I was flashing all the available customs roms and i did a backup of humble, flashed eclipse, then tried to restore now it just wont boot into the rom. keeps going into recovery. Need help asap getting nervous.
Also tried flashing gummycharge too, i did a entire wipe that time cause im getting nervous. i always do full wipes but it just wont boot into anything.
ceredics said:
Also tried flashing gummycharge too, i did a entire wipe that time cause im getting nervous. i always do full wipes but it just wont boot into anything.
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ODIN back to stock and start over... I had this happen too when I flashed Eclipse the 1st time... was just a bad download
Can you point me to the link of instructions? Thank you SO SO much. I have odin and etc just need the directions.
ceredics said:
Can you point me to the link of instructions? Thank you SO SO much. I have odin and etc just need the directions.
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download this file: http://www.multiupload.com/MG4H7JJMPN
put in the PDA section
download this file: http://www.mediafire.com/?kk62yxpp8b8x918
put in the PIT section (make sure you check repartition)
do BOTH of these files at the same time
click start
hope this helps
Thats a huge file, is this what you did when you were stuck in recovery?
And this will get me completely stock and unrooted? ugh lol
ceredics said:
Thats a huge file, is this what you did when you were stuck in recovery?
And this will get me completely stock and unrooted? ugh lol
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just added the pit file too.... read my edited instructions
and yes it is a big file and will take you back to stock unrooted... but better than not being able to use your phone.
either way, all you have to do is Odin a ROM that will root your phone automatically (like Humble)
its easy
Yea i got the pit file cause thats the only part i remembered seeing somewhere else.
When i rooted this i had to put the tar file though. Dont need that huh?
Wow i guess one click root is just flashing a ROM thru ODIN.
Okay i got ODIN ready just waiting for this huge file to finish.
I thanked your post, i appreciate this.
Yea id rather download 30 gigs than be bricked out of a phone...
ceredics said:
Yea i got the pit file cause thats the only part i remembered seeing somewhere else.
When i rooted this i had to put the tar file though. Dont need that huh?
Wow i guess one click root is just flashing a ROM thru ODIN.
Okay i got ODIN ready just waiting for this huge file to finish.
I thanked your post, i appreciate this.
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its so big because it is a fully bloated stock ROM... keep it saved to your computer if you ever need to flash back to stock again
good luck
Thanks, how much battery i need for this? Was at 47 when i get f'd.
Mind staying on while i do this? jic something f's again.
ODIN isnt finding the STOCK file. it ends in "tar.md5.7z" is that right?
ceredics said:
ODIN isnt finding the STOCK file. it ends in "tar.md5.7z" is that right?
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U need to unzip it and extract the file
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I dont know how to unzip it on my windows
ceredics said:
I dont know how to unzip it on my windows
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The recommendation I hear most often is for 7-Zip, although I've also used jZip. You need to install either of these, then you should be able to unzip the .7z files.
Okay cool i got it unzipped and it ends in md5 now, checking to see if odin finds it
I plugged it in and my backlight keys are just blinking, tried doing the vol up thing and all that but nothing....... my stomach is upside down.
also even though its not in download mode odin still found it, is it safe without being in download mode?
Pleaseeeeee somebody !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ceredics said:
I plugged it in and my backlight keys are just blinking, tried doing the vol up thing and all that but nothing....... my stomach is upside down.
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1. Power off phone and remove battery, then open odin on your pc
2. Hold volume down and THEN connect phone to pc, your phone should have the yellow android triangle on the screen and odin should recognize it if you have the drivers installed and say COM something in the first blank box at the top
3. Let go of volume button and put battery back in, then proceed to add your files (also check the "Re-Partition" box and uncheck "Auto Reboot")
4. Press Start and let it run, when it's done unplug it from your pc and remove battery
5. Put battery back in and power on
Now you'll be completely stock and can proceed from there
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G
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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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OK, I am officially an idiot. I attempted to install CWM Recovery via the ROM Manager (using thethe Fascinate version) and I soft bricked my phone. I attempted to reboot into recovery, and the phone just stays at the Samsung screen. I have tried to plug it into my computer, and the computer recognizes it as bent plugged in, but does not allow any access.
What can I do to make this right? I need answers as soon as possible guys
Thanks!
Does Odin see the phone?
Have you tried going back to stock 2.2.1?
FYI, I haven't had this problem, so I'm just tossing out a suggestion. Anyone with deeper knowledge, please correct me if I'm wrong.
foxfire450 said:
Does Odin see the phone?
Have you tried going back to stock 2.2.1?
FYI, I haven't had this problem, so I'm just tossing out a suggestion. Anyone with deeper knowledge, please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I don't have Odin on my computer. I have tried several times find it online, but I never can.
There's a link to Odin in the post I linked to above.
If you odin this file and boot into recovery. Then choose reboot from within recovery it should fix the issue. If not then I would odin stock files. File is linked below. Put in pda slot and flash in odin.
http://db.tt/z8lE9Sq
Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize
Thanks for the input. No, Odin is not recognizing the phone, and it will not boot into recovery.
Am I totally effed?
How are you putting the phone into download mode. You should have battery out. Plug usb in. Then hold volume down until the little yellow droid pops up
Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize
so what your saying is that your phone wont go into download mode?? oops didnt see that ^^^^
scarmon25 said:
How are you putting the phone into download mode. You should have battery out. Plug usb in. Then hold volume down until the little yellow droid pops up
Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize
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OK, THAT worked. How do I add a file in Odin?
I really appreciate the help, folks.
Hit the pda button and navigate to where u saved the file
Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize
now you can follow the directions in the link on how to get your mesmerize back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881064
or here http://www.fascinateforums.com/forum/fascinate-rs-guides/2367-how-use-odin.html
very well written IMHO
thanks for the info...i seem to be a day late and a dollar short heh i just posted that link too wow
There is sticky under android dev. Step by step instructions. how to get it to stock
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Lol, looks like u got plenty of help.
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I have personally had this issue. If he odins the cwm2.5 file he should able to boot without wiping everything. His phone is trying to execute the boot to recovery command and since there isn't a valid recovery its just sticking at the boot logo. Flash a valid recovery. Let it execute that action and then reboot and all should be well. It worked for me and I just figure that is probably what's going on here as well. Worth a try
Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize
It's alive!!!
Seriously, thank you guys SO FREAKING MUCH. I really thought I had lost my phone an hour and a half ago. You guys are the best.
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Anytime.
Tap-a-Talked from my Mesmerize
had something similar happen as well, just got the mez and was trying very hard to mod it...im guessing the mosquitoes must have sucked to blood out of my eyes or something cuz i flashed just the PIT file, then somehow as i recall got into a recovery and formatted the internal memory, basically trashed to bootloader or something. phone wouldnt even go into download mode,sucked wicked bad. thanks to the premium plan i got a new phone the same day
glad to here its working again was hopeful you'd get it up and running.
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
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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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.
got my phone rooted with super on click worked fine and put voodoo on it and still worked fine but went into rom mananger that i downloaded and forgot to disable lagfix and tried to download the superfast rom in rom manager and seemed like it downloaded and then rebooted and now stuck on samsung screen tried to do manual recovery by pressing volume up and down with the power button and its flashes but does nothing please help if can THANKS
Same Problem
Yeah I had rooted my friend's phone because he had asked me and I told him that if he ever ran into any problems I would fix it. After I rooted it and gave it to him I told him not to mess with certain apps because he would not be able to use them correctly and f**k something up real good.
Guess what he did, f**k up his phone real good.
Now whenever you try to turn on the phone it only shows the "SAMSUNG" splash screen and stays there, never goes further.
I figured ok, let's just do a recovery.
NOPE!
The exact same thing happens. Hold down both volume buttons + power, let logo flash, let go. "SAMSUNG" pops up, wait, wait, wait, "SAMSUNG" still there. I even let it sit for 30min once and it was still on the splash screen when I came back.
HELP ME because I really want my friend to get the best root experience possible and I just feel bad giving him the tools to make his phone unusable.
Enter download mode by pressing "down volume+home key+power key"
You need to get a stock rom and flash it with Odin. Search the forum, you will find it.
Yes, but odin requires .tar files and I cannot seem to find any .tar stock roms, only .zip 's.
If you know of one please point us into the right direction please
Thanks
Sorry for the double post, but this is worth it.
I figured out how to fix this problem.
I found this page here in which you can restore your phone to mezmerize default. This takes it from non working to working.
Once it is working flash CWM using the files and directions here
Then I was able to restore to a previous backup or flash a new rom.
YAY
Schmidty850 said:
Yes, but odin requires .tar files and I cannot seem to find any .tar stock roms, only .zip 's.
If you know of one please point us into the right direction please
Thanks
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Unzip the zip file...you should get .pit & .md5 files !
btw, Which Samsung mobile do you have ?
kazi_rizwan said:
Unzip the zip file...you should get .pit & .md5 files !
btw, Which Samsung mobile do you have ?
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I fixed it -_-
Did you not read the previous post?
Great ! Problem-o-solved