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[Q] bionic wont boot

i wiped a bunch of stuff in recovery thinking it wouldnt be bad as long as i flashed a rom right after (which i did) but it wouldn't boot
tried plugging it into a computer but it isnt recognized by adb or fastboot... please help
it boots into fastboot and says somthing about webtop
edit: yes i am dumb sorry wrong section didnt mean to mods please move

bbm21 said:
i wiped a bunch of stuff in recovery thinking it wouldnt be bad as long as i flashed a rom right after (which i did) but it wouldn't boot
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Be more specific please. You wiped stuff in CWM recovery or Stock recovery?
(You don't have to flash a ROM after wiping, stock will just reload itself upon boot)

Tivo7 said:
Be more specific please. You wiped stuff in CWM recovery or Stock recovery?
(You don't have to flash a ROM after wiping, stock will just reload itself upon boot)
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ya wiped everything in CWM (except sd card) i got it recognized by fastboot but it says low battery and wont flash and i cant get it to charge

bbm21 said:
ya wiped everything in CWM (except sd card) i got it recognized by fastboot but it says low battery and wont flash and i cant get it to charge
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Similar things have happened to me. Have you pulled and replaced the battery, then let it charge a while before trying to power on? That usually does it for me.

bbm21 said:
ya wiped everything in CWM (except sd card) i got it recognized by fastboot but it says low battery and wont flash and i cant get it to charge
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Power off, then plug into a wall charger. That should still charge it.

Tivo7 said:
Power off, then plug into a wall charger. That should still charge it.
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ok i did this and fastboot screen came up (still with battery low) ill just leave it chargeing for a while i guess

I've tried charging it many different wats and no luck... I guess its bricked
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Uh....don't ya think you can just get a new battery? Duh lol
If this happened to the new Nexus or the Razr, yep its a brick (they don't have external batteries)
But yeah, just get another battery. Or A batter charger that doesnt require the battery to be in the phone.

Tivo7 said:
Uh....don't ya think you can just get a new battery? Duh lol
If this happened to the new Nexus or the Razr, yep its a brick (they don't have external batteries)
But yeah, just get another battery. Or A batter charger that doesnt require the battery to be in the phone.
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Nexus has a removable battery.
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The teamblackhat app has an option to make a copy of your img files (the files that SBF flashes onto your device). This makes it so you can SBF without a computer at all, its all straight from the phone.
mistawolfe said:
Nexus has a removable battery.
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Only if you break into the casing. The back isnt meant to snap on and off.

[Q] Stuck at a Boot loop and cant enter recovery

Guys I am stuck at a Boot loop.... When I turn on my O2x it gust gets stuck at the LG Logo and does nothing.... I have tried removing the battery and then vol down + Power but still cant enter recovery.... Feel like I am in deep trouble.... If possible Plz send me a link from where I can get instructions to undo what I have done.....
I was on Nova HD..... was trying to flash to hellfire.... and the rest is history....

Rishik17 said:
Guys I am stuck at a Boot loop.... When I turn on my O2x it gust gets stuck at the LG Logo and does nothing.... I have tried removing the battery and then vol down + Power but still cant enter recovery.... Feel like I am in deep trouble.... If possible Plz send me a link from where I can get instructions to undo what I have done.....
I was on Nova HD..... was trying to flash to hellfire.... and the rest is history....
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You have to try the software smartflash, with that you will return to the stock rom! Are you sure that you can not get into Recovery? In recovery you enter by pressing the power button and volume -!!

i have this, it keeps going LG. off on LG. off on?
just take out battery. put battery in. while pressing POWER + VOL DOWN.
it will boot into CWM. well should. Only way i got out of it. or i would have rage thrown fone at wall.

I have done that but doesnt help..... I did install smart flash and it says flash successfull but still gets stuck at LG Logo..... This is some weard ****.... plz help
R0B3RTF1SH3R said:
i have this, it keeps going LG. off on LG. off on?
just take out battery. put battery in. while pressing POWER + VOL DOWN.
it will boot into CWM. well should. Only way i got out of it. or i would have rage thrown fone at wall.
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i had another problem ontop of this. (bad baseband and ril) meaning the battery was like charging then saying 98% then saying 3% then no wifi no sdcard(ext) etc. i was like NOOOOOOOOOOO... battery draining super fast. phone heating up. then i emergency try to re flash. (have no access to put files on sd card) re flashed the only zip on the sd card (lucky cm9) which has aroma launcher, enable me to do a FULL WIPE. then once into CM9 (after it freezes on boot screen (animation) for like 2 minutes. furioiusly pressing buttons wondering if batt is going flat, get into menu. hold power force reboot into recovery mode. (sometimes its really annoying to get into recovery cause hold to long reset/reload no recovery. sometimes easier to hold power in boot into recovery via PHONE CM9 loaded.
i figured out it was the kernel was making my baseband read as UNKNOWN even tho it could tell me the version. ha. only fix was to do a full wipe.
the problem you probably have is. NO WAY TO PUT ANY OTHER ROM/STOCK onto SD CARD cause you have no other device with USB MASS STORAGE SD CARD???
if you can do that, then your ok.
if you cant then you need to go into cwm.
do a restore. if you have a backup. if the backup is ext3 and you have used ex4 roms like CM7/9 then the recovery will fail. and you will still be bad...
try doing in CWM recovery (full wipe/reset/cache/dav etc) ? silly question im sure you would have tried everything.
hmm. the only solution is to get another ROM (ext4) unless u can get backtoext3.zip.
you need the files on the SD CARD.. then you should be ok . right?

Try booting into recovery and wiping the dalvik cache and the other caches maybe?
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA

And also, what rom are you trying to flash? Make sure you have the right one for your phone! you can also try out other roms that may make the flashing go more smoothly
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Thanks a lot guys for your help..... I read a fiorum from RUSTY http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229407
I did the same One cllick on the batch file and wallah my phone was alive again.....
Tomtomyoshi said:
And also, what rom are you trying to flash? Make sure you have the right one for your phone! you can also try out other roms that may make the flashing go more smoothly
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Out of ideas, plz help

| Did a hard reset/factory reset using SmartFlashTool and still no luck. The phone keeps powering off (as if you were pulling out the battery forcefully from the back) after booting for a min or so when plugged in. When on battery alone, the phone wont boot at all, it just flashes the LG logo for a few times and dies (like turning a lamp on and off). I'm running out of ideas :S

Did you drop it or did it get wet? Is the Download Mode screen being shown for a longer periode of time, or how were you able to use smartflash?

N00BY0815 said:
Did you drop it or did it get wet? Is the Download Mode screen being shown for a longer periode of time, or how were you able to use smartflash?
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| Nope, Nope, Nope, I was able to use SmartFlash just fine. When plugged into a power source, the phone did a factory reset and I was able to boot into froyo for a minute or so, and then it dies (like when you're pulling the battery out forcefully).

Try the following:
Download any kdz file, download cwm injector (look into my noob how to post 3), inject cwm, flash it with smartflash, then you should be in CWM, do a data, cache and dalwik wipe, flash superuser.zip (should be on your SD card of course) and try to boot again. If it still doesnt boot, I have no idea, of what is wrong with your phone...

I think it's hardware related. A link betwen power supply and motherboard.

punktnet said:
I think it's hardware related. A link betwen power supply and motherboard.
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I think it's a hardware problem too because smartflashing it to original rom still won't solve the problem. Guess I have to take it back to the store that I bought it from.

Try using it on USB alone with battery removed if its working normal, then it could be a faulty battery. If you can lend the same battery to test would be better than buying one then realizing thats not the problem but could be hardware problem.

Hmm, had u followed the correct steps about using smartflashtool?

Change the battery?
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[GUIDE] How to revive HTC Salsa from a bricking

Credits to-
BigBearEvo- For making important modifications.
kashttl- For informing about errors with ROM Toolbox.
Introduction-
In simple language, bricking is just making your phone unusable. But as we go deeper in this world of rooting, we find ourselves reading posts with terms like “soft-brick” and “hard-brick”. So what is the difference?
Hard-brick
Hard-brick is when you mess up with your boot image while updating, or when you snatch your phone's USB cable while an update is going on through PC. Or even worse, you flash a ROM @ 0% battery.
Soft-brick
Soft-brick is when you fail to clear your Dalvik, forget to format/wipe data, which leads to your phone going into a bootloop i.e- keeps playing bootanimation for a long time (15 mins or more). This generally happens when there is some mismatch of Android Virtual Machine with installed apps. Or for us, the phone is stuck in White HTC logo screen.
So how to get your phone back to life in case of-
Hard-brick
Sorry boss but your phone is dead. Reviving it will be more expensive than buying a new one. Also this task is done only by a few specialists.
Hard brick can be solved in case of improper flashing of RUU or updates on Stock Phones. you require USB drivers to be installed along with HTC Sync.
You Need the proper RUU designed for your area model.
Load phone into Bootloader screen. Run RUU from PC. you may have to do this several times and follow instructions carefully. You will eventually you load the RUU and have a working phone.
This isn't for the Noob to do. Recommendation is see a service engineer, or seek good help from users that have done this. each Hard brick can be different, dependent on what they did in the first place
Soft-brick
Hmmmm.. Something can be done-
A> First pull out your battery.
B> Put it back.
C> Press Power and Volume Down simultaneously till you enter fastboot screen.
D> Get into recovery mode.
Now you have 2 options-
i> Restore to one of your previous backups.
ii> Flash stock ROM or some other stable ROM.
Precautions while flashing-
A>Firstly DO NOT flash using ROM Toolbox or apps with similar functionality. (Credits- kashttl). People from HTC Desire forum faced a lot of hassle in doing so.
B> Don't just snatch your USB Cable while transferring ZIP file from PC to SD card. It will lead to CWM recovery Errors.
C> Have at least 50% battery charge in your phone before flashing any ROM, minimal level is 20% as 5% battery is used when flashing.
D> Always do a Triple wipe before flashing ROM. (Data/Cache/Dalvik)
E> Always do a Nandroid backup of current ROM before changing into a custom one. (Recovery or Rom manager)
F> Follow any other special instructions (If any) while flashing.
G> If you end up with any problems with a certain ROM, please post in the ROM thread ASAP.
Disclaimer-
YOU the users are solely responsible for anything you do. We the developer supply this for your benefit. Failure to follow the rules/guides will possibly result in defective or inoperable phones which we are not responsible for.

Amazing guide. Bookmarked for future use
Btw thanks for mentioning me
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kashttl said:
Amazing guide. Bookmarked for future use
Btw thanks for mentioning me
Sent from my HTC Salsa C510e using xda app-developers app
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You do something good for us and you surely get mentioned.
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WOah! dude, you got a sticky man! Awesome!

stuck at exclamation mark
Hey there, I'm following the soft brick steps but it got stuck at the exclamation mark logo after i get into the recovery mode. what should i do? please help

Remove battery count to ten. Reinsert and boot normally. I'm assuming you have tried to update with and ota. This will not work and u will constantly get this screen and problem.

BigBearEvo said:
Remove battery count to ten. Reinsert and boot normally. I'm assuming you have tried to update with and ota. This will not work and u will constantly get this screen and problem.
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I tried it but my phone keeps playing the bootanimation over and over again

Remove battery and get to hboot menu. Hold volume down key then then power on while holding down.
If u have recovery, boot into it and wipe everything. If not, factory reset on hboot and try to reboot. Seems what ever u did has buggered it and u have to start over.

BigBearEvo said:
Remove battery and get to hboot menu. Hold volume down key then then power on while holding down.
If u have recovery, boot into it and wipe everything. If not, factory reset on hboot and try to reboot. Seems what ever u did has buggered it and u have to start over.
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Thanks BigBearEvo i did what you asked me and the phone works fine now. Some of the data may have lost but its okay. Thanks again!

Hi Vigoos,
I tried the steps you have mentioned above, but i dont have any backups saved. Can you please let me know what is the procedure to flash a stock ROM.
Thanks.

ravikeerthi88 said:
Hi Vigoos,
I tried the steps you have mentioned above, but i dont have any backups saved. Can you please let me know what is the procedure to flash a stock ROM.
Thanks.
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Depends on the stage you got to. did you try to flash an RUU for your area? if you did it would have wiped your recovery program off. if your didnt and still have cwm installed, please go to another rom that takes your fancy and follow flashing guides from there. more info would be helpful though.

BigBearEvo said:
Depends on the stage you got to. did you try to flash an RUU for your area? if you did it would have wiped your recovery program off. if your didnt and still have cwm installed, please go to another rom that takes your fancy and follow flashing guides from there. more info would be helpful though.
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Hi BigBearEvo,
I tried to flash a RUU but the USB was not detectable in the Fastboot mode so the CWM recovery is still intact. Will try the the other option though.
Thanks

ravikeerthi88 said:
Hi BigBearEvo,
I tried to flash a RUU but the USB was not detectable in the Fastboot mode so the CWM recovery is still intact. Will try the the other option though.
Thanks
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If the USB wasn't detectable it means your pc/laptop does not have the correct programs installed to find it. IE adb etc & java sdk/jdk installed.
try the other methods first though as it should work out easier

Hi BBE,
I was able to flash your Xsense ROM, but after some time it gives force close errors for some of the applications. Please let me know if i have missed anything.
Thanks

ravikeerthi88 said:
Hi BBE,
I was able to flash your Xsense ROM, but after some time it gives force close errors for some of the applications. Please let me know if i have missed anything.
Thanks
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some force error closes happen from clash of apps, did you completely wipe it....what ext extension are you using?

BigBearEvo said:
some force error closes happen from clash of apps, did you completely wipe it....what ext extension are you using?
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Hi BBE,
Yes i did a triple wipe before flashing. I'm using ext 3.

ravikeerthi88 said:
Hi BBE,
Yes i did a triple wipe before flashing. I'm using ext 3.
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when using the rom did u activate links2sd while using int2-ext or data2sd?

Cannot make phone start, stuck at Semaphore logo / animation

Hi,
As the title says I have small problem. I bought my SGS1 with custom rom and kernel flashed into it already - sometimes it shows wrong time, went into recovery mode without my knowledge, had some problems with apps. Today I pressed Power and chose reboot - now I am stuck at animation that appears after logo kernel Semaphore. Of course I tried to look in other threads, I found a lot of them but still I cant figure out how to do it. You see, I never did it before and it's all hokus-pokus to me even tho I read stuff here at the forums. I managed to get into downloand and recovery mode using 3 button combo What do I do now? It seems way too complicated for newbie like me, every post isn't explaining it enuff for me. Can someone help me or at least give some tips, clues?
Things I got installed are Android 4 .0.4, 3.0.8 Semaphore ics 1.1.2s.
Thanks in advance guys

krzysiekx said:
Hi,
As the title says I have small problem. I bought my SGS1 with custom rom and kernel flashed into it already - sometimes it shows wrong time, went into recovery mode without my knowledge, had some problems with apps. Today I pressed Power and chose reboot - now I am stuck at animation that appears after logo kernel Semaphore. Of course I tried to look in other threads, I found a lot of them but still I cant figure out how to do it. You see, I never did it before and it's all hokus-pokus to me even tho I read stuff here at the forums. I managed to get into downloand and recovery mode using 3 button combo What do I do now? It seems way too complicated for newbie like me, every post isn't explaining it enuff for me. Can someone help me or at least give some tips, clues?
Things I got installed are Android 4 .0.4, 3.0.8 Semaphore ics 1.1.2s.
Thanks in advance guys
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Get in recovery, clear cache and dalvik cache and reboot.
It will take a while to full boot cause it will have to rebuild it's cache but should work from there.
If it doesn't, You'll need more stuff but we'll get to that then.

BWolf56 said:
Get in recovery, clear cache and dalvik cache and reboot.
It will take a while to full boot cause it will have to rebuild it's cache but should work from there.
If it doesn't, You'll need more stuff but we'll get to that then.
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Okay. I wiped cache and dalvik. Now I'm waiting on animation screen for 30 minutes. I'll let you know what happens after 1 hour.
By the way does any of those problems could be related to low battery? I had like 20% last time I rebooted my phone and problems started.
One more thing is - I don't have memory microSD card - guy sent me 16GB one but it doesn't work. Can we fix it without it? I wanted to buy a new one eventually
EDIT: Okay, one hour passed after I wiped cache. Everything was stuck on animation but suddenly, after I walked out of phone for a 5 minutes it stopped - everything was gone, I couldn't Power it or use 3 button combo. I think that's cuz battery went low. I plugged it into charger, we'll see if it charges. I hope so. EDIT2: Yeah, that was battery. Still can enter Recovery.

krzysiekx said:
Okay. I wiped cache and dalvik. Now I'm waiting on animation screen for 30 minutes. I'll let you know what happens after 1 hour.
By the way does any of those problems could be related to low battery? I had like 20% last time I rebooted my phone and problems started.
One more thing is - I don't have memory microSD card - guy sent me 16GB one but it doesn't work. Can we fix it without it? I wanted to buy a new one eventually
EDIT: Okay, one hour passed after I wiped cache. Everything was stuck on animation but suddenly, after I walked out of phone for a 5 minutes it stopped - everything was gone, I couldn't Power it or use 3 button combo. I think that's cuz battery went low. I plugged it into charger, we'll see if it charges. I hope so. EDIT2: Yeah, that was battery. Still can enter Recovery.
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Did you recently remove the sd card? If so, try booting with it in your cell.
If that doesn't work, Mount your phone through recovery to backup your stuff on PC (like pics).
Now you'll need Odin KK4 without bootloaders (found in the stickies). As will as corn kernel and Odin 1.87. And finally a JB rom you wanna use on your internal sd.
Get your phone in download mode and flash KK4 (stock GB). Let it do us it's magic, once done, make sure it boots up fine. Then get back in recovery to flash corn kernel with odin 1.87 (gotta put it in the PDA slot). Finally, follow the FULL instructions provided by the ROM dev you chose.
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BWolf56 said:
Did you recently remove the sd card? If so, try booting with it in your cell.
If that doesn't work, Mount your phone through recovery to backup your stuff on PC (like pics).
Now you'll need Odin KK4 without bootloaders (found in the stickies). As will as corn kernel and Odin 1.87. And finally a JB rom you wanna use on your internal sd.
Get your phone in download mode and flash KK4 (stock GB). Let it do us it's magic, once done, make sure it boots up fine. Then get back in recovery to flash corn kernel with odin 1.87 (gotta put it in the PDA slot). Finally, follow the FULL instructions provided by the ROM dev you chose.
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Damn that's confusing. First thing this subforum - it's for AT&T and other branded phones? My isn't like one of them! I guess I had the wrong subforum all the time. Or maybe your instructions will still work with my GT-I9000? Damn, I got confused seeing AT&T and Rogers everywhere in stickies. My phone aint associated to any of those brands. Am I writing in wrong subforum? :3 That'd sad

krzysiekx said:
Damn that's confusing. First thing this subforum - it's for AT&T and other branded phones? My isn't like one of them! I guess I had the wrong subforum all the time. Or maybe your instructions will still work with my GT-I9000? Damn, I got confused seeing AT&T and Rogers everywhere in stickies. My phone aint associated to any of those brands. Am I writing in wrong subforum? :3 That'd sad
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Eh yeah you're and it's a really good thing you noticed! Could've bricked your phone.
The lil guide i gave you is the same but you gotta use their files. You'll have to go over there to get them.
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Uff. That was at close one. I'm glad that I noticed that before trying anything. Anyway thanks for your help mate. I owe you one. Have a nice day.
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