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[Q] Can anyone help unbrick my phone...

I tried running Odin to unbrick back into recovery, but apparently didn't have the drivers installed (to my surprise). I hate to say it but I think I've reached the point of no return...any help would be very much appreciated.
Edit: I can't even get into dl mode and I don't have the samsung logo on the screen anymore...just a phone and computer logo.

May be you are not in dowload mode correctly.
For download mode:
1. remove battery
2. connect phone to computer
3. put battery
4. press volume up and down buttons only (no power button)
Try these steps, hope its helpful.

As far as the driver issue is concerned, downloading "Kies" is the easiest way. The phone doesn't actually work with the software, but the process of installing it will take care of any driver issues.
Search Kies in google to grab the download.

Try one click unbrick ^^ it work on mine
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium

terr_bear said:
I tried running Odin to unbrick back into recovery, but apparently didn't have the drivers installed (to my surprise). I hate to say it but I think I've reached the point of no return...any help would be very much appreciated.
Edit: I can't even get into dl mode and I don't have the samsung logo on the screen anymore...just a phone and computer logo.
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That is a download mode. It's just your Infuse saying man, something ain't right and I ain't going no farther.
Just install the samsung drivers, plug the phone in, let the drivers install and then run Odin.

atrix4nag said:
May be you are not in dowload mode correctly.
For download mode:
1. remove battery
2. connect phone to computer
3. put battery
4. press volume up and down buttons only (no power button)
Try these steps, hope its helpful.
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According to your directions, I did it correctly...I was at a point where I could get into download mode, but I can't anymore...?
Zaidin said:
As far as the driver issue is concerned, downloading "Kies" is the easiest way. The phone doesn't actually work with the software, but the process of installing it will take care of any driver issues.
Search Kies in google to grab the download.
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Downloaded kies to my computer...when I synced up it couldn't identify the device. I did a good amount of research before posting here...nothing seems to work
abcvn said:
Try one click unbrick ^^ it work on mine
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium
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I'll give that a shot and let you know how it goes...thanks man
Truckerglenn said:
That is a download mode. It's just your Infuse saying man, something ain't right and I ain't going no farther.
Just install the samsung drivers, plug the phone in, let the drivers install and then run Odin.
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That's the thing...odin would be a breeze, but I just can't get the right drivers for odin to id it...so I guess my solution would be to get kies to id my phone so I could dl the drivers and run odin, right? Easier said than done I suppose...

Thanks for the feedback guys, I really do appreciate it...

Don't plug in your phone at all. Open up Kies/Kies Mini or whatever you have, and under the options it should have an option to install drivers. Once they are done, close kies, reboot your computer, open up Odin with whatever you are flashing, and then plug your phone into download mode.

nygfan760 said:
Don't plug in your phone at all. Open up Kies/Kies Mini or whatever you have, and under the options it should have an option to install drivers. Once they are done, close kies, reboot your computer, open up Odin with whatever you are flashing, and then plug your phone into download mode.
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Thanks, I'll give that a try too...

nygfan760 said:
Don't plug in your phone at all. Open up Kies/Kies Mini or whatever you have, and under the options it should have an option to install drivers. Once they are done, close kies, reboot your computer, open up Odin with whatever you are flashing, and then plug your phone into download mode.
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So I shouldn't sync my phone to get drivers via kies?

terr_bear said:
So I shouldn't sync my phone to get drivers via kies?
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No, the program itself can install them without the phone, at least kies mini will. Or you can just download the driver from here:
32 bit drivers: http://www.mediafire.com/?0b45zo7o75rc5d5
64 bit drivers: http://www.mediafire.com/?3dh4d6up72me9re

It said I successfully dl'ed the drivers, yet nothing has changed...used kies mini, restarted my comp, and tried to sync, but it still can't recognize the phone...hate to admit it, but I think I've exhausted just about every solution I could find or think of :/

get rid of kies. it's a useless program. also if it's open odin might not work, even if it's open in the background like in the system tray.
the drivers are in the most logical place you could think of. on the samsung website under device support.
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.c...445/SGH-i997_Infuse4G_USB_Drivers_5_2_0_2.zip
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/at-t/SGH-I997ZKAATT
use the samsung cable if possible, others should work but on the older moment/intercept style phones a specific cable seems to be required. it couldn't hurt to make sure you have the correct cable.
even if you have the phone + computer screen it doesnt automatically mean you are in download mode. you may still need to do the download mode proceedure from battery pull (to make 100% sure the phone is off before you start the proceedure)
the best way is to
1 open odin
2 pull battery
3 connect the cable
4 phone should be face down
5 hold the volume buttons at the same time
6 with volume buttons depressed slide the battery into place
now you may see dwnload or you may see phone + computer or you may even see a black screen but there is a good chance that if the drivers worked that you will see a yellow box in odin
good luck

terr_bear said:
It said I successfully dl'ed the drivers, yet nothing has changed...used kies mini, restarted my comp, and tried to sync, but it still can't recognize the phone...hate to admit it, but I think I've exhausted just about every solution I could find or think of :/
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Read what was said. Install drivers, close kies, reboot, open Odin.
Cranky...
KK4

Truckerglenn said:
Read what was said. Install drivers, close kies, reboot, open Odin.
Cranky...
KK4
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I have tried everything, and windows 7 says the drivers are in place, but nothing happens! Trying heimdale, nothing is happeneing either.

Ryanscool said:
I have tried everything, and windows 7 says the drivers are in place, but nothing happens! Trying heimdale, nothing is happeneing either.
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Heimdall uses completely different drivers which are installed via the one click heimdall using zadig.exe
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If you can get to download mode, you are not bricked, and it is an issue on your part.

nygfan760 said:
Heimdall uses completely different drivers which are installed via the one click heimdall using zadig.exe
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If you can get to download mode, you are not bricked, and it is an issue on your part.
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I can not get anywhere, but i am installing the 64 bit drivers as im running win 7 64. I will try again, but for anyone else who has no other options and a tiny bit of cash there is some hope http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-infuse-4g-jtag-brick-repair/ . Suprisingly, this is not a scam as many, many people say it worked for them.

Ryanscool said:
I can not get anywhere, but i am installing the 64 bit drivers as im running win 7 64. I will try again, but for anyone else who has no other options and a tiny bit of cash there is some hope http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-infuse-4g-jtag-brick-repair/ . Suprisingly, this is not a scam as many, many people say it worked for them.
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Get UnBrickable mod. That works well. I use it whenever I put my device into download mode. Just send me a pm and ill do it for $30+shipping. UBM lets you upload download mode to a device regardless of its state. I spent alot of time researching the methods and I came up with the mod for this device not too long ago.
UBM is the best option. Here is a demo on a captivate. We rewrote the HIBL for compatibility with the infuse4g

Thanks for all the help guys, but absolutely nothing I tried was working and I was short on time and patience...so you gave in to the JTAG unbrick service. I couldn't stand to pay for a service that I was sure I could perform myself, but when it got down to it, I didn't have time to deal with I all. I can confirm that it is a legit service. Great communication and Josh does quick work of getting things working again...I'm a firm supporter of DIY, but if you do reach the point of no return like I did, it's a very reliable resource.

terr_bear said:
Thanks for all the help guys, but absolutely nothing I tried was working and I was short on time and patience...so you gave in to the JTAG unbrick service. I couldn't stand to pay for a service that I was sure I could perform myself, but when it got down to it, I didn't have time to deal with I all. I can confirm that it is a legit service. Great communication and Josh does quick work of getting things working again...I'm a firm supporter of DIY, but if you do reach the point of no return like I did, it's a very reliable resource.
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I have a suggestion. I also had this issue. The problem was my main PC. I simply used my old laptop and it worked like a dream. I know thus seems too simple but it has worked for several people.
Use GTGs Ultimate Unbrick on a different computer.
Just my 2¢

Skyrocket JB Help

Hi, I've been looking to root/change the rom on my Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket for a while, but everytime I come onto the dev forums here for a guide to do it, I seem to get stuck in a circle.
I tried ODIN, and all the troubleshooting, but it doesn't work for me.
I went to the ODIN-less methods, but it seems that I already need to have CMW....on there?
I am quite confused, so I downloaded the file linked here: http://d-h.st/40A (cwm6011touch_INSTALL.zip)
..Then i tried to 'apply update from sdcard' with that file from recovery mode in my phone...and i get: 'E: signature verification failed'.
My issue is that the documents are pretty confusing to me, they seem circular. The ones i've been looking at are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Can anyone explain what I have to do to be able to apply this(aokp jb) to my phone?

Honestly you must be too computer illiterate if you can't root a Samsung phone. Just don't bother lol
Sent from my SGH-I717 using xda premium

aceownstheworld said:
Honestly you must be too computer illiterate if you can't root a Samsung phone. Just don't bother lol
Sent from my SGH-I717 using xda premium
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Helpful, bro. I'm pretty computer literate, i'd say. There's nothing wrong with needing help...does anyone have anything helpful to say?

Odin is the only way. You have to Odin the recovery on to your phone.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

Everything you need is in or linked from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398

mindmajick said:
Odin is the only way. You have to Odin the recovery on to your phone.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2
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...Really? So I have absolutely no other options at all if ODIN doesn't recognize my phone?
Its weird because I don't think its a USB port issue. Windows recognizes it, but ODIN simply won't.

lawizeg said:
...Really? So I have absolutely no other options at all if ODIN doesn't recognize my phone?
Its weird because I don't think its a USB port issue. Windows recognizes it, but ODIN simply won't.
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Not unless you are running stock 2.3.5
Otherwise.. yes Odin. Are you in download mode when using Odin?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

lawizeg said:
...Really? So I have absolutely no other options at all if ODIN doesn't recognize my phone?
Its weird because I don't think its a USB port issue. Windows recognizes it, but ODIN simply won't.
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Did you run as administrator?
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398

rpr69 said:
Everything you need is in or linked from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
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I used that, and yes, I ran ODIN as an admin, as well as have my phone in download mode while doing so.

what does the screen show when your in dl mode
if you didn't follow the troubleshooting guide in odin, theres no way we can help you, and yes you have to go through the whole troubleshooting procedure
if you thought my guides are hard to understand, then you are computer illiterate, stay away from jb and stick with stock until you do some further reading, allot more reading and understand what you are getting yourself into, read the last part of my sig, we dont want you to brick your phone as we do see newbs do that, we're not trying to be condescending, we're just telling you the way it is

vincom said:
what does the screen show when your in dl mode
if you didn't follow the troubleshooting guide in odin, theres no way we can help you, and yes you have to go through the whole troubleshooting procedure
if you thought my guides are hard to understand, then you are computer illiterate, stay away from jb and stick with stock until you do some further reading, allot more reading and understand what you are getting yourself into, read the last part of my sig, we dont want you to brick your phone as we do see newbs do that, we're not trying to be condescending, we're just telling you the way it is
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The screen of what? The computer? Well, ODIN shows nothing, as in no change from when the phone wasn't in DL mode. And the screen of my phone says: ODIN MODE, blah blah....then it has the Android bot and DOWNLOAD MODE with a warning.
I did indeed go through the whole procedure, i said that. I also understand what i'm getting myself into; i've done stuff like this before. Yeah, i get the whole way it is thing...but you guys probably didn't even read what i said in the first post.
Listen. Its not the guides i don't understand, its how to get CWM onto my phone without using ODIN. They were circular, meaning when i had an issue, id get linked a post that led me to the post i was just at. I'm confused on what i need to do.
I'm not going to go into how NOT computer illiterate i am, I'm really just trying to figure out either how to get ODIN to recognize my phone, or get CWM on it without ODIN, which is what your guides don't have/i'm confused about. Writing me off isn't helping at all.

lawizeg said:
The screen of what? The computer? Well, ODIN shows nothing, as in no change from when the phone wasn't in DL mode. And the screen of my phone says: ODIN MODE, blah blah....then it has the Android bot and DOWNLOAD MODE with a warning.
I did indeed go through the whole procedure, i said that. I also understand what i'm getting myself into; i've done stuff like this before. Yeah, i get the whole way it is thing...but you guys probably didn't even read what i said in the first post.
Listen. Its not the guides i don't understand, its how to get CWM onto my phone without using ODIN. They were circular, meaning when i had an issue, id get linked a post that led me to the post i was just at. I'm confused on what i need to do.
I'm not going to go into how NOT computer illiterate i am, I'm really just trying to figure out either how to get ODIN to recognize my phone, or get CWM on it without ODIN, which is what your guides don't have/i'm confused about. Writing me off isn't helping at all.
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k, sorry didnt understand
no theres no way to get a custom revovery on a stock phone w/out odin as my guide states
did u go through the exact procedure on getting into dl mode, if you could post a pic of the phone when in dl mode that would be helpful
did u go through the odin troubleshooting section in my stickies, you really need to do that b4 we can pinpoint the prob

vincom said:
k, sorry didnt understand
no theres no way to get a custom revovery on a stock phone w/out odin as my guide states
did u go through the exact procedure on getting into dl mode, if you could post a pic of the phone when in dl mode that would be helpful
did u go through the odin troubleshooting section in my stickies, you really need to do that b4 we can pinpoint the prob
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Gah...darn it. Okay...well I just downloaded Kies to check for the driver issues in a different way, but here's everything i've done in the troubleshooting guide:
If Odin Shows An md5 Error: Unzip The Firmware Tar File Again And/Or Redownload The File Again
If The Phone Boots Into Any Rom, Make Sure Windows Can Transfer From And To Internal And External Sdcards To Rule Out Driver Issues
Does Kies Recognize Your Phone, Even If You Are On A Custom Rom Kies Will Recognize Your Phone, This Rules Out Driver Issues
Make Sure You Are In Download Mode On Your Phone
Make Sure Adb Or Kies Is Not Runnung In The Background
Restart Computer
Make Sure Battery Is Charged
Try Different Usb Port, Preferably The Rear Ones On Computer
Use Original Samsung Usb Cable, Or Try Different Cable But Still Oem
Uninstall drivers and kies, unplug phone & reboot comp, then just reinstall the USB Drivers from here
Try A Different Computer
Clean Phones Usb Port W/no Battery Installed
If You Tried All Of Above Tests And Phone Is Not Recognized By Your Computer You Then Have A Hardware Problem With The Phones Usb Port, Repair.
not an issue: If Phone Boot Loops Or Enters Into Recovery Mode While Trying To Get Into Download Mode(and you are sure you followed above procedure and also did not touch the power button), You Could Have A Stuck Power Button. To Fix That Try To Repeatedly Keep Pushing The Power Button Hard To Try To Unstick It.

u just copied and pasted my ts guide, but i need to know specifics, when you are booted up into android os, does windows see both sdcards and you can transfer files to and from phone and comp

vincom said:
u just copied and pasted my ts guide, but i need to know specifics, when you are booted up into android os, does windows see both sdcards and you can transfer files to and from phone and comp
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Yes, I can transfer from and to both phone and SD. What do you mean by when I'm booted into android? I usually try something on the ts guide, and then try Odin...then I boot my phone into dl mode. Whenever Im trying to see if the phone is being detected its in Android is. Otherwise I turn it off.

I dunno.. if you are doing everything in the troubleshooting guide.. it should work.
There is no hardware OR software reason from what you have described that would prevent it from working.
The only other thing I can think of is the Odin version...

Well somethings not right, either your on the first screen in DL mode the one with yellow triangle and then u hit the volume up button to get into the second screen for DL mode(Odin mode), did u follow the guide in getting into DL mode.
Make sure kies (anything with word kies) is not running in the background in windows.
does kies recognize your phone
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lawizeg said:
Hi, I've been looking to root/change the rom on my Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket for a while, but everytime I come onto the dev forums here for a guide to do it, I seem to get stuck in a circle.
I tried ODIN, and all the troubleshooting, but it doesn't work for me.
I went to the ODIN-less methods, but it seems that I already need to have CMW....on there?
I am quite confused, so I downloaded the file linked here: http://d-h.st/40A (cwm6011touch_INSTALL.zip)
..Then i tried to 'apply update from sdcard' with that file from recovery mode in my phone...and i get: 'E: signature verification failed'.
My issue is that the documents are pretty confusing to me, they seem circular. The ones i've been looking at are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Can anyone explain what I have to do to be able to apply this(aokp jb) to my phone?
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Alright, I did the driver thing again. (uninstalled Kies AND driver, then reinstalled driver) Then I tried it again, and ODIN worked! So, right now I'm waiting for the AOKP JB rom to finish loading up.
Thanks for the help.

lawizeg said:
Alright, I did the driver thing again. (uninstalled Kies AND driver, then reinstalled driver) Then I tried it again, and ODIN worked! So, right now I'm waiting for the AOKP JB rom to finish loading up.
Thanks for the help.
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make sure you have the CWM touch version. The non-touch version didn't work for me.

eodee said:
make sure you have the CWM touch version. The non-touch version didn't work for me.
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You MUST have a NATIVE Skyrocket recovery for the JB roms... Update the one that Odin loaded to one of these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777970 (Touch)
http://d-h.st/eHq (Non Touch)

[Q] “System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless ha

Ok first off, the whole reason I'm in this mess is because I couldn't get the phone to connect with my PC. I tried different cables, ports, and drivers. The official Samsung drivers have the message "device driver software was not successfully install;d ". So I basically couldn't connect it to my PC at all. Now since I had it rooted through towelroot I thought I'd use Flashify to flash TWRP. So I did. Now after a reboot I get the message, “System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone.”. Now I have ODIN installed with the stock firmware downloaded but ODIN won't recognize my device. Any help at all would be GREATLY APPRECIATED.

Anything guys? Just getting ODIN to recognize my phone would help so much.

Do you have your phone in download mode? Beyond that, I'm not really sure. Everything I see that talks about odin just talks about download mode with no mention of any drivers or anything.

dpeeps74 said:
Do you have your phone in download mode? Beyond that, I'm not really sure. Everything I see that talks about odin just talks about download mode with no mention of any drivers or anything.
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Yes, and I'm 100% sure I'm in download mode.

vistination said:
Yes, and I'm 100% sure I'm in download mode.
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First of all what version of Android are you on?
From my CM11 S3

Odin not detecting in download mode

Looking to go back to stock using this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
Odin will recognize my phone when booted normaly but, when in download mode odin wont recognize my phone
I have CWM recovery 6.0.3.8 installed if it makes any difference.
Any help is appriciated, thanks

Are the drivers installed? This is usually the problem. If that is not the problem, it may be the USB Port or the USB Cable. Switching ports usually helps.

xWolf13 said:
Are the drivers installed? This is usually the problem. If that is not the problem, it may be the USB Port or the USB Cable. Switching ports usually helps.
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Unfortunately, i have tried both of those things. I have uninstalled and reinstalled samsung drivers from both kies and the samsung website. I have also tried switching ports with no avail. I have found out when i connect my phone in download mode in one port there will be a sound as if a device is connected but i cannot see the phone on my computer, on all other ports it will sound as if the device connected and then disconnected immediately. I have also tried using multiple versions of odin.

ilikewaffelz said:
Unfortunately, i have tried both of those things. I have uninstalled and reinstalled samsung drivers from both kies and the samsung website. I have also tried switching ports with no avail. I have found out when i connect my phone in download mode in one port there will be a sound as if a device is connected but i cannot see the phone on my computer, on all other ports it will sound as if the device connected and then disconnected immediately. I have also tried using multiple versions of odin.
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Yes! You hear the sound of the phone being connected. Have you checked any processes on your computer when that happens? Download Mode needs certain drivers (downloaded automatically) to be able to work with Odin.

xWolf13 said:
Yes! You hear the sound of the phone being connected. Have you checked any processes on your computer when that happens? Download Mode needs certain drivers (downloaded automatically) to be able to work with Odin.
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Unfortunately, no other processes appear on my computer when connected. Would there be a way i could download the download mode drivers manually?

ilikewaffelz said:
Unfortunately, no other processes appear on my computer when connected. Would there be a way i could download the download mode drivers manually?
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Going on a limb here, but maybe this will work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555

ilikewaffelz said:
Unfortunately, no other processes appear on my computer when connected. Would there be a way i could download the download mode drivers manually?
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And uninstall kies from your computer. There is nothing useful about that app.

xWolf13 said:
Going on a limb here, but maybe this will work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
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The 1st installation method did not work, so i went on to the the 3rd however when i look on device manager my phone is listed as an Android Device>Google Galaxy Nexus ABD Interface, when i try doing step 8 my computer says the drivers are already up to date. Going on details for the driver says its from ClockworkMod(my current recovery). Might this be why Odin cannot detect my device when in download mode? And if so how would i go about fixing this? Thanks for your help by the way

ilikewaffelz said:
The 1st installation method did not work, so i went on to the the 3rd however when i look on device manager my phone is listed as an Android Device>Google Galaxy Nexus ABD Interface, when i try doing step 8 my computer says the drivers are already up to date. Going on details for the driver says its from ClockworkMod(my current recovery). Might this be why Odin cannot detect my device when in download mode? And if so how would i go about fixing this? Thanks for your help by the way
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Hmmm. Another option could be just flashing to stock rather than using Odin. May I ask why you want to go back to stock? Are you returning your phone? If so, flashing a stock ROM should suffice..

xWolf13 said:
Hmmm. Another option could be just flashing to stock rather than using Odin. May I ask why you want to go back to stock? Are you returning your phone? If so, flashing a stock ROM should suffice..
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Well yes, im soon going to be getting a new phone in May(any suggestions?? lol). However, since flashing Cyanogen Mod 10 i have had trouble getting calls. I cannot hear when the phone is dialing and if someone picks up on the other end i dont hear anything. Also, recently texts have not been working. I have seen that I am able to send texts but not recieve them, or if i do they will take a LONG time to come through and usually i will get all the messages at once.

Odin Broke my Phone, Flashed TWRP Using Odin 3.10.7

I went into Odin mode and flashed TWRP in the AP/PDA as all tutorials say (I am skeptical about that, I think this is what caused my phone to brick. BL obviously stands for bootloader, but I wasn't going to question the experts). Afterwards, I went to restart my phone and now I only boot to a broken Odin mode which says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." I cannot turn it off without taking the battery out, it reboots immediately. I tried plugging my phone in and running Kies, but I left it to detect devices for 10 minutes and it was still attempting to connect to my SGS2. I have absolutely no idea what to do, I've never gotten this message in Odin before. It was tricky to even get Kies as Samsung took down their link and replaced it with SmartSwitch. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

idk which tutorial youve read but you should of read mine, it uses odin3v1.87 and only pda is ever used and/or needed for the skyrocket.
u could be sol but trying my tut shouldnt hurt.
if theres life theres a chance for it to be revived.
you could try flashing twrp or better yet a full stock firmware so all partitions get reformatted/repartitioned correctly, fingers crossed.
links in my sig

vincom said:
idk which tutorial youve read but you should of read mine, it uses odin3v1.87 and only pda is ever used and/or needed for the skyrocket.
u could be sol but trying my tut shouldnt hurt.
if theres life theres a chance for it to be revived.
you could try flashing twrp or better yet a full stock firmware so all partitions get reformatted/repartitioned correctly, fingers crossed.
links in my sig
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Thanks; the only problem is that I can't even flash anything at the moment. My phone needs Kies and the drivers first, the Odin/download and recovery modes cannot be accessed otherwise. Kies has never had my phone drivers beforehand as I never had Kies before my phone had problems I should have looked harder for more detailed tutorials like yours first (one of many oversights that I neglected as a newbie). I also forgot to mention I visited the cm wiki to try to flash a newer custom OS and the tutorial asked for Windows users to use Heimdall suite, which failed to work properly in Windows 10 (at least for me). I used it to install a driver which may have replaced my Kies driver but now that I had uninstalled Kies completely and reinstalled it just after my phone broke, I no longer have a way of getting those drivers back since Kies apparently uses the history of my connected phones to install the drivers. I may be completely wrong (I feel I am) so please correct me.

thers a stand alone usb drivers link in the 1stop thread under the utilities section

vincom said:
thers a stand alone usb drivers link in the 1stop thread under the utilities section
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Well it's not the drivers. Kies simply won't connect for whatever reason. I've tried Kies emergency recovery but it needs my phone to have been plugged in to another computer somewhere in order to get a recovery code or I need Kies to simply detect my phone. I've installed the new drivers multiple times but it doesn't change any results.

fyi you dont need kies for any of my tutorials.
uninstall kies, restart pc and reinstall standalone usb drivers and restart pc.
then follow my guides to the "t"

vincom said:
fyi you dont need kies for any of my tutorials.
uninstall kies, restart pc and reinstall standalone usb drivers and restart pc.
then follow my guides to the "t"
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I found your stickies and found a link to the proper .tar.md5 file for the stock rom and it works now. Thanks for the help ^^

same prob
Raeffion said:
I found your stickies and found a link to the proper .tar.md5 file for the stock rom and it works now. Thanks for the help ^^
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i have the same probleme can you sent me the tuto please and links for the correct solution i727 Galaxy S II Skyrocket (SGH-I727)

ayuda
I format the mobile and now when it starts it stays in the twrp crazy and it blinks it stays like an infinite cycle of blinks and when I put it to load with the engine it starts only to the twrp logo it makes. do not abilite the mode
depuration
usb but if I go to the download mode I need your help thanks