Morning all, hoping somebody can help.
I managed to get a spare Galaxy Tab 8.9 (GT-P7310) from work that was not being used.
I work for a hospitality company and the tab is in some kind of lock down mode where many of the features are disabled, for instance I cannot access settings, there is no bar along the bottom giving me my home screen etc.
I have done a factory reset on the tablet and when it reboots it does come up initially with the home screen bar and I can get into the settings but then after approximately 45 seconds it seems to load something in the background and I am locked down again.
Any ideas??
robwoolly said:
Morning all, hoping somebody can help.
I managed to get a spare Galaxy Tab 8.9 (GT-P7310) from work that was not being used.
I work for a hospitality company and the tab is in some kind of lock down mode where many of the features are disabled, for instance I cannot access settings, there is no bar along the bottom giving me my home screen etc.
I have done a factory reset on the tablet and when it reboots it does come up initially with the home screen bar and I can get into the settings but then after approximately 45 seconds it seems to load something in the background and I am locked down again.
Any ideas??
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You should see what apps are installed while you can get into settings. If there is an app in there that is locking all this stuff out, try to uninstall it before it kicks in.
If that doesn't work, I would check if it's rooted first. Download a root checker app. Also check to see if it already has a custom recovery. To boot into recovery, turn the tab off. Turn it on. as soon as the gt 8.9 logo pops up hold the volume down button (closest to the power button). That will bring up the bootloader and you can go into recovery (android with a box) or download mode.
Check the recovery version. If it's not rooted and has the stock recovery, then you have some work ahead of you.
First, I have no idea what your people did to the tab, so any of this could brick and ruin the tab. Keep in mind that that is your responsibility.
I would flash a custom recovery with ODIN. Make a nandroid backup through that custom recovery. Root the tab. Make another nandroid. Wipe the tab through recovery, and then flash a custom ROM.
Check on the status of root and recovery, and we can go from there.
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I tried a flash and think i messed my tab...now its just a black screen with a faint light in the background like its on but its no images.......my battery icon pops up then distorts away and thats it ....can get into download mode but not recovery.....tried holding all 3 buttons got this lil android dude in the corner with a sign sayin something about power reset but cant select nothing......help me please......
Put it in d/l mode and flash one of the stock roms with Heimdall.
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i tried a stock flash with heimdall it flashed successfully but i still get the SAMSUNG logo that flashes and go away,buttons light up at the bottom,can go in download mode but not reboot mode,phone stay on with a faint light ,so i assume that its on somehow.....help
Did you follow this exactly?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967175
One thing I missed here before was to wipe data and cache. Otherwise I go into boot loop.
how to get recovery mode
i cant wipe nothing because i cant get to recovery,just download mode
done it step by step
i followed evrything it flashed successfully but when it rebooted i turned off.and tried recovery but nothing......
chubbyflood said:
i followed evrything it flashed successfully but when it rebooted i turned off.and tried recovery but nothing......
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Use UnBrickable Mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341753
Although you get a black screen on boot, it might still be working....
Chubbyflood,
If you are in the same situation as I am then the tab is still working, you are just getting black screen on boot up. It played tricks on me for ages when I was first rooting by tablet; but it turned out it is just the boot up screen that isn't showing.
This is my situation:
-Press and hold Power button to turn on.
-I see the Galaxy Tab / Samsung initial boot image for about 1 second, and also hear the "boot chime"
-Then the screen goes completely blank (but you can tell it is still on with a little light showing.
-The four "hard button" lights will light up briefly a couple times
-Wait approximately 30 seconds to a minute (to be safe and give the tablet time to boot up - it is actually booting up)
-Tab the Power button once, to turn the tablet off (now the screen is clearly off)
-Tab the Power button again, and the tablet will be up and running as normal.
I am guessing the boot animation / images are failing in some way, but the tablet is booting up as normal.
I've just learned to live with it, because I haven't had a chance to figure out what's going on, but it honestly took me a good hour or so, and a few (unnecessary) flashes, before I realized the thing was up and running fine, it just need to have the button pressed on and off.
One final thing to mention; don't have the tablet plugged into anything. I seem to remember leaving it plugged into the PC didn't help (I think).
Hope that makes sense.
Cheers
Ed.
Has your situation been resolved?
I am in the same boat. What I have done to temporarily fix this was to Flash a ROM that uses Hemdall and it will boot as flukebu stated but only with the Galaxy Cubed ROM.
I cannot get the factory files to boot as you have stated.
I have continually tried to return to stock using the files provided on this forum and all "unbrick" posts.
While flashing the stock images everything completes and works well. The device reboots and the Samsung Splash screen appears. Once it appears it disappears and scrambles the screen. I believe it then goes into a bootloop which easily enough I could access factory recovery to correct but when I do attempt to access factory recovery the screen is as posted above (black but illuminated).
Once I flashed Galaxy Cubed ROM and it booted I hit the power button and the locksreen appeared. I can tell you I was excited but there are some issues with that ROM I have not tried to correct yet because my main goal is to return to stock.
Even with this ROM working correctly I have attempted to access CWM once installed to complete a Data Wipe and that does not show up either.
I would really like to find a solution to this I want to return to stock and not have this custom ROM running.
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Has your situation been resolved?
I am in the same boat. What I have done to temporarily fix this was to Flash a ROM that uses Hemdall and it will boot as flukebu stated but only with the Galaxy Cubed ROM.
I cannot get the factory files to boot as you have stated.
I have continually tried to return to stock using the files provided on this forum and all "unbrick" posts.
While flashing the stock images everything completes and works well. The device reboots and the Samsung Splash screen appears. Once it appears it disappears and scrambles the screen. I believe it then goes into a bootloop which easily enough I could access factory recovery to correct but when I do attempt to access factory recovery the screen is as posted above (black but illuminated).
Once I flashed Galaxy Cubed ROM and it booted I hit the power button and the locksreen appeared. I can tell you I was excited but there are some issues with that ROM I have not tried to correct yet because my main goal is to return to stock.
Even with this ROM working correctly I have attempted to access CWM once installed to complete a Data Wipe and that does not show up either.
I would really like to find a solution to this I want to return to stock and not have this custom ROM running.
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Have you found a resolution to this? Mine tab is doing the exact same thing as yours after the cubed rom.
I've update my Gear to Tizen then tried to get back to stock state to install null_
I've followed this instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2776157
Did not work (process completed but unbootable).
Then tried installing TRWP
http://liliputing.com/2013/11/twrp-c...martwatch.html
Not I have it unbootable. ( it's stuck at Samsung logo, like the one from stock V1 android firmware )
When I tried to get into recovery I get a garbled screen like the one attached. Unresponsive device.
Ideas?
For some reason I cannot see the link you provided, it always gives me the 404 error, so is your 2nd link to liliputing.com.
The first link you provide is the correct thread with the correct instructions, I have done it to my gear with good results.
I do recommend that you don't jump the gun between flashing the old android rom and flashing twrp. Make sure you get the old android rom on you watch first, and make sure everything works first, including touch screen. If you don't see the setup wizard after you flashed the old android rom, please try flashing it again. You MUST make sure android is on there first before doing anything else.
Also, please do not use any other rom or twrp for this downgrade. The twrp for the gear is specific for the gear rom, and make sure you only use the files from that thread for the download.
As for your current BIG problem, try holding down the button until you see the screen with these words: " galaxy gear Rebooting", then quickly tap the button 4-5 times, you should see the simple menu with 3 options: reboot, download, and recovery. Then move to download and hold for about 3 seconds, you will then be in download mode and can flash thru odin. You can repeat the above as many times as you want in order to get to the rebooting screen and the 3 option menu screen. Hopefully you will see those screens and able to flash again. Good luck. :good:
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As for your current BIG problem, try holding down the button until you see the screen with these words: " galaxy gear Rebooting", then quickly tap the button 4-5 times, you should see the simple menu with 3 options: reboot, download, and recovery. Then move to download and hold for about 3 seconds, you will then be in download mode and can flash thru odin. You can repeat the above as many times as you want in order to get to the rebooting screen and the 3 option menu screen. Hopefully you will see those screens and able to flash again. Good luck. :good:
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That's my BIG problem. No "Galaxy gear Rebooting" like it used to have. Just that gargled screen instead of it.
If I try to turn it on normally ( without the long press ) it will show the samsung logo and play the samsung load music and animation. But then just stays at the [ SAMSUNG ] screen.
You may have already tried this, but when I see the samsung screen during normal boot, I can long press the button and bring the gear to the "galaxy gear rebooting" screen. If that still does not work, maybe your last option is to connect to Kies as the gear is booting and see if Kies will recognize it.
Its nice to be back posting again. Anyway i do have a problem. I recently purchased tab s2 t713. I found out that the stockrom was based in china. So i download a stock rom based in UK (BTU)
Now im flashing the stock rom to my brandnew t713 then after a while it says fail due to the FRP lock. So i soft bricked my device. I google everything about FRP lock but on how to turn it off. But my next step actually requires to use the tab and remove my google account. Now i cant use my tab. Tried installing smart switch but its not supported.
What else can i do to turn it off? So i can install fresh stock rom.
Can someone help me?
I did the same thing. Finally fixed after trying a lot of things but alas I didn't take notes. What I *think* worked was to reboot into recovery:
- hold power/vol-down/home until screen shuts off then slide my finger over to vol-up (while still pressing power & home) until it reboots.
Once in recovery I restored the original ROM, turned OEM Unlock on and was able to use Odin to put the new ROM in successfully.
Tried that already but no to avail. The recovery mode somewhat missing.
Nevermind. I returned it to the store. Maybe it was a sign to wait for Tab S2? Lol.
Hello there,
I've just found my old GT-S5300 from back in the day, and I tried turning it on to eventually use it again.
The issue is that when turning on, I get the usual "Welcome to GT-S5300" screen, and it tells me to "Touch the Android to begin"; when trying to do so, my phone doesn't let me go to the next screen to connect to Google and all the miscellaneous steps that come later. The touch screen does react, I can change the language/type a number in emergency call, the Android flashes when I touch it but it doesn't let me go to the next step.
I have tried factory resetting/wiping cache & data but nothing does it, I keep getting stuck on the same screen.
I even tried flashing a custom ROM and the stock ROM, but it seems my phone can't read the SD card I insert in it, I don't know why (32GB, works on other devices).
I have CWM Recovery installed so whenever I go to Recovery mode I have the CWM Recovery menu which appears.
Before burying it in my closet, my phone was indeed rooted.
Do you have any idea if there is a way to use this phone again? Thank you!
My Tab S2 T719Y has started acting really weird recently. For some reason, it would stall trying to run any ROM that I flash to it.
I'm not certain if it's a LineageOS problem or something is dead in the tablet.
I can flash (the few available still maintained) ROMs offered on the forums for my specific model.
The flash would go fine and everything seems to boot fine. I can install GApps and all. Not a single error mesage.
Then it gets to the new device setup wizard and then it stalls with a black screen. Or in the case of having GApps installed, I can choose a language and press Start at the start of the setup wizard, but I end up in a "Just a min.." bootloop and the tablet is unable to do anything except go back to the language select startup page.
The tablet seems to be running fine beneath. The touch buttons light up and haptic feedback still works. By double tapping the Back button I can get the system UI to show that it's switching between apps, but leads to another blank screen. By pulling down from the top, I can even pull open the notifications bar and quick settings. And I'm able to switch them on an off fine.
I've even tried flashing old ROMs that I know for a fact would run fine, but those end up in the same dead screen.
I've tried wiping and formatting everything in the tablet: Dalvik, System, Data, Storage, Cache ... all to no avail.
What is going on here? I'm reading in some Reddit threads that there might be some data access problem?
How do I resolve this?
Restore the stock ROM using odin and 4-file firmware and check again. If it is OK, go ahead
Thank you! That miraculously revived the tablet back from the dead.
Game-R said:
Thank you! That miraculously revived the tablet back from the dead.
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Where can I find 4-file firmware.? I tried using Odin to go back to stock 7.0, but the tablet after reboot stops at the Samsung logo. Tried flashing several times and same thing. Help!