Help With Soft Brick - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

Looking for some help. I'm a super noob. Having a Galaxy S4G,was rooted tried flashing a bali cernal now phone flashes between T-Mobile home screen and bali screen, cannot get into recovery or download mode. Any help would be appreciated.

Search boot loop on the forum. or you can wait until i'm home and I would be glad to walk you through it. Will be back at 9ish
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What happens when you try to get into download mode (holding down both volume keys and plugging USB in without pressing power key? )
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ok iheld down vol. then plugged in usb,came up with down load screen,but not sure what to do now

Are you familiar with odin
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yes,i have it on comp.already

phone saya downloading dont turn off target!!!Should sd card and sim card be in phone?because there not.I Thought i did my homework but i was wrong

OK cool. All you need to do then is go to the dev section and find an Odin flashable rom and follow the directions in the thread. What rom were you on when you flashed the Bali kernel?
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I don't think it matters if they are in or not
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just stock with root tibackup pro

Did you have cwm recovery installed that krylon posted in the dev section?
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I installed rom manager from market.

Rom manager does not work with the sgs4g. Head over to the dev section and grab an Odin fladhable rom. Follow the directions and your phone will be up and running in no time at all. The kc1 rom will give you a completely clean slate to work with. Reroot then go the krylon360s thread cwm final to get the working recovery. From there you can flash the Bali kernel.
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should sd card be in phone?also can i leave phone in download mode while i do this.Thanks i app. all the help ill prob.be up late fixing this.

I don't think it matters if SD is in or not and the only way to Odin is in download mode. With Odin running plug your phone into the computer. You will see a block on the left side of the Odin screen turn yellow. Then place the files in the correct spots. The thread you get the rom from will tell you where they belong. Once they are in place hit start on Odin and let it run its course.
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thanks going to find rom and get started.

If I can be more help just let me know
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first off thanks everybody for help.Flashed kclcwm,phone is in cwm,should i reboot system now,then am i good to go or something else thanks again

Reboot. You should be good to go.
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thanks again phone is good also with root.Thanks again

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Stuck at battery while phone is off.

Well me being the idiotic adventurous person. I tried to CWM my phone to ICBINB, and so everything went through ya know. then I rebooted. it got stuck once again. Now it won't go into dl mode or recovery. when i plug the usb it goes straight to the sign with the battery, but even that got stuck. so i tried adb reboot download and the device isn''t found. So did I like screw myself over? the only way for me to get to the Samsung GalaxyS 4G Screen is without the usb. So anyhelp on how i can fix this.
Did you try getting into recovery i.e.,hold volume up + volume down + power until recovery comes up. If you made any backups and you can get into recovery sometimes you can reboot a saved backup.
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Also to get into DL mode hold volume up + volume down and while holding plug USB into your phone keep holding volume buttons till giant triangle appears
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Even if the chargin battery comes up keep holding the volume buttons? cause the battery you know how it's suppose to charge with the green. Mines stuck it has the loading circle and the battery picture is blank. so it's like stuck there, should i just keep holding those buttons? and i've tried alot of methods already so far none have worked. I really don't want to have to buy another phone.
Pull the battery and then try getting it into download mode
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Had the same.problem.as you. Gingerbread bootloaders.
open odin on your pc and connect the usb to your phone. Pull the battery and hold volume down + power button and put battery in as your holding those two
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tried that. everytime i plug the phone into the computer. it brings me to this god awful frozen charging battery thing that isn't even green so its like bricked i think. but that cant be because it still turns on
Did you have gingerbread on.your phone
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omg dude you saved my life your my idol haha
no problem
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rickyy00 said:
Did you have gingerbread on.your phone
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Actually no. I tried using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157593 and I literally did everything precisely, then i rebooted. then i came across this horrible problem. So I don't really know if it was GB. but what rom are you using?
I figured i'll just cut my losses and stick to KC1 Stock +Root Froyo 2.2.1
Try what Ricky said that's what meant pull battery hold volume buttons plug in USB then put battery back in. You're soft bricked you can get out of this. This is why you have to read read read. Always start where it says READ THIS FIRST when your joining a new forum. Do yourself a favor and check out the Bible in this forum its packed with everything you need. In the meantime I'll try to help you out the best I can but I have to go to work in a half hour.
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Cool man glad it worked out for you ;-)
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Try what Ricky said that's what meant pull battery hold volume buttons plug in USB then put battery back in. You're soft bricked you can get out of this. This is why you have to read read read. Always start where it says READ THIS FIRST when your joining a new forum. Do yourself a favor and check out the Bible in this forum its packed with everything you need. In the meantime I'll try to help you out the best I can but I have to go to work in a half hour.
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Hahaha Ricky was right I was able to get into ODIN, and now I'm gonna flash back to KC1 . If I'm going to flash a ROM i'm doing it ODIN style. I'm a failure at CWM.
Right now I'm running dsexton's ICBINB rom. I was running krylon's Black Ice
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Odin is a safe way to go. Happy flashing ;-)
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Thanks steelain!
AND STEELAIN WHAT!? HOW ARE YOU USING THAT!?!?!
I TRIED DOING IT AND I FAILED. omg, fml. what did you do? Like Exact steps i need to know what I did wrong.
Flash using the noobs guide to odin found in the bible thread guide section, but instead of downloading kb5 from that thread, grab the stock deodexed kc1 from the odin rom section of the bible. Get into download mode by pulling out your battery, pressing both volume buttons and plugging in the usb cord.
I kept telling you to read the bible thread and the directions in each thread! But this is a soft brick and you can fix it, so it will be ok. Search for the bible thread! SEARCH!! Know what you are doing before you make a change. Just odin for now and get that running. I can give you very specific directions in a bit on how to flash a rom. Let us know how it goes
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Dont' worry i already flashed it back to the rom you suggested (KC1 Deodexed) what im fine with ODIN, i know how to use it. what im struggling on is the ICBINB Final ROM that Team Acid released. I've tried it twice to get installed and ive failed each time. because it won't get passed the dang splash screen where it says Samsung GalaxyS 4G, and you cant use odin with it. it has to be CWM i believe
Are you on red cmw? Chances are your not so you have to check your mounts on recovery very important probably causing your brick
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Please help! !!!

Guys I was putting a rom on.my wife's g2x but it never booted up all I get is a green android on the screen. I found the steps to unbrick but can't install the atx drivers on my comp (windows 7) please help me out if you can if I can get these drivers installed then I will be ok. Followed the steps to install but it keeps saying make sure comp is compatible? ??? Guys I'm really screwed here any help is appreciated
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What exactly were you trying to put on the phone? You don't need a cpu to flash a rom. Where you trying to flash CWM?
I flashed a rom but phone didn't boot up so I'm trying to unbrick my wife's phone now
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Found a couple solutions but they require windows XP the other solution needs the atx drivers that I can't install
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What rom are you flashing?
Have u flashed cwm using nvflash or rom manager?
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I was trying to flash eaglesblood based on cm7
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I did through rom manager that was my first mistake
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Nvflash the cwm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13280029
Then wipe ur data, format system, flash the rom
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Is there some way to.get into download mode the holding volume up and down together doesn't work
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Can't get to s/w mode
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There is another way to nvflash cwm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13330067
Can't do this through rom manager, it's flash the fake cwm
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Read carefully the instruction and do exactly what is say
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I know that if I can flash cwm through the tool I will be ok but can't get my phone into sw mode or download I will try ur suggestions and get back to you thanks
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It's power & vol down to get into CWM once you've flashed it. Follow the thread given by Waldano. This must be done before flashing any roms.
Is there a download mode for the g2x or is the volume buttons together the only way? Thanks for all the help guys I will post again a little later with a update
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If you have already NVFlashed Clockwork Mod Recovery on the phone, you don't need a PC to flash again.
Download a good rom to a microSD card, throw it in the phone, use Clockwork to flash the zip from SD.
Or if you were smart, you would have performed a Nandroid Backup in Recovery before attempting to flash, in which you can just restore your backup and be back where you were at... which then you could download a different rom so the SD card USING the phone and attempt to reflash.
I messed up huge I flashed through rom manager that's why I can't get into cwm the phone wont do anything all it will do is go to the LG screen and the one with the little android Guy and a folder
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Man stop crying about ur cwm flashed through the rom manager and NVFLASH CWM!!!! Otherwise u wont be able to do anything
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Lol I'm not crying buddy I just don't want a 400 paper wieght I'm just responding to the posts
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[Q] lost recovery

I'm running MIUI build 11.09 and now I can't go into recovery mode to update it. When I hit reboot into recovery, it just shows the Samsung logo and never goes past there. Anybody know how to fix this?
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Odin back to stock and start over.
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Use sgs kernal flasher and slash cwm community kernal that will give you red cwm then flash miui again that's what i did worked fine make sure to backup as knce you flash community kernal you won't boot back up
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The answer is in the thread. Maybe the first post. Who knows?
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New on rooting and wanting to root

Im thinking of rooting my infuse and i dont know what rom or to start of is what to do and where to get it hehehe i just want a nice cam (which is the same as present)
And i got this from at&t last black friday here at california so after rooting am i gonna have trouble in the future?
Thanks
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I just rooted my infuse any reccomendations?
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You can try my rom.... catyrom or any of the i9000 ports...
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I currently have tried refuse 1.7, caty 1.0 & 1.5; currently running caty 1.5. I would recommend caty rom, the only thing I notice is the data sometimes cuts out and I have to restart my phone, also it shows the rom as "caty v2.0" in the "about" section of the phone, but the post says 1.5 so I am not sure what it is. But it's very simple to install and to run. Just make sure you follow directions to a T. When it says to let it reboot and sit for ten minutes actually do it. DONT FORGET TO HAVE A BACKUP IN CWM. Make sure it's rooted, I tried to root mine with Superoneclick and it didn't root properly, I had to use the odin with 3e recovery and root preset, then I was able to install roms. Good luck to you.
Yea...sorry...need to fix build prop...lol...keep forgetting to do that...and the service cutting out may just be the modem...
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I just did the backup but im not sure if i did it right is there anyway to check? I was thinking of the devl
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You mean dlev ....if it said backup complete than it worked
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Yeah dlev heehe but when i do backup it just shows the bootscreen with the options of clear etc
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When u choose backup did you hit power button to select?
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It shows recovery mode when i press back up on ROM
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And btw Dlev is an excellent Tom also....bigfau rocked that one
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wawaweewa said:
It shows recovery mode when i press back up on ROM
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Are you using ROM Manager? if so, that is probably why you can't get it to work. just 3 button into recovery mode, go to backup and restore, and click backup. It should take a little while to work, and you can watch it go through all of the files as it backs them up.
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And btw Dlev is an excellent Tom also....bigfau rocked that one
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yeah i was stunned from screenshot hehehe
THE festivedonkey said:
Are you using ROM Manager? if so, that is probably why you can't get it to work. just 3 button into recovery mode, go to backup and restore, and click backup. It should take a little while to work, and you can watch it go through all of the files as it backs them up.
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you mean manage and restore backups?im running it now and waiting for movements hehehe
thanks for quick reply guys
now i am having trouble adding roms for dev lol how am i gonna do that?
tried using rom manager install rom from sd didnt work it said app2sd now found
tried manual install from recovery mode cant find the file from my sd but when i check it its in the external
dunno whats wrong
Do not use rom manager!! When you transfer ron from computer make sure you send it to your 14 gb SD card and it will show up...do not flash anything or download any roms thru rom manager!
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Do not use rom manager!! When you transfer ron from computer make sure you send it to your 14 gb SD card and it will show up...do not flash anything or download any roms thru rom manager!
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Oh i should put it to the internal sd? And how am i gonna apply it? Thanks
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It is also helpful to create a folder on the SD card named "1 rom" so you can keep all your downloaded roms in one place and then you also don't have to scroll far with the volume keys since the folder will be at the top of the list all the time
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THE festivedonkey said:
It is also helpful to create a folder on the SD card named "1 rom" so you can keep all your downloaded roms in one place and then you also don't have to scroll far with the volume keys since the folder will be at the top of the list all the time
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Ohhh that make sense thanks!
and should iputit on external sd or internal?
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thank you all for help im restoring backup apps and systemdata now a lot of ticking on INSTALL AND DONE LOL using DlevROM Infuse Edition i like the UI
Don't ever restore system data with titanium backup. It can cause issues. Only restore MISSING apps.
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Crazy mess.

Ok here it is in a nutshell. Somehow my nephew has flashed a vibrant kernal onto a 4G and now it is all freaked out. And suggestions on how to flash it back to a 4g? I have never seen this happen before so Ia m unsure what to do here. Basically when you power it up it has a boot screen that say SAmsung Vibrant and then reboots. I can get it into Download mode but I am unsure how to proceed from there. Thanks in advance for any help.
Draaz
i897 running CM9
Look for the gremlin remover in the dev thread and download that. Once its downloaded open up the program put your phone into download mode and run it
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Or heimdall
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Cool. Thanks for a place to start.

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