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Phone not booting after failed firmware upgrade-urgent

Hi
I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.
Thanks a lot in advance

jjake47 said:
Hi
I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.
Thanks a lot in advance
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Flash a desired firmware from Sammobile. using odin
Make sure that pit file is used

jjake47 said:
Hi
I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.
Thanks a lot in advance
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you can reconnect it to kies, as it is still on download mode to do recovery like this
http://www.4shared.com/office/koYpRWc1/KIES_update_recovery.html
re you can download a firmware according to your location and flash with Odin

jjake47 said:
Hi
I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.
Thanks a lot in advance
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are you able to get into download mod or totally not boot up at all

The only solution si to flash a new firmware using odin
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app

Go back to the original India ROM - https://www.fixmystuff.in/FMS_Forum/threads/samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-flashing-to-original-rom.46/

i update my phone using odin with pit file .
now phone not starting any help..

AW: Phone not booting after failed firmware upgrade-urgent
same screen as before?

now phone not booting up at all..

AW: Phone not booting after failed firmware upgrade-urgent
sorry but i'm no expert :/
Does Odin show a connection?
Maybe you can build a so called JIG.

same issue
Hi,
I am in same situation. did it get resolved?
I have GT I90003 which is now not booting and remaining on 'Phone-I-PC' image.
I was using Odin to root but in between cable got disconnected. and now I am nowhere.
Please help how to resolve this problem.
Thanks,
Bhupendra.

see here for firmware n juz change usb port if needed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14933114
or use DDLF1 or DDMF2. Search it using search box in xda.
n dont use i9000 rom for i9003 rom, it will hardbrick ur device, u can search for i9003 post discussiom using searchbox in xda
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

i have the same problem
i was trying to update my phone and the cable usb move now i have just a black screen with a phone icon + triangle alert+ computer icon. And the problem is that my cellphone doent connect with the computer.
is a samsung s captive. could you help me

Zaddiel said:
i was trying to update my phone and the cable usb move now i have just a black screen with a phone icon + triangle alert+ computer icon. And the problem is that my cellphone doent connect with the computer.
is a samsung s captive. could you help me
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You have to try again to get it into download mode.
Use Odin for your device model and run it as administrator. If Kies is installed, kill all Kies processes by using Task Manager. Prepare the files under PDA etc. Pull out the battery and hold power button pressed for 1min. Then keep all buttons combo for download mode and insert the battery while pressed (needs some acrobacy skills). If the download mode starts, you can connect your phone and flash firmware again.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

thank you
tetakpatak said:
You have to try again to get it into download mode.
Use Odin for your device model and run it as administrator. If Kies is installed, kill all Kies processes by using Task Manager. Prepare the files under PDA etc. Pull out the battery and hold power button pressed for 1min. Then keep all buttons combo for download mode and insert the battery while pressed (needs some acrobacy skills). If the download mode starts, you can connect your phone and flash firmware again.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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Thanks it really works

Zaddiel said:
Thanks it really works
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Great, mate
BTW, hitting the thanks button would do more than words
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

Galaxy S Os upgrade questions.

Searching the forum constantly, but I figured I'd ask at the same time.
Heres what i have:
Galaxy S
Rooted
Froyo 2.2
Baseband I9000UGKC1
Kernel 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #4
Buikd FROYO.UGKC1
I've Rooted and Unlocked. I require UNLOCK.
I'd like to upgrade my OS to either JB or ICS whichever is the most stable and smooth. (I'm looking for iPhone smooth.)
I think I'll use Cyanagenmod and Clockwork recovery.
Will This remove my unlock? If so. Is there a way to unlock ICS or JB?
Suggestions, Tips please.
Thanks a bunch.

Liquyd said:
Galaxy S
Rooted
Froyo 2.2
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First backup your important files to your PC than you must first upgrade to gingerbread 2.3.6 only than you should and can flash ICS and after that JB. you can do the gingerbread upgrade by using KIES or ODIN, and flash again with a semaphore kernel which will give you CWM + root using Odin, after that backup your EFS before flashing ICS using CWM and finally JB with CWM

Thank you. Didn't realize I had to go gingerbread first. Could have ended badly...
By re flashing I lose my unlock. Yes?
There is a way to unlock in JB?
Thanks again.
Sent from my GT-I9000M using Tapatalk 2

Liquyd said:
Thank you. Didn't realize I had to go gingerbread first. Could have ended badly...
By re flashing I lose my unlock. Yes?
There is a way to unlock in JB?
Thanks again.
Sent from my GT-I9000M using Tapatalk 2
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No, you won't lose your unlock, Read your wiki page for guidance http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series

Sorry for the late reply. I've been fighting for two days with Kies.
I can't get my phone to connect with it.
I believe its a driver issue.
I can let windows find the driver. Phone then is recognized by windows. But doesn't connect to kies. I get an error message.
Tried following the troubleshooting guide in Kies. It installs driver. No connect.
Went to Samsung for driver. No go with Kies again.. I get a message from windows saying my device can perform better using a usb 2.0 port. I was on a 2.0 port.
Got a driver from xda wiki. Same results.. I cannot get kies and my galaxy to work together.
Tried different usb cable (official Samsung). And different USB port.
I'm lost...
**Update**
I just tried on an XP machine. Same thing. 'can't connect to device, please disconnect and try again'...
Should i try a factory restore and start over from the beginning?
Sent from my GT-I9000M using Tapatalk 2

Liquyd said:
Should i try a factory restore and start over from the beginning?
Sent from my GT-I9000M using Tapatalk 2
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just uninstall KIES, leave the USB drivers, and connect with ODIN to flash a gingerbread 2.3.6 ROM according to your region from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881 than root with a semaphore kernel from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112908 , you will also get CWM with this kernel.
No use wasting time trying to get KIES to work, this is happening to a lot of people , could be due to Microsoft's competition with Samsung. you can get all your softwares , tools etc from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29331775#post29331775

xsenman said:
just uninstall KIES, leave the USB drivers, and connect with ODIN to flash a gingerbread 2.3.6 ROM according to your region from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881 than root with a semaphore kernel from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112908 , you will also get CWM with this kernel.
No use wasting time trying to get KIES to work, this is happening to a lot of people , could be due to Microsoft's competition with Samsung. you can get all your softwares , tools etc from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29331775#post29331775
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Followed Instructions... Got stuck in boot loop.
now
Phone ! PC image....
Did I Brick it? I could access Download mode. Tried recovery. now I have the Phone ! PC screen...
appreciate any help now... I'm without a phone.

Obviously, your flashing process was interrupted.
First of all, did you backup your data?
2nd, Go to Download mode (Power + Home + Volume Down) then reflash Gingerbread via ODIN.

Liquyd said:
Followed Instructions... Got stuck in boot loop.
now
Phone ! PC image....
Did I Brick it? I could access Download mode. Tried recovery. now I have the Phone ! PC screen...
appreciate any help now... I'm without a phone.
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Nope, not bricked, Did this happen after you flash ROM or after you flashed the semaphore kernel? anyway...
1) reboot PC as well reboot phone after a battery pull, also take out SIM Card as well as your EXT SD card , reisert battery after pressing power button for a min
2) make sure you had uninstalled the KIES only leaving the Samsung USB drivers
3) go into download mode and flash again the ROM as per instructions on that page.
IF not you can use a i9000 rescue or resurrection kit from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29331775#post29331775 , has guides there too
BTW make sure you have good battery charge at least 50% before you flash and never interrupt flashing process

xsenman said:
Nope, not bricked, Did this happen after you flash ROM or after you flashed the semaphore kernel? anyway...
1) reboot PC as well reboot phone after a battery pull, also take out SIM Card as well as your EXT SD card , reisert battery after pressing power button for a min
2) make sure you had uninstalled the KIES only leaving the Samsung USB drivers
3) go into download mode and flash again the ROM as per instructions on that page.
IF not you can use a i9000 rescue or resurrection kit from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29331775#post29331775 , has guides there too
BTW make sure you have good battery charge at least 50% before you flash and never interrupt flashing process
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Thank you so much! Without your help. I'd be knee deep in threads and various topics that made no sense to me.
It was battery.. I gave it a full charge and tried again. Worked. Sorta... Still had a boot loop after flashing GB. Got fed up and hit restore. Upon reboot. GB was there... Flashed sephamore with 0 issues. Running like a charm.
One last thing. Is ICS worth it if GB is working fine? I mean what are the benefits of ICS over GB? My friend swears by ICS on his RAZR should I worry about it on my 9000M?
Big thanks again. Cheers! :good:

Stuck at bootscreen, no recovery mode, download mode works, Odin3 stops at kernel

Hi to everyone who's reading this.
I have got stuck with an Note GT-N7000 from a friend. It was running the original Samsung firmware and never flashed before. Now the device is stuck at the bootscreen.
If I press the Home+VolUp+Power, it just flashes the bootscreen (see IMG_20131006_212031.jpg) then the screen is black again and shortly after that the boot screen shows again. For comparison if I just press power then this short flash doesn't happen. But the same bootscreen is shown.
I have tried to flash PhilZ-cwm6 recovery, but Odin3 stops at "NAND Write Start" no error line or anything (see Odin3.jpg). After an reboot there was that yellow triangle indicating a modification of the firmware. But no change to the problem.
To provide as much info as possible I also attached a photo of the label below the battery (see IMG_20131006_211932.jpg).
The device is older than 2 years now, so there is now warranty.
The behavior is somehow similar to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466339
I'm a little bit afraind i could brick it even while trying to repartition the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
Another thread discribing pit, but i'm not stuck at factoryfs. May this apply to me too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26285877
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards Marco

Stuck at flashing kernel? Hmmm. Try a different USB cable, front port, kill all kies processes is any, try a different PC.

Friendly word of advice, blank out your imei from the second image.
Sent from my C6833 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

nokiamodeln91 said:
Stuck at flashing kernel? Hmmm. Try a different USB cable, front port, kill all kies processes is any, try a different PC.
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Ok, I tried the same procedure on my notebook using the cable from my Wonder with the same result. As I'm using the drivers that came with Windows Update, I have no kies installed anyways. I Tried to install the drivers from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997. But I think my system isn't using them.
Could that Microsoft provided drivers be the problem?
As the battery only has 3.1 volts with no change over several hours of charging and the phone doesn't enter the download mode anymore with a battery low error. I'll first try to replace it with a new one. Maybe that's that cause after all. I just hope the charging circuits aren't broken.
SpyderTracks said:
Friendly word of advice, blank out your imei from the second image.
Sent from my C6833 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thanks, for that advice! Didn't know that the IMEI can be used to blacklist stolen devices (Wikipedia). Someone might do a prank with it.

para756 said:
Ok, I tried the same procedure on my notebook using the cable from my Wonder with the same result. As I'm using the drivers that came with Windows Update, I have no kies installed anyways. I Tried to install the drivers from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997. But I think my system isn't using them.
Could that Microsoft provided drivers be the problem?
As the battery only has 3.1 volts with no change over several hours of charging and the phone doesn't enter the download mode anymore with a battery low error. I'll first try to replace it with a new one. Maybe that's that cause after all. I just hope the charging circuits aren't broken.
Thanks, for that advice! Didn't know that the IMEI can be used to blacklist stolen devices (Wikipedia). Someone might do a prank with it.
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Don't think the ms drivers work at all for proper connection.
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SpyderTracks said:
Don't think the ms drivers work at all for proper connection.
Sent from my C6833 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Ok, i got the new battery and I've got the windows drivers working. But still with the same result. Any other ideas?
Should i try a different Flash file?
I allready downloaded the an original firmware but i'm afraid to do even more damage, if I don't wipe data and cache. So I wanted to flash the recovery first.
Are there any other steps that i have to do first? Maybe i'm missing something.

Have you installed kies? If not, install that first. It will install all three required drivers. Then go to task manager and kill all process that relates to kies. Then reboot the phone into download mode and flash again. You can also try the firmware you downloaded using original Pit file with repartition.

nokiamodeln91 said:
Have you installed kies? If not, install that first. It will install all three required drivers. Then go to task manager and kill all process that relates to kies. Then reboot the phone into download mode and flash again. You can also try the firmware you downloaded using original Pit file with repartition.
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I had no keys installed, but I did now. Unfortunately I think the drivers in mentioned before seam to be the same.
Meanwhile I also tried to flash the original firmware and a Gingerbread Firmware form that brick safe install thread. In comparison to the CWM there is no progress on the green bar, just 2 pixel. I thought that I might have not waited long enough, but for that CWM flash the bar was completed for at least 10 minutes.
As I Installed Kies now I saw that option that allows a firmware update through kies. But it doesn't seam to initialize the update, quite similar to the behavior Odin shows.
I don't' like messing around without a way to identify that I have the right set of drivers installed. I tried to find some information about the drivers through the forum search and Google, but so far with no result.
I attached the drivers I use. If you (or someone else) did this before and got a working configuration, would you be so kind and make some screenshots of the drivers you use?
The same game with the the USB-Cable, has someone a correct wiremap, that I could check? (obviously not easy for the mini-USB connector)
By PIT-File you mean the "Pit file for 16GB model" from this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 or just the checkbox Re-Partition? That's really the last thing I want to try now, because I know to less about internal structure of the device. If Re-Partition fails and the downloader (Power+VolDown+Home) is on that partition I might kill the last point I can modify this Note ATM.
Just something more i want to add: Odin doesn't show that blue progress bar. I never used Odin before, but i searched for the process on YouTube and i just guess that Odon mode on the Galaxy Note it should show that bar too.
Meanwhile I also tried to flash a Krenel zImage with heimdall (The Kernel zImage is linked from the recovery CM tells to use in the installation process with heimdall). As Heimdall brings it's own drivers and behaves similar, I would guess, that the drivers at not the problem anyways.

How did you flash the gb rom? You need to try a rom flash using odin. Yes I mean the 16 gb pit if you have the 16 gb note.
Do you have access to Cwm recovery?
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Odin 3+ has a blue progress bar and old odin has green. When flashing firmware the download mode on phone also shows a green progress bar which is the indication of write.
When you connect the phone in download mode does your phone screen say "downloading"?

nokiamodeln91 said:
How did you flash the gb rom? You need to try a rom flash using odin. Yes I mean the 16 gb pit if you have the 16 gb note.
Do you have access to Cwm recovery?
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To flash GB I followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1763151 to step 10.
The Phone was stock before it broke. I just hope i didn't confuse you. I tried several aproaches now.
All the roms i tried so far have been single file roms.
The 1st thing i did was trying to flash PhilZ-cwm6 recovery.
Then I replaced the battery, because odin download mode stated the battery is beeing low.
I repated the process with different versions of the drivers provided in this forum and by kies.
After that i tried different Firmware versions.
And finally i tried heimdall because it seams to be a good alternative to Odin.

Yes I am a bit confused. May be not because of your steps but too much to read..
Is recovery mode accessible? As your last post say Cwm recovery flash.
When the phone is in download mode, what's displayed on the screen?

nokiamodeln91 said:
Yes I am a bit confused. May be not because of your steps but too much to read..
Is recovery mode accessible? As your last post say Cwm recovery flash.
When the phone is in download mode, what's displayed on the screen?
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OK i'll try it short
Recovery never was accessible. Download mode ist shown by the screenshot in the 1st post. Only the counter went up to 9.

There is no download mode screenshot in the first post. Could you post again.

nokiamodeln91 said:
There is no download mode screenshot in the first post. Could you post again.
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I'm verry sorry, that was my fault. I added it to the 1st post. It's getting late for me.

Yeah. Just saw it. All looks fine. I cannot find a reason why odin is not flashing even the kernel. If bricked, it's usually in the system partition, then also kernel should be flashed successfully.
Tried changing the use cable?

nokiamodeln91 said:
Yeah. Just saw it. All looks fine. I cannot find a reason why odin is not flashing even the kernel. If bricked, it's usually in the system partition, then also kernel should be flashed successfully.
Tried changing the use cable?
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Yeah, tried 2 cabels and 2 PCs so far...
I will report the result's here when I tried the repartitioning. So have a good day/night and thanks for your time.

I'm sorry if this was already covered. If you flash JUST philz with Odin, can you get into recovery?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

AndroidSlave said:
I'm sorry if this was already covered. If you flash JUST philz with Odin, can you get into recovery?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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Yep, that was the 1st thing I was trying. But I cant flash philz or anything else. Thats all the problem.
I'm thankfull for anyone who gives it a try.

para756 said:
Yep, that was the 1st thing I was trying. But I cant flash philz or anything else. Thats all the problem.
I'm thankfull for anyone who gives it a try.
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Just throwing ideas out and sorry if you're already doing it...
I always run Odin as administrator.
I would personally start from scratch regarding drivers, delete kies and Samsung drivers, then go into device manager and check there aren't any remaining ms drivers. Reboot and reinstall kies, then shut down kies processes.
I always put the Odin folder on root of c.
The symptoms point to driver issues I think, that's where you usually see this kind of behaviour.
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OK, I SuperBricked (no ODIN) it now. For others with the same symptomes, don't use Re-Partition. As I won't try it with JTAG maybe the device goes to eBay. Thanks to everyone and don't worry, it would have been broken anyways.
Maybe if someone is in the same situatuon: Try harder on different cable/drivers/os before using a Pit file.

[Q]What should I do? (Bricked Phone)

Hello, this is my first post, but no one cares. Right?
I have a little story... Today I tried to Upgrade from CM 10.1 to CM 10.2 but I had a little problem. Because I wanted to have a fresh instalation I first tried to flash with ODIN 3.0.4 official 2.3.6. In the middle of instalation... I had a power outage for 5 seconds. Now my problem is:
1. It can't enter Recovery;
2. It can't enter Download Mode;
3. It can't boot System.
When i plug the usb cable, it shows me this message: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again. ", but that's a little strange because I don't even have Kies installed on PC. This is the only scree I can see.
I don't know how, but somehow I entered Download Mode for 5-10 seconds, but my PC doesn't recognize my phone. After that the phone just shuted down.
I already browse all topics about soft brick, but nothing helped me...
Before take my phone to a service, what are my other choices?

DanuTzCarbon said:
Hello, this is my first post, but no one cares. Right?
I have a little story... Today I tried to Upgrade from CM 10.1 to CM 10.2 but I had a little problem. Because I wanted to have a fresh instalation I first tried to flash with ODIN 3.0.4 official 2.3.6. In the middle of instalation... I had a power outage for 5 seconds. Now my problem is:
1. It can't enter Recovery;
2. It can't enter Download Mode;
3. It can't boot System.
When i plug the usb cable, it shows me this message: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again. ", but that's a little strange because I don't even have Kies installed on PC. This is the only scree I can see.
I don't know how, but somehow I entered Download Mode for 5-10 seconds, but my PC doesn't recognize my phone. After that the phone just shuted down.
I already browse all topics about soft brick, but nothing helped me...
Before take my phone to a service, what are my other choices?
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Sorry my friend only samsung can help you!!!
Sent from my GT-S5570 using xda premium

uninstall your kies. then install samsung usb driver.
then odin your phone.

dzeig said:
uninstall your kies. then install samsung usb driver.
then odin your phone.
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I can't enter Download Mode and I haven't KIES installed.

Since you had a power outbreak during Odin flashing, it might not fully flash the bootloader (boot.img file), or the fat.bin file, both of them are essential for proper phone operation.
Install Kies, and try the recovery mode in it, see if it works.
Also, try to charge your battery, maybe this will help somehow.
If nothing works, service is your only option, as you cannot manually repair a partially flashed boot.img or fat.bin.

boot.img is not bootloader,

Boot.img is kernel
Tapnięte z mojego mini 2

MrMateczko said:
Since you had a power outbreak during Odin flashing, it might not fully flash the bootloader (boot.img file), or the fat.bin file, both of them are essential for proper phone operation.
Install Kies, and try the recovery mode in it, see if it works.
Also, try to charge your battery, maybe this will help somehow.
If nothing works, service is your only option, as you cannot manually repair a partially flashed boot.img or fat.bin.
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Well, I installed Kies.
I can't use "Emergency firmware recovery" because my PC doesn't recognize my phone.
I can't use "Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation". When I enter the details about my phone I get "'GT-S6500D' does not support initializing.".
I don't think I have other option in Kies...

Another problem:
My phone is absolutely unresponsive.
Maybe because of battery.
I can't charge it. I have a friend with S6500D...
I will try with he's battery.
Maybe I could try some tricks to enter in Download Mode. (God, please help me!!)

Instal drivers and go to download mode !
Tapnięte z mojego mini 2

hheelloo said:
Instal drivers and go to download mode !
Tapnięte z mojego mini 2
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I have drivers. Isn't that the problem. And I said I can't enter Download Mode.

Sorry but your phone is hard bricked so you can't fix your phone yourself.You have to send it to samsung to fix it.The hard brick was caused by failed bootloader update.But if you have power surges i recommend you to flash your phone from a laptop.

darkshadow1997 said:
Sorry but your phone is hard bricked so you can't fix your phone yourself.You have to send it to samsung to fix it.The hard brick was caused by failed bootloader update.But if you have power surges i recommend you to flash your phone from a laptop or flash stock rom with bootloader removed link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551586
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Thanks for the advice.

Please ignore the link to stock firmware without bootloader because i did not know your phone was galaxy mini 2 because sometimes mini 2 questions are posted in mini 1.And i have both mini and mini 2.

If boot.img is not the bootloader (it's the kernel, I'm sorry for telling you wrong before), then why the Download Mode does not work?

darkshadow1997 said:
Please ignore the link to stock firmware without bootloader because i did not know your phone was galaxy mini 2 because sometimes mini 2 questions are posted in mini 1.And i have both mini and mini 2.
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It doesn't matter... I saw it was for Mini... Anyway download mode still not working so don't worry.
Thanks for the idea of stock firmwares without bootloader... maybe i could edit stock firmwares for my phone.

You can edit stock rom without the risk of hardbrick.just upack your stock rom then delete bootloader then download a software to create tar do not use tar editor because just deleting the bootloader doesn't mean odin will load it maybe because of md5.So did you send your phone to samsung.

darkshadow1997 said:
You can edit stock rom without the risk of hardbrick.just upack your stock rom then delete bootloader then download a software to create tar do not use tar editor because just deleting the bootloader doesn't mean odin will load it maybe because of md5.So did you send your phone to samsung.
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Well... my brother know a guy who know another guy. This guy have a service or something like that. I sent the phone to him. Maybe he could do something. If not... I will try to find the famous Usb Jig for my model of mini. I found for GT-S5570 but still searching for GT-S6500D

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Well... I sent my phone to a service but there they could only fix download mode. LOL. They tried to install firmware update, but the phone was stuck in bootloop. From there, I fixed by myself.
I will ask them how did they fix it.

[Q] S4A bricked by Kies

Hi folks,
this evening i connected my S4A to my Mac and Kies told me there was an update and i decided to let Kies do what Kies can do (what seemed to be a _big_ failure). Kies messed up while uploading the new firmware to the device after just a couple of percent. After a reboot I now see a screen telling me: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried an 'recovery mode' with the recovery-code Kies provided. But this gets also stuck at just a few percent.
My next try was to use Odin with the approriate firmware i managed to download after somer hours (man - some servers are really slow theses days) but then i got the message about a missing PIT. =/
Does anyone have an idea of how i should continue from here on?
Regards,
Skavaer

skavaer said:
Hi folks,
this evening i connected my S4A to my Mac and Kies told me there was an update and i decided to let Kies do what Kies can do (what seemed to be a _big_ failure). Kies messed up while uploading the new firmware to the device after just a couple of percent. After a reboot I now see a screen telling me: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried an 'recovery mode' with the recovery-code Kies provided. But this gets also stuck at just a few percent.
My next try was to use Odin with the approriate firmware i managed to download after somer hours (man - some servers are really slow theses days) but then i got the message about a missing PIT. =/
Does anyone have an idea of how i should continue from here on?
Regards,
Skavaer
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Can you get into download mode at all? And why Kies? Is that all you have is Mac? I would say if you can get into download at all and have access to a windows device to Odin back to stock MF1. Sorry about your luck though

lances1027 said:
Can you get into download mode at all? And why Kies? Is that all you have is Mac? I would say if you can get into download at all and have access to a windows device to Odin back to stock MF1. Sorry about your luck though
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I can get into download mode and I already tried with Odin in a VirtualBoxed Win7 with the current FW .. (Odin in a VirtualBoxed Win7 to me usually works fine) .. but Odin wanted a PIT.
Why Kies? In my naivity I didn't even in my dreams thought Kies could mess up this bad =/.
Now my dumb question: where can I get a (3-part) stock MF1? Aunt Google was not helpfull.
EDIT: It finally worked - I just had to use the original USB-Cable ..

Good news there! Its amazing how much the cable can make a difference
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Is there an update? Kies is telling me it does not support an update for my current version (MF3)

skavaer said:
Hi folks,
this evening i connected my S4A to my Mac and Kies told me there was an update and i decided to let Kies do what Kies can do (what seemed to be a _big_ failure). Kies messed up while uploading the new firmware to the device after just a couple of percent. After a reboot I now see a screen telling me: "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I tried an 'recovery mode' with the recovery-code Kies provided. But this gets also stuck at just a few percent.
My next try was to use Odin with the approriate firmware i managed to download after somer hours (man - some servers are really slow theses days) but then i got the message about a missing PIT. =/
Does anyone have an idea of how i should continue from here on?
Regards,
Skavaer
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Exactly the same happened to me. I managed to return to previous state by flashing stock ROM i9295XXUBMK3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2401301
However my issues with no sound and random reboots remain. How annoying it is to reboot phone once or twice everytime you want to make a phone call. And byebye receiving phonecalls.. If anyone knows solution to this, I'd be glad to try it.