Hey ladies and gents Figured id teach you how to recover Boot loader bricks .. You will need windows heimdall and or linux
This is for people that flash said wrong boot loaders to the sgs4g and well traditional methoods do not work
YOU WILL NEED
* heimdall installed eather in linux or windows
* your dead phone the usb cable and the port your origonally installed the driver on as its the port that the driver looks for
* if you have the sgs4g drivers installed dont worry u will still have to install them for windows linux uses usblib 1.0 which is built in so no driver install is nessary
* for windows this is important install the hemidell driver goto the folder where u have it located goto the sub folder run the exe file and then choose all devices pick the samsung composit and hit install driver once thats done
*The correct Boot.bin and SBL.bin (for the sgs4g) Can be obtained out of the sgs4g BIBLE)
INSTRUCTIONS
1) On bricked device hope theres some battery left hold vol up down and power for about 1-2 mins you can try this with or without battery or with or without charge on battery resualts my very i only tried this on a phone with 80 percent battery.
2) Insert usb you may or may not hear a beep sound if so unplug then immedially plug back in you will get no screen but u will hear a faint beep like a dump dump in windows nothing for linux unless u have sounds for connect tunred on
sometimes u will see a quick flash of light on ur button bars any of this means the usb port init'd and ur good to go theres a small portion of the rom that normally does not get overwritten and usually causes usb init (seems that linux seems to init that first)
3) Open your command prompt, in windows you can go to start > run and type in cmd
4a) from your comand propmt navigate to your hemidall folder and type:
make sure the boot and sbl files are in the directory lol
Code:
heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot sbl.bin
you wont see anything on screen but in 30 seconds or so your phone will boot up and wala
4b) if that command doesnt work for some reason
Code:
heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot-backup sbl.bin
that will cause the phone to flash the backup copy that it retains to the device even if you do not hear a sound or a faint sound u can check in odin if you have windows before u will see it lights up yellow with no com port which is why u cant odin this
5) wala your phone will once again be alive (providing your flashing the right bootloaders this time)
i have tested this 4 times with my linux box bricked my moms phone (by flashing vibrant bootloaders over sgs 4g ones) and recoverted sucesssfually each time is the only reaon i posted this
Thanks to:
Benjamin Dobell for creating heimdall... the open source alternative to Odin. glassechidna.com.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/ <<<< if you need a jtag service mention that i sent you to him
Voila
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Nice to know thanks Raver
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Ought to come in handy. Good find
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Ought to come in handy. Good find
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u can thank my mom lol she let me brick her phone to put this togather for u all lol
Write that's awesome...your a great addition to our community
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RaverX3X said:
u can thank my mom lol she let me brick her phone to put this togather for u all lol
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Wasnt that risky? Lol
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Wasnt that risky? Lol
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no as i also own a riff box lol so there was no real threat to the phone
going to work on building a debrick Jig
So what happens if we don't hear a beep signaling that its connected to the computer, does that mean usb isn't init. and this won't work for me? I was actually trying to adapt this my my bricked vibrant
im not saying it wont thats just what happened on her phone so i was relating any and all info i could to be as descriptive as possable
Don't get me wrong I really appreciate what your doing and I love Redux XD best rom I've seen in a while, I seriously was happy tho to find that there might be another way out for my dead vibrant its what got me loving the Galaxy series in the first place.....but yea I don't think the usb is getting init'd on my end...maybe its cause of the gingerbread bootloaders thats in there maybe i'm not holding the right buttons...eh I don't know I'm bout to fire up my linux box and try it on there.....hmm just a quick question, so basically there HAD to be some kind of initial connection thru usb to do this right? And as you were saying that theres a part of the rom that dosen't usually get overwritten that allows the usb to be initiated...Is there any reason that this part *might* get overwritten? i.e using kies to update (yes I know noob mistake I got bored and like to mess around) I'm just trying to see what I'm doing wrong if anything or if I really do need to get a riff box
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Don't get me wrong I really appreciate what your doing and I love Redux XD best rom I've seen in a while, I seriously was happy tho to find that there might be another way out for my dead vibrant its what got me loving the Galaxy series in the first place.....but yea I don't think the usb is getting init'd on my end...maybe its cause of the gingerbread bootloaders thats in there maybe i'm not holding the right buttons...eh I don't know I'm bout to fire up my linux box and try it on there.....hmm just a quick question, so basically there HAD to be some kind of initial connection thru usb to do this right? And as you were saying that theres a part of the rom that dosen't usually get overwritten that allows the usb to be initiated...Is there any reason that this part *might* get overwritten? i.e using kies to update (yes I know noob mistake I got bored and like to mess around)
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if you flashed the wrong bootloaders theres a small chance what yuo flashed can overwrite the area thats not overwritten I put up the windows directions in hopes that it would work under windows (as i tested this under linux)
it may very well just be linux only not that i want anyone to brick there devices lol... i know it works even if u dont hear a beep sound u can try doing the command line flash see if it takes just becuase it dont beep dont mean that its not being picked up
I see....Well I did flash the i9000 bootloaders...and it was working fine although the button sequence to get to download mode had changed, which I was fine with but then I really don't know what compelled me to use Kies to update it, but it hasn't turned back on since. And yea I did try to use the commands regardless the first command just said that it couldn't detect any compatible download mode device, and the second one seemed to go thru fine, but nothing happened on the phone's end
yea so I'm guessing that I fall into a different category of a hard brick no life at all oh wells...hey how much you charge to fix a dead boot on a vibrant RaverX3X
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yea so I'm guessing that I fall into a different category of a hard brick no life at all oh wells...hey how much you charge to fix a dead boot on a vibrant RaverX3X
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no idea cuase i never had anyone ask me to lol.... i have the box i have fixed it for family members but not like i have a website or anything for it...
Unless you wanna hook me up lol no worries though I gave up on my vibrant already got my SGS4G to replace it thanks anyways tho
hey i got hard bricked and followed the directions correctly(i think) i followed the command correctly and received a error message "Failed to detect compatible device" and also my PC does recognize it as a usb because it alerts me that a malfunctioning device is connected im in desperate need of help cause i dont have a back up phone
skillz398 said:
hey i got hard bricked and followed the directions correctly(i think) i followed the command correctly and received a error message "Failed to detect compatible device" and also my PC does recognize it as a usb because it alerts me that a malfunctioning device is connected im in desperate need of help cause i dont have a back up phone
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try in linux as that was the test system i did it on... I have not tried it in windows well if your pc detects it at least download some linux and try there u can also try front end
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try in linux as that was the test system i did it on... I have not tried it in windows well if your pc detects it at least download some linux and try there u can also try front end
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thanks for the help im currently downloading linux rught now but whats front end ? i googled it but came up with nothing and on a side note i forgot to mention that my screen is just blank and stays that way i cant even put it in download mode and when i went to the usb device list to try to install the drivers my phone was listed as unknown and couldnt be updated, am i in a deep hole right now ? cause i feel like i am
nvm MY PHONE IS ALIVE!
Will this work on the vibrant because I have a hard brick one that the screen doesn't even turn on at all?
I don't have linux installed though
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Welp I am one of the stupid ones and installed MIUI on my Infuse, and like everyone else, I'm stuck on the boot screen. I looked at the post on the same topic and tried to do it but couldn't get it to work probably becuase the computer says that its an Unknown device instead of a Samsung device.
So my question is what do I do now that my computer doesn't recongize the phone as a device anymore?
Thanks to all that can give help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
And lesson learned - never install a ROM from another phone.
Yeah I know that now. Foolish mistake I know I shouldn't have made.
But, I have tried using that but when I connect the phone to the computer it shows to be an unknown device and Odin doesn't pick it up at all. My problem is, is that the computer doesn't recognize it as an Android Device anymore. Is downloading the drivers from Samsung going to help?
I'll have to leave that to someone else - I use Heimdall on a Linux box, I've never flashed from Windows.
Oh, ok. Well thanks for your help .
I fixed my problem. What I had to do was get another computer that doesn't have the Samsung Drivers or Kies installed and then install them. Once that was done Odin found the device and I was able to restore it.
So there's a tip for anyone who can't get their device to be recognized by the computer or Odin itself.
Or just uninstall/delete those drivers?
Entropy512 said:
I'll have to leave that to someone else - I use Heimdall on a Linux box, I've never flashed from Windows.
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i have started to do this to since i got the infuse. ill tell you i dont miss driver issues one bit! linux/bsd/mac/whatever rock as long as you have supported hardware and that is becoming less and less of a problem these days.
re: Now Stuck
You need to try and pull the battery out and put it back see if you can get the phone into "download mode". If you cannot get it into download mode by doing that or using the up/down volume and power key combo then I would suggest that you purchase a "jig" on ebay. (they cost under $10 bucks shipped).
Here is the ebay link for the jig:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-Galaxy-...0563626533?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item20ba3eba25
With a jig all you would need to do is to remove battery, plug the little jig into the usb port of phone and replace the battery, then wait 5 seconds or so and the phone will be in download mode allowing you to use Odin3 and flash back to "stock rom" to start with..
Best if you did that using the "Ultimate Unbrick" stock froyo rom after that
you can install infuse 1.5 custom rom or Bionix or the defused custom rom or any other rom.
Here is the link for the Ultimate Unbrick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
Good luck.
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Or just uninstall/delete those drivers?
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I tried that but it didn't work on my computer, but that's just my computer that could work for someone else. If that doesn't work though, you can get another computer and install the drivers on them and that should work.
SamsTechAnswers said:
I tried that but it didn't work on my computer, but that's just my computer that could work for someone else. If that doesn't work though, you can get another computer and install the drivers on them and that should work.
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Where are you trying to uninstall the drivers from? I have windows 7 and went to device manager or whatever and took it off there. Then reinstalled kies, worked perfect after.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
And lesson learned - never install a ROM from another phone.
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and.... do not touch if it works properly
I guess this is a good sign. Our phone is gaining popularity because new people are buying it and trying dumb things with it
I will never ever do anthying to my phone ever again! It does nothing but screw up your phone. Im better off wating for at&t to update my phone! My phone is still screwed up! Stuck in a so called "boot loop". I think i have tried everything! And these so called forums are suppose to help pshhh! I guess ill have to go to at&t and buy a new phone because they will know mine is rooted. Im so screwed!
Haha
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Zach4G said:
I will never ever do anthying to my phone ever again! It does nothing but screw up your phone. Im better off wating for at&t to update my phone! My phone is still screwed up! Stuck in a so called "boot loop". I think i have tried everything! And these so called forums are suppose to help pshhh! I guess ill have to go to at&t and buy a new phone because they will know mine is rooted. Im so screwed!
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Relax dude...
you haven't read enough.
Go to gtg unbrick and read
go to adams' one click and read
pick any of the Q&A "omg!! i'm stuck" "omg, i'm bricked" "omg, bootloop" and read a little bit..
Zach4G said:
I will never ever do anthying to my phone ever again! It does nothing but screw up your phone. Im better off wating for at&t to update my phone! My phone is still screwed up! Stuck in a so called "boot loop". I think i have tried everything! And these so called forums are suppose to help pshhh! I guess ill have to go to at&t and buy a new phone because they will know mine is rooted. Im so screwed!
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Wow. Really? Rooting is the very first thing I do when I purchase a new phone. I rotoed my infuse the evening of the day I purchased it and didn't look back. So many options... So many great devs. Try being a little more patient. It will only benefit you in the long run.
stick with it...There are many threads, devs and tools here to use. Not sure why you are saying you can't get help....
What were you trying to do? Where are you now?
odin: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
heimdall usage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TgyaUbjcm4
heimdall link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381
click thanks
This phone is unbrickable and this is a useless thread man...close it
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dman3285 said:
This phone is unbrickable and this is a useless thread man...close it
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Ahhh someone help me. I am in a bootloop, and ive actually tried everything. (I know my stuff, do not get me wrong). Anyway I am on windows 7, and the drivers seem to be screwed up. Thank god, I have windows xp on an old computer im trying that now.
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stick with it...There are many threads, devs and tools here to use. Not sure why you are saying you can't get help....
What were you trying to do? Where are you now?
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I tried to root my phone using this video on youtube: "How to root, install 3e recovery, and install custom ROM on Samsung Infuse"
I did everything correctly then when i booted up my phone it wouldnt boot, it just stays on the samsung screen. When i plug it up it just shoes an empty battery and doesnt do anything.
Ive tried doing gtg's ultimate unbrick, but odin3 wont recongnize my phone and i have the drivers installed.
Ive tried adams one click: but it keeps saying "disconnected" it doesnt say connect.
Any Suggestions???
qkster said:
Relax dude...
you haven't read enough.
Go to gtg unbrick and read
go to adams' one click and read
pick any of the Q&A "omg!! i'm stuck" "omg, i'm bricked" "omg, bootloop" and read a little bit..
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Yes, i have done that. Ive been tryin to unbrick for 2 days.
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Ahhh someone help me. I am in a bootloop, and ive actually tried everything. (I know my stuff, do not get me wrong). Anyway I am on windows 7, and the drivers seem to be screwed up. Thank god, I have windows xp on an old computer im trying that now.
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Yeah i have xp but as u can see im stuck.
If Odin is not showing #comm# then you do not have the proper drivers installed...bottom line...
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If Odin is not showing #comm# then you do not have the proper drivers installed...bottom line...
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Ok well it does not work on either computer. I rooted the dang phone so i had the drivers then..... when i try installing other infuse drivers ive had it says that they are already installed, where earlier i removed it by using the uninstaller. I am soo stuck.
make sure u have heimdall uckj4 downloaded to your pc
make sure you are in admin user
turn off your phone
get a decent usb cord
plug it into a different usb than what you have been using
put your phone into DL mode ( pull battery, press vol up and vol down, plug in usb and replace battery)
make sure you have updated to latest java
run the 1 click
it may show disconnected
install drivers using zadig - move thru the selections, find android usb
if you have install correct drivers, it should show connected
flash it
after it flashed the first time
flash it the second time with the bootloader box checked
if it works correctly, you should be on uckj4 stock att gb
if it doesn't work, you can always drive your car over the phone and ask for a replacement
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I tried to root my phone using this video on youtube: "How to root, install 3e recovery, and install custom ROM on Samsung Infuse"
I did everything correctly then when i booted up my phone it wouldnt boot, it just stays on the samsung screen. When i plug it up it just shoes an empty battery and doesnt do anything.
Ive tried doing gtg's ultimate unbrick, but odin3 wont recongnize my phone and i have the drivers installed.
Ive tried adams one click: but it keeps saying "disconnected" it doesnt say connect.
Any Suggestions???
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qkster said:
make sure u have heimdall uckj4 downloaded to your pc
make sure you are in admin user
turn off your phone
get a decent usb cord
plug it into a different usb than what you have been using
put your phone into DL mode ( pull battery, press vol up and vol down, plug in usb and replace battery)
make sure you have updated to latest java
run the 1 click
it may show disconnected
install drivers using zadig - move thru the selections, find android usb
if you have install correct drivers, it should show connected
flash it
after it flashed the first time
flash it the second time with the bootloader box checked
if it works correctly, you should be on uckj4 stock att gb
if it doesn't work, you can always drive your car over the phone and ask for a replacement
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WTHECK is zadig?
Ryanscool said:
WTHECK is zadig?
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it's the driver installing module that comes with the heimdall 1 click package by adam outler
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it's the driver installing module that comes with the heimdall 1 click package by adam outler
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Ok thnks, how do you get to this? NVM i got it, but it wont find the device in zadig ahhhh
I was having issues getting my drivers to work in download mode till I downloaded kies, then it worked fine and allowed Odin to read my device.
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Ok thnks, how do you get to this? NVM i got it, but it wont find the device in zadig ahhhh
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look thru the options, there is an install drivers..make sure you pick the correct listed device...
zadig is different,,it doesn't require kies or any of the other drivers..it will install the usb drivers on only one of your port...save this port for future use with heimdall..
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look thru the options, there is an install drivers..make sure you pick the correct listed device...
zadig is different,,it doesn't require kies or any of the other drivers..it will install the usb drivers on only one of your port...save this port for future use with heimdall..
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Odd, has nothing there just my preinstalled camera. There is nothing to do with android, tried every single option lol. I still will not get it, should i remove microsoft c++ when it goes by that screen?
This is a hard question, any help will be appreciated. I have a phone that is pretty much bricked for good, either i will get a replacement phone, get it sent to a special guy to get it fixed (yay!), or just get the skyrocket. What i need, however, is to pull the files off of the phone from the whole sdcard pretty much. I know adb can be used, i just need the commands to do so. Remmember, download mode is really the only mode that it will go into.
Edit: Here is the video of the movie i just posted on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHLUYckTlug (last i checked it is processing, may be bad quality) post ?s here please!
If all you want is the files from the sdcard just take the card out and put it in your computer.
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Now I have no experience with this phone at all. But on other phones. If you can get in to download mode you can normally un brick your phone.
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john21511 said:
If all you want is the files from the sdcard just take the card out and put it in your computer.
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Ha sorry on samsung devices, there is a regular sdcard then external one. The sdcard im talking about is the internal one.
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Now I have no experience with this phone at all. But on other phones. If you can get in to download mode you can normally un brick your phone.
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....and i can not unbrick lol. Driver connecting to my phone is fried, on my phone end. Will not connect at all.
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....and i can not unbrick lol. Driver connecting to my phone is fried, on my phone end. Will not connect at all.
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Ryan,
post a youtube vid of what you are doing...maybe some one can point out to you why the odin or heimdall is not working for you...
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Ryan,
post a youtube vid of what you are doing...maybe some one can point out to you why the odin or heimdall is not working for you...
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I am doing that right now lol.
I'll check it out tomorrow if time permits
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i think ur phone is soft bricked since it still turns on and u can get to download mode right?
ive had the exact same problem 2 weeks ago.. actually i couldn't even get to download mode.. but i bought jig from ebay and that fixed it
you should try getting a new usb cable or try different usb ports on your computer
and make sure to get kies for the driver installed on your computer
hope this works!!
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i think ur phone is soft bricked since it still turns on and u can get to download mode right?
ive had the exact same problem 2 weeks ago.. actually i couldn't even get to download mode.. but i bought jig from ebay and that fixed it
you should try getting a new usb cable or try different usb ports on your computer
and make sure to get kies for the driver installed on your computer
hope this works!!
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I have download mode and everything, but if you want to waste 7 minutes of your life (LOL) i am posting a video now. I will try anything, and it simply just will not connect. I have tried about six different downloads and none work. It says it is already installed, but idk if it really is. It is so confusing. Ive tried all ports, even tried another computer we have on xp, (took thirty minutes to try where as on my laptop 3 another lol). Thanks anyway.
Video !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHLUYckTlug
My problem, tell me if i am doing anything wrong. It may be extremely slow, bad quality etc. not viewed it myself just the one i took before. Thanks for your help. Do not mind my bad desktop either lol. Post ?s here please!
I couldn't watch any more so I don't know if you showed but what does the phone actually show up as in device manager? Have you uninstalled the driver and remove the inf file? Maybe remove the inf's for all the drivers you have installed?
Also have you tried different stuff like rebooting the phone into DL mode while Odin is running and the phone is plugged in. Weird stuff like that may help Odin see it.
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This MIGHT work but here's a good idea that you could try... Go to the super thread and go to the completely stock state for rogers users... Do the first step and see if it unbricks a bit, then try doing gtgs ultimate unbrick... I guess last resort?
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Looks like your anti virus is blocking Odin o.o
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Have u tried different USB cable's? I've had issues with Samsung cables before.
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Have you tried uninstalling all of the drivers you have reset comp and then reinstall Kies only I use windows 7 and havent had a problem at all could you show us a pic of your phone in download mode hope youve got it working i see your from denver if you were a little closer to grand junction I would see if I could help
Adb pull system/sdcard internal
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Ryan,
If you want to use odin, un-install or stop your anti virus program
or boot windows in safemode with networking
then try odin gtg unbrick again.
I had more luck with heimdall. @ 4.00 minute in your vid, you did not show your phone in the video or if it was connected
I don't know if you are putting your phone in DL or not. (phone not pluggged in, off, pull battery; press vol buttons connect usb, battery in)
If you had it in DL mode with the android/triangle shoveling
when you go to heimdall options and list device it should show.
FOR SOME REASON, usb port or cable or wrong mode, your pc is not seeing your phone in DL mode.
If you can put your phone in DL mode, IT IS NOT BRICKED.
with all the drivers etc install and such, the process may have corrupted your Windows ability to see your phone -( if it was in DL mode)
Ryanscool said:
Video !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHLUYckTlug
My problem, tell me if i am doing anything wrong. It may be extremely slow, bad quality etc. not viewed it myself just the one i took before. Thanks for your help. Do not mind my bad desktop either lol. Post ?s here please!
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I couldn't watch any more so I don't know if you showed but what does the phone actually show up as in device manager? Have you uninstalled the driver and remove the inf file? Maybe remove the inf's for all the drivers you have installed?
Also have you tried different stuff like rebooting the phone into DL mode while Odin is running and the phone is plugged in. Weird stuff like that may help Odin see it.
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joeym11 said:
This MIGHT work but here's a good idea that you could try... Go to the super thread and go to the completely stock state for rogers users... Do the first step and see if it unbricks a bit, then try doing gtgs ultimate unbrick... I guess last resort?
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Veritass said:
Looks like your anti virus is blocking Odin o.o
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brorex said:
Have you tried uninstalling all of the drivers you have reset comp and then reinstall Kies only I use windows 7 and havent had a problem at all could you show us a pic of your phone in download mode hope youve got it working
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I will try using using another computer altogether. Ive got friends who have a computer they will let me use. If it wont work, then i know there is something on the phone end. Ive tried 3 different cables to no avail. I would do the driver thing but idk how to really do it lol. Having kaspersy block odin may just be the problem thanks for that. Ill investigate when im home.
Make sure you have the correct drivers. To make sure
1: download mode. MAKE SURE YOUR IN DOWNLOAD MODE!!! cant stress this enough.
2: Connect your phone, windows should make a sound.
3. open your start menu and type device manager. It should come up. Select it then scroll down to usb and expand it. Find the samsung one and right click and find thw option that says to update it. In doing so windows will tell you if your drivers are correct.
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so... i was on cm7 with twrp and i wanted to install the new aokp team acid released with fixes. I thought i read the op correctly and could use twrp to install aokp. i was getting an error but i already wiped system and did a factory reset. anywho i had no os and all my backups on my sd card got deleted a few days prior than today. so i busted out heimdall and everything was going great but the usb cord i was using was some poop and it ""disconnected" during installation. so i rebooted the phone and it gave me the connect to kies message with the 2 computers and i tried i again leaving the phone in one spot. again it came "disconnected" (what a bs usb cord it is). so i went to try a third time and now heimdall cant see my device. but i know its not the cord as poopy as it is it will detect my wifes phone which is a sgs4g too. is there anyway to get heimdall to see what my phone is again?
goddi2010 said:
so... i was on cm7 with twrp and i wanted to install the new aokp team acid released with fixes. I thought i read the op correctly and could use twrp to install aokp. i was getting an error but i already wiped system and did a factory reset. anywho i had no os and all my backups on my sd card got deleted a few days prior than today. so i busted out heimdall and everything was going great but the usb cord i was using was some poop and it ""disconnected" during installation. so i rebooted the phone and it gave me the connect to kies message with the 2 computers and i tried i again leaving the phone in one spot. again it came "disconnected" (what a bs usb cord it is). so i went to try a third time and now heimdall cant see my device. but i know its not the cord as poopy as it is it will detect my wifes phone which is a sgs4g too. is there anyway to get heimdall to see what my phone is again?
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Calm down you will have to buy or use another USB a Samsung USB is preferred and try a different program I always had trouble using hemidall look up stock one click its a Java app
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Either that or you may have a broken charging port also. That could be a broken charging port on your phone. Not always is a usb cable fault. But like Imx said, just calm down and youll see the light at the end. After all, youre using an unbrickable Galaxy 4g. Which worst case scenario is the most simple to apply unbrickable mod.
enelyam said:
Either that or you may have a broken charging port also. That could be a broken charging port on your phone. Not always is a usb cable fault. But like Imx said, just calm down and youll see the light at the end. After all, youre using an unbrickable Galaxy 4g. Which worst case scenario is the most simple to apply unbrickable mod.
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Exactly I brick my phone all the time
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Technically called "soft bricks"
imxsteezin said:
Calm down you will have to buy or use another USB a Samsung USB is preferred and try a different program I always had trouble using hemidall look up stock one click its a Java app
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Actually a blackberry cable is preferred. The samsung cable is not the best quality. I use it but Im also scared Im going to have issues. I use to have a blackberry cable around here somewhere and there wasnt a phone I couldnt get recognized on my pc with it.
thanks for the advice guys i will try a different cord and reply with my findings. i dont think it is my charging port. that should be fine never had a problem charging it. i never applied the unbrickable mod do you think this would help me?
All i get in the unknown device error when i plug the phone in right now. samsung drivers still dont help it. like i said when i hook my wifes phone which is a galaxy s 4g too to my computer it will recognize hers just not mine.
goddi2010 said:
thanks for the advice guys i will try a different cord and reply with my findings. i dont think it is my charging port. that should be fine never had a problem charging it. i never applied the unbrickable mod do you think this would help me?
All i get in the unknown device error when i plug the phone in right now. samsung drivers still dont help it. like i said when i hook my wifes phone which is a galaxy s 4g too to my computer it will recognize hers just not mine.
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When you google one click stock for our device and download it the Java app requires you to install Java on your PC one this is done the program will automatically ask if you won't to install the drivers click yes then you will need to go to list at the top left corner select recent devices then Samsung will pop up install them then you click flash and it does all the work
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goddi2010 said:
thanks for the advice guys i will try a different cord and reply with my findings. i dont think it is my charging port. that should be fine never had a problem charging it. i never applied the unbrickable mod do you think this would help me?
All i get in the unknown device error when i plug the phone in right now. samsung drivers still dont help it. like i said when i hook my wifes phone which is a galaxy s 4g too to my computer it will recognize hers just not mine.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517368
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Look at your base band and if its kj6 you can use my method
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Theres a thanks button you can use by the way
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lol i wil try it and right now i have no base band (it wont boot past the firmware upgrade screen)
i took a look at the link you pasted and thats the method ive been using. the problem is when the one click program loads it says disconnected when i plug the phone in instead of connected
goddi2010 said:
i took a look at the link you pasted and thats the method ive been using. the problem is when the one click program loads it says disconnected when i plug the phone in instead of connected
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Follow the directions in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
Be sure to follow them exactly how they are written. lumin has a guide on how to remove your drivers that is probably what is causing your problems is a wonked out driver.
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i took a look at the link you pasted and thats the method ive been using. the problem is when the one click program loads it says disconnected when i plug the phone in instead of connected
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Are you putting it in download mode? Also have you tried to use a different USB cable like I recomended
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It kind of sounds to me like your drivers are borked. I would recommend uninstalling all drivers, reboot and then install the drivers included with the heimdall one-click.
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guys, ive been messing around now for about 5 hrs trying to get this thing going and no luck. i know there has to be a way. this is a list of things that ive tried and any other suggestions would be very helpful.
*tried a different usb cord
*used usbdeview to delete anything android/samsung related
*tried another laptopkn
*tried another sgs4g (which one click will say connected but then if i try my phone it wont)
*deleted all known drivers samsung/android related
im going to the store now to see if i can get a brand new usb cord and see if that helps. other than that fellas im clueless as to why i wouldnt be able to get one click to see my device. its almost as if the device doesnt know what it is. but sometimes by chance when i plug it in to my computer it will try to install and if i have one click open it will say connected and the drivers are being detected and then when the drivers fail it becomes disconnected.
Anyone have anything else i can try???
Install Heimdall.
Plug in phone, while it's on download screen.
Launch zadig.exe from the Heimdall\Drivers folder.
Options->List all devices.
Choose the Samsung one... I'm away from my computer so I can't give you the exact name, but I think it's Samsung Composite Device.
Change the driver to libusb0.
Install/replace driver.
Restart computer.
Log into computer.
Restart phone.
Flash successfully.
I remember seeing somewhere that once on mtd the phone responds to the Google drivers. You can install those from the android sdk. Don't know if that would help, but worth a shot if you don't have those drivers installed.
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Alright so recently.... i wanted to root my Samsung Galaxy S 4g i fount out about odin.... then i found out about connecting it with stock kernels. and thats exactly waht i did. i opened odin and put my phone into download mode and i put a stock kernel uploaded from a user(ChainFire).I used his CF-Root-XX_OXA_JVK-v2.4-CWM3RFS kernel and put it into my device when it said PASS i was glad it worked..... excpet every time i turn it on now it gets stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S 4G SCREEN. SUCKS I TRIED USING DIFFRENT KERNELS AND ALL BUT NOTHING. Man if there is someone out there who could help plz HELP My mom would be so frieked when she found out i briked my phone.
PHONE INFO:
Model: SGH-T959V
Firmware: 2.2.1
Baseband: T959VUVKD1
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build Number: FROYO.VUVKD1
Follow this guide to a tea. When it says do I need to flash bootloader you will select yes. This will get you on gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716
thnx for the reply i will try this out when i get my new usb cable... for some reason other cables that look exactly the same that i own dont connect to my computer. I mean they charge and all but are NO GOOD FOR MASS STORAGE, PHONE MEDIA,TO ENTER DOWNLOAD MODE, etc. only for charging.
ALSO when i plug in my android to the pc using this USB cable it says "USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED"
any more help plz....... i know u guys are tired of helping people with this sort of stuff, but come on thats what this site is for
Alaryze said:
any more help plz....... i know u guys are tired of helping people with this sort of stuff, but come on thats what this site is for
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Actually this site is for learning about all things android. Not holding peoples hands that screw there phones. There is a ton of info on this site to help you. Think of it like going to the library. Sometimes the librarians busy and you have to find things for yourself. Look for the search feature and start using it.
hechoen said:
Actually this site is for learning about all things android. Not holding peoples hands that screw there phones. There is a ton of info on this site to help you. Think of it like going to the library. Sometimes the librarians busy and you have to find things for yourself. Look for the search feature and start using it.
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so does that mean u got nothing. okay then im off to the search bar ill be visiting back here though cause the search bar might lead back to this topic XD
Alaryze said:
so does that mean u got nothing. okay then im off to the search bar ill be visiting back here though cause the search bar might lead back to this topic XD
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Follow this to return your phone back to stock:
[Heimdall][One-Click] The T959V Heimdall One-Click Collection [05/20/2012]
In order to get into Download Mode, hold Vol-Up and Vol-Down while inserting the USB cord that is already plugged into your computer.
Then just click "flash", then when it's done, go back into download mode, check "flash bootloaders" on the computer, then click flash again.
You should be back to factory stock now.
cpkelley94 said:
Follow this to return your phone back to stock:
[Heimdall][One-Click] The T959V Heimdall One-Click Collection [05/20/2012]
In order to get into Download Mode, hold Vol-Up and Vol-Down while inserting the USB cord that is already plugged into your computer.
Then just click "flash", then when it's done, go back into download mode, check "flash bootloaders" on the computer, then click flash again.
You should be back to factory stock now.
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thnx alot man but anyone know abou the usb problem. also when the USB DOES connect and gets signal, the phone dont reboot or anything sometimes usb composite device dont even appear in the list of all devices
If you still can get into download mode on the phone then it doesn't matter. The drivers get installed during the one-click process, just follow the directions when they come up.
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cpkelley94 said:
If you still can get into download mode on the phone then it doesn't matter. The drivers get installed during the one-click process, just follow the directions when they come up.
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should it say ERROR Drivers not found before it says on the second line " installing drivers" on the heimdall screen?
samsung usb composite device dont appear, i get gadget serial. and yes i put list all devices
Alaryze said:
samsung usb composite device dont appear, i get gadget serial. and yes i put list all devices
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Hmm...I've never seen that before. I'd ask someone with a little more experience than me.
So, instead of PM'ing me, lets keep the discussion here.
I would have chimed in, but I don't know crap about windows.
Sounds to me like a windows driver issue. If you plug your phone in and see something new in device manager, uninstall the drivers for that device. Rinse - wash - repeat, until you get "Unknown Device".
Then make sure you have the visual c++ redistributable (mentioned in the OP of the oneclick thread).
Then run the heimdall oneclick. It will ask to install the drivers. You may need to reboot the computer after installing the drivers for them to work properly.
If you still have problems, hopefully one of the windows nerds around here can help.
wow... ur saying this ir rare stuff.
man what have i done to my phone, maybe it is just a windows problem -_-
Alaryze said:
wow... ur saying this ir rare stuff.
man what have i done to my phone, maybe it is just a windows problem -_-
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I don't think it's your phone. I think it's your computer.
bhundven said:
I don't think it's your phone. I think it's your computer.
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yah then ill uninstall this unknown device that keeps popping up when i connect my phone, then ill install drivers from heindmall and restart my compu just like u said. lemme giv it a shot
alfrigt it says connected in heomdall looks like u just gotta unplug nd plug a couple of times even though in device manager it has a exclamation mark next to samsung usb composite device. so do i just flash now.....? then what i read the guide yes but its not workin for me. i really need a nother step by step (post by post) tutorial
flashed, runned zadig.... and in all devices i get gadget searial and samsung mobile modem (interface 0) this one was new
should i just give up now or is there actually a way to fix this .
Did you select other and find the other drivers listed?
eollie said:
Did you select other and find the other drivers listed?
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how do u do that?