I wanted to wipe my tab for a clean install.
In recovery I tried 'wipe data/factory reset' but this resulted in a reboot. So I Odin'd my tab with a stock rom. I noticed I wasn't able to root either.
So in Android in pressed 'Factory Data Reset' and it got stuck in an 'erase loop'.
It almost seems like a corrupted disk. What to do?? :crying:
I think I fixed it by Odin-ing with PIT.
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I got in tho this Android recovery mode <3e> With POWER+VOL DOWN and then pressing the HOME button when the litte driod icon shows up and i see this:
Andriod system recovery (3e)
Reboot system now
Apply sdcard:Update.zip
Wipe data/facory reset
wipe cache partition
I cant press any of the 4 selection and it just says:
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Formatin Chace...
Formating MISC...
And nothing more i just se the android icon unpacking thing. I have to pull out the battery to be able to turn the phone . What does this menu do? Why cant i press anything?
The phone works with no problem except bad battery. So what is this menu? I want to do a hard reset . I did with VOL+HOME+POWER down but it feels like its not really a hard reset because i can see all my old photos and my phone is still rooted, Isn't a hard reset suppose to wipe the root?
Thanks!
This menu is Android Recovery.
You can install CWM Recovery by Paul which has many options, one of the most important are nandroid backup and flashing custom ROMs.
The stock Recovery doesn't have many options, as you see, this tool is just for basic operations, like making factory reset and flashing signed update zip's.
But why dosent anything happen when i press Wipe data/factory reset?
koobi said:
But why dosent anything happen when i press Wipe data/factory reset?
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It will wipe your /data and /cache partitions and will remove installed apps, custom settings, such as Google Account, but won't remove root.
To remove root you need to reflash /system partition with a stock image, such as Paul's NVflash v10B ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007825
If someone has any suggestions that would be great. I have flashed multiple roms but never had a desire to create one so I know my way around linux/andriod. Anyways my cache partition is screwed, it wont let me format it convert it anything. The only rom I can get to run on the tab is spacemooses gingerbread which clears everything on reboot. Sprint tab btw.
Have you tried going back to original stock? Do an Odin or Heimdall flash for EA24, and it should wipe everything out and get you back to normal.
yeap tried that and DJ30 both boot loop before even getting to the first sprint screen.
if you've tried the full EA24 flash with pit file to repartition the Tab, then you probably have a hardware issue if it's still boot looping. Are you able to get into stock recovery and try to do a factory wipe, and or cache wipe?
yea i have tried that also, i haven't tried with the pit file on EA24, it was on DJ30 that i used it. Anything Gingerbread based will boot to the second samsung screen and then just hang, anything Froyo based just boot loops at the first samsung screen, Spacemooses honeycomb will boot but take about a hour. When i try to wipe data/factory reset it says cannot format cache partition in factory recovery and clockwork. Ill post here in a bit the actually message it gives me.
Hi guys. Tried to root my Note but got stuck at samsung logo. so I went back to download mode and flashed back to N7000DXLP9 and tried a few other different stock roms as well. But I keep getting stuck at Samsung logo. Please help guys.
Simply go to recovery mode. Wipe catch / factory reset - reboot
chintamanijaipuri said:
Simply go to recovery mode. Wipe catch / factory reset - reboot
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tried that many times but still stuck at samsung logo
any other suggestions?
Have Same Problem Brother
mee too got same problem any help would be appreciated..!
How long did you wait. I found that after installing a new rom or factory wipe that it would take up to 5 minutes to boot. It would just sit at the samsung logo with a pulsing glow for ages.
Maybe you just need to give it more time?
What tools and packages did you use?
zolakt said:
tried that many times but still stuck at samsung logo
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Wipe cache, do a factory reset, wipe dalvik cache. If still stuck, it looks like a bad flash/kernel problem. Try flashing it again.
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It's work for me, I simply entered my galaxy S3 into recovery, make factory reset, wipe chache and then reboot and my S3 finally boot normally. Thank You all.
Make my thorough wipe as below when flashing a new ROM:
1) Wipe data
2) Wipe cache
3) Wipe dalvik cache
4) Format /system & /preload
5) Format internal sdcard (make sure you save anything you need before)
6) Flash ROM
7) Wipe cache again
8) Wipe dalvik cache again
9) Reboot
This way you ensure you flash your new ROM in a completely clean environment. Then when booting the new ROM, wait some time before saying it's stuck at the boot logo. As people already said, sometimes it takes a long time to display the setup screen (but should be less than 8 minutes in any case). I'm assuming you have CWM to do this; if you don't, try the equivalent in the stock recovery (but it doesn't have all these options), poweroff, boot in download mode, then flash using Odin.
ATTENTION: make sure you make the wipes using a brick-free kernel! Search the forums if you don't know what it is. If you don't, you may brick your phone. You should flash a brick-free kernel before anything, without any wipes (it can be done through Odin if you download a safe kernel in this format); then you are ready to go with the wipes and flashing a new ROM.
my j500h keeps on restarting just after displaying samsung logo. i have tried nearly everything but seem to be stuck on the same bootloop. any idea am so stressed up.
I've majorly screwed up. I'm using a samsung galaxy ace s5830. After partioning my sd card I found that I couldn't root my phone since cwm was not allowing it. So I got frustrated and did a factory reset. Now my phone will not get passed the samsung intro and the blinking samsung sign. Please help
Reflash a rom with odin, it will wipe anything wrong (just remember to wipe data, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache)
Thanks will do so. can you shed some light as to how a simple factory reset got me into a boot loop
sjg2797 said:
Thanks will do so. can you shed some light as to how a simple factory reset got me into a boot loop
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After wipe data/factory reset, bootloops can be solved by wiping cache and dalvik cache.
If something got messed in the kernel while trying to flash the root zip, then wiping everything will still keep an error, maybe that's what caused the bootloop, this is fixed with a fresh odin flash.
Check that your root zip is compatible and thay you use the correct recovery to flash it (sometimes it must be done through stock recovery, sometimes through cwm)
I have an S5830D that I flash an CM7 rom to (APOCALYPSE-FINAL), I'm now looking at getting back to stock. I'm having trouble getting my CWM restore back. Now after doing some searching I realized I would need to flash a stock firmware version through odin. I went out and found what i believe is the correct firmware version for this Koodo model (the name is S5830DTLKI4_S5830DTLSKI4_S5830DTLKI4_HOME.tar.md5) and tried to flash it.
Everything in odin goes through fine up to the point where it restarts the phone, Ill attach a screenshot of what shows up for me. After the screen shows up is when I get stuck in a bootloop where the phone model shows, then the koodo bootanimation shows followed by the samsung logo. I should note though I still have complete access to recovery, the downloader mode, and even the CM rom when i restore that backup. The fact I have access to all those gives me hope as I'm sure this could be reversed.
Any advice on how I can restore this phone to stock would be greatly appreciated. I'm not very familiar with samsung devices so please try to be patient with me as I realize I have gotten into something over my head.
PS Sorry about the glare on the image its the best I could do as it disappears quickly.
Jeklund said:
I have an S5830D that I flash an CM7 rom to (APOCALYPSE-FINAL), I'm now looking at getting back to stock. I'm having trouble getting my CWM restore back. Now after doing some searching I realized I would need to flash a stock firmware version through odin. I went out and found what i believe is the correct firmware version for this Koodo model (the name is S5830DTLKI4_S5830DTLSKI4_S5830DTLKI4_HOME.tar.md5) and tried to flash it.
Everything in odin goes through fine up to the point where it restarts the phone, Ill attach a screenshot of what shows up for me. After the screen shows up is when I get stuck in a bootloop where the phone model shows, then the koodo bootanimation shows followed by the samsung logo. I should note though I still have complete access to recovery, the downloader mode, and even the CM rom when i restore that backup. The fact I have access to all those gives me hope as I'm sure this could be reversed.
Any advice on how I can restore this phone to stock would be greatly appreciated. I'm not very familiar with samsung devices so please try to be patient with me as I realize I have gotten into something over my head.
PS Sorry about the glare on the image its the best I could do as it disappears quickly.
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If you have complete access to recovery mode, try wiping data and cache after flashing with Odin. That does the trick for me when I have a bootloop after flashing with Odin.
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If you have complete access to recovery mode, try wiping data and cache after flashing with Odin. That does the trick for me when I have a bootloop after flashing with Odin.
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Agreed... reboot into recovery and clear cache and dalvik cache and then reboot.
So I've just completed a new flash with odin, I went in and flashed cwm then proceeded to factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, and I even do battery reset. Every wipe goes fine except for when I attempt to do the factory reset I received the following error:
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E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Even after those wipes it still bootloops but thats most likely as the factory reset didn't work.
Jeklund said:
So I've just completed a new flash with odin, I went in and flashed cwm then proceeded to factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, and I even do battery reset. Every wipe goes fine except for when I attempt to do the factory reset I received the following error:
Code:
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Even after those wipes it still bootloops but thats most likely as the factory reset didn't work.
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Try not using CWM, or your SD card may be corrupt and you have to format it, I'm not sure though.
ImSoBored said:
Try not using CWM, or your SD card may be corrupt and you have to format it, I'm not sure though.
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That did it, for some reason I had this thought in my head I had to flash cwm right away and clear stuff that way. Once odin finished I went in recovery and wiped data and cache through the stock recovery and it booted right up. Thanks for the help really appreciate it.