I have a Samsung Galaxy S 4G from T-Mobile. It's not booting up anymore and could not get pass by the screen (attached) that displays a phone, exclamation mark and PC.
I tried all the different combinations to boot and load to download mode but still will not load. Tried plugging into another machine and still cannot get it to boot up.
Device(s): HTC Sensation - MIUI JB, HTC One X cm10, Galaxy S - LeeDroid, Galaxy Tab - Bindroid
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Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S 4G from T-Mobile. It's not booting up anymore and could not get pass by the screen (attached) that displays a phone, exclamation mark and PC.
I tried all the different combinations to boot and load to download mode but still will not load. Tried plugging into another machine and still cannot get it to boot up.
Any help and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Sounds like you have a soft brick my friend. Is the phone completely stock or were you trying to mod it in some way? Here's a brief explanation of what needs to be done. (ive used this method in the past to recover my sgs 4g w/tmobile.) :
download odin to your computer and connect the phone via usb to your computer while it is at the recovery/download screen. Place the stock rom file into the section marked PDA in odin and flash to the device.
If everything is successful you should be recovered when the process is complete. If you didnt backup you may have lost some stuff, but at least you can use the phone again. Let me know what you've tried and/or if this method worked for ya. Ill be on for a while and can help some more if need be.
[edit: pre-rebuttal : kies sucks.... ive had nothing but trouble with it in the past.]
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Last edited by KJohns; October 12th, 2012 at 01:33 PM.
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Thanks for the help... I will give it a try.
What is the difference between a "soft brick" and a "hard brick". I was trying to attach an image but the forum will not let me since I am new. The image is the phone-exclamation mark-computer.
I cannot get the phone into "download" mode. I have tried all the different variables from up and down volume, up + power, down + power and plug in cable but won't get pass this screen.
Can we fix it? or is it totally toast?
I really appreciate your help. Thanks!
I was trying to do a "mod". Went to T-mobile's site and they had a link to do theupdate via the Samsung Kies Mini. The process was stuck at about 34% for several hours without movement. So I disconnected the cable and that was it, toast. Where can I get a "legit" download of "Odin"? Thanks again!
And also, now when I plug in the phone to the laptop, it keeps saying "unrecognized device" found so the laptop does not see it. I look at Device Manager and it is listed as "unknown device"..
Device(s): HTC Sensation - MIUI JB, HTC One X cm10, Galaxy S - LeeDroid, Galaxy Tab - Bindroid
Carrier: Not Provided
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Ok from a quick google search it looks like the Vibrant supports a few jellybean ports. (i seem to recall hearing there was a CM10 variant available.) As its relatively new , there may be some bugs involved so read through the changelogs and posts to see what is or isnt working. you can check this for roms ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=711
as for the galaxy s 4g ... i dont think a jellybean port is possible for this device. (i could be wrong.) there may be some ics support for the sgs 4g, i dunno.
If you must have a jellybean, there are always themes/launchers you can add to give your phone that look.
Last edited by KJohns; October 12th, 2012 at 04:30 PM.
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I am in the same position, super one-clicked rooted my samsung galaxy s 4g to Valhalla Black custom ROM then attempted to restore to factory and bricked it. Not completely illiterate but definitely a noob still. Do I use the PDA or Bootloader section to place the .md5 file before I attempt to flash back? Thanks!
sp was trying to upgrade to gingerbread today and half way through set up with kies, my computer ended up saying device not recognized and now screen is stuck on phone and monitor image...been reading this thread and have downloaded odin and am trying to fix my phone but my computer still doesnt recognize the device, any insight ???
im having the same problem after forgetting to do a data wipe before flashing back to stock rom...i tried doing the above process and now im just stuck on the download screen..someone help im tired of being with out a phone
yeah i tried everything...it loads up then fails right at the end...it used to complete all the way and say success...now it wont even boot up period...it used to display the vibrant screen and that was it
Sounds like you have a soft brick my friend. Is the phone completely stock or were you trying to mod it in some way? Here's a brief explanation of what needs to be done. (ive used this method in the past to recover my sgs 4g w/tmobile.) :
download odin to your computer and connect the phone via usb to your computer while it is at the recovery/download screen. Place the stock rom file into the section marked PDA in odin and flash to the device.
If everything is successful you should be recovered when the process is complete. If you didnt backup you may have lost some stuff, but at least you can use the phone again. Let me know what you've tried and/or if this method worked for ya. Ill be on for a while and can help some more if need be.
[edit: pre-rebuttal : kies sucks.... ive had nothing but trouble with it in the past.]
Thanks in advance for this info...I see a soft-brick in my newbie future. By the way, Kies Mini worked good for me...after I removed previous versions of KIES and rebooted. Then the whole turn off/on USB Debugging was a little confusing, but it worked once I got the order correct. The driver files are important too... see the posts above!
Last edited by snecker; March 14th, 2013 at 06:46 PM.
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I need help asap!!!!!!!!!!!
I did everything on here with odin and the gb file. When i started it on odin it almost got to the end when it said failed not it doesnt even want to start the process on odin please help
Samsung Galaxy S 4G - "Bricked"?
