I was trying to get the kd1 modem on my phone, but it caused my phone to start force closing everything. i had to reinstall the ext converter and then bionix, but once i finished doing this, the phone is stuck on the galaxy s screen. i can't even get into recovery mode. i know i need to use odin, but i do not know how to use it. is there any quick way to fix this? i need this phone to be fixed tomorrow because i have an interview!!! i know that there are other threads out there, but i cant seem to find them (search is down from 1230??) and i need a quick answer. thanks so much
quick fix = odin. it's not hard to use, just read the thread.
jager555 said:
I was trying to get the kd1 modem on my phone, but it caused my phone to start force closing everything. i had to reinstall the ext converter and then bionix, but once i finished doing this, the phone is stuck on the galaxy s screen. i can't even get into recovery mode. i know i need to use odin, but i do not know how to use it. is there any quick way to fix this? i need this phone to be fixed tomorrow because i have an interview!!! i know that there are other threads out there, but i cant seem to find them (search is down from 1230??) and i need a quick answer. thanks so much
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To ODIN, hold down both the UP and DOWN volume buttons until a screen which says "downloading" comes up.
Once that comes up, connect the phone and proceed to flash KD1 Deodexed. If you need a fast download link, go to http://cyclopscomputers.com/gs4g
I'll have a fast download link for it within the next ten minutes. Either that, or go here and download it.
For an ODIN guide, look here.
If you have any questions you can PM or email me at [email protected]
adobrakic said:
quick fix = odin. it's not hard to use, just read the thread.
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Search wasn't working for him, that's why he can't find the thread. He could've used google, though.
thank you so much. i didnt know that the search option was disabled for certain hours. i should have used google, sorry about that. the problem i am having is that i cannot even get into download mode, which is weird. i'll try to follow the steps listed on the links. once again, thank you for the quick response.
jager555 said:
thank you so much. i didnt know that the search option was disabled for certain hours. i should have used google, sorry about that. the problem i am having is that i cannot even get into download mode, which is weird. i'll try to follow the steps listed on the links. once again, thank you for the quick response.
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You don't have access to any parts required for the JIG do you?
I believe this is the correct guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Note, the faster download link is now posted on my site, http://www.cyclopscomputers.com/gs4g. It's listed as KD1 by Whitehawkx.
danstheman7 said:
You don't have access to any parts required for the JIG do you?
I believe this is the correct guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
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i dont have access to most of those parts.
jager555 said:
i dont have access to most of those parts.
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Ah yeah, I didn't really think you would, 99% of us don't :\
er....take out your SIM and memory card.
take out the battery, leave it for a few seconds, and put it back in.
Then try to get into download mode again, with only the battery in.
wont get into download mode no matter what I do. this is just bad timing for me. i tried to use odin, and even though it recognizes the phone, it is stuck on "SetupConnection" and wont do anything else.
jager555 said:
wont get into download mode no matter what I do. this is just bad timing for me. i tried to use odin, and even though it recognizes the phone, it is stuck on "SetupConnection" and wont do anything else.
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It usually does that when either a SIM or an SD card is in.
Remove both, put yourself into download mode again, and restart ODIN.
right. i removed both the sim and the sd card. then i left the battery off for a few minutes and attempted to restart and go into download mode. the only thing that happens is that the phone shows the galaxy s 4g startup screen and then reboots...always cycling that screen. thanks for all of the help, btw. i really appreciate it.
jager555 said:
right. i removed both the sim and the sd card. then i left the battery off for a few minutes and attempted to restart and go into download mode. the only thing that happens is that the phone shows the galaxy s 4g startup screen and then reboots...always cycling that screen. thanks for all of the help, btw. i really appreciate it.
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No problem :]
And didn't you say you got as far as ODIN though?
"it is stuck on "SetupConnection""
yes, it says that in odin. but its still stuck on the galaxy s 4g startup screen. i never got into download mode.
jager555 said:
yes, it says that in odin. but its still stuck on the galaxy s 4g startup screen. i never got into download mode.
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For the phone to say that in ODIN, it has to be in download mode.
It's quite possible that the phone is in download mode yet the screen doesn't say it.
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finally fixed it. it got into download mode using the second method on this post and was able to flash with odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
THANK YOU for all of your help with this. all of your help is very appreciated.
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I need HELP!!! noob here and i tried to flash froyo 2.2 onto my mesmerize like an idiot! had no idea what i was doing, so if the phone is unrepairable , its my own fault. please save the bashing on me, trust me i know im an idiot!! ok what i did was try to flash froyo 2.2 to my phone with odin 3 v1.0. I put my phone into download mode and it started to flash. about 2 minutes into it it powered off and now when i start it up it reads at&t world phone!! I flashed froyo 2.2 from a captivate onto my phone??? like i said total noob and i guess i deserved it. now when i start up the phone it thinks it is an at&t captivate. when i try to hook the usb up, it will connect for about 5 seconds and then power off. is there anyone out there that can help me? i will be eternally grateful to anyone that can help!
mooskafooska said:
I need HELP!!! noob here and i tried to flash froyo 2.2 onto my mesmerize like an idiot! had no idea what i was doing, so if the phone is unrepairable , its my own fault. please save the bashing on me, trust me i know im an idiot!! ok what i did was try to flash froyo 2.2 to my phone with odin 3 v1.0. I put my phone into download mode and it started to flash. about 2 minutes into it it powered off and now when i start it up it reads at&t world phone!! I flashed froyo 2.2 from a captivate onto my phone??? like i said total noob and i guess i deserved it. now when i start up the phone it thinks it is an at&t captivate. when i try to hook the usb up, it will connect for about 5 seconds and then power off. is there anyone out there that can help me? i will be eternally grateful to anyone that can help!
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If you didn't flash anything to the phone part, you might still be ok. Go here http://ge.tt/2jDX1li and download the Mesmerize files then unzip them. Using Odin again put the pit file in the pit line and the tar.md5 file in the pda line, then put your phone into download mode and push start. If all goes well, you will just be back to stock.
i cant get into download mode the regular way. the only way i have found to get into download mode is to use adb download. when i do that, my PC will not recognize the phone. i get the usual connection sound from computer but that's it. oh and thank you for the files. now just gotta get the phone to stop powering off. like i said 5 seconds max then it powers off, arghhhhhh!!!!!! oh, and also for some reason after the disastrous flash, the volume up button doesn't work. if the phone thinks its a captivate, do i have to get into download mode how the captivate does with both volume up/down? thank you millions!!
mooskafooska said:
i cant get into download mode the regular way. the only way i have found to get into download mode is to use adb download. when i do that, my PC will not recognize the phone. i get the usual connection sound from computer but that's it. oh and thank you for the files. now just gotta get the phone to stop powering off. like i said 5 seconds max then it powers off, arghhhhhh!!!!!! oh, and also for some reason after the disastrous flash, the volume up button doesn't work. if the phone thinks its a captivate, do i have to get into download mode how the captivate does with both volume up/down? thank you millions!!
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You can try the volume up/down. If it is taking adb commands and still powering off, you may have a problem. Did you flash anything to the "phone" part or just the PDA part when you were flashing the captivate files? If you did, or you can't get these files to work, the only thing I can suggest is to use the free phone replacement. Just don't offer any explanation as to what happened.
ok i guess i flashed to the phone. tried all the download modes, phone dosent react. i can get to android system recovery, is there a way to load the stock mesmerize from the file you mentioned before in recovery? as far as the phone replacement goes, are you refering to the deal us cell has if you get it in your plan, or is there some other replacement yo are referring to?
mooskafooska said:
ok i guess i flashed to the phone. tried all the download modes, phone dosent react. i can get to android system recovery, is there a way to load the stock mesmerize from the file you mentioned before in recovery? as far as the phone replacement goes, are you refering to the deal us cell has if you get it in your plan, or is there some other replacement yo are referring to?
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Yeah I'm referring to the deal you get with the plans, hopefully you have the replacement plan or insurance. Either one should work.
If you are getting to stock recovery, and you can still run adb commands, there may be hope. You might be able to get Clockworkmod working, then you could flash the update.zip from recovery. After that, you might be able to flash a ROM and a kernel and possibly get back to normal.
You would have to push the files to root, then for CWM, then get the update.zip file from another person that already has it if you hadn't already gotten CWM working and still had it on your sdcard. Flash it, then flash a ROM and kernel.
That's a little over my paygrade at the moment, but I think that's what you would have to do. Hopefully someone else out there can help you a little more. I really hope you get it fixed.
ok i understand what you're saying. ill give it a try and see what happens. thanks again
mooskafooska said:
ok i understand what you're saying. ill give it a try and see what happens. thanks again
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Cool. I really hope you get it fixed. If so, write it up and post exactly how you got back. It would be a huge deal.
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mooskafooska said:
ok i understand what you're saying. ill give it a try and see what happens. thanks again
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Did you ever get this fixed?
not yet. i could fix easy if i could figure out how to keep my phone from shutting down after connecting to usb. it lasts about 5 seconds and then powers off. when i flashed it, i only got about 23% of the way done and the phone disconnected. i guess i has some sort of error or fail safe and shuts down? if i could figure this part out, i could use odin 1.3 to put it back to stock
Try talking out battery hold down volume down and plug in usb while odin is open it will go into download mode then use the mez odin files it should work merry christmas
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mesmerbelly said:
Try talking out battery hold down volume down and plug in usb while odin is open it will go into download mode then use the mez odin files it should work merry christmas
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I don't think talking to the battery will work. They are pretty stubborn. lol... damn phones and their predictive text.
That is correct that "TAKING" the battery out and hold only down volume button then plug in to usb and have ODIN already open and running, should work and also very important that you use PDA BUTTON ONLY....even thought you used PHONE EARLIER ....THE REPLACEMENT FILES FOR STOCK ONLY GO IN PDA....Dont want to make the same mistake twice....as it may seem that phone is the area that you messed up...the fix doesn't go there...PDA ONLY WITH PIT FILE TO MAP FILE LOCATIONS.....hope your Xmas present is a fixed mesmerize....
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ok i finally got the captivate os off of it. i can get into download mode and i tried to flash back to stock using the file above in the post. i keeps failing on me. im using odin 1.3 and using both the pit file and tar. putting the .tar in the pda area of odin. please help?
OMFG!!!!!!!!!! i got it! i love u guys for all the help!!!!!!!found odin ver 1.7 on this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=428348&d=1288241246
used it got no errors and im on the phone with uscc right now to reactivate the phone! and of course running titanium backup to get all my files back. best xmas ever!!!!!
thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are so lucky! I'm so have you got it fixed. You have to write this up in another thread as a tutorial.
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after flashing this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128412 on my phone mt phone got stuck on the FuguMod screen. and keep on restarting. what will i do? can someone help me.
peterpandesal06 said:
after flashing this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128412 on my phone mt phone got stuck on the FuguMod screen. and keep on restarting. what will i do? can someone help me.
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You're only on step 9. Read step 10.
also you posted in the wrong section...
and your problem was addressed in the directions....
it kept on restarting until now for more than 30mins. is this normal? help me please sir.
peterpandesal06 said:
it kept on restarting until now for more than 30mins. is this normal? help me please sir.
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Read the instructions on the thread you linked to. You are currently on step #9, read the instructions from there on.
can you help me figure this problem out? im sorry im just a newbie. my fault.
Calm down and read the directions before you do something three or four times. Make sure you go through each step. Your problem like said above are stated in that threads direction. Finish the steps and you will get it to work.
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9) Let the SGS4G go through the Fugu bootloop a couple of times. This is where your SGS4G gets Rooted.
10) Reboot to download mode once more
11) Close and re-open Heimdall. Click and browse the ORIGINAL zImage (NOT THE ZIMAGE_PATCH VERSION!!). Click start.
12) Let the unit flash, then reboot. Download busybox to verify Root.
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Please pay more attention in the future and read the instructions in full
i cannot put my phone into download mode to proceed to step 11. it just keep on rebooting via the FuguMod.
peterpandesal06 said:
i cannot put my phone into download mode to proceed to step 11. it just keep on rebooting via the FuguMod.
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pull the battery then do the download command then insert batter while ur still holding the buttons!!!
i've already did that.
just go with the kg4 rom.
but how sir? i cannot even access my phone into download mode.
hey bud, got your pm. sorry i couldnt respond faster, had some family stuff i had to take care of. but regardless, onwards to fixing your phone!
start up odin on your computer and make sure you have the correct drivers for the phone installed. pull your battery out of the phone. then press and hold both the volume up and down keys at the same time. once you do this, plug in the usb cable to the phone and the phone should automatically go into download mode. leave your phone plugged into the computer and place the kc1 rom into pda, make sure repartition is unchecked and click start and your phone should be ok.
for the drivers and overall steps through odin, check out this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
for the file to odin, i would say to use kc1, which can be found in this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045671
if the above method of getting into download mode doesnt work, check out this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
i know you said that you just want to get your phone working and you wanted to learn more, so this should do that. once you are comfortable with it again, we can work on getting you gb. i hope this helps and let me know how it goes.
did all the methods on how to get in to download mode but still nothing happen, it kept on rebooitng and rebooting via the FuguMod. losing hope to fix my phone.
thanks sir Jager555.
dude, don't panic, it is just a soft break
to go to download mode
1. pull out the battery and disconnect the usb.
2. connect the phone to pc with usb
3. while pressing volum up + down at SAME TIME put the battery in the phone
Yeah, it's just a soft brick, so it's no big deal. Try carefully redoing all the download mode methods. You might've accidentally missed a button, for all you know. Once you're in download mode, everything's good.
Please post in the correct sections. Thread closed.
Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
atrix4nag said:
Hi,
My phone stuck in CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3 blue screen.
I searched alot in this forum and google, every one said to use ODIN to get back to stock,
I tried ODIN recovery to get back to stock, by my PC doesnt recognize my device (because ODIN requires device to be in download mod). So how can I fix this? Please help me.
Thanks in advacne
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You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
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nash2000 said:
You can't pull the battery and do the 3 button trick to gain download mode?
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda premium
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When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
atrix4nag said:
When I do that, still it opens in CWM mode only..
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First... what where you doing to get it on blue cmw in the first place?
Also im not saying you are doing it wrong... and im SURE you have tried like 1000 times but lets check:
1.-pull battery out
2.-connect cable to PC and to phone
3.- while connected to PC and battery OUT press BOTH volume keys at same time
4.-while pressing both volume keys and conected to pc trough micro usb introduce the battery
Thats how you go into DL mode... if it DOESNT.... damn... you messed up your bootloader? at the VERY least you should get a:
"Phone-----!-----Computer"
sign....
Not working still? hmm get an usb jig on ebay/amazing or anyplace you like to FORCE the DL mode... still try the steps i provided before... when entering DL mode only 2 buttons nedded not 3 like on CMW recovery read the steps... then try... try.... and try.
If nothing yet:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...Accessories&hash=item3cbb7b1e8c#ht_2419wt_905
or something similar... yet im 99% sure doing the correct steps should work.
And i repeat... im not saying your doing it wrong... electronic devices may fail anytime still... put the human part to work and read well the instructions and do them as said before we can blame a piece of metal/plastic xD
I really hope you can get it fixed.
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
2 finger/usb...that dude's phone would have been easily fixed but you told him how to get into something he was already stuck in haha
Sent from my B.A. Infuse 4G
atrix4nag said:
Thanks for the detail steps koriotto.. I exchanged at ATT.
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Bah =) well you got a working phone now... remember cwm its 3 button, dl mode its 2 and usb connected for next time
phone is on infused v2 and is now just looping after i restarted it, samsung samsung samsung.... how to fix this?
aviationmech406 said:
phone is on infused v2 and is now just looping after i restarted it, samsung samsung samsung.... how to fix this?
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Have you tried anything to fix this......??
if not just pull batt, hold power and both volume up/down at the same time....when the first samsung logo appears let go of power and continue to hold till you get into recovery. should be like 10 sec maybe 15
wipe data factory reset and you should boot past the loop....if not you most likely have to reflash or use the ultimate unbrick.
mine did this when i deleted the lagfix folder by accident (trying to fee up space) i ended up booting into red recovery and disabling voodo lagfix, rebooted then went back in to recovery and re enabled it.
Im not able to get the recovery to come up, everything is jacked, im trying to track down instructions for that ultimate unbrick..
Ok found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251&highlight=unbrick but the part where it says make sure your phone is com## in the odin, mine isnt showing up with that?
aviationmech406 said:
Im not able to get the recovery to come up, everything is jacked, im trying to track down instructions for that ultimate unbrick..
Ok found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251&highlight=unbrick but the part where it says make sure your phone is com## in the odin, mine isnt showing up with that?
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Did you get this working? When I was running Infused I had to repeatedly do battery pulls and the three button meth. to get the recovery. Should seriously try to get recovery to start before doing a back to stock.
As for Odin recognizing the phone, did you make sure you have the kies with the drivers installed, did you try different usb ports and/or computers caus sometimes the drivers act funky. Have seen other people have problems with Odin and the drivers.
Got odin to work and its back to stock, only problem i have now is when the date/time is set to automatic it sends it completely off the grid, i have to manually set it which i dont like to do, any quick fix to this?
I'm having a similar problem. My phone is bootlooping and my pc and odin are recognizing it, however the issue is that the phone only turns on for half a second before shutting back off, not allowing me to do anything with it. Anyone know of a way to fix this?
aviationmech406 said:
Got odin to work and its back to stock, only problem i have now is when the date/time is set to automatic it sends it completely off the grid, i have to manually set it which i dont like to do, any quick fix to this?
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Even on stock? Ive seen this problem with custom roms like dlevrom 5.0 but not on stock? Cruise over there and see what he did to fix it. I believe there is a program called fastfix to force the locales to show up with North America. Nevertheless, check your locale and text in settings to make sure if the correct locale for your area is shown. If not there is a program in the market to force the correct one. Sorry, dont recall the programs name. Maybe the fastfix or fasterfix.
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Astirnon said:
I'm having a similar problem. My phone is bootlooping and my pc and odin are recognizing it, however the issue is that the phone only turns on for half a second before shutting back off, not allowing me to do anything with it. Anyone know of a way to fix this?
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Go to either the thread on the Heimdall one click back to stock or the thread on the Unbrickable mod, read up on your download mode access problem and figure which direction to go. Sounds like a soft brick but anything other than a black screen period is salvagable so your all good.
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Pull battery plug in USB cable hold volume s power buttons insert battery should put you at download screen to odin to stock.
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JLR9914 said:
Go to either the thread on the Heimdall one click back to stock or the thread on the Unbrickable mod, read up on your download mode access problem and figure which direction to go. Sounds like a soft brick but anything other than a black screen period is salvagable so your all good.
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Ok I did both, Odin had a different "modem" I guess so my time was off, I tried the heimdall one and it gave me the gingerbread update which is nice but im having a problem I turn on phone after and after the Samsung comes on it does this sketchy screen with a lot of colors then boots into "atts rethink possible" not sure if anyone can help with that.
aviationmech406 said:
Ok I did both, Odin had a different "modem" I guess so my time was off, I tried the heimdall one and it gave me the gingerbread update which is nice but im having a problem I turn on phone after and after the Samsung comes on it does this sketchy screen with a lot of colors then boots into "atts rethink possible" not sure if anyone can help with that.
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Sounds like the rainbow thing peeps were getting when they used gb leaks with the froyo bootloaders? You are still booting up fine so that is good. Head over to one of the leaks like UCKJ2 or 4 and study first because the gb bootloaders might solve your rainbow but they are to be used with caution, you could brick your phone real quick.
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Hello I have tried to avoid posting this at all cost, however after days of relentless research I have drawn a blank. I have a friend who had a Verizon Galaxy S3 and when he went to reboot the phone it went into a boot-loop. Before I had a chance to look at his phone, he took it into a place to get it looked at. After taking it there they returned the phone to him and said that it was hopeless and now the phone would not boot, vibrate, or go into boot into download mode.Soon after this he bought a S4 and gave this one to me. I want to fix the phone so that I can give it to my wife to use, however I need to try to get it going from there. I know that the boot-loop problem was caused from a bad power button, which I successfully changed out. The phone was operating on 4.3 and was never hacked. After many hours of searching I found some really good debricking information including the debrick file for 4.3. I was able to finally get the phone to boot, but not very far, all I was able to get to come up is the following on the Display and I also included a pic:
Boot Recovery Mode
Check Boot Partitions.
Copy from T-Flash.
Boot Recovery..
Write 159488 sectors.
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: None
QUALQUAMM Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1
This is the first instance when I have had to write a post for help and help I definitely need. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Hello I have tried to avoid posting this at all cost, however after days of relentless research I have drawn a blank. I have a friend who had a Verizon Galaxy S3 and when he went to reboot the phone it went into a boot-loop. Before I had a chance to look at his phone, he took it into a place to get it looked at. After taking it there they returned the phone to him and said that it was hopeless and now the phone would not boot, vibrate, or go into boot into download mode.Soon after this he bought a S4 and gave this one to me. I want to fix the phone so that I can give it to my wife to use, however I need to try to get it going from there. I know that the boot-loop problem was caused from a bad power button, which I successfully changed out. The phone was operating on 4.3 and was never hacked. After many hours of searching I found some really good debricking information including the debrick file for 4.3. I was able to finally get the phone to boot, but not very far, all I was able to get to come up is the following on the Display and I also included a pic:
Boot Recovery Mode
Check Boot Partitions.
Copy from T-Flash.
Boot Recovery..
Write 159488 sectors.
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: None
QUALQUAMM Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1
This is the first instance when I have had to write a post for help and help I definitely need. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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you use Odin to flash stock 4.3?
-somebody- said:
you use Odin to flash stock 4.3?
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Sorry forgot to mention that, yes I did try to use ODIN to flash the stock 4.3, when tried to flash, ODIN would come up with a fail every time. This is where I am really getting stuck. When I boot the phone with the SD card, the information that I gave earlier is all I can get the phone to do. I cannot flash anything to it and it will not go into download mode and I have nothing that I can select from on the phone. Thank you again.
Donny
dkmac said:
Sorry forgot to mention that, yes I did try to use ODIN to flash the stock 4.3, when tried to flash, ODIN would come up with a fail every time. This is where I am really getting stuck. When I boot the phone with the SD card, the information that I gave earlier is all I can get the phone to do. I cannot flash anything to it and it will not go into download mode and I have nothing that I can select from on the phone. Thank you again.
Donny
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Try to use Odin again and flash the pit file with Odin along with the stock image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
I'm confused what you're saying though, you can't enter download mode at all? That looks like you're in download mode.
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There's no option in the recovery to boot into download mode? I had a similar problem with 2 older droids (Galaxy Proclaim and ZTE Merit). I screwed around and hard bricked one and soft bricked the other. One would turn on and vibrate but the lit up and stayed black and the other was stuck on a boot loop. Neither could boot into download mode.
Luckily a few days of googling and I found a solution with odin and adbtool... I was able to get them to detect the phones and I used the tool to force one into download mode and Odin to flash firmwares, bootloaders, and roms.
Also do you know was the phone rooted?
Well after several days of trying I am still at square one, I have read and read many post and cannot seem to get anywhere with this darn thing. I get nowhere with Kies, Verizon Tool hangs up at 83% and disconnects, and Odin will not flash anything including a new PIT, which is what it says my phone is missing. I have also attempted to NAND Erase all as suggested in one post and unchecked Re-Partition when trying to install the PIT and new stock ROM provided by the guides.
BadUserName, I was thinking that I was not in download mode because when my phone boots, it comes directly to the screen that I posted in my original post. At the top of the screen it says Boot Recovery Mode so I assumed that it was not in download mode because I never got the other screen that it should have booted to. Again the screen shot that I sent is the only screen that I am able to get it to boot to and will only boot when I use the SD card to boot it from. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you and take care.
Donny
dkmac said:
Well after several days of trying I am still at square one, I have read and read many post and cannot seem to get anywhere with this darn thing. I get nowhere with Kies, Verizon Tool hangs up at 83% and disconnects, and Odin will not flash anything including a new PIT, which is what it says my phone is missing. I have also attempted to NAND Erase all as suggested in one post and unchecked Re-Partition when trying to install the PIT and new stock ROM provided by the guides.
BadUserName, I was thinking that I was not in download mode because when my phone boots, it comes directly to the screen that I posted in my original post. At the top of the screen it says Boot Recovery Mode so I assumed that it was not in download mode because I never got the other screen that it should have booted to. Again the screen shot that I sent is the only screen that I am able to get it to boot to and will only boot when I use the SD card to boot it from. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you and take care.
Donny
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Ya I don't think you're in download either.
So volume down + home + power boots you to that exact same screen?
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BadUsername said:
Ya I don't think you're in download either.
So volume down + home + power boots you to that exact same screen?
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Yes, even if I boot holding down volume down + home + power it still boots to the same screen shown in the picture that I posted with the text that I posted in the OP. I know that it is having issues with the PIT, but no matter what I do it will not flash a new PIT. I am not sure what 1000phones did, but they did something nasty to this phone. I know the power button is now good because I replaced it with a new one and I am a experienced 2M tech and it responds when I only hit the power button, so I know that what ever the problem is it is software related. I have also tried multiple cords and computers to flash this phone with. All the correct drivers are installed. Again I greatly appreciate any and all help on this one.
Donny
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Yes, even if I boot holding down volume down + home + power it still boots to the same screen shown in the picture that I posted with the text that I posted in the OP. I know that it is having issues with the PIT, but no matter what I do it will not flash a new PIT. I am not sure what 1000phones did, but they did something nasty to this phone. I know the power button is now good because I replaced it with a new one and I am a experienced 2M tech and it responds when I only hit the power button, so I know that what ever the problem is it is software related. I have also tried multiple cords and computers to flash this phone with. All the correct drivers are installed. Again I greatly appreciate any and all help on this one.
Donny
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Ya, well if you aren't in download mode you can't flash anything from Odin.
Can you make a USB jig from a micro USB cable and try to force it into download mode?
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Ya, well if you aren't in download mode you can't flash anything from Odin.
Can you make a USB jig from a micro USB cable and try to force it into download mode?
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I am not too sure how to do that, all that I have read about and tried is using a class 10 micro sd with the debrick file for 4.3, which is what this phone has.
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I am not too sure how to do that, all that I have read about and tried is using a class 10 micro sd with the debrick file for 4.3, which is what this phone has.
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That's for a hard brick, yours isn't quite hard bricked.
Look up how to make a USB jig, or you can buy it for cheap on Amazon and eBay, but that's what I would try next.
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That's for a hard brick, yours isn't quite hard bricked.
Look up how to make a USB jig, or you can buy it for cheap on Amazon and eBay, but that's what I would try next.
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I did look at how to make one and it seems pretty straight forward and completely doable, however my phone will not even turn-on, vibrate, or charge without the debrick sd card. From what I understood is if the phone will not even respond to anything without the debrick SD in it, it is a hard brick. I am a Noob when it comes to this phone, I was able to help another friend out get his right up, but am stuck on this one. I am use to messing with HTC phones, so I am defiantly learning as I go with this one. Thank you again and do appreciate all your help.
Just added a screenshot of what ODIN is doing no matter whart I do to flash my phone.
Try checking re-partition?
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Try checking re-partition?
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Unfortunately I have tried that with no luck. When I try flashing it with the re-partition checked, ODIN attempts to flash then immediately comes back with a fail. Never have I ran across such a stubborn phone when trying to repair or flash. I think that this is something that has a lot of people stumped at this point. I am still appreciative about any help that will lead me in the right direction. Tomorrow if I get a chance, I am thinking about going to Radio Shack to get the parts I need to build a jig to see if that does anything. Thank you and take care.
Donny
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Unfortunately I have tried that with no luck. When I try flashing it with the re-partition checked, ODIN attempts to flash then immediately comes back with a fail. Never have I ran across such a stubborn phone when trying to repair or flash. I think that this is something that has a lot of people stumped at this point. I am still appreciative about any help that will lead me in the right direction. Tomorrow if I get a chance, I am thinking about going to Radio Shack to get the parts I need to build a jig to see if that does anything. Thank you and take care.
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Ya it isn't in download mode so it isn't going to flash.
I think you might be able to get a jtag repair to fix it at this point. I can't think of anything else. if it's hard bricked then you can get a riff box to force a bootloader transfer and boot from your internal card.
Maybe try doing the hardbrick method again after formating your external SD card. Sounds like you're doing everything right.
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Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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It isn't in download mode, it doesn't say "do not turn off target" and it's displaying information about a recovery partition.
It's in some sort of system diagnostic mode. Never anything I've seen before.
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Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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As stated in one of my replied, I did attempt a NAND erase all but with no luck. All I got was a fail in ODIN and the phone displayed erasing in blue but does nothing else.
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It isn't in download mode, it doesn't say "do not turn off target" and it's displaying information about a recovery partition.
It's in some sort of system diagnostic mode. Never anything I've seen before.
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That is why I started this thread, it is really weird. At first I thought that I was doing something wrong, so I formatted my SD card several times and reflashed the debrick file and got the same thing every time. What ever the phone repair place did to the phone they did it good. LikeI said, a brick like I have never seen. Thank you and please let me know if anyone can figure something out.
After doing some more research and trying, I am curious to know if it is possible to obtain a PIT from someones phone that has 4.3. When I look at all the available PIT files, they are from a while ago and none were extracted from a S3 with the new 4.3 OS on it. I am curious that since mine has this unique brick if a possible change was done to the new PIT file during the 4.3 update??? If anyone can post this for me it would be greatly appreciated. I figured at this point it would be worth a try.
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After doing some more research and trying, I am curious to know if it is possible to obtain a PIT from someones phone that has 4.3. When I look at all the available PIT files, they are from a while ago and none were extracted from a S3 with the new 4.3 OS on it. I am curious that since mine has this unique brick if a possible change was done to the new PIT file during the 4.3 update??? If anyone can post this for me it would be greatly appreciated. I figured at this point it would be worth a try.
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I've got the exact same error screen you've run into. I've tried to NAND Erase All and that failed. Going to try re-partition now