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Is there a way to get this phone unbricked?

i cannot even tell you how i got it bricked in the first place. I was just trying to flash a new rom (Valhalla 1.3.2 to be exact) and it went into a bootloop so i flashed back to stock via odin, but it kept failing. When I finally got it to work and come on, it only stayed on for about 10 minutes and then it shut off and nothing. There are no lights and when i plug it into the computer the computer makes the sound like something is connected, but when I go in to the devices it says unknown device with a little yellow ! next to it? Can this be fixed? Please help, I have been reading this forum for hours.

When you plug it in & the PC makes.the hardware found noise, have you tried firing up ODIN to see if it detects the phone? If so, see if you can flash KG4. It was the first GB ROM to come with boot loaders (I think).
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after holding the power button down for almost 10 minutes i tried to get it into download mode and i got it...but it isn't being read by the pc it is still saying unknown device. im afraid to pull the battery or unplug it because i am afraid it wont go back into download mode

pammiecaykz said:
after holding the power button down for almost 10 minutes i tried to get it into download mode and i got it...but it isn't being read by the pc it is still saying unknown device. im afraid to pull the battery or unplug it because i am afraid it wont go back into download mode
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When you say it isn't being read by the PC, do you mean in Odin or in Windows' device manager? Even if dev mgr doesn't recognize it there's a chance Odin might.
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or gasp mabe reboot your pc

RaverX3X said:
or gasp mabe reboot your pc
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lol I have had that solve my problem more than once

RaverX3X said:
or gasp mabe reboot your pc
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LOL, then there's that ;-)
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OK WTH ... rebooted phone now i get a phone ! pc image and nothing else ?

phone wont go past this ... can't get in to download mode recovery NOTHING how can i fix this ?

Oh noes! What did you do!?
So your phone randomly took a poo? or where you doing something before hand?

was using odin to restore to factory .... said everything went fine and rebooted and i see this

CheesyNutz said:
was using odin to restore to factory .... said everything went fine and rebooted and i see this
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Ok this actually sounds similiar to something that happened to me, so here goes:
Was using Odin back to stock and something went wrong during. The phone screen went into a rainbow/starry clusterfack and then black. Couldn't get into download mode or anything, everytime I booted the stars came back or nothing at all. So eventually I just did what I would do if going into download, pulled batt, plugged in while holding volumes. Nothing came on to the screen but decided to continue, so I hit the volume up do accept the warning screen even though I couldn't see it and finally my phone showed up on my PC. Hit start in Odin and it worked and downloaded luckily. Sorry for the long explanation but, give this a try.

odins not seeing nothing from left to right i see
a phone --!--and a pc with a black screen some how it looks like its in some ultra low download mode :/

i see this

CheesyNutz said:
i see this
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Never seen that but, it looks like your phone is having problems connecting to your PC, try rebooting the PC and then reconnect usb and phone.
Also I did a little googling, and I believe it means a bad flash, some ppl have fixed by a hard reset so try that link.
Here's the thread with different options, not our phone but same situation: thread

xIC-MACIx said:
Never seen that but, it looks like your phone is having problems connecting to your PC, try rebooting the PC and then reconnect usb and phone.
Also I did a little googling, and I believe it means a bad flash, some ppl have fixed by a hard reset so try that link.
Here's the thread with different options, not our phone but same situation: thread
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thanks for the help and info ... a reboot of my laptop fixed the odin not seeing my phone reflashing now ... and its back up and seems fine atm

CheesyNutz said:
thanks for the help and info ... a reboot of my laptop fixed the odin not seeing my phone reflashing now ... and its back up and seems fine atm
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Sweet, glad I could help, usually something simple man lol

yea normally is just freaked me out lol

CheesyNutz said:
yea normally is just freaked me out lol
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Oooh yeah, been there lol

That screen its pretty rare on the infuse, good thing!. They really made this phone pretty much unbrickable under normal conditions.

CheesyNutz said:
i see this
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That is a form of download mode. Open odin and try connecting phone to pc ans see if odin reads it. If it doesnt kerp trying it will eventually. I had this hapoen to my captivate
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bigbadwolf311 said:
That is a form of download mode. Open odin and try connecting phone to pc ans see if odin reads it. If it doesnt kerp trying it will eventually. I had this hapoen to my captivate
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yeah this phone its hardcore unbrickable... haha as bbwolf said its just a DL screen that usually appears (at least to me) when i connect the infuse and use odin with front or externally conected USB ports also happened to me in all 3 ports of my bro laptop
Instead using the back USB ports will prevent the outpowering of the usb port and you will flash flawlessly but Infuse its harcore you really have to mess things up to brick it... if even possible 0.o
If happens again relax... go to a desktop and flash with a back USB u will be back on track in notime

Samething happened to me, I ended up getting a factory replacement. The same day I placed the order with att I finally got Odin to work.
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Had that exact screen when my phone took a tumble half way in a odin flash I took battery out plugged back in and odin recognized and flashed took a really long time though to flash longer than normal not sure why

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.

xxxSuperserieSxxx said:
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] Bricked... hard or soft?

I have an SGS4g
I had Team Whiskeys Bionix Frost updated for/with voodoo and it worked fine for quite some time... I foolheartedly decided it was time for something new...
I followed the instructions perfectly for WhiteHawkx Valhalla when I was at the restart boot-loader section my phone turned into rainbow crack,
but the rom loaded and my phone worked I was however unable to get into recovery from this point forward.
I decided that not being able to get into recovery was unacceptable so I decided to use Odin to load up the old tried an true jump off point the deodexed KD1 I keep with Odin in a folder on my PC for just such an occasion, after attempting this my phone didn't restart on it's own like it was supposed to... (I should have known to stop right there while I was still in DL mode.)
When I restarted my phone manually my phone stopped showing the rainbow crack and showed the normal splash screen (I was foolishly optimistic) my phone is now stuck at the t mobile splash screen and I haven't been able to get it back into DL mode...
Please tell me there is something I can do other than shop for a new phone.

Volume up and volume down while you plug it into the computer won't get you to download mode?
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vopezy said:
Volume up and volume down while you plug it into the computer won't get you to download mode?
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I haven't been unable to get into DL mode with both vol+&vol- at same time I also tried just vol- as i plugged phone into pc

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/1132-guide-how-to-get-into-download-mode/
A couple other ways
Can you still not get into recovery?
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vopezy said:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/1132-guide-how-to-get-into-download-mode/
A couple other ways
Can you still not get into recovery?
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I have been unable to get into recovery so far...
I have tried all of the alternate methods except ADB mode which I don't think i can because the phone wont go past the galaxy S 4g exclusively from t mobile splash screen.
if there is a trick for the ADB method please let me know cause if something is going to work at this point i think that's it.

Well there is hope, your phone is still turning on.
You could see if abd recognizes your phone if you have it. (usually the first things I do is make sure debugging is on when I change things over)
If you know someone with a jig that would be the easiest way but it is 1am.
I'm at work so I'm not in front of my computer.
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vopezy said:
Well there is hope, your phone is still turning on.
You could see if abd recognizes your phone if you have it. (usually the first things I do is make sure debugging is on when I change things over)
If you know someone with a jig that would be the easiest way but it is 1am.
I'm at work so I'm not in front of my computer.
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I dont know anyone with a Jig, I always turn debug mode on.
I'll try ADB if that doesn't work I'll order/make a jig.

I had one that I had to spam the adb command at for awhile before it took..

BGVampire said:
I dont know anyone with a Jig, I always turn debug mode on.
I'll try ADB if that doesn't work I'll order/make a jig.
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ADB found no devices
I'm going to start looking for a jig

BGVampire said:
I have been unable to get into DL mode with both vol+&vol- at same time I also tried just vol- as i plugged phone into pc
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Your are pulling the battery when doing this right? I assume you are, but you didn't list it as one of your steps.
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yes, i tried pulling battery sim & sd. then put battery in hold vol+&vol- &put cable in
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BGVampire said:
yes, i tried pulling battery sim & sd. then put battery in hold vol+&vol- &put cable in
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Pull battery. Plug in cable. Hold volume up and down. Put battery in.

BGVampire said:
I have an SGS4g
I had Team Whiskeys Bionix Frost updated for/with voodoo and it worked fine for quite some time... I foolheartedly decided it was time for something new...
I followed the instructions perfectly for WhiteHawkx Valhalla when I was at the restart boot-loader section my phone turned into rainbow crack,
but the rom loaded and my phone worked I was however unable to get into recovery from this point forward.
I decided that not being able to get into recovery was unacceptable so I decided to use Odin to load up the old tried an true jump off point the deodexed KD1 I keep with Odin in a folder on my PC for just such an occasion, after attempting this my phone didn't restart on it's own like it was supposed to... (I should have known to stop right there while I was still in DL mode.)
When I restarted my phone manually my phone stopped showing the rainbow crack and showed the normal splash screen (I was foolishly optimistic) my phone is now stuck at the t mobile splash screen and I haven't been able to get it back into DL mode...
Please tell me there is something I can do other than shop for a new phone.
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I hope this helps you, it worked for me. I do A LOT of Rom changes etc.
Good luck
P.S. follow exactly!

tried that before i posted... i already ordered a jig, I'll post results when it arrives.
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Just one click to stock
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BGVampire said:
my phone is now stuck at the t mobile splash screen and I haven't been able to get it back into DL mode...
Please tell me there is something I can do other than shop for a new phone.
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Just one click to stock
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idevice
I'm sure you read that part but there it is again. From the OP. So if you can figure out how to one click without DL mode we would all love to here about it.

i got my jig today and it worked, my phone is in download mode. anyone got a link to the latest rooted stock rom for Odin?
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BGVampire said:
i got my jig today and it worked, my phone is in download mode. anyone got a link to the latest rooted stock rom for Odin?
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How about just using the rooted kj6 in my signature. Its the purple link and so much easier.

Congrats
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Not the topic, but JIG in "tinydeal . com" costs just 1.17 dollars with free shipping. Cheaper never found.

Is it safe to continue?

So i was going thru in flashing the stock rom through odin but my dog layed on my surge protector and turned off my PC (i know...) so i ended up getting stuck on a "failed firmware connect to keis in recovery mode" or something similar. So i couldnt get into the downloading screen. Everytime i restarted it would go directly to that screen.
Well something happened and i ended up on a new sceen showing the battery logo but it wasnt moving, just frozen. I figured it was a dead battery so i let it charge overnight. I woke up and i was still on the battery screen but i tryed to get into the download screen and i could.
So now im here can i flash the stock firmware using odin?
I cant get oast rhe samunsg logo if i try to boot normally so i figured i just need all the firmware reflashed?
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If you can get into download mode - reflash stock, just keep the dog out of the room
Good luck
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JLloydMedia said:
So i was going thru in flashing the stock rom through odin but my dog layed on my surge protector and turned off my PC (i know...) so i ended up getting stuck on a "failed firmware connect to keis in recovery mode" or something similar. So i couldnt get into the downloading screen. Everytime i restarted it would go directly to that screen.
Well something happened and i ended up on a new sceen showing the battery logo but it wasnt moving, just frozen. I figured it was a dead battery so i let it charge overnight. I woke up and i was still on the battery screen but i tryed to get into the download screen and i could.
So now im here can i flash the stock firmware using odin?
I cant get oast rhe samunsg logo if i try to boot normally so i figured i just need all the firmware reflashed?
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Yup just like bill_in_mtl said just reflash
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bill_in_mtl said:
If you can get into download mode - reflash stock, just keep the dog out of the room
Good luck
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Ican get into the download mode but now i keep getting firmware encountered an issue please select recovery mode in keis and try again. Bit keis wont recognize it.....
Im soo bummed right now. Ive spent nearly 48 hours
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I've never encountered this issue - and do not have an answer - my apologies
I am sure someone else will chime in and help you get this resolved
Fortunately, every time I've borked a flash - I have been able to get into regular download mode
Does Odin recognize the tab when you plug it into your PC ??
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bill_in_mtl said:
I've never encountered this issue - and do not have an answer - my apologies
I am sure someone else will chime in and help you get this resolved
Fortunately, every time I've borked a flash - I have been able to get into regular download mode
Does Odin recognize the tab when you plug it into your PC ??
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well i have actually figured it out:good::good::laugh::good::good:, or at least saved myself and got my tab up an running again.
thanks for the support and help.
im going to be writing a detaild version on what to do over the next 2 days, im going to write it for linux but it will easily work for windows as i needed virtual box. ( a program that can emulate another O.S)
I forgot to mention i was on Linux mint so it was a little bit "harder" so to speak, but thats because there is not alot of info, hopefully my post will save some stress.

JLloydMedia said:
well i have actually figured it out:good::good::laugh::good::good:, or at least saved myself and got my tab up an running again.
thanks for the support and help.
im going to be writing a detaild version on what to do over the next 2 days, im going to write it for linux but it will easily work for windows as i needed virtual box. ( a program that can emulate another O.S)
I forgot to mention i was on Linux mint so it was a little bit "harder" so to speak, but thats because there is not alot of info, hopefully my post will save some stress.
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That does make a difference
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