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[Q] Help! I Think I bricked my phone!!

for some reason i went to reboot my phone and it wontboot just hangs.. can boot to recovery and do a factory reset.. but still wont boot.
cannot boot to download mode with vol up keypad and power.. just continually reboots to the samsung white message and starts over.. any suggestions or should i just send it back?

got it working whey.. it wouldnt boot up to recovery.. got it to goto recovery during a boot loop by plugging in usb.. i think.. the only think i can think is that earlier today i replace the mms.apk and mms.odex with an earlier version from jf3.. didnt like that at all. but i didnt reboot till later.. this was to try and work around the messaging bug in jg1.. .since i had to reinstall i am happy to report as previously reported that the the csc from jff messaging works fine the the modem and core files from jg1.. (that is what i reflashed it too..)

[Q] Help! Think I bricked my phone!!
Flashed to WJG1
Started Odin,it started to do its thing.halfway through I got the USB disconnect sound.Odin stopped , I now have a green screen

And u cant boot it to either restore or download mode?
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Remove battery! put it in again!
Start in download mode! (volume down+home+power)
and reflash!

Keeps on happening.Have tried WJG1 and WJG5.With WJG5 I thought it was going to work.Got 3/4 of the way then it disconnected.

saldawop said:
Keeps on happening.Have tried WJG1 and WJG5.With WJG5 I thought it was going to work.Got 3/4 of the way then it disconnected.
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Did you use the other 512.pit file? and did you check re-partition?
Make some screenshots!

Yes to both

Did you install the latest version of Kies? (just for the driver?)
And did you close kies before you started flashing?

I think its worked.
YESSSSS
Im on WJG5 ....shall I just leave it on that. I thought I would roll back to JG1 with r2, as I was having problems with it forever scanning the SD Card, and with MTP mode keep on flashing ...initializing.
Which it is doing right now
I have the latest version of Kies installed...and I never open it.
Edit: SHOULD I be able to roll back to an earlier firmware?

saldawop said:
I think its worked.
YESSSSS
Im on WJG5 ....shall I just leave it on that. I thought I would roll back to JG1 with r2, as I was having problems with it forever scanning the SD Card, and with MTP mode keep on flashing ...initializing.
Which it is doing right now
I have the latest version of Kies installed...and I never open it.
Edit: SHOULD I be able to roll back to an earlier firmware?
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As far as i know you can flash whatever firmware you would like! the best option right now is to use JG5!
Correct me if i'm wrong!

Are you on WJG5?
Do you have any problems?
The MTP constantly initializing (Not sure thats a real problem as I turn it off and use mass storage, but it should work so I want it to)
The constant Media Scanning.
Doesnt feel particularly quick.
And with WJG1+r2 I could run scripts for lag and market and it was pretty quick.
Can I run the scripts with WJG5?? r2 made it nice and easy.

saldawop said:
Are you on WJG5?
Do you have any problems?
The MTP constantly initializing (Not sure thats a real problem as I turn it off and use mass storage, but it should work so I want it to)
The constant Media Scanning.
Doesnt feel particularly quick.
And with WJG1+r2 I could run scripts for lag and market and it was pretty quick.
Can I run the scripts with WJG5?? r2 made it nice and easy.
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Yes i am on WJG5! you can root it and you can use the lagfix!
I am currently using it without the lagfix and it works great! no blackscreens whatsoever!
Question! did you remove the simcard and sd card when you where flashing with odin?
It shouldn't be scanning for media all the time! don't know whats wrong!

Yes I did.

Following a tutorial which says to uninstall Market from Applications.When I go to Applications(clicking Fliter>All) and bringing up Market there is no option to delete

Here mate, have a look at some suggestions.
And some other quick - you should have run kies before the flashing, so it would install all the drivers, it might be your problem.
Maybe a moderator can pin this, ot some other inbricking topic/guide?
Link to tutorial - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725858

Yeah but I have flashed it about half a dozen times previous with no problems.

Well, I dont know what happened, but after setting up my phone pretty much as it was before I thought "I didnt do a factory reset after flashing the rom", so I did so.Rebooted,went to Market and all apps are showing

What does a factory format do??
I thought it would wipe everything off the phone?
After doing one on my newly flashed SGS, I had a look at the SD card and all the folders of games/programs were still there.

i was afraid too when i flashed with the latest firmware last week
odin did nothing, so after 10 mins i remove the usb cable and put it again
then restart computer and put the usb cable ... but the computer didn't see the phone
i turn off the phone, it turn on automaticaly with a nice logo with a phone and a computer... like the phone wana tell me : "You dumb idiot, you bricked me"
I was near to be killed (its my wifes mobile, not mine) but then i tried to return into download mode and it worked and lucky the computer saw the phone
ps: i did this night, when my wife was asleep, so she didn't noticed, but if she noticed or if it was bricked ... well i guess she would kicked my ass and i would be 500box poorer

Stuck after bad rom flash, odin wont recognize

So heres the synopsis on what my issue is:
first of all-
phone: Samsung Captivate build 1010
current OS: (botched install of Darky 8)
problem: no recovery menu capability, stuck in reboot loop (will not go past ATT Logo), can go into download mode but odin does not see the phone
I botched a Darky 8 install. I attempted to install the rom to my captivate via rom manager but to no avail. I then decided to give the install a try via clockwork and had luck. the rom was not to my liking so I went to mount the internal sd and proceeded to delete all files internally to make a fresh odin install possible (as I always do). It was at the time of restarting my phone that I realized the rom I install was accidently the I9000 rom on my captivate, thus forth being a possible source of my issue. Currently I have a phone that is stuck in a reboot loop any time I plug it into a power source, or attempt to power it on. While in said loop the phone will not go past the ATT logo, and as it cycles, at the I9000 screen a robot voice pops up saying restore system. Ive attempted to reflash back to stock with the stock captivate odin3 OCD, but I am having no luck with the phone being recognized by odin (run as admin). I am currently running Mac OSX 10.6 with windows vista on Virtual Box 4.0, and have had luck previously with flashing the phone back to stock after I decided to try new versions of cognition. Currently my phone can only go into download mode and not recovery due to the boot loop. please help asap, this my only means of communication with my family on the other side of the states

Try multiple USB ports/different computers if possible. I had a similar issue after flashing an i9000 rom. I could get into recovery but the power button wouldn't work for selections and in download mode my computer wouldn't recognize it. I just kept at it and eventually it worked.

CB650 Wolf said:
Try multiple USB ports/different computers if possible. I had a similar issue after flashing an i9000 rom. I could get into recovery but the power button wouldn't work for selections and in download mode my computer wouldn't recognize it. I just kept at it and eventually it worked.
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going to try, redoing my virtual box in hopes that it was something stupid, and also trying the other usb port on my macbook.

Have you tried using a different cable? I had the same issue with a bad flash and Odin would not pick up my phone. If it did, it would nit complete the flash back to stock. I switched cables and it worked fine.
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butchatbg said:
Have you tried using a different cable? I had the same issue with a bad flash and Odin would not pick up my phone. If it did, it would nit complete the flash back to stock. I switched cables and it worked fine.
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cable is fine considering I am still able to bring up the gadget serial on my virtual box with the phone.

s0n1cm0nk3y said:
cable is fine considering I am still able to bring up the gadget serial on my virtual box with the phone.
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Try using ADB..

Edit...misread

rickysa2000 said:
Try using ADB..
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sadly I wished that work, I tried using adb reboot recovery, and in the attempt, the phone was not able to be detected. Should this be done in hopes to catch it at the right time in the boot loop or in download mode. Ive tried both.

So can you still get into Download mode? If so I would suggest finding another computer to use. For some reason, last week, my PC that I have been using to flash for months decided not to recognize my phone in download mode.
So I switched to my laptop, loaded the ROM. I tried reinstalling drivers and all kinds of stuff but nothing worked. I backed up my PC and re-imaged it and it's working again.

Another person on here had to go and manually remove all references to the USB Driver and re-install it.
I would say just try re-installing (with the phone in DL Mode) the USB drivers with the phone plugged in and see what happens then. Hopefully the OS will detect the phone and you should be golden.
And that mechanical voice is voodoo... need to be careful what folders your deleting even if you are going to flash ODIN.

avgjoegeek said:
Another person on here had to go and manually remove all references to the USB Driver and re-install it.
I would say just try re-installing (with the phone in DL Mode) the USB drivers with the phone plugged in and see what happens then. Hopefully the OS will detect the phone and you should be golden.
And that mechanical voice is voodoo... need to be careful what folders your deleting even if you are going to flash ODIN.
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Odd I was told your perfectly fine to do so, and then from there do an odin flash. Ive done it before, but oddly enough I think what screwed me was because I did it during while in the rom, vs while in 2.1. I just wanted to try to get a clean slate. doing the master clear code from samsung never really deletes the left overs from say clockwork and such on my internal sd.

problem was the virtual machine, plugged it into a friends computer and all was done within a couple of mins. leave it to emulation falling short :/

Q: Cant connect phone with USB!

Hey guys my friends phone for some reason wont recognize the USB from the computer. So we cant put anything on his internal card, the usb just charges it. I tried to odin in download mode and still wont read the phone. Tried USB debugging, try reformatting, tried factory resetting, battery pull, clearing cache etc. Just everything you can do basically.
Wondering if anyone knows a fix for this.
Thanks.

Stupid question, but oort worked before correct?
What rom are you on
What are you looking to do

He is on Seredipities 5.8 with the suckerpunchs kernel.
It did before but stopped randomly 2 weeks ago.
He just wants the function back as it is very inconvenient.

Try different kernel
Dl sgs kernel flasher from market
Dl hardcore kernel
Open app
Choose kernel
...
Navigate to download folder
Select kernel zip
Flag kernel

Tried that and still nothing.

What happens when you plug into the pc? Are you using an oem cord?
Tried reinstalling drivers?

We get no response from my computer, and his computer says USB no recognized.
I already reinstalled the drivers, my phone works no problem just his. Same builds too.
We are using the OEM cord and when we plug it in his phone just starts charging, nothing about USB.

Got me, could try another rom, although I am bit certain that will work. Sorry, could be a hardware issue

Perhaps I'll get him to do that if there is a rom that doesnt requite odin back to stock.
Hopfully it isnt a hardware issue.
Thanks anyways.

Any rom can be flashed without odin, I do it all the time, did it twice today

Ok will give it a try, just every rom I read they tell us to flash to stock so just assumed we had to.

Honestly, old habit, dev do not know what you have on your phone so if you start from stock easier to problem shoot

Sorry I just read my mistake

We flashed a new rom but now he is stuck on the boot screen... Can't even get into recovery any more. I guess its bricked now? f**k...

What rom, can you still get into recovery, how long in boot screen

Stayed for ever, waited 15 mins. Can't get into recovery either. We tried to flash a froyo stock rom.

LimaI896 said:
We flashed a new rom but now he is stuck on the boot screen... Can't even get into recovery any more. I guess its bricked now? f**k...
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if you are on a boot screen then its not bricked....

LimaI896 said:
Stayed for ever, waited 15 mins. Can't get into recovery either. We tried to flash a froyo stock rom.
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u need ADB....
adb reboot recovery
edit....just re-read that..... why on earth stock froyo? you flashed a stock rom over a voodoo enabled filesystem...just flash a voodoo kernel from odin

LimaI896 said:
Stayed for ever, waited 15 mins. Can't get into recovery either. We tried to flash a froyo stock rom.
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That is your problem right there. I wish you posted that first. Serendipity had ext 4 lag fix, custom recovery. All custom roms have custom recovery that can understand ext 4. Stock dots not so you should of disabled lag fix first.
Get into dl mode try all ported on pc to get odin to recognize

Can't even get in download mode.

Touble Reverting to Stock 2.1

I currently have a botched version of Froyo 2.2. And I have been having troubles with everything i've tried. I followed this video to a T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDtxnH4lFuk and ODIN keeps giving me problems. It will not detect and add my phone thats it. Can someone please help me, and if you need additional info on my phone just let me know. Please help me i'd like to revert to eclair and update the offical 2.2 atNt update to my phone. Thats all I want to do. Also Im running Cognition 3.04 and kernal 2.6.32.9. I tried to use the Kies update but it says my phone can not be updated. Please help me! And my phone is rooted.

Have you tried multiple USB ports
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If other USB ports do not work, and if your Captivate build number is 1009 or lower (you can find this number underneath where your battery is, on the actual phone itself), then try this method:
Also, make sure you know how to go to Download Mode, and that you have the drivers installed properly.
This is the manual (or "full") Odin, it's taken from a post by icezar1 in the Development Forum:
Do not use this if you want to send your phone back to ATT or Samsung for warranty!
Do not use this if you know you flashed a -LOW- ODIN package (when opening the PDA***.tar or CODE***.tar you will find inside boot.bin or sbl.bin)
Use this if you want to go back to stock before flashing a custom ROM.
Use this without worries if you changed your boot screen image or if you flashed the secondary boot loader which allows you to enter download/recovery with key combos.
Download the package from here
Download the phone drivers from DG's thread if you dont have them already. [Note: You should already have this xpiamchris, it will be the same one I asked you to download and install]
How to:
Remove sdcard and SIM card from the phone
Extract JF6_secure.zip somewhere.
Boot your phone in Download Mode
Run Odin3 v1.3.exe
Plug in your phone via USB
Click on the button PDA
Choose JF6_secure.tar.md5
Click start
Wait and do not unplug cable until it is finished

Yes I have, could it be because i, on an old computer running windows xp with usb version 1?

I did everything you said, and still nothing, Odin didnt even read my phone when I plugged it in. My phone was set with debugging on, and in download mode. I extracted the JF6_secure.zip to my phone and the Odin folder im using to do this, because I was not sure were you wanted it. And still nothing.

Try a different USB port. Reinstall the drivers as well.

ferls1985 said:
Yes I have, could it be because i, on an old computer running windows xp with usb version 1?
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usb 1.. maybe.. drivers might have a hardware requirement for 1.1 or 2.0 and up.
ferls1985 said:
I did everything you said, and still nothing, Odin didnt even read my phone when I plugged it in. My phone was set with debugging on, and in download mode. I extracted the JF6_secure.zip to my phone and the Odin folder im using to do this, because I was not sure were you wanted it. And still nothing.
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you extract to the computer anywhere, use odin to find the file anywhere on your pc. you dont need it on the phone.

Okay I got odin to read my phone (COM3) phone was in download mode, debug mode, and the program ran for awhile, looked like it was going to work and that it failed. What could I possible be missing? I have the current Captivate drivers, the SDK files, and the adb files. This had been going on for two days now and all i want is to go back to original eclair firmware. I appreciate you guys helping me by the way. We will get this eventually If I want to just say screw this and install serendipity, how would I do that? Currently I have cognition 3.0.4 or another...would I still have to reflash my phone so cognition is off?

It'll be the "best" idea to.
But most good ROMs (I'm sure Serendipity would), do a wipe of themselves before the install anyway.
If going back to stock is giving you this much grief, might as well try to get on to Serendipity (personally for me anyway).

And sorry im such a noob but one question, how do I install serindipity? Do I put in on my phone, boot to recovery, seclect the serendipity file and install? Thats it i dont have to delete cognition or anything??? I also have clockwork if that helps any. Which drivers are you referring too as well? I know there is drivers for the phone and google usb.

Yep, that's exactly how you do it. You might want to back up your stuff using Titanium Backup though.

Thank so much. I will do that and post on here how it goes you are a tremendous help Venom.

No problemo, anyone here would've done the same...
And good luck!

One more noob question do I have to rename the serendipity.zip to update.zip?

No, keep it as the normal filename. In CWM Recovery, there should be an option where it says "install .zip from sdcard" (or something like that). Then select "choose zip from sdcard". From there, you can choose the .zip to install (it will list all .zip in your sdcard).

Thanks for all your help going to try it now, can you give me some Thanks i know i didnt do anything for you but i just want a few lol...i gave you a thanks on all your posts

I have a question just found a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDb6m7sQ7A&feature=related and it says to dial this number (*2767*3855#) with out the ()'s to restore my phone to factory, i havnt tried it but does seem like a good idea or not?

You can do that if you want, but be reminded that EVERYTHING will be wiped out. Including your root access, etc.

Will i be able to re-root it again though??

Yeah sure, no reason you shouldn't be able to. But I'm not sure what base ROM your version of Cognition is running... Might get a bit weird/confusing.

Issues with preparing phone to root and Questions about Ti-backup

Hey everyone, so it's high time i get off stock 2.1 JH7 and onto some decent ROMs (Firefly in this case, i heard it's good and doesn't drain the battery as much. Used Cognition 2.3b7 before)
First of all, the phone works fine under normal conditions as a USB mass storage device.
So I'm following the normal procedure for rooting the phone (this is my replacement phone), So i downloaded the drivers again (x64) and installed them, downloaded dotNet 4.0 fix and installed, put my phone into USB debugging mode, and hook up the phone...
So i get to the device driver installation screen and I get the following:
SAMSUNG Android USB Composite device Ready to use
CDC Abstract Control Module Installing device software
USB Media Storage Device Failed
S3C6410 Android ADB Installing device software
Now the first phone had no problems, why the USB Media Storage Device failed i have no idea... am I supposed to mount it in USB debugging?
The other two things being installed stay in a constant loop and never actually install for some reason.
Am I doing something wrong? Following this order
1) Downloaded and installed 64 bit drivers (Win 7 Pro x64)
2) Installed dotNet 4.0 fix
3) Put phone in USB debugging
4) Run one-click root...
Should I just root the phone manually? I want to be able to use one-click root to unroot the phone when i need to.
Thanks for the time and consideration guys
Interesting, tried it on my laptop ( Vista HP 32bit) and had no issues.... I wonder what's wrong with my desktop...

The 64 bit drivers are kind of screwy. I had flashed countless roms and one day my computer, win 7 64 bit, just decides to not recognize my phone in download mode tried all versions of odin and then uninstalling drivers rebooting and reinstalling them no dice nothing would get it recognized in download mode, finally had to restore my system, luckily I make a restore point about once a week, and that did the trick.

Well, just going to use my laptop to play with my phone then I prefer my desktop though, but since it works, why not
Oh quick question. From stock JH7, should I be using Odin3 to revert my phone to JF6 or am I ok to proceed? I know that from my previous phone i updated to JH7 before installing cognition 2.3b7. Would it be safer to just flash JF6? Thanks.

Bane99 said:
Well, just going to use my laptop to play with my phone then I prefer my desktop though, but since it works, why not
Oh quick question. From stock JH7, should I be using Odin3 to revert my phone to JF6 or am I ok to proceed? I know that from my previous phone i updated to JH7 before installing cognition 2.3b7. Would it be safer to just flash JF6? Thanks.
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Jh7 is still 2.1 right? It has a 2e recovery? If so then you are good. If you try to flash and you get a signing error then its a 3e recovery and flashing to jf6 will fix that.

I had thos problem the moment i flashed my phone... I had to down load the application from samsung website. The regular drivers stop working. Then i was able to put cog from win64 to my phone.
Also the name of the driver is like serial com somethng. It allows odin to properly connect.
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Yea, recovery says 2e. I'm not going to bother using my desktop if my laptop works fine. Anyways just bought Ti backup pro, and backing up my apps now before I put my new rom on (cog or firefly). I updated superuser by accident, don't think there should be too many issues.
Yes I'm new with most of this. Use backup of user apps and system data? Then what should I backup, since I'm trying to avoid all bloatware? Then when putting it back on, use restore the same? Or just apps?
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Bane99 said:
Yea, recovery says 2e. I'm not going to bother using my desktop if my laptop works fine. Anyways just bought Ti backup pro, and backing up my apps now before I put my new rom on (cog or firefly). I updated superuser by accident, don't think there should be too many issues.
Yes I'm new with most of this. Use backup of user apps and system data? Then what should I backup, since I'm trying to avoid all bloatware? Then when putting it back on, use restore the same? Or just apps?
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If you want to get rid of the bloat, you will have to go through and unselect all the garbage you don't need/want when running the batch backup. After flashing "restore missing apps and data" restoring system data causes problems, you can restore individual system things like wifi access points, and contacts storage (or any green system data)
Hope that wasn't too scatter brained I'm kinda stoned.

(I said before I was new to TiBackup and Android rooting for that matter)
Anyways, what I was looking for was to just back up the apps that have extensive settings/game progress and wifi stuff.
Looking at the batch list, it gets a bit confusing as to what process does what...
It's safe to uncheck all the red ones right? Then I get the green processes that I have no idea what they specifically do.

Bane99 said:
(I said before I was new to TiBackup and Android rooting for that matter)
Anyways, what I was looking for was to just back up the apps that have extensive settings/game progress and wifi stuff.
Looking at the batch list, it gets a bit confusing as to what process does what...
It's safe to uncheck all the red ones right? Then I get the green processes that I have no idea what they specifically do.
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Ok, then choose backup user apps, and after that runs, hit the backup/restore button at the top in the middle and choose the green system settings you want, you probably just want the wifi access points and [sms/mms/apn] dialer storage (that's all your texts and phone log data)
After flash is the same as I said before.

Yes! Thank you so much!
Firefly here I come
Oh last question. Should I need to save the titanium backup folder first to my computer before putting my new ROM on?

Bane99 said:
Yes! Thank you so much!
Firefly here I come
Oh last question. Should I need to save the titanium backup folder first to my computer before putting my new ROM on?
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You don't HAVE to, but just to be safe I copy the whole sdcard took my pc. Never had an issue where I lost any data but I don't ever want to and be s.o.l.
Oh and before you restore, st the bottom left of titanium backup there Is a button that says "problems?" Hit that and install busybox.
Last but not least enjoy firefly, it's my favorite.

Yup, everything is now backed up.
Went into ClockworkMod (ROM Manager), booted into ClockworkMod recovery mode to make a backup and I get....
Android Recovery 2e
Only options are to reboot, install packages, delete data, etc
What happened to ClockworkMod recovery.... so I can make a backup of my ROM? By allowing ROM Manager to make a backup i get the same screen.
I've already Flashed ClockworkMod Recovery (Version 2.5.1.2)
Oh I already did the busybox installation on Ti-Backup.
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If this helps, I deleted the update.zip that was in the internal SD card. I assumed this was put there by the One click root. Perhaps that was in error?
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Yup, just saw that by reflashing CWM it put another update.zip in the card. Loaded that twice and now am in CWM Recovery good to go
And finally, starts the long process of waiting for the phone to get to 100% battery before putting the ROM on