Hi.
Basically , I Know NOTHING about all this 'flashing' roms and what not. I got this phone from a friend , and was aware that it had custom firmware or something on it. Due to the phone being severly slow , and constantly displaying errors along the lines of "the process com.android has stopped working" when I was trying to call or text somebody , I thought i'd have a play about with some settings in recovery mode thinking this was the way to restore back to custom out of the shop firmware (stupid i know). All I remember doing was clicking through a few menu's in the green text recovery mode screens and clicking "disable lagfix". I then got some form of error at the bottom , and the phone froze. I took out the battery , tried to re-boot it and it's getting no further than the very first screen with the "Galaxy S Samsung" etc etc.
I know this probably sounds stupid to some of you phone wizards on here , but i'd appreciate any help you could give in the simplest terms for somebody who has no clue about this whatsoever. If I was able to fix this , how would I also go about completely making the phone like it was brand new? No custom firmwares or Roms or anything along those lines?
Thanks very much in advance!
Ben.
well, if it kud b that the problem is caused coz u disabled lagfix. you could try re-enabling it and see whether you can get the phone to boot. to do that:
> shut-down the phone completely,
> hold down the VOLUME UP + HOME + POWER buttons simultaneously till the phone powers up and then let go,
> hopefully this will get you beyond the "galaxy S" screen and into recovery mode,
> from recovery mode re-enable the lagfix that you disabled earlier, then re-start the phone and see if it boots properly,
> if it does, shut-down the phone again, come back to recovery mode (as above) and perform a hard re-set (the options should be something like wipe data/factory reset in recovery mode) and restart phone - the general slowness and the errors u were getting were most probably from the apps that were installed in the phone. so, if u get rid of em all n re-install only the ones u r going to need, then this wus solve the issue,
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
HI thanks for your reply.
Im able to get into download and recovery mode. I though enabling the lagfix again would work , however , there is no option to enable it. Just to disable it again as though I never did it in the first place. Ive also tried wiping all cache's and factory restoring the phone , but it's still not going past the Samsung Galaxy S screen.
Any ideas?
how long are you letting it boot up for before switching it back off ? i have a few apps no more than 35. it takes the phone 10-15 mins to boot after disabling lagfix..
if your phone had lots more apps and music pics ... whatever. it could take even longer to convert all files back to rfs.. dont suppose you know what ROM is / was on the phone ?? do you / did you hear a robot voice when the phone boots ??
I've left it for hours. Still no luck getting past that screen. What can I do?
I have no idea what Rom it was , and there was no robot voice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Via ODin go back to base rom .
jje
Oh wow , lengthy process!
Will try it all and report back to here to let you know how it goes.
Thanks!
Having a problem when I connect the phone to PC in download mode. Odin says "added" when the phone is on the Galaxy S screen , however if i then switch to download mode it says "removed" and wont detect the phone. Same if I have the phone in download mode before connecting.
Bumping for advice.
Benjiee said:
Having a problem when I connect the phone to PC in download mode. Odin says "added" when the phone is on the Galaxy S screen , however if i then switch to download mode it says "removed" and wont detect the phone. Same if I have the phone in download mode before connecting.
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have you done a full factory reset in recovery mode ?? its strange whats happening to you. as if the phone can get into download mode then theoretically Odin should see the phone...
if you can get into recovery mode use every option to wipe the phone.. e.g full factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalivk cache, then try again and post back
EDIT: also you could try format sd card (internal) this way there wont be a single thing left on the phone that could cause issues...
Odin wont recognise the phone when it's in download mode , only when it's on the boot screen.
I've factory reset it , wiped caches and formated the internal SD card. Still no luck getting past the Galaxy S Screen.
Open Odin select files .
Go to download mode on phone you should now have a big yellow icon
Connect usb cable
First block on Odin lights up press start Odin runs goes to blue phone reboots .
Is that your sequence of events ??
No.
The phone isn't recognized by Odin when it's in download mode , so i'm not even able to start the flash.
I open Odin ,
Select the Files ,
Put phone to Download mode and connect USB ,
Odin dosn't detect and block dosn't turn yellow.
However ,
It IS detected and turns yellow if the phone ISN'T in download mode. Soon as I switch to download mode , Odin says "Removed" and the yellow icon dissapears.
Can you get to download mode without connecting to Odin
heimdall might be an option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265&highlight=heimdall
jje
Unable to start the flash on Heimdall also , as it wont find phone.
I am lost wont find phone is usually a USB problem/USB drivers .
jje
The computer makes the usual Beep noise when plugging in a USB device , so it's obviously being detected. It just wont show up in ODIN when in download mode.
My next step would be to remove Kies and any Samsung Drivers .
Then reinstall Kies so you are 100% sure drivers are ok .
jje
All fixed now.
Used a USB port at the back of the computer , and it then worked fine with ODIN for some reason. Re-flashed original firmware and phone is now running much smoother than previously.
Thanks for all your help.
First, ICS, work very well.
The problem is when i go to recovery menu, in all options say "can't mount.... log" or something
And when i go to run ICS in the display only appears "SAMSUNG GALAXY S", an don't boot, and i flash other recovery with Download mode in odin and the same message, "can`t mount...."
suddenly the phone don't turn on.
Now the phone can't turn on, can't enter in download mode and recovery menu.
And i tried JIG, and don't work...
Any Idea ????
hallo i also sent you a PM
did you tried the hardware dongle ? it's a little USB plugin, modified that take your phone into dowload mode
i solved with that some month ago
Any idea ???
Indeed maybe you could try a usb jig, weird that it wont turn on..
I've seen this issue once after a failed Kies update. Unfortunately nothing helped to revoke the phone... Not even the JIG :-(
We were fortunately able to get the device replaced by Samsung.
As this has happened with a non warranty destructing update provided by Samsung you may be able to pretend it happened during a Kies update to get the device replaced.
Good luck!
Are you sure that your phone didn't just run out of battery?
OMG guys i need your help .
I'm (was) on GamersRom and opened the AID app , i searched for an folder but suddenly my phone stucked and started bootloop , i tried downloadmode but it is rebooting :SSS (i'm in download mode for 5 sec)
No charging icon
Driv said:
OMG guys i need your help .
I'm (was) on GamersRom and opened the AID app , i searched for an folder but suddenly my phone stucked and started bootloop , i tried downloadmode but it is rebooting :SSS (i'm in download mode for 5 sec)
No charging icon
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This must be because of overclock. Please charge it greatly even if there is no charging icon. I will revert the OC from next version.
Let me know about this problem. We will fix it together.
Yes could be possible i overclocked it to 1.3GHz and it worked fine but after 4 hours
stucked :s
Update : I can't go to Downloadmode
push.. please i need help :/
Can you go to recovery? If not try USB jig for dl mode
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
Recovery dont work...
They is no reaktion , adb download wont work nothing
i dont know if a jig would help
So your phone is restarting even when in download mode?
Is it going in download mode for sometime or complete not going to download mode.keep it to the charge for some time device turned off state then try to make download mode again.hope so it will work otherwise USB J-Tag but ur device is not bricked.
Hi everybody,
I have a problem with my Gt-I9001.
Yesterday I tried to put Rom application on my phone and now he is not responding anymore.
I selected in Clockworkmod to restart in recovery mode wich he did.
He made a properly back and started to load the Rom Siyah-s3-v1.2.6-CWM wich is incorrect for this phone. He installed it and drop dead.
He doesn't respond to the normal recovery or download buttom combo's.
There's no light, nothing on the phone.
What to do? Please help?
Thanks for your valuable time!
hmmm...remove the battery for 10 sec,put the battery and try to put in townload mode power off+home button+volume down.if dont work make an jig.how?:you need resistor with value=300 K Ω,remove the plastic from the micro usb.(buy an samsunc usb caple pc-device).look in pictures how to stick the wires:http://www.forum.scorpyons.ro/thread-8.html
and you can look in the video how to put in download mode with jig.(remove battery,put the jig,put batery,and wait for downloade mode.and install an rom with odin.(if you dont know smth pm me),but if with jig dont work,i think its a permanent brick.(only samsung can solve if is a permanent brick)
thnx man, but i went to the shop and gave him in for repare. Let's see what it brings.
cheers
You can throw it away.
So I tried installing clock work recovery with odin.
It always worked but now I don`t know what happened but my phone won`t start anymore.
I only get a screen of a phone and a computer with in the middle a ! sign.
What do I need to do ?
Thank you
crazyavak said:
So I tried installing clock work recovery with odin.
It always worked but now I don`t know what happened but my phone won`t start anymore.
I only get a screen of a phone and a computer with in the middle a ! sign.
What do I need to do ?
Thank you
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Can you enter download mode? If so simply use ODIN again.
Already fixed it but now I ave another problem I can`t get out of clockworkmod I`m stuck.
Anyone know how to fix this?