How to kickstart old Samsung GT-S7580? ( midwest.social )

I just found my first phone ever and decided to start it up. I found out the password and decided to factory reset it since I’m planning on selling it. However, ever since I resetted it, it has been stuck on the same “Installing applications” screen (see image). I tried the volume up+power button+home button tactic and chose factory reset and then boot system, but it won’t budge. Anybody know how to solve this?

plactagonic ,

I use my Galaxy S6 as dedicated GPS/maps head unit for my bike (Garmin is too expensive).

To get newer maps I had to reflash the rom to some hacked together Lineageos. With Odin/heimdal tool it was basically foolproof.

You can get to bootloader so it will be easy. Worse is bricked phone without access to it.

infeeeee ,

This phone is 3G only, so it's possible that mobile data won't work anymore, shutdown of 3G networks are ongoing worldwide. Here where I live all carriers switched off their 3G networks. Wikipedia has a list with shutdown dates per country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G#Phase-out
You can still use this phone with wifi though.

I found some threads about this phone on xda, there are some tutorials on how to get started with no rom flashing experience.
But these threads are old, so expect rotten links. https://xdaforums.com/f/samsung-galaxy-s-duos-2.4723/

I recommend this one after a quick glance through the threads: https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-5-1-1-cm-stable-unofficial-cm12-1-galaxy-s-duos-2-trend-plus-s7580-s7582.3225297/ It has detailed instructions, stable and 5+. Most Android apps nowadays require Android 5+.

The official name of this phone is Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus, and it's really similar to S Duos 2, also search for those.

Azzu ,
@Azzu@lemm.ee avatar

Simple starting of phones usually doesn't require data

infeeeee ,

Yes, I wanted to write it as a general caution for this old model, not a solution to the problem

clark OP ,
@clark@midwest.social avatar

Hello! I clicked on the second link you sent but when I click "Install Samsung USB Drivers" there are no links available to download. I also can't seem to extract the Odin files. I'm really lost since I haven't done this before and I tried looking elsewhere but it seems like really complex processes. Any other links you can direct me to?

infeeeee ,

That's link rot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_rot I warned you that it's expected for such an old device. If noone mirrors the links in the thread you are out of luck to find old roms. Maybe you can try to message the original uploaders, maybe they still have the files on some old drive. Maybe look at the end of the thread.

Azzu ,
@Azzu@lemm.ee avatar

I have no idea what's wrong. I'd assume the rom got corrupted, or the storage died completely. If it's just corrupted data, you can overwrite it, if the storage is toast, you're out of luck.

I'd try to figure out how to enter fastboot mode, download a stock rom on your PC, connect the phone to the PC and flash the stock rom. There's guides for it out there.

clark OP ,
@clark@midwest.social avatar

I’ll try out this suggestion! I haven’t done this before so I’m a bit unsure what guides are the best, but I’m sure I’ll find something. Thank you for helping!

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