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Help pls: My fone doesnt open after firmware upgrade

Pls can anyone help me im sooooo desperate. i just upgraded my fone via kies but after upgrade my fone is now blank, i cant use it anymore. pls hell. did i brick my fone??? can i bring it to life again??

You should try to reinstall the stock firmware. First see if you can get into download mode. Two ways, while your phone is off, hold down volume, the home button, and power button together till you get a yellow sign that has a digging android. If that don't work, other way is to take battery out, hold down volume, home button, and power together and reinsert the battery. Once you get to that stage, use Odin to reinstall your firmware.
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sfms said:
You should try to reinstall the stock firmware. First see if you can get into download mode. Two ways, while your phone is off, hold down volume, the home button, and power button together till you get a yellow sign that has a digging android. If that don't work, other way is to take battery out, hold down volume, home button, and power together and reinsert the battery. Once you get to that stage, use Odin to reinstall your firmware.
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shud all my apps be restored?? or back to square 1?

Well seeing as though you updated via kies, all your apps are deleted. I would just start fresh and back to stock. After that I would install a custom rom from the forums here, in my opinion, these rom makers do a great job making Roms that will make your phone be a phone and more
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Well seeing as though you updated via kies, all your apps are deleted. I would just start fresh and back to stock. After that I would install a custom rom from the forums here, in my opinion, these rom makers do a great job making Roms that will make your phone be a phone and more
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so did i really bricked my fone then? if i send my fone to samsung do u think it will void my warranty?
if im back to square one, can i upgrade to froyo 2.2?

i will tell them what really happened that ive upgraded my firmware via kies then my fone did not boot up.

That will work ;-)
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I wouldn't really say you bricked your phone. If you can get into download mode you are clear and your phone can come back to life. Just so you know.
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I wouldn't really say you bricked your phone. If you can get into download mode you are clear and your phone can come back to life. Just so you know.
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i tried doing the download mode but i cant get to that

Two choices return phone to Samsung saying broke under Kies update .
Or use recovery jig and flash stock firmware this is an unofficial method that will invalidate your warranty .
jje

sfms said:
You should try to reinstall the stock firmware. First see if you can get into download mode. Two ways, while your phone is off, hold down volume, the home button, and power button together till you get a yellow sign that has a digging android. If that don't work, other way is to take battery out, hold down volume, home button, and power together and reinsert the battery. Once you get to that stage, use Odin to reinstall your firmware.
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\hey i got the yellow sign digging whats next???

JJEgan said:
Two choices return phone to Samsung saying broke under Kies update .
Or use recovery jig and flash stock firmware this is an unofficial method that will invalidate your warranty .
jje
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i got the yellow sign digging what,s next??

softpinkishlips said:
i got the yellow sign digging what,s next??
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Flash stock firmware for your phone via Odin .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882014
jje

JJEgan said:
Flash stock firmware for your phone via Odin .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882014
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i got the yellow digging but my fone is not connected to my pc. i turned it off again. so should i connect my fone via usb to my pc? then press again the 3 bttons?

Sorry went to bed, just woke up. Anyways download the stock firmware for your phone. Make sure you download the right one. Meaning if you have the i9000M, download i9000M, or if you have i9000T, download i9000T. If you check behind your battery you'll.find your model. I don't think it really matters, I mean your just gonna flash another rom once your phone is back to life for sure. ;-)
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Odin will detect your phone if your phone is in download mode.
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Odin will detect your phone if your phone is in download mode.
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ok i have a few questions: after flashing my fone will all my apps be restored or ill be back to square 1? what is flashing means? if this did not happen to me, is flashing still needed?

softpinkishlips said:
ok i have a few questions: after flashing my fone will all my apps be restored or ill be back to square 1? what is flashing means? if this did not happen to me, is flashing still needed?
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what odin will i use? there are 3

im here now. it says: cant mount / dev/block/stl10 invalid argument
ex. copy dbdate media: cant mount DBdata
your storage is not prepared yet. pls use UI menu for format and reboot actions
copy default media content failed

[Q] I think I bricked it...help would be nice :D

So I flashed the initial kernel file using ODIN3 to my captivate running Continuum __ and I'm getting stuck at the Galaxy S CyanogenMod screen. I was wondering if there is any way to fix this other than purchasing the resistors and making a jig...

Did you try flashing back to stock?
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Continuum is a Froyo ROM, right? Were you trying to pair a gingerbread kernel with a Froyo ROM?
Can you get into DL mode to odin back?
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hmm flashing the WRONG kernel screwed you...
soo....
(insert logic here)

assistantstevie said:
So I flashed the initial kernel file using ODIN3 to my captivate running Continuum __ and I'm getting stuck at the Galaxy S CyanogenMod screen. I was wondering if there is any way to fix this other than purchasing the resistors and making a jig...
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First off, what you described isnt even close to a brick.
You need to tell us a couple things. Can you get into download mode? have you tried to flash back to stock?

well the problem is that i cant get into download mode or boot into recovery

Anyway to "adb reboot download"?
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nope cause i cant get the usb debugging to work since it wont boot at all

Been there once...what I did was...removed the battery ..and out my phone in Download mode...flashed back to Stock 2.1 and did everything again
You said you cant put it in DL mode? were your 3 button combo working when U flashed initial kernel?
Its definitely not bricked, try putting it into DL mode and flash to stock..
1. remove the usb cable, battery, sdcard, SIM.
2. wait 10 seconds, then insert the USB cable.
3. press and hold the 3 button combo while you insert the battery
4. continue to hold until phone's screen goes black twice and release power button.
5. timing is critical, it may not work the first time. Keep going until you see the COM port is connected properly.

well when i was flashing initial kernel i just did adb download and the flashed it and when i follow your steps it just puts me back to boot screen and i stay there

assistantstevie said:
well when i was flashing initial kernel i just did adb download and the flashed it and when i follow your steps it just puts me back to boot screen and i stay there
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so did you read the instructions where it says to not use commands like "adb reboot download" or "adb reboot recovery"? and to make sure you had a working three button recovery before you attempted installation of the ROM?

oohh...i didnt check that, so is that what screwed it up? and if so how can i fix it?

Another one bites the dust...
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well when i was flashing initial kernel i just did adb download and the flashed it and when i follow your steps it just puts me back to boot screen and i stay there
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Looks like you dont have 3-button combo and U still tried to flash CM7 ....next time PLEASE read the instruction...I think only Jig can help you....there r many threads which teaches you to make jigs.

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oohh...i didnt check that, so is that what screwed it up? and if so how can i fix it?
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now you're boned until you get a jig. which is why it's very important to read the FAQ/instructions.

k thanks for all the help

build a jig yourself or buy one online. it will get you into the download mode:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...84198&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_782wt_1139

I Think I am Bricked

After looking for quite a few hours on google and xda the only solution thats shows up is to use a jtag and quite frankly that scares the pants off me
here is what happened
-i upgraded the device to froyo then did the super one click root in order to root
-after that i installed the modified recovery to turn off the signature check
-after doing that i flashed clockwork mod renamed update.zip through recovery
-after that i flashed the ICS beta but i could not get the main zip to work through recovery the only other zip i had on my sd card was the kernel so i flashed that and it worked, in clockworkmod 5.0 it wiped everything on the phone so i reloaded the 2 zips i flashed the rom there and it rebooted. (this is out of order from the thread so i know this is what causes the next problem.
now when ICS boots up i get an encryption unsuccessful screen saying i need a factory reset, only option given is reboot now. can't bypass the screen, can't access via adb (driver install fails on windows too), cant get into download mode, and can't get into recovery.
how screwed am i
device is
Samsung captivate
-build number 1009

You need Gingerbread bootloaders.
And since you cant get into download mode... You probably need a USB Jig.

Good news is that you see something at startup. I doubt you are totally screwed then.
Second the jig as an option. It has quite the track record on this forum as making the captivate almost un-brickable.
What have you tried as far as getting your phone into download mode? There are sometimes multiple ways (Vol-up + Vol-down while plugging in USB without battery, sim, or microsd installed is how I always seem to get it working). Here is a list:
http://samsungcaptivate.wikia.com/wiki/Putting_the_Phone_into_Download_Mode
To my knowledge, none of that information is dated... but there are those here that know far more about it than I ever will.

none of those methods worked, it just stinks if it would have been any other rom i would have been fine i think but since i can't do anything in user space and everything i do takes me to the ICS android screen i cant do anything.
also for the record i am a noob to samsung devices but i have been doing this stuff to HTC devices for years

Why does he need GB bootloaders?!?
And just boot into recovery factory reset.
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Why does he need GB bootloaders?!?
And just boot into recovery factory reset.
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I have no recovery or download mode or atleast nothing is letting me into them
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b-eock said:
Why does he need GB bootloaders?!?
And just boot into recovery factory reset.
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He flashed ICS over froyo... are froyo bootloaders compatible?
Im assuming not and thats what caused the brick. Either that or CWM5 doesnt like froyo BL's. Either way.

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He flashed ICS over froyo... are froyo bootloaders compatible?
Im assuming not and thats what caused the brick. Either that or CWM5 doesnt like froyo BL's. Either way.
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They are compatible...
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Did you try this method to get into download mode?
1. Turn off phone, remove sim, battery, sd
2. hold both volume buttons, keep holding for remainder of instructions
3. insert usb
4. insert battery
This has instantly granted download mode on every captivate i've ever tried.

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They are compatible...
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The team hacksung project might be compatible, but the straight port says in the op that you need to flash kf1 first, which included bootloaders.

You aren't hard bricked and your device is recoverable.
If you are still on the froyo bootloaders, try unplugging the usb cable, removing the battery, sim and sd cards, hold vol up+vol down (don't hold power), and plug the usb cable back in. It should take you to download mode.
If your phone responds to adb while it's booting, you can just issue a quick 'adb reboot download' or 'adb reboot recovery' to get it to boot into either without the button combos.
If either of those don't work, you can try forcing it with a usb jig (just a 301k resistance over pins 4 and 5 of the microusb port). Build a jig, take the battery out, plug the jig in, make sure not to touch the jig while it's in or you'll change the resistance and won't work, put the battery back in and it should kick your phone into download mode. Once you're there, simply remove the jig and plug the usb cable back in.
Sometimes the download mode graphic won't show up even if you are actually in download mode. If the phone looks like it hung, try connecting it to Odin anyway and see if it recognizes it.
Edit: forgot to mention, try using adb from linux (virtual machine or livecd will work too). You shouldn't have to mess with drivers and it's worth a shot.

modest_mandroid said:
You aren't hard bricked and your device is recoverable.
If you are still on the froyo bootloaders, try unplugging the usb cable, removing the battery, sim and sd cards, hold vol up+vol down (don't hold power), and plug the usb cable back in. It should take you to download mode.
If your phone responds to adb while it's booting, you can just issue a quick 'adb reboot download' or 'adb reboot recovery' to get it to boot into either without the button combos.
If either of those don't work, you can try forcing it with a usb jig (just a 301k resistance over pins 4 and 5 of the microusb port). Build a jig, take the battery out, plug the jig in, make sure not to touch the jig while it's in or you'll change the resistance and won't work, put the battery back in and it should kick your phone into download mode. Once you're there, simply remove the jig and plug the usb cable back in.
Sometimes the download mode graphic won't show up even if you are actually in download mode. If the phone looks like it hung, try connecting it to Odin anyway and see if it recognizes it.
Edit: forgot to mention, try using adb from linux (virtual machine or livecd will work too). You shouldn't have to mess with drivers and it's worth a shot.
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i will try it out the jig is the last thing i want to do, luckily this isnt my everyday phone but i would like to get it working hopefully
thank you everyone for the help expect me to hit some thank buttons soon

Were you able to get this working again? If so, how? My Captivate with Build 11 of ICS that had been running perfectly for a week got the message you saw regarding encryption.
I couldn't reset, I tried one click back to stock, and now I just get messages saying can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1.

Unbricking Cappy
Are you able to go to CWM using the three button combo? Try pulling out the battery, reinsert, Hold vol-up + vol-down
and hit power button. Let me know whether CWM menu is appearing or not

All I have to say is wow, not one of those things are true
UCKF1 was the first GB leak for the Captivate, not official Froyo wtf :S
you also don't just connect and power on?!
Who ever needs help, don't listen to this dude, he obviously doesn't know his facts!

Short answer is problem was solved by my friend having a jtag jig
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thoughtlesskyle said:
Wait who is this directed at, if its at me cool dude sorry for asking for help, the answer you have given has been invaluable to solving the problem. This was solved turns out a friend of mine had a jig, glad you went out of your way to lend a useless opinion
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Yahh you meed to edit your post, that wasn't to you it was to ROMMaker. So don't get your panties in a wad.
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b-eock said:
Yahh you meed to edit your post, that wasn't to you it was to ROMMaker. So don't get your panties in a wad.
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I don't know what good editing my post will do since you quoted it but sure
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Other people who have this issue, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447303

thoughtlesskyle said:
Short answer is problem was solved by my friend having a jtag jig
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Hey,
Could you tell us more about how it was resolved?
I'm having the same issue here.

[Q] HELP--Stuck On LG Boot Logo

I need help, my phone is stuck on the LG screen at boot, when I reboot to attempt getting into CWM i get the screen that says "are you sure you want to do a factory reset...." When I do so and factory wipe it goes back to the LG boot screen and doesn't go into Clockwork Recovery. Tried many times but no luck. I also tried connecting it to my pc and getting the LGNPST program but it doesn't see or recognize my phone as there is no way for me to connect it to USB Mass Storage.
Could I have really bricked my phone? I have screwed it up before but always able to get into CWM and turn on USB Mass storage, now I cant even do that. Any Help Please!!!
OOPS sorry i somehow posted this twice!!!

Would help if you posted what you've done to the phone. Since you only said what the problem is not what you did to it.

Hey thanks for replying. Ok here it is. I downloaded Rom Manager from the market that I bought previously for an HTC i had and from there somehow flashed a ROM and the rest is history. Stuck on LG

I downloaded ROM Manger since I got rid of it awhile ago since it didn't work and I have no idea how you could of flashed a rom through it since it'll just say you have to have clockworkmod on your phone unless you picked a different model like the esteem which is this phone but different model which would probably mess up the phone. But after you flashed the rom did anything else happen? Like did the phone work or just reboot and stay at Lg logo?

You know it was late last night and you just reminded me that I did use the Esteem ROM, and after that all it did was rebooted and stayed at the LG Screen, And whenever I try to get into recovery all it does is verify if i want to reset to factory and wipe data, then back to LG. I cant get any of my computers to recognize it on either XP or Win7...Im sorry I didnt say that my phone was rooted and running GingerVOlt1.3 with bk over clock kernel as well

Hmm try the Irc channel see if the people there have answers. http://webchat.freenode.net/ Channel: #lgrevolution

thanks i did that last night but im not sure how to actually use the IRC i tried clicking on several names and ask for help but no one responded. I appreciate your time though.

It's a normal chatbox pretty much you talk to everybody unless you click a name just say you have a problem and list what happened and everything somebody should be able to help you.

ok cool thanks im actually trying it now

Put your phone in download mode then try lgnpst.
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thanks for replying

Beamer9408 said:
Put your phone in download mode then try lgnpst.
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Beamer,
How do i do that. Putting it in download mode???

LvnInOC said:
Beamer,
How do i do that. Putting it in download mode???
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http://www.lg-phones.org/verizon-lg-revolution-emergency-download-mode.html
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http://www.lg-phones.org/verizon-lg-revolution-emergency-download-mode.html
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Beamer,
Thanks for your help. Unfortunately this does not work either. I have tried holding the power button and volume down button several times all it does is take me to the factory wipe screen and after confirming just reboots back to the LG screen and stays there. I dont know what else to try. I have tried on my new Win7 X64 laptop and also on an XP desktop that always works but non of them will "see" my phone as a storage device or anything. Any suggestions???

LvnInOC said:
Beamer,
Thanks for your help. Unfortunately this does not work either. I have tried holding the power button and volume down button several times all it does is take me to the factory wipe screen and after confirming just reboots back to the LG screen and stays there. I dont know what else to try. I have tried on my new Win7 X64 laptop and also on an XP desktop that always works but non of them will "see" my phone as a storage device or anything. Any suggestions???
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UPDATE!!!
Wow, I thought I would give it one last chance by trying to get it in download mode on my XP Desktop and holly cow, it actually worked and installed the drivers, however when I start the LGNPST it goes to the EMERGENCY function and makes me install a phonebook recovery but fails. I dont know what do do or where to get the "PhoneBook" file in question. Any ideas???

How do you get into download mode?! I need this really badly becauae mine boots and says LG. I wanna just get it to work again. I can't view that website on my phone.
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mddcflimsreal said:
How do you get into download mode?! I need this really badly becauae mine boots and says LG. I wanna just get it to work again. I can't view that website on my phone.
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Alright, emergency mode is:
1) Pull battery
2) Put battery back in
3) Press and hold volume up
4) Press and hold power button while continuing to hold the volume up button
5) Hold through splash screen
6) Should now be in download mode
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Thank you much! I'm going to try to recover my phone now. Will let you know.
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mtmichaelson said:
Alright, emergency mode is:
1) Pull battery
2) Put battery back in
3) Press and hold volume up
4) Press and hold power button while continuing to hold the volume up button
5) Hold through splash screen
6) Should now be in download mode
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Mt,
Want to say thanks for all the work you've done and continue to do with the Revo. Its the only saving grace we have. Maybe you could help me out with this. I am stuck on the LGNPST when I put my phone in Download mode, LGNPST see's it as an "unknown" and only allows me to do a Phonebook Programing under the Emergency Tab, but when I choose the only Bin File and Only *csv. file it displays as error and stops. Im not sure as to what it wants me to do or what its trying to do. In the past I was able to just flash the VS910Ztot and be all done but now I cant even get that option. Do you have any Idea what I need to do??? Please any input would be greatly appreciated.

LvnInOC said:
Mt,
Want to say thanks for all the work you've done and continue to do with the Revo. Its the only saving grace we have. Maybe you could help me out with this. I am stuck on the LGNPST when I put my phone in Download mode, LGNPST see's it as an "unknown" and only allows me to do a Phonebook Programing under the Emergency Tab, but when I choose the only Bin File and Only *csv. file it displays as error and stops. Im not sure as to what it wants me to do or what its trying to do. In the past I was able to just flash the VS910Ztot and be all done but now I cant even get that option. Do you have any Idea what I need to do??? Please any input would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey I had a similar issue with this and the download mode and everything except I was able to get into recovery but it would reboot to fast to restore a full nand backup and I couldn't get the .dll to work either what I ended up doing and it fixed it was booting into recovery going into backups and restore then advanced restore and had enough time in recovery to restore just the boot so I did that next thing I knew the phone rebooted automagically like it had been doing but this time it went past the lg and into the gingervolt boot animation then I got a black screen so I manually booted into recovery did the same steps except this time I was able to advanced restore the system and it rebooted again when it booted up I had a black screen so I boot back into recovery and was finally able to restore a full back up never got an auto reboot so I booted up and the phone worked fine.
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[Q] Im stuck

I just finished installing the new slimrom 4.3 beta..everything was fine until j tried to restore the backup data. Now im stuck on galaxy s screen without being able to to get into recovery mode..when i connect galaxy with Usb port im stuck with a loading screen..i have tried to find similar thread about this problem but i couldnt.. Any help will be appreciated

backup data from which version? GB?
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compacity said:
backup data from which version? GB?
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Whats GB? Im relativelly new to this kind of stuff..im really stuck and nothing seems to work..im thinking of ordering a jig from amazon

GB=GingerBread... goto "settings" then scroll down to the bottom where it says "about phone" click on it the look where it says "Android Version" what does it say?

mogios24 said:
I just finished installing the new slimrom 4.3 beta..everything was fine until j tried to restore the backup data. Now im stuck on galaxy s screen without being able to to get into recovery mode..when i connect galaxy with Usb port im stuck with a loading screen..i have tried to find similar thread about this problem but i couldnt.. Any help will be appreciated
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Does download mode work? You can access it by holding volume down+home+power. Even though you could not access recovery, you should still be able to use download mode + odin and reflash new rom.

i have tried down vol+ home + power and its not working..i ll try now with odin since its my last chance..thanks for your help

mogios24 said:
i have tried down vol+ home + power and its not working..i ll try now with odin since its my last chance..thanks for your help
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Entering download mode could be tricky sometimes if you didn't press (and hold for several seconds) all buttons simultaneously, the phone would just reboot. Also I've read that there could be different button combos on different SGS1 variants (e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14391773#post14391773).
Here are some instructions, how to flash using odin, however, i doubt odin could detect your phone without download mode or phone fully booted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44710247#post44710247

Problem solved..thank you guys for your help..manage to install the new slimrom 4.3