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Phone perminantly BRICK!!!! Help Plz..

I tried to Update it to froyo 2.2 from eclair. I used oden3 and when everything finished installing the phone reboots, but instead of turning on it stayed off. the screen stayed black so i tried to turn it on but nothing happed. i tried to put it into recovery mode... nothing happened. I tired the whole thing with the taking the battery in and out and blah blah blah...nothing... it's a brink for real. i did some research on this forum and read everything i could, but nothing... i even consider buying a jig but even then, they told me that wouldn't work for my situation.. (the seller) I don't know what to do. i've tried everything plz help me i'll try anything thank you...

KimmieLe said:
I tried to Update it to froyo 2.2 from eclair. I used oden3 and when everything finished installing the phone reboots, but instead of turning on it stayed off. the screen stayed black so i tried to turn it on but nothing happed. i tried to put it into recovery mode... nothing happened. I tired the whole thing with the taking the battery in and out and blah blah blah...nothing... it's a brink for real. i did some research on this forum and read everything i could, but nothing... i even consider buying a jig but even then, they told me that wouldn't work for my situation.. (the seller) I don't know what to do. i've tried everything plz help me i'll try anything thank you...
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Did you try using odin one click to get into download? The jig may still work give it a shot. Worse case is your out 99 cents for the jig

where can i find oden one click?? and what's the difference between this one and the oden3.... sorry i'm new to using android... i was a apple fan...

KimmieLe said:
where can i find oden one click?? and what's the difference between this one and the oden3.... sorry i'm new to using android... i was a apple fan...
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The odin one click was set up to return the first set of captivates to stock jf6. What version did yours come with? Do a search for odin one click and follow the directions to force it into download mode.

i'm not really sure because like i've said, i dont know anything about android... i tried to use skype but it requires my to update... thats the only reason for my upgrading... but i assume its that... sorry if im a ding dong... but plz help i just got this a month ago..

KimmieLe said:
i'm not really sure because like i've said, i dont know anything about android... i tried to use skype but it requires my to update... thats the only reason for my upgrading... but i assume its that... sorry if im a ding dong... but plz help i just got this a month ago..
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Ok go here and follow the directions to try and get back to stock. there is no official 2.2 update from ATT so you will have to flash a custom rom to get 2.2.

ok let me try this thanks.... oh do you think the program would recognize the phone since i plug it in and nothing happens.... not sound indicating that the phone is plugged in

KimmieLe said:
ok let me try this thanks.... oh do you think the program would recognize the phone since i plug it in and nothing happens.... not sound indicating that the phone is plugged in
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If it forces it into download then yes. The key is making it go into download from the off state.

that's the problem... i have no problem of putting it into download mode, BUT the phone won't do it... I hold the volume buttons and plug the usb cable in but it won't work... usually it would but not annnyy moorreee....

KimmieLe said:
that's the problem... i have no problem of putting it into download mode, BUT the phone won't do it... I hold the volume buttons and plug the usb cable in but it won't work... usually it would but not annnyy moorreee....
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Looks like you may need to make a jig for it if that doesnt work. Most likely something happened to remove your 3 button options so you will need something to force it to turn on. That is where odin comes in. I use the one click as that is the version that came on my phone. Some came with jh7 on them.

yeh.... just like what we've thought would happened... the computer didn't recognized it so the program is useless... :-( so what else can we do now...

KimmieLe said:
yeh.... just like what we've thought would happened... the computer didn't recognized it so the program is useless... :-( so what else can we do now...
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Now for the dumb question time. Do you have the captivate drivers installed? As long as you can get into DL mode then it is a driver issue with your PC. Grab the drivers and install them

i did already but i'm doing it again just in case... ummm can i message you on yahoo... if you don't mind helping me on there cause this is kinda hard to wait for a post... thank you mine is giotlekhongten22 if you do wanna message me

so yeh there's nothing else i can do is there????

KimmieLe said:
i did already but i'm doing it again just in case... ummm can i message you on yahoo... if you don't mind helping me on there cause this is kinda hard to wait for a post... thank you mine is giotlekhongten22 if you do wanna message me
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I would but I am mobile at the moment. I have had a few issues with the drivers needing to be uninstalled and reinstalled to get it to work.

Not sure I follow you here. Does your phone do anything? Will it go into download mode?
If so it must be a driver/pc issue. I have randomly had my Win7 x64 computer stop recognizing my phone. Sometime uninstalling drivers and reinstalling worked. The last time I did a system restore to a few days earlier and it worked. Worst case try another PC.
IF you phone stays BLACK, no response, no download mode, nothing. I would try a jig. Go to radioshack get 3 100kohm resistors and well... Go to the DEV section and look in the stickies. It's in a guide somewhere. But should cost a $1 or so.
Good luck.

bobbylx said:
Not sure I follow you here. Does your phone do anything? Will it go into download mode?
If so it must be a driver/pc issue. I have randomly had my Win7 x64 computer stop recognizing my phone. Sometime uninstalling drivers and reinstalling worked. The last time I did a system restore to a few days earlier and it worked. Worst case try another PC.
IF you phone stays BLACK, no response, no download mode, nothing. I would try a jig. Go to radioshack get 3 100kohm resistors and well... Go to the DEV section and look in the stickies. It's in a guide somewhere. But should cost a $1 or so.
Good luck.
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I agree I am also on a 64 bit system at home and have had the same issues. It is like the drivers are getting corrupted for some reason.

i guess i can try to uninstall the drivers, but yeh my phone dose absolutely nothing!!!! i'm so sad.... does this really mean it's dead for real for real... i just wanna hear the truth... :-((((((((

KimmieLe said:
i guess i can try to uninstall the drivers, but yeh my phone dose absolutely nothing!!!! i'm so sad.... does this really mean it's dead for real for real... i just wanna hear the truth... :-((((((((
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If it does nothing when you load up odin and then hold both volume buttons and plug it into the pc then your only other option is a jig.

zelendel said:
I agree I am also on a 64 bit system at home and have had the same issues. It is like the drivers are getting corrupted for some reason.
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[Q] GingerReal won't run on Galaxys s4g?

Alright guys, need some help here. I went here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155623 and followed the step 1 exacly as told. Using Galaxy s 4g..the odin stated a pass..but the phone turned off and it won't power up no more..could somone have any idea on this?

Only flash roms for the SGH-T959V and not any other model
First look up in the bible (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554) the guide on how to get into download mode. Your phone will hopefully get recognized.
Second, look up raver's KC1 cleanup. Search for raver, you should find it. That should get you back on a clean SGS4G rom.
Third, don't install ROMs that wasn't made for your phone.

Perhaps because it's not made for this phone... From my understanding, you should never use anything that's NOT made specifically for this phone.
Despite the similarities this phone is very different.
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So preatty mutch it's dead now right? since it won't power up

Kirthaal said:
So preatty mutch it's dead now right? since it won't power up
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yeah, flashing roms made for other phones is a good way to kill the Galaxy S 4G. never flash a rom that is made for another phone. it might still be recoverable though.. look up the posts on unbricking your phone using heimdall, maybe you can find something that works.

Kirthaal said:
So preatty mutch it's dead now right? since it won't power up
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Not necessarily. There is always a chance on getting Odin to recognize it.
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Ouch, should've read around the forum more. :T
Does Odin recognize your phone at all when you plug it in? Try the methods to get into download mode and see if Odin recognizes it. If it does, you might be able to restore your phone.
If that doesn't work, try this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220181&highlight=debrick
I haven't really read that thread in detail myself, so maybe others could help you out on that.

Open odin on your computer.
Do a battery pull. Put the battery back in. Hold vol + and -, then plug the usb cable in. If Odin recognizes it, you're in luck.

You should at least be able to get to download mode. When you say it wont power up does it at least show the battery image with the USB plugged in while off? If it does you should be able to hold vol down and power to get to download mode and use ODIN to flash a new ROM.

If it's a blank screen and Odin won't recognize the phone look up raverx3x 's tutorial on how to re-install the correct bootloaders using Heimdall. It worked for me. I can't give you the link because I'm not at the computer now. Once you get the phone to boot you will probably have to flash back to stock using the KC1 cleanup rom and go from there.
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nazcalito said:
If it's a blank screen and Odin won't recognize the phone look up raverx3x 's tutorial on how to re-install the correct bootloaders using Heimdall. It worked for me. I can't give you the link because I'm not at the computer now. Once you get the phone to boot you will probably have to flash back to stock using the KC1 cleanup rom and go from there.
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Kirthaal, if you haven't seen my post yet, the thread is linked there. Just telling you so you won't have to look everywhere, lol.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40595761/1 click bootloader debrick.zip
there that should help u if u dont understand how to use the thread... extract zip run jar file

Ptoblrm is the device won't turn on at all, so it won't be detected by any of the sofware including odin, i got the jig from amazon and that does not do the job either not sure where to go from there

Kirthaal said:
Ptoblrm is the device won't turn on at all, so it won't be detected by any of the sofware including odin, i got the jig from amazon and that does not do the job either not sure where to go from there
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Wow I live by a very simple rule when it comes to flashing READ this phone is sooooo hard to hard brick. I feel for u I thought Raver had a post on debricking a hard brick without using jig? U can't even get any back lights or splash screen?
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Kirthaal said:
Ptoblrm is the device won't turn on at all, so it won't be detected by any of the sofware including odin, i got the jig from amazon and that does not do the job either not sure where to go from there
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assumeing he didnt try

I had problems b4 similar to this. Pull the battery, plug in USB, hold down volume up and down at the same time, then put battery back in without letting go and see if that works. If not go to the forum that you flashed the wrong Rom and see if they have a different button combo for dl mode than we do.
Hope this helps
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[Q] will odin fix my boot looped sgs4g?

i tried to flash a new rom using clockwork. something went horribly wrong, and now it just loops between the samsung screen to a colorful tapestry of bull**** back and forth. i tried searching the forums for similar problems, hopefully finding a solution in the process. it seems that odin is the answer, however when i put my phone into download mode, it odin doesnt detect it. at this point i could care less what rom i have installed on my phone, i just want it to work again, so if one of you more kind hearted devs wanna help this technologically ignorant bastard out, it would be greatly appreciated. thank you and god bless.

jwalters1123 said:
i tried to flash a new rom using clockwork. something went horribly wrong, and now it just loops between the samsung screen to a colorful tapestry of bull**** back and forth. i tried searching the forums for similar problems, hopefully finding a solution in the process. it seems that odin is the answer, however when i put my phone into download mode, it odin doesnt detect it. at this point i could care less what rom i have installed on my phone, i just want it to work again, so if one of you more kind hearted devs wanna help this technologically ignorant bastard out, it would be greatly appreciated. thank you and god bless.
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I've seen where ODIN doesn't detect the phone if it's not in the same USB port as before. Taking ODIN out of the picture for the moment, when you plug the phone into the USB port, does Windows (I'm assuming Windows here) see anything (phone, USB storage device, unknown hardware, etc)?

jwalters1123 said:
i tried to flash a new rom using clockwork. something went horribly wrong, and now it just loops between the samsung screen to a colorful tapestry of bull**** back and forth. i tried searching the forums for similar problems, hopefully finding a solution in the process. it seems that odin is the answer, however when i put my phone into download mode, it odin doesnt detect it. at this point i could care less what rom i have installed on my phone, i just want it to work again, so if one of you more kind hearted devs wanna help this technologically ignorant bastard out, it would be greatly appreciated. thank you and god bless.
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Sounds like you attempted to flash a gb ROM on froyo bootloaders... Seeing that you can get into dl mode you should be able to get into recovery mode, if so the easy fix is to flash a froyo ROM or restore your nandroid backup(you did backup, right?)
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when i plug in the phone to the computer it prompts me to new hardware detected, and wants to search for software to install it with, but it invariably fails because it cannot find the right drivers, and yes im using windows xp

jwalters1123 said:
when i plug in the phone to the computer it prompts me to new hardware detected, and wants to search for software to install it with, but it invariably fails because it cannot find the right drivers, and yes im using windows xp
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Ok, cool. Check the Bible for driverd or download and install Kied Mini from Samsung for the right drivers. After that ODIN should see the phone.
Once that works, check the.Dev section for Ravers KJ6 ROM (it's stock Gingerbread).
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it reads it as "serial gadget"

Even after installing the right drivers?
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yes i backed up and your totally right about what i did, thank you soooooo much, im gonna try it and see if it works.

ok so i got the right drivers, and now odin is detecting the device. however im runing the gb starter pack and after i try to run odin it fails me and says in the message box cant open the serial (com) port. any ideas?

Reboot? Plug into different port?
What version on odin?
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i got it all straightened out, phone is back up and fully operational, i really appreciate the help, that was easier than i anticipated it was going to be.

Awesome, glad you got it working.
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for future reference, you can still get into recovery if you soft bricked. from there, you can reflash things. its awesome. lol.

jager555 said:
for future reference, you can still get into recovery if you soft bricked. from there, you can reflash things. its awesome. lol.
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No. You can get into download mode if you're soft bricked. Recovery is gone when you're soft bricked.

i've done it multiple times when i soft bricked/bootlooped ftw on drhonks kernels.

jager555 said:
i've done it multiple times when i soft bricked/bootlooped ftw on drhonks kernels.
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bootloops are not soft bricks. That's boot looping.
Soft bricks displays the logo like at the top of my One-Click UnBrick app.
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This logo is a Samsung imposed boot lock. the only way to get out of this mode is to interface with the Loke protocol.
if it goes into recovery mode it's not bricked. It's operating, and at least two operating systems have loaded.. The SBL contains an operating sytem accessible by UART and generally interfaced via Loke protocol, The Kernel contains recovery mode.. That's hardly bricked.
I can see calling the phone--/!\--pc display bricked because it physically wont do anything at all even though you can still access the SBL> prompt via UART but most people don't know anything about that. Recovery mode is a fully operational device that just won't load Android. Boot looping says there's a problem loading the Linux or Android layers.
Hard brick-no screen action at all, hardware recovery solution
soft brick-won't do anything, but displays something on screen, software recovery soloution
boot looping-loops through boot cycle and recovery is generally available, multiple recovery solutions are available.
There's a big difference and a large variety of what is called bricked... However, it's not functionally equivilant to a brick when you can click buttons and navigate interfaces.

I thought the starter pack was for cwm. Odin jk1 kernel, reboot into recovery and install zip (starter pack), enable voodoo and roll.
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oh gosh im having huge trouble with my phone

USB port goes crazy, says AC charging always - UPDATE 22/5/2013 - SOLVED?

Today my USB port went crazy. I tell you my story:
I started to learn Java development a while ago. So I flashed stock FROYO 2.2 XXJPS to be on some "official" ROM to test my apps with (+ test my apps on my Galaxy S CM10.1).
Today I tried to run my app on the Galaxy S, ran fine, PC recognized it, adb working fine. No problems.
Then, I connected my Galaxy 3 to make sure my app has good backward-comatibility and it started charging because it was off. I clicked to run my app, then the phone turned on itself and there goes the craziness. Galaxy 3 shows only AC charger mode instead of USB when the cable is connected, no ADB acess and I have no way to flash new things via DOWNLOAD MODE, because my comp won't recognize it.
I have drivers for it, as I flashed ROMs without problems. I tried connecting the phone to other PCs too, without success.
So, I tried several things - factory reset. No succes. Tried flashing some different kernel, too... oops, cannot get my phone connected to PC in DOWNLOAD MODE (entering it and recovery works fine though). So, I'm out of ideas. I'm out of warranty, too. Uh-oh... I guess I'm in the same position as Chainfire, if I'll mess up some system files, guess what. BRICK. I don't want to say bye to this phone...
EDIT 13/5/2013 - OK, as I mentioned in the posts, some user fixed this problem by flashing ICS. OK I thought how about that? I asked in this thread how safe is going to ICS through recovery, nobody replied (I'm OK with that, not your fault ). So I thought there comes a challenge. I want to fix it. But looks like you cannot go from CM7 to CM9 directly via CWM (I told you CWM is buggy) and then wiped data factory reset and reboot. FAIL. Screen turning fast on/off cycle. Looks like boot.img flashed wrong, so now COMPLETELY NO RECOVERY. And, what's worse, my USB connection fail problems forced me to once more reinstall drivers, switch PCs, but NO DOWNLOAD MODE recognition. So here it is guys, complete BRICK (because of the USB). No way to recover phone that doesn't communicate via USB port and has no recovery.
EDIT 22/5/2013 - Good day G3 community! I'm back with my "partially unbricked" G3 It has Android 2.2 XXJPS fully up and running. No crazy things like AC charging, but I cannot say for sure, as I need to do some more testing. Looks like the screen is waking/turning off like before (that's why "partially unbricked" LOL), just the USB connection seems more stable. Maybe it had something to do with battery voltages? Anyway, I left my phone laying on the table for a week, thought battery will discharge a bit (sit down a bit, if you know what i mean) and some days ago I reinstalled my PC. I hated the fact that my G3 is bricked and connected to the PC to give it another go. WOOPS! Drivers installed, ODIN MODE ACTIVATED! I have my phone connected to PC, ADB working, ODIN working, no ROOT as of now, just want to let it fully charge. That's it, I hope it will get better and better. For now no flashing, who knows what might happen... Still testing...

had that problem too!
I just flashed via cmw a cmw flashable rom like experimental cm x
by marcellusbe and everthing worked again.
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or you could try mobile odin app by chainfire!
but i'm not sure if our device is supported
link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro&hl=de

Shadowcareful said:
had that problem too!
I just flashed via cmw a cmw flashable rom like experimental cm x
by marcellusbe and everthing worked again.
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or you could try mobile odin app by chainfire!
but i'm not sure if our device is supported
link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro&hl=de
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Thanks, I thought about that too, but Im on stock ROM and also stock recovery. So that wont work. Anyways this is weird, yesterday evening I left my phone turned on on the table. Suddenly it turned the screen on and off. I thought what the... And USB worked right then But now it does the screen on/off sometimes. Will play with it a bit and see how it goes. Strange... I definitely have to get rid of stock recovery...
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Oh no... It loked like it's fixed, but now it goes crazy again. Still cannot get USB to work properly. Still AC mode and no way to make the phone recognized in download mode. Still trying to recover it though... I'm still with stock recovery, flashing anything through it won't work I guess...
EDIT: It looks again like it's fixed, don't know for how long though untill it goes crazy again... I hope it won't go crazy again! Testing how it goes...

twinky444 said:
Oh no... It loked like it's fixed, but now it goes crazy again. Still cannot get USB to work properly. Still AC mode and no way to make the phone recognized in download mode. Still trying to recover it though... I'm still with stock recovery, flashing anything through it won't work I guess...
EDIT: It looks again like it's fixed, don't know for how long though untill it goes crazy again... I hope it won't go crazy again! Testing how it goes...
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hm...ma8....did you tear ur g3 apart already and checked if usb port has bad soldering contact ?
or maybe sth is in there that messes up things....
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rkoby13 said:
hm...ma8....did you tear ur g3 apart already and checked if usb port has bad soldering contact ?
or maybe sth is in there that messes up things....
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I think no hardware stuff needed, I found some users in galaxy s forum who has the same issue. He fixed it by flashing cm9 and it worked. But cm9 is not yet done. And we don't have 3.x kernel yet. That wouldn't be much of a solution. Now the problem is, if I turn off the phone, it turns on itself automatically after plugged into some power source. And if I leave the usb plugged in for a while, phone doesn't recognize it, won't charge, then if I unplug it and leave it untouched, it starts the screen to wake, then screen off. Wake again and Screen off again. And it continues like that. Phone is going crazy.
Now I'm stuck at CM7 (it has the power-off state battery drain bug). Don't know what to do.
Anyway I'll probably look into the phone and see... Thanks m8!
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i remember that you can root your stock rom using a .zip which is flashable via stock recovery. And after rooting, you can try to replace the recovery files with cwm recovery files. Then flash another rom via cwm.
Edit:- Ok i think that .zip was for eclair. Any other way to root it?

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i remember that you can root your stock rom using a .zip which is flashable via stock recovery. And after rooting, you can try to replace the recovery files with cwm recovery files. Then flash another rom via cwm.
Edit:- Ok i think that .zip was for eclair. Any other way to root it?
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I already mentioned I'm on cm7 alpha 9. Still the same problem. Flashing other ROM won't probably help. Tomorrow it'll be weekend so I'll do some hardware teardown, just worried about messing it up.
Will let you all know then.
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twinky444 said:
I already mentioned I'm on cm7 alpha 9. Still the same problem. Flashing other ROM won't probably help. Tomorrow it'll be weekend so I'll do some hardware teardown, just worried about messing it up.
Will let you all know then.
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don't worry....I ripped apart my s2........bricked amoled....lol....it's quite easy to disassemble it
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rkoby13 said:
don't worry....I ripped apart my s2........bricked amoled....lol....it's quite easy to disassemble it
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Cool... Never knew how this phone looks like after teardown
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Looks like no problems here with the usb... Neither any dust So software is going weird...
The good thing is, it boots up again.
But I guess my galaxy 3 gave up?
EDIT: Now looks like SD-card is giving problems too, after removing SD-card and reinserting it, it says USB connected dialog even when not connected LOL. And when connected, the dialog does nothing after clicking connect button. Really weird. Also doesn't charge at all via USB now. I'm 55% on battery, hope I'll be able to charge it again (without the crazy loop I posted before at least via AC)!
Any advice now? Thanks in advance.
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Cool... Never knew how this phone looks like after teardown
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Looks like no problems here with the usb... Neither any dust So software is going weird...
The good thing is, it boots up again.
But I guess my galaxy 3 gave up?
EDIT: Now looks like SD-card is giving problems too, after removing SD-card and reinserting it, it says USB connected dialog even when not connected LOL. And when connected, the dialog does nothing after clicking connect button. Really weird. Also doesn't charge at all via USB now. I'm 55% on battery, hope I'll be able to charge it again (without the crazy loop I posted before at least via AC)!
Any advice now? Thanks in advance.
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Try a factory reset or installing a custom cm7 based rom
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Arjav23 said:
Try a factory reset or installing a custom cm7 based rom
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As mentioned earlier, all of this didn't work. I could try to flash ICS based rom as some SGS user recovered from this earlier using ics rom, but even by reinstalling drivers my phone doesn't get recognized in any way (including recovery and download mode). I know, I have recovery to flash with, but it can easilly go wrong and for me it worked only to flash rom based on the same os version. If someone can try going from GB to ICS succesfully via CWM, let me know if it goes well, because I used to flash ICS only via odin, as CWM is sometimes buggy I mean: failed to mount /system, /data, /cache partitions and so no way to flash anything through CWM again. Only ODIN can recover from that. And I have no way to get my phone recognized in download mode. So no ODIN.
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twinky444 said:
As mentioned earlier, all of this didn't work. I could try to flash ICS based rom as some SGS user recovered from this earlier using ics rom, but even by reinstalling drivers my phone doesn't get recognized in any way (including recovery and download mode). I know, I have recovery to flash with, but it can easilly go wrong and for me it worked only to flash rom based on the same os version. If someone can try going from GB to ICS succesfully via CWM, let me know if it goes well, because I used to flash ICS only via odin, as CWM is sometimes buggy I mean: failed to mount /system, /data, /cache partitions and so no way to flash anything through CWM again. Only ODIN can recover from that. And I have no way to get my phone recognized in download mode. So no ODIN.
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ma8 ....can you make a logcat while all this weird things are happening?Maybe logcat will show what might to pinpoint the cause of your issue....if you can get log please post it....and...you're rooted...or....i'm I don't know which rom are you running atm....
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rkoby13 said:
ma8 ....can you make a logcat while all this weird things are happening?Maybe logcat will show what might to pinpoint the cause of your issue....if you can get log please post it....and...you're rooted...or....i'm I don't know which rom are you running atm....
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OK, here are some details:
ROM: CM7 alpha 9
Kernel: the one that comes with alpha 9
Rooted: yes, obviously with CM7
No way to flash via ODIN. No way that phone gets recognized in recovery and in Android either.
No ADB.
Removing micro-SD card causes the system to display USB Connected dialog. What the...?
For short, NO USB CONNECTIVITY. Except charging via wall adapter (even this is kinda buggy).
I attached logcat, it's kinda messy, because I recorded that with terminal emulator and then used the microsd adapter to get this to the PC. Cannot get logcat for the sdcard unmounting, as was recording logcat here. notice the line "UMS Mount failed, media unmounted" line in the logcat. What the...?

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OK, here are some details:
ROM: CM7 alpha 9
Kernel: the one that comes with alpha 9
Rooted: yes, obviously with CM7
No way to flash via ODIN. No way that phone gets recognized in recovery and in Android either.
No ADB.
Removing micro-SD card causes the system to display USB Connected dialog. What the...?
For short, NO USB CONNECTIVITY. Except charging via wall adapter (even this is kinda buggy).
I attached logcat, it's kinda messy, because I recorded that with terminal emulator and then used the microsd adapter to get this to the PC. Cannot get logcat for the sdcard unmounting, as was recording logcat here. notice the line "UMS Mount failed, media unmounted" line in the logcat. What the...?
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Does your sgs work perfectly with adb and odin?
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Arjav23 said:
Does your sgs work perfectly with adb and odin?
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As said in OP, yes. Perfectly.
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Check OP for progress.

Sorry if someone already mentioned, but
Following steps might help.
A. Re install Samsung drivers.
B. Go to force upload mode by vol up + home button + power
C. Flash Zero fill.tar and do not reboot, let odin show pass.
D. Reboot by button combo in force upload mode again and flash data fixer.tar
E. Flash any rom.
I am an excessive flasher and at some point of time have experienced similar problems.
Hopefully that will help.
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So no more layout fixes and other good things made by you on our g3 :crying: . Good luck to you in your further theming on other devices and thanks for all good things you have made there :thumbup:
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Abhijeetsinghvsf said:
Sorry if someone already mentioned, but
Following steps might help.
A. Re install Samsung drivers.
B. Go to force upload mode by vol up + home button + power
C. Flash Zero fill.tar and do not reboot, let odin show pass.
D. Reboot by button combo in force upload mode again and flash data fixer.tar
E. Flash any rom.
I am an excessive flasher and at some point of time have experienced similar problems.
Hopefully that will help.
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Unfortunately I'm stuck on point 2. My phone doesn't get recognized by ODIN in any way - swapping cables, PCs, didn't work. Reinstalling drivers worked once, but then it broke to the state when it just doesn't work AT ALL. Just reinstalled again to check... Still nothing.
Thanks for the kind words, I still hope I can get it fixed, but there's not much chance I suppose as I'm out of ideas. The main problem here is the USB connection between ODIN, as this is the only way to get this phone recovered now. I recovered from this bootloader loop/missing kernel situation before, but that was when my USB was working perfect... It's not lost yet... But I think also the battery is a problem, I bricked it when it was 50% on charge and when I connect the phone now when it's off, it doesn't display the charging animation, because the kernel is missing. UH-OH... Does the phone charge when it's in download mode? (<- LOL sounds weird )

Can't seem to root for no reason !!

Hello,
I have LG G2X with Gingerbread 2.3.3. I decided to root it. So I came to this site, realised that I have to first install ClockWorkMod using NVFlash.
So I have followed the given instructions very meticulously. Everything seemed to go as it should until the part where I should click Flash CWM ...
When I do so I get the message USB DEVICE NOT FOUND.
But I have checked in device manager and have actually seen NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices and have even heard the toton sound when the phone is connected.
Please help me!!

I'm pretty sure u can root w/out nvflash. Nvflash is so u can flash roms. I used a program called super one click to root but that was a long time ago and not sure if it's compatible anymore
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hippiesky said:
I'm pretty sure u can root w/out nvflash. Nvflash is so u can flash roms. I used a program called super one click to root but that was a long time ago and not sure if it's compatible anymore
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I have tried using super one click but I get stuck at step 7 : waiting for device !! So no luck there either.

Is it possible that the drivers are not working because I am on 64bits windows 7 ?

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I have tried using super one click but I get stuck at step 7 : waiting for device !! So no luck there either.
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With Super One Click is USB debugging enabled?
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mansa_noob said:
With Super One Click is USB debugging enabled?
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Yes, of course. This is not the first time that I am rooting something.
Since the nvflash reports that no usb device the only logical explanation is that the driver is not installed. I typed in the command line adb devices when the phone is turned on and I got the positive reply.
When I entered into recovery mode, I didn't get the same reply.

You gotta try reinstalling the apx driver. That seems to be the part that's not working.
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So this is what I have done:
1. I am using a clean windows 7
2. I installed LG drivers
3. I turned off the phone, removed the battery, held the volume up & down buttons and immediately entered the S/W screen. Also I noticed that windows has not been able to find a driver.
4. I entered 'Device Manager' and looked for the device. I didn't see 'APX Device' as is in the written tutorial. Instead it was labelled 'LG Mobile USB Modem'.
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5. When trying to install the driver I was faced with two choices. I chose the second.
6. It installed as is shown.
7. I then disconnected the usb, pressed and held the volume up & down buttons and once more entered the S\W upgrade screen.
8. I clicked the OneClickRecoveryFlasher.exe and this is what I got.
I've repeated the process a lot of times.

I have to agree with Twitch. Reinstall APX drivers. I recall doing that a few times before I got everything working....although I was a complete newb and had no idea what i was doing lol.
Also, make sure you follow the directions as pertains to shutting the phone off, removing the battery and holding the volume keys in when you first plug in your phone via USB.

Pain-N-Panic said:
I have to agree with Twitch. Reinstall APX drivers. I recall doing that a few times before I got everything working....although I was a complete newb and had no idea what i was doing lol.
Also, make sure you follow the directions as pertains to shutting the phone off, removing the battery and holding the volume keys in when you first plug in your phone via USB.
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Please look at the attached images. Everything seems to be installed.
Check all the images as see what is in my computer which is causing the problem.
See the attached images please.

Some people have had success with the battery in. I can't remember exactly but I thought the sw upgrade screen came up after the flashing part.
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Seems like you installed the APX driver for the modem hardware. This it's not the same. APX shows as APX and nothing else.
Uninstall, rinse, repeat.
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Seems like you installed the APX driver for the modem hardware. This it's not the same. APX shows as APX and nothing else.
Uninstall, rinse, repeat.
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I have been curious about it. I have a laptop and a desktop and in both I see 'modem' instead of APX. Maybe thats where the problem lies. Is there a setting in the phone where one can disable the phone to appear as a modem ?

Ok. Since I have a another computer that I can always revert to a previous state I tried to do things all over again. This time I installed the LG drivers first. When the phone was on everything was detected just as normal. Because this time I have already installed the LG drivers when I booted into S/W screen the phone was detected as normal. That is no LG USB modem showed meaning that the modem driver has already been installed.
I should have expected to see APX device with a little yellow triangle but I saw nothing. I really have no idea why.
Is there a switch or an internal setting that asks where one can set the phone to boot as an APX device. Its really baffling why this is happening.
So now its a question of making the phone boot as an APX device !! I would have wanted to downgrade the phone to Froyo since superoneclick can be used to root it but it seems that I first have to install CWM first.
Is there another way to root the phone if it failed to boot as an APX device because all I want to do is to run some apps that need super user privileges.

When you're in apx mode there shouldn't be at a s/w upgrade screen. I think that's the part you're missing. There are different button combinations that put the phone in different states. I can't remember that well but I think apx is just blank screen.
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Ok. Since I have a another computer that I can always revert to a previous state I tried to do things all over again. This time I installed the LG drivers first. When the phone was on everything was detected just as normal. Because this time I have already installed the LG drivers when I booted into S/W screen the phone was detected as normal. That is no LG USB modem showed meaning that the modem driver has already been installed.
I should have expected to see APX device with a little yellow triangle but I saw nothing. I really have no idea why.
Is there a switch or an internal setting that asks where one can set the phone to boot as an APX device. Its really baffling why this is happening.
So now its a question of making the phone boot as an APX device !! I would have wanted to downgrade the phone to Froyo since superoneclick can be used to root it but it seems that I first have to install CWM first.
Is there another way to root the phone if it failed to boot as an APX device because all I want to do is to run some apps that need super user privileges.
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Twitch is right. APX is achieved with battery out, both vol buttons held and plugging in the USB. Don't let go of the buttons until you have installed the driver (the exclamation mark is gone).
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When you're in apx mode there shouldn't be at a s/w upgrade screen. I think that's the part you're missing. There are different button combinations that put the phone in different states. I can't remember that well but I think apx is just blank screen.
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Surprising that the only thing I get when I do what you say is the S/W screen !! What am I doing ?? I am really at a loss now !
4. Hold Volume Up and Volume Down at the same time keeping them held down. (Keep them held until you see the "S/W Upgrade" screen on your phone after you complete step7!).
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The thing is I always end up at the S/W screen and I've been trying for the past days.

I write ashamed. The problem seems to have been from the start I not pressing the up button properly. Imagine fretting over so many things when it was just a button not pressed properly. I am sorry to have wasted your time. However I think had it not being point out that I shouldn't be seeing the S/W screen I wouldn't have known I had been doing something wrong. I would have been the 'Einstein fool' : doing the same thing over and over and expecting a new result.
Thanks again. Just one last question, in most of samsung phones, the pull down menu (the one that slides from the top) has Wifi, Bluetooth . . . it seems painful to always have to go to settings or some widget to change these settings. Is there some way to put them in the pull down menu.

Glad you got it working! The toggles you're talking about I think are available in cm7 but to be honest I don't even have this phone anymore so I can't be certain. If you're planning to keep it stock you can try the power toggles app or something like that.
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