I had attempted to install MIUI Rom, since then I have been stuck in a boot loop. I tried to use GTG's ultimate_unbrick solution and when I send the phone into download mode all I get is a white screen and Odin keeps toggling between COM4 and nothing in the COM:ID section; meanwhile, the message section toggles between added and removed. I hit start when the COM:ID section shows COM4 and the box above COM4 shows FAIL!.
HELP!!!
robert.hortonii said:
I had attempted to install MIUI Rom, since then I have been stuck in a boot loop. I tried to use GTG's ultimate_unbrick solution and when I send the phone into download mode all I get is a white screen and Odin keeps toggling between COM4 and nothing in the COM:ID section; meanwhile, the message section toggles between added and removed. I hit start when the COM:ID section shows COM4 and the box above COM4 shows FAIL!.
HELP!!!
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Sound like you didn't quite get the odin part correctly.
Miui installation is quite specific and requires a pull battery with installation.
you can try it again.
miui specific:
1. Place MIUI-Infuse.zip on internal SD card
2. Reboot into CWM
3. Wipe data/factory reset
4. Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Flash MIUI-Infuse.zip
If your phone doesn't boot:
1. Pull battery and put back in
2. Hold volume up, volume down, and power button
3. let go of power button as soon as you see samsung text
4. wait til blue cwm shows
5. Flash MIUI-Infuse-1.*.*.zip again
6. Enjoy!!
If not, you may have to odin or heimdall.
try a different usb port or usb cord or pc
read this if you havent
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=21230579
qkster said:
Sound like you didn't quite get the odin part correctly.
Miui installation is quite specific and requires a pull battery with installation.
you can try it again.
miui specific:
1. Place MIUI-Infuse.zip on internal SD card
2. Reboot into CWM
3. Wipe data/factory reset
4. Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Flash MIUI-Infuse.zip
If your phone doesn't boot:
1. Pull battery and put back in
2. Hold volume up, volume down, and power button
3. let go of power button as soon as you see samsung text
4. wait til blue cwm shows
5. Flash MIUI-Infuse-1.*.*.zip again
6. Enjoy!!
If not, you may have to odin or heimdall.
try a different usb port or usb cord or pc
read this if you havent
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=21230579
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The phone won't boot. All I get is a white screen when I try to turn it on. Not even the Samsung logo. Just all white.
robert.hortonii said:
The phone won't boot. All I get is a white screen when I try to turn it on. Not even the Samsung logo. Just all white.
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Try this.
Power off.
Pull battery. Battery in
Power on holding three buttons. When you see the Samsung screen and the buttons light up, let go of the power while holding the volumes.
Will this get you a recovery screen?
qkster said:
Try this.
Power off.
Pull battery. Battery in
Power on holding three buttons. When you see the Samsung screen and the buttons light up, let go of the power while holding the volumes.
Will this get you a recovery screen?
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No all I get is a flashing white screen. I never get the Samsung text. Sorry I forgot to mention that the white screen was flashing.
robert.hortonii said:
No all I get is a flashing white screen. I never get the Samsung text.
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Robert,
make sure your battery is charged.
I'm not sure if the flashing screen is still download mode. the only 2 i know is android shoveling and triangle and phone !
If you turn off and put it in download mode (or the flashing screen)
and connect it to your pc, your pc should recognize the phone if you had the correct drivers.
If odin is not working,
try heimdall.
adam outler also has an unbrickable mod somewhere in the development section.
it suppose to restore the phone in any condition.
look for that if nothing works.
make sure you do the correct download mode.
Related
I tried to put in the mod for the circle battery and the evo black bar on top of just having the circle battery in already.. minus the black bar mod. I went to update it from recovery mode, it turns on with the ATT and the Galaxy S screen... then just goes black. Not sure what to really do about this other then messing with any more mods after this.
I tried Recovery Mode and deleting everything and then rebooting it... it did nothing.
this happened to me too... 3 times actually.
Not really sure what causes the problem, but at this point you're gonna have to reflash the firmware. Use the Odin oneclick downloader to reflash to stock, then odin v1.0 to flash to what ever firmware you had on before.
In order to do this, you have to put your phone into recovery mode. First open up odin one click downloader. Next, hold the volume up and down button (if your on the i9000 firmware, just hold down the down volume button) and insert the usb. after a few seconds, a new screen should pop up saying it's in download mode. (the screen should say "download, do not turn off target!!!") then hit start on odin.
When you do the black bar/battery update, make sure you re-download it, put it into your sdcard, then rename it. DO NOT reinstall an update that you've already installed. this will also screw up the firmware.
download mode was a bit trickery for me to get into.....
here are my steps...
Open Odin3 and get the pit file and pda tar file inputted.
then plug your phone into usb.
turn on the phone to just the charging graphic...
from there hold the vol up nad vol down buttons and then hold the power button.
The graphic should disappear, let go of power when screen goes black and then it should go into "download mode"
it took me over 2 hours the other night to get into download mode.
Well I got it into Download mode and on Odin it's saying File analysis and do not turn off target... so I guess that means it's working?
Well I think I just bricked it for good now. I had it in download mode, it started to reset everything and the screen turned green for a little while, I thought something was wrong when that happened so I just took the battery out again to turn it off... now it won't even turn back on.
i just flash the I9000JH1 to the phone ,i still havent install the kernel to the phone yet and it had boot the home page. and i follow the instruction to reflash again. with Odin3 after i will flashing the CSC and PDA file i unplug and restart the phone and i goes to android system recovery <2e> and i try to reboot but the power button not working....it said
sasung recovery utils
-for BML-
reboot system now
apply sdcard: update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
but i can use vol up and down to scroll up and down, but can select the item, the power button is not working.
down there had some yellow words
update media, please wait ...
update media, finished
#menu mode#
- Appling Multi-CSC...
installing Multi-CSC
that the only word it wrote, so wht can i do, is there had any method to reflash the thing??cuz the computer also cant recognize the phone, Thanks
hi ron
im just a noob but i have the same problem yesterday =)
u must flash an kaptivate kernel for a workung power button in the recovery menu!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782413
but i cant even boot up the phone, it stuck in the recovery mode
ron671 said:
but i cant even boot up the phone, it stuck in the recovery mode
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You need to pull the battery, put it back, and try one of the button combinations to get it into download mode on next boot. Your easiest route is either both volume buttons, and plug in USB without pressing power (which works on the Captivate), or hold just volume down and plug in USB (which is the right combination for an i9000). With one of these the phone should automatically power into the download mode. Get Odin one click ready to flash stock before you put the phone into download mode and hit start when it recognizes the device. If that won't work. try the other key combinations keeping in mind that they change when you flash an i9000 image, so you should try all Captivate combinations, and all i9000 combinations. Since the Captivate lacks a physical home button, anything that involves that will not work, which is the reason why you are stuck in recovery. The i9000 recovery is expecting you to press the home button to select (unlike the power on the stock Captivate).
also, ADB commands should work while the phone is in recovery mode
Same Problem
The Key combination Vol +, Vol - and the power button power cycles the phone whether or not the phone is in recovery mode or off. I am having the same problem, and there are no key combinations that worked for me. For now, I am permanently stuck in recovery mode. I could use some help here, as I have tried everything.
Oh, for the I9000 ROM installed on the captivate, adb commands do not work. While the phone is in recovery mode, you cannot connect to the PC.
I have found though, that by booting into the recovery menu, plugging in your USB cord and then taking out/putting in the battery will put into an unknown upload mode which does connect it to the computer, but not in a way that allows Odin or adb to run. There might be a way to flash/work with the phone, but I don't know how. Any help would be appreciate, as it is not in disk mode.
rajendra82 said:
You need to pull the battery, put it back, and try one of the button combinations to get it into download mode on next boot. Your easiest route is either both volume buttons, and plug in USB without pressing power (which works on the Captivate), or hold just volume down and plug in USB (which is the right combination for an i9000). With one of these the phone should automatically power into the download mode. Get Odin one click ready to flash stock before you put the phone into download mode and hit start when it recognizes the device. If that won't work. try the other key combinations keeping in mind that they change when you flash an i9000 image, so you should try all Captivate combinations, and all i9000 combinations. Since the Captivate lacks a physical home button, anything that involves that will not work, which is the reason why you are stuck in recovery. The i9000 recovery is expecting you to press the home button to select (unlike the power on the stock Captivate).
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madetoservehim said:
The Key combination Vol +, Vol - and the power button power cycles the phone whether or not the phone is in recovery mode or off. I am having the same problem, and there are no key combinations that worked for me. For now, I am permanently stuck in recovery mode. I could use some help here, as I have tried everything.
Oh, for the I9000 ROM installed on the captivate, adb commands do not work. While the phone is in recovery mode, you cannot connect to the PC.
I have found though, that by booting into the recovery menu, plugging in your USB cord and then taking out/putting in the battery will put into an unknown upload mode which does connect it to the computer, but not in a way that allows Odin or adb to run. There might be a way to flash/work with the phone, but I don't know how. Any help would be appreciate, as it is not in disk mode.
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1. Take out battery and put it back in
2a Hold Vol Up+Vol Down (Do not press power)
or
2b Hold Vol Down (Do not press power)
3. Plug in USB cable connected to computer (Still do not press power)
If the phone behaves like a Captivate, after using 2a and 3, you should be in download mode. If the phone behaves like an i9000, after 2b and 3, you should be in Download mode.
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Have tried both of these options. Either way you do it, the phone still goes back into recovery mode. There was talk about using a custom kernel that would allow you to use the power button as the select button. Is there any way to use adb in recovery mode, so you can install the modified kernel, or reboot to download mode? If not, I started a thread on this question that can be found here as well:
rajendra82 said:
1. Take out battery and put it back in
2a Hold Vol Up+Vol Down (Do not press power)
or
2b Hold Vol Down (Do not press power)
3. Plug in USB cable connected to computer (Still do not press power)
If the phone behaves like a Captivate, after using 2a and 3, you should be in download mode. If the phone behaves like an i9000, after 2b and 3, you should be in Download mode.
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Did you ever fix this? I'm stuck in recovery mode now and none of the button combinations work
I have the exact same problem. Have you had any luck figuring out how to get the phone to reboot?
really people??
can you not follow step by step instructions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734871
Pirateghost said:
really people??
can you not follow step by step instructions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734871
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I am sure they can.
The 2e and 3e Download and Recovery modes were disabled by Samsung in later models of the SGS. It is not possible to get there using a combination of buttons etc.,
How to install the Download/Recovery Mode fix (3 Button Disabled SPL fix) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
There may be another method using an AnyWay JIG cable: which is a MicroB USB to Standard USB connector where I think one crosses pin 3 and 4 with a 301kOhm resister 1% tolerance, 1/4Watt. It would be best to search this forum for precise instructions.
Win for a dumb f%^k
well this isnt a good answer but i have a phone that went as discribed, no respose to three button, and unable to flash or get off the system reset screen on start up work on it for about 6 hour then left it when i came back i turned it on plug in the usb and CMD'ed adb reboot download and what did you know this time it worked? reset from that screen and it return to normal sooo.... um good luck and there is a way out just not shore what exactly it is
good for some
okey after fidling around i found my phone responded to adb ie download adb open a cmd line and typing adb reboot download. from there i just cycled the power hold down the power button a while and it rebooted to normal working order. though i still cant get 3 button even with flashing the fix so no hacking for me hope this helps
I'm using the Samsung Fascinate, i500 and i got stuck on the same screen too!!! i just double tapped the home button and rebooted the phone
I was able to get out of a 2e loop by running adb reboot download with odin open, then reflashed from there. Went through the same process twice since cognition 2.3b8 does not want to install on my phone. had no problem with b7 install.
Instructions were not that great. But Thanks -I figured it out and am back up.
Same problem here, cant make my phone go to download mode, ok or select key "power button" not working.
already tried the 2 methods before and they not working, (combination of keys)
Vibrant stuck in android system recovery 2e
I know this is not exact help but i just accidentally found myself into download mode after more key combo fiddling. I believe the last combo that got me in was either holding UP + POWER or just UP at the precise moment the screen goes black to reboot. This is after quite a few boot cycles so trial and error seemed to pull it off.
I'd test it again to be more sure but i don't want to risk being stuck again at this point. But I figured i'd speak up now, because i don't plan to have 2e there ever again.
Phone is stuck on att white world phone logo and is not going to download mode by holding the volume buttons and power, and or volume down and power.
When i hold the buttons and plug it in and all i see is a damn battery that goes on then off. Odin is open and does seem change.
All this just to get some bloatware and fix a gps.
Try the third option which is the only one works for me:
1. Take battery out and put back
2. Hold both Vol buttons. Don't touch the power button.
3. Plug in the USB cable to your PC. Don't touch the power button.
Your phone should boot into download mode right away. Remember, don't ever touch the power button.
WOW
wow dude perfect you saved me from freaking out! hah SOLVED thanks a million bad power button!
You're welcome. There is now even another hardware hack that can force the phone into download mode even if none of the buttons work. It is posted in i9000 forum.
foxbat121 said:
You're welcome. There is now even another hardware hack that can force the phone into download mode even if none of the buttons work. It is posted in i9000 forum.
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do you mind posting a link plz?
no button configuration is putting my phone in d/l mode...
tried odin for the first time and now i can't get past the damn 'world phone' screen.
Just do a search for captivate jig
kang0saur said:
do you mind posting a link plz?
no button configuration is putting my phone in d/l mode...
tried odin for the first time and now i can't get past the damn 'world phone' screen.
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Look in my sig.
Entering Download Mode but odin not working
I can get in to download mode but when I open odin3 there is nothing in the text boxes and when I press start it just says all threads completed 0/0 failed. And does the same thing for master clear.
When I turn the phone on with SIM in and hold the up/down + power it enters the clockwork stuff and I have tried the restore default option and recovery option. I was hoping download mode would help but didn't.
If anybody can help it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
evedavis58 said:
I can get in to download mode but when I open odin3 there is nothing in the text boxes and when I press start it just says all threads completed 0/0 failed. And does the same thing for master clear.
When I turn the phone on with SIM in and hold the up/down + power it enters the clockwork stuff and I have tried the restore default option and recovery option. I was hoping download mode would help but didn't.
If anybody can help it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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Here is the procedure you need to follow:
1. Install the proper driver so that ODIN can see your phone when plugged in. Drivers are listed in the thread where you download ODIN.
2. Open ODIN with phone not attached. Select the firmware file (*.rar) you want to flash in PDA field.
3. Power off the phone and enter into download mode and connect the phone to PC.
4. Wait for the driver to install and your phone recognized. It will show up in one of the boxes in ODIN.
5. Once your phone is recognized, press Start button on ODIN to start the flash process.
6. Leave the PC and phone alone for a few minutes and pray (that your phone didn't get bricked in the process).
Ok I got it to recognize but I don't know what (*.rar) I am supposed to flash. Do i just put the cognition folder in it or what.
Thanks for the reply
I want to flash cognition but when i press pdf on odin3 it doesn't see it...any ideas?
Cog does not use Odin. Just get clockwork recovery and install it. Then boot into recovery and flash cog. Go to stickies in dev section, there are guides.
I try to select cognition.rar but says it needs a .tar file. What do I do to make it work?
Cog does not install with Odin unless dg added that. You need to unrar it. Download winrar and extract it, see what's inside.
Sent from my Captivate using XDA App
This guide lays it out pretty well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
Personally, here's what I use to do. Go to the Dev section and search for ClockworkMod Recovery. Search that thread for the update.zip. I'm sure it's in there. Put the update.zip on your internal storage, ie, when you plug phone into pc with USB the thing you mount and store file on, not an added SD card.
Boot into stock recovery. Choose reinstall packages, it reboots. Choose reinstall packages again, now your in Clockwork. Choose > install zip from sdcard > choose zip file > then navigate to Cognition (assuming you've put that on your internal storage also) and select it. It flashes, choose reboot. Bam! You're running Cognition.
evedavis58 said:
Ok I got it to recognize but I don't know what (*.rar) I am supposed to flash. Do i just put the cognition folder in it or what.
Thanks for the reply
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evedavis58 said:
I want to flash cognition but when i press pdf on odin3 it doesn't see it...any ideas?
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You two need to read more before risking your phone. I sense you soon to have two very expensive bricks on your hand.
I was flashing a I1900 rom, Amestris. I did a full wipe and a wipe of delvik started to flash the rom and during the flash the screen went black. When I try to start it back up if I hold the power and the vol up/dn the samsung screen comes up but just for a split sec and then goes back off with almost a tv animation?. I cannot get to either download or recovery at this point and of course not with adb either. acts like a dead battery? but the battery was fully charged. When plugged into the charger the charging emblem does not come on either?
Any help out there?
Nevermind, got to download!
you could just start over
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
and or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
00mred00 said:
you could just start over
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
and or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
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Yes, that is exactly what I did. My problem was that I could not get to download. Thus I could not acomplish this. All is good now. I got download, flashed to stock and back to my daily. I just do not know how it stopped in the middle of a flash and shut down? I will try to duplicate it later.
TV screen? Did it maybe look like a "Phone-to-PC" screen?
That's the "You're not getting anywhere until you flash something" variant of download mode, but it IS download (Odin/Heimdall) mode.
Or you may have flashed a ROM that had an autoreboot in its script so it's a bad kernel - so enter download mode and Odin away. You might get away with just Odin/Heimdalling a Hellraiser-compatible kernel to get you to CWM.
To enter download mode:
Pull and reinsert battery
Hold VolUp/VolDn (but NOT power)
Plug in the USB cable to the phone when it's connected to a PC
Entropy512 said:
TV screen? Did it maybe look like a "Phone-to-PC" screen?
That's the "You're not getting anywhere until you flash something" variant of download mode, but it IS download (Odin/Heimdall) mode.
Or you may have flashed a ROM that had an autoreboot in its script so it's a bad kernel - so enter download mode and Odin away. You might get away with just Odin/Heimdalling a Hellraiser-compatible kernel to get you to CWM.
To enter download mode:
Pull and reinsert battery
Hold VolUp/VolDn (but NOT power)
Plug in the USB cable to the phone when it's connected to a PC
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No it was not that screen.
It looked like the screen off animation of some roms where it looks like an old TV. I have seen lots of soft bricks but this was new. As soon as the samsung screen came up it instantly went off. Very hard time getting into download also. It was also the firt time I ever had a phone stop in the middle of a flash, on it's own and become soft bricked. I have been back on Dario's, Darky's and now Infused since and all is good. Just not sure how it happened. I plan to try to duplicate just to find the real cause and warn others. Unless it was just a odd fluke of sorts...
I rooted my phone last week. everything was fine until I got CWM recovery, and somehow bricked my phone trying to flash a ROM from a zip file. Now my phone is stuck at the splash screen when you try to turn it on, and when you try to boot into recovery or download modes, it doesnt do a thing. pretty sure I did something dumb and formatted something i wasnt supposed to.
Now I have downloaded ODIN and the things i need to get back to stock, but i cant boot into download mode to do it! I need some help bad. Bless me, android jesus. I need you now lol
pull battery usb in computer hold vol + and - and press circle button and slide in battery dont let go of buttons until it says downloading with yellow android
pmp326 said:
pull battery usb in computer hold vol + and - and press circle button and slide in battery dont let go of buttons until it says downloading with yellow android
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yea I figured that out yesterday. Had to go into download mode and restore phone to default with the t839-Sidekick4g-UGKV2-one-click thing I found. thought I was done for but I'm back workin.