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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
Hi all,

I have looked for a similar post, I found out that many people experienced something like that trying unlocking their phones, but I haven't found out any solution.

Here is my situation:

I have tried to unlock my s5830 (orange spain carrier), I have used a method which it seems to be dangerous for the phone, but of course I have found out it was dangerous after I have already tried it :(

Anyway after I discovered the unlock number contained in the perso.txt file in the efs folder, my phone restarted without service once and after that it went in a bootloop mode, it goes on a download mode, but there is no way to get back recovery mode or a normal boot.

I flashed the s5830 several times with many firmware, but no one worked, and the phone is still stuck in an infinite loop, in which I am not even able to see the samsung logo coming out at the very beginning.

I know many phones got bricked in this way, I wanted to know if anybody has been able to recover the phone or if anybody know any possible solution.

And if not, do you know if the warranty is covering this problem? I just got the phone a couple months ago; i have unlocked other devices before, but this is the first time I have experienced a problem so I am quite new about warranty as well. Please HELP ME :eek:

Merry Christmas guys!!!

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] King Kaze:
if you can get into download mode im guessing there is some hope for you.

go here: http://droidangel.blogspot.com/2011/05/samsung-galaxy-ace-s5830-original-stock.html

look for: S5830XXKP9

and make sure you have odin 4.38 and flash with that.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SpaceCaker:
try to install cwm and install a customrom
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] kurama72:
with the cellphone off, put out ur baterry for a minute, then maintain ur finger into the volume down button and the power button tell a friend or if u can alone insert the batery while quickly pressing volume down and power button to get into download mode, and flash.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Idrito:
Hehehe,bootloop is horrible,you just have to get in download mode & flash with 2.3.4 firmware with Odin,just that steps and you save your SGA.

I got bootloop many times and Odin saved me.

Sent from my SGA
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] xdaboy122:
he cant go back in recovery mod............;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dr_vishal:
If you can go to recovery mode than you can just wipe the data and cache. This saved me many times. Otherwise on what ever OS you may be , just create new user name after removing samsung android drivers. Login from new user name and than re install drivers again and now flash your phone from firmware which was installed on your phone before you bricked it. This helped me a few times.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
hey guys thanks for the answers, but unfortunately i am not able to reach the recovery mode, my phone just reach the download mode.....i will try with the xxkp9, even if i have already tried it...I guess i have tried at least 15 firmwares without any success :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] dr_vishal:
Helping to make your Christmas Merry :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] franzks:
It seems that you've already received a lot of help for unbricking your device. So I'll try to help out in unlocking your phone after you finished unbricking it.

This is the method I personally used on my locked Ace:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1335548

It's perfectly safe. 100%.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
I have tried the XXKP9 again, it is not working, as usual Odin ends to load the firmware and then it goes back in the endless loop mode....there is no chance to get it back?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
thank you very much I will follow your advice...IF I will be able to get my phone back which seems impossible =(

@dr_vishal

Thank you first of all, I have tried to uninstall and reinstall the android device driver, but it doesn't seems to be the problem, Odin ends with a "PASS" at the end, I guess there still is comunication in the between the two devices...

Hopefully it will be a Merry Christmas =)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] franzks:
It's not impossible. I'm relatively new here but I have noticed quite a few "bricked" threads already. Most of them (if not all) have been able to fix their device. I haven't seen a single person permanently brick their device, so I would guess that your chances of fixing it are really high. Just be patient and keep describing your situation and more experienced help will certainly arrive. I'd really like to help out but I have no idea how to fix it as I have not experienced bricking my phone yet.

Anyway, if the method for unlocking I suggested works for you kindly press the Thanks Button. Merry Christmas! :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
Thank you franzks!

I promise I will try your method and I am positive it will works, but I need to get my phone back...so I will add few new information I have found out talking to a friend of mine which has my same device and the same carrier as well.

The version built-in is:

GINGERBREAD.BVKQ9

S5830BVKQB

2.6.35.7-perf-cl562323root@dell122#1

Any suggestion about the firmware I am suppose to flash in?

I am actually passing through all the version contained in the address droidangel you gave me...at the moment no one is working...I will keep trying...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
Guys,

I am out of ideas, I have tried each single firmware I have seen around internet, no one is working, any tip or advice or suggestion?

I messed up with the efs, and I guess that's all, the phone is gone....now it needs a JTAG or whatever is its name....

maybe to get the warranty still valid I should broke totally the phone over charging it....??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Pinting:
Did you try that?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] torchwolfery:
just a thought

a lot of people have talked about reflashing it and all but have you managed to get into the recovery mode at all once you have reinstalled the rom with odin? if you can get to that you just need to hit factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik and normaly after that it will work fine... so far ive been stuck in soft brink 3 times and each time doing the wipes from the recovery mode has worked...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
I've tried to use the oneclick, but it seems it doesn't recognize the phone, since, i guess, it's made for a galaxy s.

The others are not my case, since I am able to get download mode, and all these are made to can get it back.

Anyway I found out a post in which the people were talking about the s5500, which apparentely is similiar to my device, and the owners of that model experienced a similar problem doing the same process....anyway in that post the people needed to use a Jtag, which is the only way to get it back....so I though it could be the same solution for my problem...but I don't know anybody with Jtag, so the only way is contacting the service center.

thanks anyway, when I will be back at home after Christmas I will try to find the ticket and I will probably try to get it back in warranty, since is preatty new...:(

@torchwolfery

I am not able to reach recovery mode, there is no way to get it back, even flashing the phone with different firmwares, all I got is download mode, and apparently that is completely pointless...since the only change in the phone behavior is that if i install a certain firmwares it doesn't even have the back-light working when it is stuck in bootloop.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] ilarrain:
Warranty is your only hope (as it was mine once and it worked).
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Gizmotech:
I didn't think it was possible to brick these phones. There I have tried so much to try and brick it but I have not been able to as it still always goes into 'download' mode. The only advice I can give you is double check that you are using the correct version of Odin which is v4.38 and that you use cooper v1.0 as your OPS. If dont mind me asking, but exactly what did you do or do you remember the steps you took to brick it? What buttons are you using for 'recovery' mode.

Also please clarify if Odin is going in a loop or does the phone come on and then keeps rebooting? If it is the phone that keeps rebooting, then wiping cache and data partition should do the trick. This can be done by going into recovery mode (which I am aware you cannot get into) or if you can manage to get into the dialler quick enough before the reboot, by dialling *7267*3855# and that should format the relevant partitions (data and cahce) and bring it back to factory settings. Without further info, I cannot really tell exactly what the situation is.

The fact that you are getting 'download' mode, I dont think that it is bricked because it will still allow you to write the relevant directory/files to the relevant blocks. Either way, would be interested to know.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
thanks for your answer,

anyway i'm positive about odin 4.38 and the ops, the main problem is that it doesn't boot at all, it only turns on and off and it doesn't even reach the first screen, it reboots so fast that the phone doesn't even show "samsung" at the very beginning, it just turns off and on continuously, and all i got is the download mode, no recovery (home=power), and dload screen and ramdumb screen, the lasts two are pointless, since you cannot communicate with the phone.

I simply attempted to unlock it modifying the stl5, as is showed in this post:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-mini-s5570/400014-tutorial-unlock-sim-network-samsung-galaxy-mini-s5570-ace-s5830-gio-s5660-pop-i559-fit-s5670.html

I can upload all the firmwares i want, since odin detects the phone and send the whole information, when it has finished to upload the 4 files or the one package file, the phone reboots, so as always it goes back in a bootloop mode.

I presume it should be blocked by a missed information in the first part of the memory, efs, or in a crucial sector.

As far as i'm concern in few cases some people managed to get back working uploading S5830...KPE firmware, but having the phone back without the imei, so with no service...so basically with no phone, a brick which runs android.

Instead, and unfortunately, I belong to the majority of those people which are no able to get the phone back working at all, stuck at a pointless flash of infinite firmwares...many users as I and ilarrain have had the same issue with the same result...warranty..

If they don't recognize i have messed up trying unlocking it, in that case i'll let you know the cost of my stupidity. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Shermaine:
Did you factory reset after flashing via odin?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
Factory Reset= Recovery (or Android)= No working....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Mardon:
Try "3 button combo".. If that doesn't work:

Try a "301k Factory Mode jig"... If that doesn't work:

Try UnBrickable Mod http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1236273 (if available on your platform)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] sfrat:
So here is the news, the phone was bricked, so I sent it at the assistance, at the end it seems like the main board was broken, so apparently they have not been able to find out that I had broken it ;-)

Now I have tried to use the code I have found the first time I have tried to unlock the phone (by the process stl5 which has been guilty of bricking it), and it worked! So finally after i got my unlocked phone.....

What I learned?

DON'T USE STL5 METHOD TO UNBRICK YOUR PHONE, IT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL! there is a method which is 100% safe. SO USE IT.

Plus I would ask if the administrators of this forum could delete all the posts related to that unsafe method.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fox945:
So I was trying to return my friend's Captivate back to stock and had bad feelings about it due to his stupid PC in the first place but finally got everything downloaded and worked out(so I thought) and I was using the Heimdall one-click. During the flash it failed to upload the kernel(the first step in the flash) and now the phone just shows a phone symbole with a dotted line with a orange ! leading to a computer symbol.

Is it fixable from this point(if I need a JIG i can get one) or is it gone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
You need a jig. And about an hour.You need to read how to get download mode, also need to read how to diagnose connection issues. See the link in my sig? Follow that to the answers you seek.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fox945:
Thank you. At least I know a JIG should fix it. Next time I just take it home and use my PC where i've flashed the same phone about 100 times from w/out any problems. Thats what I get trying to use a laptop which I can never seem to get a long with.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pandazman:
I have a captivate and its black screened. i have a jig and cant get it into download mode. On my computer it does not show up at all. On my friends computer we got it to show up once as a Unknown devices. Any suggestions?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrhaley30705:
My sig thread (see below for link) "Are you bricked"
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] gwreedak:
I rooted my NT a couple of weeks ago using Indirect's method, I also did the OTA block. I've thought about re-rooting to delete the bloatware, but still want to be able to access the B&N store as I do like to read and to be able to purchase more e-books. I tried installing the lastest NOOK for Android by B&N app from the Android Market, but it won't open - I see the icon in my launcher, but nothing happens when I touch it. Anybody have any thoughts?

Had no problems doing this with my NC w/ CM7 - hoping that somebody figures that out soon for the NT:)

Thanks ~ G
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] liquidzoo:
You don't need the Nook for Android app, as the stock reader/store does the same thing.

I'm also fairly certain that the nook app itself doesn't work (probably by design) on the NT, since you have the default reader/store.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] bldgengineer:
Yup. Found out the hard way myself. Just uninstall and hit the N button when you want to use the Nook app.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] icantthinkofaname61:
I tried to install the Nook app and it doesn't work for me either.

Blocking the update broke my B&N store. I used the method that said the store will not be affected. I was already a customer at the B&N store and wanted to continue to buy things, but B&N is making this way too difficult.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] kahboom:
I too have the same problem. After rooting and preventing updates, I am unable to connect to B&N. Anyone have any suggestions to solve this problem?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Nnn Noob:
:( Well, to sum things up, my phone has never been so slow and laggy ever since flashing Faux's ultimate kernel (v0.0.6u). (Not blaming anyone other than myself, just sayin)... Anyway, I have the feeling something internal went horribly wrong. Seeing that no other kernel other than Faux's ultimate had GPU turbo boost @ 320/220Mhz, I thought it would be nice to try it out with BeastMod 4.2. After using OC Daemon to set my CPU gov to ONDEMAND and stock clock speeds, I did the usual and tested the rom throughout the day. Battery live was insanely awful. The phone seemed to draining at a rate comparable to using YouTube on 4G, EVEN WHEN THE SCREEN WAS OFF:mad:!. Oh, and it got pretty warm, not hot, but noticeably warmer than usual. Knowing I would not be able to flash a new rom/kernel till later that day, I simply shut my phone off for the time being. When I got home, I discovered the problem. Even after switching back to... let's say Bullet w/ Juggernaut, I noticed that scrolling through anything, playing a game, running a benchmark (especially this one), caused the phone to slow down, hiccup, pause, lag, whatever you want to call it. In Quadrant, the fps for the 2d test was hitting high 20's before, and now, it jumps about the teens goes as low as 8fps. Score: 1801...2130... Am I running a dual core? Not anymore it seems... Feels like the second I touch my phone, thermal protection kicks in or something else is choking it and preventing my phone from being smooth like it used to be. Even tried underclocking to sensation speeds (1188). No help at all. Still craps out on me. I'm beginning to think I fried something inside. Broken Adreno? Hope not... Any ideas?

Note: Yes, I followed all ROM and kernel flashing procedures. I may be a noob (literally), but I do know how to flash properly. :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Exodian:
Maybe try a factory reset and Odin back to stock to start from scratch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Nnn Noob:
I'll give it a shot. Hoping Christmas Eve is lucky this year.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spevky:
Is thare a way to improve quality and resolution of Filming and taking photos?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiel:
Someone tried it already..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1314811

But I don't know if that is stable enough.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mujeeb999:
It is not possible as hardware does not support
[Eee Pad Transformer General] zdarkhalo:
I'm new to here. I have an Asus tf101-x1 (the BlackFriday version from Bestbuy), it says B90KASxx on the box, and the firmware is US_epad-8.5.5.9-20110816. I tried to use Razorclaw to root my device, but failed, it tells me that it lacks some file needed, I need some help for rooting it. After reading some threads, some members say that it works for their B90, is it an issue of my firmware version? if it is, what version do I need to root it? or is there another way around to root it?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] baseballfanz:
Your question was answer in the other thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20654038&postcount=9
[Eee Pad Transformer General] daranman:
I don't think you can for now. Razorclaw needs the firmware to be at 8.6.5.19 (or .18), and you can't get there through OTA updates. B90 can't get a custom recovery unless its rooted, so you can't flash the rom.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] capt_peo:
I just saw the Nexus S getting it and it looks pretty damn cool.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
They come in twos lol. This is the development section.

We dont have any chance officially. The only way is if we get Cm9. Then you could root and flash that. Changes are cm 9 will break 4g.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwallace70129:
Damn that blows... I was really looking forward to CM9. But I actually use my 4g quite often. Its my mobile wi-fi for my tablet and laptop... :sadface:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjhall:
Honestly I don't have much faith that it will work properly anyway. Would be neat to play around with, but I don't see it being seriously useful. I'd like to be wrong though.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
[youtube]mRrAc7NPtFc&autoplay=1[/youtube]

blahblahblah Russian Nyan Cat blahblahblah every unfitting thread in development gets 15 more minutes yadayadayada please post in Q&A
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadomastr:
Check out the app Visidon Applock. Developer is responsive to all questions and the app works well. It is a solid replacement until we upgrade to a phone that has ics.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ugothakd:
Except for the lockscreen portion. Easily bypass-able (is that a word?) By pressing home

sent from my touchwiz 4.5-ed epic
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] capt_peo:
fudge!! and here I was getting all exited
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ArcticCat:
Can anyone post the newest modem ddkl1 in a cwm zip.?

I have reception issues and I'm not able to find it for download.

Merry Christmas
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ArcticCat:
Bump!

Merry Christmas
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ArcticCat:
ok one last try :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] henke2:
snag it from any KL rom and flash it via ODIN, just as easy as CWM.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ArcticCat:
Yep I know :) I just can't download 500+ megs easily internet is not equally fast/cheap all around the world ;)
[General Questions and Answers] brberie:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1163028&page=3

Not allowed to reply:(

Installed that ROM and kernel. Everything is fine but display rotation doesn't work.

Please advise.

Android ver. 2.2.2

kernel 2.6.32.9 joban #8 build oct 25 17:55 2011

Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
I just want to take time out at the end of this 2011 and thank all of you out there who took the time out to thank me for my contributions and recently put me over a thousand. This community is about helping others and am grateful for all of those that helped me in the beginning last November when I joined. This inspired me to in turn help as many users as I can and even try some light themeing. I would also like to thank recent contributors out there who I see answering questions and contributing as much as they can. This is a great community with a lot of great users. Let's be kind and polite to the noobies and not incite those that are not as cordial as the rest of us. Let's keep this community great. Thank you all for being my friends!

Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy New year!
[Epic 4G General] Gavisann:
Thanks for your contributions and happy early new year!

Send from my SPH-D700 (Samsung Epic 4G)
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
You done good, man.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Right back atcha man! You are def one of those guys I am talking about. You are real quick with the helping hands. Thank you!
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
THX !!!

Feliz Navidad - Prospero Ano y Felizidad ! ( and we won't remind anyone else that U were the real reason it took so long to get GB ) ... LOL :D :D :D
[Epic 4G General] abhaxus:
People like you are the reason I try to actually use the website instead of the app as much as I can. Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
The premium app let's you thank users!

Thanks Kenny whether you helped me or not! And thanks for being friendly guys lol there might be rought times here though
[Epic 4G General] JohnCorleone:
Wow, I owe everyone here a huge thanks as well! At least 3/4 of my "thanks" came from people here and I appreciate it. I hardly ever use the actual site or browser option. I checked it the other day and I was shocked! Thanks again everyone. I can't wait to get back over here with an Epic but Nubecoder deserved that last one more than I do....the best group of people on XDA are here.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
This is why this is the greatest community on XDA! This was me thanking you guys! You are all the best!
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanzaa and New Year, and all the rest I forgot about. Anyway, I've got the Tapatalk app on my homescreen (it was free from GetJar) and thanks go out to you kenny, and everyone who helps!

It's good to have a few thanks collected of my own and hope that will keep growing. I've gotten a huge amount of additional value out of my Epic because of this place. It's better than ever.
[Epic 4G General] codest3r:
Kenny, HTF did you hack the thanks counter?! :P

jk - nice work man. You have definitely stood beside the community and deserve the recognition with a select few that consistently rise above the bull****, egos, and trolls. ;)
[Epic 4G General] thomasskull666:
You have definitely been a consistently helpful contributer in this community for a long while now, keep up the good work man and congrats on 1k!!
[Epic 4G General] jeffro18:
Everyone posting here has helped me in one way or another whether you know it or not. Thanks to the whole community for working together to keep the epic relevant.
[Epic 4G General] abhaxus:
Thanks! Bought it just now because of your post!
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
..... sneak peak of what im waiting to post when a kickass rom is released ..
[Epic 4G General] codest3r:
ROFLMAO!!!

Damn these phones are powerful.

Sent via Decadent Epic 4G CM7
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Trying to thank everyone for the kind words but ran out of "thanks" for today but apparently I get 8 now instead of 5.

Merry Christmas!!!!