I've searched but couldn't seem to come up with anything for the Samsung Galaxy S 4G.
I first bought the phone and it bricked seemingly because of a hardware failure. No one at the store could figure out why it turned off during my morning run and never again turned on..
Enter second phone..
I flashed with Bionix Frost rom through CWM and now the phone is stuck in a boot loop where it won't get past the samsung screen. I cannot get it back into recovery mode with the botton combos.
What can I do?
go to the bible. find the noobs guide to odin. follow that.
or you could have searched, but the above will solve your problem
yup, well the problem is
1:that I can't get my computer to recognize the device while it's stuck on the boot scree, and
2: Can't get to any sort of recovery screen.
playsguitars said:
yup, well the problem is
1:that I can't get my computer to recognize the device while it's stuck on the boot scree, and
2: Can't get to any sort of recovery screen.
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You don't need recovery. You need to be in download mode and then use ODIN.
Please Read This
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
yea, please follow the directions on that link
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Ok so i dont know exactly what happened, but something did. I try to boot it up but i get an error that say the aplication(%1$s) has unexpcetedly quit and it just stays there vibrating. Now i have gotten to the 3e recovery menu and i did put update.zip on the sd card but it starts and then stops and it says it cant be verified. I tried putting into download and recovery mode but i cant. I cant replace or return the phone either. I have adb but when i plug it in it just comes up as an unknown device on windows and is never fully recognized. Please someone help me get this thing fixed. Idc about data being erased i just want to fix it. Thanks
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infamous14 said:
Ok so i dont know exactly what happened, but something did. I try to boot it up but i get an error that say the aplication(%1$s) has unexpcetedly quit and it just stays there vibrating. Now i have gotten to the 3e recovery menu and i did put update.zip on the sd card but it starts and then stops and it says it cant be verified. I tried putting into download and recovery mode but i cant. I cant replace or return the phone either. I have adb but when i plug it in it just comes up as an unknown device on windows and is never fully recognized. Please someone help me get this thing fixed. Idc about data being erased i just want to fix it. Thanks
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Any more details you can provide about what was done on the device before this happened will help.
When trying to boot into download mode what happens?
Yes please more detail will help us help you.
And when you go into dl mode what happens?
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Update: (i rooted with the oneclickroot if that helps anyone)
Well as i said im not quite sure what happened my friend said he was going to put stuff on there and long behold boom there it is. And as for download mode i cant go into it, and i mean i have tried like a kabillion times( sorry for fourth grade talk) and nothing ever happens it just boots into 3e recovery menu or it goes to that screen, neither of which i can do anything about. is there anyway for me to just reset everything or have windows recognize so i can use odin? any sort of mode that i could get into unless you guys can help me get into dl mode or recovery mode(besides the 3e)
no one knows anything?
infamous14 said:
no one knows anything?
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It's kinda hard without know exactly what your friend was doing on the phone.
Have you read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032? And tried the different methods suggested?
If you can boot into recovery you should be able to boot into download mode without any issues.
ODIN will only work if you are in download mode, also if you do the steps to get into download mode and you don't see download mode, but just like a backlit screen:
Open odin, and plug the phone in via USB, odin should still recognize the phone as being plugged in.
Well...
I stupidly deleted everything of my phone as I felt as though it needed a fresh start.
Now I cant get past the samsung and yellow triangle boot phase.
I can enter recovery mode and download mode and have been messing around with ODIN all day to try get this thing to work.
From the reading I've done I realize that I will need to flash the ROM via ODIN but have no idea how to approach this.
Is this a soft brick? Or have I screwed my phone completely?
How do I go about fixing this problem?
Thanks.
chopzor said:
Well...
I stupidly deleted everything of my phone as I felt as though it needed a fresh start.
Now I cant get past the samsung and yellow triangle boot phase.
I can enter recovery mode and download mode and have been messing around with ODIN all day to try get this thing to work.
From the reading I've done I realize that I will need to flash the ROM via ODIN but have no idea how to approach this.
Is this a soft brick? Or have I screwed my phone completely?
How do I go about fixing this problem?
Thanks.
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yea it is soft brick ... and if you are running custom Tom you can just reflash it on recovery mode..
or you can flash it thru Odin
Nevermind fixed it. I am a dumbass lol I booted into stock recovery and factory reset, and now I am good to go.
Silicon Knight said:
Nevermind fixed it. I am a dumbass lol I booted into stock recovery and factory reset, and now I am good to go.
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this happens buddy you just have to boot into recovery and do a factory reset and wipe cache and there will be no problem
HAPPY NEW YEAR
So I had the same issue it sounds like, tried to flash PhilZ recovery over Odin seemed fine I put the PhilZ file and superSU files on the device to continue through and now I am unable to get into recovery mode only download and my tab does not turn off, it sits on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 logo unless I hold the power then it turns off and then right back on again.
Any ideas? I cant seem to find anything
Does your device boot up completely or just sit at the Samsung bootscreen?
swrght13 said:
Does your device boot up completely or just sit at the Samsung bootscreen?
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Just the boot screen, not even past the first logo
You must have missed a step. Try the process again using this video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO3y7JCqfc8
Follow the directions step by step.
This is actually the video I was using, but, I have tried again and I cant get it to boot into PhilZ. I am able to get to download screen so I have tried a different version as well, but after it gets the pass it disconnects to reboot and then never boots or reconnects until I put it into download and reconnect the device.
Weird. This is the way I installed Phil's touch. I had no issue with it. Make sure your usb is disconnected from your device before rebooting. On the p5113, to get into recovery, hold down power + volume-down, when you see first Samsung big-screen, release power button and continue to hold the volume-down button.
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That's what I've been doing and it does nothing. Device sits at that Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 screen. The only way I can turn it off is to plug it into my computer and restart it until the battery symbol comes up and disconnect. That's it.
Not sure what route to take now, but, it still connects to odin and after flashing the PDA to it, it disconnects.
Ok. Tell me. Are you rooted? Can you boot up to your home screen at all? You must be rooted in order to flash a custom recovery.
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Rooted, running CM 10.2 [4.3.1]
I didn't even get to that step, I was flashing philz recovery in order to backup before rooting. I was unable to boot anything except the download mode, no recovery mode to factory reset and not able to boot the actual system at all.
I ended up trying CWM and flashing that to the device through Odin and was able to open recovery mode after that and have since flashed Cyanogen to the device and have everything good to go.
I dont know what was wrong with philz, but, I tried multiple downloads of the version we need and none did anything.
Problem is solved, but, there's got to be something wrong with philz recovery for this device or my tablet just doesn't like philz.
Thanks for your suggestions though I appreciate your efforts!
No problem. I'm glad you found a way to fix it!
Hello experts,
I was rooting my samsung galaxy tab 2 7" , now when i am booting up the device, it goes straight to cwm recovery and get stuck there, I am trying to flash cynogen mod, but it wont be a success (it always gives me "installation aborted" , status 7!!).
To get out of the issue, I founf that I should put the stock rom again, but that wont happen!! because I cannot go into download mode (so odin is useless)
what should i do to get out of this loop ??
PratikRckStar said:
Hello experts,
I was rooting my samsung galaxy tab 2 7" , now when i am booting up the device, it goes straight to cwm recovery and get stuck there, I am trying to flash cynogen mod, but it wont be a success (it always gives me "installation aborted" , status 7!!).
To get out of the issue, I founf that I should put the stock rom again, but that wont happen!! because I cannot go into download mode (so odin is useless)
what should i do to get out of this loop ??
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How are you trying to go into Download mode? What exactly are you doing?
Also, you could try flashing a different recovery from inside CWM. Search for the zip flashable version of TWRP or Philz touch recovery for your device. And always search for the latest version.
Are you sure you have the latest version of CWM on your device? Status error 7 is usually related with an outdated recovery.
I would really be surprised if you couldn't enter download mode, as that is bootloader related and unless you messed with that, should be untouched.
Good luck.
andreiav said:
How are you trying to go into Download mode? What exactly are you doing?
Also, you could try flashing a different recovery from inside CWM. Search for the zip flashable version of TWRP or Philz touch recovery for your device. And always search for the latest version.
Are you sure you have the latest version of CWM on your device? Status error 7 is usually related with an outdated recovery.
I would really be surprised if you couldn't enter download mode, as that is bootloader related and unless you messed with that, should be untouched.
Good luck.
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I was stuck in cwm and trying to enter download mode(power + volume down) and also tried flashing different releases of different roms!
However I have been facing a different problem after that!!
While in cwm bootloop, I let my battery drain away. But after that my device is not booting only!!
I tried reconnecting battery ,tried to enter recovery mode ; download mode. But the device is not at all booting!!!!!
I somehow want to enter download mode!!
what is this(is this called bricking??)
PratikRckStar said:
I was stuck in cwm and trying to enter download mode(power + volume down) and also tried flashing different releases of different roms!
However I have been facing a different problem after that!!
While in cwm bootloop, I let my battery drain away. But after that my device is not booting only!!
I tried reconnecting battery ,tried to enter recovery mode ; download mode. But the device is not at all booting!!!!!
I somehow want to enter download mode!!
what is this(is this called bricking??)
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So you are saying that your battery drained and your device is not booting. I am guessing you recharged the battery right?
Does the tablet charge when you connect the charger cable? Does is vibrate or does anything appear when you connect the charger or press the power button?
If your tablet is dead no matter what you do and you are sure the battery is charged, then yes.....that is what is known as: brick.
There are several ways to fix this. The easiest would be to try something known as a JIG. It looks like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ... Accessories-_-Five Star Inc-_-9SIA2C51F93186
This can boot your device in Download Mode just by simply connecting it to the device. Search for Samsung USB JIG on youtube and you will see a lot of examples.
If your bootloader is messed up, that won't work and your only solution is a JTAG. For this, you need to take it to a service repair shop because it involves a device that you most likely do not have and you need to take your device apart.
Good luck.
Hello andreiav,
I am currently in the same problem, messed up. I have not tried JIG or JTAG yet. I took the tab to service centre nearby.
and thry won't hlp me unbricking my phone.Instead they say that JTAG can be used ONLY and ONLY when phone is alive (active condition, i.e. not dead), I suspect that it's not true.(I think JTAG can OBVIOUSLY used in dead phone!) They say my power ic is damaged, and my motherboard is damaged. I am pretty sure that just a rooting failure won't damage my motherboard. Also as you said, my phone is hard bricked (which even came to conclusion when I did diagnose ). I have a question, can JTAG not be used on dead phone??? that can motherboard get damaged this way??
P.S. : service centre guys are not trustworthy here in my country.
Thanks in advance
Chrizuki said:
My Relay wont boot into recovery mode. Whenever I hold the Volume-Up + Home + Power, it turns on then it says on the top left corner a small blue colored message saying "RECOVERY BOOTING..." and then it goes to the "Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile" screen and then black screen. Nothing happens, it doesnt boot into recovery but it can turn on and function well with the OTA Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update as well as boot into Download mode. I have rooted it before when It was still ICS 4.0.4 and I guess I didnt unroot it correctly.
A couple of days ago, I heard about the Jelly Bean update, which I wanted, so I used Kies to update. I connected my phone while in Download mode and Kies did its thing and my phone was unrooted when it booted up and had Jelly Bean. It worked perfectly, but it couldnt boot into recovery mode. I dont think it's a huge problem to not boot into recovery, but to me, I feel safer having it.
Is there a way to fix this using just Samsung Kies? Is there a way to flash that recovery or something using Odin? If so, where can I find it and how do I do it?
Thanks in advance!
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My Relay wont boot into recovery mode. Whenever I hold the Volume-Up + Home + Power, it turns on then it says on the top left corner a small blue colored message saying "RECOVERY BOOTING..." and then it goes to the "Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile" screen and then black screen. Then it goes back to the "Galaxy S Relay from T-Mobile" screen followed by black and back again.
My phone is currently NOT rooted. I attempted to root it when I first got it and almost bricked it so when I got it back to working I just left it. I've had my phone over a year and have recently over the past few months had issues with the charging port and batteries even holding a charge. Bought extended life slim batteries and a charger due to that issue. Then just yesterday I was using facebook on my phone and it randomly rebooted and wouldn't stop boot looping. Only way I've stopped it thus far is to take out the battery.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Sounds as though your recovery image might be corrupted. I'd utilize ODIN or heimdall to reflash recovery using download mode and see if that fixes your issue. If you were rooted, and feeling adventurous, you could even do so from within the OS. One more question though: Are you releasing the buttons when you see the samsung boot logo with 'RECOVERY BOOTING....' in the corner? If you do not, then the phone will simply reboot again into the OS. Always let the buttons go once the recovery boot process begins.
Magamo said:
Sounds as though your recovery image might be corrupted. I'd utilize ODIN or heimdall to reflash recovery using download mode and see if that fixes your issue. If you were rooted, and feeling adventurous, you could even do so from within the OS. One more question though: Are you releasing the buttons when you see the samsung boot logo with 'RECOVERY BOOTING....' in the corner? If you do not, then the phone will simply reboot again into the OS. Always let the buttons go once the recovery boot process begins.
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Haven't had much of a chance to try due to distractions plus work along with internet issues at home and a friend's house. I will try ODIN. What is heimdall? I've never heard of that.
Yes, each time I try to reboot into recovery I am releasing the buttons as soon as I see the samsung boot logo with 'RECOVERY BOOTING....'
As always Magamo, Thanks for your help
RockinRita said:
Haven't had much of a chance to try due to distractions plus work along with internet issues at home and a friend's house. I will try ODIN. What is heimdall? I've never heard of that.
Yes, each time I try to reboot into recovery I am releasing the buttons as soon as I see the samsung boot logo with 'RECOVERY BOOTING....'
As always Magamo, Thanks for your help
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Heimdal is an open source program that implements the ODIN functions. I usually use it as a command line tool, but it does have GUI front ends.
http://glassechidna.com.au/heimdall/
getting frustrated
Magamo said:
Heimdal is an open source program that implements the ODIN functions. I usually use it as a command line tool, but it does have GUI front ends.
http://glassechidna.com.au/heimdall/
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Magamo, I've downloaded Odin 3. 10..6. Not exactly sure what to do now cos I just tried to put my phone into download mode and it boot loops again! So if I can't go into recovery mode or download mode, what can I do? My phone is not rooted and I don't want to root it. Ideally I want to be able to at least copy some of my text messages before rooting it but how can i do anything if I can't get it to go into recovery mode, download mode, or even turn on without boot looping?!
I dont even know what made it randomly one day decide to shut itself off and boot loop.
Any ideas you (or anyone else has) would be very much appreciated!
-Rita-
Sorry i guess i cant help u on this one. But good luck m8!