[Guide]To UnBrick (a Soft Brick) SGS GT-I9000

tchindalia · 09:24 AM

[Guide]To UnBrick (a Soft Brick) SGS GT-I9000

Hey Users

I wanted to create this guide as I'm seeing allot of SGS users bricking there phone..This guide works for SGS GT-I9000 only..

ALSO USE THIS GUIDE IF AND ONLY IF U SEE THE FOLLOWING IMAGE WHNE BOOTING YOUR PHONE(attached image:1)

Downloads:

1. Odin3_v1.00 download here
2.The PIT file here
3.USB Drivers form here(This Is Optional if it is already installed by your phone, else you need to download it and install it)

Steps:

1.Run Odin3
2.Select "pit" and add the pit file u downloaded
3.Put ur SGS to download mode
--Do so by Pressing the 3 button combo Volume Down+Home(Center) Button+Power button
--Hold it till you see the Download screen(attached image:3)

Then go back to odin and see if your phone is connected (attached image:2)

Make sure re-partition is un-checked

Hit the Start button and wait..it'll unbrick your phone and load the previous Fimrware/Rom...

Enjoy

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Hit the Thanks Button if my thread helped...

senotrius · 29th July 2012, 10:00 AM

yes,that's a soft brick.

Helloworld294 · 29th July 2012, 10:12 AM

Haha I was being stupid and repartitioned my phone and flashed the new stock rom every time that happened. Thanks man!

Sent from my GT-I9000

TheWeeknd · 29th July 2012, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by senotrius

yes,that's a soft brick.

+1

This will not solve anything if u cant get into download mode, and usually if your phone is bricked then u cant access download mode, so your thread should be called how to fix your phone when its soft bricked

mrtiggleworth · 15th August 2012, 11:05 PM

you sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!!!! Got my dad's phone back from the black-screen-of-death.

That pit file saved my life, otherwise i would of had one angry Dad, lol.

Thank you!!

felagund · 16th August 2012, 12:32 AM

Way better than flashing Darky 10.2 RE every single time like I did. Thanks I'll try it as i get a softbrick frequently.

( V ) · 16th August 2012, 06:23 AM

I hate to be that guy, but this "guide" is somewhat incomplete and misleading:

first of all the very first and important step is making sure one has installed the appropriate drivers and that the OS recognizes the phone through DL mode, otherwise Odin will suck on "setting up connection" (this is the most common cause for soft brick during flashing)!

second: if there's no re-partition, there's no need for pit neither, because that's exactly it's used for: it contains the partition table structure layout for the official firmwares.