Okay so I was in the process of installing gingerbread on my phone with Odin when my phone just turned off unexpectedly. Not thinking anything of it, I turned it back on to this weird screen and the phone is stuck here. Any help would be appreciated. I have attached a picture of the screen for reference. Thanks.
Don't know if it'll help since I haven't had this problem before but, try removing the battery (just to get rid of that screen for now), then without even turning it on, go straight to Download mode and return it back to stock using GTG's procedure.
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How do I go about doing that? How do I put it into download without turning it on?
Pull Batt, Hold the volume up and down rocker....put batt back in and plug in your USB cable that is plugged into your Computer.
you should be in DL mode after that.
Okay that's what I thought you meant, but I wanted to clarify because I tried that before and I tried it again just now and still the same thing. The screen is slightly different, but basically the same.
does it boot at all, into a logo or anything?
without a method to get to Recovery or DL mode......i would think you needed a Jig to accomplish getting your phone back to a working state.
No it doesn't boot to anything. Just comes on to that screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147636
this is the Jig i was speaking of........otherwise you may just have to return it.
No you don't have to return it. It will go into dl mode. Hold volume up and down and insert USB cable. Open odin and reflash.
That is a static rainbow screen. I ran into that among others while trying to flash it. I just gave up and flashed to stock and reflashed miui. There are some who did have success in getting it to boot but not me.
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No you don't have to return it. It will go into dl mode. Hold volume up and down and insert USB cable. Open odin and reflash.
That is a static rainbow screen. I ran into that among others while trying to flash it. I just gave up and flashed to stock and reflashed miui. There are some who did have success in getting it to boot but not me.
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if you had the same screen/problem how did you get into DL mode to reflash stock.
this may help him out.
Okay so the jig is something that I have to buy? And TOA Duck how did you reflash to stock from this? Thanks.
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Okay so the jig is something that I have to buy? And TOA Duck how did you reflash to stock from this? Thanks.
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you could make it, just resisters and a gutted USB cable. but for 8 bucks to have a DL mode fix is kind of worth it.
i have only bricked my Cappy like that though, and i made one at work.
Goto gtg's ultimate unbrick thread in development and read through the directions for unbricking.
All I did to get into dl mode was pull battery, reinsert battery, hold vol up and down together and plug in USB.
Don't make the mistake I made the first few times trying to get into dl mode and hold power button along with. ONLY hold the 2 volume keys.
I understand where you are coming from. I thought my phone was f--ked too when I got that static screen.
Hope it helps
Edit,.... my dl mode screen looked different than the usual one this time. It looked like a computer and a phone side by side with an ! Between them. No worries its still dl mode.
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Okay well I don't know what happened, but I was able to reflash to stock somehow. I did the process for getting to the download screen, but the rainbow screen showed up so I just decided to act like it was there and hit the volume up and it showed up in odin finally and I was able to flash it. Thanks for the help everyone!
Hand claps, im glad it was an easy fix.
Kudos to you for not freaking out or giving up.
*applause*
Okay I got it working again and reflashed the stock ROM using GTG. But now that its running its running like crap and the second I turn on the phone it gives me like 5 notifications that some apps have stopped unexpectedly and I have to force close them. Not only that, but now every time that I open an app it almost immediately closes saying that it has stopped unexpectedly and needs to be force closed. Any ideas on what might be causing this? I'm thinking that it has something to do with the reflash, but I'm not sure. Oh also on a smaller note, my market app is completely different as far as how it looks. Not a big deal but just thought it was interesting. Thanks.
i always a fan of reflashing.....lol
since you got it past that rainbow of death, i would go back to stock one more time wipe EVERYTHING and go from there....the Force Closes is not a Huge deal. usually happens from a bad install or using TiBu to restore sys data.
so Flash away,
weird screen
that kind of screen happens when you use the lagfix with a rom in 2.2 base and change it from rfs. you have to put it back to rfs and try the rom you installed again or you have to reflash back to stock. This has primarily happened to me when going from a 2.2 base rom to a 2.3 rom
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Hi everyone,
I am having a weird problem.
I have a friend's G2X that received the OTA and is up and running with official Gingerbread. Problem is the phone at some random point blacks out and you cannot wake it up or power it up without removing the battery and reinserting it.
So I thought why not use NvFlasher and flash CWM and then load a custom rom, see if that fixes these issues...
Using Windows 7 64-bit, I removed battery, held Volume UP/DOWN pressed while plugging in the USB, but nothing happened, no notification from windows...
Tried it on 2 other computers, no luck....
My G2X is fine and it comes up as APX device when performing the steps above, but when using my friend's G2X, nothing happens...
Does anybody know what to do at this point?
I tried performing Factory Reset on the phone, couple of times, it seems it does not help since the problem is still happening...
My computer is fine, USB ports are fine, my phone is recognized, but his is not...
My 1st G2x used to shutoff by itself, but I didn't have any problems with nVflash....
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No one shoot me but try just volume down or up.... On mine its just volume down but the first g2x I had it was volume up and down...
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I dont know if it makes a difference or not but try checking his usb debugging. that may be your problem. Settings-applications-development-usb debugging. Also be sure unknown sources is checked. I have had a few different roms, Faux AOSP, Trigger, and X-Boarders along with a couple others and I still have that deal every now and then when It wont wake up unless I pull the battery. Hope you dont but wanted you to know its not just your phone. I believe it is something in the hardware causing it.
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I dont know if it makes a difference or not but try checking his usb debugging. that may be your problem. Settings-applications-development-usb debugging. Also be sure unknown sources is checked. I have had a few different roms, Faux AOSP, Trigger, and X-Boarders along with a couple others and I still have that deal every now and then when It wont wake up unless I pull the battery. Hope you dont but wanted you to know its not just your phone. I believe it is something in the hardware causing it.
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That wouldn't make a difference, because the phone isn't loaded into a ROM when S/W update is running.
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No one shoot me but try just volume down or up.... On mine its just volume down but the first g2x I had it was volume up and down...
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Tried all combinations, no go...
I am assuming the update messed something up. My next option is to get to a Windows XP machine and try the .kdz file and restore using that see if that helps...
Ok tried using the KDZ flasher and KDZ file on an XP machine and it went through with the update, or at least it seems like it did.
But the random blackout where I have to pull the battery and reinsert for the phone to come back on still happens and intermittent wifi problems as well...
Not sure if there is anything else I can do...
I will continue trying to get the phone into APX mode in order to use NvFlasher...
I have two G2x that do the Sleep Of Death - we now manually restart once a day, and that significantly reduced if not eliminated the problem. Or shall I say masked the problem...
My main problem on this G2x is that I cannot get it into the APX mode in order to use NvFlasher to flash CWM...
No matter what I do, what button combination or how long I wait the device never enters that mode...
Is there any other way to get the phone in APX mode?
After many, many tries, it finally worked!
I must have tried 50 times to plug it in to get it into APX mode.
Finally I removed the micro SD card and tried one more time and voila it worked.
I pressed volume UP first then Volume DOWN and kept holding them, plugged in and windows recognized it finally... whew!
My samsung galaxy s (sgh-t959v) is not powering on or going to recovery or download mode. i tried putting simply honey 5.1 on the phone. and this happened plz help!!!
Try to connect it via USB and see if
Odin recognizes it. It sometimes doesn't matter if download mode isn't literally displayed on screen, Odin would still be able to flash.
after connecting it, try to power it on and stay alert on what Odin displays.
Also make sure your battery is not completely depleted.
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I've also read where others had a similar problem with it not powering on or anything. A few had success after leaving the battery out for ~24 hours (not sure it has to go that long, but why not?) and putting it back in. Then they were able to get it into download mode.
As Mikeflash said, some phones will be in an ODIN-recognizable mode even though the screen is totally black.
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Try to connect it via USB and see if
Odin recognizes it. It sometimes doesn't matter if download mode isn't literally displayed on screen, Odin would still be able to flash.
after connecting it, try to power it on and stay alert on what Odin displays.
Also make sure your battery is not completely depleted.
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hmmmm tried that and nothing
but thanks
stephen_w said:
I've also read where others had a similar problem with it not powering on or anything. A few had success after leaving the battery out for ~24 hours (not sure it has to go that long, but why not?) and putting it back in. Then they were able to get it into download mode.
As Mikeflash said, some phones will be in an ODIN-recognizable mode even though the screen is totally black.
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well as for me i tried that already also and nothing happened, i dont have money for a jig i've seen people do it with 3 100k resistors and tape but im not sure if thats safe or if it even works, tmobile said they would send me a replacement for it. but i dont want to wait that long and if they see that i tried to rom the phone then im sure i wont get it back.
Simply Honey isn't a ROM for this particular phone; which is why it's goofed. It probably loaded up the i9000 boot loaders.
Maybe give Raver's guide a shot?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220181
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Also try AdamOutler's Unbrickable/Recovery thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333424
stephen_w said:
Simply Honey isn't a ROM for this particular phone; which is why it's goofed. It probably loaded up the i9000 boot loaders.
Maybe give Raver's guide a shot?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220181
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Also try AdamOutler's Unbrickable/Recovery thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1333424
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the first option looks like a good but i dont get a sound when mine connects and the second option i dont think i know anyone with that type of solder or flux and what they know what they are doing. but thanks anyways
simply honey is a rom for the vibrant. raver's method posted by stephen should work
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simply honey is a rom for the vibrant. raver's method posted by stephen should work
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i'll just send my phone to tmobile im sure they'll hand over a replacement
No, they will check if it's rooted. If you're in Florida, i can take a look at it.
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No, they will check if it's rooted. If you're in Florida, i can take a look at it.
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well its not actually rooted does that change anything?
If you'd like to send the device to me, I can perform the mod for $30 + shipping (usually $6 in USA) . Personally, I don't think its right to return a device that you've damaged. This is my main reason for creating UBM. It keeps me and others honest.
jasey11 said:
My samsung galaxy s (sgh-t959v) is not powering on or going to recovery or download mode. i tried putting simply honey 5.1 on the phone. and this happened plz help!!!
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try using a jig, it works for me every time, i bought it off ebay for 2 bucks + free shipping and works great (hav used it about 20 times) good luck!
AdamOutler said:
If you'd like to send the device to me, I can perform the mod for $30 + shipping (usually $6 in USA) . Personally, I don't think its right to return a device that you've damaged. This is my main reason for creating UBM. It keeps me and others honest.
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pm'ed you
jasey11 said:
My samsung galaxy s (sgh-t959v) is not powering on or going to recovery or download mode. i tried putting simply honey 5.1 on the phone. and this happened plz help!!!
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I was in the same situation and what i did is removed the battery for 2 minutes and reinserted it and inserted 301K ohm resistor jig to my phone and pressed vol down + Enter + Power on = Voila i was in downloading mode
I bought a jig it doesn't even work
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Delimma:
I have a stock 4.0.4 OTA A2 and is rooted, and any time I go into SQlite, and alter the entitlement check to "0" and restart it. It freezes at the "rethink possibilities" and never fully boots. It cannot be turned off until i pull the battery..
Now I've ensured that nothing else is changed because I've done a hard reset 2 times after trying this for the last day.. and id like some help before I attempt this a third time. So anyone have any ideas? And yes I checked the right directory: com.Motorola.Android.providers.settings and I altered the correct terms, I have not tried "disabled" yet and I'm confused… any ideas?
-Colin
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Edit 2: so, i changed the entitlement check to disabled and last night i forgot to put my phone on the charger so this morning, the battery was and is completely drained. Thinking things would be fine, i plugged it in and waited for quite some time, to no avail. I can finally get the screen on and it stays at the "M: Dual core Tech" screen, and i believe that I have soft bricked my device, can i get a second opinion on this, and if so, would the macgyver method be the best idea currently? Ive searched around a little bit, and ive came to a couple conclusions: 1. do the macgyver method and hope to put some charge in the battery and recover via boot menu, or try and FXZ back to OTA ICS?
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you must change it to disabled, 0 didnt work for me either
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Thank you!! And then its okay to reboot right? Yours didn't stick at the splash screen?
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boots just fine
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you must change it to disabled, 0 didnt work for me either
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Weird mine always worked set at 0.... I never updated past leak 1 tho so must be something was changed...
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new issue, read post #1
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try out macgyver stuff, then do wipes all over the place fix permissions, i think fxz would be too riskier cauze you wont know how much juice you put into battery and risk an awful hard brick
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So temporarily fixed my soft brick, got no power, but had a white led when plugged in, read a bit online, and heard to plug it into an outlet after a little bit, and that solved it for a while, so today, tried to access the phone, it locked up on me. I pulled the battery, trying to boot up, and that failed. stuck at the moto flash screen, each time I try to power it up. so now that im here, should I try to fxz back to stock 4.0.4 using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961310 since I was already on OTA, or is there another idea someone else has?
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So temporarily fixed my soft brick, got no power, but had a white led when plugged in, read a bit online, and heard to plug it into an outlet after a little bit, and that solved it for a while, so today, tried to access the phone, it locked up on me. I pulled the battery, trying to boot up, and that failed. stuck at the moto flash screen, each time I try to power it up. so now that im here, should I try to fxz back to stock 4.0.4 using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961310 since I was already on OTA, or is there another idea someone else has?
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Yes use that fxz that you linked. That is what you want it you took the ota, that should fix you up. Good luck!
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Yes use that fxz that you linked. That is what you want it you took the ota, that should fix you up. Good luck!
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I FXZ'd back using that link, and I can't boot fully, it still stays at the flash screen, and I cant even boot into recovery. Just reflash?
So I am running cleanrom 5.5.1, unlocked bootloader and original first leak radios. I was texting and all the sudden bam. rebooted to a black screen. Can't access download mode or recovery. The Samsung logo pops up followed by the s3 logo, then a dimly lit black screen that never ceases till battery pull. When I try download mode, some blue text pops up in the upper left hand corner, then reboots to logo screens then back to black screen. Also, when I pull battery and put it back in, plug in a charger and the battery icon appers on screen. When it goes dark I can wake it with the menu button and see the battery icon again. Any suggestions? If not fixable, would I be able to get a replacement from verizon? (I bought the phone less than a month ago renewed contract. Any help is much appreciated!
If the blue text is popping up your trying recovery, not download mode. Pull battery put it back in then hold volume down , home, and power until the download mode warning shows up
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If the blue text is popping up your trying recovery, not download mode. Pull battery put it back in then hold volume down , home, and power until the download mode warning shows up
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i too just ran into the black screen after flashing an aosp kernel running slim 3.1 and im trying this way of getting into recovery and i hold down volume home and power and it still boots normally. i think i soft bricked my phone because i see the samsung logo but i never get to a bootlogo and only the hardkeys light up. im losing my damn mind and dont know what to do! i know its fixable cause i can see the samsung logo but i dont know what to do because the three finger salute wont work to get into recovery and i know that my bootloader is unlocked. not trying to thread jack just figured itd be pointless to post a new thread when the op is having virtually the same problem -___- lol go figure the first day i have my s3 i do this ****.. good thing i still have my nexus til i get it fixed.
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i too just ran into the black screen after flashing an aosp kernel running slim 3.1 and im trying this way of getting into recovery and i hold down volume home and power and it still boots normally. i think i soft bricked my phone because i see the samsung logo but i never get to a bootlogo and only the hardkeys light up. im losing my damn mind and dont know what to do! i know its fixable cause i can see the samsung logo but i dont know what to do because the three finger salute wont work to get into recovery and i know that my bootloader is unlocked. not trying to thread jack just figured itd be pointless to post a new thread when the op is having virtually the same problem -___- lol go figure the first day i have my s3 i do this ****.. good thing i still have my nexus til i get it fixed.
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Well you're right. Since you get life it's fixable. I would say pull your battery for a little while. Put it back in then hold volume down, home and while holding them both hold power. Your phone should boot into Odin mode.
Back stock for now....YUCK!
I had exactly what your describing
jndd333 said:
So I am running cleanrom 5.5.1, unlocked bootloader and original first leak radios. I was texting and all the sudden bam. rebooted to a black screen. Can't access download mode or recovery. The Samsung logo pops up followed by the s3 logo, then a dimly lit black screen that never ceases till battery pull. When I try download mode, some blue text pops up in the upper left hand corner, then reboots to logo screens then back to black screen. Also, when I pull battery and put it back in, plug in a charger and the battery icon appers on screen. When it goes dark I can wake it with the menu button and see the battery icon again. Any suggestions? If not fixable, would I be able to get a replacement from verizon? (I bought the phone less than a month ago renewed contract. Any help is much appreciated!
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I had just rooted and flashed Jellywiz the previous day. The next day at work, I don't know why, but I must have experienced some kind of massive battery drain. The phone would not reboot, I would plug it in and it would just vibrate and flash the battery sign on the display every few moments. I had to put the phone on a charger for about 15 minutes and let the battery charge until I was even able to get the phone to boot. I would not boot while plugged into an AC charger until I let it charge. Very weird, and it hasn't happened again since but I swore that my phone was bricked. Basically the battery was so dead it wouldn't boot the phone, let it charge with out ****ing with it for a while and then try and boot it up.
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Well you're right. Since you get life it's fixable. I would say pull your battery for a little while. Put it back in then hold volume down, home and while holding them both hold power. Your phone should boot into Odin mode.
Back stock for now....YUCK!
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I don't know how to use Odin I did the non odin way to root lol I can get into download mode tho so apparently its fixable thank god. I feel like a noob right now I didn't ever do anything like this on my nexus or tbolt and then the first day I do it on my s3 -___- guess I gotta read up on Odin
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I don't know how to use Odin I did the non odin way to root lol I can get into download mode tho so apparently its fixable thank god. I feel like a noob right now I didn't ever do anything like this on my nexus or tbolt and then the first day I do it on my s3 -___- guess I gotta read up on Odin
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Odin is easier then it seems, but make sure you know what you're doing because you can brick your phone with it. However, there is a great guide right here on how to unbrick your phone. Just follow section 5, I did it last night(to just clean up my phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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Odin is easier then it seems, but make sure you know what you're doing because you can brick your phone with it. However, there is a great guide right here on how to unbrick your phone. Just follow section 5, I did it last night(to just clean up my phone)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28530394
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So do I need to do all the steps in section 5 including flashing the radios if I never messed with them prior to rooting?
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So do I need to do all the steps in section 5 including flashing the radios if I never messed with them prior to rooting?
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You may want to double check section 5 it's one file that includes the entire stock ROM including a locked boot loader and the radios that match.
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You may want to double check section 5 it's one file that includes the entire stock ROM including a locked boot loader and the radios that match.
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Oh okay thank you man! Sorry to thread jack op! I'll check it out
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thanks guys
The first several times nothing would work not even download mode, my recovery console was gone too. after several tries download mode popped up so I immediately hooked up to odin and reflashed a stock root. all good now. Still wonder why it borked itself in the first place. Seems to be a mystery but I'm not too keen on flashing cleanrom 5.5.1 again...
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The first several times nothing would work not even download mode, my recovery console was gone too. after several tries download mode popped up so I immediately hooked up to odin and reflashed a stock root. all good now. Still wonder why it borked itself in the first place. Seems to be a mystery but I'm not too keen on flashing cleanrom 5.5.1 again...
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i couldnt get odin to work on my computer for some reason and after searching through google i found a forum on getting into the stock recovery and figured id try it and my phone decided to cooperate and go back to clockworkmod after all that and now my phone is fixed lol technology..
No worries about jacking thread I'm glad my post lead others to help another with not the same but similar issues. I've been out of the dev circle since g1 days but I think its time to play around and execute some system dumps after a bit of tweaking. definitely like Odin! All in one multi partition flaher! Fashing via adb used to be too cumbersome with the early sdk's!
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Yeah I got a lot to learn about programs its crazy how much stuff there is to know and things constantly get added every day lol the android community is very interesting that's for sure
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Hey guys. I'd really appreciate your help. So this is how the story goes. Im pretty well versed in flashing ROMS. I flashed the CM10 Rom, don't remember the exact name, but it's the one where u can download a bunch of themes. Anyway the wifi kept coming on and off so I decided to try another ROM. I went into recovery mode and flashed the MIUI vs OTTER ROM, I think thats the name, I'm pretty sure . Just as the flashing finishes the phone turns off and BAM!! The problems start so basically phone wont come on now. I don't get the vibration before it starts, so I figured Id root back to stock and start all over...(Odin..PIT etc.) So this is what happens. The computer makes the noise that indicates something's been plugged in and then immediately it makes the same noise as if somethings been unplugged (phone is still plugged in though) Screen is completely blank still and a message comes up (ON PC) to install new software on ( the phone). The software or Device that registers as the phone in device manager is Qualcomm CDMA technologies MSM. Any help would be appreciated. And yes I did the whole wipe factory/dalvik etc. right before flashing the MIUI ROM. The computer says I need to flash drive F to be able to use it (which I figure is the phone, and flashing would erase everything right?) but as I try to do that it denies me permission because th phone is apparently coming in and out, or on and off.
Have you tried a jig? Do a quick Google search "Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Jig" . It'll get you into download mode and allow you to flash through Odin back to stock, I believe.
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Playdoe said:
Hey guys. I'd really appreciate your help. So this is how the story goes. Im pretty well versed in flashing ROMS. I flashed the CM10 Rom, don't remember the exact name, but it's the one where u can download a bunch of themes. Anyway the wifi kept coming on and off so I decided to try another ROM. I went into recovery mode and flashed the MIUI vs OTTER ROM, I think thats the name, I'm pretty sure . Just as the flashing finishes the phone turns off and BAM!! The problems start so basically phone wont come on now. I don't get the vibration before it starts, so I figured Id root back to stock and start all over...(Odin..PIT etc.) So this is what happens. The computer makes the noise that indicates something's been plugged in and then immediately it makes the same noise as if somethings been unplugged (phone is still plugged in though) Screen is completely blank still and a message comes up (ON PC) to install new software on ( the phone). The software or Device that registers as the phone in device manager is Qualcomm CDMA technologies MSM. Any help would be appreciated. And yes I did the whole wipe factory/dalvik etc. right before flashing the MIUI ROM. The computer says I need to flash drive F to be able to use it (which I figure is the phone, and flashing would erase everything right?) but as I try to do that it denies me permission because th phone is apparently coming in and out, or on and off.
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Have you tried pulling the battery and entering recovery again?
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Have you tried a jig? Do a quick Google search "Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G Jig" . It'll get you into download mode and allow you to flash through Odin back to stock, I believe.
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So this "jig" thing...is it something I buy or a program i download? After i googled it I got a few hits selling a small usb looking item and some videos for you tube describing how to make one...so which my friend are u talking about?
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I've tried everything including:
Taking battery out for extended periods.
Trying to hold volume up button and power/vice versa with both and volume down, whilst running odin to see if Added" pops up on odin so that I can root to stock and start over."
Every time i plug the phone into PC you hear the plug and unplu sounds as if the phone is continuesly turning off and on but nothing on the screen. Im not even getting the vibration.
I had a similar issue on my phone recently. It was incredibly frustrating so I just left it on the charger. When I came back 30 minutes later, it was on and charging.
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Playdoe said:
So this "jig" thing...is it something I buy or a program i download? After i googled it I got a few hits selling a small usb looking item and some videos for you tube describing how to make one...so which my friend are u talking about?
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Either you can buy one or make it yourself, but I highly recommend you buy one.
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Playdoe said:
I've tried everything including:
Taking battery out for extended periods.
Trying to hold volume up button and power/vice versa with both and volume down, whilst running odin to see if Added" pops up on odin so that I can root to stock and start over."
Every time i plug the phone into PC you hear the plug and unplu sounds as if the phone is continuesly turning off and on but nothing on the screen. Im not even getting the vibration.
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I think it is hard bricked.
Did you try download mode? I thought mine was hard-bricked, but I was able to go into download mode.
Wow, same thing here!
Playdoe said:
Hey guys. I'd really appreciate your help. So this is how the story goes. Im pretty well versed in flashing ROMS. I flashed the CM10 Rom, don't remember the exact name, but it's the one where u can download a bunch of themes. Anyway the wifi kept coming on and off so I decided to try another ROM. I went into recovery mode and flashed the MIUI vs OTTER ROM, I think thats the name, I'm pretty sure . Just as the flashing finishes the phone turns off and BAM!! The problems start so basically phone wont come on now. I don't get the vibration before it starts, so I figured Id root back to stock and start all over...(Odin..PIT etc.) So this is what happens. The computer makes the noise that indicates something's been plugged in and then immediately it makes the same noise as if somethings been unplugged (phone is still plugged in though) Screen is completely blank still and a message comes up (ON PC) to install new software on ( the phone). The software or Device that registers as the phone in device manager is Qualcomm CDMA technologies MSM. Any help would be appreciated. And yes I did the whole wipe factory/dalvik etc. right before flashing the MIUI ROM. The computer says I need to flash drive F to be able to use it (which I figure is the phone, and flashing would erase everything right?) but as I try to do that it denies me permission because th phone is apparently coming in and out, or on and off.
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I have almost the EXACT same problem. BUT, I do have a jig that I know that works...and it doesn't bring me to Download Mode. :crying:
No button combos work...download or recovery, I don't even know if it is charging...had it on the charger for about 30 mins so far.
(It says exactly:
You need to format the disk in drive G: before you can use it.
Do you want to format it?
<Format disk> <Cancel>
I of course press cancel
With a battery or without a battery, when I connect to the computer it installs the drivers as stated above but it continues to ask if I want to format it. If I leave it plugged up, the popup continues almost endlessly. I've not yet press FORMAT, as I would think that could make it worse than it is.
Has anyone seen this type of problem?
*EDIT: I'm sending it out on Monday to get it JTAGed, too expense and complex to even think about trying to get a box and attempting the fix myself.
I was basically told that the Boot portion (whatever it's exactly called) needs to be re-written and then probably just flash stock firmware on it.
Just wanted to leave this here to help others search and find this info...just in case they attempt to try to do more than they should and really mess their phone up even more.