Uh-oh... Heimdall can't upload kernel... Bricked???

[HeathicusF]

I've softbricked my phone a few times, but always been able to recover using Heimdall. Now, my luck seems to have run out. Heimdall says:

"Uploading KERNEL
KERNEL UPLOAD FAILED
Ending session..."

Uhm.... Uh-oh??

This is what got me here. I was running SlimICS and tried to flash SlimJB. I didn't follow instructions and that resulted in a softbrick. Used Heimdall to get back to stock. Flashed CM9, tried SlimJB again and softbricked again. Heimdall'd back to stock, flashed CM9, re-downloaded SlimJB thinking I had a bad download, and tried it again. Softbrick again. Heimdall'd back to stock and decided to just go back to SlimICS. The SlimICS instructions said if coming from Froyo or GB to install any ICS kernel with either Odin or CWM. I used CWM to flash the Devil ICS Kernel. That softbricked. Tried Heimdall again and that's where I'm at.

I hadn't been nervous through all of this, but I am now. Did I permanently brick the phone? What can I do at this point???

 

[HeathicusF]

Ok, I'm breathing a sigh of relief now. I pulled the battery for a few minutes while I rebooted the computer. I gave it another go, and it was successful. *whew*

Sorry for the spazzing out there.

 

[RootTheMachine]

Ok, I'm breathing a sigh of relief now. I pulled the battery for a few minutes while I rebooted the computer. I gave it another go, and it was successful. *whew*

Sorry for the spazzing out there.

Just letting you know that all that flashing to stock is totally unnecessary. You can simply grab a Devil or Semaphore kernel .tar and flash the zImage with Heimdall instead of going all the way back to stock.