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[Q] List of Heimdall-compatible Firmware Packages for SGS4G?

I have to use Heimdall if I'm to flash my phone. At home I only have access to Mac. I used a PC at work to root my phone (superoneclick was waaay easy), but I don't want to push my luck with IT and my boss at work.
Is there a list of Heimdall packages for the SGS4G anywhere? I've been searching and can't find them anywhere. Maybe Heimdall 1.3 is too new??
I am hoping to use Audiophile because it just chaps my a$$ that I can't play a stock music player (TMOUS) without it skipping out (paucity of cpu cycles I imagine). I very much appreciate the post RaverX3X put up about Audiophile recently. However he focused on Odin and I can't use Odin.
Any ideas anyone?

No one has made any firmware packages for it.
You'd only use Heimdall for flashing a stock rom base with a custom kernel and then you'd have to flash audiophile through CWM anyway.
I'd make a firmware package for you if I wasn't on my way out soon though. Maybe if no one else has done it when I get back I'll set something up for you.

Alright I made the heimdall package for you, I haven't tested it though, so proceed at your own risk.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea..._kh2_with_kg4_kernel_heimdall.tar.gz/download

Did it work? I want to know so I can post it on the original thread.

You gave some qualifications about using CWM before putting up the Heimdall package. Since this is my first time flashing and I only have my SGS4G so I am going slowly. I got CWM installed and backed up. I downloaded your file and have it on my Mac. Before I try to use, I want to be sure I know what I'm doing. So I'm reading a lot of XDA first.
You will be the second to know I got it installed and working (with me being the first obviously. )
Thanks for the help.

You actually don't need CWM at all. You'll wind up with CWM after flashing this.

Okay, I'll give this one a try. In a previous message you said that after using Heimdall, I still need to flash Audiophile using CWM. Is that still true? Is there any other software I need to flash with CWM?

You might need to flash my busybox_installer.zip but I think Raver may have included that in the audiophile ftw installer.

Well I tried but Heimdall could never see my phone. I can connect USB storage using the phone, but Heimdall can't detect the device at all.
I've searched XDA trying to find MAC drivers for the phone that might be better than mine, but I've not found anything yet.

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
Scroll down and find the OSX version (Heimdall suite 1.3.0). It comes with Codeless kext (aka driver). It should install libusb for you.

Hmmm, I installed that package. I do not know why kext didn't work. I know I have a system reboot since then.
Maybe I'll uninstall and try to re-install.

Thanks A Lot
FBis251 said:
Alright I made the heimdall package for you, I haven't tested it though, so proceed at your own risk.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea..._kh2_with_kg4_kernel_heimdall.tar.gz/download
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Hello. First of all I want to thank you for this wonderful rom. I know how to use Odin but recently I got a Mac so I'm still learning how to use it. I decided to upgrade to gingerbread last night and then hell went broke loose I almost BRICKED my phone:-(. But searching the XDA this morning I found this thread and BAAAMMMM my phone is working again. I dunno how it works but I know You put effort on doing this so again Thanks a Lot!!!!!

MjLvMj said:
Hello. First of all I want to thank you for this wonderful rom. I know how to use Odin but recently I got a Mac so I'm still learning how to use it. I decided to upgrade to gingerbread last night and then hell went broke loose I almost BRICKED my phone:-(. But searching the XDA this morning I found this thread and BAAAMMMM my phone is working again. I dunno how it works but I know You put effort on doing this so again Thanks a Lot!!!!!
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Awesome, I'm glad it worked for you. I'll be making the Froyo portion of the heimdall package available soon in order to update my GB Starter Pack guide for mac/linux.
How straightforward was the install by the way? I'm still trying to get feedback from users.

I am very happy heimdall is working for you and you got the ROM flashed.
Very frustrated that I can't get heimdall to see my phone. I have CWM installed and I have the RootExplorer app working and I can see my SD card as a USB drive on my Mac. Is it possible to flash with just those three tools?
All the guides I see seem to focus on Odin or Heimdall. Do they do some magic that I can't accomplish on my own?

ustamills said:
I am very happy heimdall is working for you and you got the ROM flashed.
Very frustrated that I can't get heimdall to see my phone. I have CWM installed and I have the RootExplorer app working and I can see my SD card as a USB drive on my Mac. Is it possible to flash with just those three tools?
All the guides I see seem to focus on Odin or Heimdall. Do they do some magic that I can't accomplish on my own?
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Sadly there's no safe way to flash bootloaders using CWM, which is the only reason we're using Odin/Heimdall. I can't diagnose the problems on a mac since I don't own one, but have you tried removing heimdall, restarting, reinstalling, restarting and trying again? Might make it work.

Thanks A Lot
FBis251 said:
Awesome, I'm glad it worked for you. I'll be making the Froyo portion of the heimdall package available soon in order to update my GB Starter Pack guide for mac/linux.
How straightforward was the install by the way? I'm still trying to get feedback from users.
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Well I mess up with the bootloaders cuz Im coming from trigger rom froyo. But luckily for me I able to put the phone on Download Mode and the Heimdall just detected it. I just follow the read me files on the Heimdall then put your files on it. Press start and it work like magic... I have Gingerbread Phone
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ustamills said:
I am very happy heimdall is working for you and you got the ROM flashed.
Very frustrated that I can't get heimdall to see my phone. I have CWM installed and I have the RootExplorer app working and I can see my SD card as a USB drive on my Mac. Is it possible to flash with just those three tools?
All the guides I see seem to focus on Odin or Heimdall. Do they do some magic that I can't accomplish on my own?
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Just try to put your Phone on Download Mode and pray that Heimdall can detect it. Then your good!!!!

i tried flashing my sgs4g with odin and now all i get is the samsung galaxy s 4g from tmobile screen and it just keeps loading like that in a loop.
at first when I tried odin, i was not able to reboot and my screen displayed all sorts of colors and just did not work. I unplugged and tried odin again and came up to this point. now i'm trying to just get my phone working again. help anyone?

[Q]Flashing roms help

I have a stock Infuse 4g from AT&T and I would like a step by step, like a tutorial of everything I have to do for flashing custom roms, what to backup, installing CWM, etc. Thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514886
[REF] Super Infuse Noobie Question Thread. Lots of questions answered
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Yes, I know about that thread, but they don't answer all of my questions, like for example: I have stock GB, do I still root with super one click? What is the first step in flashing custom roms, rooting and then installing CWM? How do I install CWM? What to use to backup apps? What is Rom manager from the android market and what is it for, is it useful? How to backup contacts? Before flashing, should I remove the sim card? When flashing, is it always done in CWM? If so, what's the exact process?
What I want is more of a fool proof step by step, just to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible. I had to use Heimdall's one click back to stock to go from froyo to GB UCKJ4 because of the boot loop even though the phone wasn't rooted or anything, it was stock. If I did that, what are my options? What should I do if I want to flash custom roms from scratch? Also, CWM is kept even after a factory reset or a wipe? it doesn't get deleted in any way when you want ti flash another Rom?

Wow, I'm sorry but you should do some research first before you ask these questions. Google has an excellent feature called search. I'm sure if you use it you can find your answers as they have all been asked before. Everything I have learned has been from reading and rereading everything I could before I attempted rooting. Android central has a great guide to everything root. Then come back with questions. Sorry to go off but it seems like people just come here to have their hand held. I'm sure you could find someone to donate to on here that would take you by the hand if that's the route you choose.
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA App

Silvares said:
I have a stock Infuse 4g from AT&T and I would like a step by step, like a tutorial of everything I have to do for flashing custom roms, what to backup, installing CWM, etc. Thanks.
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Hmm. So how much are you willing to pay for someone who takes time to consolidate this guide. Make it worthwhile for us too

Do I get dibs on this?

qkster said:
Do I get dibs on this?
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Lol... you may... I only asked that so maybe he would find someone to spoon feed him

diablo009 said:
Lol... you may... I only asked that so maybe he would find someone to spoon feed him
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lol..somewhere in this thread is the spoon...just have to know where to look.

"There is no spoon."
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

rxnelson said:
"There is no spoon."
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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He was referring to the link in post 2 by bigjoe.

diablo009 said:
He was referring to the link in post 2 by bigjoe.
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Yea, I was just goofing. Qksters bald avatar and all the spoon talk reminded me of the matrix....thought someone would get it. Ah well.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using Tapatalk

Anyway, thanks qkster, with your Heimdall to UCBL3 and CWM installation I was able to do it. And now I have ZEUS on my Infuse :3.
Now, what are some must have apps rooted or not?

Silvares said:
Anyway, thanks qkster, with your Heimdall to UCBL3 and CWM installation I was able to do it. And now I have ZEUS on my Infuse :3.
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good job..
See how easy it was?
Anyway, lol..the spoon was on all my signature links

Let me just throw this out there: as a noob myself, I understand where op is coming from. On forums this large, it is easy to get lost. I also find that I spend so much time reading things that don't answer my questions. I know that's part of the process though, but can feel pretty overwhelming.
May I suggest that not just 1 person has to answer all the questions. Maybe u come across a post like this and answer just 1 or 2 questions, or paste in a link or 2 to where the specific question is answered.
Also, I know that I've asked a question in the most appropriate place & someone has come back saying it's not the right place, even though it's in the q&a - noob - device forum. It's just hard at first. So, pls, don't bust op's chops too bad, b/c somewhere on here it says that it helps everyone if anyone takes some of their time to educate.
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Noob here too, but I have done some of this successfully, and then I played around too much and really, really bricked my phone - but fixed it, so I have learned a bit. These are my thoughts:
Silvares said:
I have stock GB, do I still root with super one click?
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Yes. Get rooted. I've used S-O-C twice. Had to play around with it first. I think I ended up being successful by doing it thru my phone, not on the PC.
Silvares said:
What is the first step in flashing custom roms, rooting and then installing CWM? How do I install CWM?
What to use to backup apps? How to backup contacts?
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1st step - root, then - backup more than just 1 way-use some from market and put things in more than 1 place; Titanium Backup seems to be standard around here too. Here is a great youtube link that helped me a lot to prepare: http://youtu.be/ozNVeGPUlU8
Silvares said:
What I want is more of a fool proof step by step, just to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible.
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Doesn't exist. Try to find a good youtube and follow along.
Silvares said:
I had to use Heimdall's one click back to stock to go from froyo to GB UCKJ4 because of the boot loop even though the phone wasn't rooted or anything, it was stock. If I did that, what are my options?
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When I got bricked last night, after trying 2 methods and much freaking out, GTG worked. Working link for that download is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?i57410xodydx5l1. Thread here → http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
Silvares said:
Also, CWM is kept even after a factory reset or a wipe? it doesn't get deleted in any way when you want ti flash another Rom?
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It stayed for me, even through brick.
I know you got your questions answered, but maybe this will help you, or someone else, in the future. Again, I'm no expert - far from it - but this is what worked for me. Good luck!

Can't think of another way of saying this...HELP!
So, I was able to get 3e and clockworkmod recovery installed on my Infuse. (A great accomplishment for me, trust me)
I went through the process of wiping data and caches to install my new ROM but I put the two zips (Cyan7 & Google Apps) on the external sdcard so when I went to install them I couldn't see them. I thought my only option then was to chose to restore from backup in CM recovery and now I'm stuck on the Samsung boot logo.
I tried a battery pull and VOLup/VOLdwn/POWER to try to get into recovery but I'm still stuck on the boot logo. What can I do now?
I'd really appreciate your help. Cheers.

feroxcvpiditas said:
So, I was able to get 3e and clockworkmod recovery installed on my Infuse. (A great accomplishment for me, trust me)
I went through the process of wiping data and caches to install my new ROM but I put the two zips (Cyan7 & Google Apps) on the external sdcard so when I went to install them I couldn't see them. I thought my only option then was to chose to restore from backup in CM recovery and now I'm stuck on the Samsung boot logo.
I tried a battery pull and VOLup/VOLdwn/POWER to try to get into recovery but I'm still stuck on the boot logo. What can I do now?
I'd really appreciate your help. Cheers.
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No need to recover. Simple enough. U've tried restarting normal, and it didn't work?

No unfortunately...
I'm stuck on the Samsung boot logo. I think my battery pull after being frozen after the restore didn't help matters. I've tried vol+/vol-/power and vol-/power and still can't get into recovery. Plugged into my MAC it's not recognized.

feroxcvpiditas said:
I'm stuck on the Samsung boot logo. I think my battery pull after being frozen after the restore didn't help matters. I've tried vol+/vol-/power and vol-/power and still can't get into recovery. Plugged into my MAC it's not recognized.
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Well, if it were me, I'd pull batt and let it sit while I search this site to see what other people have done when stuck in the loop. You're sure to find answers somewhere in/related to being bricked threads, though I'm sure you're not bricked, so relax and take a breath. I'd offer other suggestions, but I'm too new, so it'd just be speculation on my part.

dde333 said:
Well, if it were me, I'd pull batt and let it sit while I search this site to see what other people have done when stuck in the loop. You're sure to find answers somewhere in/related to being bricked threads, though I'm sure you're not bricked, so relax and take a breath. I'd offer other suggestions, but I'm too new, so it'd just be speculation on my part.
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Cheers, I think I will do that. I'm feverishly scouring the site and the interweb...I just hope I don't have to re-flash a stock ROM and start all over again. Of course that would be better than having a paperweight I suppose.
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Well, I got into Download mode using the vol+/vol- then usb plugin. Just don't know what to do next. At least something is happening...back to my research...

feroxcvpiditas said:
Cheers, I think I will do that. I'm feverishly scouring the site and the interweb...I just hope I don't have to re-flash a stock ROM and start all over again. Of course that would be better than having a paperweight I suppose.
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Well, I got into Download mode using the vol+/vol- then usb plugin. Just don't know what to do next. At least something is happening...back to my research...
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fero,
you dont need to look very far...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
the link to unbrick and how to has always been right on my signature links...
read my beginner guide...

[Q] Phone stucked in 'Firmware upgradevencountered an issue'

Please help me!!!, I was updating my cell phone to ics. And I dont know what happend and now it's stucked on a screen that saids "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & Try again.
What can I do???

Run the one click exe again. That screen your seeing is also download mode.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

Same thing happened to me. Just keep trying. Different USB ports, different cable...or use Odin to flash the ics TAR. Make sure Odin recognizes your phone and try. May have to repeat this process of "open odin one click, connect phone, hit start " or "open Odin, connect phone, select PDA, select appropriate TAR, hit start ". Keep trying dude. May fail a few times before it passes.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

jpvasquez said:
Please help me!!!, I was updating my cell phone to ics. And I dont know what happend and now it's stucked on a screen that saids "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & Try again.
What can I do???
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If u were using the oneclick ics odin from design gears do it again. If ur trying to install ics a different way. Then stop it. Its not for our device and you'll end up bricking
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Why is what i want to know. Check the dev section. We have roms u can flash directly from gingerbread in cwm with out wiping anything. No issues smooth transition to ics
There's 2 collective roms. Available. That offer u a simple flash upgrade. No kernel or modem flashes nessicary

Thank You
Apreciatte all of your help. I've dowloadead a stock tar and now its working fine. I would like to know if any of you know a safe way to update to ics?

jpvasquez said:
Apreciatte all of your help. I've dowloadead a stock tar and now its working fine. I would like to know if any of you know a safe way to update to ics?
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You need to stop flashing and read the forum first. Understand what you are doing before you do it

silver03wrx said:
If u were using the oneclick ics odin from design gears do it again. If ur trying to install ics a different way. Then stop it. Its not for our device and you'll end up bricking
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Why is what i want to know. Check the dev section. We have roms u can flash directly from gingerbread in cwm with out wiping anything. No issues smooth transition to ics
There's 2 collective roms. Available. That offer u a simple flash upgrade. No kernel or modem flashes nessicary
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What he said were not trying to be dicks by any means at all. Just looking out for ya. We hate to see bricked skyrockets
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CWM Problem

OK so I have this Galaxy 4G that i need to install an ICS ROM on it. So I installed the kernel using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
Which has CWM 3.0.2.8x. I am having a problem updating it and flashing roms. When I try to flash a rom, i can access the SDCARD just fine, but as soon as I choose a zip to flash and say yes i am sure, it says 'Error cannot mount /sdcard/rom.zip' and installation aborted. Then I cannot even mount the sdcard until I reboot. this is for both ICS and GB ROMS.
BTW It is on FroYo stock.

I think from this point you should start over from scratch. There's a heimdall one-click that will flash your phone back to gb stock and there's several others that will root and put cwm on it. If you've already got the Samsung drivers installed you gotta uninstall them and reboot your pc for heimdall to work.
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Also I assume you have a t959v since you had froyo. You gotta flash gb bootloaders too

TwitchyEye said:
I think from this point you should start over from scratch. There's a heimdall one-click that will flash your phone back to gb stock and there's several others that will root and put cwm on it. If you've already got the Samsung drivers installed you gotta uninstall them and reboot your pc for heimdall to work.
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Also I assume you have a t959v since you had froyo. You gotta flash gb bootloaders too
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OK I was trying to avoid using a one-click since last time I used it it nearly hard bricked my phone. But which one would you recommend for going to GB with bootloaders and installing ICS from there?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
This has all the one clicks and a pretty detailed explanation of how to use them.

Eollie's one-click would probably be the easiest if you're looking for a starting point to install ICS.

There it is lol I can never find that thread when I need it!

TheDoolster said:
OK I was trying to avoid using a one-click since last time I used it it nearly hard bricked my phone. But which one would you recommend for going to GB with bootloaders and installing ICS from there?
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How do you nearly hard brick with a one-click? Some user error there for sure. So far in the GB starter pack thread both Lumin and eollie have told you to use the one-clicks. Now a few more people tell you the same thing. Exact this time you had to start a new thread to get the info. So use the one-click and stay on stock until you learn a lot more about flashing this phone.

farmerbb said:
Eollie's one-click would probably be the easiest if you're looking for a starting point to install ICS.
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Thanks for the link. I will use that one and hope it works.
And hechoen, I have had very bad experiences with one-click installers, so I was hoping to find a way around using one, but I guess there isn't. And I know a lot about flashing phones, but I have had the most trouble with this one, which ONLY has one click installers.

Sorry for going a bit side tracked but how can you fail a one-click? You don't even have to select anything, just plug and wait.
Odin is a different story though

TheDoolster said:
Thanks for the link. I will use that one and hope it works.
And hechoen, I have had very bad experiences with one-click installers, so I was hoping to find a way around using one, but I guess there isn't. And I know a lot about flashing phones, but I have had the most trouble with this one, which ONLY has one click installers.
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If you knew a lot you'd know that you can pull the boot.img out of any Rom and flash that to get a newer version of CWM. You can flash them from heimdall frontend or make them odinable. So not true about just having one-clicks. The one-clicks where made for users to have an easier time not a harder one. lol It's all about how much you know. If you don't know much the one-clicks are the easiest way to proceed. If you know more than you'd never have to ask in the first place. So learn to embrace the one-clicks until your a little more knowledgable.

OK So I used the one click and it worked, i am on GB. But I can't get into recovery. When i am holding volume + and - and power i let go of power on the galaxy 4g screen and it just stays there. And it wont go into recovery. Thanks
WOW actually i just didn't flash the bootloaders. I thought I did.

I answered you in the other thread. But something else you can do is open a command window and type "adb reboot recovery". If you have the android sdk installed that is. I think if you hold the power button there is a option to reboot to recovery also.

eollie said:
I answered you in the other thread. But something else you can do is open a command window and type "adb reboot recovery". If you have the android sdk installed that is. I think if you hold the power button there is a option to reboot to recovery also.
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Never mind I got it. Thanks!

[Q] Phone - Caution - PC Loop, Bricked?

So I just want confirmation of what I fear. I think I bricked my T959W by following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852546 before doing my homework (for shame).
After getting past the root phase the phone turned on and I was getting ready to load a CWM or something but the phone locked up.
So I pulled the battery and went in to download mode. Then Odin connected but I accidentally pulled the USB.
So now I am at the aforementioned Phone-Triangle-PC loop. I have tried USB Jig without success.
So I have read over 40 post on this and my conclusion is it most likely I need to send it in for a JTAG Repair. As I most likely fudged the bootloader.
I am posting this only because no one has posted these exact symptoms that I could find.
Thanks

jjmcousineau said:
So I just want confirmation of what I fear. I think I bricked my T959W by following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852546 before doing my homework (for shame).
After getting past the root phase the phone turned on and I was getting ready to load a CWM or something but the phone locked up.
So I pulled the battery and went in to download mode. Then Odin connected but I accidentally pulled the USB.
So now I am at the aforementioned Phone-Triangle-PC loop. I have tried USB Jig without success.
So I have read over 40 post on this and my conclusion is it most likely I need to send it in for a JTAG Repair. As I most likely fudged the bootloader.
I am posting this only because no one has posted these exact symptoms that I could find.
Thanks
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That is just download mode use Odin again
Edit: you are using a guide for a different phone...
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Try this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956025
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app

Cooptx said:
That is just download mode use Odin again
Edit: you are using a guide for a different phone...
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app
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Try this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956025
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app
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Ok it seems to be "saved" I had not realized there are 2 download modes. At any rate when I attempted those heimdall guides, one click and using the frontend. It started displaying the large triangle download screen. I cannot boot into recovery still, I may need help on this front.
Now before I move on could I get pointed at ROM/Guide that will get me operational again? I am a bit gun shy after this.
Thanks again,
Jon

Any of the ones on the first page in the development forum for this device.
Sent from my Nexus 4

So I managed to get CWM-recovery working. Yay
Only problem is I can't mount the sd card. And so I cannot load a ROM from it. I will be looking into this but I felt I should update.

Done and thank you
Great success! Turns out my sd card was corrupt fortunately I have an abundance of them.
Thanks for the help, you may allow this thread to die now.

jjmcousineau said:
So I just want confirmation of what I fear. I think I bricked my T959W by following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852546 before doing my homework (for shame).
After getting past the root phase the phone turned on and I was getting ready to load a CWM or something but the phone locked up.
So I pulled the battery and went in to download mode. Then Odin connected but I accidentally pulled the USB.
So now I am at the aforementioned Phone-Triangle-PC loop. I have tried USB Jig without success.
So I have read over 40 post on this and my conclusion is it most likely I need to send it in for a JTAG Repair. As I most likely fudged the bootloader.
I am posting this only because no one has posted these exact symptoms that I could find.
Thanks
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Actually sir. I had this same problem. But i fixed it myself ^_^ Google is a awesome tool. What i had to do is Re-flash a kernel and rom. I pulled the plug in download mode. Took me about 12 hours of reserch and work to FINALLY fix it. Is your phone the SGH-T959V? If so i still have all the stuff you need i do believe.
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I have Found the files that you need to flash through Odin
I can instruct you how to download SDK tools and use command prompts to Put your phone in Download mode.
It would be my pleasure. I definately do believe both of our phones are pretty much exactly the same. Id be more than happy to help another XDA member out. Post back or PM me for instructions.