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Samsung Infuse Soft Brick and Distorted Clockwork Mod Recovery

I am in desperate need of help .. I am not a noob to flashing roms and rooting, however I have a one-off situation w/ no precedents to my knowledge. I have read these and other forums for days to no avail.
I was flashing Infintium Rom 4.0.4 from MIUI 2.3.6. I followed the steps listed in the post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661690). After flashing I rebooted and waited however the phone was/is stuck on the Samsung logo and never progressed. I then pulled the battery and attempted to go back to recovery mode to reflash make sure I did flashed correctly. However, upon going back into recovery I was greeted by the below image.
Clockwork Mod is extremely distorted and flat out unusable !! As I read further down it advised to use Heimdall (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381). I downloaded and attempted to use, however my PC (Which by the way is Windows 7 64-Bit) recognized the phone but the Heimdall software did not. I already had the right drivers for the PC and phone. After a few tries I deleted the files and reapplied them. On the 2nd menu after selecting list devices, on the drop down the option for Samsung USB Composite Device neeever ever appears. I also tried on a different PC that ddnt have the drivers and started brand new. Still, Heimdall ddnt recognize.
I also tried to flash numerous files including but not limited to GTG Ultimate Unbrick via Odin. Again, PC recognized USB connection however program ddnt. At this point, I do not know if it is because the status of Clockwork Mod on my phone, but I know it is not because of the drivers or the USB ports on my PC.
In addition to that, I have just scrapped the idea of flashing or getting in CWM and just wanted to do a hard reset (While phone is off held Vol down and Power, once started released power and contimued to hold Vol down. This should take the phone from the Samsung logo to an alt menu that will give the option to do a factory reset. But again w/ my luck .. that screen neeever appears.
In short I have tried at least 3 different ways and many maaany variations to get the phone back into recovery or into a full boot and had NO success.. Please help and ask as many questions as needed to diagnose and resolve this issue .. Thanx in advance and apologize in advance if posted in the wrong thread.

Are you placing your phone in download mode?
Remove battery and place it back.
Hold vol+ & vol- , and plug in the usb to your phone with the other end already connected to the PC.
Now see if Odin or heimdall recognize your device.
Sent from my sweet & buttery Infuse

andros11 said:
Are you placing your phone in download mode?
Remove battery and place it back.
Hold vol+ & vol- , and plug in the usb to your phone with the other end already connected to the PC.
Now see if Odin or heimdall recognize your device.
Sent from my sweet & buttery Infuse
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I have done so neither Odin or Heimdall are recognizing it or showing the phone is connected.

ohsirus said:
I have done so neither Odin or Heimdall are recognizing it or showing the phone is connected.
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If neither Odin or Hemdall can 'see' the phone, then possibly you don't have the correct drivers installed...
Try downloading and installing these:
http://d-h.st/sKF
Then open Odin/Hemdall and plug your phone in again while in Download Mode.

Ryo Misaki said:
If neither Odin or Hemdall can 'see' the phone, then possibly you don't have the correct drivers installed...
Try downloading and installing these:
Then open Odin/Hemdall and plug your phone in again while in Download Mode.
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I will try again .. Downloaded, rebooting then will go thru the process again .. standby

Ryo Misaki said:
If neither Odin or Hemdall can 'see' the phone, then possibly you don't have the correct drivers installed...
Try downloading and installing these:
Then open Odin/Hemdall and plug your phone in again while in Download Mode.
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no change .. still shows disconnected

The pic u have posted it shows u need to press the up button to get the download mode (continue)
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

rkkaranrk said:
The pic u have posted it shows u need to press the up button to get the download mode (continue)
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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I just did that to post a pic as an example .. I did go to download mode and not recognizing it

The CWM screen is shot because you don't have gingerbread bootloaders, it will always look like that until to can flash the right ones..
Have you tried different cables, different ports, etc?
Sometimes mine would recognize.. sometimes being plugged in first then running Odin works, sometimes I would have to run Odin and then plug in the phone.. kinda a crapshoot...
Its powered by Jellybeaned AOKP!

drnecropolis said:
The CWM screen is shot because you don't have gingerbread bootloaders, it will always look like that until to can flash the right ones..
Have you tried different cables, different ports, etc?
Sometimes mine would recognize.. sometimes being plugged in first then running Odin works, sometimes I would have to run Odin and then plug in the phone.. kinda a crapshoot...
Its powered by Jellybeaned AOKP!
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I know I need to get the bootloader and a kernel on it however I cant = ( .. yet .. I have 4 different ports on my PC and have tried them all. i have tried phone on then run programs and programs on 1st then phone on and no new results.
I found this short video and it describes my exact situation .. please watch to futher understand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHLUYckTlug

So u have odin and heimdal both on the same PC and drivers for them if yes then try this.
On the PC/Laptop uninstall all the drivers for samsung or any other phone and follow this.
Go to accessories> system tool> system restore and check the restore point where the drivers for heimdall were installed restore to a previous restore point after restore finishes install the drivers for Infuse and see now Odin recognizes ur phone, It should.

I had the same exact problem, do you have another phone on which you can install the same CWM recovery on? ...Because the clockwork mod recovery still works, it's just that you can't see it. So just flash a new ROM, by going back n forth between phones, clock how many clicks it takes to get to 'choose zip to install' then 'download' on the not messed up phone, then do the same on the screwy one, just keep doing that till u flash the new ROM.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Problem during rooting help

I was attempting to get root access to my galaxy tab 2 10.1 running android 10.2.1 (or whatever the latest Samsung update was it is 10.2 on my phone but am sure it was 10.2.1 on the tablet.
I was following this guide that someone here recommended
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/4...-p5113-android41-jellybean-android404-ics.htm
I set usb debug and made sure the drivers were on my pc and made sure KIES was completely not running
Followed the instructions to the letter but should have worried when I found the instructions to get to download were wrong - I found on videos that it was reboot using power and right volume key. That was successful
It connected to ODIN fine and the yellow box came up
I made sure the two boxes were ticked and then searched for the file
CF-Auto-Root-espresso10wifi-espresso10wifibby-gtp5113.zip and started ODIN
it seemed to be going fine until suddenly a red box came up with update failed
Now all I can get on the device is "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
No matter how I try to restart this I get the same screen and imagine I couldn't connect to kies even if I should
Can anyone help as I am worried that I have bricked my device - I was looking for a simple way to get root without flashing a whole rom - or is that what I was doing anyway?

Here is a link that may can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722745
Try to do the point A to install CWM Recovery and root correctly the tab then do the point E to install the stock Android 4.0.4
ps : if you want to do something to your tab, try to search here before other websites, big community, good informations/tips (personnal advise) :good:

Maybe file you downloaded is corrupted , redownload it from xda or sammobile and do steps again

n0is said:
Here is a link that may can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722745
Try to do the point A to install CWM Recovery and root correctly the tab then do the point E to install the stock Android 4.0.4
ps : if you want to do something to your tab, try to search here before other websites, big community, good informations/tips (personnal advise) :good:
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I will take a look but so far the only thing I get is the message to connect to KIES and it wont of course connect - cant get into any other modes - you would think they would have some kind of hard boot recovery button that gets you to basic screen to download the latest firmware.
And I did start here and believe that this led from a post here - I was trying to find the least complicated method of getting root access without changing what I already had too much - the only other process that I found on here seemed to have lots of people reporting problems if it wasn't a 3g model
It is beginning to look like I may have found out what bricking is - thanks for the reply anyway

would like to do that
mjrshark said:
Maybe file you downloaded is corrupted , redownload it from xda or sammobile and do steps again
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In fact the instructions do say if it doesn't work first time, to run it again with the boxes unticked - the problem is that I cant get back to download mode, or any mode other than the message to connect to kies, so have no way of doing this. So looks like it may have bricked - is there any way of unbricking a tablet?:crying:
It's going to be an expensive mistake especially as I haven't even had the £50 cash back from Samsung yet and I would have to pay full price now to replace it,

So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

not optamistic but will try!
samsgun357 said:
So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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I will try but I don't think it is going to work. Whenever I connect the tablet by USB I get the usb connecting sound followed immediately by the USB disconnect sound - this just continues to happen every 4 seconds or so all the time that the device is connected. At the moment I have it on charge as once the error screen comes on it doesnt seem to go off for a very long time and then it wont start unless I charge it first. After a few minutes on charge - The firmware upgrade encountered an issue message comes up. I am going to leave it a while until I am sure it is fully charged and then try what you suggest - not optamistic though since I now realise that it is not even connecting properly. I just have a bad feeling about this. I had to disconnect it from the power yesterday because the error screen stays on continuously and the device starts to get warm
Assuming that I ever manage to get a stock image installed will this mean I can go back to normal kies updates - all I really wanted was the standard samsung android O/S but with super user added.
Unfortunately I had read the linked article a while back and what made me more confident was the statement that said it was "virtually impossible to brick this device"

Since it's still going into Charging mode and spitting out error messages, it's not completely bricked. It's just in a reboot loop (a.k.a. soft brick).
Keep trying to get it into Download mode. Sometimes the timing is a little tricky if it's in a boot loop.
1. Disconnect it before trying to get it into Download Mode. If it's plugged in (charger or PC), the device will go into Charging mode instead.
2. Hold the Power button for 10 seconds to make it reboot.
3. When you see the screen turn off, let go of Power and then press and hold Power and Volume Right/Up.
4. If done correctly, it will immediately go into Download Mode. If you see the Samsung logo instead, repeat from Step 2.

some progress but still stuck - any more ideas please
samsgun357 said:
So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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Hi well thanks -
when I connected Odin it did show up yellow and so I downloaded the P5110 stock from from the other thread - all went well and it reported all OK and re-booted - saw the animated sequence but now it has stalled on the samsung logo and still wont connect to kies
So still stuck but at least it has moved on - The instructions on the other page were a little unclear about one stage
It said if there was pit file included to set something and tick repartition - this was all in one line and so I assumed part of the pit instruction - as there was no pit file I did not tick re-partition - I wonder if I should have done?
I have just reconnected to ODIN and the ID Com is still lit up yellow so presumably I could try running it again, or should I look on here for another stock rom - I am wondering if I have somehpw scewed up the bootloader and if so how I go about restoring it
ODIN is the only thing it connects to right now

No download mode, no recovery, detected by odin, not kies

Hi,
I rooted my brandnew GT-P3110 with cf, flashed pacman and cwm recovery. I do not blame anybody alse for my issues but myself. I guess I messed up the restoring of NON-system-apps:
After a day of troublefree use the tablet randomly rebooted and came back with the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.". No booting into recovery possible, no booting into download mode, no regular boot. Just the same message over and over again. Battery is unremovable.
I installed Kies, updated it, it downloaded drivers but under "emergency recovery" my tablet didn't appear. I then followed the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" procedure wich downloaded the necessary files but aborted with a korean text shown in the attachment after replugging the tablet. I tried this with 2 different USB-cables on several USB-ports. Kies btw asked me to remove the battery (not possible) after entering device number and serial-number. I turned off by pressing the off button instead and it turned on again.
I uninstalled Kies, rebooted, installed the samsung drivers manually, rebooted. I installed odin 1.85 (and later 1.3) and downloaded my contry's stock firmware (and later a newer version of the same firmware and another country's stock) from sammobile. I tried to flash them first without "repartition" ticked, later with it ticked but without a pit file (i can't find it!). I got four different errors, two are attached, the third was somethign like "cant write (line 1876)" and "cant write (line 1440)".I tried three stock firmwares with two version of odin with two USB cords on everal ports on ONE computer. I remove the tablet every time, exited odin every time, run it as admin, disabled firewall, xp-antispy and antivirus. I'm on Windows 7.
Besides a million other threads I found this one, but I wasn't able to solve my issue with it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
For 48 hours i tried to solve this problem by myself. Now I hope to find out if there's a point in continuing or if I can give up and throw away the piece of samsung.
Cheers,
404

android404 said:
Hi,
I rooted my brandnew GT-P3110
404
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Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose

vizionforever said:
Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose
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I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?

vizionforever said:
Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose
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Thanks but it didn't work.
wd5gnr said:
I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?
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Mine is still bricked. Good luck.

facing same problem in my samsung tab 2 p3100 after root

wd5gnr said:
I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?
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Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
The stock ROM from sammobile. (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/)
The JB Bootloader
The stock JB kernel.
Opened odin v1.85.
Then i used the vol down+home+lock keys together to try to open the download mode ( but ended up in the "Firmware error " page) and connected phone to the pc. It shows "Added!" in the message box.
Repartition with the .pit and it will reboot.
Disconnect
Get into download mode and install the bootloader and it should reboot when done. Disconnect.
Get into download mode and connect
Installed the kernel through odin and reboot
Download mode again and install the ROM through odin.
If the phone gets stuck in boot loop (samsung logo over and over),
get into recovery mode ( for s2, vol up+home+lock, it needs to be pressed intermittently)
Then do a full format along with wipe cache.
And then the phone finally booted completely. :laugh: . Good Luck.
Note: I'm not sure to boot into recovery and download are the same key combos as it was for the i9100g.

novjean said:
Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
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Thanks. Well, I understand the theory. I have had trouble finding a PIT file that I am sure is for my device. I did save a PIT file but I think it is corrupt because using it requires me to let the battery die afterwards to get back to download mode. Same for the bootloader. I have a few things I've tried, but not sure I have one that is exactly for the GT-P5113 (in fact, I never did find a JB for the 5113 just the 5110 and it never would load).

Well no amount of coaxing has put life back into the tab
I may try again out of curiosity, but rather than invest more time I went out and bought a 32G Nexus 7 (2013 version). I would still like to get the Galaxy Tab alive again -- it has corrupted the flash twice before and each time I was able to bring it back to life. Not sure if this is an actual hardware failure or if it is just beyond partitioning.
I have a feeling if I had the right PIT and the right bootloader I could get back in business.

I can do each thing you mentioned, but my device is not getting detected by my PC. When I insert USB it says USB not recognized and it is not detected by Odin, adb and anything else. I am stuck on Boot Logo for my P3100 and when I go into recovery, it says USB not recognized. Fully messed up. Can you help me out here.
novjean said:
Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
The stock ROM from sammobile. (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/)
The JB Bootloader
The stock JB kernel.
Opened odin v1.85.
Then i used the vol down+home+lock keys together to try to open the download mode ( but ended up in the "Firmware error " page) and connected phone to the pc. It shows "Added!" in the message box.
Repartition with the .pit and it will reboot.
Disconnect
Get into download mode and install the bootloader and it should reboot when done. Disconnect.
Get into download mode and connect
Installed the kernel through odin and reboot
Download mode again and install the ROM through odin.
If the phone gets stuck in boot loop (samsung logo over and over),
get into recovery mode ( for s2, vol up+home+lock, it needs to be pressed intermittently)
Then do a full format along with wipe cache.
And then the phone finally booted completely. :laugh: . Good Luck.
Note: I'm not sure to boot into recovery and download are the same key combos as it was for the i9100g.
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2 years later .... did you ever unbrick this? I'm dealing with a P5113 now that's stuck at the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. <sigh>
wd5gnr said:
Well no amount of coaxing has put life back into the tab
I may try again out of curiosity, but rather than invest more time I went out and bought a 32G Nexus 7 (2013 version). I would still like to get the Galaxy Tab alive again -- it has corrupted the flash twice before and each time I was able to bring it back to life. Not sure if this is an actual hardware failure or if it is just beyond partitioning.
I have a feeling if I had the right PIT and the right bootloader I could get back in business.
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No. I finally sent it to one of these ebay guys who will JTAG it since I was too lazy to wire up one of my JTAG probes. They worked on it and said it was simply dead and the only alternative would be to replace the flash chips.
Bought a Nexus 7.

I've got the pit files for P311x and P3100 on my website https://sites.google.com/site/jrc2swebsite/downloads/samsung-galaxy-tab-2-70-p31xx

[Q] Lost USB to PC cable connections after flashing

Hi guys I recently tried to boot Linux rom as a recovery alternative, it worked fine
but I lost my stock recovery , later I flashed CM 10.2 with clockwork mod , also worked fine, I flashed with odin with erase all stuff
now everytime I boot the device it shows strange white screen with lines, and its no longer be able to connect via USB , I tired many PCs and its not the Samsung drivers thing I installed it many times
so I flashed stockrom from Samsung site but still cant lose that white screen when I boot , and still cant connect via USB
any help ?

No USB to PC and corrupt Boot and shut down screen. GT-N8000
Did you find a solution for your tablet?
If so let me know.
I have the exact same issues. Also tried CM10.2 and latter moved back to stock ROM via ODIN with the standard normal selections.
Now I have the same issue you describe.
No USB connection to PC
Strange white screen with lines on boot or shutdown. Sometimes a corrupted image of the download screen.
Else the tablet is fine. EFS and all related OKAY.
For the USB issue I found a TEMP solution.
Go to the phone dialer, type *#7284#. a PhoneUtil menu comes up.
Select "PDA" on both UART and USB. Your PC will immediately connect.
On the tablet you will also now have the USB options.
But, your tablet will still have the PhoneUtil menu OPEN.
Below the options you have a "save and reset" button. Push it.
also, i have seen prints of PhoneUtil thats contains an extra button called QUALcom.
My tablet DOES not. GT-N8000. Read other guides if you have this button.
Your tablet will reboot and you still have the USB connection to PC.
However this works only if you do not reboot your tablet. If you reboot USB is gone again.
Then again you need to do the *#7284#
At least this is the scenario on mine. I have USB connection.
I have tried several different stock ROM's via ODIN from all over the world and always the same issue.
USB issue and strange boot screen image before Samsung circle.
Tried with PIT files and even selections in ODIN that are not suppose to be used.
Tried KIES as well, but here it fails stating GT-N8000 does not support initialization. KIES 3 told me to get lost.
also tried 4.0.4 ROMs via odin, installed fine, and allowed KIES to update to 4.1.2, but issue remains.
Other strange activities are also taking place after ODIN uploads.
Tablet always goes int boot loop. No matter which stock ROM.
Need to go into standard recovery and perform factory reset.
But
Need to perform button boot into recovery option twice. always fails the 1st time after ODIN load.
Strange corrupt screen always present on performing these actions.
Cannot use CM10.2 as the USB issue remains permanent as the *#7284# does not work on that dialer.
Any help would be appreciated to return tablet back to REAL normal.

[Bricked/DEAD] I challenge you to revive it! EARN 50 EURO!!

Dear XDA users,
I got a P5110 from my grand parents. Its barely used and looks like new. It dead,dead,dead,dead,dead. At first i would only charge up.
I tried to revive it with odin, but now it says Firmware has encounterd an issue).
What it does now:
It take 5 Minutes until it connects to the computer, and show "Firmware upgrade has ..." and windows makes the USB disconnected noise, and USB error noise.
It has no recovery, I tried many things but it only shows the Firmware upgrade issue, so im trying to install a custom recovery trough odin.
Trying to put Philz on it, but when Odin has finished and reset the tablet, its dead again , and nothing happend.
Wont turn on by the power button, only after 5min connected to a PC.
I have the feeling the internal storage has crashed and broke.
I OFFER 50EURO to the Person that can revive this!
Good luck.

Just a wild idea. I have a 5113 (virtually identical to yours) that my daughter stopped using about 4 months ago. When there was a screen time out, the Tab would turn off. I did a factory reset and it solved the problem. When I loaded rootbuster, the problem returned and I did a factory reset, and it again solved the problem.
Would add that it is very confusing in that there is a USB driver connection to the Tab's download mode (development driver), and a simple USB connection to the computer that allows you to copy files. If factory reset doesn't work, you should go back to the development driver and see if you can use ODIN. Here is link for development/download mode driver. http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117

decijp said:
Just a wild idea. I have a 5113 (virtually identical to yours) that my daughter stopped using about 4 months ago. When there was a screen time out, the Tab would turn off. I did a factory reset and it solved the problem. When I loaded rootbuster, the problem returned and I did a factory reset, and it again solved the problem.
Would add that it is very confusing in that there is a USB driver connection to the Tab's download mode (development driver), and a simple USB connection to the computer that allows you to copy files. If factory reset doesn't work, you should go back to the development driver and see if you can use ODIN. Here is link for development/download mode driver. http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117
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Thanks for the reply,
I already have the latest drivers, and im using ODIN to try to flash things to it. I tried flashing a recovery, so i can install a ROM, and see if that works but no succes.

ilikecars said:
Dear XDA users,
I got a P5110 from my grand parents. Its barely used and looks like new. It dead,dead,dead,dead,dead. At first i would only charge up.
I tried to revive it with odin, but now it says Firmware has encounterd an issue).
What it does now:
It take 5 Minutes until it connects to the computer, and show "Firmware upgrade has ..." and windows makes the USB disconnected noise, and USB error noise.
It has no recovery, I tried many things but it only shows the Firmware upgrade issue, so im trying to install a custom recovery trough odin.
Trying to put Philz on it, but when Odin has finished and reset the tablet, its dead again , and nothing happend.
Wont turn on by the power button, only after 5min connected to a PC.
I have the feeling the internal storage has crashed and broke.
I OFFER 50EURO to the Person that can revive this!
Good luck.
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What version of windows are you using? I remember having the same problem when I tried using ODIN on Windows 8.1 as that does some weird things with drivers.

Make sure to not install KIES - uninstall if installed.
"Firmware has encounterd an issue" - Odin works on that screen
In Odin uncheck auto-reboot.
Flash latest TWRP.
Wait 2 min, now unplug the tab from PC.
Press the key combo to boot into recovery directly.
Where are you from?