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It looks like I've done the impossible. I was running cm 7 gb on it and like a dummy went back to stock. Tried flashing continuum 3.1 and phone got stuck in a vibration loop.
Was able to get into d/l mode with jig and tried to odin stock again. Phone screen went all green and odin was stuck at rfs. Can still get into d/l mode with jig but now phone just shuts off while running odin.
I think my biggest issue is that I didn't follow the steps properly and repartition while going back to stock.
I just ordered an inspire 4g, hopefully I will be able to get the cappy up and running again so I can sell one of them later.
Anyone have any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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donharden2002 said:
It looks like I've done the impossible. I was running cm 7 gb on it and like a dummy went back to stock. Tried flashing continuum 3.1 and phone got stuck in a vibration loop.
Was able to get into d/l mode with jig and tried to odin stock again. Phone screen went all green and odin was stuck at rfs. Can still get into d/l mode with jig but now phone just shuts off while running odin.
I think my biggest issue is that I didn't follow the steps properly and repartition while going back to stock.
I just ordered an inspire 4g, hopefully I will be able to get the cappy up and running again so I can sell one of them later.
Anyone have any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Been there, done this, fixed it doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
donharden2002 said:
It looks like I've done the impossible. I was running cm 7 gb on it and like a dummy went back to stock. Tried flashing continuum 3.1 and phone got stuck in a vibration loop.
Was able to get into d/l mode with jig and tried to odin stock again. Phone screen went all green and odin was stuck at rfs. Can still get into d/l mode with jig but now phone just shuts off while running odin.
I think my biggest issue is that I didn't follow the steps properly and repartition while going back to stock.
I just ordered an inspire 4g, hopefully I will be able to get the cappy up and running again so I can sell one of them later.
Anyone have any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Next time just use the one click package
Have you tried pulling the battery for a minute or so before putting the phone in download mode?
I've tried every method I could find. I tried with odin one click but don't think I have everything downloaded that I need to make it all work properly as far as the put files and everything.
I tried finding it to try it but have had no luck. When I tried odin I used a version that I've had since buying the phone. Its a very old version of stock that I think I got from ponack.net last yr some time.
thank you for the reply's. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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carlsbl said:
Been there, done this, fixed it doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
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When I first replied about trying everything I hadn't read your full reply as i was using my wifes phone. After reading it on the pc I am going to give it a shot.
Will let you know how it goes, thank you for the help.
Tried method above with no success. No biggie, I'm going to send it to a guy to try to get it fixed so I have it as a backup in case I don't like the inspire.
The wife is ready to strangle me over this. Good thing she loves me.
Thank you all for your help. If I get it fixed and like the inspire enough I might end up selling it our keeping it for a play toy.
Thanks again.
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donharden2002 said:
I've tried every method I could find. I tried with odin one click but don't think I have everything downloaded that I need to make it all work properly as far as the put files and everything.
I tried finding it to try it but have had no luck. When I tried odin I used a version that I've had since buying the phone. Its a very old version of stock that I think I got from ponack.net last yr some time.
thank you for the reply's. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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Sounds like you're trying the wrong thing. The one-click odin stock doesn't require you to download any extra files, that's why it's a one-click solution. Everything is already packaged into the program, so all you have to do is connect your phone to the computer in download mode and hit the start button in odin, and the software takes care of everything else to get it back to factory defaults.
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Sounds like you're trying the wrong thing. The one-click odin stock doesn't require you to download any extra files, that's why it's a one-click solution. Everything is already packaged into the program, so all you have to do is connect your phone to the computer in download mode and hit the start button in odin, and the software takes care of everything else to get it back to factory defaults.
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I am able to get it into d/l mode only using a jig but no matter what I try it doesn't seem to work.
I'm going to send it to Josh from mobile tech reviews, he thinks he might be able to fix it.
If not then hopefully I will have learned a lesson from this. That lesson being, don't mess up my inspire or I might end up single again. Not a big fan of that happening.
Thanks again to you all for your time and suggestions. People like you guys are the reason I like xda so much.
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donharden2002 said:
I am able to get it into d/l mode only using a jig but no matter what I try it doesn't seem to work.
I'm going to send it to Justin from mobile tech reviews, he thinks he might be able to fix it.
If not then hopefully I will have learned a lesson from this. That lesson being, don't mess up my inspire or I might end up single again. Not a big fan of that happening.
Thanks again to you all for your time and suggestions. People like you guys are the reason I like xda so much.
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Weird, never heard of a situation where you could get into download mode but couldn't recover your phone. Keep us up to date about whether you could get it fixed, yeah?
If anyone is able to assist me, I would really appreciate it. Being so sick of Samsung's slow upgrade service, I thought I would follow what so many have done and root my phone and flash android 2.3.3 to my Samsung Galaxy S.
Everything was going fine until Odin's screen changed from yellow to RED with FAILED across it. My phone had a blue progress bar only half way across the download screen and all things stopped. I removed the battery and tried to reboot, but now have only a small picture of a phone and a computer showing a broken link. I love the Galaxy I9000, is there any hope for repair?
If you can access download mode reflash it.
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Just try again, ive had it before and just reflashed 2.3.3 stock and everything was fine.
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i can help you. At odin chose "debug only" and then "PDA Format" and it will work 100%
Thank you "Thanks Meter"for responding... What version of Odin are you using and where do you get it?? I am using Odin 3 v1.82 and it doesn't have a "Debug Only"button or a "PDA Format"button. How do I select these things??
Also do you where there are any Australian based firmwares?? My Galaxy is a Vodafone based Australian phone and I would love to get a firmware that suited the phone, (if one exists that is).
Thank you again for trying to assist. You're a good bloke, not many try to assist.
I just thought I would let you know that I tried my best to follow your instructions. I have never had Odin successfully complete a flash even once. However, I did run it with only the PDA selected and that was the most helpful.
The problem is now that the phone is locked into a startup phase. I get to the "S"elblem on startup and then the phone reboots and starts again, over and over again without ever completing the log on cycle.
Have you heard of this before?
This is driving me nuts...
Thank you to all members who responded to my problem post. I have had no success but I really appreciate your efforts..
Multiburatino said:
i can help you. At odin chose "debug only" and then "PDA Format" and it will work 100%
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Have you worked so?
When I checked pda format, the odin always crashed.
Which version of odin did you use?
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William
OK, So first of all, I would like to say thank you in advance for all of your help. This has been a very informative site and I have been a daily reader here. I have learn alot, and then I think, wow, what if.....
So, here is my delema,, I tried to update with Kies mini and after a few minutes I got a message on Kies and my phone;
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
So I follow the instructions, which say to remove the battery, replace the battery, hold volume + and _ while pwring up. And I still get the error message. Samsung cant even help....
My phone has never been rooted and is bone stock with exceptions to a few apps. I did unmount the sd card first....
SO PLEASE, any and all help will be greatly appreciated. I have read all I can find, but find nothing to pertain a unrecoverable phone ?
Can anyone help me?
Thanks again,
Frank
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
Read this thread and follow qkster directions...see if helps...you should be good to go
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Thank you for the reply. I have followed all of qkster post on this thread. I thought for sure I could get it recovered this way. But, I still can not get into dwnld mode and nothing I seem to do works
Have you tried
Take out batt
plug in USB cable to phone and pc or try another usb port on your PC..
Hold volume buttons both
And pop in batt
Should see this..
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Frank give us an update when you can ok :thumbup::thumbdown:
First off, make sure to thank bigjoe (thanks button);this phone is pretty much unbrickable so no worries there. If you where bone stock before the update then you probably need gingerbread bootloaders for qkster's one click to work (pretty sure bootloaders aren't selected by default).
You can either retry the links Joe posted and select to also flash bootloaders or...
You can give this a shot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
It will take you back to stock froyo unrooted etc. From there you can try Kies again (make sure when you plug the phone in to select "Kies Firmware" option). I used this method last week to flash the update. Kies can be tempermental sometimes but you've got a lot of unbrick options at your disposal. Let us know how it goes.
I finally got a screen other than the error message. I had a choice, vol- or vol+ to continue. I chose + to upload a custom ROM or whatever it actually said, other than cancel, I had to plug in USB and hold + and - while inserting the battery.
I installed the USB cable to a different port. ,so now I have the android digging and underneath it says downloading do not unplug. BUT nothing is happening. A very small piece of a progress bar is showing up, but nothing is happening. Wait, the progress bar is moving a smidge. Let me get back to ya'll on this.
BTW, I cant click on the thanks button, there is no button to click but I will check that again as well.
Thank you
bigjoe2675 and xIC-MACIx,
I just want to say thank you guys for all your help and patience. I finally got the phone back with odin and am currently again trying the update with Kies mini. I will let ya'll know what happens with that.
I tried to find a thank you button but have not seen it? Am I overlooking it? I will look again, but a big THANK YOU to you both. And I am now rebooting after updating from Kies. Sooooo, I will update after awhile and let you know how its going.
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bigjoe2675 and xIC-MACIx,
I just want to say thank you guys for all your help and patience. I finally got the phone back with odin and am currently again trying the update with Kies mini. I will let ya'll know what happens with that.
I tried to find a thank you button but have not seen it? Am I overlooking it? I will look again, but a big THANK YOU to you both. And I am now rebooting after updating from Kies. Sooooo, I will update after awhile and let you know how its going.
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Yw but I would not use kies mho
BigJoe
Well, I did get the update and got everything back in working order. However, I did use Kies? I see that you say you wouldn't. May I ask why? or is it just because Kies is so flaky?
My ultamate goal here is to flash AEON, but I am not sure about doing it before my Samsung warrenty is up. I have read over and over through this forum and have decided that AEON is the one for me. As far as I can remember reading, Everything works and I would prefer it to be as such.
Any opinion or comments ?
Thanks again BigJoe,
Frank
Just thought i'd jump in....
Kies is just way flaky.... To say the least...
I've seen more flash errors with Kies than... Well I've just seen alot of weird problems with it...
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focjoc said:
BigJoe
Well, I did get the update and got everything back in working order. However, I did use Kies? I see that you say you wouldn't. May I ask why? or is it just because Kies is so flaky?
My ultamate goal here is to flash AEON, but I am not sure about doing it before my Samsung warrenty is up. I have read over and over through this forum and have decided that AEON is the one for me. As far as I can remember reading, Everything works and I would prefer it to be as such.
Any opinion or comments ?
Thanks again BigJoe,
Frank
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Since Aeon is my DD...daily driver for a rom....I say do it but that's me...there so many ROM s all are great I have loaded all the Infuse ROMs ...don't base your choice from me....just flash and try them see what works for you...as far a warranty...you can always Odin or one click hem back to stock...using qkster method and use it to flash a ROM also...k
And yes kies its flunky so many error or peeps have had issues...
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Like the others said this phone i nearly impossible to brick
odin and heimdall are your good friends for this phone (and other galaxy/samsung devices)
So no need to panic just be sure to read up before making any major moves
and you should just be fine
hope everything went well and have fun flashing!!
once you flash one... you have to flash them all lol
jk but it it gets addicting
Hello, I'm fairly new to this kind of stuff. I have a Galaxy S3 SCH-I535. It was rooted by a friend who knew way more about this stuff than I did. Well now my charger/usb port on the phone won't work. I want to send it in to Samsung for repair, but I recently learned that rooting it voids the warranty. So I was going to do what my friend called using Odin to bring it back to stock. Well i was going to use this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 which he directed me to. But I see you need a USB cable for this. Is there any way to do it without a USB cable? Thanks for any help in advance.
naibafonerom said:
Hello, I'm fairly new to this kind of stuff. I have a Galaxy S3 SCH-I535. It was rooted by a friend who knew way more about this stuff than I did. Well now my charger/usb port on the phone won't work. I want to send it in to Samsung for repair, but I recently learned that rooting it voids the warranty. So I was going to do what my friend called using Odin to bring it back to stock. Well i was going to use this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 which he directed me to. But I see you need a USB cable for this. Is there any way to do it without a USB cable? Thanks for any help in advance.
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Since you're rooted, you could try using Mobile Odin app (please check if it is compatible with your device first). :good:
Thanks!
immortalneo said:
Since you're rooted, you could try using Mobile Odin app (please check if it is compatible with your device first). :good:
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wow, ive tried many places ad all ive read is there is no way to do it. ive never been directed to this app. i will study it out and see if i can use it for this. thank you so much though i'm finally getting somewhere.
question thought. the reason i'm trying to odin it is so i can send it in to samsung to get it repaired because i'm still under the 1st year warranty. my other option is to send it to a local phone repair shop to get it fixed. what do you suggest?
naibafonerom said:
wow, ive tried many places ad all ive read is there is no way to do it. ive never been directed to this app. i will study it out and see if i can use it for this. thank you so much though i'm finally getting somewhere.
question thought. the reason i'm trying to odin it is so i can send it in to samsung to get it repaired because i'm still under the 1st year warranty. my other option is to send it to a local phone repair shop to get it fixed. what do you suggest?
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Since you still have warranty, I suggest you go to a Samsung Authorized Service Centre. :good:
immortalneo said:
Since you still have warranty, I suggest you go to a Samsung Authorized Service Centre. :good:
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Ok well, they won't fix it if its rooted. So, with that Mobile ODIN app, can i still do the steps in section 5 of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 ?
naibafonerom said:
Ok well, they won't fix it if its rooted. So, with that Mobile ODIN app, can i still do the steps in section 5 of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 ?
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Didn't mean to like your post so enjoy it. Lol. Anyway it's not hard. I have done it multiple times. Just grab mobile Odin and the 4.1.2 file from Samsung or the stickies. Load up mobile Odin and select your Odin Stock Image. Click start and 10 minutes later you are done. You can't really screw up mobile Odin. IMO it's easier than normal Odin. Just make sure you have an unlocked bootloader b4 using mobile Odin. It will lock you after flashing though so you don't need to worry. Remember Odin wipes Internal SD!!
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guys, i found this phone lying around and decided to battery it up, it works, it's on 2.3.6, i read around and found lots of roms made by super devs. i want to root it, i couldn't get my hands on a PIT file, and then i read i can update this to ICS using KIES? i tried through the phone it said cannot connect to server... should i just download KIES and run the upgrade or what? a simple to do would suffice i guess... anyone feeling helpful? kinda lost on how this one works since i've been using HTC a lot
jafferkhan said:
guys, i found this phone lying around and decided to battery it up, it works, it's on 2.3.6, i read around and found lots of roms made by super devs. i want to root it, i couldn't get my hands on a PIT file, and then i read i can update this to ICS using KIES? i tried through the phone it said cannot connect to server... should i just download KIES and run the upgrade or what? a simple to do would suffice i guess... anyone feeling helpful? kinda lost on how this one works since i've been using HTC a lot
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If I remember, kies is very simple. Download kies, plug phone in and it should offer the update, no problems. I had to use kies to update my wife's and mine.
Once you've updated, uninstall kies. Rooting the Blaze and kies do not play together at all!
Try it, if you have issues come back and we'll see if we can't get it to work. Rooting with ics is the way to go...
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