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Hi all...
Tommorow my galaxy s will not boot,i did restore hardware settings (volume up+power button + home button) but the phone is not starting at all and when it starts it's showing only the first samsung galaxy s screen. USB does not work either so I cannot connect with keys? Can someone please help, maybe I need to reinstall firmware or something, never had expereiance with android or galaxy s!
Thanx in advance
Have you tried to do the factory reset once more? In case you have and the phone is still not booting, you will probably have to flash a new firmware with re-partition.
Can you please help me with some "how to" flash a new firmware with re-partition ?
Thank you
go here:
http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9000.htm
On this site you can find all the firmwares for Galaxy S. In the bottom you can find Odin (software that will flash the FW to your device) and other needed files, some screenshots and some guides in different languages. If the guides are not sufficient for you, the "flash process" is described in plenty of threads, so you should find it.
As i see there are so many same questions here in Q&A forum.
So why dont we stop this forum from overflood
with the same same questions
and here you tell me what your problems and i will help you
even if you dont have problem and you need a guide or tutorial
i will provide it to you. :fingers-crossed:
Galaxy_Guy said:
As i see there are so many same questions here in Q&A forum.
So why dont we stop this forum from overflood
with the same same questions
and here you tell me what your problems and i will help you
even if you dont have problem and you need a guide or tutorial
i will provide it to you. :fingers-crossed:
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Another question and answer thread inside the mean Q&A Thread?... There are already some thread like this, I think it's not very useful. In my opinion would be better that PEOPLE WOULD READ THE RULES AND WOULD BE FORCED TO USE THE SEARCH BAR
Viper The Ripper said:
Another question and answer thread inside the mean Q&A Thread?... There are already some thread like this, I think it's not very useful. In my opinion would be better that PEOPLE WOULD READ THE RULES AND WOULD BE FORCED TO USE THE SEARCH BAR
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Agree :good:
Viper The Ripper said:
Another question and answer thread inside the mean Q&A Thread?... There are already some thread like this, I think it's not very useful. In my opinion would be better that PEOPLE WOULD READ THE RULES AND WOULD BE FORCED TO USE THE SEARCH BAR
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yeah i thought about this before but noobs keeps creating useless threads for the same questions so it would be better to ask here and im gonna answer
sent from my kitkat ACE
Im starting to think my problem is enique i just excepted the kitkat OTA on my LG G2 vs980 & upon arranging my home screen icons i try to change my theme icons & they there just not there? I have the LG,biz and marshmellow home themes & the icons for them but cant mix & match i downloaded a few of my faviorts & the home theme installs but for example: i cant choose a biz icon on the LG home screen... I cant find this problem effecting anyone else hence no fix or explanation? And im pretty sure my phone lags way more on 4.4.2. Kitkat sux in my opion...
Sent from my VS980 4G using xda app-developers app
galaxy ace rooting troubleshooting
Hi I'm new to this forum so please bear with me .
Tried rooting my galaxy ace s5830, flashing cm 11 and clockwork recovery mode 6 .
Problem is the phone just infinitely reboots to the galaxy s5830 screen.
Tried to go to recovery, the start screen whites out to a blue screen.
I'm not sure where the problem lies and what to do in this situation. Pls help.
rspace said:
Hi I'm new to this forum so please bear with me .
Tried rooting my galaxy ace s5830, flashing cm 11 and clockwork recovery mode 6 .
Problem is the phone just infinitely reboots to the galaxy s5830 screen.
Tried to go to recovery, the start screen whites out to a blue screen.
I'm not sure where the problem lies and what to do in this situation. Pls help.
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CWM 6 is not stable and you can't install anything other than KitKat roms with them. So the first thing you need to do is flash your stock rom back using odin. Here is the link on how to install stock rom using odin along with all firmwares and drivers (go to the "Preparation" section),
Flash stock rom on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 using odin
Once installed, go to recoverymod and do a wipe data/ factory reset & wipe cache (otherwise bootloop might occur). Then restart. Now you have successfully flashed the stock rom. Here is the link for rooting and installing CWM 5 on Samsung Galaxy Ace,
How To Root and Unroot Samsung Galaxy Ace?
CWM 5.0.2.6 fix for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830
If you are still interested in installing Kit Kat rom, then you can use the Kit Kat for all by @Salim El Yabouri which can be flashed from CWM 5. Here is the link,
Kitkat For All
Hope I Helped
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Jake Lessley said:
Im starting to think my problem is enique i just excepted the kitkat OTA on my LG G2 vs980 & upon arranging my home screen icons i try to change my theme icons & they there just not there? I have the LG,biz and marshmellow home themes & the icons for them but cant mix & match i downloaded a few of my faviorts & the home theme installs but for example: i cant choose a biz icon on the LG home screen... I cant find this problem effecting anyone else hence no fix or explanation? And im pretty sure my phone lags way more on 4.4.2. Kitkat sux in my opion...
Sent from my VS980 4G using xda app-developers app
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Wrong device thread buddy. This is Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 Q/A
Fix
My friends ace (S5830), was stuck at samsung logo after flashing a 4.4 ROM, It was able to enter
1. Recovery Mode
2. Download Mode
3. Other mode, which I do not know what its called (Accessed by pressing volume up + volume down + home button + power button)
I tried to flash it in Odin but it gets stuck at SetupConnection, so I tried to flash it with This, but unfortunately, after this, it led to black screen only, no download mode, no recovery mode, only the unknown mode (Accessed via all button press, the third method I have said), which I know that it is working because my laptop detects it. I just wanna ask if it is STILL Fixable by using Odin, Haimdell, or other software (only) available online or will it be only fixed by sending it to Repair Centers, TIA!
Kratellismorru said:
My friends ace (S5830), was stuck at samsung logo after flashing a 4.4 ROM, It was able to enter
1. Recovery Mode
2. Download Mode
3. Other mode, which I do not know what its called (Accessed by pressing volume up + volume down + home button + power button)
I tried to flash it in Odin but it gets stuck at SetupConnection, so I tried to flash it with This, but unfortunately, after this, it led to black screen only, no download mode, no recovery mode, only the unknown mode (Accessed via all button press, the third method I have said), which I know that it is working because my laptop detects it. I just wanna ask if it is STILL Fixable by using Odin, Haimdell, or other software (only) available online or will it be only fixed by sending it to Repair Centers, TIA!
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You usually get the "setup connection" error when you are in the Emergency Download Mode instead of Download Mode. You go to Emergency Download Mode by holding down Volume Up + Volume Down + Home Button + Power Button in which it loads a screen that says "Emergency Download Mode" and you go to Download mode by holding down Volume Down + Home Button + Power Button in which it does load the correct download screen with the yellowish message that say "Downloading…". Please make sure you are going to the Download Mode. Then you installed a rom which was not meant for our device, thus bricking it in the process. The rom was designed for Galaxy Ace S5830i and not for our Galaxy Ace S5830. You have basically hard-bricked you phone and that's why you get the black with no mode accessible. So far none of the hard-bricked users were even able to solve this problem with USB Jig. Better go to Service Center. Here is the link to similar situation,
samsung galaxy ace stucks op reboot
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I recently started getting this message each and every min I use my phone.... it keeps telling me that play stores services has crashed unexpectedly ..........I'm running on cm9 with a partition of 512 mb on the SD card...probably its got nothing to do with it but just for the info...please guys help me out ....tell me what to do.....thanks
Sent from my Ace using XDA developers
Ayushman Sachan said:
I recently started getting this message each and every min I use my phone.... it keeps telling me that play stores services has crashed unexpectedly ..........I'm running on cm9 with a partition of 512 mb on the SD card...probably its got nothing to do with it but just for the info...please guys help me out ....tell me what to do.....thanks
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you get this issue because you partition your sd card and install many apps that the phone ram can't handle
What do I do now?.....uninstall some aaps or something ?
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Ayushman Sachan said:
What do I do now?.....uninstall some aaps or something ?
Sent from my Ace using XDA. developers
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I completely agree with @Salim El Yabouri. Yes, keep only the necessary apps that you need. Uninstall all others. Frankly I always get this message now and then but all apps worked fine even with that message
OK ......thanks
Ayushman Sachan said:
OK ......thanks
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Glad we could help buddy
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Ayushman Sachan said:
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Did you move Google Play Store to you sd-ext partition?
Move it to /data partition or try to dlete all your Play Store's data and uninstall all the updates and then open it again or reflash the gapps again
Ganesh
Hi, My Galaxy ace details.
Android Version 2.2.1,
Baseband Version: S5830DDKC1
Kernel Version:2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected]#1
Build No: FROYO.DDKC1
The issue is I am unable to get into Download Mode, by pressing <Volume Up & Down botton> and <Power Button> for Upgrading to newer version.
When I tried to get into recovery mode, by pressing <home> & <POWER> button simultaneously, I Could not get the usual recovery mode , but, I get the following:
"
Android System Recovery <3e>
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
reboot system now
apply sdcard.update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
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# MANUAL MODE#
--Appling Muti-CSC --
multicsc : src /system/csc/INU/system "
At last I found the correct forum to at least express my problem!! You guys are doing a great Job.:good:
I have already wiped my phone with the above option, (wipe data/factory reset). I just want upgrade to KITKAT, since it is available.
PLEASE HELP ME. AS I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO SUCCEED.
Thanks in advance!!
Ganesh
ganesh2k5 said:
Hi, My Galaxy ace details.
Android Version 2.2.1,
Baseband Version: S5830DDKC1
Kernel Version:2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected]#1
Build No: FROYO.DDKC1
The issue is I am unable to get into Download Mode, by pressing <Volume Up & Down botton> and <Power Button> for Upgrading to newer version.
When I tried to get into recovery mode, by pressing <home> & <POWER> button simultaneously, I Could not get the usual recovery mode , but, I get the following:
"
Android System Recovery <3e>
Samsung Recovery Utils
- for BML -
reboot system now
apply sdcard.update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
-------------------------------------
# MANUAL MODE#
--Appling Muti-CSC --
multicsc : src /system/csc/INU/system "
At last I found the correct forum to at least express my problem!! You guys are doing a great Job.:good:
I have already wiped my phone with the above option, (wipe data/factory reset). I just want upgrade to KITKAT, since it is available.
PLEASE HELP ME. AS I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO SUCCEED.
Thanks in advance!!
Ganesh
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For starter's, the key combination for Download Mode in Ace is Vol Down+ Home+ Power Button and not Vol Up+ Vol Down+ Power button. Here is the link on how to install stock rom using odin along with all firmwares and drivers (check the "Preparations" section),
Flash stock rom on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 using odin
If your PC cannot recognize the phone, its usually the drivers. Once installed, go to recovery mode and do a wipe data/ factory reset & wipe cache (otherwise bootloop might occur). Then restart. Now you have successfully flashed the stock rom. Here is the link for rooting and installing CWM 5 on Samsung Galaxy Ace,
How To Root and Unroot Samsung Galaxy Ace?
CWM 5.0.2.6 fix for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830
If you are interested in installing the CM 11 KitKat rom, then you can try KitKat for all by @Salim El Yabouri which can be installed from CWM 5. While all other KitKat rom requires you to have CWM 6 which is kinda unstable. Here is the link,
Kitkat For All
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Thanks thanks thanks !!!!
mahithm said:
For starter's, the key combination for Download Mode in Ace is Vol Down+ Home+ Power Button and not Vol Up+ Vol Down+ Power button. Here is the link on how to install stock rom using odin along with all firmwares and drivers (check the "Preparations" section),
Flash stock rom on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 using odin
If your PC cannot recognize the phone, its usually the drivers. Once installed, go to recovery mode and do a wipe data/ factory reset & wipe cache (otherwise bootloop might occur). Then restart. Now you have successfully flashed the stock rom. Here is the link for rooting and installing CWM 5 on Samsung Galaxy Ace,
How To Root and Unroot Samsung Galaxy Ace?
CWM 5.0.2.6 fix for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830
If you are interested in installing the CM 11 KitKat rom, then you can try KitKat for all by @Salim El Yabouri which can be installed from CWM 5. While all other KitKat rom requires you to have CWM 6 which is kinda unstable. Here is the link,
Kitkat For All
Hope I Helped
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Hi,
Thanks a Lot!!!
I followed exactly as mentioned above and upgraded/reset to GINGER BREAD.
It was REALLY REALLY usefull.
And now I intend to go for KITKAT.
Thanks again,
and All the best!!!:laugh:
Hello everyone!!! Noob here! So, I'm having a really bad problem... My SGH-T599N (or Samsung Galaxy Exhibit from MetroPCS) has been bricked. Long story short, after finding out nothing works and stumbling upon Odin3 v3.07, I plugged my phone in (in Download Mode) and loaded a [.tar] folder in the[PDA] criteria, pressed start, and all that was shown was...
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Nothing else happened, so I unplugged my phone, pressed power button, but only the Black Screen of Death shows (says "Firmware Upgrade Encountered An Issue. Please Select Recovery Mode In Kies & Try Again"). Now, I downloaded Kies, but the problem with this phone is... THERE IS NO SERIAL NUMBER! I looked on the back in the phone, not there. I looked on the battery, and there it is! But.... It doesn't work (either that or it's not it, though it has "S/N:" and the numbers by it, but it still doesn't work). No now, I'm just in a terrible place. Plus, if I press Down Volume + Home + Power, I can still go into Download Mode, but I still have no idea where to go from here and what to do. Somebody please help me!!!
TerrBear94 said:
Hello everyone!!! Noob here! So, I'm having a really bad problem... My SGH-T599N (or Samsung Galaxy Exhibit from MetroPCS) has been bricked. Long story short, after finding out nothing works and stumbling upon Odin3 v3.07, I plugged my phone in (in Download Mode) and loaded a [.tar] folder in the[PDA] criteria, pressed start, and all that was shown was...
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Nothing else happened, so I unplugged my phone, pressed power button, but only the Black Screen of Death shows (says "Firmware Upgrade Encountered An Issue. Please Select Recovery Mode In Kies & Try Again"). Now, I downloaded Kies, but the problem with this phone is... THERE IS NO SERIAL NUMBER! I looked on the back in the phone, not there. I looked on the battery, and there it is! But.... It doesn't work (either that or it's not it, though it has "S/N:" and the numbers by it, but it still doesn't work). No now, I'm just in a terrible place. Plus, if I press Down Volume + Home + Power, I can still go into Download Mode, but I still have no idea where to go from here and what to do. Somebody please help me!!!
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I will recommend you to search in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/exhibit-4g
You can try and flash a stock firmware via odin, since you are able to get in download mode. Firmwares for your specific phone may be found here: www.sammobile.com
TerrBear94 said:
Hello everyone!!! Noob here! So, I'm having a really bad problem... My SGH-T599N (or Samsung Galaxy Exhibit from MetroPCS) has been bricked. Long story short, after finding out nothing works and stumbling upon Odin3 v3.07, I plugged my phone in (in Download Mode) and loaded a [.tar] folder in the[PDA] criteria, pressed start, and all that was shown was...
View attachment 2946077
Nothing else happened, so I unplugged my phone, pressed power button, but only the Black Screen of Death shows (says "Firmware Upgrade Encountered An Issue. Please Select Recovery Mode In Kies & Try Again"). Now, I downloaded Kies, but the problem with this phone is... THERE IS NO SERIAL NUMBER! I looked on the back in the phone, not there. I looked on the battery, and there it is! But.... It doesn't work (either that or it's not it, though it has "S/N:" and the numbers by it, but it still doesn't work). No now, I'm just in a terrible place. Plus, if I press Down Volume + Home + Power, I can still go into Download Mode, but I still have no idea where to go from here and what to do. Somebody please help me!!!
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Don't know if you still need help but assuming you never replied to the other person's post eh I'm assuming you figured it out. If you didn't though I should first say that the galaxy exhibit 4g and the galaxy exhibit are two different phones. Also the official stock firmware for our phone hasn't been released by samsung for some reason so there's no way to go back to complete stock unless you make a backup. Here's a link for a pre-rooted stock rom though that you can flash through odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489238
Same Problem here but I am not sure how to use ODIN ?
Mr. Clown said:
I will recommend you to search in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/exhibit-4g
You can try and flash a stock firmware via odin, since you are able to get in download mode. Firmwares for your specific phone may be found here: www.sammobile.com
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I am having such a hard time getting My SGH-T599N to activate and I need the stock Rom Because I wiped my Android all ready. It can reach Download and even recovery but I think that it Needs the stock Firmware. I wonder if you have found the Solution yet?
[email protected]......... thank you so much
Wolf.eagle1957 said:
I am having such a hard time getting My SGH-T599N to activate and I need the stock Rom Because I wiped my Android all ready. It can reach Download and even recovery but I think that it Needs the stock Firmware. I wonder if you have found the Solution yet?
[email protected]......... thank you so much
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Have you searched in the links above?
Here is a hacked cm rom for the t-800. I am NOT a dev, or anywhere near one. This rom has some issues that I CANT fix. Camera is rotated 90 degrees, and some other little ones i cant remember. ALL credit goes to @lonespeaker for the boot.img to make the t800 boot, and @eousphoros for his rom for the t-700. Please dont contact me with issues, as i wont be able to fix them. Im just sharing this, as I have had tons of pm asking for it.
You also need to install latest GAPPS
Rom
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwPAGUQCA8FDQVhiVU9GSGwyaVE/view?usp=sharing
BIG thanks to @eousphoros and @lonespeaker
Source code
* CyanogenMod
https://github.com/CyanogenMod
* Device specific repos
https://github.com/eousphoros/androi..._klimtwifi.git
https://github.com/eousphoros/androi...exynos5420.git
https://github.com/eousphoros/androi...exynos5420.gi
Ah thank you for this, looking forward to what the future holds.
Edit: I thought I'll add a list of bugs I've found so users know about them and know that suzook also knows but as said he is not a dev and can't fix them.
So if you can live with the following then download away:
Artifacts with animations - rotation of device animation and recents tab animation. Reduce animations in developer settings to 0.5 to make it hardly noticeable.
Recents button does not work at all, does light up though. Map action to home button long press.
Camera is rotated 90° off. Sometimes FC's
Softkeys do not vibrate, can't find the setting to turn on so assume the feature is missing.
That's all I've found for now.
Still better than touchwiz.
Thank you very much for your work!
I tried it and CM11 installs and boot up very well on my T-800.
Only one issue (besides of the things that are written) I have found is that there is no support for exfat for the external sdcard.
I think CM11 is really possible on the T-800 and T-805.
@suzook:
Have you tried repackaging CM11 from the Tab Pro 10.1 (https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=picassowifi) for the Tab S?
I think if you remap the target partitions in the installer script, it could flash correctly.
Perhaps you could ask @crpalmer for help on this one.
He's maintaining CM11 for the tab pro 10.1 which is quite similar to the tab s.
Dr. Hurt said:
@suzook:
Have you tried repackaging CM11 from the Tab Pro 10.1 (https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=picassowifi) for the Tab S?
I think if you remap the target partitions in the installer script, it could flash correctly.
Perhaps you could ask @crpalmer for help on this one.
He's maintaining CM11 for the tab pro 10.1 which is quite similar to the tab s.
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Yes I have, it works perfectly except camera and ext SD card doesn't mount. If anyone wants, they can download nightly,replace boot.IMG from this ROM, along with the WiFi folder. It boots and works.
What we REALLY need is a custom kernel, as I believe that is our camera issue.
suzook said:
Yes I have, it works perfectly except camera and ext SD card doesn't mount. If anyone wants, they can download nightly,replace boot.IMG from this ROM, along with the WiFi folder. It boots and works.
What we REALLY need is a custom kernel, as I believe that is our camera issue.
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Excellent news... Now we can stay up to date with CM11 upstream since the Tab Pro 10.1 is officially supported by CyanogenMod.
I think this is the start of something big for the Tab S users.
The Tab Pro kernel (boot.img) doesn't work?
Dr. Hurt said:
Excellent news... Now we can stay up to date with CM11 upstream since the Tab Pro 10.1 is officially supported by CyanogenMod.
I think this is the start of something big for the Tab S users.
The Tab Pro kernel (boot.img) doesn't work?
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Well, I didnt try it. Im away from comp. Do you wanna give it a try? Worse case scenario is it wont boot, but you might have to odin back.
suzook said:
Well, I didnt try it. Im away from comp. Do you wanna give it a try? Worse case scenario is it wont boot, but you might have to odin back.
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I also don't have access to a PC right now (vacation) for a few days.
The Tab Pro is using a generic exynos 5420 kernel so it will probably work. And if not, you should still have access to CWM to reflash the T800 kernel back.
I'd still strongly recommend that any testers have a PC with Odin and a stock ROM ready, just in case.
So any volunteers?
Sorry guys, new link up. The link i had was actually the latest nightly for the tab pro. New link up. Cam should be sorta working at 90degrees, and ext card should now be seen.
PS. The device specific repo links are truncated.
I try tomorrow to flash a Tab pro 10.1 nightly on my Tab S 10.5. I trust in a good TWRP Backup.
Edit: directly flashing from cm-11-20141011-NIGHTLY-picassowifi.zip (that's the actual nightly for the Tab pro 10.1) does not work. I get promptly the message "the rom is for picassowifi but this is chagallwifi". So the zip-file must be modified before flashing in any case.
hurray said:
I try tomorrow to flash a Tab pro 10.1 nightly on my Tab S 10.5. I trust in a good TWRP Backup.
Edit: directly flashing from cm-11-20141011-NIGHTLY-picassowifi.zip (that's the actual nightly for the Tab pro 10.1) does not work. I get promptly the message "the rom is for picassowifi but this is chagallwifi". So the zip-file must be modified before flashing in any case.
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I think you'll need to replace the updater-script in the picassowifi.zip\META-INF\com\google\android with the T800 one (from the first post).
You can use 7-zip or winrar for this.
Didn't work for suzook.
Just tried flashin picaaso cm, it doesnt boot. gets stuck at samsung logo. This is why we need a custom kernel.
DO NOT FLASH>>>I HAVE A BRICK>>CANT GET INTO ODIN!
Can you get back into CWM?
Are you trying correctly?
Put tablet into download mode. [Hold power and vol down until text shows, then press vol up]
Dr. Hurt said:
Can you get back into CWM?
Are you trying correctly?
Put tablet into download mode. [Hold power and vol down until text shows, then press vol up]
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Not sure wtf i was thinking flashing a boot.img from another device. As of now im bricked, and cant get into dl mode, so no odin for me. Bummer.
Dr. Hurt said:
Can you get back into CWM?
Are you trying correctly?
Put tablet into download mode. [Hold power and vol down until text shows, then press vol up]
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Not sure wtf i was thinking flashing a boot.img from another device. As of now im bricked, and cant get into dl mode, so no odin for me. Bummer.
any updates?
Got into CWM or Download mode?
Edit:
vol up + vol down + power for 10 seconds = restart
As soon as it restarts quickly press and hold:
vol down + home = download
Dr. Hurt said:
any updates?
Got into CWM or Download mode?
Edit:
vol up + vol down + power for 10 seconds = restart
As soon as it restarts quickly press and hold:
vol down + home = download
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Nope. just stuck at samsung screen, reboot to samsung screen.
Thats very sad and strange..
Download mode, when requested, starts before the kernel is even loaded so this is just strange.
Try some of those things listed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069032
- Connect via USB
- Make sure all USB drivers are installed
- Try different versions of odin
As a last resort, take it to a samsung service centre to get the software restored.
I've had that done once before (a few years back)!!
At my tests I am every time able to enter download mode or reset the Tab via power & vol down (and maybe the home button, but I'm not sure for this) for about 10-20 seconds (it was a very long time...).
Hello
I was testing an auto reboot app in my tablet (cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815) when it rebooted and it got stuck in download mode but as if I had initiated a new upload. No matter what I do, it doesn't reboot to anything else I have tried flashing various stock roms (even MM) ODIN sees it starts to upload but fails I dont know where to get a .PIT file to try and repartition. I have also tried pressing multiple button combinations to no avail Only by pressing Power and Volume down it instantly reboots to the same screen
Any ideas before I have to resort to official service (and be financially skinned)? All help will be greatly appreciated
Thank you
MarketElf said:
Hello
I was testing an auto reboot app in my tablet (cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815) when it rebooted and it got stuck in download mode but as if I had initiated a new upload. No matter what I do, it doesn't reboot to anything else I have tried flashing various stock roms (even MM) ODIN sees it starts to upload but fails I dont know where to get a .PIT file to try and repartition. I have also tried pressing multiple button combinations to no avail Only by pressing Power and Volume down it instantly reboots to the same screen
Any ideas before I have to resort to official service (and be financially skinned)? All help will be greatly appreciated
Thank you
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Remove the USB cable. Press and hold the Home, Vol Down and Power buttons for about ten seconds. The tablet should power off.
lewmur said:
Remove the USB cable. Press and hold the Home, Vol Down and Power buttons for about ten seconds. The tablet should power off.
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It did THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Problem is when I try to power it on, it doesnt boot normally. If I try to reflash a ROM (by pressing Home+Power+Vol) it shuts off (it seems that battery is at or near at 0%?)When I try to charge it, it boots instantly and goes to that screen again Have I bricked it somehow?
Thank you
UPDATE Somehow I managed to get it into "normal" download mode and ODINflash a stock ROM With 4% battery!!!! Anyhow now it seems to work fine When it'll be fully charged I shall make a full control
Any ideas what this incident was? Should I post the incident somewhere for future reference to any who might face the same situation?
Thank you
PS Is, by any chance, there a way to untrip KNOXX counter that I have missed?
MarketElf said:
UPDATE Somehow I managed to get it into "normal" download mode and ODINflash a stock ROM With 4% battery!!!! Anyhow now it seems to work fine When it'll be fully charged I shall make a full control
Any ideas what this incident was? Should I post the incident somewhere for future reference to any who might face the same situation?
Thank you
PS Is, by any chance, there a way to untrip KNOXX counter that I have missed?
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There is a BIG difference between "autoboot" and "autoroot". The app you tried to install attempted to ROOT your tablet. Had you used the Power, Vol Down and Home buttons BEFORE trying to download what were apparently the WRONG ROMs for your tablet, there might not have been a problem. But there is no telling what the cf-autoroot app did. (Except trip your Knoxx flag.)
If flashing the CORRECT stock ROM didn't restore Knoxx, then nothing will. But if you tell Sansung you "accidentally" entered the download mode and didn't know how to get out of it without attempting to download something, then they might honor your warrantee anyway. Just make sure you tell them you WERE NOT trying to root your tablet or install a custom ROM.
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There is a BIG difference between "autoboot" and "autoroot". The app you tried to install attempted to ROOT your tablet. Had you used the Power, Vol Down and Home buttons BEFORE trying to download what were apparently the WRONG ROMs for your tablet, there might not have been a problem. But there is no telling what the cf-autoroot app did. (Except trip your Knoxx flag.)
If flashing the CORRECT stock ROM didn't restore Knoxx, then nothing will. But if you tell Sansung you "accidentally" entered the download mode and didn't know how to get out of it without attempting to download something, then they might honor your warrantee anyway. Just make sure you tell them you WERE NOT trying to root your tablet or install a custom ROM.
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No it did not I had installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=simple.reboot.com Which requires preexisting root And NO I did NOT try the wrong ROMs I might be a noob but NOT THAT much of one
The Download "mode" that this bugger of an app got my S2 in is NOT true download mode after all...
Knox has NOTHING to do with the incident Was tripped when I firstly rooted the tablet some months ago Just asked if there is a way of untripping it that I had missed
Thanks so much for your effort to help, anyway.
PS Tablet now running with rooted MM and everything (but Knox ofc) looks fine
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No it did not I had installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=simple.reboot.com Which requires preexisting root And NO I did NOT try the wrong ROMs I might be a noob but NOT THAT much of one
The Download "mode" that this bugger of an app got my S2 in is NOT true download mode after all...
Knox has NOTHING to do with the incident Was tripped when I firstly rooted the tablet some months ago Just asked if there is a way of untripping it that I had missed
Thanks so much for your effort to help, anyway.
PS Tablet now running with rooted MM and everything (but Knox ofc) looks fine
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Well forgive me for misinterpreting your OP which stated "I was testing an auto reboot app in my tablet (cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815)". That does say "cf-autoroot" doesn't it? My interpretation of that sentence was that the "reboot app" you were "testing" was actually "cf-autoroot". Can you possibly see how someone could make that mistake?
So what actually took place was that you installed an "autoboot" app on your rooted Tab S2, which was rooted via cf-autoroot, and when you tested, using the new autoboot app, it booted to a non-working download mode. When you then tried to flash a legitimate ROM via Odin from this bogus download mode, it simi-bricked you tablet. Is this correct? I have seen this happen when a multi-boot app tries to boot the stock recovery download mode when you have TWRP installed. Stock recovery download mode no longer works once you have flashed TWRP. The Power, Vol-, Home key combination will exit from the non-functional stock download mode.
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Well forgive me for misinterpreting your OP which stated "I was testing an auto reboot app in my tablet (cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815)". That does say "cf-autoroot" doesn't it? My interpretation of that sentence was that the "reboot app" you were "testing" was actually "cf-autoroot". Can you possibly see how someone could make that mistake?
So what actually took place was that you installed an "autoboot" app on your rooted Tab S2, which was rooted via cf-autoroot, and when you tested, using the new autoboot app, it booted to a non-working download mode. When you then tried to flash a legitimate ROM via Odin from this bogus download mode, it simi-bricked you tablet. Is this correct? I have seen this happen when a multi-boot app tries to boot the stock recovery download mode when you have TWRP installed. Stock recovery download mode no longer works once you have flashed TWRP. The Power, Vol-, Home key combination will exit from the non-functional stock download mode.
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Well "cf-autoroot rooted Tab S2 T815" was in brackets and AFTER "my tablet" wasnt it? Anyhow, I can understand misreading, no worries
Pretty much what you describe, yes. Differences: A. I had never installed TWRP B. Still dont know how exactly I managed to get it to "normal" download mode! I had managed to shut it down with the button combo you suggested only to find out that it was almost out of battery Trying to find a way to charge it, it started rebooting even after pressing "your button combo" In the effort to stop that I got in "normal" dnload mode again Without losing a second flashed the first stock ROM I've found on my HD and, voila, it was up and running After I had it charged I flashed MM(it's blazing fast Way faster than Lolli) and rooted it with cf-autoroot Everything seems to go smoothly now
I'd like to come to the bottom of this and post problem and solution to the appropriate thread as I havent found any other references and it might occur to somebody else (that app has over 100K of downloads)
I thank you once more
Most of what I've read was user error.
You obviously selected to boot to download mode from the app.
Nothing wrong with that as that is exactly what it did. Nothing bogus about it.
The problem started when you panicked and ended up half flashing something with a flat battery.
All you really needed to do was hold POWER + VOL DOWN to exit down load mode.
You would have rebooted just fine. Your OS would have still been intact.
You eventually got to 'Real' (as you call it) download mode by pressing the right button combo after at least getting some charge in the device.