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Phone stuck at startup screen

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.

[Q] Is my phone screwed up??

I tried putting smooth maximus on my phone and seemed like I did everything right, but when I rebooted my phone, instead of the FC vibrations I get a werid female robotic voice telling me to convert data partition, wipe data partion, sysytems failed, etc.. What do I do??

That's normal. Don't trip.

So how do I fix it?

Terra27 said:
So how do I fix it?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186954
See my odin thread above, get into download mode and ODIN back to stock. Then root and go from there

My phone wont boot into download. It just goes to Voodoo. Can you explain how to go into download?

Terra27 said:
My phone wont boot into download. It just goes to Voodoo. Can you explain how to go into download?
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I explain how in that thread, go to it and read the OP then post in that thread if you still have further questions and i will gladly help you restore your phone back to stock

This question belongs in the General Forum for future reference. If you're having trouble rebooting into download, pull your battery so your phone is off, put the battery back in, then plug in your USB and hold Trackpad+voldown quickly. Alternatively, if you can get to recovery and you have adb, type adb reboot download.

Terra27 said:
My phone wont boot into download. It just goes to Voodoo. Can you explain how to go into download?
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plug the phone into odin and input the pit and pda files.
take the battery out
hold down volume down+trackpad and put the battery in at the same time!(it is awkward on the hands but it wors 100% of the time)
Credits to ayoteddy for teaching me that trick
then check auto-reboot and re-partition and you should be good

You don't need camera to get into download mode, it's just trackpad and voldown

Restore to Stock "FAIL"

Hey Guys...
I Have a Concern that I would Like Help with... I am Trying to Install / Restore My Friends Galaxy S 4G to Stock but Once I get Past the FactoryFS and Etc I Get a Fail When it's Time to Write (which is what it states)
Now, I'm a Dev Assistant and a Tester So I Know How to Get Around but Samsung is a bit Harder as it Needs to Be Done via Odin
Any Info on to What Might be Causing this or as to What I Can do to help him resolve this... Every time I Try to Turn on the Phone Now I get the Recovery Menu... I Guess Since Odin was Unsuccessful @ the Writing Point?
I'm Sorry but I'm Lost Here... Thanks In Advance for the Help!

There is a thread up top labelled noobs guide to flashing. It has the stock rom link available.
You will need to run Odin before next step.
You will put the phone into download mode.
Do this by holding down the power up and power down button as you plug in the usb cable.
Your phone should recognize ODIN.
Follow the steps in the Noobs guide to flashing on how to load the files into ODIN.
It is very simple because you dont change any settings in ODIN. You leave it how it is and it really makes flashing back to stock pretty easy
Let me know if you have any questions.

PlankLongBeard said:
Hey Guys...
I Have a Concern that I would Like Help with... I am Trying to Install / Restore My Friends Galaxy S 4G to Stock but Once I get Past the FactoryFS and Etc I Get a Fail When it's Time to Write (which is what it states)
Now, I'm a Dev Assistant and a Tester So I Know How to Get Around but Samsung is a bit Harder as it Needs to Be Done via Odin
Any Info on to What Might be Causing this or as to What I Can do to help him resolve this... Every time I Try to Turn on the Phone Now I get the Recovery Menu... I Guess Since Odin was Unsuccessful @ the Writing Point?
I'm Sorry but I'm Lost Here... Thanks In Advance for the Help!
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Try different usb slot
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So I actually have a similar problem but I get a FAIL every time I go through the process. Here is what I have tried:
1) Tried to root with ODIN and sent my phone into an endless boot with funky colored dots after boot screen. Apparently i failed.
2) Tried flashing with ODIN KD1 deodexed rom referenced in another xda thread about how to unbrick a galaxy s 4g. This quickly sent up the FAIL box in red in ODIN and then my phone was solidy bricked -> black screen with an arrow from a cell phone to a computer.
3) Used the One-click unbrick tool here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252#post15330252
4) This one-click too solved my black screen problem but now i'm back to the endless boot. I can still enter into download mode but not recovery.
I have been working on this all day without any luck, so I hope someone is willing to help. Thanks
jigglynuts said:
There is a thread up top labelled noobs guide to flashing. It has the stock rom link available.
You will need to run Odin before next step.
You will put the phone into download mode.
Do this by holding down the power up and power down button as you plug in the usb cable.
Your phone should recognize ODIN.
Follow the steps in the Noobs guide to flashing on how to load the files into ODIN.
It is very simple because you dont change any settings in ODIN. You leave it how it is and it really makes flashing back to stock pretty easy
Let me know if you have any questions.
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dingurupa said:
So I actually have a similar problem but I get a FAIL every time I go through the process. Here is what I have tried:
1) Tried to root with ODIN and sent my phone into an endless boot with funky colored dots after boot screen. Apparently i failed.
2) Tried flashing with ODIN KD1 deodexed rom referenced in another xda thread about how to unbrick a galaxy s 4g. This quickly sent up the FAIL box in red in ODIN and then my phone was solidy bricked -> black screen with an arrow from a cell phone to a computer.
3) Used the One-click unbrick tool here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252#post15330252
4) This one-click too solved my black screen problem but now i'm back to the endless boot. I can still enter into download mode but not recovery.
I have been working on this all day without any luck, so I hope someone is willing to help. Thanks
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You will not need to enter recovery only download so that is ok.
Make sure you have the correct drivers for your phone installed on your computer. Also make sure you have ODIN running before you enter download mode.
I have had instances in the past where I had to reinstall ODIN and restart my computer before it would flash as well.
Let me know if you have any questions or need to know what files I use.

So I think I have the correct drivers installed on my computer but I could be wrong I suppose. The computer seems to recognize my phone fine so I think it's OK. Is there anyway to double check this?
I'm also not sure if I'm using the proper rom for flashing in ODIN. Thanks for offering to help.
jigglynuts said:
You will not need to enter recovery only download so that is ok.
Make sure you have the correct drivers for your phone installed on your computer. Also make sure you have ODIN running before you enter download mode.
I have had instances in the past where I had to reinstall ODIN and restart my computer before it would flash as well.
Let me know if you have any questions or need to know what files I use.
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If it is recognizing the phone it should be alright.
I would personally use [ROM-ODIN]T959VUVKB5 Stock + Root which can be found in ALL ROMS thread in dev section.
Once you have it downloaded take all the previously mentioned steps.
Run Odin... download mode.... etc.
Dont change any of ODINS settings.
Go down Odins list and upload the files to the correlating places. If it does not work PM me and we will figure out whats happening.

Trying this now. Thank you so much for your help.
jigglynuts said:
If it is recognizing the phone it should be alright.
I would personally use [ROM-ODIN]T959VUVKB5 Stock + Root which can be found in ALL ROMS thread in dev section.
Once you have it downloaded take all the previously mentioned steps.
Run Odin... download mode.... etc.
Dont change any of ODINS settings.
Go down Odins list and upload the files to the correlating places. If it does not work PM me and we will figure out whats happening.
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KB5 is good, but i would recommend raver's KC1. it will clean up all problems that have accumulated from the bad flashes.

So I already flashed KB5. I would like to upgrade the phone to 2.3.5 if possible now, or is this a bad idea with all the bad flashes?
jager555 said:
KB5 is good, but i would recommend raver's KC1. it will clean up all problems that have accumulated from the bad flashes.
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---------- Post added at 10:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:55 AM ----------
So I did a little more homework and it appears that I need to flash something like KG4 through ODIN? Once I have done this I can flash Valhalla, which appears to be the most popular/stable release.

just search for fbis251's GB start pack. that is all you need to follow. read the whole op first before doing anything.

jager555 said:
just search for fbis251's GB start pack. that is all you need to follow. read the whole op first before doing anything.
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Click on the link in my signature as jager said.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction guys.

Help, my phone is not booting. only showing light on the button.

Please help me. My Infuse 4G doesn't boot. All I see was light on the button. This what happened. I want to go back to stock and use [ODIN][UCKE3] Return to stock (Updated 06/08/11) by gtg465x . I right click on Odin and run as Admin. Odin see my phone on a download mode. I select infuse.pit on PIT, PDA in Pda, and Phone in Phone. then click Start. It got stuck at factory.fs (don't remember the name actual name). It stuck there for so long, maybe like an hour. Then I decide to unplug and pull battery out. close the Odin and redo the step again. This time the status bar went half way and then got stuck again. I left it overnight just to see if it's actually finish and it never did. Just stuck there. Turn the phone on and i only see light on the button. Is my phone dead? I can still able to get to download mode but the phone won't boot.
I done return to stock so many times and was successful. This was the first encounter I had where Odin stuck and never complete it flashing.

Try things like reinstalling the drivers, another pc, another usb cable etc.

Thanks. Will try that and also i will try this [ODIN][UCKD5] Odin - Stock (100% or Root+3e) - (Update 06/05/11) since on FAQ #4 seem to be in my case. But if members had other recommendation, please post. thx in advance

cat2115 said:
Thanks. Will try that and also i will try this [ODIN][UCKD5] Odin - Stock (100% or Root+3e) - (Update 06/05/11) since on FAQ #4 seem to be in my case. But if members had other recommendation, please post. thx in advance
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Getting stuck on the factory.fs is pretty common here. You might try charging for a bit to see if you can get it to show signs of life. And that link up there^^^(UCKD5 Stock+Root+3e) has worked for me when gtg's didn't. Read the instructions for it carefully as you don't have to check as many boxes. You only need to load the file into the PDA slot. Also if you didn't have the drivers installed your phone wouldn't show up, so that's not your problem (although you could try re-installing them for **** and giggles)...
If THAT doesn't work try Adam's Heimdall one click HERE

If all else fails try a different PC. I had to and it worked like a charm.
Good Luck
Just my 2¢
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA App

I had a similar problem last week I tried on my dads computer, nothing, then went to my computer since my computer had the drivers already on it cuz I used it to put music on my sd card it read it fine and they process went smoothly, so try on a computer that had had it
plugged it in before the problem and if it doesn't find threw phone restart they computer and re put the phone in download mode and try again and keep doing that till it recognizes the phone and it should work then
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Some times just trying a different USB port on the same computer will help to. Not sure why but on my laptop the USB port on the right my Captivate did not like for flashing but the one on the left side always worked right.

Thank you all for helping me out. My infuse is now back in business. I use [ODIN][UCKD5] Odin - Stock (100% or Root+3e) - (Update 06/05/11) but this one got my phone to always boot in recovery mode no matter what i did. So i decide to try Heimdall One-Click Back-To-Stock UCKJ4 + Easy CWM install [2.3.6] (FOR AT&T USERS) and then flash LinuxBozo's Defuse 1.5 kernel. Successfully flash it . However after using Heimdall One-Click, ODIN did not see my phone when it's in download mode. Besides that, everything went well.

cat2115 said:
Please help me. My Infuse 4G doesn't boot. All I see was light on the button. This what happened. I want to go back to stock and use [ODIN][UCKE3] Return to stock (Updated 06/08/11) by gtg465x . I right click on Odin and run as Admin. Odin see my phone on a download mode. I select infuse.pit on PIT, PDA in Pda, and Phone in Phone. then click Start. It got stuck at factory.fs (don't remember the name actual name). It stuck there for so long, maybe like an hour. Then I decide to unplug and pull battery out. close the Odin and redo the step again. This time the status bar went half way and then got stuck again. I left it overnight just to see if it's actually finish and it never did. Just stuck there. Turn the phone on and i only see light on the button. Is my phone dead? I can still able to get to download mode but the phone won't boot.
I done return to stock so many times and was successful. This was the first encounter I had where Odin stuck and never complete it flashing.
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I was stuck in Samsung logo. And cannot get into the Download mode. Could you help me with that? Or anyone?

pkayrat said:
I was stuck in Samsung logo. And cannot get into the Download mode. Could you help me with that? Or anyone?
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What have you tried so far to get in to Download mode?
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[Q] I brick My Phone Please Help..

What should i do i was installing a custom Rom though CWM. It Reboot and never Shown again only i can see the starting screen Samsung Galaxy S 4G Exclusively from T-mobile i waited for an Hour but it won't open

babrick00 said:
What should i do i was installing a custom Rom though CWM. It Reboot and never Shown again only i can see the starting screen Samsung Galaxy S 4G Exclusively from T-mobile i waited for an Hour but it won't open
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I am kind of a newbie too. I was helped yesterday by the wonderful guys on this forum when I thought I had bricked my phone. Here is what I know.
- Download the Heimdall 1-Click. I use the one from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822626 (there are other Heimdall's and Gremlin remover and Odin's that can get this done too).
- Follow the directions on that thread.
Hope this helps.

pmattie said:
I am kind of a newbie too. I was helped yesterday by the wonderful guys on this forum when I thought I had bricked my phone. Here is what I know.
- Download the Heimdall 1-Click. I use the one from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822626 (there are other Heimdall's and Gremlin remover and Odin's that can get this done too).
- Follow the directions on that thread.
Hope this helps.
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It is pretty hard to completely screw your phone up.
1. Pull the battery out.
2. Plug in usb to computer and phone while computer is on and phone battery is out.
3. Hold volume up and down, while holding volume up and down slide battery back in.
4. You should see an orange triangle with an android guy moping or a phone connecting to the computer.
5. This is download mode and your phone still has hope.
6. Use the link in the thread to fix it.
Tip: Try it a couple times, sometimes it doesn't always work the first time. Good Luck.