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[Q] A challenging suspected brick case - request for help

Hello Guys
I have a challenging, near brick case.
I have an SGS I9000 I bought from a provider in Singapore. I had a row of misfortune with this device and it was DOA with receiver problem. It was sent twice to Samsung labs and eventually they replaced most of its internals.
When the device eventually returned from the labs it had a 2.1 ROM version of the local provider (IDEA) that was locked for the 3-button maneuver.
I have read all that was written about it, decided to get a decent JIG that work like magic and bring me easily back to DOWNLOAD mode. I decided to install an alternative ROM of my country that had a clear good installation instructions: PilotX 3.0. When this did not work I tired several others, all from ODIN only. In general what happens:
1) After the ODIN restarts the application the ROM goes up and gets stuck after the S opening screen. The device stays black with buttons light on and vibrates every few secs.
2) After the ODIN reset there are messages on the external environment that says E: cant mound /dev/block1st/st110 or 111 (invalid argument)
or: copy dbdata_media cant mound ... copy media content failed
3) I did manage to get to recovery mode despite the errors from the ODIN installation and managed to install from SD card ZIP files the PilotX ROM. It did not give any error messages but it got stuck the eventually the same way.
4) The only ROM I managed to install and actually get running was the local ORANGE ROM. This too did not recognize my SIM and did not solve the 3-button issue.
I am now with a semi bricked device, luckily returning to Download mode easily thanks to the JIG.
Any suggestions guys ?
Thanks
B

You need to flash a full rom in Odin (one with 3 files) and repartition checked. I normally use xxjpc for this purpose.
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update
I managed to intall an ACLAIR 2.1 ROM with ODIN that actually works.
I think using a proper PIT did the trick. not sure.
Still:
1) I did get to see that when rebooting there was still a red error message saying something like: "can not access system syn ...."
2) I am still stuck with a phone that refuses to do the 3-button Recovery maneuver.
I guess I am back to square one, searching on the 3-button fix threads for a proper solution. Any good suggestions or boosts. I am after a sleepless night
Thanks

[Q] Captivate Soft Brick - Need a rooted Odin solution.

Hi
My brother (a no-geek) has a captivate, and lives in a different city (I donot have physical access to the phone). He visited me few weeks ago and I installed CM-7 on his phone, i know my bad. Some of his videos were not working, so i asked him to update to the latest CM-7 build. He download the build, saved it on int sd_card and used ClockWork Recovery to install the selected ROM. Upon reboot it entered in never-ending splash screen. I found couple of odin ROMs, and posted him link, we tried to flash them, but no good.
Status --
The COM ports are detected, but the process at times halts at <SET PARTITION> at times at <SET UP>... at times all thread completed successful would show up as soon as hitting START.
I dont have a captivate, can someone please suggest a sure shot solution and post me a link for ODIN, with a root rom. I am using Team Whiskey on my Vibrant, and I prefer stable modified ROM because of its features and power.
I can explain him the process on skype using desktop sharing, but the ROM should be good. Thankyou very much in advance.

if he can access recovery, try wiping everything thru recovery then start again

Phone is in Soft Brick state.
Phone is in Soft Brick state. So i cannot boot into the phone and go to CW recovery.

What he needs is just a stable usb connection that's how he got to this point, bad communication between the phone and computer. On cm7 I beleive you need the nexus s drivers installed. Also make sure it's plugged into a usb port that's attached directly to the motherboard (back of pc, port 1 on laptop)

@studacris
I think the drivers are already installed good. The connection is also good, as i can the COM port detection in the ODIN, with one of the boxes changing its colour from NO-COLOUR to YELLOW-COLOUR.
I think the ROM builds are not good. They go action-less during flashing, actually nothing (progress bar) comes on phone, it keeps showing the Downloading screen, endlessly. Odin usually is stuck at at <SET PARTITION> at times at <SET UP>...
Can someone post a link for a test one click odin. Well i would prefer one click.

You did try DG's JF6 one click, thats the only one I use, how are you establishing dowload mode on the phone or are you even doing this.

REMY4223 said:
I would suggest to Odin back to stock then update to Froyo via Kies.
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if you could do all that, why would you need to send back for a new phone ? If you could do any of that, the OP wouldn't be in a non-functioning predicament

Ragin Caucasian said:
if you could do all that, why would you need to send back for a new phone ? If you could do any of that, the OP wouldn't be in a non-functioning predicament
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+1 If you read the OP the problem is he can't flash back to stock he is having problems flashing anything period, @ the OP correct me if I'm wrong but I have a strong hunch that you are leaving out some pretty crucial steps, I have a feeling that you are not putting the phone into download mode, I also believe that you are gonna need to make a jig and pay a visit to your brother to help him out especially if its bricked the same way mine just was flashing with cm7 roms. But if you are getting a com port to show without having to put in download mode then you are farther along in the boot process. If this is the case you may be able to adb into recovery do a full wipe excluding /boot and reflash. Will the PC recognize the phone with it in its current boot locked state? If so then recovering should be somewhat of a breeze.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829392 read this post it may help otherwise there are tons others

- I am getting to downloading mode by
--- pressing the "vol +" and "vol -" buttons and then connecting the usb cable to the computer.
--- then removing the cable, after the phone enters the download mode. Then, start the odin and connect the phone through usb cable again. The odin detects the phone on one of the COM port.
- I havent tired wiping the phone through recovery. But i need to get to recovery first. I dont know in a soft brick state if i can get into recovery.
- regarding getting back to 2.1... i would like to flash to the latest version. Kies update is not an option for me, as i not in US.
This phone was purchased from craiglist, i used one click root method to root it and the same script an option to get the unlock codes. After that i experimented a lot on the phone with various scripts. Last i was using congnition on it. Then saw CM7, i liked it on my vibrant, so i flashed it on my captivate (which i got for my brother). Now i have to get back to some stable modified ROM... I am thinking about trying Srendipity or cog ROM... but before than i have to install a rooted stock ROM.
That is the story and issue... but thanks a lot for help. Any more suggestions.

viveksharma2108 said:
- I am getting to downloading mode by
--- pressing the "vol +" and "vol -" buttons and then connecting the usb cable to the computer.
--- then removing the cable, after the phone enters the download mode. Then, start the odin and connect the phone through usb cable again. The odin detects the phone on one of the COM port.
- I havent tired wiping the phone through recovery. But i need to get to recovery first. I dont know in a soft brick state if i can get into recovery.
- regarding getting back to 2.1... i would like to flash to the latest version. Kies update is not an option for me, as i not in US.
This phone was purchased from craiglist, i used one click root method to root it and the same script an option to get the unlock codes. After that i experimented a lot on the phone with various scripts. Last i was using congnition on it. Then saw CM7, i liked it on my vibrant, so i flashed it on my captivate (which i got for my brother). Now i have to get back to some stable modified ROM... I am thinking about trying Srendipity or cog ROM... but before than i have to install a rooted stock ROM.
That is the story and issue... but thanks a lot for help. Any more suggestions.
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Try putting the phone into download mode after you open Odin. Which version of Odin is this? Also, installing the nightly build of CM7 again often fixes the boot loop on the newer builds. I would try that if you can get to recovery.
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[Q] Messed it up and need help

This WAS the situation before the problems:
Rooted Gingerbread rom, all working fine. Decided to unroot and install the full version of the official German ICS rom by using PC Odin. All went fine and used my Note for over two days. Because of the lags en slow responses I decided to reflash the ICS rom. From that moment on I messed it up. I've been reading and searching hundreds of posts for almost a day but didn't find a solution.
This IS the current situation:
I can get into download mode
I can get in recovery mode
However, in recovery mode I can not install a rom, every flash (CWM, both ICS and GB - even using chainfire's rom needed for rooting) stops on a random moment...but never gets it to the end, even if I wait several hours. Installing is very...very....very slow.
In recovery mode i can not restore a Nandroid backup, both ICS and GB. Every backup stops when /system has te be installed. errormessage.
In download mode I can connect my Note to PC Odin. I can select a rom and start flashing. However, after appr. 80% installation halts during "nand write start", no error message. The flashing does not finish, even after hours.
Funny is, i can install a kernel like Abyss.
So, I can't restore, i can't flash using cwm in recovery and I can't flash using PC Odin. My device seems not fully bricked. The max I get when rebooting (knowing that the process has not finished) is the triangle screen.
Any advise is appreciated.

Do not flash thru CWM... Flash a good GB kernel like "franco.Kernel" but thru PC Odin then u can flash whatever u want from franco's CWM... Good luck

Don't need help anymore
Note is officially bricked. After several attempts to recover from a softbrick the screen of my Note didn't turn on anymore. No button or button combination works, no recovery and no download mode, just a black screen.

Ce said:
Don't need help anymore
Note is officially bricked. After several attempts to recover from a softbrick the screen of my Note didn't turn on anymore. No button or button combination works, no recovery and no download mode, just a black screen.
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Flat battery? It's also possible that it's just the screen that's not working. Try entering download mode "blind". So hold power+home+vol down for ~10 seconds, then press vol up. Hook it up via usb and see if Odin can recognize it.

Thanks, didn't think of that. But unfortunately no response from the device.

So now that it looks like your phone is officially bricked, I think you should just take it to Samsung and make up a story. Like you were updating your software with Kies and something happened and the phone is just not booting up.
I am sorry you bricked your note though..

try AMORA Filemanager.. flash via recovery and you have a file manager,,, take a look on your partitions
just my idea, you got nothing to lose

musashiro said:
try AMORA Filemanager.. flash via recovery and you have a file manager,,, take a look on your partitions
just my idea, you got nothing to lose
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I would like to but it's very hard when you can't see anything on the screen...

Maybe it's just the battery, try to charge it externally and try a JIG also
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

Just a quick, final, update.
My Note was superbricked. Had to send it to a Samsung Service Center. No additional questions were asked. Samsung replaced the mainboard. Didn't have to pay anything.
Great service!!!

try this out buddy, do it on your own risk!!! anyways you have messed it up.
Ce said:
This WAS the situation before the problems:
Rooted Gingerbread rom, all working fine. Decided to unroot and install the full version of the official German ICS rom by using PC Odin. All went fine and used my Note for over two days. Because of the lags en slow responses I decided to reflash the ICS rom. From that moment on I messed it up. I've been reading and searching hundreds of posts for almost a day but didn't find a solution.
This IS the current situation:
I can get into download mode
I can get in recovery mode
However, in recovery mode I can not install a rom, every flash (CWM, both ICS and GB - even using chainfire's rom needed for rooting) stops on a random moment...but never gets it to the end, even if I wait several hours. Installing is very...very....very slow.
In recovery mode i can not restore a Nandroid backup, both ICS and GB. Every backup stops when /system has te be installed. errormessage.
In download mode I can connect my Note to PC Odin. I can select a rom and start flashing. However, after appr. 80% installation halts during "nand write start", no error message. The flashing does not finish, even after hours.
Funny is, i can install a kernel like Abyss.
So, I can't restore, i can't flash using cwm in recovery and I can't flash using PC Odin. My device seems not fully bricked. The max I get when rebooting (knowing that the process has not finished) is the triangle screen.
Any advise is appreciated.
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i was not a member when i commited this mistake. but then big thanks to this community it helped me back from softbrick.
first you do is install a stock kernel of ics on your note go into recovery and just clear cache partition, thats it no wipe/data factory reset.
then,
install the pit file from this thread, also read it completely before proceeding. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1667886 , hoping yours is 16gb version and also read this thread for additional info but its quite complicated for me so im just telling you the direct method and hopefully itll get your note back to work. so once you download the 16gb pit file unzip it and in the unzip folder you will find a separately lying pit of 16gb stating patched-standard thats the one you want.
then,
goto samfirmware and download the latest ics firmware(i downloaded the indian one as it is in file .tar),
unzip it till you get .tar file.
open odin- click pit-select 16gb patched standard pit- check wether repartion is ticked- click pda-select the .tar file you extracted connect your phone and start. this time i wont stop at factory.fs.....
NOTE THAT AFTER THIS PROCEDURE IS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE WOULD BE ONLY 8GB INSTEAD OF 11 GB STOCK WHICH YOU WERE GETTING.
I REVIVED MY NOTE THROUGH THIS PROCEDURE. PROCEES AT YOUR OWN RISK.
one your phone is working you'll be able to reset the counter with a jig and get your phone under warranty and get your motherboard changed by teliing at the Samsung Service that you are getting only 8gb instead of 11gb you used to get earlier(warranty only if you had any).
hope this helps mate.
BEST OF LUCK!!
A BIG HUGE THANKS TO hg42.....

Note can't be flashed by Odin

Once upon a time my Note stopped booting (was on a custom ROM, can't easily recall which - but it had been working okay for quite a while). I didn't worry too much about it, because I already had a new phone - so I just put the Note away in the closet saying to myself, when I find some time I'll flash to stock and take it from there.
Fast forward a couple of years, and my no longer new phone has failed (bricked itself for no good reason), so I reach for the Note, download an official Samsung ROM and fire up Odin. Phone's in download mode, Odin sees it as it should, so I proceed to flash. Odin hangs on "nand write start" and does nothing at all for 20 minutes or so.
Then I remembered that years ago I had repartitioned the Note's NAND for better storage usage, so I found a stock PIT file and told Odin to repartition before flashing. Same result.
So the TL;DR: download mode works, neither ROM nor recovery boots, Odin recognizes the phone in download mode (sometimes), but can't flash (just hangs). Any suggestions?

Hi,
I have the same problem, any progress for you?
/RR

svpan said:
Hi,
I have the same problem, any progress for you?
/RR
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No progress at all. Had other stuff to do. It would be fun to revive this old toy though. But I'm short of ideas. I guess that with d/l mode working, but unable to flash, the NAND storage is probably toast? That wouldn't be fixable?

Question Bricked S21 Ultra while debloating

Hi. Any help will be appreciated. English is not my primary language. Thanks in advance.
S21 Ultra - G998B/DS, exynos version, CSC: SIN
Bootloader unlocked, rooted with flashing Magisk following xda tread in this forum. Worked great by the way.
All was great, but wanted to debloat. Did remove a few samsung app, one at the time with titanium. Had bixby error message popping up, so decide to do a normal healthy reboot.
The phone did not reboot normally, instead got stock in a boot-loop. No problem , just need to reset in recovery. Went in recovery (the basic recovery, as no TWRP recovery installed yet, just flashed Magisk) and wipe/reset the phone. Battery full. End up in emergency recovery page. Can only go in Download mode. Cannot go in recovery mode. I probably miss a step but too late...
I have read quite a lot on this great forum.
Tried: smart switch and emergency recuperation tool: app do not see my phone. (changed cable, reinstalled drivers, tried on a different pc).
Tried: flashing stock firmware with Odin3. Used Frija to download firmware. Odin3 v3.14 and patched Odin3 v3.13.1_3B_patched keep failing. They can see the COM4, load BL, AP, CP, HOME_CSC, remove reboot option, start, initiate the transfer: setup connection takes forever, then red Failed and general error message: All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1).
What else can I try? Is it time to play with the PIT file?
Thanks in advance.

Freezing should be no problem. For the record I disabled 102 system apps w/ ADB and the phone is running fine.
However if you 'uninstalled' those apps then a factory reset should fix it but you've not had any luck.
Odin3 should work, I'm guessing the image you used was incorrect or old and wouldn't allow a downgrade of some sort - bootloader perhaps?
I'm afraid I have no recent Odin experience (Since S2 days) so unable to advise further

Thanks. I'll definitively freeze before uninstalling next time...
Which firmware should I choose? The most upto date or an older one? I did put the correct info in Frija. Maybe it it realated to the dual sim card? Now I can't do the 1234 dial trick to double check the CSC info. Any other way to find this information?
Thanks again for your help

Did you resolve your issue?

Finally yes: succes this morning!
Initially I used what I though was the proper CSC code and tried to flash 2 versions of firmware
- SM-G998B_1_20210320150736_d41ej45waz_fac
- SM-G998B_1_20210501173536_4trvemv8wm_fac
without success.
Using the CSC: XSP code I just flashed: SM-G998B_1_20210503154836_fmp3ozo5m3_fac and Odin3 went through with the very welcome green "pass" at the end, though the phone stayed in download mode at the end. Had to shut down with vol down and lateral button, then restart to the normal boot and welcome process.
I'm still not sure why the CSC code was so important.
Maybe it is more related to the fact that I tried to perform the flash in Odin quickly as I read that there was sometime a timeout problem if someone took too long between the opening of Odin and the actual start of the flashing process?
I will now have to check again the process of rooting I guess and I'll freeze bloatware instead on uninstalling them.

You guys are going too far with the debloating.
I have a US straight-from-Samsung unlocked S21U.
I uninstalled/disabled whatever the system would let me.
I removed permissions from all the other apps I didn't like: Bixby Voice and some others.
Then, I put in dns.adguard.com under Secure DNS in settings.
My system is about as clean as you can get now.
I have the 12GB RAM version and even under high work loads, I still have about 3GB of RAM free all the time. That should help future-proof the device.
Not that RAM used is a useful indicator these days.