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

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.

Help!! Phone is Frozen....

Ok. So I just got this phone. I had the iPhone before and Im pretty tech savy. I honestly have no idea about this phone. I rooted it and today I received the Tmobile GPS update. Of course silly me updated it. Now its hung on the opening Vibrant screen. I deleted all data thinking it might restore it completely. That didnt work. So now my phone wont work and I have no clue how to fix it. HELP PLZ!

First of all can you access download mode or recovery? Try pressing both volume buttons and power. And let me know what happens.
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Yea i can access all that. It gives me the "reboot system now" and all the other choices.

So reflash stock thru odin

namansell said:
So reflash stock thru odin
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Im trying to do that now.
Not sure how long it takes. Its on "File Analysis"
How long does it normally stay on that?

It appears your phone is Soft-Bricked. You may need to use ODIN to go back to stock
Stephie Baby said:
Yea i can access all that. It gives me the "reboot system now" and all the other choices.
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Went over this myself. I am pretty sure this is the same scenario. I followed these instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799105

Verify your drivers
Stephie Baby said:
Im trying to do that now.
Not sure how long it takes. Its on "File Analysis"
How long does it normally stay on that?
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Sorry, took too long replying, i see you already almost there. If it stays too long at the File Analysis phase then there is probably not communication between your PC and your Phone. Make sure your PC detects your phone and that ODIN shows a port number when your phone is connected. (Any port # will do it) Check your drivers. Also if running Windows 7 Vista, try running ODIN as administrator.

The link to get all the files I need isnt working. GRRR!! This is a pain! Lol.

Stephie Baby said:
Im trying to do that now.
Not sure how long it takes. Its on "File Analysis"
How long does it normally stay on that?
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Not long usually.
It sounds like you are in recovery mode vice download mode my friend. Try this:
First make sure you have all the correct drivers for the phone loaded onto your system.
-Close and reopen Odin.
-Unplug the USB cable and remove the battery.
-Reinsert the battery into the phone.
-Hold down both vol down + vol up and plug in the usb cable (make sure it's plugged into your computer first).
This should get you to a yellow screen that has a andriod sweeping, with "Download Mode" displayed at the bottom.
When you look in Odin you should see a little yellow box with a com port number in the upper left. This means the computer and Odin have found the phone, and that it is now ready for flashing.
Select the stock JFD firware for the PDA option, and the correct 512.pit file for PIT.
Try flashing again. Hopefully you get a bit further this time!

YAY!! It worked!! Ok. Thanks for the help.
Oh should I install the Tmobile GPS fix and root it again? Or will it get stuck again?

Stephie Baby said:
YAY!! It worked!! Ok. Thanks for the help.
Oh should I install the Tmobile GPS fix and root it again? Or will it get stuck again?
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It's better for all of us to wait for Froyo !

Stephie Baby said:
YAY!! It worked!! Ok. Thanks for the help.
Oh should I install the Tmobile GPS fix and root it again? Or will it get stuck again?
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No! heh....download Kies Mini (there's a thread in here...like pg 1 or 2) install JI6 from there. It's the official release instead of OTA from T-Mobile.
~SB
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Tab is Fu***d

So i was flashing the firmware to use the phone on the tab and while doing it the install failed. the tab cut off and will not come back on at all. no download mode nothing...anything can help. wont connect to odin either. any suggestions

Not come back on at all ?
Contact your service center then
Oh one thing...
When something like this happened, people call it "Bricked" not "Fu***d".

GOF007 said:
Not come back on at all ?
Contact your service center then
Oh one thing...
When something like this happened, people call it "Bricked" not "Fu***d".
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lol i am fully aware of that just expressing how i feel about the brick and saying that it will not do anything..no download mode nothing.

thenewak said:
So i was flashing the firmware to use the phone on the tab and while doing it the install failed. the tab cut off and will not come back on at all. no download mode nothing...anything can help. wont connect to odin either. any suggestions
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Do you get any lights whatsoever when it's plugged in?
Also, have you tried leaving it on charge for a while in the mains? Generally, when ODIN fails, the phone/tab allows you to get back into download mode, so this is new to me.
Was it flashing the radio (modem.bin) at the time, out of interest?

nprussell said:
Do you get any lights whatsoever when it's plugged in?
Also, have you tried leaving it on charge for a while in the mains? Generally, when ODIN fails, the phone/tab allows you to get back into download mode, so this is new to me.
Was it flashing the radio (modem.bin) at the time, out of interest?
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No modem only the .tar and .pit files. i had flashed my galaxy s plenty of times with no problems. i left it charging tonight while im at work to see if that will do anything but i get no lights or anything. ive seen that some ppl get the pc to device screen but i dont get that either. but just wanted to try some things before shipping it to samsung only bc im in iraq and shipping takes forever.

Do U get anything when plugging the tab via USB to your computer ? And I do not mean Odin, I am just saying if the computer sees the USB connection.
Also, have you tried to press the POWER button and tap the screen at the same time ?
P_

pakalrtb said:
Do U get anything when plugging the tab via USB to your computer ? And I do not mean Odin, I am just saying if the computer sees the USB connection.
Also, have you tried to press the POWER button and tap the screen at the same time ?
P_
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Nope the computer doesn't recognize it either. i get nothing at all..no i haven't tried that ...what exactly will that do?

If I bricked my Tab, I too would describe it as F***ED! But even with my moderate modding experience, Im not ready to do the phone mod. Just seems to me like too much risk.
Good luck with your Tab!

How is this a development issue? This isn't your personal support forum.

miketaylor00 said:
How is this a development issue? This isn't your personal support forum.
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well i figured this would be an appropriate place to ask this type of ? as other ppl do. due to the fact that i was installing firmware from this section of the forums i figured i would ask the developers that read and write here.
anyways...i called samsung and told them idk why it wont cut on and they said to call it a power issue. so im going to send it to them to see if they can tell what i did..hopefully not. but we will see.

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well i figured this would be an appropriate place to ask this type of ? as other ppl do. due to the fact that i was installing firmware from this section of the forums i figured i would ask the developers that read and write here.
anyways...i called samsung and told them idk why it wont cut on and they said to call it a power issue. so im going to send it to them to see if they can tell what i did..hopefully not. but we will see.
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Try leaving it connected to your computer for up to 1 hour with Odin loaded and ready on the screen.
Someone it will take time before it allow your PC to talk to it when it a messed up state due to a bad flash!

rmanaudio said:
Try leaving it connected to your computer for up to 1 hour with Odin loaded and ready on the screen.
Someone it will take time before it allow your PC to talk to it when it a messed up state due to a bad flash!
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even if it will not power on at all?

thenewak said:
So i was flashing the firmware to use the phone on the tab and while doing it the install failed. the tab cut off and will not come back on at all. no download mode nothing...anything can help. wont connect to odin either. any suggestions
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What were the names of the tar and pit files you flashed?

rotohammer said:
What were the names of the tar and pit files you flashed?
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i dont see the thread on here but it was on here about a week ago. the first one that got you 3g + phone. Im not on my laptop bc im at work but do you know what im takling about.
Edit: i think it was the old JME and 512.pit...

OK just as an update and for anyone who had the same prob...as in tab will not do anything...i called samsung used the 1 yr warranty and told them it was a power issue...that i went to work it was on came home it was off and wouldnt power up so they replaced it with another one.

desperate help finding the right stock rom please.

My phone just suddenly stopped working earlier today.it was running the latest omega rom with the latest modem and boot loader. ...
I cant get into recovery either. When I try it just reboots and goes to the samsung boot screen.my phone is a sim free insurance replacement and im not sure what stock rom to flash...
Could some nice soul just tell me the exact rom thats needed.
Its a uk based I9505 .
Please some one help as im away from home atm and have no way of contacting anyone.i have laptop and a dongle so can at least download and flash.
What ever has happened has corrupted it somehow.
I can still get into download mode how ever.
Id be eternally grateful if there is some nice soul to.help me

Just download and flash this with the latest Odin. Boot in download mode.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33356
This is the latest German FW that Omega is based. It has the "OXA" Multi-CSC, which also includes BTU (United Kingdom)
After flash you will not have any problem retrieving all your data, as long as you don't factory reset.

iJo09 said:
Just download and flash this with the latest Odin. Boot in download mode.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33356
This is the latest German FW that Omega is based. It has the "OXA" Multi-CSC, which also includes BTU (United Kingdom)
After flash you will not have any problem retrieving all your data, as long as you don't factory reset.
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thanks ill try that buddy i really hope it works....
im getting worried that its really broken,,,,,,
ill have to wait till tomorrow when i have wifi

i only have a broad band dongle here so are there any other ideas if after flashing this it just sits at the sumsung screen?
cheers

Gavin01 said:
thanks ill try that buddy i really hope it works....
im getting worried that its really broken,,,,,,
ill have to wait till tomorrow when i have wifi
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No problem man
Gavin01 said:
i only have a broad band dongle here so are there any other ideas if after flashing this it just sits at the sumsung screen?
cheers
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If it remains on the Samsung boot logo, then try to flash the same firmware with the .pit file and "Re-Partition" flag checked in Odin.
If still doesn't boot, then you have to enter recovery mode to wipe data/factory reset the device

iJo09 said:
No problem man
If it remains on the Samsung boot logo, then try to flash the same firmware with the .pit file and "Re-Partition" flag checked in Odin.
If still doesn't boot, then you have to enter recovery mode to wipe data/factory reset the device
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where do i find a .pit file? i have a feeling thats what ill have to do as i cant get into recovery

Gavin01 said:
where do i find a .pit file? i have a feeling thats what ill have to do as i cant get into recovery
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Hi,
Here you go.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

MAX 404 said:
Hi,
Here you go.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
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mate your being brilliant! downloaded the firmware which took hours lol over a mobile connection.
phone just restarts and the sits at the samsung screen with the blue light flashing...
cant get into recovery either........
how do i go about using this pit file ive never done it?
thanks again
sorry i cant see a pit file there to download?
edit found it!

iJo09 said:
No problem man
If it remains on the Samsung boot logo, then try to flash the same firmware with the .pit file and "Re-Partition" flag checked in Odin.
If still doesn't boot, then you have to enter recovery mode to wipe data/factory reset the device
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unfortunately it still just sits at the sumsung screen with blue light flashing.....
ive left it for over 10 minutes and nothing and i still cant get into recovery....
it was working fine and all i did was download a couple of apps and then it went nuts and then wouldnt boot.
do you have any more ideas my friend?
im so desperate for this to work. im on vacation and have no phone to use for taking photos or facebook

managed to get into recovery....................
i had to hold down volume up for recovery it said it was booting into recovery then it rebooted and i had to quickly push the up button again and repeated the process a few times.
did a factory reset and i now have a basic system again! yay! although the phone is getting hot??
might just be being paranoid but i can feel the heat from it through my trousers lol

Gavin01 said:
managed to get into recovery....................
i had to hold down volume up for recovery it said it was booting into recovery then it rebooted and i had to quickly push the up button again and repeated the process a few times.
did a factory reset and i now have a basic system again! yay! although the phone is getting hot??
might just be being paranoid but i can feel the heat from it through my trousers lol
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Glad you made it mate,
Use an app like BBS to see who is running wild an making phone go hot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

MAX 404 said:
Glad you made it mate,
Use an app like BBS to see who is running wild an making phone go hot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
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I really appreciate ......your help......leaving it as stock for the moment after that close shave....maybe just root

Gavin01 said:
I really appreciate ......your help......leaving it as stock for the moment after that close shave....maybe just root
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I get it mate.

might just root it and go for a new launcher

right im getting this issue again so i think i need to flash everything back to stock again and go from there.
How do i know which is the exact correct latest rom from my internation i9505....thanks people.
phone is almost getting so hot its dangerous!
If anyone can point me in the right direction id be eternally grateful.
Or even a older one than i could then OTA update?

Phone bricked and Odin always gets stuck at system.img

I tried installing UK firmware on my Galaxy S8+ using Odin, but it got stuck at system.img and now I can only boot the phone into download mode.
I've tried installing the original firmware as well but it also gets stuck at system.img.
Has this happened to anyone else? And is there anything I can do to fix this or am I ****ed?
Thank you very much in advance for any help

Did you use the most recent version of Odin (v3.13.1) ?

ruben1515 said:
Did you use the most recent version of Odin (v3.13.1) ?
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Yep

nocuna said:
Yep
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Did you select all files at once?

ruben1515 said:
Did you select all files at once?
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Yeah I did.
I've spent half the day trying to fix this, but it actually seems to be hard bricked.
All I wanted was the Pie Beta

If your Odin and files are right it might be the cable, if you're not using the original cable it causes that it happend to me many times. Hope this helps you

nocuna said:
Yeah I did.
I've spent half the day trying to fix this, but it actually seems to be hard bricked.
All I wanted was the Pie Beta
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Try nand erase pit within Odin , hopefully this could bring it back ..

riseofsand said:
If your Odin and files are right it might be the cable, if you're not using the original cable it causes that it happend to me many times. Hope this helps you
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I just bought a Galaxy S9 so I'll try to flash using that cable. Thank you!

Scorpionea said:
Try nand erase pit within Odin , hopefully this could bring it back ..
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I'll try that thanks, what does it do?

nocuna said:
I'll try that thanks, what does it do?
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Well that is a very dangerous process and should not be done if u dont have any major issue but since u have pretty much death phone as u say it cant hurt to try as a last option.
Google what nand erase is in odin option,it will explain much better then me [emoji14]
Wish you all luck
Edit : try and see if u can find any emergency firmware aka repair firmware for you s8 if it exists and flash with that

Scorpionea said:
Well that is a very dangerous process and should not be done if u dont have any major issue but since u have pretty much death phone as u say it cant hurt to try as a last option.
Google what nand erase is in odin option,it will explain much better then me [emoji14]
Wish you all luck
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I've tried it now, same result as always :/
In download mode it says OEM LOCK: ON, could that be the reason why?

nocuna said:
I've tried it now, same result as always :/
In download mode it says OEM LOCK: ON, could that be the reason why?
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Since u trying to flash samsung official firmware it shouldn't matter. Dont know what to advice as u tried pretty much everything i would do.
Maybe someone with more insights and knowledge what to do could help you but dunno.
Search the web all i can say.
Can u boot into the recovery? Maybe try to flash twrp and format everything from there ?

Scorpionea said:
Since u trying to flash samsung official firmware it shouldn't matter. Dont know what to advice as u tried pretty much everything i would do.
Maybe someone with more insights and knowledge what to do could help you but dunno.
Search the web all i can say.
Can u boot into the recovery? Maybe try to flash twrp and format everything from there ?
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I think I've gone through every forum post and article on the internet about the issue, can't seem to find a solution.
Can't boot into recovery either, only download mode. I'll keep trying and I'll see if I can send it in for repair.
Thanks for your help, really appreciate it.

nocuna said:
I think I've gone through every forum post and article on the internet about the issue, can't seem to find a solution.
Can't boot into recovery either, only download mode. I'll keep trying and I'll see if I can send it in for repair.
Thanks for your help, really appreciate it.
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Have you fixed it already? If not try flashing everything with odin and also in 'Pit' tab put dreamlte .pit file from inside CSC .md5 file(open with rar)

Double check your files make sure you're not flashing an old fw and your Odin
After that, you probably try to flash using a non original data cable, its not a must but some cables can cause that

badaboomBURP said:
Have you fixed it already? If not try flashing everything with odin and also in 'Pit' tab put dreamlte .pit file from inside CSC .md5 file(open with rar)
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I'll try that, thank you

riseofsand said:
Double check your files make sure you're not flashing an old fw and your Odin
After that, you probably try to flash using a non original data cable, its not a must but some cables can cause that
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I've triple-checked everything. Both Odin and the files are all up to date, and the files are from the same firmware I had on the phone before it got bricked.
I'm going to try using firmware from SamMobile instead of SamDB.org, and will post back with results.
UPDATE:
Flashed firmware from SamMobile, it went through and my phone works again. Can't believe I spent $7 on SamDB for faster download speed and all I got was some files that don't even work properly. Next time I'll be more patient I guess