Samsung Epic stuck on Samsung Logo and nothing else

[chuckawe]

hey, I value the opinions and questions on this site completely when it came to rooting my epic that i've had for over 1 year now and adding new roms unto it and now i am turning to you guys for help

Due to some issue i had to return my phone to sprint. I did the usual restock like every one says to do, but when i turned on my phone it was stuck on the Samsung Logo screen. I can get into download mode, BUT the usb/charger port on this phone is trash as many people probably already know and is damaged, so i am unable to link my computer to my phone

please help. I do not want to be among the 1% of unrecoverable brick phones

*Everything on my phone was up to date with the latest OS and cwmod

 

[btc0526]

How about the stock kernel?

 

[chuckawe]

not sure.. i believe it was DI18

 

[Paul627g]

So are you trying to get it back to stock so you can take it in to be repaired/replaced for the faulty USB port?

Otherwise do you have any ROMs on your sdcard that you can flash to via CWM to recover or even a Nandroid Backup ?

If you have a sdcard reader/adapter for your computer you can load up a ROM on your sdcard then put it back into your device and attempt to wipe and flash to get back to a working state.

Those are some options so let us know what your looking to do so we can point you in the correct direction.

 

[chuckawe]

Yes but the problem is, it wont boot into CWM either... only the download mode

 

[Rydah805]

just flashed wrong kernel, and now i have this issue also... would love to boot into cwm and flash the correct kernel

FIXED: SEE NEXT POST.

 

[Rydah805]

is there a way to flash just a kernel from download mode? im looking for stock with cwm support el30. thanks guys!

fixed it!

followed post 3 from: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ep...uide-gingerbread-rooting-samsung-epic-4g.html

[INFO]:: Step by Step Procedure Part 1 (custom kernel needed to make CWM stick perminately) ::

1. Open Odin 1.85
2. Check only Auto Reboot as show in the screenshot below.
3. Goto the PDA box on the right side. Click the PDA button and navigate to kernel-GB-3.tar.md5 file on your hard drive and select it. Check the PDA box (check box) (Shown below)
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4. Power off your Epic 4g, once it is completely off open your physical keyboard and press and hold the " 1 " key and continue to hold while pressing POWER. This will boot you into Download Mode within a few seconds. Black screen with yellow graphics/print of Android guy shoveling...
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5. Now take your USB cable and connect it to your computer and then plug it into your device.
6. You should see a YELLOW box light up on the upper left hand side of Odin that says COM:XXX. Ignore the number it varies, this signals you have made a connection to Odin and are ready to go. Problems connecting see trouble shooting at end of this tutorial.
7. Double check in Odin you have only Auto Reboot checked, and the kernel-GB-3.tar.md5 file in the PDA SLOT.
8. Press START.
9. This will flash a custom kernel to your device and should only take about 10 seconds or so... Your device will automatically reboot when finished.
[/INFO]

 

[chuckawe]

is there a way to flash just a kernel from download mode? im looking for stock with cwm support el30. thanks guys!

fixed it!

followed post 3 from: http://forums.androidcentral.com/ep...uide-gingerbread-rooting-samsung-epic-4g.html

yeah i cant do this either because the usb/ charging port is damaged and doesn't work anymore

 

[Paul627g]

Starting to sound like you need to face the music and either get the USB problem fixed/replaced or consider an entirely new phone... The USB is the key to everything with rooting or returning to stock from root.