Help! Galaxy Tab SGH-I497 Dead?

[vinod777]

Hello, I am new here and I am trying to root my galaxy tab (SGH-I497 wifi 16GB) for the first time. So don't be mad at noobish questions

I used a rooting guide. But now my tab just won't boot. I see a Samsung logo briefly, after which screen turns dark. Luckily however, I am able to go into both Download Mode and Recovery Mode. I tried hard reset from recovery mode as well to no avail.

Can someone please tell me if the tab is dead or is there some way I can bring it back to booting again? I just want to reset it to it's pre-rooting state. Please help!

 

[H3aTeRzz]

Hi there, sorry you're having to go through this!

I do not believe the tablet is dead, really hard to do that, believe it or not. You should be able to go to Sammoible.com and hopefully find the OEM Software, and just use a program called Odin, to reflash it, and yes, it could be that easy. Trick is finding the software.

Don't know what region you're in, but another link to try is provided below:

https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SGH-I497/

Chris

 

[vinod777]

Hello,

Thank you for your reply. Although I live in India, I got this device from USA and carrier is AT&T. It seems to be quite tricky to find this firmware :'( I will keep looking.