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I'll preface this thread by saying that I've look all over to help me remedy my problem, but I have not found anything that has resolved my issue. I've tried all the combinations of the the manual buttons to bootloader mode and download mode, and it will not work as my firmware is not the current Bell hardware burron fix (I have the old JH2 firmware, w/o the updated SPL)
What prompted this is that I was trying to reinstall the default android clock app that I deleted on accident. I had downloaded some default apps that were pulled from the Samsung Epic 4G (can't post URLs properly due to my user limitations, thread here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773142) thinking that the apks in there are the same. I tried installing but that failed. That should have been a red flag, but I wanted to have the clock app back. So what I did next is what I regret. I copied and pasted the AlarmClock.apk and AlarmClock.odex to the systems\app folder using Root Explorer. It wasn't until I rebooted my phone that this problem occurred.
I know that my phone isn't completely bricked as I can still see the battery icon when I plug it in to charge...and the phone does load the start up screen, but it won't get past that and will black out and the capacitive LED buttons (menu and back) will stay lit.
I've been diligent in backing up my information on my home computer (I'm at work now), so data loss is no problem for me. What I would really want is to fix this. My last resort is to return tot the store and get an exchange, which I really don't want to do.
Help is greatly appreciated.
you cannot install/copy (which have .odex file) apps from other firmware versions becuase the .odex is encrypted for a particular version.. if you pasted to system/app and it is a critical app from wrong version you will hang/freeze phone.. try to get into download mode and reflash the firmware..
Do you have access to the phone over adb?
Adb reboot download?
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I've read about the ADB Reboot Recovery, but it mentions that my phone has to be on USB debugging mode to work, which I believe is not on =/
Is there a link where I can download to try anyways? I've searched fro it, but I'm not sure if what i searched is the right thing.
I cannot get the download mode to work as the combinations I've been using do not even register...the phone just keeps looping the Samsung Galaxy i9000M screen when I hold the buttons...like it's in perpetual reboot mode. Like I stated earlier, the hardware buttons do not seem to work. I have the old JH2 firmware that was updated from Keis that does not have the hardware button fix.
xlittle_lambx said:
I've read about the ADB Reboot Recovery, but it mentions that my phone has to be on USB debugging mode to work, which I believe is not on =/
Is there a link where I can download to try anyways? I've searched fro it, but I'm not sure if what i searched is the right thing.
I cannot get the download mode to work as the combinations I've been using do not even register...the phone just keeps looping the Samsung Galaxy i9000M screen when I hold the buttons...like it's in perpetual reboot mode. Like I stated earlier, the hardware buttons do not seem to work. I have the old JH2 firmware that was updated from Keis that does not have the hardware button fix.
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this should work if you take battery out hold down all three buttons and when you first see logo release power button for 1 sec. then repress.
also try it with and without usb plugged in.
For adb u need the android software development kit (sdk). Its available at developers.android.com. Simply run sdksetup and choose sdk tools.
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I gave adb (great tool btw) a try, got it to run in command prompt, but I get an error saying device not found. Unfortunately, I did not have USB debugging mode on prior to my phone's screen blacking out on me. I should mention that I have a Bell Mobility Galaxy S I9000M, and hardware button attempts for any mode (volume up and/or down + home + power on, in a multitude of combinations, e.g. USB connected/disconnected) , be it recovery or download, have been futile as that method is not in the firmware I have one my phone. I'll have to use my last resort and get an exchange for the phone at the store I got it from. With any luck, hopefully someone who works there will have the magic touch and revive my phone. *crosses fingers*
Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. I'll keep them in mind to not let this happen again. Thank goodness for my constant backups instilled in me during my Windows Mobile days.
When the phone is ON firmly press volume up + home + power. It will reboot. Keep holding them! Wait a half a second after the gti9000 logo appears then let go of the power button. Keep holding volume up and home! This should boot you into recovery. Try it a few times. I found it is all in the timing of letting go of the power button.
Hope this helps!
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Also, I had an i9000 in your state and even after I had it previously working with Android SDK and the Samsung USB driver (essential in Windows but not included the SDK) but after I messed up the ROM (trying to lagfix it) it stopped responding to adb commands on either OSX or Windows. Boot recovery from the aforementioned hotkey combination seemed to be the only way to fix it. But I am a n00b. I'm only passing on what I experienced.
Cheers,
Aaron
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Had a similar problem after flashing a new rom, managed to egt past it by reflashing using Odin.
One of my friends has just given me his i9000 in the same state to see if I can fix it, he has been quoted $300NZ to repair!
He says he did it trying to flash a rom after successful root.
I get the galaxy splash screen but no matter how i hold and release the aforementioned keys I just dont get anything all.
ADB returns no device found and not seen by ODIN.
Tried many battery pulls, reboot + three keys and releasing/releasing-reapplying power button at various times during the splash screen. And with/without USB connected.
Pretty sure the device did have USB debugging enabled before this.
I am watching this thread closely, if I fix it I get a box of beer!
hi all, I have my captivate stuck on the at&t logo, I cant get it to recovery mode. is there an "idiot" guide of how to flash it into recovery or back to the stock version?
thanks in advance!
Use odin to flash back to stock. Just search it. Will correct any mistakes you made.
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What did you do to get it this way?
im stuck on the same thing i cant get into download mode though
becuse my phone ethier boots into the battery screen and doent stop boot again and again
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it goes to the att screen and then turns off and goes to the screen again and again
i just update it to the ofical 2.2 and flashed backed using ondin3 one click to root the phone
how do u force the phone into download mode
ive tried all the butto combutions
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axis01 said:
What did you do to get it this way?
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I used clockwork mod and formatted all of the options including system and etc etc
UnBrickable mod is easier then 3 button fixes or jigs.. Simply remove the battery, replace the battery, plug into USB, then click the "Download Mode" button. After that, use a Heimdall One-Click to flash software. There's no fooling around with timing or trying to get the order correct, or anything... it just goes into download mode every time.
Just thought I'd put that in here. I like UBM, it's great.
I did the same, you found the solution?
I followed the same "idiot" guide of how to flash it into recovery or back to the stock version.
Screen at & t appears and restarts again and again.
I can't enter in the download mode. I tried all the combinations of the 3 buttons and nothing.
You could find a solution? help please..
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I followed the same "idiot" guide of how to flash it into recovery or back to the stock version.
Screen at & t appears and restarts again and again.
I can't enter in the download mode. I tried all the combinations of the 3 buttons and nothing.
You could find a solution? help please..
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Did you find the solution, because i´m in the same problem but worst because my sgs2 doesn´t turn on anymore, please help
charlie2610 said:
I followed the same "idiot" guide of how to flash it into recovery or back to the stock version.
Screen at & t appears and restarts again and again.
I can't enter in the download mode. I tried all the combinations of the 3 buttons and nothing.
You could find a solution? help please..
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You have a few options and these options are as much as we can help you here.
1) Keep trying the button combos. It just might work one of these times. If you ever get it into download mode then try to flash it back to stock immediately.
2) Buy a Jig. They are available for cheap and will probably help you out. They force your phone into download mode and will allow you to flash it then.
3) Do the unbrickable mod. This involves sending your phone off for a few days, spending some cash, and having it worked on. It will come back in working order and there are even ways to have the person who worked on it flash a custom rom for you.
These are your options. And honestly, more than telling you the above, I dont think there is much more help we can offer here.
EDIT: Holy hell I just realized this post is from April. I just wasted a few minutes typing all of that. Damn.
yea. Thread resserection
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Not sure how I did it, but I am stuck at the Red LG logo with the white LG letters and my phone will go no further. It will not shut down without a battery pull. I have tried to do the hold down volume and factory reset the phone, same screen pops back up. Plugged in does nothing either. It is like it lost the ability to boot.
I ask here for maybe some guidance from a dev. If wrong place, please move it.
I can not get into the recovery, regular boot, computer to recognize it.. Nothing at all... Is there an actual boot image to put on the sd card to boot to?
Any suggestions??
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Not sure how I did it, but I am stuck at the Red LG logo with the white LG letters and my phone will go no further. It will not shut down without a battery pull. I have tried to do the hold down volume and factory reset the phone, same screen pops back up. Plugged in does nothing either. It is like it lost the ability to boot.
I ask here for maybe some guidance from a dev. If wrong place, please move it.
I can not get into the recovery, regular boot, computer to recognize it.. Nothing at all... Is there an actual boot image to put on the sd card to boot to?
Any suggestions??
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What did you do right before this point?
I think my mistake was going into Rom Manager to see if I had anything showing clockwork installed. Phone restarted and i was at this point since. Not sure if I told it to update a clockwork or not. Head is fried now from messing with it..
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I think my mistake was going into Rom Manager to see if I had anything showing clockwork installed. Phone restarted and i was at this point since. Not sure if I told it to update a clockwork or not. Head is fried now from messing with it..
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Ok, I can get you fixed but I can just about promise you that you will be in test mode,
I don't own this phone (almost did) but curious, how Wood you fix that? Does LG have a tool like rsd lite (moto) or odin4 (sammy) ?
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Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337386
I looked at that thread, but I can't see how I would go about that when I can not get anything on the phone beside the LG logo. I can't plug it in and select internet connection or install any software drivers from the phone on the first line. I have called Verizon and they are sending me out another phone, but I would like to get this one fixed if I can..
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I looked at that thread, but I can't see how I would go about that when I can not get anything on the phone beside the LG logo. I can't plug it in and select internet connection or install any software drivers from the phone on the first line. I have called Verizon and they are sending me out another phone, but I would like to get this one fixed if I can..
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You can get into emergency mode to flash the tot file in lgnspt.
1 Pull Battery
2 Press and hold volume up + power
3 Plug phone into computer (while still holding buttons)
4 Put battery back in (while still holding buttons)
5 You should now enter emergency mode
Can u enter CWM? By holding down pwer and vol down. Then confirm data wipe (it won't) then reboot into cwm? If u can try to install a rom
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hey all, i've had my captivate for about two years now, and for a while i used cognition, then for the last year i've been using firefly. firefly has completely destroyed my phone's speed and responsiveness, and i needed to clean everything off and start with a minimalist ROM. so i picked slimICS.
i'm still very hazy on the details and terminology of flashing ROMs, but i got two to work (i remember using one-click root thing in 2010, and then in 2011 i flashed firefly through clockwork) so i figured it shouldn't be a problem to install slim, which i figured would be my last ROM until next year, when i'd get a new phone.
so i backed up my stuff, tried to get into recovery mode with the 3 buttons (didn't work, unsurprising since it didn't work last year either), took out my SIM, went to CWM, and selected the flash rom option. this restarted the phone and sent it into recovery mode--except it was the stock recovery, and i couldn't select anything because i think firefly made the phone think it was the i9000 model from canada, instead of the i897 captivate, so it assumed i had a physical "ok" button on my phone (which i obviously do not). i tried the power button, the various capacitive buttons on the bottom, nothing would select any of the options, so i just took out the battery and put it back in. the phone immediately booted into the CWM recovery menu, in which i selected flash ROM, and scrolled down to choose slimICS.
i let it do its thing for a while, it jumped between the AT&T white logo screen and a screen with scrolling text for like 5-10 minutes, then just stayed on the AT&T logo screen for another ten minutes. i should have left it for maybe a half hour to be sure, but i figured the install failed. i couldn't get out of this so i pulled the batttery. and now the phone is bricked (soft i hope). if i hold the power button it goes to the AT&T white logo, flashes briefly for a half-second and goes back to the screen, then stays there indefinitely. no button combinations seem to work. does anyone have any suggestions?
thanks!
Since you backed everything up, I'd suggest flashing a stock rom via Odin or Heimdall to clean everything up before moving forwards.
You can flash a non-bootloader one to be safe, or if you want to make sure you can flash anything, flash a package with Gingerbread bootloaders.
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Since you backed everything up, I'd suggest flashing a stock rom via Odin or Heimdall to clean everything up before moving forwards.
You can flash a non-bootloader one to be safe, or if you want to make sure you can flash anything, flash a package with Gingerbread bootloaders.
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how do i flash anything in my phone's current condition? it doesn't turn on fully. it's stuck at the white AT&T logo.
Turn it completely off (pull the battery, if necessary), then hold V+ and V-, and insert a USB cable. That should put it in download mode. Once you're there, you can flash a stock rom (There's a stick with those roms in the development section).
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Turn it completely off (pull the battery, if necessary), then hold V+ and V-, and insert a USB cable. That should put it in download mode. Once you're there, you can flash a stock rom (There's a stick with those roms in the development section).
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doesn't work. as i mentioned in the OP, i can't get into download or recovery mode or whatever. these button combos have never ever worked with this phone. for example, holding + and - and inserting a cable with ODIN open has never done anything. that's why i used clockwork.
Sounds like u r gonna need a Jig. If u are on a pc, click on my sig link below and there u will find a link on how to make a jig and/or where to buy one.
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Sounds like u r gonna need a Jig. If u are on a pc, click on my sig link below and there u will find a link on how to make a jig and/or where to buy one.
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is that guaranteed to work? or is it most likely? or is it unlikely at this point?
The jigs that I have made myself in the past and as well the professional made ones that I have purchased have always worked to get me into download mode.
The jig is worth a try, I suggest you should
if I'm reading the op right, and if memory serves firefly was an I9000 build and button combos are different. My suggestion would get the Odin kk4 one click with repartition and WITH boot loaders from 4-2ndtwin's sig links, open that and while powered off and holding just the vol- button insert the USB that should do the trick. I9000 builds use different boot loaders with different button combos. Since you will be flashing a boot loader package be aware this is when you can truly hard brick your device. Be sure you have a good connection and cable before starting. If you still can't get into download mode I can +1 on the jig. The jig and 4-2ndtwins one click has saved my bacon more than once.
ok so i bought the jig, and good news: it gets me into download mode! yay!
problem: i don't know where to go from here. i've tried the following:
A. after getting into download mode, i followed the ODIN method here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266, meaning i flashed the gingerbread bootloader update (nothing happened to the phone, which made me confused when i got to step 7., because i was STILL IN download mode), then flashed the speedmod kernel (which reset the phone, but it just got stuck in the "SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE i-897" white text on black screen, forever. i had to do a battery pull. turning on the phone goes to the same screen and then it freezes. trying to hold all three buttons to go into recovery mode alternates between that screen and the white AT&T screen, actually alternates, forever if i let it.
B. after that failed, i tried using the 2.2 Heimdall one-click (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266172) but the file, when run, says
Code:
ERROR: Drivers Not Found
Installing drivers
but i still followed the instructions (except the instructions say "Install driver" but the actual button is "Replace driver"?) in any case, this does nothing. and then checking off "Flash bootloaders" and doing it again does nothing. the phone remains in download mode.
C. so i wanted to try one-click downloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989, but nothing pops up on the ODIN window when i plug my phone in. i can't even do anything.
please help!
please, does nobody know what to do?
Take a look at the "Captivate Connection Issues" thread for some more things to try. At this point, it sounds like you need to clear all the phone drivers off of your machine and reinstall them.
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Take a look at the "Captivate Connection Issues" thread for some more things to try. At this point, it sounds like you need to clear all the phone drivers off of your machine and reinstall them.
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thanks, that worked! (it was my laptop that was the source of the connection issues i think; i tried all that stuff in the thread, but when i switched to the desktop, all of a sudden ODIN recognizes the phone!) i got my phone to flash ODIN one-click. so now i'm back to stock 2.1 eclair.
however, much to my dismay, i still can't get into recovery mode to (re-) root. the three button combo still does the weird flashing thing, where the white AT&T logo shows up, then the screen goes to black, then the AT&T logo, then black... ad infinitum. how do i either 1) enter recovery, or 2) re-root the phone + get a nice, lean, fast, modern ROM on it without going into recovery?
so far this thread has helped me unbrick the phone, now all i need is to update it from stock!
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thanks, that worked! (it was my laptop that was the source of the connection issues i think; i tried all that stuff in the thread, but when i switched to the desktop, all of a sudden ODIN recognizes the phone!) i got my phone to flash ODIN one-click. so now i'm back to stock 2.1 eclair.
however, much to my dismay, i still can't get into recovery mode to (re-) root. the three button combo still does the weird flashing thing, where the white AT&T logo shows up, then the screen goes to black, then the AT&T logo, then black... ad infinitum. how do i either 1) enter recovery, or 2) re-root the phone + get a nice, lean, fast, modern ROM on it without going into recovery?
so far this thread has helped me unbrick the phone, now all i need is to update it from stock!
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I could be wrong but when you do the 3 button combo it sounds like you are continually holding the buttons which will cause it to keep looping like you describe. Starting with your phone off hold down all three buttons. The phone will show the white ATT screen. Then if you had a custom kernel it would show the kernel splash screen, in your case you said it just goes black which is fine too. Then you will of course get the white ATT screen again. As soon as you see the white ATT screen again release all the buttons and that should boot it into recovery.
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I could be wrong but when you do the 3 button combo it sounds like you are continually holding the buttons which will cause it to keep looping like you describe. Starting with your phone off hold down all three buttons. The phone will show the white ATT screen. Then if you had a custom kernel it would show the kernel splash screen, in your case you said it just goes black which is fine too. Then you will of course get the white ATT screen again. As soon as you see the white ATT screen again release all the buttons and that should boot it into recovery.
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i tried various durations of holding the buttons. none worked. 2nd AT&T logo, nope. 1st black screen, nope. 1st AT&T logo, nope.
Your gonna have to get ADB set up on your pc. Then... "adb reboot recovery" will get u into recovery mode.
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Hello
I was testing an auto reboot app in my tablet (cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815) when it rebooted and it got stuck in download mode but as if I had initiated a new upload. No matter what I do, it doesn't reboot to anything else I have tried flashing various stock roms (even MM) ODIN sees it starts to upload but fails I dont know where to get a .PIT file to try and repartition. I have also tried pressing multiple button combinations to no avail Only by pressing Power and Volume down it instantly reboots to the same screen
Any ideas before I have to resort to official service (and be financially skinned)? All help will be greatly appreciated
Thank you
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Hello
I was testing an auto reboot app in my tablet (cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815) when it rebooted and it got stuck in download mode but as if I had initiated a new upload. No matter what I do, it doesn't reboot to anything else I have tried flashing various stock roms (even MM) ODIN sees it starts to upload but fails I dont know where to get a .PIT file to try and repartition. I have also tried pressing multiple button combinations to no avail Only by pressing Power and Volume down it instantly reboots to the same screen
Any ideas before I have to resort to official service (and be financially skinned)? All help will be greatly appreciated
Thank you
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Remove the USB cable. Press and hold the Home, Vol Down and Power buttons for about ten seconds. The tablet should power off.
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Remove the USB cable. Press and hold the Home, Vol Down and Power buttons for about ten seconds. The tablet should power off.
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It did THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Problem is when I try to power it on, it doesnt boot normally. If I try to reflash a ROM (by pressing Home+Power+Vol) it shuts off (it seems that battery is at or near at 0%?)When I try to charge it, it boots instantly and goes to that screen again Have I bricked it somehow?
Thank you
UPDATE Somehow I managed to get it into "normal" download mode and ODINflash a stock ROM With 4% battery!!!! Anyhow now it seems to work fine When it'll be fully charged I shall make a full control
Any ideas what this incident was? Should I post the incident somewhere for future reference to any who might face the same situation?
Thank you
PS Is, by any chance, there a way to untrip KNOXX counter that I have missed?
MarketElf said:
UPDATE Somehow I managed to get it into "normal" download mode and ODINflash a stock ROM With 4% battery!!!! Anyhow now it seems to work fine When it'll be fully charged I shall make a full control
Any ideas what this incident was? Should I post the incident somewhere for future reference to any who might face the same situation?
Thank you
PS Is, by any chance, there a way to untrip KNOXX counter that I have missed?
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There is a BIG difference between "autoboot" and "autoroot". The app you tried to install attempted to ROOT your tablet. Had you used the Power, Vol Down and Home buttons BEFORE trying to download what were apparently the WRONG ROMs for your tablet, there might not have been a problem. But there is no telling what the cf-autoroot app did. (Except trip your Knoxx flag.)
If flashing the CORRECT stock ROM didn't restore Knoxx, then nothing will. But if you tell Sansung you "accidentally" entered the download mode and didn't know how to get out of it without attempting to download something, then they might honor your warrantee anyway. Just make sure you tell them you WERE NOT trying to root your tablet or install a custom ROM.
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There is a BIG difference between "autoboot" and "autoroot". The app you tried to install attempted to ROOT your tablet. Had you used the Power, Vol Down and Home buttons BEFORE trying to download what were apparently the WRONG ROMs for your tablet, there might not have been a problem. But there is no telling what the cf-autoroot app did. (Except trip your Knoxx flag.)
If flashing the CORRECT stock ROM didn't restore Knoxx, then nothing will. But if you tell Sansung you "accidentally" entered the download mode and didn't know how to get out of it without attempting to download something, then they might honor your warrantee anyway. Just make sure you tell them you WERE NOT trying to root your tablet or install a custom ROM.
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No it did not I had installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=simple.reboot.com Which requires preexisting root And NO I did NOT try the wrong ROMs I might be a noob but NOT THAT much of one
The Download "mode" that this bugger of an app got my S2 in is NOT true download mode after all...
Knox has NOTHING to do with the incident Was tripped when I firstly rooted the tablet some months ago Just asked if there is a way of untripping it that I had missed
Thanks so much for your effort to help, anyway.
PS Tablet now running with rooted MM and everything (but Knox ofc) looks fine
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No it did not I had installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=simple.reboot.com Which requires preexisting root And NO I did NOT try the wrong ROMs I might be a noob but NOT THAT much of one
The Download "mode" that this bugger of an app got my S2 in is NOT true download mode after all...
Knox has NOTHING to do with the incident Was tripped when I firstly rooted the tablet some months ago Just asked if there is a way of untripping it that I had missed
Thanks so much for your effort to help, anyway.
PS Tablet now running with rooted MM and everything (but Knox ofc) looks fine
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Well forgive me for misinterpreting your OP which stated "I was testing an auto reboot app in my tablet (cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815)". That does say "cf-autoroot" doesn't it? My interpretation of that sentence was that the "reboot app" you were "testing" was actually "cf-autoroot". Can you possibly see how someone could make that mistake?
So what actually took place was that you installed an "autoboot" app on your rooted Tab S2, which was rooted via cf-autoroot, and when you tested, using the new autoboot app, it booted to a non-working download mode. When you then tried to flash a legitimate ROM via Odin from this bogus download mode, it simi-bricked you tablet. Is this correct? I have seen this happen when a multi-boot app tries to boot the stock recovery download mode when you have TWRP installed. Stock recovery download mode no longer works once you have flashed TWRP. The Power, Vol-, Home key combination will exit from the non-functional stock download mode.
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Well forgive me for misinterpreting your OP which stated "I was testing an auto reboot app in my tablet (cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815)". That does say "cf-autoroot" doesn't it? My interpretation of that sentence was that the "reboot app" you were "testing" was actually "cf-autoroot". Can you possibly see how someone could make that mistake?
So what actually took place was that you installed an "autoboot" app on your rooted Tab S2, which was rooted via cf-autoroot, and when you tested, using the new autoboot app, it booted to a non-working download mode. When you then tried to flash a legitimate ROM via Odin from this bogus download mode, it simi-bricked you tablet. Is this correct? I have seen this happen when a multi-boot app tries to boot the stock recovery download mode when you have TWRP installed. Stock recovery download mode no longer works once you have flashed TWRP. The Power, Vol-, Home key combination will exit from the non-functional stock download mode.
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Well "cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815" was in brackets and AFTER "my tablet" wasnt it? Anyhow, I can understand misreading, no worries
Pretty much what you describe, yes. Differences: A. I had never installed TWRP B. Still dont know how exactly I managed to get it to "normal" download mode! I had managed to shut it down with the button combo you suggested only to find out that it was almost out of battery Trying to find a way to charge it, it started rebooting even after pressing "your button combo" In the effort to stop that I got in "normal" dnload mode again Without losing a second flashed the first stock ROM I've found on my HD and, voila, it was up and running After I had it charged I flashed MM(it's blazing fast Way faster than Lolli) and rooted it with cf-autoroot Everything seems to go smoothly now
I'd like to come to the bottom of this and post problem and solution to the appropriate thread as I havent found any other references and it might occur to somebody else (that app has over 100K of downloads)
I thank you once more
Most of what I've read was user error.
You obviously selected to boot to download mode from the app.
Nothing wrong with that as that is exactly what it did. Nothing bogus about it.
The problem started when you panicked and ended up half flashing something with a flat battery.
All you really needed to do was hold POWER + VOL DOWN to exit down load mode.
You would have rebooted just fine. Your OS would have still been intact.
You eventually got to 'Real' (as you call it) download mode by pressing the right button combo after at least getting some charge in the device.