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basically, before you guys judge, why would i need a pattern bypass, let me get through the story.
Basically, my tenant couldnt pay her rent, so she decided to give me half and leave. when she left, she also left her dell streak. i gave her a call and she told me i can just have it. when i tried to turn it on, it wouldnt so i charged it. waited a while, say 6 hours, then when i got back to it, there was a pattern lock. called her again but unfortunately, her cell phone line got deactivated. its been 2 days, and ive been trying but no luck.
basically, i just need a program, software, anything? lol. to bypass this because i want to sell it, or maybe try to fall in love with it
*things i have tried*
[1.] Vol up + Power
~brings me to (stock??) recovery (im guessing?) with 5 choices.
0. Boot Up
1. Factory reset (User data only)
2. Software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card
3. Factory reset (User data and Internal Tablet storage)
4. Power off
~Chose #1 which failed
~Chose #3 also failed
both booted up perfectly and still showed the pattern unlock screen.
[2.] Followed a guide
~i basically treated the streak like it was bricked, so i fallowed a guide from illdill (sorry i forgot the link) but it was something related to nvflash and using it to flash images 2-21 on the dell streak 7.
~this method also failed, and also booted up perfectly.
*[3.] Try to put HoneyStreak RC 2.1*
~i get the error "Formatting partition 2 BCT please wait.. FAILED!"
idk what i means but all i know is that when i used the search button, i guess peoples who ask about it and have trouble about it, they get ignored. they try to bump, but yet no response. I read from post 427 to almost 560. none was answered. if there is a way out there. please help me ;(
only 2 methods i tried. anyone else? thanks in advance xda users. quick responses that arent usually nonsense gets a thank button clicked from me
jayjaypops said:
basically, before you guys judge, why would i need a pattern bypass, let me get through the story.
Basically, my tenant couldnt pay her rent, so she decided to give me half and leave. when she left, she also left her dell streak. i gave her a call and she told me i can just have it. when i tried to turn it on, it wouldnt so i charged it. waited a while, say 6 hours, then when i got back to it, there was a pattern lock. called him again but unfortunately, his cell phone line got deactivated. its been 2 days, and ive been trying but no luck.
basically, i just need a program, software, anything? lol. to bypass this because i want to sell it, or maybe try to fall in love with it
*things i have tried*
[1.] Vol up + Power
~brings me to (stock??) recovery (im guessing?) with 5 choices.
0. Boot Up
1. Factory reset (User data only)
2. Software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card
3. Factory reset (User data and Internal Tablet storage)
4. Power off
~Chose #1 which failed
~Chose #3 also failed
both booted up perfectly and still showed the pattern unlock screen.
[2.] Followed a guide
~i basically treated the streak like it was bricked, so i fallowed a guide from illdill (sorry i forgot the link) but it was something related to nvflash and using it to flash images 2-21 on the dell streak 7.
~this method also failed, and also booted up perfectly.
only 2 methods i tried. anyone else? thanks in advance xda users. quick responses that arent usually nonsense gets a thank button clicked from me
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Try flashing Honeystreak (it completely erases the internal memory since it needs to repartition it) if you like Honeystreak, keep it, if you want stock, flash back. Hopefully that will work.
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Try flashing Honeystreak (it completely erases the internal memory since it needs to repartition it) if you like Honeystreak, keep it, if you want stock, flash back. Hopefully that will work.
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thanks for quick response, ill try and see, most of the things im reading are, i have to atleast have CWR. which i highly doubt she has. when i tried to explain to her what "rooting" means, lets just say she wasnt interested at all.
unfortunately, it didnt work. somethings about "Formatting partition 2 BCT please wait.. FAILED!" and doesnt go through, that makes method 3 = failed. unless someone out there has a different suggestion?
thanks in advance
Uh...it failed to format the partition? I don't think I've ever seen that happen.
I know this will sound stupid, since you are probably in the right forum, but where you said "streak" are you sure it was the 7 inch and not the 5? Also, you said you got into recovery by volume UP and power, but I think volume DOWN and power is stock recovery...maybe it had CWM installed by someone who has used it before? (the options sound like CWM) and in that case, someone may have changed something. Again, I'm shooting in the dark, but if it is a streak 5, or if it has CWM, it would be different than just a stock Streak 7 on the lockscreen. The streak 5 and 7 are not just different sizes of the same device - they run on a different chipset. The 5 has a snapdragon (I believe) and the 7 has a Tegra 2.
EDIT: You said Streak 7 in the title, so...I'm pretty sure you know it's a 7. In that case, I don't know why it won't flash :-/
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Uh...it failed to format the partition? I don't think I've ever seen that happen.
I know this will sound stupid, since you are probably in the right forum, but where you said "streak" are you sure it was the 7 inch and not the 5? Also, you said you got into recovery by volume UP and power, but I think volume DOWN and power is stock recovery...maybe it had CWM installed by someone who has used it before? (the options sound like CWM) and in that case, someone may have changed something. Again, I'm shooting in the dark, but if it is a streak 5, or if it has CWM, it would be different than just a stock Streak 7 on the lockscreen. The streak 5 and 7 are not just different sizes of the same device - they run on a different chipset. The 5 has a snapdragon (I believe) and the 7 has a Tegra 2.
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ahhh, thank you. first off, the partition, basically it looks like this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15109690&postcount=425). i have no idea why it fails.
the only ways i could tell it "might be" a streak 7 is....
stock, Volume Up+Power is stock recovery menu. Volume Down+power is USB Fastboot. Has red letters as well.
now. is there anything visible or any button power combo where i would be able to find out if this was a dell streak 5 or 7? sorry for the nweb question.
*fyi, i know how CMW looks like, i have owned many android devices and... lets just say trust me... the Volume Up+Power looks like stock recovery and the only reason i say this is because it has 5 options, and 2 of them are Factory Reset.
Thanks again for quick response!
Other than the screen size, the capacitive buttons are layed out differently. On the streak 5, they are equally spaced, wheras the Streak 7 has them placed so that in landscape, they would all be under your thumb. The Streak 5 also has a removable battery, and the Streak 7 does not. If you check the back and it is smooth with a removable battery, it's a 5. If it is lightly textured without a removable battery, it is a 7.
Hope this helps
EDIT: And as far as the partition, I still don't know what would cause the problem. It might be best to ask someone with more NVFlash experience than me
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Other than the screen size, the capacitive buttons are layed out differently. On the streak 5, they are equally spaced, wheras the Streak 7 has them placed so that in landscape, they would all be under your thumb. The Streak 5 also has a removable battery, and the Streak 7 does not. If you check the back and it is smooth with a removable battery, it's a 5. If it is lightly textured without a removable battery, it is a 7.
Hope this helps
EDIT: And as far as the partition, I still don't know what would cause the problem. It might be best to ask someone with more NVFlash experience than me
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perfect bluesy_92. you've helped me so much already even thought my dell streak is still "unable to be used" now im for sure guarenteed this is a dell streak 7 (lol) since there is no removable battery and the c buttons are right under my thumb landscape wise.
as for the partition, would you help me figure out? ill sorta spam (not really) on the development thread for anyone who has nvflash experience to help me out with my streak.
as for others who click on this thread and do read and by any chance know any nvflash experience. please do help and just jump right in. thanks so much XDA community providers lets see if we can get through a bypass.
as of things to try
as of things to try in the morning when i wake up for work
the only thing im missing now is my adapter for my miniSD card to stick it in my streak and do the update.pkg file from the stock recovery menu. idk if it will bring me far because at work, i have internet access all day via phone (htc sensation) and i can try to keep update with my xda app but i have no desktop whatsoever.
jayjaypops said:
perfect bluesy_92. you've helped me so much already even thought my dell streak is still "unable to be used" now im for sure guarenteed this is a dell streak 7 (lol) since there is no removable battery and the c buttons are right under my thumb landscape wise.
as for the partition, would you help me figure out? ill sorta spam (not really) on the development thread for anyone who has nvflash experience to help me out with my streak.
as for others who click on this thread and do read and by any chance know any nvflash experience. please do help and just jump right in. thanks so much XDA community providers lets see if we can get through a bypass.
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Well, I've heard of people getting devices that are locked in read-only, basically making them unable to be flashed. The fact that nothing is working scares me that this may be the case, but at the same time, I never experienced it, so I definately can't be sure. Someone who has may be able to tell you if you're stuck. If it is read-only, your only hope is Dell by that point :-/
That's the first thing I think you should find out. Because if it is locked in read-only, your case is pretty much closed at that point (and not in a good way, unless Dell helps you.) If you find out it's not, then I would try to figure out why Honeystreak isn't flashing properly.
You can try update.pkg - everything is worth a shot, but unlike flashing Honeystreak, I think it won't repartition or anything (updating through a .pkg is the way manufacturers release updates - it was not designed to be harmful to the users data, afaik) so that's not exactly a sure-thing. Don't let that stop you from trying it, though - when something can't be used at all, any idea is a good idea
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Well, I've heard of people getting devices that are locked in read-only, basically making them unable to be flashed. The fact that nothing is working scares me that this may be the case, but at the same time, I never experienced it, so I definately can't be sure. Someone who has may be able to tell you if you're stuck. If it is read-only, your only hope is Dell by that point :-/
That's the first thing I think you should find out. Because if it is locked in read-only, your case is pretty much closed at that point (and not in a good way, unless Dell helps you.) If you find out it's not, then I would try to figure out why Honeystreak isn't flashing properly.
You can try update.pkg - everything is worth a shot, but unlike flashing Honeystreak, I think it won't repartition or anything (updating through a .pkg is the way manufacturers release updates - it was not designed to be harmful to the users data, afaik) so that's not exactly a sure-thing. Don't let that stop you from trying it, though - when something can't be used at all, any idea is a good idea
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well, im not really trying to flash anything, i dont even care if its rooted or not, i just want it to be working basically. so my son can watch his elmo while i play my game or update my roms or watch my movies without him whining anything just to make it stock perfect again and this bypass to go through >__<"
What happened when you tried nvflash ?
Did it push all of the partitions properly ?
Are you sure you had it in apx mode ?
I just recovered mine from a honeystreak flash and nvflash rewrites all partitions. Then try to fastboot push the system / recovery images.. After that you should be able to use cwm via fastboot to write a new rom ( I went back to streakdroid 1.3 ).
Just put the image file into your fastboot directory and boot it from your computers hard drive ( fastboot boot cwm.img )
pyraxiate said:
What happened when you tried nvflash ?
Did it push all of the partitions properly ?
Are you sure you had it in apx mode ?
I just recovered mine from a honeystreak flash and nvflash rewrites all partitions. Then try to fastboot push the system / recovery images.. After that you should be able to use cwm via fastboot to write a new rom ( I went back to streakdroid 1.3 ).
Just put the image file into your fastboot directory and boot it from your computers hard drive ( fastboot boot cwm.img )
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re read past posts?
pyraxiate said:
What happened when you tried nvflash ?
Did it push all of the partitions properly ?
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this is what it looks like when i double click download.bat (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15109690&postcount=425) it gives me a FAILED!
pyraxiate said:
Are you sure you had it in apx mode ?
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hold down Volume up + Volume down while plugging the USB cable in? Pretty sure i am because the first time i got prompted on my computer, i already downloaded the drivers, i just had to direct it to find the drivers, it said APX mode.
pyraxiate said:
I just recovered mine from a honeystreak flash and nvflash rewrites all partitions. Then try to fastboot push the system / recovery images.. After that you should be able to use cwm via fastboot to write a new rom ( I went back to streakdroid 1.3 ).
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when you double click download.bat, after the img file 14 or 15 goes through, does your command screen suddenly disappear? whats your next step through that?
I flashed using these partition images ( Not the ones in the initial NVflash post) Maybe your image files were corrupted on download. Im glad someone uploaded them in 1 rar to ensure a clean set
Id start over from scratch by using this rar as your c:\Nvflash directory
http://www.multiupload.com/OM0VO9HBO9
See if those make a difference. After Nvflash completes the box will close, its normal. Use the pinhole to reset. From there I just used fastboot ( vol down and power ) to boot into cwm ( i can dropbox the image if you need it ). The command is : fastboot boot cwmimagename.img
from there you can format data/cache/system/dalvik/storage ( mine came back with an error not being able to format a few but try it anyway)
Mount SD card and copy something like the streakdroid zip to it. Using CWM's menus, install a zip from SDcard and choose it. It should run w/o error.
I had the Dell logo only stuck on boot after that , so I went into recovery and formatted user data only . From there it booted right up.
When you boot your streak, does it still boot into the original rom or does it just freeze on the Dell logo?
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pyraxiate said:
I flashed using these partition images ( Not the ones in the initial NVflash post) Maybe your image files were corrupted on download. Im glad someone uploaded them in 1 rar to ensure a clean set
Id start over from scratch by using this rar as your c:\Nvflash directory
http://www.multiupload.com/OM0VO9HBO9
See if those make a difference. After Nvflash completes the box will close, its normal. Use the pinhole to reset. From there I just used fastboot ( vol down and power ) to boot into cwm ( i can dropbox the image if you need it ). The command is : fastboot boot cwmimagename.img
from there you can format data/cache/system/dalvik/storage ( mine came back with an error not being able to format a few but try it anyway)
Mount SD card and copy something like the streakdroid zip to it. Using CWM's menus, install a zip from SDcard and choose it. It should run w/o error.
I had the Dell logo only stuck on boot after that , so I went into recovery and formatted user data only . From there it booted right up.
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sorry for the late reply, i just barely got home from work. i just bought myself a 2 gig micro sd card, and the adapter to stick the micro sd card in the bigger sd card. im going to try the update.pkg. unfortunate of me, i tried to do it right away but its low battery just my luck. charging the streak 7 right now.
pyraxiate said:
When you boot your streak, does it still boot into the original rom or does it just freeze on the Dell logo?
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not even, it would boot original rom with the users data still enabled. (the reason i say this is because, the pattern lock is still there) even when i tried the nvflash, it would boot right up to the pattern lock and with the same background she always had.
idea
since i now have an sd card, im going to try the "Restore your DS7" but the only thing thats stopping me is that it requires CWR which i dont have. ill try to work around it since my DS7 is recognized by fastboot and ADB. Also wanted to add another misfortune of mine, she does have debug mode on but fastboot should work rather than ADB. wish me luck.
if anyone has any other suggestions or ideas, please budge in. i dont mind at all. thanks for the help all!
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sorry lufc. thanks for moving. i apologize. just stressed out from real life events. arent we all ? aha. thanks and im sorry once again!
jayjaypops said:
since i now have an sd card, im going to try the "Restore your DS7"
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failed, right when i typed adb devices, it shows my DS7 numbers, but when i type adb shell, i dont get ~# sign back. i get an error: Closed!
here i come nvflash. i shall try you again with the help of "pyraxiate" link he used to restore his DS7. wish me luck!
here i come nvflash. i shall try you again with the help of "pyraxiate" link he used to restore his DS7. wish me luck!
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failed aswell, after double clicking restore.bat, i let it do its own thing, after it pushes p14.img file, it closes the command box right away, so i used an earring to turn off the device, unplugged from the usb, and yet, it still loads up pefectly with the same wallpaper and still the pattern lock... ughh, this is really frustrating!! ;'(
im trying one last step, before i call dell... (i dont even know if they'll replace this since im not the owner or the buyer of the product. unless they will? let me know)
my last step im taking is, im gonna use nvflash again, but this time im gonna use the WIFI DS7 partitions. hopefully it works. please almight lord! *sniff* begging. wish me luck. ill update
and as you already know what im going to say next, if anyone out there has any suggestions, ideas or plans. please help me out. might help others out in the community. thanks so much in advance
Tried to install CWM from market as Galaxy Tab 10.1. The tab is bricked, if you choose to boot into recovery you will get sutck in an endless loop of reboots. With a little effort and connecting the tab to a PC you can get back to the choice menu and enter download mode.
You have been warned!
Bec07 said:
Tried to install CWM from market as Galaxy Tab 10.1. The tab is bricked, if you choose to boot into recovery you will get sutck in an endless loop of reboots. With a little effort and connecting the tab to a PC you can get back to the choice menu and enter download mode.
You have been warned!
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At least its only a soft brick...
Definitely good to know...sorry you went through the hassle to find out.
Thanks for sharing with us, lets hope someone can get a recovery working soon so I can be more dangerous!!!!
Sent from my GT-P7310 using xda premium
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133590
Thanks, downloading now from: http://www.samsung-firmware.de/pxxx_62889641.html
This is the netload folder for the wi-fi version: http://netfolder.in/folder.php?folder_id=VgnYQ90 and the password: samsung-stuff.de
Samfirmware uses awful slow hosts lately.
Just got it today and I really got scared as the boot menu didn't show up anymore (the sammy logo did appear but it was followed by immediate shutdown) I was starting to think I got myself a hard brick
Got it from Amazon.fr, sorry I won't be able to share my firmware anymore...
Bec07 said:
Thanks, downloading now from: http://www.samsung-firmware.de/pxxx_62889641.html
This is the netload folder for the wi-fi version: http://netfolder.in/folder.php?folder_id=VgnYQ90 and the password: samsung-stuff.de
Samfirmware uses awful slow hosts lately.
Just got it today and I really got scared as the boot menu didn't show up anymore (the sammy logo did appear but it was followed by immediate shutdown) I was starting to think I got myself a hard brick
Got it from Amazon.fr, sorry I won't be able to share my firmware anymore...
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Be careful. Sometimes it clears your SD card as well (depending on what exactly you're doing).
To be safe, make a backup of you SD card on your computer.
Only flashed the bootloader from that pack, seems to work!
... more or less. Trying to boot into recovery will restart the tabled, trying to do so from the CWM app will bring you back to the reboot loop...
Bec07 said:
Only flashed the bootloader from that pack, seems to work!
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Sweet bro.
Sure wished I'd seen this message last night.....
Well, now to see if I can fix mine.
-dana
Thanks for finding this trick. I applied it but I moved from soft brick to what I thought was hard brick. Leaving it on the charger for a half hour as I took the dogs for a walk "woke the dead".
Thanks,
-dana
Amateur Geologist said:
Thanks for finding this trick. I applied it but I moved from soft brick to what I thought was hard brick. Leaving it on the charger for a half hour as I took the dogs for a walk "woke the dead".
Thanks,
-dana
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A hard brick is when nothing shows up no matter what. Screen stays black no matter what you do, power button doesnt work, you cant get into any recovery or bootloader or anything..
I was a little iffy to install it...so glad I didn't. Had some issues with it on my GS2..pfft
i think i have bricked mine new P 7500
but there is nothing wrong i did with this device
tab is now in only conecting in APX
NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices
no sign of charging and no light on display
is there any way to recover it back??????????
this is semi or hard bricked?????
How? this thread is meant for the 8.9 tabs...
This topic should be a sticky!
Anyway too late for me, just trying to work out what brick I have. Basically I done the above too but I'm trying to work out what type of brick I've got. I cannot see a charge light when put on charge. I can get to an option for recovery or download but can't get to recovery. I just get a bootloop of powering on as far as the samsung logo before shutting down, or at least the screen going black. I've never connected to computer yet but I think I've found the files I need should it be a soft brick. Any help in getting me through this would be appreciated.
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Bec07 said:
Only flashed the bootloader from that pack, seems to work!
... more or less. Trying to boot into recovery will restart the tabled, trying to do so from the CWM app will bring you back to the reboot loop...
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Hmmm, can someone tell me a little more about this. What files exactly, from that german site? Now I'm confused. Could someone provide a link. I've got a uk unlocked sim free wifi only. And I know its a pita but some guidance on what do do with that file would be a great help
Many thanks
Dunbad said:
This topic should be a sticky!
Anyway too late for me, just trying to work out what brick I have. Basically I done the above too but I'm trying to work out what type of brick I've got. I cannot see a charge light when put on charge. I can get to an option for recovery or download but can't get to recovery. I just get a bootloop of powering on as far as the samsung logo before shutting down, or at least the screen going black. I've never connected to computer yet but I think I've found the files I need should it be a soft brick. Any help in getting me through this would be appreciated.
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Hmmm, can someone tell me a little more about this. What files exactly, from that german site? Now I'm confused. Could someone provide a link. I've got a uk unlocked sim free wifi only. And I know its a pita but some guidance on what do do with that file would be a great help
Many thanks
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Trapped myself in this lobster pot too. Probably hold the record for purchase to soft brick in 10 hrs!
there is a link in second post from op which has the roms and the flashing software (Odin)eunfortunately they only had a 7310 rom when I looked. You need a 7300 rom for your phone to work. Please read as many forums as you can on this first. I ended up flashing an Asian image just to get back on my feet, then ended up flashing overcome and over clocking which works very well. Wish you luck!
same
same thing happened to me .I should of looked here before trying a backup. Used Odin to install this and its all good, and 3.2. megaupload.com/?d=0KYNVV4Z
FYI, I was stupid yesterday and allowed ROM manager to update my recovery partition (it told me there was an update available). Of course the update was for a Tab 10.1 and soft bricked my tab (it went into a boot loop). I recovered by going into download mode and using odin to flash only Tab 8.9 clockwork recovery image.
So, if anyone else bricks their tab by using an incompatible recovery, you should be able to recover back to where you were by just flashing a compatible recovery instead of using a full odin ROM.
I have tried installing EA24 stock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133053) but still Freeze when booting. The error message shown on the picture. I am clueless and need your help.
gtabspring said:
I have tried installing EA24 stock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133053) but still Freeze when booting. The error message shown on the picture. I am clueless and need your help.
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I had a more complicated version of this. couldn't format, couldn't mount, nothing. My tab showed this, I tried flashing several different kernels/roms/cwm, everything, nothing. Actually made it worse. It got to a point where when I powered on, I only got the backlit softkeys. A few times I got a weird image I've never seen before. Something about bad or unknown upload mode (with a little droid in teh corner....should have taken a picture). And finally I would get nothing; HOWEVER, if I plugged my tab into my laptop and gave it a few seconds, ODIN would see it. I could try flashing a kernel, but it would never process, just hang at the first step so....
with the tab plugged into the laptop and ODIN showing a connection, I would hold VOL DOWN + POWER until I see it disconnect (this is evident of a power down since I have no lights to indicate that). Once it disconnects (yellow box disappears) you can let go of POWER but do NOT release VOL DOWN. It will reconnect shortly thereafter. You are now in Download mode (whether or not you actually see anything on the tablet. You can test this theory by flashing something. What fixed it for me? I downloaded firmware from samfirmware.com. Specifically I downloaded JJ7 v2.2 (full file name I used was P1000XWJJ7.rar) I think what made the difference was using all 3 files. I did not use a PIT file, I put P1000XWJJ7-REV03-ALL-CL669843.tar.md5 in the PDA box, MODEM_P1000XXJK5_REV_00_CL690077.tar.md5 for Phone, and GT-P1000-CSC-MULTI-OXXJK2.tar.md5 in CSC. I did NOT check repartition. Now, this was after I had tried several things like flashing PIT by itself, different stock kernels, full ROMs, etc.... This was the final step I took. Now I'm back to normal.
I'd be interested to see if this solves anyone else's problem. I am so thrilled that I just fixed my "bricked" tab (no power, no response, no apparent charging even) that I'm hoping my time and effort can help someone else.
Let us know what happens. I am actually scouring the forums now because I know at least 2 others were having similar problems as I and maybe this will help them as well.
BTW, I did lose EVERYTHING on the internal SD, including all my backups. Thankfully I always made backups to External
P.S. I should mention it is an AT&T (GSM) Tab.
swedishcancerboi said:
I had a more complicated version of this. couldn't format, couldn't mount, nothing. My tab showed this, I tried flashing several different kernels/roms/cwm, everything, nothing. Actually made it worse. It got to a point where when I powered on, I only got the backlit softkeys. A few times I got a weird image I've never seen before. Something about bad or unknown upload mode (with a little droid in teh corner....should have taken a picture). And finally I would get nothing; HOWEVER, if I plugged my tab into my laptop and gave it a few seconds, ODIN would see it. I could try flashing a kernel, but it would never process, just hang at the first step so....
with the tab plugged into the laptop and ODIN showing a connection, I would hold VOL DOWN + POWER until I see it disconnect (this is evident of a power down since I have no lights to indicate that). Once it disconnects (yellow box disappears) you can let go of POWER but do NOT release VOL DOWN. It will reconnect shortly thereafter. You are now in Download mode (whether or not you actually see anything on the tablet. You can test this theory by flashing something. What fixed it for me? I downloaded firmware from samfirmware.com. Specifically I downloaded JJ7 v2.2 (full file name I used was P1000XWJJ7.rar) I think what made the difference was using all 3 files. I did not use a PIT file, I put P1000XWJJ7-REV03-ALL-CL669843.tar.md5 in the PDA box, MODEM_P1000XXJK5_REV_00_CL690077.tar.md5 for Phone, and GT-P1000-CSC-MULTI-OXXJK2.tar.md5 in CSC. I did NOT check repartition. Now, this was after I had tried several things like flashing PIT by itself, different stock kernels, full ROMs, etc.... This was the final step I took. Now I'm back to normal.
I'd be interested to see if this solves anyone else's problem. I am so thrilled that I just fixed my "bricked" tab (no power, no response, no apparent charging even) that I'm hoping my time and effort can help someone else.
Let us know what happens. I am actually scouring the forums now because I know at least 2 others were having similar problems as I and maybe this will help them as well.
BTW, I did lose EVERYTHING on the internal SD, including all my backups. Thankfully I always made backups to External
P.S. I should mention it is an AT&T (GSM) Tab.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I think your version of galaxy tab is different with mine and I am not sure that it will work. I am really desparate for solution. This disaster started when the tab's battery is low and suddenly off and when it's charged and turned on it bricked
Point being, tabs are tabs. You will need to use the same procedure, but a different ROM that is designed for your tablet. Go there and find a ROM. There is a thread about unbricking your tablet, I think in the Android Development section that should have a link to samfirmware.com and may provide you with a ROM version that should work. something that may help: plug your tab into the charger at least overnight. I used the stock charger and cable and charged it for 12 hours or so. I did not get any indication that it was charging since the screen and softkeys would not respond, but it did charge.
Of course, I look back and I think you have an indicator, but still a good idea. Try it anyway. Can't make it worse, eh? Mine seemed hardbricked, but it wasn't. I was real close to taking it apart before I found something that works. I believe, IMO, what really fixed it is flashing ROM (PDA), Modem, and CSC files all at once. It could have been something else, but that was the last thing I did before it finally booted.
Go to samfirmware.com, create a free account, and sign in. Then go here (I think your tab is a P1010, correct?) http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-p1010.htm
and Download this:
1010XWKC1 ## MULTI - CSC - OXXKC1 P1WIFI 2.2.1 2011 March DOWNLOAD
(click on DOWNLOAD)
Unzip that file you just downloaded
Start ODIN
Hold VOL DOWN and plug in tab to computer
I believe 3 files should be in the .rar (you can use 7-zip to open, Google it)
the MODEM file goes in Phone.
the CSC file goes in, you guessed it, CSC
last one is PDA.
I think I just rewrote instructions that can be found in the Galaxy Tab Bible. lol. This is what I would do. It worked for me.
Password for P1000XWJJ7.rar
Gentlemen,
I've downloaded both P1000XWJJ7.rar and P1010XWKC1_OXXKC1 to fix my bricked tab, but both require a password to extract the archives. Does anyone know the password? Has anyone had the same issue? I doubt it, otherwise i think it would have been addressed. Any help is appreciated.
I'm having the same problem were you able to fix it?
jairo_pena said:
Gentlemen,
I've downloaded both P1000XWJJ7.rar and P1010XWKC1_OXXKC1 to fix my bricked tab, but both require a password to extract the archives. Does anyone know the password? Has anyone had the same issue? I doubt it, otherwise i think it would have been addressed. Any help is appreciated.
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try sampro.pl
see if that works.
I too require the passwords to be able to extract these files if someone would be so kind.
Copied straight from SamFirmware.com. It is right at the top of the download page.
try both of these... seems it could be either one of them
## Password is samfirmware.com
# Password is samsung-firmwares.com
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where can i get these files for the sprint version of the tab i believe the model is p100 I don't see it listed on the recommended website
oxbeast1210 said:
where can i get these files for the sprint version of the tab i believe the model is p100 I don't see it listed on the recommended website
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do a quick search of the dev thread for EA24 and you should be able to find the original SPH-P100 files. then you can find the EB28 and EF17 updates as well to get all the way to the official GB release.
tried the suggested file still get the error that the OP got in the first screen
oxbeast1210 said:
tried the suggested file still get the error that the OP got in the first screen
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ok, no one likes a bricked device so let's see what we can do to help you. tell us where you are with your problem. by that i mean what model do you have, what rom were you running, what did you do or try to do that bricked your phone. i'll keep an eye on this thread looking for your response and we'll go from there.
I have the sprint p100 model room was stock rooted gingerbread.
I mailed the Tab to my brother when he got it tab battery was
completely dead and after he charged it and turned it on
he had that error
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thank you very much for helping me!!
can anyone help?
I have the T-Mobile version of this, but here's a guide and download files to recover your stock ROM. You can follow the entire guide if you want the Overcome ROM as well:
Guide:
http://www.teamovercome.net/p1000/?page_id=17
Downloads:
http://www.teamovercome.net/p1000/?page_id=21
Good luck!
NOTE:
Sprint modem is not listed, but you can fix that later. If you can get it to work with this guide & using the last modem file, we can go from there.
gtabspring said:
I have tried installing EA24 stock (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133053) but still Freeze when booting. The error message shown on the picture. I am clueless and need your help.
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try the one on teamovercome . net I have soft bricked mine but it worked after i followed their instructions there..
Has anyone EVER confirmed that overcome work for non GSM tab, for unbricking and CwM functions?
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Hi,
first post here.
Hopefully someone here can help me.
I was trying to flash a JB Rom, when I landed myself in a boot loop.
Now, my predicament is, I do not have the ability to get into recovery or download mode with the button combination.
I am on a Mac, if that adds anything relevant. Right now, my phone is unusable.
Can anyone help?
Thanks very much
Sacha
sanosoke said:
Right now, my phone is unusable.
Can anyone help? Thanks very much
Sacha
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Ok, First remove battery, press power for a min, remove EXT SD card and SIM card and reinsert battery and try for download mode ( you must know how to, if not find out use SGS WIKI here http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series
what are you using on MAC to flash?
xsenman said:
Ok, First remove battery, press power for a min, remove EXT SD card and SIM card and reinsert battery and try for download mode ( you must know how to, if not find out use SGS WIKI here http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Series
what are you using on MAC to flash?
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Thanks xsenman, removing those two things seemed to work! Took me into recovery at least, still seeing if I can make something boot up now.
I use a mac, but I flash just straight on the phone. I know it's risky, but with the SGS and no real working Kies, I was still stuck on 2.1 until a few months ago so I had to take the plunge. Then of course I got hooked. . .
I'll write again if this actually becomes successful
sanosoke said:
Thanks xsenman, removing those two things seemed to work! Took me into recovery at least, still seeing if I can make something boot up now.
I use a mac, but I flash just straight on the phone. I know it's risky, but with the SGS and no real working Kies, I was still stuck on 2.1 until a few months ago so I had to take the plunge. Then of course I got hooked. . .
I'll write again if this actually becomes successful
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just click MY android Collection for KIES ( MAC ) version
I have seem to have found the issue and solution to this problem that many of us have been experiencing. If you have encountered issues like myself, there is a thread dedicated to the description of this problem; MAJOR LAG, RANDOM REBOOTS, the phone won't boot up and goes into a screen where you read:
----Mmc_failed failed boot---
After searching for about a month, it seems to be an internal SD issue. Many have reported to having these issues after they root, others upgrading to the non reversible DOK2 FIRMWARE. Others were stock with out root and had this issue as well.
**THE PARTITION OF THE INTERNAL SD CARD IS CORRUPTED**
Could be corrupted files, that stick to the phone EVEN AFTER ODIN FLASHING STOCK MANY TIMES.
(I Odin 5 times back to back to fix and the partition was still corrupted)
People thought "well, if Odin doesn't work, it's a hardware issue" I thought that myself, and it was not.
My friends, I have found something that has worked for me and would like to share with you guys. I hope this fixes your device like it did mine. I've been so close to throwing this Note 4 against the wall, running it over with my car, or smashing it with a hammer. I had no way to return my device as many have suggested to do because I left T-mobile a while back. Plus, rooting my phone voided my warranty. Yada, yada, yada, let's get into it.
*Since the internal partition to the SD card is messing up, we need to repair it.
**In order for this to work, you will need to be ROOTED.
*Download an app called "AParted SD Card Partition." Hope I don't violate any rules, but here is the link to it on Google Play.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted
Once the app gains root access, you will be brought to the main screen. Click the tab that says tools. Once that screen pops up, you will see
Part 1 FS: fat32 . Size 31914 MB
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Please note that the size to Part 1 may be a different number. That is what mine read.
*You will now click Part 1
*After doing so, at the bottom where it says create, click it and replace it with REPAIR.
*Hit apply, and you're all set.
*Turn off phone, pull battery out for 10 seconds, as well as external SD card and Sim. (They hold small amounts of electric current which may prevent the phone to do a proper boot) I usually hold both volume buttons, power button, home button, and pull the s spen out for 10 seconds simultaneously, then put it all back together and boot up.
*******Also, I used the app to delete the partition, and creating it again to avoid problems from a faulty repair. So if you want to do that, click Part 1. Instead of repair, click delete. Once done, click Part 1 again, then click create. Hit the Fat32, and start it. Once it's created, you shouldn't have issues. In case you're worried, pictures and videos will not be erased.******
I HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH THE DEVELOPER, BUT HE SAVED MY DEVICE WITH THIS APP. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO THANK HIM AND HIT THE LIKE BUTTON IF THIS WORKED FOR YOU AS WELL. LEAVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS BELOW, AND IF YOU SEE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE PROBLEM IN OTHER THREADS, RE- DIRECT THEM TO THIS THREAD.
This is what I got when repairing the partition. You should have a message as well.
um... if they can't start up the device, how are they going to download it from the play store and install to run it? Thanks!
Are you able to go into DOWNLOAD MODE AND FLASH FIRMWARE? I had the Mmc_failed screen and my phone would not turn on until I took everything out the phone; battery, both cards and s pen, then hold all the buttons down.
Try this to reboot like I described up at top.
Turn the phone off. Pull the battery out, s pen out, SD card and SIM CARD.
PRESS AND HOLD ALL HARDWARE BUTTONS FOR 10 SECONDS WITH EVERYTHING OUT THE PHONE. I CLICK ALL THE BUTTONS SEVERAL TIMES TO GET ANY ELECTRIC CURRENT OUT THE PHONE. IT WON'T BOOT UP IF YOU DON'T DO THAT. I'm assuming it messes with the boot up process. Anyways, Re assemble and boot. When I was having this mmc_failed crap, it would take several times doing these steps so that the phone could boot. Don't get frustrated and try again until it boots up. Sometimes it would sit on the NOTE 4 screen, other times it would boot up to the Android logo with the mmc_failed screen. It takes several attempts since the PARTITIONS TO THE SD CARD ARE CORRUPTED. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ODIN FLASH FIRMWARE, FLASH THE FIRMWARE TO HELP YOU BOOT UP. FLASH TWRP, THEN ROM, then you will have root.
If you still get the mmc_ boot after repairing it, erase the partition, and create it again. I updated the guide on top on how to do that. Haven't had a single hiccup or Mmc_failed bs since then. Good luck guys.
Please report back if it worked for you.
I will try this as soon as I can. The t-mobile store I went to was unhelpful and only wanted to sell me a new phone, even though I've only had the phone for 1 yr and 1 week. The problems started 2 weeks ago. Thank you for giving me hope.
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mtran1977 said:
I will try this as soon as I can. The t-mobile store I went to was unhelpful and only wanted to sell me a new phone, even though I've only had the phone for 1 yr and 1 week. The problems started 2 weeks ago. Thank you for giving me hope.
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No problem. Save everything important from your sd card and formatt it. That also helps. Try booting up your phone without your sd card. You know what mmc is? An sd card. Google it. Ive seen corrupt sd cards prevent phones from booting up.
Now I can't turn on the phone to fix like you. This morrning I'n in stock DOK2 and have all of error like you. I flash TWRP and flash cook rom, hope can fix like you. But after flash TWRP succesfull, I'm flash cook rom but the phone turn off and can't turn on. when it turn on, it go in to download mode and notice MMcC read fail. I try many time but it still like that. I use odin to load DOK2 Stock firwame but it FAIL. try many time still FAIL
now I don;t know anything need to do to save my phone. lol
What does it fix??
I tried using this application and the first partition that came up was a 61240 Mb partition. I thought it has to be my external SD card. Then i pulled out the external sd card and ran this application again. This time it did not find any partition.
Is this what its suppose to do? If not can you post a screenshot of your partition list.
Thanks
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Now I can't turn on the phone to fix like you. This morrning I'n in stock DOK2 and have all of error like you. I flash TWRP and flash cook rom, hope can fix like you. But after flash TWRP succesfull, I'm flash cook rom but the phone turn off and can't turn on. when it turn on, it go in to download mode and notice MMcC read fail. I try many time but it still like that. I use odin to load DOK2 Stock firwame but it FAIL. try many time still FAIL
now I don;t know anything need to do to save my phone. lol
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After flashing TWRP AND THE COOKED ROM, TURN OFF THE PHONE. TAKE THE BATTERY OUT....SIM CARD OUT...TAKE THE SD CARD OUT AND THE S PEN PUT.
THEN WITH ALL THAT OUT, PRESS AND HOLD POWER FOR 20 SECONDS. THEN TRY TURNING ON THE PHONE. HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND IT TURNED ON AFTER A FEW TRIES.
U may need tp try to do that a few times until you get it to power on.
This is Kinda confusing, we are talking about the INTERNAL STORAGE here, Right? If so, How on earth an App can Format the Internal Storage while its being used obviously by the OS itself? and How can it NOT erase any Media files? It seems very unrealistic approach? unless we boot the system using external boot device then wipe the affected partition, think "Ultimate Boot CD" or "Hiren" for Windows.
What you are saying is like this: Boot Windows laptop/Desktop normally, then Format C: from within Windows !!!
I know you mentioned REPAIR PARTITION, that would/might be OKAY, but to Re-Create the Partition of the MMC (Internal Storage), this sounds crazy, and not even doable.
Please Shed some more lights into this !
It does not fix internal SD
Willy318is said:
This is Kinda confusing, we are talking about the INTERNAL STORAGE here, Right? If so, How on earth an App can Format the Internal Storage while its being used obviously by the OS itself? and How can it NOT erase any Media files? It seems very unrealistic approach? unless we boot the system using external boot device then wipe the affected partition, think "Ultimate Boot CD" or "Hiren" for Windows.
What you are saying is like this: Boot Windows laptop/Desktop normally, then Format C: from within Windows !!!
I know you mentioned REPAIR PARTITION, that would/might be OKAY, but to Re-Create the Partition of the MMC (Internal Storage), this sounds crazy, and not even doable.
Please Shed some more lights into this !
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If you take out the external SD card, the app does not detect any partition. So this means that we are never fixing the internal memory, just the external one.
rajatkuthiala said:
If you take out the external SD card, the app does not detect any partition. So this means that we are never fixing the internal memory, just the external one.
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So all of this lengthy post and RED Promises are all BS?
I thought so !
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So all of this lengthy post and RED Promises are all BS?
I thought so !
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I am still waiting @notufatjesus to reply.
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I was wondering, could this issue be related to eMMC like they had on earlier galaxy series. These symptoms are pretty much similar.
created new thread with real solution
Ashwin Prabhunerurkar said:
created new thread with real solution
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I have the same problem and also hope have a way to repair this error. Now very difficult to use the phone.lol
Mine works fine
@dannygoround
My hopes went up then got nuked as I read the comments lol