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Bootloop with no possibility to enter recovery mode and no suitable drivers :(

I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S I9000 today and got a bootloop.
(I wasn't messing with firmare or smth, it was low on memory and clearing doesn't help so I decided to reboot it)
When I try to enter recovery mode I am getting the same bootloop.
The only thing that I can do is to enter download mode.
But no driver is working for me so Odin can't see the phone.
The firmware is Andy Thomson's ICS (version prior to 2.8.10, one ore two earlier, I can't remember precisely) with Mackay kernel.
I've tried countless number of drivers on Win7 х64 and XP 32 and it's still "Unknown device".
I've tried Samsung drivers extracted from KIES (including latest 1.5.9.0)
I found some hacked versions that said to be specially modified for win7-64 and ICS roms
I tried to extract drives from Heimdall - no luck with that too
I installed the Android SDK and USB drivers from it
All of above didn't help
Any suggestions?

Gloosy said:
Any suggestions?
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try the procedures and solution on My Android Solutions link below

xsenman said:
try the procedures and solution on My Android Solutions link below
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Holding power button without battery solved my problem with non-detecting device. When I connected it to computer, the drivers were automatically installed and now Odin can see my phone. (But without picture and the com port is on yellow background if it means something) That's at least something, thanks!
But flashing pit or kernel or pit with kernel (as in your instructions about bootloops) doesn't help. I still got a bootloop and the picture on boot is still from Mackay kernel despite i've flashed it with semaphore and didn't see any errors in Odin while flashing.
Still cant get to recovery mode (tried different combinations from your faq)

Gloosy said:
Holding power button without battery solved my problem with non-detecting device. When I connected it to computer, the drivers were automatically installed and now Odin can see my phone. (But without picture and the com port is on yellow background if it means something) That's at least something, thanks!
But flashing pit or kernel or pit with kernel (as in your instructions about bootloops) doesn't help. I still got a bootloop and the picture on boot is still from Mackay kernel despite i've flashed it with semaphore and didn't see any errors in Odin while flashing.
Still cant get to recovery mode (tried different combinations from your faq)
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get into download mode and flash a JPU ROM plus Semaphore of CF root to recover

Gloosy said:
I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy S I9000 today and got a bootloop.
(I wasn't messing with firmare or smth, it was low on memory and clearing doesn't help so I decided to reboot it)
When I try to enter recovery mode I am getting the same bootloop.
The only thing that I can do is to enter download mode.
But no driver is working for me so Odin can't see the phone.
The firmware is Andy Thomson's ICS (version prior to 2.8.10, one ore two earlier, I can't remember precisely) with Mackay kernel.
I've tried countless number of drivers on Win7 х64 and XP 32 and it's still "Unknown device".
I've tried Samsung drivers extracted from KIES (including latest 1.5.9.0)
I found some hacked versions that said to be specially modified for win7-64 and ICS roms
I tried to extract drives from Heimdall - no luck with that too
I installed the Android SDK and USB drivers from it
All of above didn't help
Any suggestions?
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have you tried installing the whole Kies? Because that solved my problem when I experianced your problem.

Jayfunk said:
have you tried installing the whole Kies? Because that solved my problem when I experianced your problem.
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Thanks, but that part of the problem was already solved earlier in the thread.
But I did install Kies before that and it didn't help.

xsenman said:
get into download mode and flash a JPU ROM plus Semaphore of CF root to recover
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Thanks, but I've already reflashed stock and Jelly Bean after that. Everything's ok now except that I hoped to solve it less radically.

Hi there, same thing happened to me (except my phone was low on battery so it was shutting down. Bootloop now)
As i have a charging-screen loop, i dunno if my phone is really charging or not. should i just wait one hour or so be4 i start flashing it with odin?
dont wanna flash my phone with 5% battery ..

Goerni said:
Hi there, same thing happened to me (except my phone was low on battery so it was shutting down. Bootloop now)
As i have a charging-screen loop, i dunno if my phone is really charging or not. should i just wait one hour or so be4 i start flashing it with odin?
dont wanna flash my phone with 5% battery ..
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Never Flash Phone with low Battery Charge, use external charger to charge Battery First to full, if possible
First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....

thanks 4 your fast reply!
xsenman said:
First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
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Did that already, and will do that before i flash again.
Since i don't have an external charger, and no device where my battery would fit in, do u know what likely it is, that my battery is charging up?

Goerni said:
thanks 4 your fast reply!
Did that already, and will do that before i flash again.
Since i don't have an external charger, and no device where my battery would fit in, do u know what likely it is, that my battery is charging up?
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it depends on what is causing the bootloop, If the bootloader is the problem, than it may not charge your phone . so try to power down and try charging, see if you get charging screen on your phone, when phone is "OFF"
Try not to take the risk of flashing with a low battery charge as , nothing would work, if you lose power when flashing botloader or when booting ..see My Android Solutions, scroll down

[Q] Phone stuck on boot animation, but changed nothing, before restart

Hello,
My situation:
I was playing around with the phone, doing normal things, restarted it, but now it is stuck on boot animation (left for an hour, still on boot animation).
What i dont understand, is why this happened?.. I didnt change anything, apart from installing couple of games and force closing several apps since the last restart, but that shouldn't affect it, should it?
Is there any way of turning my Galaxy S on, so that I could at least save my contacts and then i could do a reflash...
I could do it now (recovery and download all works), but i dont want to loose my contacts...
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks

phemark said:
Is there any way of turning my Galaxy S on, so that I could at least save my contacts and then i could do a reflash...
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First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card...make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.
This alone could your problem

xsenman said:
First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card...make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.
This alone could your problem
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Thanks for your answer xsenman, however doing what you suggested didnt work, phone still on boot animation...
I checked my gmail account online, and it has some contacts, but not all.
I will be reflashing my phone tonight, but if anyone can suggest any way of saving all contacts before i do so, please let me know

phemark said:
I will be reflashing my phone tonight, but if anyone can suggest any way of saving all contacts before i do so, please let me know
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I assume you had a chance to try out the other options for bootloops in My Android Solutions try them first

xsenman said:
I assume you had a chance to try out the other options for bootloops in My Android Solutions try them first
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Yes, but all of the solutions require flashing, so not so in recovering contacts..

Hey, just try to flash another kernel via Odin! Maybe that fixes your problem...
(Flashing another kernel doesn't affect your data/contacts etc.!)

phemark said:
Yes, but all of the solutions require flashing, so not so in recovering contacts..
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you will not lose your contacts by flashing only a kernel

[Q] Bootloop problem - no way to enter recovery

Hi,
I was runing CM10 with Semaphore 2.3.0 kernel and decided to do backup. At the moment I had 20% of the battery and unfortunately, I've stopped backup process.
The problem is that phone is stuck in bootloop, doesn't want to enter recovery console with powerup+home+power but I can enter Download mode with powerdown+home+power.
What should I do?
Please help!

Download Odin and download an official firmware from sammobile.com.
Then flash it through Odin.
just use Google if u don't know how to do it.
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda app-developers app

markobj said:
What should I do?
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First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.
This alone could have solved your problem, if it did not, try a solution from My Android Solutions

[Q] Stuck at bootimage, comp finds it, only at downloadmode

Hi, today my phone crashed like hell and i decided to restart it. But first i got the bootloop problem. But after a few restarts the phone just started to boot up in the boot screen where it only says: Samsung Galaxy i9000 etc. My computer still recognizes the phone but only in downloadmode. I am using the Cyanogenmod 7.1, 2.3.7
Please help!
And sorry for my bad english. it's my second languade..

First, just try another ROM.
If that doesn't work, then do a factory reset and then try it.
If you are not able to boot to recovery, then download Odin, an official firmware from sammobile.com, and flash it through download mode. I am going to sleep,so Google it if u don't know how to flash through odin!
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda app-developers app

Asdarn said:
i got the bootloop problem.
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you can get a rescue kit from My Android Collections and or a solution from My Android Solutions
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.

[Q] Heeeelp!!!

Guys i really need help here!I have the samsung galaxy s and right now my phone is bricked...I had the ics 4.0.3 afther that i installed the slim bean 2.8 and then i didnt like it and i went to the clockworkmod,to the backup of the ics rom that i had,but for some reason it failed to open...then nothing worked so i tried to flash 2.3.6 with odin.Now my phone doesent boot up and i dont have the clockworkmod but onether menu...So plz somebody tell me what to do.I dont care what rom i ll install but i have to get out from this situation somehow...:crying::crying::crying:Help plz?

Drastergod said:
Guys i really need help here!I have the samsung galaxy s and right now my phone is bricked...I had the ics 4.0.3 afther that i installed the slim bean 2.8 and then i didnt like it and i went to the clockworkmod,to the backup of the ics rom that i had,but for some reason it failed to open...then nothing worked so i tried to flash 2.3.6 with odin.Now my phone doesent boot up and i dont have the clockworkmod but onether menu...So plz somebody tell me what to do.I dont care what rom i ll install but i have to get out from this situation somehow...:crying::crying::crying:Help plz?
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just flash an Ezbase rescue kit from My Android Collections
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
Tips before Flashing:-
Backup all your important files, contacts, SMS, game data, images etc to PC or Ext SD card. or make Nanadroid Backup If you have CWM
Backup your EFS Folder to PC or Ext SD card
Enable USB Debugging on Phone. Touch menu> Settings> Applications> Development>
Charge your battery to more than 50% before you attempt any sort of flashing.
Disable Samsung KIES when using Odin. Kill Kies.exe, KiesTrayAgent.exe, & KiesPDLR.exe using Task Manager on PC
Use only ROM and solution for your model and Wipe x3

xsenman said:
just flash an Ezbase rescue kit from My Android Collections
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
Tips before Flashing:-
Backup all your important files, contacts, SMS, game data, images etc to PC or Ext SD card. or make Nanadroid Backup If you have CWM
Backup your EFS Folder to PC or Ext SD card
Enable USB Debugging on Phone. Touch menu> Settings> Applications> Development>
Charge your battery to more than 50% before you attempt any sort of flashing.
Disable Samsung KIES when using Odin. Kill Kies.exe, KiesTrayAgent.exe, & KiesPDLR.exe using Task Manager on PC
Use only ROM and solution for your model and Wipe x3
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Thank you so much mate everything works great.

I use this thread...
I have a very big problem here !!!
I merged 2 i9000 broken in one that i think would work ... (one was only broken the screen, i use then it's mainboard on one that have the screen working)
It turn on, but remains the i9000 logo fixed and go in bootloop, I can only get into download mode and not in recovery.
Thinking it was a problem of bootloader/kernel/rom, I tried to flash anything:
JVT rom with bootloader
only kernel
Ezboot
SBL
JIG
etc .....
but no success, stuck on i9000 logo and no recovery mode.
any suggestions?
sorry for my bad english, Please help meeee ! :crying:

m4ssnet said:
but no success, stuck on i9000 logo and no recovery mode. any suggestions?
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Use a Ezbase or Darkys Rescue Kit from My Android Collections and or a solution from My Android Solutions
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....
Tips before Flashing:-
Backup all your important files, contacts, SMS, game data, images etc to PC or Ext SD card. or make Nanadroid Backup If you have CWM
Backup your EFS Folder to PC or Ext SD card
Enable USB Debugging on Phone. Touch menu> Settings> Applications> Development>
Charge your battery to more than 50% before you attempt any sort of flashing.
Disable Samsung KIES when using Odin. Kill Kies.exe, KiesTrayAgent.exe, & KiesPDLR.exe using Task Manager on PC
Use only ROM and solution for your model and Wipe x3

xsenman said:
Use a Ezbase or Darkys Rescue Kit from My Android Collections and or a solution from My Android Solutions
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card...
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I've tried both, it stuck on Galaxy S GT-I9000 screen...
No Recovery mode avaiable, still available only download mode.
Tried also, the 3 buttom fix, no success.
Have to trash it definitely ? :crying::crying::crying:

m4ssnet said:
I've tried both, it stuck on Galaxy S GT-I9000 screen...
No Recovery mode avaiable, still available only download mode.
Tried also, the 3 buttom fix, no success.
Have to trash it definitely ? :crying::crying::crying:
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Hmmm if you can enter in download mode then try THIS

roscatel said:
Hmmm if you can enter in download mode then try THIS
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I've already try many firmwares (with or without bootloader inside), with bootloader update ticked or not, with pit files or not (and repartition obviously) but no positive result !!!

m4ssnet said:
I've already try many firmwares (with or without bootloader inside), with bootloader update ticked or not, with pit files or not (and repartition obviously) but no positive result !!!
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I assume you have you looked at the various solutions in My Android Solutions
since you have merged this to work, is it possible the motherboard had problems, did you try switching motherboard.
Most of all, I need to see the booting log, as to what are the errors, you are getting to understand as to why its not working ...hope you can post especially anything that is appearing in red