Hello
I have a Galaxy SIII mini (i8190) and it blocked and stopped working. After that I couln't put it on again, only with Vol down+home button+on/off button to get it into download mode.
When I press vol up+home button+on/off button it boots but it stays on the Samsung logo screen.
I already flashed my older Galaxy Gio S5660 and that worked perfectly with Odin.
Now I want to do the same with my Galaxy SIII mini, but it still doesn't work.
I already flashed a root file, a wipe file, param_i8190 file, CWM file, afterwards already 3 different stock roms of the i8190.
But it still boots, shows 1/10 sec the light of the return and menu button and it keeps booting.
The 3 stock roms I tried were: I8190XXALK6_I8190XEFALK1_HOME_ROOTED.tar, I8190XXAMG4_I8190PROAMH1_HOME.tar and I8190XXANA2_I8190PHNANB1_HOME.tar.
The baseband version I normally had before it crashed was i8190XXANA2 and the build number was jz054k.i8190XXANA2.
I'm from Belgium using the Telenet netwerk, and Telenet uses in fact the Mobistar network in Belgium.
Does anyone know what else I can try to do, or in which order I have to flash everything?
Every time I flash something with Odin, it always works and doesn't give any error, shows "Pass" but nothing changed on my phone.
Niels86 said:
Hello
I have a Galaxy SIII mini (i8190) and it blocked and stopped working. After that I couln't put it on again, only with Vol down+home button+on/off button to get it into download mode.
When I press vol up+home button+on/off button it boots but it stays on the Samsung logo screen.
I already flashed my older Galaxy Gio S5660 and that worked perfectly with Odin.
Now I want to do the same with my Galaxy SIII mini, but it still doesn't work.
I already flashed a root file, a wipe file, param_i8190 file, CWM file, afterwards already 3 different stock roms of the i8190.
But it still boots, shows 1/10 sec the light of the return and menu button and it keeps booting.
The 3 stock roms I tried were: I8190XXALK6_I8190XEFALK1_HOME_ROOTED.tar, I8190XXAMG4_I8190PROAMH1_HOME.tar and I8190XXANA2_I8190PHNANB1_HOME.tar.
The baseband version I normally had before it crashed was i8190XXANA2 and the build number was jz054k.i8190XXANA2.
I'm from Belgium using the Telenet netwerk, and Telenet uses in fact the Mobistar network in Belgium.
Does anyone know what else I can try to do, or in which order I have to flash everything?
Every time I flash something with Odin, it always works and doesn't give any error, shows "Pass" but nothing changed on my phone.
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TRY THIS WAY
moonryder said:
TRY THIS WAY
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Yes I already saw this solution somewhere but didn't know if it could be trusted
I will test it today when I can
thx in advance
I flashed the three files, with re-partition also, but when it boots it still gives the same thing
I also can not go into recovery mode
To be sure I even used the wipe file before I flashed the LaFleur
If it still keeps on booting and I can't get into the recovery mode with vol up+home+on/off
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Hello,
I have flashed my Galaxy Tab with roto JMI, but it's stuck at the "GalaxyTab / Samsung" boot screen.
I can get into download mode with volume down and power, I can reflash it but in the end it does not boot.
What can i do?
loony
*bump* anybody?
Help please!!! I have the same problem!
I am still having this problem. I am wondering if there is any way how to debug whats happening at the Samsung logo screen. With adb the devices is not detected (it seems not to be detected at the usb controller).
What did you use to flash?
What files did you use?
Give all the info so people can help
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Hi, I have exactly the same problem.
After upgrade du JMI roto with odin 1.7 (all upload seems to be ok, repartition with p1 and pda file Roto-JMI-Full-v2 no error message) but the device hangs on samsung galaxy tab logo and don't boot.
In my case previous version was pda jj3/phone jid / scs jj2
rsmurdoch said:
What did you use to flash?
What files did you use?
Give all the info so people can help
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Device it GT-P1000 (German/European version)
Bought the device
Got a lot of restarts
Flashed with P1000OXAJM6
Device worked again for some days
Device not booting anymore
Tried reset with different methods (Touch screen, press power; Touch menu button and power button): Sometimes worked, sometimes not
Recently not booting anymore, no trick worked
Flashed Roto Roto-JMI-Full-v2.tar with P1_add_hidden.pit
Device still not starting
Flashed original firmware: GT-P1000_P1000XXJK5_P1000OXAJK5_P1000XXJK5_P1000XXJK5_XX_DBT.zip
Device not starting
Flashed ROTO with Heimdall again (before used Odin only): Device not booting
Thanks!
Same Problem
Im on the SPH-P100, I have the same issue I can access it in Adb the log shows it in stalling all of my old .apks but it never boots past the logo.I have re flashed also but no luck plz help if u can i can post the logcat here but it goes for hrs -_- I assume it loops the process.
loonyt said:
Device it GT-P1000 (German/European version)
Flashed with P1000OXAJM6
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So, this one contains a bootloader (Sbl.bin). maybe thats the cause of the problem. Still, I wonder why it started in the first place and then after some reboots it gets stuck. I tried different Kernels with no luck. Maybe I should try to flash a new bootloader? However, that could brick the device forever.
Loonyt
loonyt said:
Device it GT-P1000 (German/European version)
Bought the device
Got a lot of restarts
Flashed with P1000OXAJM6
Device worked again for some days
Device not booting anymore
Tried reset with different methods (Touch screen, press power; Touch menu button and power button): Sometimes worked, sometimes not
Recently not booting anymore, no trick worked
Flashed Roto Roto-JMI-Full-v2.tar with P1_add_hidden.pit
Device still not starting
Flashed original firmware: GT-P1000_P1000XXJK5_P1000OXAJK5_P1000XXJK5_P1000XXJK5_XX_DBT.zip
Device not starting
Flashed ROTO with Heimdall again (before used Odin only): Device not booting
Thanks!
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*bump* Can anybody help?
I have a very similar problem.
I flashed the [ROM] Roto JMI Pre-Rooted Firmware v2 [Feb 4, 2011], and got stuck on the Samsung Boot screen.
Now, I can't even get the Downloading mode to work. It opens fine, but Odin/Heimdall doessn't detect the Tab at all.
Hopefully, someone knows what's going on. If not, I'm taking it back to my carrier, and asking them to fix it (assuming they'll fix it).
Maybe this will help for the bootloader.
Its a bootloader patch. Please read thru the thread. Hope it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888071
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dlui1 said:
Now, I can't even get the Downloading mode to work. It opens fine, but Odin/Heimdall doessn't detect the Tab at all.
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Dont get what you mean by that. You cant get it to download mode but your tab start up fine?
Download mode = press vol down + power pn button.
As for odin/heimdall doesnt detect the tab it could be usb port (some reports in android development thread) or could be usb drivers.
As i need to switch usb drivers when i need to flash my tab & my dell streak.
Hope it helps to start you off.
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Qsilver2001 said:
Dont get what you mean by that. You cant get it to download mode but your tab start up fine?
Download mode = press vol down + power pn button.
As for odin/heimdall doesnt detect the tab it could be usb port (some reports in android development thread) or could be usb drivers.
As i need to switch usb drivers when i need to flash my tab & my dell streak.
Hope it helps to start you off.
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I meant that I can get into Download mode, with the Downloading logo, but doesn't get detected by Odin. And it stays stuck on the Samsung boot logo if turned on normally. Can't get into recovery either.
Before I flashed the Roto ROM, Odin was working perfectly fine. I've been flashing other kernels and ROMs before. But now, the USB doesn't even seem to get detected. It's like nothing is plugged in. Can't even choose to install/uninstall old/new drivers.
I dont think it's the USB port, as I've tried to connect to Odin on 3 different computers, trying every available port on each. It's looking like the USB connector is just dead or something.
My tabs mainboard was broken, it was replaced and now it works again.
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Same problem here man. I CAN get in to download mode. Odin recognize it normally. I CAN download normally. Look likes everything is normal, but after update it restarts, but hangs on Galaxy Tab Samsung logo. I've tryed everything with different firmware, custom-roms, hacking things, but with no success.
Can someone please help me?
Same problem here. My tab is stuck at samsung galaxy logo and until now, no one could provide an answer.
I flashed some ROM from samfirmware that must of locked the bootloader (JMF). Then I tried to flash JM6, JMA, JMC, JMK, JJ4, JJ7, JM5, JJ1, JID and almost all ROTO's. with and without pit files using ODIN 1.7. I also tried a stock ROGERS ROM (that i downloaded from this forum) using Heimdall. The tab always boots to samsung galaxy tab logo. I've done alot of reading in this forum and followed many flashing instructions but when applied, it doesn't work for me.
My main concern: is there still hope with the tab ? or it's gone forever.
Is there any specific order that i must follow when flashing ? ( ie, flash one specific ROM before another). The tab was canadian that was flashed to euro.
Thanks for reading my post.
the dbdata file is corrupted.
1) download this file
http://forum.xda-dev...98&d=1290261479
2) extract it
3) use Odin to flash it under the PDA option
-make sure repartition is UNCHECKED
-do not select any pit file
-leave everything else the same
handfree said:
the dbdata file is corrupted.
1) download this file
http://forum.xda-dev...98&d=1290261479
2) extract it
3) use Odin to flash it under the PDA option
-make sure repartition is UNCHECKED
-do not select any pit file
-leave everything else the same
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Same prob. tab reboots to samsung logo.
Same Here, I tried many combinations with the help of experts on this board. Conclusion: shipped to Sammy for warranty repair.
I recently tried to unroot my samung dart with unlockroot 23 but that resulted in my phone being stuck on tmobile samsung dart logo,Ok so I recently unlocked the phone only discover that their was a problem with incoming and outgoing calls(I couldn't hear them and they couldn't hear me). So I decided to unroot it. I used unlockroot23 to unroot it. The unroot went successfully but it bricked my phone. My phone only loads up to the samsung dart logo and then stays there. I tried to flash back to stock with odin but software tells me pass. I don't know if I'm doing it right. I tick one package and select the tmobile tar file and the ops file and I press start. version 4.38 Am i missing anything? I can't hard reset it because the button combination doesn't even work anymore. please help me
alvin101 said:
I recently tried to unroot my samung dart with unlockroot 23 but that resulted in my phone being stuck on tmobile samsung dart logo,Ok so I recently unlocked the phone only discover that their was a problem with incoming and outgoing calls(I couldn't hear them and they couldn't hear me). So I decided to unroot it. I used unlockroot23 to unroot it. The unroot went successfully but it bricked my phone. My phone only loads up to the samsung dart logo and then stays there. I tried to flash back to stock with odin but software tells me pass. I don't know if I'm doing it right. I tick one package and select the tmobile tar file and the ops file and I press start. version 4.38 Am i missing anything? I can't hard reset it because the button combination doesn't even work anymore. please help me
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Getting stuck at the boot screen isn't a brick. It's a bootloop.
You can try going into recovery then doing a reset by using Vol up + power keys.
tietganFTW said:
Getting stuck at the boot screen isn't a brick. It's a bootloop.
You can try going into recovery then doing a reset by using Vol up + power keys.
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The volume up and power button combination doesn't seem to work anymore. The were working just fine before the unroot . How else can I get in recovery mode? Or any other ideas?
if you can use adb anyhow then type adb reboot recovery
alvin101 said:
I recently tried to unroot my samung dart with unlockroot 23 but that resulted in my phone being stuck on tmobile samsung dart logo,Ok so I recently unlocked the phone only discover that their was a problem with incoming and outgoing calls(I couldn't hear them and they couldn't hear me). So I decided to unroot it. I used unlockroot23 to unroot it. The unroot went successfully but it bricked my phone. My phone only loads up to the samsung dart logo and then stays there. I tried to flash back to stock with odin but software tells me pass. I don't know if I'm doing it right. I tick one package and select the tmobile tar file and the ops file and I press start. version 4.38 Am i missing anything? I can't hard reset it because the button combination doesn't even work anymore. please help me
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it's not a brick but it is only bootlop bro .. can be overcome with a flash stock rom :laugh:
Hi,
I rooted my note some weeks ago and I was searching the web, reading all kind of threads and thinking what the problem might be for the last weeks. Finally I decided to register myself on xda and to post my problem.
Like mentioned before I rooted my note via CMW and then flashed a franco kernel, unfortunally I dont know which version, but no custom rom. It all worked fine for 14 maybe 16 hours, then the phone froze after opening a app and after that it stuck at the Galaxy Note N7000 logo. I tried to enter recovery but it didn't work, I can enter downloadmode but I ran out of battery before I could do anything.
Now the phone keeps turning itself on and off the whole time when I try to charge it, the battery image comes for like 1 second and after that the screen turns black again. The battery itself is new so that shouldnt be the problem. I charged it like that for like 4 hours and then tried to enter downloadmode but it only says "battery to low to download".
I hope it is not a hardware problem. If anybody has a idea please help me, I am getting desperate.
Greets
weasl
EDIT: I came from offical 4.0.4 ICS
How old is your phone? Try with another good battery.
Suggestion: you may flash gb via PC Odin and check phone back to normal.
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I got my phone last april, so it is not even a year old, but I got a new battery some days before rooting it... I'll try/have to get another one anyway.
Could you give me a link for a stock gb rom please.
Thank you for your quick reply.
Kindly go thru Guru 'drketan' threads and posts.
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Found it. Should I use a rom with three parts or with only one? And can I use any rom or one with a special "code" that suits my device, e.g. german....
And just flash the rom and then fullwipe or is wiping not necessary?
I am sorry for the questions but I want to do everything right.
You can use any. Wipe in GB recovery.
Thanks a lot.
Yesterday I finally found somebody to charge my battery, today I flashed a GB stock rom, but I still can`t get any further than the Samsung Galaxy Note logo... It worked one time but I turned the phone off to insert my sim card and it got stuck again.
I tried flashing with pit file and bootloader as well, but no luck.
Could it be a hardware problem? Could a J-tag repair fix it?
Thanks in advantage.
weasl said:
Yesterday I finally found somebody to charge my battery, today I flashed a GB stock rom, but I still can`t get any further than the Samsung Galaxy Note logo... It worked one time but I turned the phone off to insert my sim card and it got stuck again.
I tried flashing with pit file and bootloader as well, but no luck.
Could it be a hardware problem? Could a J-tag repair fix it?
Thanks in advantage.
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Now your on safe GB rom, enter recovery wipe cache, factory reset, wipe dalvick cache.
Let's know the result
I tried, but I am not able to enter recovery... I press volume up + home + power but I only get the N7000 logo. I have read that you have to press the home button in the right moment to enter stock recovery, could somebody tell if that is true and if yes when do I have to press?
Anyone an idea please? I can enter download mode but not recovery, I downgraded to gb 2.3.6.KK5, I flashed abyss 4.2 but I can get to recovery mode or past the GT N7000 logo. Three times it got to the "package installing" page and one time it even started then I switched it off to insert my sim card and again stuck at the N7000 logo.
I need help please...
weasl said:
I tried, but I am not able to enter recovery... I press volume up + home + power but I only get the N7000 logo. I have read that you have to press the home button in the right moment to enter stock recovery, could somebody tell if that is true and if yes when do I have to press?
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You have to press the three button combo "a long time" and the power button should be the last one to use.
I always wait until the Samsung Logo appeared 2 times and I see the next animation (depends on your kernel/recovery).
So please try again and hold the three buttons longer.
I flashed the 3-part lc1 gb and did a full wipe. The phone now starts sometimes but gets stuck at the n7000 logo most of the time. When it starts the whole UI feels very laggy, eg. while typing. Recovery mode started one time out of 1000 tries. I am afraid that something with my hardware is wrong. Any ideas? Could a Jtag be a solution? Please help.
try again to get into recovery and do a factory reset from Gb recovery..
press it until you get to recovery. DO NOT remove your fingers when you see n7000 bootlogo. keep pressing . keep pressing. keep pressing.
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I made it in the recovery, did another fullwipe, but it still lags while typing or opening/closing an app and still does not boot proper, I have to try several times to get past the logo screen and it works only when I go in downloadmode and boot from there. Entering the recoverymode still only works randomly. Any idea?
Edit: it also lags while scrolling down/up
weasl said:
I made it in the recovery, did another fullwipe, but it still lags while typing or opening/closing an app and still does not boot proper, I have to try several times to get past the logo screen and it works only when I go in downloadmode and boot from there. Entering the recoverymode still only works randomly. Any idea?
Edit: it also lags while scrolling down/up
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In all you posts here you never wrote exactly what version of which Rom you installed in whatever way.
That's why I'm still not convinced that you have "defined state" and giving good advice is try&error.
So please start telling: how did you flash, what GB or ICS or JB version, Stock Rom or Custom Rom.
,Sorry, I flashed the n7000xxlc1 - open europe with odin PC, stock, prerooted and in 3 parts. After that I did a fullwipe, the phone turns on after a few tries, most time after I go in download mode and restart from there. It lags while it is on, like short freezes, I tried to install the OTA update to ICS but failed.
Before that I was stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note logo after flashing a franco kernel via CWM (I am not sure which version but it came with the guide to root, so I thought it could not be bad)
Edit: I flashed the xxlsc 4.1.2 jelly bean offical leak via odin PC, and I still have the same problems. I takes 5-6 reboots to actually start the device and it is very laggy, almost unusable. Every second or so it freezes for short time.
Any help please? I would send it to someone to do a JTAG repair if this could help. I just dont want to waste the money, so if anyone has experienced a problem like this please help me.
Is this a brick revived phone?
Hi
I have a samsung galaxy ace S5830 mobile. I had previously rooted my phone and successfully installed Apocalypse rom on it about 6 months back. Last week however my phone suddenly starts behaving weirdly. Here are the symptoms:
1) Booting doesn't progress beyond samsung logo screen, it is either stuck there or restarts continuously
2) Unable to enter recovery, I have CMW installed but am unable to access it as the phone wont go beyond the start up screen inspite of holding
(vol up + home + power)
3) Tried flashing both single package stock rom/ multiple package rom using odin, Phone does go to download mode and is detected by odin but unable to flash the rom's the flashing process gets stuck at <1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.(Firmware - India version)
I found many posts on phones getting stuck on boot loop but flashing via odin seems to solve all of them. This however is not working in my case.
It would be great if any one can help me with this problem or let me know if I need to take my phone to the service center,
Thanks,
Vivek
viveknabhi said:
Hi
I have a samsung galaxy ace S5830 mobile. I had previously rooted my phone and successfully installed Apocalypse rom on it about 6 months back. Last week however my phone suddenly starts behaving weirdly. Here are the symptoms:
1) Booting doesn't progress beyond samsung logo screen, it is either stuck there or restarts continuously
2) Unable to enter recovery, I have CMW installed but am unable to access it as the phone wont go beyond the start up screen inspite of holding
(vol up + home + power)
3) Tried flashing both single package stock rom/ multiple package rom using odin, Phone does go to download mode and is detected by odin but unable to flash the rom's the flashing process gets stuck at <1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.(Firmware - India version)
I found many posts on phones getting stuck on boot loop but flashing via odin seems to solve all of them. This however is not working in my case.
It would be great if any one can help me with this problem or let me know if I need to take my phone to the service center,
Thanks,
Vivek
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If you have adb drivers installed in your system, you can try "adb reboot recovery" to get into revcovery.. And do you have the usb drivers installed in your system ?? Maybe that is why odin is failing..
viveknabhi said:
Hi
I have a samsung galaxy ace S5830 mobile. I had previously rooted my phone and successfully installed Apocalypse rom on it about 6 months back. Last week however my phone suddenly starts behaving weirdly. Here are the symptoms:
1) Booting doesn't progress beyond samsung logo screen, it is either stuck there or restarts continuously
2) Unable to enter recovery, I have CMW installed but am unable to access it as the phone wont go beyond the start up screen inspite of holding
(vol up + home + power)
3) Tried flashing both single package stock rom/ multiple package rom using odin, Phone does go to download mode and is detected by odin but unable to flash the rom's the flashing process gets stuck at <1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.(Firmware - India version)
I found many posts on phones getting stuck on boot loop but flashing via odin seems to solve all of them. This however is not working in my case.
It would be great if any one can help me with this problem or let me know if I need to take my phone to the service center,
Thanks,
Vivek
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Since, you've entered download mode, ur device can't be switched on either normally or in recovery. Also, I doubted ur recovery key combo (correct one is HOME+POWER).
Try with this Odin & Cooper
http://db.tt/jgXJcjzG
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viveknabhi said:
Hi
I have a samsung galaxy ace S5830 mobile. I had previously rooted my phone and successfully installed Apocalypse rom on it about 6 months back. Last week however my phone suddenly starts behaving weirdly. Here are the symptoms:
1) Booting doesn't progress beyond samsung logo screen, it is either stuck there or restarts continuously
2) Unable to enter recovery, I have CMW installed but am unable to access it as the phone wont go beyond the start up screen inspite of holding
(vol up + home + power)
3) Tried flashing both single package stock rom/ multiple package rom using odin, Phone does go to download mode and is detected by odin but unable to flash the rom's the flashing process gets stuck at <1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.(Firmware - India version)
I found many posts on phones getting stuck on boot loop but flashing via odin seems to solve all of them. This however is not working in my case.
It would be great if any one can help me with this problem or let me know if I need to take my phone to the service center,
Thanks,
Vivek
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Same problem guy.
Apcalypse rom, about 6 mounts
A friend asked me to repair her phone, it seems that some guy tried to carrier-unlock it and some other guy tried to flash a Firmware for other model. When the phone got back to her it was broken. So she gave a bricked phone to me and asked me to repair it.
Well the thing seems to be soft-bricked, it's stuck in a bootloop, it displays the samsung logo twice, turns off and then on again until batery's removed.
It won't go into recovery (HOME+POWER), but it works in DOWNLOAD mode.
I tried flashing the stock firmware for the phone (S-5830), I even tried with the version for my country and original carrier. It won't work, ODIN gets to flash all the files, then reboots the phone and It's in bootloop again! Tried some other firmwares, none works or goes into recovery.
Also tried flashing ClockWork Recovery via ODIN, no luck. It won't go into recovery for doing the wipes.
So right now I'm scratching my head. I'm noob with samsungs, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or it's just that this phone is broken.
If this guy messed with the EFS file, that may be the reason it's in bootloop? Is there any solution?
EDIT: THE MODEL IS s5830 SORRY FOR THE MISTAKE! I USED THE RIGHT FIRMWARE!
PD: SORRY FOR MY POOR ENGLISH, I'M SPANISH. THE PHONE SSN IS S5830GSMH original carrier: ORANGE
Thanks you very much!!
altoso99 said:
A friend asked me to repair her phone, it seems that some guy tried to carrier-unlock it and some other guy tried to flash a Firmware for other model. When the phone got back to her it was broken. So she gave a bricked phone to me and asked me to repair it.
Well the thing seems to be soft-bricked, it's stuck in a bootloop, it displays the samsung logo twice, turns off and then on again until batery's removed.
It won't go into recovery (HOME+POWER), but it works in DOWNLOAD mode.
I tried flashing the stock firmware for the phone (S-8350), I even tried with the version for my country and original carrier. It won't work, ODIN gets to flash all the files, then reboots the phone and It's in bootloop again! Tried some other firmwares, none works or goes into recovery.
Also tried flashing ClockWork Recovery via ODIN, no luck. It won't go into recovery for doing the wipes.
So right now I'm scratching my head. I'm noob with samsungs, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or it's just that this phone is broken.
If this guy messed with the EFS file, that may be the reason it's in bootloop? Is there any solution?
PD: SORRY FOR MY POOR ENGLISH, I'M SPANISH. THE PHONE SSN IS S8530GSMH original carrier: ORANGE
Thanks you very much!!
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wrong section/thread this is only for "S5830" flashing firmare to S8530 will brick ur phone..find the right thread for ur phone..
altoso99 said:
A friend asked me to repair her phone, it seems that some guy tried to carrier-unlock it and some other guy tried to flash a Firmware for other model. When the phone got back to her it was broken. So she gave a bricked phone to me and asked me to repair it.
Well the thing seems to be soft-bricked, it's stuck in a bootloop, it displays the samsung logo twice, turns off and then on again until batery's removed.
It won't go into recovery (HOME+POWER), but it works in DOWNLOAD mode.
I tried flashing the stock firmware for the phone (S-8350), I even tried with the version for my country and original carrier. It won't work, ODIN gets to flash all the files, then reboots the phone and It's in bootloop again! Tried some other firmwares, none works or goes into recovery.
Also tried flashing ClockWork Recovery via ODIN, no luck. It won't go into recovery for doing the wipes.
So right now I'm scratching my head. I'm noob with samsungs, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or it's just that this phone is broken.
If this guy messed with the EFS file, that may be the reason it's in bootloop? Is there any solution?
PD: SORRY FOR MY POOR ENGLISH, I'M SPANISH. THE PHONE SSN IS S8530GSMH original carrier: ORANGE
Thanks you very much!!
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Try a latest version of Odin and Download latest firmware from samfirmware.com
mizukage said:
wrong section/thread this is only for "S5830" flashing firmare to S8530 will brick ur phone..find the right thread for ur phone..
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Sorry I messed up the numbers, I spent hours last night with this and I'm going crazy. The cell phone is a S5830, that's what I can read under the battery. So I'm in the right forum and used the right firmware.
cennation4apprentice said:
Try a latest version of Odin and Download latest firmware from samfirmware.com
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I tried newest and oldest firmwares. I don't know what the latest version of Odin is, I tried 4,38. Still not working..
BTW I FOLLOWED EVERY SINGLE GUIDE I FOUND FOR UNBRICKING AND FLASHING, AND I CAN'T GET THE THING TO WORK.
Use Odin v4.42, install the drivers properly and flash the stock. After seeing the pass option in Odin, disconnect your phone from pc which will be stuck in a boot loop. Now, take off battery, put it back in, reboot into recovery ( power + home button, release power button when something appears on screen. ) & select factory reset option ( volume key to move up and down, home button to confirm and power button to go back to previous menu ). Now select reboot system now. Done !!
Hit thanks if I helped...!
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Venomous Viper 119 said:
Use Odin v4.42, install the drivers properly and flash the stock. After seeing the pass option in Odin, disconnect your phone from pc which will be stuck in a boot loop. Now, take off battery, put it back in, reboot into recovery ( power + home button, release power button when something appears on screen. ) & select factory reset option ( volume key to move up and down, home button to confirm and power button to go back to previous menu ). Now select reboot system now. Done !!
Hit thanks if I helped...!
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NOPE. Tried with that Odin version, it finish flashing, PASS, reboots and the screen is flashing (doesn't show battery loading) until I unplug.
I remove the battery, put it back again, HOME+POWER but still in bootloop, it won't get into Recovery!!
It just flashes Samsung logo twice, reboot, flashes again, reboot... Stuck there, no recovery!! I already flashed this device dozens of times with different firmwares, Stock, Carrier locked, custom, etc... NONE ALLOWS ME TO GO INTO RECOVERY FOR THE WIPES
Go to the service centre, they'll fix the problem for you.
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Venomous Viper 119 said:
Use Odin v4.42, install the drivers properly and flash the stock. After seeing the pass option in Odin, disconnect your phone from pc which will be stuck in a boot loop. Now, take off battery, put it back in, reboot into recovery ( power + home button, release power button when something appears on screen. ) & select factory reset option ( volume key to move up and down, home button to confirm and power button to go back to previous menu ). Now select reboot system now. Done !!
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I would kiss you if i could. Thank you so much i thought my phone broke now, nothing worked. I tried it for days. Thank you whole heartily :victory: :victory: