Please help bricked Facinate

[21017]

I have had my Samsung Facinate rooted for some time.
Wanted to install the Ice Cream Sandwich.
So i went into Download mode using the USB plugged into phone and then holding both up/down volume buttons. Once in download mode loaded up
ODIN3 added PIT s1_odin_20100512.pit and PDA T959UVJFD click start it got to Cache and froze nothing showed up on phone screen or anything.

Now all phone does is stay on the "black screen with phone icon Tricangle with exclamation mark and computer icons"

I have tried removing battery and booting phone using vol up/down+power and few other ways to no avail? Everything i get is that one set of icons.

Any help? Thanks

 

[strangecheese94]

can you still get the phone into download mode.
Remove battery
hold voulme down
plug in usb
You should get a yellow triangle
If you do get a yellow triangle, then there is still hope and i would be willing to
walk you through it.

 

[21017]

With battery out and plugged USB in vol down does nothing. Once i put battery in the phone...exclamation...computer icons show thats it.

 

[21017]

For reference here is the files i was using.

Update.zip
Odin3.exe
s1_odin_20100512.pit
T959UVJFD.tar
update-cm-7.1.0.1-Vibrant-signed.zip
ICS_Passion_v13.1_RC1.1_build2.zip
Semaphore_ICS_0.9.5b.zip
radio-cm-7-galaxys-kc1-signed.zip

 

[strangecheese94]

I hate to tell you but if you can't get into download mode, or three finger into recovery you may be SOL

 

[21017]

I plugged phone in wall charger with battery out, held down volume down button and put battery in. It went into download mode. But still cant get it to do into that mode when hooked to computer.

Also i was using Windows XP when i was using ODIN when it froze.

 

[strangecheese94]

That seems odd. I'm assuming you've tried a different USB port. Don't use a hub try to use one that is connected dirrectly to the motherboard. And just to clarify is this a telus or Verizon phone. It is also possible that an xp machine is using USB 1.0. I recommend at least 2nd gen USB.

 

[21017]

I GOT IT!! Put all needed files on my Vista laptop and it would not recognize it either. Until i plugged in USB and then held down vol button then put in battery and it was recognized! Continued on what i was doing. Installed flawless.

First time i ever found something my XP machine could not handle.

Also this is a Telus phone.

 

[shelby04861]

Been there in your shoes in the exact sane spot. These phones are truly very hard to fully brick.

Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk

 

[bobloblaw1]

I have had my Samsung Facinate rooted for some time.

For reference here is the files i was using.
s1_odin_20100512.pit
T959UVJFD.tar
update-cm-7.1.0.1-Vibrant-signed.zip
ICS_Passion_v13.1_RC1.1_build2.zip
Semaphore_ICS_0.9.5b.zip
radio-cm-7-galaxys-kc1-signed.zip

Glad you fixed it but you don't have a Vibrant. Using files with Vibrant in the name is a surefire way to temp brick your phone. Likewise, those ROMS ,radios, and partition file are all not for the Fascinate. Basically, it doesn't matter if it says GS1. If it doesn't come from the Fascinate forum then don't flash it.

In any case, this is pretty much a case study for doing absolutely everything wrong and still not being able to brick the Fascinate.