[Q] Recovery boot loop and no download mode? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
I got a new Galaxy S i9000 in China and it was already rooted and had some crap Chinese Android 2.3 ROM on it. I used the existing CWM to install Cyanogen 10 and it went alright on the first boot, but when I went to flash the Google Apps it got stuck in a bootloop and only goes to the CWM that is installed alongside Cyanogen. So basically the phone is in a loop that always ends in recovery mode.
I am able to access the SD card by mounting it in CWM and copy ROMs there over the USB cable, but no matter what ROM I install, it always goes back to recovery, even if that is a different recovery installed by the different ROM. None of the key combinations I have tried can get the phone into download mode, so Odin or Heimdall or adb or anything like that do not work, otherwise I would just Heimdall One-click back to stock XXJVT and try again.
Does anybody know what went wrong? I think it might be something to do with the different partitioning required for the step from Android 2.3 to 4.1. After a bit more reading it seems that maybe the bootloader wasn't updated, can I do that from recovery? Could I try flashing the Replicant recovery image from CWM or is that getting a bit risky seeing as if it goes wrong I have no download mode available? How can I use the working CWM recovery to get back to a bootable system?
Thanks, please let me know if you need more details!
Cheers from China :silly:

i9000 or anycall? or maybe i9003? check ur back fone first to confirm
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Looks like GT-I9000, see attachment. It used to have standard Samsung animation, but since I flashed cyanogen 10, it says anycall during the recovery bootloop I described...
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compacity, your thinking was right. This is a fake/repacked M110S sold as a Galaxy S. This is particularly annoying because my friend paid extra for it in the shop to get the 'guaranteed original HK international version'. Damn Chinese shops. I found out that download mode is just home + power on this phone, so will flash to stock and take it back tomorrow.
Anybody else in this situation, follow the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890667
The Pit Stop is particularly useful.
Cheers for the help!

strophy said:
compacity, your thinking was right. This is a fake/repacked M110S sold as a Galaxy S. This is particularly annoying because my friend paid extra for it in the shop to get the 'guaranteed original HK international version'. Damn Chinese shops. I found out that download mode is just home + power on this phone, so will flash to stock and take it back tomorrow.
Anybody else in this situation, follow the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890667
The Pit Stop is particularly useful.
Cheers for the help!
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thanks for understanding n yep if u wanna know ur fone was korean amycall or not, juz boot it n it will show u. n i m sorry for u, juz KICK DAT CHINESE SALESMAN HARD FOR ME TOO
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[Q] Rooting galaxy s with gingerbread 2.3.3

I can't root my sgs, i have tryed almost every tutorials i can find about this, but i can't connect to odin when the phone is in download mode. I even get this up in download mode: can't access to '/system/csc/xee/system/' Anyone that can help me with this issue?
Uh... sounds like something is seriously wrong with your phone dude =\ You should be able to get to d/l mode regardless. Does the phone still work fine otherwise?
Unable to root sgs gingerbread NEJVD
I have the same problem after upgrading to official firmware via kieys. Running PDA:I9000NEJVD, PHONE:I9000NEJV5, CSC:H3GJV6 on 3mobile. Odin doesn't recognise phone in download mode, computer only reads onboard sd card when connected as usb storage. Tried one superoneclick too but stops at running pnueter exploit/gingerbreak exploit. Super laggy as well, Can i roll back to froyo? any help highly appreciated.
samgal111 said:
I have the same problem after upgrading to official firmware via kieys. Running PDA:I9000NEJVD, PHONE:I9000NEJV5, CSC:H3GJV6 on 3mobile. Odin doesn't recognise phone in download mode, computer only reads onboard sd card when connected as usb storage. Tried one superoneclick too but stops at running pnueter exploit/gingerbreak exploit. Super laggy as well, Can i roll back to froyo? any help highly appreciated.
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Did you try diffrent usb port on your cpu?
also..on the cpu that your using odin to flash , do you have kies installed?
if so make sure it isn't running ( i would uninstall just incase)
see if that helps.
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I am interested in rooting too, and I have gingerbread. I have 2 problems though, first, I do not have the 3button combo working. I thought the gingerbread update would fix it, but no luck, and the method I found here did not work. I hear that you should not try to root without the 3 button combo working, but what choice do I have, samsung update did not fix this bootloader problem. I cannot put my phone in download mode without having it plugged in and recognized by adb.
My 2nd problem is that I have a I9000T and it seems nobody has this phone around here so I have no way of knowing if some of the rooting options even work for my phoen and firmeware.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
caribbean_spur said:
I am interested in rooting too, and I have gingerbread. I have 2 problems though, first, I do not have the 3button combo working. I thought the gingerbread update would fix it, but no luck, and the method I found here did not work. I hear that you should not try to root without the 3 button combo working, but what choice do I have, samsung update did not fix this bootloader problem. I cannot put my phone in download mode without having it plugged in and recognized by adb.
My 2nd problem is that I have a I9000T and it seems nobody has this phone around here so I have no way of knowing if some of the rooting options even work for my phoen and firmeware.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I actually have a i9000t, ive soft bricked a few times as long as you could get into download mode you should be ok, allways keep a stock rom around just incase to flash back to through odin.
Ive flashed a few modem with no problems, few roms with minimal problems..
Cm7 lost radio and weird pixle screen boot.
Deoxidized roms work good.
I had flashed Darkys 9.5 and everything worked till i noticed the stock music player gave me reboots.
I had tried flashing MIUI but no luck at all, could of been my zip. File was messed up but i tried a diffrent and still nothing.Now im on Darky 10.1 final no problems.
This has to be the most stable/fastest rom ive ever flashed.
Edit i looked up something that might help.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
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afalk said:
I can't root my sgs, i have tryed almost every tutorials i can find about this, but i can't connect to odin when the phone is in download mode. I even get this up in download mode: can't access to '/system/csc/xee/system/' Anyone that can help me with this issue?
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hi.. do you have official kies installed on your computer?
if so uninstall it first... and installed the unofficial samsung driver.. sorry i cant post link here as am junior member..
you can search in google "samsung usb.rar". Once you download it, then installed it on your computer. Open you odin, put your phone in download mode,
and plug in to computer, then odin should be able to recognize your phone.
Once I have the same problem and it works for me with above step. hope that help.
Dorilife said:
I actually have a i9000t, ive soft bricked a few times as long as you could get into download mode you should be ok, allways keep a stock rom around just incase to flash back to through odin.
Ive flashed a few modem with no problems, few roms with minimal problems..
Cm7 lost radio and weird pixle screen boot.
Deoxidized roms work good.
I had flashed Darkys 9.5 and everything worked till i noticed the stock music player gave me reboots.
I had tried flashing MIUI but no luck at all, could of been my zip. File was messed up but i tried a diffrent and still nothing.Now im on Darky 10.1 final no problems.
This has to be the most stable/fastest rom ive ever flashed.
Edit i looked up something that might help.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
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Thanks for the reply! Ok, I finally manage to have the 3button combo work and get into download mode and recovery mode. I want to root, can you tell me if the odin method works on 2.3.3 stock, on I9000T . Also, How can I fully backup my phone. Which android version did you have when you rooted.
Also, I keep reading those very old threads and I was wondering what the latest Odin version is used for 2.3.3.
elita said:
hi.. do you have official kies installed on your computer?
if so uninstall it first... and installed the unofficial samsung driver.. sorry i cant post link here as am junior member..
you can search in google "samsung usb.rar". Once you download it, then installed it on your computer. Open you odin, put your phone in download mode,
and plug in to computer, then odin should be able to recognize your phone.
Once I have the same problem and it works for me with above step. hope that help.
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Tried this workaround, but still no luck with Odin. When fone is in download mode, I get the message apling multi-csc...Installing multi-csc then "unable to access system/csc/H3G/system/".Couldnt roll back the os through kies either before I uninstalled it. Any help highly appreciated
Would definitely would like to know how to root 2.3.3 (UBJV6)? Is there anything specia; I have to do since I have recovery 3e too?
Any help will be welcome!
Wrong button combo
caribbean_spur said:
Would definitely would like to know how to root 2.3.3 (UBJV6)? Is there anything specia; I have to do since I have recovery 3e too?
Any help will be welcome!
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Turns out We/I have been using the wrong button combo for download. Download mode is: Vol DOWN+Home+Power On.!!! Recovery mode is Vol UP+Home+Power On. I used Fuguroot with my stock kernel from RAMAD (senior developer). Flashed with odin & it took LESS THAN 2 MIN! Check out this link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011901.Hope this helps. Do remember to thank Ramad and Nicademus!
good you figured out
Hi, I did something stupid... I been trying to upload gingerbread to my Galaxy Tab. and I used re-partition.. so now I bricked.. It starts with samsug logo and after stops showing only the samsung galaxy..
Please Help me...
Thanks Guys
rrubio999 said:
Hi, I did something stupid... I been trying to upload gingerbread to my Galaxy Tab. and I used re-partition.. so now I bricked.. It starts with samsug logo and after stops showing only the samsung galaxy..
Please Help me...
Thanks Guys
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I don't have a galaxy tab, but it should be similliar to my galaxy s. I think your device is NOT bricked. As long as you can get to download mode, your device is NOT bricked. If you can get there, you should try to flash with odin/heimdall again. I think you must have done something wrong in the flashing process. AFAIK the logo is displayed by bootloader (primary), so if nothing went wrong with flashing the secondary one (download mode), you should be able to flash again.

[Q] HELP!!! Brick

ok so i have a samsung captivate. i tried to flash a rom but something went completely wrong. the phone tries to boot, says att and all but then it goes into this weird screen, theres a bunch of colors n nothing then it bootloops into the same crap. now i had it rooted, running on 2.2, cwm installed and everything.. now i cant get it into recovery not into download mode.. what can i do?
josuemldnd23 said:
ok so i have a samsung captivate. i tried to flash a rom but something went completely wrong. the phone tries to boot, says att and all but then it goes into this weird screen, theres a bunch of colors n nothing then it bootloops into the same crap. now i had it rooted, running on 2.2, cwm installed and everything.. now i cant get it into recovery not into download mode.. what can i do?
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Check this out... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14681851&postcount=1193
Can you get into download mode?
What rom were you trying to flash? And what version of Odin were you using?
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That happened to me...kind of like a snow screen but multi colored???
The problem was that the kernel was not compatible with the rom.
I was able to get mine into DL mode with a jig I made and re flashed a verified compatible kernel and all was well.
Its not bricked you just need to boot into download mode and use odin one click back to stock or flash the right kernel
Sent from my Captivate
I had this happen last month also, it was a bad flash going from Stock 2.2 to Continuum I think. Culprit was a cheap cable, so look out for that next time. Built a jig from the connector of the cable and all was well in Cappy-land.
pwnerman said:
Its not bricked you just need to boot into download mode and use odin one click back to stock or flash the right kernel
Sent from my Captivate
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+1
You are not bricked.
If you can't get into download mode via buttons, build the jig.
it's really easier then it looks (it looked intimidating at first).
And once you do it successfully you will feel better about yourself.
it may take a few tries specially if you don't follow the instructions correctly

[Q] Help ! My tab p1000 hangs on samsung logo

For about a week now my samsung galaxy tab p1000 keeps freezing on the samsung logo screen and every minute ore so vibrates very short.
No matter how long i wait it keeps like that . Ive tryed the reset from the recovery mode (powerbutton + volume up) but no luck. The tab is still on a stock fw 2.2 i believe. and no root or anything.
Im very new on the whole rom stuf so some help is needed on how to restore the tab. I havent flashed it or anithing. Also it gives a error like in the screenshot below:
You should flash your tab and install a new firmware that's the only solution
omr911 said:
You should flash your tab and install a new firmware that's the only solution
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oke i figured that much yesterday, when reading some topics, but wich rom do i need to use?? because i dont know how to root the tab because it wont boot ore is rooting not a must?
dude... get the latest 2.3.3 firmware...
you may check www.samfirmware.com to see latest firmware for your deivce. If you are in ASIA region, look for JPI edition. Its good, fast and stable.
Use ODIN to flash, with REPARTITION ENABLE... once complete flashing, reboot, and repeat the FLASHING again... DO IT TWICE..., but REPARTITION ONCE only...
Do i have to fully boot between flashing, or after first flash straight to download mode?
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to play safe, let it boot.. but you can skip the configuration and shutdown and go into download mode..
Oké gona try it when i get home
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jhnschts said:
oke i figured that much yesterday, when reading some topics, but wich rom do i need to use?? because i dont know how to root the tab because it wont boot ore is rooting not a must?
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You should watch the tutorial at YouTube before taking any step
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thx for all the help. took me couple of hours but got it running again on andriod 2.3.3
MY P1000 JUST HANG ON GALAXY TAB LOGO, CANT CONNECT TO CWM BUT CAN GO TO DOWNLOAD MODE BUT I CANT CONNECT IT TO PC!!!
sirs,,, can you please help me please! I GOT A samung galaxy tab p1000 and its rooted and installed overcome rom, i restored my stocktrom coz id like to get some files \. then suddenly my p1000 just hang on galaxy tab logo!!! it wont access to cwm recovery but it can access download mode the problem is my computer dont recognize my device!! nid help please!!!
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Im at your same state. My tab hangs on samsung logo and lets me to download alone. I can help you with the drivers part. Im sure you have the Kies in your system. Just push the on button and connect your phone to the pc and run Kies. You have an option to troubleshoot which will update the drivers for your phone. This worked for me. For the rest of the part, there is a chap who is helping me on this forum and he advised me to go for stock ROM. Ill try that today after sufficiently charging up my phone.
I ve been searching for a while now and looks like this is common and nothing much to worry about. Ill keep you posted on what happened on my attempt to odin flash the stock ROM.
Hello friend, my tab is back and working fine now. Hope tried connecting kies to get your driver up for the tab. Once its up you can get to the download and flash stock rom using odin. This would bring your phobe back to life.
I am currently running on overcome experience rom. Its pretty good and they have great instructions on their site. Try that you should be all set.
Best of luck.
I have the exact same issue. I've been trying to flash a Euro 2.3.3 for the last 5 hours. Anything special you did before I create a new thread? I've done this a billion times on my old tab....I just got this one today off ebay.
copper7op said:
I have the exact same issue. I've been trying to flash a Euro 2.3.3 for the last 5 hours. Anything special you did before I create a new thread? I've done this a billion times on my old tab....I just got this one today off ebay.
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Can you be more specific on the state of your G-Tab?
What firmware were you using before the problem occurs?
if you are updating from proyo, you will need to flash dbdata.rfs. For your reference you can follow these following steps (given you can access download mode).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24908470&postcount=2
Thanks a lot
I had tried to install ICS but done something wrong and my tab wasn't working.
after that followed instructions given here and its working after selecting factory reset.
Now only problem i have is kies don't show my tab's firmware version. And i also wanted to know how to store backup taken at ICS update thanks in advance
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I had tried to install ICS but done something wrong and my tab wasn't working.
after that followed instructions given here( including flashing twice with partion uncheck for second) but tab was hanging at samsung logo and its working after selecting factory reset from recovery option.
Now only problem i have is kies don't show my tab's firmware version. And i also wanted to know how to store backup taken at ICS update thanks in advance
I doubt you will ever get Kies to work with custom ICS rom in your tab.
priyana said:
I doubt you will ever get Kies to work with custom ICS rom in your tab.
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Hahaha.. you are still doubting? -- or should you have said you're sure?
who knows Samsung has catch up, then I will be caught out.
kurs2020 said:
MY P1000 JUST HANG ON GALAXY TAB LOGO, CANT CONNECT TO CWM BUT CAN GO TO DOWNLOAD MODE BUT I CANT CONNECT IT TO PC!!!
sirs,,, can you please help me please! I GOT A samung galaxy tab p1000 and its rooted and installed overcome rom, i restored my stocktrom coz id like to get some files \. then suddenly my p1000 just hang on galaxy tab logo!!! it wont access to cwm recovery but it can access download mode the problem is my computer dont recognize my device!! nid help please!!!
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Use the latest version of odin. Also go into download mode before connecting to pc. Plase thank me if you found this useful.

[Q] Galaxy note stuck on Samsung logo. Cant enter recovery!

Hello guys. I just upgraded Samsung note n7000 to stock ics rom. I rooted it and all was fine. I wanted to try stunner ics rom so I went to recovery mode and then entered cwm. As soon as I pressed wipe date, it got stuck and now I can't even get into recovery mode. Phone either stuck on Samsung logo or if I try to enter recovery by pressing vol up + home + power, it shows android bot with blue wheel rotating and it keep rotating then again goes to Samsung logo after several minutes. Please advise what to do. I'm new to all this.
If you can get into download mode, Vol down Home and Power, use PC Odin to flash any of stock ROMs and start all over again..
Try flashing GB ROMs first as you are new.. ics roms are not safe ATM..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610157
Also, just read all the stickies.. They are there for a reason!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
Ouch. Apologies in advance.. did you not read this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633943 It sounds like a hard brick. Situations like this should make everyone realise why mods and devs continually drum into users the importance of searching threads and reading stickies.
OMG !! Why did you "WIPE" ?????????
Anyhow...
Try to use ODIN to Get u back to GB. You can flash a Pit file as a last resort. Please go through the numerous threads on ICS and its Risks before flashing.
drgupta1981 said:
Hello guys. I just upgraded Samsung note n7000 to stock ics rom. I rooted it and all was fine. I wanted to try stunner ics rom so I went to recovery mode and then entered cwm. As soon as I pressed wipe date, it got stuck and now I can't even get into recovery mode. Phone either stuck on Samsung logo or if I try to enter recovery by pressing vol up + home + power, it shows android bot with blue wheel rotating and it keep rotating then again goes to Samsung logo after several minutes. Please advise what to do. I'm new to all this.
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Hope you haven't bricked it. You might not have, and if you haven't PLEASE search and read the stickies.
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I fear this might be another one in the long line of Superbricks.
My friend had juz successfully overcome the stuck at " NAND Write stuck" in PC odin while flashing the lp1 leak repack...
What we did was to change a different usb port... provided u r still able to go into download mode..
We successed into bringing it back to life...
I hope it mayb some help.. no harm trying though...
Noted From My G.NOTE Using XDA Premium
Yes,its totally hardbrick. The eMMC cant be read while it boot,thats why you stuck in samsung galaxy note logo.. Bring it to sevice centre,and just wish they change your machine. I've experienced it when I was using galaxy s2, fortunatly they put it on guarentee and they change my machine.
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trying odin but stuck at factoryfs...
hackerboi said:
OMG !! Why did you "WIPE" ?????????
Anyhow...
Try to use ODIN to Get u back to GB. You can flash a Pit file as a last resort. Please go through the numerous threads on ICS and its Risks before flashing.
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im trying odin with stock GB rom but its stuck on factoryfs now. i tried different ports. not going ahead. what are my options now?
thanks.
drgupta1981 said:
im trying odin with stock GB rom but its stuck on factoryfs now. i tried different ports. not going ahead. what are my options now?
thanks.
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Another hardbrick!? I think yes. F***, I feel sad for all of those who are bricking their devices.
I am afraid you have to send it to Samsung. They shall replace the mainboard.
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i feel sorry for your note but WHY THE HELL DID YOU WIPE??
welcome to *superbrick club*.
one solution is to join the *go-to-samsung-center-and-get-replacement-under-warranty club*
I know a dev(name not to be disclosed) who have recovered from a superbrick (and yeah I'm sure a superbrick) by making a custom kernel.I can let let the info out if any real and very talented kernel dev can make a kernel.I'm not trolling guys....Its real.
vijai2011 said:
I know a dev(name not to be disclosed) who have recovered from a superbrick (and yeah I'm sure a superbrick) by making a custom kernel.I can let let the info out if any real and very talented kernel dev can make a kernel.I'm trolling guys....Its real.
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My english is not good enough to make out what you are saying. You say it's real....and you say you are trolling. If it's the last.....not funny at all for all those users with bricked devices.
Ce said:
My english is not good enough to make out what you are saying. You say it's real....and you say you are trolling. If it's the last.....not funny at all for all those users with bricked devices.
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Lol typo mistake....corrected now.I know know it fells when making a bricked phone.So i know I must not make fun and I didnt.A single word changed the entire meaning.
sujal said:
Another hardbrick!? I think yes. F***, I feel sad for all of those who are bricking their devices.
I am afraid you have to send it to Samsung. They shall replace the mainboard.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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But I'm able to go to downloading mode and when i put it on charge, it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again.
Does it still mean I hard bricked the device?
Unfortunately, yes.
You can try to flash a stock GB Rom from Download Mode using PC Odin, but your
flash will fail. We have seen it so many times before...
However, there's no harm in trying, so go for it, maybe you prove to be an exception.
warranty?
if i connect my phone to charger, it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies. but kies detects the phone bnut keeps saying connecting....
i am able to go to downloading mode which says
custom binary download:no
current binary: official
i have tried to put stock rom using pc odin but it gets stuck at nand write start.
is there a way out here?
if not, will samsung honour the warranty?
thanks.
drgupta1981 said:
i have tried to put stock rom using pc odin but it gets stuck at nand write start.
is there a way out here?
if not, will samsung honour the warranty?
thanks.
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Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1653290
Whether Sammy will honor the warranty? I guess it depends on your local service centre.
i had the same problem. i wiped cache and data. problem solved.
custom binary download:no
current binary: official
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Yes they will honor the warranty. give an excuse that you got a notification for upgrade to ICS and then your phone wont boot.
all the best

Flashed wrong file via Odin!!

I am in serious trouble and need urgent help!!
I own an international Galaxy GT I9000 and recently rooted and afterwards attempted to flash XXJW4 software on the phone. Upon trying this I realised that my model is one of the unlucky ones as you cannot enter download mode via the three-button combo, neither can you enter recovery. Since I have some experience with Android, I used adb commands to reboot the phone into download mode.
Here is where my problem lies...
I flashed the wrong file using Odin. Instead of flashing the JW4_JW4_JW4 file, I flashed a file named XXJW4_Root_AA.tar... Needless to say, this didn't go down well. The phone is in a boot loop now, rebooting at the Samsung logo (not the boot animation). ADB cannot find the device, neither can odin, and no one seems to be able to help... Is the final solution a a USB Jig? I am in South Africa, so finding one here is hell..
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!
If you can't get into download mode, USB jig is your best bet.
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snapper.fishes said:
If you can't get into download mode, USB jig is your best bet.
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Okay, I have been reading up on those but I can't seem to find any resistors in my area! Also, if I do manage to get download mode going, will this ensure that my PC will recognize the phone? Odin and my PC recognized the device just fine, but Kies was not functional (before the phone got bricked)
The jig will solve your problems at no time.It saved me!
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Pull the battery, hold the button to download the mod and then plug the battery into the phone, I hit download.
misacek said:
Pull the battery, hold the button to download the mod and then plug the battery into the phone, I hit download.
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I tried this but it did not work... I flashed the xxjw4 CF Root file over stock Eclair by mistake, is the stock Eclair still there and can it be considered a soft-brick? If so I would like to know which firmware I can flash to fix this. Is xxjw4 an option or must I flash XXJVU first? (I have downloaded both firmwares and their respective CF Root files) Thanks in advance
IbanMaru said:
I tried this but it did not work... I flashed the xxjw4 CF Root file over stock Eclair by mistake, is the stock Eclair still there and can it be considered a soft-brick? If so I would like to know which firmware I can flash to fix this. Is xxjw4 an option or must I flash XXJVU first? (I have downloaded both firmwares and their respective CF Root files) Thanks in advance
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Just try this solutions may or may not work, but no harm in trying http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27205737&postcount=4571
three best stock rom XXJVU file, but with pit 512 and re-partition on.
Just find the Galaxy S drivers from somewhere, my computer does this sometimes, have u got windows 7 running on your PC? sometimes my laptop with windows 7 cant find my device, but my one with Windows Vista always manages to find it, try a different PC first. Once you found the device just flash a full stock version, like XXJVT for example, something with the pit., CODE, CSC and Modem file
IbanMaru said:
I am in serious trouble and need urgent help!!
I own an international Galaxy GT I9000 and recently rooted and afterwards attempted to flash XXJW4 software on the phone. Upon trying this I realised that my model is one of the unlucky ones as you cannot enter download mode via the three-button combo, neither can you enter recovery. Since I have some experience with Android, I used adb commands to reboot the phone into download mode.
Here is where my problem lies...
I flashed the wrong file using Odin. Instead of flashing the JW4_JW4_JW4 file, I flashed a file named XXJW4_Root_AA.tar... Needless to say, this didn't go down well. The phone is in a boot loop now, rebooting at the Samsung logo (not the boot animation). ADB cannot find the device, neither can odin, and no one seems to be able to help... Is the final solution a a USB Jig? I am in South Africa, so finding one here is hell..
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Odin does not reformat /data and /cache and /dbdata back to rfs, so the kernel cannot mount it, hence the bootloop. Just do a factory reset from stock recovery and your good to go
AlwaysDroid said:
Odin does not reformat /data and /cache and /dbdata back to rfs, so the kernel cannot mount it, hence the bootloop. Just do a factory reset from stock recovery and your good to go
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Okay thanks for the info... So because I am not able to do the three button fix do you recommend that I jig the phone, and flash the three button fix, after that enter recovery and do a wipe? No need to flash the new firmware? (Which I do plan to do but only after I can get the phone up and running again with the jig)
If you can't find the resistors, you can buy the jig off ebay for about 2 quid. I know it's expensive for a 1p resistor and a 1p case but how much is your phone worth to you
The jig will definitely sort it.
skezza said:
If you can't find the resistors, you can buy the jig off ebay for about 2 quid. I know it's expensive for a 1p resistor and a 1p case but how much is your phone worth to you
The jig will definitely sort it.
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True. I am able to make one though as it's simple enough. The question is what do I do once I get into download mode? Three-button fix or the new firmware? Would XXJW4 be good or should I get the XXJVU firmware instead?? Don't want to make another NoOb mistake. I am pretty much golden when dealing with the Motorola stuff!!
IbanMaru said:
True. I am able to make one though as it's simple enough. The question is what do I do once I get into download mode? Three-button fix or the new firmware? Would XXJW4 be good or should I get the XXJVU firmware instead?? Don't want to make another NoOb mistake. I am pretty much golden when dealing with the Motorola stuff!!
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Odin must flash over stock rom / pda, phone, csc / pit with 512 and re-partition, preferably back to your stock 2.3.4 region.potom cf root-root kernel version of your firmware., Semaphore kernel and stock rom jw4 , 5.6 ..
it helped me
Flash something safe like XXJVU. Do a full flash too. PIT, CSC, PHONE AND PDA. You'll be fine

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