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do i need to send my SGS off to samsung???

hi
i have purchased an orange branded sgs from the forums i go on. all ok, unlocked it easily enough and i wanted to update the firmware. i did look at the firmware name etc on the handset but it didn't match any online from stock firmwares.
i downloaded odin 1.3, usb drivers and I9000 xxxxjpo firmware as seemed to be right with 512 and 803 bin.
i flashed the phone following the instructions and all went fine but when it rebooted it went into recovery mode. i then rebooted the phone and it went to the s symbol and black screen with the vibrations every so often.
i used the download batch tool which worked fine as the 3 button trick didn't work but my laptop no longer picks the phone up when i plug the usb in.
i have uninstalled all the stuff like adb and kies and usb drivers and re-installed it all but still no device showing. under device manager it shows an unknown device but won't accept any drivers.
the phone charges via usb and will boot to the black screen but thats it.
is there anything else i can try? i'm not good at soldering if i definately need the jig thing.
or do i call samsung and say a crashed laptop caused my phone to break during update?

Can you access download mode at all?
To do that you hold menu and volume down and power up. Download mode will show a picture of an android with a shovel or something similar.

i can if my pc would recognise my phone as i can use the batch file mode which worked. at the moment, no.
3 button never worked. must be a dodgy samsung handset.

Don't freak out.
I had a colleague of mine in the same situation, simply use the JIG cable to force the phone in download and repartition with Odin and a stock rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
HTH.

Is my phone bricked?

After installing a totally crappy ROM with Rom manager my phone is now useless.
Its working but not properly , it turns off by itself randomly , gets stuck etc etc.
- I cant connect with usb my pc doesnt recognize it (installed drivers - Installed Kies)
Because of the usb issue i cant use odin
- I cant access the Recovery with pressing the buttons , when i try to go to the recovery the phone gets stuck on Galaxy S logo i have waited it was stuck for 3 hours then i rebooted.
I can go inside the phone (use the phone)
Ext4 Recovery control doesnt support my phone.
Im totally stuck
I want to go back to the original state but i cant do anything , when i choose to install the backup my phone reboots and tries to go into recovery thus it gets stuck into Galaxy logo.
I can access Download Mode but its useless because my PC doesnt recognize my phone.
Now what should i do? Throw this phone against the wall ? Put it in a Microwave?

heeeelp...................................

So you can't get in to recovery mode and you can't use download mode as your PC doesn't recognise your phone? I would try the following:
- Try different USB ports
- Try different USB cable
- Try a different PC
But you could have read all this just by searching, there about a million and one threads on this exact subject that people have encountered over the past year and a half.
Good luck.

Or if you wanna get technical and try something, have a go at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

xmsnx said:
So you can't get in to recovery mode and you can't use download mode as your PC doesn't recognise your phone? I would try the following:
- Try different USB ports
- Try different USB cable
- Try a different PC
But you could have read all this just by searching, there about a million and one threads on this exact subject that people have encountered over the past year and a half.
Good luck.
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Har prøvd absolutt alt , ingenting virker , har prøvd på over 6 forskjellige pcer , prøvd med flere forkskjellige usb kabler

buttwad said:
Or if you wanna get technical and try something, have a go at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
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DL mode is working but my pc wont recognize my phone

Does your phone boot up properly? I mean does it go in to android and things work?
Do you have a custom rom on there? Do you have insurance for your phone? Is it still under warranty?

xmsnx said:
Does your phone boot up properly? I mean does it go in to android and things work?
Do you have a custom rom on there? Do you have insurance for your phone? Is it still under warranty?
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No warranty , bought the phone with this issue about the USB connection problem , the seller told me it was some kind of driver issue.
I can boot into android but it doesn't work properly , for example when i get a call the phone reboots , when i turn on the wifi it reboots etc and it gets stuck most of the time.
Thats why i want to go back to the original rom because this rom sucks ****

I think your only option maybe to get in touch with samsung or an independent repair shop and try to get the usb port or mobo replaced. If you're in Norway you could try moobi.com or a local shop if you're close to a big city like Oslo.
I've got 2 phones being repaired by Moobi at this moment but they seem kinda slow. They've had my Moto Defy for almost a month and they're still waiting for parts lol. And just sent off a Ideos X5 to have the mobo changed due to the IMEI showing up as 0.

xmsnx said:
I think your only option maybe to get in touch with samsung or an independent repair shop and try to get the usb port or mobo replaced. If you're in Norway you could try moobi.com or a local shop if you're close to a big city like Oslo.
I've got 2 phones being repaired by Moobi at this moment but they seem kinda slow. They've had my Moto Defy for almost a month and they're still waiting for parts lol. And just sent off a Ideos X5 to have the mobo changed due to the IMEI showing up as 0.
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No other options?

Sorry, if you can't get it to connect in download mode then no Not sure what else there would be to try.
Sent from my Galaxy far, far away!

Have you tried uninstalling samsung drivers from your PC and then install samsung kies and let kies install all the drivers and see if it recognises your device then?

zolah said:
Have you tried uninstalling samsung drivers from your PC and then install samsung kies and let kies install all the drivers and see if it recognises your device then?
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Yes i have tried that , it still wont recognize

what rom did u install try to use nexus s driver or try installing android adk and install google drivers
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crushvic said:
what rom did u install try to use nexus s driver or try installing android adk and install google drivers
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I've tried android adk too nothing works :/ it just wont boot my phone.
Now my phone is stuck it wont boot but i can go to download mode
I installed the ****tiest rom ever Mitra Rom

Bet this can't be fixed

No firmware and USB problem
I have a large problem, my wifes galaxy s won't go by the first screen (says GALAXY S GT-I9000)
So i thought i'd fix it using odin using the 3 button combo. But that isn't working anymore.
Luckily i have a usb jig which gets me to the download mode ...... but !
When i connect the pc cable (tried 2 OE samsung ones) i get device not recognized so i can't use odin to fix it.
What can i do, or do i have to send it to a repair centre to be resurrected ?
I have searched and searched but not found any topics with the same issues i have on her phone.

Need a bit more info i.e were you flashing the phone??if so which rom?

Then phone was playing up so i flashed darkys 10.4.2.
However the usb connection wouldn't work so i flashed it to standard JVT
using mobile odin.
Then i rooted it and went to go into recovery mode and it wouldn't turn on.

I tried to help the gentleman , but no luck . From what he told me , phone turns on after battery insertion , and It is not recognised by usb => so odin not usable .

If you can get to download mode but the phone isn't recognized by your computer then i'd say it's a driver issue. Install your phone's drivers again. To do that, just installing kies is enough BUT be sure to open task manager in windows and kill any process that has kies in it's name before opening odin.
If that still isn't flying i'd try using different USB ports and even with a different computer.
Extra advice:
- try not to flash bootloaders for now. That means picking a rom that has no bootloaders included but matches your phone's current bootloader. If you were using gingerbread flash a gingerbread rom, if you were using froyo, flash a froyo rom.

phone not starting up past first screen (GALAXY S GT-I9000 in white on black screen), phone not recognized neither by pc nor laptop ( usb drivers installed ) , phone turns on after battery insertion without pressing anything.

This manual is from a German board
Take the battery out, then hold the 3 keys combo for download and put the battery back on. Now you should start the download mode.
If not, then try it with a jig.
Good luck!

GOT A JIG. WORKS FINE.
But pc wont recognize it !!

Have you double checked that you have the right drivers installed? I know you have to use the Nexus S drivers for CM9, not sure about Darky's ROM.

Drivers
Download drivers 64 bit | 32 bit from here and install.

It is NOT the drivers as my other galaxy s connects fine every time.
Drivers have been removed and installed repeatedly.

I would suggest a different computer, maybe a different cable. I have this same issue with my infuse, hope you get this resolved.
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Already tried that as well

You could try Adam outler's unbrickable mod.

Pasted from other thread:
I just wrote a wall of text b4 and my browser crashed GG
Well, here we go again, i will only tell what I did/the process
I did a nandroidbackup, then i wiped all data (data+cache+dalvik), installed CyanogenMod 9 (Build 16), it rebooted automaticly, so I entered recovery again, installed Google Apps from there, wiped data and cache (no dalvik), rebooted.
Ended up looping at the Samsung screen (not animation), and I couldnt do the 3-button-combo, so the NANDroid backup is useless.
I can enter the download thing, but i dont even know what it does.
Tried plugging it in the charger (after letting it dry out during the night), and only the loop thing appears. Cant do anything.
I see that theres something called odin (Since my download thing is working (VolDown+Home+Power) if its that you mean.
If its possible to fix my phones state, please tell me how, since I startedrooting, flashing and stuff yesterday (Gotta start at some point) and followed HDTechVideos tut (On his website)

woolf clubs said:
You could try Adam outler's unbrickable mod.
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I have nowhere near enough ability for that. Pity though.

Your problem is most likely the USB port. Maybe cleaning it might help. It happened to me for a few months then when I got the S2 I stopped using it. Began to use it as my home 3g wifi modem and kept it on charge the whole time. A few weeks later tried connecting it to the computer and it worked first go. Ever since it has worked perferctly. I suspect the problem possibly started by a rain drop getting into the port.
Mind you, even when it wasn't being recognised by the PC, I would constantly connect, remove, reconnect, reboot PC and phone etc and it would sometimes get recognised. Other times it wouldn't connect but Odin still recognised it.
Sounds silly but try leaving it on charge as I did and maybe, just maybe you'll be lucky like I was.
Sent from my GT-I9100T

Well as of today it is away to the O2 repair centre.
Its under warranty (unless the find out it was rooted etc) so fingers crossed.

Well had a text back today to say my phone has been despatched, so here is hoping that its fixed.

It came back from the repair centre yesterday with a note saying a part had been replaced,
no costs for me, yippeeeeeeee.

[Q] Boot loop without recovery and download mode

Hello everybody!
I've tried to find a solution, but without success.
Today I tried to install CWM on a french Galaxy S.
I've rooted the phone with z4root and after I started on download mod with adb.
Then with Odin3 I installed this file "Root-XX_OXA_JVK-v2.7-CWM3RFS.tar".
After that the phone rebooted automatically, unfortunately it's rebooting eachtime on the galaxy s logo.
The problem are that I can't boot on download mod or on CWM.
When the phone is off and I plug it on charger, it doesn't charge!
I think my phone is bricked.
Do you think you can help me or it's dead?
Is there a hard reboot procedure or something like that?
Thanks

I have exactly the same problem!

Are you sure you can't enter recovery? Volume up+home+power.
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda premium

Yes i'm 1000% sure!
I can acess the Download Mode, but Odin/Heimdall does not recognize the USB connection...

Keep Trying
I know this is weird but keep hard resetting it. Try like 20 more times before you give up. Worked for me in the past I know it is weird. I had just flashed a new factory ROM.

I swear i have tried to enter the Recovery 20-30 times!!

It's fine
Hello,
I've bought an USB JIG for my SGS GT i9100 and I've been able to install ICS SLIM using Odin v3 1.7.
Very easy...
I advise this solution..
Thanks for your help.

Italia99 said:
I swear i have tried to enter the Recovery 20-30 times!!
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did u try vol down + home + power button to go to download mode? if it can do that, the problem is just find some driver to make odin recognize your phone. search for "usb driver for samsung galaxy s" in google
then you can bring back your phone to live by downloading any rom you want and flash it via odin
ps. but if you cannot go to download mode, JIG USB with 301 K ohm will help you look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0

Same problem here, I actually didn't see this in my search and made a new thread about it (feel free to delete). My computer had KIES on it so it had the drivers already and it's the same computer I went through the download mode before with so I have the drivers. I tried to reinstall them but still nothing.
I fear I may need to buy out my contract :crying:

Tical84 said:
Same problem here, I actually didn't see this in my search and made a new thread about it (feel free to delete). My computer had KIES on it so it had the drivers already and it's the same computer I went through the download mode before with so I have the drivers. I tried to reinstall them but still nothing.
I fear I may need to buy out my contract :crying:
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I am sure that I am right with this. "If you root, do not use KIES" so you have to uninstall KIES and download separate USB driver.
Then it should see your phone when connect with ODIN
Hope you got your phone back alive soon

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Italia99 said:
Yes i'm 1000% sure!
I can acess the Download Mode, but Odin/Heimdall does not recognize the USB connection...
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Did you checked usb drivers, if not try to connect another samsung android device to your pc first. if another phone connected properly then problem in your phone only.
i suggest check this thread, if you think you completely lost your device - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

coepeq said:
I am sure that I am right with this. "If you root, do not use KIES" so you have to uninstall KIES and download separate USB driver.
Then it should see your phone when connect with ODIN
Hope you got your phone back alive soon
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Sorry, I should have been more specific. When I reinstalled the drivers I had actually uninstalled KIES and installed just the drivers.
I do have an update though but still can't get it to boot completely. Late last night I decided to try to get download mode to work one last time before passing out and pressing Vol-, Home and Power actually brought me to the recovery screen for the first time in my phone's life! "F YA!" was the only thing I could think at the time so I first went through and formatted/wiped every option I could find then installed the CM9 that I knew worked and now I get to the alien with the matrix-esque background and it stops there. I plugged it in and left it on that screen all night and that guy was still staring at me this morning. I tried download mode again but my computer still doesn't recognize it.

Possibly bricked Galaxy i9000

Hi, i bought a used Galaxy i9000 from a friend and it had Froyo 2.2 installed on it, i rooted the phone with an app on the phone because i couldn't seem to get any response when i plugged it into the laptop via usb lead. The computer will not detect the phone at all it just does nothing when it's plugged in. It will charge from the usb cable and charger but will not do anything once plugged into the computer. I tried using rom manager to install a rom, the last thing on-screen on the phone was saying that it was flashing the kernel, then it rebooted and since then the phone just displays Galaxy i9000 or it will also display a small circular clock type icon in the middle of the black screen and it is a frozen icon. The phone will go into download mode and i have tried to flash it with odin but when in download mode and plugged into the computer, Odin does not detect it, i have tried at least 6 usb cables all tested on my other i9000 and work fine but with this other phone they do not respond. The only thing i can think of is maybe the usb micro port is broken/faulty, what do you think it could be? Any help would be appreciated because i have been trying for hours for the past two days and cannot seem to figure it out, i'm just hoping the phone isn't beyond being repaired. Thanks

Did you install the latest version of samsung drivers?
if not install them, then try to flash again using odin... do it multiple times until you get it right.
and by the way, going into download mode without your computer recognizing your device is a big big mistake... hope it'll work for you
here you can get the latest drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956

Have you tried in a different computer with automatic windows update switched on?
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app

I have tried installing the latest drivers and also tried on another computer with no response. I have a working i9000 and tested it on both computers with the same user cables and it works fine, do you think the micro usb port is broken? I thanks for the replies
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can you get into recovery mode, if you can you may be able to use a sd card to flash from. This depends on what recovery is already on there, have a look at this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30415128&postcount=1

It wont go into recovery mode it just boot loops when i try
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Just yesterday I had issues with the latest Samsung driver (1.5.16.0 bricked my phone), so i reverted to1.5.9.0. This seemed to rectify flashing my recently acquired GT-I9000T.
It may help you.
P.S. 1.5.16.0 worked OK on my GT-I9100.
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Bern112 said:
Hi, i bought a used Galaxy i9000 from a friend and it had Froyo 2.2 installed on it, i rooted the phone with an app on the phone because i couldn't seem to get any response when i plugged it into the laptop via usb lead. The computer will not detect the phone at all it just does nothing when it's plugged in. It will charge from the usb cable and charger but will not do anything once plugged into the computer. I tried using rom manager to install a rom, the last thing on-screen on the phone was saying that it was flashing the kernel, then it rebooted and since then the phone just displays Galaxy i9000 or it will also display a small circular clock type icon in the middle of the black screen and it is a frozen icon. The phone will go into download mode and i have tried to flash it with odin but when in download mode and plugged into the computer, Odin does not detect it, i have tried at least 6 usb cables all tested on my other i9000 and work fine but with this other phone they do not respond. The only thing i can think of is maybe the usb micro port is broken/faulty, what do you think it could be? Any help would be appreciated because i have been trying for hours for the past two days and cannot seem to figure it out, i'm just hoping the phone isn't beyond being repaired. Thanks
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Hi , r u able to resolve this issue .. now iam facing the same issue .. my phone boots to download mode but my pc doesn't detect it & i am unable to go to recovery mode.