Hello I have tried to avoid posting this at all cost, however after days of relentless research I have drawn a blank. I have a friend who had a Verizon Galaxy S3 and when he went to reboot the phone it went into a boot-loop. Before I had a chance to look at his phone, he took it into a place to get it looked at. After taking it there they returned the phone to him and said that it was hopeless and now the phone would not boot, vibrate, or go into boot into download mode.Soon after this he bought a S4 and gave this one to me. I want to fix the phone so that I can give it to my wife to use, however I need to try to get it going from there. I know that the boot-loop problem was caused from a bad power button, which I successfully changed out. The phone was operating on 4.3 and was never hacked. After many hours of searching I found some really good debricking information including the debrick file for 4.3. I was able to finally get the phone to boot, but not very far, all I was able to get to come up is the following on the Display and I also included a pic:
Boot Recovery Mode
Check Boot Partitions.
Copy from T-Flash.
Boot Recovery..
Write 159488 sectors.
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: None
QUALQUAMM Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1
This is the first instance when I have had to write a post for help and help I definitely need. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
dkmac said:
Hello I have tried to avoid posting this at all cost, however after days of relentless research I have drawn a blank. I have a friend who had a Verizon Galaxy S3 and when he went to reboot the phone it went into a boot-loop. Before I had a chance to look at his phone, he took it into a place to get it looked at. After taking it there they returned the phone to him and said that it was hopeless and now the phone would not boot, vibrate, or go into boot into download mode.Soon after this he bought a S4 and gave this one to me. I want to fix the phone so that I can give it to my wife to use, however I need to try to get it going from there. I know that the boot-loop problem was caused from a bad power button, which I successfully changed out. The phone was operating on 4.3 and was never hacked. After many hours of searching I found some really good debricking information including the debrick file for 4.3. I was able to finally get the phone to boot, but not very far, all I was able to get to come up is the following on the Display and I also included a pic:
Boot Recovery Mode
Check Boot Partitions.
Copy from T-Flash.
Boot Recovery..
Write 159488 sectors.
FLASH WRITE FAILURE
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: None
QUALQUAMM Secureboot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 0
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 1
This is the first instance when I have had to write a post for help and help I definitely need. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you
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you use Odin to flash stock 4.3?
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you use Odin to flash stock 4.3?
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Sorry forgot to mention that, yes I did try to use ODIN to flash the stock 4.3, when tried to flash, ODIN would come up with a fail every time. This is where I am really getting stuck. When I boot the phone with the SD card, the information that I gave earlier is all I can get the phone to do. I cannot flash anything to it and it will not go into download mode and I have nothing that I can select from on the phone. Thank you again.
Donny
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Sorry forgot to mention that, yes I did try to use ODIN to flash the stock 4.3, when tried to flash, ODIN would come up with a fail every time. This is where I am really getting stuck. When I boot the phone with the SD card, the information that I gave earlier is all I can get the phone to do. I cannot flash anything to it and it will not go into download mode and I have nothing that I can select from on the phone. Thank you again.
Donny
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Try to use Odin again and flash the pit file with Odin along with the stock image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
I'm confused what you're saying though, you can't enter download mode at all? That looks like you're in download mode.
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There's no option in the recovery to boot into download mode? I had a similar problem with 2 older droids (Galaxy Proclaim and ZTE Merit). I screwed around and hard bricked one and soft bricked the other. One would turn on and vibrate but the lit up and stayed black and the other was stuck on a boot loop. Neither could boot into download mode.
Luckily a few days of googling and I found a solution with odin and adbtool... I was able to get them to detect the phones and I used the tool to force one into download mode and Odin to flash firmwares, bootloaders, and roms.
Also do you know was the phone rooted?
Well after several days of trying I am still at square one, I have read and read many post and cannot seem to get anywhere with this darn thing. I get nowhere with Kies, Verizon Tool hangs up at 83% and disconnects, and Odin will not flash anything including a new PIT, which is what it says my phone is missing. I have also attempted to NAND Erase all as suggested in one post and unchecked Re-Partition when trying to install the PIT and new stock ROM provided by the guides.
BadUserName, I was thinking that I was not in download mode because when my phone boots, it comes directly to the screen that I posted in my original post. At the top of the screen it says Boot Recovery Mode so I assumed that it was not in download mode because I never got the other screen that it should have booted to. Again the screen shot that I sent is the only screen that I am able to get it to boot to and will only boot when I use the SD card to boot it from. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you and take care.
Donny
dkmac said:
Well after several days of trying I am still at square one, I have read and read many post and cannot seem to get anywhere with this darn thing. I get nowhere with Kies, Verizon Tool hangs up at 83% and disconnects, and Odin will not flash anything including a new PIT, which is what it says my phone is missing. I have also attempted to NAND Erase all as suggested in one post and unchecked Re-Partition when trying to install the PIT and new stock ROM provided by the guides.
BadUserName, I was thinking that I was not in download mode because when my phone boots, it comes directly to the screen that I posted in my original post. At the top of the screen it says Boot Recovery Mode so I assumed that it was not in download mode because I never got the other screen that it should have booted to. Again the screen shot that I sent is the only screen that I am able to get it to boot to and will only boot when I use the SD card to boot it from. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you and take care.
Donny
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Ya I don't think you're in download either.
So volume down + home + power boots you to that exact same screen?
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Ya I don't think you're in download either.
So volume down + home + power boots you to that exact same screen?
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Yes, even if I boot holding down volume down + home + power it still boots to the same screen shown in the picture that I posted with the text that I posted in the OP. I know that it is having issues with the PIT, but no matter what I do it will not flash a new PIT. I am not sure what 1000phones did, but they did something nasty to this phone. I know the power button is now good because I replaced it with a new one and I am a experienced 2M tech and it responds when I only hit the power button, so I know that what ever the problem is it is software related. I have also tried multiple cords and computers to flash this phone with. All the correct drivers are installed. Again I greatly appreciate any and all help on this one.
Donny
dkmac said:
Yes, even if I boot holding down volume down + home + power it still boots to the same screen shown in the picture that I posted with the text that I posted in the OP. I know that it is having issues with the PIT, but no matter what I do it will not flash a new PIT. I am not sure what 1000phones did, but they did something nasty to this phone. I know the power button is now good because I replaced it with a new one and I am a experienced 2M tech and it responds when I only hit the power button, so I know that what ever the problem is it is software related. I have also tried multiple cords and computers to flash this phone with. All the correct drivers are installed. Again I greatly appreciate any and all help on this one.
Donny
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Ya, well if you aren't in download mode you can't flash anything from Odin.
Can you make a USB jig from a micro USB cable and try to force it into download mode?
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BadUsername said:
Ya, well if you aren't in download mode you can't flash anything from Odin.
Can you make a USB jig from a micro USB cable and try to force it into download mode?
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I am not too sure how to do that, all that I have read about and tried is using a class 10 micro sd with the debrick file for 4.3, which is what this phone has.
dkmac said:
I am not too sure how to do that, all that I have read about and tried is using a class 10 micro sd with the debrick file for 4.3, which is what this phone has.
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That's for a hard brick, yours isn't quite hard bricked.
Look up how to make a USB jig, or you can buy it for cheap on Amazon and eBay, but that's what I would try next.
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That's for a hard brick, yours isn't quite hard bricked.
Look up how to make a USB jig, or you can buy it for cheap on Amazon and eBay, but that's what I would try next.
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I did look at how to make one and it seems pretty straight forward and completely doable, however my phone will not even turn-on, vibrate, or charge without the debrick sd card. From what I understood is if the phone will not even respond to anything without the debrick SD in it, it is a hard brick. I am a Noob when it comes to this phone, I was able to help another friend out get his right up, but am stuck on this one. I am use to messing with HTC phones, so I am defiantly learning as I go with this one. Thank you again and do appreciate all your help.
Just added a screenshot of what ODIN is doing no matter whart I do to flash my phone.
Try checking re-partition?
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Try checking re-partition?
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Unfortunately I have tried that with no luck. When I try flashing it with the re-partition checked, ODIN attempts to flash then immediately comes back with a fail. Never have I ran across such a stubborn phone when trying to repair or flash. I think that this is something that has a lot of people stumped at this point. I am still appreciative about any help that will lead me in the right direction. Tomorrow if I get a chance, I am thinking about going to Radio Shack to get the parts I need to build a jig to see if that does anything. Thank you and take care.
Donny
dkmac said:
Unfortunately I have tried that with no luck. When I try flashing it with the re-partition checked, ODIN attempts to flash then immediately comes back with a fail. Never have I ran across such a stubborn phone when trying to repair or flash. I think that this is something that has a lot of people stumped at this point. I am still appreciative about any help that will lead me in the right direction. Tomorrow if I get a chance, I am thinking about going to Radio Shack to get the parts I need to build a jig to see if that does anything. Thank you and take care.
Donny
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Ya it isn't in download mode so it isn't going to flash.
I think you might be able to get a jtag repair to fix it at this point. I can't think of anything else. if it's hard bricked then you can get a riff box to force a bootloader transfer and boot from your internal card.
Maybe try doing the hardbrick method again after formating your external SD card. Sounds like you're doing everything right.
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Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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timedroid said:
Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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It isn't in download mode, it doesn't say "do not turn off target" and it's displaying information about a recovery partition.
It's in some sort of system diagnostic mode. Never anything I've seen before.
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timedroid said:
Seems like it is on download mode, but can't write anything. Have you tried with NAND erase all checked?
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As stated in one of my replied, I did attempt a NAND erase all but with no luck. All I got was a fail in ODIN and the phone displayed erasing in blue but does nothing else.
BadUsername said:
It isn't in download mode, it doesn't say "do not turn off target" and it's displaying information about a recovery partition.
It's in some sort of system diagnostic mode. Never anything I've seen before.
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That is why I started this thread, it is really weird. At first I thought that I was doing something wrong, so I formatted my SD card several times and reflashed the debrick file and got the same thing every time. What ever the phone repair place did to the phone they did it good. LikeI said, a brick like I have never seen. Thank you and please let me know if anyone can figure something out.
After doing some more research and trying, I am curious to know if it is possible to obtain a PIT from someones phone that has 4.3. When I look at all the available PIT files, they are from a while ago and none were extracted from a S3 with the new 4.3 OS on it. I am curious that since mine has this unique brick if a possible change was done to the new PIT file during the 4.3 update??? If anyone can post this for me it would be greatly appreciated. I figured at this point it would be worth a try.
Donny
dkmac said:
After doing some more research and trying, I am curious to know if it is possible to obtain a PIT from someones phone that has 4.3. When I look at all the available PIT files, they are from a while ago and none were extracted from a S3 with the new 4.3 OS on it. I am curious that since mine has this unique brick if a possible change was done to the new PIT file during the 4.3 update??? If anyone can post this for me it would be greatly appreciated. I figured at this point it would be worth a try.
Donny
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I've got the exact same error screen you've run into. I've tried to NAND Erase All and that failed. Going to try re-partition now
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I was trying to get the kd1 modem on my phone, but it caused my phone to start force closing everything. i had to reinstall the ext converter and then bionix, but once i finished doing this, the phone is stuck on the galaxy s screen. i can't even get into recovery mode. i know i need to use odin, but i do not know how to use it. is there any quick way to fix this? i need this phone to be fixed tomorrow because i have an interview!!! i know that there are other threads out there, but i cant seem to find them (search is down from 1230??) and i need a quick answer. thanks so much
quick fix = odin. it's not hard to use, just read the thread.
jager555 said:
I was trying to get the kd1 modem on my phone, but it caused my phone to start force closing everything. i had to reinstall the ext converter and then bionix, but once i finished doing this, the phone is stuck on the galaxy s screen. i can't even get into recovery mode. i know i need to use odin, but i do not know how to use it. is there any quick way to fix this? i need this phone to be fixed tomorrow because i have an interview!!! i know that there are other threads out there, but i cant seem to find them (search is down from 1230??) and i need a quick answer. thanks so much
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To ODIN, hold down both the UP and DOWN volume buttons until a screen which says "downloading" comes up.
Once that comes up, connect the phone and proceed to flash KD1 Deodexed. If you need a fast download link, go to http://cyclopscomputers.com/gs4g
I'll have a fast download link for it within the next ten minutes. Either that, or go here and download it.
For an ODIN guide, look here.
If you have any questions you can PM or email me at [email protected]
adobrakic said:
quick fix = odin. it's not hard to use, just read the thread.
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Search wasn't working for him, that's why he can't find the thread. He could've used google, though.
thank you so much. i didnt know that the search option was disabled for certain hours. i should have used google, sorry about that. the problem i am having is that i cannot even get into download mode, which is weird. i'll try to follow the steps listed on the links. once again, thank you for the quick response.
jager555 said:
thank you so much. i didnt know that the search option was disabled for certain hours. i should have used google, sorry about that. the problem i am having is that i cannot even get into download mode, which is weird. i'll try to follow the steps listed on the links. once again, thank you for the quick response.
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You don't have access to any parts required for the JIG do you?
I believe this is the correct guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Note, the faster download link is now posted on my site, http://www.cyclopscomputers.com/gs4g. It's listed as KD1 by Whitehawkx.
danstheman7 said:
You don't have access to any parts required for the JIG do you?
I believe this is the correct guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
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i dont have access to most of those parts.
jager555 said:
i dont have access to most of those parts.
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Ah yeah, I didn't really think you would, 99% of us don't :\
er....take out your SIM and memory card.
take out the battery, leave it for a few seconds, and put it back in.
Then try to get into download mode again, with only the battery in.
wont get into download mode no matter what I do. this is just bad timing for me. i tried to use odin, and even though it recognizes the phone, it is stuck on "SetupConnection" and wont do anything else.
jager555 said:
wont get into download mode no matter what I do. this is just bad timing for me. i tried to use odin, and even though it recognizes the phone, it is stuck on "SetupConnection" and wont do anything else.
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It usually does that when either a SIM or an SD card is in.
Remove both, put yourself into download mode again, and restart ODIN.
right. i removed both the sim and the sd card. then i left the battery off for a few minutes and attempted to restart and go into download mode. the only thing that happens is that the phone shows the galaxy s 4g startup screen and then reboots...always cycling that screen. thanks for all of the help, btw. i really appreciate it.
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right. i removed both the sim and the sd card. then i left the battery off for a few minutes and attempted to restart and go into download mode. the only thing that happens is that the phone shows the galaxy s 4g startup screen and then reboots...always cycling that screen. thanks for all of the help, btw. i really appreciate it.
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No problem :]
And didn't you say you got as far as ODIN though?
"it is stuck on "SetupConnection""
yes, it says that in odin. but its still stuck on the galaxy s 4g startup screen. i never got into download mode.
jager555 said:
yes, it says that in odin. but its still stuck on the galaxy s 4g startup screen. i never got into download mode.
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For the phone to say that in ODIN, it has to be in download mode.
It's quite possible that the phone is in download mode yet the screen doesn't say it.
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finally fixed it. it got into download mode using the second method on this post and was able to flash with odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
THANK YOU for all of your help with this. all of your help is very appreciated.
ok droid charge was rooted went to restore back to stock unrooted (was going to sell it) tried to flash using Odin with the pit file and stock one Odin went about half way and had a error phone turned off i tried to get the phone back into download mode to restart the process but i can't get the phone into download mode also i can't get the phone to boot up no Samsung logo nothing any help would be greatly appreciated the phone will not do anything at all i need help i have tried p3 Samsung pst method but still nothing
thanks
dustin4863 said:
ok droid charge was rooted went to restore back to stock unrooted (was going to sell it) tried to flash using Odin with the pit file and stock one Odin went about half way and had a error phone turned off i tried to get the phone back into download mode to restart the process but i can't get the phone into download mode also i can't get the phone to boot up no Samsung logo nothing any help would be greatly appreciated the phone will not do anything at all i need help i have tried p3 Samsung pst method but still nothing
thanks
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just curious what methode are you using to enter download mode? Did you try recovery for giggles?
i have tried both download mode and recovery and just trying to let it boot up normal and it will not do anything in all three just a black dead screen
Try leaving the battery in when you go to download mode. Also leave it in when flashing.
if it wont even power on in any way or go into the download mode you might be bricked...I did this before and I had to exchange it at Verizon..luckily since it wouldnt turn on they couldnt tell what I did to it...hope you can get your issue resolved
Ha a true brick. Finally someone using the terminology correctly. A buddy of mine has this happen with his galaxy s. He got it exchanged in store no questions asked. btw Sorry to hear about your phone
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Sorry to hear about your issue. I am at half brick now. Been at multiple spots learning here but never completely no visability! 3/4, 7/8, right now in a flash it does not see my phone (no network) data side is fine but can not get or receive calls. It is not the SIM card (according to VZW). Data side works fine 4G etc, emails but no phone. A great PDA but not a phone. No one has answers but I belive to be a cp_modem.bin issue download hangs at around 98% in what does a boot 2nd boot on the screen in the download then says:
Wait, VIA Booting ..
VIA rest done. ..
Downloading to VIA...
To everyone the {Kangfuscius.tar} has helped me when I thought all hope was lost, even in a partial download it helped to bring me back.
Any suggestions on files for the phone tab in ODIN all I can think of is, it can't get worse. The FEDEX guy kow knows me by name between the Fascinate's and now I guess the Charge.
Any help appreciated,
norm883
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Hi
Sorry to hear about your issue. I am at half brick now. Been at multiple spots learning here but never completely no visability! 3/4, 7/8, right now in a flash it does not see my phone (no network) data side is fine but can not get or receive calls. It is not the SIM card (according to VZW). Data side works fine 4G etc, emails but no phone. A great PDA but not a phone. No one has answers but I belive to be a cp_modem.bin issue download hangs at around 98% in what does a boot 2nd boot on the screen in the download then says:
Wait, VIA Booting ..
VIA rest done. ..
Downloading to VIA...
To everyone the {Kangfuscius.tar} has helped me when I thought all hope was lost, even in a partial download it helped to bring me back.
Any suggestions on files for the phone tab in ODIN all I can think of is, it can't get worse. The FEDEX guy kow knows me by name between the Fascinate's and now I guess the Charge.
Any help appreciated,
norm883
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I don't know why your phone is booting into 'VIA' mode and don't even know what that is so I couldn't say a fix other than odining the usual stock rom/pit combo (leaving the battery in when flashing in odin also and uncheck the 'auto reboot' option)... also phone tab/button is NOT supposed to be touched in odin, only PDA, PIT if needed, and Start
Where did it fail in the Odin flash? The only way you should be bricked is if it failed while flashing boot.bin or sbl.bin, otherwise, it should still go to download mode. Have you tried using one of the Force Download Mode jigs/dongles that the GSM models use to get into download mode?
i don't recall where it failed at but it will not not respond to anything with batt or without where can i find the gsm software i will give it a try before i call insurance a link or anything would be great
what gsm models are equivalent to the charge
dustin4863 said:
i don't recall where it failed at but it will not not respond to anything with batt or without where can i find the gsm software i will give it a try before i call insurance a link or anything would be great
what gsm models are equivalent to the charge
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Infuse 4g or SGS 2 unlocked.
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Infuse 4g or SGS 2 unlocked.
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SGS2 is not equivalent. Just search for galaxy s download jig and i'm sure you'll find what I'm talking about. It is the same thing for all the SGS phones, and some have said it works on the 4G versions of the phones as well.
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ok droid charge was rooted went to restore back to stock unrooted (was going to sell it) tried to flash using Odin with the pit file and stock one Odin went about half way and had a error phone turned off i tried to get the phone back into download mode to restart the process but i can't get the phone into download mode also i can't get the phone to boot up no Samsung logo nothing any help would be greatly appreciated the phone will not do anything at all i need help i have tried p3 Samsung pst method but still nothing
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Hi, I had the same thing happen to my first Charge. I could not boot my phone even to the samsung logo, so I searched around the Internet. Somehow I think it was the Captivate trick worked. I took out sim, battery, sdcard>plugged in usb to computer>held up and down volume together>put in battery; miraculously it went to download. I tried every other combination beforehand and none worked, so I know this method works.
Unfortunately this was before we had IMNUTS Pit file and a odin flash would not change anything so I could not recover and I flashed a Pit that was not for the Charge. Wrong answer! After that it was in the non-boot state again but the same method above would not work any longer. If your phone does not work with the method above, maybe something went wrong with the repartition and pit file. That is just a guess though!
well the jig hasn't worked yet i am running right at 300k tomorrow i am going to get a 1k and add that in also and see if that helps. also pulling all the cards and the battery didn't work either. this is not looking good i am up for any ideas that anyone has
thanks
dustin
Hey guys found a way to unbrick Samsung droid charge and revert back to stock.
1. Download and install Odin found here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1085190 ) unzip and open
2.Download this file and unzip ( CI510_VZW_EE4_ALL_ONE-LTE-CP_REV03_user_CL1014954.tar.md5.7z) from here ( http://www.multiupload.com/6WJ2SFUKO6 ) or original thread where i found this file is from here ( http://androidflip.com/android-2-3-4...talling-guide/ )
3. set phone to download mode, do this by taking battery of phone, plug phone into computer and hold Volume down, a Yellow triangle with a working android will appear.
4. Click on odin you will see your phone come up under ID:COM, now do not click on anywhere but on PDA thats where you will have to find the file you downloaded on step 2 and make sure is the unzipped file. once u find it, click on open then start.
5. Be patient this can take up some time, once is done the box will turn green and say pass, at this time your phone will no longer have the Yellow triangle and you can unplug and place the battery back in and turn phone on.. once again be patient when turning phone on it will take a little while to complete.
i tried this and it does work, my Droid charge was bricked and now it works.
Thanks to xda-developers where i was able to find odin and also thanks to androidflip.com where i was able to find the Droid Charge stock rom to flash it back using odin.
Hope this helped everyone needing help.
dustin4863 said:
well the jig hasn't worked yet i am running right at 300k tomorrow i am going to get a 1k and add that in also and see if that helps. also pulling all the cards and the battery didn't work either. this is not looking good i am up for any ideas that anyone has
thanks
dustin
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Dustin, were you able to get it working? I'm in the same boat. Right after boot.bin it failed. Which was within seconds after hitting the start button in Odin. Verizon won't honor my warranty, because I didn't buy the phone from them.
Hard Brick Fixed
If you are truly hard bricked (no download mode, no power, no nothing), you can get it fixed for $40 at mobiletechvideos.com. I flashed a file that didn't work unless I took off the md5 extension. Big mistake. After trying absolutely everything, including surfing the internet for a day, spending almost $20 to get 2 day delivery for a USB Jig that did absolutely nothing, I sent my phone to mobiletechvideos.com. Josh brought it back from the dead; don't know how, but it was the best $40 I ever spent! I think there aren't any reviews because there haven't been enough newbies like me who just can't wait for Gingerbread and bricked their Samsung Charge. Putting my review there tonight...should be first one. The reviews from all the other phones he has unbricked convinced me to try and I'm glad I did.
Many people have hard bricked their phones trying to downgrade. Give the jig a shot, but don't hold out much hope.
Personally I think there is something being overlooked during the downgrade process... Too many people are hard-bricking during the process for it to be coincidence.
Oh yes
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If you are truly hard bricked (no download mode, no power, no nothing), you can get it fixed for $40 at mobiletechvideos.com. I flashed a file that didn't work unless I took off the md5 extension. Big mistake. After trying absolutely everything, including surfing the internet for a day, spending almost $20 to get 2 day delivery for a USB Jig that did absolutely nothing, I sent my phone to mobiletechvideos.com. Josh brought it back from the dead; don't know how, but it was the best $40 I ever spent! I think there aren't any reviews because there haven't been enough newbies like me who just can't wait for Gingerbread and bricked their Samsung Charge. Putting my review there tonight...should be first one. The reviews from all the other phones he has unbricked convinced me to try and I'm glad I did.
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Doing so NOW! For the same issue. My PC decided to spontaneously reboot during ODIN while flashing a ROM on My Droid Charge. Josh was quick to respond to EVERY single annoying question I had about their service. So I am doing so. If it works, I'll tell you, I'm adding a link to their site in my signature on every forum I'm a member of, even forums I have for my daughter's schooling hahaha! They deserve the references just for being quick to respond. Thanks for the info man, props to you.
Good Morning Everyone, This is my first post. I try to never post just read. I have read and read but to no avail. I have a AT&T Samsung infuse 4g. it WAS running froyo. What I mean by WAS, is that I was trying to install the modded 3e recovery so I could install clockworkmod recovery. During this process I read that I need to mount the /system partition as read/write I did this using the tool box that was created by some of your developers. It is awsome by the way. Well I did that and put a new recovery file in the /bin but it did not work as the website claimed so I thought well I should delete the old one. Bad Idea when I did the reboot it stopped me at the samsung screen. I tried to hard reboot it pulled the battery talked to it with a really kind voice and nothing happend. So I decided to use GEG's Ultimate Unbrick because this has worked for me in the past when i have messed up. So I put my phone into download mode and started the process with Odin. And here is where it gets bad.... one of my children was talking with me during the process and he decided to unplug my phone.. AHH EFFFFFF! I thought. Well when I tried to fix it it was to late. My phone will no longer turn on or even pretend to start. I am broke and cannot afford a new phone plus my wife would kill me seeing we have 6 children and it is right before christmas if I came home with a new galaxy note 2 Please Please can any one help a desperate dad with a busted Samsung Infuse. Thank you all for this awesome website that has taught me alot.. Please dont kill me for posting something someone has already posted because I could not find anything that was helpful for this situation with my phone.
Xda is awesome!
Well I didnt read good enough I guess because while I was waiting not so patiently for a reply I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194294 which got me back to download mode yes!!!! Thank you thank you thank youXDA love you guys! Merry Christmas! PS I still want the Galaxy Note 2 so if you have a extra one please PM me and I will give you my address LOL!
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Well I didnt read good enough I guess because while I was waiting not so patiently for a reply I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194294 which got me back to download mode yes!!!! Thank you thank you thank youXDA love you guys! Merry Christmas! PS I still want the Galaxy Note 2 so if you have a extra one please PM me and I will give you my address LOL!
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Awesome! Glad you got your phone functioning again. Being persistent in searching and reading and trying to find answers usually results in good outcomes. :thumbup:
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Okay now I have really done it this time. So I worked a 18 hour day and thought well instead of getting some rest i will install Gingerbread on my infuse. To make a long story short while I was using odin to install it paused for a long time at the format stage, so I thought well I will just turn it off even though it says not to and then.....well it did a rainbow colored screen I tried to figure it out last night with no luck. So I have been working on it all morning the rainbow screen is gone but now it just goes from black to all white screen. I have tried every possible way to get into download mode with no luck. Am I screwed or what? Does anyone have any suggestions. If I am out of luck does anyone know if bestbuy's warrenty covers rooted phones that are [email protected] bricked?
You just need To update your boot loader.
You can navigate in the screwy screens but it takes patience and some guesswork. Been there
Also...
Good instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14550608
USB cables have given me issues as well as drivers. Install Kies to get the drivers.
Another...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23118134
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saxk said:
You just need To update your boot loader.
You can navigate in the screwy screens but it takes patience and some guesswork. Been there
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Good instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14550608
USB cables have given me issues as well as drivers. Install Kies to get the drivers.
Another...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23118134
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It still will not get me into download mode it is powering on and off connecting and disconnecting I have the drivers installed I have tried gtg's guide I have tried qstars one click nothing is working. These have worked for me in the past but that was because I can get into down load mode. Unfortunately not any more Is there a way to make the phone stay on and connected so it stops going black to white to black screen? I am so bummed out! I have been reading for so many hours my brain hurts. I have learn a ton but I can't do anything with my new knowledge with no phone!!!AAAHHHHHH
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It still will not get me into download mode it is powering on and off connecting and disconnecting I have the drivers installed I have tried gtg's guide I have tried qstars one click nothing is working. These have worked for me in the past but that was because I can get into down load mode. Unfortunately not any more Is there a way to make the phone stay on and connected so it stops going black to white to black screen? I am so bummed out! I have been reading for so many hours my brain hurts. I have learn a ton but I can't do anything with my new knowledge with no phone!!!AAAHHHHHH
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if you're boot looping in the samsung logo, it could be your power button. search for how to fix power button
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if you're boot looping in the samsung logo, it could be your power button. search for how to fix power button
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Qkster its a honor to have you comment on my thread, Unfortunately Im not boot looping to the samsung logo it is just a black then white then black back and forth taunting me with every blink. I did read the thread about the power button earlier though and that is unfortunately not the fix either. I do appreciate the input you guys really do try and help! Maybe you can answer a question for me is there a way to get to the phone through command prompt? I really need this phone fixed. My wife has been telling me I shouldnt be messing around with it because im gonna break it. I really dont want to tell her she was right. I will never hear the end of it lol!
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Qkster its a honor to have you comment on my thread, Unfortunately Im not boot looping to the samsung logo it is just a black then white then black back and forth taunting me with every blink. I did read the thread about the power button earlier though and that is unfortunately not the fix either. I do appreciate the input you guys really do try and help! Maybe you can answer a question for me is there a way to get to the phone through command prompt? I really need this phone fixed. My wife has been telling me I shouldnt be messing around with it because im gonna break it. I really dont want to tell her she was right. I will never hear the end of it lol!
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You're too kind, Merk.
I'm not sure what happened to your phone. The Infuse is pretty sturdy. Flashing should not cause much of an issue. The faulty power button and corrosion of the circuit board were the most I've seen reported.
This is what I use to force the phone into download mode:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-J...665854?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3f201c4f3e
Once in DL mode, it's a matter of choosing Odin or Heimdall to bring it back to stock.
One other thought, try a different battery as well.
I had the same exact problem. If the only thing the phone will do is go into download mode, then Samsung will fix it (if your still under warranty). They fixed mine and sent it back to me. Then I tried to flash another ROM on there and while it was flashing, I went to the store, and when I came back it said failed. Then it would only go into the other download mode. The one that has this (phone...!...PC). It wouldnt show up on odin 1.7 anymore. So I ended up trying a USB cable for my HTC evo v, and the drivers installed, then it popped up on Odin. I used G2G's Ultimate Unbrick (dude is a f-ng genius, all credit goes to him) and instead of putting the pit, PDA, and phone file on there and flashing, I flashed one at a time......then....I went back and flashed all at once and everything worked perfect. If your still having trouble with it, I can tell you exactly how I did it, and maybe that will work for you. Sorry to but in on this post and sorry it was so long of a reply. I just no what its like when you half brick an infuse. Mine was like that for 6 months because I couldn't get any computer to recognize it. But anyway, I hope I was helpful.
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I had the same exact problem. If the only thing the phone will do is go into download mode, then Samsung will fix it (if your still under warranty). They fixed mine and sent it back to me. Then I tried to flash another ROM on there and while it was flashing, I went to the store, and when I came back it said failed. Then it would only go into the other download mode. The one that has this (phone...!...PC). It wouldnt show up on odin 1.7 anymore. So I ended up trying a USB cable for my HTC evo v, and the drivers installed, then it popped up on Odin. I used G2G's Ultimate Unbrick (dude is a f-ng genius, all credit goes to him) and instead of putting the pit, PDA, and phone file on there and flashing, I flashed one at a time......then....I went back and flashed all at once and everything worked perfect. If your still having trouble with it, I can tell you exactly how I did it, and maybe that will work for you. Sorry to but in on this post and sorry it was so long of a reply. I just no what its like when you half brick an infuse. Mine was like that for 6 months because I couldn't get any computer to recognize it. But anyway, I hope I was helpful.
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Well im going to give it a shot I still have the old infuse I tried to make my own jig which didnt work for me so I took it into bestbuy and they gave me a brand new phone and in all of the hustle and bustle of christmas shopping going on around me they did not take my bricked infuse so now I have a spare to tinker with. Thanks I will definately give it a try and report with my findings
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I had the same exact problem. If the only thing the phone will do is go into download mode, then Samsung will fix it (if your still under warranty). They fixed mine and sent it back to me. Then I tried to flash another ROM on there and while it was flashing, I went to the store, and when I came back it said failed. Then it would only go into the other download mode. The one that has this (phone...!...PC). It wouldnt show up on odin 1.7 anymore. So I ended up trying a USB cable for my HTC evo v, and the drivers installed, then it popped up on Odin. I used G2G's Ultimate Unbrick (dude is a f-ng genius, all credit goes to him) and instead of putting the pit, PDA, and phone file on there and flashing, I flashed one at a time......then....I went back and flashed all at once and everything worked perfect. If your still having trouble with it, I can tell you exactly how I did it, and maybe that will work for you. Sorry to but in on this post and sorry it was so long of a reply. I just no what its like when you half brick an infuse. Mine was like that for 6 months because I couldn't get any computer to recognize it. But anyway, I hope I was helpful.
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okay I tried but that didnt work either. Can you go ahead and explain "exactly" what you did maybe it will work!
Thanks again for everyones help!
Ok first I downloaded the unbrick package from this website. I downloaded the drivers for the infuse (not sure exactly where I got them from). I would just Google them. Then I tried every USB port on the laptop. Then switched cables and it finally worked. Opened Odin 1.7 and clicked pit, then flashed. Then I unplugged it, took the battery out and put back in and tried to boot. Didn't work. Then flashed PDA. Did same steps as before and still didn't work. Then flashed phone file. Tried to boot and still didn't work. Then I flashed all 3 files at once. Also, not sure if you know or not but the only thing that should be checked in Odin is f: reset time. Then the phone booted up and it stayed on at&t screen for about 5 minutes then finally came on. Also, you could also try to flash this other PDA file on there. I have the link saved on my computer but I'm not at home right now so I'll have to post that later. In easier steps
1. Put phone in Download mode and plug into pc.
2. Run Odin as admin and only thing checked is f reset time.
3.Flash pit then try to boot
4. Flash PDA then try to boot
5. Flash phone then try to boot
6. Flash all three at once
7. After flash While in download mode, unplug USB cable, take battery out and put back in
8. Reboot phone.
Sorry everything is all jumbled, I just got back to my home state from a road trip and I'm running on about 6 hours of sleep in 3 days. I hope this works for you. Also, there is a video on YouTube of a unbrick service for the phone. Its $30. I personally would not try it but its just an idea if you would want to.
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I had the issue where I had the phone, the exclamation mark, and the computer symbol (The Black Screen of Death: Imaged Attached), that is all it would show when I turned it on. I thought the phone was completely bricked until I did the following, which put it into a hidden download mode and allowed ODIN to recognize it. I DID NOT NEED TO BUY A USB JIG.
1. Make sure you have Odin already downloaded and ready to go.
2. Remove the SIM and SD Cards
3. Load up Odin and make sure it is up and running on the computer. DO NOT plug your phone into the computer yet.
4. Reinstall the Battery and plug the phone to the USB cable to the computer.
5. Hold down both Volume keys and then push and hold the power button
6. Keep holding the buttons until it goes to black, KEEP HOLDING A SECOND TIME until it goes to black and the icon comes back on.
7. Now when it goes Black the second time release the Power button only.
8. You should now be in Download mode. The key is holding the buttons, letting it go to black once, and then letting it go to black again, and then release only the power button while your fingers are still on the volume buttons.
9. Now Odin should recognize the phone on a Com port (turn yellow).
10. You are now ready to return it back to stock.
I hope this helps!
did you ever get your infuse fixed man?
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Yes I tried to make my own jig but my fat shaky hands could get the end of the wires to hit the correct contacts so I ordered one online and that got me into download mode! Now I'm running jelly bean! Thanks to everyone that helped out I love you guys!!!! PS. Don't skip backing up your efs folder!! Unless you want a headache. But with all my problems it has taught me a lot. My number one tip is to read read read there is always an answer! Thanks again everyone! Always hit the thanks button its the least we can do for all of these brilliant hard working developers.
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Alright, first off, PLEASE DON'T MURDER ME. I've been researching for hours and can't come up with a fix. My buddy was doing something stupid to his Droid Charge and soft bricked it. I'm a webOS guy, so I don't know much about rooting on android, and I don't belong here, but I'm usually pretty good at fixing stuff. Not this. I don't know what he did.
With the battery in, you can't do anything. With it out and plugged in to the pc, you can push vol down to get to downloading mode. I tried some java program OneClick, didn't work. I tried Odin, that was confusing as heck. Under PDA I got the charge's tar, but it wouldn't go past initializing.
Anyone willing to step by step troubleshoot with me? He's paying me to fix it, I can split it via paypal? (Am I allowed to say that?) Just feel bad, he's going on vacation tomorrow. Fail.
OK first download this: http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/cha...L_ONE-LTE-CP_REV03_user_CL706183_ship.tar.md5
Open ODIN, plug in phone with download mode. Once phone is in download mode, put in the battery. Click PDA and put that .md5 file in. Make sure that bootloader, phone, and csc are unchecked.
Check Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time. Everything else (besides PDA) should be unchecked. Hit start, and it should finish in like 5 minutes and boot up by itself. There will be two OTA updates he will have to get.
Also make sure to put the battery back in before flashing.
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http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/charge/odin/charge.pit. He may also need this pit file that goes in the pit section of Odin. Good luck.
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Please help, this pit may have hard bricked my phone
sasquatch080 said:
http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/charge/odin/charge.pit. He may also need this pit file that goes in the pit section of Odin. Good luck.
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I also am having issues with my droid charge being (was) soft bricked. Now it might be hard bricked. I installed the pit and is was successful, at least odin told me it was. However now my phone will not do anything. I cannot get the screen to so much as flash a glimmer of light. Hold up and plug into computer....nothing. Just try to power on...nothing. Try to go into cwm, nothing.
I am not sure what I did to start all my problems as I have flahsed ROMs with ODIN multiple times with no issue. Yesterday though it just did not take for some reason and not only that nothing would take. After failing to flash multiple ROMs that I have used many times before, I tried the "Packaged Rom that includes custom Kernel,ROM,CWM" mentioned here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160580 This worked, sort of.
This would get me into CWM but would be stuck on a boot loop back to CWM no matter what i tried. Custom .zip roms, stock .zip roms, etc.
SO thats when I tried the pit mentioned in this thread......now the phone is 100% unresponsive.
Can anyone please tell me if this can be recovered? And also can anyone tell me what I may have done wrong?
background: rooted and was running 4.1 stock and CWM 10.0 on verizon gs3. i wanted to bump up to jelly bean 4.2 with CWM 10.1.
first i tried using Rom Manager and Rom Toolkit to flash a new rom. from Rom Manager, i rebooted into recovery and got stuck on the CWM boot screen.
After 30 minutes or so i pulled the battery and tried flashing the stock .tar.md5 using Odin and ended up with this:
"System software not authorized by verizon wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest verizon wireless store for help."
now i can't boot into download or recovery. i just have this screen with the yellow exclamation point and the above message.
how screwed am i? i've tried reading everywhere and from what i can gather i didn't wipe my cache sufficiently, but all the other threads just say 'use Odin to get back to stock', but i can't get into download mode so i can't use odin.
please help.
You're bootloader wasn't unlocked. Pull the battery then hold power, volume down, and home for fifteen or twenty seconds until it boots into download mode. Odin flash a stock rom then root AND ALSO unlock your bootloader.
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You're bootloader wasn't unlocked. Pull the battery then hold power, volume down, and home for fifteen or twenty seconds until it boots into download mode. Odin flash a stock rom then root AND ALSO unlock your bootloader.
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I have noticed that a lot of people have not unlocked the bootloader are posting on here that they have "bricked" their phones.
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I have noticed that a lot of people have not unlocked the bootloader posted on here that they have "bricked" their phones.
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Ha, I agree although I think its occurred in decreasing fashion since August. Being "bricked" is used overeagerly by folks not wholly understanding their situation. You really have to try to brick this device before that word can be used correctly.
Your phone has not been bricked. You will know that you have bricked your phone when you can't turn on your phone at all. No download mode and no recovery mode also no pulling of the battery just a dead phone.
ClockworkMod
When you fix your phone, root then unlock the bootloader... You can try RM again but I believe that it is best to use ClockworkMod (or the Touch version) for flashing instead of ROM Manager - old fashion, maybe, but it works!
NOTE: Once you start flashing it becomes addictive - you have been warned
thanks for the comments. my apologies for using the term Brick incorrectly as it seems to really chap the cheeks of some people on this board (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149210)
no luck with holding down buttons with the battery pulled. i ordered a USB Jig to try and force it back into download mode.
From there, what should my first step be? return to stock?
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thanks for the comments. my apologies for using the term Brick incorrectly as it seems to really chap the cheeks of some people on this board (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149210)
no luck with holding down buttons with the battery pulled. i ordered a USB Jig to try and force it back into download mode.
From there, what should my first step be? return to stock?
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youll need to put the battery back in......lol
ddurandSGS3 said:
youll need to put the battery back in......lol
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obviously. i've tried this a million times. It shows the download screen green android robot and the text in the top left for about 4 seconds. then it goes black and the yellow triangle comes back telling me unauthorized software is on there.
check here. particularly post 2. i think thats what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&highlight=odin
ddurandSGS3 said:
check here. particularly post 2. i think thats what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&highlight=odin
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thanks that's a very helpful thread. However, i still can't get into download/Odin mode. i'm guessing if/once the USB jig can force the phone into download mode, this is where i'll start.
thanks for everyone's help and patience.