[Q] Help! Did I brick my phone after Odin/Siyah?

[hyderbad]

Apologies for the desperate newbie question, but here goes--

I have followed the instructions in the stickied tutorials or tried to follow them so far. I rooted my SGH-i777 using framaroot. No problem there.

I got Mobile ODIN and the latest siyah CWM. I flashed the kernel.

When I try to power on I get stuck at "SAMSUNG" and then phone appears to power off.

I can get into recovery mode using vol up, vol down and power. I see the Siyah screen, etc. But that's as far as I can go.

HELP!

 

[Reaper351c]

It seems to be that you flashed the wrong kernel what kind of ROM are you running touchwiz or aosp

Sent From My Liquidsmooth Galaxy S3

 

[hyderbad]

It seems to be that you flashed the wrong kernel what kind of ROM are you running touchwiz or aosp

Sent From My Liquidsmooth Galaxy S3

Thanks for your response. I flashed the latest Siyah kernel after reading the "How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash Counter!!" thread. FWIW in recovery mode it says "CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.2-Siyah"

I had actually factory reset my SGH-i777 before rooting and flashing so I was running the Touchwiz that comes stock with the SGH-i777.

Any steps I can take to get out from under this rock? :crying:

 

[creepyncrawly]

Thanks for your response. I flashed the latest Siyah kernel after reading the "How to Flash Custom Binaries Without Ever Incrementing the Flash Counter!!" thread. FWIW in recovery mode it says "CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.2-Siyah"

I had actually factory reset my SGH-i777 before rooting and flashing so I was running the Touchwiz that comes stock with the SGH-i777.

Any steps I can take to get out from under this rock? :crying:

Yes. Not to worry.

It sounds like the system is incompatible with the kernel. You didn't say which version of the OS you were running before you installed the kernel. Do you remember what it was? Which stock comes with the phone would depend on how old the phone is.

How to proceed depends on what you want to do. If you want to install custom firmware, then I would suggest that you flash one of the stock plus root packages with Odin, and then use Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro to install the correct custom kernel, meaning one that is compatible with the system that you chose.

 

[hyderbad]

Yes. Not to worry.

It sounds like the system is incompatible with the kernel. You didn't say which version of the OS you were running before you installed the kernel. Do you remember what it was? Which stock comes with the phone would depend on how old the phone is.

How to proceed depends on what you want to do. If you want to install custom firmware, then I would suggest that you flash one of the stock plus root packages with Odin, and then use Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro to install the correct custom kernel, meaning one that is compatible with the system that you chose.

Thanks for your help.

It was 4.1.2. The phone was from near launch but I've upgraded the OS as Samsung has released them.

Ultimately I'd like to end up with CM10.1, but obviously that's a secondary concern at this point to a working phone

Sorry for being dense, but can you explain what you mean by "flash one of the stock plus root packages with Odin, and then use Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro to install the correct custom kernel?" Or point me to a thread/post that does so? Thanks again :good:

 

[azeem40]

Thanks for your help.

It was 4.1.2. The phone was from near launch but I've upgraded the OS as Samsung has released them.

Ultimately I'd like to end up with CM10.1, but obviously that's a secondary concern at this point to a working phone

Sorry for being dense, but can you explain what you mean by "flash one of the stock plus root packages with Odin, and then use Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro to install the correct custom kernel?" Or point me to a thread/post that does so? Thanks again :good:

Here it is (the stock + root rom): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322046
It doesn't hurt to do some looking.

Use Odin v1.85 for the flashing (google it).

Then find a kernel for your phone (don't try Siyah again :b), like for example, Entrophy's kernel, and flash the zimage file using mobile odin.

 

[creepyncrawly]

Thanks for your help.

It was 4.1.2. The phone was from near launch but I've upgraded the OS as Samsung has released them.

Ultimately I'd like to end up with CM10.1, but obviously that's a secondary concern at this point to a working phone

Sorry for being dense, but can you explain what you mean by "flash one of the stock plus root packages with Odin, and then use Mobile Odin lite or Mobile Odin pro to install the correct custom kernel?" Or point me to a thread/post that does so? Thanks again :good:

OK. The AJK v3.0 NoSwap kernel is the only kernel compatible with stock AT&T JB 4.1.2. However, unless you can get it onto your sd card, it won't do you any good at this point.

So I would suggest you flash UCLL6 stock plus root which is 4.0.4 from here. The OP has the complete guide, and links to working custom kernels. Once you get it up and going with a custom kernel, you can then flash CM 10.1, or anything else you want.

Edit: Cooked v1.6 as suggested by azeem40 is not Odin flashable. It is a CWM flashable zip, so you would have the same issue getting it onto your sd card. The above is your quickest route.