Soft bricked i8730 bootloop, only DL mode works

[patriczeq]

Hi all,

my GT-i8730 was bricked, in PC identifies only as QHUSB_DLOAD. After a few search I found some debrick.img ("burned" to SD card), after inserting phone starts with blank battery image.
When I restart a phone it showing SAMSUNG logo only and nothing happends. I tried Recovery, but it restart into normal boot with same as before.
DL mode is only mode, what works. So, I try a few stock firmwares (with many versions of Odin, Kies, heimdall), same result. Only change is, when I hit 3 button combo to enter Recovery it only blink and shows DL mode with message "Could not do normal boot".
Re-Partition, boot with/without SD card, leave battery for some hours... all with same result.

Do you have some sugesstions?
Thanks and sorry for my grammar.

 

[xtapolapaketl]

Hi!

Did you ever figure out how to fix this?
You're describing my problem exactly.

- Startup: Logo Samsung shows up
- Either restarts constantly, or shows a screen saying 'could not do normal boot > odin mode'

I tried re-flashing the stock ROM image (I8730XWANE1_I8730FTMANE1_FTM) on it, with success message from Odin3_v3.12.3, but the phone keeps doing the same thing. (constant restarting)

Is there anything else I could try?

As a semi-noob on this, I was gonna try something with the PIT file....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/i8730/help/samsung-galaxy-express-i8730-pit-file-t2845744

If anyone has an idea..? Please let me know.

Thanks!

 

[nunopenim]

Hi all,

my GT-i8730 was bricked, in PC identifies only as QHUSB_DLOAD. After a few search I found some debrick.img ("burned" to SD card), after inserting phone starts with blank battery image.
When I restart a phone it showing SAMSUNG logo only and nothing happends. I tried Recovery, but it restart into normal boot with same as before.
DL mode is only mode, what works. So, I try a few stock firmwares (with many versions of Odin, Kies, heimdall), same result. Only change is, when I hit 3 button combo to enter Recovery it only blink and shows DL mode with message "Could not do normal boot".
Re-Partition, boot with/without SD card, leave battery for some hours... all with same result.

Do you have some sugesstions?
Thanks and sorry for my grammar.

Even with debrick.img you couldn't boot properly? That might be some corruption in the memory... After flashing with Odin, you should have the bootloader in the memory.