I REALLY NEED EVERYONES HELP
i was on jp5. i was messing with the theme files and then when i rebooted from cwm, the phone vibrated 3 times. i then knew i couldn't boot.
i tried to apply the jp5 firmware zip, but it had an error. could not read package data.
i should point out im using oclf.
then this morning i tried to flash the kernal via odin. it was stuck in zImage. i pulled the plug, and then i tried again. i got and error, cant read file, error on line 1044.
Now i cannot access recovery mode, but download mode is still working.
This afternoon, im planning to flash jpk, via odin. i fear this wont work.
When i power on, this logo comes up that shows a phone and computer, with a error symbol between them. This also occours when i try to access recovery mode.
I have made a backup.
please, please can any one help me.!!!!
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I'm not exactly sure what happened, I installed the recovery and then tried to load a ROM, the rom didn't work so the recovery aborted it. Now I can't use my phone other than in recovery mode, when I start it I get a bunch of coloured blocks show. Is there a way to flash a bin without actually having the phone on as normal mode, will the acer tool work if i enable the usb from the recovery?
hi, yes i will admit i am still very new to the whole rooting/flashing/mods etc, but i f-ed up my captivate bad... first i should tell ya how i got to the point where i am now... (dont worry will be the abridged version):
-got phone, couldnt sideload apps
-rooted phone and enabled install of sideloaded apps
-tried to backup rom/phone with clockwork, learned that i had to flash modded kernal
-backed up and flashed new kernal (flashed clockwork recovery & backed up rom)
-learned about voodoo, so reflashed a voodoo kernal
-started to have issues with static, speaker volume, basically anyone who called me or i called couldnt hear me and was all static
-reflashed different kernal
-got ballsy, backed up rom again, and all user/system data, and attempted to flash custom rom (firefly3.0)
-flash failed... tried to reflash, failed again... error said parameters did not match
-tried restoring original backed up rom, failed again, and again...
-then, boom, phone boots up and am able to make calls and receive them, cant send text though..
-scoured the forums, and tried to fix phone/restore to stock.
-flashed odin, and then BRICKED!!!!
*NOW ALL PHONE DOES WHEN I TURN IT ON IS BOOT TO ATT SCREEN AND THEN OFF, THEN ATT SCREEN, THEN OFF.. TRIED BOOTING INTO RECOVERY, DOWNLOAD MODE AND STILL NOTHING WORKS...
wondering what happened, or what i did wrong, what i can do to fix my phone (if possible)????
any of u wicked smart devs care to help out a little 'ol noob?? please
obviously its not bricked!
i hate that misnomer. you are bootlooping....
you need a jig at this point if normal means of getting into download mode do not work
(power down phone, pull battery. put battery back in, and while holding vol up+down, plug into computer.) if that doesnt put you in download mode, you definitely need a jig.
once you get that jig, flash a custom cwm kernel, then try flashing a new rom. you dont need to boot into stock, which is what you are stuck on now.
BY DEFINITION: A BRICK IS SOMETHING THAT NO LONGER POWERS ON, AT ALL
Damn beaten to the punch.
Sent From My Captivating Shanna, yes I Named My Phone get over it.
Hi everyone. I have a problem I can't seem to resolve. I tried updating to the OTA jellybean update a couple weeks ago, it seemed to go ok. I then tried to go back to an earlier version of eclipse rom I was using. Now when I power on the phone I get AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S) (Flash Failure). I can select normal boot and it will go into my ICS Rom that I have loaded in slot 1 after going thru my safestrap recovery program. So the phone is not unusable, just very annoying to use. My question is, how can I get the fastboot flash mode flash failure warning to not show up every time I reboot the phone? I've tried loading the Stock JB Rom from verizon, Blur_Version.6.7.246.xt875.verizon.en.us with RSD Lite, but when I try to extract the files with RSD, I get the error "Please check input file. Either XML format is wrong or image files associated with it are missing." I just want to be able to get a stock rom back on my phone, without any errors when I boot it, I don't care if I have root, safestrap, or anything else, I just want a properly working phone. Any suggestions how to get rid of the boot flash failure warning? Thanks!!!! Richard
Update.... Looks like I really screwed it up now. Tried to rsd lite a JB rom, got about 1/2 way, to copying system image, then hung up. Now when I reboot, it won't even go into recovery or normal mode... Stoopid operator malfunction..... Any suggestions on which rom I can try to install via RSD Lite to help get it back going? It will still go into AP fastboot mode.
He's dead, Jim. Nothing is working, no rom will load, they either fail or hang up. Now both of my batteries are dead, and it won't even try to do anything. Any suggestions?? Guess I'm in the market for another phone. Maybe some of the gurus on here have some advice. Thx.
He's alive, Jim!!!!!
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He's dead, Jim. Nothing is working, no rom will load, they either fail or hang up. Now both of my batteries are dead, and it won't even try to do anything. Any suggestions?? Guess I'm in the market for another phone. Maybe some of the gurus on here have some advice. Thx.
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Thanks to some other posts on here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236980 I tried installing the system and preinstall img files manually thru moto fastboot. They seemed to hang up after a few minutes, but I tried to install the files anyway. Afterwards, I was able to get into recovery mode and do a system wipe and reinstall the JB rom that I had on my SD card. Now a couple hours later, I got the pageplus 4g issue fixed again, and just finished rooting it with the tutorial on XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2256439.
You guys are awesome! Thanks for all your hard work.
As I said, phone is restarting every minute, it cannot enter recovery mode by using 3 buttons. I've tried hard resetting, but whenever I press the button to erase it, it either does nothing or it restarts again. Also whenever I change some of the settings they revert after a restart. I've tried flashing some rooted roms with odin, and it said "pass" but phone still remained the same. I've tried flashing pit files, the three button recovery and all, but still nothing did any good... Is there any way I can fix this? Is there any way to find stock official images and install them without odin, like LG's software update kdz, or HTC official installer files? Is the phone just dead? Please help guys!
P.S I've posted it in general discussion too, because I don't know the right place for the tread! Sorry if I am making trouble of it!
I'm a complete newbie to android phone modding, and I was really proud of myself when I was able to install the Cyanogen 12.1 and Google Apps onto my Samsung S3 Mini. However, I made the mistake of trying to put my work email on it, which requires that my phone be encrypted. Well, I guess the encryption and rooted phone didn't want to play nice together, so I got the error message that my phone would be factory reset. Boo! Well, it got worse. Instead of a factory reset, my rooted phone now is stuck in what I have now learned is called a bootloop. Basically I turn my phone on, and the Cyanogen start screen (with the text "TEAMWIN") just infinitely flashes on the screen until I pull the battery.
I have tried using Odin 3.07 and cm12.1_golden.nova.20160210.ODIN_TWRP.tar.md5. I do the three button system boot, connect the usb, run Odin, get the phone recognized, and then install the .md5 in the PDA section of Odin. It tells me that it succeeded, but when I restart my phone it's still the same bootloop. I also tried swearing, but that didn't help either.
Has anyone else out there had experience with Cyanogen and this particular error? I would love to get this phone working again... preferably with either a Lollipop version of android or back to Cyanogen 12.1.
Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone.
So I've got an update if anyone's interested... I can't call it progress, but it's a different problem now.
I was able to download and use Odin to do what was shown on this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2122548&highlight=root
Everything worked in Odin, the phone rebooted, and went to the Team Win Recovery Project diagnostics screen, rebooted again, and then to the samsung logo. However, it immediately goes to the "Encryption Failed" error screen, and the only option is to 'reset device'. Of course, doing this just reboots the phone and it then has the Team Win loading screen, Team Win Recovery Project diags screen, Samsung logo, and back to the 'Encryption Failed' screen again. So now I have a new infinite loop to solve. *sigh*
any thoughts?
Have you been able to get into TWRP? If you are, maybe you could wipe everything from there and flash the recovery version of your ROM.
I was able to put the stock bootloader onto the phone using Odin, download the original tar from here: http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=GT-I8190, then used the stock bootloader to install it from the sd card. Everything went fine, but now when I boot the phone it just hangs on the Samsung Galaxy S3 mini GT-i18190 start screen indefinitely. Is this progress, or have I created a new problem now?
You're playing around with heavy stuff. I won't recommend using an upgrade flash (CM over Odin) as an full flash. Please try flashing a stock image.
If you did something wrong to the partitioning, then it's likely to not allow you to do a successfull factory reset. Maybe you can try re-flashing a stock Odin image with PIT repartitioning.
Remember to try to backup the EFS folder, doing that kind of flash might wipe it.