[Q] Problems w/ Infuse 4G after GB upgrade... - Samsung Infuse 4G

Ok, I am somewhat new to the Android universe, and have used the XDA forums a lot here recently, but now I have a problem I cannot find a solution for...
I used Odin 1.7 to flash Gingerbread.UCKI4 onto my phone. I now cannot root it. I have searched the forums and cannot find anything to help. I also cannot get into recovery/download mode so trying to re-flash/etc isn't an option either...
Any suggestions or help would be GREATLY appreciated!

MrGert said:
Ok, I am somewhat new to the Android universe, and have used the XDA forums a lot here recently, but now I have a problem I cannot find a solution for...
I used Odin 1.7 to flash Gingerbread.UCKI4 onto my phone. I now cannot root it. I have searched the forums and cannot find anything to help. I also cannot get into recovery/download mode so trying to re-flash/etc isn't an option either...
Any suggestions or help would be GREATLY appreciated!
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I want aware you could flash a rom before being rooted, I feel root access should be the first thing you do. If I was you I'd download gtgs unbrick, place your phone in download mode by powering the phone off or pulling the battery if it won't turn off normally, hold both volume keys and insert USB cable into phone (make sure its connected to PC) your phone should now enter download mode. Run the unbrick tool and bam, back to stock. I'd thin root, than flash the gb rom. There's probably other options you could do but this is what I'd do.
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I was rooted when I flashed the rom, but when I flashed the new rom I used was not rooted. Now I cant get back into download mode to do anything. That is the problem, every thing I do relates back to download mode. Any app I need to reboot into download mode needs root access, which I also cannot get since superoneclick doesnt work...

Pull battery plug in USB cable hold volume buttons down while inserting battery that will put you in download mode.
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jmatt78 said:
Pull battery plug in USB cable hold volume buttons down while inserting battery that will put you in download mode.
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Finally! I tried about 150 other combos of this and it was never working right. Thanks!

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[Q] Bricked new phone need help

i recently bought a samsung galaxy s 4g, and i used odin and flashed a sidekick (my brothers phone) rom on accident.
cant get to the download mode
cant get to the recovery
cant power on the phone
it hasnt yet been 30 days since ive had the phone, so could i take it back to the store and just say its not turning on can i get an exchange?
Yeah just say it wont turn on
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Or you could follow the directions posted in this link to unbrick, as posted by Jager in the General SGS4G forum.
That method worked for me but its cause I flashed the correct phone deivce rom he didnt
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It still may work.
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It happens to me all the time. Just plug phone to computer holding volume up and down at same time. It shows the phone-cable-pc thingy and that's download mode. I went into that when I failed to Odin by mistake and just decided to try to Odin while in that "mode" and it did flashed. Hope this helped.
*Have Odin open before you plug cuz' that way you know it found the device.
*I think this method shown on Rootzwiki I discovered first but never posted. It happened while flashing 1st Audiophile. LOL... anyway, w/e. Good luck!
cj_31 said:
It happens to me all the time. Just plug phone to computer holding volume up and down at same time. It shows the phone-cable-pc thingy and that's download mode. I went into that when I failed to Odin by mistake and just decided to try to Odin while in that "mode" and it did flashed. Hope this helped.
*Have Odin open before you plug cuz' that way you know it found the device.
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Try this even if the screen stays black/off, as long as Odin recognizes it (You'll get the yellow box with COM# in it) these steps will help.

No download mode

So, I got soft bricked. I tried to odin back to stock but ive tried every three button combo to get back in to download mode with nothing working. I try pulling battery then holding both vol keys then inserting battery and then plugging in usb cable while its plugged into the computer and odin is running. Ive tried every other variation of this as well. I have no idea what to do next, please help. Plugging in the USB after holding the keys only brings up the SAMSUNG screen. I can three button into 3e recovery but of course that is no help. Please help
wrong section needs to be on q&A
Keep trying. But you have posted this in the wrong section.
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You might get help if this was in the right section.
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Ok, I got that, but lets be real, no one looks there and I need help, but I'll post it there as well.
yabbb said:
Ok, I got that, but lets be real, no one looks there and I need help, but I'll post it there as well.
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lets be real people do look there lol
yabbb said:
Ok, I got that, but lets be real, no one looks there and I need help, but I'll post it there as well.
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And just for saying that i wont look there.
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Sweet story bro.
Are you by chance on a ROM with extended power menu? With the Download mode option. That would be perfect!
I am on no rom. I was switching when I soft bricked
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give this a go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19445643
I've exhausted every option presented to me short of sending it to samsung, the thing with that is all my roms and kernels are on the root of the sd card, the current rom before crash was dmans ucbl3 with stock kernel, will they refuse me service for any of this?
yabbb said:
I've exhausted every option presented to me short of sending it to samsung, the thing with that is all my roms and kernels are on the root of the sd card, the current rom before crash was dmans ucbl3 with stock kernel, will they refuse me service for any of this?
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did you tried a different usb port on the computer or a different computer?
tried a different data usb cord?
I tried different computers, cords, drivers, everything. I even tried a different battery. Would a USB jig work?
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yabbb said:
I tried different computers, cords, drivers, everything. I even tried a different battery. Would a USB jig work?
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possible. A jig would force your phone into DL mode.
I tried to help a few user in the past when they had a continuous power loop, samsung logo and reboot. over and over again.
It was later determined to be hardware.
If you are not able to get it into DL mode, chances are the store tech wont be able to either...you might be able to warranty thru samsung or att for hardware failure
Download mode is what I need to save me, I could unbrick to stock and go from there right?
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yabbb said:
Download mode is what I need to save me, I could unbrick to stock and go from there right?
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yes..if you can get into DL mode:
android shoveling dirt or phone triangle with "!"
then you can flash with odin or heimdall..I usually use the heimdall 1 click method.
the important thing is use whatever you're comfortable with.
Sound like what happened to me and im waiting for my next indie now, warranty exchange of course
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download menu
hold down both volume rockers together only!! and plug in usb keep holding till download mode pulls up on phone

[Q] Bootloop on Samsung Logo + No Download Mode

Hey community.
Long time lurker, first time poster.
Anyhow, my brother bricked his infuse last night. Apparently he tried to flash an incompatible cwm fw (Nexus S) and rebooted it, and now its stuck at the samsung logo. Secondly, i tried to push it into download mode and it continues to loop. I tried to connect it to Odin and it does not recongize the phone, however it freezes at a picture of a wheel (similar to windows hourglass) and doesnt move from there.
i'm assuming its perm bricked at this point, unless you have suggestions.
Others have mentioned "jig" and "unbrickable mod" although I could not find any details further than the terms.
Any help would be appreciated.
Just checking, have you tried this?:
Remove the battery, and disconnect USB.
Hold, and continue to hold both volume keys.
Continue to hold vol. keys, connect USB.
Insert battery and continue to hold vol. keys for awhile.
That should put you in download mode.
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After retrying with 4 different cables, 3 different machines, and 2 different O.S. I finally got the infuse to be found by odin.
Thanks for all the help
BaconTelevision said:
After retrying with 4 different cables, 3 different machines, and 2 different O.S. I finally got the infuse to be found by odin.
Thanks for all the help
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Lol next time try heimdale. It for me anyways works first try all the time. I only use Odin when i have to, other then that i always use heimdale. Make sure when you use heimdale plug your phone into another port. Ive figured out that a usb port only recognizes the phone a certain way, as heimdale uses different drivers that you install. On my laptop i have two ports that i do not usually use (one is dedicated to a bluetooth dongle/mouse) so one is set up for odin, the other for heimdale.
Yeah heimdall is the way to go...don't even need drivers...it uses its own special drivers that it will download for you if you don't already have them
Heimdall never fails me...but Odin...well Odin is kinda iffy
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Heimdall unbricked me twice
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How ?
10 Ch.
rkkaranrk said:
How ?
10 Ch.
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How....what do you mean how?
rkkaranrk said:
How ?
10 Ch.
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You talking to me?
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Oppps i am sorry guys i was posting this somewhere else.
rkkaranrk said:
Oppps i am sorry guys i was posting this somewhere else.
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Lol that's alright.
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This is how i used the hemidall one click to stock here is what I do, below are how i perform using qkster's method...
The USB + Volume Down + Volume Up Method: Download mode (Noticeable by an Android robot digging with a shovel) is reached by taking everything out (Battery, SIM, MicroSD). plug in the USB cable to your computer and phone then putting in battery at the same time Holding the volume buttons both up and down, (Don't press the power button at all in this method).
How to INSTALL:
1. Put your phone into Download Mode.
2. If you have not used Heimdall, you will need to set up the driver for device recognition.
3. Once your device is connected, the DEVICE STATUS should show: CONNECTED. The long FLASH bar will also turn on for flashing.
4. Click on the FLASH button. (In my opinion: I recommend that you do this in a safe environment. Do not disturb your phone will flashing this firmware. Turn off Antivirus. Do not run any other programs, upload/download/youtube/burning DVD etc)
5. Once it has completed, your phone will reboot. You will hopefully see the ATT logo and reboot into STOCK UCLB3.
6. If it did not work, you will have to put it back into DOWNLOAD mode and reflash a second time, with the FLASH BOOTLOADER box checked. This is more likely if you never had proper Gingerbread bootloaders on your phone, if you are coming from FROYO or if you never had Odin a Gingerbread leak to get your bootloaders.
download this file for your one click to stock...and using above directions...
once that is done and you want to put CWM mod on for flashing a custom ROM, same directions to get in to download mod...
download this file to use the one click to put CWM mod on your phone
here is the link where i took all this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
Then I flash the dark night ICS rom like the op says and it run nice and smooth no lagg so far or any fc really other than when I put S voice onto my phone.. and like I said that Bluetooth, torch, HD video record is choppy, and no hdmi but I really like I just hope they get the flash light sorted out soon I use it all the time!!! Ya that's how
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Kdog71588 said:
This is how i used the hemidall one click to stock here is what I do, below are how i perform using qkster's method...
The USB + Volume Down + Volume Up Method: Download mode (Noticeable by an Android robot digging with a shovel) is reached by taking everything out (Battery, SIM, MicroSD). plug in the USB cable to your computer and phone then putting in battery at the same time Holding the volume buttons both up and down, (Don't press the power button at all in this method).
How to INSTALL:
1. Put your phone into Download Mode.
2. If you have not used Heimdall, you will need to set up the driver for device recognition.
3. Once your device is connected, the DEVICE STATUS should show: CONNECTED. The long FLASH bar will also turn on for flashing.
4. Click on the FLASH button. (In my opinion: I recommend that you do this in a safe environment. Do not disturb your phone will flashing this firmware. Turn off Antivirus. Do not run any other programs, upload/download/youtube/burning DVD etc)
5. Once it has completed, your phone will reboot. You will hopefully see the ATT logo and reboot into STOCK UCLB3.
6. If it did not work, you will have to put it back into DOWNLOAD mode and reflash a second time, with the FLASH BOOTLOADER box checked. This is more likely if you never had proper Gingerbread bootloaders on your phone, if you are coming from FROYO or if you never had Odin a Gingerbread leak to get your bootloaders.
download this file for your one click to stock...and using above directions...
once that is done and you want to put CWM mod on for flashing a custom ROM, same directions to get in to download mod...
download this file to use the one click to put CWM mod on your phone
here is the link where i took all this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
Then I flash the dark night ICS rom like the op says and it run nice and smooth no lagg so far or any fc really other than when I put S voice onto my phone.. and like I said that Bluetooth, torch, HD video record is choppy, and no hdmi but I really like I just hope they get the flash light sorted out soon I use it all the time!!! Ya that's how
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That's the method I used too.
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BaconTelevision said:
Hey community.
Long time lurker, first time poster. Anyhow, my brother bricked his infuse last night. Apparently he tried to flash an incompatible cwm fw (Nexus S) and rebooted it, and now its stuck at the samsung logo. Secondly, i tried to push it into download mode and it continues to loop. I tried to connect it to Odin and it does not recongize the phone, however it freezes at a picture of a wheel (similar to windows hourglass) and doesnt move from there. i'm assuming its perm bricked at this point, unless you have suggestions. Others have mentioned "jig" and "unbrickable mod" although I could not find any details further than the terms. Any help would be appreciated.
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ok I lost my self here...Bacon...did you resolve your issues...??
bigjoe2675 said:
ok I lost my self here...Bacon...did you resolve your issues...??
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I don't think he did
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samsung i997 bootloop no bootloader solution
Dear guys i'm not saying this will be everybody's case but in my shop we got two of this phones with the issue mentioned above, in the two cases the issue was caused by faulty power button, so before you format or flash your samsung i997 i'll advice to go to youtube search for a diassemble video for your phone take out the main board and with your tester verify that your power button is working properly. If not try to replace the power button. i have soved the two cases that way.

Infuse 4g keeps booting to cwm v6.0.1.1 Solved!

Can someone Please help me? I have been flashing roms onto my infuse from stock to infused to doctorz rom then cm7 then cm9. All worked fine. Then when I tried to flash the cm10 with the gapps jb it boots up the samsung logo then goes straight into cwm-based Recovery v6.0.1.1 I have read previous threads saying to hold vol up and down while cord pluged into pc and plug in battery to get to download mode. I can not get my infuse to go to download mode, it just keeps going to cwm. I have installed kies and hemidall on my pc and I still cannot get to download mode. Is my pc recognizing my phone? My phone stays on when I unplug my battery so I assume the usb is working. Can someone please help me out of this mess??? Please!
What cm10 did you flash.
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Goneeuro said:
What cm10 did you flash.
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I flashed the [ROM][JellyBean][4.1.1]Unofficial CM10 - Updated CM10 8/11 Butter - MTD!! With the JB Gapps.
Do you have an external sdcard in the phone? If you do take it out and try to reflash.
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Rondizzle007 said:
Can someone Please help me? I have been flashing roms onto my infuse from stock to infused to doctorz rom then cm7 then cm9. All worked fine. Then when I tried to flash the cm10 with the gapps jb it boots up the samsung logo then goes straight into cwm-based Recovery v6.0.1.1 I have read previous threads saying to hold vol up and down while cord pluged into pc and plug in battery to get to download mode. I can not get my infuse to go to download mode, it just keeps going to cwm. I have installed kies and hemidall on my pc and I still cannot get to download mode. Is my pc recognizing my phone? My phone stays on when I unplug my battery so I assume the usb is working. Can someone please help me out of this mess??? Please!
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To get to download mode, you have to hold vol. up + vol. down + power, you left out the power button in your process, otherwise your good to go.
EDIT: Sorry - was on 4 threads, a phone call, and a personal email at the same time - I'll be more careful next time !!
Isn't three button CWM.
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I usually pull the battery, plug in USB(both computer and phone), hold vol up+down, then put the battery back in. Boots to download every time. No power button.
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I do the same.
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Goneeuro said:
Do you have an external sdcard in the phone? If you do take it out and try to reflash.
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I flashed it with out the sd card the first time and I have yet to put it back in since I have been having this problem. Also I just tried holding down both vol up & down buttons while holding the power, cord plugged to pc and then putting in the battery. All im getting is the samsung logo on for a few seconds off and then repeats that same sequence. Having bad luck here!
Try the way I said to download with the battery pull.
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-Take out the battery and place it back.
-hold both vol buttons (no power button)
-plug it in
You should be able to get into download mode that way, if not then something strange is going on
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I was having issues with battery drain with the 8/11 mtd cm10 so used this to get back to stock. Then flashed entropy kernel that is linked in that thread with sgs kernel flasher. Then flashed to uniporn. It all worked without issue so if you can get to download mode I suggest following this thread. Let us know what happens.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260
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I just tried with out using the power button and I am still going to cwm. I have kies open while im doing this. Do I need to have hemidall up to get it go to download mode?
Goneeuro said:
I was having issues with battery drain with the 8/11 mtd cm10 so used this to get back to stock. Then flashed entropy kernel that is linked in that thread with sgs kernel flasher. Then flashed to uniporn. It all worked without issue so if you can get to download mode I suggest following this thread. Let us know what happens.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260
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Thats my problem... I can not get my phone to go into download mode... I thought maybe one of the buttons isnt working but I can scroll up and down on the screen and select things so I guess their all working. I tried getting to download with kies and heimdall both up and still no luck... Is my phone bricked or is it somehow stuck in cwm?
andros11 said:
-Take out the battery and place it back.
-hold both vol buttons (no power button)
-plug it in
You should be able to get into download mode that way, if not then something strange is going on
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Yes your right... It is strange! And I dont see any other way to get into download mode... I dont see may post where a person cant get to it but I cannot get download mode on my phone for some odd reason.
I've got the same problem, I've tried several different cables, computers, really frustrating
OK- you are getting good help here and I apologize for my incorrect earlier post as I was too preoccupied.
Andros11's instructions for download mode are correct. Kies, has been known to cause issues. As long as you have the phone drivers on your computer, you should uninstall Kies. You can get the drivers again if need be on Bigjoe's ISET.
I pull battery, connect usb then hold vol +/- and insert battery, do not let go of the 2 volume buttons until you see the download screen menu, at which time you will choose volume up.That is it- you should be in download mode. If you are wanting to use Heimdall, bring it up on your computer- there will be a box that after a few seconds will say connected- hit flash and wait for process to finish, about 10-15 seconds. You should be back to stock at that point. If you wish to go back to a custom ROM from there, you need to flash Entropy's Daily Driver. This is the Heimdall package I use and the daily driver is in post 2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081 - thanks and credit to qkster and Entropy512
Good luck !
EDIT: Here is a video that may help - in it, they check the flash bootloader box, I would not suggest that the first time, only do this if you get a "rainbow" effect when in recovery mode, and then use great caution as a mis-flash of bootloaders will brick the phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHyY7WHx4zc
Thanks for the advice. Could the reason my phone is not going into download mode be that I do not have the right drivers for the infuse on my pc?
Rondizzle007 said:
Thanks for the advice. Could the reason my phone is not going into download mode be that I do not have the right drivers for the infuse on my pc?
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Don't think that has anything to do with it.
I just checked another thread, qkster is online - maybe he will drop in with more insight.
Pony Express said:
Don't think that has anything to do with it.
I just checked another thread, qkster is online - maybe he will drop in with more insight.
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Trying to understand what is killing my battery especially when I don't use Skype. never did.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290020
Anyhow, I'm not sure why OP phone is not going into DL mode. It should.
DOWNLOAD MODE
Maybe USB connector on phone is dirty. Possible need a different data cord. Maybe try a different battery.
Use a jig if you have one.
However, since you mentioned, Pony. OP's solution would be to flash a cwm-gb kernel like zen or entropy - or flash zen tool kit and flash one of the gb kernel. Power off. Reboot and flash gb kernel again. This may break cmw 6.xxx or 5.xxx recovery loop. Then wipe and start over.
Rondizzle007 said:
Thanks for the advice. Could the reason my phone is not going into download mode be that I do not have the right drivers for the infuse on my pc?
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no. the phone's dl mode is independent of your pc drivers. connecting the phone after it goes into dl mode, however, will depend on pc drivers
qk,
EXCELLENT - as always !! Thank you !!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1290020 - had not seen that until now....

Q bricked my phone, no download mode, windows vista not recognizing phone

Ok so made a big mistake and tried flashing back to a Gingerbread Rom after being on a Jellybean Rom. I know dumb. Now my phone is stuck on the samsung logo. I can't reach download mode or Recovery. On top of that my computer will not recognize my device. I'm hoping to fix this soon as possibe! Any help would be much appreciated!
jmoney860 said:
Ok so made a big mistake and tried flashing back to a Gingerbread Rom after being on a Jellybean Rom. I know dumb. Now my phone is stuck on the samsung logo. I can't reach download mode or Recovery. On top of that my computer will not recognize my device. I'm hoping to fix this soon as possibe! Any help would be much appreciated!
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Look for Heimdall suite and follow the instructions in the read me to reinstall the driver. Then use a heimdall one-click restore image. That should fix it.
You should be able to enter download mode no matter how messed up your phone may be..
Remove battery and place back in.
Hold both vol+ & vol- and plug in the usb already inserted to the pc.
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rev3la7ion said:
Look for Heimdall suite and follow the instructions in the read me to reinstall the driver. Then use a heimdall one-click restore image. That should fix it.
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andros11 said:
You should be able to enter download mode no matter how messed up your phone may be..
Remove battery and place back in.
Hold both vol+ & vol- and plug in the usb already inserted to the pc.
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Any ideas where to find those reinstall driver instructions? The main heimdall post in the infuse community does not have any instructions regarding re downloading drivers I believe. And no there is no download mode. I don't know how that is possible but it is. Download mode is not working on my phone.
I would also like to know the outcome of this, my phone also lost download mode. I'm not sure what happened, I was on the web and it just shut itself off and decided to bootloop itself.
I am almost 100% sure you can't lose download mode.
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If your battery super dies it can be hard to get into download mode.
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I had the same prob thought it was no download mode also but what fixed my problem was a restart of computer for the driver installation to complete .did you do that after installing the drivers?
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My friend is unable to get his phone into download mode. His phone loops constantly from the Samsung screen to the CM screen and then back to the Samsung screen.
Pulling the battery and holding down the volume buttons does nothing. Connecting it via USB just brings up the battery screen, but that loops as well (shows the 'thinking' icon then the battery screen). Odin does not recognize it, not sure if he's tried Heimdall yet. But even if he can get that to recognize it, will it do him any good if the phone is constantly cycling power?
As others above have stated, it is not likely you have lost download mode, most likely not performing all of the correct steps. If you do the steps properly and there is no download mode you will need to buy a jig ($2.) , can be found on Amazon.
Once you can achieve download mode, follow qkster's Heimdall instructions, post 1 will get you back to stock GB, and post 2 will get root access again. If you have Kies installed, uninstall it before doing anything else as it is a source of issues.
Note that you must have the latest version of Java. Also, use the same usb port on your computer each time you run Heimdall, be sure that it is a properly operating usb port as well.
Many thanks to qkster for the guide and Entropy for the kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
as Pony stated. The other reason we've been seeing the constant power loop is due to a stuck power button. You may need to take it apart and clean the power button.
Look thru the q/a threads...lately, the power button thing has been pretty common
andros11 said:
You should be able to enter download mode no matter how messed up your phone may be..
Remove battery and place back in.
Hold both vol+ & vol- and plug in the usb already inserted to the pc.
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Agreed! I've borked mine something awful before (namely, being careless and trying to go back to GB from JB) and losing IMEI, no recovery, etc. and could still get DL mode. I too had issues with Heimdall, albeit different, but if you use the same usb port (pull batt, plug usb in, hold vol. up/down....then put batt. in and continue to hold until DL mode)....go to control panel/system/device manager and find USB/samsung composite device, right click and update drivers. This is if Heimdall isn't working for you, use Odin v3 and flash GTG's back to stock. It will take you back to froyo unrooted. If Heimdall is working, like others have stated....be sure to have the latest java installed.
edit: If you can use Heimdall, it will prompt you to install correct drivers once you start the program.
qkster said:
as Pony stated. The other reason we've been seeing the constant power loop is due to a stuck power button. You may need to take it apart and clean the power button.
Look thru the q/a threads...lately, the power button thing has been pretty common
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Thanks guys for the quick replies (that I just now saw, lol... whoops!). His power button is actually broken on the board itself. He's made his own jig and gets it to boot up, but the phone itself is pretty much done as he's not able to do anything without the power button. He's looking at picking up a SII probably. Appreciate all the help though! :good:
Chris Hansen said:
Thanks guys for the quick replies (that I just now saw, lol... whoops!). His power button is actually broken on the board itself. He's made his own jig and gets it to boot up, but the phone itself is pretty much done as he's not able to do anything without the power button. He's looking at picking up a SII probably. Appreciate all the help though! :good:
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Even with the pwer button broken, if the screen is still intact, a new replacement screen is closer to $135+.
He may be able to sell that screen pretty quickly for $75-$100.
His screen is trashed too, so he's pretty far up the creek without a paddle.
He's trying to sell it on eBay for parts currently. We'll see how that pans out.

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