Root bricked phone

[ukrkoz]

OK, with OTA update, I had to go back to stock to let it happen.

Instead of using Odin, I decided to do imnuts CWM recovery zip file.

Phone said it updated itself, and all I have now is Samsung logo on the screen.

I can connect phone to Odin, or go into recovery, but re-flashing with Odin produces no results.

In CWM recovery, phone will not restore backup, as it can not mount sd card.

trying to mount sd card in recovery mode also produces same - sd card can not be mounted.



as a result, I have bricked biz cell that I have to bring back to life asap. at least, restore backup file I have on sd card.

removing and re-inserting sd card did not change.



NEED HELPPPPP!!

 

[VoidedSaint]

as this is related to rooting the device and dealing with cwm, i have moved this to All Things Root


have you placed the phone into download mode and reverted it back to stock? that might be a method you will want to try.

xda-developers - View Single Post - [HOW-TO]Fix your phone

this might help.

 

[cbanning]

I had to use the above just yesterday, it worked great - BUT - lost root. So how do I get root back again? Odin another, and if so, which one?

 

[ukrkoz]

I used some .zip OTA update file from rootzwiki, and it bricked my phone. I have it all restored with Odin just fine. This morning re-stocked it with Odin, installed OTA update, and put tweakstock with pbj back on it. so far so good.

 

[cbanning]

I used some .zip OTA update file from rootzwiki, and it bricked my phone. I have it all restored with Odin just fine. This morning re-stocked it with Odin, installed OTA update, and put tweakstock with pbj back on it. so far so good.

Did you get the update from Verizon ota or from elsewhere?