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[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
OK, the red recovery is the three finger recovery. Don't worry about wiping if u can't. Did u try section 4? U can worry about transferring the files after u get a working blue recovery.

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I don't know what else to tell u except its pretty much impossible to brick, and if ur following those steps correctly, u WILL get it fixed.

If u can't get it fixed, u can always mail it to me, and I can fix it. Like I said, I thought I've 'bricked' mine countless times, and am still using it.

Let me know if u still have trouble.

And if u wanna go the route of me fixing it, pm me and I'll send u my address.

Good luck bud, there's not much else I can tell u then to keep trying.

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I don't know what else to tell u except its pretty much impossible to brick, and if ur following those steps correctly, u WILL get it fixed.

If u can't get it fixed, u can always mail it to me, and I can fix it. Like I said, I thought I've 'bricked' mine countless times, and am still using it.

Let me know if u still have trouble.

And if u wanna go the route of me fixing it, pm me and I'll send u my address.

Good luck bud, there's not much else I can tell u then to keep trying.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
Hey Triptosyll,

Would checking the 're-partition box in Odin when flashing back to completely stock firmware help him? Been along time since I had to do it so I don't remember exactly.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Well yea, but when u put the pit file in the box, it automatically checks the re-partition box as I recalled. Besides, I've shown him COUNTLESS links, and almost all of them tell home how to do it. He's gotta try. Gotta make that initiative, other wise hell never understand what he's doing, and he's just as likely to screw up his next phone. That whole fish for a man, or teach him how to fish kinda thing. ;)

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[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
Lol very true. I remember reading for weeks before I ever rooted, let alone flashed a Rom.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
And weeks afterwards to learn how to do it right and efficiently. I NEVER went to the devs to ask for help until I got in deep doing things like changing the innards of a ROM or kernel, and building ROMs from source. This has annoyed me, cuz I know if I had his phone in my had, I would have it fixed in 15 mins flat. And he should have too. He'll get it I'm sure, but he isn't thinking outside the box when he's doing the work, and so he isn't seeing what his real issue is. And I can't tell without it in my hands, cuz from what he's saying, nothing he's flashing is sticking.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
Just opened my Odin v1.3 and loaded up a pit and pda and it did not auto check repartItion, just so u know for future reference. May also depend on which Odin version u are using too don't know.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
That's the version I was using before I went to Linux on my comp. When u enter the pit in, there IS a box that gets checked somewhere, what is it? I don't have Odin anymore, I have to use heimdall, and I would like to know what it is that is auto checked when u load a pit. If u could let me know. Thx.

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And, u hear that bud? Try checking the re partition box when u flash the pit and FIRST PDA package.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
I gotcha on that. I was never so happy in my life when superoneclick came out. I did see a topIc(in my 5min. Search) on the same forum as droidstyles how to that some people where having issues being stuck in recovery and ways to fix.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Yup. I posted a link for him from people having the EXACT same problem as him and how they fixed it. Have u ever used heimdall?

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[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
Upon opening auto reboot and f. Reset time are checked and nothing seems to auto check when selecting a pit file.

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One time to flash a galaxy tab 7 custom Rom.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Hmmm....maybe I was using a different version. Where is your pit file box located in ui? On the right side or left? Mine was in the top left on my version, and something auto checked when I would load a put file. Maybe it was a later version. Oh well, my version is gone now so I couldn't tell ya. I like heimdall way better anyhow. U have way more control.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Nope, that is the one I was using. Maybe its heimdall that auto checks when loading a pit. I can't remember anymore. Lmao! Its been so long since I've used Odin. Well either way, I had to learn about re-partitioning when using the pit, and if he had read thru the forums that I provided, he would have seen something about it. Its there somewhere. This is what I'm talking about. I can only do so much. Ppl gotta b able to stand on their own two feet at least a little.

Thanks for the help.....Araon.

Haha

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And I do appreciate it. Its really hard to point someone to something when u can't look at it yourself. Seems like their no one in the mesmerize section anymore. This situation has me frustrated, cuz I'm sure its something really simple that's effing it up. I wanna help the guy tho, just can't seem to get it to work.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
I definitely agree with ya and glad I could be of some assistance. All of the mez. stuff has moved b/c of some issues (not real sure what) but with some good ole goggle u can find just about anything.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Seems everything is just bundled under the name fascinate. I just search for that to find out what to do in the messy. Like I said, I've been running fassy ROMs on this thing since day one.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Any luck yet bud?

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[Samsung Mesmerize] DonZabu:
I've been gone dealing with some other, unexpected **** in my life. Haven't had time for the phone.

But anyway, you keep telling me to follow the Section 4 instructions in that one link, to flash ICS; with all due respect, why would that help my phone? It's a years-old Mesmerize that ran Gingerbread.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
I have that same years-old mesmerize running jb. And it does it wonderfully.

But the reason I'm telling u that is so that u can get yourself into a working recovery. From there u can try your backups.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] DonZabu:
Well I tried it, and it seems to have worked pretty well (three-finger works again, for one thing), but I still can't mount the USB in CWM (Unable to open ums lunfile), so I can't install the actual rom.

What should I do now?

EDIT: After exiting CWM for a second time, my phone booted up again, and I think it's working now (and for some reason thinks it's a Verizon phone). But far as I can see here, I have a working phone again, so thanks a whole bunch for helping me figure this out.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
GOOD!! I'm glad to hear it. :thumbup::D let me know if u need anything else! :thumbup::thumbup:

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[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
I've tried quite literally everything in this thread to get my buddies Mesmerize out of a boot loop but no luck, anyone got any other ideas? I've read that this phone is unbrickable, I cant get it past the first Samsung logo no matter which files I flash. I've even tried Heimdall with no luck either. Does anybody got any ideas, I'm stuck and out of answers at this point...
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Can u get into recovery?

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[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
Nope, not with Power + vol up, Power + vol down, or Vol up and down + Power. I even tried plugging it in each time to see if recovery would pop up like it did for that other guy in this thread. To be clear though, since this is not my phone and I am not used to how it functions normally, all I ever get is the first white Samsung logo. I hold any of the combination of buttons and it shows the white samsung logo, then it disappears for a few seconds then it reappears. That is when I let go of the buttons. No matter which .tar file and .pit file I use, it has never booted past the first white Samsung logo. Depending on which version of the OS I odin or Heimdall, it will sometimes boot to the first white Samsung log, frezze at that same logo, or not boot at all. I have spent hours working on this and I have never gotten it to boot past the first white samsung logo or to go into recovery.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Do u have adb installed and working on your computer? If u do plug the phone in and try 'adb reboot recovery' in the terminal. Hopefully that will get u into a recovery. If not, the first thing u need to worry about is getting a recovery working. So u need to use 2.2 pit file AND the recovery u wanna flash at the same time. U should b flashing the 2.2 pit file and the teamhacksung build 2 together. If that don't work, try using heimdall and do the pit file and a specific recovery until u find one that works.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
Yep, I have adb.

I tried adb but no luck, it shows no devices when I type adb devices. For the fun of it I tried adb reboot recovery with the phone off and plugged in and with it in download mode.

Ok, next I have the 2.2 pit but where do I get the teamhacksung build 2 from that you are talking about? All I can find is from this thread in step 4. But isnt that a whole rom? How do I flash that in Odin?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238070

Either way, even if I do not manage to get it up and running again, I really really appreciate you helping me out and giving me a few more things to try. Thank you!
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1238070

Follow section 4. When u get to the step where u flash the cwm4_fixed file, u should have working cwm recovery. U CAN fix it, and with some thinking and some common sense, and following that guide EXACTLY as it says, u WILL fix it. I'm almost certain. Play around with that guide for a bit, and get back to me.

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Oh, And make sure to download the build 2 of teamhacksung not build 1. I've always had more luck with build 2.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
I did section 4 already but I just did it again. After I run odin with the 2.2 pit and EH03 it still wont boot but I tried the cwm4_fixed anyways and still cant get into recovery. I tried both vol + power, power+ vol up, and power + vol down and still nothing. I have followed the steps verbatim and still nothing. Do you know where I can find a few recoveries to try with Heimdall if it isnt too much trouble? I am used to my trusty Evo 4g and I can tell you the name of a half dozen recoveries for it but since this is not my phone I am not so familiar with files for it.

Let me know the next time you have some free time and I would be glad to let you connect through teamveiwer. You can try it yourself (with my help since you cant touch the phone obviously) I doubt I am missing a step or doing something wrong but at this point I am more than willing to give it a shot. Afterall no one is perfect so maybe I am missing something and not even realizing it!
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Well try that teamviewer thing, but it'll b a day or two. I've been neglecting a few problems of my own lately, and I need them figured out. I'll pm u when I got time.

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[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
Ok, sounds good, thank you much!! Just let me know, thanks again!
[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
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[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
Thank you, but Odin says "MD5 hash value is invalid" for the CI500_USCC_EE19_FROYO_REL.tar.md5. I opened it to try it with Heimdall but it only has:

boot.bin

Sbl.bin

param.lfs

dbdata.rfs

factoryfs.rfs

IS this normal or shouldnt there also be:

cache.rfs

modem.bin

movinand.bin

recovery.bin

zImage

Either way I appreciate the attempt to help all the same! :)
[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
Don't no about the md5 as this was a file I had downloaded and used with no issues. what version of odin? As I've never had this issue. How about the recovery, will it flash through Odin and allow boot to recovery?

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As far as hemindal TRIP would be able to answer that better than I as I have only used it one time in the last few years and am not very familiar with it.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
There should b those other things, but it really doesn't matter. I would go to cwm website, grab a recovery, and flash that to your phone with heimdall. Just put it in the recovery field. The try and three finger into it. Try any of the latest versions, but keep trying different versions untill u get one that works. When u try and finger or way into recovery, MAKE SURE u wait for the Samsung logo to flash the second time before u let go of any of the buttons. Let me know if u get a recovery working. If u can't, let me know, after uve flash quite a few.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
I've tried just about every recovery I can find, I even tried the same recovery that was downloaded from different places to ensure it is not something wrong with a particular recovery file. When you say hold the buttons to get into recovery untill the samsung logo flashes the second time, I have a question. Does the logo flash (meaning like an animation) on your phone or are you meaning just when it flashes across the screen. On this phone when /I hold the 3 buttons, it will show a plain white samsung logo, it is a still frame, no animation to it like a splash screen or anything. I hold the button, the samsung logo comes up, I keep holding button and it disappears, then it pops up a second time and I let go. Like I said there is no flashing of the logo though so I was wondering if this has something to do with stopping me from getting to recovery.

This seems to be where I am stuck, I agree that getting recovery working is the most important. If I can get the phone to that stage I can quite easily get it up and running I am sure, but nothing I do can get it to work at this point!

One of your earlier posts says something about flashing the pit file in Odin when you flash the recovery that way, any time I flash a pit with a recovery.bin, the phone will not boot at all not even to the still frame of the samsung logo.
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
No, u flash the pit file, when u flash the eh03 rom or whatever. The stock rom. Click the partition box in that process too. So, in Odin, u would flash the pit file and the stock rom with the partition box checked. That's step one. Step two is flashing a custom recovery so u can flash roms from your device.

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And yes that's what I meant about the Samsung screen flashing. It appears for approx 30 sec, disappears for a half of a second, then reappears. That's when u let off of the power and volume buttons
[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
Yep, thats how I did it. But I tried even flashing the recovery and the pit file just to make sure I wasnt doing it wrong. Either way it didnt work.

Thanks, I was pretty sure I was trying to get into recovery right but I figured at this point might as well start double checking everything.

What is the difference between the atlas 2.2 pit, the atlas 2.2.1 pit, and the atlas 2.2.2 pit? I have all three and have tried them all here and there and still no luck!
[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
Seen this in the mesmerize glossary here on xda and thought it might be worth a try for ya.

As an alternative, you can use the following method if the first does not work. Once again, power off the phone first. Then, Simultaneously hold down the Volume Up, Volume Down, and Power buttons. The Samsung logo will appear; slide the finger on the volume button down so that it's only holding down the Volume Down button. The Samsung logo should disappear and reappear. Release the buttons. You should now be in recovery mode. Note that this does not work for users running an MTD-based ROM, since such a ROM flashes CWM Orange 4.x, which does not recognize this key combination.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
Thank you, I saw that too in my searching and tried it but when I slide my finger from both Vol buttons to only the Vol down, it just freezes at the first samsung logo, it never disappears and reappears. Thanks all the same for throwing me a possible solution though, I only wish it would have worked! :)
[Samsung Mesmerize] kimber45:
well poop
[Samsung Mesmerize] kilrain:
I went through the processes you did in the beginning of this thread, after the first flash my phone was unresponsive so I removed my battery, put it back in download mode (vol down + usb) used odin to install http://cdn.kpsn.org/android/mesmerize/Mesmerize_EC10_Official.zip in PDA and the atlas_v2.2 under PIT, after it was done i put in the battery and powered it up just fine.

the eclair file: http://cdn.kpsn.org/android/mesmerize/Samsung_i500_Mesmerize_DI14.zip Doesn't boot properly for me, but the froyo worked.

Not sure if this will help but thought I'd post just in case.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
Thank you for the help but no luck there either! :( Strangely with the Eclair zip when I try to boot into recovery, either stock or otherwise, it will show the samsung logo then disappears, but it never reappears.
[Samsung Mesmerize] kilrain:
When I did put mine in recovery I held all 3 buttons and waited through 3-4 samsung logo flashes before rocking off of the volume down button.

But for the record, when you tried my steps above did you try booting it all the way or just getting into recovery?

Also, I believe that even though these phones are not "brickable" they obviously have some hardware issues. My mesmerize is fully functional, I can flash any rom I want and I can technically get it into diagnostic mode, alas, I can't get any of my software to pick it up. Therefore I can't flash it to Verizon like I want. My daughters fascinate (same phone) and my brothers mesmerize I can access with ease. So, hard to say but it could just be a hardware issue.

edit: I think that eclair rom is messed up or something.
[Samsung Mesmerize] Klown80:
I think I tried every combination I could think of, It wont boot past the first samsung logo no matter if I let it try to boot on its own or if I try to boot into recovery. The ONLY thing I CAN get it to do is boot into download mode. I am beginning to think this phone is just a lost cause, nothing I have tried gets any other response other than going to the first logo and freezing or bootlooping on the first logo
[Samsung Mesmerize] triptosyll:
Yeah bud, I've been think in about that too. It doesn't seem like well b able to revive her. I think what originally put it into boot loop must have been hardware related, cuz its not cooperating in the slightest. I have never had that much trouble with the messy. I don't understand. We should have had it fixed 13 ways to Sunday.

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[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] jago25_98:
As mad as it sounds touchscreen is pretty rare where I'm going. I have an older phone I'll be using where I can but I got a feeling I won't be able to resist getting my i9000 out on the subway etc

I just wondered if you got any ideas on how to make it look ugly, unattractive and less valuable? I find this a bit harder with a touchscreen phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] zmagas1:
Dutch tape it whole phone :) Leave only touch screen. Also you can tape screen with clear tape, but do it ugly way :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] k4Z3666:
You can always get a rubber case or other protector and make it look damaged, dirty, etc., some kind of a broken screen wallpaper would work too, and turn the brightness down so the light will be less noticeable
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] All Day On XDA:
Put it next to a laptop....
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] mrkraver:
Just be careful.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] idaadi:
I'm just curious, where will you be traveling ? maybe I can give some good advice based on that.

BR
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] moriansafas:
I also travelled to a third world country with my sgs.

So what did I do: I bought a cheap handy with sim-card there and left my sgs hidden back at the hotel.

You can't make it look cheap, cause you will always have a touchscreen and the others don't...if you don't want to buy another handy, then just buy a ugly case that makes your handy huge (like these "additional battery" cases...) and duck tape your screen. I think that makes it really ugly :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] jago25_98:
yeah I think I'm gonna have to give up on gps males and go back to paper maps and a compass.

I have a £15 Vodafone. its rather good! battery lasts longer, physical keyboard, opera and email! but no Google authenticator or offline maps... or passworded bit. damn shame it doesn't have name to get around all that otherwise it would be perfect.

yeah tho, can't hide that touchscreen. its kind of a cheap phone these days but plenty enough for a mugging.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] CrowningTurtle:
I have a zagg screen protector & a case on mine and that alone makes it look pretty ugly. Make a few mistakes when installing the screen protector and it'll be extra ugly!
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] moriansafas:
When do you go? And where? South America? Afrika? Eastern Europe? Asia?

Btw paper maps rock: No loading time..:p
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] jago25_98:
next month, Buenos Aires!

They all have blackberries over there!