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[Q] Galaxy Note GT-7000 Boot problem after normal restore

Hi
Firstly, I'm sorry about my incorrect english.
I have a big problem with my rooted Galaxy Note Stock ICS 4.0.4.
After a phone restore (done in the Options menu) I encountered a boot problem.
When I turn the phone on, I see the white Galaxy Note GT-7000 writing and then
the Samsung Galaxy boot logo which continues flashing all the time but the
OS isn't booting. There isn't a boot loop which restarts the phone, only the blinking
Samsung animation.
I do really not know much about Android, rooting, flashing etc so I don't know what
is the problem and what I can do to fix it.
Recently I did a data/factory reset and cache partition wipe in the recovery mode,
hoping that this could help, but that didn't change anything.
After that I flashed another stock rom (ICS 4.0.4 Switzerland (Swisscom)) with
Odin in download mode, but there's still the endless boot problem.
I read about brick and that its not recommended to wipe anyting.
What could be my problem and how could I resolve it?
I'm sorry if theres just another thread which speaks about the same problem, but I
didn't find anyone with the identical situation as mine.
I'm very grateful for any answers.

hmm.. it could be because of data partition corruption..
download this http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ukk00n20dahxxkp
place it on external SD.. boot into recovery and choose apply update from ext storage
once done. boot into recovery again.. now ... in the new CWM. do
factory reset., wipe cache partition
advanced menu> wipe dalvik cache
reboot

Hi,
thank you for your answer. But perhaps as I turned the phone on the first time
since yesterday (i didn't do anything since), I'm not anymore able to go into recovery mode
and the boot process ends just at the white Galaxy Note writing (without bootloop, there's
only the static text)
Only the download mode works fine, but obviously I cant install your file from there...

If you can get into download mode, better flash a stock ics rom first. After the flash is successful you can try to do the procedure as in my previous post.

I tried to flash different roms (also stock ones) but the download of the "factoryfs.img" doesn't finish.
The only thing I could do is to interrupt the downloading and restart from the beginning.
I read that this problem happens sometimes and that it could be resolved rebooting the phone and
the pc, but I didn't got it working
Do you know why it doesn't work? The first time I flashed successfully, but that was the first and the last time.
I don't even get an error or a fail notification...

LSinus said:
I tried to flash different roms (also stock ones) but the download of the "factoryfs.img" doesn't finish.
The only thing I could do is to interrupt the downloading and restart from the beginning.
I read that this problem happens sometimes and that it could be resolved rebooting the phone and
the pc, but I didn't got it working
Do you know why it doesn't work? The first time I flashed successfully, but that was the first and the last time.
I don't even get an error or a fail notification...
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If Odin stops at "factoryfs.img" you bricked your device.
(I wrote this and the following lines a few times now in the last days, but the different OP are consequently ignoring the message and try other intelligent approaches, in the end they will not succeed, because their Note is still bricked).
Solution: Samsung replaces your motherboard (that is the only real repair).
Workaround: eMMC scanner and repartition trick in hg42's threads.
Nothing else will help if your device is bricked.

ThaiDai said:
If Odin stops at "factoryfs.img" you bricked your device.
(I wrote this and the following lines a few times now in the last days, but the different OP are consequently ignoring the message and try other intelligent approaches, in the end they will not succeed, because their Note is still bricked).
Solution: Samsung replaces your motherboard (that is the only real repair).
Workaround: eMMC scanner and repartition trick in hg42's threads.
Nothing else will help if your device is bricked.
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i know what you are getting to but till one is completely satisfied that the phone is bricked, they wouldnt go about repartitioned the memory and loose 3 GB... at least i wouldnt and i am sure no one will till all possible scenarios are exhausted, So try to be a little positive..
---------- Post added at 05:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:18 PM ----------
Recently I did a data/factory reset and cache partition wipe in the recovery mode,
hoping that this could help, but that didn't change anything.
After that I flashed another stock rom (ICS 4.0.4 Switzerland (Swisscom)) with
Odin in download mode, but there's still the endless boot problem.
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You did a factory reset on stock recovery ... and then you installed a stock rom .. was Odin able to flash till the end and it said PASS?

nokiamodeln91 said:
You did a factory reset on stock recovery ... and then you installed a stock rom .. was Odin able to flash till the end and it said PASS?
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The first time I was able to flash the stock rom successfully (said PASS), but this was the first and last time it worked...

nokiamodeln91 said:
i know what you are getting to but till one is completely satisfied that the phone is bricked, they wouldnt go about repartitioned the memory and loose 3 GB... at least i wouldnt and i am sure no one will till all possible scenarios are exhausted, So try to be a little positive..
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You said something about loosing 3 GB repartitioning the memory. Its possible to revive the phone by this way?
Does anyone know approximately how much it will cost me to replace the motherboard of the Note?

download this PIT file http://d-h.st/FVh
now put the phone in download mode again, open odin and select the PIT file in the PIT tab. also make sure repartition is checked.
select the rom in PDA (if more that one file for rom, choose appropriate options)
connect the phone .. when the port is shows in odin flash again,,, check if this also stops at the same factoryfs
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LSinus said:
You said something about loosing 3 GB repartitioning the memory. Its possible to revive the phone by this way?
Does anyone know approximately how much it will cost me to replace the motherboard of the Note?
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if you have warranty thats the first one to do. if not then there is a way by repartitioning the memory to skip the bad blocks, not a guaranteed method but works most of the time. cost of motherboard is high about 350-400$

One final try. If you are able to go recovery mode,pressing volume up, home, power buttons, flash abyss kernel 4.2, do all wipes and formats and flash a custom rom such as kingdroid.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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If you don't have custom rom in your external sd card, try to copy via another note.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

nokiamodeln91 said:
download this PIT file http://d-h.st/FVh
now put the phone in download mode again, open odin and select the PIT file in the PIT tab. also make sure repartition is checked.
select the rom in PDA (if more that one file for rom, choose appropriate options)
connect the phone .. when the port is shows in odin flash again,,, check if this also stops at the same factoryfs
---------- Post added at 09:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:21 PM ----------
if you have warranty thats the first one to do. if not then there is a way by repartitioning the memory to skip the bad blocks, not a guaranteed method but works most of the time. cost of motherboard is high about 350-400$
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Thank you for your attempt helping me. Perhaps the flashing still fails (factoryfs.img could not be downloaded entirely).
Damn, 350-400$ only for the motherboard is a lot, considering that I bought this almost new phone for around 340$...
Isn't there any other way to get rid of the "brick"? I would accept any loss of memory just to get the phone working...
By the way is it a soft- or a hardbrick?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667886
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12

[Q] stable custom rom for mini2?

Hi everybody,
sorry for posting this outside the mini 2 forum, but appearently that's a developers reserved forum, so I had no rights to post there.
I would like to ask what is the latest stable custom rom developed for mini2, where to find it and possibly an instruction page.
I had good experience with CM on another galaxy before, so I checked on the the CM website first but mini 2 is not listed there
On the other end I saw a long post on the mini2 developers forum saying that CM10 was actually created, but the post is 91 pages long(!), so forgive me if I didn't read it all. Is it working?
I also checked if there was something like an "in evidence" post with instructions for newbies but couldn't see any, maybe I missed it.
Can someone point me to the right page?
thank you for your held
davide

mm in the meantime I screwed things up. I installed gapps and now it only boots in recovery mode...
why? what shall I do?
please help
thank you
davide

ok, now I'm starting to panic.
why does nobody answer, am I doing something wrong with this post?
I reinstalled the stock rom. I first tried using CWM recovery and selecting install zip file from sd card, but it didn't work: it told me BAD regarding the zip file (downloaded from sammobile), then I succeded using odin. by the way which is the correct method?
However it now seems to start, but I get in loops messages from the setupwizard that says the guided configuration has crashed and also from gapps that Google service Framework has crashed (but should gapps be wiped by the rom flash???).
the problem is that the first of the two keeps restarting and crashing so the phone doesn't do anything else then showing this messages.
please help
davide

After you flash Stock ROM via Odin. Remove battery, put it back. Boot into stock recovery - clear user data & cache and reboot. If the same error occurs try deleting /Android directory(old cache) in your sd card.

thank you for your reply, unfortunately it didn't help.
what do you mean by "stock recovery"? the recovery I see, I believe is CWM which I installed before, but I'm not sure.
anyhow from there I wiped user&cache but I had tried this before and removing teh battery didn't make a difference.
I do not have any /Android directory on my SD card.
it's a simple 4GB fat 32 partition with a single file in it (the zip with stock rom I tried to flash before using odin) and nothing else.

by the way, I used odin3 v.1.83 to flash and I selected the file using PDA button,
but I also have "bootloader", "phone" and "csc" options.
what is the difference?

everything I do makes it more dramatic!
I tried reapeating the whole procedure once again, and odin crashed while flashing teh rom. now it doesn't even boot in download mode, it simply asys to connect kies in recovery mode. but kies never saw my phone in spite of driveres reinstallation, and it is of course not seeing it now!!

yukdav said:
everything I do makes it more dramatic!
I tried reapeating the whole procedure once again, and odin crashed while flashing teh rom. now it doesn't even boot in download mode, it simply asys to connect kies in recovery mode. but kies never saw my phone in spite of driveres reinstallation, and it is of course not seeing it now!!
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you should terminate kies before using odin. You can kill it in task manager, because kies intereferes with ODIN.
You should'nt be concerned with bootloader and the other options. As long as ur downloaded stock has tar.md5 extension you just place it in the PDA section and select Auto reboot and F. Reset time only.
Also You should only disconnect when it says PASS otherwise u will brick ur phone.
When u success fully flash ur stock rom, the chance is it will not get to homescreen
So u remove battery, reinsert it, press and hold HOME button together with POWER button, the phone boots into stock recovery, you choose wipe data and cache, then reboot. (chemicalrage explained this)
If it ain't booting into download mode u should go to service centre.
PS: My advice is to stay away from custom roms until samsung releases jelly bean for mini 2, then better custom roms will be released.

[Q] [q] help bricked phone???

Hi guys, im using a rooted 2.3.6, then i did the partition for link2sd, and everything worked perfect, however since i downloaded some apps first before doing the partition, i decided to do factory settings on the phone settings so it would be like a fresh internal memory then begin downloading when link2sd is already placed, however after doing factory reset on settings, my phone just keep on rebooting, everytime i open it, i downloaded the firmware in sammobile, as per advised, however im not sure how to flash it. should i use ODIN, or use CWM and do this process.
Using CWM.
Copy Zip to SD Card
Reboot into recovery
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Wipe Cache Partition
Install Zip From SD Card
Flash ROM
Reboot
or should i follow this instruction via odin
http://www.droidacid.com/how-to-flash-official-firmware-on-galaxy-ace-gt-s5830-using-odin-droidacid/
Thanks,, kindly reply to this, need help badly.

jhay0017 said:
Hi guys, im using a rooted 2.3.6, then i did the partition for link2sd, and everything worked perfect, however since i downloaded some apps first before doing the partition, i decided to do factory settings on the phone settings so it would be like a fresh internal memory then begin downloading when link2sd is already placed, however after doing factory reset on settings, my phone just keep on rebooting, everytime i open it, i downloaded the firmware in sammobile, as per advised, however im not sure how to flash it. should i use ODIN, or use CWM and do this process.
Using CWM.
Copy Zip to SD Card
Reboot into recovery
Wipe Data/Factory Reset
Wipe Cache Partition
Install Zip From SD Card
Flash ROM
Reboot
or should i follow this instruction via odin
http://www.droidacid.com/how-to-flash-official-firmware-on-galaxy-ace-gt-s5830-using-odin-droidacid/
Thanks,, kindly reply to this, need help badly.
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Woooooooooo!!!
Stop here!!!
What do you want to flash?
If you want to flash a custom rom, do wipe data/factory reset, wipw cache and go advanced and do wipe dalvik cache too then flash the custom rom you want, (It's fully recommended to follow dev's instructions so the process could change with each rom).
well if you want to flash a fresh stock you should do 3 wipes to and then use Odin with the correct firmware and finished this process you'll need to do wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition to complete the fresh installation of the rom, if no you'll get a bootloop.
Enventually if you want to increase your internal memory you'll need a capable kernel (cf-root, BE, Space, nims11... ) with init.d support or create it by yourself and then you'll need to use link2sd or an int2ext script (I recommend you it, because it's easer to install IMO) with you sd-ext partition created in your microsd previously
All will work fine with this configuration
If you have any kind of question, ask here and we'll try to help you

WAHH OMG i didnt wait for your reply
wahh. what will happen, heres what i did
ACCESS CWM
wipe/factory reset 1x
wipe cache 1x
install from zip (Sll v10)
then reboot
it worked, however you mentioned i should do it 3x, and the one in advance option, but i didnt do it, should i repeat the process with your instruction?..
anyway it's working fine so far, it's not Galaxy SIII though i think what i have is Galaxy SII even when i open and turn off phone it says Galaxy SII..
and the interface already change I mean the design of everything, however my Menu button won't open my Menu, i need to open it using the soft touch application, however the menu hard button is working if i want to go to the main screen and long press access task manager.
do i still need to repeat the process w/ this.
wipe/factory reset 3x
wipe cache 3x
wipe the delvak cache in advance option 1x
install from zip (Sll v10)
then reboot
hoping for your reply

hi,, heres what i did should i change it?
Viper The Ripper said:
Woooooooooo!!!
Stop here!!!
What do you want to flash?
If you want to flash a custom rom, do wipe data/factory reset, wipw cache and go advanced and do wipe dalvik cache too then flash the custom rom you want, (It's fully recommended to follow dev's instructions so the process could change with each rom).
well if you want to flash a fresh stock you should do 3 wipes to and then use Odin with the correct firmware and finished this process you'll need to do wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition to complete the fresh installation of the rom, if no you'll get a bootloop.
Enventually if you want to increase your internal memory you'll need a capable kernel (cf-root, BE, Space, nims11... ) with init.d support or create it by yourself and then you'll need to use link2sd or an int2ext script (I recommend you it, because it's easer to install IMO) with you sd-ext partition created in your microsd previously
All will work fine with this configuration
If you have any kind of question, ask here and we'll try to help you
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wahh. what will happen, heres what i did
ACCESS CWM
wipe/factory reset 1x
wipe cache 1x
install from zip (Sll v10)
then reboot
it worked, however you mentioned i should do it 3x, and the one in advance option, but i didnt do it, should i repeat the process with your instruction?..
anyway it's working fine so far, it's not Galaxy SIII though i think what i have is Galaxy SII even when i open and turn off phone it says Galaxy SII..
and the interface already change I mean the design of everything, however my Menu button won't open my Menu, i need to open it using the soft touch application, however the menu hard button is working if i want to go to the main screen and long press access task manager.
do i still need to repeat the process w/ this.
wipe/factory reset 3x
wipe cache 3x
wipe the delvak cache in advance option 1x
install from zip (Sll v10)
then reboot
hoping for your reply

jhay0017 said:
wahh. what will happen, heres what i did
ACCESS CWM
wipe/factory reset 1x
wipe cache 1x
install from zip (Sll v10)
then reboot
it worked, however you mentioned i should do it 3x, and the one in advance option, but i didnt do it, should i repeat the process with your instruction?..
anyway it's working fine so far, it's not Galaxy SIII though i think what i have is Galaxy SII even when i open and turn off phone it says Galaxy SII..
and the interface already change I mean the design of everything, however my Menu button won't open my Menu, i need to open it using the soft touch application, however the menu hard button is working if i want to go to the main screen and long press access task manager.
do i still need to repeat the process w/ this.
wipe/factory reset 3x
wipe cache 3x
wipe the delvak cache in advance option 1x
install from zip (Sll v10)
then reboot
hoping for your reply
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well it is not bad, but if I were you I'd do "wipe dalvik-cache too" to keep as clean as possible my new rom
About de menu button, I don't know maybe a rom bug??... try another ro.
and ALWAYS FOLLOW DEV'S INSTRUCTION TO FLASH CORRECTLY A NEW ROM
Finally to flash a fresh rom you can follow the C prompt from this guide; (the guide you posted, It's right too )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145

Hi everyone here!
I had a difficult question. I made a mistake and flashed a s5360 stockrom on a s5830i. Now I could not enter any bootmode trying every keys and combinations. The phone starts and I can read samsung galaxy young gt-s5360 but only the topleft 2/3 of the screen is used. The rest is a bunch of colorful pixel. After some seconds I here the samsung startsound and then a small stripe of the screen shows me a part of a normal started phone. But I see not more then the time and the upper symbols. The phone seems to run. But I dont know? Is there anything I can do for it or is there no possibility if the bootmodes are not reachable.
I had no idea! Is there someone who has a tip for me? I think I could send the telefon to restart in downloadmode, but I dont know how to do because I cant see what happend when I press some keys. I think the system is running, it sounds when pressing vol+ or vol- and vibrates when pressing powerbutton. Thank you for every idea what I could try.

nnenemk said:
Hi everyone here!
I had a difficult question. I made a mistake and flashed a s5360 stockrom on a s5830i. Now I could not enter any bootmode trying every keys and combinations. The phone starts and I can read samsung galaxy young gt-s5360 but only the topleft 2/3 of the screen is used. The rest is a bunch of colorful pixel. After some seconds I here the samsung startsound and then a small stripe of the screen shows me a part of a normal started phone. But I see not more then the time and the upper symbols. The phone seems to run. But I dont know? Is there anything I can do for it or is there no possibility if the bootmodes are not reachable.
I had no idea! Is there someone who has a tip for me? I think I could send the telefon to restart in downloadmode, but I dont know how to do because I cant see what happend when I press some keys. I think the system is running, it sounds when pressing vol+ or vol- and vibrates when pressing powerbutton. Thank you for every idea what I could try.
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First of all this is a GTs5830 q&a thread, but well, can you boot in download mode?¿
Try to flash a fresh stock rom, all that you need is here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551156

After mourning a moment because it looks like that there is no help for my s5830i, i have another question. With open case I see, on the back in the bottom left between battery and a screw, a connector. Never saw this before though I opened the case many times. It is or was a nice testing device for me. And I tested many ROMs, Mods etc. with it. I dont know what this small connector is? It looks like other small connectors and the innercase has a whole on its position, it seems to be there that a cable could be connected to the device. Does anyone know why there is such an connector on the device? Is it possible that there is something like a serial gateway to the device? Is there someone with knowledge about this?
---------- Post added at 07:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:05 PM ----------
Sorry about the bad placing of my question. I could not enter any bootmode, i wrote before!
---------- Post added at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 PM ----------
I will ask more simple: Is there any possiblity to bring the phone in downloadmode if pressing the keys during start is not functional?
Or Another idee and another question: Is there a chance to manipulate the phone through USB, to bring it up in downloadmode?

nnenemk said:
After mourning a moment because it looks like that there is no help for my s5830i, i have another question. With open case I see, on the back in the bottom left between battery and a screw, a connector. Never saw this before though I opened the case many times. It is or was a nice testing device for me. And I tested many ROMs, Mods etc. with it. I dont know what this small connector is? It looks like other small connectors and the innercase has a whole on its position, it seems to be there that a cable could be connected to the device. Does anyone know why there is such an connector on the device? Is it possible that there is something like a serial gateway to the device? Is there someone with knowledge about this?
---------- Post added at 07:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:05 PM ----------
Sorry about the bad placing of my question. I could not enter any bootmode, i wrote before!
---------- Post added at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 PM ----------
I will ask more simple: Is there any possiblity to bring the phone in downloadmode if pressing the keys during start is not functional?
Or Another idee and another question: Is there a chance to manipulate the phone through USB, to bring it up in downloadmode?
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Is your phone a galaxy y ? Are you not able to see what appears on your screen & hence not sure what mode is it entering ? I have a solution ! First google to find an xda thread to flash stock via odin for your device, download all the required files & setup odin. Now once you have setup odin, power off your phone. Simultaneously hold home+power+volume down button. Let whatever appear on your screen but just be sure that the phone is on. Connect your phone to pc via usb cable. If odin recognises the com port & displays as detected, you are good to go ! Just flash according to the instructions !
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium

Thank you for your answer! First the phone with the problem is a galaxy ace gt-s5830i. Until some weeks ago I also had a galaxy young. Thats why I have also stockroms for the young. Then I made a mistake (It was sunday in the morning, sometimes not a good time to flash . I used a stockrom from the Galaxy young gt-s5360 for the ace. Now the ace starts and seems to run but theres a problem with the output of the screen, so I cant see what happend.
But my real problem is that I could not enter any bootmode. I used all keys and every combinations more then one times, but nothing works. Either the downloadmode nor the recoverymode are appearing. So I will follow your advice and will try to bring up the phone in downloadmode regardless what happend on the screen. But Im not really optimistic because every time, Ive start the phone holding a keycombination, the phone doesnt reacts and a few seconds later I hear the samsung startsound. Thats why I think I couldnt reach the downloadmode anymore. And I also tested to what happend if the phone is connect through USB. Odin recognices the Interface, I mean the yellow field with comX appears, but until now every time I start the transfer the logoutput displays "connection failed" and the field above the yellow field goes red. But Im still testing your idea.
Ive also another question. I sadly looked at the ace with the prolem, thinking if there is anything I could do, as I saw what I think is a connector for whatever. With case opened it is left under the battery. I dont know what it is and asked myself if this could be anything like a seriell interface. I find something similar on my galaxy 3. But there is a diffrent connector next to the battery left. Is there any knowledge about this connectors or whatever it is?

nnenemk said:
Thank you for your answer! First the phone with the problem is a galaxy ace gt-s5830i. Until some weeks ago I also had a galaxy young. Thats why I have also stockroms for the young. Then I made a mistake (It was sunday in the morning, sometimes not a good time to flash . I used a stockrom from the Galaxy young gt-s5360 for the ace. Now the ace starts and seems to run but theres a problem with the output of the screen, so I cant see what happend.
But my real problem is that I could not enter any bootmode. I used all keys and every combinations more then one times, but nothing works. Either the downloadmode nor the recoverymode are appearing. So I will follow your advice and will try to bring up the phone in downloadmode regardless what happend on the screen. But Im not really optimistic because every time, Ive start the phone holding a keycombination, the phone doesnt reacts and a few seconds later I hear the samsung startsound. Thats why I think I couldnt reach the downloadmode anymore. And I also tested to what happend if the phone is connect through USB. Odin recognices the Interface, I mean the yellow field with comX appears, but until now every time I start the transfer the logoutput displays "connection failed" and the field above the yellow field goes red. But Im still testing your idea.
Ive also another question. I sadly looked at the ace with the prolem, thinking if there is anything I could do, as I saw what I think is a connector for whatever. With case opened it is left under the battery. I dont know what it is and asked myself if this could be anything like a seriell interface. I find something similar on my galaxy 3. But there is a diffrent connector next to the battery left. Is there any knowledge about this connectors or whatever it is?
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There are only two ports for the ace. One to connect the charger/usb & the other to plug in the headphones. As I said earlier, try to flash stock via odin. But by what you have quoted earlier, I don't think it should be a problem if odin recognises your phone. Just keep trying, if you don't find success, you may have to try jtag. Again jtag kit costs you. If I were you after no success, I'd definitely take it to the service center. If they can't start your phone & if they can't see what's happening on your screen, they'll definitely try to flash a new bootloader, which should bring your phone back to life. Worst case, they may replace the motherboard, which I think won't happen. After flashing the bootloader, they'll say that your phone's software was modified & that your warranty is void. But now you've got a new bootloader & you can go flash via odin As easy as that
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium

[Q] My S3 Mini is stuck on the first screen and won't boot!

Hello,
Today my phone was functioning normally until I decided to launch a game (Jewels Star or something like that) that I always play normally.
But today when I entered it the phone froze and shut down by itself and now everytime I try to turn it on it gets stuck on the first screen that appears! (Samsung Galaxy S III mini GT-I8190)
My phone is not rooted and no Rom is flashed. I haven't done anything to it.
What can I do to fix the problem?! Please help!!

AytchG said:
Hello,
Today my phone was functioning normally until I decided to launch a game (Jewels Star or something like that) that I always play normally.
But today when I entered it the phone froze and shut down by itself and now everytime I try to turn it on it gets stuck on the first screen that appears! (Samsung Galaxy S III mini GT-I8190)
My phone is not rooted and no Rom is flashed. I haven't done anything to it.
What can I do to fix the problem?! Please help!!
Click to expand...
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remove battery for some minutes then try, if not
boot into recovery and wipe cache, if not, wipe data, if not
flash your stock firmware

How to wipe cache in recovery mode? I can only go to download mode by holding the home and the volume down buttons.
and how to flash the stock's firmware?

AytchG said:
How to wipe cache in recovery mode? I can only go to download mode by holding the home and the volume down buttons.
and how to flash the stock's firmware?
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hold volume up + home + power.
if it didnt work, flash attached .tar file (unzip before) as pda in odin. (it will wipe your data)
for flashing stock, see my signature

Is there any other way better than wiping data? xD

AytchG said:
Is there any other way better than wiping data? xD
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hmmm, i guess it will wipe only cache see here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45634960#post45634960
EDIT: as the original thread, it wipe your data

Fixed!! Thank you very very much!!!

AytchG said:
Fixed!! Thank you very very much!!!
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So..did it wipe only cache, or did your data got lost as well?

Only cache The data hasn't been touched

AytchG said:
Only cache The data hasn't been touched
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Good, as I thought, since it's just a empty cache.img inside the tar

(GT-I8190) Displays Wrong Phone Model When phone is starts
hello guys i encountered some problem too with my screen, but mine is not the same i may have loaded incorrect tar files via odin and encountered this problem, my firmware is official and also my binary is official,ive recovered the original firmware and recovery mode through (sammobiles.com) i really dont get why it displayed incorrect phone model on screen, i cant trace anymore what i did wrong but hopefully you guys can help me, i would be very grateful for your help , im very frustrated right now on what should i do to restore everything back please help:crying:
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hello guys my device is (GT-I8190- S3 mini) i encountered some problem too with my screen, but mine is not the same i may have loaded incorrect tar files via odin and encountered this problem, my firmware is official and also my binary is official,ive recovered the original firmware and recovery mode through (sammobiles.com) i really dont get why it displayed incorrect phone model on screen instead of (GT-I8190 S3mini) it Dispplays (GT-I9100) which is the Galaxy S2 displays on screen when i start my phone, so confused right now, i cant trace anymore what i did wrong but hopefully you guys can help me, i would be very grateful for your help , im very frustrated right now on what should i do to restore everything back please help:crying:

& I encountered some problem reading your orange text

[QOUTE=Aytch;45707180]Hi
AytchG said:
Hello,
Today my phone was functioning normally until I decided to launch a game (Jewels Star or something like that) that I always play normally.
But today when I entered it the phone froze and shut down by itself and now everytime I try to turn it on it gets stuck on the first screen that appears! (Samsung Galaxy S III mini GT-I8190)
My phone is not rooted and no Rom is flashed. I haven't done anything to it.
What can I do to fix the problem?! Please help!!
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it would have been easier if you had rooted your phone. in that way you can hard reset the phone by pressing the VOLUME DOWN + POWER for 15sec, after which you press the HOME KEY and then follow the pop up to continue.

samersh72 said:
hold volume up + home + power.
if it didnt work, flash attached .tar file (unzip before) as pda in odin. (it will wipe your data)
for flashing stock, see my signature
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will this work for g730a variant

Recovery
AytchG said:
How to wipe cache in recovery mode? I can only go to download mode by holding the home and the volume down buttons.
and how to flash the stock's firmware?
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The s3 mini cant be put into recovery mode using buttons so you have to download the android sdk from google, right click adb folder, open in command prompt and type in reboot recovery.

I have little bit higher problem!
I was flashing custom rom and i t was flashed when i tried to start phone it was just looking like dead phone no reactions anything please help

Is there a way to wipe the data through Odin. If I try through recovery mode then the phone crashes and restarts immediately. In fact if I try to do any of the operations that touch Data then it crashes and restarts the phone. Thanks

my Samsung galaxy s 111 mini gt-18190 stuck on Samsung logo what should i do

Problem with my s3 mini GT-I8190 reboot every 20 or 30 seconds

I write here to help me solve a problem with the mini s3 after turning not spend 30 seconds when powered down or rebooted ...
I did full wipes and reset from recovery and nothing .. I did the * 2767 * 3588 # either .. by odin I did a wipeI8190.md5 and nothing .. the cel turns back on as your last finished reboot .. in fact if I make a modification before they shut down or restart the phone back and not assumes the change .. and the USB debugging is not activated
I wonder if anyone happened to this and can help me.. the warranty is lost
thanks

First thing is to see if stock firmware in odin can help.

tys0n said:
First thing is to see if stock firmware in odin can help.
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Yes is stock firmware.. theres no modificartion...
could manage to keep it active and enter the ram and select delete but when spend time the phone restart again, in fact delete all applications and messages and when I hes restart put everything back like used to be... and alsdo did the reset factory default and nothing hes restart over again with the same phone profile

flash http://megafiles.me/s/param_i8190-tar-md5 with Odin and reboot

JackoMJ said:
flash param_i8190-tar-md5 with Odin and reboot
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also did that and still boot with the same configuration..
I'll make a video and I will upload to youtube

it seems is related to a material issue. i thought it's on your power button !

redomix said:
it seems is related to a material issue. i thought it's on your power button !
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i dont think so.. i will post 2 videos showin the problem

here's the videos
is in spanish but i think is tunderstandable
youtube.com/watch?v=EZhKPInC5r4
and the second
youtube.com/watch?v=hT8e6T0ymJo
if you see in the last part of the second video i did the factory reset and the phone restart without nothing happend

i think you should flash TWRP or clockworkmod, make a backup of your files also the present rom,
After that, flash with a new rom like Cyanogenmod 10.2 from Maclaw and revert with the difference, maybe the problem will be fixed..

redomix said:
i think you should flash TWRP or clockworkmod, make a backup of your files also the present rom,
After that, flash with a new rom like Cyanogenmod 10.2 from Maclaw and revert with the difference, maybe the problem will be fixed..
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i can not flash becouse the phone not assumes any changes.. with odin i flash in the PDA a recovery.img a CWM and nothing.. even im update from chache/fota upadte of recovery and he gave me this error...
img183.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=96227_20131210_231941_122_127lo.jpg
i think the problem that the phone no assumes anything with flashing is because is before hes broke or whatever happend to this F%$& is the USB debugging is not marked.. but i dont really now :S

try first flashing TWRP recovery.. can really help.. !

redomix said:
try first flashing TWRP recovery.. can really help.. !
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can i do that without USB debbugin?
how can i see a tuto or something... im really new in this.. please...

you can do it with your android recovery, mount you internal or external sdcard with android recovery, download TWRP with zip format. and flash it within your android recovery with install.zip.
You can search on Youtube for tutorials.

redomix said:
you can do it with your android recovery, mount you internal or external sdcard with android recovery, download TWRP with zip format. and flash it within your android recovery with install.zip.
You can search on Youtube for tutorials.
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men you see the videos? i cant put the USB debbugin mode plus everytime then i flash anything on the phone when he reboot the phone no make any change. still the same like you see in the 2 videos that i post on the other messages..
thanks for trying to help.. :good:

Hey Brother,
Very Welcome, yes i've seen the videos, try to mount the internal sdcard with android recovery and copy the twrp recovery, or use another phone and copy the twrp file onto external SD Card, there's an option on recovery called update.zip flash with it,
if there's no change at all, try to flash it with ODIN.. if it don't recognize due to absence of USB Debugging, there's a tool called Samsung GS3 Mini ToolKit. maybe can help you. if not try with samsung KIES .. if also nothing helped you at this point, search around the internet for your problem, maybe you can find some useful help..
Cordially, I.R.

redomix said:
Hey Brother,
Very Welcome, yes i've seen the videos, try to mount the internal sdcard with android recovery and copy the twrp recovery, or use another phone and copy the twrp file onto external SD Card, there's an option on recovery called update.zip flash with it,
if there's no change at all, try to flash it with ODIN.. if it don't recognize due to absence of USB Debugging, there's a tool called Samsung GS3 Mini ToolKit. maybe can help you. if not try with samsung KIES .. if also nothing helped you at this point, search around the internet for your problem, maybe you can find some useful help..
Cordially, I.R.
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hey men.. take a look at thsi image
img183.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=96227_20131210_231941_122_127lo.jpg
this is what happend when i do the update.zip..
im searching all over the internet and anybody has put som help.. in fact this is the 3rd forum that i put this problem...
thanks again..

foxdie99 said:
hey men.. take a look at thsi image
img183.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=96227_20131210_231941_122_127lo.jpg
this is what happend when i do the update.zip..
im searching all over the internet and anybody has put som help.. in fact this is the 3rd forum that i put this problem...
thanks again..
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actually its really simple to solve this problem...
1 - download and install the samsung drivers from here (http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=61)
2 - download odin here and install it.
3 - reboot your pc (this is the easy way to kill all kies processes and unwanted things) and make shure that kies dont start with windows.(if you have it installed)
4 - download this http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=301 (its the maclaw cm 4.4.2 for odin with the recovery twrp)
5 - flash the phone with odin(FOR THIS YOU NEED TO BOOT THE PHONE IN DOWNLOAD MODE, just boot the phone pressing POWER+VOLUME DOWN AND THE HOME BUTTON until a triangle and a warning appears follow maclaws guide -> http://maclaw.pl/installation-guide-golden/)... as soon as the flash finishes you'll be trapped in a boot loop (missing GAPPS)
just try to boot it the system should crash dont worry you're on the good way.
5.2 - remove the battery and put it back in (now you phone should be off)
6 - reboot on the new recovery that comes with the maclaw Rom you've just flashed for that you need to press POWER + VOLUME UP AND HOME BUTTON and mount you SD CARD.(you phone sould appear on you pc as a storage device or something like that)
7 - download this GAPPS here(http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=164)
8 - copy the downloaded GAPPS to you phone.
9 - go back to the 1st menu of the TWRP (a.k.a recovery) and you should see a thing saying install zip or flash zip (something like that)
9.2 - select the Gapps you've downloaded and flash it.
9.3 - after the flash finish select reboot system
9.4 - phone should start installing updates after the reboot
10 - wait until it finishes and the problem should be solved. now you can go back to the stock rom or stay with this rom.
the problem here is there's an app causing that problem. i had the same problem a few months ago.
the phone whould just crash or not function at all, rebooting all the time or from time to time...(it was one of the games i've installed from market)
after the phone is working dont install apps from unknow developers. even if it is from the market (believe wen i say you can get apps from the market that makes you're phone to malfunction).

PTGamer said:
actually its really simple to solve this problem...
1 - download and install the samsung drivers from here (http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=61)
2 - download odin here and install it.
3 - reboot your pc (this is the easy way to kill all kies processes and unwanted things) and make shure that kies dont start with windows.(if you have it installed)
4 - download this http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=301 (its the maclaw cm 4.4.2 for odin with the recovery twrp)
5 - flash the phone with odin(FOR THIS YOU NEED TO BOOT THE PHONE IN DOWNLOAD MODE, just boot the phone pressing POWER+VOLUME DOWN AND THE HOME BUTTON until a triangle and a warning appears follow maclaws guide -> http://maclaw.pl/installation-guide-golden/)... as soon as the flash finishes you'll be trapped in a boot loop (missing GAPPS)
just try to boot it the system should crash dont worry you're on the good way.
5.2 - remove the battery and put it back in (now you phone should be off)
6 - reboot on the new recovery that comes with the maclaw Rom you've just flashed for that you need to press POWER + VOLUME UP AND HOME BUTTON and mount you SD CARD.(you phone sould appear on you pc as a storage device or something like that)
7 - download this GAPPS here(http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=164)
8 - copy the downloaded GAPPS to you phone.
9 - go back to the 1st menu of the TWRP (a.k.a recovery) and you should see a thing saying install zip or flash zip (something like that)
9.2 - select the Gapps you've downloaded and flash it.
9.3 - after the flash finish select reboot system
9.4 - phone should start installing updates after the reboot
10 - wait until it finishes and the problem should be solved. now you can go back to the stock rom or stay with this rom.
the problem here is there's an app causing that problem. i had the same problem a few months ago.
the phone whould just crash or not function at all, rebooting all the time or from time to time...(it was one of the games i've installed from market)
after the phone is working dont install apps from unknow developers. even if it is from the market (believe wen i say you can get apps from the market that makes you're phone to malfunction).
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Good tutorial bro, this is the same what i'm talking about.. it should work with these method.. waiting your reply.

PTGamer said:
actually its really simple to solve this problem...
1 - download and install the samsung drivers from here (http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=61)
2 - download odin here and install it.
3 - reboot your pc (this is the easy way to kill all kies processes and unwanted things) and make shure that kies dont start with windows.(if you have it installed)
4 - download this http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=301 (its the maclaw cm 4.4.2 for odin with the recovery twrp)
5 - flash the phone with odin(FOR THIS YOU NEED TO BOOT THE PHONE IN DOWNLOAD MODE, just boot the phone pressing POWER+VOLUME DOWN AND THE HOME BUTTON until a triangle and a warning appears follow maclaws guide -> http://maclaw.pl/installation-guide-golden/)... as soon as the flash finishes you'll be trapped in a boot loop (missing GAPPS)
just try to boot it the system should crash dont worry you're on the good way.
5.2 - remove the battery and put it back in (now you phone should be off)
6 - reboot on the new recovery that comes with the maclaw Rom you've just flashed for that you need to press POWER + VOLUME UP AND HOME BUTTON and mount you SD CARD.(you phone sould appear on you pc as a storage device or something like that)
7 - download this GAPPS here(http://get.maclaw.pl/?id=164)
8 - copy the downloaded GAPPS to you phone.
9 - go back to the 1st menu of the TWRP (a.k.a recovery) and you should see a thing saying install zip or flash zip (something like that)
9.2 - select the Gapps you've downloaded and flash it.
9.3 - after the flash finish select reboot system
9.4 - phone should start installing updates after the reboot
10 - wait until it finishes and the problem should be solved. now you can go back to the stock rom or stay with this rom.
the problem here is there's an app causing that problem. i had the same problem a few months ago.
the phone whould just crash or not function at all, rebooting all the time or from time to time...(it was one of the games i've installed from market)
after the phone is working dont install apps from unknow developers. even if it is from the market (believe wen i say you can get apps from the market that makes you're phone to malfunction).
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well men let me tell you the phone laguh hes ass off to maclaw TWPR hes reboot like before.. hes no assumes anychange... im little impress with this little piece of S%&T...
thanks for the tuto but dont work for me right now
i think is a service from google.. NLplocationreceiver. thats is the only one who`s dont start.. and keeps searchin

foxdie99 said:
well men let me tell you the phone laguh hes ass off to maclaw TWPR hes reboot like before.. hes no assumes anychange... im little impress with this little piece of S%&T...
thanks for the tuto but dont work for me right now
i think is a service from google.. NLplocationreceiver. thats is the only one who`s dont start.. and keeps searchin
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thats strange at least for me that worked...
meybe you have a faulty memory?