I was on Froyo 2.2 and i tried to downgrade using Odin n it completed but now my Galaxy S doesn't reboot fully, it turns on like normal, the animation comes up too but when the S in the middle of the screen comes it flashes like it normally does but after a mim or so it jus goes black n turns off!, i removed the battery n sim card n tried it again but still nothing, i can go into download mode and recovery mode which i did to wipe the data but that still didnt work, can anyone help please?!
If you can go to download mode, try flashing again.
I tried that but the flashing fails for sum reason =/
You haven't said what you ROM you were flashing. It does sound like a bad flash. Have you tried downloading the ROM again, maybe from a different source, or possibly go to the samfirmwares page and choose something like the JM8 ROM ( and use odin with repartition ticked). I have had a similar problem like this and this route solved the problem.
Best of luck.
What version of odin are you using? I softbricked my sgs trying to flash voodoo lagfix with odin 1.3, then i reflashed with odin 1.7 and that did the trick to bring the phone back to life. Good luck!
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Hi
Has anyone discovered how to solve the problem of the black screen after logo S
the phone is dead?
Everything started suddenly. I think the voodoo lagfix was failed and the phone
froze. I rebooted but it stayed at the Logo S and I could here the robot voice
of the voodoo lagfix trying to do something.
I left the phone for few hours but nothing. I did that few times.
Then I decided to flash it with Odin.
After 10 flashes with different firmwares and different pit
the phone at the first boot was going to the recovery and was saying
that it can not mount the flash block. I could not even wipe the partitions because
of the mount problem. When I was starting the phone it was going to the Logo S
and then black screen and it was dead.
After flashing with Heidel I was able to overcome the mount problem
but again the phone was dead after the Logo S.
Do you know how to overcome this dead situation after the logo S?
I want to flash it with any ROM as long as it works and then I will reflash it with Kies.
I also tried to flash it with Kies during download mode but Kies keeps trying
to find it but at the end it fails.
I have a 3 button phone but for some reason I am unable to properly flash it.
Any suggestions before I throw the phone out of the window??
Thanks
You are experiencing the sdcard corruption problem. No way to fix it. Phone needs to be replaced. No way to fix it.
I though the repartition in Odin does that thing.
Is there any hack which will repartion and format the internal SD card?
Ive had this happen a number of times. Dont know what causes it, but I find that if I limit the amount of extra mods, I seem to be ok. Extra Mods, like Lag Fix (my Bell seems just fine without it running on jpk), and anything that really involves modifying the system files... But gotta love you guys that work on these things, you keep the scene alive.
Anyway what I do to fix that problem is Flash back to TMobile Vibrant ROM and for whatever reason it works for me. Filename that I use is T959UVJFD, forget where I got it, but its on here somewhere. I have only ever used pit 512, and if I have to, I go back to JH2 or JM8 modem and CSC.
Id try it without flashing the Radio and CSC first, if it doesnt work try changing them.
Good Luck,
By the way I am now running JPK, using the JH2 radio and CSC and have the 850 band on Bell (at least I think I have it, my phone normally runs on 1900), rooted, and no other mods.
So you are saying that you recovered from this black screen and can't mount the dbdata?
Interesting.
I will try it. I dont care if the rom does not really work. I want the rom to re-format
the internal SD. After that I will flash my nandroid.
I think we need a debugging kernel which we can flash it and it can give us all the necessery utilities i.e. parted, kernel with all file system support, nandroid,
applying the update.zip from the external sd etc
I will post the result later. I hope your trick to work
unfortunatelly I have the same results
For a moment I thought I can see something.
I had shell so I did the adb shell and I could see the redbend_us
which I think it is from the voodoo lag fix.
After the second reboot I lost everything.
I flashed it with the rom you suggested but with everything.
I will try without the modem but I think it will not make any difference
sounds like you have this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793404
i also face this situation . . what i done was
1. install JM8 over stock firmware
2. then tayutama ROM with voodoo lag fix v 1.1
3. after my phone works well and i was happy
4. then i do factory reset cause of my internet doesnt work but market works
5. then i got some weird massages on my phone . . they keep coming
6. i decided to flash again with JM8 . .
7. i flashed the phone then the these thing coming to me
boot animation and after black screen . . . . .ive flashes four times with JM8 but didn't worked
ive then decided to do some froyo build on the dead phone
then i flash my phone over JPK with 803.pit
successfully flashed but on recovery screen stops with some error
then i reflashed it with JPK + 512.pit . . .
then my phone booted and runinng JPK
thats cools down my hart . . . .still i remember that 1 hour with no screen phone
now using JPK + Doc's ROM with OCLF v2+
abt JPK its cool with new features . . . . .
i think lag fixes done some thing when we flash . . .
think we have to remove lag fix before the flash
but how ?????
I tried to flash with the JPK as you suggested with 512 and 813 pit
and at both times it gave me the error
it can't mount the dbdata and sd
Of course as usual goes to Logo S and then I have the Black screen of death
Hmmm, kinda strange. I have never used the Voodoo fix, but have played with the One-Click fix since not using it my phone seems much more stable. Not sure if it is related.
Anyway did you try a Wipe after flashing the TMobile Rom? And in recovery does it still give you the errors? If memory serves me correct after flashing that ROM, the errors I was getting in Recovery mode were gone.
Did you try JPK with repartion enable . . .try it with 803 first and after 512 . .
think it will work remember to repartion enables
I tried everything. I think I flashed me phone more than 20 times.
Yesterday I tried it flash it with Kies assuming kies will format the internal SD.
THere is a registry key for emergency mode and I enabled it.
I put my phone in download mode and kies detected it and start flashing with the
original firmware.
When the procedure finished kies powered off the phone.
That was the last time I saw my phone alive.
I can not power it on. It is dead.
I dont know what Kies did to the phone but the phone is dead
Now I have to send it to Samsung
So i tried to updated to a custom firmware after i JUST received my galaxy S back.
And it got bricked.
It failed during the initial flash with Odin, no big worry i thought as i'll just reflash it. It constantly failed until I changed the USB slot. Now after I've even completed the flash the phone boots up shows the "GT-i9000/m" logo then shows those 9 bars that show its trying to load the battery charger. Then the screen goes black and it tries that over and over again.
Anybody had this problem? I think it's a soft brick and can be resolved before sending it back in and losing the phone for another month.
is download mode working then ? does odin recognise the phone ??
if so download a stock firmware with all 3 files and pit. and use re-partition. and see how that goes.
actually if it is a software problem there are lots of possible procedure to fix that just reflash it with an official firmware using odin
I've tried the following:
use odin 512pit and a tar file and using odin with a 803pit and a tar file.
Both resulted in the same thing.
Is there a specific FW i should try?
edit:
With and without repartitioning.
try JM8 with PIT and pda.modem,csc. and re partition again.
I know wher eto get JM8, but how/where do I get the PDA.modem and csc?
hmm yea i know what u mean, most modern firmwares only come in 1 file now. download that. but im not sure what pit to use. il have a look now.
i think its 512 pit
here try this
Tried everything. I think it might be a hardware error.
Last ditch effort of Jm8 in odin 1.0 now... will let you know if it works.
Edit:Nothing worked.
Gonna go return the phone/send it back to samsung.
Double EDIT:
Flashed the phone back with JL2 that i got from Samsung and checked EVERYTHING in ODIN. Phone went past the boot logo repetition and into the "S" but doesn't do anything more. Just gets stuck after that. (corrupted internal SD)
so if the JL2 didnt succeed what would be on it at present ? if its a custom rom just go back to odin do a flash and disconnect half way through and totally brick the phone..
then blame it on a kies update when you return it. you dont want them to find out you have modified it in any way not recommended by samsung. or they may not replace and may charge you.
So here't the full background, it's not long, please read:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...-bricked-my-sgs-wonder-what-i-did-wrong.2032/
Long story short, it looks like I bricked my SGS when trying to flash with Odin, even though I followed the tutorial very closely. When I power up the phone, it just gives me the image with phone, exclamation mark and PC on it. It does, however, go into download mode when powered up with VolDown and center button.
How do I save it? Do I need the JIG (God, please say no! )
Have you tried reflashing with odin.
Jig is only needed when you cant get into download mode.
Also i just looked inside the darky rom topic.
Have you flashed the jvk rom first with the bootloaders?
Edit: as said below. If you gonna reflash, flash a stock rom. Not the darky rom. First priority is to make your phone work.
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Yeah, you have download mode.
Now, fire up Odin and load a few rom files into it, connect the phone and see if the PC still recognises it. (Do not flash, Just a test)
If so...
Flash a stock rom.
Somehow, I was able to flash it with Odin in Download Mode this time. Phew! I read somewhere that the flash might fail if You're using wrong USB port. At first I connected my phone to a eSATA/USB combo port, and for the second time (after brick) I tried a normal USB 2.0 port in my laptop. Maybe that's what made the difference, I have no idea.
Anyway, I'm running stock Samsung 2.3 rom and am trying to install Darky's 10.0 RC3 on it - I am running into some problems, but thankfully they're much less serious than the brick that I was able to fix.
Thanks for Your help!
I ran into similar problems last week. A rom wouldn't flash, so I gave it an hour and it proceeded nowhere. Had to pull the plug on it.
Sometimes it just takes a few times plugging and unplugging repeatedly until it just happens to get detected by Windows. Maybe just a bit of luck too
Congrats on your recovery.
Just wondering which stock 2.3 rom did you use and which Odin setting you used to get your phone up and working again.
Here is my post / problem, seems similar to yours
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1020223
Thanks
I had the same issue like warnec on my first darkyy flash, finally everything went fine...don't worry!
just try to reflash with odin (maybe going for a stock version first is a good idea), be sure to do everything as mentioned in the guides out there. and be sure your computer works stable, maybe you want to quit some tasks in the background (however it should work even without but something crashed my odin once...)
Reflash with Odin to make your phone work again. I suggest using a stock 2.2.1/2.3.3 ROM. It is important that it consists of the 512.pit file, a PDA file, a Phone file and a CSC file. The ROM must have bootloaders included!
Now, disconnect your phone and turn it off.
Start Odin and load all the files. Tick 'Repartition'.
Start your phone in Download Mode by pressing Vol-Down, Home and Power.
Connect it to your PC and wait for Odin to say 'Added!'.
Now hit Start, wait 2-3 minutes until it is done and your phone should succesfully reboot!
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Thanks I tried this and my phone just keeps flashing i9000m screen, then blank and then back to the i9000m screen. Looks like the phone is unusable.
chriszak said:
Thanks I tried this and my phone just keeps flashing i9000m screen, then blank and then back to the i9000m screen. Looks like the phone is unusable.
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does not sound very good...could you solve your problem yet?
Had to take the phone into Bell. Waiting on return of it and currently using a loaner HTC Desire Z from Bell.
Hi there, I'm sorry to bother you all but somehow I've managed to brick my phone.
Phone info prior to brick:
gt-i9000m
using a rom developed in darky's rom kitchen
rooted
Phone info on way to brick:
Flashed European gingerbread 2.3.2 (successful)
Rooted (successful)
Phone info where became bricked:
Tried to flash seeARMS gingerbread rom onto phone using clockworkmod
Place update file into root folder of internal SD and entered rom manager app to attempt to flash rom, phone enters boot screen and stays there five minutes.
I at this point pulled the battery and reentered download mode attempting to flash european gingerbread again.. Odin runs and then hangs up while it's trying to execute the boot.ini thing, phone's screen turns off I left it running for 5 minutes to make sure that it wasn't working..
Pulled battery and tried to turn on phone enters black screen of death wear the computer exclamation mark and phone symbol pops up.
I attempt to enter download mode and succeed! Then I try to reflash 2.3.2 but again Odin hangs up at boot.ini and screen turns off.
So anyway, my question is since I can still enter download mode is there any possible way to fix my phone? I will be downloading the stock rom tomorrow and attempting to flash it again using Odin. Any suggestions?
I would flash one of the stock 2.1 roms and start all over.
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Alright, thanks is there any chance you know where I could fine one?
I was able to unbrick my phone by removing the battery, holding the power button and letting all the residual energy drain from the unit, then booting into download mode and flashing 2.3.2 using Odin3. It turns out, the revision of 2.3.2 I have is without a recovery mode so I'll have to reflash a stock JL2 firmware before I can use seeArm's 2.3.2.
ikuba said:
Alright, thanks is there any chance you know where I could fine one?
Plastered all over XDA amongs many post .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
Unbrick it by flashing stockrom with pit 512 and repartition checked via Odin .
jje
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I was flashing DRE 9.2 with odin on my i9000. Followed the instruction(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940671) till part 1 step 5, the phone is suppose to reboot itself by now, but instead, it just shows the startup screen of white writing [SAMSUNG GALAXY S GT-I9000] flashing on and off.
I tried to get into the recovery but the three key combo will only bring me into the on-and-off cycle again. but I can get into download.
anyone knows the solution for this? plz help!
Have you tried flashing it again?
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Please flash again.
I have had this issue (Only Galaxy S screen showing)
I tool out battery, got into download mode and flasher again. This time odin said flash was unsuccessful. But tried flashing again..and VOILA..it worked allright!!
Else Please get into this live chat for great guys who can give you almost live help:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#darkyrom
If you can get to download mode flash a stock Froyo rom and pit with repartition checked should recover your phone .
jje