My note was working fine on a stock rooted 4.1.2 rom and root kernel with Philz touch 5 recovery until this morning it suddenly froze. I left it for a minute to see if it would do anything, but it stayed frozen. I took the battery out and put it back in. It showed the boot logo, moved onto the "Samsung" animated screen but then froze right at the end of this screen, and started booting again and continued to do this forever.
I've tried formatting everything and flashing new kernels and roms in the recovery to no avail.
I can still boot into download mode and recovery fortunately.
I don't need root or anything, I just want a working phone as fast as possible. I don't need to keep any of my files either.
Any ideas on what I can do?
Cheers
Try clearing cache and dalvik cache first, this will preserve all your data. If that doesn't work, do a factory wipe from recovery, this will however result in all your data being lost. Of it still doesn't work, then I suggest a full reflash of a stock ROM using Odin.
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If i am correct u should br on a loop.... saved myself from that by:
1)install odin in ur pc
2)put ur phone in download mode (power+volume down+home)
3)press volume up
4)once animation comes up connect ur phone to odin.it will automatically detect ur device.
5)put the proper kernels or md5 files in the correct colums
6) follow wat odin sez after that. Ur device wud be working fine
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Atomix86 said:
Try clearing cache and dalvik cache first, this will preserve all your data. If that doesn't work, do a factory wipe from recovery, this will however result in all your data being lost. Of it still doesn't work, then I suggest a full reflash of a stock ROM using Odin.
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Thanks for the reply; unfortunately already tried AOTA to no avail
I suspect that the issue is to do with bad blocks in my phone's flash memory, it always fails right at the same place on "hidden.img".
I could try partitioning the memory so that it ignores the bad blocks in that area, but I'm not that good at that stuff
Does anyone have a PIT file for this please?
Cheers,
Luke
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I was trying to create a screen brightness widget using tasker and i accidentally turned the screen brightness to 0 (with the safety off).
now my screen is black and I can't see anything. i tried to wipe it clean from the manual load page but that didn't help. the phone now turns on but just goes black once its loaded up i guess.
i can't see anything and don't know what to do...uh oh!
anyone have any advice?
try to get it in 3 button recovery mode blindly.. if it works you can tell when you run odin and plug in.. you will see it show connected then you can reflash fw
sorry, should have stated that i'm a total android noob. please go slow
i can get into recovery mode, where there are 4 options in a list. reboot, apply sd:update.zip, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition.
i can also get into download mode (hold vol down -> plug in usb).
doing some reading around here, i downloaded a zip with odin and the GT-i9000....md5 file. i extracted the files, loaded odin, loaded the .md5 file and .pit file. then i turned my phone on in download mode, but Odin does not recognize my phone.
btw, i'm on a mac, running odin in vmware (not sure if that's a problem)
Of u can get into recovery try factory data reset.
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Of u can get into recovery try factory data reset.
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tried this. doesn't work. just goes black again as soon as it loads up.
I'm so embarrassed to post this, but there we go.
CWM installed following the tutorial for the P920 using the 3D ROM MANAGER (rooted by superoneclick). Apparently installed successfully, but when trying to install the mod's ROMs (King_3d, and ThiaiZ KINGDROID), all of them will not boot completely and then turn off your device as you pressed the power button.
Trying to see what could be wrong, I saw on the back label that my device it's a P925. I was stupid and not able to make the backup old ROM.
I just killed my phone or there is still way out of it?
PS: I tried to run this rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1270832 but this also does not boot completely, and the device shutting down.
Maybe a problem with the CWR?
Ratzenberger said:
I'm so embarrassed to post this, but there we go.
CWM installed following the tutorial for the P920 using the 3D ROM MANAGER (rooted by superoneclick). Apparently installed successfully, but when trying to install the mod's ROMs (King_3d, and ThiaiZ KINGDROID), all of them will not boot completely and then turn off your device as you pressed the power button.
Trying to see what could be wrong, I saw on the back label that my device it's a P925. I was stupid and not able to make the backup old ROM.
I just killed my phone or there is still way out of it?
PS: I tried to run this rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1270832 but this also does not boot completely, and the device shutting down.
Maybe a problem with the CWR?
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Just follow these directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257588
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Just follow these directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257588
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Thanks, but i have no system running on phone to do this. I´m stuck on CWR with no rom.
How much battery do you have left? You should be able to boot completely with O3D ROMs, and for sure with the stock Thrill ROM. Also, are you doing a data wipe before hand?
If you can get into recovery, which sounds like you can, no need to reflash the recovery. As well, a boot loop usually means failure to wipe properly or wrong kernel (but that doesn't apply here at all).
pjcforpres said:
How much battery do you have left? You should be able to boot completely with O3D ROMs, and for sure with the stock Thrill ROM. Also, are you doing a data wipe before hand?
If you can get into recovery, which sounds like you can, no need to reflash the recovery. As well, a boot loop usually means failure to wipe properly or wrong kernel (but that doesn't apply here at all).
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Battery it´s full! All attempts i wape the cache , data & factory, and dalvik too.
Without success, the phone keeps Shutting Down after booting the ROM's. (I can see "reading sd card" on the top bar before shutting down screen.
Thank you in advance for the assistance.
Ratzenberger said:
Battery it´s full! All attempts i wape the cache , data & factory, and dalvik too.
Without success, the phone keeps Shutting Down after booting the ROM's. (I can see "reading sd card" on the top bar before shutting down screen.
Thank you in advance for the assistance.
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Wait so you're actually able to boot into the operating system and then it just shuts off? Or does it reboot back to the boot screen? If its shutting off That sounds like something is wrong with the phone itself.
Try to redownload a fresh copy of the rom and push it to your SD card (check the md5 sums to be sure its right. If its not posted ask the dev to put it up). Boot into clockworkmod and go to mounts and storage. From there format /system /data and /cache. Now install the rom and reboot.
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Wait so you're actually able to boot into the operating system and then it just shuts off? Or does it reboot back to the boot screen? If its shutting off That sounds like something is wrong with the phone itself.
Try to redownload a fresh copy of the rom and push it to your SD card (check the md5 sums to be sure its right. If its not posted ask the dev to put it up). Boot into clockworkmod and go to mounts and storage. From there format /system /data and /cache. Now install the rom and reboot.
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Thanks to help-me again
I followed exactly as you instructed. Now with the ROM ThiaiZ again without success. Booting ROM (Break Dancing Droid) and then Power off
Shutting Down Screen
Ratzenberger said:
Thanks to help-me again
I followed exactly as you instructed. Now with the ROM ThiaiZ again without success. Booting ROM (Break Dancing Droid) and then Power off
Shutting Down Screen
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There's no reason for the phone to shut off like that. Even if you are getting bad rom flashes. Unless..
I gotta ask...is the battery charged? You can lose a lot of battery being in recovery and going through reboots. It could actually be that the battery is not charged or is defective. Try charging and/or replacing the battery.
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There's no reason for the phone to shut off like that. Even if you are getting bad rom flashes. Unless..
I gotta ask...is the battery charged? You can lose a lot of battery being in recovery and going through reboots. It could actually be that the battery is not charged or is defective. Try charging and/or replacing the battery.
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I have good news! Or bad news too. I just decided to turn on the device with the USB cable plugged in and booted it as well. He is not holding battery charge, consisting as 0% of charged. I tested another battery from a friend and did the same thing. If I unplug the USB cable the device shutting off immediately. It may be a software problem or a hardware problem coincidentally?
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I have good news! Or bad news too. I just decided to turn on the device with the USB cable plugged in and booted it as well. He is not holding battery charge, consisting as 0% of charged. I tested another battery from a friend and did the same thing. If I unplug the USB cable the device shutting off immediately. It may be a software problem or a hardware problem coincidentally?
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Edit: it appears they're having the same problem over in the O3D forums. Try restoring the stock firmware and stock recovery. I would also try formatting all your partitions individually (you will lose data so backup first).
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Edit: it appears they're having the same problem over in the O3D forums. Try restoring the stock firmware and stock recovery. I would also try formatting all your partitions individually (you will lose data so backup first).
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I set my phone for Stock & Recovery firm, unrooted. Nothing doing! I give up, nobody knows how to solve this problem. I'm totally frustrated with it.
For starters allow me to say I am totally new to Android and it took me like a week to get everything on my phone working properly (Root, clockwork mod etc.) plus I am not very computer savvy so I dont even know what half of the stuff I did means so sorry If i am asking what seems like stupid questions and I thank you for your assistance.
My phone was going nutty for a while, resetting out of no where, ringing but no option to answer the phone etc. So what I did was reset to factory and was going to just deal with re installing all of my items. Well after obviously doing something I should not have, my phone is no longer functioning properly at all and is stuck in some sort of loop.
When i reboot into recovery mode (vol up+home+power) I get Hyperdroid RedPill Recovery mode, but no files to get the phone started on the phone or the external sd. (is there a zip that I can just put on my card to get the phone back to normal?)
There is nothing to restore or install present at the moment.
When i do vol down i just get this cycle of it seemingly trying to load the firmware I had before I screwed up my phone * photo
I have searched for my exact issue on here but have only seen bits and pieces so not wanting to go ahead with a suggestion and it not be applicable to my phone in its entirety so that is why I am asking here specifically. (been to countless unbrick threads but not sure what my situation is exactly)
Thank you for any help
Flash stock gb rom.
All instruction you can find from post#2 of thread linked to 1st line on my signature.
After successful install, wipe cache and data from recovery.
PS: don't flash ics rom, just gb rom post #2 on said thread is for gb rom only.
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dr.ketan said:
Flash stock gb rom.
All instruction you can find from post#2 of thread linked to 1st line on my signature.
After successful install, wipe cache and data from recovery.
PS: don't flash ics rom, just gb rom post #2 on said thread is for gb rom only.
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How can I tell which PDA version i have since I cannot access any of the phones details?
You can flash any stock rom
Select any rom from list in post #2
I recommend India KL3, though it's not must.
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I think your on AbyssNote kernel that's why you have that hyperdroid red pill recovery... now if you can, try to see if you can download a stock GB ROM in ZIP format and and see if you can save it on your external sd card.. boot back to red pill recovery and see if you can flash the stock GB from there.
letters_to_cleo said:
I think your on AbyssNote kernel that's why you have that hyperdroid red pill recovery... now if you can, try to see if you can download a stock GB ROM in ZIP format and and see if you can save it on your external sd card.. boot back to red pill recovery and see if you can flash the stock GB from there.
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I dont get you, how you can flash stock gb rom from recovery?
He's able to put in Download mode(picture suggest) , why not odin?
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I dont get you, how you can flash stock gb rom from recovery?
He's able to put in Download mode(picture suggest) , why not odin?
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This is doing my head in
I get the red FAIL box and it said "can't open the serial (COM) port."
Is there any other way to do this, maybe on my macbook, i am doing it on my wifes pc but with no luck.
I just want my phone to work again
Never thought a reset would cause such chaos.
**In your instructions it reads "Choose continue on the phone, Now ID:COM box shud turn yellow (see Image)"
I do not get an option to do anything on the phone once i have done the power on,vol down.
I press vol up, then get into odin mode and thats it, i press start on Odin on the PC and then get a FAIL message (3rd time now)
Another day of my HTC TP2 is not something I look forward to tomorrow.
Thanks for any suggestions
johseph said:
This is doing my head in
I get the red FAIL box and it said "can't open the serial (COM) port."
Is there any other way to do this, maybe on my macbook, i am doing it on my wifes pc but with no luck.
I just want my phone to work again
Never thought a reset would cause such chaos.
**In your instructions it reads "Choose continue on the phone, Now ID:COM box shud turn yellow (see Image)"
I do not get an option to do anything on the phone once i have done the power on,vol down.
I press vol up, then get into odin mode and thats it, i press start on Odin on the PC and then get a FAIL message (3rd time now)
Another day of my HTC TP2 is not something I look forward to tomorrow.
Thanks for any suggestions
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Do u have Samsung usb driver install?
Do u close kies app?
If both is yes, try to move to other usb port.
If still cannot, try to install the Samsung usb driver.
Good luck!
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dr.ketan said:
Flash stock gb rom.
All instruction you can find from post#2 of thread linked to 1st line on my signature.
After successful install, wipe cache and data from recovery.
PS: don't flash ics rom, just gb rom post #2 on said thread is for gb rom only.
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Ok not sure if i am correct, but I have wiped the cache, and the only wipe data option is
WIPE DATE/FACTORY RESET.
Is this what I want?
I think this is what messed me up the last time.
Almost there, thanks for your help.
Yes that is wipe data/factory reset
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Yes that is wipe data/factory reset
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Thanks guys, another tragedy averted !!!
***Is there any way to get my google backup items put back onto the phone or am i just starting all over from brand new?'
***One last question then this issue is put to bed, is my phone still rooted or am i starting over there as well?
Cheers
I was installing the DA Statusbar mod. Before I did that I back up my phone using CWM and Titanium Backup.
installed with no problems, I then rebooted. Home screen froze for a second and then showed me that my system.ui crashed. It kept doing that for a good 5 minutes. I decided to go back into CWM and restore my last saved state. I recieved an error installing the back ups (I have made 5 so far).
Now I don't really know what to do. I know I have to basically start from the beginning via flashing stock rom on odin. But how would I go about doing that? I can't seem to find the thread that explains this. =/
Thanks in advanced
SOLUTION HERE
You need to be much more specific. What's your recovery version? How did you backup/restore? Have you done this before? What's the error?
Use the unified tool kit to flash the stock rom.
I strangely cannot find a thread for the 9305 for stock roms =\
The stock firmware can be found on sammobile
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To shorten the question and answers... If you could still boot to Download mode.
Flash your stock original firmware trhu Odin on your pc or download an exact model for your phone in SamMobile. From there you start a new... Root then re flash the cwm and so on...
If I understand this right you can boot to cwm and you can boot into the phone but the systemui fcs.
You can do a couple things here without having to reflash anything through odin. If you have your original systemui on the phone somewhere you can try and navigate to it with a root explorer then copy it into your system/app reboot and it should be as before, this can be tricky with constant fc's.
If you have a zip which has a systemui in it you can flash that in cwm and should fix the problem.
If you have a custom rom on your phone you can boot into cwm and flash it.
The fact that you have access to cwm and the phone boots but the systemui constantly fc's making the phone unusable means you have more options and quicker ways to get your phone working then going back to scratch and flashing a rom through odin
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Solution.
Basically I got stuck at the samsung boot logo for ages.
I am running CWM v5.5.0.4. I have done this before, sorry I wasn't specific, I was trying to multitask. I've attached a screenshot of my phone info for everyone to see.
1. I wiped data/factory reset.
2. Wiped cache partition.
3. Wiped Dalvik Cache
4. Battery Stats
Rebooted, still no luck.
I went into Download mode.
Opened Odin.
Downloaded " Param_Bin_I9305.zip - 612.14 KB" located in this post
Followed the instructions in that post.
rebooted.
Thought it didn't work but my capacitive buttons lit up. SUCCESS!
Saw my homescreen, I thought I would have needed to root again but I managed to get into CWM after rebooting.
I downloaded root checker....I saw that I still had root access.
Installed Pandoriam v6.
Now I am back to normal.
My CWM backup didn't save me, I don't really know why. Maybe I was using it wrong? The thing is It's worked with me in the past, but not on this device.
Is there anyone that could shed light on that issue? I'll try and back it up again. Do I need to repeat the backup more than a few times to register it to the device?
Not sure if this is the right place or not but seems to be a similar situation.
I have a month old S3 LTE that came with 4.1.2 . It has not been rooted or had anything done to it at all.
I found a thread that shows you how to unlock it but was not getting the final option . This I understood was because some of these phones needed to be downgraded .
I saw a procedure using odin and looked for a similar rom on Sammobile but could not see any for Orange UK so picked a random 4.1.1 Rom and flashed it.
This left me with a glowing Samsung boot screen so I tried another ROM and another ROM and finally when giving up choose a current 4.1.2 Rom for EE but that too is stuck at the same place.
Can you help me work out where I am or have been going wrong please?
The Phone is from Orange UK ( EE ) but there was no branding on it .
i also neglected to note the Rom that was on it
if you read the guides you will find out that you need to factory reset after flashing
Unfortunately as the phone is sitting at a glowing Samsung logo, I cannot factory reset. In fact I cannot do anything except keep throwing Roms at it, unless you have any other suggestions?
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You can't get into recovery by pressing volume up, power and home?
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did you try pulling your battery then trying recovery mode?
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thx natthewife
Pulled the battery . held volume up and home and dropped the battery in . Straight into recovery . ! All done now . Can hand over to my son so he can scratch it up drop it down the toilet or lose it on the bus . !
thx again
Hey guys.
I got here a Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 (without i) and this phone doesn't turn on. Sometimes I'm getting into the "Emergency dload mode" but the usual download mode or recovery doesn't work. In december 2012 i flashed CM7 on this phone, after that I did nothing which could brick the phone. If I'm trying to plug it into my computer to odin that device the computer doesn't recognize the phone ("USB-Device not recognized", so it's not a driver problem, the whole device isn't recognized). If I turn the phone into that emergency dload mode by pressing volume+home+power this mode disappears after a few seconds, sometimes after 3, sometimes after 6, sometimes after 10 seconds. Can it be the battery? I already charged the phone half an hour. Do you think I can reanimate that phone? Or you think i need to jtag it?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Hi skayable,
You could read this hubix's tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
Good luck.
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But my Problem is that neither Odin nor my Computer recognizes the phone. I am not getting into download mode. Only in the emergency download mode which is not flashable with Odin.
But thanks anyway. I think that phone is dead.
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skayable said:
But my Problem is that neither Odin nor my Computer recognizes the phone. I am not getting into download mode. Only in the emergency download mode which is not flashable with Odin.
But thanks anyway. I think that phone is dead.
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Hi skayable,
You could try installing the drivers, again, just in case.
Good luck.
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Did you take the battery out before pressing all the buttons? I've bricked mine a few times now (noob) and have managed to get a connection with Odin each time. Sometimes takes a few attempts, poss to do with my hands being too small to hold all buttons and put battery back in. One time, Odin took several minutes to find the device.
It's probably not a good idea to be using a flat battery. And do try re-installing the Windows standard drivers. Don't give up! If a noob can do it ...
So I sent that phone in service. They said, that the software was modified and the warranty is void. I said, they shouldn't repair it and send it right back. When I got the phone back, it worked! They flashed a new bootloader, found out that it's rooted and sent me back. Good method to get it repaired
That's so funny.
Help with my galaxy ace bricked
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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In case of bootloop use odin and flash a stock rom.
Galaxy Ace 2 18160
Hi,
My son had this phone and rooted it, bricked it and dumped it. I would like to see if I can make it work again. It is hard bricked so the three button combo doesn't work. Can this be phone get working again?