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bricked? is it other way to fix instead using a jig

trying to flash iit with odin
stock at factoryfs.fs phone turn in to a light blue screen
after a battery pull, phone running in to the "phone, triangle and computer" 3 icon screen
is it anyway to fix it, instead using jig?
also can anyone tell me what costed this to happen?
everytime I try to flash through odin I get this for some reason
and I don't know how to flash cwm , cause by the 3e recovery signature thingy. anyway to fix please help. thanks
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qqyycchh said:
trying to flash iit with odin
stock at factoryfs.fs phone turn in to a light blue screen
after a battery pull, phone running in to the "phone, triangle and computer" 3 icon screen
is it anyway to fix it, instead using jig?
also can anyone tell me what costed this to happen?
everytime I try to flash through odin I get this for some reason
and I don't know how to flash cwm , cause by the 3e recovery signature thingy. anyway to fix please help. thanks
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You will have to Odin it that's a firmware failed screen. I got nervous flashing kc1 and pulled the usb cable ouf. I had nothing but a rainbow screen, and Odin saved my phone
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cnote74 said:
You will have to Odin it that's a firmware failed screen. I got nervous flashing kc1 and pulled the usb cable ouf. I had nothing but a rainbow screen, and Odin saved my phone
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well can u be more specific. cause I am new to the galaxy game.. been working with htc... I can't get in download mode how can I still use odin?
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qqyycchh said:
well can u be more specific. cause I am new to the galaxy game.. been working with htc... I can't get in download mode how can I still use odin?
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When your phone is plugged in check to see if odin recognizes your phone.one of the com ports should light up when it does flash away and it should be all good.
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thank you. will give it a try tonight
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qqyycchh said:
well can u be more specific. cause I am new to the galaxy game.. been working with htc... I can't get in download mode how can I still use odin?
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Hold both of your volume buttons down and plug in your USB (connected to your computer) to your phone. Keep holding onto both of the volume buttons until the yellow download triangle pops up.

Phone..triangle..pc icon screen is download mode. You can flash with Odin on that screen.
Did your drivers install?
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try the drivers from this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
if you cant get into download mode again, try another method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
method 2 worked with me when i soft bricked. since you seem to get the triangle screen, the biggest thing is making sure the drivers are properly installed. reinstall them and reboot the computer and then follow the instructions on the odin guide. hope this helps.

Bricked phone CM9??

Got a little question, any help would be verrry appreciated, uh I flashed cm9 on my infuse 4g from a red cwm and when I rebooted it got stuck on the samsung boot like it said it does, I battery pulled n retried it but it didnt boot up, so I booted into cwm recov. and it was all messed up, like a scrambled TV channel... I can't see anything, I tried to restore a backup just like from memory but it didnt work, I'm not sure which cwm version is used on cm9, but then I try to put it into odin mode and it doesnt go, can't connect to the cpu, doesnt go into odin mode, jus goes str8 to samsung screen and freezes. Anyone got any ideas? The scrambled cwm, from what I can make out, looks like its the one with the grey background... ne1 kno if thats the recovery cm9 comes with? Maybe I could restore my backup if I knew exactly how many times to press the volume up & down rockers and all that... idk. Again, any input'd b much appreciated
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irish.iolar said:
Got a little question, any help would be verrry appreciated, uh I flashed cm9 on my infuse 4g from a red cwm and when I rebooted it got stuck on the samsung boot like it said it does, I battery pulled n retried it but it didnt boot up, so I booted into cwm recov. and it was all messed up, like a scrambled TV channel... I can't see anything, I tried to restore a backup just like from memory but it didnt work, I'm not sure which cwm version is used on cm9, but then I try to put it into odin mode and it doesnt go, can't connect to the cpu, doesnt go into odin mode, jus goes str8 to samsung screen and freezes. Anyone got any ideas? The scrambled cwm, from what I can make out, looks like its the one with the grey background... ne1 kno if thats the recovery cm9 comes with? Maybe I could restore my backup if I knew exactly how many times to press the volume up & down rockers and all that... idk. Again, any input'd b much appreciated
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Sounds like you're still on GB bootloader..use Heimdall One Click by Qkster once flashed and return to stock GB rom then repeat procedure with tick mark on Flash Bootloader after that flash Entropy's kernel (all provided in the link) to get into red cwm then you can flashed your ICS rom after that.

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Sounds like you're still on GB bootloader..use Heimdall One Click by Qkster once flashed and return to stock GB rom then repeat procedure with tick mark on Flash Bootloader after that flash Entropy's kernel (all provided in the link) to get into red cwm then you can flashed your ICS rom after that.
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Typo...I'm sure you meant he's not on GB boot loaders
Also to use Odin/heimdal you have to go to download mode not recovery
1) pull battery
2) put battery back in
3) hold volume up+down and plug in USB with out pressing power button
4) run Odin/heimdall
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mg2195 said:
Typo...I'm sure you meant he's not on GB boot loaders
Also to use Odin/heimdal you have to go to download mode not recovery
1) pull battery
2) put battery back in
3) hold volume up+down and plug in USB with out pressing power button
4) run Odin/heimdall
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Yeah I know thats the problem, I can't get into download mode, thanks for the input tho
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mg2195 said:
Typo...I'm sure you meant he's not on GB boot loaders
Also to use Odin/heimdal you have to go to download mode not recovery
1) pull battery
2) put battery back in
3) hold volume up+down and plug in USB with out pressing power button
4) run Odin/heimdall
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Thanks bro for the corrections..yes that's what I supposed to mean..he still not on gb bootloaders yet...sorry

Yeah I guess its still on the froyo loader but now I can't get into download mode, it just goes str8 to samsung screen and freezes, ...Hey anyone with cm9, what cwm recovery ver. does it use? Like is it the red or blue or w.e
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Cm9 uses the latest cmw (6.x.x) which is blue with gray background. You should be able to boot into download mode. Make sure you are doing everything correctly
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andros11 said:
Cm9 uses the latest cmw (6.x.x) which is blue with gray background. You should be able to boot into download mode. Make sure you are doing everything correctly
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Thanks man, and yeah trust me ive tried to get into dl mode every which way, when I first got this scrambled screen, I went to plug into my cpu after dl'ing the drivers and my phone got stuck on that circular loading bar thing, so I had to unplug, but I think I did that when my cpu was installing the drivers to my phone soo...
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irish.iolar said:
Thanks man, and yeah trust me ive tried to get into dl mode every which way, when I first got this scrambled screen, I went to plug into my cpu after dl'ing the drivers and my phone got stuck on that circular loading bar thing, so I had to unplug, but I think I did that when my cpu was installing the drivers to my phone soo...
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Don't remember exactly and don't have a windows computer in front of me
But, plug your phone as if you were going to download mode
Don't unplug it even if it doesn't go to DL mode
Go to "my computer"
I think you go to system properties
There should be a thing under system properties for hardware, drivers or it might be advanced...don't really remember
Locate the infuse under usb ...it will probably be gadget serial, or something like that...to ease the process disconnect all other USB that way only your phone shows up
Double click it that should open up a window of the driver settings
Uninstall the drivers
Unplug your phone, go to the ISET page which is sticked in the dev section and download the infuse drivers (don't use kies...)
Its not necessary but i like to reboot after installing new drivers
Now try to connect to download mode
Good luck, I'll try and clarify those steps later
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mg2195 said:
Don't remember exactly and don't have a windows computer in front of me
But, plug your phone as if you were going to download mode
Don't unplug it even if it doesn't go to DL mode
Go to "my computer"
I think you go to system properties
There should be a thing under system properties for hardware, drivers or it might be advanced...don't really remember
Locate the infuse under usb ...it will probably be gadget serial, or something like that...to ease the process disconnect all other USB that way only your phone shows up
Double click it that should open up a window of the driver settings
Uninstall the drivers
Unplug your phone, go to the ISET page which is sticked in the dev section and download the infuse drivers (don't use kies...)
Its not necessary but i like to reboot after installing new drivers
Now try to connect to download mode
Good luck, I'll try and clarify those steps later
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Hey man thanks so much for the help, I actually had to dl the same CWM recovery on my s3 that the infuse looked like It was running, then dl a Gb based Rom, I did Aeon, and move it to my ext sd, then put the sd in my infuse and boot into recovery on both of them and go step for step until I got to 'install zip from ext sd' and finally it worked and booted up normal after that, nowbI gotta see if I can get back into dl mode with it, But thanks a lot for the help, u guys are the sh!t...
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And yeah everytime I try a 4.0 based rom, my recovery does that scramble thing, I need the newer bootloader? How do I get it exactly? Thru Odin?
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irish.iolar said:
And yeah overtime I try a 4.0 based Rom , my recovery does that scramble thing, I need the newer bootloader? How do I do that exactly? Thru Odin?
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Yeah...Odin or heimdall...I did it with heimdall using qksters one click back to uclb3, I flasshed once left the program open, then ticked the flash bootloaders box, put.phone back in dl mode and flashed again
Here's a different set of instructions for heindall http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24901128
Will try and find some Odin instructions for bootloaders...not sure if just flashing a gb Odin will do the trick
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Jscott has a gb bootloaders only odin pack that you can also flash if you feel positive about using Odin.
Be careful, a bad bootloader flash is the only thing that can really brick your phone for good.
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Hmmmm no download huh???
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Yeah I'm gonna try and uninstall then reinstall the drivers cause I still can't get into download mode the regular way, only way I can is using Aeon 4.1 and using the power button menu to get into it, but Odin still doesn't connect and my cpu says that the USB device I'm plugging in has Malfunctioned... Does anyone have a good trusted working site for the Infuse Drivers for windows?
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irish.iolar said:
only way I can is using Aeon 4.1 and using the power button menu to get into it
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Are you beta testing 4.1 for bigfau?
He has only posted 1.4 for the rest of us.

qkster said:
Are you beta testing 4.1 for bigfau?
He has only posted 1.4 for the rest of us.
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Lol no oops typo. 1.4, but yeah Idk what's wrong my cpu keeps saying 'USB device not recognized' then it says the device has malfunctioned... you know how the drivers install on your phone when u plug it in after installing the drivers on ur cpu, I think my infuse got messed up when it was doing that, is there a way to delete the driver data from my phone? Cause my cpu will not recognize it, I've tried Odin, heimdall, Odin mode and kies, nothing works... I ttried restoring my phone to an earlier date, still no luck connecting .
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Ne ideas? Keeps saying device malfunctioned when I plug in...
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[Q] cwm froze in wipe process (semi n00b)

I'm not very great with the correct terms, but I'll try to spell out my issue as best as I can. I have cm9 installed on my skyrocket, I tried to flash another rom and had issues with it. I then tried to flash back, but cwm seemed to be stuck formatting /cache. The friend helping told me to reboot and try again so did and then I started having boot screen issues. I can get my phone to download mode or cwm, but I can't seem to get odin to install the stock or for the cwm to finish (still stuck on formatting /cache.. goin on 2 hours). What did I do wrong and how can I fix this?
DETAILED help would be appreciated, but I'll take what I can get at this point. I'll re-explain anything that doesn't make sense.
I really just want to get back to stock.

What happens in ODIN -- does it also get stuck at formatting cache?
Have you tried any of the Heimdall one-click to restore to stock?
Let us know if that also gets stuck on formatting cache.

sb0 said:
What happens in ODIN -- does it also get stuck at formatting cache?
Have you tried any of the Heimdall one-click to restore to stock?
Let us know if that also gets stuck on formatting cache.
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ODIN wouldn't always register my device and when it did it would either fail, complete in the description box after checking the md5, or fail due to the device de-registering.
At this point my my device is showing the "firmware upgrade encountered" screen with the yellow triangle. I didn't know about the Heimdall. I followed the directions on Kies to restore it that way, but it's not picking up my device even though my computer is.
Am I f*cked?

Yellow triangle sounds like download mode to me. See if any of the heimdall one click restores will see the phone n try to flash.
Also try using different USB cables, USB ports, different PC, etc...
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Triangle is download mode
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sb0 said:
Yellow triangle sounds like download mode to me. See if any of the heimdall one click restores will see the phone n try to flash.
Also try using different USB cables, USB ports, different PC, etc...
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I downloaded heimdall 1.3.2, having a tough time finding some good directions on how to use the heimdall. The ones in the "README" file talks about zadig. Do I need to use zadig also or just the heimdall? Or is there a good guide could recommend?

Use odin
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xcrazydx said:
Triangle is download mode
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In its current condition all it does is boot directly to that screen. It also won't stay powered off unless I pull the battery. Think I could take it to at&t? Just an educated guess, but that being the only image I'm getting means that there isn't really anything on my phone right now? I'm thinking maybe I could say that my dog tripped my usb cable while I was updating in kies?

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In its current condition all it does is boot directly to that screen. It also won't stay powered off unless I pull the battery. Think I could take it to at&t? Just an educated guess, but that being the only image I'm getting means that there isn't really anything on my phone right now? I'm thinking maybe I could say that my dog tripped my usb cable while I was updating in kies?
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Use ODIN it can be fixed BY YOU
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Yes. If your phone can get download mode u can fix it urself. Try the diff USB cable/port pc I explained above. Just flash to stock using Odin or heimdall.
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Yes. If your phone can get download mode u can fix it urself. Try the diff USB cable/port pc I explained above. Just flash to stock using Odin or heimdall.
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Its looking like my real issue right now is either, usb cable or the connection port. Finally got it to a friend's comp and his dad who has years of experience is working on it. Took him a new samsung cable today so hopefully it'll work out. Thanks for the help everyone. Sorry for my panic attack.

Bricked Help Needed

I have two samsung infuses my father gave me to put custom roms on. My personal one had ICS on it, and I never had a problem flashing it. These two both failed in odin. I'm just trying to get back to stock, but when i flash them they fail part way through, even tried one click and it failed on step 4 of 6.. If anyone can help, it would be very much appreciated..
Thanks

Either the connection was interrupted, or odin messed up. You could try flashing with heimdall, if you can get to the connect to PC screen, or download mode. If you can't, you could make/buy a USB jig to put it into download more and try flashing with heimdall.
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magnetboard said:
Either the connection was interrupted, or odin messed up. You could try flashing with heimdall, if you can get to the connect to PC screen, or download mode. If you can't, you could make/buy a USB jig to put it into download more and try flashing with heimdall.
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I know something messed up, i have tried heimdall one click.. but it freezes at factoryrfs. It starts the first bar then stops.

Try rebooting you PC
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TJj33p3rz said:
Try rebooting you PC
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Tried that, and on two computers. One with xp and one with 7.

Reason I said that my PC ask strange at times.The other day I had to run heimdal 6 times before it finally took.
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TJj33p3rz said:
Reason I said that my PC ask strange at times.The other day I had to run heimdal 6 times before it finally took.
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I have heimdall front loader or something like that downloaded, not sure how to use.. any help?

To make things easier, you should download a heimdall one-click. That will get you going. I use stock uclb3, with boot loaders but you shouldn't need those
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magnetboard said:
To make things easier, you should download a heimdall one-click. That will get you going. I use stock uclb3, with boot loaders but you shouldn't need those
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I've used uclb3 and uclb4, they make it part way and failed at the fourth step.

What is the 4th step?

magnetboard said:
What is the 4th step?
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Uploading factoryfs, I just tried it again, and it failed at uploading kernel.. I just want to give these back, one stock, and the other with ICS.. I never had these problems the first time I ever flashed...

Have you tried running them as an Administrator? Sometimes that helps with flashing issues.

magnetboard said:
Have you tried running them as an Administrator? Sometimes that helps with flashing issues.
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Yepp everytime, it seems like one tiny thing is holding it back.. I just tried flashing via odin again, and it stopped at factoryfs. Im going to reboot my computer for the last time tonight and seems if it works.

Have you tried reinstalling drivers? On a system running bot odin and Heimdall, drivers tend to get messed up. Uninstall the Heimdall drivers, then Odin. Then install ODIN drivers, then install the heimdall driver while the phone is plugged into a different port. This setup has always worked for me.

magnetboard said:
Have you tried reinstalling drivers? On a system running bot odin and Heimdall, drivers tend to get messed up. Uninstall the Heimdall drivers, then Odin. Then install ODIN drivers, then install the heimdall driver while the phone is plugged into a different port. This setup has always worked for me.
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I've never uninstalled them because I could hook my infuse up with no problems and flash it.. I've used kies mini and reinstalled them though.

Well Kies only installs ODIN drivers, you also have to install Heimdall drivers using Heimdall. I would recommend switching usb ports also

Try switching usb cables. That may be causing the flash to get stucked

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Try switching usb cables. That may be causing the flash to get stucked
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Thats the only thing I haven't tried doing, because I only had one cord that worked flashing mine.. you'd think if it worked on mine to flash before it would though, but its worth a try considering I"ve never had the factory cord.

Tank Weston said:
Thats the only thing I haven't tried doing, because I only had one cord that worked flashing mine.. you'd think if it worked on mine to flash before it would though, but its worth a try considering I"ve never had the factory cord.
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Yup I have 10 USB cable all will charge the phone only 4 the PC sees those came from wally world
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[Q] Bricked phone, can I do anything? Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.

Ok so my phone is stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I have tried to flash a stock rom onto the phone but odin isnt even detecting it? I have it plugged in sitting on this screen with odin opened, but there isnt the [@com:x] message. I really need some help on how to get to download mode or how to flash another rom onto it.
Thanks
-Chronic

Have you installed the correct USB drivers?
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go through the " odin troubleshooting" section here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398, and reading the whole op wouldnt hurt

Yea that screen is still Download Mode.
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Emergency firmware recovery from kies if that's where you originally eencountered an error while updating firmware.
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Jnewell05 said:
Emergency firmware recovery from kies if that's where you originally exported an error while updating firmware.
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What?
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plwalsh88 said:
Yea that screen is still Download Mode.
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Yes i have read that on here multiple times, but odin will not detect the phone, although it did before, and even then, i would load the stock firmware into the PDA part of odin, but then when i hit start, it would stop at a point, then just idle.
-Chronic

xChronic said:
Yes i have read that on here multiple times, but odin will not detect the phone, although it did before, and even then, i would load the stock firmware into the PDA part of odin, but then when i hit start, it would stop at a point, then just idle.
-Chronic
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Try a different data cable. Every issue I've ever had with Odin (or Kies for that matter) has been solved by ditching the stock cable and using some other random one I found. And that's exactly what would happen - it would connect, start up, and then just stop at a point.
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xChronic said:
Yes i have read that on here multiple times, but odin will not detect the phone, although it did before, and even then, i would load the stock firmware into the PDA part of odin, but then when i hit start, it would stop at a point, then just idle.
-Chronic
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Also try a different USB port, it worked for me before.
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Remove all drivers from the USB port you plan on using for odin. This is a program I find very effective at that:
USB DEVIEW
Restart comp. Then follow the rest of Vincoms guide.

Alright so ive got the stock rom flashed over, but the phone is stuck on a rethink possible at&t loading screen loop. how do i get out of this to use the phone? (i have the phone plugged into the computer still)

xChronic said:
Alright so ive got the stock rom flashed over, but the phone is stuck on a rethink possible at&t loading screen loop. how do i get out of this to use the phone? (i have the phone plugged into the computer still)
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Unplug it
Factory reset
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