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[Q] First one to brick infuse 4g and need help

Hi everybody seems like I am the first to brick this phone and I've been looking all over the net. Still with no luck on how to get the phone back to download mode. Any help will please.
Thanx

Hold power volume+ & volume- at the same time.
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wahoo sombody to test the odin/heimdall files. hold volume buttons and plug in usb cable. please post results.

Dani897 said:
wahoo sombody to test the odin/heimdall files. hold volume buttons and plug in usb cable. please post results.
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i did that before didn't work. now i only have the phone and pc with yellow sign between them.

Have you tried the jig from the captive?
Waiting for the 26th for my Infuse 4g.

Mechpilot said:
Have you tried the jig from the captive?
Waiting for the 26th for my Infuse 4g.
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no, and i don't know how it works

Research. Do some.
Answers are out there. Trust the joker.
Ps. Trust me, your not the first to brick. There is a user that has patiently sat with a soft brick for over a week.
If you did what should of been done before you had a chance to brick there is always a way.
Debug enabled?
Rooted? (In some cases not even necessary to be fixed)
ADB. Almost anything can be done with adb.
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Hey there, aforementioned bricked guy reporting in.
Check out the Odin flashable stuff in another thread; that may be your best bet right now. If you can't get into recovery as usual, pop the battery, plug in usb, hold volume up and down, and out the battery is while holding those buttons.
If all else fails, AT&T will replace your phone for free if you got it on contract. I was worried about them denying me because I had a Captivate kernel (it displayed Galaxy S i897 on the splash screen) but they took it back regardless and I got a new phone out of it. Just play dumb with them just in case. ;D
For future reference, don't do anything to your phone just yet that isn't in the development forum. This is not a Galaxy S phone. You'll risk bricking it if you get too ahead of yourself and current development for the device.
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Unkrash said:
Hey there, aforementioned bricked guy reporting in.
Check out the Odin flashable stuff in another thread; that may be your best bet right now. If you can't get into recovery as usual, pop the battery, plug in usb, hold volume up and down, and out the battery is while holding those buttons.
If all else fails, AT&T will replace your phone for free if you got it on contract. I was worried about them denying me because I had a Captivate kernel (it displayed Galaxy S i897 on the splash screen) but they took it back regardless and I got a new phone out of it. Just play dumb with them just in case. ;D
For future reference, don't do anything to your phone just yet that isn't in the development forum. This is not a Galaxy S phone. You'll risk bricking it if you get too ahead of yourself and current development for the device.
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Unkrash, I feel this 'oops I probably shouldn't have done that' connection. Especially when you silently recognized I was referring to you. (Didn't want to put put you on front street)
Hows the dightfully new sexy handset treating you?
So far I can tell you what works no problems.
Root
3e unsigned fix
CM Captivate recovery flash
Adhoc wireless fix zip
Prop editor (set my Res at 230 nicely)
I am sure many more work. Just haven't done much more.....bricked one.....don't want to push my luck.
Good luck and look forward to sharing more with users such as yourself.
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hi again everybody,
i manage to get the phone back to download mode but none of the odin version let me reinstall software on the phone i downloaded the one posted by lost1 SGHI997_UCKD5_rooted some of them give me error and other just stuck on the setup connection and then fail. any help on this please.
and thanks again for your help

kajam said:
hi again everybody,
i manage to get the phone back to download mode but none of the odin version let me reinstall software on the phone i downloaded the one posted by lost1 SGHI997_UCKD5_rooted some of them give me error and other just stuck on the setup connection and then fail. any help on this please.
and thanks again for your help
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try heimdall. there is a windows version. post results.
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
you will need the visual c++ redistributable package as well
this is like odin but you will need 7zip to extract the phone and csc files. you will also need the bootloaders and pit file if you repartition which i believe are in the extra files .zip lost1 posted

i have no luck also with heimdall i this there is problem with the ROM file and there is now ROM except the one posted by lost1. and body can get me a new ROm please that will be my last try
thanx

I never got heimdall the work either.
To be honest, if you did what I did, I'm almost positive an easy fix without much previous knowledge of Android is next to non-existent at this current point. Either there's something wrong with the files posted or we both destroyed it beyond what anyone here can help with atm.
It may be easier to return it, play dumb, obtain a shiny new Infuse and know to play it a little smarter this time. ;D
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Unkrash said:
I never got heimdall the work either.
To be honest, if you did what I did, I'm almost positive an easy fix without much previous knowledge of Android is next to non-existent at this current point. Either there's something wrong with the files posted or we both destroyed it beyond what anyone here can help with atm.
It may be easier to return it, play dumb, obtain a shiny new Infuse and know to play it a little smarter this time. ;D
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Hi ,
i tried all the ways to get this phone back but like i said there something wrong with the rom file because i went back and tried to use odin one click and it start to download the file and then stopped with error and after that the phone went dead no life at all and i gave up after a week of try, i went and play the dumb game and got another one. thanx for the advise and tthanx for everybody who tried to help

I have used the jig and it works fine. however, if he is getting the phone and pc with yellow sign between them, that means when he ran odin he selected re-partition. Dont select that one. you can still re odin with the phone and pc with yellow sign between them. download mode after doing that again

i727 black screen after bad flash pls help

1st time flashing my phone
following steps on odin3
according to instruction i need to use odin3+PDA
I DID odin3+PIT+START
and now my phone go into download mode
try 3 bottom reset
try connection to computer (detects the new hardware QHSUSB_DLOAD)
no download screen
no odin3
what should i do
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UPDATE
ok now i know my phone is hard brick
is it possible to send it back to Samsung and have it reflash? (i know it's not under warranty but can it be done? or anyone know how much it might cost me)
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UPDATE WITH FIX
called samsung repair center
told them i was doing over the air update for new fw
phone lost connection and wont turn on the next day
asked me what happened
i answered i did update last night, when i wake up phone wont turn on
asked me did flash it by myself
i just play stupid and say i dont understand
asked me will phone go into recovery mode
i answered no
samsung repair center gave me a repair ticket number
Product Symptoms : Technical Inquiry/Mobile OS Updates/Incomplete Software Upgrade
Warranty : In Warranty
send it back to samsung (they check to see if water dmg, nothing found, replace mainboard and reflash it)
LOL I AM SO HAPPY I CALLED
i will be a good boy next time, wont be messing around with custom rom anymore, learned my lesson.

Sounds like a hard brick
Might try getting it replaced by your carrier.
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Sheolrock said:
Sounds like a hard brick
Might try getting it replaced by your carrier.
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"Hi -Insert ATT Service Rep Name Here-. I woke up this morning and my phone wouldn't turn on anymore, please help me fix it"

lol this suxs i am going back to silly ios
didn't realize android phone can brick by using the wrong software

summerof2008 said:
lol this suxs i am going back to silly ios
didn't realize android phone can brick by using the wrong software
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Really? You had no idea it was possible to brick a phone by flashing firmware that wasn't made for it? Really?
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summerof2008 said:
lol this suxs i am going back to silly ios
didn't realize android phone can brick by using the wrong software
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Wrong software?
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for noobs like me, android is too complicated.
i don't hate it, i think it's for more advance users.
after using the android for a couple week i still think ios is a lot ez to use.

IOS is garbage plain and simple. Apple forces you to use things THEIR way. With android you can fully customize every aspect of your phone. I've had an iphone and their crap compared to Android, especially this skyrocket.

Restore
Try going into recovery mode (turn phone on while holding both volume buttons) and if u made a backup before restore to it, if not then mount ur usb storage from there and put a new rom on it in the root folder then try to install that but try a clean wipe and all that first to
all this can be done in the recovery menu

summerof2008 said:
for noobs like me, android is too complicated.
i don't hate it, i think it's for more advance users.
after using the android for a couple week i still think ios is a lot ez to use.
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It's not android that's complicated.. You could have stay stock and use different launchers to achieve alot of customized looks but you JUMPED in and it sounds like you might have not have been prepared with enough info... I'm going to give you some good advice someone gave me....search is your friend, and YouTube is your friend, and follow the damn instructions... Those words have helped me.. I also say know when your ready to play with the systems. There's nothing wrong with reading all the post and using them for reference material.
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guys i got my phone fixed.
anyone with a hard brick should try to call sasung repair center and do what i did.

Details?
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summerof2008 said:
guys i got my phone fixed.
anyone with a hard brick should try to call sasung repair center and do what i did.
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What exactly did they do to it?
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It wasn't that he flashed wrong software its that he flashed a non pit file in the pit. Doesn't pit basically set up the file system and partition everything?

From bricked to fixed.

I was caught in a boot loop and tried to re flash, when in my haste I forgot that Odin will recheck partition when loading .Pit files (pretty lame feature)
Still it was my fault for clicking start in haste.
**phone was partitioned, and would not go into download mode, it was stuck in a screen that said "Firmware update error, please restore in Kies", but it wouldn't connect to kies**
I sent my phone to XDA member Connexion2005
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1602851
I haven't got it in my hands yet, but he just told me it was fixed, I can't wait to get it back and leave it the hell alone (until someone makes CM7 or better work on it)
anyhow, this is out there so if you do what I did (DON'T) there's a solution. Set me back $50 plus shipping to TX from NYC but still, I didn't have to get a whole new phone.

for 50 bucks im sure k0nane would have made an uberfixit tar :/

shabbypenguin said:
for 50 bucks im sure k0nane would have made an uberfixit tar :/
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Absolutely.

shabbypenguin said:
for 50 bucks im sure k0nane would have made an uberfixit tar :/
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Please elaborate. Not finding much info on this "uberfixit", but it sounds like it's some method of re-creating the stock filesystem that's flashable in odin?

I was putting this out there, because I'm not the only one that this will happen to.

yea it happens when you repartition, an uberfixit requires a complete dump of the phone and quite a bit of time, but will completely fix what you described
the problem with repartitioning is that it wipes the phone clean and then starts to reinstall everything, problem is neither one of teh tars has the full dump (we do it for the sake of saving actual bricks)
knowing someone who can jtag is great we have had a few epic 4g touches that crashed and burned and were saved via jtag.

shabbypenguin said:
yea it happens when you repartition, an uberfixit requires a complete dump of the phone and quite a bit of time, but will completely fix what you described
the problem with repartitioning is that it wipes the phone clean and then starts to reinstall everything, problem is neither one of teh tars has the full dump (we do it for the sake of saving actual bricks)
knowing someone who can jtag is great we have had a few epic 4g touches that crashed and burned and were saved via jtag.
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You may not remember, but I did go onto your IRC and spoke with you regarding this issue.

oh sorry, the irc channel we have is for a bunch of devices currently we house blaze 4g, attain 4g, conenct 4g, lucid and optimus m+ owners. so i probably thought you were an attain owner since we have had a good number of attain owners repartition as well :/

shabbypenguin said:
oh sorry, the irc channel we have is for a bunch of devices currently we house blaze 4g, attain 4g, conenct 4g, lucid and optimus m+ owners. so i probably thought you were an attain owner since we have had a good number of attain owners repartition as well :/
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it's all good, bottom line is I f'd up my device, but now its fixed.

um...yeah...
So i did the exact same thing as you... Been trying to find anyone who can help me out. Is there anyway I can fix it myself? I haven't found a single place in my whole state that can fix the problem. If at all possible, I'd like to avoid sending it out for repair.

So how do I get this uberfixit?
I stupidly re-partitioned using Odin, also: I did not realize that Odin re-checked the check box -even after unchecking- when a new pda file was loaded. My bad. Totally though it was bricked until i was able to flash this stock gingerbread rom, but now kies says that my Blaze S does not qualify for upgrades... Did the re-partitioning do this?
I can no longer get to the recovery screen, although if I restart my blaze while connected to a pc via usb, it does allow the "re-install OS?" page to display, and I can get to recover from there: But absolutely no more access to the recovery "menu" which allows me to wipe cache/restore to factory/etc.

Just Odin cwm back then flash away
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Thanks for the quick reply; I will try that right now: My fingers are crossed.
2vivid said:
Just Odin cwm back then flash away
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thomassino said:
Thanks for the quick reply; I will try that right now: My fingers are crossed.
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It's just a soft brick, I have done that at least 10 times.

Will you make this?
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Absolutely.
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Hi, k0nane I too have bricked my phone due to not unchecking re-partition. Now no matter what I do the phone displays the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. It is frustrating. I will certainly pay you if you make a fix for this that I can flash in odin! I don't care if it wipes my phone completely as I was trying to flash a new rom anyways. Please reply I'm desperate to get this thing working again.

runboyrun said:
Hi, k0nane I too have bricked my phone due to not unchecking re-partition. Now no matter what I do the phone displays the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. It is frustrating. I will certainly pay you if you make a fix for this that I can flash in odin! I don't care if it wipes my phone completely as I was trying to flash a new rom anyways. Please reply I'm desperate to get this thing working again.
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That's a soft brick.
No need to pay anyone lol just pull the battery and go back to download mode (for Odin) again and revert back to stock. A quick search through 'bricked' type threads would have netted this info :thumbup:
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[Q] Samsung proclaim screen resolution.

Ive been playing around with the root that just came out for the proclaim and was messing with Android Overclock and after it rebooted everything is way to big for the screen basically almost half the screen is missing. I resorted to doing a factory reset and all it did was wipe all my stuff out still didnt fix my problem. Any suggestions on what i can do?

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Ive been playing around with the root that just came out for the proclaim and was messing with Android Overclock and after it rebooted everything is way to big for the screen basically almost half the screen is missing. I resorted to doing a factory reset and all it did was wipe all my stuff out still didnt fix my problem. Any suggestions on what i can do?
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Try a clean flash of the latest firmware.. It's gonna resolve your problem..
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Firmware?
Don't my phone have to be rooted to use firmware? The thing is the root that just came out for my phone doesn't work with the phone signal or wifi so i cant keep it rooted. Plus don't the firmware have to be specifically for my phone? Pretty sure there isn't a rom made for my phone...... Yet atleast.

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Don't my phone have to be rooted to use firmware? The thing is the root that just came out for my phone doesn't work with the phone signal or wifi so i cant keep it rooted. Plus don't the firmware have to be specifically for my phone? Pretty sure there isn't a rom made for my phone...... Yet atleast.
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It's not necessary to be rooted to install firmware.. And to get a firmware for your phone go to Sammobile.com.. Download firmware specifically for your phone.. Flash using Odin.. New which phone u use..?
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kishankpadiyar said:
It's not necessary to be rooted to install firmware.. And to get a firmware for your phone go to Sammobile.com.. Download firmware specifically for your phone.. Flash using Odin.. New which phone u use..?
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cant locate the firmware for my phone i tried the application which doesnt work either it has some kind of connection issue even after i troubleshoot it like it says to do.
Edit: also i noticed my 3g coverage doesnt work anymore. If i want internet i have to use wifi.

samt3 said:
cant locate the firmware for my phone i tried the application which doesnt work either it has some kind of connection issue even after i troubleshoot it like it says to do.
Edit: also i noticed my 3g coverage doesnt work anymore. If i want internet i have to use wifi.
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Tell me properly which phone you are using.. I'll get files for you..
And about the connection issue.., install kies on you system, it'll install drivers for your phone hence it'll be rectified..
3g not working may be because you've install only 1 firmware file, one you install modem files, it'll be alright..
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kishankpadiyar said:
Tell me properly which phone you are using.. I'll get files for you..
And about the connection issue.., install kies on you system, it'll install drivers for your phone hence it'll be rectified..
3g not working may be because you've install only 1 firmware file, one you install modem files, it'll be alright..
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3g works after i decided to call the number to program the phone. My phone is a sch-s720c. Let me know if you need anymore info.

Help Please?? Can't get back to stock through Heimdall:(

Hi guys.
Was wondering if anyone could help me out with my phone. I'd been running the Unnamed rom for a while then last week the phone started acting up on me. Now I'm trying to return it back to stock and for some reason I'm getting a claiming interface error. It says device connected on Heimdall, and the connection is able to initialize but it keeps failing on the interface part.
Any help would be truly appreciated.

I suggest you try another USB port or even another computer if you can.

try this
this happend to me once but what i did was
1.restart pc
2.take out battery from phone nd put it back in
3.enter download mode
4. put usb cable on a different spot (sometimes odin can interfer with heimdall)
5.open heindall with phone already on download mode
6.reinstall drivers for that usb slot
7.then initiate the flash back to stock
8.after its done reboot phone (mine turns on by itself)
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hope i helped if i did plz click thanks:good::good:
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chacua358 said:
this happend to me once but what i did was
1.restart pc
2.take out battery from phone nd put it back in
3.enter download mode
4. put usb cable on a different spot (sometimes odin can interfer with heimdall)
5.open heindall with phone already on download mode
6.reinstall drivers for that usb slot
7.then initiate the flash back to stock
8.after its done reboot phone (mine turns on by itself)
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Thanks for the assistance man. But i got a question on one step. Could you explain how to reinstall the drivers for the usb slot? I'm on a mac os right now btw, but I could switch over to windows if needed.

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I suggest you try another USB port or even another computer if you can.
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Tried multiple other ports still same result. Even tried another comp, but no go.. I'm confused.

Hope you get it working. Here's this in case you somehow missed these.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716
Second post on this one
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First thing.... Take a breath and know that everything will be ok
now, you need to try different usb ports
reinstall the sgs4g drivers
make sure you have everything for heimdall
IF NONE OF THESE WORK
it is your cable

dsexton702 said:
First thing.... Take a breath and know that everything will be ok
now, you need to try different usb ports
reinstall the sgs4g drivers
make sure you have everything for heimdall
IF NONE OF THESE WORK
it is your cable
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i agee with dexton but one question so we can help you furthermore what version of stock do you want to go back to (i mean 2.2.1, 2.3.4 , or 2.3.6 )

chacua358 said:
i agee with dexton but one question so we can help you furthermore what version of stock do you want to go back to (i mean 2.2.1, 2.3.4 , or 2.3.6 )
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Thanks so much man! You have saved my life haha. Followed it exactly as you said, worked with no problems. Guess the old drivers just got corrupted and my phone wasn't being recognized anymore. Thanks again, you are awesome. :laugh:

classcsilk said:
Thanks so much man! You have saved my life haha. Followed it exactly as you said, worked with no problems. Guess the old drivers just got corrupted and my phone wasn't being recognized anymore. Thanks again, you are awesome. :laugh:
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hey no problem thats what xda is for is for people to help each other and we have all been on a sticky situation

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hey no problem thats what xda is for is for people to help each other and we have all been on a sticky situation
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It is always the cord that gets me. I only own one that can one click correctly out of five... Not a fun time downgrading.
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Cooptx said:
It is always the cord that gets me. I only own one that can one click correctly out of five... Not a fun time downgrading.
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the original cable from the phone sucks its too short and thin mine broke 2 months after i bought a motorola droid one and broke like 3 or 4 monts after bought an lg one but all it does is charge the phone no data no flashing no nothing same with a cable from the gas station but the best cable ive used is the mytouchbranded on its been 5 months its the best one yet you should try it mine was from my old mytouch 3g slide:laugh: