** for another phone in the Phone box in ODIN or something and can't fix it by just ODIN'ing like you guys are suggesting.
add144 said:
What will scare newbies off is when they start flashing crazy **** for another phone in the Phone box in ODIN or something and can't fix it by just ODIN'ing like you guys are suggesting.
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It's ok he's the only one still here so he'll have to help them.
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You say that but the fact that you said it means I'm not the only one.
Ooooohhhh someone's getting technicallllllllll
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Ooooohhhh someone's getting technicallllllllll
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dang right
Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
Same phone
I have the exact same phone as you. I just rooted my phone for the first time yesterday and I am having trouble installing CWM. Can you explain to me how you used Odin to flash CWM. And after you flash CWM, is it possible to revert back to stock recovery? If so how?
i have an htc inspire 4g. messed up on installing a custom rom. if i hold down vol - and power it wont go into boot loader. if i do the vol + power it does the qualcom thing. i can plug it up to my pc, and after a minute or so it recognizes it as the memory card. if i push both vol buttons and power i get it to vibrate 5 times and a green light. ive tried several diffrent things found here and a few other places. is there still a chance i can fix my phone or is it dead.....
any help appreciated....
What did you do exactly?
i tried to put a stock rom on it. but i think it didnt like it. now it dont work.
KAHNEFAN said:
i have an htc inspire 4g. messed up on installing a custom rom. if i hold down vol - and power it wont go into boot loader. if i do the vol + power it does the qualcom thing. i can plug it up to my pc, and after a minute or so it recognizes it as the memory card. if i push both vol buttons and power i get it to vibrate 5 times and a green light. ive tried several diffrent things found here and a few other places. is there still a chance i can fix my phone or is it dead.....
any help appreciated....
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KAHNEFAN said:
i tried to put a stock rom on it. but i think it didnt like it. now it dont work.
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Where you S-OFF or have unlocked the bootloader? what custom rom? You were trying to flash a custom rom or a stock one??
KAHNEFAN said:
i tried to put a stock rom on it. but i think it didnt like it. now it dont work.
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Like, a Froyo RUU maybe...? If not I reiterate glevitan's questions.
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Like, a Froyo RUU maybe...? If not I reiterate glevitan's questions.
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MissB, be ready to the froyo attack now that Hack Kit is gone!! :laugh:
i tried to put the stock rom that came on my phone back on it. i had it rooted and was using it for straight talk. the rom was the original on shipped with the phone new. not and updated version. i know i messed up. i cant get the phone into bootloader, the power button does nothing, volume up and power takes it to the qual comm thing. if i plug it up to my computer it takes it a few minutes to recognize it as a disk drive. but it will.
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i tried to put the stock rom that came on my phone back on it. i had it rooted and was using it for straight talk. the rom was the original on shipped with the phone new. not and updated version. i know i messed up. i cant get the phone into bootloader, the power button does nothing, volume up and power takes it to the qual comm thing. if i plug it up to my computer it takes it a few minutes to recognize it as a disk drive. but it will.
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Where did you get the stock ROM? What version of Android did your phone have when shipped?
i had ics on it before i tried to downgrade. i downloaded the stock rom from another site. it was the original stock rom no ota updates i believe. i dont remember the android version.
KAHNEFAN said:
i had ics on it before i tried to downgrade. i downloaded the stock rom from another site. it was the original stock rom no ota updates i believe. i dont remember the android version.
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You haven't clarified whether it was a ROM or RUU, where you got the file, or whether your phone was shipped with Gingerbread. That is important information. I think at this point I'm going to assume you flashed a Froyo RUU on a phone shipped with Gingerbread.
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You haven't clarified whether it was a ROM or RUU, where you got the file, or whether your phone was shipped with Gingerbread. That is important information. I think at this point I'm going to assume you flashed a Froyo RUU on a phone shipped with Gingerbread.
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sorry. the one that messed me up was an ruu exe file. im not sure on the gingerbread. ive had the phone for a year now. ive changed the os about 5 or 6 times no problem.
KAHNEFAN said:
sorry. the one that messed me up was an ruu exe file. im not sure on the gingerbread. ive had the phone for a year now. ive changed the os about 5 or 6 times no problem.
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It was new a year ago? Yeah, you flashed a Froyo RUU on a phone shipped with GB. That messes your bootloader. glevitan has a guide that has, among other things, instructions on how to fix that, but given that AAHK has been retired I don't know if the files to fix it are still available.
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It was new a year ago? Yeah, you flashed a Froyo RUU on a phone shipped with GB. That messes your bootloader. glevitan has a guide that has, among other things, instructions on how to fix that, but given that AAHK has been retired I don't know if the files to fix it are still available.
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ok. if i have the aahk just use it and follow glevitan's guide. and i have a chance to fix it...
KAHNEFAN said:
ok. if i have the aahk just use it and follow glevitan's guide. and i have a chance to fix it...
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AAHK is retired. The server hosting the files it pulls from may very well be gone. And it's not AAHK itself that will fix it anyway; it's just instructions by AAHK's author using files hosted on AAHK's site. It's not included in the AAHK itself.
AAHK has a ton of very clear warnings saying NOT to flash a Froyo RUU on a phone shipped with GB. I would strongly advise that you read more closely next time. You will need to wait for glevitan to show up and see if he can help.
ok. thanks for the help.
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ok. thanks for the help.
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any luck yet?
Hello everyone,
It's my first time witnessing this issue, I do have a Samsung Galaxy S 4G. So I decided to upgraded Eclairs to Gingerbread. Which I did.
Somehow I downloaded the CM7 ROM in the SGS 4G section, I have flashed it and now everytime I click "reboot system now", it's just putting me back to CWM Recovery over and over again. Now I got tired of it, so I tried flashing the SlimBean in hopes of making my device work the way they should, but it's the same result. When I cleared data, flashed the ROM and Gapps and when I click "reboot system now", It shows the boot screen but then it transferred me back to recovery. I don't really know what to do.
Urgent help needed. Thank you all.
can you acess into download mode?
PuNeTZzZ said:
can you acess into download mode?
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Yes I can, also tried it with CM9, same results it shows recovery everytime. I need some help. :crying:
You say you went from Eclair (Did this phone even come with that? I thought it started with Froyo. Huh. At least, mine did.) to Gingerbread. Is the Gingerbread you started with CM7, or did you start with one that actually has normal GB bootloaders first? Because if you haven't yet, as with any major bootlooping issue, you'll want to use a proper GB one-click. If you failed to double-flash one of those to get the GB bootloaders earlier, do that ASAP. And hope hard that they come.
You are missing the boot loader if you went straight to Gingerbread. Use Heimdall One Click to flash to Gingerbread. Also click on the bootloader option as well when you flash.
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You say you went from Eclair (Did this phone even come with that? I thought it started with Froyo. Huh. At least, mine did.) to Gingerbread. Is the Gingerbread you started with CM7, or did you start with one that actually has normal GB bootloaders first? Because if you haven't yet, as with any major bootlooping issue, you'll want to use a proper GB one-click. If you failed to double-flash one of those to get the GB bootloaders earlier, do that ASAP. And hope hard that they come.
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Can you give me the names of the GB one-click?
Search for lumin30. He has an awesome guide and links to what you are looking for. It's in his signature.
I'll add, back up your .efs folder. Put copy on your computer.
champ1919 said:
Search for lumin30. He has an awesome guide and links to what you are looking for. It's in his signature.
I'll add, back up your .efs folder. Put copy on your computer.
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Can anyone tell me this guide works on starting from a CM7 Rom. I don't get it at all. Since it started from Stock Froyo.