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Root [GUIDE] Unbrick Attain

travisantonio

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Aug 14, 2012
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Please follow every step as wrote.

Hello guys!, I'm new here but I'm an old developer of many older devices and OSs for mobiles :p, my name is Travis Antonio nice to meet ya all.

With this guide you will bring your Attain back to life like I did with mine.​


NOW THE TIME HAS COME!, Follow the steps :)

Step 1. Files to download:

-Heimdall Suite: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

-GA Fix: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD


Step 2. Heimdall Suite

Heimdall Suite is a suite made by Benjamin Dobell, so thanks to him we can have the Galaxy Attain back to life.

-Extract the Heimdall Suite wherever you want, but to make sure extract it in the main disk (C:\).

-After you have extracted it go into the folder of Heimdall Suite and open the Heimdall-fronted.exe (To make sure you have MS Visual C++ 2010)

--In case it gives error MSVCP100.DLL, download MS Visual C++ 2010 here: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

--Also make sure you have lastest Samsung USB Drivers, if you don't have it here is a link: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD


Step 3. Preparing/Configuring Drivers

-In the folder of Heimdall Suite go to a folder named Drivers.

-Attach USB to your Attain and put it into download mode. (without battery) *Volume Down + Power* then *Volume Up*

-After the computer recognizes it open zadig.exe

-Click on Options and click on List All Devices.

-Go to the List and mow you should see "Samsung USB Composite Device" on the list.

-Click on Install Drivers

-Done.


Step 4. Attain Back to Life / Heimdall Suite

-Go back to Heimdall Folder and open heimdall-fronted

-Click on Browse and look for the AttainFix.tar.gz

-Click on Load/Customise.

-Click on Flash.

-Voila! (Done).


If you have any question or anything to ask, just feel free I'm here to help,

Special thanks to:

*MobilePlay
*DadCup


Also thanks to:

*Shabbypenguin
For their great support and all the files =D

If you like my work buy me a beer :beer:
 
Thank you Travis. Even though I don't have an attain anymore I am glad that people won't be stuck sith a phone that they can't use.

Thanks to Shabby for helping me with pulling partitions, and showing me how to pull the factoryrfs so I could make some flashable themes, and dadcup as well for helping figure out some of the partitions. IM glad we could all work together and help Travis to get this done.
 
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Thanks to everyone who worked on this project...This once bricked phone now lives again :)

I only have 1 problem..I cant seem to enter Diag mode and I need that to be able to read phone in CDMA WS..Any way to fix that? the ##3424# doesnt work.

Ok I got it figured out....its *#7284# then choose CDMA MODEM for UART and USB...then it reads fine :)
 
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Thanks to everyone who worked on this project...This once bricked phone now lives again :)

I only have 1 problem..I cant seem to enter Diag mode and I need that to be able to read phone in CDMA WS..Any way to fix that? the ##3424# doesnt work.

Ok I got it figured out....its *#7284# then choose CDMA MODEM for UART and USB...then it reads fine :)

Cool. Glad to see this worked out for you :)
 
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You're not supposed to have a bootloop, did you follow all the steps right?

I fixed my Attain !!! Omg I'm so happy I brought my phone back to life !!

I'm rooted using GASMOD
I followed the steps, all I had to do was do a factory reset & it booted right up just fine

Screenshots right here , everything works !!
I'm very grateful & I really appreciate your work. Thanx man
You are a f*ckin genius !!
 

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I fixed my Attain !!! Omg I'm so happy I brought my phone back to life !!

I'm rooted using GASMOD
I followed the steps, all I had to do was do a factory reset & it booted right up just fine

Screenshots right here , everything works !!
I'm very grateful & I really appreciate your work. Thanx man
You are a f*ckin genius !!

Nice ;)
 
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How exactly did you get bricked? And have you tried using the steps on this guide?

I tried every unbrick thread... i first tried to do the pre rooted tar on odin and then it started to just reboot into the hold volume up to continue and then i tried to do redo the fg02 update from the samsung support page... that didn't work... so i tried this and gets to the factoryfs around 27% and this pops up every time
ERROR: Failed to begin file transfer sequence!
FACTORYFS upload failed!
Ending session...

please help me
 
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