Bought this phone last week, recovery & download worked with 3 button.
Rooted, flashed Darky, Voodoo Lagfixed in recovery, worked great.
Tried Doc Kitchen, worked great.
Voodoo lagfix in recovery, booted once, crashed, now stuck at Galaxy S screen.
No recovery, do have download mode. Power on, Galaxy screen, reboot, galaxy screen.....
This doesn't seem to be the same symptoms as SD failure, seems the only thing left to do is try to flash via Odin...
Downloading UGJL2 from SamFirmware, concern is;
If Lagfix is enabled, most Odin guides say this is an issue? Or should I just select and flash?
Thanks.
And Samfirmware.com gave me a .rar file?
Contents:
factoryfs.rfs
cache.rfs
modem.bin
param.ifs
sbl.bin
zimage file?
I had similar problem. However, I was trying to flash to JH2 because i wanted to unlock my phone, but ended up with boot loop and no recovery mode.
I fixed this problem by trying to flash JH2 firmware and it came back to live. The first time flashed it, the phone went into recovery. However, there was a msg something about Media cant be found. So i flashed it with JH2 again with re-partition not checked and no .pit file. In addition, I used Odin 1.7 instead of 1.3. and the phone is all good now.
I think the problem might be with Odin v1.3. you can give a try but no guarantee..
OK.
Stupidity = Off
Flashed UGJL2, JH2, JG8 using Odin 1.7, Pass!
Still no recovery, still in a bootloop.
flash jpc from samfirmware with pit 512 and repartitioning checked, that worked for me,
using .tar or pda et all?
End thread.
JK4 flash for replacement status nets 3e recovery and a failed SD.
Cheers.
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Hi guys i searched for other threds before making this one but none of them had download mode working
i tried flashing jpy and jpx with odin using the 512 and the 813 pit files, my problem is that after showing the sgs screen(really effing loud) the screen goes dark and vibrates in a pattern that goes like ........1....2................1...2...........1............2 and repeats, i can accces both the download and recovery modes
Extra maybe important info:
came eclair jm4 flashed with kies then from jm7 i think with the bujp5 modem(the vodafone one) tried to flash jpy & jpx still stuck on darkscreen
in odin i only had the pit+pda checked with repartition, autoreboot and f.reset time ticked. Did i miss something?
I also tried to flash jpo, no dice.
Try to flash an other firmware (2.1)
Take it from samfirmware
They supply 3in1 packages that need to be put in only pda
Use pit 512
Repartition
If that worked, then try a 2.2(.1)
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Try to flash an other firmware (2.1)
Take it from samfirmware
They supply 3in1 packages that need to be put in only pda
Use pit 512
Repartition
If that worked, then try a 2.2(.1)
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As Cypher_X said try 2.1 i always go jm8 never failed me
Ok thanks gonna try with that
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Ok that worked booted up perfectly fine but....I retried flashing jpy and I keep getting the damm dark screen could the file be corrupted or something? Also don't know if this is normal but after flashing I always get booted up in recovery that didn't happen when on kies again don't know if this is normal
calexus1182 said:
Ok that worked booted up perfectly fine but....I retried flashing jpy and I keep getting the damm dark screen could the file be corrupted or something? Also don't know if this is normal but after flashing I always get booted up in recovery that didn't happen when on kies again don't know if this is normal
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Where did you get jpy from? I got mine from samfirmware and had no dramas. Went from jm8 to jpy you could always flash a 2e recovery kernel cf root for example then install cwm so you can install custom jpy roms..i use darkys and love it
Got it working : D For any future reference flash jm8 with repartition on then jpy with repartition off...
on another note what do I do when I already have jpy working and want a clean instal of it plus different modem and kernel? (repartition on/off, do I use any pit files ?
Happy new year
can someone please tell me where to get these files from?
i've searched but keep getting the wrong pit or stock firmware..
i'm a noob and i'm confused, excuse me of my ignorance but i've tried sooo much lol
btw i have a bell I9000M which i think is my problem.. help
I have been trying to flash my GT-I9000M using the JL2 ROM and .512 PIT file, but after Odin runs "param.lfs", the phone disconnects and it says "Removed!!". At that point, the phone tries to boot up and is in an endless loop with the "GALAXY S Samsung" screen flashing. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm dead in the water.
During this last attempt, the device was "Removed!!", but then "Completed" and "All threads completed (succeed 1 / failed 0)" appeared, but the phone is still doing the endless loop and not booting up. Ugh.
Not sure, but I don't think you need to use the pit file. If still not working try a different ROM.
I'm using ODIN. Doesn't ODIN require a .PIT file?
I've tried 3 different ROMS with the same result, with and without the .PIT file.
My Galaxy S has the same problem, but i wasn't flashing anything. I will just get a new one next week. I bought it just 6 days ago
craichead said:
I've tried 3 different ROMS with the same result, with and without the .PIT file.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Block 2 method via Odin flash back to Eclair then upgrade .
jje
JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Block 2 method via Odin flash back to Eclair then upgrade .
jje
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Just tried this...same result.
I should mention that this phone is a Bell Vibrant from Canada.
I had this issue with my phone as well.
I was able to get it working again by flashing XXJPY via odin with repartition checked. Then immediately going back into download mode and flashing UGJL2 without repartition checked.
Edit: I used Odin v1.3 and 512.pit
Try this and let me know how it works.
MiKE431 said:
I had this issue with my phone as well.
I was able to get it working again by flashing XXJPY via odin with repartition checked. Then immediately going back into download mode and flashing UGJL2 without repartition checked.
Edit: I used Odin v1.3 and 512.pit
Try this and let me know how it works.
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What happened after you flashed XXJPY? Did it still endlessly cycle on the Galaxy screen? Mine does that as soon as the flash supposedly completes.
JPY on its own would not boot (w/ repartition)
JL2 on its own would not boot (w/ repartition)
The only way I got my phone to work was to flash JPY (w/ repartition) and then JL2 (w/o repartition).
MiKE431 said:
JPY on its own would not boot (w/ repartition)
JL2 on its own would not boot (w/ repartition)
The only way I got my phone to work was to flash JPY (w/ repartition) and then JL2 (w/o repartition).
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Is your phone a Bell Vibrant (GT-I9000M) from Canada?
Yes. Approx a week old (a replacement for dead internal sd issue)
I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I tried your suggestion but got the same result. I don't know if this makes a difference, but the ROMs I got are USA ROMs from samfirmware.com. They didn't have any listing for Canada.
download UGJH2 and flash it without "phone bootloader update", without pit and no partition.
then flash UGJL2 with "phone bootloader update", without pit, and no partition.
Congrats, your phone works again.
People need to stop using Pit files/partition. It doesn't do anything other than wipe everything from the nand and cause weird issues like this.
Electroz said:
download UGJH2 and flash it without "phone bootloader update", without pit and no partition.
then flash UGLJ2 with "phone bootloader update", without pit, and no partition.
Congrats, your phone works again.
People need to stop using Pit files/partition. It doesn't do anything other than wipe everything from the nand and cause weird issues like this.
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just tried your method and I'm saddened to say it didn't work... at least no for me ): can i be doing something wrong? perhaps i flashed them in the wrong section? *sigh* im running out of hope for this phone...
Electroz said:
download UGJH2 and flash it without "phone bootloader update", without pit and no partition.
then flash UGLJ2 with "phone bootloader update", without pit, and no partition.
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For the second ROM, do you mean UGJL2? There is no UGLJ2 ROM that I can find.
Electroz said:
download UGJH2 and flash it without "phone bootloader update", without pit and no partition.
then flash UGLJ2 with "phone bootloader update", without pit, and no partition.
Congrats, your phone works again.
People need to stop using Pit files/partition. It doesn't do anything other than wipe everything from the nand and cause weird issues like this.
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I just tried your method and it did not work. I have the same issue.
I had the same problem on 4 of these handsets (GT i9000m, aka Bell's "Vibrant") and none of those 4 were ever flashed or modded. The problem apparantly lies in a bunch of corrupt internal SD cards that got shipped to Canada. In any event, if you're still within your DOA period, you should probably just get a replacement.
I have a Rogers i896 build 10.10 running froyo. I just tried to restore back to stock rogers froyo JL1 using Odin 1.81 and using a 512 pit file. I entered into download mode and the odin process complete then the phone reboots.
Now it entered into android system recovery <3e> . with this menu:
Reboot system now
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cache data
format internal sd-card
it also says the following...
update media, please wait
E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_db_data_media:Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions
copy default media content failed.
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I'm a complete noob at this.. I read a lot and thought i'll give it a shot to flash a new rom.
Update. Tried to reflash, didn't work.
Tried to reflash with Stock Rogers Eclair, didn't work just went to the Recovery <2e> same error message with can't mount ....
I think this is bricked...
Any way around this?
did you just use the pit file and thats it? did you use the tar file in the pda slot as well?
Pirateghost said:
did you just use the pit file and thats it? did you use the tar file in the pda slot as well?
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I used the stock rogers froyo tar file from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905042
My phone can't even be turned off. I tried all the options in the menu and it gives me the same error message.
I think the only way to turn it off is if I remove the battery
likiud said:
My phone can't even be turned off. I tried all the options in the menu and it gives me the same error message.
I think the only way to turn it off is if I remove the battery
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Sounds like a bad flash, can you get into download mode and try a reflash?
I just pulled out the battery to turn it off, and managed to get to download mode again. This time I tried odin 1.7. Odin says passed... but still the same error message
One thing I noticed that the re-partition check box on odin is checked when i put the pit file in there. I didn't realized it was checked so I clicked start with that on. It wasn't checked when I first opened the program. I just tried to reflash with it off, and same result
Is there no one here that can fix it?
I did some more searching around and found this post from the i9000 forums...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8683455&postcount=7
I guess I was suppose to uncheck re-partition and the stock rogers roms does not include cache.rfs and dbdata.rfs file inside.
Anyone know if there's a way to get a ROM that includes those files in them so I can reflash it?
here i used this stock 2.1 with odin 1.7 and it worked.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19201431/SGH-I896_UXJI2StockRogers2.1.zip
your phone isnt bricked. bricked is a specific thing and has a special screen.
flash 2.1 when doing stock. 2.2 stock includes 3e recovery and it requires all update.zip files to be digitally signed. there is a way around it but its extra steps. instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
I tried to flash to stock 2.1 with odin but same thing happened.
It boots into recovery and i can't do anything... except its 2e instead of 3e that i saw before.
whats the exact filesize of the tar you used?
also if you dont re-partition, you dont need a pit file. (the p stands for partition)
The exact file size for the TAR is 238 MB (250,420,736 bytes)
I didn't know PIT is re-partition until after the fact.
Ok, I'm going to see if I can get my phone in the same condition as yours and then fix it. BRB...
Broke it and fixed it. Details in a sec.
Ok my steps to break it:
Flashed UXJL1 with Odin 1.81 using 512.pit and repartition checked.
Boot lands in recovery with can't mount error.
Steps to fix.
Used Odin 1.81 to flash the JH2 firmware from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36.
Did not check partition, did not load a pit file.
I've seen that error before but I couldn't remember how I fixed it. I think the key is simply to Odin flash 2.1 firmware using no pit and no repartition. I chose the package above because it doesn't change your boot loader and is compatible with newer phones.
flash into the AT&T 2.1 with the one click, what you probably did was Odin into the rogers 2.2 without turnning off lagfix. for some reason the rogers version doesnt actually repartition your phone.
opcow said:
Ok, I'm going to see if I can get my phone in the same condition as yours and then fix it. BRB...
Broke it and fixed it. Details in a sec.
Ok my steps to break it:
Flashed UXJL1 with Odin 1.81 using 512.pit and repartition checked.
Boot lands in recovery with can't mount error.
Steps to fix.
Used Odin 1.81 to flash the JH2 firmware from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36.
Did not check partition, did not load a pit file.
I've seen that error before but I couldn't remember how I fixed it. I think the key is simply to Odin flash 2.1 firmware using no pit and no repartition. I chose the package above because it doesn't change your boot loader and is compatible with newer phones.
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Thank you so much! This worked! Except it now shows ATT for a brief moment but that's not a big issue. I went ahead and installed Serendipity smoothly!
opcow said:
Ok, I'm going to see if I can get my phone in the same condition as yours and then fix it. BRB...
Broke it and fixed it. Details in a sec.
Ok my steps to break it:
Flashed UXJL1 with Odin 1.81 using 512.pit and repartition checked.
Boot lands in recovery with can't mount error.
Steps to fix.
Used Odin 1.81 to flash the JH2 firmware from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36.
Did not check partition, did not load a pit file.
I've seen that error before but I couldn't remember how I fixed it. I think the key is simply to Odin flash 2.1 firmware using no pit and no repartition. I chose the package above because it doesn't change your boot loader and is compatible with newer phones.
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there is a new fix for reference! no ATT boot logo/ fix ATT boot logo and NO dbdata error!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979133
link in my sig too!
A friend of mine is on a T-Mobile UK Samsung Galaxy S. He's stuck on a non-simlocked and non-netlocked 2.2 (JP3), T-Mobile UK aren't releasing 2.2.1 any time soon, and hence he wants to upgrade to an unbranded 2.2.1. He doesn't want to root it... he just wants to be on the same or similar firmware as I'm on (i.e. a stock, stable, UK, unrooted, no "lagfix", etc, 2.2.1).
He has Odin. He has the Windows drivers installed. But I have some questions.
I'm on JPY which has been perfect for me. Zero problems. Is there much advantage with JS5? What has changed/added between JPY and JS5?
Best place to get the European firmware is here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
Does he need just a pit file, or other files (e.g. tar) too?
extorian said:
A friend of mine is on a T-Mobile UK Samsung Galaxy S. He's stuck on a non-simlocked and non-netlocked 2.2 (JP3), T-Mobile UK aren't releasing 2.2.1 any time soon, and hence he wants to upgrade to an unbranded 2.2.1. He doesn't want to root it... he just wants to be on the same or similar firmware as I'm on (i.e. a stock, stable, UK, unrooted, no "lagfix", etc, 2.2.1).
He has Odin. He has the Windows drivers installed. But I have some questions.
I'm on JPY which has been perfect for me. Zero problems. Is there much advantage with JS5? What has changed/added between JPY and JS5?
Best place to get the European firmware is here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
Does he need just a pit file, or other files (e.g. tar) too?
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JPY is the lastest UK rom pointless using anything else until its out for the UK
People here just love new numbers and letters.
if he is going from branded would be best to use a pit file. ( pit 512)
then flash the 3 JPY files.
I tend to debrand phones when I get them in as I don't think its fair being stuck on older versions.
So... download Odin + PIT from the top of that page I linked. Flash the 512 PIT using Odin with repartition. Download the JPY firmware from the same page. Flash the 3 files in there. Reboot. Done?
What about clearing cache? Factory reset?
Anything else?
Flashing with Odin will do the factory reset.
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We've hit a problem
He's been trying the files on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
He selected repartition, and flashed the PIT file + JPY_JPY_JPY.tar at the same time (although I believe we've tried one at a time too).
Now when he reboots his phone it doesn't boot - it just vibrates.
He's tried going into recovery and clearing the cache, user data, factory reset, etc.
He can still get into download mode and recovery.
Any suggestions?
extorian said:
We've hit a problem
He's been trying the files on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
He selected repartition, and flashed the PIT file + JPY_JPY_JPY.tar at the same time (although I believe we've tried one at a time too).
Now when he reboots his phone it doesn't boot - it just vibrates.
He's tried going into recovery and clearing the cache, user data, factory reset, etc.
He can still get into download mode and recovery.
Any suggestions?
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Flash pit with repartition selected.
Wait till you see a green box with pass
Unplug phone take battery out.
Then put it back on download
Click reset it Odin
Untick repartition
Select all three jpy files.
Plug in phone. Click start.
Leave till you see green pass.
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All three files? Should they have come with the firmware download? That only contained a 300MB file JPY_JPY_JPY.tar.
extorian said:
All three files? Should they have come with the firmware download? That only contained a 300MB file JPY_JPY_JPY.tar.
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Different to how I get them direct for Samsung. So wouldn't know sorry.
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Can we get the JPY firmware direct from Samsung?
No, but samfirmware.com has all those firmwares.
Yeah they have JPY. However it's just a 512 PIT file. Is that all he needs?
Thats what i flash JPY with .
Error solving with a rom install i usually wipe everything flash back to eclair with 512 pit and repartition . That works i then flash to Froyo no repartition .
jje
Still no joy
OK, so as per the instructions above (I think), we made sure the SIM and SD card are removed. Connected the phone. With Odin, ticked Repartition, and then flashed the 512 .pit file. Waited until we saw the green box in Odin with Pass on it. Unplugged the phone and took the battery out. Put battery back in and booted the phone into download mode. Clicked Reset in Odin. Made sure re-partition was unticked. Made sure the pit file is no longer selected. Added the JPY_JPY_JPY.tar to the PDA section. Plugged in phone. Clicked start. Left it until we saw green pass. On restarting the phone, it to boots past the Galaxy S splash screen and tune then there's a single vibrate followed by a double, which then repeats.
Did we do something wrong? We noticed in Recovery there is an error displayed:
E:can't mount /dev/block/st110 (invalid arguement)
E:copy_dbdata_media:cant mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed
What else can we try to get to JPY?
The firmware from samfirmware.com and the firmware linked from the firmwares post on XDA (mentioned earlier) both give an identical JPY_JPY_JPY.tar. We've been unable to find any firmwares with the three JPY files in it. Anyone have a link? Or any other things we can try?
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Still no joy
OK, so as per the instructions above (I think), we made sure the SIM and SD card are removed. Connected the phone. With Odin, ticked Repartition, and then flashed the 512 .pit file. Waited until we saw the green box in Odin with Pass on it. Unplugged the phone and took the battery out. Put battery back in and booted the phone into download mode. Clicked Reset in Odin. Made sure re-partition was unticked. Made sure the pit file is no longer selected. Added the JPY_JPY_JPY.tar to the PDA section. Plugged in phone. Clicked start. Left it until we saw green pass. On restarting the phone, it to boots past the Galaxy S splash screen and tune then there's a single vibrate followed by a double, which then repeats.
Did we do something wrong? We noticed in Recovery there is an error displayed:
E:can't mount /dev/block/st110 (invalid arguement)
E:copy_dbdata_media:cant mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed
What else can we try to get to JPY?
The firmware from samfirmware.com and the firmware linked from the firmwares post on XDA (mentioned earlier) both give an identical JPY_JPY_JPY.tar. We've been unable to find any firmwares with the three JPY files in it. Anyone have a link? Or any other things we can try?
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You only use the PIT file and choose re-partition when you have the 3 separate flashing files.
When you have the singe JPY tar file you do not select re-partition and do not use the PIT file - do the following:
put phone into download mode
open Odin
choose your single JPY file as the PDA
make sure "re-partition" is UNTICKED
DO NOT select your PIT file
connect your phone to PC via USB
Odin will detect your phone - click start
let Odin do its stuff until your phone restarts
you are now on 2.2.1 stock
I always do an immediate factory reset.....it seems to sort out any lags or issues that you occasionally get after flashing
good luck!
When he tries to just the .tar without repartition or .pit, Odin fails.
When he tries to format the internal SD card from Recovery it says:
E:can't mount /dev/block/st110 (invalid arguement)
E:copy_dbdata_media:cant mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed
It could be that repartitioning previously has messed stuff up? Maybe the wrong PIT (we used 512)? I've read in a few places that Clockwork recovery can fix this. Thoughts?
Or is there a 3 file JPY option we can use?
So, according to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784958#8180949 it seems we messed up the partitions by using the pit file originally with repartition. If JPY isn't a full firmware we'll need to flash back to a full firmware to fix it. For example he says "The reason for this screwup is because the JH7 tar package does not contain params or dbdata files, it's not meant to be a full installer- it's meant to be an upgrade. When you partitioned you deleted your existing dbdata and params partitions on your phone, so when JH7 tried to set them up they didn't exist."
We're going to try JPU (somewhere said that's a full update) with 512 pit + repartition, then if that boots update to JPY (no pit, no repartition).
FIXED!!!
After putting the three-file JPU on it from samfirmware.com with 512 pit and repartition, it booted up into 2.2.1 fine. We then flashed the JPY tar (no pit, no repartition), and it's working.
Thanks for the help guys.
Thats great news. X
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Hi I am the friend that has caused the headache throughout this thread, I'd just like to say a big thank you to extorian and everyone else that provided input and solutions to getting the rom installed on my phone.
I'm over the moon with the update, phone runs better than ever. Thanks again.
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Hi all,
EDIT: After many false starts and some nervous near-brick experiences, I managed to solve my problem with one of the simplest solutions I hadn't thought of: Heimdall. I just extracted the tar file then dropped each individual file into Heimdall and reflashed the Tab and it is now back from the dead, ready to be reflashed.
After my GT-P1000T started having some unexplained slowness and FC's, I thought I would flash it back to stock before upgrading to the newer Overcome ROM. So I wiped my Overcome 3.0.1 Jupiter Tab from Clockworkmod and then plugged it into my 64-bit Win7 machine to try and flash it back to stock. Dropping the necessary JQ1 files (including the TAR, PIT and Modem files) into Odin with all options checked .
Unfortunately, Odin gets quite a way into flashing factoryfs.rfs and then throws a FAIL! message and the Tab restarts to the weird phone-triangle-pc icon on-screen at which point Odin re-recognises it.
I have tried toggling re-partition, rebooting the Tab, rebooting the PC, changing ports, redownloading the files and running Odin with admin privs, all to no avail.
Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to get back to working condition?
Do a search for Telstra rom galaxy tab, reflash that to see if it works. Then retry flashing gb...
Never had trouble flashing but I generally restock the telstra rom first....
Cheers...