So this morning I was playing some stupid game on my phone and it became unresponsive so I rebooted by force shutting down the phone and turning it back on. It started up as usual, the boot animation played and it was like that for 2 mins, then it played the boot animation again, waited for 2 mins and boot animation again etc. I've never flashed a custom ROM or anything of that sort. I would like to avoid any actions that would void the warranty or delete any data. Thanks.
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So this morning I was playing some stupid game on my phone and it became unresponsive so I rebooted by force shutting down the phone and turning it back on. It started up as usual, the boot animation played and it was like that for 2 mins, then it played the boot animation again, waited for 2 mins and boot animation again etc. I've never flashed a custom ROM or anything of that sort. I would like to avoid any actions that would void the warranty or delete any data. Thanks.
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Bro! Since u r on stock firmware...there seems only 1 way to fix this:- Formatting the phone. And this will delete all ur data(downloaded apps, phone contacts, etc). If this too doesn't works then u need to flash Official Samsung Firmware via Odin through download mode which also deletes all ur user data. Also, u can't take backup since ur phone doesn't boot anymore. So you'll lose ur data either way. So 1st try formatting it:-
1. Remove & re-insert battery.
2. Press & hold Home+Power buttons until ur phone switches on(in stock recovery),
{Use volume keys for navigation, home button for selecting & power button to go back to previous menu}
3. Select Format data/cache(something like that...)
4. After phone being formatted, select reboot system now
★Done★
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wblabla4 said:
So this morning I was playing some stupid game on my phone and it became unresponsive so I rebooted by force shutting down the phone and turning it back on. It started up as usual, the boot animation played and it was like that for 2 mins, then it played the boot animation again, waited for 2 mins and boot animation again etc. I've never flashed a custom ROM or anything of that sort. I would like to avoid any actions that would void the warranty or delete any data. Thanks.
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Before taking any action, try restarting the phone (press lock button for 15 sec)
Or try this remove battery for 5 min after putting it back try to restart
And last option wipe cache and dalvik cache.
Still not work formatting is the ans.
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Galaxy_Rohit said:
Bro! Since u r on stock firmware...there seems only 1 way to fix this:- Formatting the phone. And this will delete all ur data(downloaded apps, phone contacts, etc). If this too doesn't works then u need to flash Official Samsung Firmware via Odin through download mode which also deletes all ur user data. Also, u can't take backup since ur phone doesn't boot anymore. So you'll lose ur data either way. So 1st try formatting it:-
1. Remove & re-insert battery.
2. Press & hold Home+Power buttons until ur phone switches on(in stock recovery),
{Use volume keys for navigation, home button for selecting & power button to go back to previous menu}
3. Select Format data/cache(something like that...)
4. After phone being formatted, select reboot system now
★Done★
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Well, I would like a better, less destructive way but I will try it if nothing is left to be done.
aakashasaj said:
Before taking any action, try restarting the phone (press lock button for 15 sec)
Or try this remove battery for 5 min after putting it back try to restart
And last option wipe cache and dalvik cache.
Still not work formatting is the ans.
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I've restarted, removed the battery for 30 mins and put it back, wiped cache and guess what, it didn't work. Can I retrieve the data in the internal storage?
And BTW will I be able to recover my data if I flash CWM?
OK, I flashed CWM on, took a backup and wiped the data and tatata TA TATAAAA it doesn't work. I'm gonna reflash Gingerbread now. If it does not work, am I screwed?
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OK, I flashed CWM on, took a backup and wiped the data and tatata TA TATAAAA it doesn't work. I'm gonna reflash Gingerbread now. If it does not work, am I screwed?
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Flash a four package firmware via Odin it solves all problems...
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hsay said:
Flash a four package firmware via Odin it solves all problems...
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I reflashed GB and it does indeed work but my data is lost. Whatever I don't care
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Bit of a conundrum here - About an hour and a half ago my phone was working ok, albeit a bit slow.
I tried opening GoSMS, and it kept FCing. Didn't think anything of it, as I had a few memory hungry apps open as well (Angry Birds/Firefox), but rather than mess around with a task manager to kill the offending apps, opted for a soft boot using the power switch.
Upon rebooting the phone completes the boot animation, then at the point it would normally present me with a lockscreen and SIM unlock prompt, the screen goes black. Every 10-15 secs or so the familiar buzz, buzz-buzz-buzz of an app FCing can be felt. The power button is effective only to hold for a soft reboot, and the 3 buttons at the bottom (2 soft, 1 physical) have no effect other than to permanently illuminate the soft keys.
I've tried rebooting with every combination of the SIM card/external SD card removed, with no change.
Any suggestions?
Just remove battery from the phone. Reinsert it after 15 min and boot your device.
I wish you Good Luck !
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Just remove battery from the phone. Reinsert it after 15 min and boot your device.
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No luck unfortunately - left it out for half an hour or so, and still nothing (
boot into recovery and do a reset, if that fails, flash thru odin
Boot into recovery and tell us the error you are getting.....sounds like the partition is F'd!
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boot into recovery and do a reset, if that fails, flash thru odin
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Yup, a factory reset finally worked. I just need to remember to keep a copy of the Titanium Backup apk on the SD card. Install, then restore the TB Pro apk, reset and leave TBP restoring all the apps!
Thanks for your help guys, if someone can mark this as solved, then brilliant )
Roll on CM7!
how to catch the error?
Hi all,
same problem here (when switching the phone on this mornig).
I've already experienced this once and solved via reset, as mentioned before.
I think maybe it's something related to an app (installed some new yesterday evening), and it vould be interesting to understand the reason of this behaviour, so I was wondering how I can get the error (or read a log) to get what's not working properly.
I will have time to investigate in the afternoon, so can you give me any suggestion on how I can look after this (I'm relatively new to android)?
thank you
After trying the update(made cwm backups btw) the phone is in a reboot loop cycle. However, I can't get back into CWM in order to restore the backup i made or even the revo_stock or the stockrooted zip. I can get into the OS to the point where it wants me to select a language then it tries to find the SIM and fails completely and reboots. If i pull the battery and try to boot from the power on the USB it will reboot to the LG logo then instantly reboot again... Ideas anyone?
cliffs:
-backed up in cwm
-tried to install gingervolt
-stuck in reboot mode
-cannot access cwm to restore
Did you wipe data both times MT said? Maybe try wiping again?
Did you try flashing from a froyo ROM?
Wiped date both before and after the flash of gingervolt. I was using the decrapped rom 1.1
I would happily go back and try to clear the data again, however i cannot access CWM in order to do so after the gingervolt flash... Even using the power button+volume down i get no access...
SomeFknGuy said:
After trying the update(made cwm backups btw) the phone is in a reboot loop cycle. However, I can't get back into CWM in order to restore the backup i made or even the revo_stock or the stockrooted zip. I can get into the OS to the point where it wants me to select a language then it tries to find the SIM and fails completely and reboots. If i pull the battery and try to boot from the power on the USB it will reboot to the LG logo then instantly reboot again... Ideas anyone?
cliffs:
-backed up in cwm
-tried to install gingervolt
-stuck in reboot mode
-cannot access cwm to restore
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I had the same thing happen to me. Although once it rebooted i was able to bypass the setup process and just manually do it from the home screen.
If you can't even get past the LG logo without it rebooting, I also had that happen to me on my last phone a few months ago. I called Verizon and they said that they had reports of other phones doing that too. Unfortunately I never figured out how to fix it. The problem was that it never stayed on long enough for the computer to recognize it.
Flashing Gringerbread ROMS from froyo breaks this phone. I did that same thing
restoring a back up is what you need how to get there idk
I haven't had much luck getting the phone to do anything, it will stay turned on for ~2-3 minutes then instantly reboot...
SomeFknGuy said:
I haven't had much luck getting the phone to do anything, it will stay turned on for ~2-3 minutes then instantly reboot...
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Hope on IRC I'll see if I can help
Ok this is how i fixed this i pulled the battery then holding power and volume down button at the same time turn your phone on hold it until you get a black screen asking to wipe hit the power button to.confirm now it will reboot back to cwm and go to back up and restore then go to restore and restore one of your backups deck stock back up does not work it must be one you made.
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CWM reboot loop
Use this zip from thecubed it works wonders.
My phone would not go past reboot option in CWM
Search fast boot loop thread for further instructions on how to use it.
I pulled the SD card from my Revo and used it in my old win mobile Omnia so it would mount on my PC then I copied the zip onto the stuck Revo card.
Well after a few hours of tinkering i got her working... CWM never wanted to register but finally after about 100 tries of power on+vol it actually caught and booted into cwm. from there it was a cake walk until i got into gingervolt and it refused to allow the phone to come out of airplane mode(why this was even on is beyond me). after about 4 reboots the phone is working flawlessly...
I've had my sgs for almost 1 year , and except for rooting it i didnt rly fiddle with it .
On new years eve night i noticed my phone was closed, and when i tried to open it , it started going in this endless restart loop where it would show me the Galaxy S gt-i9000 start up screen and then restart.I pulled out the battery and the problem got fixed, but now it's happening again and it seems i cant fix it.
I read on the forums that this might indicate an internal sd card failure, and if thats the case is there any way of getting my data back?
Power the phone down then push the on button.
Then hold down the home key, the on key, and the left key in the down position and it will give you a fresh boot and upload the original settings.......
You will lose all your pics and numbers etc so I hope you have it backed up..
Regards Lee ( cash_13 )
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Power the phone down then push the on button.
Then hold down the home key, the on key, and the left key in the down position and it will give you a fresh boot and upload the original settings.......
You will lose all your pics and numbers etc so I hope you have it backed up..
Regards Lee ( cash_13 )
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that will get you in the download mode...
If you are indeed rooted a last resort can be downloading the 2.3.5 stock rom from Sam mobile.. Put your phone into download mode as that guy said, there are lots of tutorials about this online then use odin to flash. As I say this is a last resort if nothing else works.
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Use 3 button combo to recovery (Volume up + Home + Power) and do a factory reset and wipe cache. You will see them from the menu. You will not going to lose your personal data. You will just have to install the apps again.
At first don't make factory reset. Try first to wipe Cache, dalvik Cache and fix permissions (all from the recovery). If it doesn't help try flash new Rom (no wipe) or make factory reset. If this don't help either try flashing a 3 file Rom with pit and repartition.
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Did the wipe cache thingy, its still not loading, i dont rly wana do a factory reset ( kinda need some pic's ) so is there any way that i can backup my data before doing a factory reset?
Zurgix said:
Did the wipe cache thingy, its still not loading, i dont rly wana do a factory reset ( kinda need some pic's ) so is there any way that i can backup my data before doing a factory reset?
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Doing a factory reset won't wipe your pics and all.. it'll just wipe the 2GB partition that is used for rom and apps.. your pics are stored on the separate 6GB/14GB partition and that is not affected when you do a factory reset.. all your contacts, messages and applications etc will be wiped though..
Zurgix said:
Did the wipe cache thingy, its still not loading, i dont rly wana do a factory reset ( kinda need some pic's ) so is there any way that i can backup my data before doing a factory reset?
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If you have gone into recovery and cleared cache, dalvik cache and fixed permissions, then the only option available now is to factory reset in recovery. You will NOT lose any pictures or music on your sd card. You will however, lose your installed apps, their data, your phone numbers and messages. Hopefully you have your numbers backed up with google or at least stored on your sim.
If this doesn't work, you will need to flash a new rom with odin. It's a 5 minute job once you've downloaded everything required.
woolf clubs said:
If you have gone into recovery and cleared cache, dalvik cache and fixed permissions, then the only option available now is to factory reset in recovery. You will NOT lose any pictures or music on your sd card. You will however, lose your installed apps, their data, your phone numbers and messages. Hopefully you have your numbers backed up with google or at least stored on your sim.
If this doesn't work, you will need to flash a new rom with odin. It's a 5 minute job once you've downloaded everything required.
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Did as you said and its still not working, because i still have my waranty il take it to the " pros" instead of flasing a new rom.
Only way is to flash a fresh stock rom via Odin since factory reset wouldn't work for you.
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Did as you said and its still not working, because i still have my waranty il take it to the " pros" instead of flasing a new rom.
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Mate, all they will do (all they CAN do) is flash a new rom........ But, whatever - it's your phone and time.
i rooted my droid 3 and changed the battery icon and notification panel backround installed mavrom it was giving me lots of errors so i did a factory reset i think it failed now the phone starts but if i open any apps except the phone app or the stock messaging app the phone restarts and any apps i have are gone but the changes to the notification bar are still there i have tried every recovery method i can find and nothing can fix it can nayone help?
Did you do a wipe of data ?
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If u have tried everything u can think of the last step is .Sbf
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Here is a link to a thread that will get you back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255198
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did a whipe and what was on the link dident fix it when i use rsd lite it gets to 3/18 and fails
What recovery are you using?
stock recovery cant get any other ones to work
Try this. Follow the directions in the OP. It'll take about 5 mins to get back to a box stock D3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339816
went to the link downloaded it, flashed it everything went good then phone restarts and everything is back to stock except the things i changed with rom manager and still resets everytime my phone turns off
htimes said:
went to the link downloaded it, flashed it everything went good then phone restarts and everything is back to stock except the things i changed with rom manager and still resets everytime my phone turns off
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Then ROM Manager is clearly the issue. That link gets you to box stock software. I'm not a fan of RM because I feel that unless 110% understood, it can cause way more headaches than it fixes. What do you use it for? What changes did you make after flashing to stock?
used rom manager to change battery icon 3g icon signal icon and the notification bar backround
I don't think that MavROM is compatible with Rom Manager tweaks. I believe that they only work with CM based ROMs. Try reflashing to stock, rerooting, and reROMing it. Don't make the changes and see if the issues persist.
i tried reflashing to stock like 10 times and it never fully goes back to stock
How about going to cwm through odin and deleting your catch data and your delv catch. I had the same issue when reverting back to stock ( it wasnt fully there) but when i erased all the data and delv catch it reverted to the stock rom properly. Just a thought
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i cant get into cwm not sure how to do it
htimes said:
i cant get into cwm not sure how to do it
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Well, the previous is strange, because I've used that to recover from all different causes of bricks and bootloops and reboots and etc. All took me back to box stock software...
Anyways, I would flash back to stock-ish with it, re-root, install CWM, boot into recovery, and then wipe /system /data /cache /dalvik cache.
Using X + Power then VOL Up + Down, you can get into stock recovery and wipe data and cache. This puzzles me though, because that quick SBF wipes data, system, and cache.
Just for my curiosity, what ISN'T stock after the quick unbrick method?
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i tried reflashing to stock like 10 times and it never fully goes back to stock
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Oops, bumped Thanks trying to quote this. When the DOS-looking window prompts you to press any key to exit, and I'm assuming you do, do you let the phone go through it's process where the yellow bar inches across the screen and completes the reset?
tried odin said it isent compatible with my device
htimes said:
tried odin said it isent compatible with my device
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Odin is for samsung devices
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redsox985 said:
Well, the previous is strange, because I've used that to recover from all different causes of bricks and bootloops and reboots and etc. All took me back to box stock software...
Anyways, I would flash back to stock-ish with it, re-root, install CWM, boot into recovery, and then wipe /system /data /cache /dalvik cache.
Using X + Power then VOL Up + Down, you can get into stock recovery and wipe data and cache. This puzzles me though, because that quick SBF wipes data, system, and cache.
Just for my curiosity, what ISN'T stock after the quick unbrick method?
Oops, bumped Thanks trying to quote this. When the DOS-looking window prompts you to press any key to exit, and I'm assuming you do, do you let the phone go through it's process where the yellow bar inches across the screen and completes the reset?
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the phone doesent go through the yellow bar process it just restarts to the first part of recovery menu all that is on my screen is the triangle and droid
htimes said:
the phone doesent go through the yellow bar process it just restarts to the first part of recovery menu all that is on my screen is the triangle and droid
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Are you sure you have the latest drivers installed? Head over to that thread one more time, re-download the quick unbrick, boot up with M + Power, select AP Fastboot, open the shortcut for "CLICK HERE - Something something something", allow it to go through it's 20 or so lines of actions, and when it says to press any key to exit, do so. Now just let the phone sit there while still plugged in (IIRC, this is what I did last time). If this all fails to return you to stock settings... 1. I'll be surprised 2. I'll nand backup mine and make a video for you of quick unbricking mine and everything it does.
If it does work, please don't change things in ROM Manager, IIRC, those tweaks are only for CM based ROMs, and not Mav.
My phone has been running cyanogen mod 9 for quite a long time and about two days ago it was giving me a low on space problem (RAM as both internal and external memory are more than 60% free)
So I stoped some background apps to clear the memory and gave the phone a restart. Now it is stuck in the boot screen :S I have already tried taking the battrey off and restarting the phone but still it gets to the boot screen and never loads :S
How can I fix this without flashing a new ROM as I have not backed up anything :S
Thanks
Well although I have not the galaxy s, what I would do:
1. Remove the microSD and SIM, turn it on to see if it boots.
2. If not start, go into recovery mode - Wipe cache partition and dalvik cache (not the wipe data factory reset, because you lose all) - then fix permissions.
3. If not start, reinstall the kernel compatible.
4. Crossing fingers
joser1309 said:
Well although I have not the galaxy s, what I would do:
1. Remove the microSD and SIM, turn it on to see if it boots.
2. If not start, go into recovery mode - Wipe cache partition and dalvik cache (not the wipe data factory reset, because you lose all) - then fix permissions.
3. If not start, reinstall the kernel compatible.
4. Crossing fingers
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Hi,
1. Did it still the same
2. I went to recovery mode wiped cache and dalvik now problem is even worse. I cannot go into recovery mode more (only download mode).
Before (I did as u said wipe dalvik and cache) it was stuck on this screen:
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/llsq931ZNWQ/0.jpg
and now it is stuck on this screen:
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hv1YKVV9W9s/mqdefault.jpg
Remove your battery and try combo again while putting your battery back.
(you must release combo about 1 second after Galaxy S appears on the screen)
guerini said:
Remove your battery and try combo again while putting your battery back.
(you must release combo about 1 second after Galaxy S appears on the screen)
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I have tried that a million times this morning I doesnt work believe me!!!
Now how can I restore my phone to a working state even if it takes deleting all data at this point all I care about is a having a working mobile...
RiKKu28 said:
I have tried that a million times this morning I doesnt work believe me!!!
Now how can I restore my phone to a working state even if it takes deleting all data at this point all I care about is a having a working mobile...
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have u tried installing the bootloader using ODIN? try that and then try installing TWRP or clockworkmod recovery.. i think it should solve the problem of getting your phone up.. once the recovery is setup you can install any other rom..
RiKKu28 said:
I have tried that a million times this morning I doesnt work believe me!!!
Now how can I restore my phone to a working state even if it takes deleting all data at this point all I care about is a having a working mobile...
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check out My Android Solutions for solutions to your problems
so long as you can go into download mode, you can flash a semaphore kernel or a ROM from My Android Collections to solve it
But First powerdown, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute, than powerup without SIM and Ext.SD Card....Do remember to backup your contacts, data, images etc and also your EFS folder before flashing a ROM and make sure you have more than 50% battery charge before you attempt any sort of flashing.