My SGS4g is on android 2.3.4 but is not rooted or anything. I just tried to flash 2.2 on to the device and the device boots up after the intro and then ends up going black and vibrating. If I could get some help it would be greatly appreciated.
how is you phone on 2.3.4, but not rooted?
odin to kc1 by raver. use all of the files.
make sure you also take out the sim and sd card for this one.
might want to format the sd after backing up the pics or w/e.
I used one of the leaks, it was rooted previously. Where can I download the Kc1?
search raver kc1. search is temporarily down, but once it comes up dl the file and use odin
actually I just found it, hopefully everything goes through. Thank you for your help
It just failed in odin and I think I may have bricked it. Trying to get it into download mode.
I can't seem to get into download mode with holding the volume buttons down and the little phone and computer icons pop up when its trying to turn on.
that is dl mode(with another image).
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reinstall your drivers. once the computer reboots. try again. make sure you use the noobs guide to odin (search bible); but instead of kb5, use kc1.
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I tried flashing MUIU onto my Captivate and now it doesn't make it pass the boot screen. Then I set it to download mode while connected to ODIN3 and I checked repartition and auto reboot and f.reset time and now when I turn on my phone it has this symbol that has a phone triangle and a pc on it. PLEASE I need help on how to get it back to working condition.
You mean you see that triangle after your ODIN flash has completed?
What build number under is your battery(10.XX or 11.XX)? If compatible, look for ODIN 1click and the drivers. Fire it up, remove your sim, external sd, and battery, then plug in your mini usb cable. hold the volume up key and put the battery back in. You should be able to get back into DL mode. Master Clear then flash 2.1 again and start over.
I apologize if I sound like an idiot but I got back into download mode but I don't know how to flash a stock ROM back onto the phone. Thanks to anyone who posted in this thread I really appreciate it.
Do a little reading in this thread. Best of luck to you!
clemmie said:
Do a little reading in this thread. Best of luck to you!
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Thank you!
Please do some research so you know what you are doing before you flash your phone. Then if you run into trouble and cant fix it then do some more reSEARCH to fix the issue before opening a new thread.
I tried installing the icbinb KH4 rom, I have CWM 3.0.2.8 and I dropped the ROM zip in the root of my SD card, then did the install from ZIP in CWM. it did its thing, rebooted and now I get the Galaxy S boot screen, and right after, I get a bluish-green color with black lines running through it covering the whole screen, then it reboots and starts the cycle over.
I tried getting into CWM mode again, but it woult not boot into that mode... I can get into Download mode though.
Can someone assist me with restoring my Phone to a functioning condition? I really don't care if it is on Froyo or Gingerbread at this point.
Thanks,
Jeremy
If you can get into download mode, then why dont you flash a rom?
Try flashing kc1 cleanup
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kc1cleanup/files/hawk.zip/download
then follow this guide for flashing the gb rom you were trying to flash (i know this guide works because i had to personally use it)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
Thanks. I finally found the thread that explains how to fix a soft brick in the SGS4G bible.
I think they need to have an section just on unbricking for the SGS4g in there so people's eyes will be drawn to it easier.
Thanks for the link... looking at it, it appears to have all the things I am looking for in the directions.
Hello,
First thank you for helping noobs all.
I learned a lot from this community.
I charge was unrooted with voodoo laf fix on EE4.
I wanted to get the official firmware update so I unrooted using instruction from provided from this forum.
Odin says failed then when I rebooted the phone.
Now only thing I see is ==>
"cell phone icon" .. "exclamation mark".."Computer icon"
Try to recover many times and failed before "boot.bin"
Vol. up & down / Home Key / Power dose not work.
Only thing i can do is download mode....
Can anyone help this noob.
Thank you.
So maybe follow the fix a phone directions to get into download mode to get back to stock and go from there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111486
Get into download mode, ODIN, load the pit and file and go from there.
Volume down and power to download mode.
Leave the battery in while flashing as well. As long as you can get into Download mode, there is still hope that it can be fixed relatively easily.
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If nothing else works use PST with stock Verizon files and a PIT. Pretty scary program for noobs to use though.
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I had this happen to me once or twice before. My guess is that the USB cord came out or lost connection before it was done flashing. I used the pit file with the EE4 .tar file in Odin and it worked for me.
Follow the link posted above and you will be good to go.
Edit: On a second thought it could have also been because I put a .tar file under "PHONE" by accident and not "PDA". I don't really remember.
Just make sure to follow the directions and fully wait for it to finish and you'll be fine.
So here's a short list of what I did wrong:
1. Assumed I could waltz into the world of flashing on SGS4G just because I flash my MT4G almost everyday.
2. Flashed a ROM meant for 2.3 on a phone that had 2.2 on it.
It appears as if I soft bricked my mom's Galaxy S 4G. Almost time I boot the phone, I get a rainbow screen that changes periodically and hear a female-like voice saying something about a partition. Other times I get stuck in a bootloop. In an attempt to fix this, I tried to use Odin first. The website that one of the files was stored on was shut down recently. So I moved on to Heimdall. Everything was working fine until I had to choose which drivers to install.
In a sense, Heimdall detects my device. It indicates that the phone is connected and the phone is in download mode. But when it comes to time to choose the drivers to install, the only options I get are Unknown Device, which has no available drivers, and Gadget Serial. Sometimes I don't even get the option of Unknown Device.
So my three questions are as follows.
1. Is this actually a soft brick?
2. If not, what is the problem?
3. How can I fix the issue?
first of all tell me how did you install rom and from where
you hear a female voice in the sense you installed rom from odin i guess
now there lot many custom roms you can see in the development section you can read the instructions and install them
when a phone i soft bricked it actually shows up a screen saying "firmware upgrade failed reboot into recovery mode in kies"
now if you can enter recovery mode in the phone you are good to go
tell me more abt wt u did
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first of all tell me how did you install rom and from where
you hear a female voice in the sense you installed rom from odin i guess
now there lot many custom roms you can see in the development section you can read the instructions and install them
when a phone i soft bricked it actually shows up a screen saying "firmware upgrade failed reboot into recovery mode in kies"
now if you can enter recovery mode in the phone you are good to go
tell me more abt wt u did
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I installed the ROM from the development forums and it was an Octane ROM. I'm not entirely sure which one. I know it was 2.X and themed like ICS. Themed but not true ICS. (Obviously)
I followed the instructions step by step like I always do when flashing my HTC Glacier. I followed a guide which told me to download two files, a recovery and UPDATE.ZIP. I had to put both in the root of my SD card initially, but push the recovery to system\bin. Booted into recovery, reinstalled packages, got to orange CWM, wiped cache and delvik cache, checked mounts and installed the zip from the SD card. The installation went smooth, but as soon as the phone booted, the screen went haywire and that creepy lady started mumbling.
I can't reboot into recovery. I either get stuck in a bootloop or stuck on the rainbow screen with the female voice mumbling about a partition. I'm pretty sure I tried to flash a ROM meant for Gingerbread when the phone was running on Froyo.
actually you are moving from froyo to gingerbread so obviously there is a change in bootloaders so i will post a link for you where you can download odin for sgs4g,drivers may be(i hope you have it already) and stock gingerbread.
i advice you to odin a gingerbread rather than using zip file in cwm but try to enter recovery mode
1.switch off ur phone
2.hold(volume up) and (volume down) at a time and hold power button when a screen splashes release the power button still holding the volume buttons.
3.this will take you to recovery mode where you can see an orange screen
4.try to reinstall the rom which you downloaded if that do not help then i will post you a link follow the instructions in that
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first get into download mode
1.to enter download mode hold both volume buttons(i.e volume up and volume down) and insert usb to the phone
2.you will see an android icon with a triangle saying downloading then in pda section of the odin put the following file
Odin 1.85
Extract the rar file
Place the file in the pda section of odin and flash
Reboot enjoy Quit messing with kies
Download link
http://sourceforge.net/projects/team...n.rar/download
just le me know whether it works or not
At this point my mom is more interested in getting the phone to work. That's why I was using Heimdall. I'll definitely give your method a try, though.
The bootloaders would be the part I missed out on. I'm so used to the HTC Glacier and the ease of flashing that comes with it.
Sent from my HTC Mytouch 4G using XDA
saketh91 said:
actually you are moving from froyo to gingerbread so obviously there is a change in bootloaders so i will post a link for you where you can download odin for sgs4g,drivers may be(i hope you have it already) and stock gingerbread.
i advice you to odin a gingerbread rather than using zip file in cwm but try to enter recovery mode
1.switch off ur phone
2.hold(volume up) and (volume down) at a time and hold power button when a screen splashes release the power button still holding the volume buttons.
3.this will take you to recovery mode where you can see an orange screen
4.try to reinstall the rom which you downloaded if that do not help then i will post you a link follow the instructions in that
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first get into download mode
1.to enter download mode hold both volume buttons(i.e volume up and volume down) and insert usb to the phone
2.you will see an android icon with a triangle saying downloading then in pda section of the odin put the following file
Odin 1.85
Extract the rar file
Place the file in the pda section of odin and flash
Reboot enjoy Quit messing with kies
Download link
http://sourceforge.net/projects/team...n.rar/download
just le me know whether it works or not
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If I can't get into recovery, how would I go about flashing this?
Sent from my HTC Mytouch 4G using XDA
the link which i gave you is not for entering into recovery mode but for download mode i hope you used odin before
1.start odin first
2.load in pda section the file(its a zip file extract it and you can see md5 file in it) which you downloaded
3.to enter download mode press and hold both volume buttons and insert usb cable
4.you will see an android icon and big triangle saying downloading or it may say firmware upgrade failed reboot into recovery in kies but dont worry odin will still detect ur phone
5.then odin will detect your phone by showing up an yellow area on the top
6.now you are good to go click start and let odin do the rest of the work
7.reboot your phone your phone and wallah
enjoy
may this post help you
jasondwhite93 said:
At this point my mom is more interested in getting the phone to work. That's why I was using Heimdall. I'll definitely give your method a try, though.
The bootloaders would be the part I missed out on. I'm so used to the HTC Glacier and the ease of flashing that comes with it.
Sent from my HTC Mytouch 4G using XDA
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You can get it back with Heimdall. Take a look at bhundven's [Heimdall][One-Click][UVKJ6] The KJ6 Heimdall One-Click Collection [12/11/2011]. All that is required to run the Heimdall One-Click is Java. Follow Bryan's post there and you should be fine. Note that you'll have to flash twice - Once to get the ROM on there & the 2nd time you need to check "Flash bootloaders". That will get you up and going.
The female voice you hear is "Linda" and she's trying to convert the native Samsung file system (rfs) to an ext4 file system as it's faster. That's what people are referring to when you hear about voodoo lagfix.
If you flash the 1st one-click, you'll be on stock Gingerbread. If you flash the 3rd one, you'll have stock ROM (read: bloated), with CWM recovery and root. From there you could flash Octane or other ROMs if you wish.
stephen_w said:
You can get it back with Heimdall. Take a look at bhundven's [Heimdall][One-Click][UVKJ6] The KJ6 Heimdall One-Click Collection [12/11/2011]. All that is required to run the Heimdall One-Click is Java. Follow Bryan's post there and you should be fine. Note that you'll have to flash twice - Once to get the ROM on there & the 2nd time you need to check "Flash bootloaders". That will get you up and going.
The female voice you hear is "Linda" and she's trying to convert the native Samsung file system (rfs) to an ext4 file system as it's faster. That's what people are referring to when you hear about voodoo lagfix.
If you flash the 1st one-click, you'll be on stock Gingerbread. If you flash the 3rd one, you'll have stock ROM (read: bloated), with CWM recovery and root. From there you could flash Octane or other ROMs if you wish.
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Right now, I'm PMing lumin30 who came out with a step by step guide for Heimdall. Heimdall indicates that my phone is connected, but Samsung USB Composite Device is not an option when the time comes to install drivers. All I get is Gadget Serial and sometimes Unknown Device.
Sent from my HTC Mytouch 4G using XDA
Guys, I missed a step that had to do with deleting drivers for anything Samsung/Android from my computer. I did so, ran through Heimdall again and it worked like a charm. The phone is up and running smoother than ever.
One thing, the phone never showed up as Samsung USB Composite Device, only Gadget Serial. I installed the drivers for it, and it worked. Weird, but I'm glad it all came together. Thank you all for your help and expertise.
One last question. Now that the phone is running on 2.3.6, can I safely flash a ROM such as Octane 2.X which is built for GB? I'm going to wait for an answer before I even try anything. I don't want that dreaded rainbow screen again.
I answered your PM on this.
lumin30 said:
I answered your PM on this.
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I know, you were offline at the time and I was getting anxious. This will probably still help anyone who goes through the same problem.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA
jasondwhite93 said:
Guys, I missed a step that had to do with deleting drivers for anything Samsung/Android from my computer. I did so, ran through Heimdall again and it worked like a charm. The phone is up and running smoother than ever.
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Awesome. Glad you get it working!
One last question. Now that the phone is running on 2.3.6, can I safely flash a ROM such as Octane 2.X which is built for GB? I'm going to wait for an answer before I even try anything. I don't want that dreaded rainbow screen again.
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Yes you can. If you're on stock 2.3.6, though, you'll have to flash a ROM via Heimdall or ODIN (Heimdall, preferably) that has CWM. You don't have to worry about the rainbow screen if you go to another Gingerbread-based ROM. The rainbow screen is the result of going from Froyo -> Gingerbread but not having the latter's bootloaders installed.
If he is on 2.3.6 why are you saying he has to flash with Heimdall or ODIN? Unless you think he is on stock 2.3.6?
Either way - he has been asking me the same questions through PM and is on a custom ROM already.
Yeah, I said stock. No biggie. I assumed he wasn't custom yet by that particular post. Good looking out
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stephen_w said:
Yeah, I said stock. No biggie. I assumed he wasn't custom yet by that particular post. Good looking out
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda premium
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Oops. I goofed. Didn't see the "stock" on there. Apologies.
Hey there, apologies in advance if I have submitted this thread in the wrong section. I really looked as hard as I could before posting.
Well I rooted my phone, got super user on there, then got clockworkmod red, and then attempted to put the ice cream sandwich mod on my phone, thats where everything went sour. Phone would not go past screen that says samsung. I tried a few times to get it to go past that point, and just nothing. I then attempted to use odin to have my phone put back, but now I cannot even get the phone to open up clockworkmod.
To put it very simply. The only thing I have access to now is the download option (holding both volume up and down while inserting the usb cable from the computer) I have searched the internet high and low for something to run through odin to put my phone back to the way it was. I keep coming up with dead links and long dead downloads. I was able to use the gtg ultimate unbrick, but all that managed to accomplish was to have my phone say at&t instead of rogers.
Im still at the screen that says samsung, with no access to a recovery menu at this point. I only have the download option.
Can anyone help me salvage my phone?
edit: I appear to have been able to reput clockworkmod back on the phone with odin. Thats all I have been able to do.
When flashing any ics Rom/port from.gingerbread/red recovery you will need to double flash...I'm seeing a lot of people.with bricks lately and I think the problem is they are not reading enough before flashing ics...
So you have cwm correct? Boot into cwm by holding volume up down and power button. If you have no roms hen go to mounts and storage and mount USB then plug it into the pc and copy over the Rom...if its gingerbread Rom.just one flash...if its ics then flash, you will get stuck on Samsung screen so boot back into cwm...you will either boot into a blue or some distorted rainbowy cwm...just reflash he Rom
If you can't do that...then idk what else to do as I don't know much about rogers phones and what is and isn't compatible with them...but u would suggest qksters heimdal one click back to stock uclb3...its always worked for me...but not sure if it will work with rogers...
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using XDA
Mytheos said:
Hey there, apologies in advance if I have submitted this thread in the wrong section. I really looked as hard as I could before posting.
Well I rooted my phone, got super user on there, then got clockworkmod red, and then attempted to put the ice cream sandwich mod on my phone, thats where everything went sour. Phone would not go past screen that says samsung. I tried a few times to get it to go past that point, and just nothing. I then attempted to use odin to have my phone put back, but now I cannot even get the phone to open up clockworkmod.
To put it very simply. The only thing I have access to now is the download option (holding both volume up and down while inserting the usb cable from the computer) I have searched the internet high and low for something to run through odin to put my phone back to the way it was. I keep coming up with dead links and long dead downloads. I was able to use the gtg ultimate unbrick, but all that managed to accomplish was to have my phone say at&t instead of rogers.
Im still at the screen that says samsung, with no access to a recovery menu at this point. I only have the download option.
Can anyone help me salvage my phone?
edit: I appear to have been able to reput clockworkmod back on the phone with odin. Thats all I have been able to do.
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If u can get to dl ur fine
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381
Use this link/program from download mode to get to stock 2.3.6.
Wait, if you can get to download mode, you can reflash JScott's option C from here, then get into CWM red, flash the ICS of your choice, reboot into CWM blue (press and hold vol up/vol dn/power 5 seconds when stuck at sammy screen), wipe data/cache/dalvik, reboot and you should have ICS.
I understand that some people will never get "it", but reading the entire post for flashing/modding firmware is a MUST.