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BRICKED i897 HELP PLEASE

i just flash AOCP beta 1 just this day, but i want to try SLIM BEAM..
it goes like this..
- im running AOCP and decided to try SLIM BEAM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1795770
- i downloaded the I897.zip from here http://nfye.eu/Slim/JB/2.0/
- also Common_2.x.zip from here http://nfye.eu/Slim/JB/Common/
- and all addons
- i Enter the CWM and wipe data, format system ( in mounts and storage)
- i flash the I897.zip but after loading a while my PHONE REBOOT itself and STUCK in ANDROID LOGO powered by SEMAPHORE..
WHAT WILL I DO?
DO I HAVE BRICKED CAPTIVATE i897?
HELP ME GUYS (

On the plus side your not bricked. Just in a boot loop. Happened to me to. I just pulled battery booted into download mode. Went back to stock gb and then flashed again the cwm. There might be another way butt this world for me.
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OP,
Use button combo to reboot into recovery and reinstall slim bean.
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I'm stuck on that screen too... I have been through going back to GB and trying to get semaphore kernel on there and it just seems to hang there, even trying 3-button combo to get to recovery, it just sits on the kernel logo screen... thoughts? I can always go back to GB but then what? Trying to get to Helly Bean...

With the phone off, try holding down both the volume rocker buttons and then plugging in your USB cable while it's connected to your PC. That's what worked for me when I bootlooped last night after trying to install Helly Bean, followed by a failed firmware flash in Odin.
If that doesn't work, try each button individually...?

Yeah, eventually tried just vol+ and power and got to recovery. Helly Bean is installed, just working on getting mobile service back...
I'm on Rogers and there's a break in my understanding somewhere, I think I was running an i9000 bootloader (kernel? something...) so when I installed the HellyBean all in one, I ended up with the i9000 version, not i897. Which, i suppose is ok, as long as I can get a modem working.

Aerankas said:
Yeah, eventually tried just vol+ and power and got to recovery. Helly Bean is installed, just working on getting mobile service back...
I'm on Rogers and there's a break in my understanding somewhere, I think I was running an i9000 bootloader (kernel? something...) so when I installed the HellyBean all in one, I ended up with the i9000 version, not i897. Which, i suppose is ok, as long as I can get a modem working.
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As strange as it sounds Google SoggyCashew and the first result should take you to a site for captivate modems. If you are on ICS or JB the only ones you'll be able to use are the CM7 modems. Also before you flash anything go into settings > about phone and see what it says next to baseband. If it says unknown you are currently without a modem and will need to find one that works from the available list.
I don't know which one will be best but the site has a map that shows different locations and what modem worked for someone there. Also its as simple as downloading it and flashing it through cwm.
Additionally keep in mind that the modem affects the GPS also and just because you have carrier signal doesn't mean your GPS will be worth a crap. Trial and error is the only way to find a happy medium.
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[Q] Help: Flashed the bootloader of my Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 with the wrong binary

I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000. Using Odin3 v3.04 I (accidently) flashed the Bootloader with the wrong binary. With the Auto-Reboot option selected on the Odin3, the device turned off and is not turning on again.
Before flashing, my Tab had the official Samsung GB 2.3.3 (P1000JPJPC if I am not mistaken).
Some threads suggest that I charge the Tab using the wall charger for 4 hours, and see if the battery icon appears on the screen or not, then connect the tab to the PC. I did that. I connected the Tab to the wall charger overnight. Nothing appeared on the screen. Then the next morning I connected the Tab to the PC, nothing happened. The PC does not recognize that there is anything connected on its USB port.
The Tab is not turning on. I've tried to press (and long press) almost every combination of the Tab's keys I could think of, but the Tab just won't turn on.
I guess I hardbricked my device (as explained in this thread)
I don't think I'll be able to apply the Unbrickable process explained here.
Having said that, my question is: Is there anything else I can do at home to revive my Tab, or do I need to send it to Samsung repair center?
-Adel

I think you brick it.
Flashing bad boot loader kills the tab.
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You can also send it to mobiletechvideos.com.

priyana said:
I think you brick it.
Flashing bad boot loader kills the tab.
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If you've completely killed your tab, what can be done to fix it. I have a similar problem with my tab in that it gets to the screen that says samsung galaxy tab and then stops there. I have been searching the net and have rooted the tab and then tried to flash firmware but i am struggling to get the tab to read the ext sd card with the firmware on it.I don't really know my way around this type f thing but have to figure it out because I can't afford to take it in to be repaired right now. Advise will be appreciated.
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komplotter said:
If you've completely killed your tab, what can be done to fix it. I have a similar problem with my tab in that it gets to the screen that says samsung galaxy tab and then stops there. I have been searching the net and have rooted the tab and then tried to flash firmware but i am struggling to get the tab to read the ext sd card with the firmware on it.I don't really know my way around this type f thing but have to figure it out because I can't afford to take it in to be repaired right now. Advise will be appreciated.
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Your problem is different from OP.
Can you boot to download mode? Can you boot to recovery, if so which recovery (stock or cwm).
Ave you tried Overcome method , as in my signature?
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priyana said:
Your problem is different from OP.
Can you boot to download mode? Can you boot to recovery, if so which recovery (stock or cwm).
Ave you tried Overcome method , as in my signature?
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Hi Priyana,
Thanks for your reply. Yes, as far I could tell from reading up on it, I would guess mine is not bricked.
I can boot to download mode and to recovery - cwm (v3.0.0.5). I have tried downloading Overcome and anything else I thought might work but this is where I get stuck. I've wiped the cache and other things like that described on the net and on videos (actually this is what got me into this in the first place). When I copy a .zip file onto the external sd card and put it in the tab, I can't install the zip from the sd card because it can't find the directory I made. I'll have a look in your signature and see what I can find there but any guidance would be much appreciated.

Komplotter,
Yeah, I am not sure about cwm 3.0 accessing external SD.
Try using overcome restock, jump to page 7 PDF.
Flash stock, then overcome kernel.
That gives cwm 5.0
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priyana said:
Komplotter,
Yeah, I am not sure about cwm 3.0 accessing external SD.
Try using overcome restock, jump to page 7 PDF.
Flash stock, then overcome kernel.
That gives cwm 5.0
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Hi,
I managed to get CWM 5.5.0.4 and get ICS installed in my tab by using two files (CF-Root-TAB7_XX_OXA_JQ1-v3.3-CWM3RFS and P1000XXJQ1_P1000XXJQ1_P1000XXJPZ). I would still like to use Overcome and I have had a brief look at the installation guide. I'll have a more thorough look and then give it a shot. I see that there is a version 4.1.0. Would I use that in that same way as the 4.0.0 ROM, because the Overcome7_ROMv4_Wipe file won't extract (there seems to be a problem with it and I've downloaded it twice).

You don't need the overcome ROM.
Just GB stock safe and overcome kernel.
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[Q] What to do when I soft brick.

I was installing the DA Statusbar mod. Before I did that I back up my phone using CWM and Titanium Backup.
installed with no problems, I then rebooted. Home screen froze for a second and then showed me that my system.ui crashed. It kept doing that for a good 5 minutes. I decided to go back into CWM and restore my last saved state. I recieved an error installing the back ups (I have made 5 so far).
Now I don't really know what to do. I know I have to basically start from the beginning via flashing stock rom on odin. But how would I go about doing that? I can't seem to find the thread that explains this. =/
Thanks in advanced
SOLUTION HERE

You need to be much more specific. What's your recovery version? How did you backup/restore? Have you done this before? What's the error?

Use the unified tool kit to flash the stock rom.
I strangely cannot find a thread for the 9305 for stock roms =\

The stock firmware can be found on sammobile
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To shorten the question and answers... If you could still boot to Download mode.
Flash your stock original firmware trhu Odin on your pc or download an exact model for your phone in SamMobile. From there you start a new... Root then re flash the cwm and so on...

If I understand this right you can boot to cwm and you can boot into the phone but the systemui fcs.
You can do a couple things here without having to reflash anything through odin. If you have your original systemui on the phone somewhere you can try and navigate to it with a root explorer then copy it into your system/app reboot and it should be as before, this can be tricky with constant fc's.
If you have a zip which has a systemui in it you can flash that in cwm and should fix the problem.
If you have a custom rom on your phone you can boot into cwm and flash it.
The fact that you have access to cwm and the phone boots but the systemui constantly fc's making the phone unusable means you have more options and quicker ways to get your phone working then going back to scratch and flashing a rom through odin
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Solution.
Basically I got stuck at the samsung boot logo for ages.
I am running CWM v5.5.0.4. I have done this before, sorry I wasn't specific, I was trying to multitask. I've attached a screenshot of my phone info for everyone to see.
1. I wiped data/factory reset.
2. Wiped cache partition.
3. Wiped Dalvik Cache
4. Battery Stats
Rebooted, still no luck.
I went into Download mode.
Opened Odin.
Downloaded " Param_Bin_I9305.zip - 612.14 KB" located in this post
Followed the instructions in that post.
rebooted.
Thought it didn't work but my capacitive buttons lit up. SUCCESS!
Saw my homescreen, I thought I would have needed to root again but I managed to get into CWM after rebooting.
I downloaded root checker....I saw that I still had root access.
Installed Pandoriam v6.
Now I am back to normal.
My CWM backup didn't save me, I don't really know why. Maybe I was using it wrong? The thing is It's worked with me in the past, but not on this device.
Is there anyone that could shed light on that issue? I'll try and back it up again. Do I need to repeat the backup more than a few times to register it to the device?

Not sure if this is the right place or not but seems to be a similar situation.
I have a month old S3 LTE that came with 4.1.2 . It has not been rooted or had anything done to it at all.
I found a thread that shows you how to unlock it but was not getting the final option . This I understood was because some of these phones needed to be downgraded .
I saw a procedure using odin and looked for a similar rom on Sammobile but could not see any for Orange UK so picked a random 4.1.1 Rom and flashed it.
This left me with a glowing Samsung boot screen so I tried another ROM and another ROM and finally when giving up choose a current 4.1.2 Rom for EE but that too is stuck at the same place.
Can you help me work out where I am or have been going wrong please?
The Phone is from Orange UK ( EE ) but there was no branding on it .
i also neglected to note the Rom that was on it

if you read the guides you will find out that you need to factory reset after flashing

Unfortunately as the phone is sitting at a glowing Samsung logo, I cannot factory reset. In fact I cannot do anything except keep throwing Roms at it, unless you have any other suggestions?
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You can't get into recovery by pressing volume up, power and home?
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did you try pulling your battery then trying recovery mode?
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thx natthewife
Pulled the battery . held volume up and home and dropped the battery in . Straight into recovery . ! All done now . Can hand over to my son so he can scratch it up drop it down the toilet or lose it on the bus . !
thx again

Desperate call for help!

I recently rooted my Galaxy Exhibit 4G and installed the unofficial CM10 ROM. After a while I realized how slow everything was working, so I decided to turn back. However, when I tried to recover my previous backup (rooted stock) it gave me the stupid md5 error. followed directions on how to fix it, but then I had problems recovering the system and data. I then turned to Odin, but it didn't help, and my phone now tries to start up, reaches the Galaxy Exhibit 4G logo, and then fails to load, and tries over again. I can still access odin mode, but recovery won't boot and just reboots the whole system.
Can anybody please help me? What can I do? I tried to follow directions on the forums, and on the wiki, but everything just got worse. I have nowhere else to turn

Why not install a flavor of Gingerbread like Peach Sunrise or...gosh, I forget our GB days!
Honestly, look at Slimbean and an OC kernel. They've given me personally the best performance I've seen on this phone, but even they will slow down after a while. I do a fresh install every few months when the lag gets atrocious, keeps the phone spic and span.
There's only so much you can do on 300 Mb of ram- even on Gingerbread.

Sounds like you will have to flash a recovery using Odin. Once in recovery then you can flash a rom. The reason your phone won't boot up is probably because it has nothing to boot into. Try cm7. I have been running it while waiting for my Lumia 521 to get here and it is amazingly fast. Fastest my phone has ever been.
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BrandonCormier said:
Sounds like you will have to flash a recovery using Odin. Once in recovery then you can flash a rom. The reason your phone won't boot up is probably because it has nothing to boot into. Try cm7. I have been running it while waiting for my Lumia 521 to get here and it is amazingly fast. Fastest my phone has ever been.
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i used odin but i now have no access to recovery mode on my phone. every time i try to access i see the recovery logo but then it just reboots. i have factory phpne now which is already an improvement from the most brick my phone was beforre

danikvsn said:
i used odin but i now have no access to recovery mode on my phone. every time i try to access i see the recovery logo but then it just reboots. i have factory phpne now which is already an improvement from the most brick my phone was beforre
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If you are using stock recovery then when you see the recovery screen hit the menu key. It should make the screen dim a bit. You should reboot into recovery then where you can flash cwm.
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[Q] Return to Official Firmware

I rooted and installed CWM and Cyanogen 10.1.3 on by brothers Note, GT-N7000. He didnt enjoy it as some unexpected errors were coming up sometimes. Luckily i found the official Rom 4.1.2 N7000DDLSC_INU.zip through sammobile. Now My questions are:-
1. What must i do to completely remove cyanogenmod and clock work recovery.
2. Do i need some additional files like, kernel or bootloader or phone or csc (or will just all this zip to pda will install it)
3. What else should i take care of?
Please advice i want to completely return to official state

nothing much.. just the rom file you downloaded in tar.md5 format. Boot into recovery and factory reset the phone. then boot into download mode and flash the new rom..

But will that remove clock work mod.?
And will my device get recognised in kies?
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Yes

Now there's another panga. The phone received the files properly fine through doing but not installing after booting
Gets shut down at logo. This I tried it 2.
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Kindly elaborate... Did you factory reset prior to using Odin?

Ok.
I went into cwm.
1 I factory reset. Wiped the data
2 wiped catche
3 wiped dalvic catche
4 went into download mode
5 with Odin 1.85 recognised device installed official rom.
The progress was shown in both phone and Odin. Factoryfs, kernel, hidden and catche shown to be successfully copied.
Only the auto reboot was selected
After device restated it shouted the Samsung logo. Without triangle
I thought it was a success.
Then I saw green Android logo with install process which seemed to have successfully completed on the phone.
but then just as the Samsung and a ring revolving screen came up, insured of booting up the device got shut down.
I thought it will reboot ok but it didn't. I tried restating several times but it kept getting shutdown.
I then flashed the official firmware again but this time after Odin transferred all the files on the phone, the green android logo is not able to complete the installation in the middle of it the phone is restating showing the battery charging logo, then the green bot trying to install then again it restarts.
To sum up
I note
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Sorry I posted by mistake
To sum up I I now am stuck in a loop where connecting the cable starts showing the battery charge logo, starts the device shows android logo with progress in the belly and a progress bar at the bottom restarts again allowing the battery logo again the Android thing and so on in a loop.
Please advice
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killachandra said:
I rooted and installed CWM and Cyanogen 10.1.3 on by brothers Note, GT-N7000. He didnt enjoy it as some unexpected errors were coming up sometimes. Luckily i found the official Rom 4.1.2 N7000DDLSC_INU.zip through sammobile. Now My questions are:-
1. What must i do to completely remove cyanogenmod and clock work recovery.
2. Do i need some additional files like, kernel or bootloader or phone or csc (or will just all this zip to pda will install it)
3. What else should i take care of?
Please advice i want to completely return to official state
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Not sure if you have any other strong reason to go back to pure stock. Otherwise the easiest way is to install a stock base custom rom using PhilZ kernel and rom.zip. Sweet rom 10.5 is very good. Fast and stable.
Install purestock rom via odin is a pain and can cause lots of problems due to poor cable connection.
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killachandra said:
Sorry I posted by mistake
To sum up I I now am stuck in a loop where connecting the cable starts showing the battery charge logo, starts the device shows android logo with progress in the belly and a progress bar at the bottom restarts again allowing the battery logo again the Android thing and so on in a loop.
Please advice
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Did you have enough battery before flashing? Power off the phone.. Then connect it to ac charger for couple of hours and then remove the charger and start the phone.

I do believe I had more than 80%on the 1st attempt but I can't say that about this morning.
Any ways I did put it on charge today. Nearly two hours. Since it was looping on the battery and installation thing I put it on download mode. But now after removing from download mode is not even starting on download mode. I feel is further damaged. Any other software to interact with the phone or any other options I might have left
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If it is not the batery then software does not help. There is a tool name usb jig which can help put phone to DL mode.
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Thanks people for all the support. I think I will take it to the Samsung people as it is getting a little scary for my brother to trust me with this
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