Help cannot flash using odin or heimdal - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

Trying to flash from cm9 on photon kernel to cm10.1 linaro build. Would boot past boot animation. Tried to boot into recovery no recovery slash logo just boots over and over.
Put into download mode and try to flash stock gingerbread Odin would not upload recovery second attempt won't upload kernel or recovery.
Boot back into download get the Phone to Computer screen. Try heimdal and gets stuck at handshake with loke.
Its my girls phone and I feel bad and besides that if I can't get it working I have to buy her a new phone so please help if you can.
Im going to try keis later once I can get near a WiFi connection.
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Here is a one click Odin you can try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500427
It gives you a rooted ROM with cwm.

OK thank you
Edit: None of the links are active but thanks for replying
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tekanina said:
OK thank you
Edit: None of the links are active but thanks for replying
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I have it on my computer, I will upload it in a bit

No need I got it working. I used a different USB port and cable. After a few tries everything worked. Thank you for your help. Setting up CM10.1 now.
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tekanina said:
No need I got it working. I used a different USB port and cable. After a few tries everything worked. Thank you for your help. Setting up CM10.1 now.
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Good deal

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Bricked Skyrocket?

SOLVED!
My device is completely stock, I only rooted the skyrocket.
I really wanted to have the fancy rotation animation for whenever you change the orientation of the phone. To do that, the instructions were to replace two (.so) files in
/system/lib
with two provided from the OP in the thread. When I used ES File Explorer to replace the files, right when I pasted the files the device froze. Naturally I tried soft rebooting and that worked fine. What didn't work fine was trying to get my device to boot back up...
When I press the power button to turn the device on, the first splash screen with the non-glowing Samsung logo showed up normally. My phone then gets stuck on the glowing Samsung logo. It never reaches the rethink possible At&t boot animation. So I thought, a factory reset should do the trick.
I went into the recovery menu and factory reset the phone/ deleted all user data. I tried booting the phone again and it still gets stuck at the glowing Samsung logo.
Help? Do I need to send the device in? Am I covered by the warranty? (I bought it in early December 2011)
Do you have CWM recovery or can you access download mode?
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No .. you soft bricked the phone, this is totally recoverable .. ODIN back to stock.
cdshepherd said:
Do you have CWM recovery or can you access download mode?
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I can access download mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19262010
Please please please read and fully understand the op before proceeding. This should fix you if you follow exact.
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cdshepherd said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19262010
Please please please read and fully understand the op before proceeding. This should fix you if you follow exact.
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Thanks for the reply, Will post results soon? Hopefully I don't messup...
You'll be fine. Just do your homework
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Haha, as always.
That post you linked does not have a ODIN download link. Is there a specific version of ODIN I have to use or is any version fine for Skyrocket?
You can find the Odin version you need in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19223405
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Hooray!!
Phone works like a charm! Thankss a bunch!
Love this community.
No prob. If your interested in rooting the last thread I linked is the best method in my opinion. Cheers
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Q Won't boot into rom SOLVED

I was messing with the recovery.I'm not sure what happened.every time I boot up it goes straight to cwm recovery v5.5.0.4. It is blue and the top of it is all messed up with lines and stuff.please help
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powerpoint45 said:
I was messing with the recovery.I'm not sure what happened.every time I boot up it goes straight to cwm recovery v5.5.0.4. It is blue and the top of it is all messed up with lines and stuff.please help
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If you have the blue recovery it sounds like your running ICS... If its distorted, sounds like you need to update your Bootloaders from froyo to Gingerbread bootloaders.. You can do a simple search and find a thread to do this with Odin or Heimdell..
As for your issue... You just need to flash the ICS kernel with Heimdell found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 - Just put your phone into download mode, open the executable ICS jar file and make sure it says connected and then click flash.. let it do its thing and it should boot just fine.
After I flashed it in download mode the device boots into cwm fine but when I do a normal boot the screen goes black.should I just reflash a rom
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powerpoint45 said:
After I flashed it in download mode the device boots into cwm fine but when I do a normal boot the screen goes black.should I just reflash a rom
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Yea if your still not able to boot, just reinstall ROM.
scott.hart.bti said:
Yea if your still not able to boot, just reinstall ROM.
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When I install a rom it replaces the recovery and when I use the download mode to replace recovery it bricks the rom.what should I do
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powerpoint45 said:
When I install a rom it replaces the recovery and when I use the download mode to replace recovery it bricks the rom.what should I do Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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well...lets start over...what rom are you trying to install and what rom are you on?
your sig says galaxy nexus?
bigjoe2675 said:
well...lets start over...what rom are you trying to install and what rom are you on?
your sig says galaxy nexus?
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Right now I am just trying to get get a new recovery on my phone because the recovery I have is messed up.I am using this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26954290
But when I install a new recovery it bricks the rom.like when I boot up it just goes black.
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powerpoint45 said:
Right now I am just trying to get get a new recovery on my phone because the recovery I have is messed up.I am using this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26954290
But when I install a new recovery it bricks the rom.like when I boot up it just goes black.
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might I suggust taking it back to stock and then go from there...
Qkster has a great thread that covrs ics/m9
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079
bigjoe2675 said:
might I suggust taking it back to stock and then go from there...
Qkster has a great thread that covrs ics/m9
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079
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Post number three. Heimdall one click
qkster said:
Post number three. Heimdall one click
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Ok I just used download mode to install that kernel and cwm recovery looks even worse and it is purple.but the rom boots up.what am I doing wrong
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powerpoint45 said:
Ok I just used download mode to install that kernel and cwm recovery looks even worse and it is purple.but the rom boots up.what am I doing wrong
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Oh..I see. What you're talking about are the rainbows effects.
You have to flash a GB boot loader.
See the op of cm9 or flash my whole uclb3 firmware and then flash again with the boot loader box checked. see the op for details
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Oh..I see. What you're talking about are the rainbows effects.
You have to flash a GB boot loader.
See the op of cm9 or flash my whole uclb3 firmware and then flash again with the boot loader box checked. see the op for details
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That you all for helping.I fixed it by using one click to get to stock then used one click to go to ics.
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If your good, pls put solved in title...
Glad it worked...
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bigjoe2675 said:
If your good, pls put solved in title...
Glad it worked...
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OK I changed title. Thanks for the support.
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powerpoint45 said:
OK I changed title. Thanks for the support.
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Very welcome
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ICS 1-Click Starter

Ok, so I doctored up the existing tar from the i577 to make it smaller and more compatiable. My goal is to get users to ICS easily and with as little issues as possible like the soft key bork. So, I created a 1-Click.
Whats included:
Stock i577 ICS boot.img and system.img.ext4
Instruction:
Download Blaze_Ics.zip to your desktop
Extract zip and start the exe
Plug phone into PC and reboot to download mode
Once the 1-click recognizes your device, click the start button and wait.
Enjoy!
Don't forget to hit the thanks and/or donate!
Thanks to vivd and the rest of the guys that discovered this!
Download v1 here:
http://www.codedgraphx.info/tka/blaze/Blaze_ICS.zip
If you have issues like the soft key bork, then reflash with my 1-click Qucik Recover and then flash Blaze_ICS starter 1-click.
If you have issues with the soft keys, then perform the dialer trick to update TouchKey Firware update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1911587
Is this actually a functional rom now? :0 or are we still in the testing process? Cus ill be happy to give it a run later
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I'm still stuck on the att screen. Confirmed first load time under 10 minutes right?
I'm getting a small vibrate alternating between 15 and 45 sec intervals as well on the att screen.
I do notice our CWM is still there after the flash, ty for that too!
Mine took roughly ten minutes using this
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dispozable said:
I'm still stuck on the att screen. Confirmed first load time under 10 minutes right?
I'm getting a small vibrate alternating between 15 and 45 sec intervals as well on the att screen.
I do notice our CWM is still there after the flash, ty for that too!
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You are stuck in a bootloop... reboot to recovery, wipe data cache and system under minds and storage. Reboot to download mode and flash again...
You might also want to try flahsing the Quick Recovery 1 click
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Yes guys... 10 minutes is about the right time... like i said in the op, click the start button and wait...Lol
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thomas.raines said:
You are stuck in a bootloop... reboot to recovery, wipe data cache and system under minds and storage. Reboot to download mode and flash again...
You might also want to try flahsing the Quick Recovery 1 click
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That worked great! Finally some ICS love! And yes your 1 click recovery works great too!
Really eager to try this out. Its still in testing phase right?
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KrimsonChin said:
Really eager to try this out. Its still in testing phase right?
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You are good to go as long as you dont mind the rear facing cam upside down. I already debloated mine and installed google now already. Phone, wifi, and data work all work fine atm.
KrimsonChin said:
Really eager to try this out. Its still in testing phase right?
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Somewhat. It works for the most part. I'll just patiently wait until the kinks are sorted out and a easy flash able zip is created, haha.
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Thanks to vivd and the rest of the guys that discovered this!
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Your very welcome and ty for this updated tar
Will this method retain root or do we just Odin the rooted kernal again?
jparnell8839 said:
Will this method retain root or do we just Odin the rooted kernal again?
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Do not flash any kernels yet. The current ones out are GB based. Our great devs will have an ICS kernel soon. You need to flash superuser http://dl.dropbox.com/u/109143594/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip after you boot ICS first. This will give you root.
Bulletblitz27 said:
Somewhat. It works for the most part. I'll just patiently wait until the kinks are sorted out and a easy flash able zip is created, haha.
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Me too!
thomas.raines said:
Yes guys... 10 minutes is about the right time... like i said in the op, click the start button and wait...Lol
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That's strange my first boot was less than 2 minutes.
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Mine didnt work the first time, so i did the quick recovery, redid it, and it booted in under a minute!
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jparnell8839 said:
That's strange my first boot was less than 2 minutes.
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Not the boot time but the flashing time
thomas.raines said:
Not the boot time but the flashing time
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less than 5 minutes for me. probably closer to 3

recovery bootloop

ok so i went back to checkout older different roms and started to work my way back up to 4.3, well now if i flash anything other than GB it just reboots into recovery, ive tried going to stock again and again and work my way up but to no previal i have also wiped EVERYTHING, yes formatted EVERYTHING except my internal storage, i can get the kernels to install but thats it, ive used all the different ways to getting back to stock and all end the same, im running out of ideas as to what to do. would someone with a fresh brain like to make suggestions that'd be great
That is because you have to do a double flash....
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I have been I've even flashed the same ROM X5 of course wiping cache and etc after each
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deathblade said:
ok so i went back to checkout older different roms and started to work my way back up to 4.3, well now if i flash anything other than GB it just reboots into recovery, ive tried going to stock again and again and work my way up but to no previal i have also wiped EVERYTHING, yes formatted EVERYTHING except my internal storage, i can get the kernels to install but thats it, ive used all the different ways to getting back to stock and all end the same, im running out of ideas as to what to do. would someone with a fresh brain like to make suggestions that'd be great
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your usb is working?
return to gb stock with odin or heimdall works?
when you flash cm9 or cm10, you get cwm 5+ or 6+? but rom wont boot?
qkster said:
your usb is working?
return to gb stock with odin or heimdall works?
when you flash cm9 or cm10, you get cwm 5+ or 6+? but rom wont boot?
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I have two infuses one the USB is broken and now this one I can't go higher than custom GB Roms, yes to all, kernel installs perfectly but os doesn't. I'll put up a video to show you in a bit
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deathblade said:
I have two infuses one the USB is broken and now this one I can't go higher than custom GB Roms, yes to all, kernel installs perfectly but os doesn't. I'll put up a video to show you in a bit
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try jt's kernel kernel in cwm before you flash jb - try once or twice..just for s/g
OK, question I pulled up the log from cwm a few times and it kept saying something something about mtd which I know is a partition arrangement it is possible that it's just not re writing positions correctly? If so I probably need to learn how to check md5 checksum
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qkster said:
try jt's kernel kernel in cwm before you flash jb - try once or twice..just for s/g
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Just downloaded the zip installing new GB ROM for old times sake then will try it out
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OK that was a no go gonna see if I can get a log
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I should also state I've tried both recovery twrp and cwm twrp is my preferred of course after installing job kernel
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deathblade said:
I should also state I've tried both recovery twrp and cwm twrp is my preferred of course after installing jb kernel, hey if you would like to see the video pm me or email
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i can't recall specifics
i had flash cm9 and cm10 months months months ago to test..occasionally i got into boot loops..to get out, i had to flash a bunch of "stuff" and finally it took.
so..idk..my infuse is out of commision atm
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i can't recall specifics
i had flash cm9 and cm10 months months months ago to test..occasionally i got into boot loops..to get out, i had to flash a bunch of "stuff" and finally it took.
so..idk..my infuse is out of commision atm
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Ah, well I guess I'll be running ZTR till I can find an answer, need to look at the log I pulled from recovery see if anything weird is going on there
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Hey did you try to download the rom again, maybe is a corrupted zip file.
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I have I even tried many different roms for each version progression
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FIXED IT, looks like it just needed bootloaders to be reflashed on ics right now
deffinately wouldnt have been able to do it without qkster (for hiemdall and suggestions), and rwaters(for looking through logs and giving suggestion) THX GUYS

[Q] Infuse SGH I997 AT&T brick [HELP!!!!!!!!]

Hello all. I've seen a few similar cases, but I still don't know how to go about it. I bricked my cousin's Infuse 4G when I tried upgrading to 4.2.2 using rootbox rom. Now its stuck at samsung logo. CANT enter recovery or download mode. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
List the steps you used to try and upgrade and will be easier to help fix the issue.
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Prometh1216 said:
List the steps you used to try and upgrade and will be easier to help fix the issue.
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Thanks, I followed the guide on this page teamandroid. com/2013/02/17/update-att-samsung-infuse-4g-sgh-i997-android-422-carbonrom-jelly-bean-custom-rom/2/ (can't post links. Yet ) that's how it got bricked. I've been finally able to go into download mode and Odin sees it on my pc but it reboots after 10 seconds or so. any idea about this?
Okay its gonna sound dumb but give your phone some time to charge. Next look in the infuse xda thread and get the heimdall one click back remedy .... For some reason Odin is great but the heimdall is more stable. Go to download mode and just flash back to stock.
Look for qkster thread for the heimdall and instruction.
Good info on getting to 4.2 or three is go to scott.harts thread and read the op for the proper instructions on working up because u have to go to rooted froyo the flash to GB then flash to ICS then finally to the jellybean ... I know there are short cuts but u can end up with headaches I prolly seen them all
PS. Make sure u turn off all antivirus software on PC it can screw up flashing process
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Prometh1216 said:
Okay its gonna sound dumb but give your phone some time to charge. Next look in the infuse xda thread and get the heimdall one click back remedy .... For some reason Odin is great but the heimdall is more stable. Go to download mode and just flash back to stock.
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Oh. Will do. Don't know if its ok but when I connect device to charger it doesn't show the battery bar like it normally does, it shows a loading symbol. Hopefully its still charging. And it keeps restarting every 5 seconds
Did u pull battery and leave out for bout 5 mins
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Prometh1216 said:
Did u pull battery and leave out for bout 5 mins
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Did that and it's still rebooting when I connect charger or usb
goldfinv said:
Did that and it's still rebooting when I connect charger or usb
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Hit the power button a few times and see if they phone reacts
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Well at that point u may have a dirty contact on the power button
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Thanks for your replies. I'll try a few options and let you know how it goes. I think it's the battery cus I could turn it on without connecting it to power and it doesn't turn on by itself when I insert the battery. But now I cant turn it on. And the rebooting process stops when I takeout the usb cable
Okay, decided nit to leave this thread hanging (irrelevant I know). I got a fully charged battery and was able to flash desired custom rom to device and now running smooth on 4.2.2 rootbox rom. thanks xda
Cool glad to hear your running.
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