Well crap...I think I bricked it :-( - Vibrant General

I tried to unroot my phone via OCLF from the market. It went dark, then got the normal Vibrant screen, the the Galaxy S screen, then it went dark again. Now, it just sits. Black screen. All the buttons at the bottom are lit up. :-/
Anyone?

Silly question, I know. But did you have a nandroid backup, by any chance?

This is probably a last resort, but try boot into recovery and wipe everything. This fix the problem for me, the downside is you lose all you data.
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If you are anything like me, recovery didn't work and using Odin and reflashing Stock with repartition didn't work either.
You'll need to use odin to flash Eugenes "Vibrant that doesn't brick" (NO REPARTITION), then use odin again to flash Stock (check repartition this time) and you'll be good to go.

You can try to flash the froyo rom with odin...... I had that same exact problem and this is what fixed it for me. Once froyo us flashed then you can flash whatever rom you want. Hth

Ok, I probably should have stated that I'm a complete newby and have no idea what I'm doing. I believe I do have nandroid, but other than that you all are speaking French to me.
Right now I'm in the recover mode (I think). It's hooked up to my computer and I'm in the "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" mode. This is where I'm stuck...I have no idea where to go from here.
Please talk to me like I'm a 5 year old, because as far as this is concerned, I am!
Oh, and thank you so much for any help you can give me!

hospo said:
Ok, I probably should have stated that I'm a complete newby and have no idea what I'm doing. I believe I do have nandroid, but other than that you all are speaking French to me.
Right now I'm in the recover mode (I think). It's hooked up to my computer and I'm in the "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" mode. This is where I'm stuck...I have no idea where to go from here.
Please talk to me like I'm a 5 year old, because as far as this is concerned, I am!
Oh, and thank you so much for any help you can give me!
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Well, good news is... you didn't brick your phone, this is recoverable. Best idea would be to search the forums on how to ODIN back to Stock. Theres plenty of posts on how to do it. You should also be able to find this in the tips & tricks threads. Good Luck.

Thank you all for your help! I recovered it!! Seems as though I was just going about it the wrong way!! I got into the actual recovery mode and cleared it all out. Now it's as good as new!
Again, appreciate your help and patience with what I'm sure is the 120,000th post on this subject. ;-)

Kienz said:
Silly question, I know. But did you have a nandroid backup, by any chance?
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Is it even possible to make a nandroid backup before rooting?

hospo said:
Thank you all for your help! I recovered it!! Seems as though I was just going about it the wrong way!! I got into the actual recovery mode and cleared it all out. Now it's as good as new!
Again, appreciate your help and patience with what I'm sure is the 120,000th post on this subject. ;-)
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Hey - what does you doing? Please told me, I've the same problem:
If I start the phone with an USB cable and the battery symbol with the running point under this, the PC recognize that something is connected, but Windows found no driver....
How could you could flash the Stackfirmware back, if the recovery and download menu does not work ?
PLS help !!!

Check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=8129898
Go to the section where it says "Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out."
And do fix #1 it is pretty easy and it wont take you more than 20 minutes.
Let us know if that works

And do fix #1 it is pretty easy and it wont take you more than 20 minutes.
Let us know if that works
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If I following the link and the next one, I can read:
Caution!!! You Must be on STOCK Vibrant Rom & NEVER Have Already Flashed the JP3 Froyo Image
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It isn't -> it's a Firmware for the normal Galaxy (3key)[I'm a idiot]
First,
You must already Have Odin installed & Know how to boot into Down-loader Mode!!
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Thats also the problem as described in front : I have had no chance to received the DL Mode.. maybe I make something wrong? The phone is booting up till the "S" is there, after that, the screen is black, keys are lightning...
The recovery 3button are blocked from the beginning; the DL Menu - I did not have reached it successfully
The PC recognize, that is something on USB, but not what ... so Odin did not see the Mobile, too.

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Phone will not turn on after Odin 1.7 flash

Argh! I just tryed to restore back to JM1 from JPO due to official FroYo being near. Flashed plenty of times before so I know what I'm doing. Set up the usual pda, modem csc etc and it started to flash then my phone went from the download mode screen to a greyish colour. I left it for a few minutes and nothing was happening and the flash had failed. Took the cable out pressed the power button and that was it, it will no longer turn on. Has anyone got any ideas, I wouldn't ask for help if I didn't need it.
Thanks guys.
Edit: My phone from stock has been able to access download mode.
Hope you have your lagfix disabled prior to flash.
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bsamurai said:
Hope you have your lagfix disabled prior to flash.
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Yep, always make sure thats the first thing I do. I'm quite an avid user of xda so I tend to keep up with what to do etc. I really have no idea whats happened. I've tried holding down the download mode combo for a while and nothings happened. When I connect the usb to the computer nothing happens, take it out and put it back in a few time I hear the 'noise' thing from Windows 7. So there must be some kind of life in it :\
I recently did the same thing with my SGS. I bricked it once already trying to flash so was really apprehensive about doing it again but I'm addicted to flashing from my WinMo days with HTC phones.
When I flashed from JPO to JM1 I used all the JM1 files (PDA, Modem and CSC), the 512.pit and selected repartition and all went well. Sounds like something may have glitched when doing yours, maybe a spike in the power or temporary loss of comms between phone and PC?
Have you looked into the homemade JIG thats been detailed in XDA? Might be worth a try if you're completely locked out
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
bigdyl69 said:
I recently did the same thing with my SGS. I bricked it once already trying to flash so was really apprehensive about doing it again but I'm addicted to flashing from my WinMo days with HTC phones.
When I flashed from JPO to JM1 I used all the JM1 files (PDA, Modem and CSC), the 512.pit and selected repartition and all went well. Sounds like something may have glitched when doing yours, maybe a spike in the power or temporary loss of comms between phone and PC?
Have you looked into the homemade JIG thats been detailed in XDA? Might be worth a try if you're completely locked out
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Yeah I've seen those JIG's and I think atm that may be the only thing that will save me atm.
EarlZ said:
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
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Tried that :\ No luck unfortunately! This is what happens when your addicted to ROM flashing. Maybe I need help haha. Going to hold in download mode buttons for as long as I can to see if anything happens, will report back.
EDIT: Right finally getting somewhere. After holding in the download mode combination for 5 minutes I managed to get into download mode. I really have no idea why though? Anyways Odin isn't playing ball. Odin won't get past factoryrfs.rfs. I'll leave it there and see what happens
EDIT 2 : Nothing. Can anyone help me on this?
Got help elsewhere, run kies in comparability mode for windows xp and run as admin. Phones working for the time being
Thanks for the help from those who contributed, it means alot.
Phone will not turn on after Odin 1.7 flash ROM and it not showing charging also....i am also facing same problem... pleas someone help. urgent..
I am having the same issue, not powering on after flashing xcal with odin 1.7.
update: I fixed it using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
Hope this helps you out!
I had the same problem and had started looking for a new phone.. :/ gutted! :/ I took the battery out, pressed download mode buttons, put battery back in and my phone sprang back to life... used ODIN again to flash new rom and phone was up and running again! Thanks for your help!
EarlZ said:
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
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Thanks so much it worked for me...

[Q] Possibly Bricked? Need Help ASAP!!

Well, today I tried setting up ClockworksMod so I could easily backup and restore my phone as needed. (As previous work i had caused issues and it wouldnt reboot until i reinstalled the rom)
Well, clockworkmod recovery would not install through the app, so I installed the image through Odin, and that worked flawlessly. I was able to backup and restore.
After it booted back up I was unable to add a new google account or erase the old one. Factory resetting it would casue it to get stuck in the boot loop again, until i restored it or reflashed.
Eventually I tried flashing another image, with repartition turned on.
Well, without surprise Windows 7 semi crashed and killed Odin.
Now when my phone "turns on" all i see is black. Nothing happens. I cant do any of the 3 button combos to get into Recovery or Download mode
Can anybody help me? I need to get this working ASAP!
Thanks
Edit : I need to check my eyes. I thought you can get into download mode.
If you cannot get to download mode with the 3-button-combo then you'll need a jig.
Intratech said:
If you cannot get to download mode with the 3-button-combo then you'll need a jig.
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Dosnt that only work if the image of the phone and computer show up on the screen?
Absolutly nothing shows up for me
Can I have your battery cover to keep as a spare.
bncplix said:
Dosnt that only work if the image of the phone and computer show up on the screen?
Absolutly nothing shows up for me
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You need a jig.
Uhm, why did you check repartition?
Also yes, you will need a jig. That's pretty much the only thing that can get you into download mode in this situation.
Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.
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You need a jig.
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Okay, going to just order one off ebay.
Will this do? hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S-II-Download-mode-USB-Dongle-Jig-/250824932406?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a6654bc36
But actually, it says it has to show one of those two screens, when mine is all black?
geko95gek said:
Uhm, why did you check repartition?
Also yes, you will need a jig. That's pretty much the only thing that can get you into download mode in this situation.
Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA telepathy.
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Because it said it was needed for that image i was flashing
bncplix said:
Okay, going to just order one off ebay.
Will this do? hxxp://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-i9100-Galaxy-S-II-Download-mode-USB-Dongle-Jig-/250824932406?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item3a6654bc36
But actually, it says it has to show one of those two screens, when mine is all black?
Because it said it was needed for that image i was flashing
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It can still work in some cases, lets hope it does in yours.
Did you get that advise about repartitioning from Samfirmware?
Intratech said:
It can still work in some cases, lets hope it does in yours.
Hopefully! I just ordered one
Did you get that advise about repartitioning from Samfirmware?
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Yes I did, was that something I shouldn't have done?
It sat on repartitioning for about 15 minutes, then windoes said Odin stopped responding and it killed it :/
I've been telling everybody to stop using the .pit files and repartitioning the device for every flash as you're just increasing the possibilities of things going wrong but people don't seem to take notice. Sadly in your case something did go wrong. You only need to use the .pit files and repartition the device if you mess up your partition table.
Those guys at Samfirmware really need to stop telling people to repartition their device for every flash.
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I've been telling everybody to stop using the .pit files and repartitioning the device for every flash as you're just increasing the possibilities of things going wrong but people don't seem to take notice. Sadly in your case something did go wrong. You only need to use the .pit files and repartition the device if you mess up your partition table.
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Well, lesson learned. Today was the first time I even tried installing another ROM
Thanks for the help
Once my Jig comes in, I'll let you all know how it goes!
check if the phone heatens up extremely as soon as you put the battery in. if yes, thats a really bad sign.
a jig will only help you if you see anything on the screen. if the phone/screen doesn't react to ANYTHING, that's a full brick (happened to me too, jig didn't help, nothing helped, phone was completely dead and i had to send it in. fortunately, they repaired it within warranty).
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check if the phone heatens up extremely as soon as you put the battery in. if yes, thats a really bad sign.
a jig will only help you if you see anything on the screen. if the phone/screen doesn't react to ANYTHING, that's a full brick (happened to me too, jig didn't help, nothing helped, phone was completely dead and i had to send it in. fortunately, they repaired it within warranty).
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See, this is what I was trying to say! I read everywhere that if somethign is on the screen the Jig will work, otherwise it wont. Others are replying to me here saying it should still work for me
I'm not too worried about it. I have 4 of the phones. I work closely with Samsung and they were given to me. It would still be nice if it recovers, so we will see!
i guess in situations where it was reported to work under these conditions the owners didnt fully exploit all different possibilites to get it back on and so they just came up with this false assumption.
nonetheless, it's worth a try. at least, the jig is pretty useful to remove the yellow exklamation mark and to reset the flash counter .
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i guess in situations where it was reported to work under these conditions the owners didnt fully exploit all different possibilites to get it back on and so they just came up with this false assumption.
nonetheless, it's worth a try. at least, the jig is pretty useful to remove the yellow exklamation mark and to reset the flash counter .
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That's another thing I am unsure of, whats the flash counter?
bncplix said:
See, this is what I was trying to say! I read everywhere that if somethign is on the screen the Jig will work, otherwise it wont. Others are replying to me here saying it should still work for me
I'm not too worried about it. I have 4 of the phones. I work closely with Samsung and they were given to me. It would still be nice if it recovers, so we will see!
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I'm not saying it will work for sure, what I'm saying is depending on the damage done it may still get you into download mode so you can flash the firmware.
bncplix said:
That's another thing I am unsure of, whats the flash counter?
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to be precise, it's the "custom binary counter" which counts up as soon as you flash something modified manually on your phone. has nothing to do with your problem, though.
We need to find the way to boot the device externally, i.e. bootloader on ext. SDCard or the likes....

[Q] Can't get into Download Mode after Odin Flash

First off - i've searched all day & stayed in IRC for over 40 mins without a hit so i'm looking for a little help.
I was upgrading to Froyo from a "stock" Continuum today using Odin. Everything seemed smooth - got a pass message & unplugged the usb cable. Now nothing (won't power up, etc) & i can't get into download mode.
I've tried all of the button/cable/battery combos that i could find. I have tried to flash a recovery using Odin & it gets stuck with the message "setup connection" in the message box.
I know my pc is seeing the phone (though you can't access the SD card or memory) & Odin is seeing it (yellow box) but i can't seem to get past this point or go back to the original.
Any help is appreciated.
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First off - i've searched all day & stayed in IRC for over 40 mins without a hit so i'm looking for a little help.
I was upgrading to Froyo from a "stock" Continuum today using Odin. Everything seemed smooth - got a pass message & unplugged the usb cable. Now nothing (won't power up, etc) & i can't get into download mode.
I've tried all of the button/cable/battery combos that i could find. I have tried to flash a recovery using Odin & it gets stuck with the message "setup connection" in the message box.
I know my pc is seeing the phone (though you can't access the SD card or memory) & Odin is seeing it (yellow box) but i can't seem to get past this point or go back to the original.
Any help is appreciated.
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Try pulling your battery and holding down the power button for a slow count of 20 to see if download mode comes back. After that, you should be good to flash stock ec07 and then recovery kernel. After that, whichever rom you choose. If that doesn't work, I'll try to get into IRC at some point tomorrow (today).
That didn't work either - screen is still blank & it won't progress in Odin. I'll jump back into IRC if anyone has any other ideas - thanks.
i dont know what to tell you continuums are very hard to brick and if u cant get into download mode then theres not that much u can do im afraid I was talking to adam outler about trying the unbrickable mod on a continuum but he does not have one to test. now he got the fascinate to work so id pm him and see if he'll let you send your phone to him
Hey TXwolf - i had to run out for a while - saw where you got on IRC earlier. Verizon is sending me a new phone, so i guess i'll just give up on saving this one...
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Hey TXwolf - i had to run out for a while - saw where you got on IRC earlier. Verizon is sending me a new phone, so i guess i'll just give up on saving this one...
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I'll be in irc in a few if ya wanna give it another shot
I too manged to brick my phone to point to where I can not even get to the download screen. I have the same problem as OP, Odin will not move past SetupConnection when trying to recover following this post.
androidforums.com/continuum-all-things-root/457453-oh-crap-i-screwed-my-phone-up-recovery-guide.html
Any further help would much appreciated seeing as how I am past my warranty period and do not really want to buy a new phone.
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I too manged to brick my phone to point to where I can not even get to the download screen. I have the same problem as OP, Odin will not move past SetupConnection when trying to recover following this post.
androidforums.com/continuum-all-things-root/457453-oh-crap-i-screwed-my-phone-up-recovery-guide.html
Any further help would much appreciated seeing as how I am past my warranty period and do not really want to buy a new phone.
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If this is frenzifun, from android forums, this is what happened to him
He started a flash of stock ec07 with pit and repartition checked. It flashed params.ifs, boot, SBL and recovery. Then it removed itself (frenzifun, if you could post the flash log for others it might help them) from there, it wont go into dl mode. I was trying to help him in irc, but I'm out of options, other than making a jig. The only thing I can think of, that's causing this is the somehow the button mappings for vol down got erased. I'm not sure how it would, though. Especially since it should be a hardware mapping, independent of any software. And if that is the case, I don't know how to fix it.
If this isn't frenzifun, disregard everything I just said.
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If this is frenzifun, from android forums, this is what happened to him
He started a flash of stock ec07 with pit and repartition checked. It flashed params.ifs, boot, SBL and recovery. Then it removed itself (frenzifun, if you could post the flash log for others it might help them) from there, it wont go into dl mode. I was trying to help him in irc, but I'm out of options, other than making a jig. The only thing I can think of, that's causing this is the somehow the button mappings for vol down got erased. I'm not sure how it would, though. Especially since it should be a hardware mapping, independent of any software. And if that is the case, I don't know how to fix it.
If this isn't frenzifun, disregard everything I just said.
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I am not sure who frenzifun is but this still doesn't sound good for my situation. What I can tell you is I was following directions to try an update my phone from 2.1 to 2.2 using Odin. I believed the process was completed, not realizing it was not and unplugged my phone from the computer. From that point on I have not been able to turn the phone on or get the the download screen. Here is the odd thing if I plug the phone into my computer Windows recognizes and Odin can see a COM port but I still can not get past the setup connection when following the directions to try a recover my phone.
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I am not sure who frenzifun is but this still doesn't sound good for my situation. What I can tell you is I was following directions to try an update my phone from 2.1 to 2.2 using Odin. I believed the process was completed, not realizing it was not and unplugged my phone from the computer. From that point on I have not been able to turn the phone on or get the the download screen. Here is the odd thing if I plug the phone into my computer Windows recognizes and Odin can see a COM port but I still can not get past the setup connection when following the directions to try a recover my phone.
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If that is the case, we might be able to do something. Can you meet me in irc at 830 central, tonight?
Txwolf1980 said:
If that is the case, we might be able to do something. Can you meet me in irc at 830 central, tonight?
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Txwolf I do appreciate the offer and I am in PST and that would 630 my time but I need to take of a few things after and I am not sure I could make that time. One of my places to go is my local Verizon store to see if there anything they can do.
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Txwolf I do appreciate the offer and I am in PST and that would 630 my time but I need to take of a few things after and I am not sure I could make that time. One of my places to go is my local Verizon store to see if there anything they can do.
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Unlessvyou have a hookup, i doubt verizon will help. What I was gonnavtry o garuntees here) is
1. Try flashing in odin with pit, but leavevrepartition unchecked. That most likely won't work, but it's a shot.
2. Use the heimdall version ofvthe guide. I think that may have a better chance. I'll hang out in irc for a while tonight. Just in case.
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Unlessvyou have a hookup, i doubt verizon will help. What I was gonnavtry o garuntees here) is
1. Try flashing in odin with pit, but leavevrepartition unchecked. That most likely won't work, but it's a shot.
2. Use the heimdall version ofvthe guide. I think that may have a better chance. I'll hang out in irc for a while tonight. Just in case.
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I just got home but will again be leaving soon. I am sorry if you waited in IRC for me. You are right Verizon did nothing.
PapaKaster said:
I just got home but will again be leaving soon. I am sorry if you waited in IRC for me. You are right Verizon did nothing.
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Its all good. Try the suggestions I gave you, when you have time. If they don't work, I'll have some down time tomorrow or sunday. Just let me know, and we'll see if we can make the schedules match

[Q] I can't root my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4

I need help!!!
I try everything to root my S4, any different way and i can't root, i fell its something wrong with it, cause phone is 16gb shows only 9gb 6 gb its for miscellaneous files. can someone help?
I like to re install everything.
First the memory shown is correct, the rest is used by android.
Second, what firmware are you on and what specific phone?
jd1639 said:
First the memory shown is correct, the rest is used by android.
Second, what firmware are you on and what specific phone?
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Baseband version I337UCUAMF3
moiconlau said:
Baseband version I337UCUAMF3
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MF3 = motochopper does not work. You would need to root using this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387577
NOTE: You cannot unroot once you do it. If you mess up your phone with root, there is likely no way to fix it. There is no possibility of installing a custom recovery, even after you have root...and so you can't flash any ROMs either. Know the risks and issues before you proceed and make sure root is THAT important to you.
Since you are on MF3 there is also no way to downgrade to previous firmware, you are stuck with the above restrictions until someone figures out a new exploit...and no ETA on that.
moiconlau said:
Baseband version I337UCUAMF3
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Read the first two posts in this because there is good information. In the second post there is a link to how to root mf3. Follow the OP's directions there. If you're still having problems give specific info on where the problems are occurring
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
Ps, jeffreii has very good points which you should consider.
i gonna try, and i will let you guys know about. thanks...
jd1639 said:
Read the first two posts in this because there is good information. In the second post there is a link to how to root mf3. Follow the OP's directions there. If you're still having problems give specific info on where the problems are occurring
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
Ps, jeffreii has very good points which you should consider.
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I get stock on download mode. Any solution for it?
moiconlau said:
I get stock on download mode. Any solution for it?
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So, when you try to boot it just goes to download mode? You mentioned in your first post that you had tried to root, what did you try? Have tried to get into recovery mode?
jd1639 said:
So, when you try to boot it just goes to download mode? You mentioned in your first post that you had tried to root, what did you try? Have tried to get into recovery mode?
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Yes, used casual and now its go by itself to download mode, and yes i try to go in recovery mode, and come back to download mode
moiconlau said:
Yes, used casual and now its go by itself to download mode, and yes i try to go in recovery mode, and come back to download mode
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I hate to say it, but because your on mf3 and you tried to use causal, you've borked your phone. Afaik there is not currently away to recover it. You have to wait until if or when an odin flashable firmware comes out. You could try jtag but I don't think that even works. As a last resort try kies emergency recovery.
Hey thanks men, i got it.
Root access, thanks bout of you....:silly::laugh::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
moiconlau said:
Hey thanks men, i got it.
Root access, thanks bout of you....:silly::laugh::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good::good:
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How did you get it to work?
jd1639 said:
I hate to say it, but because your on mf3 and you tried to use causal, you've borked your phone. Afaik there is not currently away to recover it. You have to wait until if or when an odin flashable firmware comes out. You could try jtag but I don't think that even works. As a last resort try kies emergency recovery.
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i got it men,
Here what do i did:
remove battery wait fill seconds put it back on press volume down home and power its go to download mode, but when its ask if like to download mode or cancel and restart you press cancel and restart and that it.
Thanks for your guys help make my day. :good::good::good::good::good:
moiconlau said:
i got it men,
Here what do i did:
remove battery wait fill seconds put it back on press volume down home and power its go to download mode, but when its ask if like to download mode or cancel and restart you press cancel and restart and that it.
Thanks for your guys help make my day. :good::good::good::good::good:
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Great to hear!
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Great to hear!
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I seriously doubt he got root.
It sounds more like he got it to boot (misspelled words).
No recovery and no way to factory reset. Sad.
Will all these folks be borked forever? On that note, I discovered an automated text survey after talking to AT&T support on the phone to light up a new SIM for a different handset. I gave high marks for the person's help, and low marks on AT&T in general, and in the last survey screen where you supply your comment, I told them what I thought of them locking the bootloader on the Samsung-SGH-I337.
The experience was not unlike wetting myself while wearing a dark suit, it gave me a warm feeling and hardly anyone will notice.
fukenbiker said:
I seriously doubt he got root.
It sounds more like he got it to boot (misspelled words).
No recovery and no way to factory reset. Sad.
Will all these folks be borked forever? On that note, I discovered an automated text survey after talking to AT&T support on the phone to light up a new SIM for a different handset. I gave high marks for the person's help, and low marks on AT&T in general, and in the last survey screen where you supply your comment, I told them what I thought of them locking the bootloader on the Samsung-SGH-I337.
The experience was not unlike wetting myself while wearing a dark suit, it gave me a warm feeling and hardly anyone will notice.
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yes this is the problem, keep return to download mode after reboot, i root the phone but i cant put a custom room!
If anyone now how to fix please let me know.
moiconlau said:
yes this is the problem, keep return to download mode after reboot, i root the phone but i cant put a custom room!
If anyone now how to fix please let me know.
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You will not be able to put a custom Rom our recovery on. You have the mf3 firmware. Don't try or you'll mess up your phone worse that it is.
jd1639 said:
You will not be able to put a custom Rom our recovery on. You have the mf3 firmware. Don't try or you'll mess up your phone worse that it is.
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You cannot flash anything. You cannot obtain a recovery or any kind of factory reset. YOU HAVE THE MF3 FIRMWARE. If you try anything else you will break your handset. Be thankful you can get it to boot up at all.
fukenbiker said:
You cannot flash anything. You cannot obtain a recovery or any kind of factory reset. YOU HAVE THE MF3 FIRMWARE. If you try anything else you will break your handset. Be thankful you can get it to boot up at all.
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is nothing also than i can do?
moiconlau said:
is nothing also than i can do?
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Sadly no since u have MF3 only option is root only.
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[Q] Emergency, ROM failed to load, nearly bricked?

I tried putting in a rom earlier for my note 3 and it didn't take.
I ended up on that, vibration boot loop.
Odin still worked fine so I tried putting in an original stock rom with root, so I can add recovery.
I could not actually find a fully suitable rom choice, and the samsung website didn't play well with me either. firstly it would not let me register for some reason...anyway.
I am UK on O2 running 9005 SO I put in N9005XXUDMJ7-PRE-ROOTED-KNOX-FREE-ODEX-BL-FREE
I don't know if that was the right choice, I set it up on PDA, and unclicked partition
It's been stuck possibly hanging on ext4 sys for over an hour.
The references I have seen suggest it takes a long time but how long is too long?
I don't want to pull the plug to brick the device completely.
I have a cwm recovery so all I need is to put the recovery back in and I should be good to go...
If this is hanging, what other options do I have?
How long is too long?
Any help fixing this would be greatly appreciated, and a drinks on me...
I am kinda freaking out, have seen similar threads, but because the firmwares are so different they didn't really help..or perhaps I misread things...but nothing really covered not being able to load the recovery software itself
consider me lizard brain in freak out mode right now..
please reply promptly with something.
Can you still boot to cwm or download mode only?
hey_joe said:
Can you still boot to cwm or download mode only?
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Odin mode only. But it's still hanging.And I am worried that if I pull it now it's going to brick it and not even give me access to ODIN.
8thsiner said:
Odin mode only. But it's still hanging.And I am worried that if I pull it now it's going to brick it and not even give me access to ODIN.
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Over one hour is too long to flash something even a full stock rom. Something is wrong there.
So you're saying you have no access to an original stock rom of your phone? If there is a problem like this flashing, I would flash the stock rom first then just root and install cwm. The first thing you want to do is have a working phone then just do the other stuff after like rooting, etc..
If what you posted is your stock rom, then download here and flash through odin.
There's also a newer one which is MK2 which you can download here.
Either one is stock.
Downloading the mk 2 now to test
That sorted me out thank you very much.
If you got a pay9all or something let me know, drink on me
8thsiner said:
That sorted me out thank you very much.
If you got a pay9all or something let me know, drink on me
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No problem. Don't have paypal though and it's not necessary.
Enjoy your phone.
8thsiner said:
That sorted me out thank you very much.
If you got a pay9all or something let me know, drink on me
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Mate the reason you got into trouble was you weren't flashing a stock rom...
N9005XXUDMJ7-PRE-ROOTED-KNOX-FREE-ODEX-BL-FREE means it has been altered and is considered custom...
A stock rom has not been altered.
8thsiner said:
That sorted me out thank you very much.
If you got a pay9all or something let me know, drink on me
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There are a lot of good people here that will help you. You don't need to give anything back. And be sure to ALWAYS have a NANDROID backup so that you can restore your phone if anything bad happens.

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