First of all this is n7000 not i717... For related info for your i717 check these forums
here.. And i think your phone is
e160. Read carefully because firmware aren`t compatible between devices even if they have same cpu/gpu etc.
You are lucky that the phone still starts even in recovery only... Odin says pass because his job is done.. He flashed the firmware even it`s not for your phone... Search a lil in those forums and find an original firmware that you could flash with odin.. Try with samfirmware or tsar3000:good:
thanks so much for your prompt input. I wish I could be more knowledgeable so I could help others in this forum...that might come if I keep messing up things as I do though
Anyway, just to say, it is now impossible to get the download mode, I think I finalized the mess-up with the last attempt (with PID)
I will keep searching in the forum I717 (was confused as the ebay title for my phone was N7000...)
May I just have your idea? with a phone in this state, do i still get a chance to fix it? or am I done and just lost few hundred bucks? I thought that every phone could be re-installed...however with no access like this one I wonder how I can reset/re-install or do something in the right direction.
cheers