Ok well, I finally did it. Broke my brick cherry. Screen goes black after galaxy S logo pops up. Was running bionix 1.3 w/ KK. Voodoo does not run on my phone. Went back to stock rom to undo tayutama's lag fix. undid it. Rebooted, got a black screen. Went into recobvery and tried to put in Bionix w/ KK, does a half install reboots gets to galaxy s screen and thats it.
I am a bit of a noob, I've flashed a couple of roms gone back and forth with no problems. I am not adb savvy, just figuring out how to get into it and start it up.
Any help appreciated,... will absolutely paypal you for a case of beer for your time and patience. I am cool calm and collected about this, I know it happens, so I should be pretty easy to work with. will definitely take this as a learning experience.
Have you tried using odin to go back to stock. Also you are going to get flamed for posting this in the dev section.
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what is odin, how do I get it and get it cranking
Did you wipe/factory reset? From what I've been told, if you can get to recovery, you are not bricked... so I'd try getting into recovery, and wiping everything clean.
When you reverted to stock did you use Odin or Clockwork recovery?
EDIT: Never mind
delete user data and cache?
i used clockwork
You could also try to flash the file from Eugene's froyo that wont brick. Read the instructions sombionix posted in his original 1.3 post
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That's not a brick. Learn what brink means FCOL
P.S. WRONG FORUM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739091
Read through this post it will explain odin and its fickity nature.
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what is odin, how do I get it and get it cranking
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Download this. It contains everything you need to get back up and running.
1. Make sure phone is off and not plugged into anything.
2. Open Odin
3. Select PIT file
4. Select PDA file
5. Click "Re-Partition" box in Odin
6. Hold volume UP and volume Down while plugging into the computer.
7. Phone will now be in Download mode
8. Odin should show your phone on a COM port (in yellow). If it does not, unplug the phone and plug it back in.
9. Click "Start"
Guys, thank you for your patience and tolerance. I realize wrong forum, torch me. 3.5 seconds of your time to point me in the right direction is worth the hell i'll get. Any other suggestions are welcome, and i promise to post in a more diligent manner next time. Like I said, you guys do great work, I am interested in learning this stuff but its a pretty stiff learning curve.
It is a brick. Although he should have said "soft" brick.
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Just wondering, what is the difference of brick and door stop?
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Guys, thank you for your patience and tolerance. I realize wrong forum, torch me. 3.5 seconds of your time to point me in the right direction is worth the hell i'll get. Any other suggestions are welcome, and i promise to post in a more diligent manner next time. Like I said, you guys do great work, I am interested in learning this stuff but its a pretty stiff learning curve.
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The post directly above yours tells you step by step what to do. Your phone is fine you just gotta ODIN back to stock.
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Just wondering, what is the difference of brick and door stop?
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They are the same thing. Both are intended to mean that the device is dead, absolutely useless, completely broken, might as well throw it in the garbage, etc.
Unfortunately people have mis-used the term "brick" to describe "won't boot", "almost bricked", and "I'm an idiot" so often that it makes me want to punch babies. Luckily there are no babies present.
had the same issue but fixed it... used odin with the stock but it didn't work... tryin every restore in the book... except the Froyo version... low and behold Eugenes Froyo did the trick... it allowed me to install it and then go back to the rom of my choice... in recovery I repeatly got the error with trying to wipe data... after boot the phone would get stuck on a blank screen with the soft key lit... but (ROM) Froyo ~~~That does not Brick! Downgrading Is Fine --eugene373 did the trick... I'm not a noob but I almost called tmo, to do an exchange... Bionix 1.3 is the only rom I have ever had this problem with... It happened when I attempted to change roms via clockwork...
see i'm already learning. One less possible stupid-ass noob post from me. Learned odin, and the difference between brick, soft brick, and a baby punching brick.
Edit: I realize that, hydro, but the sheer volume of genius here, including yours i'm sure, is a lot to sort through. I want to learn, but just looking at all this info there is no good place to start, that I can decipher. Maybe a thread somewhere and how to get started, a learning section that spells it out for idiots like me. Using Odin, adb, etc etc etc. Keeps the noobs off the dev section. Years from now I hope I can been more of a contributor than a leech. Again, very sorry to put you out.
jrkart99 said:
Ok well, I finally did it. Broke my brick cherry. Screen goes black after galaxy S logo pops up. Was running bionix 1.3 w/ KK. Voodoo does not run on my phone. Went back to stock rom to undo tayutama's lag fix. undid it. Rebooted, got a black screen. Went into recobvery and tried to put in Bionix w/ KK, does a half install reboots gets to galaxy s screen and thats it.
I am a bit of a noob, I've flashed a couple of roms gone back and forth with no problems. I am not adb savvy, just figuring out how to get into it and start it up.
Any help appreciated,... will absolutely paypal you for a case of beer for your time and patience. I am cool calm and collected about this, I know it happens, so I should be pretty easy to work with. will definitely take this as a learning experience.
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Your file system has become corrupt. Using Odin, Flash Eugene's 2.2 froyo build then flash back to the stock build. This was the only thing that worked for me.
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see i'm already learning. One less possible stupid-ass noob post from me. Learned odin, and the difference between brick, soft brick, and a baby punching brick.
Edit: I realize that, hydro, but the sheer volume of genius here, including yours i'm sure, is a lot to sort through. I want to learn, but just looking at all this info there is no good place to start, that I can decipher. Maybe a thread somewhere and how to get started, a learning section that spells it out for idiots like me. Using Odin, adb, etc etc etc. Keeps the noobs off the dev section. Years from now I hope I can been more of a contributor than a leech. Again, very sorry to put you out.
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did you even bother checking out the thread with "bible" in it at the top of the forum?
Also, you say you realize this isn't Q&A section.....you realize people would have helped you there without wasting other people's time right?
Posts like this also serve to clutter things up and make it even harder to find stuff as well
come on man, you knew better but you did it anyways
That being said, I'm not a total ****...hope you get it fixed
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Before anyone asks, yes I searched! Looked through numerous pages of crap without any results.
Today, I rooted my Vibrant, and flashed Axura 2.2.7
To be quite frank about it, I hate it. It is slower than my phone was previously, and is slightly annoying to me. After rooting and flashing the custom ROM, I seen all the threads about a supposed OTA update tomorrow. I understand I cannot get the OTA update while on a custom ROM.
With the combo of not being able to receive the OTA (if it happens) and not liking Axura, I'd like to return to stock, but I'm confused!
Could someone point me in the right direction towards returning back to the way my phone was hours ago?
Thanks in advance,
Syko.
Odin would be your best bet use jfd tar file and 512pit file then odin the ji6 tar file all can be found in the developers section, if you would like I can upload said files when I get home.
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Go to the thread "[REF]***Vibrant Directory(Bible)Rev3.0--Important announcement!--***(1/6/2011)***" in Developmental section and get ODIN 1.7 from Useful links category. Also get PIT and PDA file from the "*(ROM) OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN3/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working) --justanothercrowd" from Roms (Odin3) category.
Open ODIN and load the PIT file from the last thread to the PIT input and the PDA file to the PDA input.
Connect phone to computer while in Download mode (I hold volume up and down while plugging USB to do this).
Press Start in ODIN.
Should flash and restore stock.
Thanks for the information!
P.S. - Your links didnt work, but I'll find em!
Also, another quick question.
After doing what you said, do I just reinstall Titanium Backup from the market and reload all my backed up data from the internal_SD?
how can i wipe the internal sd?
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Before anyone asks, yes I searched!
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HAHA yah those stickies can be elusive...
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HAHA yah those stickies can be elusive...
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lol thats what i was thinking, i mean how hard did you search?? honestly
Typical dickheads. Instead of cluttering up a topic with your useless bull****, how about you two give some helpful information to people like others have. There are 600,000+ threads on this website with just under 10 million posts. Sort of hard to weed through **** with nonsense like you two are posting.
Thanks to those who posted the good information.
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Typical dickheads. Instead of cluttering up a topic with your useless bull****, how about you two give some helpful information to people like others have. There are 600,000+ threads on this website with just under 10 million posts. Sort of hard to weed through **** with nonsense like you two are posting.
Thanks to those who posted the good information.
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1. For only your 4th post, youre not off to a good start
2. Yes there is a alot of info buried in these forums, however the stickies that will answer your questions are directly at the top of this forum....its the first thing you will see
3. Bookmark these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
4. What "****" are you trying to weed through that we are "cluttering" up?...this is only the 9th post of the thread....
And here's one for you too, sir.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=747
I bid you adieu.
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And here's one for you too, sir.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=747
I bid you adieu.
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HAHA im not going to get into link-war with you, bud...just watch the stickies, more often than not, the answers are right in front of your face, then you wont have to deal with "typical dickheads"
Confusing
I will say that it is incredibly difficult to get a grasp on this stuff for a newbie, especially flashing, dealing witk kernels, etc. Even though all of this information is contained within stickies, it is still very, very confusing.
You open a stickie and see a bunch of random-colored text - some are links, some aren't. It's much easier to simply ask a question and let an expert respond. Your posts denigrating such a person do nothing but clutter the threads and contribute to an unfriendly environment. Just my 2 cents.
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I will say that it is incredibly difficult to get a grasp on this stuff for a newbie, especially flashing, dealing witk kernels, etc. Even though all of this information is contained within stickies, it is still very, very confusing.
You open a stickie and see a bunch of random-colored text - some are links, some aren't. It's much easier to simply ask a question and let an expert respond. Your posts denigrating such a person do nothing but clutter the threads and contribute to an unfriendly environment. Just my 2 cents.
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im not denying for some people, that it could be confusing.
im not a forum angel believe me hahaha noooo way, however i will say that when i first joined XDA, i was overwhelmed with information too, but i kept with it and did my own research, because the few times i asked questions i either got flamed, or no one answered at all. so i stopped asking, and started researching.
also, you have to understand, that even though there are probably some people who get legitimately confused and overwhelmed...everyone knows that the majority of people who ask questions are simply being lazy. IM NOT SAYING THATS WHAT ANYONE HERE IS DOING, but im just saying its a fact. People want answers, not research.
so when someone says "i searched but couldnt find anything", but the stickies are right at the top of the page. theres nothing in that statement the indicates he looked at the stickie, or found his information, but is still having trouble understanding. thats why he was pounced on a little (not even that badly btw haha, ive seen muuuuuuch worse)
if you read something that you dont understand, post a link and point out what you dont understand about it....that way no one can challenge you. pre-emptive strikes!!!
Fair enough.
So, since you seem to know your way around this stuff, could you advise me on something?
I flashed my first ROM the other day (Axura 2.2.6) after reading a lot on this site. Now that T-MO is set to release official Froyo, I am not sure what to do. I really do not know if I want to go back to stock and get the official 2.2, because won't that put all the T-Mo bloatware back on my device? Plus, I figure that once the de3vs get access to the 2.2 source, their 2.2 ROMs will be bettee than the official one anyway. Your thoughts? Should I just sit tight? Thanks in advance.
Having an issue with this now.
-Downloaded the .PIT file and the .TAR (PDA?) file from the sticky.
-Loaded ODIN3 v1.70.
-Put each file in its appropriate spot
-Put phone into download mode
-Hit Start on ODIN
And nothing happened, other than ODIN saying this immediately.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
The boxes Re-Partition, Auto Reboot, and Reset time are all 3 checked when I opened ODIN. No others are.
PHONE, CSC, Etc., and Dump input lines are all empty.
What went wrong?
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Forgot to add, I downloaded VooDoo Toggle before doing any of this, and turned VooDoo OFF, rebooted phone and successfully got the "Voodoo Disabled" voice from the phone
Getting desperate. To me this phone is junk now. I've never experienced any negative things running it all stock with just a simple root done. Always heard, and I suppose "expected" ROMS to run faster, and just flat out, this one does not.
I've tried redoing the sequences told to in ODIN three times now all with the same results. End up having to pull the plug, pop the battery out, and allow it to reboot again.
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Getting desperate. To me this phone is junk now. I've never experienced any negative things running it all stock with just a simple root done. Always heard, and I suppose "expected" ROMS to run faster, and just flat out, this one does not.
I've tried redoing the sequences told to in ODIN three times now all with the same results. End up having to pull the plug, pop the battery out, and allow it to reboot again.
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Are you 100% sure you have the correct drivers installed? And you are in download mode ?
Try using the drivers from this source. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929 use the links provided in the first post.
This sticky should have just about everything you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
PM me if you have any questions, I may be slow on the response as I am going to be leaving for work soon.
meh I bricked it. Woke up still in download mode and Odin unchanged from where I left it. Pulled the cord, and pulled the battery. when powered back up I got the "Phone ! Computer" display.
I think ODIN hung up on my mom's laptop that I was using (Constantly happens..) So Im in the process of downloading all the files needed on my desktop. Stupid JFD file takes forever to download =\
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Fair enough.
So, since you seem to know your way around this stuff, could you advise me on something?
I flashed my first ROM the other day (Axura 2.2.6) after reading a lot on this site. Now that T-MO is set to release official Froyo, I am not sure what to do. I really do not know if I want to go back to stock and get the official 2.2, because won't that put all the T-Mo bloatware back on my device? Plus, I figure that once the de3vs get access to the 2.2 source, their 2.2 ROMs will be bettee than the official one anyway. Your thoughts? Should I just sit tight? Thanks in advance.
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SIT TIGHT.
trustm e.
the new froyo is NOT worth it.
its laggier than the 2.1 we have.
theres about 5% more bloatware added.
mostly, the whole thing sucks right now.
wait a while, till devs make their own roms better using this, but heres one you can use thats pretty fast currently, and is stock, but modified with no bloatware etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924209
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meh I bricked it. Woke up still in download mode and Odin unchanged from where I left it. Pulled the cord, and pulled the battery. when powered back up I got the "Phone ! Computer" display.
I think ODIN hung up on my mom's laptop that I was using (Constantly happens..) So Im in the process of downloading all the files needed on my desktop. Stupid JFD file takes forever to download =\
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if odin is freezing a bunch, try a different version.
as for me, i use older ones because the new ones just do not work.
find a version that works, and do not update it.
I'm hoping someone can help me, and I may need led thru steps.
I came from an x2, which I had managed to root, install recovery, and flashed and changed several ROMs, all successfully.
On my rezound however, I'm kinda stuck. I unlocked it, using the htc instructions and links, and rooted using zerg. I apparently don't have, and never have had recovery. Originally I just couldn't go any farther as far as gaining recovery or flashing roms, would get an error message and it would go to reboot. I don't know what I did 2 nights ago, but how whatever I do from the boot screen, I get an immediate haptic response, and it goes right to the white htc screen, where it is locked until I pull the battery. I've even tried to do factory resets, and it asks the prompt questions, but eventually it just reboots to the locked htc screen, until I pull the battery. Then it will reboot normally, but nothing was wiped.
I'm not totally inept, on the phone or the computer, but I'm definitely still a noob, but I really want to learn this stuff, the customization possibilities are the main reason I got the rezound.
I would appreciate some patient assistance from some of you knowledgeable folks!
Thanks in advance! Scott
Try using scott's cleanflash tool. It will flash recovery for you. It will also flash the boot.img (kernel) when you flash a custom ROM.
Sounds like you have fastboot checked in the settings.
If you really want to learn more about flashing, do yourself a huge favor and read up on ADB and fastboot. There's a few really good guides on them you can find by searching the forums, and knowing the basic commands will save you quite a bit of hassle vs. constantly doing battery pulls.
update..getting worse
thanks to the 3 of u who tried to help so far, i have tried some of your advice, but now my phone is basically non-functional, with constant reboots. it wont even allow me to do a hard reset. i tried it thru settings, when i could access them, and thru the "battery pull and buttons method". it confirms the reset, and goes thru the motions, but when i reboot it...everything is the same...including my problem. i need a functioning phone, does anyone know how i can go about putting my x2 back into service?
i know a lot of people on here probably figure i'm getting what i deserve, but if it comes down to it i will run over it with my car and get an insurance replacement. i really want to learn how to do this stuff, but without the background or any help, maybe i AM too "stoopid" Thanks Scott
Are you able to connect to your pc with it so you can use adb or RUU?
Not that I'm going to be the one with the answer to your problems, but maybe you can post exactly what you did that got you messed up in the first place because your post is a little confusing and it would help people who really know this stuff figure out what happened and how to fix it. Looks like you rooted and then did you ever flash a recovery?
ifyou would like hell free to shoot me your gtalk if you have one and I'll gladly help you out, got no plans tonight so I can help at whatever point you see this that also goes for anybody else having issues!
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i appreciate it!
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ifyou would like hell free to shoot me your gtalk if you have one and I'll gladly help you out, got no plans tonight so I can help at whatever point you see this that also goes for anybody else having issues!
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Ty wolf...and I very likely will take you up on your kind offer very soon! I was away all afternoon and evening today.
I did get out of the bootlooping mess I had earlier, I found a related post on droid forums, posted by malkavian under the title "continuous rebooting". The fix involved removing the sim card and typing in a code, and it fixed my most pressing problem.
I still have big problems though, I can't do anything from the boot/recovery screen, it goes right to the white htc screen and locks until I pull the battery. Also, I have tried several times to do hard resets, and those don't work either. I hope to talk to you soon...and thanks in advance! Scott
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Hey folks, sorry to bother you all but all input would be greatly appreciated. I'm rather unfamiliar with android flashing and kernels, and have spent the last 8 hours trying to figure this out to no avail.
Following this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070) (section 5) guide on how to get back to stock gingerbread on my phone (after a few partially failed attempts flashing other roms), I was using Odin, had the .pit 2.2 as well as CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5 loaded into the program and left it running. About 20 mins in, the phone stopped progressing and I started to get concerned. After two hours, I powered down the phone and proceeded to reattempt the flash. This is when things got weird. My phone was unable to enter the Download Mode and instead showed Android system recovery when plugged in, or a black screen with a phone and a computer, with arrows between when not plugged in. The weirdest part is that the phone no longer recognized vol+ or the power button when in Android Recovery, and could only vol- to go down the menu, then was stuck at the bottom of the list.
I've searched everywhere on this site, and google to try and come up with a solution.
When pluggin into the computer, I hear a connection sound, but the device is not recognized by Odin. Pressing the running a blind vol+ and vol-, then a vol- to hope Odin recognizes the device, as pointed out in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764022) thread, resulted in nothing. Holding vol- while pluggin in the usb cable, doesn't show the download mode. All of the steps in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746) thread proved futile, as most of them required download mode anyways.
I'm going to keep searching and keep you posted as things come. Your help as always will be greatly appreciated!
Edit: Things just got weirder... After a few more attempts at making this work, I'm now getting an "Unable to charge non-supported battery. See user manual." With this error, I'm not able to get into Android Recovery anymore. More searching...
Edit 2: AFAIK I'm gonna need a jig. Anyone confirm?
Edit 3: Got a jig, Download Mode working, all is well. Please remove this thread, or leave it for other noob flashers to see.
Hey Folks, its been a while since I last posted in this forum, but I ran into a pretty serious issue earlier this evening. I was attempting to flash CM9 to my T959D and was running into tonnes of trouble. Throughout my attempts I was restoring back to stock rom, kernel and bootloader. During one of these restores, Odin froze in Win 7. Since then I've been unable to detect any form of life from the phone. It simply sits in a black screen. Holding the vol down while booting, blind vol up and down cable inserting, using my Jig and inserting the cable/battery in various orders results in nothing. The most I hear is a device failure to connect sound in Windows with no sign of life in Odin.
What can I do?
Someone posted stating leaving the battery out for multiple days would reset something on the motherboard, allowing me to get into download mode. Though I was hoping to have this resolved tonight. I realize that there aren't many people left with these phones, but I hope someone has a solution to this.
I'm going to be installing ubuntu tonight on an older desktop in a effort to resolve this. Though my experience with it is very limited, and success is unknown.
NOT GOOD... You should wait and see if others have a better solution, but Unbrickable Mod may be your only option.
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NOT GOOD... You should wait and see if others have a better solution, but Unbrickable Mod may be your only option.
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Thats not good to hear. Well, I was snooping around looking for someone who could solder this for me, to no avail. My soldering skills are non existent. The most I fixed was a door bell, and I did a terrible job. I won't be able to get my hands on a soldering iron until tomorrow, is it worth trying?
I have located someone who can do a jtag on this model but have a few questions in regards to this:
Since my bootloader was corrupted, would the jtag service put a new bootloader on?
Would it prevent the same thing from happening again?
Are jtags designed on a per-phone basis?
Since there is a telus fascinate T959D as well as a verizon fascinate, and both phones are completely different, would I need to make sure the jtag is meant for this phone?
Is there anything I need to be made aware of before doing this that I haven't mentioned?
I've haven't had any experience with JTAG, but I've heard Unbrickable Mod is preferable. If you're looking for someone who can solder, check out your local RC/hobby store. If that fails, check out an electronics store, though it may take some searching to find one.
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TheMegosh said:
Thats not good to hear. Well, I was snooping around looking for someone who could solder this for me, to no avail. My soldering skills are non existent. The most I fixed was a door bell, and I did a terrible job. I won't be able to get my hands on a soldering iron until tomorrow, is it worth trying?
I have located someone who can do a jtag on this model but have a few questions in regards to this:
Since my bootloader was corrupted, would the jtag service put a new bootloader on?
Would it prevent the same thing from happening again?
Are jtags designed on a per-phone basis?
Since there is a telus fascinate T959D as well as a verizon fascinate, and both phones are completely different, would I need to make sure the jtag is meant for this phone?
Is there anything I need to be made aware of before doing this that I haven't mentioned?
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Make sure you use the stock Samsung cable see if you can reinstall the drivers hook it into the computer and hold volume down if you can get any type of signal from the phone your good.
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I've haven't had any experience with JTAG, but I've heard Unbrickable Mod is preferable. If you're looking for someone who can solder, check out your local RC/hobby store. If that fails, check out an electronics store, though it may take some searching to find one.
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Hey no offence but stop telling everyone on the street they need too soljeir there phone with unbrickable mod before they can fix I'm tired of having too calm the person down after you said they have too open up the phone its utter bull****. 1 out of 10 soft bricks you may need it I've been without download mode and fixed mine just fine.
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An update:
Took my phone in to get the jtag service... He said some of my partitions were corrupted, one of which was the boot layer. He put a new bootloader on, and showed it could be placed back into recovery and download mode, but when I got home the device was even more dead than when I left; no device failed to connect sound in windows, just nothing. I'm taking it back to him in a week after exams to get this resolved. Maybe the battery has reached the end of its life...? I checked it with a volt meter, and it had 3v+ so I really don't know.
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As bbrad pointed out, there may be other solutions, and my answer could be totally wrong, but if even your bootloader is cooked, Unbrickable Mod may be your only hope. Since UM affects startup code literally hardwired into the chip, it should work as long as the JTAG doesn't interfere.
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Another update. So apparently I flashed a bootloader from another phone, which royally screwed up the partition, kernel and mounted drives. The technician managed to get the original bootloader, kernel and rom on the phone and everything is working from stock again.
Why on earth is the 959d Telus version such a pain in the ass to customize?
Is there anyone on here that uses a 959d that can direct me to a proper method to leaving stock? Before this entire situation I had vodoo kernel on, with cwm, but every time I flashed a kernel it would hang on reboot and either sit on a black or white screen. In a lot of cases I would flash in cwm, reboot, then I would be brought back to cwm as if there was no rom on the phone at all, no matter what I formatted and wiped.
When I'm not on my phone I can link all of the guides I've tried that leave me back where I started. So I re flash back to stock using Odin.
At the end of the day, I have to ask, is it really worth it in the end? I've rooted and flashed many roms on other phones but have never run into as many problems as with this fascinate t959d
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After scouring for two days I am just giving up and asking for help. Here is what happened. I have a At&t Galaxy Note. It was rooted but very glitchy. Kept shutting off, weird lines going through the screen, my camera didnt work. I know for that process I did TWRP and cyanogenmod. I went back to att stock from a forum found here. After I did that I had no google apps anywhere. SO my brother found some gapps.zip thing. He put it on my phone after I had restored back to a previous version that did have them. Now my phone wont stay on for longer than a minute. I cant get it to recognize on my computer. So I cant even try to get into it to see if I can fix anything. Everytime I conntect it, a message pops up that says that it cannot install MTP... Even if I restore again, as I have tried. It is still not letting me use it. Then my brother decided to re root it I guess. And that is all well and fine but i still cant use my phone. I saw something about a .zip that removes gapps but I havent been able to use that as my phone just wont install it in recovery mode. Can someone please please help me!!!!
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After scouring for two days I am just giving up and asking for help. Here is what happened. I have a At&t Galaxy Note. It was rooted but very glitchy. Kept shutting off, weird lines going through the screen, my camera didnt work. I know for that process I did TWRP and cyanogenmod. I went back to att stock from a forum found here. After I did that I had no google apps anywhere. SO my brother found some gapps.zip thing. He put it on my phone after I had restored back to a previous version that did have them. Now my phone wont stay on for longer than a minute. I cant get it to recognize on my computer. So I cant even try to get into it to see if I can fix anything. Everytime I conntect it, a message pops up that says that it cannot install MTP... Even if I restore again, as I have tried. It is still not letting me use it. Then my brother decided to re root it I guess. And that is all well and fine but i still cant use my phone. I saw something about a .zip that removes gapps but I havent been able to use that as my phone just wont install it in recovery mode. Can someone please please help me!!!!
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wow. the first few sentences were making sense, then you just lost it grammar wise and lost me. it would have helped knowing what ROM was on your phone. from symptoms it sounds as if t was a 4.2 ROM with no GAPPS and some serious OC/UV issues.
but you lost me with your English and the "TWRP and CYANOGENMOD thingy" i know what they are obviously, but what you did with them is a HUGE guessing game. one person not knowing what they are doing is bad enough, but two of you.......... cant do that man. kind of like masturbating with someone elses hand man. who cleans up the mess.
absolute clean slate is going to be you best option in my opinion. the "Super Everything Thread" is going to be your new best friend.
read it, live it, learn it......................understand it. put yourself in position to help yourself first.
tutorals on YOUTUBE can help too.
can you get DOWNLOAD MODE?
do you have ODIN?
do you have PDA/ TAR files you need?
you may need to re-install the DRIVERS for phone on computer
there is a glossary in Super thread, that is why i capped these words. key points and things you need to do. its a marathon not a sprint.
go slow, one step at time, understand what you are doing. even rehearse it, i did. be confident in what you are doing. make sure you have files for I717.
read the OP's for ROM's
some need GAPPS (4.2) and some don't (4.1.2) or Touchwiz
the new 4.3 will also need GAPPS and there are 4.2 and 4.3 GAPPS. again make sure you have right files. all the more reason to take your time.
and uh, don't just let someone flash whatever on your phone, that's how you get a BRICK.
good luck and let us know.
if i have stated anything wrong, someone else will be buy to correct.
nothing wrong with how i am telling, others just may have shortcuts.
what you do with it is up to you, i just like to understand what i am doing, cause i will have to fix it.
but keep us posted
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wow. the first few sentences were making sense, then you just lost it grammar wise and lost me. it would have helped knowing what ROM was on your phone. from symptoms it sounds as if t was a 4.2 ROM with no GAPPS and some serious OC/UV issues.
but you lost me with your English and the "TWRP and CYANOGENMOD thingy" i know what they are obviously, but what you did with them is a HUGE guessing game. one person not knowing what they are doing is bad enough, but two of you.......... cant do that man. kind of like masturbating with someone elses hand man. who cleans up the mess.
absolute clean slate is going to be you best option in my opinion. the "Super Everything Thread" is going to be your new best friend.
read it, live it, learn it......................understand it. put yourself in position to help yourself first.
tutorals on YOUTUBE can help too.
can you get DOWNLOAD MODE?
do you have ODIN?
do you have PDA/ TAR files you need?
you may need to re-install the DRIVERS for phone on computer
there is a glossary in Super thread, that is why i capped these words. key points and things you need to do. its a marathon not a sprint.
go slow, one step at time, understand what you are doing. even rehearse it, i did. be confident in what you are doing. make sure you have files for I717.
read the OP's for ROM's
some need GAPPS (4.2) and some don't (4.1.2) or Touchwiz
the new 4.3 will also need GAPPS and there are 4.2 and 4.3 GAPPS. again make sure you have right files. all the more reason to take your time.
and uh, don't just let someone flash whatever on your phone, that's how you get a BRICK.
good luck and let us know.
if i have stated anything wrong, someone else will be buy to correct.
nothing wrong with how i am telling, others just may have shortcuts.
what you do with it is up to you, i just like to understand what i am doing, cause i will have to fix it.
but keep us posted
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Im sorry, Im just really frustrated. My phone was working fine yesterday and now its a very expensive paperweight. And not only that but Im having problems with my laptop. Apparently the hard drive just went clonkers for no reason and now I have to put in a new one. Yes I can get into download mode. Yes I have Odin. Yes I have the PDA/TAR files. I made sure everything was for the sgh i717. I read each process ten times before I did it. I installed my drivers from the Samsung website. I think my problem is that the internal sd card isnt being recognized. When I go into recovery mode, which is CMW btw, it gives me an eemc 07 error message and says it cant mount. When I can get my phone to stay on long enough for thecpu to recognize it it doesnt say sd card just phone memory. I will be sure to read the super everything thread. As for a ROM there isnt one on here. If I try to put one one it wont install and keeps saying that eemc 07 error message. Thanks for responding. Im spiraling in self-pity right now but im determined to get my phone back.
If you get it back to stock, do a complete erase/format, and your still having all these glitches, there's a good chance there's hardware issues. Especially if your not able to see the external SD card etc.
If your the original owner (I.E. you got it from a dealer with a plan), and you can get your counter reset to 0 on stock with these issues still showing up, it might be easiest to take it in and get a replacement. That is, if you have a warranty option available.
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If you get it back to stock, do a complete erase/format, and your still having all these glitches, there's a good chance there's hardware issues. Especially if your not able to see the external SD card etc.
If your the original owner (I.E. you got it from a dealer with a plan), and you can get your counter reset to 0 on stock with these issues still showing up, it might be easiest to take it in and get a replacement. That is, if you have a warranty option available.
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Its not the external sd but the internal one. Its just gone... I know that this is the problem at this point. But I have no idea how to resolve that issue. I have no idea where it is or how to get it back. I have been on xda and droidforums for an extreme amount of time trying to find a solution but nothing going. The only way I have seen to reset my counter is to use triangle away. As I cannot even use my phone due to freezing and restarting I cannot even install that app. I am hoping that one person in the wide world has had this problem and fixed it and will read this and tell me how to fix it.
Status 7 means you need to update you recovery
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Thanks for all the help. Took it it AT&T. Now my phone is working properly if a slight bit laggy. But at least its working.
luvpudds said:
Thanks for all the help. Took it it AT&T. Now my phone is working properly if a slight bit laggy. But at least its working.
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so where are you at then?
what does your phone show as running?
settings/about phone
are you just going to leave it or are you still going to pursue customizing?
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so where are you at then?
what does your phone show as running?
settings/about phone
are you just going to leave it or are you still going to pursue customizing?
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I'm running 4.1.2 now. I will not be customizing like that for some time. I might think about it later but I'm so glad to have it back I'm just going to enjoy it for awhile.
luvpudds said:
I'm running 4.1.2 now. I will not be customizing like that for some time. I might think about it later but I'm so glad to have it back I'm just going to enjoy it for awhile.
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you know, something going wrong with mine was my biggest worry. when I decide to screw something up, I can really screw something up. so I was very hesitant. it probably took me 2-3 months to get the courage to flash. but that was most likely a good thing. it made me be very thorough in the process.
all I am saying is don't let it completely discourage you. you have time.
glad you got phone back, I know it can be a bit of a scary thing. I have come across an issue or two myself and actually surprised myself by fixing myself. actually a pretty good feeling.
anyway, stick around, there are some pretty amazing folks here.
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one person not knowing what they are doing is bad enough, but two of you.......... cant do that man. kind of like masturbating with someone elses hand man. who cleans up the mess.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:
Rofl. Now I have a completely different vision when I see captemo advise a full wipe to someone.
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
Rofl. Now I have a completely different vision when I see captemo advise a full wipe to someone.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5HJGuyBfx8
Well I think we just lost our "FamilyFriendly" label.
rangercaptain said:
Well I think we just lost our "FamilyFriendly" label.
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Well at least our PG-13 rating anyway. Tell me it wasn't pretty funny though
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rangercaptain said:
Well I think we just lost our "FamilyFriendly" label.
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I don't know ... They looked like they were pretty friendly.....for family
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So, I decided to stick with stock and what do I get? A phone that randomly stops working like I flashed a custom rom on it :X
All jokes and the sad situation aside, when plugged in i can get the Download Mode to stay open (else it closes after 3sec when not plugged in), figured I would try and flash the Stock Kernel to try and recover some of my app data but can only get to download mode so cant use recovery!
Can someone throw together an Odin flash-able Stock 4.1.2 Galaxy Note i717 Kernel together for me? Id like to try that before I outright flash over the entire rom through Odin!
Thanks!
Hammerfest said:
So, I decided to stick with stock and what do I get? A phone that randomly stops working like I flashed a custom rom on it :X
All jokes and the sad situation aside, when plugged in i can get the Download Mode to stay open (else it closes after 3sec when not plugged in), figured I would try and flash the Stock Kernel to try and recover some of my app data but can only get to download mode so cant use recovery!
Can someone throw together an Odin flash-able Stock 4.1.2 Galaxy Note i717 Kernel together for me? Id like to try that before I outright flash over the entire rom through Odin!
Thanks!
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ok, I read that you have seemingly more than ample experience here o XDA, so I want to give you the respect that is due, however you post is a wee bit confusing. maybe that's due to a lack of some other information.
let me ask a few questions.
is this phone new to you?
can you get to about phone info? what does it say?
I don't understand you download mode information..........
if you were trying t flash stock kernel, then your not on stock?
if you are on stock, then you HAVE stock kernel?
what recovery are you supposed to have?
no offense meant, but you HAVE pressed VOL UP & DOWN and POWER until vibe and logo then releasing POWER for download mode right?
again no offense, but sometimes the simplest things right.......
captemo said:
ok, I read that you have seemingly more than ample experience here o XDA, so I want to give you the respect that is due, however you post is a wee bit confusing. maybe that's due to a lack of some other information.
let me ask a few questions.
is this phone new to you?
can you get to about phone info? what does it say?
I don't understand you download mode information..........
if you were trying t flash stock kernel, then your not on stock?
if you are on stock, then you HAVE stock kernel?
what recovery are you supposed to have?
no offense meant, but you HAVE pressed VOL UP & DOWN and POWER until vibe and logo then releasing POWER for download mode right?
again no offense, but sometimes the simplest things right.......
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None taken been around the block a few times...
As for the phone, its basically in need of replacement by my thoughts, but I wanted to try and salvage some of my app data files:
WITHOUT the power plugged in, the unit does nothing but vibrate when I press the VOL Down, and any other key combos do not make the unit respond either.
When I remove the battery, then hold the VOL Down button... down... then put the battery back in, the unit will start in "Download mode" but even if I leave it on the screen or hit the up arrow to continue, after a few seconds it just shuts off and wont stay on.
However when I remove the battery, then hold the VOL Down, then plug in the adapter, it boots into download mode and doesnt shut off after a few moment's (however it wont start normally when I plug it in, just eternally vibrate).
The unit is an AT&T Variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note, specifically just the SGH-i717
The unit was/is running STOCK ROM+Kernel
I was making the request for the Stock Kernel for an Odin flash because when I had the Stock 4.0.4 I had a very identical situation occur (the difference being back then I could get and stay in download mode without using the power adapter) and used the Stock Odin Kernel from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330
To get back into the unit and continue on without issue.
So the core of my post remains the same I need an Odin flash-able Stock AT&T 4.1.2 i717 kernel
*Your right, been here a while, I have tried again and again to grasp doing my own builds and all that other stuff when it comes to development and "do it yourself" and while I can fix a computer, build one, troubleshoot one, when it comes to Code... I am SO lost without a cause its not funny, so making the kernel file for myself is like asking me to walk on water when I am perfectly able to swim laps around someone who is ...
Sounds like you more than likely have a bad battery or a stuck power button. Mine had stuck on two separate occasions and just sits there vibrating and can't get it to boot or anything. Since I'm pretty sure you are out of warranty you can take a small screw driver and guitar pick to take it apart and use a little rubbing alcohol to clean the button.
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kind of with RQUIETT............
after reading more detailed post, the first thing that came to my head was the stuck power button issue which has plagued many.
the battery, I have seen many have that too.
I am definitely not he brainpan to just whip up a kernel like it were a batch of cookies or something, I am still just curious as to why you keep going on about just the kernel, but to each there own.
good luck and keep us posted
captemo said:
kind of with RQUIETT............
after reading more detailed post, the first thing that came to my head was the stuck power button issue which has plagued many.
the battery, I have seen many have that too.
I am definitely not he brainpan to just whip up a kernel like it were a batch of cookies or something, I am still just curious as to why you keep going on about just the kernel, but to each there own.
good luck and keep us posted
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if you are still curious then you failed to read my last post... reading not required I guess
Ill check the power button, but it definitely doesn't feel stuck, gives the wonderfully audible click still (been in an otterbox the whole time), I also had the local AT&T store order me a replacement battery, if not Insurance claim it will be.
Random thought, the thing that doesnt add up is that if its a stuck power button, then it would STILL turn off when plugged in to the AC/PC, which it doesnt... but Im willing to give it a try because If fear they will try and replace my wonderful 16:10 screen with a ****ty 16:9 one... (sorry, for all the wow of the GN2, its to NARROW for my use)
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if you are still curious then you failed to read my last post... reading not required I guess
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if anyone reads around here it is me, and I think its ok for me not to understand what needing a kernel alone is going to do for you. you came cross to me as a little harsh at someone who is trying to help and little demanding to expect someone to drop what they are doing just whip up a file for you flash in Odin.
I never claim to know everything here, and again, many times what I have to say (right or wrong) will spark someone else to chime in with a more educated answer.
but hey glad to try and help you anyway
My power button never felt stuck when it was. It did a lot of what you described when it did. Sometimes you can take it out of the case and tap on the back and it will free it up
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captemo said:
if anyone reads around here it is me, and I think its ok for me not to understand what needing a kernel alone is going to do for you. you came cross to me as a little harsh at someone who is trying to help and little demanding to expect someone to drop what they are doing just whip up a file for you flash in Odin.
I never claim to know everything here, and again, many times what I have to say (right or wrong) will spark someone else to chime in with a more educated answer.
but hey glad to try and help you anyway
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Ill go ahead and post again what I posted before (again):
"""The unit is an AT&T Variant of the Samsung Galaxy Note, specifically just the SGH-i717
The unit was/is running STOCK ROM+Kernel
I was making the request for the Stock Kernel for an Odin flash because when I had the Stock 4.0.4 I had a very identical situation occur (the difference being back then I could get and stay in download mode without using the power adapter) and used the Stock Odin Kernel from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1506330
To get back into the unit and continue on without issue."""
I have also made bold and increased the size of the "confusing" subject matter answer for you.
Also pretty sure I never asked anyone to drop what they where doing either.
@rquiett: thanks, I will go ahead and try and disassemble it and see if thats the case, they wont be processing any claims requests until Tuesday anyway, weird stuff as its the first time I have left the Phone Stock since FJ's rom's.(the irony of a phone having an issue while on stock when I normally flash everything with a custom rom does NOT escape me)
your welcome
I blame Samsung then since you are on stock
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