I lost connection to the PC when reflashing back to Stock 2.3.5 and now the phone only displays a picture of a phone and a PC with a triangle warning sign between them. (wish I could post the pic).
I can't get into download mode or recovery mode. Tried 3-button and USB cable method but no luck. Any ideas before I panic? Do I likely need a jig to fix?
Thanks!
-Samsung Captivate
Having a Jig is always a good idea. Remove battery, open Odin, connect phone in PC press Vol up and down, insert battery. If that doesn't work then get a jig.
If for whatevever reason after the Odin process you get the "Firmware Upgrade fail !, Try using recovery mode" screen,
don't worry. Treat that screen just like the regular download screen. Go ahead and pull the battery and
get back into download mode (that failure screen will come up), Odin should recognize your phone and then you can repeat
the Odin process. And it should Pass.
Thanks for reply. Tried everything to get Odin to recognize but no luck. Might need to see how fast I can get a jig...
If ur screen has the "Firmware upgrade fail etc., etc." then Odin will recognize ur phone. Close the Odin, then right click it and run as administrator, then connect ur phone to the computer (use a usb in the back of it if u r on a desktop or first port on a laptop--don't use a usb hub). Then if the com port on Odin turns yellow, u r good to go.
^What he said.
Looks like I hard bricked my cappy finally after a year and a half of flashing it...it is my fault, I thought my cable was securely plugged into my computer, but my cat decided to walk in between my phone and the computer, unplugging it during an Odin flash...Now all I get is a black screen and nothing. I reseated the battery, same deal....did the whole, remove battery, hold down vol up and vol down and plugged in usb and then placed battery in and still no love....I also tried the normal, remove battery, replace battery, hold down vol up and vol down and then plugging in usb...nothing...computer doesn't beep as to recognize a usb deivce has been plugged in and I even booted into my Linux box and it doesnt see it...I think I finally killed it...I do have a Jig on order though that is set to arrive tomorrow...I am hoping that puts me in download mode, if not it looks like I am buying a SG2. Anyone else have any ideas that I could throw a this thing other than what I already did? I mean I even tried different versions of Odin and Odin wont even recognize it.
If your phone shows no sign on life, you have only two options, one is JTAG and other in UnBrickableMod by Adam Outler.
First apply this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206216
Second do this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242466
If you can not handle the hardware modification yourself, contact Adam, he can do it for you for a nominal cost.
PeteSeiler2010 said:
Looks like I hard bricked my cappy finally after a year and a half of flashing it...it is my fault, I thought my cable was securely plugged into my computer, but my cat decided to walk in between my phone and the computer, unplugging it during an Odin flash...Now all I get is a black screen and nothing. I reseated the battery, same deal....did the whole, remove battery, hold down vol up and vol down and plugged in usb and then placed battery in and still no love....I also tried the normal, remove battery, replace battery, hold down vol up and vol down and then plugging in usb...nothing...computer doesn't beep as to recognize a usb deivce has been plugged in and I even booted into my Linux box and it doesnt see it...I think I finally killed it...I do have a Jig on order though that is set to arrive tomorrow...I am hoping that puts me in download mode, if not it looks like I am buying a SG2. Anyone else have any ideas that I could throw a this thing other than what I already did? I mean I even tried different versions of Odin and Odin wont even recognize it.
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You could always test for the "lucky brick". This is a different type of brick which I've been seeing lately.
1. get Ubuntu here: http://ubuntu.com/download
2. run the resurrector here http://code.google.com/p/hummingbird-hibl/
if it shows this, click the download mode button and it will go into download mode
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AdamOutler said:
You could always test for the "lucky brick". This is a different type of brick which I've been seeing lately.
1. get Ubuntu here: http://ubuntu.com/download
2. run the resurrector here http://code.google.com/p/hummingbird-hibl/
if it shows this, click the download mode button and it will go into download mode
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Geez, Sir Adam, where do you get all this stuff from .....good to know !!
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texasagent said:
I lost connection to the PC when reflashing back to Stock 2.3.5 and now the phone only displays a picture of a phone and a PC with a triangle warning sign between them. (wish I could post the pic).
I can't get into download mode or recovery mode. Tried 3-button and USB cable method but no luck. Any ideas before I panic? Do I likely need a jig to fix?
Thanks!
-Samsung Captivate
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The phone-pc-triangle is not a hard brick.
1. Use adam outler's one click unbrick. For this, i have to ask if your COMPUTER (not necessarily) even sees the device.
2. or it is jig time. If you cannot wait, and can access radio shack, make this simple jig http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128. There are lots like this.......I know, because this home made one worked just fine for me.
Remember, for some reason the second time around the exact same 'jig" - previously used - did not work, so it looks like a one time shot ??
good luck !
i have had odin recognize and flash my phone with the PHONE /!\ PC screen many times. try it. if odin turns yellow it will probably flash.
chappatti said:
Geez, Sir Adam, where do you get all this stuff from .....good to know !!
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I research and I write software.
Lol and mod phones, etc. Adam is the man xD
Thanks Adam, I do have a system running ubuntu at home, I will check this out. I hope it fixes it, I cannot really complain, the phone has been through alot. I will give this a shot and if it doesn't I will be pm-ing you about the unbrickable mod.
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I wish I had the PHONE /!\ PC screen ... I have had that many times, but this is my first completely unresponsive issue. My phone is a build 1006, so I know its from June of 2010.
I am having a heck of a time trying to install java in ubuntu, i think I am going to just chuck this cappy out of the window. I have the program downloaded in ubuntu, but it needs java to run, am I correct?
PeteSeiler2010 said:
I am having a heck of a time trying to install java in ubuntu, i think I am going to just chuck this cappy out of the window. I have the program downloaded in ubuntu, but it needs java to run, am I correct?
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Ubuntu comes with open something jre. Use that. Right click and open as java
Ah, I used a Live CD to install my copy of Ubuntu, it looks like i didnt install that tool when I installed the OS. I am looking through the software installer within Ubuntu to see where I can find that.
Edit: I did finally get it to run, unfortunately the Unbrickable software says, Failed to find Device. So it looks like I need to ship this thing out for some mods.
Well, I got my Jig....My cappy is dead...The jig did not do anything, I knew it was a slight chance that it would work.
Who can fix this phone in a hard brick state that its in??
Hard Brick Samsung Gravity Smart
Guy i wanted to know can i use the jig usb to unbrick my hard bricked samsung gravity smart the button combinations doesnt work please help me unbricks it i will by the ji if it can unbrick it.
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After trying to flash Roto-JME firmware and having great troubles with USB drivers and getting my GT to remain connected during the entire flashing process, my GT finally died on me...
Now it won't turn on at all.. However, I can bring (somewhat) to life by plugging it into a wall outlet after which the screen turns and on in 20 second interval displaying the "Connection interrupted" graphic.
When I connect to my PC via the USB cable, it won't turn on at all.
Does anyone have any tips as to how to get my GT to turn on again??
Thank you so much!
zyborg said:
After trying to flash Roto-JME firmware and having great troubles with USB drivers and getting my GT to remain connected during the entire flashing process, my GT finally died on me...
Now it won't turn on at all.. However, I can bring (somewhat) to life by plugging it into a wall outlet after which the screen turns and on in 20 second interval displaying the "Connection interrupted" graphic.
When I connect to my PC via the USB cable, it won't turn on at all.
Does anyone have any tips as to how to get my GT to turn on again??
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So you see the "Phone ! PC" graphic?
Can you explain exactly which files you flashed, and what you did when the Tab disconnected during flashing?
Yes, the "Phone ! PC" graphic.
Initially, my problem was that I had succesfully installed Roto-JME, but then had proceeded to install the latest version of ClockWorkMod (version 3.0), which f*cked up everything - my guess is the conversion to ext4 - after which my SGT wouldn't boot up past the "Samsung Galaxy Tab" logo...
After having had trouble getting my SGT to stay connected, I installed a different version of the "Samsung USB driver for mobile phones", namely for the Samsung Galaxy S, and compatible with Windows 7 x64 (version 1.3.350), which is my current operating system. I installed these drivers on top of the drivers that came with the latest version of Kies (version 1.3.1600).
I the tried to flash the following files through ODIN:
PDA: P1000XWJJ4-REV03-ALL-CL639474.tar.md5
PHONE: MODEM_P1000XXJID.tar.md5
CSC: GT-P1000-CSC-SERJJ2.tar.md5
PIT: P1_add_hidden.pit
The flashing process FAILED during the flashing of FACTORYFS.RFS, I believe, and then my SGT went blank, and it will not turn on again....
rotohammer said:
So you see the "Phone ! PC" graphic?
Can you explain exactly which files you flashed, and what you did when the Tab disconnected during flashing?
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rotohammer said:
So you see the "Phone ! PC" graphic?
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That's an easy fix. I got into the same situation, flashed JM6 with .pit and repartition and brought my tab back to life. Only problem is that now I have a locked boot loader, but I don't care much b/c soon Tab2 will be out.
Sorry, maybe I didn't make myself clear: I cannot turn on my SGT, which means I cannot get it to show up in Odin, or elsewhere (e.g. Droid Explorer, Android Commander, etc.)...
CyberGhos said:
That's an easy fix. I got into the same situation, flashed JM6 with .pit and repartition and brought my tab back to life. Only problem is that now I have a locked boot loader, but I don't care much b/c soon Tab2 will be out.
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zyborg said:
Sorry, maybe I didn't make myself clear: I cannot turn on my SGT, which means I cannot get it to show up in Odin, or elsewhere (e.g. Droid Explorer, Android Commander, etc.)...
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You either have a Tab that wont power on (blank screen) or one with the "Phone ! PC" screen on it.
If its blank, then theres even more to this story that you haven't told us.
Okay, let me be specific:
1) Plugged into a wall outlet: Phone ! PC screen showing up at intervals. Won't turn on or go into download mode.
2) Plugged into my PC: Blank screen. Won't turn on or go into download mode.
rotohammer said:
You either have a Tab that wont power on (blank screen) or one with the "Phone ! PC" screen on it.
If its blank, then theres even more to this story that you haven't told us.
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zyborg said:
Okay, let me be specific:
1) Plugged into a wall outlet: Phone ! PC screen showing up at intervals. Won't turn on or go into download mode.
2) Plugged into my PC: Blank screen. Won't turn on or go into download mode.
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"Phone ! PC" is download mode. So thats good. I've never seen it flash on and off though.
The only thing that I know of that can screw up "download mode" is to flash a firmware with a bootloader. Do you recall flashing and or repartitioning with anything else?
Have you tried holding the down volume key and then pressing power to see if you can get into a solid download mode? I'm thinking the graphics for the battery charger got screwed up and now your seeing something else flashing in its place, and maybe the Tab is really off.
zyborg, your computer should see the Tab when Phone-!-Pc screen is on provided you have correct drivers on your Windows PC. One of my PCs running Win 7 with USB drivers downloaded from Samsung web site.
It is possible to flash firmware in this mode. Use Roto-JME with repartitioning and SD reformatting. It looks like you corrupted system directories. BTW CWM installes only new recovery. Possibly it was a wrong one.
I'm pretty sure that the JJ4 firmware DOES contain a bootloader, yes.
Yes, I have tried holding the down volume key and then pressing power several times, and it doesn't work, sorry.
rotohammer said:
"Phone ! PC" is download mode. So thats good. I've never seen it flash on and off though.
The only thing that I know of that can screw up "download mode" is to flash a firmware with a bootloader. Do you recall flashing and or repartitioning with anything else?
Have you tried holding the down volume key and then pressing power to see if you can get into a solid download mode? I'm thinking the graphics for the battery charger got screwed up and now your seeing something else flashing in its place, and maybe the Tab is really off.
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zyborg said:
I'm pretty sure that the JJ4 firmware DOES contain a bootloader, yes.
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Then the problem is due to the combination of a flaky flashing setup while flashing a firmware with a bootloader.
If everything isn't perfect, then flashing a bootloader is an exercise in "Flash to Fail" which is why I prefer folks not to flash them unless absolutely needed.
Does the device power off when you hold the power button for 10 seconds?
Plugged into wall outlet: No, it doesn't. I reboots into the Phone ! PC screen. If I unplug the device, or turn off the power, the device turns off by itself. In some instances, however, the Phone ! PC screen remains on, in which case I've tried to bring the device over to my PC to connect it, but the device still doesn't register on my PC (no new device is added / USB drivers installed).
I'm guessing the boot process is in some sort of loop due to a misflashed bootloader... or am I wrong?
So what do I do?
rotohammer said:
Does the device power off when you hold the power button for 10 seconds?
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zyborg said:
Plugged into wall outlet: No, it doesn't. I reboots into the Phone ! PC screen. If I unplug the device, or turn off the power, the device turns off by itself. In some instances, however, the Phone ! PC screen remains on, in which case I've tried to bring the device over to my PC to connect it, but the device still doesn't register on my PC (no new device is added / USB drivers installed).
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The only chance left is to force the tab to boot into the spare secondary bootloader with a special value resistor soldered across the pins of power cable connector. I haven't tried it myself as I'm waiting for some spare cables to arrive,
Does anyone know another way?
Can I order such a cable/resistor online?
rotohammer said:
The only chance left is to force the tab to boot into the spare secondary bootloader with a special value resistor soldered across the pins of power cable connector. I haven't tried it myself as I'm waiting for some spare cables to arrive,
Does anyone know another way?
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I've been in similar situation but odin could always recognize the Tab.
My guess is the Tab might need recharging. Having weak battery might result in turning it off quickly and failing of handshake. I would suggest to keep it charging for a couple hours and then turn it on and see whether Odin would recognize the Tab.
I like the idea of special cable. If I get directions I can probably make it tomorrow and try. I have components and plenty of spare cables.
If you can make a spare cable and test this, that would be awesome.
Thank you for the suggestion, but I've already tried leaving it charging for several hours, but as soon as I disconnect it from the wall outlet, it turns off and won't turn on...
Adapt0r said:
I've been in similar situation but odin could always recognize the Tab.
My guess is the Tab might need recharging. Having weak battery might result in turning it off quickly and failing of handshake. I would suggest to keep it charging for a couple hours and then turn it on and see whether Odin would recognize the Tab.
I like the idea of special cable. If I get directions I can probably make it tomorrow and try. I have components and plenty of spare cables.
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My device just miraculously turned on!!! I had left it connected to my PC (via the USB cable), while watching a movie, and then - out of the blue - it turned on and the PC then proceeded to install the USB drivers. It still shows the Phone ! PC screen, but is connectable through ODIN.
What do you recommend I do now?
What should I flash, how, and in what order?
UPDATE: It seems like the device's current behaviour when connected to my PC is the same as its behaviour when connect to a wall outlet - only slower. It turns on and off at intervals (of 20 seconds, or so)... Which makes it very hard for me to flash anything to the device. Any suggestions?
Choice is yours but I would recommend pre-rooted Roto-JME ROM. Follow his post in the development section. It has links to easy flashing guide as well. In similar situation I've selected the ROM with reformatting of the internal SD memory and repartitioning.
Good luck!
Just read the thread by chance and my first reaction to your explanation about the different behavior between the wall outlet plug and the PC led me immediately to "The tab may very well need charging". It seems Adapt0r had the same immediate idea as well...
Have you tried to keep the Tab plugged in the outlet for a couple of hours and then tried to plug it again to the PC ?
Hi,
I have Samsung Galaxy S I9000 with Android 2.2 (FROYO) system upgraded from 2.1 version using oden.
Yesterday I tried to update this system because I have some problem in my phone (shutdown automatically...). I used the same method I used before to UPGRADE the system (oden write SBL above the port number colored in yellow).
Unfortunately, when the phone was in "download mode", oden has stop working on 30% approx. it says that the com port is not available (knowing that this port worked correctly when oden established the connection). So I removed the battery from my phone...... (I know it is a stupid idea).
Now the phone do not start-up and when I connect it to pc nothing happens.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me what must I do??
Thank you guys
Can You Boot the phone into download mode manually ?
press volume down + home + power simultaneously
ps that wasn't stupid idea - it was the only solution to turn off broken flashing, but You must try boot it again to download mode and flash again but this time make sure that every file is properly placed in odin: file with MODEM as phone, CSC to CSC and third to PDA.
Oy.
As far as I know losing power to the phone or rebooting the pc while flashing the bootloader is one of the only ways to properly brick the sgs.
This sounds bad...very bad. If the bootloader had been erased but the new one hadn't been written before you pulled the battery, then I fear it is Goodnight Charlie. No bootloader, no phone.
If you can use the three button method to get to download mode as the post above me suggested, you will be alright.
If not....maybe a jig but I would doubt it.
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Raider0001 said:
Can You Boot the phone into download mode manually ?
press volume down + home + power simultaneously
ps that wasn't stupid idea - it was the only solution to turn off broken flashing, but You must try boot it again to download mode and flash again but this time make sure that every file is properly placed in odin: file with MODEM as phone, CSC to CSC and third to PDA.
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Thanks for your help,
Unfortunately, This button combination does not success to put the phone in download mode, even nor the "volume up + home + power on" neither "volume up + volume down + home + power on".
please, do not say there is no solution
I trust and believe in you guys
rschenck said:
Oy.
As far as I know losing power to the phone or rebooting the pc while flashing the bootloader is one of the only ways to properly brick the sgs.
This sounds bad...very bad. If the bootloader had been erased but the new one hadn't been written before you pulled the battery, then I fear it is Goodnight Charlie. No bootloader, no phone.
If you can use the three button method to get to download mode as the post above me suggested, you will be alright.
If not....maybe a jig but I would doubt it.
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Hi,
The button combination do not work
what did you mean by "jig". I am sure there is a solution
You seem expert so you can find a creative solution
try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551 or give it to nearest samsung service, just say it is broken doesn't start - do never ever say its broken because i flashed it
Long time ago i have bricked motorola, said its broken and wont start - what they did was main-board replacing of course free by warranty
Raider0001 said:
try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551 or give it to nearest samsung service, just say it is broken doesn't start - do never ever say its broken because i flashed it
Long time ago i have bricked motorola, said its broken and wont start - what they did was main-board replacing of course free by warranty
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I purchase this phone locked for orange in France and I unlocked it to use it outside France. Can this cause a problem?
Best regards
I agree that a service center is your.only option now.
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i would strongly suggest you first try building the jig with resistors
if that doesn't get you into download mode, then you can take the phone to your provider.
good luck mate
RorixRebel said:
i would strongly suggest you first try building the jig with resistors
if that doesn't get you into download mode, then you can take the phone to your provider.
good luck mate
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How can I do this, I know that if the Samsung logo does not appear (like my case), then this method will not work. What do you think?
are you able to see the following image on your phone when you start it up?
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if you see this then it can be saved, if its just a black screen you are kind of screwed
Does the phone show any reaction? Does the acreen show anything? Any Sound? If it's just a black stone and doesnt react at all, send it to Samsung and as reason for the phone to be bricked, just say Kies f***ed it up while you tried to sync contacts or so. I did that one week ago and as you can see it's working again.
Well if it shows reaction try building your own jig as mentioned in the thread above or buy one from ebay to boot your phone into download mode.
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RorixRebel said:
are you able to see the following image on your phone when you start it up?
if you see this then it can be saved, if its just a black screen you are kind of screwed
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Phone make no action!!! like if there is no battery in the phone. only black screen
Th30n34nd0nl7 said:
Does the phone show any reaction? Does the acreen show anything? Any Sound? If it's just a black stone and doesnt react at all, send it to Samsung and as reason for the phone to be bricked, just say Kies f***ed it up while you tried to sync contacts or so. I did that one week ago and as you can see it's working again.
Well if it shows reaction try building your own jig as mentioned in the thread above or buy one from ebay to boot your phone into download mode.
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ONLY black screen. The phone is out of warranty, will this cost a lot? they will fix it by hardware (change a part) or by software?
Try this:
1. Take everything out of the phone (sim, micro sd, battery)
2. Press volume up+home+power
3. Put the battery back in while still having the three buttons pressed.
4. Hopefully you are in download mode.
hwehbe said:
ONLY black screen. The phone is out of warranty, will this cost a lot? they will fix it by hardware (change a part) or by software?
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you can buy the jig from ebay. search for it.
if its gets the phone into download mode, u know what to do then...else take it to some unofficial service centre..i mean ordinary cell phone repairing shop and see if they can fix it.
Bricked my phone after trying out CM7 and then flashing Stock ROM via KDZ_FW_UPD without wiping all data.
Found a way how to fix my problem. This should work for almost all bricked phones.
Remember, this will wipe ALL DATA from your phone. I'm not responsible if something happens with your P970. Do at your own risk.
You will need:
Drivers for P970;
KDZ_FW_UPD_EN
UpTestEX_mod2_marwin
WindowsEnablerv1.1
Download
Start from here if it's first time (no drivers installed, etc):
1) Install all drivers (from Drivers folder);
2) Disable LGE Virtual Modem (Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager);
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Start from here if drivers already installed:
3) Run msxml.msi (in KDZ_FW_UPD folder);
4) Delete mfc42.dll (from KDZ_FW_UPD folder);
5) Run WindowsEnabler.exe and set it to ON;
6) Run UpTestEX_mod2_marwin.exe;
7) Set your phone to S/W Upgrade mode (take out battery, while pressing Volume Up, plug USB cable).
1) Select KDZ file (download from here);
2) Click "CSE web upgrade test", then "Upgrade Start".
Chose your language and wait till phone reboots. It will take some time and could look like nothing is going on. If you see something similar to this (on your phone) for a moment, everything went OK.
maaaaaaaaaaaaan em trying it right now.....let u know as soon as i see some results
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"YES" it really works!!!
Thanks a billion times man! You saved my life
(for everyone else who is trying to follow this TUT...when i was updating it was stuck at 4% and showed a lot of errors in the log below...but i guess that didnt matter and now it works...that screen at the end is really must...and i had to force close the update tool after my phone was working)
I think this is solution for ALL BRICKED P970s that can enter into S/W Upgrade mode!!!
Very important is that this method do HARD RESET after flashing firmware so it could UNBRICK ALL of our phones.
Can anyone with bricked phone (not CM7 brick) can test it?
I a little bit edited tutorial and, yeah, it could help for all bricked phones. We just need someone who could test it out.
I linked it at RC's G+ and RootzWiki, in response to those bricking their OB's in regards with CM7. Hope they could give us feedbacks.
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cool, finally a method that can do "hard reset" without a running system or a recovery installed !!
LG would have implement the hard reset in his Recovery in the B2CAppSetup ! it would avoid lots of send back to LG customer service !!
Thanks
quyTam said:
LG would have implement the hard reset in his Recovery in the B2CAppSetup
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No, LG would have implement the recovery key combination... It would be remedy for almost all P970 bricks...
Does anybody knows another phone with Android without hardware key combination for recovery?
Is it even possible that hardware key combination (changing bootloader) will be possible to add-on by official LG firmware update? Maybe they should do this with official 2.3 upgrade, but it is probably only dream...
PS. I forgot to thanx, ziiljuks, you're the man!
yes, recovery combination key would be better ^^
ps: I think x8 doesn't have it either
quote from rootzwiki: "adb.exe reboot recovery saved my life!!!!"
i guess we can boot into recovery with this command. i didn't know that adb environment can run with bootloop or volume up screen... can anybody confirm this?
murrun said:
i didn't know that adb environment can run with bootloop or volume up screen
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No, it can't. You need to boot to OS and have enabled Debugging to get ADB working.
I was trying it many times when I bricked my phone. Look HERE.
It seems very good work! But i just bought my phone, i have not fllash my rom yet, since i am afraid that flashing will damage my warranty forever. Could shut body tell
Me whether there is ANY means to recover the warranty........
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yes, by reflasing stock rom !
CSE means CS_EMERGENCY
I think this does the same if you select the CS_EMERGENCY mode on KDZU.
Ilko said:
CSE means CS_EMERGENCY
I think this does the same if you select the CS_EMERGENCY mode on KDZU.
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Nope. Tried that when I bricked my phone couple of weeks ago.
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Tested it 5 mins. ago with CS_EMERGENCY in KDZU, and no. No hard resetting.
hmm I should test this tool again. I previously gave up that because it has never worked, until I know those kdz files must keep their name
i dont get the "CSE web upgrade test" button in the UpTestEX_mod2_marwin window.
any ideas?
tried normal upgrade but dosnt make the factory reset and keep geting boot loop.
yes another victim of CM/ > Stock
ok found it. in the type has to be in CDMA not 3GQCT
Hello,man.
There's some problems in using this method.
A guy does the upgrade,and the phone is stuck at 4% too. But unlike the situation u've met, there's not even a error in the log. Then , he has to switch off the USB(means disconnect the phone and the PC. sorry, my English is... - -#). I wanna know how much time does the upgrading process takes. Thanks.
Meanwhile ,there's another guy. He did the same thing .And the phone reboots finally. But what confuses me is that he didn't get the picture on the screen. Could you explain , thanks in my heart!
And thanks ziiljuks very much!
maybe a corrupted kdz file, try to re-download another.
elBartoFlores said:
i dont get the "CSE web upgrade test" button in the UpTestEX_mod2_marwin window.
any ideas?
tried normal upgrade but dosnt make the factory reset and keep geting boot loop.
yes another victim of CM/ > Stock
ok found it. in the type has to be in CDMA not 3GQCT
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Download THIS package. It has all the files in one folder. Unpack it to C:\ You should get C:\P970_unbrick\*files here*
Install msxml.msi, then run Windows Enabler.exe and click on its icon in the taskbar. Icon will change and will show "ON". Then run UpTestEX_mod2_marwin.exe and do the rest of the job.
glenn_gm said:
Hello,man.
There's some problems in using this method.
A guy does the upgrade,and the phone is stuck at 4% too. But unlike the situation u've met, there's not even a error in the log. Then , he has to switch off the USB(means disconnect the phone and the PC. sorry, my English is... - -#). I wanna know how much time does the upgrading process takes. Thanks.
Meanwhile ,there's another guy. He did the same thing .And the phone reboots finally. But what confuses me is that he didn't get the picture on the screen. Could you explain , thanks in my heart!
And thanks ziiljuks very much!
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When i followed this tut my update process was stuck at 4% and actually it "didn't" flash the stock rom...(although it was already flash before my the KDZU tool) this tool simply after giving alot of errors in the log file did a hard reset (that last screen---which actually does the magic by formatting the data partition). After that screen my phone restarted and BINGO i was at the setup wizard! then i closed the tool bcz it was stuck but my phone was working
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used a jig to go into download mode, and tried to odin, but it stopped during the update.
phone for some reason would not go into download using the buttons, and also stopped letting me into cwm, now all i get is this screen.
now the jig i made wont even work anymore.
is there someone i can pay to fix it, im so done with this phone
Simple answer, no.
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this is as far as i can get in odin
<ID:0/013> Added!!
<ID:0/013> Odin v.3 engine (ID:13)..
<ID:0/013> File analysis..
<ID:0/013> SetupConnection..
Actually I had the same problem. Was doing a flash with Odin, it failed. Tried to get into download mode and couldnt with buttons. I yried my jig and it didnt work. I swore my jig was bad but it wasnt. I unbricked it with the Heimdall Captivate Unbricker software. I think it was called One Click Unbrick or something. Once I got it installed it worked like a charm and I was able to get it working again.
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punkkloser said:
used a jig to go into download mode, and tried to odin, but it stopped during the update.
phone for some reason would not go into download using the buttons, and also stopped letting me into cwm, now all i get is this screen.
now the jig i made wont even work anymore.
is there someone i can pay to fix it, im so done with this phone
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God people don't read... That screen can be used as Download mode.
1. Open Odin
2. Connect phone
3. Flash
4. Profit
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with that screen odin will not recognize the phone.
tried some one-clicks, and regular odin 1.82
if anyone will consider fixing this i would gladly mail you the phone and pay you for it, if anyone is up for that. pleez let me know
[email protected]
miui was on there before the problems. i would rather just have a stock rom, or hell, any rom that actually boots, send me an email on your info, i'll do it
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@OP: can you into download mode? if not make or buy a jig...its around 2-3 dollars off ebay..
If you can go into download mode and Odin can see it but failing then just try running Odin as admin, changing cables, changing USB ports, changing computer...u r not completely bricked...complete brick means no sign of life at all....I have seen that screens many times no problem...
OP, I would also suggest looking at the connection issues post in my signature. Try all those steps to get the computer to recognize your phone first.
completely bricked means you have nothing. Phone doesn't light up at all. I would know, I've done it.
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here. use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266172
Pay attention to the pop-up about installing drivers. The flash WILL fail the first time because your partitioning is wrong. Select the flash bootloaders option after that and flash again.
made a jig with the 100k resistors from radio shack. now it isnt working. when it did work, i tried odin with three different samsung cables(stock, gs2, focus), on two different computers, odin got stuck at the same spot everytime. i uninstalled and reinstalled samsung drivers at least 3 times. I remember the first time i rooted it and put cyanogenmod on it it was using the galaxys drivers for some reason.
i'll try the last few suggestions, but if its a no-go, i would seriously just mail this off to someone with some cash who can fix it, things driving me nutz.
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OP, I would also suggest looking at the connection issues post in my signature. Try all those steps to get the computer to recognize your phone first.
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no combination of buttons will work.
all i get is the "phone--/!\--PC" screen.
i'll keep working on my 99 cent jig from radio shack
windows will not recognize it when plugged in, nor will heimdall or odin
all my comps are windows 7. maybe i could try linux or xp in a virtual machine, but i dont see how any os will see it if it doesnt even register when plugged in to all my comps now
AdamOutler said:
here. use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266172
Pay attention to the pop-up about installing drivers. The flash WILL fail the first time because your partitioning is wrong. Select the flash bootloaders option after that and flash again.
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woohoo!!!!!!, thanks for that link AdamOutler , i got my jig to work and the app you linked to worked perfectly.
thanks everyone for all your help
my phone is soft bricked
I was trying different roms and when i moved to cm7 i found that my download mode is not working through adb and key combination plus usb plug in methods. so in recovery mode i tried to install some other rom and after 2-3 tries to install the rom i got in position that when i reboot my cappy, it shows att logo screen and then it stucks there. when it is off and put usb cable in it, it show circles (the same for charging) but not the battery signal.
i made a usb jig and it does not seem to work. i hv checked with multimeter that when i connect the jib it provides 296k ohm on the pins 4-5. (i hv opened the device and checked the jig resistance while connected). i am considering the 4-5 pins are the closest to microphone jack
adams detect mode does not detect device even in ubuntu.
windows (7 64bit )does not detect it to be connected.
As i have opened the device for un-brickable mod but it seems to be impossible for me to do it myself. i live in bahrain (gulf). it is very small place to find some good soldering skill guy. it will be very costly and time consuming it to send it to someone in usa to do mod for me.
please help me regarding this.
Could someone please help me?
I succesfully installed "Universal auto Install Root, Busybox, Enable BLN , Init.d support, Swap support and OC kernel upto 1.1Ghz".
My phone was running perfect, but I wanted to try Swapper 2 (for Root users). After I installed Swapper 2 and rebooted my phone, the Samsung logo appears (and is moving a bit strange) and my phone won't boot.
I don't see any graphics on the screen, so I don't know if I'm able to boot recovery mode.
Odin is stuck on '<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..'.
First, I used the method from mk-14 to root my S6500D.
After that, I flashed the original Mini 2 firmware from SamFirmware.
Then, I flashed ClockWorkMod 5.0.2.8 (Jena).
After that, I flashed "Universal auto Install Root, Busybox, Enable BLN , Init.d support, Swap support and OC kernel upto 1.1Ghz".
The problem started after I used Parted Magic to add a swap partition (already had a EXT4 partition) to my SD card and installed Swapper 2 (for Root users). After I turned off my phone, it wouldn't boot normally anymore.
There are no graphics when booting. Only a black background, strange white bar (which is moving a little bit) on the side and the white Samsung logo. After trying some button combinations, sometimes it boots without the Samsung logo (so a black background with a white bar which sometimes becomes 1px smaller).
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There is no vibration when booting. Also not when I try button combinations.
When I attach my phone to my computer (W7 Home Premium 64 bit), it recognizes the phone, but I can't use Odin to flash the stock rom back.
Device Manager show:
- Modems:
SAMSUNG Mobile Modem #2
- Ports (COM & LPT)
SAMSUNG Mobile Modem Diagnostic Serial Port (WDM)
- Universal Serial Bus-controllers
SAMSUNG USB Composite Device
Is it possible to solve this problem?
take out both sim card and sd card then try again
Thanks for helping me.
Unfortunately, I already tried with no success.
try to press all the keys until the logo appears ( Vol up + Vol dn + Home + Power)
Messi10 said:
try to press all the keys until the logo appears ( Vol up + Vol dn + Home + Power)
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I also can't get into recovery mode .
when u plugg in your phone in charger can u see the battery icon ?
Messi10 said:
when u plugg in your phone in charger can u see the battery icon ?
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No, just a black screen with a white bar on the right.
boot into download mode by pressing volume down + home and press power i think it works but u can't see it then open odin it it works then flash a firmware
Messi10 said:
boot into download mode by pressing volume down + home and press power i think it works but u can't see it then open odin it it works then flash a firmware
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Stuck at <ID:0/012> SetupConnection..
So, I probably can't get into download mode.
Does a JIG can make my phone go into download mode?
can you enstablish an ADB connection?
try to do it when you are on many states (recovery,normal boot) even if you dont see anything the phone might actually go there
Pazzie said:
Stuck at <ID:0/012> SetupConnection..
So, I probably can't get into download mode.
Does a JIG can make my phone go into download mode?
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try one of this:
1. re plug the usb on different port
2. restart your pc
3. reinstall the samsung usb driver
now i go to sleep:angel::angel:
peter_baz said:
can you enstablish an ADB connection?
try to do it when you are on many states (recovery,normal boot) even if you dont see anything the phone might actually go there
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(Already) tried it a couple of times without success:
Try ClockWorkMod Recovery download here
Put zip file onto your SDcard. Do it through your PC.
Boot into download mode, then recovery, choose zip from SDcard, run CWMR
READ thread on link above, should help.
Messi10 said:
try one of this:
1. re plug the usb on different port
2. restart your pc
3. reinstall the samsung usb driver
now i go to sleep:angel::angel:
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Tried different USB ports and also tried it on another computer without success .
Ok, sleep well and thanks for helping me.
Pazzie said:
Tried different USB ports and also tried it on another computer without success .
Ok, sleep well and thanks for helping me.
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sorry dude but it seems like you bricked it
go to samsung service center.they will fix it for 20 euro...
Yeah, I also think it's bricked.
I hope it doesn't take very long to fix it. I'm already experiencing withdrawal symptoms .
Do you have any idea what I did wrong?
I created a swap partition on my SD card and installed the app you recommended. Did you also tried that app?
p.s.
lsusb in Linux shows this:
So Swapper 2 bricked your phone but the package was fine??
Zedd247 said:
So Swapper 2 bricked your phone but the package was fine??
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"Universal auto Install Root, Busybox, Enable BLN , Init.d support, Swap support and OC kernel upto 1.1Ghz" from squadzone was running fine on my phone for a couple of days.
All I can say is that in my case, my phone got bricked after adding a swap partition to my SD card with Parted Magic (GParted), installing Swapper 2 and applying some settings.
I don't want to say right now that installing Swapper 2 equals bricking your phone. It could have been a combination of factors that led to the brick of my phone. But I think you should be careful. My phone was running smooth anyway, so I don't know if it was necessary to add a swap partition. I just wanted to try it.
Pazzie said:
"Universal auto Install Root, Busybox, Enable BLN , Init.d support, Swap support and OC kernel upto 1.1Ghz" from squadzone was running fine on my phone for a couple of days.
All I can say is that in my case, my phone got bricked after adding a swap partition to my SD card with Parted Magic (GParted), installing Swapper 2 and applying some settings.
I don't want to say right now that installing Swapper 2 equals bricking your phone. It could have been a combination of factors that led to the brick of my phone. But I think you should be careful. My phone was running smooth anyway, so I don't know if it was necessary to add a swap partition. I just wanted to try it.
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hate to say this but i told you that we dont need swap (((
i bricked mine too when i was trying to root it a month ago (but i found a way at the end)
anyway when i bricked it(odin didnt recognised it at all and didnt boot ofc) i went to a samsung center and it took 15mins and 20euros to fix it
peter_baz said:
hate to say this but i told you that we dont need swap (((
i bricked mine too when i was trying to root it a month ago (but i found a way at the end)
anyway when i bricked it(odin didnt recognised it at all and didnt boot ofc) i went to a samsung center and it took 15mins and 20euros to fix it
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Learned my lesson .
Hate to say this too, but you where right :laugh:.
Today, the phone didn't boot at all...
I went to a local Samsung Service Center (with the 20 euro's you mentioned in mind). They told me it had to be send to Samsung. It would probably cost more then the value of a new device (I mentioned it was rooted). After that, they advised me to bring it to the store where I bought it, so I did.
The store is going to send it to Samsung (which means I have to miss it for about three weeks). I hope it doesn't cost me much. They mentioned, I only have to pay if the cause is water damage or damage from falling.