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[Q] wrong flash!!!!mesmerize

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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[Q] Help with Broken Nexus S

Hey I'm in need of some serious help. My power button no longer works. It's as thought the phone thinks its constantly being held down. (Put battery in phone boots up by itself). I'm pretty comfortable with flashing roms etc and I need to get the bootloader locked for my warranty. I've tried multiple ways (I've done it in the past for friends). The 'fastboot oem lock' in fastboot via cmd doesnt work. It appears to be due to the power button being held down. It wont progress any further. It is not physically jammed (trust me ive tried fidgeting with it lemme tell you). I'm at a loss. Any ideas?

Have you tried taking the phone apart to see what could be holding the power sours down?
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Esteway.619 said:
Have you tried taking the phone apart to see what could be holding the power sours down?
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I thought about it but it appears perfect. Looks and feels like it normally does. That's why at first I thought it was software related. Nope alas it was not. I tried pulling it with tweasers and there is no response at all

Same thing happened to me and I sent it in for warranty with the bootloader unlocked. Samsung fixed it and no charge.

garu12 said:
I thought about it but it appears perfect. Looks and feels like it normally does. That's why at first I thought it was software related. Nope alas it was not. I tried pulling it with tweasers and there is no response at all
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Dang. I hope u can fix it.
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Thanks for the replies. It's impossible to relock in this state! I did manage to unroot and install a stock rom so at least it's gonna look somewhat legit when I bring it in. Going to the Samsung repair center tomorrow (there is one not far from me so I dont need to send it). I'll let you know how it goes. Wish me luck!!

So I went in today to the Samsung repair center and 2 hours later my Nexus is good as new . Pretty classy of them. That's really good service. They didnt even question the unlocked bootloader and it was covered by the warranty. This makes me want to stick with Samsung. When my Nexus One power button died it took like 4 weeks to get it back

Does anyone know how to force my Nexus s into recovery? Its stuck in boot screen
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I have an entirely different issue but it involves me sending in my phone to samsung with an unlocked bootloader. My phone won't boot past the google screen and I can't relock the boot loader via adb. I've already sent the phone but didn't mention anything about it being rooted when I called customer service. Think there's a good chance they'll fix it no questions asked?

bradmikd said:
Does anyone know how to force my Nexus s into recovery? Its stuck in boot screen
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In CMD if you have adb installed type "adb reboot bootloader"
It will get you to fastboot and then select recovery. Or you can just hold the volume up and power on the phone (I'm assuming that doesnt work)

garu12 said:
In CMD if you have adb installed type "adb reboot bootloader"
It will get you to fastboot and then select recovery. Or you can just hold the volume up and power on the phone (I'm assuming that doesnt work)
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or just adb reboot recovery

[Q] potentially brick or dead phone

Hi am trying to fix a infuse but the problem is that it wont go in download mode when i plug the phone it keeps rebooting in the samsung logo. i did remove batt and press the volumen keys but nothing. anyway I have the jig but when i plug it in now it keep reboting on the download mode it show for one second and reboot it wont stay. Is there hope fpr this infuse or is it dead for ever thank

Just came off a semi-hard brick...do you know what you did wrong? I accidentally flashed odin on some bad drivers and lost dl mode...you're not totally lost as long as you still have dl mode. Make sure you have the right drivers and give heimdall one click a shot...good luck

Thats the thing the owner dosen't no what he did he gave it to me so that I tried to get it working but those are the symptoms I see and I install the correct driver from the developer section. All I know it keeps rebooting on Samsung logo and if a place the jig it reboot on download mode. Thank for your help
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did you try odin too? it might pick it up...

Its REALLY hard to brick and Infuse actually, MAYBE (and im not saying thats happening but it happened to me for a while in earlier days) you are doing the download mode aka 2 button mode wrong by trying the 3 buttong mode.
Theres 2 drivers that can be used to install roms on Infuse, the heimdall drivers or the "odin" drivers
*The Odin drivers are obtained easily by Installing Samsung kies.
**The heimdall drivers are obtained by heimdall (lol)
Download mode for Odin:
-Be sure you havent installed the Heimdall Drivers as they commonly override the Odin ones.
-- ONLY If you have installed the Heimdall drivers just go into control panel, hardware and sound, devicesand printers, look for the samsung usb and revert the drivers to previous.
1.-Remove battery
2.-Connect the Infuse to PC by the usb cable WITHOUT putting back the battery or holding any buttons yet.
3.-Hold vol up and vol down.
4.- ONLY after removing the battery and having the Infuse connected to usb cable and pressing vol up and down THEN introduce battery without pressing power button or anything.
It will power alone and enter download mode.
Then open Odin and flash the stock rom or any you like.
IF you are doing it right then I apologize for being repetitive on something apparently easy and i hope someone with more expertise than me can help you man.
Good luck and i wish you the best for your problem solution.

The following has always worked for me:
1) Pull and reinsert battery
2) Hold VolUp + VolDn, DO NOT PRESS POWER
3) Insert USB cable while holding VolUp + VolDn
This should take you into download mode

Yes I had tried everything am going to post a video so see if you guys fugue it out
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Have you tried using a regular USB cable? I can't see a use for a jig here.
Just my 2¢

Hi guys sorry for not doing it faster bu Christmas took all my time here is the link of the video I made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlLhF7nxF30&feature=g-upl&context=G2c33db0AUAAAAAAAAAA

chrlop said:
Hi guys sorry for not doing it faster bu Christmas took all my time here is the link of the video I made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlLhF7nxF30&feature=g-upl&context=G2c33db0AUAAAAAAAAAA
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Did you find any solution yet to get back your phone to work?

xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
Did you find any solution yet to get back your phone to work?
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I'm sure realize this thread is 8 months old?

dparrothead1 said:
I'm sure realize this thread is 8 months old?
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I saw it on youtube the video and samething happen to my other infuse recently.

xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
I saw it on youtube the video and samething happen to my other infuse recently.
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His problem sounds like the classic borked power button...if your expierncing a simalr issue that may be your problem...
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mg2195 said:
His problem sounds like the classic borked power button...if your expierncing a simalr issue that may be your problem...
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I already mail my other infuse for repair, yes something wrong with power button that what they told me need to replace it.

mg2195 said:
His problem sounds like the classic borked power button...if your expierncing a simalr issue that may be your problem...
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Noob here but i get battery logo loop sometime when sharing phone while its off cuss of power button
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mg2195 said:
His problem sounds like the classic borked power button...if your expierncing a simalr issue that may be your problem...
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xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
I already mail my other infuse for repair, yes something wrong with power button that what they told me need to replace it.
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I have the same problem that the friend above... Do you guys think that changing the housing will fix the problem? if so, can you refer me a link in ebay where I can buy the full housing? thanks!

Nexus S won't start

Hey,
Yesterday I rebooted my i9023 and it won't start anymore. I pulled the battery because I forgot to start in bootloader mode, and I think I might've done that while the bootloader was starting up. I assume the bootloader is corrupted, or something. Buttons don't react anymore, nothing is displayed on-screen when charging, can't get into bootloader or download mode. I've tried all the things I could find, including this, but no dice.
I'm gonna make myself a USB JIG tomorrow and try to get it into download mode, but before that,is there something else I could try?

You can't even boot into fastboot mode? Even if its a black screen did you check if the computer detected it?
You can try the typical method of getting into download mode: hold vol+ and - and plug in the usb, not sure if it works that way with the Nexus. I see i9023 odin images available at sammobile.
Sent from my SGH-T959

eksasol said:
You can't even boot into fastboot mode? Even if its a black screen did you check if the computer detected it?
You can try the typical method of getting into download mode: hold vol+ and - and plug in the usb, not sure if it works that way with the Nexus. I see i9023 odin images available at sammobile.
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Nope, can't boot it into anything and the pc doesn't detect it.

Sadly another confirmation that pulling battery to save seconds is a bad idea, happened some people before. Hope you can save your phone.

Well, I hope the JIT works. Otherwise, it's off to warranty, and hopefully they can fix it....It'd be sad to have to get a new phone...really really like this one.

Don't you worry. Just send it on warranty and they will replace your motherboard. I did exactly the same thing, pulled my battery to save some seconds. I sent my phone to repair, they took care of it in 10 days
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nexususer1 said:
Don't you worry. Just send it on warranty and they will replace your motherboard. I did exactly the same thing, pulled my battery to save some seconds. I sent my phone to repair, they took care of it in 10 days
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Is there a chance to recover the data? I don't have much on it, but I have photos I haven't pulled.

That was my biggest concern. I'm afraid you'll loose all data, just as I have lost mine. Some (or all) of your photos might have been autosent to your gmail account. I managed to restore only some of those photos. Not all of them have been sent to my google account.
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this happened to me twice before ,i fix it by ,using adb cmd and rebuilding recovery image ,it works

james300 said:
this happened to me twice before ,i fix it by ,using adb cmd and rebuilding recovery image ,it works
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Yes, but your computer was able to detect it, if you could do that. Mine is literally a brick right now. Computer doesn't see it and it doesn't start at all. I'll try the JIG later, and if not, I'll send it to warranty and hope for the best

JIG didn't work. Didn't react at all....I'm sending it to warranty...

[Q] One X Not Responding. To Anything.

I was rooting my One X and everything was going great, but I flashed a ROM that was meant for the international version and not the At&T version and now the screen is off and it won't turn on or do anything. Help?

_jakeryan said:
I was rooting my One X and everything was going great, but I flashed a ROM that was meant for the international version and not the At&T version and now the screen is off and it won't turn on or do anything. Help?
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Are you able to go into the a fast boot screen by holding the volume down button and power button together the same time?
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No
anandsamuel said:
Are you able to go into the a fast boot screen by holding the volume down button and power button together the same time?
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No. Nothing happens. I've been trying for awhile now..

_jakeryan said:
No. Nothing happens. I've been trying for awhile now..
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I have had this before when i first started to flash and messed up! all you have to do is keep holding down the power and volume down! just wait keep trying it. eventually it will go in fastboot . Connect your phone to your PC then in recovery click mount PUT THE RIGHT VERSION OF THE ROM in your sd card and then unmount, Go to Wipe (factory reset, system,cache,cache delvik) do it in that order then install the zip.

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ronnyg12 said:
I have had this before when i first started to flash and messed up! all you have to do is keep holding down the power and volume down! just wait keep trying it. eventually it will go in fastboot . Connect your phone to your PC then in recovery click mount PUT THE RIGHT VERSION OF THE ROM in your sd card and then unmount, Go to Wipe (factory reset, system,cache,cache delvik) do it in that order then install the zip.
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Do you mean constantly hold it or just hold it for awhile and then let go?

_jakeryan said:
Do you mean constantly hold it or just hold it for awhile and then let go?
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Hold it for 15-20 seconds try again.

Do you remember what firmware or hboot you had? What Rom did you flash last?
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_jakeryan said:
I was rooting my One X and everything was going great, but I flashed a ROM that was meant for the international version and not the At&T version and now the screen is off and it won't turn on or do anything. Help?
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It depends on what Tegra rom you flashed. Some of them will hard brick your phone (which sounds like you), some can be recovered.
If you have a Windows PC, plug your phone in and open Device Manager and see what pops up. If you see QHUSB_DLOAD, you've got a brick.

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It depends on what Tegra rom you flashed. Some of them will hard brick your phone (which sounds like you), some can be recovered.
If you have a Windows PC, plug your phone in and open Device Manager and see what pops up. If you see QHUSB_DLOAD, you've got a brick.
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Yeah I get QHUSB_DLOAD. So if i take it in to get it replaced, is it so messed up that they won't even be able to tell it's been unlocked, and just replace it? I have insurance and I've had it less than 14 days. Or could I just report it stolen or lost?

The AT&T insurance covers pretty much everything. No need to lie, just tell them it doesn't work.

redpoint73 said:
The AT&T insurance covers pretty much everything. No need to lie, just tell them it doesn't work.
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Correct, although, he may not be aware of the deductible.
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