I'm not very great with the correct terms, but I'll try to spell out my issue as best as I can. I have cm9 installed on my skyrocket, I tried to flash another rom and had issues with it. I then tried to flash back, but cwm seemed to be stuck formatting /cache. The friend helping told me to reboot and try again so did and then I started having boot screen issues. I can get my phone to download mode or cwm, but I can't seem to get odin to install the stock or for the cwm to finish (still stuck on formatting /cache.. goin on 2 hours). What did I do wrong and how can I fix this?
DETAILED help would be appreciated, but I'll take what I can get at this point. I'll re-explain anything that doesn't make sense.
I really just want to get back to stock.
What happens in ODIN -- does it also get stuck at formatting cache?
Have you tried any of the Heimdall one-click to restore to stock?
Let us know if that also gets stuck on formatting cache.
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What happens in ODIN -- does it also get stuck at formatting cache?
Have you tried any of the Heimdall one-click to restore to stock?
Let us know if that also gets stuck on formatting cache.
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ODIN wouldn't always register my device and when it did it would either fail, complete in the description box after checking the md5, or fail due to the device de-registering.
At this point my my device is showing the "firmware upgrade encountered" screen with the yellow triangle. I didn't know about the Heimdall. I followed the directions on Kies to restore it that way, but it's not picking up my device even though my computer is.
Am I f*cked?
Yellow triangle sounds like download mode to me. See if any of the heimdall one click restores will see the phone n try to flash.
Also try using different USB cables, USB ports, different PC, etc...
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Triangle is download mode
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Yellow triangle sounds like download mode to me. See if any of the heimdall one click restores will see the phone n try to flash.
Also try using different USB cables, USB ports, different PC, etc...
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I downloaded heimdall 1.3.2, having a tough time finding some good directions on how to use the heimdall. The ones in the "README" file talks about zadig. Do I need to use zadig also or just the heimdall? Or is there a good guide could recommend?
Use odin
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Triangle is download mode
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In its current condition all it does is boot directly to that screen. It also won't stay powered off unless I pull the battery. Think I could take it to at&t? Just an educated guess, but that being the only image I'm getting means that there isn't really anything on my phone right now? I'm thinking maybe I could say that my dog tripped my usb cable while I was updating in kies?
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In its current condition all it does is boot directly to that screen. It also won't stay powered off unless I pull the battery. Think I could take it to at&t? Just an educated guess, but that being the only image I'm getting means that there isn't really anything on my phone right now? I'm thinking maybe I could say that my dog tripped my usb cable while I was updating in kies?
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Use ODIN it can be fixed BY YOU
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Yes. If your phone can get download mode u can fix it urself. Try the diff USB cable/port pc I explained above. Just flash to stock using Odin or heimdall.
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Yes. If your phone can get download mode u can fix it urself. Try the diff USB cable/port pc I explained above. Just flash to stock using Odin or heimdall.
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Its looking like my real issue right now is either, usb cable or the connection port. Finally got it to a friend's comp and his dad who has years of experience is working on it. Took him a new samsung cable today so hopefully it'll work out. Thanks for the help everyone. Sorry for my panic attack.
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Think i really bricked it this time. Went back to stock then decided to root a few days after and now while connected to odin my screen just turned pixelated. Im stuck
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Can you Get into download mode??
If you can its as simple as redoing Odin. By pixelated you mean when you try to go into dl it does but is ilegible?
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Yeah. It lets me in dl mode and just gets stuck on the factoryfs. Im using unbrick odin now. Hopefully it works. But the pixels are tiny and all over and diff colors
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Stuck on kernal now. Wth!
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Did you get it back?
Didn't sounded like it was truly bricked. Just borked.
Try adam's heimdall if you are still having trouble.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381
Keeps freezing part way thru. Got it in to recovery but when i hit reboot it went to the samsung screen then back in.
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Factoryfs keeps failing. What do i do
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please, tell me the way (step by step) how you flash and the odin-sections you use.
(sorry for my terrible letters)
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Factoryfs keeps failing. What do i do
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I had the same problem ages ago, accidentally yanked the cord when flashing back to stock and was met with a rainbow/black pixel screen and after using Gtg's odin encountered the failed factory.fs message.
Try THIS return to stock method instead. Once you get to the thread, find Question 4 in the FAQ section of the thread. (seems to address your issue)
IMO this method is easier to use and you can flash to a rooted+3e froyo.
Hope this helps...
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I had the same problem ages ago, accidentally yanked the cord when flashing back to stock and was met with a rainbow/black pixel screen and after using Gtg's odin encountered the failed factory.fs message.
Try THIS return to stock method instead. Once you get to the thread, find Question 4 in the FAQ section of the thread. (seems to address your issue)
IMO this method is easier to use and you can flash to a rooted+3e froyo.
Hope this helps...
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Odin wont recognize dl mode anymore. Ran the other process and it finally went thru to the end. Said rebooting now but never did. Screen wont turn on except for dl mode. Tried unbrick and the all in one. I got no results
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Eff it. Got a new paper weight
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a few things I would try first
use a different PC.
Install to latest java
download adam's heimdall
run heimdall
get the drivers
put your phone in download mode (shut off, pull battery, press vol +/-, battery in, USB
if correct, heimdall should show connect
go to heimdall options
list device
samsung or android
run zadig
heimdall flash
if it goes back to recovery, second flash with bootloader checked and flash again
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let me know...
Halfway thru dbdatafs then said unsuccessful. Keeps doing that
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Got it. Thank you so so much
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Only thing is it says im on gb 2.3.6
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yeah. 2.3.6 is current. you're in stock..
follow adam's post to get recovery
2.3.7 is MIUI
hit the thanks if I helped
I cant get odin to recognize it now after i fixed the phone. Removed kies and reinstalled
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Use a different USB port...it's kinda funny that way.
heimdall's open-source drivers use libusb. zadig will install libusb for only one usb port. This will be your heimdall port. The rest will retain the odin drivers. just use another usb port. Don't reinstall drivers.
The Heimdall One-Click will bring you back to stock. Our server is down right now so just wait if you're trying to download. I packaged GTG's back to stock as well as KH3(i think) into one-click format. It's at http://files.teamkomin.com then click the infuse4g folder and select a download.
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heimdall's open-source drivers use libusb. zadig will install libusb for only one usb port. This will be your heimdall port. The rest will retain the odin drivers. just use another usb port. Don't reinstall drivers.
The Heimdall One-Click will bring you back to stock. Our server is down right now so just wait if you're trying to download. I packaged GTG's back to stock as well as KH3(i think) into one-click format. It's at http://files.teamkomin.com then click the infuse4g folder and select a download.
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Thanks, Adam.
I was just passing along what I learned from you.
any chance of a heimdall one click UCKK4?
My infuse was running aokpcb rom. i made a backup of my previous rom, AEON v1.3.1. i restored using nandroid back to AEON but when i reboot its stuck at the samsung screen. I tried GTGs Odin back to stock multiple times using different ports but it always gets stuck at factoryfs. i even rebooted the computer and tried it again but still no good. I've used Odin back to stock a couple times before so im used to the program. now ive ran out of ideas and i would greatly appreciate the help. THANKS
Try heimdall...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
If that doesn't work 'I' don't know what to tell you
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And don't restore with nandroid, just to a full restore back to stock with odin or hemdall and reflash the rom.
Im not 100% but i think with aeon the first boot will freeze up at the factory screen. Try pulling battery then reboot..
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isaiahe97 said:
Try heimdall...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
If that doesn't work 'I' don't know what to tell you
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+1 odin sux. it's funny how some independant guys can reverse engineer what it's doing and write something better.
Happens to my Infuse all the time now, even using Heimdall. I just pull the battery, get back into the alternate download screen, reload the drivers (if necessary) on the pc and re-run Heimdall. It always seems to get stuck twice, but works the third time. The last time I took it to stock & did a "factory data reset", just to see if that would clear up whatever the issue was. Unfortunately (?), I haven't tried going back to stock since.
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+1 odin sux. it's funny how some independant guys can reverse engineer what it's doing and write something better.
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Not sure if your being understood.
Sorry for not responding. I've been at a summer camp for the past week. Anyways, when i try to install drivers with heimdall it aborts the procedure and then freezes the program... and when i plug in my phone into the wall charger, the screen stays off..
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Sorry for not responding. I've been at a summer camp for the past week. Anyways, when i try to install drivers with heimdall it aborts the procedure and then freezes the program... and when i plug in my phone into the wall charger, the screen stays off..
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Heimdall is great when properly set up and WHEN IT WORKS. What I do, and this'll bring it back from pretty much anything, is use gtg unbrick, and if it doesn't boot from that flash, (and mine doesn't because its a rogers ) , i then flash the Odin stock lb3 pack, and boom back to normal no matter what I flashed. I imagine if you're running an at&t model , you shouldn't have to do the second step. Be sure to remove the battery and reinsert at least once on any from flash to be sure its not booting correctly before going to another step. Also be sure drivers are correctly installed through kies or kies mini. I find this is easiest with Odin because it clearly shows you in bright yellow that the download connection has been established.. many times i' very had to reinstall the kies drivers, I don't know why.. but try this , and like I say once you see yellow in Odin in phone download mode, you know you're set. Once again, like this kies/gtg/try booting/if no boot/pull battery try boot again/ if still no boot Odin lb3 stock and then flash a recovery kernel to regain cwm..
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ive been trying the odin lb3 from gtg and it gets stuck on dbdata.rfs instead.. im kinda flipping out...
I have two samsung infuses my father gave me to put custom roms on. My personal one had ICS on it, and I never had a problem flashing it. These two both failed in odin. I'm just trying to get back to stock, but when i flash them they fail part way through, even tried one click and it failed on step 4 of 6.. If anyone can help, it would be very much appreciated..
Thanks
Either the connection was interrupted, or odin messed up. You could try flashing with heimdall, if you can get to the connect to PC screen, or download mode. If you can't, you could make/buy a USB jig to put it into download more and try flashing with heimdall.
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magnetboard said:
Either the connection was interrupted, or odin messed up. You could try flashing with heimdall, if you can get to the connect to PC screen, or download mode. If you can't, you could make/buy a USB jig to put it into download more and try flashing with heimdall.
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I know something messed up, i have tried heimdall one click.. but it freezes at factoryrfs. It starts the first bar then stops.
Try rebooting you PC
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Try rebooting you PC
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Tried that, and on two computers. One with xp and one with 7.
Reason I said that my PC ask strange at times.The other day I had to run heimdal 6 times before it finally took.
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TJj33p3rz said:
Reason I said that my PC ask strange at times.The other day I had to run heimdal 6 times before it finally took.
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I have heimdall front loader or something like that downloaded, not sure how to use.. any help?
To make things easier, you should download a heimdall one-click. That will get you going. I use stock uclb3, with boot loaders but you shouldn't need those
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magnetboard said:
To make things easier, you should download a heimdall one-click. That will get you going. I use stock uclb3, with boot loaders but you shouldn't need those
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I've used uclb3 and uclb4, they make it part way and failed at the fourth step.
What is the 4th step?
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What is the 4th step?
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Uploading factoryfs, I just tried it again, and it failed at uploading kernel.. I just want to give these back, one stock, and the other with ICS.. I never had these problems the first time I ever flashed...
Have you tried running them as an Administrator? Sometimes that helps with flashing issues.
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Have you tried running them as an Administrator? Sometimes that helps with flashing issues.
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Yepp everytime, it seems like one tiny thing is holding it back.. I just tried flashing via odin again, and it stopped at factoryfs. Im going to reboot my computer for the last time tonight and seems if it works.
Have you tried reinstalling drivers? On a system running bot odin and Heimdall, drivers tend to get messed up. Uninstall the Heimdall drivers, then Odin. Then install ODIN drivers, then install the heimdall driver while the phone is plugged into a different port. This setup has always worked for me.
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Have you tried reinstalling drivers? On a system running bot odin and Heimdall, drivers tend to get messed up. Uninstall the Heimdall drivers, then Odin. Then install ODIN drivers, then install the heimdall driver while the phone is plugged into a different port. This setup has always worked for me.
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I've never uninstalled them because I could hook my infuse up with no problems and flash it.. I've used kies mini and reinstalled them though.
Well Kies only installs ODIN drivers, you also have to install Heimdall drivers using Heimdall. I would recommend switching usb ports also
Try switching usb cables. That may be causing the flash to get stucked
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Try switching usb cables. That may be causing the flash to get stucked
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Thats the only thing I haven't tried doing, because I only had one cord that worked flashing mine.. you'd think if it worked on mine to flash before it would though, but its worth a try considering I"ve never had the factory cord.
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Thats the only thing I haven't tried doing, because I only had one cord that worked flashing mine.. you'd think if it worked on mine to flash before it would though, but its worth a try considering I"ve never had the factory cord.
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Yup I have 10 USB cable all will charge the phone only 4 the PC sees those came from wally world
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Ok so my phone is stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I have tried to flash a stock rom onto the phone but odin isnt even detecting it? I have it plugged in sitting on this screen with odin opened, but there isnt the [@com:x] message. I really need some help on how to get to download mode or how to flash another rom onto it.
Thanks
-Chronic
Have you installed the correct USB drivers?
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go through the " odin troubleshooting" section here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398, and reading the whole op wouldnt hurt
Yea that screen is still Download Mode.
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Emergency firmware recovery from kies if that's where you originally eencountered an error while updating firmware.
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Emergency firmware recovery from kies if that's where you originally exported an error while updating firmware.
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What?
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Yea that screen is still Download Mode.
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Yes i have read that on here multiple times, but odin will not detect the phone, although it did before, and even then, i would load the stock firmware into the PDA part of odin, but then when i hit start, it would stop at a point, then just idle.
-Chronic
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Yes i have read that on here multiple times, but odin will not detect the phone, although it did before, and even then, i would load the stock firmware into the PDA part of odin, but then when i hit start, it would stop at a point, then just idle.
-Chronic
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Try a different data cable. Every issue I've ever had with Odin (or Kies for that matter) has been solved by ditching the stock cable and using some other random one I found. And that's exactly what would happen - it would connect, start up, and then just stop at a point.
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Yes i have read that on here multiple times, but odin will not detect the phone, although it did before, and even then, i would load the stock firmware into the PDA part of odin, but then when i hit start, it would stop at a point, then just idle.
-Chronic
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Also try a different USB port, it worked for me before.
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Remove all drivers from the USB port you plan on using for odin. This is a program I find very effective at that:
USB DEVIEW
Restart comp. Then follow the rest of Vincoms guide.
Alright so ive got the stock rom flashed over, but the phone is stuck on a rethink possible at&t loading screen loop. how do i get out of this to use the phone? (i have the phone plugged into the computer still)
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Alright so ive got the stock rom flashed over, but the phone is stuck on a rethink possible at&t loading screen loop. how do i get out of this to use the phone? (i have the phone plugged into the computer still)
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Unplug it
Factory reset
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Need some help. Step dad's Infuze is boot looing at the samsung logo. Searched and found qkster's thread about using heimdall 1 click to flash UCLB3. Got the phone into dl mode, loaded drivers and started flashing. Stopped at kernel upload failed. Ending session. Don't know what to do, can I just unplug and start over? Thanks in advance for any help.
Rebooted into dl mode, now it is showing firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again. Please help, is this still fixable?
I can get the phone recognized by Heimdall, just that it stops when loading the kernel. Is there another way to load kernel when in the dl mode?
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I can get the phone recognized by Heimdall, just that it stops when loading the kernel. Is there another way to load kernel when in the dl mode?
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use a different usb data cord
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use a different usb data cord
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Ok will do.
Got bootlloader installed no more rainbow now bootlooping at att rethink possible.
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still bootlooping at att rethink possible. I can get into e3 recovery. Can I just load any of the roms with this recovery to fix the bootlooping? Please help, wanna get done with this. Thanks in advance.
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still bootlooping at att rethink possible. I can get into e3 recovery. Can I just load any of the roms with this recovery to fix the bootlooping? Please help, wanna get done with this. Thanks in advance.
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Try running again and again if necessary until flashes and boots into ROM then Use one of the kernels in the same thread of qkster's that includes root and CWM recovery
Keep trying different ports, different USB cables, reboot computer,use different computer if available
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Try running again and again if necessary until flashes and boots into ROM then Use one of the kernels in the same thread of qkster's that includes root and CWM recovery
Keep trying different ports, different USB cables, reboot computer,use different computer if available
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Thanks will try different ports. I'll use the ones in the back next
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Thanks will try different ports. I'll use the ones in the back next
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either odin or heimdall works. you have to believe that. the frustration is getting a pc with usb port and a usb cord and your phone to align and work correctly. usually after a few driver install or java update or reboot..something works.
your other situation where you kinda had it recognized and almost completed a flash, try different usb cords. hold it steady, wipe the ports..etc..connection is prolly loose
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either odin or heimdall works. you have to believe that. the frustration is getting a pc with usb port and a usb cord and your phone to align and work correctly. usually after a few driver install or java update or reboot..something works.
your other situation where you kinda had it recognized and almost completed a flash, try different usb cords. hold it steady, wipe the ports..etc..connection is prolly loose
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Yeah frustrating it really is. Will fire up the old xp boxen and see if I get better results with that.
While reading up yesterday, I saw some posts about corrupted efs causing the att screen bootloop. Is there anything else?
I don't think it is a power button problem as the phone doesn't turn on when I insert the battery.
Finally, you think it is safe to use a custom rom if the stock one is bootlooping on the at screen?
Thanks again, will go back to reading and trying stuff after dropping off my son to daycare.
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