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shivamgaba22

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hey eveyone!
my device is galaxy s advance gt-i9070 on which i was using cutom rom aicp 3.5 nightly (4.4.2 kitkat) with minor bugs and cwm recovery 6.0.4.7
i decided to switch to paranoid android 3.69 for smoother perfomance but sadly i bricked my device. although i had backed up my rom using cwm recovery on sd card. but the most sad part is that even recovery is not working. it just reboots again and again. someone told me to flash stock firmware via odin as the download mode is working. but i am worried that my data will be lost. can anyone tell me my data will be lost or not????
and if it ll lost than any way to save it or recover it/ ? i had extremely precious data in it. but being careless i didnt backed my personal data in my laptop.. please help me guys.. ready to pay any cost for my data
 
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hey eveyone!
my device is galaxy s advance gt-i9070 on which i was using cutom rom aicp 3.5 nightly (4.4.2 kitkat) with minor bugs and cwm recovery 6.0.4.7
i decided to switch to paranoid android 3.69 for smoother perfomance but sadly i bricked my device. although i had backed up my rom using cwm recovery on sd card. but the most sad part is that even recovery is not working. it just reboots again and again. someone told me to flash stock firmware via odin as the download mode is working. but i am worried that my data will be lost. can anyone tell me my data will be lost or not????
and if it ll lost than any way to save it or recover it/ ? i had extremely precious data in it. but being careless i didnt backed my personal data in my laptop.. please help me guys.. ready to pay any cost for my data

Flashing stock firmware with Odin will not delete your data from SD card. You will probably need to do factory reset, it will delete your contacts, sms, apps... But stuff from internal and external sd will remain there.

You bricked it because 4.4.2 uses preload partition for a swap, and it is partitioned in different way. And on PA 3.69 is probably different.

Or ROM zip of PA was corrupted.
 
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shivamgaba22

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thankyou :) and one more question

Flashing stock firmware with Odin will not delete your data from SD card. You will probably need to do factory reset, it will delete your contacts, sms, apps... But stuff from internal and external sd will remain there.

You bricked it because 4.4.2 uses preload partition for a swap, and it is partitioned in different way. And on PA 3.69 is probably different.

Or ROM zip of PA was corrupted.

thanx a lot buddy now i can flash it being tension free. but can you tell me the way to flash PA without bricking /????
 

shivamgaba22

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Thanx a lot :)
Everything fine now with all data restored..
Once again thnx buddy

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Hi
I 've bricked my phone as i was trying to clear cache 'n partition of my rooted phone. I assume it must have cleared the software as well.
i'm trying to flash it via odin but it is showin FAIL. i'm putting a pda .md5 file from sammobile 'n it's still not working. pl help.
 

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Hi
I 've bricked my phone as i was trying to clear cache 'n partition of my rooted phone. I assume it must have cleared the software as well.
i'm trying to flash it via odin but it is showin FAIL. i'm putting a pda .md5 file from sammobile 'n it's still not working. pl help.

You can't brick phone with clearing cache. Did you wipe system partition? Try to install same ROM that you had (if you had).

Give us a screenshot of Odin fail. What exactly happen. And what is the full name of md5 that you put in pda of Odin. Try different version of Odin too.
 

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You can't brick phone with clearing cache. Did you wipe system partition? Try to install same ROM that you had (if you had).

Give us a screenshot of Odin fail. What exactly happen. And what is the full name of md5 that you put in pda of Odin. Try different version of Odin too.

Yes, i did wipe system partition. Should i have not done that ???????/
Name of md5 - I9070DDULP8_I9070ODDULP8_HOME.tar.md5 .. Can you suggest another one ?
I did have a ROM named light JB which i found here only. Its location showthread.php?t=2244441.
pl guide future course of action.
TIA.
 

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Yes, i did wipe system partition. Should i have not done that ???????/
Name of md5 - I9070DDULP8_I9070ODDULP8_HOME.tar.md5 .. Can you suggest another one ?
I did have a ROM named light JB which i found here only. Its location showthread.php?t=2244441.
pl guide future course of action.
TIA.

Go back to recovery, and if you have ROMs zip install it again.

Ofcourse you shouldn't wipe system partition, system files are there...

And if you can't install ROM again, what error do you get in Odin?
 

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Go back to recovery, and if you have ROMs zip install it again.

Ofcourse you shouldn't wipe system partition, system files are there...

And if you can't install ROM again, what error do you get in Odin?

I didn't think twice before wiping it. My bad.
Anyways, That's the issue. I can't go to recovery. Phone only shows the odin mode (if i press VOL. DOWN+HOME+POWER).
Odin simply says FAILS.
 

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I didn't think twice before wiping it. My bad.
Anyways, That's the issue. I can't go to recovery. Phone only shows the odin mode (if i press VOL. DOWN+HOME+POWER).
Odin simply says FAILS.

Well then you did not just wipe system, you installed some GB based ROM over?

You have log window in Odin, where it fails? Try to redownlaod firmware again, and then install again.

What version of Odin do you use? Try 3.x.
 
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Well then you did not just wipe system, you installed some GB based ROM over?

You have log window in Odin, where it fails? Try to redownlaod firmware again, and then install again.

What version of Odin do you use? Try 3.x.

Odin Version - 3.07
I'm not sure it s GB based ROM and neither if it's JB. Can you take some more pain 'n send me a proper link ? please.
My older custom ROM is http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2244441 - http://d-h.st/vge
 
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Lemme download this firmware. but what about the custom ROM I installed last time. Shouldn't THAT be the one i install NOW ???
pasting the link here for your review -
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2244441
http://d-h.st/vge
 

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Lemme download this firmware. but what about the custom ROM I installed last time. Shouldn't THAT be the one i install NOW ???
pasting the link here for your review -
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2244441
http://d-h.st/vge

ROM is fine. And you was on GB or JB before? If you was on GB then this problem you got is normal. You must be on JB (flash JB firmware) if you install JB ROM.


And again, if you get FAIL on Odin DO A SCREENSHOT AND POST IT HERE. To see what cause that fail. Left part of this screenshot is a log http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gkWcapOu2...gingerbread+s5570jpq8+samsung+galaxy+Mini.jpg

Blue, where it says Message.

This is for other phone, do not pay attention on that, I just told you what I need to see.

---------- Post added at 11:28 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:02 AM ----------

Lemme download this firmware. but what about the custom ROM I installed last time. Shouldn't THAT be the one i install NOW ???
pasting the link here for your review -
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2244441
http://d-h.st/vge

And no, you must install Firmware not, not ROM. Because you probably installed JB ROM over GB. That is why you do not have working recovery.
 
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Neo2803

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Finally unbricked !!!

ROM is fine. And you was on GB or JB before? If you was on GB then this problem you got is normal. You must be on JB (flash JB firmware) if you install JB ROM.



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And no, you must install Firmware not, not ROM. Because you probably installed JB ROM over GB. That is why you do not have working recovery.

Finallyyyyyyy !!! yipppieee !!! I'm able to flash my phone with a JB Firmware. I shall be more careful in future.

http://i.imgur.com/UMv2kgs.png
http://i.imgur.com/WPP6yqs.png?1

Thanks a tonnnnn shut_down :good:: God bless you.
 

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    hey eveyone!
    my device is galaxy s advance gt-i9070 on which i was using cutom rom aicp 3.5 nightly (4.4.2 kitkat) with minor bugs and cwm recovery 6.0.4.7
    i decided to switch to paranoid android 3.69 for smoother perfomance but sadly i bricked my device. although i had backed up my rom using cwm recovery on sd card. but the most sad part is that even recovery is not working. it just reboots again and again. someone told me to flash stock firmware via odin as the download mode is working. but i am worried that my data will be lost. can anyone tell me my data will be lost or not????
    and if it ll lost than any way to save it or recover it/ ? i had extremely precious data in it. but being careless i didnt backed my personal data in my laptop.. please help me guys.. ready to pay any cost for my data

    Flashing stock firmware with Odin will not delete your data from SD card. You will probably need to do factory reset, it will delete your contacts, sms, apps... But stuff from internal and external sd will remain there.

    You bricked it because 4.4.2 uses preload partition for a swap, and it is partitioned in different way. And on PA 3.69 is probably different.

    Or ROM zip of PA was corrupted.
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    I didn't think twice before wiping it. My bad.
    Anyways, That's the issue. I can't go to recovery. Phone only shows the odin mode (if i press VOL. DOWN+HOME+POWER).
    Odin simply says FAILS.

    Well then you did not just wipe system, you installed some GB based ROM over?

    You have log window in Odin, where it fails? Try to redownlaod firmware again, and then install again.

    What version of Odin do you use? Try 3.x.
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    Odin Version - 3.07
    I'm not sure it s GB based ROM and neither if it's JB. Can you take some more pain 'n send me a proper link ? please.

    But it should be the same:

    http://terafile.co/222154239129/INU-I9070DDULP8-20130412134604.zip
    http://rapidgator.net/file/0a25225062db04ba2c8216cca12972d2

    Check the file zize of zip when you download it, it should be 425MB.