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I May Have Bricked It

I was playing around last night with updating my phone with a different and everything was fine. Today, I installed the proper kernel and it installed and ran fine. I decided I would install a different kernel, one that has audio via USB for the dock and after I selected the file with Odin, I started the install and then I noticed Odin said something about it being finished and removed. Now I started my phone and it just sits at the screen that says Galaxy S. The phone will not start and I cannot get into recovery or download mode. I have tried every button combination I could find online. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get into either download mode to install the kernel again, or recovery so I can just install the zip to reload the software.

Have you tried a jig or adb to get into download mode?
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I have never been able to properly get adb working, I know I am doing something wrong, but I actually just finally got it working. I was able to use One Click Root to have it restart my phone into recovery mode and I was able to reinstall the software and kernel. Everything is going good now, except I can't use the kernel I wanted to use because I don't know if it has CWM3.
This is the kernel that I actually wanna install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916233

You have SOFT bricked it which means you can get it out of it without JTAG at this point. Go to YouTube and search ODIN 1 Click and watch the video I made to help flash stock firmware.

Any updates OP?

Have you tried taking out and reinserting the battery then volume up, volume down while inserting your USB cable? That saved me one time. Then I bought a JIG.

Thanks for all the help, but I actually figured it out. I had forgotten I installed bootloaders and it changed the button combinations for Continuum.

[Q] Telus SGH-T989D in Boot Loop

I have spent the past 3 hours scouring over these forums before doing a post and I could find lots of great information if I could just get past the perpetual loop and access either the Recovery or Download Modes of my phone.
It is a Telus Samsung Galaxy Fascinate [SGH-T989D] and I have been tinkering with it for that past 24 hours to get it rooted and play with some of the ROMs out there.
I have gotten past the 3e Recovery Issues, resolved a Soft Brick and tested out 3 ROMs but now I am completely stuck and I think it is entirely my own fault but now I need some assistance in getting out of it.
This morning I threw on ICS_NBv9.2 and as it warned it went into a bit of a panic mode and has hit a perpetual Boot Loop. Now every post I have read says go into Download Mode and Odin back to Stock...I can't...it comes up with the Battery Image twice and then starts the boot up cycle all over again. The other option is to Flash the ROM again...problem is it continuously cycles through the Boot and never goes anywhere.
I have tried multiple Cables, reinstalled the USB Drivers, tried on 4 different Computers (2 Linux and 2 Windows) and well lets just say I am at the end of my rope.
Is there any known way to stop this kernel panic and let me get back to stock and put a functional ROM on the phone.
Thanks in Advance.

I may be able to help you...
Here are some solutions I can think of from the top of my head.
Try to see if your phone will connect to samsung kies on your computer via USB, there should be a way to restore it from there.
If you can't do this, then the next step would be to try and enter CWM Recovery mode (you should have this installed already, just look online how to enter into recovery mode). Next, mount your phone using recovery and put a stable rom (.zip) onto your phone. Factory reset, and wipe your phone, then flash the rom.
If you can't enter CWM Recovery, then the next step I can think of is to find a stable rom and flash it through ODIN.
If this isn't working either, then you just made yourself a very stylish paper weight! congrats.
There may stil be hope that if you call your carrier and tell them a sob story like, "my phone restarted on it's own and now it won't work properly." - and answer no if they ask you if you flashed, or downloaded 3rd party apps - then they might send you a free replacement.
Next time you want to flash your phone, remember... MAKE A BACKUP (nandroid) FIRST. That way if anything goes wrong, you can just restore it back the way it was.
Here is a site that may help you as well for rooting and making a backup for the t-989D (samsung galaxy s2 x - telus):
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...d-ultimate-root-optimization-guide-steps.html
Good luck,
J

Try This..
Remove Data Cable from Phone
Remove battery and re insert after 3-5 secs
now try to enter Downloading mode..
then insert data cable. and flash stock FW.
it should work..

The Paper Weight Theory
Thanks Input_Method and ranjan.
Unfortunately the reboot takes effect and cycles through before Kies, ODIN or anything else can take hold of the device.
I have tried the cable trick, Recovery Mode is a no go and it would appear to be an issue with CWM mismatch which is causing the reboot.
Hoping that a local "phone hacker" can help me out with a JTAG reboot this weekend but I am not overly optimistic.
Thanks again.

[Q] Root frozen and can't get into download mode

I went to flash my sgs2s and it successfully went into download mode. I started Odin and it froze on xxxxx.img. After waiting about 30 minutes, I shut off the phone and tried to go back to my download mode, only to find that it goes to "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." I have tried so many different ways to get it back into download mode and nothing seems to work. I can get to the screen to push the vol+ to get to download mode and it goes back to the error screen.
I have tried to use Kies to restore my device to no avail. I have scoured the web for any information, also to no avail. I have tried a couple of ROMs, one which was a stock ROM, no difference. I cannot boot my phone and am in need of my phone. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer.

Gsii or gsii skyrocket?
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. Sorry about that.

phantomofdaATL said:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. Sorry about that.
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Its fine, its still in dl mode. Run it again
if it doesnt work after a few tries, reboot pc, right click and run odin as admin, try a different usb port or cable

phantomofdaATL said:
I went to flash my sgs2s and it successfully went into download mode. I started Odin and it froze on xxxxx.img. After waiting about 30 minutes, I shut off the phone and tried to go back to my download mode, only to find that it goes to "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." I have tried so many different ways to get it back into download mode and nothing seems to work. I can get to the screen to push the vol+ to get to download mode and it goes back to the error screen.
I have tried to use Kies to restore my device to no avail. I have scoured the web for any information, also to no avail. I have tried a couple of ROMs, one which was a stock ROM, no difference. I cannot boot my phone and am in need of my phone. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer.
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What were you flashing? Seems like a bad download. Happened to me once. The error screen is download mode. If you try and connect the phone to a computer I am sure ODIN will be able to se it. Redownload whatever you were flashing and try to flash it again using ODIN.
As a usual warning, do NOT check repartition in ODIN.
As a usual tip, use the USb port that's directly on the motherboard of your PC, and not the one on the front.
Also, run ODIN as administrator.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA

Changed the usb port and it WORKED! Thanks everyone!

Good to hear.
I had to ask because a lot of... less-than-intelligent... people tend to flash skyrocket roms on gsii phones or vice versa, thus bricking their devices...

[Q] Hard bricked phone to the point of no return...Even kies wont recognize...help!!

Hey guys so my phones kernel and stuff was slightly messed up I know this because wifi didn't always work and it wouldn't work at certain places and if I reset the phones settings or factory the wifi would show up. I then thought hey I need wifi so let me put a custom mod on it. I have rooted my phone easy but never put a custom mod.. I still dont know what it does or what a custom recovery is or whatever. I tried odin and it said failed a bunch of times. I then started trying to use apps like goo manager and busy box and such and had no idea what i was doing other than following instructions blindly and I ended up using an app that was glitched I believe and when ever I started the phone it went into recovery mode. Then I stopped using the phone for a quite a while and one of my friends said he could look at it and determined that it is screwed to the point of no return. So I thought why not go for one last swing at it did some more Youtbing and did another tutorial another tarp or md5 file or whatever it is. I now have that screen which says connect to Kies for emergency firmware recovery or something. I can still access download mode and such but the main problem is 1. odin is still not working 2. Kies is now not recognizing my S4 keeps telling me it doesnt recognize it. I have a Samsung S4 verizon build number is 2g6 I believe I know the ending is 6. Its curruntly on 4.4.2 kit kat.
TLDR: The phone says that i need to hook it up to kies for emergency firmare something but kies wont recognize my phone and I cant do a hard reset and When I flash with Odin it always says Fail when it gets to the boot part
Thanks so much guys you dont know how much any help would be. Please respond this is all I will be doing all day so I can give you all extra info asap.

Help for my SM-P900

Hi everyone,
I'm hoping that someone can help me out with my device. I have a rooted sm-p900 that was working fine until a month ago when I tried to flash [ROM][7.1.x|SM-P900| Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 (v1awifi). I was busy multi-tasking and made the stupid mistake of flashing the rom before updating the BL. Since trying to do so, I have not been able to get past the first screen that says "Samsung sm-p900" . After the logo disappears, my screen remains lit but is just black.I could not restore my backup after either.
Where I am now:
- I can still access and use T.W.R.P. (latest 3.1.1) (If TWRP is left alone for too long, the device will reset to the same black screen and hang forever. If flashing a rom is taking long, the device will restart mid-flash as well.)
- I can still access download mode and use odin as well.
- I have since flashed the appropriate BL but that has not changed anything.
-I have tried clean flashing a magnitude of different roms and still come across the same problem.
I honestly have no idea how I can fix the device and have tried everything I know how. I would love to get it back as soon as possible. Any help is greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance!

jp2572 said:
Hi everyone,
I'm hoping that someone can help me out with my device. I have a rooted sm-p900 that was working fine until a month ago when I tried to flash [ROM][7.1.x|SM-P900| Unofficial LineageOS 14.1 (v1awifi). I was busy multi-tasking and made the stupid mistake of flashing the rom before updating the BL. Since trying to do so, I have not been able to get past the first screen that says "Samsung sm-p900" . After the logo disappears, my screen remains lit but is just black.I could not restore my backup after either.
Where I am now:
- I can still access and use T.W.R.P. (latest 3.1.1) (If TWRP is left alone for too long, the device will reset to the same black screen and hang forever. If flashing a rom is taking long, the device will restart mid-flash as well.)
- I can still access download mode and use odin as well.
- I have since flashed the appropriate BL but that has not changed anything.
-I have tried clean flashing a magnitude of different roms and still come across the same problem.
I honestly have no idea how I can fix the device and have tried everything I know how. I would love to get it back as soon as possible. Any help is greatly appreciated, so thank you in advance!
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Have you tried taking it completely back to stock via Samsung Kies on your PC?
Sorry I don't have complete details, but it goes something like this (and if you search this site or Google, you'll find a good write-up on how to do a complete recovery using Kies):
1. If you can, make a backup using TWRP - if not, you are going to lose everything because of the next steps
2. Download and install the Kies software from the Samsung site and install it on your PC (I grabbed both versions, can install both on the same PC at the same time)
Make sure that it installs the Samsung USB driver
3. Connect to the tablet using the OEM cable - if you get a reaction from Kies, great
4. Somewhere in the Kies menu, you can tell it to do a complete recovery, including bootloader- if I remember correctly, you'll need your serial number (Sorry, been 18 months since I did just about the same thing and was able to recover it from my FUBAR, and I no longer run Windows so I can't step thru it)
It will go through downloading and flashing your tablet back to the state it was when you pulled it out of the box.
If you get to that point, you will have to go the whole route (including loading TWRP) to get it back to Lineage. It took me about two weeks to get it back to the way I had it before I was flashing and reading a book and talking to my wife all at the same time and didn't pay attention to what I touched on screen.
I apologize for the rambling and not having definitive statements, but I'm drugged up and been awake for the last 36 hours, and at my age that isn't a good combination.

Thank you so much for your help! I couldn't end up using that method because kies would not recognize my device for anything. It did get me inspired to try fixing it again however and it worked!
If anyone ever encounters the same or a similar problem, I just tried re-rooting it using odin and cf's autoroot file. It allowed me to be able to install roms again.
rhricik447 said:
Have you tried taking it completely back to stock via Samsung Kies on your PC?
Sorry I don't have complete details, but it goes something like this (and if you search this site or Google, you'll find a good write-up on how to do a complete recovery using Kies):
1. If you can, make a backup using TWRP - if not, you are going to lose everything because of the next steps
2. Download and install the Kies software from the Samsung site and install it on your PC (I grabbed both versions, can install both on the same PC at the same time)
Make sure that it installs the Samsung USB driver
3. Connect to the tablet using the OEM cable - if you get a reaction from Kies, great
4. Somewhere in the Kies menu, you can tell it to do a complete recovery, including bootloader- if I remember correctly, you'll need your serial number (Sorry, been 18 months since I did just about the same thing and was able to recover it from my FUBAR, and I no longer run Windows so I can't step thru it)
It will go through downloading and flashing your tablet back to the state it was when you pulled it out of the box.
If you get to that point, you will have to go the whole route (including loading TWRP) to get it back to Lineage. It took me about two weeks to get it back to the way I had it before I was flashing and reading a book and talking to my wife all at the same time and didn't pay attention to what I touched on screen.
I apologize for the rambling and not having definitive statements, but I'm drugged up and been awake for the last 36 hours, and at my age that isn't a good combination.
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Try updating the bootloader again using odin
When this has happend factory reset
Flash the rom, addonsu and gapps in the same TWRP session
The rom should work then, I've been happily using it for about 6months now