[Q] Semi-Brick due to borked root...

[Mike Boogie]

Greetings ladies and gents,

I have a bit of an issue with a co-workers phone. It seems that he attempted to root his Blaze and completely screwed it up. You see, I'm from HTC land and have never rooted a "Sammy" before. I have no issue with those devices but my friend is a bit "special" and has trouble boiling water if you gave him the instructions.

What I know:
He told me that all he d/l'd was ODIN and the USB drivers and nothing else. Once he connected his phone via USB his problems started. (I really don't believe ANY of this...But I digress)

Now his phone only does 2 things... 1. It will attempt to boot and never completes. You get the BLAZE 4G exclusive to TMobile splash and the progress bar an freezes shortly after. 2. I can trick the phone into the stock recovery with a bit of prodding.

Other than that, nothing but the battery screen showing it charging.

I'm trying to help the guy get rooted, so can someone lead me to a bit of help?

Thanks in advance...:silly:

 

[Somcom3X]

Can you access download mode?
Its vol up + vol down then power. While connecting the USB to computer.
Once you see the white Samsung logo flash, release the power.
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[Mike Boogie]

Not at all unfortunately. I've tried the Vol +/- & power key presses but the phone will just vibrate in 1-2 second intervals until I release. Nothing else.

Once the phone attempts to boot...then freezes, my PC will detect it in Odin (w/ COM 3)

 

[Somcom3X]

You got to time it right. Let go of power then wait 10 seconds and let go of everything.
This is necessary
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
I can't stress it enough, make sure repartition isn't checked.

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[Mike Boogie]

HOLY CRAP!!! It worked!!

I was able to fix it.

Thanks to all of you.

Now who's gonna recommend the best ROM???

 

[Veliion]

HOLY CRAP!!! It worked!!

I was able to fix it.

Thanks to all of you.

Now who's gonna recommend the best ROM???

There isn't really a "best" ROM. But cyanogen mod is a great start, I used their new installer and its works. Don't worry when its says that the device is a Galaxy S 2, its a little bug, but you still get cyanogen mod for the Blaze. If your friend likes cyanogen mod and wants more customisability, he should try the other ROM on the forum. I hope that helped!

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[Skywalker.00]

HOLY CRAP!!! It worked!!

I was able to fix it.

Thanks to all of you.

Now who's gonna recommend the best ROM???

Yea, cyanogenmod is an excellent start. Start there and work your way up

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[Somcom3X]

HOLY CRAP!!! It worked!!

I was able to fix it.

Thanks to all of you.

Now who's gonna recommend the best ROM???

They are all great. PAC and carbon have the most features.
I'd recommend for you to stay away from 4.4 for the time being.

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