Hi All,
First off, thanks for taking the trouble read my post!
In the attempt to root my I9100G phone using Odin and GT-I9100G_LP7_ClockworkMod-Recovery_5.5.0.4.tar, I stupidly followed the wrong instructions at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679778
I didn't have ICS - only GB - so I was completely wrong. Whilst Odin said success, the phone now only boots into Recovery Mode.
1) I can't enter Download Mode - I've tried but the Download screen just blinks and then CWM-Based Recovery Mode reappears.
2) I have tried wiping the cache
3) I have tried wiping data/factory reset
4) If I try to plug in the USB cable whilst in Recovery Mode, Odin does not recognise/detect the phone
5) The only way for me to shut down the phone now is to pull the battery out
I have also tried following Phistachio's Guide on "Fix an unflashable or soft bricked I9100G" but since Odin does not detect the phone when I plug the USB cable, I can't get past Step 3.
I'm a noob so according to the XDA video, I hate myself for messing up! I would appreciate ANY help - as I'm such a noob, please try to speak to me like you would to a 5-year old.
Thanks
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Dear All,
I'm happy to report that by the grace of Jesus Christ alone - after trying multiple times to quickly press the Volume Up key when the Downloading screen blinked, Odin suddenly detected the device - and I immediate proceeded to flash it with superatmos_I9100G_kernel_v3.2.tar
The phone has now started up and I'm in the process of restoring backups.
Thank you!!
Wrong thread mate. This is only for GT-I9100, there is another one for the G version. Better ask there
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so u can boot into recovery mode.. why not flash another kernel through recovery mode
1)just pull out your SD card and connect it to ur computer through any SD reader
2)download the .zip file of any custom kernel u like and the put ur SD back in ur phone and flash that kernel and install that zip file from your recovery then wipe cache and data and see what happens
Note : u can do that also with a whole rom ( cwm flashable )
Solved!
Dear All,
I'm happy to report that by the grace of Jesus Christ alone - after trying multiple times to quickly press the Volume Up key when the Downloading screen blinked, Odin suddenly detected the device - and I immediate proceeded to flash it with superatmos_I9100G_kernel_v3.2.tar
The phone has now started up and I'm in the process of restoring backups.
Thank you!!
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Hi guys:
So I have made so mistakes with this phone. When I got it I thought it was a Samsung Galaxy S 4G...
1. Rooted it using SuperOnClickRoot
2. Almost bricked it triyng to install a CFW done for SGS4G.
Then I realized that it was not a SGS4G and came here looking for some information...
I did that: Return to stock JFD (2.1) using that guide:
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=702&p=11409&viewfull=1
And now I am a little more happier because the phone turns on, now the recovery works... But... When it get turn on it boot loop endlessly.
I tried so many times to do the same thing and I don't have a chance to get it fixed. Tried to move an update.zip to the external sd card without luck, I was triying to install ClockworkRecoveryMod.
So now I come here... The phone is boot looping and when Its turning on a lot of line with colors appear...
I know this have solution, just I want to know how to approach it.
Thanks for reading!
Redo the flash back to stock But this time 1st go into recovery and delete the cache then go into the advanced and delete the dalvik.
Then shutdown the phone and re open but this time you want to be in download mode (hold down the volume down only (or could just be the up only)) and on button at the same time to get you there.
Then hook up the phone to your comp after you have Odin up and then reflash stock
Then root> then flash whatever you want from there
good luck
oka1 said:
Redo the flash back to stock But this time 1st go into recovery and delete the cache then go into the advanced and delete the dalvik.
Then shutdown the phone and re open but this time you want to be in download mode (hold down the volume down only (or could just be the up only)) and on button at the same time to get you there.
Then hook up the phone to your comp after you have Odin up and then reflash stock
Then root> then flash whatever you want from there
good luck
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I just have stock recovery... I don't have Advance button...
I have done it in Download Mode, then connected to Odin (PC), box turn yellow saying COM4 and then selected PDA and PIT file in the guide and hit START.
Everything seems to run fine on ODIN and finalize saying PASS but the phone continue doing the problems I have said in my first post.
Hi guys, really need your help!!!
Been using Custom ROMs since Omnia HD. Loved the work of cookers, never had problems, ODIN is just so easy.
Four days ago, tried to flash I9100 from Lite'ning v5 to 6.1. So, as recommended I wiped cach with CWM, and then done proper FORMAT.
Once I pressed it, format started but didn't finish - the phone restarted, and continued to restart - stuck with boot "S" animation - so can't boot into system.
Then, tried as suggested to install VANILA latest firmware - tried it - didn't work. Keeps freezing in the middle of the process in ODIN - or - it says FAILED. Now, i can't use CWM - if I press Volume UP +HOME+POWER, i get "Mobile phone with yellow Triangle with PC signs" - left to the right.
Updating to the VANILA software doesn't work, so as Lite'ning V6, or any other versions of it. Without CWM, i can't boot from SD Card to other cooked roms, so please, any ideas will be MUCH APPRECIATED !!!
morespama2k .at. yahoo
I have never tried this before myself, but I have seen some people recommend trying an emergency firmware recovery with kies. If someone else can chime in and correct me if I am wrong, please do so.
emergency firmware recovery with kies - will try now, and update status...
Solution doesn't work
SugarySnack said:
I have never tried this before myself, but I have seen some people recommend trying an emergency firmware recovery with kies. If someone else can chime in and correct me if I am wrong, please do so.
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This solution doesn't work. Because, all that I can do is to log into DOWNLOAD MODE, once I connect the phone via USB to PC with Kies ON, then the Kies doesn't recognise the phone in this mode, so there is opportunity or possibility to do an emergency firmware recovery - if anybody knows anything abt this - please comment ....
morespama5k said:
This solution doesn't work. Because, all that I can do is to log into DOWNLOAD MODE, once I connect the phone via USB to PC with Kies ON, then the Kies doesn't recognise the phone in this mode, so there is opportunity or possibility to do an emergency firmware recovery - if anybody knows anything abt this - please comment ....
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Put the phone in recovery mode with Volume UP +HOME+POWER (it won't be CWM because you tried to flash stock, it is samsung's recovery mode), "Mobile phone with yellow Triangle with PC signs" and try it.
Let me know how it goes.
just checking... when you flashed through odin, was kies turned off? Meaning not even in the background and it's (process) not present in task manager?
Because that's what happend to me when i tried to flash a kernel to my SGS2. odin failed too but good thing my phone wasn't bricked.
Anyways, I would recheck the custom rom you downloaded, it sounds like the file was incomplete, or damaged during download. Always check the MD5 checksum, or at least the filesize.
Some custom ROMs cannot rebuild a formatted userdata partition. Most custom kernels cannot do that, so doing a factory reset (wipe userdata partition, format data partition, etc) is not recommended.
FIX:
Boot into Clockwork Recovery
Format cache, format system, format boot, format userdata partitions
Boot into Download Mode
Use ODIN to flash to Stock ROM
Boot into Stock ROM
Flash Custom ROM (Lite'ning), DO NOT FORMAT USERDATA and DO NOT FACTORY RESET!!
Boot into Lite'ning
CM7 using codeworkx kernel (CM7 kernel), is the only custom rom that does not have a rebuild userdata partition problem.
for my i9100 i solved this problem
i have the same issue and i solved with my i9100:
unmount battery and leave it for 20 sec
push up vol and home and keep it then put the battery !!!!! put vol up and home still pushed
if ....if you entry in recovery mode wipe data and cache and .... voila...
sorry for my bad english...hope this will work for you guys !!!
Jig from ebaaaaay .
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I Have a I9100 ,It Has android cod ,I tried by hard reset ,hard reset complate but cod stil present.then i flash it by odin3 ,flash complate then start up and friz.then i open its Batery and put it again then try to flash again .but its sleeping now. dont going to download mod.not powering on .have any solution guys ?????????
Hi guys, hoping someone can shed a little bit of light on my issue.
Rooted my phone- all went fine!.
Went to install CWM and all i got was the e3 recover telling me:
Failed to verify signature.
Instillation failed.
So after a little bit of messing about i decided to just leave it and continue on with my day. My phone then ran out of battery. I put it on charge without turning it on and came to find the phone in recovery mode with a fully working version of Clockwork MOD, suprising to say the least. I rebooted the phone and then tried to reboot back into recovery mode, and since then my phone wont load normally or into recovery past the samsung logo.
I dont know what to do because although my phone will go into download mode, it will not work with ODIN, i simply get the message "failed to open serial port."
So i have a phone that wont load recovery, wont load normally, and wont let me install kernals etc through ODIN, please someone help me!
Any help would be great, thanks people.
Hi
I'm new here & have been reading many threads in preparation before rooting my phone.
Its sounds like your phone is stuck in a boot loop, if so read this tread & it should help you out. (sorry if i got it wrong)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
peace
The above solution will not work for you, because your have no recovery.
How did you root your phone? To summarize:
1. You rooted your phone.
2. You tried flashing CWM (why?)
3. Flashing failed and you have no recovery anymore?
4. Odin does not recognize your phone anymore.
Correct?
Try a different USB cable to make sure it isn't the cable.
Have you stopped kies on your computer before running odin?
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I had the same problem get into Cwm the way you'd get into normal Android recovery so hold vol up + home + power then when the boot screen pops up let go for a millisecond then repush vol up + home + power
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Your phones only bricked if it wont turn on mate. Relax as its most likely fixable. Do as others have suggested and disable kies as its a pain in the backside. Kies doesnt like odin and will crap it up. Install a kernel like chainfires; get into cwm and wipe everything. Dalvik, cache, system. Get a usb jig off ebay for gs2 if you can as thats helped me out. I only use Siyahs kernel or Chainfires as they are the most stable. Good luck.
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Hi all,
I need some help please.
I tried to root my sons galaxy young S6310N using a video on you tube
However at the 4.41 point I didnt have the yes- root option.
I themn rebooted and it went back into CWM recovery. v6.0.3.2
It's been stuck in this for 2 days now, I have searched everywhere for a solution but I'm lost now. I have information overload I think.
I have tried to install drivers through Kies but it won't recognise my phone in CWM recovery or in download mode.
I have tried to install a custom rom via sd card, it seems to work but reboots into CWM again.
I fear I may have made a mess of it now by messing around with things I know nothing about. I panicked really.
The phone was running jelly bean and is only a week old.
I can get adb but not sure how to use it properly.
Could someone please help?
Thanks in advance
sorted it myself
Hi, just in case anyone was interested I managed to sort this.
I put phone into download mode (holding vol - & menu & power) then pressed up at logo screen to enter download mode.
My pc then installed drivers automatically (something I had been struggling with in CWM recovery mode)
I then installed stock rom recovery.tar.md5 file using odin and the phone rebooted as normal.
I have given up trying to root it now, I may learn properly before attempting again, or may leave it.
Search for your device first before making a thread..!!
driller66 said:
Hi, just in case anyone was interested I managed to sort this.
I put phone into download mode (holding vol - & menu & power) then pressed up at logo screen to enter download mode.
My pc then installed drivers automatically (something I had been struggling with in CWM recovery mode)
I then installed stock rom recovery.tar.md5 file using odin and the phone rebooted as normal.
I have given up trying to root it now, I may learn properly before attempting again, or may leave it.
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Good..but always use recovery for ur phone only..or make it for ur phone..
And do any changes in stock ROM after creating a BACKUP of the same..
ROOTING is not a difficult now-a-days but overcoming from the loss of time and data after BRICKING is so painful.
If you are not friendly with the commands and codes then use a software for that or follow up the WRITTEN guide..or use FARMAROOT app.
Head to thread...Thanks Mr. Bin4ry for this awesome method:
Rooting almost every phone
Enjoy..!!
Guys someone plz help. I flashed some random ROM and now the phone won't boot up. It doesn't go to recovery or boot loader. Just keeps on rebooting. I tried all possible combinations but nothing worked.
Plz see the pics attached. Whenever m trying to boot into recovery and boot loader all I see is some screen like broken or something. (Second pic).
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@burninitup, Humm I see where you come from,, Let's run an experiment on your device and see if we can restore it to its former glory .
Technically you did hard bricked your device ( claiming both Recovery and Download mode are not accessible), so your last hope might be USBjig to force your device into Download mode. However in some cases with black /distorted images these instructions might work:
1. Remove your battery for ~1 Minute ( don't make any difference though, just for discharging purposes ).
2. Phone is off, Now try to get into Download mode by pushing (Volume(+) + Volume(-) + Power) simultaneously; ONLY IF phone will turn on ( doesn't matter you have no visuals ), then press volume up;connect your device through USB cable; have your correct Wipe-flash able PDA/CSC/MODEM + boot loader+ pit file at hands ; Re-partition ticked ) .
phone should be detected in "ID:COM" area ( green USB signal), then proceed with your flashing over Odin.
Hope I did help you
burninitup said:
Guys someone plz help. I flashed some random ROM and now the phone won't boot up. It doesn't go to recovery or boot loader. Just keeps on rebooting. I tried all possible combinations but nothing worked.
Plz see the pics attached. Whenever m trying to boot into recovery and boot loader all I see is some screen like broken or something. (Second pic).
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Hi bro,
according to your problem it shows that you have Hard bricked your device you may need to provide it with JTAG service which may revive back your bootloader values then flash it using Odin
Thanks for ur reply but it is running fine now. I don't know what the problem was but i kept it without battery for around whole night and in the morning when i plugged in the battery and try the download mode, it worked and then same with the Odin and stuff. And it's running very well now.
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Same Issue with me also
Thanks All. I have the similar issue. My phone boots again and again (I guess it is in bootloop) with no volume. Please guide me in flashing the phone to any stock/custom ROM and let me know if I have to start a new thread for this issue.
I have followed the procedure on the link: http://unbrick.itcse.com/unbrick-soft-bricked-samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830/ and downloaded ODIN 4.38 but the phone is not getting detected in ODIN and it is not getting into download mode by pressing Vol UP + Vol Down + Power keys.
Then, I got a software named Samsung 300K Tool.exe which forces the phone into download mode. It forces the phone to download mode.
I have downloaded samsung drivers from the link: http://www.android.gs/download-samsung-usb-drivers-for-android/
Then, I followed the instructions provided in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELeDUwa9c34
It is instructed in this video to install Odin3-v1.85 in which phone is getting detected (pic is attached). I followed the whole process in the above video and the result is PASS in green (pic attached) but the result is same. No Improvement.
Please help and guide me to get the phone recovered to any ROM (stock/custom)
Any help will be highly appreciated.
@vijay.gupta, You didn't clarify whether you were on s5830 "i" variation, code name : CooperVe or not ,, I wrote an instruction for status 7 errors on CM11 (post#297) which you can proceed from the line starts with "- We need wipe flash-able zip package,,,," to get out of boot loop.
Get all of the tools from either sources available to you and get to your download mode and do the following instruction in regards of ( PDA/CSC/MODEM) / boot loader/ pit file ( doesn't matter you have no access to E3 stock recovery at the moment for wipe instruction , just put the required files into Odin3 and rest of the story was depicted in clear detail ).
@ ehsanotaku - I have s5830i variant.
i will follow the instructions on the following link by you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-ace/s5830i-develop/stock-rom-odin-flashable-firmware-t3002776
and let you know what happens.
vijay.gupta said:
@ ehsanotaku - I have s5830i variant.
i will follow the instructions on the following link by you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-ace/s5830i-develop/stock-rom-odin-flashable-firmware-t3002776
and let you know what happens.
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Thanks it worked!