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[Q] cannot start galaxy s after update.zip

Hello
I am in a great panic mode.
I applied this lagfix : forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7587405&postcount=417 and since I did it I cannot use my phone.
I am not able to start my phone. It shows me Galaxy S logo, and after that I hear the start up music but nothing on the screen (no animation). Pressing hardkeys does not do anything either.
Above all I cannot even enter my recovery mode. When I press volumedown+poweron button, the screen keeps showing me Galaxy S logo and it does not go any further.
Please help me if you know how to getaround.

Were you rooted when yoou applied update.zip?
Anyway,did you try to shutdown the phone removing battery,and then try entering recovery?

the fix did not mention I had to root my phone, it said it would self install.
Yes I did shut down after removing the battery, and then I am trying to get into recovery using volumedown+poweron button but I am not able to get into it. All I see is Galaxy logo and hear start up music after that with nothing on screen.

OK, I am able to get into recovery mode.. I was trying wrong combinations
Now what should I select I get these options:
1. reboot system now
2. apply sdcard:update.zip (will never do this again)
3. wipe data/factory reset (should I do this)
4. wipe cache partition

yes.. you should do 3.) wipe data. If that doesnt solve your problem, you need to flash firmware agian

somusingh said:
Hello
I am in a great panic mode.
I applied this lagfix : forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7587405&postcount=417 and since I did it I cannot use my phone.
I am not able to start my phone. It shows me Galaxy S logo, and after that I hear the start up music but nothing on the screen (no animation). Pressing hardkeys does not do anything either.
Above all I cannot even enter my recovery mode. When I press volumedown+poweron button, the screen keeps showing me Galaxy S logo and it does not go any further.
Please help me if you know how to getaround.
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Why did you choose to install something not on main page, something obviosuly not very tested and something 2 month old (god knows there are close to ten newer or more tested fixes).
If you can access download mode, than reflash. If not... Well, try the exotic methods (dont know them, as I have working 3 butons)

Hey, for a second I thought it did noy fix my problem as I did not get my animation screen and ony heard music.. But then suddenly it starts up
I think I lost my animation on start up though
I still see that MCR Scripts icon on app loader screen, How could I know if its enabled or disabled?
Thanks a lot guys.. XDA rocks .

dupel said:
Why did you choose to install something not on main page, something obviosuly not very tested and something 2 month old (god knows there are close to ten newer or more tested fixes).
If you can access download mode, than reflash. If not... Well, try the exotic methods (dont know them, as I have working 3 butons)
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I regret doing something like that.. But it was really confusing as there are so many topics on the forum and I was really tempted to solve the lag issue I started facing recently (I installed too many apps).

hey i have the same problem.. my phone goes up into the Samsung logo and hangs there forever, occasionally blinking and making a weird vibration. i've tried factory reset but that doesn't help..
How do i flash firmware again?

glbc said:
hey i have the same problem.. my phone goes up into the Samsung logo and hangs there forever, occasionally blinking and making a weird vibration. i've tried factory reset but that doesn't help..
How do i flash firmware again?
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Read the FAQs
Insanity cm 014/glitch

reflash the rom by odin will solve the problem
make sure your kenel is speedmod if u updated the rom from your sdcad，
enter into recovery ，do the wipe then updated ，disable all lagix ，all this work done u could updated the rom

[Q] Help: Galaxy Mini/Pop won't boot.

I haven't rooted my phone whatsoever or installed a rom or something. One day, it just won't boot. I don't use it all the time, so the battery died. I charged it so I could use it and download an app. When I try to power it on, it will only reach the flashing Samsung logo with the black background and won't go any further so I result to opening the back cover the remove the battery and try turning it on again. Still won't boot. I tried draining the battery, but it still won't boot. Would booting it without the SD card solve this problem? I heard that if I did that, I would have to factory reset it using the hardware keys. I don't want to erase everything in the phone since I'm not able to back it up. Please help. Thanks!

ZAYNlienware said:
I haven't rooted my phone whatsoever or installed a rom or something. One day, it just won't boot. I don't use it all the time, so the battery died. I charged it so I could use it and download an app. When I try to power it on, it will only reach the flashing Samsung logo with the black background and won't go any further so I result to opening the back cover the remove the battery and try turning it on again. Still won't boot. I tried draining the battery, but it still won't boot. Would booting it without the SD card solve this problem? I heard that if I did that, I would have to factory reset it using the hardware keys. I don't want to erase everything in the phone since I'm not able to back it up. Please help. Thanks!
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You can try to boot it without SD card, but i don't think that's the problem.
I think your only possible solution is to try doing a factory reset. Try to press HOME button and POWER button together until you get to the recovery. Than, depending on the recovery you have, search for a "wipe cache/data" or "data reset".
Another solution might be using Odin, but that's the last one...

frazar said:
You can try to boot it without SD card, but i don't think that's the problem.
I think your only possible solution is to try doing a factory reset. Try to press HOME button and POWER button together until you get to the recovery. Than, depending on the recovery you have, search for a "wipe cache/data" or "data reset".
Another solution might be using Odin, but that's the last one...
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It did work. I thought of doing that but I waited for my friend so I could consult for another way, but I resorted to a hard reset. Thanks!

sorry for you, you can't get your data back
but to solve this
you can try to wipe everything through recovery mode
(while turn of, home button + power)
if you still can't access recovery mode or still the same after wiping
you must flash your mini
[TUT]Official Gingerbread 2.3.6 09.02.2012 GalaxyMini s5570~ODIN~UPDATED
for later, backup your data app by using Titanium Backup
must root

PHONE STUCK-white triangle with a screwdriver in it and a blue bar below (resolved)

hello all!
my phone was working properly (rooted but not boot unlocked)
pc companion told me there were a new version availlable (.253) I accepted, install, reboot, everything was fine.
I tried to backup my data in order to change the sd card to a bigger one...then it told me there was a problem while backuping so I did a reboot
this is where the problem begins:
now I have a white triangle with a screwdriver in it and a blue bar below it with an animation inside and it's stuck there...what does it mean for a start?
can you please help?
I'd like to recover it in order to get back my data (photos and video I wanted to put on the new sd card)
tried flashtool but it doesn't recognise the phone...
note: before doing all that, free space was low on my XZ internal storage (like 300 megs)

dave_id said:
hello all!
my phone was working properly (rooted but not boot unlocked)
pc companion told me there were a new version availlable (.253) I accepted, install, reboot, everything was fine.
I tried to backup my data in order to change the sd card to a bigger one...then it told me there was a problem while backuping so I did a reboot
this is where the problem begins:
now I have a white triangle with a screwdriver in it and a blue bar below it with an animation inside and it's stuck there...what does it mean for a start?
can you please help?
I'd like to recover it in order to get back my data (photos and video I wanted to put on the new sd card)
tried flashtool but it doesn't recognise the phone...
note: before doing all that, free space was low on my XZ internal storage (like 300 megs)
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Unplug your phone from the USB cable and then start, see if that helps

This is exactly what I've encountered, can't find much help in the web, re-flash with wipe cache no joy, in the end re-flash with wipe data boot normally, last backup was 4 days old, restore and lost 4 days game progress...
Sent from my C6603 using XDA Premium HD app

That's strange.
Also had the same.
I updated to the .253 ROM and firmware etc and everything working fine.
I then rebooted after removing some system apps and got this.
I left it for a while and still stuck there.
Pressed a few buttons and still nothing then it suddenly rebooted (not sure if related to pressing the buttons or not) and everything was fine.
Then when it booted up it did the NFC firmware update so maybe related to that.
Not had it since and rebooted a few times.
Phil

thanks for replying guys.
problem really is that I can't use flashtool, for some reason I can't go in flashboot mode (green led right?)
and in fact I don't know all the key pressing procedures (if someone can post them all)
...but I think I got the press down and connect right, problem is that I have the green led for less than one second and then nothing...

dave_id said:
thanks for replying guys.
problem really is that I can't use flashtool, for some reason I can't go in flashboot mode (green led right?)
and in fact I don't know all the key pressing procedures (if someone can post them all)
...but I think I got the press down and connect right, problem is that I have the green led for less than one second and then nothing...
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Hi,
I also encountered this when I tried to use the old root method of .253. (yah, stupid of me but managed to salvage)
Just let it run for like 20 minutes or so and it will reboot subsequently. (As long as the progress bar still move, you should be ok)
Seems like a self-recovery process in place I guess.

yeah I guess you're right , but the first time was so long (more than 20 minutes ) so I thought it was dead...it is obviously some kind of self repair,
because now after a lot of reboots it suddenly started correctly after 5minutes of this blue bar moving....and now working? WTF?
things that I did in case it could help:
-used flashtool beta 4
-flashed a base .434 in blind mode (choosed xperia Z in the list)
-went into flashboot (press down and then plug usb) I had the green light for just a second...(I also installed EMMA drivers from sony , don't know if it helped)
-reboot then wait (I put it also on the docking bay , don't know if it helped as well but it made the blue bar go faster it seems, not sure tho...)
I used "hard boot" also : just jkeep pressing up and the power button until it vibrates 3 times.
maybe just puting it on the dock and then wait (quite some time) is enough (and makes sense)

I just had the same issue - WTF!!!
I just let it sit there for a while and it automatically started.

This is f*** crazy smart (stupid) phone.
DOn't know exactly what my wife did, but I doubt she flashed anything:laugh:
The battery died, she conncted to the charger, most probably with pushing some of the volume buttons and phone booted into Triange mode. Now it's stuk in this mode since an our.
I did Hard reset, but after phone is plug into wall charger it automatically boots in Triange mode.
This is in stock ROM without any modifications, unlocking, anything.

esselite said:
This is f*** crazy smart (stupid) phone.
DOn't know exactly what my wife did, but I doubt she flashed anything:laugh:
The battery died, she conncted to the charger, most probably with pushing some of the volume buttons and phone booted into Triange mode. Now it's stuk in this mode since an our.
I did Hard reset, but after phone is plug into wall charger it automatically boots in Triange mode.
This is in stock ROM without any modifications, unlocking, anything.
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Just wait - sometimes it takes a while but it'll eventually boot up.

I think [NUT] said somewhere that this is a repair of certain permissions by the phone itself. I've only ever had this for some minutes - but it is possible if the battery an out it could invoke this. Shouldn't be anything to worry about.
And I think fastboot is blue led - you could try flashmode.

I tend to do lots and lots of flashing and mods so I've seen it several times. The first time caught me by surprise and lasted for a long time...now I'm just used to it ..

In my case waiting in triangle mode did not helped. Was waiting 5 hours at work. I flashed with flashtool again stock ROM without wiping data and still no response.
FInally flashed with wipe and phone is running but all data gone. What a crap.

[Q] Please Help. Stock phone stuck in boot loop.

My wife's phone is completely stock, I have never rooted it or anything.
A couple of days ago, she started getting a strange notification with the android icon and something called Smith with the message that it is disabled. Her phone would reboot itself a couple of times a day and now it is stuck in a boot loop. The phone has been stuck in the loop for a couple of hours now, stopping on the white android screen for a second and shutting down, rinse and repeat.
I can get into recovery by ONLY holding down the volume key, which is kind of strange. I also cant select anything in recovery.
Any help would be appreciated, she is about to kill me and switch to an iPhone.

allstarfung said:
My wife's phone is completely stock, I have never rooted it or anything.
A couple of days ago, she started getting a strange notification with the android icon and something called Smith with the message that it is disabled. Her phone would reboot itself a couple of times a day and now it is stuck in a boot loop. The phone has been stuck in the loop for a couple of hours now, stopping on the white android screen for a second and shutting down, rinse and repeat.
I can get into recovery by ONLY holding down the volume key, which is kind of strange. I also cant select anything in recovery.
Any help would be appreciated, she is about to kill me and switch to an iPhone.
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Follow this guide - it should fix you up.

StormyNight said:
Follow this guide - it should fix you up.
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unfortunately this doesn't apply to my situation because the phone has never been rooted

allstarfung said:
unfortunately this doesn't apply to my situation because the phone has never been rooted
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Follow the instructions here then. Be warned though, this will wipe everything, including internal storage.

The Smith file is some file that HTC put into the ROM that expired in mid-August. Ever since then, the app shows as expired when you reboot. Nothing you can really do about it if you are not rooted, but HTC is supposedly working on a fix that they will push via OTA.
However, it shouldn't be causing the bootloops as far as I know. If a factory reset doesn't work, then running the RUU is most likely the way to go.

no bs - i took a photo, opened an mms to send it, then the phone bricked itself......

okay so just like you read, i took a photo, opened an mms to send it, then the phone bricked itself. i got a black screen as if the phone was to freeze but then after several attempts to reboot (holding down the power button for long time, pulling battery, etc, etc) i got stuck in a boot loop and this is where i am now.
cannot get into recovery, only download mode.
the phone IS NOT ROOTED. which is what confuses the hell out of me.
i use nova launcher and a bunch of basic apps. nothing has been done to this os other than the launcher and the kernel is all stock too.
can really use some help because i need to retrieve some files off the phone storage.
thanks so much

nycdave said:
okay so just like you read, i took a photo, opened an mms to send it, then the phone bricked itself. i got a black screen as if the phone was to freeze but then after several attempts to reboot (holding down the power button for long time, pulling battery, etc, etc) i got stuck in a boot loop and this is where i am now.
cannot get into recovery, only download mode.
the phone IS NOT ROOTED. which is what confuses the hell out of me.
i use nova launcher and a bunch of basic apps. nothing has been done to this os other than the launcher and the kernel is all stock too.
can really use some help because i need to retrieve some files off the phone storage.
thanks so much
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odin the base you were on and you should be good, you probably somehow got your partition corrupted so you may want to do a clean flash after that

xnknown said:
odin the base you were on and you should be good, you probably somehow got your partition corrupted so you may want to do a clean flash after that
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tried that and it still will not boot. gets stuck at the splash screen as if to boot into recovery and then it freezes.

nycdave said:
tried that and it still will not boot. gets stuck at the splash screen as if to boot into recovery and then it freezes.
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go into recovery and do a factory reset/data wipe

xnknown said:
go into recovery and do a factory reset/data wipe
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go back and reread the OP. come on bruh.

nycdave said:
okay so just like you read, i took a photo, opened an mms to send it, then the phone bricked itself. i got a black screen as if the phone was to freeze but then after several attempts to reboot (holding down the power button for long time, pulling battery, etc, etc) i got stuck in a boot loop and this is where i am now.
cannot get into recovery, only download mode.
the phone IS NOT ROOTED. which is what confuses the hell out of me.
i use nova launcher and a bunch of basic apps. nothing has been done to this os other than the launcher and the kernel is all stock too.
can really use some help because i need to retrieve some files off the phone storage.
thanks so much
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Sorry that you are having such problems. I honestly doubt that it had anything to do with you sending a picture. This looks more like a hardware failure that might be the reason you cannot enter the recovery.
Maybe this helps with the Data recovery. Connect the phone to your computer maybe you are lucky and it gets recognized as a hard drive and you can manually move the files that you want.
If that doesn't work you might want to download the original firmware from your phone (the one that you are using) and flash it via download mode. should that not work try to flash a previous firmware version.
Should none of that work you can try to download just the recovery and flash that and see if that works.
If that doesn't work you might try to root the phone and install a custom rom.
Once you make it into the recovery you should be able to do a reset - however that will destroy the data on the phone.
Good luck with that and you might have to return the phone to be serviced.