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[Q] While flashing stock via odin screen gets blue/purple

Hey there,
Got my moms Galaxy over here. Thing wasn't updated and slow as hell so I thought I'd update it. Went through the Kies process but that didn't really work, phone just couldn't make connection despite what ever driver I used (win or mac, got both here).
So first things went haywire when I read somewhere to flash recovery I needed to do something via Heimdall. Did that with the command window and afterwards the phone got stuck in a bootloop (only the I9000+samsung repeating over and over again).
Then I tried flashing GB from samfirmware, which failed. All done through odin, the screen went purple at dbdata.rfs. So I went with stock froyo, from the androidworld.nl forums and same thing happens but now it's a blue screen at factoryfs.rfs.
What am I doing wrong?

Try flashing again via Odin and this time don't touch your pc while it is flashing. That yellow purple screen has happened to me while I was doing other things while flashing was going on in the background.
And check if your phone is i9000 or i9000+ and flash the their respective firmware .
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gcuchiha said:
Try flashing again via Odin and this time don't touch your pc while it is flashing. That yellow purple screen has happened to me while I was doing other things while flashing was going on in the background.
And check if your phone is i9000 or i9000+ and flash the their respective firmware .
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Same thing, didn't do anything and screen went gray. This is so random for me, as flashing is SO easy with my own Desire but this thing is on a whole different level.

Try changing your Odin version to 1.82 and try again.
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Or 1.3 idk try both.
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gcuchiha said:
Try changing your Odin version to 1.82 and try again.
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gcuchiha said:
Or 1.3 idk try both.
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Actually did both already! The 1.3 was from the 2.2 pack from the Dutch forum. Got 1.82 from the samfirmware website. No luck yet
1.82 shows a bootloader function, do I need to have one of those files with it?

No don't flash bootloader
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gcuchiha said:
No don't flash bootloader
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I was about to try this actually! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196179
Since the screwup started with Heimdall, might fix it with that?

Watch a YouTube video and see if you're doing everything properly.
What I do is
1. Go to download mode
2. Open Odin, select pit, PDA, phone, CSC files. And remember to check the re partition option
3. Connect your phone
4. Click start.
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Maybe. I never used heimdall. Maybe you could try that.
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gcuchiha said:
Watch a YouTube video and see if you're doing everything properly.
What I do is
1. Go to download mode
2. Open Odin, select pit, PDA, phone, CSC files. And remember to check the re partition option
3. Connect your phone
4. Click start.
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Doing all that yeah, exactly in that order.

Hmmm. Then I guess heimdall is your only hope ,since it started the problem.
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Hmm, in Heimdall it gets all the way up to MODEM @ 59%. Then it fails and crashes..
weird
[edit] buuuuuuuut I got android recovery back! okay now we have progress!
and now by adding the packaged zImage from CM have CM.. progress again!

Are you using the original USB cable?. Same thing happened to me with a cheap ebay cable...

cabessius said:
Are you using the original USB cable?. Same thing happened to me with a cheap ebay cable...
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Hm, no. It's a replacement cable (cheap) which I used for my Desire, no problem with that at all. Though it might be it indeed! Will be two days before I can get the original cable.
In the meanwhile I got CWM-based Recovery v.5.0.2.6 working.. while installing cyanogenmod it goes "checking blm status", then "install from sd complete".. a bit strange and it doesn't boot into the rom but into the recovery.

Lipinsky said:
Hm, no. It's a replacement cable (cheap) which I used for my Desire, no problem with that at all. Though it might be it indeed! Will be two days before I can get the original cable.
In the meanwhile I got CWM-based Recovery v.5.0.2.6 working.. while installing cyanogenmod it goes "checking blm status", then "install from sd complete".. a bit strange and it doesn't boot into the rom but into the recovery.
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Switching back to the original cable fixed the problem for me. Hope it does for you as well, try that and tell us what happened!.

Can I still use Odin then, now with CWM recovery?

You can use Mobile Odin by Chainfire (look for it in the market), it works exactly as an Odin built-in your SGS with no need for PC.

cabessius said:
You can use Mobile Odin by Chainfire (look for it in the market), it works exactly as an Odin built-in your SGS with no need for PC.
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Uhm, well I can't get really into any market as no rom will boot at this moment..

Guys, thanks for the cable advice! Could get my hands on a SE cable and flashed 2.3.5 stock through Odin. Happy that I didn't wreck my moms phone :')

USB Not Recognize & Lost Phone

I was Using Froyo 2.2.1
I have rooted phone and tried to install CMW but i lost stock recovery and not get CWM also.
again when i was unrooting my phone i got error USB Not Recognize.
Then i when tried to restart phone its not starting and even not finding driver in Downloading mode,RAMDUMP mode or any mode and phone is not starting.
Please please help me out.

jigarpattani said:
I was Using Froyo 2.2.1
I have rooted phone and tried to install CMW but i lost stock recovery and not get CWM also.
again when i was unrooting my phone i got error USB Not Recognize.
Then i when tried to restart phone its not starting and even not finding driver in Downloading mode,RAMDUMP mode or any mode and phone is not starting.
Please please help me out.
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Can you turn on the phone. Basically does the screen show up?
If you haven't got the drivers installed on your computer then get them from Google and use Odin to flash remember to disable modems in devices and printers in cp and terminate kies it u have installed it
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Yes its turning on and drivers are installed properly and also tried on other bit its not working.
Its stuck in logo.
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Stuck in download mode!

Hi everyone,
I'm stuck in download mode and i'm getting really stressed.
I don't know what to do. Please help.

EmmaFrost said:
Hi everyone,
I'm stuck in download mode and i'm getting really stressed.
I don't know what to do. Please help.
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As you fail to post any information not a clue .
Suggest you take the battery out for an hour .
If it still fails take it to a service centre .

JJEgan said:
As you fail to post any information not a clue .
Suggest you take the battery out for an hour .
If it still fails take it to a service centre .
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Well it's a Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE i9305. Bought in Hong Kong. This happened after I flashed cyanogenmod. Odin said PASS but then the device booted and it stayed in download mode. I can access CWM recovery but that's it. I've tried installing a .zip version of CM but it gives me error status 7.

What about restore?
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You mean restore from backup? I didn't backup (like an idiot).

Tried to flash stock rom with odin?
EDIT: You can also try emergency recovery in kies. It's a slow process but it might work.
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Usual reply
Wipe phone in recovery format sdcard system data and cache .
Boot to download mode flash stock rom via Odin .

How would I go about doing emergency recovery? The drivers on my pc don't seem to be working as my phone doesn't show up.
Now my phone won't go into recovery mode. It just runs the CF Auto Root installer which doesn't do anything.

EmmaFrost said:
How would I go about doing emergency recovery? The drivers on my pc don't seem to be working as my phone doesn't show up.
Now my phone won't go into recovery mode. It just runs the CF Auto Root installer which doesn't do anything.
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Downloading kies will download drivers also. Try that and see if it works.

Cundis said:
Downloading kies will download drivers also. Try that and see if it works.
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I've tried but it didn't work. I also tried to troubleshoot the usb cable connection but all that did was claim it had fixed the problem. I still can't detect the device. I think I installed some third-party driver before but I did a system restore so they shouldn't be there anymore.

UPDATE: My PC now detects my phone

EmmaFrost said:
UPDATE: My PC now detects my phone
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:good: Do you have stock firmware for your phone to flash with odin?
EDIT: Forgot about kies. Now you can try emergency recovery at least.

Cundis said:
:good: Do you have stock firmware for your phone to flash with odin?
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Not yet. I can't find anywhere to download the stock firmware I tried http://www.samsungis.com/Firmwares/GT-I9305-Galaxy-S3-LTE.html
but the mirrors are all from HotFile. HotFile has been taken down by the feds so I can't use that. Anyone know where I can download it?

Try here:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9305

Raistlin1158 said:
Try here:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9305
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Thanks i'm downloading it now. I'm just worreid my computer will freeze. Still not sure why it happens, it seems to only happen during periods of inactivity.

Cundis said:
:good: Do you have stock firmware for your phone to flash with odin?
EDIT: Forgot about kies. Now you can try emergency recovery at least.
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Just in case I need to know, how would I go about doing an emergency recovery?

EmmaFrost said:
Just in case I need to know, how would I go about doing an emergency recovery?
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Open up tools in kies. There you will see it.
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EmmaFrost said:
Thanks i'm downloading it now. I'm just worreid my computer will freeze. Still not sure why it happens, it seems to only happen during periods of inactivity.
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Let's hope so. If your computer froze while flashing cm that may be some of the explonation.. I know i would have been in doubt flashing with an unstable computer.

How did it go Emma ?:highfive:

I'm having this problem now. I tried to update to the latest BTU model that I found on sammobile, but now I'm stuck in download mode, and it won't allow me to flash a new ROM. My phone is soft bricked right now. How can I get it to work?

broken Recovery Mode.. help needed

Hello,
first i want to excuse me for my bad english, i hope you will understand my problem.
I have a rooted GT-S5830 with Froyo (2.2.1).
The plan was to install CWM and then a custom Rom.
I've downloaded CWM 5.0.2.6 for the Galaxy Ace, renamed the .zip to update.zip (it doesn't work while it was named CWM_XXXXXXX.zip), copied it to SD-Card and installed it via the original Recovery Mode.
The Installation went well, i rebooted the phone and everything was fine.
Now the problem: I can't go to the Recovery Mode.
Every Time I press Home and Power, my Phine stuck at the second SAMSUNG-Logo and, after a few minutes, it boot to the"normal" Mode.
I've tried to do an update via KIES, but my Notebook says that the Phone will not be seen in Download-Mode...
Odin didn't see the Phone (same Problem...Download Mode...)
So... Is there any Idea to restore the Recovery Mode or renew it or... whatever.
Thank you all
greetings
stanse

now everything is broken...
OK,
thank you for thinking about it, now the Phone doesn't boot any more.
It stucks at the first SAMSUNG Logo.
In a german forum i found a .exe which will bring the phone to recover mode, i've tested it and now evrything is broken...
LESSON LEARNED...
Thank you all

stanse said:
OK,
thank you for thinking about it, now the Phone doesn't boot any more.
It stucks at the first SAMSUNG Logo.
In a german forum i found a .exe which will bring the phone to recover mode, i've tested it and now evrything is broken...
LESSON LEARNED...
Thank you all
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Here is the link on how to install stock Gingerbread rom using odin along with all firmwares. Go to the "Preparations" section and download all the necessary files including drivers. When your notebook cannot detect the phone, its usually the drivers. To go to the download mode, hold Vol Down+ Home + Power button until you see "Downloading..." in the screen.
Flash stock rom on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 using odin
Once installed, go to recoverymod and do a wipe data/ factory reset & wipe cache (otherwise bootloop might occur). Then restart. Now you have successfully flashed the stock rom. Here is the link for rooting and installing CWM 5 on Samsung Galaxy Ace,
How To Root and Unroot Samsung Galaxy Ace?
CWM 5.0.2.6 fix for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830
Do post the result. Hope I Helped

Thank you for your post.
The biggest problem is that the phone will not be shown in download mode, so Odin says that there is no phone connected.
I have tried 3 different driver packages...
The link to Samsung says that the phone (GT-S5830) is too old for letting me download any driver.
I think that everything will work when the phone will be recognized by computer..
Thx

stanse said:
Thank you for your post.
The biggest problem is that the phone will not be shown in download mode, so Odin says that there is no phone connected.
I have tried 3 different driver packages...
The link to Samsung says that the phone (GT-S5830) is too old for letting me download any driver.
I think that everything will work when the phone will be recognized by computer..
Thx
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Can you tell me what happens when you hold Vol Down+ Home+ Power button?

Then the download mode starts...
It looks different like at my Galaxy S4, but there is written "downloading" in yellow letters
No Samsung Logo before, no sound, no animation...
Hope that this is the right mode...
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Sorry for the new post, xda-app won't let me edit the one before...
My Notebook says that the last connected device can't be identificated and that there is a fault in the enumeration if the device (i've tried to translate it from german, even in german i don't know what that means).
Thank you for your help
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stanse said:
Then the download mode starts...
It looks different like at my Galaxy S4, but there is written "downloading" in yellow letters
No Samsung Logo before, no sound, no animation...
Hope that this is the right mode...
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That is the Download Mode of Galaxy Ace alright. All you have to do now is connect to the odin and it should detect the phone. If not please reinstall the drivers. Hope I Helped

I've done exactly what you say nearly hundred times, with different driver packages, different computers, different cables, yesterday, today, at morning, afternoon and evening. I don't know what to do now...
I think that it is a driver fault, but no chance to fix it.
There are lots of problems wich are more important than this...
Thank you for your help, but i think that i need a new way to solve the problem.
Time will tell.
Thx
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stanse said:
I've done exactly what you say nearly hundred times, with different driver packages, different computers, different cables, yesterday, today, at morning, afternoon and evening. I don't know what to do now...
I think that it is a driver fault, but no chance to fix it.
There are lots of problems wich are more important than this...
Thank you for your help, but i think that i need a new way to solve the problem.
Time will tell.
Thx
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simple solution to yr problem. reinstall kies, or if you dont ve it install remember to stay connected to internet,when kies ask if u want to install driver for bada or other models check the box. the next time u connect yr phone in download mode yr drivers will be installed... or if u can get another working ace connect to yr pc to geet the drivers installed.

Ok, first thx for your post...
I need another Ace for testing what you told.
I'll post here when i found one.
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Another Ace, another fail...
Next try with Windows XP, hope i will find a computer with XP...
Is there anyone who connected an ace to a linux OS?
Is there a live CD with an OS wich will be
Supported by all necessary programs?
When there will be no solution, than there is another question: WILL IT BLEND???
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stanse said:
Another Ace, another fail...
Next try with Windows XP, hope i will find a computer with XP...
Is there anyone who connected an ace to a linux OS?
Is there a live CD with an OS wich will be
Supported by all necessary programs?
When there will be no solution, than there is another question: WILL IT BLEND???
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I don't know what you mean by connecting to Linux. But if you meant using odin in Linux, then well it will not work even with Wine. Wine doesn't work reliably with things that need hardware connections.

Phone Bricked

I was installing a Custom ROM, then it failed. I searched for "reboot now". Now I have a Black Screen and I can't do anything, even get in Download mode.

Flash framework via odin
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pang34 said:
Flash framework via odin
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I can't do that, the phone just shows a black screen and I can't do anything, I tried to turn it on but didn't work. The computer sound like when you plug the phone in but 1 second later it's sound like when you unplug it so i don't know what to do.

lDartveder said:
I can't do that, the phone just shows a black screen and I can't do anything, I tried to turn it on but didn't work. The computer sound like when you plug the phone in but 1 second later it's sound like when you unplug it so i don't know what to do.
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The odin command line have say added?????
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pang34 said:
The odin command line have say added?????
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No... It doesn't

Sorry for multipost but I trully need help.

lDartveder said:
Sorry for multipost but I trully need help.
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Reinstall samsung drivers on computer
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Reinstall samsung drivers on computer
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Still not working... Idk what to do... Maybe i should try the JGIG method?

iDartveder said:
Still not working... Idk what to do... Maybe i should try the JGIG method?
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Got warranty????? If got just go to samsung service centre
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Download a ROM, copy it to your SD card using other phone or pc , then flash it and enjoy

No, i don't got warranty... And how can i flash the ROM with my SD if I can't get into recovery/download mode?

Im sorry to say that but your phone is Fullbricked (i think)
Which Custom Rom did you installed, and how?

Lefl said:
Im sorry to say that but your phone is Fullbricked (i think)
Which Custom Rom did you installed, and how?
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I was installing a ROM called XperiZe or something like that and I installed it via CWM 6.0 and it was working but then I got a error message, then I restarted it and... Bam, black screen. I got a nandroid backup.

iDartveder said:
I was installing a ROM called XperiZe or something like that and I installed it via CWM 6.0 and it was working but then I got a error message, then I restarted it and... Bam, black screen. I got a nandroid backup.
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You did maybe try flash a Custom ROM that was NOT compatible with your phone model. Your /system and/or (maybe) boot partition (Kernel) are overwritten, it means your phone is without OS system. Try USB jig to access download mode.
A important note for you, mate. If a installation process failed in recovery, do NEVER reboot your phone, restore your backup instead!!

iDartveder said:
No, i don't got warranty... And how can i flash the ROM with my SD if I can't get into recovery/download mode?
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Don't bother trying to restore if the phone is hardbricked (no signs of life), return to your seller immediately!