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Korean SGS won't stay in download mode...

I'm trying to get my Korean SGS phone into download mode to flash a 2.3.6 firmware, but the phone won't stay in download mode. It goes straight to recovery after it shows the download mode picture. Any info? Or fixes?
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hmm.. So it shows the yellow download pic and right after that goes into recovery? You tried to pull out battery and restart to download mode right after that? you got usb cable connected while doing that?
For me it worked always but again i got GT-I9000 but i would not imagine its that different with these two phones? Never heard of this kind of problem.. one more thing i can think of is trying to use the custom made usb dingle what are sold for example in ebay or you make one yourself that goes into download mode without button combination.
Try to update to latest firmware with kies too if that would solve the problem.. for me i had to do that the first time i started to play around with my phone because before that update i could not even go to download mode.
Thats all i can think about after drinking 10 cans of beer so hopefully even 1 of those helps your case. Hope you get it to work

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Any other solutions besides buying a usb jig? I know there's a way to get it into download mode WITHOUT the phone even showing the android shoveling image. And the screen is just plain black. I forgot how to do it though, and what website I read the article.

you can build a usb jig http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551&highlight=usb+jig
you can also read guides here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596

Daaaavinnn said:
I'm trying to get my Korean SGS phone into download mode to flash a 2.3.6 firmware, but the phone won't stay in download mode. It goes straight to recovery after it shows the download mode picture. Any info? Or fixes?
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I had the same problem. It was solve when I realise that the Korean version (M110S) enter DL mode by pressing only home key+power, while the I9000 need the 3 bottons combination.

[i9000m] Galaxy S not starting, no download, no recovery, help!

helped a friend out about 4 months ago by flashing kg3 onto his galaxy s after it would crash repeatedly saying 'internal process (android system) error, must forceclose' and after that it worked fine,
but yesterday he said it won't boot up, won't go into download or recovery, the only screen interaction he can get is when it's plugged in it will say battery 100% charged,
when i plugged it into keys the computer beeped then said 'keys 2.0 doesn't recognize this phone' .... help please?!

Have you tried removing and re-inserting the battery? At times after doing that you are atleast able to get into the download mode.

you wil have to re install firmware

Ya I have tried that, still no download mode, and I obviously know I have to reinstall firmware but how could I do that with no download mode
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Build a usb jig
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usb jig could help you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551

If you dont have luck with usb jig, try THIS

carmanj16 said:
Ya I have tried that, still no download mode, and I obviously know I have to reinstall firmware but how could I do that with no download mode
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just double check. if you used to be able to get download mode then you shoud be able to get in it again. sgs are fairly hard to break. try removing the battery at full charge and leave all cables out when you do remove it . do the button combo and you should be good. after that happy flashing

Galaxy S + 9001 stuck in bootloop - can't flash with Odin

Hi.
I have a Galaxy S+ I9001. I had cranyum rom installed on it. One day it just restarted and after it got stuck in bootloop.
It onlyshows SAMSUNG logo, and then restarts and so on...
I can't get into recovery using 3 button combo, but I can get into download mode.
The problem is that it appears to write ok with Odin Multi downloader 4.43, but when it gets to the reboot part, the phone just power off and gets to the same bootloop. If I disconnect the usb cable, it shows a vertical battery icon, then black screen, again battery icon, and so on... Tryed with a different battery witch was charged to 100% before flashing because I tought that it was running low on battery, but the result was the same.
Tryed many different firmware and same behavior.
Is it possible to be a hardware problem?
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

try to flash clockworkmod then flash anther rom >>>> it worked for me in same issue like you have !
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or try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Plus/GT-I9001#Boot-loop

It does't matter what I try to fash to the phone via Odin. It says thet the flash was successful, and goes to the same bootloop.
Tryed flashing different roms, feamod recovery, clockworkmod, bootloader. Nothing changes.

So flash full rom wit pit and then root it again then do what ever u like
Sent from another galaxy powered by CM10 & Syiah

The problem is that it's a Galaxy S Plus - I9001. I can't flash it with PIT file. That's only for Galaxy S - I9000.
Does the pit file works for Galaxy S+ also? All that I found with pit file was for Galaxy S.
I can flash mine with AriesOPS, but that doesn't do the trick. Same bootloop after flashing.

cturcu2004 said:
The problem is that it's a Galaxy S Plus - I9001. I can't flash it with PIT file. That's only for Galaxy S - I9000.
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First remove battery and press power for a min, remove sim card and ext SD card and than reinsert battery and go into download mode Download the CWM 6.0 recovery, link on My Android Collections below and try to get recovery First, than go into recovery , In recovery WIPE (wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition + format /system) enter advanced and wipe dalvik cache too than flash the ROM

I allready tried to do that. It flashes ok with odin multi downloader 4.43, but when it goes to restart, the phone gets back in the loop, and I can't get it to recovery via vol up+power (with or without usb connected). It just gets to the same boot loop in witch displays just the SAMSUNG logo for about one second, the restarts, and so on.

cturcu2004 said:
I allready tried to do that. It flashes ok with odin multi downloader 4.43, but when it goes to restart, the phone gets back in the loop, and I can't get it to recovery via vol up+power (with or without usb connected). It just gets to the same boot loop in witch displays just the SAMSUNG logo for about one second, the restarts, and so on.
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Don't let it restart after flash by unticking auto reboot and than pull out battery after flash, reinsert battery and use combo key to enter recovery

Still no luck. Same behavior. Nothing changed.

cturcu2004 said:
Still no luck. Same behavior. Nothing changed.
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ok, try switch to this flasher and do a wipe at the same time http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574149

Unfortunately, from what I have read, that flasher is used with the phone started and connected to the pc in debugging mode.
I've just tryed anyway. Nothing to lose
Nothing changed.
I really believe that it's a hardware problem.

So, any other ideeas? Or it's really bricked?

cturcu2004 said:
So, any other ideeas? Or it's really bricked?
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No, its not bricked, the solution may lie in the technique , have you tried these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660596 , :victory:BUT First it may wise IF used another PC or Lap top, just to be sure and also download a Broodplank ROM to flash

What is a broodplank ROM?
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The problem it's that in the link that you provided, I must have access to recovery witch I do not have.
Or to use ADB, witch is possible if the phone goes after the Samsung logo at startup, but mine restarts exactly after the logo without going further.
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cturcu2004 said:
What is a broodplank ROM?
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Broodplank is the developer of BroodROM, just look at the signature of the link I gave you earlier for his ROM's

cturcu2004 said:
I can't get into recovery using 3 button combo, but I can get into download mode.
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Umm.. correct me if I'm wrong here, wasn't that a 2 button combo in I9001? I have personally flashed my friends I9001 and it was, like [vol+, power on]?

You are right is two buttons combo.
It's just an expression.
But it does not work anyway.
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xsenman said:
Broodplank is the developer of BroodROM, just look at the signature of the link I gave you earlier for his ROM's
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Will have a look to see if that helps.
Thanks.
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Have you tried holding the button combo a little longer? Don't get this the wrong way, from my experience I know that getting to recovery on i9001 can be a little pain in the a$$ and I really don't know why. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

[Q] Bricked Phone?

Hi all. I have a problem with an S5830 which was on 2.3.6 Stock+Root. It was network locked (even if with the code to check it said every lock was off), so I tried the factory reset solution listed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9006090&postcount=1 using the code *2767*3855#. After the reboot my phone got stuck in a bootloop. I tried flashing with Odin many different fw, with and without data.rfs just to be sure it wasn't corrupted, but my phone just keep looping after the samsung logo.
Is there an easy way to fix it?
Thanks
Just in case it can be useful, more details:
1) After the Odin autoreboot it keeps lopping without even displaying the samsung logo (display just go on and off), but if i remove/insert battery and turn it on it loops after the samsung logo.
2) Download mode, Special download, and Ramdump mode works, but Recovery mode don't.

matrixino said:
Hi all. I have a problem with an S5830 which was on 2.3.6 Stock+Root. It was network locked (even if with the code to check it said every lock was off), so I tried the factory reset solution listed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9006090&postcount=1 using the code *2767*3855#. After the reboot my phone got stuck in a bootloop. I tried flashing with Odin many different fw, with and without data.rfs just to be sure it wasn't corrupted, but my phone just keep looping after the samsung logo.
Is there an easy way to fix it?
Thanks
Just in case it can be useful, more details:
1) After the Odin autoreboot it keeps lopping without even displaying the samsung logo (display just go on and off), but if i remove/insert battery and turn it on it loops after the samsung logo.
2) Download mode, Special download, and Ramdump mode works, but Recovery mode don't.
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For Recovery mode: did you tried when you release "Power" button, button "Vol Up" hold longer (when you see Samsung logo then release "Vol Up" button)?

Jonny_Brravo said:
For Recovery mode: did you tried when you release "Power" button, button "Vol Up" hold longer (when you see Samsung logo then release "Vol Up" button)?
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The recovery mode in S5830 is only Home+Power, Home+Power+VolUP is RamDump mode.

matrixino said:
The recovery mode in S5830 is only Home+Power, Home+Power+VolUP is RamDump mode.
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Ohh sorry, I have two smartphone (S5830 and S9001) and in this case my mind they went on S9001 - he have R.Mode with Vol Up + Power button

Jonny_Brravo said:
Ohh sorry, I have two smartphone (S5830 and S9001) and in this case my mind they went on S9001 - he have R.Mode with Vol Up + Power button
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Ye I know I also have a I9000 and I9300 and it's like that too. This is just some phone a friend gave me because he didn't use it anymore.

Anyone to help this guy?

Reboot to recovery and do a factory data reset

Shaaan said:
Reboot to recovery and do a factory data reset
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Please read the first post:
Just in case it can be useful, more details:
1) After the Odin autoreboot it keeps lopping without even displaying the samsung logo (display just go on and off), but if i remove/insert battery and turn it on it loops after the samsung logo.
2) Download mode, Special download, and Ramdump mode works, but Recovery mode don't.
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Try reflashing via odin.
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Venomous Viper 119 said:
Try reflashing via odin.
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Read my first post. I tried.

matrixino said:
Read my first post. I tried.
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Go to www.themythace.com/flash-stock-rom.html & follow the steps. After flashing, odin shows, closing serial port & rebooting device or something like that. Wait until pass appears. This time your device ends up in a boot loop. Now, take off battery & go back to downloading mode & reflash via odin. This time your device might boot. Atleast for me it did...
I never had a head ache & some one recommended me rooting !!!

Hmmm I'm afraid yours is bricked, though not unfixable.
When in odin did you use the right .ops file ?
Also, which recovery were you using ?
It is possible that your partitions are corrupted.

TjBurn said:
Hmmm I'm afraid yours is bricked, though not unfixable.
When in odin did you use the right .ops file ?
Also, which recovery were you using ?
It is possible that your partitions are corrupted.
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I used the correct Cooperv1 ops (I had flashed with it other times when I was trying custom roms). I was using CWM as recovery. Also I tought about the partition getting corrupted, that's why I downloaded an old stock rom with all the filesystem .rfs files (including data) to recreate them, but still it didn't work. At this point my only guess is that efs got corrupted in some way (I even have a backup of it but dunno how to restore it, did it with the "cat xxx > /file" procedure while tring to get the network unlock code).
When you say it's not unfixable, what you mean exactly? Anything that I can do at home without sending it to Samsung?
Thanks for your time.

Hmmm. I suspect your guess is right, perhaps someone else may know how to restore it.
I had to send mine to Samsung, and although they said they gave me a new motherboard I suspect they simply used jtag.
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TjBurn said:
Hmmm. I suspect your guess is right, perhaps someone else may know how to restore it.
I had to send mine to Samsung, and although they said they gave me a new motherboard I suspect they simply used jtag.
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What is this Jtag? Something that I can build at home? Any scheme?

matrixino said:
What is this Jtag? Something that I can build at home? Any scheme?
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You can try searching about jtag & oneclickunbrick on google or on xda. Not sure what the processes involve but they help booting into downloading mode if you weren't able to before. But did you try what I suggested before ??
I used to have beautiful life before. Now I'm in engineering...!

Venomous Viper 119 said:
You can try searching about jtag & oneclickunbrick on google or on xda. Not sure what the processes involve but they help booting into downloading mode if you weren't able to before. But did you try what I suggested before ??
I used to have beautiful life before. Now I'm in engineering...!
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Oh then it wouldn't help. I can boot in download mode, but flashing a stock rom didn't fix it. I tried several times.

Put it in download mode again and flash again or try a different rom. If you have download mode it isn't bricked its fixable from home
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brewy said:
Put it in download mode again and flash again or try a different rom. If you have download mode it isn't bricked its fixable from home
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I tried many times, with different roms, one package and not. Nothing fixed it. If it's the efs corrupted I think there is nothing you can do, even if I can go in download mode.

I think there is a way to flash cwm recovery via Odin you could try that, it could fix it but I'm not to sure but it's always worth ago
And when using Odin you just need ops file checked and one package checked and untick the first box were the three boxes are
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (SGH-i957) Soft Bricked...

I am looking for some serious help, I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 4G LTE (SGH-i957) through the instructions that I found on this site by first installing Clockworkmode Recovery and then installing Jelly Bean 4.1.1 using Odin. Everything seemed to work fine with this, but then I decided to go one step further and load a over clocking kernel via Odin to increase my Processing speed. This process went fine through Odin and then after the auto reboot it all fell apart... the tablet will now only periodically display the first and second samsung logos and then just go blank or will display the battery icon with power off and plugged into the PC. Either way I have been unable to access the Boot screen or the Download screen...
IS THERE A FIX TO THIS? or am I just finished?
I have tried the "One Click Unbrick" program with no results and Odin intermittently recognizes the device is connected to the PC as the Tablet cycles through what appears to be an 1 second long boot up attempt.
Looking for someones brilliant idea haha...
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!

Wrong section, but here goes. I'm no expert but Samsung devices are notoriously hard to eff up beyond fixing.
Can you get back into your recovery? I would do that, do all your normal wipes and reinstall a rom with its stock kernel.
If that doesn't work well then, I'd say Odin back to stock. If it's just a soft brick fixing it shouldn't be a problem.
Of course someone else who knows what they are doing could chime in here lol.
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You flashed a hc kernel on a 4.x system. This is a gaurenteed soft brick. Just odin back to stock through download mode.
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orlandoxpolice said:
You flashed a hc kernel on a 4.x system. This is a gaurenteed soft brick. Just odin back to stock through download mode.
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I would love to do exactly what your suggesting but I am so far unable to access the download mode using the pwr and vol keys as normal... also where can I get a stock kernel as I was looking for one for hours yesterday with no luck? Do you have any suggestions on how to re-access the download mode in my current situation. Thank you for you suggestions thus far!

If you have a complete TWRP backup from before you flashed the OC kernel, just reboot into recovery and restore boot. That'll replace the HC kernel with what you were running before. That'll save you the effort of going through the entire process again to get back to JB.

st0nez0r said:
Wrong section, but here goes. I'm no expert but Samsung devices are notoriously hard to eff up beyond fixing.
Can you get back into your recovery? I would do that, do all your normal wipes and reinstall a rom with its stock kernel.
If that doesn't work well then, I'd say Odin back to stock. If it's just a soft brick fixing it shouldn't be a problem.
Of course someone else who knows what they are doing could chime in here lol.
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Thank you for your advice and at the current time I am unable to access the recovery/boot/download screens... if I could get to that then we are back in business... I am looking for suggestions on how to regain access to that area first and then I would like to follow the advice for you all from there the stock kernel direction first...

nrvate said:
If you have a complete TWRP backup from before you flashed the OC kernel, just reboot into recovery and restore boot. That'll replace the HC kernel with what you were running before. That'll save you the effort of going through the entire process again to get back to JB.
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Thank you for your response, so far Odin only picks up the device for a second before it disappears again and keeps repeating the cycle over and over agian. It is as if the Tablet keeps attempting a reboot cycle but fails to initialize the booting process? I don't know if I am making any sense to all of you that are much smarter than I at the stuff.
I am trying to time the start of Odin to the point that when it connects to the device that it is also recognizing the device at the same time... Kinda poking in the dark here as I am out of solutions...
The tablet attempts a reboot every 45 SECS and it recognized for only 3 SECS... Thoughts??

You need to get it to stop rebooting and into download or recovery mode. Try every button combo possible. If you hold power down for ten seconds it should shut off
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Hold down the volume button near the power button as it boots to get into download mode... the other volume button will take you to recovery.

orlandoxpolice said:
You need to get it to stop rebooting and into download or recovery mode. Try every button combo possible. If you hold power down for ten seconds it should shut off
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I have tried every key combination possible with no results the only thing the tablet does is do a quick single vibrate just like it does when you power it on and it boots up just without the actual booting process... and when the tablet is plugged into the PC it displays the battery symbol with the star bright icon over it like its thinking about charging but to my knowledge does nothing beyond that as far as charging is concerned. But it does do the single vibrate once every 45 secs as if it was booting up and is recognized on the PC through Odin for only 3 secs... not sure where to go from here now??

Hold the volume buttons down don't just press them. Also try button combos but instead of hitting power plug your charger in and out to get it to reboot.
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Had these issues back in Nov when I tried to move up on twrp. Success to real download came when I used 10.1 tab button comnands
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What are the tab 10.1 button commands?
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Humm.. Didn't write them down. Goggled "samsung 10.1 tab" and found the set I used. Same three buttons but different ways to press. Won't hurt to try because all that is left in this case is a $50 jtag job and two weeks.
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samsung sgh-i957 wont turn on after i wiped catch partition and power of manually
samsung sgh-i957 wont turn on after i wiped catch partition and power of manually.
the device has refused to charge or even power on any more pls what should i do?

snwaede said:
samsung sgh-i957 wont turn on after i wiped catch partition and power of manually.
the device has refused to charge or even power on any more pls what should i do?
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Doesn't sound good. Plug it in and push and hold the power button for 15 seconds. But I think it died on you.
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how to restor boot sector partition on samsung sgh i957
jd1639 said:
Doesn't sound good. Plug it in and push and hold the power button for 15 seconds. But I think it died on you.
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I have tried every thing but to no avail.
the partitions are scattered, because i install a voice call zip, and modem zip from xda site.
how can i restor the booting partitions back pls help its rely urgent.

snwaede said:
I have tried every thing but to no avail.
the partitions are scattered, because i install a voice call zip, and modem zip from xda site.
how can i restor the booting partitions back pls help its rely urgent.
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Does Odin recognize your device? I would try to flash the factory firmware with odin. You can get it at sammobile.com for the i957
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odin does not recognise my device
jd1639 said:
Does Odin recognize your device? I would try to flash the factory firmware with odin. You can get it at sammobile.com for the i957
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odin does not recognise my device any more.
the device does not come on or enter download mode.

snwaede said:
odin does not recognise my device any more.
the device does not come on or enter download mode.
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If Odin doesn't recognize it and it doesn't turn on it's dead.