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[Q] Need Help: Unbrisk Samsung Infuse i997R

Hi,
I have got Samsung Infuse i997R, which I unofficially upgraded to JB 4.2 and then trying to downgrade, got bricked.
Samsung Kies/ODIN no more detects the phone. And its not switching to Download mode either.
I already used Volume Up+Down options as well as Jig solution. Though, display show me to connect to to Samsung Kies but its in vain.
Can anybody suggest me some way out here to bring life to my phone.
Thanks in advance.
Sachin

You need to give more info on whar happened start to finish. Be very specific. Youre being too vague
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[Q] Need Help: Unbrisk Samsung Infuse i997R - Steps
markbencze said:
You need to give more info on whar happened start to finish. Be very specific. Youre being too vague
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I know I have done some series of mistakes here while playing with my phone android but here is the sequence:
The phone was earlier bear GB 2.3.6 which I have upgraded to JB 4.2 directly using Clock mod & all (the steps available on most of site).
After upgrade I came to know that my IMIE number goes invalid; thus o more phone calls were working.
Followed by this, I tried downgrading it after which my phone got stucked in Download mode.
I accidentally pulled the USB cable post which it was not going into Download mode either and displays the warning message to connect to Samsung Kies.
But now, neither Samsung Kies nor ODIN recognizes it. I tries to get into Download mode again using Volume UP+Down combination as well as Jig but its not working for me either.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sachin Dhir

Did u try updating\ reinstalling your drivers for odin to recognize your device. Ir maybe a different usb cord?
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markbencze said:
Did u try updating\ reinstalling your drivers for odin to recognize your device. Ir maybe a different usb cord?
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I already updated the drivers to recognise the device.
USB cord is same as provided with phone.
Thanks
Sachin

Good Bye Infuse 4G
SachinDhir said:
I already updated the drivers to recognise the device.
USB cord is same as provided with phone.
Thanks
Sachin
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Had the same problem and seems there is no way out w/out being able to get into dl mode.
I was already on 4.2.2 rom beanstock & wanted to flash a different rom, did all the correct things in the correct order.
What I DIDN'T do was format the system option while in cwm and I have (I think) major incompatibility problems.
ok so if I could get into dl mode i'd could flash back to stock & start over. NOT without a dl screen.
from what I can see & read there is no way out of a hard brick like this.
yes, tried every possible combination of two button, battery in battery out, usb cable in out, different usb ports on computer.
not much help anywhere when in this problem mode.
looking for a cheap i997 & pull the main board & put it in this bricked phone & hopefully get into dl mode.

[Q] brick ??!

Hi everyone,
I have currently some big issue with my GT-N8010.
My custom rom wasn't running very well so I decided to reset my tablet and go back to a new fresh installation.
I downloaded the latest firmware of the tablet on sammobile and started to update it with Odin PC, but in the middle of the transfert I got an error and now my tablet is stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encoutered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.".
I have no idea how to fix it! And I can't go back to download mode anymore. On top of that, my tablet seems not to be recognize by my computer (I tried to install Kies and the samsung usb driver several times but it keeps saying that's the driver is not ok)...
Can someone help me please ?
Thank you in advance!

What custom rom did you had ? 4.4.2 or 4.1.2 ?

KoRoZIV said:
What custom rom did you had ? 4.4.2 or 4.1.2 ?
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It was a 4.1.2 (HD Revolution) and I tried to flash with odin the N8010XXUCMK2_N8010XSACNA2_XSA

First uninstall kies and all usb drivers. Restart your computer.
If you can get in download mode (power+volume down then volume up when asked) :
Install some drivers from the sticky topics here on xda. Download the firmware again from another location if possible. Use a different usb port.
If you can't get in download mode, you have to try with kies. I never had success whit it, and i really need it. But it says that n8010 does not support initializing or something like that. Maybe someone else can help with kies.
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I don't know where it comes from...
I tried everything, uninstall/reinstall Kies/Usb driver, put a VM with Win7 (As I am under Windows 8.1), put Win7 in dual boot to maybe fix the compatibility issue but nothing seems to work! And of course I don't have any other computer to use...
That's maybe the reason the tablet get broken as I used to use Odin on another PC and I didn't check if the usb driver was installed on this one??
I just know that Odin recognized my tablet so I was able to launch the installation of the new firmware.
I feel really bad...Hope the tablet is not definitly dead!

Faulty USB cable perhaps ?
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Ok so I went to a Samsung store and they told me that I have to send my tablet to the repair center in the country where I bought the device.
It's a big issue for me as I am now living in Australia and my tablet has been bought in France.
On top of that the guy from Samsung explained me that now it's normal if my tablet is not any longer recognize by my computer...
I heard about JTAG, I don't have any idea about the subject but may it fix my problem?
Does someone know how samsung is able to fix the tablet, so I may fix it myself instead of sending to them...?

Bricked device, any chance of fixing ?

Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
So what happened, my tablet started going very slow after the latest update so i decided to downgrade it. Because i was a bit stupid at that time i installed a software for a different device . After that, my tablet kept on restarting and after it finally went on the desktop, the desktop was re sized and the touchscreen wasn't working. I tried a lot of things to fix it. I went into download mode and i tried installing the correct software but somehow my tablet crashed completely. Now I'm stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. lease select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I have no access to recovery or download mode and Kies doesn't recognize my device. It says connecting for 5 minutes and then it says connection failed. If i try to switch off the tablet it keeps on switching back on until battery dies with the same message showing up. Can anyone help me fix the tablet and have a full software thats working properly?

It's Emmc bricked and it's very very difficult to fix and I don't know how to do it.

While your tablet is showing the Firmware upgrade screen you should be able to connect it to Odin and flash a stock firmware.
If pc doesn't recognize uninstall Kies and install just drivers for tablet and try again.
Google can help you find and download the stock firmware.
Pp.

remus2244 said:
Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
So what happened, my tablet started going very slow after the latest update so i decided to downgrade it. Because i was a bit stupid at that time i installed a software for a different device . After that, my tablet kept on restarting and after it finally went on the desktop, the desktop was re sized and the touchscreen wasn't working. I tried a lot of things to fix it. I went into download mode and i tried installing the correct software but somehow my tablet crashed completely. Now I'm stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. lease select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I have no access to recovery or download mode and Kies doesn't recognize my device. It says connecting for 5 minutes and then it says connection failed. If i try to switch off the tablet it keeps on switching back on until battery dies with the same message showing up. Can anyone help me fix the tablet and have a full software thats working properly?
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OMG.. u have same problem with me. i've been stuck like that in one week. i tried several ways to fix it but it same..back to "firmware upgrade........." in youtube so easy to fix it with odin or kies. but it so damn...i dont know why not work for me...
still waiting for someone help us

ibnufatkhu said:
OMG.. u have same problem with me. i've been stuck like that in one week. i tried several ways to fix it but it same..back to "firmware upgrade........." in youtube so easy to fix it with odin or kies. but it so damn...i dont know why not work for me...
still waiting for someone help us
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That is scary, happened to me once, hold the power button for 10+ seconds. When the tab turns black, immediately hold the vol down button, hold it at the right time, if it fails try again, took me 5 or 6 times before I entered recovery. I just went to my guts, frankly I do not know what happened. Do you still have warrently? Can you send it to the JTAG service?
Somehow I could not enter download mode when I used any combination, so I relied only on the recovery to fix stuff. I would go to adb.
Perhaps this is a different condition, sorry. I am a flash junkie things work if you have cwm or twrp

Like @PanchoPlanet said already: it's the BSOD ("BlackScreen of Death") - DownloadMode is running in background automatically on that screen, you should be able to use odin to flash a rom.

Android-Andi said:
Like @PanchoPlanet said already: it's the BSOD ("BlackScreen of Death") - DownloadMode is running in background automatically on that screen, you should be able to use odin to flash a rom.
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When this happened to me, I was having issues with Odin on Windows, but using Ubuntu and Heimdall, I was able to fix it.

PanchoPlanet said:
While your tablet is showing the Firmware upgrade screen you should be able to connect it to Odin and flash a stock firmware.
If pc doesn't recognize uninstall Kies and install just drivers for tablet and try again.
Google can help you find and download the stock firmware.
Pp.
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I cant seem to find this stock firmware for the tab 2 wifi/lte (verizon) anywhere

There's no file out for Verizon Tab 2 - it's a completely different device (different hardware)
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ChrisJobe said:
I cant seem to find this stock firmware for the tab 2 wifi/lte (verizon) anywhere
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What have you done? Please mention every step you did and filename of the used files!
What's the model number? sgh-i497 AT&T ?
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Verizon sch-i915
I loaded the wrong TWRP on it and it hard-bricked
The TWRP load was for the 5100. I clicked the wrong button

ChrisJobe said:
Verizon sch-i915
I loaded the wrong TWRP on it and it hard-bricked
The TWRP load was for the 5100. I clicked the wrong button
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Flashed the TWRP.tar.md5 using odin?
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PanchoPlanet said:
While your tablet is showing the Firmware upgrade screen you should be able to connect it to Odin and flash a stock firmware.
If pc doesn't recognize uninstall Kies and install just drivers for tablet and try again.
Google can help you find and download the stock firmware.
Pp.
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Flashed the TWRP.tar.md5 using odin?
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No I used the TWRP application. Never had an issue with it on my nexus devices. My tab 2 is sitting at tomy1986.nt's house waiting to be jtag'd but he doesnt have the stock image. I bought another tab 2 just like it but when it got to my house the person sold me a tab instead of a tab 2 as the ad said it was. So thus I am stuck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/help/stock-image-please-t3056704
My next option is having the device shipped back and send it to http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-2-10-1/ and pay $75 for them to fix it. I know the device isnt worth it but its the principal of the matter of me breaking something and not being able to fix it. Thus I am offering $20 to anyone that can get me the files I need.

@ChrisJobe idk the application... Any link?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jmz.soft.twrpmanager&hl=en
Thats the application
http://jmzsoftware.com/2014/05/18/twrp-manager-4/
I have used this same application on all my devices and never had an issue until the tab2

If it's an app, i am sure uses real block name for flash.
On p51xx recovery sits on /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 - that's your broken block now.
You need to know, what's stored on /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 on your device...
After that you know what's needed (recovery too? Boot? Efs?)
I think you need to send it to a service center - i couldn't find anything for your tab: no recovery, no root... Simply nothing...
No root = no one can backup the block for you.
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Need help with Unrooting Galaxy S7 SM-G930A

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930A. I recently rooted my phone and it was causing alot of problems such as slowdown and bugs. So, I tried to put stock firmware on it and I was unsuccessful. Now my phone is stuck in a boot loop. I need to know how to properly install stock firmware into my phone because I have followed guides on XDA'S website and Odin keeps failing. I really need help with this because I don't even have a working cell phone.

DarkSlayer356 said:
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930A. I recently rooted my phone and it was causing alot of problems such as slowdown and bugs. So, I tried to put stock firmware on it and I was unsuccessful. Now my phone is stuck in a boot loop. I need to know how to properly install stock firmware into my phone because I have followed guides on XDA'S website and Odin keeps failing. I really need help with this because I don't even have a working cell phone.
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Download samsung kies 3 and put the phone in download mode and try to recover the phone by flashing the default firmware that came with the phone.

Kies 3 does not support my device (SM-G930A)
RiTCHiE007 said:
Download samsung kies 3 and put the phone in download mode and try to recover the phone by flashing the default firmware that came with the phone.
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Thank you for the response but when I connected my phone to Kies 3, I got a message that said "we do not support this device". I have also tried Samsung Smart Switch and that did not work either. Is there another method for restoring my phone and getting it out of the bootloop?

DarkSlayer356 said:
Thank you for the response but when I connected my phone to Kies 3, I got a message that said "we do not support this device". I have also tried Samsung Smart Switch and that did not work either. Is there another method for restoring my phone and getting it out of the bootloop?
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Yes i know you get that msg in kies but you still will be able to flash the orig fw back to the device with kies. Just put the phone in download mode before hooking up the phone to the pc then start kies
And go to the top bar and select the 4th tab where you will see recovery. Then it will ask you for the model number and some other things and after that it will flash the fw for you. I have done this a couple of times now so i can tell you 100% that it will work

RiTCHiE007 said:
Yes i know you get that msg in kies but you still will be able to flash the orig fw back to the device with kies. Just put the phone in download mode before hooking up the phone to the pc then start kies
And go to the top bar and select the 4th tab where you will see recovery. Then it will ask you for the model number and some other things and after that it will flash the fw for you. I have done this a couple of times now so i can tell you 100% that it will work
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I'm actually trying to do exactly this now, and have tried re-entering the correct model number and serial number into Kies numerous times.
No matter what, Kies continues to state "Please check the model name and enter it" even though all of the info entered is correct.
Any suggestions? I'm doing this with my G930A on Nougat (model "SM-G930A")

I need help with an old samsung galaxy mini GT-S5570

Hello. i think i bricked my phone by trying to update from micro sd with an update for a different version. It can only go into download mode and recovery mode. I treid to follow other guides using Odin to try and fix it but when i connect the phone in download mode to the PC, Odin does not register this. There is nothing wrong with the cable or USB port either. The phone does register though in recovery mode, but nothing happens during this. Please let me know what I should do.
edit: another thing, i also tried using samsung kies to do the same thing, but the phone gets stuck on connecting and doesnt go any further
also, is it actually possible for this phone to run android 4.0+? or did I just ruin a perfectly good phone.
Thanks, adz09

was time to send it to rest, btw did you try installing samsung smart switch then use odin to try to flash the firmware?

tutibreaker said:
was time to send it to rest, btw did you try installing samsung smart switch then use odin to try to flash the firmware?
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no i have not yet tried samsung smart switch, can you send a link?