Hey guys, so I finally decided to post here after spending an embarrassing amount of time trying to fix my problem and getting nowhere. I have an Samsung galaxy s6 edge that gets stuck on the loading screen when booting, and won't go into recovery mode (download mode works fine). I have tried to flash the original firmware using Odin with no success...it keeps getting stuck on the "Initialization" step. Some times after waiting a very long time it gives the error message can't open the serial (com) port, but as i mentioned odin does detect my phone.I've tried 3 different cables, 2 different laptops with 5 usb ports in total, 3 different versions of Odin (3.07, 3.09, 3.10) all to no avail. I have downloaded the Samsung Mobile Drivers and my computer does recognize the device (though it thinks its a modem and not a phone). I'd appreciate some assistance in reviving my device, thanks!
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I've tried a few other forums but haven't got any replies, I guess since the Galaxy 5 isn't such a popular device. I figured if there's anyone who can help me they will be here though.
I wanted to put CWM on it so I could get a CM7 port on. Unfortunately it's just about impossible for it to get detected on USB. I've installed Kies (and even the generic USB drivers found in the SDK). In 2 days I only got it to connect once, and then I went and bricked it.
The one time it finally connected I ran Odin and tried loading CWM onto it. It still hadn't finished after half an hour so I figured it ended with an error that was never displayed. So I unplugged it and as expected - brick! I can get into download (upgrade/firmware) mode so I think it can be fixed if I can get CWM on it (and just install the CM7 port I had originally intended to put on).
Problem is I cannot get the darn thing to connect! to my computer I've tried two separate PCs, one running Window 7 x64 and another running XP x32. Is there a a certain process of connecting things? I haven't ran across anyone making mention of one.
Has anyone else experienced USB problems like this with Samsung phones? Would it even be possible to flash CWM on after it's been bricked like this? When I boot (normally) all I get is an image showing a phone and a PC with and exclamation error connecting the two. Please help!
Try to look for stock firmware on the forum.xda-developers.com and flash via ODIN. You need to be able to put the phone into download mode, so maybe get an USB jig. That should do the trick. Odin has to recognize your phone. First of all right click on the ODIN executable and select "Run as administrator" on windows. Plug the phone in the DL mode and wait until it appears as active in Odin. Then flash the ROM and pit file. (Don't use ODIN one click). If ODIN does not recognize your phone try a different USB port or reinstall Kies. The Kies trick was which I used and it was able to recognize my phone.
Thanks, martin0176. I can still manage to get the phone into download mode - it's getting recognized by a PC that's the problem.
Could you tell me more about the pit file? I only have an ops file.
Try a different cable. I was having the same problem on the Samsung Continuum and it turned out that the cable was working for power, but not for data.
Does Odin, Heimdall and Oneclick(still heimdall) work on all s5570s??
I flashed my phone with the wrong recovery image and the phone boots only to Download mode, emergency download mode and the samsung logo. I have since tried Odin but it gets stuck on "plcatform verification", tried heimdall (after I painstakingly created a heimdall package for the galaxy mini) but it gets stuck at "Error: could not initialize protocol" and one click simply says my phone is not connected.
So I'm now wondering since this is a soft brick,why are these methods failing even after trying all suggestions on this forum. I have tried this on Open Suse and Windows Xp and I have also seen a trail of frustrated owners who bricked their phones. Has someone found a solution to this black sheep that stray from normal methods of unbricking.
I believe the Galaxy mini is the most troublesome device to own when customizing it.
pinye said:
Does Odin, Heimdall and Oneclick(still heimdall) work on all s5570s??
I flashed my phone with the wrong recovery image and the phone boots only to Download mode, emergency download mode and the samsung logo. I have since tried Odin but it gets stuck on "plcatform verification", tried heimdall (after I painstakingly created a heimdall package for the galaxy mini) but it gets stuck at "Error: could not initialize protocol" and one click simply says my phone is not connected.
So I'm now wondering since this is a soft brick,why are these methods failing even after trying all suggestions on this forum. I have tried this on Open Suse and Windows Xp and I have also seen a trail of frustrated owners who bricked their phones. Has someone found a solution to this black sheep that stray from normal methods of unbricking.
I believe the Galaxy mini is the most troublesome device to own when customizing it.
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OK so I have around 14 hours trying to root my Sprint Galaxy SIII with no luck what so ever. I have tried every method I can find for windows, I've tried every port on my computer, I unistalled kies, tried the "samsung GS3 toolkit" I've tried every recovery image and .tar file I can find. Bottom line Odin will not work for me. It recognizes my device and starts to run but it gets stuck on recovery.img or sometimes boot.img and it won't get past it. I tried Odin 3.07 and Odin 3 V 1.85 and a bunch of other versions. Half of them crash my computer and give me the blue screen of death and the other half just hangup like i mentioned. I'm using windows 7 home 64bit edition on my Asus laptop. I've updated windows and even tried restoring windows. NOTHING WORKS!!! lol some one please tell me they can help?? Also I tried booting the phone into recovery mode and rooting it that way by flashing Superuser zips and recovery images. Someone please help.
hey guys..
i bought a buddies note 2 last night, and he had some weird rom on it. i formatted the hard drive, and attempted to install a new rom using odin.
i received a couple error messages in odin. first i got:
first i got: Can't open the serial(COM) port.
then i got: <ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
a quick google searche attributed those to kies running in the background, so i closed keys, and ended all related processes.
i restarted odin and tried again, but got "Can't open the serial(COM) port." message again.
some answers i found on google were to restart the phone and restart odin. i restarted my phone. only now, it looks like the phone is bricked with the following error message: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recover mode in Kies & try again.
I loaded up Kies, but the phone is not being detected by my computer, and it just hangs on "Connecting"
I tried switching the cable into another USB port, and the computer DID detect the phone momentarily, but only for that split second. Kies just tried to connect again, but remained in "Connecting", and then ultimately failed, recommending i reboot my device.
am i ****ed here? what can i do?
update...the phone will actually go into download mode every few times i restart it.
however, it will not be detected by my computer, although odin does detect it.
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Yesterday evening, after downloading the official firmware from sammobile.com, installing the samsung driver, activating OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging mode, I started to flash the firmware with the latest version Odin. It gave md5 error while loading the AP file on Odin. When I searched on the net, it was said to just delete the md5 extension of this file and try again. So I did that and the firmware started to load normally. When the green line was near the end, it stayed there for about 10 minutes. I was in a hurry too. I disconnected the phone from the PC so I could reinstall it at home.
But the phone gave the warning "An erorr has occured while updating the device software". Neither download nor recovery mode was available.
Smart Switch did not see the phone. When I tried to reinstall with Odin, the green line under the Odin USERDATA text got stuck towards the end, although there was no line or movement on the phone. No movement for 15-20 minutes. What should I do and what is the outcome of this situation? I would appreciate it if experienced, expert people share information. Thank you in advance. I am waiting.
still waiting..