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hi,
i have a Gio S5660 that i bricked trying to sim unlocking it before putting it on sale.
the device can get into Download mode (no recovery mode though) but Odin 4 doesn't flash anything anymore, tried different roms (stock, moded, froyo, GB) nothing works, Odin 4 says PASS but after rebooting the screen keeps on blinking the ugly Samsung logo.
i tried to make a Heimdall flashing package but when i try to load a rom into the packager i get an error that says no Firmware.xml found.
is it even possible to use Heimdall or other Odin versions to flash a Gio, if so how do u make a package for that ?
supermario00 said:
hi,
i have a Gio S5660 that i bricked trying to sim unlocking it before putting it on sale.
the device can get into Download mode (no recovery mode though) but Odin 4 doesn't flash anything anymore, tried different roms (stock, moded, froyo, GB) nothing works, Odin 4 says PASS but after rebooting the screen keeps on blinking the ugly Samsung logo.
i tried to make a Heimdall flashing package but when i try to load a rom into the packager i get an error that says no Firmware.xml found.
is it even possible to use Heimdall or other Odin versions to flash a Gio, if so how do u make a package for that ?
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After flashing with odin and get in bootloop, press the power button for 10 seconds, after restart press home and power until get in to recovery, there should factory reset and the most important - fix rfs or something, can't remember now exactly, the phone will reboot automaticaly and you have to wait some time to boot.
Which method did you try to unlock it with?
HEllo,
Same problem, keep blinking trying to boot with Samsung white letters.
FR
What, and how EXACTLY did you tried to flash with odin? (Which rom, Onepackage/multipackage, tar/md5...?)
Hello,
Still fighting to bring it into life.
Well the problem began when unlocking with the thread instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204705
Everything seemed to go as expected but...
After that it never rebooted well, still in cycle on www.samsung letters firs screen.
Even so i tried to flash it with ODIN into Stock Rom 2.3.5 and the same problem.
Sometimes i still can have the "Recovery Mode" and flash other versions, i have the PASS message ok, but when reboot... same problem.
And with the Oneclick Unbrick recovery it fails...
Really worried abou this... nice brick!
Thanks to all that are trying to help!
At the beginning of the process it hads the 2.3.3 version locked to Vodafone.
Maybe you just misspoke, but you can't use Odin if your phone is in recovery mode. It has to be in downloading mode.
In my opinion:
1. Boot into recovery (are you using cwm?)
2. Do a factory reset+wipe everything (incl. dalvik cache)
3. Turn off the phone
4. Download the latest ROM from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16979769&postcount=547
(S5660XXKS2)
5. Boot your phone into downloading mode
6. Flash with Odin (this is NOT "One package", you have to put everything in the right spot /boot, phone, etc/)
Hello again,
Yes i mean Download mode, i', flashing with ODIN but "one package Versions" i'm goin to try next your link already downloading.
Even if i can not unbrick it (wich is strange because i still can flash it) i must thans you very much for great cooperation!
Working...
You're welcome. When I bricked my phone, this is how I got it working again. I hope it works for you too.
Keep my posted...
Hello again,
Well just flashed again with ODIN (not One Package) and last firmware (2.3.5) and the report is that at the end i have the PASS confirmation but phone keeps flashing and does not reboot alone as supposed (waited 15 mn).
Unplug USB cable, battery out, battery in, power on and it returns to its "preference": alternates between dark scredn and those White letters saying SAMSUNG... infinite loop.
This is strange, i'm tired of seaching everything and this is not a normal beahaviour for this procediure.
I can follow all the steps... and at the final... same result.
Don't really know what to do next.
Once more, thanks for all!
Fernando
I'm sorry it didn't work. I have one last suggestion. The firmware you just tried to flash has a few md5 files. Rename them to tar, an extract them. The files you will find inside are the ones you can flash with Heimdall (data.rfs, system.rfs, etc).
I can't tell you much more, because I never used it (just googled a bit right now), but you can probably find a few tutorials about the subject.
Hello,
The fight continues and for all that i've read so far i almost sure that someting happend with the EFS partition.
I think that, case possible, the way is trying to flash an EFS new partition.
Someone knoes ho to do that?
Thanks!
descobrindo said:
Hello,
The fight continues and for all that i've read so far i almost sure that someting happend with the EFS partition.
I think that, case possible, the way is trying to flash an EFS new partition.
Someone knoes ho to do that?
Thanks!
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please give more information about stuck on logo (ex: logcat)
and dont play with EFS partition. its very dangerious.
it can really bricked your phone
When you can go to recovery mode with your gio you should flash ext4-formatter.zip(download,put on sdcard,go to recovery find `installzip from sdcard` and flash it.
the internal phone memory has to be in ext4 format ,if not you have the above problems.
after flashing you can install a rom.
By the way,i tryed flashing with heimdall-frontend ,i think it can ,but you have to rename it to a .tar gz file it wil be compiled automatic adding it to heimdall,but...than it says
`firmware.xml is missing from the package` , so...you have to ad(make or edit an existing one,and insert it in the package) that file... which contains name rom ed , than it probably works...
What is heimdall?
sort of odin but odin doesnt run on linux,for flashing
SOLUTION!!
Hey , I figured out a while back how to sort this out... Odin works,The reason though it bootloops is just that the \Data and \Cache Partitions are still in Ext4 Format... Stock Rom uses RFS... So The Solution is - After you Flash Your Stock Rom Via Odin, after it says "PASS" , Unplug USB then Reboot into the stock recovery mode by Holding HOME and POWER Button , Then format Cache and Then Wipe Data/Factory Reset (By doing this it formats back to RFS and then it can operate) ... then reboot to system ... And Voila , It works!!!! (Always works for me)... Hope this Helps Just Remember to USE ODIN (Heimdall apparently not Gio Supported)
Galaxy note 2 I317M can’t flash, stuck on Samsung galaxy logo
On this one can’t flash anything
With Odin gave error on modem partition (when start to flash). I can flash the recovery partition
With any box on sboot partition
I can go in download mode but CAN’T go in recovery mode, stuck in Samsung galaxy logo
I don’t know anything about the history
Is supposed to be a phone with cracked LCD but after replaced I’m stuck
Thanks for any ideas
P.S
please don't ask me to wipe or entry in recovery mode because the phone is not able, just in download mode
thanks again
Did the device boot up correctly after you received it?
about getting into recovery, just flash one with odin in download mode and see if you can get into it (home + power + volume up (or down, can't remember which of the 2 are for download mode, haven't used it in ages) ) I would recommend TWRP, as that one has a file manager in it you could use to see if there's anything on the device already.
make sure you get the official rom for your device
Code:
sammobile.com
most likely has what you need, downloads are slow though and you need to register but its a good site nevertheless.
make sure the file of the rom isn't corrupted, do a md5 check before you try to flash it. After downloading the rom zip file you need to extract it and point odin to the tar file with the "PDA" button, do not select anything besides "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" (they should be selected when opening ODIN, leave the other setting checked off)
What settings did you use in odin if i may ask? if you choose to repartition or erase nand or whatever they call it in the newer versions, you might have a serious issue as you have to have a special PIT file to get the partitions back. It also would explain why odin can't flash to the boot partition as its simply not available. If i'm not mistaken the PIT file for our devices isn't available.
could you perhaps explain a bit more in detail what steps you took after you got the device/replaced the screen in combination with odin and such? If you can't flash recovery or a rom through odin, then my best bet would be your device is ready to be thrown in the garbage.
i have the same prob once, and solved it...
here's what i did.
-reflash stock rom via odin
-reboot (boot loop acheived!)
-flash TWRP
-wipe cache/dalvik
-reboot but this time stuck at sammy logo for a while...
i left it alone for a while, about 15 mins. came back, and saw i was at the initial setup screen. try it... it may work for you too.
msk514 said:
i have the same prob once, and solved it...
here's what i did.
-reflash stock rom via odin
-reboot (boot loop acheived!)
-flash TWRP
-wipe cache/dalvik
-reboot but this time stuck at sammy logo for a while...
i left it alone for a while, about 15 mins. came back, and saw i was at the initial setup screen. try it... it may work for you too.
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he tried flashing with odin though, but he got an error while flashing about the modem partition, either something is broken inside the phone,(missing partitions due to wrong wipe in odin perhaps) or the rom he downloaded is corrupted. Also he seems to have issues with the recovery being unable to be flashed to the device.
as soon as you get the samsung boot logo (not the initial galaxy one where your device model is mentioned) the rom is booting up, first time always takes a while being stuck on the galaxy logo however means there's probably not any boot partition written with a boot.img by odin This could also mean either corrupted rom file or lack of partition to write too. No boot partition means the device simply doesn't know it should load something.
If i understand his post correctly he bought a second-hand device where only the screen was broken. i don't know how the screen got broken in the first place, but if the device took a hard fall, there's a big chance its not only the screen but also some hardware got broken.
i have more details
actualy is a AT&T version (someone changed the screen from a canadian phone but forgot to change the label
I'm able to flash the AT&T rom I317ATTALJ2 from sammobile with odin 9reboot and F. reset time checked) but is stuck on samsung galaxy note 2 logo
I CAN"T entry in recovery mode (don't know why)
only download mode
contramundi said:
If i understand his post correctly he bought a second-hand device where only the screen was broken. i don't know how the screen got broken in the first place, but if the device took a hard fall, there's a big chance its not only the screen but also some hardware got broken.
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i bought the phone with cracked screen
after tried many times i asked the owner and he told me the label is from a Canadian phone but the motherboard is from at&t
i can flash ONLY with odin and only I317UCALJ2 firmware. Any other firmware from at&t or not i have error when flash the system partition
i tried also with Octopus Box and Z3x Box. Same error
after flash successfully with odin is stuck in Samsung logo and NO RECOVERY MODE
so don't ask me to wipe
maybe with some Linux commands?
thanks
Sounds like you need the pit file and re partition checked i would look for a pit file for your phone when you find one check repartition
32dave said:
Sounds like you need the pit file and re partition checked i would look for a pit file for your phone when you find one check repartition
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can't find pit file
i don't know if is the same like i317m or n7105
even like this i think i need a rom with modem, csc, pda and bootloader separated
thanks
nickmatine said:
can't find pit file
i don't know if is the same like i317m or n7105
even like this i think i need a rom with modem, csc, pda and bootloader separated
thanks
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try to flash http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37688128 or if you have a different model than 7105 do a google search for a pit file for that phone.
afterwards flash the stock rom for your model (att/tmobile/etc) the rom itself should contain everything you need.
Found a pit file i will upload it here but it is from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376405 hope this helps
32dave said:
Found a pit file i will upload it here but it is from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376405 hope this helps
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seeing as the motherboard is from AT&T should he still use the canadian PIT file?
(don't wanna sound like a noob, and don't have the slightest clue about how the hardware inside the phone actually works so i'm just trying to learn new stuff )
I don't think it makes a difference as far as the pit goes
just let you know i was able to flash a stock rom from at&T and the phone work well now
thanks to everybody:good:
Hello there, all xda members.
I got Ace 2 to fix from my friend. He doesnt know exactly why did the phone becoming stuck on bootlogo. Maybe messing up with flashing GB or JB. or maybe wrong terminal command.
Ace 2 Condition :
- Its unable to pass boot logo samsung galaxy ace 2
- Its unable to enter recovery mode
- Its able to enter download mode, and its custom binary download : No, Current binary : Samsung official
Here all the thing that i have tried to fix the phone :
1. Flashing the phone with Russian Gingerbread with 3 files, Pit, CSC, and PDA. But it still stuck on bootlogo and unable to enter stock recovery. it shows succeed though on Odin, but it can't boot.
2. Flashing the phone with Latest Jelly bean, with Jelly bean pit file. Odin displaying succeed, but it doesnt boot either.
Can someone help me how to solve this problem?
Is there a condition where phone completely unable to recover from hardbrick such as stuck on bootlogo, but still able to enter download mode?
I'm going to download jelly bean mb2 or mb4 which include pit and csc from jelly bean and try to reflash it. Hope it gonna work.
Thanks for any help.
Anyone here to help me?
@ChronoMonochrome , maybe you've experienced something like this and able to resolve the problem.
The phone can't boot at all. and im a little frustrated here. I've already tried a 3 parted firmware MB4, and it doesnt work either. Tried to flash chrono 4.3 cwm through odin and it doesnt work either.
And if it really doesnt have a solution, maybe i'll just give it up. And doesnt continue researching to fix this phone. Thanks
maybe another devs that able to fix this. @ace2nutzer @fluffi444 or anyone??
It got the same case. Successfull flashing, but still doesnt boot, it just like flashing is fail. or it just like it reverted the way it was before flashing. Your help is very appreciated.
riyosakura said:
maybe another devs that able to fix this. @ace2nutzer @fluffi444 or anyone??
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Very strange. And more strange is that several people have this "only boot to logo / only downloadmode issue"
Up to now I have no Idea - I asume that ADB is not working, because of missing recovery mode? With ADB there are plenty of possibilities.
An complete Factory reset could be helpfull - But how to do it out of downloadmode ?! Don't know.
Up to now I didn't had a Phone with this behaviour for repair at home. If it would be reproducible how this all happens, I would bring my phone to this state to find out how to repair it (riff box here - so dead ACE 2 is not a problem) - But even this is unclear - Every report regarding this said only "suddenly" "without any reason" "flashed this or that" - But no exact infomation what happend acctually.
I'm out of Ideas. Sorry!
Thanks for answering.
I dont know if i have to give up already or not. But i'll try to flash it with another pc and data cable. Maybe it gonna work.
riyosakura said:
Thanks for answering.
I dont know if i have to give up already or not. But i'll try to flash it with another pc and data cable. Maybe it gonna work.
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Another try:
Flash with ODIN Ace2Nutzers Stock Kernel (search on FTP)
Do not let the Phone boot
After Flashing pull usb und press drictly the 3 keys to get into Rec. Mode
riyosakura said:
Anyone here to help me?
@ChronoMonochrome , maybe you've experienced something like this and able to resolve the problem.
The phone can't boot at all. and im a little frustrated here. I've already tried a 3 parted firmware MB4, and it doesnt work either. Tried to flash chrono 4.3 cwm through odin and it doesnt work either.
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No, I haven't had the phone in such condition as described above. But I have heard that any odin-flashable file that's wrongly flashed via "Phone" entry can lead brick which is similar to this. I remember only one case - one user from 4pda has flashed some file via odin, wrongly putting file to the "phone", and wasn't able to restore it anyhow - but he also had some brick on GPIO side - vol.up worked like vol.down, and the real vol.down didn't work at all. I don't know however, what memory partitions / any devices capable of storing data would be messed after this operation, and whether it's reparable at all. I mentioned devices, that can also store data, I know only that touchscreen has small memory for its firmware(that what I had broke one day in the past after accidental firmware change in the kernel) - but maybe some other devices also has it?!
There are also some chances that it's dead flash memory - chances are pretty small, but should also be taken into account.
I`ve finally managed to mess up my kernel after flashing numerous roms on my galaxy s3 T999. The problem is that my device has bootlooped and I can`t enter recovery mode (due to messed up kernel) and I don`t know where to find a Kernel which can be flashed with Odin.
Can someone please share a link to any kernel for s3 T-999 (it must be in .Tar form please) so that I can fix my phone. Thanks in advance.
I suggest flashing the latest stock ROM via Odin to solve the bootloop issue.
audit13 said:
I suggest flashing the latest stock ROM via Odin to solve the bootloop issue.
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Thanks for trying to help. The problem is that I can`t find any other S3 rom (in Tar form so that it can be flashed with Odin) other than T999UVUEOH1 (Jelly Bean 4.3). It bootloops over & over no matter how many times I flash it (I think it`s because I cannot wipe cache due to no recovery).
You used ROMs from sammobile.com or updato.com?
audit13 said:
You used ROMs from sammobile.com or updato.com?
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I tried one ROM from sammobile and another from androidfilehost (uploaded by a developer). Neither of them work because Odin gets stuck at Setup connection. I saw a video in which a guy fixed it by cleaning cache & delvik cache. This is the main issue because my kernel is messed up and I can`t clean cache because the phone just won`t go into recovery mode (neither custom recovery nor stock recovery).
Ashaz93 said:
Thanks for trying to help. The problem is that I can`t find any other S3 rom (in Tar form so that it can be flashed with Odin) other than T999UVUEOH1 (Jelly Bean 4.3). It bootloops over & over no matter how many times I flash it (I think it`s because I cannot wipe cache due to no recovery).
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Ashaz93 said:
I tried one ROM from sammobile and another from androidfilehost (uploaded by a developer). Neither of them work because Odin gets stuck at Setup connection. I saw a video in which a guy fixed it by cleaning cache & delvik cache. This is the main issue because my kernel is messed up and I can`t clean cache because the phone just won`t go into recovery mode (neither custom recovery nor stock recovery).
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Flashing the stock 4.3 rom was or wasn't successful?
audit13 said:
Flashing the stock 4.3 rom was or wasn't successful?
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It was successful every time i`ve done it in the past but it was a mistake to flash it via odin after knowing the recovery is messed up and disappears a few minutes after flashing (doesn`t matter which one I flash, I`ve tried multiple recoveries but they all behave the same due to problems with kernel). I believe that is what caused it to bootloop. I then went on to flash stock 4.3 several times but it bootloops on the samsung logo every time. Now finally i`ve encountered a new error which doesn`t lets odin to flash ROMs or Recovery. It remains stuck at SetupConnection the entire time.
BTW This phone is a 5 year old device and is not my primary device (Ever since I got the LG g5) but still it`s very dear to me so I started this thread. I don`t use it as much as I used to before but I still want to keep it alive (as long as it doesn`t dies on it`s own).
I need to find a way to clean cache from PC. I don`t think there`s any other way to save a phone in this kind of situation.
Try this: open Odin, uncheck everything except F reset time, flash. When you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove the USB cable from the phone, remove the battery, replace the battery, use key combination to get into stock recovery, factory wipe, reboot.
If this still doesn't work, the phone's internal memory chip may be defective.
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Try this: open Odin, uncheck everything except F reset time, flash. When you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove the USB cable from the phone, remove the battery, replace the battery, use key combination to get into stock recovery, factory wipe, reboot.
If this still doesn't work, the phone's internal memory chip may be defective.
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IT WORKED!!! :victory:
Unchecking everything except F reset time did the trick. How did you come with that ? You saved the day with that man. Thank you so much for showing up and taking the time trying to help me. I would not have been able to fix it without your help.
You should make an instructional thread for people facing this issue with Odin on any phone. I`m pretty sure it will help a lot of people who are stuck at SetupConnection when trying to flash ROMs. Thanks a lot for helping me out. I`d give you 500 if I had more accounts
Take care of yourself and keep up the good work audit13. :good:
Glad you got it working. We're here to help and learn from each other.
I learned the "uncheck" trick years ago when I started flashing the galaxy s2.
hi, i just sold this phone and they want it back to stock. It had cyanogenmod on it, but i cant remember which one probably cm11. so i went to odin 3.09 and get a UK (BTU) rom from samsung-updates.com. the phone was stuck at the boot logo. okay. so i had another rom and i was try to use odin3.10.6 with no luck. at this point i tried to Re-Partition the phone because i thought CM using a diferent file system. it is now stuck at the samsung galaxy logo. and odin3 gives an error if i try to flash these 2 roms again. (i downloading other ones but it is free slow speed and 1 at a time)
I get 'Secure Check Fail: aboot' so i think the baseband version is not good. if i get a non uk version is it still be the same and english language? or will it have another network's boot logo or anything?
i still can get to the download mode, i just need to know as long as that works this can be saved. if not then i wont waste my time.
i managed to install latest twrp and then flash lineage os. i had some error messages, but the rom boots up and seems like it is working fine. how can i find out which stock rom i need to get it boot up after odin3 flashed?
so after that i flashed a stock rom with odin, but then i had no wifi. i need a good stock rom for Uk model.
edit: okay i flashed another one and now it is all up and running, probably the modem version wasn't match. so thanks for the help! (for myself )
Maybe it will help for someone in the future, i hope. greetings from the past!