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Today i woke up to the new Update for the vibrant. So of course i tried to update it. My phone is rooted if that makes a difference running everything else stock though. I did the one click root or whatever it was. Well i clicked update and sat my phone down as i got ready. Come back its at the boot screen where it says Vibrant and Samsung in white. I figured it was just loading the new files and just taking a little long. Well by the time i got to school it was still like that so i removed the battery so it would not overheat. Replaced the battery booted up and stalled on boot screen again. This time it made the opening music but never transitioned screens. So i took battery out replaced it and went into clockwork and did a nandroid. Reset it same thing happened. Tried that with three of my backups of previous dates. all failed. so i decided to wipe all data of the phone or factory reset. still stuck at boot screen.
If anyone can help me it would be much appreciated. if you need any other information just let me know.
same thing here. i've done all those steps. when i get home, im going to try and update the JI6 update through ODIN. i'll let you know what happens.
Common problem, easy solution..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803492
Running AT&T Dell Streak, 1.6 6601. Being slightly irritated with the lack of updates by ATT, i downloaded QDL and went through the walk-through. Everything seemed to go smoothly. However, on reboot after the QDL tool was complete I've frozen on swirling dell screen. Anyone hit this snag? Possible bad img? Currently running QDL tool 2.7.4.8; anyone had success on a previous version? I've ran the QDL tool more times than i care to admit. I apologize if this has already been addressed but I've read so many threads on so many boards I need to walk away from the computer for a while.
I have also tried a factory reset (via volume key boot and and clockworkmod) neither of which worked (another problem for another thread). Any help or guidance would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Zac
keenercoug said:
Running AT&T Dell Streak, 1.6 6601. Being slightly irritated with the lack of updates by ATT, i downloaded QDL and went through the walk-through. Everything seemed to go smoothly. However, on reboot after the QDL tool was complete I've frozen on swirling dell screen. Anyone hit this snag? Possible bad img? Currently running QDL tool 2.7.4.8; anyone had success on a previous version? I've ran the QDL tool more times than i care to admit. I apologize if this has already been addressed but I've read so many threads on so many boards I need to walk away from the computer for a while.
I have also tried a factory reset (via volume key boot and and clockworkmod) neither of which worked (another problem for another thread). Any help or guidance would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Zac
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My first thought is a bad download of QDL Tool.. I would delete the version and folder you have, re-download and attempt once again. Make sure you leave the battery out of your streak one min. prior to plugging it into the computer. Then once it it recognized by QDL, run, once finished unplug the phone and allow it to reboot. If still no go, please let me/us know. Good Luck
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My first thought is a bad download of QDL Tool.. I would delete the version and folder you have, re-download and attempt once again. Make sure you leave the battery out of your streak one min. prior to plugging it into the computer. Then once it it recognized by QDL, run, once finished unplug the phone and allow it to reboot. If still no go, please let me/us know. Good Luck
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Thanks for the response. Gave it a shot and still frozen. A quick question, for any programmer who knows this system, what is it trying to load at the spinning dell screen? Is it loading the boot.img? I thought about trying to just flash that via fastboot after running the QDL tool. Bad idea? Second question, anyone know where to find an older version of the QDL tool? Basic forum and web searches have lead me nowhere.
Last question, if for some reason the streak is fubar, would returning this to best buy with some jacked up version of 2.2 and clockworkmod on the phone void its warranty?
I really appreciate any response. Cheers.
try a factory reset in the 1st menu in recovery (don't go in clockwork). The factory reset within clockwork is broken - doen't work correctly. This will hopefully fix it.
Kohawk09 said:
try a factory reset in the 1st menu in recovery (don't go in clockwork). The factory reset within clockwork is broken - doen't work correctly. This will hopefully fix it.
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That was my first reaction. I tried the factory reset via volume key reboot. it flashes to the white screen stating the factory reset but it reboots to the frozen loop... i think shes s.o.l... I believe something has to be corrupt. Its an odd issue. Is there a way to factory reset via fastboot?
Thanks again
i'd go to webchat.freenode.net channel: #dellstreak to see if you can snag a copy of the lower level version of the QDLTool. If fixes corrupt firmware, which you may have if the factory reset is giving you issues. Just explain your issue and someone is usually in there and can help.
I updated the Flyer through the system menu. It was a small file that downloaded. When it restarted it got stuck in a boot loop where the you would get the white screen with green HTC lettering. It would do the jingle then reboot. Called tech support. They had me do a factory reset. Fixed it. 9 days later. I restarted the tablet and got the same problem. Did another factory reset. Fixed it. Called HTC. They said they can't do anything unless I send them the tablet while it is stuck in boot loop.
It is not rooted. I haven't done anything special with it. Anybody have any clue what might be going on or how I can prevent it from happening again? Or know any apps that could help me figure out what is happening?
Thanks!
Turn on usb debugging and leave it on, then use adb to connect when it goes into a loop and grab the output from logcat. We will probably be able to help you if you can do that.
I had the same thing happen to me yesterday, only the rep said there was nothing to do to fix it. They said it was a known bug. I was able to do a factory reset by plugging in the usb adapter and then power + down vol. Without the adapter, it would continue to reboot even after a factory reset. So far it has worked. I was surprised that the rep did not have me even try anything to solve the problem, but hey.
I had the same problem before updating to Globatron's HC leak. Seemed to happen after rebooting, (almost every time. Got to the point that I decided to never turn it off again) and a factory reset was the only solution. Since HC, the problem hasn't happened once.
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I had the same problem after the 2.27 update(Never happened before the update.) It would just be random, not all the time (only after a restart, I would always cross my fingers and rub my rabbits foot.) I got into a habit of Nandroid Backing up the device at least once a week, as the problem would occur more than once a month.
I just upgraded to HC a couple of days ago, I have yet to have it happen.
Thanks for the suggestions and sharing. It's good to know I'm not the only one with this issue. I am really tempted to root and go to Honeycomb now. I was trying to keep everything stock until HTC moved it to Honeycomb. If HTC could write software that didn't screw me over, I would be more than happy to be patient for the official update.
Hi
I have a similar issue. I rolled back the device from HC to GB stock rom and I am on the last updated GB stock rom. It is just randomly restarts and I cannot see the reason why? Sometimes after a day or 2. Before this started the sense was randomly freezing and I couldnt do anything just restart. I got taskiller on and this looks like sort out the freezing issue I have over 300 mb memory free most of the time but I have this random restart now.
Is there any way I can diagnose or check in a log file what is the reason for these random restarts?
thx
shadow78 said:
Hi
I have a similar issue. I rolled back the device from HC to GB stock rom and I am on the last updated GB stock rom. It is just randomly restarts and I cannot see the reason why? Sometimes after a day or 2. Before this started the sense was randomly freezing and I couldnt do anything just restart. I got taskiller on and this looks like sort out the freezing issue I have over 300 mb memory free most of the time but I have this random restart now.
Is there any way I can diagnose or check in a log file what is the reason for these random restarts?
thx
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Yes, like globatron mentioned in the second post, turn usb debugging on (in settings - applications - development) and leave it on until you encounter another bootloop. While the device is bootlooping connect it to your pc and use adb logcat. If you can post the output here someone might be able to help.
Sent from my HTC Flyer.
Hi there,
sorry for using this old thread, but I am having the same problem with my Flyer running Android 2.3.4.
Today I've done nothing with it, just let the battery drain, to make a full recharge. Want to restart it, and: Bootloop. This f*ing melody drives me crazy already!
I've connected it to my laptop, creating a logcat-file. I will edit this post if its ready.
But I am wondering why this happens. There wasn't an update (even if if there whould be: I am rooted, so I couldn't install) and in my opinion I've done nothing special since the last reboot a few days ago.
I've done a backup via CWM, but don't want to perform a Factory Reset because the last backup is... already a few months ago.
... How long does it need to create the logcat-File? I wrote this whole text while he is still writing...
Edit: Haha. It will never end. Have created a 42MB .txt-File.
I've shorten it, until the first repeat of a row. But it is still to long for insertig here, it is attached.
Edit 2: Is there an Option to perfom a backup via adb? "adb backup" doesn't work with Android 2.3, And I haven't found a solution for "adb pull" to copy a complete partition.
Hello, This is my first Post on XDA so please help me to familiarize myself with rules and procedures and I apologize if I break any in any way.
Okay, So My phone (SM-G900T) is about 5 months old. I bought it in August, Without insurance (Terrible Idea), and now it is having problems. In the amount of time I've had it, I rooted it in mid to late September and used only an app called Xmod for a game. I then started using greenify, solid explorer and eventually used Xposed installer to try a few Xposed modules. Specifically I used, the YouTube adaway, Rich Pandora notification and that's about it. I also later installed Samsung Tools to backup my IMEI and important partitions.
A few days ago my phone randomly rebooted in the middle of a YouTube video so I let it reboot, but it rebooted again, and again, and again. I pulled the battery and turned it back on but the same problem persisted. I couldn't do anything to fix it so I just decided to factory reset the device through the stock recovery. Also, I did not install any custom roms or anything either. The factory reset did nothing. Now when I was in setup, everything force closed, froze and rebooted, repeatedly. So I found the original firmware that my phone came with and flashed it to my phone through Odin because I literally had no hope of what to do anymore. The problem lessened so I didn't install all my apps and overload the device as it would reboot when the RAM would get pretty full or too many things were running simultaneously in the background or foreground. The problem got a little worse so I factory reset one more time and it lessened again but now it came back and factory Resetting isn't lessening the problem. Now it just force closes a bunch of stuff and freezes and reboots into a bootloop midway through initial setup. I am desperate at this point right now and I need help from you guys. I don't have warranty because I rooted and I made the Extremely stupid decision of not getting insurance. So please can anyone help me out? I will be eternally grateful if you can help me turn this $609 brick into a phone again.
I will try to check this thread daily, but I go to school and I may not respond immediately, so please understand.
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Hello, This is my first Post on XDA so please help me to familiarize myself with rules and procedures and I apologize if I break any in any way.
Okay, So My phone (SM-G900T) is about 5 months old. I bought it in August, Without insurance (Terrible Idea), and now it is having problems. In the amount of time I've had it, I rooted it in mid to late September and used only an app called Xmod for a game. I then started using greenify, solid explorer and eventually used Xposed installer to try a few Xposed modules. Specifically I used, the YouTube adaway, Rich Pandora notification and that's about it. I also later installed Samsung Tools to backup my IMEI and important partitions.
A few days ago my phone randomly rebooted in the middle of a YouTube video so I let it reboot, but it rebooted again, and again, and again. I pulled the battery and turned it back on but the same problem persisted. I couldn't do anything to fix it so I just decided to factory reset the device through the stock recovery. Also, I did not install any custom roms or anything either. The factory reset did nothing. Now when I was in setup, everything force closed, froze and rebooted, repeatedly. So I found the original firmware that my phone came with and flashed it to my phone through Odin because I literally had no hope of what to do anymore. The problem lessened so I didn't install all my apps and overload the device as it would reboot when the RAM would get pretty full or too many things were running simultaneously in the background or foreground. The problem got a little worse so I factory reset one more time and it lessened again but now it came back and factory Resetting isn't lessening the problem. Now it just force closes a bunch of stuff and freezes and reboots into a bootloop midway through initial setup. I am desperate at this point right now and I need help from you guys. I don't have warranty because I rooted and I made the Extremely stupid decision of not getting insurance. So please can anyone help me out? I will be eternally grateful if you can help me turn this $609 brick into a phone again.
I will try to check this thread daily, but I go to school and I may not respond immediately, so please understand.
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Do you have SD card installed? If you do try taking it out and leave out or replace with another SdCard. Then flash the original stock firmware as you said you did before through (odin!) Then if that dont work try kias3 and use the emergency firmware recovery tool. Before you do any of this make sure you factory reset through stock recovery if possible.
Sent from my SM-G900T?
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Have you tried this tool? I had the same issue with my phone and reinstalled firmware and stock recovery through this tool and it stopped. If none of these tips work id say your phone may be borked or have faulty hardware. Take a look here as welll. Hope you can get your phone back to normal. I can understand what you're going through, like i said i had same issue with mine and mine has seems to be fine as of now. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2721146 . GOOD LUCK
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Do you have SD card installed? If you do try taking it out and leave out or replace with another SdCard. Then flash the original stock firmware as you said you did before through (odin!) Then if that dont work try kias3 and use the emergency firmware recovery tool. Before you do any of this make sure you factory reset through stock recovery if possible.
Sent from my SM-G900T?
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Have you tried this tool? I had the same issue with my phone and reinstalled firmware and stock recovery through this tool and it stopped. If none of these tips work id say your phone may be borked or have faulty hardware. Take a look here as welll. Hope you can get your phone back to normal. I can understand what you're going through, like i said i had same issue with mine and mine has seems to be fine as of now. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2721146 . GOOD LUCK
Sent from my SM-G900T ?
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Okay, so I'm resetting it back to stock firmware through Odin as we speak. And yes, I had an SD card and have already taken it out and left it out and reset but still the problem has persisted, I will definitely try the solution you just mentioned, here I go. And thank you for replying...
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Hold on, which do you want me to try first? kias3(can you please link it if possible) with emergency firmware recovery tool? OR the Unified Android Toolkit?
Also... I don't exactly know how to use the toolkit, can you verify the steps to take to use the toolkit properly if I should use this solution? I'm sorry but I'm not very advanced at Android development, just intermediately experienced I suppose...
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Okay, so I'm resetting it back to stock firmware through Odin as we speak. And yes, I had an SD card and have already taken it out and left it out and reset but still the problem has persisted, I will definitely try the solution you just mentioned, here I go. And thank you for replying...
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Hold on, which do you want me to try first? kias3(can you please link it if possible) with emergency firmware recovery tool? OR the Unified Android Toolkit?
Also... I don't exactly know how to use the toolkit, can you verify the steps to take to use the toolkit properly if I should use this solution? I'm sorry but I'm not very advanced at Android development, just intermediately experienced I suppose...
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Try kies first that dont work try toolkit. Just Google how to use the toolkit it's pretty self explanatory but I don't think you'll need to use the tool kit anyways. http://www.sammobile.com/kies/
HOW TO USE RECOVERY TOOL IN KIES
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153&page=4
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Try kies first that dont work try toolkit. Just Google how to use the toolkit it's pretty self explanatory but I don't think you'll need to use the tool kit anyways. http://www.sammobile.com/kies/
HOW TO USE RECOVERY TOOL IN KIES
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153&page=4
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okay, I tried resetting it using Kies3 but the device was not recognized so I had to find a different way because the guide on how to use Kies advised using Odin if Kies didn't recognize your phone. I don't have a code either, So I tried reflashing the stock firmware through Odin and it started up, froze and went into what I presume to be a bootloop as it is stuck on the T-Mobile splash screen with the notification light pulsing continuously. Did I also mention where my phone says Knox warranty void 0x1 there is another statement that says "Counter: 4" or something like that, while I am in download mode, does this have any significance? but yeah, other that Kies and Odin, I'm not sure if the android toolkit will help, because it's basically doing that same thing as I am with Odin, just more automated... Or am I wrong?
but as far as I know, that toolkit is literally the last option I have left, I guess I'll be trying that out tomorrow, with option 10 I believe where it says "10. Download, Extract + Flash Stock Firmware via Odin" but I'm not sure what ADB mode means... I can't really boot up the device so I don't know if that applies
Also, on a side note, how much do you think this will cost if I were to send the phone to Samsung and pay for repairs out of pocket, and do you think they could even repair it at all?
You know what... Do you think if I somehow installed CM12 on the device that the problem would fix itself? Because to me it seems like it's the Samsung software itself that is causing all this trouble along with a few Google apps. Now how would I root it and flash CM12 if it won't boot up fully...
Not sure if this would brick my phone either, let me know if it would if I tried to root through Odin and try to install CM12 through CWM recovery or something
Just throwing ideas, hoping this thread doesn't die before my problem is solved
Also, does geeksquad repair Samsung phones one time for a low fee if you've voided warranty?? If so then this could possibly be my final solution.
Also Never EVER buying a Samsung device again, they just aren't what they used to be back in the day, the other OEMs have caught up and left Samsung and their revenue in the dust...
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Also Never EVER buying a Samsung device again, they just aren't what they used to be back in the day, the other OEMs have caught up and left Samsung and their revenue in the dust...
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I disagree with this completely. Very few other handsets can hold a candle to the S5 or the Note 4. I don't know of anybody that has the problems you are describing with their phones without a hardware issue of some type or bad app. The Samsung software runs perfectly on millions of devices without the issues you're having. Therefore it's probably a bad app you've gotten a hold of, or you have a bad phone. CM12 will only introduce more issues and probably won't solve anything.
A stripped down custom rom might be a good bet because you can then start adding your apps back to find out where the issue is, or if it still has the same issues then it almost guarantees that there is some kind of a hardware issue.
GT-I9305
Factory Reset to wipe phone for another user.
It is now stuck in the setup at the Time settings screen and displays "Google Account Manager has Stopped" It also displays a few other Google stop messages.
It won't proceed any further.
Tried Kies. Won't connect to device although Windows 10 sees and displays the files.
I can boot into the andriod screens and have cleared the cache and done a factory reset from there as well. Resulting in the same issue.
Basically I want to know how I can fix this and what versions of files I need. I have found all sorts of variants, but I don't want to hit it with a guess.
I would be grateful for some help and guidance.
No one seems to be interested?
nigelbowen said:
GT-I9305
Factory Reset to wipe phone for another user.
It is now stuck in the setup at the Time settings screen and displays "Google Account Manager has Stopped" It also displays a few other Google stop messages.
It won't proceed any further.
Tried Kies. Won't connect to device although Windows 10 sees and displays the files.
I can boot into the andriod screens and have cleared the cache and done a factory reset from there as well. Resulting in the same issue.
Basically I want to know how I can fix this and what versions of files I need. I have found all sorts of variants, but I don't want to hit it with a guess.
I would be grateful for some help and guidance.
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So far this post has had nearly 40 reads, but no replies. I assume that no one is interested. Possibly because it is an old phone. It shouldn't take you long to post if you have the answer.
I would like to understand where my problem is and the file or files that will likely fix it.
Cheers
First "thing" I noticed, is that the post is most likely in the wrong device section, second is, that the info you provided are very few,
and not at least it seems that you haven't searched and informed yourself to solve the problem.
Not knowing what sw you have installed, when and how the problem occurred and what else you have tried to solve the problem, beside factory reset and kies, my crystal ball says, that it would be worth trying to use odin instead of kies and flash samsung stock software new to your device.
After factory reset and all wipes, it should be working again.
For me, your problem description shows in the direction, that google account and or google apps and services are not proper installed or not proper deinstalled. Maybe you or how else it append tried to install or remove some google apps or services or tried to remove a google account from your phone. But this is only a wild guess.
rodman01 said:
First "thing" I noticed, is that the post is most likely in the wrong device section, second is, that the info you provided are very few,
and not at least it seems that you haven't searched and informed yourself to solve the problem.
Not knowing what sw you have installed, when and how the problem occurred and what else you have tried to solve the problem, beside factory reset and kies, my crystal ball says, that it would be worth trying to use odin instead of kies and flash samsung stock software new to your device.
After factory reset and all wipes, it should be working again.
For me, your problem description shows in the direction, that google account and or google apps and services are not proper installed or not proper deinstalled. Maybe you or how else it append tried to install or remove some google apps or services or tried to remove a google account from your phone. But this is only a wild guess.
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Okay Thanks rodman01. Who would have guessed. I would have thought that the Galaxy SIII Q&A & Troubleshooting group isn't the right section. Direct me to the correct one please.
I have not installed any system software, so it's all per original or Optus pushed updates. Apps are all gone as I said that I tried to do a Factory Reset and it fails to get through the subsequent setup steps. So I assume that the area where the setup comes from is corrupt. That is why I have asked for help. I don't know what that area is so I can't identify what to download. I can get to the Andriod Downloading screen and it shows AP SWREV: A3
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Okay Thanks rodman01. Who would have guessed. I would have thought that the Galaxy SIII Q&A & Troubleshooting group isn't the right section. Direct me to the correct one please.
I have not installed any system software, so it's all per original or Optus pushed updates. Apps are all gone as I said that I tried to do a Factory Reset and it fails to get through the subsequent setup steps. So I assume that the area where the setup comes from is corrupt. That is why I have asked for help. I don't know what that area is so I can't identify what to download. I can get to the Andriod Downloading screen and it shows AP SWREV: A3
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Sorry I don't know what you mean with Optus and also not with AP SWREV:A3.
I would assume that your device is not the "usual" i9305. But anyways, download your specific original samsung sw and flash it via odin.
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Sorry I don't know what you mean with Optus and also not with AP SWREV:A3.
I would assume that your device is not the "usual" i9305. But anyways, download your specific original samsung sw and flash it via odin.
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Thanks. It Sounds so simple when you know how. Where can I get the SW from? What components do I flash. ODIN has the capability to upload BL, AP, CP, CSC and USERDATA
nigelbowen said:
Thanks. It Sounds so simple when you know how. Where can I get the SW from? What components do I flash. ODIN has the capability to upload BL, AP, CP, CSC and USERDATA
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There are many HowTos and ToDos also here on xda, better written then I would ever could do, so I would suggest to do a search in your device section or with google. Samsung SW download pages, you can also find with google and will get for example this result
All other and maybe simpler solution, cannot be given in my opinion without knowing the info mentioned previously, additionally whether your device is routed and maybe more.