Omnia frozen please help please

[Guest gambit1982]

Hi

Have got a serious problem. In a nutshell I decided to upgrade my Samsung Omnia i900 ROM using the Samsung website. Ran the updater - after getting to the stage ‘downloading file 2’ it asked me to manually soft reset the phone. So I did and nothing. By now it had reached the ‘downloading file 3’ stage however the updater then froze too. I looked at my phone and all that appeared is a black screen with picture of white phone in the middle and an overlapping solid yellow triangle with an exclamation mark inside.

The phone now does not shut off/soft rest or anything. I even took battery out for five minutes but still same screen. The next problem is that I tried to run the updater again however it requires active sync and as the phone does not turn on it will not sync up.

Please can someone help with this? I am noob so please don’t suggest any soldering or hacking type methods but I can work my way round a set of clear instructions using basic software. I have spoke to Samsung who have suggested sending it to their engineer but will take two weeks just to give me a reply as to what’s wrong with it! Further if not covered I am screwed for repair costs and if covered it’s going to take ages and I need my phone back asap. As I used the Samsung website software there must be a way to solve this.

Please can all knowledgeable forum users reply as I have previously relied upon and used advice from this forum with much success. I would really appreciate it. Thanks to all in advance.

[Guest bpivk]

The phone is bricked. You'll have to send it to a service center if you can't fix it by instructions posted here.

[Guest snaai8]

i also have the white phone with yellow triangle!

it's nothing to worry about by me...

if it starts up again and you get the same screen wait a few seconds and it should go to the rom...

this all happend by me i don't know if it will also happen with your omnia

[Guest wiro67]

hmm looks simmulair to what i went tru flashing mine the first time.

i did flash trough Grandprix,i had 2 roms extracted got the pda part and flashed the one i tought should work,it would do the same as you discribe. a white phone with a yellow sign.

solved it by loading grand prix again and just picked the other rom i extracted and started the procedure,to get the phone to connect in grand prix you just have to soft reset when it wants to detect the phone it will find it and go ahead with the flash,it worked for me.

to be sure i done it all again with the first rom i had and again it would only give me the screen with the white phone yellow sign.

did the routine again with the second rom and all is fine now

hope it will help you getting your omnia in shape again

Edited August 11, 2009 by wiro67

[Guest gambit1982]

Many thanks for the replies guys.

Remeber I'm a noob the only meaning Grandprix has to me is that its a motor racing event!!!

I can do a bit like I said but if you could just point me in the right direction. Please help!

[Guest wiro67]

grandprix is a updating tool it can be found for XP or Vista

i followed this thread cos i have windows vista

http://www.modaco.com/content/i900-general...vista-solution/

but you should be able to find the XP version

this way worked for me

there could be more ways to flash it again ;-)

take your time as long as it shows the phone with the yellow sign it can be flashed again.

[Guest Electroboy]

There is a solution for professional service centers and this problem is well known problem ..

Please check it out the repair Tool

Best Regards

www.omnia-repair.com