So, I was running CM7 no problems. Then one day the ax just fell. I tried re-flashing the ROM and it hangs on the boot animation...so, I removed CWM, made a bootable CWM SD and flashed a few different "return to Stock.zips." One finally worked, but when I connect to Wifi, it says it can't connect and shows that my device doesn't have a serial number or a model number, so I can't get beyond that screen, and it is on version 1.0.1. So I tried using the CWM SD again to update the Firmware. When I did that as soon as I turned on the device, it locked up on a screen that says, "Install Failed, please power Off and the Back on again." So I tried completely wiping and re-installing CM7 to eMMc, and now, again it just hangs on the boot screen.
Oh, and 8 boot interruptions doesn't work for me and when I try holding the power +N keys I go directly into the "Install failed please press off and power back on to try again," screen.
My head is going to explode. Please help. I think my next attempt is going to be trying to flash an alternate kernel.
Use this .zip to get full stock 1.3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30572895/Nook_Color/update-nc-stock-1.3.zip
patruns said:
Use this .zip to get full stock 1.3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30572895/Nook_Color/update-nc-stock-1.3.zip
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Hey I tried this, and when I flash the .zip, as soon as the device powers on it goes straight into the "install failed please turn off device and the turn back on to try again," dialog. On this screen it is black with a white stenciling of the NC. I have grown to despise this screen.
Also, anytime I have tried to factory reset, it goes directly into the install failed screen.
I have managed to get into the stock 1.0.1 homescreen by bypassing the Out of Box Experience, and even when I try to Erase/Deregister there, it stops and says device not registered, and therefore it cannot wipe. Also, when I check device info, every single one has red 000000000.
I suppose that since I'm at least to the homescreens I could try ADB, because it wasn't working either the last two nights.
Also is there anything in the LOST.DIR that could help? What the hell is a LOST.DIR?
So, another interesting thing here...whenever I go to install ADB the softkeys show up in the status bar, like its already rooted and running the stock 1.0.1 launcher bar, as soon as I unplug the USB, they disappear, so I can't even enable debugging.
Also, the NC isn't showing up on the ADB device list.
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I tried a flash and think i messed my tab...now its just a black screen with a faint light in the background like its on but its no images.......my battery icon pops up then distorts away and thats it ....can get into download mode but not recovery.....tried holding all 3 buttons got this lil android dude in the corner with a sign sayin something about power reset but cant select nothing......help me please......
Put it in d/l mode and flash one of the stock roms with Heimdall.
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i tried a stock flash with heimdall it flashed successfully but i still get the SAMSUNG logo that flashes and go away,buttons light up at the bottom,can go in download mode but not reboot mode,phone stay on with a faint light ,so i assume that its on somehow.....help
Did you follow this exactly?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967175
One thing I missed here before was to wipe data and cache. Otherwise I go into boot loop.
how to get recovery mode
i cant wipe nothing because i cant get to recovery,just download mode
done it step by step
i followed evrything it flashed successfully but when it rebooted i turned off.and tried recovery but nothing......
chubbyflood said:
i followed evrything it flashed successfully but when it rebooted i turned off.and tried recovery but nothing......
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Use UnBrickable Mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341753
Although you get a black screen on boot, it might still be working....
Chubbyflood,
If you are in the same situation as I am then the tab is still working, you are just getting black screen on boot up. It played tricks on me for ages when I was first rooting by tablet; but it turned out it is just the boot up screen that isn't showing.
This is my situation:
-Press and hold Power button to turn on.
-I see the Galaxy Tab / Samsung initial boot image for about 1 second, and also hear the "boot chime"
-Then the screen goes completely blank (but you can tell it is still on with a little light showing.
-The four "hard button" lights will light up briefly a couple times
-Wait approximately 30 seconds to a minute (to be safe and give the tablet time to boot up - it is actually booting up)
-Tab the Power button once, to turn the tablet off (now the screen is clearly off)
-Tab the Power button again, and the tablet will be up and running as normal.
I am guessing the boot animation / images are failing in some way, but the tablet is booting up as normal.
I've just learned to live with it, because I haven't had a chance to figure out what's going on, but it honestly took me a good hour or so, and a few (unnecessary) flashes, before I realized the thing was up and running fine, it just need to have the button pressed on and off.
One final thing to mention; don't have the tablet plugged into anything. I seem to remember leaving it plugged into the PC didn't help (I think).
Hope that makes sense.
Cheers
Ed.
Has your situation been resolved?
I am in the same boat. What I have done to temporarily fix this was to Flash a ROM that uses Hemdall and it will boot as flukebu stated but only with the Galaxy Cubed ROM.
I cannot get the factory files to boot as you have stated.
I have continually tried to return to stock using the files provided on this forum and all "unbrick" posts.
While flashing the stock images everything completes and works well. The device reboots and the Samsung Splash screen appears. Once it appears it disappears and scrambles the screen. I believe it then goes into a bootloop which easily enough I could access factory recovery to correct but when I do attempt to access factory recovery the screen is as posted above (black but illuminated).
Once I flashed Galaxy Cubed ROM and it booted I hit the power button and the locksreen appeared. I can tell you I was excited but there are some issues with that ROM I have not tried to correct yet because my main goal is to return to stock.
Even with this ROM working correctly I have attempted to access CWM once installed to complete a Data Wipe and that does not show up either.
I would really like to find a solution to this I want to return to stock and not have this custom ROM running.
Juiced_RL said:
Has your situation been resolved?
I am in the same boat. What I have done to temporarily fix this was to Flash a ROM that uses Hemdall and it will boot as flukebu stated but only with the Galaxy Cubed ROM.
I cannot get the factory files to boot as you have stated.
I have continually tried to return to stock using the files provided on this forum and all "unbrick" posts.
While flashing the stock images everything completes and works well. The device reboots and the Samsung Splash screen appears. Once it appears it disappears and scrambles the screen. I believe it then goes into a bootloop which easily enough I could access factory recovery to correct but when I do attempt to access factory recovery the screen is as posted above (black but illuminated).
Once I flashed Galaxy Cubed ROM and it booted I hit the power button and the locksreen appeared. I can tell you I was excited but there are some issues with that ROM I have not tried to correct yet because my main goal is to return to stock.
Even with this ROM working correctly I have attempted to access CWM once installed to complete a Data Wipe and that does not show up either.
I would really like to find a solution to this I want to return to stock and not have this custom ROM running.
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Have you found a resolution to this? Mine tab is doing the exact same thing as yours after the cubed rom.
Phone: Samsung Captivate I-896, with AT&T stock Android 2.2 flashed to it. Rooted and unlocked.
Action: Deleted some *.odex files from Root/Data/App, following a guide to get around the "out of space" message while trying to install software. Cleared Delviks cache directory.
Problem: First restart after above actions(which didn't resolve the out of space message issue), phone shows start-up animations, gets stuck with black screen. Left like this overnight, nothing happens. Vibrates every 50 seconds or so. Respons to hardware Vol+ press with the home/back/menu backlight. Otherwise, no response to anything, black screen(backlight on). Does not receive phone calls. I do not know for sure if the action listed above is the one that caused this situation, but I assume so since it was the last action taken before the issue appeared.
Solutions attempted: Tried every possible permutation/combination of buttons/usb cable/etc/ restarts etc. listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858765&page=1, except Jig. The phone would not go into recovery or DL mode.
Question.
Am I correct in assuming that forcing the phone into recovery mode and reflashing a new system(or reflashing the old one) is the only way to get the phone to work again?
There is no way to "soft-reset" the phone, with all settings reverted back to stock, if it does not boot up completely?
Titerepayaso said:
Phone: Samsung Captivate I-896, with AT&T stock Android 2.2 flashed to it. Rooted and unlocked.
Action: Deleted some *.odex files from Root/Data/App, following a guide to get around the "out of space" message while trying to install software. Cleared Delviks cache directory.
Problem: First restart after above actions(which didn't resolve the out of space message issue), phone shows start-up animations, gets stuck with black screen. Left like this overnight, nothing happens. Vibrates every 50 seconds or so. Respons to hardware Vol+ press with the home/back/menu backlight. Otherwise, no response to anything, black screen(backlight on). Does not receive phone calls. I do not know for sure if the action listed above is the one that caused this situation, but I assume so since it was the last action taken before the issue appeared.
Solutions attempted: Tried every possible permutation/combination of buttons/usb cable/etc/ restarts etc. listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858765&page=1, except Jig. The phone would not go into recovery or DL mode.
Question.
Am I correct in assuming that forcing the phone into recovery mode and reflashing a new system(or reflashing the old one) is the only way to get the phone to work again?
There is no way to "soft-reset" the phone, with all settings reverted back to stock, if it does not boot up completely?
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Sounds pretty accurate. You'll have to get a jig to get in download mode, flash stock Odin KK4 to fix w/e happened during your testing.
Thanks Bwolf. I just tried ADB console on a different computer and it connects to the device just fine in spite of black screen. I guess I had one thing right, USB DEBUGGING enabled before this whole deal.
Question: is there any way I can restore the phone using the console without wiping everything?
Titerepayaso said:
Thanks Bwolf. I just tried ADB console on a different computer and it connects to the device just fine in spite of black screen. I guess I had one thing right, USB DEBUGGING enabled before this whole deal.
Question: is there any way I can restore the phone using the console without wiping everything?
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Make a backup with ADB.
Once that's done, push download mode with it and get Odin KK4 (without bootloaders). You'll have to start from there to fix w/e went wrong.
You don't have to wipe your sd doing so but you will lose your apps and such. If you backed up your phone with your Play Store account, it will re-download your apps as you're done booting up.
To get back up where you were, grab Corn Kernel, flash it with Odin 1.87 and then follow the full instructions of the ROM you wanna use.
I have spent about 10 hours sitting here, with over 200 tab open trying to find a solution to my problems but I could not find one. My last option is to post here and hope someone can help me out.
I recently bought the tf701t which came with Android 4.2.2. Everything worked fine. A few days ago, I got pushed an update to android 4.3 but it was .1.7 not .1.18 (the newest apparently). With that update, my problems came. When I light up the device by pressing the power button, the lock screen was unresponsive. I pressed my pin numbers in but there was no response and it was as if the touchscreen was broken. However, the home and back button were all working fine. I had to randomly keep pressing until it finally started becoming responsive. When I got in, the quick management window (the one you get by swiping down), kept popping up the moment i press the screen. Because of this, I couldnt do anything. I couldn't even turn off the tablet as the power off option was unable to be pressed by me (When i did press, the window came up again).
After a while, i managed to get around this by again randomly pressing stuff. I got really frustrated and decided maybe if I install a custom rom, this problem might be fixed.
I read around a bit and found that the CROMix rom required firmware 1.18, which I did not have. Because of this, i decided to try install 1.18. First i used the asus unlock tool. Next I tried booting into recovery but here I met my problem. I have guides telling me to first boot using power button + volume down key. This worked. It then told me to choose the RCK option and press the volume up key. This however, did not work. When I selected the RCK option, the android figure appeared lying down with a red triangle and exclamation mark over it.
Unsure of what to do in this situation, i read one of the guides on this forum which said simply place the 1.18 zip file (yes i unziped the zip file from the file i downloaded), in the root folder then reboot and it would automatically update. This didnt happen.
I then tried using the adb thing but it said no devices were connected even when my tf701t was connected to the PC. I guessed that I needed to be in the recovery mode that I could not get into, before it would work.
I then read around and they said I had to first get Rom manager + the CMR recovery thing but Rom Manager said it needed root access. In order to get root access, I needed to get into the recovery mode yet again.
So now I am stuck. Whenever I try the RCK option, the error pops up and I can't get any further.
WIll someone please help me? I have no idea what to do anymore except throw the tablet out.
zhuang281 said:
I have spent about 10 hours sitting here, with over 200 tab open trying to find a solution to my problems but I could not find one. My last option is to post here and hope someone can help me out.
I recently bought the tf701t which came with Android 4.2.2. Everything worked fine. A few days ago, I got pushed an update to android 4.3 but it was .1.7 not .1.18 (the newest apparently). With that update, my problems came. When I light up the device by pressing the power button, the lock screen was unresponsive. I pressed my pin numbers in but there was no response and it was as if the touchscreen was broken. However, the home and back button were all working fine. I had to randomly keep pressing until it finally started becoming responsive. When I got in, the quick management window (the one you get by swiping down), kept popping up the moment i press the screen. Because of this, I couldnt do anything. I couldn't even turn off the tablet as the power off option was unable to be pressed by me (When i did press, the window came up again).
After a while, i managed to get around this by again randomly pressing stuff. I got really frustrated and decided maybe if I install a custom rom, this problem might be fixed.
I read around a bit and found that the CROMix rom required firmware 1.18, which I did not have. Because of this, i decided to try install 1.18. First i used the asus unlock tool. Next I tried booting into recovery but here I met my problem. I have guides telling me to first boot using power button + volume down key. This worked. It then told me to choose the RCK option and press the volume up key. This however, did not work. When I selected the RCK option, the android figure appeared lying down with a red triangle and exclamation mark over it.
Unsure of what to do in this situation, i read one of the guides on this forum which said simply place the 1.18 zip file (yes i unziped the zip file from the file i downloaded), in the root folder then reboot and it would automatically update. This didnt happen.
I then tried using the adb thing but it said no devices were connected even when my tf701t was connected to the PC. I guessed that I needed to be in the recovery mode that I could not get into, before it would work.
I then read around and they said I had to first get Rom manager + the CMR recovery thing but Rom Manager said it needed root access. In order to get root access, I needed to get into the recovery mode yet again.
So now I am stuck. Whenever I try the RCK option, the error pops up and I can't get any further.
WIll someone please help me? I have no idea what to do anymore except throw the tablet out.
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Did you try to put the update on the external sd card? Not sure if that would make a difference but i remember i used to put it there...
You could also flash a custom recovery and flash the update that way. You can find more info in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2636093
You should safely be able to update your factory firmware first by putting it at /sdcard location.. Then just reboot. It automatic. I Thought there was also an update available in settings after that. Don't unlock til you are at 4.3.
To unlock with Asus unlock tool make sure Google 2 Step verification is disabled.
Then I used fastboot to flash CWM recovery from a computer. I think you flash with fastboot from the newly unlocked bootloader. Power + Vol DOWN.
After you have flash recovery then you can enter it. No scary man lying down.
YayYouFixedIt said:
You should safely be able to update your factory firmware first by putting it at /sdcard location.. Then just reboot. It automatic. I Thought there was also an update available in settings after that. Don't unlock til you are at 4.3.
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I forgot to mention one thing at the start. I don't actually have on hand a external microSD card. Which I think might be why placing the zip file in the root of the internal storage did not work.
Should it work? Is there any way to get around it? I've been trying to use sideload with cwm (finally got cwm working), but it comes up with "failed to write data protocol fault no status"
EDIT: Through cwm, I chose "choose zip from /sdcard" then select the "0" file directory then i found my zip at the location. I selected it and confirmed install. However, it then comes up with "Error in data/media/0/(name of update here).zip status 6"
Thanks for the help so far but anyone have an idea about this?
Not sure. After googling I see this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535546
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You can put the zips anywhere when your recovery is installed.
Okay so I finally managed to get the custom rom installed and working. However, this did not fix my problem with the touchscreen. I think it is because it only changed the firmware but not the android version (still 4.3).
Is there any place I could find android 4.2.2 rom? This was the one the tablet was on before the update that screwed everything up. If I could downgrade to that version, it may work again.
Thanks
I gave up and just put on the android 4.3 ota from droidbasement. Now the tablet randomly restarts and is stick in reboot loop. It wont even allow me to boot into cwm recovery to delete the cache. But i accept that I now have a $600 piece of **** on my hands. Going to bed. Night.
Ya i dont like the whole void your warranty for "using it" idea. If it responds to fastboot you might be ok.
You should be able to download a 4.2.2 rom from Asus' website (.47 was the last build for 4.2.2). You can use fastboot to install it.
Alta1r said:
You should be able to download a 4.2.2 rom from Asus' website (.47 was the last build for 4.2.2). You can use fastboot to install it.
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I tried that before but it stated "update aborted" immediately after i pressed confirm, in CWM.
But all that is in the past now. I am pretty sure that the tablet is hard bricked since it no longer even opens bootloader. I accidentally pressed the wipe data option and I read that irreversibly damages the tablet. When I hold pwr+vl down, nothing happens anymore, it keeps on its reboot loop.
I bought a VS980 last week and have been trying to flash a new recovery ever since. It is rooted, but when I try to reboot into recovery, the phone reboots and as soon as the LG splash shows up, the phone turns off. Not reboots, or freezes, or boot-loop, but just turns off. I have followed several different methods of flashing from different articles/guides i have found but all have the same effect. I have done a factory reset twice and tried to start fresh, but have the same result. I have done several options of using ADB Push to flash the recovery and I have tried to use, CWM, TWRP, Flashify, RomToolBox Pro, and GooManager apps to flash into recovery but I always have the same result. Phone reboots, LG Splash shows up for just a second, then the phone turns off.
I am about out of ideas. Please help!
usafmunk said:
I bought a VS980 last week and have been trying to flash a new recovery ever since. It is rooted, but when I try to reboot into recovery, the phone reboots and as soon as the LG splash shows up, the phone turns off. Not reboots, or freezes, or boot-loop, but just turns off. I have followed several different methods of flashing from different articles/guides i have found but all have the same effect. I have done a factory reset twice and tried to start fresh, but have the same result. I have done several options of using ADB Push to flash the recovery and I have tried to use, CWM, TWRP, Flashify, RomToolBox Pro, and GooManager apps to flash into recovery but I always have the same result. Phone reboots, LG Splash shows up for just a second, then the phone turns off.
I am about out of ideas. Please help!
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Are you running JB or KK?
JB - Download flashify from the market and let it handle flashing the recovery
KK - Follow the directions here, steps 5-8 if you're already rooted and on 24A. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702958
mjones73 said:
Are you running JB or KK?
JB - Download flashify from the market and let it handle flashing the recovery
KK - Follow the directions here, steps 5-8 if you're already rooted and on 24A. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702958
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Thank you so very much. The guide from the link you posted worked. You have just ended a week long battle for me and you have my thanks!
usafmunk said:
Thank you so very much. The guide from the link you posted worked. You have just ended a week long battle for me and you have my thanks!
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Well I spoke too soon. I followed the guide in from the link, which did in fact allow me to reboot into TWRP, however, the phone seems to have been bricked in the process. I unless I use the hardware keys to reboot into recovery, the phone boots up completely blank. The screen is on, but it is black. I have tried to revert back to stock but I have not been able to. I followed all the directions found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476&highlight=download+fail
Still no luck.
usafmunk said:
Well I spoke too soon. I followed the guide in from the link, which did in fact allow me to reboot into TWRP, however, the phone seems to have been bricked in the process. I unless I use the hardware keys to reboot into recovery, the phone boots up completely blank. The screen is on, but it is black. I have tried to revert back to stock but I have not been able to. I followed all the directions found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476&highlight=download+fail
Still no luck.
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Please can you describe anything that's going wrong? I.e. Can you access downloader mode?, Is your port set to COM41 (Note it does not set it automatically)?, Anything else that would give us an idea where the reverting back to stock process is going wrong?
TheOriginalKyle said:
Please can you describe anything that's going wrong? I.e. Can you access downloader mode?, Is your port set to COM41 (Note it does not set it automatically)?, Anything else that would give us an idea where the reverting back to stock process is going wrong?
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Sure. I do not know if I am able to reach Fastboot or not. I can get into TWRP Recovery and request Fastboot, as well as hold the Up-Volume buttons on start, but the screen comes on blank after the LG icon goes away.
I can not see the device from my File Explorer in Windows. I have tried to remove each of the 3 devices that appear in my Device Manager and re-install them with the most recent drivers for my phone, which seems to work, but then I still cannot connect to it. The computer recognizes that a device has connected, but I guess I do not know how to transfer files if not through File Explorer or an ADB push.
I have tried to use ADB push but I cannot see any ADB Devices. Within TWRP, I have tried to use ADB Sideload, but the message '//twrp/backups/086c8bd70b935975' not found comes up and so it gets stuck on "starting ADB Sideload feature...."
When I use the "Mount" option in TWRP, Only Data and Cache is selected. I can select System, but I am not able to select USB-OTG
When trying to use the LG Flash Tool (and tried to change every port to 41 for each device I found in Device Manager), it fails with "Model: Unknown"..."device Model is different!"..."Check Phone or DLL!"...."00000000"
I think there were some other things tried too but that is all I can think of at the moment.
usafmunk said:
Sure. I do not know if I am able to reach Fastboot or not. I can get into TWRP Recovery and request Fastboot, as well as hold the Up-Volume buttons on start, but the screen comes on blank after the LG icon goes away.
I can not see the device from my File Explorer in Windows. I have tried to remove each of the 3 devices that appear in my Device Manager and re-install them with the most recent drivers for my phone, which seems to work, but then I still cannot connect to it. The computer recognizes that a device has connected, but I guess I do not know how to transfer files if not through File Explorer or an ADB push.
I have tried to use ADB push but I cannot see any ADB Devices. Within TWRP, I have tried to use ADB Sideload, but the message '//twrp/backups/086c8bd70b935975' not found comes up and so it gets stuck on "starting ADB Sideload feature...."
When I use the "Mount" option in TWRP, Only Data and Cache is selected. I can select System, but I am not able to select USB-OTG
When trying to use the LG Flash Tool (and tried to change every port to 41 for each device I found in Device Manager), it fails with "Model: Unknown"..."device Model is different!"..."Check Phone or DLL!"...."00000000"
I think there were some other things tried too but that is all I can think of at the moment.
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Well new update: I was able to fix it! The problem was my own ignorance. I was following some Googl'd instructions to get the device into download mode that were incorrect. Once I saw the correct ones, I was able to get into Download Mode and revert to stock from there.
Hello there,
I've just found my old GT-S5300 from back in the day, and I tried turning it on to eventually use it again.
The issue is that when turning on, I get the usual "Welcome to GT-S5300" screen, and it tells me to "Touch the Android to begin"; when trying to do so, my phone doesn't let me go to the next screen to connect to Google and all the miscellaneous steps that come later. The touch screen does react, I can change the language/type a number in emergency call, the Android flashes when I touch it but it doesn't let me go to the next step.
I have tried factory resetting/wiping cache & data but nothing does it, I keep getting stuck on the same screen.
I even tried flashing a custom ROM and the stock ROM, but it seems my phone can't read the SD card I insert in it, I don't know why (32GB, works on other devices).
I have CWM Recovery installed so whenever I go to Recovery mode I have the CWM Recovery menu which appears.
Before burying it in my closet, my phone was indeed rooted.
Do you have any idea if there is a way to use this phone again? Thank you!