Plese help asap!!! - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I installed "Battery Icon Mod v1.01", applied the mod, restarted, and I do see the AT&T screen, then I see the Galaxy moving screen, and after, I see the black screen, and nothing else, and I feel the phone vibrates (almost the same way, when the program crashes). I need to get back on the phone somehow, without restarting from scratch. Any way without loosing all of it?

Can you get into recovery with battery pull and up + down volume + power?
If so try reflashing or flashing a different battery mod and see if it works

VOL UP+VOL DWN+PWR does not work when battery is out.
VOL UP+VOL DWN+PWR works when battey is in
and i get the following choices
reboot system now
reinstall package
delete all user data
delete cache data
format internal sd-card

zheka1 said:
VOL UP+VOL DWN+PWR does not work when battery is out.
VOL UP+VOL DWN+PWR works when battey is in
and i get the following choices
reboot system now
reinstall package
delete all user data
delete cache data
format internal sd-card
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Looks like youre running stock recovery which = stock ROM. How did it even flash without failing verification? (not asking you, whoever else)
IMO you're hosed and need to odin back to completely stock (everything is lost) Unless someone else can think of a way to fix system files with stock recovery

I did flashed my phone with froyo 2.2 when I got the phone, and it was back in September or something. It was also rooted, so maybe that why it allowed to mod? I'm not too good with the phones and stuff, as i am more of a computer IT.

zheka1 said:
I did flashed my phone with froyo 2.2 when I got the phone, and it was back in September or something. It was also rooted, so maybe that why it allowed to mod? I'm not too good with the phones and stuff, as i am more of a computer IT.
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If you're really in IT you'd know that information is key to solving any problem. Stock 2.2 or a custom 2.2 ROM?

What I was trying to say, is I am not good with phones, and phone software and stuff

If you had usb debugging checked , you can use adb to push your original framework back to the phone. If you did a backup you can just install the backup. Otherwise your only recourse is to reflash the rom.

no i dont have any back and stuff. is there anyway to get the SMS? or my MEMO's?

You can flash a rom through odin...does not have to be stock...it will not wipe the info you have saved on your internal sd or external. if you sync your contacts with google gmail it will return all your contacts.
With that said, you will lose any programs you downloaded and installed unless you have them backed up (titianium back-up, etc).
It's not the end of the world, your phone will live again...
Just a thought...why not take this opportunity to flash one of the excellent custom roms in the development section?

This is why you will be backing up from now on...if no adb debugging then i dont this you can do adb pull or anything so .just flash another rom bud.we all make mistakes .yours isnt too big of a mistake tho. Sorry
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as long as I can keep my data, I'm not worried about loosing my applications, I can always reinstall them. I remember I tried to flash Froyo 2.2, and it took me forever to get it done. Could someone point me to a good ROM (preferably 1.2OC) where I can keep all my data.

Nope. You're pretty much out if luck with no backup. If you were on stock 2.2 then the reason you're in a bootloop is because you tried to install a mod to your framework that only works in deoxed roms.

TigerEnigma said:
You can flash a rom through odin...does not have to be stock...it will not wipe the info you have saved on your internal sd or external.
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what is this means then?

i guess the solution is to clear cache and factory reset ...
but u will loose ur data....

No roms will delete your internal SD card unless you do a master clear. Without pushing your framework back and having no backup all your data (SMS, memos, call logs) is gone. No way around it. Flashing with Odin still deletes your user data.

can somebody point me to the best 1.2GHz rom?

That's in the kernel. Which can be swapped out on any rom, I believe there is one for stock froyo.

Im kinda confused, I've been googling and searching this thread, and not sure what I have to do next. How do I began from scratch? What do I need to install the very first image? Where do I get it? I keep on searching all the threads this forum has, but its so much stuff here, that I get really confused.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919816

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I may have bricked my HERO2000 trying to flash a custom ROM.

I'm new to this whole flashing custom ROMS business. I have a CDMA HTC Hero 2000 and I downgraded to the original 2.1 before the update just fine, rooted my phone just fine. Then I tried to flash Aloysius to it using instructions I found here: [Complete Guide] How To Flash A Custom ROM To Your Android Phone With ROM Manager + Full Backup & Restore | Android News, Reviews, Applications, Games, Phones, Devices, Tips, Mods, Videos, Podcasts - Android Police
After all was said and done, my phone starts to boot with the "HTC quitely brilliant" logo, following by "SPRINT the Now network" logo and after it shows "Now" for many seconds (as it normally does before pulling up the home screen), it reverts back to the HTC logo and repeats this process until I remove the battery.
I removed the microSD and attempted to boot, same thing. Then I held down HOME+BACK+POWER to do a manual hard reset, this took a little longer but again had the same result.
I may just cry now. Please help!!
Run the official sprint ruu, and see what that does for u. Then read the rooting guide here on xda and try it. I personally recommend amon ra recovery to flash roms, rom manger never seemed to work right. Feel free to pm for more help, dont worry u prob arent bricked unless u flashed a gsm rom (which aloysius isn't)
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That's a bootloop not a brick You could try downloading a different rom and flashing it in recovery, nandroid restoring - if you made one, or flashing the same rom again. just wipe your phone before (data/cache/dalvik)
Didn't get a chance to get on here until now but I fixed it last night.
I did this by going back into reboot recovery mode (by pressing HOME and POWER), going to partition settings, COMPLETELY wiping everything on the sd card, mounting the USB and dragging a new ROM .zip file onto it. (I tired this twice without completely wiping and the phone continued to have problems booting.
The flash worked fine that time and all has been well. Turns out the first one I was trying to apply to it was just an upgrade.
Thanks everyone for your help, makes perfect sense now.
chrisdegraw said:
Didn't get a chance to get on here until now but I fixed it last night.
I did this by going back into reboot recovery mode (by pressing HOME and POWER), going to partition settings, COMPLETELY wiping everything on the sd card, mounting the USB and dragging a new ROM .zip file onto it. (I tired this twice without completely wiping and the phone continued to have problems booting.
The flash worked fine that time and all has been well. Turns out the first one I was trying to apply to it was just an upgrade.
Thanks everyone for your help, makes perfect sense now.
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Four key words to remember when trying out any new rom
Nandroid is your friend!
additionally, you should always remember to wipe before loading a new rom!
Enjoy!
Yeah, don't ever panic, that was, as everyone said, a bootloop by textbook definition. I've never seen a brick before, but I'm damn sure it won't get as far as the Sprint logo. The only way to brick a CDMA Hero is to flash a GSM Radio/Bootloader to it.

Urgent [Q] I may have screwed up badly..

Ok, I might have bricked my phone. I had the cm7/Aosp gingerbread mod. But I didn't have apps2sd enabled. So I downloaded rom manager, flashed the newest version of clockwork recovery, and rebooted to recovery, where I partitioned for apps 2 sd with a size of 256 mb and 128mb swap-space . I then factory reset, and formatted Boot, cache, data, everything. After that I went to mount as Usb, and I copied the Rom, gapps, and a battery icon mod back to the phone. But the phone didn't recognize any installable packages on my sd after I un-mounted, so I shut my Hero off in hopes it would when I turned it back on p) . When I turned the Hero on, it went to a Usb-fastboot mode, and I couldn't get it to turn off so I removed the battery from the back of my phone, then put it back in. Now my phone won't turn on at all. Does anybody know what I did wrong and can I fix it?
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f60/how-to-apps2sd-for-droid-34800/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666420
not sure if this will help but maybe you can find some info there
Hopefully that squared you away. But for future question, please post it in the general or question section. This area is specifically for devs and their projects.
oohaylima said:
Hopefully that squared you away. But for future question, please post it in the general or question section. This area is specifically for devs and their projects.
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Alright sorry, I think I meant to post it there but then kinda freaked out >.<
spleef said:
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f60/how-to-apps2sd-for-droid-34800/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666420
not sure if this will help but maybe you can find some info there
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Thanks Spleef, but I was wondering how to get my phone to turn on again as it seems to have just quit on me
Whenever a ROM doesn't boot up properly, boot loop, freeze, etc, I usually have to pull the battery out. Then when I restart it, I hold down the Volume Down and Power buttons at the same time to boot into recovery. Try doing this while the phone is plugged into your wall charger and see if that helps.
Also, I'm not 100% on how to get the apps2sd working, but I had a question about which version of Clockwork you were using. I thought with CM7 Gingerbread we were supposed to use version 3.0.0.5 of Clockwork. I know there is a new version, 2.5.1.7 I think, that shows up in ROM Manager. Unless something has changed, I don't think it will work with CM7.
I'm still pretty new to this, so hopefully someone else will chime in here for you.
Good luck.
i did the same thing one time you gota wipe everything again i mean even the sd card and extthen take ur sd card adapter and put rom gapps any extras on ur sd card then put it back into ur phone then flash it in the order of rom,gapps,extras,and kernel last if u are using one hope this helps
p.s this was using CWM 2.5.0.1
This just happened to me the other day, except I was trying to use firerats partition mod. See if it will boot by holding volume down or up while powering on. It worked for me, but I had to ruu back to stock and had reroot with z4root.apk
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Ok anytime you do a factory reset from the phone you most likely will loose root. And leave your phone charged over night it should come back on. And your swap is to big IMO. For apps to sd try a 28 or 32 swap and 512 partition. Then upgrade you ext from ext2 to ext3. And you were supposed to wipe everything before you flashed the apps to sd file. As in wipe everything data,cache,dev-cache and ext. Then flash your rom,google-apps,and kernel last. Boot up sign into your account and let it sync. Then boot to recovery and flash the apps2sd zip. After that you should install your apps. And I think you should ruu and reroot. Sounds like you lost root when you did factory reset from with in the phone. Just my opinion. Hope it helps good luck.
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[Q] Deleted every system file in system\App, anyway to fix it?

So today i was clearing out some stuff, after deleting all the apk files i downloaded.
i went to the system folder. i see this folder named App, i went in it, i see all these Apk files, so i thought they're just the file you use to install those applications. so i selected all, then deleted everything.
Then, a lot of things popped out, and this one wouldn't go away, it says Android.Phone stopped working. so i took my batteries out, and rebooted it. But it just shows the LG logo, then the loading, then starts over again.
I tried Volume Up + Power key, it just showed a the rest box thing, but after a bit, it just restarted the repeating process.
And i can't connect my phone to my computer because you have to set the USB mode on, while the phone is on.
ANY help?. Please. three year contract, and i have no clue what to do.
leolin000 said:
So today i was clearing out some stuff, after deleting all the apk files i downloaded.
i went to the system folder. i see this folder named App, i went in it, i see all these Apk files, so i thought they're just the file you use to install those applications. so i selected all, then deleted everything.
Then, a lot of things popped out, and this one wouldn't go away, it says Android.Phone stopped working. so i took my batteries out, and rebooted it. But it just shows the LG logo, then the loading, then starts over again.
I tried Volume Up + Power key, it just showed a the rest box thing, but after a bit, it just restarted the repeating process.
And i can't connect my phone to my computer because you have to set the USB mode on, while the phone is on.
ANY help?. Please. three year contract, and i have no clue what to do.
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try the nvflash method to flash a stock ROM....by the way have you rooted your device?on custom ROM?have u a backup if you are rooted?
check in the dev thread if you bare rooted and want to flash the nvflash...
hope it helps
You seem to have root, because without you could not access the system folder. To get in the recovery menue you need to push and hold power + vol down(!) on your off-switched device. From there, restoring a nandroid-backup would be the easyest way. If you didnt made a backup, you can get back to a stock rom with smartflash and nvflash but you will loose your data.
neosound said:
You seem to have root, because without you could not access the system folder. To get in the recovery menue you need to push and hold power + vol down(!) on your off-switched device. From there, restoring a nandroid-backup would be the easyest way. If you didnt made a backup, you can get back to a stock rom with smartflash and nvflash but you will loose your data.
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I don't think he has CWM, Only a rooted device so it will be hard for him to get his /system back without any Backup...
Try NVFlash method or Smartflash, located in the Android Development section of this Forum.
I fail to understand why would someone be messing in the system folder without having a full backup
SREEPRAJAY said:
try the nvflash method to flash a stock ROM....by the way have you rooted your device?on custom ROM?have u a backup if you are rooted?
check in the dev thread if you bare rooted and want to flash the nvflash...
hope it helps
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I have tried that, and got CWM now, i don't mind losing all my data, but. Is just that i've gotten an external SD card from one of my old phone, and i put a ROM on it. But I can't seem to find the External SD card anywhere on the phone. _ExternalSD has basically nothing in it. Anyway to get it?...
I rooted my phone before i deleted the system files. But does it matter now that I wiped everything?.....AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
OMG i fixed it, i mounted the USB, then put the ROM in the internal SD card, THANK YOU GUYS

Lg bricked?Noob mistake..

Well, i wanted to change my rom, CM 7.2, with DjangoManouche 1.2 and used the rom below..i backed up, and when i started flashing, it said that"this is not a ROM"..i..kind of panicked and after a minute, when i seen "nothing moves" i removed the battery. When i tried to start the phone, it only shows the LG logo..but does not boot(i waited for just 1-2 minutes..). I hope someone could help me.
xdafileserver.nl/Files/LG/Optimus%202x%20(P990)/ROMS/DjangoManouche%20ROM/1.2/1.2ROMS/DjangoManouche1.2WipeEXT3Stock.zip
Mitzu' said:
Well, i wanted to change my rom, CM 7.2, with DjangoManouche 1.2 and used the rom below..i backed up, and when i started flashing, it said that"this is not a ROM"..i..kind of panicked and after a minute, when i seen "nothing moves" i removed the battery. When i tried to start the phone, it only shows the LG logo..but does not boot(i waited for just 1-2 minutes..). I hope someone could help me.
xdafileserver.nl/Files/LG/Optimus%202x%20(P990)/ROMS/DjangoManouche%20ROM/1.2/1.2ROMS/DjangoManouche1.2WipeEXT3Stock.zip
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I recall reading something about using NVFlash to force the stock rom on and allowing to recover from a bricking.
I'll defer to someone with experience in fixing bricked phones though.
Thank you...now..it wont even start, even when i plug-in the charger..it had pretty low battery..i am pretty ducked..
You have to reflash it with KDZ recovery method. Look up google and you'll get it working. I did this the first time too (what a bad joke to say "this is not a ROM")...
I'm sure you can still enter Cwm if you hold down volume- while pressing power button until it the Cwm menu appears.
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First of all, don't worry, O2X is pretty unbrickable...at least in the level you're messing with it!
If you have recovery installed, you should be able to reboot into recovery : press and hold vol down button, then power button until you see blue halo of LG. before that, download another ROM and put it in your external SDcard. Flash that ROM.
You can also download and flash the original firmware of LG by using smartflash. You can find those in ANDROID DEVELOPMENT section!
Also check KDZ recovery!!
Thank you..it worked with recovery mode..i had back-ups. I got a bit scared because when i pressed vol_dwn+ shut down button..after i release the 2nd button, it turned off...but i menaged to make it. Again, thank you for help.
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well, today i tried again to install a new rom(temasek's cm7 last build)..but i couldn't..after it is installed it get's into boot and stays like that..i tried to AOKP and it worked..my backup also worked...i just can't get it, why these roms won't work?
Mitzu' said:
well, today i tried again to install a new rom(temasek's cm7 last build)..but i couldn't..after it is installed it get's into boot and stays like that..i tried to AOKP and it worked..my backup also worked...i just can't get it, why these roms won't work?
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The common mistake for new people is that they restore entire nandroid backup after flashing ROM. CWM doesn't have option to backup DATA only, so you have to restore DATA from nandroid backup using Titanium Backup etc.
Try this:
1. Restore into fully functioning ROM(+data) if you don't have already
2. Reboot to recovery
3. Format /system
4. Flash new ROM
5. Clear cache and dalvik cache
6. Check if phone successfully boots
7. Flash Gapps if needed.
8. DO NOT DO ANY RESTORES AFTER STEP 1!!
9. If it doesn't work out, try another ROM. There may be some error with the file!!

[Q] *HELP* My phone has bootloop

Hello everyone,
my phone has an bootloop after i removed some stock apps, i didnt think removing some stock apps could cause this...
the phone boots, and the screen handles the brightness and when i press the home button 2 secs it vibrates, but it doesnt show android itself, just he LG boot logo
can i fix this without flashing KDZ or Hard reset ?
cant get ADB, doesnt work
KDZ_FW_UPD.exe doesnt work for me (windows 8)
i will install an virtual PC and have the usb linked to that, will install windows XP on it.. see if it works
my parents may also not find out...
please help me
Regards, Tomaat
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removed these apps (and probably some more)
/system/app/CalendarWidget.apk
/system/app/EmailWidget.apk
/system/app/FavoriteContactsWidget.apk
/system/app/Finance.apk
/system/app/MemoWidget.apk
/system/app/MusicWidget.apk
/system/app/SmartShare.apk
/system/app/Gmail.apk
/system/app/MusicFX.apk
/system/app/MusicPlayer.apk
/system/app/MusicWidget.apk
/system/app/mediauploader.apk
LG Browser
Google talk
Messenger+
Voice recorder
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Tomaat said:
Hello everyone,
my phone has an bootloop after i removed some stock apps, i didnt think removing some stock apps could cause this...
the phone boots, and the screen handles the brightness and when i press the home button 2 secs it vibrates, but it doesnt show android itself, just he LG boot logo
can i fix this without flashing KDZ or Hard reset ?
cant get ADB, doesnt work
KDZ_FW_UPD.exe doesnt work for me (windows 8)
i will install an virtual PC and have the usb linked to that, will install windows XP on it.. see if it works
my parents may also not find out...
please help me
Regards, Tomaat
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First try to turn off the phone, with the phone OFF, press "Vol-" + "Power button" until turn ON.
You should be in Android Recovery Menu, select "wipe data/ factory reset" and press "Power button", next screen go untill the middle and select "yes" and press "Power button". After that just reboot.
If everything went good should be enough, otherwise you need to re-flash.
RuedasLocas said:
First try to turn off the phone, with the phone OFF, press "Vol-" + "Power button" until turn ON.
You should be in Android Recovery Menu, select "wipe data/ factory reset" and press "Power button", next screen go untill the middle and select "yes" and press "Power button". After that just reboot.
If everything went good should be enough, otherwise you need to re-flash.
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The OP probably was asking for a way to regain control of his phone without the need to lose any personal data, as the factory reset will surely do. Unfortunately you are right, that is the last step before having to manually re-flash the original firmware and it's the only solution available to him now.
But a bit of advice, in case something similar happens again in the future. Just like with computers it's always advised to take a backup of your important files before tampering/tinkering with the software. And there are many ways right now to do this. We have CWM recovery (thanks to Dexter) which can be used for backup purpose, on the Play Store, there are also apps like Titanium Backup and the new Titanium Media Sync that can accomodate easily and simply all your backup needs. Although the present situation is a bitter pill to shallow, it will come to pass fortunately, so keep in mind the above tips to save yourself from grief and anguish in the future.:fingers-crossed: Best regards
Feregorn said:
The OP probably was asking for a way to regain control of his phone without the need to lose any personal data, as the factory reset will surely do. Unfortunately you are right, that is the last step before having to manually re-flash the original firmware and it's the only solution available to him now.
But a bit of advice, in case something similar happens again in the future. Just like with computers it's always advised to take a backup of your important files before tampering/tinkering with the software. And there are many ways right now to do this. We have CWM recovery (thanks to Dexter) which can be used for backup purpose, on the Play Store, there are also apps like Titanium Backup and the new Titanium Media Sync that can accomodate easily and simply all your backup needs. Although the present situation is a bitter pill to shallow, it will come to pass fortunately, so keep in mind the above tips to save yourself from grief and anguish in the future.:fingers-crossed: Best regards
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well, im really lucky, yesterday i wanted to use deodex & remove stock apps script, and i made an backup in CWM first, as i havent removed it, and i went to bed, and in bed i started removing some stock apps, if i reflash the phone (hard reset wont work) will the internet storage be removed ? if it doesnt i can just restore the backup right?, then i will backup all the games and other data, and reflash 10G (maybe) or just 10f, as i have deodexed it at backup
If your backup was on the external sdcard, as its always suggested, I dont think it will be deleted, but for the sake of certainty remove the memory card prior to trying anything. If the backup is on the internal sdcard, then it will be deleted (I speak from personal experince since my phone also entered a bootloop and the only solution was to re-flash the official firmware) - quick and painless if you the guide correctly.
Feregorn said:
If your backup was on the external sdcard, as its always suggested, I dont think it will be deleted, but for the sake of certainty remove the memory card prior to trying anything. If the backup is on the internal sdcard, then it will be deleted (I speak from personal experince since my phone also entered a bootloop and the only solution was to re-flash the official firmware) - quick and painless if you the guide correctly.
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Yep, i had to reflash to fix, its working again, but the backup was removed i will get google drive and make a backup every week or so, and put it on google drive, does the stock backup backup everything ? or do i need to do a cwm backup?
Tomaat said:
Yep, i had to reflash to fix, its working again, but the backup was removed i will get google drive and make a backup every week or so, and put it on google drive, does the stock backup backup everything ? or do i need to do a cwm backup?
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If you want to backup a system image, then only CWM can help you. If you want to backup certain files/apps/settings there are a number of ways and programs to help you with that: LG's own backup offering, Titanium Media Sync, App Backup Pro, etc...

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