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[Q] Seriously bricked my phone PLEASE HELP!!

Ok so i got froyo 2.2 cognition loaded onto my phone. I switched to kernel jtaek or something from when i rooted the phone. It was working ok at first but then android.phone kept force closing. I installed it using clockwork recovery mod. So i decided, let me try another one. So i tried to switch kernels so i could load sheps ROM. I downloaded JI6kernel2e and renamed it update .zip put it on the internal sd and used clockwork recovery to install from sd card. After that my phones gone silly. For a while it would only loop into recovery mode. In recovery mode i try to reinstall packages and it says it fails every time. So now I'm not sure what to do I'm afraid i really messed it up. I can get to download mode but can only get to the old school ODIN, not the one click. Or i can go to recovery I tried to delete the cache and user data and that did't do anything. Now it just loops from the at&t logo to the galaxy s logo then shuts off. Any help would be very appreciated!!!!

holy hell.....
dude, you shouldnt be flashing anything.
seriously, why would you rename the kernel to update.zip and try to flash it?
you need to go back to stock, i dont understand you saying you can get into reg odin but not one click??

yes Odin i guess v 1.0 or something. Where you have to put in the PDA file and PIT file? I finally got the one click root to download. Yeah i F$&*#@ up pretty bad. I'm not that familiar with Android yet. Coming from Windows and a tilt 2. Ok so I held both volume buttons plugged in the USB, then pressed the power till the second black screen of the phone exclamation computer symbol. Odin recognizes it and the phone shows the triangle with the android, says downloading and do not turn off target. (download mode right)
Odin shows
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..
<ID:0/005> Master Clear Started.....
This is the second time its done this for about 10 mins
Am I totally screwed?

you CANNOT do a master clear from DOWNLOAD mode. a master clear is done from a fully booted phone with usb debugging turned on.....as stated in the thread where you got the odin oneclick......

Ooops! Ok any ideas of how to use the comp to just get this thing to stock? Anyway I can move stuff around on the internal SD without the phone booting up. Only way I can think of is to smash it with a hammer so I won't be bothered by the software problem . I love the phone was just trying to get 2.2 on it

jj211981 said:
Ooops! Ok any ideas of how to use the comp to just get this thing to stock? Anyway I can move stuff around on the internal SD without the phone booting up. Only way I can think of is to smash it with a hammer so I won't be bothered by the software problem . I love the phone was just trying to get 2.2 on it
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Why don't you just go into download mode and 1 click to stock?

Or what can I do with download mode?

Use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989

Ok sorry guys I had to dance the jig for a few. Yes I had one hell of a brain fart. I clicked the Start button instead of master clear and success. Thank you guys very much for the assistance. I think I'll read for a few more months before I start messing with it again. AT&T seems to be taking they're sweet time with Froyo so I just figured I'd get a jump start. But I'll definitely be more cautious next time. I didn't realize what the kernel and firmware and all that exactly were.

With all due respect you do not need to be doing this with your phone. If you clearly don't understand the steps to flashing a kernal vs flashing a rom then you don't need to be doing this. Kernal flash is done in odin and a rom flash is done in clockwork or recovery.
Second there is big letters on the COG page that say read the FAQ/WIKI you need to take the time and read completely through it before you attempt to do anything else

I bricked my phone!!!!!!

HELP! I was trying to frehsly install a rom..
so i used odin to "master clear" everything
it deleted everything!
hoping that in recovery mode, it'll let me "mount storage" so i can transfer my new rom into the phone, that didnt happen!!!
so, then i tried to go with odin 1 click to install i896 stock...
and it doesnt work , so i unplugged phone, and now i get that mobile phone error..
please help, the only thing i can do successfully do is put my phone in download mode! D:
PLEASE! PLEASE!
THANK YOU!

Open Odin, turn off your phone, hold the volume buttons, and plug it in to get it in download mode. Then use Odin to get stock rom on, then go from there.
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Read carefully.....
ags on board said:
Open Odin, turn off your phone, hold the volume buttons, and plug it in to get it in download mode. Then use Odin to get stock rom on, then go from there.
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+1
Go into the ODIN thread and read extensively. Since you can get into download mode, make sure that once you connect your phone you get the COM notification in ODIN. Mine always appears in the small box in the upper left portion of ODIN one-click (if you don't get this, reinstall the samsung drivers found in the ODIN thread and reboot. If you're running Win7, make sure you run ODIN as admin).
Master Clear does exactly what it says...it wipes all of your data. MC is only supposed to be used when your phone is on and fully booted up with USB debugging on.
Flashing back to stock should only take ~5 minutes max - if it halts unplug, pull your battery, wait a few seconds, and restart. If it continues to fail, try a different USB port. If using a PC, use the back USB ports. If it still fails, try a different system. (I had this issue this weekend and finally got it on the first run on my friend's laptop - not sure what happened, had flashed 5-6 times on mine previously).
Hope this helps. Once you're back to stock, be sure to thank designgears for his killer dev work!
EDIT:
PS It's pretty tough to brick a cappy - read extensively in the ODIN thread and you'll see what I mean.

Its always good practice to back everything up and know the step by step procedures before you ever do anything. Good luck!

Connexxions "how to" videos are VERY detailed and shows you step by step how to do just about everything on this phone. I highly recommend them.

don't panic, ur lucky that u can still get into download mode. that is just soft brick I think..
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[Q] how to flash to stock 2.2

My SGS4g is on android 2.3.4 but is not rooted or anything. I just tried to flash 2.2 on to the device and the device boots up after the intro and then ends up going black and vibrating. If I could get some help it would be greatly appreciated.

how is you phone on 2.3.4, but not rooted?
odin to kc1 by raver. use all of the files.
make sure you also take out the sim and sd card for this one.
might want to format the sd after backing up the pics or w/e.

I used one of the leaks, it was rooted previously. Where can I download the Kc1?

search raver kc1. search is temporarily down, but once it comes up dl the file and use odin

actually I just found it, hopefully everything goes through. Thank you for your help

It just failed in odin and I think I may have bricked it. Trying to get it into download mode.

I can't seem to get into download mode with holding the volume buttons down and the little phone and computer icons pop up when its trying to turn on.

that is dl mode(with another image).

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

reinstall your drivers. once the computer reboots. try again. make sure you use the noobs guide to odin (search bible); but instead of kb5, use kc1.

[Q-SOLVED] Possible soft brick. No idea where to go from here.*

I have ~13 tabs open right now trying to figure out what to download in order to repair my goof up with Odin. I'm pretty clueless when it comes to the terminology so some of these noob guides are starting to get me mixed up and I already can't boot the phone anymore so here goes..
tl;dr - Phone won't boot normally. Can get into download and Odin but no idea how to operate Odin.
I was originally trying to flash AOSP Style from airfluip1 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323973
I updated the usb drivers and ran the heimdall fix he suggests "(OPTIONAL STEP)Download this and flash through heimdall to remove the potential bootloader issues.Heimdall one click beta 2d and bootloaders" but it seemed to disconnect in the middle of the process so I assumed it ****ed up. It said "DISCONNECTED" and my phone screen was stuck on colored static pixels. At this point I resorted to the bible thread to find guides on fixing it. Odin wasn't recognizing the phone even though I followed everything to a T so I thought I messed something up somewhere. Turns out, I needed to use a different USB cable. For whatever reason, that cable I had wouldn't let Odin recognize the device. Unfortunately, before I figured out that the cable was an issue, I hit the power button in that colored static screen and there was an audible notification of repartitioning. (What? What did I do? Can't see the screen!)
I can currently get into download mode and Odin does recognize the device but I have no idea how to use Odin to restore the phone and start from scratch.
Can someone clarify how to restore the device using Odin?

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The clearest guide is here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
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@drywolf Not quite but I give thanks for trying to help.
@QUIETLYloud Perfect! Thank you kind sir. The way he spells out the specific steps within the Odin process is what I needed to get on the right track. I didn't know what to do when other guides were just saying 'flash with odin' or 'load such and such kernal in odin and then go into cwm'. I'm all set now. Phone has been restored to a working condition and I have an up to date rom that I wanted. +1 Thanks.

Can you mark the title of this thread [SOLVED]. Glad you got it working.

System Software not authorized by verizon wireless has been found on your phone

I need help guys,
I used Odin to root the phone and did my first custom rom which is the clean rom...it went through the process and when it was about to reboot i got the system software not approved by verizon and take phone to store
I have been told to odin back to stock but it wont let me. The stock image on odin wont work it says fail
I tried the first method and used odin in download mode to flash the stock image
Failed:
This is what I get
added
Odin V3 engine
File Analysis
all threads completed (succeed 0 / Fail 1)
In the Odin Download mode on the phone the top left reads as follow
Odin Mode (Red Letters)
Product Name (SCH-I535)
Custom Binary Download : Yes (1 counts )
Current Binary Custom
System Status Custom
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable

One thing I gotta mention is that when I got the phone last week it had an OTA update from Verizon which I did install and then a few days later I rooted the phone and when I tried to use Clean Rom it gave me the dreaded Verizon message

Sounds like you didn't unlock the bootloader.

Ya your bootloader is locked again ... unlock it and redo the steps everything should be fine after that

Guys I know that the bootloader is locked but i cannot get back to stock to unroot phone and then unlock the bootloader
Odin recognizes phone but the stock image goes into fail mode right away
I cannot get into recovery and the only thing I can do is go to download mode and Odin but nothing else

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&highlight=jtag
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798850
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29256-tutorial-rootrecoverybootloader-unlockicsjb-verizon-galaxy-s-iii/
http://www.android.gs/fix-bricked-verizon-galaxy-s3/
one of these may be able to help you ... i lost the original link i had but saved these for bootloader issues hope they help they should

Stranger_84 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&highlight=jtag
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798850
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29256-tutorial-rootrecoverybootloader-unlockicsjb-verizon-galaxy-s-iii/
http://www.android.gs/fix-bricked-verizon-galaxy-s3/
one of these may be able to help you ... i lost the original link i had but saved these for bootloader issues hope they help they should
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You are aware he can Odin flashed the latest OTA instead of that you have provided. Here it is :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439. This will also help fix his phone being that it is recent. Forgot this link to get him back on track: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114.

i thought thats what he already tried? but yes you can odin any ota file being that an unlocked bootloader isnt needed.

When I try the VRBLK3 chain it goes into set up connection for like 10 minutes on Odin with a fail at the end each time

I'm not sure being ive never had that issues ... im sorry and good luck

try flashing odin stock ROM, not bootchain

NYGiants4Natic said:
When I try the VRBLK3 chain it goes into set up connection for like 10 minutes on Odin with a fail at the end each time
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Did you put the file in PDA in Odin they only work if you checked PDA.

NYGiants4Natic said:
When I try the VRBLK3 chain it goes into set up connection for like 10 minutes on Odin with a fail at the end each time
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I had a similar issue once. This helpful post by h3llsdr0id eventually got me up and running. Took a total of like 4 hours though lol.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30569324&postcount=26
Make sure you have the correct files. This is for the original root66 so it's ICS. Once I booted up and activated I took the Verizon OTAs all the way to JB and then rooted/unlocked bootloader.
edit: I actually had to go back to ICS to reprovision my SIM so not sure you have to go through all of this. Try to odin stock JB ROM like mentioned above.

Thank YOU so much guys you have made my day.
After trying all last night and today I got it back to stock with the OTA file through ODIN. That is all I needed and it went right back to brand new stock phone using 4.1.1
WOW.
I thought I was going to have a dead phone.
Thank you all

Glad you got it up and working!!!!!

Yea I had the same problem but all it needed was a handy flash back to stock. The good thing with making these mistakes is that if it happens again you know what to do.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

I'm having the same problem and can't get into download mode
Gatanater said:
Yea I had the same problem but all it needed was a handy flash back to stock. The good thing with making these mistakes is that if it happens again you know what to do.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
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Hi there,
Could someone please help me. I bricked my phone 3 days go and went through odin and root66 stock to unbrick it. I installed CWR and backed up everything, then i purchased triangle away to reset the flash counter. When I did that I got the software not authorized by verizon error screen. It won't let me get into download mode or recovery. Can I still try to use odin? What should I do? I'd really appreciate some help today is the 4th day I have been trying to fix my phone, only to make it worse.
Thank you in advance

You have to get into download mode to use Odin. It will go into download mode, if you will search, there are ways to pull battery along with button combo to get it there. After rooting, use EZ Unlock 1.2 and that will unlock your bootloader without then unauthorized message from Verizon. Make sure you use only that version, the others don't work.

Re: I'm having the same problem and can't get into download mode
mj76 said:
Hi there,
Could someone please help me. I bricked my phone 3 days go and went through odin and root66 stock to unbrick it. I installed CWR and backed up everything, then i purchased triangle away to reset the flash counter. When I did that I got the software not authorized by verizon error screen. It won't let me get into download mode or recovery. Can I still try to use odin? What should I do? I'd really appreciate some help today is the 4th day I have been trying to fix my phone, only to make it worse.
Thank you in advance
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Pull battery, hold volume down+home+power keys while you put the battery back in. If that's too many buttons to fumble with at the same time you can try pulling battery, put it back, hold all three keys while plugging it into your computer. My old phone worked that way, idk about the s3. You SHOULD get the download triangle and it asking you if you want to continue. Hit volume up to continue then plug it in and odin should recognize it. Get the stock rom image to flash in the PDA slot of odin. Accept the OTA's until you're up to date then unlock bootloader, root, then flash custom roms/kernels AFTER you've done the appropriate reading. Theres a sticky in development takes you step by step on how to unbrick, then unlock and root. Those should help once you get into download. Hope this helps! :fingers-crossed:

flammablepez said:
Pull battery, hold volume down+home+power keys while you put the battery back in. If that's too many buttons to fumble with at the same time you can try pulling battery, put it back, hold all three keys while plugging it into your computer. My old phone worked that way, idk about the s3. You SHOULD get the download triangle and it asking you if you want to continue. Hit volume up to continue then plug it in and odin should recognize it. Get the stock rom image to flash in the PDA slot of odin. Accept the OTA's until you're up to date then unlock bootloader, root, then flash custom roms/kernels AFTER you've done the appropriate reading. Theres a sticky in development takes you step by step on how to unbrick, then unlock and root. Those should help once you get into download. Hope this helps! :fingers-crossed:
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Thank you for your response. I tried pulling the battery out and holding volume down, home and power keys at the same time while putting battery in, even as i plugged it into my phone, but nothing but the unauthorized error screen comes up. I should note that my phone is note 2 not s3. I apologize for posting it here, but this thread seemed to be just like the problem i was having.