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[Q] Superbrick, Softbrick, Pixel Salad ?huh?

Seriously can someone please explain to me what the heck the above mean? I get the notion of a brick but what the heck is the difference between Super brick? Hard / Soft Brick? Finally, not really brick but what's Pixel Salad!?
Thanks!

altrstar said:
Seriously can someone please explain to me what the heck the above mean? I get the notion of a brick but what the heck is the difference between Super brick? Hard / Soft Brick? Finally, not really brick but what's Pixel Salad!?
Thanks!
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Soft brick= a FAILURE of the device that can be reverted by the user
Hard brick= a FAILURE of the device that has to be reverted via external devices see jtag
Superbrick= a FAILURE of the device where the only solution the service center and a replacement of the component that malfunctions.
Pixel salad = a problem of the graphics unit or the screen to display correctly the image and put instead random colored pixels on some areas of the screen or the whole screen.
This is my interpretation of those issues everyone can correct it if he thinks that those expansions are incorrect.
Hope it helped you understanding few of those issues.
GL& HF
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Braxos said:
Soft brick= a FAILURE of the device that can be reverted by the user
Hard brick= a FAILURE of the device that has to be reverted via external devices see jtag
Superbrick= a FAILURE of the device where the only solution the service center and a replacement of the component that malfunctions.
Pixel salad = a problem of the graphics unit or the screen to display correctly the image and put instead random colored pixels on some areas of the screen or the whole screen.
This is my interpretation of those issues everyone can correct it if he thinks that those expansions are incorrect.
Hope it helped you understanding few of those issues.
GL& HF
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You are spot on!!

Hi, I flashed N7000ZSLPF ICS with bootloader and rooted afterwards. Everything was perfect until i decided to flash cm9 nigthly signed.zip and did a direct reboot. Now nothing happens when i try to turn the phone on
What kind of brick is this? Can somebody please tell me ?
Is there any possibilities to get the phone fixed?
Thank you all for your answers allready
Wish u all a nice day

Nefret90 said:
Hi, I flashed N7000ZSLPF ICS with bootloader and rooted afterwards. Everything was perfect until i decided to flash cm9 nigthly signed.zip and did a direct reboot. Now nothing happens when i try to turn the phone on
What kind of brick is this? Can somebody please tell me
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I'm not 100% sure, but performing a flash under lpf isn't recommended. How did you root lpf after flashing? And when you say "did a direct reboot" what do you mean? Also when you say doesn't turn on at all, do you mean no display whatsoever or enters Samsung boot loop? Are you able to enter recovery or download mode?
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Nefret90 said:
Hi, I flashed N7000ZSLPF ICS with bootloader and rooted afterwards. Everything was perfect until i decided to flash cm9 nigthly signed.zip and did a direct reboot. Now nothing happens when i try to turn the phone on
What kind of brick is this? Can somebody please tell me ?
Is there any possibilities to get the phone fixed?
Thank you all for your answers allready
Wish u all a nice day
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You should have read the warning about LPx kernels (LP1, LP5, LP6, LPY, LPF)
Wiping or flashing in recovery will probably cause superbrick.
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Nefret90 said:
Hi, I flashed N7000ZSLPF ICS with bootloader and rooted afterwards. Everything was perfect until i decided to flash cm9 nigthly signed.zip and did a direct reboot. Now nothing happens when i try to turn the phone on
What kind of brick is this? Can somebody please tell me ?
Is there any possibilities to get the phone fixed?
Thank you all for your answers allready
Wish u all a nice day
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The way to go from ANY non-CM9-based ICS Rom to a CM9-based Rom is via Gingerbread.
You should've first used PC Odin to go back to GB, root your Rom, then flash CM9.
You have most probably superbricked your phone.

SpyderTracks said:
I'm not 100% sure, but performing a flash under lpf isn't recommended. How did you root lpf after flashing? And when you say "did a direct reboot" what do you mean? Also when you say doesn't turn on at all, do you mean no display whatsoever or enters Samsung boot loop? Are you able to enter recovery or download mode?
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Did root using cfs root trough Odin Pc. With a direct boot i mean that i just rebooted without doing the partiton thing just flashed the image and rebooted.
And when i say doesnt turn on at all i mean that absolutely nothing happens, no power at the screen no detection trough usb on pc no download mode or anything.
tryied to flash before and did just reboot, back then did just got the boot looop probem and did a recovery to ics. this last time i tried again to show a friend in a hurry and failed epicly

Nefret90 said:
Did root using cfs root trough Odin Pc. With a direct boot i mean that i just rebooted without doing the partiton thing just flashed the image and rebooted.
And when i say doesnt turn on at all i mean that absolutely nothing happens, no power at the screen no detection trough usb on pc no download mode or anything.
tryied to flash before and did just reboot, back then did just got the boot looop probem and did a recovery to ics. this last time i tried again to show a friend in a hurry and failed epicly
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You are definitely bricked, I fear. Head to the nearest service centre.

I am from Kuwait ..
I purchased Samsung galaxy Note N7000 15 Days before
I have Installed King Droid ICS mania 2.1 later yesterday i updated to King droid ICS mania 3.0 and Samsung galaxy s3 Mod updated .. after that i restarted my NOTE but its not booting
i can go to Download mode and Recovery mode ..
even i can see the Install ZIP from SD card and all in CW ..when i Update it says
Can't Mount EMMC
I tried to Mount also But failure ..
I tried Stock rom of ICS official to Update Using ODIN 1.85 .. it stops at
<ID:0/008> factoryfs.img ..
I am worried I cant go for warranty Bcoz at Boot It says Binary count (5)
Please Help me Out

[Q] Is my note superbricked?

Hi,
Tried to install Kingdroid 1.5 yesterday. since than I'm trying to fix my note with no success.
This is what I tried to do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652831
I failed to do the following step:
-We went into recovery and install this kernel without leaving the recovery going to advanced and reboot in recovery
And the rom was not installed successfully.
because of panic, tried to restore my device to stock ICS from a previous backup - failed.
Tried another backup of GB - Failed.
Tried ODIN for Stock ICS and succeeded.
After success on this, tried restoring again to my previous backup, and since than I'm stuck on " factoryfs.img"
Tried Abd, but my device was not recognized on 3 Win machines and 1 linux box.
I have download mode available, and also recovery mode.
Currently, I'm bricked, thinking to take it to the shop I bought it at...
Any other Ideas?
Thanks a lot!

asafki said:
Hi,
Tried to install Kingdroid 1.5 yesterday. since than I'm trying to fix my note with no success.
This is what I tried to do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652831
I failed to do the following step:
-We went into recovery and install this kernel without leaving the recovery going to advanced and reboot in recovery
And the rom was not installed successfully.
because of panic, tried to restore my device to stock ICS from a previous backup - failed.
Tried another backup of GB - Failed.
Tried ODIN for Stock ICS and succeeded.
After success on this, tried restoring again to my previous backup, and since than I'm stuck on " factoryfs.img"
Tried Abd, but my device was not recognized on 3 Win machines and 1 linux box.
I have download mode available, and also recovery mode.
Currently, I'm bricked, thinking to take it to the shop I bought it at...
Any other Ideas?
Thanks a lot!
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If you have download mode available, then you're not bricked, only soft-bricked perhaps.
Try flashing again with Odin...
From my knowledge, superbricks occur when wiping on an unsafe ICS kernel, such as old i9220 leak repack, LPY...

eug3n91 said:
If you have download mode available, then you're not bricked, only soft-bricked perhaps.
Try flashing again with Odin...
From my knowledge, superbricks occur when wiping on an unsafe ICS kernel, such as old i9220 leak repack, LPY...
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in fact all ics kernel will have chances of superbricks, since he trying to restore....which wipe data will take place... that is superbrick i think

whitepandaaa said:
in fact all ics kernel will have chances of superbricks, since he trying to restore....which wipe data will take place... that is superbrick i think
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CM9 kernels, based on i9100 update 4 are safe. That makes official Cyanogen Mod 9 Nightlies and ROMs like Asylum and ParanoidAndroid safe
From his post I got that he was able to flash official ICS with Odin once, meaning it didn't get stuck at factory.fs...so...might be still hope

From what I get, we should add another one to the long list of hard bricks.
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If you are stuck on NAND write, factoryfs.img you are super bricked. Sorry......
I'm guessing you tried restoring your backup in CWM??

My Galaxy note is stuck on black screen no response from buttons just black screen.
This was after I did a wipe data and installed CM9 rom.
What options do I have, will one of these jtag dongles help me?
I just saw some ebay sellers offering an unbrick service for about £21 (im in the uk) where you post it to them to fix.
Any help appreciated

aquanuke said:
My Galaxy note is stuck on black screen no response from buttons just black screen.
This was after I did a wipe data and installed CM9 rom.
What options do I have, will one of these jtag dongles help me?
I just saw some ebay sellers offering an unbrick service for about £21 (im in the uk) where you post it to them to fix.
Any help appreciated
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I think you have SOD.Its a known issue with cm9 to have SOD's.Sorry to ask this silly question,did you try to pull out the battery and boot he phone???

What is SOD ?
Yes pulled the battery, but cant get anything from phone. Even if I put it on charge nothing.. just a black screen

aquanuke said:
What is SOD ?
Yes pulled the battery, but cant get anything from phone. Even if I put it on charge nothing.. just a black screen
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SOD is screen of death.Its nothing but when deep sleep the phone doesnt wake up again and needs to be restarted.
try to put the phone in download mode though the screen is not seen and connect it to odin and see if it gets detected.

Tried to put it in download not mode but buttons are not responding, nothing when I connect to pc either

aquanuke said:
This was after I did a wipe data and installed CM9 rom.
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What Rom were you on prior to flashing CM9?

chasmodo said:
What Rom were you on prior to flashing CM9?
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KingDroid_ICS_NoteMania_Edition_v1.6

aquanuke said:
KingDroid_ICS_NoteMania_Edition_v1.6
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Ah that means you didnt read the guide correctly.It clearly states that you need to be in proper gb with cf-root kernel.

aquanuke said:
KingDroid_ICS_NoteMania_Edition_v1.6
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You are Superbricked. Get your phone to a Samsung Service cetre for the motherboard replacement.
JTag is not an option here, it won't work.

ooopppsss ok thanks.

I even tried re-partitioning using Odin and PIT file. seems that it is always stuck on the same spot.

Fixed!!!
I used this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682444

Nice asafki shame I can't try that as o2 gave me a brand new note :good:

asafki said:
Fixed!!!
I used this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1682444
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check how much data space you lost.
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Dead Samsung Galaxy Note. Need Suggestions.

I was trying to root and install a custom ROM on my phone when this happens.
I suffered 3 kinds of brick that I recognized from reading the forum's guides.
So here's the story:
I install SuperUser and CWM through the stock recovery mode.
After that I tried to wipe everything with CWM from my phone as I wanted to downgrade from my update Official ICS back to the stock GingerBread ROM. (This is to prevent any problems to install the new custom ICS. Read on forum also*)
During the wipe, CWM got stucked at somewhere at the start of the process (Forgotten what it was). It was about more than 15minutes before I made my decision to stop it by holding the power button. Obviously this caused a bootloop or something like a soft brick (Stuck at boot screen).
After the first brick encounter, I tried to fix it by flashing the stock GingerBread ROM directly with Odin without wiping anything as it was stucked in the first step. By doing this, I think I had a Super Brick as the installation also got stucked at loading factoryfs.img image file. There's no solution to this as I looked up in the forums for quite some time.
So, I cancelled the installation and my phone wouldn't start up again. There's no sign of battery charging when plugged in and it wouldn't start by holding the power button. Unable to access recovery/download mode. Odin also didn't recognize my device.
Can anyone here kindly advice me on what should I do now? In deep sad mode -.-

cyyong95 said:
I was trying to root and install a custom ROM on my phone when this happens.
I suffered 3 kinds of brick that I recognized from reading the forum's guides.
So here's the story:
I install SuperUser and CWM through the stock recovery mode.
After that I tried to wipe everything with CWM from my phone as I wanted to downgrade from my update Official ICS back to the stock GingerBread ROM. (This is to prevent any problems to install the new custom ICS. Read on forum also*)
During the wipe, CWM got stucked at somewhere at the start of the process (Forgotten what it was). It was about more than 15minutes before I made my decision to stop it by holding the power button. Obviously this caused a bootloop or something like a soft brick (Stuck at boot screen).
After the first brick encounter, I tried to fix it by flashing the stock GingerBread ROM directly with Odin without wiping anything as it was stucked in the first step. By doing this, I think I had a Super Brick as the installation also got stucked at loading factoryfs.img image file. There's no solution to this as I looked up in the forums for quite some time.
So, I cancelled the installation and my phone wouldn't start up again. There's no sign of battery charging when plugged in and it wouldn't start by holding the power button. Unable to access recovery/download mode. Odin also didn't recognize my device.
Can anyone here kindly advice me on what should I do now? In deep sad mode -.-
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my suggestion is to read this and run before you get bombarded http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321268

I think you dont know what you are doing, as you dont know where to post so i think its better off you dont do anything with your phone

It should be in Q&A forum....Moderators please move it to appropriate forum.....

Stop irritating him. How do you feel if your phone got bricked and don't know what to do.
Coming to the topic. You did not follow basic steps, you used the wrong method of rooting that to on ICS. Don't think that your phone is bricked. Did you flash any custom kernel. I think you were trying too many things and your phone is dead. This happened to me once, I thought my phone is bricked and didn't know what to do. But I remembered I had a external battery adapter charger and charged my battery separetly and know what it worked. Try charging your phone separetly.
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Bro you should've use abyss kernel with red pill to downgrade to gb... cwm has some sort of bug even if its fixed . Be on the safe side and flash abyss
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I have to place my threads in the correct category, and so do you.

first move to the right place
second give more details of what you have done, the steps, the kind of kernel, rom, otherwise we cant give you accurate solutions
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Start Thread and ask for donations, that's what we all do here.

Yes...I see that's the trend here... I suggest when they got, just buy themself an SG3

xlfate said:
Bro you should've use abyss kernel with red pill to downgrade to gb... cwm has some sort of bug even if its fixed . Be on the safe side and flash abyss
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Agree..use abyss kernel to wipe anything bfore flash any ics rom for ur own safety
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Samsung service seems the only solution as you can't get into dl or cwmr modes.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28744408&postcount=5713
This great solution comes from rocket thread, where else.

Galaxtus said:
Stop irritating him. How do you feel if your phone got bricked and don't know what to do.
Coming to the topic. You did not follow basic steps, you used the wrong method of rooting that to on ICS. Don't think that your phone is bricked. Did you flash any custom kernel. I think you were trying too many things and your phone is dead. This happened to me once, I thought my phone is bricked and didn't know what to do. But I remembered I had a external battery adapter charger and charged my battery separetly and know what it worked. Try charging your phone separetly.
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I'll post it in right forum to get my queries answered..better to follow the rules...its not hard to understand.better to spend ur valuable time to read it and posting in the appropriate forum to get correctly answered rather than opening topics. Just a suggestion...
Nw come to the point. Please explain the situation what u did and what files u flashed? XDA are always here to help you.
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cyyong95 said:
I was trying to root and install a custom ROM on my phone when this happens.
I suffered 3 kinds of brick that I recognized from reading the forum's guides.
So here's the story:
I install SuperUser and CWM through the stock recovery mode.
After that I tried to wipe everything with CWM from my phone as I wanted to downgrade from my update Official ICS back to the stock GingerBread ROM. (This is to prevent any problems to install the new custom ICS. Read on forum also*)
During the wipe, CWM got stucked at somewhere at the start of the process (Forgotten what it was). It was about more than 15minutes before I made my decision to stop it by holding the power button. Obviously this caused a bootloop or something like a soft brick (Stuck at boot screen).
After the first brick encounter, I tried to fix it by flashing the stock GingerBread ROM directly with Odin without wiping anything as it was stucked in the first step. By doing this, I think I had a Super Brick as the installation also got stucked at loading factoryfs.img image file. There's no solution to this as I looked up in the forums for quite some time.
So, I cancelled the installation and my phone wouldn't start up again. There's no sign of battery charging when plugged in and it wouldn't start by holding the power button. Unable to access recovery/download mode. Odin also didn't recognize my device.
Can anyone here kindly advice me on what should I do now? In deep sad mode -.-
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Have you read the post quoted below?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12
Please read and see if it helps. Or maybe you have already tried the process outlined.
All the best to you.

I'm sorry to post in the wrong section of the forum. It was my mistake to not read instructions carefully.
Now I have sent it to the service center and waiting for their response. But I didn't do anything like put my phone in the microwave or anything.
So does that means they will find out that I did something to my phone and void my warranty?

smaiitm said:
Have you read the post quoted below?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12
Please read and see if it helps. Or maybe you have already tried the process outlined.
All the best to you.
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Thank you very much for the help but it was too late as my phone is already confirmed hard bricked.
Will try it if I got the chance to bring my phone back to life.

Changed a new note from samsung service LOL

cyyong95 said:
Changed a new note from samsung service LOL
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Great! Have Happy Times Flashing Safely! Cheers.

Galaxy Note stuck at Samsung logo after automatic update..PLEASE HELP..!!

Hi guys,
First of all m a noob here and got here after doing alot opf research on google but have not find any solution yet. I have got a major issue with Galaxy note, never been rooted.
So I have been using ICS on my Galaxy Note for almost a month now, and a week ago, I saw a message telling me that an update had been downloaded and the phone would be rebooted to install the update.
I clicked the OK button in the dialog box, and my phone did reboot but is now stuck at the flashing Samsung logo (after the initial musical animation, which incidentally was terminated midway).The phone got quite hot after about 20 minutes, so I switched it off by pressing the power button. Then I switched it back on after a while, and it was stuck at the flashing Samsung logo. N now its stuck there..
Restart does not work...
Recharging does not work...
Battery swap does not work..
I contacted the service center, they say they will flash the firmware but all the data will be lost and also they are not taking this in WARRNTY.
Can anyone help me with this please.. its been dead for a week now.
sorry for bad english

re:
Also tried POWER OFF+VOL UP+HOME .. a android green logo comes up. but again phones goes to samsung logo and stucks...
however,POWER OFF+VOL DOWN+HOME button gets me to a yello triangle logo and asks if you want to install custom rom...
Please help me guys...!!

^^
where you using the stock kernel itself on ICS?
do the latter..
boot to download mode, then try to flash your phone back to GB using PC ODIN. Once it's in stock GB, work your way up again to ICS. And oh by the way.. sorry to tell you this, but I don't think you can recover back your data after since this process will erase everything on your phone.

letters_to_cleo said:
^^
where you using the stock kernel itself on ICS?
do the latter..
boot to download mode, then try to flash your phone back to GB using PC ODIN. Once it's in stock GB, work your way up again to ICS. And oh by the way.. sorry to tell you this, but I don't think you can recover back your data after since this process will erase everything on your phone.
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Thank you for the quick rply Sir,
actually i have no idea about stock kernel, as i said my phone was unrooted ,and only thing i did was using just small cracked apps sometimes.
So which stock GB should i download, there are so many here and m confused which one will work for me.
Thanks in advance Sir.

ankyyy said:
Thank you for the quick rply Sir,
actually i have no idea about stock kernel, as i said my phone was unrooted ,and only thing i did was using just small cracked apps sometimes.
So which stock GB should i download, there are so many here and m confused which one will work for me.
Thanks in advance Sir.
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hey.. dont' sir me.. we're not in the Army or in the military here okay Just call me John.. that's my name...
Here - >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 (courtesy of our good 'ol doc Ketan), Look for the stock GB of your region ( Page #2) and download it on your PC. Use PC Odin to flash it to your phone (in download mode)

letters_to_cleo said:
hey.. dont' sir me.. we're not in the Army or in the military here okay Just call me John.. that's my name...
Here - >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 (courtesy of our good 'ol doc Ketan), Look for the stock GB of your region ( Page #2) and download it on your PC. Use PC Odin to flash it to your phone (in download mode)
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Ok, Thanks again John.
i have i more doubt. The stock rom thread says "Install Kies on your computer, connect your phone and make sure that all the drivers installed correctly". i have installed kies but when i connect my phone to it, it gives me Mtb driver bot installed properly error.. would it create a problem?

Yes it would.. try to completely uninstall and reinstall Kies and try later on, to plug your phone again.

letters_to_cleo said:
Yes it would.. try to completely uninstall and reinstall Kies and try later on, to plug your phone again.
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Ok John,
M following your steps now,reinstalling kies and then flashing with gb rom. Hope it would work well. Will update you whatever happens.
Thanks again Bro,,!!

Sure! no fret! you can do it.. have confidence in yourself bud.
By the way.. don't forget my sig below?

[Q] Boot loop, not sure what i did or how to fix

Hey,
Tried to root my galaxy s using this guide:
theandroidsoul .com/how-to-root-xwjw1-firmware-for-galaxy-s-i9000/
First attempt I somehow soft bricked it, did it again and it said sucess but now it's stuck in boot loop.
Complete noob and not really sure what went wrong or where to go from here, any help would be great.

what rom do you use?

自由自我 said:
what rom do you use?
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I'm not really sure.. I've never messed with my phone much. stock?

Anyone?

Can you go to download mode?
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wget21 said:
Can you go to download mode?
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yeah i can.

loopn said:
Anyone?
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Nothing to worry..
Access download mode and flash a stock Rom via Odin.

here instruction, but make sure its i9000 first n read carefully
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149455
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compacity said:
here instruction, but make sure its i9000 first n read carefully
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149455
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Is there anyway without losing my app data and such? The whole reason I wanted root was to backup my phone.

loopn said:
Is there anyway without losing my app data and such? The whole reason I wanted root was to backup my phone.
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find cf root, or use semaphore kernel
bootloop becoz wrong kernel flashed, knowing ur build number is important to determine which cf root u needed
if u find da suitable kernel, bootloop will fix by flashing thru odin, but ur sayin u dont even know da version here, so it become more difficult.
here list of cf root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
but as i said before da difficulty now is u dont even know ur build number n version but ur sayin u wanna backup ur app data but ur fone bootloop now.
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same problem but a bit different
Hello people,
Uhm i am completely new to the forum but i got the same problem.
I somehow got stuck in a boot loop with my sgs gt-i9000.
It gets to the giant S logo and stays there then it starts buzzing now and then.
and i cant get into download mode or recovery mode.
i have been trying everything for almost half a year now and i still cant get in.
maybe you can help?
thanks in advance.

3 button combo? jig?
its juz bootloop, try jig if 3 button combo not working
u sure its i9000? not diff version of i9000?
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im sure
The 3 button combo is not working, we tried a jig 2 and i tried multiple 3-BC repairs using Odin, Heimdall and KIES.
and yes i am sure it is a Samsung galaxy S GT-I9000.

scytch said:
The 3 button combo is not working, we tried a jig 2 and i tried multiple 3-BC repairs using Odin, Heimdall and KIES.
and yes i am sure it is a Samsung galaxy S GT-I9000.
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Try this:
This feature is great for people who
a) Have a bad KIES flash
b) Stuff up their phone somehow
c) Accidentally flash something dodgy via ODIN
d) Some other random occurence
To test this feature you just need to start with your phone turned off... Best way to be sure is to remove the battery.
Then
1. Put battery back in
2. Press and hold Volume Up + Home Key
3. Continue holding those buttons and then press and hold power button.
4. When you see the logo pop up release power button ONLY
5. Keep holding two buttons from step 2 until you enter recovery mode.
I hope this helps!

Nope not one button combo works i tried it all.

scytch said:
Nope not one button combo works i tried it all.
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Have you tried everything on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134975

You must read this ... Seriously everyone.
akash6969 said:
Try this:
This feature is great for people who
a) Have a bad KIES flash
b) Stuff up their phone somehow
c) Accidentally flash something dodgy via ODIN
d) Some other random occurence
To test this feature you just need to start with your phone turned off... Best way to be sure is to remove the battery.
Then
1. Put battery back in
2. Press and hold Volume Up + Home Key
3. Continue holding those buttons and then press and hold power button.
4. When you see the logo pop up release power button ONLY
5. Keep holding two buttons from step 2 until you enter recovery mode.
I hope this helps!
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DUDE!!!! I have the samsung galaxy s4 att sgh-i337. I recently just tried flashing uxylon from the goo manager . I did standard procedure of factory reset twice, then cache and dalvik cache wipe two times. Just so happens as Im waiting for uXylon or whatever its spelled to flash , my phone decides to stay at the boot screen.... At this point im sweating. After a few minutes i take the battery out and restart regularly . I restart and wait 10 minutes thinking it still may flash uxylon. NOPE. :,( Now im getting really scared. I try to the custom recovery mode.... no twrp OR SYSTEM RECOVERY .... Now Im Falling over scared. I take out battery try again. power , home , volume up , repeatedly . It wont even say booting recovery it only says recovery options then black screen untill I release the buttons. . Then bootloop to logo no recovery. Now Im frantic. I look up adam outler's page on ODIN recovery with stock firmware and ddownload ucuadml and ucuamdb not knwoing which , if either of them , would flash through ODIN. So im frantically flying through the web for 3 hours searching some magic button combo or something that may help me just reach my recoveries in twrp (since the computer would not recognize even in download mode) . I look everywhere. EVERYWHERE. This point i figure i can try odin and its my last chance. Im waiting on the firware to download right now to this second as I type . Somehow God magically guided me to this page though ... because I did about 300 google searches looking for a way to get my twrp back and use my nandroids. NOTHING until now..... I run across this post and move down and come across your post. "have you tried this button combo ? " I read the next comment . "NO no combos worked." Clciked forward a few pages and found nothing. Im giving up ... its over... Either ODIN will work and flash my stock firmware or I will have no way to turn my paper weight back into a cell phone. As Im click the back button i come across THIS post YOUR actual comment. I read it and think ... I didnt try that. I tried it the way you posted. Home + volume up ... nothing happens .... I add the power button and it boots same way as before booloop. Im infuriated..... I press it again the way you posted and suddenly ..... TWRP's beautiful blue screen pops up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I rostroe my cleanROM 1.0 nand and Im back up . I seriously just want to thank you for posting this little comment that you probably thought would never really help anyone at all. This truly TRULY just saved my phone . I mean you just saved my day , brother. Seriously thank you . Im so happy right now it's like I bought a brand new s4 lol. Thank you so much buddy. Real talk. :highfive:

sky_fox said:
DUDE!!!! I have the samsung galaxy s4 att sgh-i337. I recently just tried flashing uxylon from the goo manager . I did standard procedure of factory reset twice, then cache and dalvik cache wipe two times. Just so happens as Im waiting for uXylon or whatever its spelled to flash , my phone decides to stay at the boot screen.... At this point im sweating. After a few minutes i take the battery out and restart regularly . I restart and wait 10 minutes thinking it still may flash uxylon. NOPE. :,( Now im getting really scared. I try to the custom recovery mode.... no twrp OR SYSTEM RECOVERY .... Now Im Falling over scared. I take out battery try again. power , home , volume up , repeatedly . It wont even say booting recovery it only says recovery options then black screen untill I release the buttons. . Then bootloop to logo no recovery. Now Im frantic. I look up adam outler's page on ODIN recovery with stock firmware and ddownload ucuadml and ucuamdb not knwoing which , if either of them , would flash through ODIN. So im frantically flying through the web for 3 hours searching some magic button combo or something that may help me just reach my recoveries in twrp (since the computer would not recognize even in download mode) . I look everywhere. EVERYWHERE. This point i figure i can try odin and its my last chance. Im waiting on the firware to download right now to this second as I type . Somehow God magically guided me to this page though ... because I did about 300 google searches looking for a way to get my twrp back and use my nandroids. NOTHING until now..... I run across this post and move down and come across your post. "have you tried this button combo ? " I read the next comment . "NO no combos worked." Clciked forward a few pages and found nothing. Im giving up ... its over... Either ODIN will work and flash my stock firmware or I will have no way to turn my paper weight back into a cell phone. As Im click the back button i come across THIS post YOUR actual comment. I read it and think ... I didnt try that. I tried it the way you posted. Home + volume up ... nothing happens .... I add the power button and it boots same way as before booloop. Im infuriated..... I press it again the way you posted and suddenly ..... TWRP's beautiful blue screen pops up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I rostroe my cleanROM 1.0 nand and Im back up . I seriously just want to thank you for posting this little comment that you probably thought would never really help anyone at all. This truly TRULY just saved my phone . I mean you just saved my day , brother. Seriously thank you . Im so happy right now it's like I bought a brand new s4 lol. Thank you so much buddy. Real talk. :highfive:
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Glad it worked for you!! Lots of people on this Forum have helped me out when I was in a similar situation, I'm really happy that it helped you..
Enjoy your phone!:good:

akash6969 said:
Glad it worked for you!! Lots of people on this Forum have helped me out when I was in a similar situation, I'm really happy that it helped you..
Enjoy your phone!:good:
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Thats what its all about bro. Advancing that community . More commmunity helped out the more testing of these great works of the awesome developers. I know some on the forums would say thats wrong but you showed me what it all about. Good luck , man. Thanks for the help.

compacity said:
find cf root, or use semaphore kernel
bootloop becoz wrong kernel flashed, knowing ur build number is important to determine which cf root u needed
if u find da suitable kernel, bootloop will fix by flashing thru odin, but ur sayin u dont even know da version here, so it become more difficult.
here list of cf root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
but as i said before da difficulty now is u dont even know ur build number n version but ur sayin u wanna backup ur app data but ur fone bootloop now.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
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Got it going again, now the storage doesnt seem to be working, won't scan on startup.