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MY Phone Condition:
My phone was previously install with voodoo rom and use clockwork recovery to restore to my stock rom that i backup and it crash half way.
My phone was hardware lock this mean no matter how i press the volume and power button , i will never get into download mode. non of the method posted work !
My phone cannot use "adb reboot download" because there is no OS and it was stuck in the recovery loop.
It does not have clockwork recovery because i formatted my internal sdcard
If i do have clockwork recovery and i use restore image or install new from zip , i still stuck in the recovery mode after reboot several times.
My phone does not mount to internal sdcard because i don't even know what i did on this part.
I believe i screw up my partition of the phone.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
You need the Samsung USB driver and you can get it from Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
First Part
1. Download update.zip from the link below. This was post by another member.
The post is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
2. Place the update.zip in tools folder so you can push it into your phone by using adb command
3. Plug usb into the phone and your phone should be on the Android system recovery <2e>
4. Use your volume button to select reinstall package, don't press power button yet.
5. constant "adb push update.zip /sdcard" from computer , you will get permission denied.
6. While you are constantly pushing the adb command from computer. press the power button on the phone so it install update.zip from sdcard.
7. This is the part where it force adb push into sdcard without permission
8. once the update.zip install completed. unplug the usb cable from the phone and take the battery out.
9. put the battery back to the phone then press on both volume button.
10. While holding both volume button , plug in your usb cable and it will boot to download screen.
If you need use Odin to flash your phone to original stock rom. Go to the Second Part
Second Part:
If you get black screen with only 4 light on the bottom after flashing from Odin.
Follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698
There should be T959-PDA.tar,T959-CSC.tar and T959-Phone.tar within the package.
Check "Re-Partition" , "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time" check box. Use the PIT 0512 version. Use "PDA", "PHONE" and "CSC" from the link above.
After flashing with Odin, you will loose the download mode. repeat the first part and you are good to go.
Here is the link on rooting the phone
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_Samsung_Galaxy_S_(Vibrant)
If your phone is hardware locked, how are you able to get into recovery? Hardware locked phone means no recovery and download mode.
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mr2t32 said:
If your phone is hardware locked, how are you able to get into recovery? Hardware locked phone means no recovery and download mode.
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my hardware lock mean cannot use the button method to get into download mode and using adb reboot download does not help too.
Im pretty sure hardware lock does not mean no recovery. Just no button download mode
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
No, it means both.
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muncknr said:
you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
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i was about to give up. i was trying to push update.zip and do adb reboot download left and right and no luck untill i found this method. It took me a week to figure it out
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No, it means both.
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my recovery was working because i was stuck in the a loop. ya , this update.zip pretty much do both download mode and recovery mode.
What the point of this? Does the other thread not cover this??
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What the point of this? Does the other thread not cover this??
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Are you asking or you are insulting ?
jaex said:
Are you asking or you are insulting ?
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probably asking. Considering there is another thread on the same topic that has been on the front page for over a week now, with several pages of replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
EDIT: So you were bricked and hardware locked and got yourself out of it? If thats the case then yets its different than that thread and why didn't you just come out and say it?
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probably asking. Considering there is another thread on the same topic that has been on the front page for over a week now, with several pages of replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
EDIT: So you were bricked and hardware locked and got yourself out of it? If thats the case then yets its different than that thread and why didn't you just come out and say it?
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You figure it out after all. I already stated the condition of my phone ! My phone was pretty bricked at that point. There is way for me to push any files into the phone because i don't have permission and my phone will not go to download mode by using the volume button. It just stuck at recovery mode.
There are guide out there teach you to use "adb push download". This method only work if you are in your phone and you turn on debug mode. My phone crash at the clockwork recovery bootloader. Then i formated my internal sdcard that hold the clockwork. next i push a stock update.zip that does not have su and busybox so i lost the capability to push anything into the phone.
no download mode , no permission, no sdcard --> You tell me how can i use the method that post few week ago ?
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
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Thank You
Thank ! You save my phone !
unfortunately, i was one of those careless people to brick my phone via Voodoo.
Firstly, i tried to "FLASH" the disable_voodoo zip file via Clockwork, i put it in root, and never created any folders. i knew i had to disable voodoo before flashing but my steps were wrong.
sadly enough, my phone was also HW locked, so i got it exchanged. now im not using voodoo YET and i my new vibrant can handle OC and has the recovery/download mode via buttons.
atlaswingpasaway said:
unfortunately, i was one of those careless people to brick my phone via Voodoo.
Firstly, i tried to "FLASH" the disable_voodoo zip file via Clockwork, i put it in root, and never created any folders. i knew i had to disable voodoo before flashing but my steps were wrong.
sadly enough, my phone was also HW locked, so i got it exchanged. now im not using voodoo YET and i my new vibrant can handle OC and has the recovery/download mode via buttons.
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i use shell to create the file that disable voodoo. after disable voodoo , i was able to do restore and install new rom unfortunately after restore or install new rom , it still reboot into recovery.
I also forgot to disable voodoo, and this was before there were fix instructions posted. So i basically effed up my phone to the point of being stuck in the samsung recovery loop, no hardware download mode, no clockwork recovery, no update.zp, no adb download.
I really thought I had completely bricked my phone, I tried this just out of desperation and what do you know, push update.zip over and over and click and it goes through, which allowed me to get into download mode.
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I also forgot to disable voodoo, and this was before there were fix instructions posted. So i basically effed up my phone to the point of being stuck in the samsung recovery loop, no hardware download mode, no clockwork recovery, no update.zp, no adb download.
I really thought I had completely bricked my phone, I tried this just out of desperation and what do you know, push update.zip over and over and click and it goes through, which allowed me to get into download mode.
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nice , you just have to re-root and install the new rom again , if it brick again , just use this method and you are good again.many of us forgot to disable the voodoo before we restore or install new rom and this crashes the phone.
Need some help really bad
Ok so I have a similar situation as you did (OP), only mine is a bit worse... In my irrational "in the moment" fear of the situation, I used adb reboot recovery to get into recovery mode (HW locked phone) and I did the option that deletes all the **** on the phone and restores the phone to its original format (I think it reinstalled the OS or something, because it looks brand new). So now, whenever I boot up, it does the annoying black screen with the 4 glowing buttons thing for a while, and then eventually the OS actually shows up on the screen. Then it does "scanning media" thing over and over again, but thats not the main problem. I figured, hey this isnt so bad atleast I found your thread and would be able to use your method to help restore my phone... the problem is that somehow my "settings" button is totally gone from the app menu, and I cant get it into debug mode, so I cant use either adb or your method or ANYTHING!! My phone is practically bricked as I cant do anything because its constantly laggy and turns back to the black screen thing, and then when it is showing the homescreen I cant do **** because even swiping to another screen takes like 5 minutes to do cause its so laggy. So basically I ****ed up, and I really need some help.. Im kinda a noob at this whole thing and im really outa options as far as I can tell.. does anyone know what I can do to repair my phone? Thanks!
Big PROBLEM. Everything was great with the Rom and overclocked kernel. Then the force close acore happened so much, i thought i would perform a restore. But did it through Rom Manager instead of CW recovery. Well Rom Manager threw me into the original android recovery? and it will not allow me to do anything. I get the white triangle with exclamation, when i touch the home button it gos to the Android sytem recovery screen instantly, but does not allow any functions. Push and hold power off is all that works. Then reboots to the same exclamation. I tried flashing both the Khasmek kernel and rom via Heimdall, which reports succuess, but im am still at the same exclamation. Am i bricked?
rspong said:
Big PROBLEM. Everything was great with the Rom and overclocked kernel. Then the force close acore happened so much, i thought i would perform a restore. But did it through Rom Manager instead of CW recovery. Well Rom Manager threw me into the original android recovery? and it will not allow me to do anything. I get the white triangle with exclamation, when i touch the home button it gos to the Android sytem recovery screen instantly, but does not allow any functions. Push and hold power off is all that works. Then reboots to the same exclamation. I tried flashing both the Khasmek kernel and rom via Heimdall, which reports succuess, but im am still at the same exclamation. Am i bricked?
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Can you get into download mode??? if so you not bricked.. voodoo mod was very glitchy for me, when i flashed overcome rom to my verzion tab.. i couldnt wipe anything i got that same screen with the triangle and not matter what i was doing it would go back voodoo cmw options then triangle. so finally i reflashed back to stock then booted into original recovery and wiped from there, both data and cahce. i was able to boot back up into android, from there i reflashed voodoo recovery and oc kernel and then was finallly able to use my nandroid back up.
stay away from rom manager, just power down the device to get into recovery or download mode. with the device off hold down power button and volume down button and yellow triangle should appear then flash back to stock... your gonna have to reboot into recovery after stock flash, and wipe both data and cache this should get you back up and running.
Its just getting ugly. Wont even power down. when i push and hold power off, just turns back on into the triangle exclamation, again, touch the home button and im in stock recovery screen with the exclamation still on that screen too. I can scroll up and down with volume, but when i push power to select nothing happens. Yes, i can get into download, like i said, ive reflashed everything successfully, according to heimdall, but nothings changed, just boots back into triangle page.
well,
i got lucky this time. found the original vzw files and installed them via heimdall. Seems to have taken me past the problem. Wow, that was scary
rspong said:
well,
i got lucky this time. found the original vzw files and installed them via heimdall. Seems to have taken me past the problem. Wow, that was scary
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yea man i got freaked out too.. i had the same problem with powering down, i just kept holding the power button down finally it shutdown.did u get the msg saying back button is disabled. then a few seconds later back button is enabled, while in voodoo recovery?? how did u make out with the nandroid backup?? i got my to work after reflashing back to stock and then reflashing v3 kernel and vooodoo recovery..
Khasmek has a thread for the rom.. why not just post in there? This if not there would belong in q&a
rspong said:
well,
i got lucky this time. found the original vzw files and installed them via heimdall. Seems to have taken me past the problem. Wow, that was scary
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Where did you find the vzw files? Can you send them to me?
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NomaSS said:
Where did you find the vzw files? Can you send them to me?
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Nevermind google found it sorry :/
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NomaSS said:
Nevermind google found it sorry :/
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Google found them WHERE? I've been searching for hours. I need original VZW VCast files back so ECO2 script won't crash when it tries to update them.
Update... I never did find the VZW files with Google Search, but the fix here in this thread restores everything back to stock including all the VZW bloatware. The fix works like a charm, by the way, for completely restoring the Tab back to stock.
Title says it all. Woke up and the phone would not turn on (thought it was SOD). I pulled the battery and rebooted, but it would just stick on the Att boot logo. Tried full wipe/cache/dalvik but not avail. Odin'd back to stock and seemed to work, but realized that everything was installed to the external sd and the internal would not mount. The computer would not read the internal either. At this point, I honestly do not really care to go through a lot of troubleshooting to fix it. If anyone wants to mess with it, use it for parts, etc., let me know. I also have about 3 spare batteries, one of which is a 3200mAh. That being said, if anyone has some simple ideas let me know. My thought is that the internal sd is shot.
I'm gonna take a wild guess . .
you were on an ICS rom and you got the Encryption Unsuccessful message? if you search for EU bug, you will find several tgreads ob the topic.
'about 3 batteries' ?
wow, not exactly 3, eh
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Was on slim (4.2.2) and did not receive any error. It was completely unexpected. As to the number of batteries, I enjoy camping/backpacking and need multiple batteries when out for more than a couple of days. I honestly don't know how many I have because they are scattered across camping bags, briefcases, etc. No telling how many I actually have.
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jb 4.2 has emmc and usb storage swappable. what happens if you remove the external sd and boot into recovery?
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Well, I lost cwm when I odined back to stock trying to fix the issue. Through this process I seem to have lost the ability to get into download mode using the three button combo. I'll try to jig it tonight and see if I can install can. If so, I'll report back with my results. Thanks guys.
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jsingle3 said:
Well, I lost cwm when I odined back to stock trying to fix the issue. Through this process I seem to have lost the ability to get into download mode using the three button combo. I'll try to jig it tonight and see if I can install can. If so, I'll report back with my results. Thanks guys.
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Download mode is Vol down+power. Recovery, vol up+down+power.
BWolf56 said:
Download mode is Vol down+power. Recovery, vol up+down+power.
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Yea, I'm aware of that. Just not thinking when I was typing. I got it into download mode with a homemade jig. Can't get odin to recognize it on any of my computers at home (no matter what cable I use). Was able to get heimdall to recognize it on one of my usb ports. Tried one of the oneclick packages from AdamOutler. Everything looks like it installs correctly. Phone reboots, shows att screen, boot animation, galaxy S logo, then the screen goes black. If I press the hard keys, they light up, but nothing shows up on the screen (even if I press power button). At least it looks like information is being uploaded to my internal sd (external is removed). Where to go from here......
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Yea, I'm aware of that. Just not thinking when I was typing. I got it into download mode with a homemade jig. Can't get odin to recognize it on any of my computers at home (no matter what cable I use). Was able to get heimdall to recognize it on one of my usb ports. Tried one of the oneclick packages from AdamOutler. Everything looks like it installs correctly. Phone reboots, shows att screen, boot animation, galaxy S logo, then the screen goes black. If I press the hard keys, they light up, but nothing shows up on the screen (even if I press power button). At least it looks like information is being uploaded to my internal sd (external is removed). Where to go from here......
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Use Odin/Heimdall from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3
Btw, Odin won't work on same usb port as Heimdall as it installs it's own drivers.
Tried the heimdall one click. No errors in flash. After the flash, it reboots into recovery and gives me the error "failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)". If I reboot, I just get stuck in a boot loop.
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Tried the heimdall one click. No errors in flash. After the flash, it reboots into recovery and gives me the error "failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)". If I reboot, I just get stuck in a boot loop.
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Do you have a external sd in your phone? If so, remove it and try again.
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Do you have a external sd in your phone? If so, remove it and try again.
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It was removed when I tried it last time (i.e., I tried to flash with the external installed and without). I am pretty sure that the internal sd is shot. I had a problem with some block errors a few months ago and believe that they finally got the best of me. A buddy of mine runs a mobile device repair shop and is going to take a look for me. I will report back.
So, I was trying to update from a 4.1 rom to a 4.2 one. After a bit of fumbling and a few status 7's, I managed to get stuck with a broken operating system and a status 0 on every rom I tried to install. So I decided to flash to stock with Heimdall using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238093. Now, when I tried rebooting my phone, I'm faced with a password prompt. As soon as it gets past the AT&T World phone splash screen. Regardless of what key combo I press.
So, any suggestions? I'm open to anything short of hitting it real hard with a hammer.
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So, I was trying to update from a 4.1 rom to a 4.2 one. After a bit of fumbling and a few status 7's, I managed to get stuck with a broken operating system and a status 0 on every rom I tried to install. So I decided to flash to stock with Heimdall using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238093. Now, when I tried rebooting my phone, I'm faced with a password prompt. As soon as it gets past the AT&T World phone splash screen. Regardless of what key combo I press.
So, any suggestions? I'm open to anything short of hitting it real hard with a hammer.
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Flash the one provided in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3
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Flash the one provided in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3
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That's the rub. I can't seem to get past the password prompt to put it in download mode. Otherwise that would have been the first thing I did.
saumanahaii said:
That's the rub. I can't seem to get past the password prompt to put it in download mode. Otherwise that would have been the first thing I did.
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The prompt comes up before download mode? This shouldn't happen. Download mode for me take priority over everything, including the AT&T Splash. If I go into download mode, it goes from being off straight into Download mode. Can you take a picture with another device?
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The prompt comes up before download mode? This shouldn't happen. Download mode for me take priority over everything, including the AT&T Splash. If I go into download mode, it goes from being off straight into Download mode. Can you take a picture with another device?
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Either that or when I try entering download mode, I'm not really sure. None of the button combinations seem to change anything, then the device loads an icon where an android robot is taken out of a box, then I get the prompt.
saumanahaii said:
Either that or when I try entering download mode, I'm not really sure. None of the button combinations seem to change anything, then the device loads an icon where an android robot is taken out of a box, then I get the prompt.
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I think that's the stock recovery? Download mode should look something like this:
http://cdn.androidadvices.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/download-mode.png
Anyone else care to chime in?
You've tried Vol Up + Plug in USB?
saumanahaii said:
Either that or when I try entering download mode, I'm not really sure. None of the button combinations seem to change anything, then the device loads an icon where an android robot is taken out of a box, then I get the prompt.
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I get the feeling that the methods you are using to attempt to get into download mode simply aren't working. Depending on your device, what boot loaders you're running, and how annoying your device feels like being that day the methods vary. The most foolproof way is to buy or make a jig which will put you into download mode every time. But the most recent way I've done is do a battery pull. Providing you don't have power button issues that causes the phone to turn on on its own replace the battery. Then plug your USB cable into your computer and while holding down both volume buttons insert the USB cable into your phone. That should boot you immediately into download mode.
For other button combinations to try look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
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I get the feeling that the methods you are using to attempt to get into download mode simply aren't working. Depending on your device, what boot loaders you're running, and how annoying your device feels like being that day the methods vary. The most foolproof way is to buy or make a jig which will put you into download mode every time. But the most recent way I've done is do a battery pull. Providing you don't have power button issues that causes the phone to turn on on its own replace the battery. Then plug your USB cable into your computer and while holding down both volume buttons insert the USB cable into your phone. That should boot you immediately into download mode.
For other button combinations to try look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
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Thanks! That worked. I've never heard of that one. Now to see if I can get my phone back to a workable state, and then on to Jellybean again.
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Thanks! That worked. I've never heard of that one. Now to see if I can get my phone back to a workable state, and then on to Jellybean again.
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Simple flashing of JB rom (and bootloaders if needed) should do the trick. Never seen that passcode prompt ever, so odd. But glad you got it into download mode
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Simple flashing of JB rom (and bootloaders if needed) should do the trick. Never seen that passcode prompt ever, so odd. But glad you got it into download mode
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Yeah. That prompt confused the hell out of me. Thanks for the help! I'm still having a bit of trouble, though. I can't seem to find any files still hosted with CWM on it, and the JB roms won't flash straight through the stock recovery console. I tried a kernel too, but verification keeps failing on them. I'm assuming its the stock recovery that's causing trouble, but I can't find any files still hosted to fix that with.
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Yeah. That prompt confused the hell out of me. Thanks for the help! I'm still having a bit of trouble, though. I can't seem to find any files still hosted with CWM on it, and the JB roms won't flash straight through the stock recovery console. I tried a kernel too, but verification keeps failing on them. I'm assuming its the stock recovery that's causing trouble, but I can't find any files still hosted to fix that with.
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U gotta use Odin or Heimdall to flash a kernel that has cwm recovery baked in.
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U gotta use Odin or Heimdall to flash a kernel that has cwm recovery baked in.
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I know, that's what I'm looking for. Specifically, a Heimdall one since I have a Mac. But most of the links are broken. I have an old Windows machine I may have to break out if I can't find one soon.
You need to flash a kernel with CWM. Try Corn Kernel (look at tut in my sig then go to step 6a., flash that
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X1's links good.
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I think I might have done it, this time. I installed RebelROM on my phone, as I was curious if it would be more battery friendly. I decided that it wasn't, and went to reboot into recovery to reinstall the nandroid I had made earlier in the afternoon. Oops. My only available recovery was CWM, not TWRP. No problem, I thought, I will just reinstall with CWM. Give me a chance to learn the new recovery, I thought. But, CWM wasn't seeing my external SD card, so I went back and forth to move the nandroid I had made to the internal SD, so CWM could see it. I also installed TWRP to the internal SD, as CWM was proving to be a pain. Unfortunately, TWRP wasn't able to access my internal SD, where the nandroid was now stored, so I tried to recover into an older nandroid. Now, though, the phone won't boot at all, past the screen that describes the phone as an Exhibit from T-Mobile. I can't boot back into recovery. I can't access the drives through the USB cord, either. Any suggestions? Skyukillparanormal has disappeared. Ironically, I'm up in his neck of the woods. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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I think I might have done it, this time. I installed RebelROM on my phone, as I was curious if it would be more battery friendly. I decided that it wasn't, and went to reboot into recovery to reinstall the nandroid I had made earlier in the afternoon. Oops. My only available recovery was CWM, not TWRP. No problem, I thought, I will just reinstall with CWM. Give me a chance to learn the new recovery, I thought. But, CWM wasn't seeing my external SD card, so I went back and forth to move the nandroid I had made to the internal SD, so CWM could see it. I also installed TWRP to the internal SD, as CWM was proving to be a pain. Unfortunately, TWRP wasn't able to access my internal SD, where the nandroid was now stored, so I tried to recover into an older nandroid. Now, though, the phone won't boot at all, past the screen that describes the phone as an Exhibit from T-Mobile. I can't boot back into recovery. I can't access the drives through the USB cord, either. Any suggestions? Skyukillparanormal has disappeared. Ironically, I'm up in his neck of the woods. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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Pull the battery. After replacing, push down the power button and volume up at the same time. Hole them down for a few seconds. CWM should reappear. Either restore your recovery if it was CWM created or reflash the ROM.
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Pull the battery. After replacing, push down the power button and volume up at the same time. Hole them down for a few seconds. CWM should reappear. Either restore your recovery if it was CWM created or reflash the ROM.
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Unfortunately, AD, CWM is not reappearing. I had been holding down the power and volume down keys to no avail. Now I know why. It seems, though, that the power/volume up combo has the same (lack of) effect. Am I screwed?
Proud2banoob said:
Unfortunately, AD, CWM is not reappearing. I had been holding down the power and volume down keys to no avail. Now I know why. It seems, though, that the power/volume up combo has the same (lack of) effect. Am I screwed?
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If that isn't working there are more serious problems. Try 2 or 3 times as it doesn't always work the first time. You can try ODIN but it's for advanced users. If you don't know how to use it probably not the best option. I hope you didn't brick your recovery because in that case that's the only option that will save you.
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If that isn't working there are more serious problems. Try 2 or 3 times as it doesn't always work the first time. You can try ODIN but it's for advanced users. If you don't know how to use it probably not the best option. I hope you didn't brick your recovery because in that case that's the only option that will save you.
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I tried multiple times. I was thinking ODIN might be my only option, but I would never do that myself. I will have to do some research to learn if there is someone near where I am now, or where I live. Thanks for your help. I thought we'd lost you to the S2 fora....
Proud2banoob said:
I tried multiple times. I was thinking ODIN might be my only option, but I would never do that myself. I will have to do some research to learn if there is someone near where I am now, or where I live. Thanks for your help. I thought we'd lost you to the S2 fora....
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Well soon that will be the case but not yet! Anyway here the link to get ODIN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2012979&d=1370213005
Instructions here:
2. With your phone powered off, go into the Download (or Odin) mode by pressing the volume down and power buttons. When the screen with the exclamation mark appears, select the volume up button. You should now be in download mode.
3. Connect your Galaxy Exhibit to your PC.
3. Open Odin Multi Downloader v4.43.exe on your PC.
4. click on the OPS-Button and navigate to the folder with the extracted files and select Ancora.ops file.
5. Select the options: One Package, Protect OPS. I did not touch the Auto Reboot, Reset Time options.
6.Click on the One Package-Button and select the md5 file in the extracted folder.
7. Click on the Start button. The flashing process took around 5 minutes for me, at which point the phone rebooted into recovery mode to finish the process. I selected reboot the system.
ODIN flashable CWM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1962398&d=1368560948
If you do this, keep in mind I can't be responsible for the results. Otherwise then yes, seek assistance from somebody who can help you in person.
ArtfulDodger said:
Well soon that will be the case but not yet! Anyway here the link to get ODIN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2012979&d=1370213005
Instructions here:
2. With your phone powered off, go into the Download (or Odin) mode by pressing the volume down and power buttons. When the screen with the exclamation mark appears, select the volume up button. You should now be in download mode.
3. Connect your Galaxy Exhibit to your PC.
3. Open Odin Multi Downloader v4.43.exe on your PC.
4. click on the OPS-Button and navigate to the folder with the extracted files and select Ancora.ops file.
5. Select the options: One Package, Protect OPS. I did not touch the Auto Reboot, Reset Time options.
6.Click on the One Package-Button and select the md5 file in the extracted folder.
7. Click on the Start button. The flashing process took around 5 minutes for me, at which point the phone rebooted into recovery mode to finish the process. I selected reboot the system.
ODIN flashable CWM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1962398&d=1368560948
If you do this, keep in mind I can't be responsible for the results. Otherwise then yes, seek assistance from somebody who can help you in person.
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Thank you for the link, but I can already tell that there will be a problem with that solution, as well. I tried over and over to press the power volume down button. I never saw a screen with an exclamation point. I never see anything until I release both buttons, at which point it starts up normally, but like I said, freezes before the rom loads, or before loading any recovery. There seems to be no difference if I hold down the vol up or the vol down button.
Proud2banoob said:
Thank you for the link, but I can already tell that there will be a problem with that solution, as well. I tried over and over to press the power volume down button. I never saw a screen with an exclamation point. I never see anything until I release both buttons, at which point it starts up normally, but like I said, freezes before the rom loads, or before loading any recovery. There seems to be no difference if I hold down the vol up or the vol down button.
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Just like CWM, it can take a few tries. Yeah I know that gets old but sometimes it's taken me 4 or 5 attempts before I can get the phone into download mode. Don't give up until you're sure there is nothing to be done. It really just sounds like a soft brick to me.
Maybe if all else fails just say the hell with it, and if you can, get the Galaxy Light on HSN ($150). They'll let you pay in installments if you can't/don't want to pay all at once. You won't be able to root it just yet since it's new, but man maybe it's for the best. At least you will not be able to brick that phone! It has JB on it anyway.
ArtfulDodger said:
Just like CWM, it can take a few tries. Yeah I know that gets old but sometimes it's taken me 4 or 5 attempts before I can get the phone into download mode. Don't give up until you're sure there is nothing to be done. It really just sounds like a soft brick to me.
Maybe if all else fails just say the hell with it, and if you can, get the Galaxy Light on HSN ($150). They'll let you pay in installments if you can't/don't want to pay all at once. You won't be able to root it just yet since it's new, but man maybe it's for the best. At least you will not be able to brick that phone! It has JB on it anyway.
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Soft brick is what I was thinking, too.
Man, that Galaxy Light is perfect! I have been looking for exactly that phone for a while. When did it come out? And paying in installments makes it even better. Plus, I've now learned my lesson. When I do root that phone, I will be more careful about my flashaholic tendencies. If I get it, that is. We'll have to see.
Proud2banoob said:
Soft brick is what I was thinking, too.
Man, that Galaxy Light is perfect! I have been looking for exactly that phone for a while. When did it come out? And paying in installments makes it even better. Plus, I've now learned my lesson. When I do root that phone, I will be more careful about my flashaholic tendencies. If I get it, that is. We'll have to see.
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Came out in just the past couple of months. The hardware is so much better than the Exhibit. Again keep in mind, there presently is no way to root it and there are no custom ROMs right now. Activity on XDA for this device has been pretty light, only downside to this phone and the main reason I passed on it.
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Came out in just the past couple of months. The hardware is so much better than the Exhibit. Again keep in mind, there presently is no way to root it and there are no custom ROMs right now. Activity on XDA for this device has been pretty light, only downside to this phone and the main reason I passed on it.
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I understand about there being no xda activity. That's a consideration. With 8 GB of internal storage _plus_ a removable SD card, though, I can't see bloatware being a problem for a bit. By then, the Slimroms guys will have gotten ahold of it and put together something, I am sure. Can I live with stock jb? Can I even pick this up? Hmmmmmm...... Food for thought.
ArtfulDodger said:
Well soon that will be the case but not yet! Anyway here the link to get ODIN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2012979&d=1370213005
Instructions here:
2. With your phone powered off, go into the Download (or Odin) mode by pressing the volume down and power buttons. When the screen with the exclamation mark appears, select the volume up button. You should now be in download mode.
3. Connect your Galaxy Exhibit to your PC.
3. Open Odin Multi Downloader v4.43.exe on your PC.
4. click on the OPS-Button and navigate to the folder with the extracted files and select Ancora.ops file.
5. Select the options: One Package, Protect OPS. I did not touch the Auto Reboot, Reset Time options.
6.Click on the One Package-Button and select the md5 file in the extracted folder.
7. Click on the Start button. The flashing process took around 5 minutes for me, at which point the phone rebooted into recovery mode to finish the process. I selected reboot the system.
ODIN flashable CWM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1962398&d=1368560948
If you do this, keep in mind I can't be responsible for the results. Otherwise then yes, seek assistance from somebody who can help you in person.
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sorry, AD. I have one more question. Once I reboot into recovery mode, can I just reflash a nandroid, or do I have to reload the rom and kernel again?
Proud2banoob said:
sorry, AD. I have one more question. Once I reboot into recovery mode, can I just reflash a nandroid, or do I have to reload the rom and kernel again?
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You should be able to restore the nandroid. Since you have CWM working again, you can always do a full wipe & flash the ROM again if that doesn't work.
ArtfulDodger said:
You should be able to restore the nandroid. Since you have CWM working again, you can always do a full wipe & flash the ROM again if that doesn't work.
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My thought, exactly. Thanks.
ArtfulDodger said:
You should be able to restore the nandroid. Since you have CWM working again, you can always do a full wipe & flash the ROM again if that doesn't work.
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I got everything going to the point where I was to select the md5 file. There was no md5 file in the Odin folder I downloaded and extracted. Where should I look for the md5 file to restart the phone? It also seems that ODIN doesn't recognize that the phone is connected. The phone says it's in ODIN mode, but the program isn't showing any indication that the phone is connected. Thanks.
Proud2banoob said:
I got everything going to the point where I was to select the md5 file. There was no md5 file in the Odin folder I downloaded and extracted. Where should I look for the md5 file to restart the phone? It also seems that ODIN doesn't recognize that the phone is connected. The phone says it's in ODIN mode, but the program isn't showing any indication that the phone is connected. Thanks.
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Wow, then that means you don't have the Samsung drivers installed. This is getting more complicated. You'll have to have the drivers installed for this device. Unfortunately it might be too late because after you get them installed to your PC, you have to connect your phone and it would have to be in a usable state for the drivers to finish installing if I remember correctly.
Anyay you can still try it, here's the drivers you need: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T679DBBTMB?
it sure is nice being able to reach out and having people give assistance. thanks guys.
ArtfulDodger said:
Wow, then that means you don't have the Samsung drivers installed. This is getting more complicated. You'll have to have the drivers installed for this device. Unfortunately it might be too late because after you get them installed to your PC, you have to connect your phone and it would have to be in a usable state for the drivers to finish installing if I remember correctly.
Anyay you can still try it, here's the drivers you need: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-T679DBBTMB?
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Actually, all is not lost. The drivers have been located and installed and the phone is now detected. Exactly which boxes are checked on the ODIN panel? You had mentioned that you didn't touch two of them (Protect OPS and Reset Time, I believe), but those were already selected when the program started. Right now, all 4 options are selected. Is the CWM .tar file all you need for the One Package link, or is there something else?
Proud2banoob said:
Actually, all is not lost. The drivers have been located and installed and the phone is now detected. Exactly which boxes are checked on the ODIN panel? You had mentioned that you didn't touch two of them (Protect OPS and Reset Time, I believe), but those were already selected when the program started. Right now, all 4 options are selected. Is the CWM .tar file all you need for the One Package link, or is there something else?
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No the CWM file is all you need. After you flash that you're done.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit running AOIP.
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teerout said:
it sure is nice being able to reach out and having people give assistance. thanks guys.
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That's what the community should be all about. If I need something I'd hope someone would do the same for me and usually they do.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit running AOIP.
ArtfulDodger said:
No the CWM file is all you need. After you flash that you're done.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit running AOIP.
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That's what the community should be all about. If I need something I'd hope someone would do the same for me and usually they do.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit running AOIP.
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Error message saying an unnamed file was not found and operation terminated...
edit-never mind. it's fine. it's doing its thing....
It says "pass" and the 5 min timer is done, but the phone has not rebooted. Is there something else I need to do? Auto-reboot is selected, but it doesn't seem to be booting. Thanks.