Hello,

In this thread we will keep our beta tests. For now, Samsung WAVE S8500 is available.

What You need to repair it ?

- RIFF Box
- Micro USB Cable
- Full charged battery (4.2v)
- CMM + ELF
- Samsung_S8500_PDA.dll
- Pinout
- Multiloader
- USB Drivers
- Firmware files

Procedure:

- Solder RIFF JTAG cable (use very thin wires for PCB, because of battery)
- Insert battery
- Connect Micro USB cable to phone and PC port
- Start the JTAG Manager and select Samsung S8500 PDA from the list
- Switch to "DCC Read/Write" TAB
- Set everything as on photo bellow:

S8500 step1

- Press "Read memory" and wait to be finished
- Now switch to "JTAG Read/Write" TAB and press "Connect&Get ID" then "Halt the Target" buttons
- Click "Execute ******" and select CMM file
- Press "Run ******" button
S8500 step2

- Ram loader will be uploaded and after its uploaded, phone will automaticaly enter download mode, and detected by PC
- IMPORTANT ! ! ! Now You must disconnect JTAG Cable from RIFF Box
- Start Multiloader 5.62, set "Boot change" and select Boot files folder
- Press download - and wait for process to be finished
- Now phone contains valid bootloader, and can be flashed, so You can desolder JTAG wires from PCB

To enter download mode hold LOCK+Volume Down + Power on Keys.



Problems which You may have:

- Target not detected - check all wires and tp, check battery, 4.2v is a MUST !
- Wrong DCC answer - low battery, or TCK too high, You can use 100KHz TCK too !
- "It not work" - no idea about this lol