I got the SMS from vodafone that the Froyo update was available for my phone, and fired up Kies to run the update. Lo and behold, it wouldn't start. Tried to reinstall - that wouldn't work - installer failed.
Grabbed another laptop, installed Kies there, plugged in the phone - nothing - Kies didn't recognise phone.
Got to the point where Kies on the phone was restarting every second and not doing anything else.
After reinstalling USB drivers on computer, decided to do a factory reset on the phone, so did this - and then the phone won't start properly. It starts up but then I get error messages saying that TWLauncher has crashed and needs to restart.
Try another factory reset - nothing.
Decide I'm on a hiding to nowhere here, so progress down the ODIN route.
Download Odin and the various files, manage to flash the phone just fine.
When it restarts however - start up animation plays ok, then the screen goes blank and the phone starts vibrating randomly.
If I go into recovery mode, then I get a red error message on the screen saying
update media, please wait
E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount DBDATA
your storage not prepared yet. please use UI menu for format and reboot actions
copy default media content failed.
I've tried the wipe data/factory reset, the wipe cache partition, the format internal sd-card options - none work.
Any ideas?
I have a completely disfunctional phone right now ;(
Update: I found this posting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788850 and have resurrected my phone via the instructions linked to here: http://briefmobile.com/how-to-android-2-2-on-galaxy-s
So I'm now on JP1 - but am a little wary of upgrading to anything else!
What is the recommended way of doing so - ideally I'd actually like to get onto the Vodafone UK version of Froyo, purely for warranty purposes...
Well - decided in for a penny, in for a pound... went with another JPO install - it did the same weird black screen / vibrating thing, but when I yanked the battery and did another factory reset, it seemed to sort itself out.
Now I just need to find a lagfix/root that its happy with
Nice one, I flashed the cl kernel from xda developers it gives you root and 2e recover so you can use update.zip files. Need to fladh using odin but it's very easy just follow instructions. I them installed voodoo 5 pre 6 using update.zip, wonderful! Good luck
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I REALLY NEED EVERYONES HELP
i was on jp5. i was messing with the theme files and then when i rebooted from cwm, the phone vibrated 3 times. i then knew i couldn't boot.
i tried to apply the jp5 firmware zip, but it had an error. could not read package data.
i should point out im using oclf.
then this morning i tried to flash the kernal via odin. it was stuck in zImage. i pulled the plug, and then i tried again. i got and error, cant read file, error on line 1044.
Now i cannot access recovery mode, but download mode is still working.
This afternoon, im planning to flash jpk, via odin. i fear this wont work.
When i power on, this logo comes up that shows a phone and computer, with a error symbol between them. This also occours when i try to access recovery mode.
I have made a backup.
please, please can any one help me.!!!!
So I purchased a used G1 and I knew it has some software issues. I have no idea what version OS or anything is on this phone. Issue is it will not boot up into the OS. After researching (I am new to android) I have found what it can and what I cant get it to do. I can get into recovery mode no problem and after an ALT-L I see "Android System Recovery <2e>". The phone usually boots into this mode straight away, or I can hold home+power and it will enter the mode. Tried doing a "wipe data/factory reset" but nothing changes. If I reboot the phone and hold "back" I would expect it to enter Fastboot mode where I could do stuff. Instead I see the "rainbow screen" very briefly and then a message saying that if I want to restore factory setttings press send, otherwise hit any other key to cancel. No matter what I press nothing happens and I have to pull battery. I can only get into this mode every now and then. It seems pretty finicky about getting into it, and again no options when I do. Finally the camera+power to get into the bootloader does nothing. I can get the PC to see the phone when in recovery mode. It showed up as a mass storage device and i got that changed over to "Android Phone" by installing the SDK drivers.
Is there anything I can do on the recovery screen? That is the only thing that consistently works. I have tried a few update.zip files (various OTA updates I downloaded) but I either get a "No signature" error or it starts installing and then immediately get an "Installation aborted".
Any help to get this up and running would be appreciated. Hopefully its not just useless. For now an OEM 1.5 build is really all a i need. I can worry about updating/rooting later.
Download dream.nbh and format your sd card then place the dream onto ur sd card reboot holding home+cam button and let it do its magic that's how I fixed mine I'm sure if you go to the htc site you will find all the files u need just do a bit more research before trying this
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I mentioned in my original post that the camera+power button to enter bootloader mode does not do anything. I have already researched solutions, but it only seems I have access to the recovery mode screen. What can be done from there to assist with this issue (if anything)?
Download and flash the files from here http://developer.htc.com/adp.html (ota radio and system image) rename them update and flash them one at a time
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As for the no sig error just do some reasarch on adb shell and flash clockworkmod recovery from there its easy once u do some searching.....dw a couple of weeks ago I was you lol it'll pan out ok the people round here are really helpful
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Does this require adb? I have not been successful in making my pc get an adb connection. When in recovery mode the phones shows up on my pc and I got it to show up as android, but "adb devices" does not show anything listed. Everything referencing adb says it needs USB Debugging enabled, but I cant do that I cant get into the OS to enable. I dont seem to be able to enter fastboot mode either (see original post).
Download the radio and recovery image format sd card rename the ota radio update.zip boot into recovery and select apply update from sd card one you have that done delete the update.zip and then place the recovery image on sd card but rename update.zip and do the same....should work for ya
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When trying to update the radio files (tried all 3 versions on the download page) I get the "E: No signature (5 files)" error. Can I generate a valid signature for the files?
its worth a try lol if that dont work then i really dont know whats wrong lol
So far I have tried the following files:
The following pass verification and I get to the "Installing update..." but I then instantly get an "Installation Aborted". No other error message as to why:
signed-kila-CRC1-from-CRB43-FIX.7ca4a1d7.zip
signed-kila-DRC83-from-CRC1.c41b93c1.zip
signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca.zip
signed-PLAT-RC33-from-RC30.zip
signed-RC30-from-RC29-fat.1582cace.zip
The following I get a "No Signature" error:
signed-dream_gfh-ota-147201.6d1386de.zip
ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip
ota-radio-1_22_12_29.zip
ota-radio-1_22_14_11.zip
I did a Wipe data and Cache before each update.zip attempt and this was using the "Android system recovery <2e>" screen.
Ideas? I will look and see if I can add a signature to the radio files.
dont spose u flashed the recovery with clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.7
too short
I have not been successful flashing anything to the phone so far. All this was done via the "Android system recovery <2e>".
I signed the radio files myself, but they came out identical and same issues occurred. No idea what the "No signature" error is. Seems like a bunch of people get it on the forums, but no solutions. No idea why the good updates suddenly abort.
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4647751&postcount=1
Unfortunatly that seems to require fastboot, adp, or a rooted phone. I tried installing another SPL and I keep getting the "No Signature" error.
wow man your having a tough ass time lol ill keep researching for ya
i think your home button maybe stuck lol
far to short
You know thats not a bad idea. It does actually boot into recovery mode without holding the home button like you are meant to. Would holding home when powering on prevent the boot loader from starting if I hold the camera button?
on my g1 if i hold home power and cam buttons i get the bootloader/fastboot menu
So I ordered a new battery for it today too. The phone does not seem to work too long without being plugged in. Maybe that will help.
I also managed to capture some pictures of the screens I have, so maybe that will assist people with diagnosing the issue.
The first is the rainbow screen I get when holding back on a reboot. It flashes for 1 second or so and then displays the white screen with blue text. The last pic is the recovery menu I have access to.
It looks like this is a fully stock phone, no flashes. I am going to keep trying to get into that bootloader screen. Getting into the rainbow screen works once every 20 tries or so. Maybe the bootloader is similar. Hitting send on the white screen does nothing and requires a battery pull to reset phone.
how long can you stay in the coloured menu for ?????? also what happens if you stay there like what options do you get???
Hi, I was trying to make a backup of the ROM on my SGT, but got the following message; "failed to verify whole-file signature", so I tried "recovery 3e modified to work like recovery 2e" but when i restarted my device, it tries to go into recovery-mode, something flashes across the screen, and it stops.. have tried several re-boots, with the same result..
Is there any way to save it, or is it lost?
- Please help
I can fix this with JTAG PM sent...
I got it into download mode, so it was saved by flashing a new ROM
Not completely new at this but very new to this tablet. So heres the problem:
Good:
Tablet currently will power to the Samsung logo, while in this mode it shows up as a MTP USB and Android Device inside of windows. Second mode is that I can still power in to TWRP.
Bad:
I can't seem to get this unit into Odin anymore. It will just vibrate while I hold down the up/down volume and power button.
What I did:
I initially followed the root method 2 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401100
I then proceded to boot into recovery, forgot to backup (I'm ****ed right), tried to install DannonRom and it error. So then I tried the 4.0.4p5att.zip and got the same error. This is what TWRP is saying: "Install /sdcard/4.0.4p5att.zip... Finding update package... Opening update package... Installing update... Verifying filesystems.. Verifying partition sizes... Error flashing zip '/sdcard/4.0.4.p5att.zip" This error was pretty much the same as DannonRom, so I don't know whats went wrong. Anyone have any ideas on how to recover if still possible?
Dose Odin see the com port even if you can't get it into down load. If it does try to flash the stock Rom from sammobile.com
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