OK to get started a little background, I was very deep into rooting and roms on my original droid, so I do know a lot of the basics. I got the fascinate in last october, dropped it and cracked the screen in december at that point I decided what could I really do to the phone hacking thats worse than physical damage, so I started using Odin and flashing the risky froyo files that were out then. I dont remember which one, did one and the phone started saying -e:cant mount /dev/blockst111. Ive tried the i500 vzw stock recovery.tar and the modem and something else of those files through odin to no avail. Im trying to do all of this recovery stuff from afghanistan also. When I try to use those files through odin it always says invalid hash value. file download is almost impossible here but I was able to get the 2.2 atlas .pit and CI500_VZW_ED05_FROYO_REL.tar (1).md5 from another marine. please help oh and I dont have the stock cable out here either. Thanks for any help guys.
I got it ! sorry for the cry for help but all I had to do was mod the file name and voila there it was.
Glad you got it fixed. Watch yours and each others backs over there and come home safely.
Brwnsuperman has all files to stock and gingerbread upgrade if you ever need fix again.
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My Vibrant dropped a couple days ago and went on the frits. USB wont stop flashing and then it would freeze when it slept for more that 5 min. Took it to Tmo and they ordered a replacement. So while its in the mail I decided to root and try and fix the prob. Flashed Bionix 1.6 via Rom Manager after the 1click root method. Now Im trying to get everything back to stock b4 I have to send this phone back to Asurion. I tried using eugene's Stock JI5 & Jack's Stock OC/UV Kernel but for some reason Clockwork was being a pain. So I Moved the file to the external sd and renamed it update.zip. Hit "Flash update.zip file from sd card" and then rebooted. Looks to be stock now but I want to be sure so I took a screenshot and I was wondering if any1 can tell me wether or not its all the stock info before I Unroot and send it to Asurion. Oh in case ur wondering I tried looking up all the stock info or at least for a stock "About Phone" screenshot and had no luck. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Looks stock to me. (you edited and added the picture, i was being a smartass)
so i edited too...
They won't look that far into it.
dude will glance at it and throw it in a box... if you UPS it back they will never hunt you down, even if you sent them a rooted one.
but a stock phone probably won't have JI6 / JI5 on it yet.
use the original ODIN to go back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
You know everybody is going to tell you that you should have posted in the QnA section especially when you gonna put a [Q] in front of your title. Anyways, here is the link that will get you back to how your phone was shipped to you.
Stock will look like T959UVJFD in baseband version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
If you don't understand anything in that first post then ask somebody for help in the QnA section before you post in the Dev section again.
dont know much about odin but i get the impression it needs to be hooked up via usb which im still having problems with. I figured they wouldnt look much into it because I sent them a bricked G1 b4 and never heard anything back about it. Just tryin to cover my ass cuz u never really know i guess.
as the as asking a question in the dev section ur probably right. i just figured i get a quicker more educated answer here. Plus I wasnt event thinking about that when I posted it. I'll be sure to post in the right section next time. Thanks for the help.
ok so I'm trying to use odin with no prior experience and this is what I got. I did what the thread said and now odin is stuck on file analysis. I ended up pulling the plug and retried it twice with about 20min between each pull. I read on a few threads that odin 1.00 likes to hang. does this sound like its what its doing?
so i bricked my phone. fortunately though i was able to recover it. the question i have is, there was not a rom for my carrier i.e. cellsouth but there was one for another network(verizon), so i used that. btw my phone is a samsung showcase which is almost identical to the fascinate so i have no problems with it except seeing verizon as the network when i boot up or lock the screen. also when i check to see which carrier i'm on by dialing 611, i get cellsouth. i just dont want to incur any fees i dont know about,so im asking if there are any dangers using a rom from a different network???
No I do not believe that there is between cell south and verizon. I had a hero that ran on a sprint rom then my last phone was a milestone that I was using roms that where for the moto droid from verizon. But can I ask how you bricked your phone and what you did to fix it? I got a galaxy showcase and was trying to install a different kernel to help on the battery life and through odin I messed it up but was able to fix it by install eb11_voodoo.zip and Showcase_eb11_PnP_0.3. Well today I was going down the road and plugged my phone in the car charger and a few minutes later it just rebooted by itself. After that it did not have any service. I went under settings, about phone and it said unknown under several of the options. I took it to cell south after I tried several things and all they did was make it not even boot up. Now if I try to flash a rom from or kernel or anything at all from CWM v3.2.0.0.otb it says, Amen scripting was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery. Please switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update-binary) to create working update zip packages. Installation aborted. Can somebody HELP me get back my phone???
to unbrick it
to unbrick samsung showcase.you need samsung drivers, search forums or google ,easy find.
READ COMPLETELY AND DOWNLOAD FILES FIRST BEFORE STARTING.btw follow guide at your own risk. take no responsibility for you bricking your phone.which you already did, i mean for other people lol. it will work if you do it right so dont panic...i think...well, i hope
1) remove battery
2)plug usb cable to computer
3)start odin-
3)connect usb to phone and press volume down same time to activate download mode-that is yellow triangle thing-you should see "added" in odin
4) then make sure repartition auto reboot,reset time are checked-all three
5)then for pit file choose http://www.mediafire.com/?26xbh796jmwvwqb
6)for pda, go to here and download from the link that has "ECLAIR".its suppose to be about 419.5 mb.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
btw a guy named adrenalyn i believe uploaded these files so thanks to him.
hope this guide helps in you figuring it out.basically summarizing all you need cause i was confused a little bit when i began and realized i messed my phone up.
let me know if this works for yah.half asleep while doing this
I think your actual question was kinda missed here so I will explain it to you. First the rom that you choose to use is not carrier based, but is device based, never flash a rom that is not for your brand and model of phone. The thing that matters for the carrier is the modem, that gives you phone, data, and messaging. The only way your phone will not be on your carriers network is if you go through the involved process of switching it over yourself. Usually if you put the wrong modem on your phone it just won't work, requiring you to find the proper odin program to flash, including repartitioning the phone to get it right again. Hope this answers your questions.
Yea Dale...that answers my question ty
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Btw if anyone is curious..Samsung fascinate and showcase are both SCH-I500 (model) so I suppose they use the same roms
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Roms yes, basically, modems NO.
Sent from my EC09 UKB GB Fascinate.
Yea I realized that after flashing fascinate modem to my showcase nd now my internet dont work
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How's it going guys. Well I used Odin to go back to stock and it did pass and everything, but the phone is still rooted! Wth?? This didn't happen before so I'm a bit confused right now.
Funny thing is, all the apps that I erased are now back, but Superuser is still there....
Right now, i'm on firmware 2.1 Update-1
The files I used was
Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5
Help would be appreciated!
akanightmare said:
How's it going guys. Well I used Odin to go back to stock and it did pass and everything, but the phone is still rooted! Wth?? This didn't happen before so I'm a bit confused right now.
Funny thing is, all the apps that I erased are now back, but Superuser is still there....
Right now, i'm on firmware 2.1 Update-1
The files I used was
Stock-i500-VZW-System.tar.md5
Help would be appreciated!
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I'm not sure if that file is an official vzw file or one that was put together by someone else if I were to guess that is the case and the file you flashed contains root...if it still says your on 2.1 update one I think your odin file was really old?
where did you get that tar file?
What are you trying to accomplish exactly?
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trying to just back to stock after updating the ClockWorkMod and totally f'ing up my phone. Every time I send text messages now, people receive blank texts :/
Did you ever find a solution?
I'm basically having the same problem nightmare.. same firmware version on my phone now, did you ever figure out what the problem was/how to fix it??
You need PIT and DL09 package. Will get you to DL09 without root. Upon first boot don't sign into google (so the market doesn't go on an installing spree) and do ota's to froyo.
good day.
Hey All,
I've been looking for an answer for over a day now, but can't seem to find anything about my specific problem. Here's what happened:
I had flashed to ICS 4.0.3 on my Samsung Vibrant about a month ago and everything was working great until yesterday when I woke up to find the "Encryption Unsuccessful" screen on my phone. I did a little research to find out that there is a fix to this and to NOT reset the phone. So, I took the steps to ODIN the phone back to Stock Eclair in hopes that starting from the beginning again would be easiest way to fix the problem. The ODIN process finished completely fine (PASSED), but now when it reboots, I only get to the first "Vibrant" screen, then it shows the battery and spinning circle icon. Apparently it won't fully reboot. I've tried to ODIN it back to stock several times, and I keep getting the same results. I can get it into download mode and plugged into my computer, but that's about it.
From the posts I've read, it sounds like my phone might still be okay to recover since it does power up, but I can't seem to find a solution to get it fully back up and running.
Any help/recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Maybe your JFD file is corruption. Check with your MD5 sum if there any error or mismatch.. Just give you an idea.BTW what Odin are u using. I recommend Odin 1.7 I stay away the older Odin or the newer Odin
You are screwed.
Sorry to tell you this but i had the exact same problem and found no solution whatsoever to fix the phone. I finally gave up and bought a Galaxy Nexus. You can try flashing Eugene's Unbrickable Froyo Rom which is flashable through odin as a .tar package along with the pit file. You might be able to fix it but i highly doubt it. I flashed Eugene's rom and got the same results as you described. By any chance did you click "Reset Phone" when the "Encryption Unsuccessful" showed up? If so well yeah your phone is pretty much paperweight as of now...until someone finds a solution. Like you i am also able to access download mode. So i guess there may be a way to fix your phone. Not saying it's impossible...hopefully someone finds a solution soon.
Here is the link to Euguene's rom: http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=8
Good luck.
OP, what ROM were you running (specifically. Not just ICS 4.0.3-what is the name of the ROM)? Also what kernel?
Since you are not the only one this happened to, I would like to know the above and see if it correlates to the others that this happened to in the Vibrant section. I'll post the same in their threads too.
Check here out for a possible solution/workaround.
Replacement Vibrant Coming
Thanks for your recommendations/help guys.
I decided to go to T-Mobile and complain and they are sending me a replacement phone. Apparently it's still under warranty, so it won't cost me anything, and if my data is lost, then so be it...at least all my contacts will still be in tact through my Google account.
Merio - I did NOT hit the Reset Button when I saw the Encryption Unsuccessful screen. Before doing anything I did a little research and I found a forum here on xda that said to not hit that button, and tried to explain a way to fix it using the Heimdall One-Click. Basically it sounded like I'd be flashing back to a Gingerbread ROM. So, instead I just went ahead and tried to flash back to stock Eclair. The results of that were obviously not good.
Woodrube - I was running the Passion 13 ROM (ICS 4.0.3). Was really enjoying it until I got the Encryption "Screen of Death"
I don't know what Kernel it was, actually, I don't really know what a Kernel is...
Thanks again guys. Hopefully I'll be up and running on my replacement phone soon!
Hi guys
I was using ICS LP7 3uk stock, rooted, basically i found it a bit laggy compared to gingerbread i was using and decided to revert back, but completely stock, and start again with gingerbread.
So away i went, flashed gingerbread, everything fine in odin, no problems, flashed, THIS IS WHEN ALL MY PROBLEMS STARTED,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Upon trying to use the phone, no problem, apps work, phone calls, messages etc, no probs, but when i go on android market, i started getting connection timed out, so i tethered up to check my speeds, and my what a suprise i got,
My speedtests on 4 different testing sites came back at between 4k to 6k a second, basically i am on 3uk and used to have speeds of 7mbps average and download at around 800kbps average, my oh my, what a drop.....
So i figured i did something wrong, when i flashed the gb i flashed with the .pit file.
Ive since flashed back to 3 different versions of ics, with and without pit, and nothing has changed, no matter what i do, i cant get a download at any faster than 5k a second, even the market is now unuseable, arrrgggghhhhhh.
What did i do wrong.
I wondered if anyone else has had this problem, or maybe knows a way to try and fix this, id preferably like to go bk to GB, completely stock, even if it means flashing a boot file which i havent done yet.
PLEASE help, this is terrible and my beloved s2 is choking to death on its own vomit..............pretty please.....
Try a different modem.
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Try following this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCeVPex27n4
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Hey chaps just to update you, ive fixed it, 3 hours of research lead me to believe something was sadly wrong with the structure of the files on my phone after flashing the .pit file, morale of the story, LISTEN TO WHAT YA TOLD ON HERE AND STAY THE FU** AWAY FROM THE PIT FILE....
JEEZ man, ive been around long enough to know better, and frankly these people making posts telling ya to flash their firmware with the pit file shouldnt be doing this, oh well.
That was the problem, basically, flashing the pit somehow managed to erase some files from my efs folder, very odd, but the research lead me down that path, thankfully, i did listen like a good boy when i was told to backup my efs folder, so, i restored the folder, rebooted and factory wiped and now all is well, totally bizarre, so i guess it was a soft brick, boy was i panicking, my new shiny pebble blue S3 doesnt arrive till saturday, screwed if im flashing that, ill root it and leave it as is.
Anyway those that replied or took the time to contemplate my issue, many thanks, and yer, i am a **** and i dont mind you telling me so, it is my own fault for flashing that pit, and i ended up in a deep pit, so Noobs, DONT do what i did.