Topic: Saving A Bricked Samsung After Bad Flash. (Read 951 times)

gout · « **Reply #30 on:** July 10, 2006, 03:40:00 AM »

update

managed to flash drive with xtreme.bin presumably the key is inserted when i autoupdated the first time ?? console kicks up but just says
"to play this disk put it in an Xbox 360 console" ...this applies to originals as well as my backups.

any help would be apreciated

Regards Josh

MrEs · « **Reply #31 on:** July 15, 2006, 09:01:00 PM »

Looking for some clarification from somebody who has been successful in recovering from a bad samsung flash.
Was flashing successfully (had done read and wrote the 0800 firmware). Then was about to do 1 more flash and computer froze mid-way through.

Now im following the flash recovery section (thanks to Andy H) and can only seem to get codes 00 of 07 from my samsung drive...
Id like to know, how has this been done? by powering the drive via the console? or an after market converter/plug?
I'm using the console to try and power the drive.

Also what type of time frame am i looking at between turning the DVD drive on and pressing '1' to start flashing? Is it meant to be simultaneous? (or as close to as i can)? 1 second? 3 seconds? I've tried with a variety of wait times and i cant get it to work, but i feel the closer these variables are the more chance of success i'll have...

Thanks so much for any help!

MrEs · « **Reply #32 on:** July 15, 2006, 10:43:00 PM »

ok i've been trying this for a few hours now...

Seems you have to select the 'number' to flash within <0.5 second.
But it's still not flashing for me, the best i get is mtkflash saying:
"Flash type 'SST(SST3..)'
Erasing.. Chip Erase"

Ive let it sit there for quite some time and nothing more happens, when i pres esc it says the response code was 'f0'.

I'm running with /sata and /m, eg:
mtkflash /sata /m orignal.bin
on a SATA card.

*SIGH*

DrLurch · « **Reply #33 on:** July 16, 2006, 01:05:00 AM »

Keep Trying i Tried for 6 days befor i got it

i Typed - mtkflash w /m orig.bin

turned off then on pressed 2 then it flashed

MrEs · « **Reply #34 on:** July 16, 2006, 01:31:00 AM »

yea ive had enough for today, will give it another shot tomorrow or the day after lol..

AddNtoX · « **Reply #35 on:** July 16, 2006, 11:17:00 AM »

if you dont have a backup of your original firmware with the correct key no firmware you put on the samsung will let you play games

Andy Hewitt · « **Reply #36 on:** July 16, 2006, 02:46:00 PM »

QUOTE(MrEs @ Jul 16 2006, 04:01 AM)

Was flashing successfully (had done read and wrote the 0800 firmware). Then was about to do 1 more flash and computer froze mid-way through.

Id like to know, how has this been done? by powering the drive via the console? or an after market converter/plug?

Thats how mine died "Exactly" ... After the 0800 firmware and starting to flash the Xtreme firmware

BANG .. Knackered Floppy Disk.

Just for information, I only ever powered it from the Xbox 360 console with a Sata to my Computer and a crocodile clipped cable to give an equal earth.

Andy Hewitt · « **Reply #37 on:** July 16, 2006, 03:09:00 PM »

As long as it doesn't get too out of hand.

If anyone is UK based and have bricked their Samsung, I'll gladly give it a go here, if postage is paid for BOTH ways.

Obviously if you don't have your Orig.bin (or a bios I can extract it from) I can only install the 0800 Software. But it should atleast get the drive up and running in some capacity until some other solution enables the 360 to work without the unique ID's.

I'll except the drives on their own or the complete 360 if you want it fully working and tested again.

Hopefully this SHOULD stop the amount of questions on this Topic and help to save my Inbox going into overload.

PM me if your interested.

MrEs · « **Reply #38 on:** July 17, 2006, 07:13:00 PM »

I've still had no luck with this on the nforce5 chipset, just sits there and when i press ESC it says code '00' expected '70'.
Andy what chip-set did you use? im looking at buying a sata card specifically for this.. :\

Andy Hewitt · « **Reply #39 on:** July 18, 2006, 08:59:00 AM »

My Motherboard is Intel 865G with IC5 Southbridge.

Nice simple and affective.

Andy Hewitt · « **Reply #40 on:** July 18, 2006, 02:27:00 PM »

OK, for the past few days I've been helping out folks via MSN with their Firmware problems.

I have a suggestion !

Stop using the Autopatchers

I reckon 9 out of 10 people who have managed to get their drive flashed, YET recieve Error 65, is due to the Autopatchers.

I've even had about 4 users who don't even have a reliable backup of their ORIG.BIN due to corruption.

If you MUST use an Auto Patcher, At the very least do a Manual Backup of your firmware and STORE ANOTHER COPY somewhere else. Then if things do go belly-Up, you can get your 360 working with a little patience.

This post has been edited by Andy Hewitt: Jul 18 2006, 09:28 PM

amshaggy · « **Reply #41 on:** July 18, 2006, 08:25:00 PM »

i have the via6421l sata card and managed to read my orig firmware no probs. went to flash and floppy gave up after bank 1. evertytime i switch on the xbox to re-flash the green light just blinks. my sata card doesnt give me the option to chose 1 or 2 it just does it. but wehn i try to reflash the light just blinks on the 360 and nothing happens just sit at master/slave a0. tr to press escape and try again but the whole pc freezes. is there anyway i can get round this any help would be much appreciated?

btw its a sammy drive.

davidrose9 · « **Reply #42 on:** July 20, 2006, 09:04:00 PM »

IF you have ORIG.bin AUTOFLASHER v1.1 and Samsung: Andy Hewitt IS gOD

LATE LAST NIGHT PANIC:

Hi, I have the Xecuter connectivity kit and the drive no longer ejects via this. I used the auto flasher 1.1, pressed 1 to extract original firmware and patch. This worked only after a few attempts as I only realized you have to power the DVD drive just after the prompt. Anyway, Once option 1 worked, I went into kdx and verified I had a key, I backed this up. I then flashed it with the xtreme firmware and it worked first time. I waited until it said please reboot pc. I tried it in the xbox and it came up error 65. I then tried to restore the original firmware but said something to the sort that the firmware wasn't recognized. I now cannot even eject the DVD ROM drive. Please help!!!

MEMBER REPLIED with:

If your confident that you have a good backup of your original firmware have you tried the bad flash recovery routine. Several people have been able to reflash their drives so they'd work by doing this but you need to have a good backup of your original firmware and you'll need to use mtkflash instead of the auto flasher. You'll find it in Geebee's latest tutorial or there is a post by Andy Hewitt on this board that covers it.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

WORKED GREAT WOW THANK YOU I AM DANCING AROUND IN MY LIVING ROOM

Andy Hewitt · « **Reply #43 on:** July 21, 2006, 08:07:00 AM »

QUOTE(davidrose9 @ Jul 21 2006, 04:04 AM)

Andy Hewitt IS gOD

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

WORKED GREAT WOW THANK YOU I AM DANCING AROUND IN MY LIVING ROOM

Thanks for the vote of confidence, I've got to admit that the response to my offer has been rather popular.

As everyone should know I offer a FREE service to (re)flash their drives. (although Donations are greatfully recieved) as long as Postage is paid for upfront.

Luckily I have managed to save about 60% over MSN just by helping folks through the process.
The others that I've had shipped to myself I have so far managed to ship EVERY UNIT back with recovered firmware. I have only failed twice with drives that there was no key file avaliable, so they have gone back with the 0800 firmware on, rather than being left corrupted.

Thanks again for the Kudos.

evo7 · « **Reply #44 on:** July 21, 2006, 08:55:00 AM »

managed to brick my samsung useing an ali sata card these are very unreliable it seems spent days trying to recover it with the card occasionally getting it to see the sst chip then stopping went out and got an asrock via8237 motherboard and worked first time done a few since both hitachi and samsung makes it so much easier

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