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Staying optimistic....

Hi all,first off im not gonna say my tab is bricked im to much of a noob to do that,but I've gotta say I'm really worried that my tab might be toast.To cut a long story short my son gotta hold of my tab without my knowledge and flashed a rom onto it.From what i can ascertain he's not followed the instructions on installation,instead of using the computer he's downloaded a zip file with the rom on it,then he's gone into recovery mode via clockworkmod(i have rom manager app on my tab)he's then wiped the cache and the dalvik and then proceeded to install the rom from the SDcard that he'd downloaded earlier.Anyway he said it seemed to have worked because he got a message on screen saying thank you for installing overcom rom v2.0.1 hermes installation complete enjoy using it.The message was roughly like that anyway.It also said that the 1st boot could take a long time as it had to rebuild the cache and the dalvik.So wait he did,4 hours later and all that was on screen was.....GALAXY TAB
SAMSUNG......plus all the hardware keys were constantly lit.By this time id come in and discovered what he done.So i tried to put it into recovery mode so i could hopefully put another rom onto it.But when i press power and the up volume key it just goes straight to the screen i described above,I've not had a problem getting into recovery before but now zilch....Plus another thing when i plug in the charger in instead of getting the green battery symbol gradually filling up i instead get a grey battery symbol that just sits there and does nothing.
I'll be eternally grateful if anyone can get my tab going again,i bought it in the uk open to any network,so i guess its a european tab(ON BOX IT SAYS GT-P1000).Can anyone help me,I'm trying my best to stay positive lol.
Cheers dave.
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Make sure your tab has enough charge (charge it if necessary by plugging it in wall socket even if there is no indication) After that try to boot it into download mode (power & volume down) or any detectable download mode by your pc. Get a stock rom from here or from anywhere (what rom was tab originally on froyo? Gingerbread?). Follow the instructions to flash that stock rom. Overcome guide has great instructions on how to restock your tab.
Kindly ask your questions in appropriate forums.

Thanks darkpal,i was on froyo,although i couldn't get into recovery mode i tried what you said,power button and volume down and was able to get into download mode.
So when i can get access to a suitable computer I'll try what you recommended.
Sorry if this post was in the wrong place my heads been all over the place since my tab has been down.
Thanks again for the tip and fingers crossed it will work. Dave
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I was about 99% sure thats what your son did. He tried loading the gingerbread overcome rom over froyo. And that resulted on a non bootable state (or as some call it soft brick). GB has different bootloaders than froyo thats why a stock gingerbread should be installed first before overcome 2.X.
Hope to see you up and running soon

Good luck man... just try everything, never give up!
It's because of the wiped dalvic cache!
ps: you should check out some bootloop problem threads. use search!

[Q] Help asap. Bootloop (Newbie)

Hi all,
Tried to flash ICS 4.0.3. Had flashed CM7 and it was working fine but the flash was purely so I could put ICS on, installed the zip through CWM but now it is bootlooping. I see the Galaxy S original bootscreen then what I am presuming is the custom ICS bootscreen then alot of CWM text with the android robot then the android robot dead with a phone through his chest
I have tried removing the battery a couple of times.
I am a bit of a newbie so any help is much appreciated
What shouls I do?
BTW I can get to download mode so flashing through odin is always a last resort but if ICS is redeemable then thats much preferred!

Josh, you didn't listen to my advice on your last post did you?????
I'm too drunk now, hopefully someone will be able to help you.
However if I were you, I'd pull the battery, get back into recovery, flash ics again and then it should boot fine. This has happened every time I have flashed ics and is well documented in the threads.
And next time read up some more before flashing.

woolf clubs said:
Josh, you didn't listen to my advice on your last post did you?????
I'm too drunk now, hopefully someone will be able to help you.
However if I were you, I'd pull the battery, get back into recovery, flash ics again and then it should boot fine. This has happened every time I have flashed ics and is well documented in the threads.
And next time read up some more before flashing.
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Could not figure out how to get back into recovery mode and I needed a quick fix so I reflashed Darky via Odin as I had the files handy, I may try ICS again another time.
Thanks anyway.

JoshJoshJoshJosh said:
Could not figure out how to get back into recovery mode
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When your phone is Boot looping like that, just press and hold Vol up + Home + power for about 10 seconds. The phone will then restart into Recovery. From there reflash the ICS build again.

Have been told on another forum that it is fine to go straight from any GB rom to ICS simply by flashing the kernel then the rom then again the kernel. So I could therefore go straight from 10.2 RE to ICS?
Is this true as it seems to contradict the guide in OneCosmic's post?

Whatever Rom I flash, I always follow that particular Dev's instructions. That way you avoid Boot Loops or Force Close errors!

How long should the initial boot of ICS take? Successfully flashed it (I think) but it seems to be on the fancy moving panel bootscreen thing for quite a long time. Is this normal?
Edit: Up and running, thanks to everyone who helped

Could not download from the market so I read around and noticed it was a common problem and that you neede to wipe data/factory reset now I am stuck in a bootloop and cannot get into recovery mode is there an exact way to press and release the buttons or is it a case of: take out battery, vol up home and power and just hold?

[Q] Bricked at LG logo

So I have a slight problem. I installed Blitzkrieg 2.1 on my Revo with a stock rom (the site I got it from didn't say I needed gingervolt >.< I should probably check these things first). Anyhoo, it's stuck on the LG logo, and I need help. After trawling the forums a bit, I came across something called KDZ, but the most direct reference to it said to search the forum for it. Needless to say, after 2 hours, I'm at my wit's end.
Is there anyone who can help me?

If you installed Blitzkreig you have CWM installed. Download Gingervolt 1.3 will install stock kernel, then if successful reboot you can then reinstall Blitzkreig
From CWM you can mount your SD Card through USB Mass Storage if you have CWM 5.0.2.7
If you don't know how to get back to CWM take out battery.. power on holding power button + down button to boot into CWM to flash GV1.3.
If this doesn't work go on to IRC for some help
webchat.freenode.net
Channel #lgrevolution
if all else fails start from scratch by going here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337386

Rocket Rom v3 bootloops

Hi,
Coming from v2, I've downloaded the new ICS Rocket Rom v3 and followed the instructions. However, i'm experiencing bootloop now. Could i flash with Odin? Are there specific steps i should take?
J

jacky599r said:
Hi,
Coming from v2, I've downloaded the new ICS Rocket Rom v3 and followed the instructions. However, i'm experiencing bootloop now. Could i flash with Odin? Are there specific steps i should take?
J
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No idea but FYI thats a unsafe kernel Hope you read the OPs instructions or your likely to end up with a brick.

^^ Copy that. Be very careful now. I guess you should first revert to GB if your recovery is opening and you have all the pre requisites. Once upon a time , when I used to be in the Touchwiz craze I faced something like this while installing RocketROM. I reverted back to GB n went ahead again. and it worked fine. But refer to your OP that what he has to say about it. GB revert is the last option which you can safely end up with.

I couldnt check with OP since i cannot post in his thread.
Anyhow, the phone boot loops and i cant get into CWM recovery by press Vol Down, Home and Power - that would bring me to download mode. However, i don't know the exact steps to take from there and need some advice to prevent being a bricked note statistics.

jacky599r said:
I couldnt check with OP since i cannot post in his thread.
Anyhow, the phone boot loops and i cant get into CWM recovery by press Vol Down, Home and Power - that would bring me to download mode. However, i don't know the exact steps to take from there and need some advice to prevent being a bricked note statistics.
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If you can get into download mode, then I suppose the safest way is to flash through PC Odin any of the already-rooted or directly-rootable ROMs in dr Ketan's post.
GO HERE
That's what I'd do, but do hold on for a second opinion.

jacky599r said:
I couldnt check with OP since i cannot post in his thread.
Anyhow, the phone boot loops and i cant get into CWM recovery by press Vol Down, Home and Power - that would bring me to download mode. However, i don't know the exact steps to take from there and need some advice to prevent being a bricked note statistics.
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Maybe i read your post wrong but from what i gather you say you cant get into CWM by pressing vol down home key and power button? if i read that right then the reason you cant get into it and its bringing you to download mode is because CWR is, Vol up Home key and power button,
Vol up= CWM
Vol down= Download

So, I've managed to restore my phone to Rocket V2. But, there are problems which still exists. Firstly, i couldnt install (or rather, it installed, but wasn't shown) the RR2 theme. Further, i read in the thread that some people had luck with Abyss 3.9 or lower, but after flashing 4.2 and V2, it is impossible for me to install 3.9.
Is there some writing problem that i'm seeing?

jacky599r said:
So, I've managed to restore my phone to Rocket V2. But, there are problems which still exists. Firstly, i couldnt install (or rather, it installed, but wasn't shown) the RR2 theme. Further, i read in the thread that some people had luck with Abyss 3.9 or lower, but after flashing 4.2 and V2, it is impossible for me to install 3.9.
Is there some writing problem that i'm seeing?
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Check if you still have full root. Try to paste a file into the system folder.

Nope, tried to create a folder using Root Browser but wouldnt allow me to do so. I selected SSU and states the SUBinary unable to update. I, however, am able to restore apps from TB

[Q] Completely Bricked?

Last August, I went to throw another ROM on my Cappy. In doing so, it got stuck in a perpetual boot loop. I got another phone, but just recently ordered a jig to get this puppy to at least go into download mode. While it did go into download mode, the one-click heimdall program failed to load. After that, getting the phone to go into download mode has become quite the chore. I can eventually get it there after several minutes of trying, even with the jig, but even the Odin one-click program isn't working.
Anybody have any suggestions? I've since deleted that Heimdall one-click, and do not remember even where I got it from, but I do still have the Odin one-click. Bottom line: I can manage to get the phone into Download mode, but that's it. If I try and power the phone on manually, it DOES NOT power on. If I hook it up to a charger, it DOES NOT appear to even charge.
There are a few photos that I would like to get off of it, but nothing vital. Worst case scenario, I have a new target for some various gun.

Disregard. Tried a different USB port and the ODIN flash went through OK. The phone is, once again, stuck in a boot loop though. Any ideas on that problem?

If u can't get into Recovery to do a wipe data/factory reset and then reboot to see if that fixes the problem...then
Update to Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread here...Stock GB i897ucKK4
Get Root and/or KK4 Corn Kernel that has CWM Recovery included so that u can move on to flashing Dev Roms here...[Utility] KK4 Easy Root.
Read carefully. Read some more. Understand what ur doing and the risks involved. Proceed. Enjoy. Be sure to at least hit the Dev's thanks buttons because they have worked hard and spent a lot of time doing what they do.

4-2ndtwin said:
If u can't get into Recovery to do a wipe data/factory reset and then reboot to see if that fixes the problem...then
Update to Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread here...Stock GB i897ucKK4
Get Root and/or KK4 Corn Kernel that has CWM Recovery included so that u can move on to flashing Dev Roms here...[Utility] KK4 Easy Root.
Read carefully. Read some more. Understand what ur doing and the risks involved. Proceed. Enjoy. Be sure to at least hit the Dev's thanks buttons because they have worked hard and spent a lot of time doing what they do.
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FINALLY! THANK YOU!!
Couldn't get into Recovery, but was able to flash that one-click file from Download mode and got it all straightened out!

Good deal ! Glad u got it going. And thx for reportin back .
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