I tried to remove superuser.apk from my phone in preparation to having it replaced by Verizon. Everything seemed to go okay but when my phone restarted it kept getting all these pop-ups saying various applications have crashed. I plugged my phone into my computer and fired up Odin, the process went okay, no errors. When my phone restarted it came up AT&T World Phone splash screen, this is a Verizon Wireless phone mind you, I did not mean to flash with AT&T. It continues to flash the splash screen but when I plug it in it stops. I don't get any indication that it's plugged in/charging either on my computer or wall charger. I tried various button combination to get it into download mode but nothing seems to work. Is it fixable or is a new phone in my future here?
i did it before to
i did it with my friends galaxy s vibrant, accidently loaded captivate rom onto it! FAIL. what i did was take the battery and try repeatedly to get it into download mode, from then on install the correct rom.
PS. even after i made everything work the AT&T splash logo still stayed. so everytime he boots it up we have a good laugh at our stupidity.
ydmitriv said:
i did it with my friends galaxy s vibrant, accidently loaded captivate rom onto it! FAIL. what i did was take the battery and try repeatedly to get it into download mode, from then on install the correct rom.
PS. even after i made everything work the AT&T splash logo still stayed. so everytime he boots it up we have a good laugh at our stupidity.
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You can restore/change the splash screen with heimdall
ydmitriv said:
i did it with my friends galaxy s vibrant, accidently loaded captivate rom onto it! FAIL. what i did was take the battery and try repeatedly to get it into download mode, from then on install the correct rom.
PS. even after i made everything work the AT&T splash logo still stayed. so everytime he boots it up we have a good laugh at our stupidity.
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Should I try it with the battery out and plugging it in?
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I just flashed the Frankin Final rom on my vibrant and all was going well until I rebooted it and now the damn thing seems to be in a boot loop of some sort, but this is different than all others I have seen cause it goes to the samsung screen like normal and then it goes to a totally different screen that is only half size and is jumbled up and not a damn thing is readable. When I plug in my USB to the computer not only is it seen by the computer but it goes to the battery icon and then back to that screwed up - half sized screen. Please someone help.
Go back into recovery and reflash the rom you had installed previously. Or do a nand backup. You did back it all up before you flashed v4 as you should have, right?
I do have it backed up from v3 but it wont even get recognized by adb nor odin. Its the strangest friggin boot loop I have ever seen. When the vibrant screen goes blank then the strange unreadable screen comes on for about 2 seconds and then the vibrant screen comes on and thats over and over. I do have a hardware locked phone so I guess I will have to screw with it when I get home. I did have it in download mode but now I can't even get it to that. Is that USB that came with the phone the only usb that can be used when getting into download mode as I had no troubles at home but I am using my USB from my nexus one at work and its all screwed up.
Did you mean DON'T have a hardware locked vibrant?
I got it about a 2 months ago so I don't know if its locked or not.
Heres what happened in detail.
I rebooted via Rom Manager into the stock recovery.
I installed packages as I have the clockworkmod recovery as update.zip in my 14G sd
I backed up my current Frankin ver3 rom
I erased all userdata and such like I should when flashing a new rom.
I installed the Frankin Final Update
I rebooted the phone like normal and the BAM.
A never ending boot loop that wont even get recognized by my computer.
I cant even plug it into charge as it won't stop bootlooping. the
battery charging icon comes up but then it goes to that funky ass
screen and back to the charging icon. when I unplug the charger it
switches to the Vibrant screen and then the messed up screen. I
really think its bricked as its gotta be the boot image that is
screwed up.
I am very sorry if I am wasting your time on this as I do know how to
properly flash a rom on a phone but this phone is not like my G1 nor
my Nexus. Its about as flaky as a phone can get in my opinion and had
I known it was this flaky I never wouldve gotten the damn thing. I
guess I am going to Tmobile and tellin them the OTA update did this as
there is no way in hell to tell. Not even the splash screen comes up.
Its really bricked.
I just wanted to say that this website and you all developers are the BEST people I have ever followed. This is the very first post I have made and I really do think I f--ked big time. No matter, what you all have done for the G1 and Nexus blows my mind. I never owned a iphone and never will and I think I might say the same about this vibrant. Getting the Nexus bricked is nearly impossible but this Vibrant is to damn confusing and with the lag fixes and crap that I am leary about goin to the store and replacing mine with a new one. Wish me luck.
You may want to try loading Eugene's Froyo Rom that does not brick. Once that is done, try and install Frankin Twiz.
I tried and when the computer won't even read the connection all is bricked. good news though, I went to the tmobile store last night and showed the guy what happened after a OTA Update. he was totally understanding about it. He said it was the white screen of death and that I will have another shipped out the following day. Thanks again for all your help and especially the moderator for putting up with my crap. You all are the bomb-diggity.
I always just boot into recovery and flash say Vibrant7 that always seems to work for me. From there I flash whatever other rom I want.
Recovery meaning
Hold down your Vol + and -
Push Power.
Actually I get scared that I might screw things up by entering recovery through clockwork ( laugh at that now huh) so I always went to the stock recovery and updated my packages with the clockwork recovery file that was named update.zip. I think I had a issue with my phone from the get go as it never would enter download mode unless I was connected to only my samsung charger and no others. I tell ya it was a strange phone and to top it all of the tmobile dude showed me a g2 they had in stock. Nice phone I tell ya but it ain't no Nexus one. Thanks again for all your help guys. Keep the little green dude alive.
Hi, got a galaxy s2 i19210 and using cm-10-20120926-UNOFFICIAL-i9210t
Was having a few random restarts and found that if I tweaked the voltages it would put an end to this. I found I had to use DreamKernel-GTI9210T-v1.7.1CM10-20121010073231-CWM to do this, so I downloaded it and tried to install via the rom manager.
Phone restarted to install, now when it turns on it says the usual 'galaxy s2 i9210' etc, then it usually goes to the blue cyanogen symbol spinning. Unfortunately, it no longer reaches this and the screen stays black. The lights turn on, but screen stays off.
Can't seem to get into download or reset mode with the key combination and sometimes instead of turning off the phone restarts which makes trying the key combinations a bit harder.
Have tried removing and replacing the battery but that didn't help either.
HOWEVER!
My computer recognises the phone although I can't access the hdd because the phone is locked
Odin recognises the phone
So, what options do I have to get my phone working again?
I've looked at a few threads and googled a bit but haven't found anything substantial
To clarify it's a Galaxy S2 i9210T 4G Australian Telstra phone
So I finally got into odin mode and cleared the dalvik cache and did a factory reset. Installed latest i9210 firmware via download mode and odin and everything is working again. Unfortunately I lost all my data but i'd prefer that than a brick. Still doesn't explain what happened in the first place though, did I use the wrong kernel or go about the install the wrong way? I'd like to go back to cm10 but fix the random resets.
You're more likely to get an answer here. Almost everyone here has an I9100/I9100T.
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You're more likely to get an answer here. Almost everyone here has an I9100/I9100T.
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Thanks bud!
I installed SafeStrap 3.70 and tried to install RLS12 (on MK2). Things did not go so well. It booted to a black screen. Figured I would just ODIN back to stock and now my phone is really unhappy.
I tried flashing both of the firmwares from here (full did not work so I tried no-wipe):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209&highlight=mk2
I can boot into download mode but not recovery. When I first flash a ROM via ODIN the phone will show the Samsung logo and even get to the Verizon splash screen. Problem is it will power off after a minute or so. If the phone is connected via the USB cable the charging battery screen appears. If I try to go into recovery it just powers off (verified by plugging in USB cable and getting charging screen).
One thing I have noticed is that even after flashing with Odin the Samsung custom splash screen still shows up. Usually that goes away.
I am open to any and all suggestions. My last two things to try is going through Kies Revovery. Next it to try downloading a firmware from sammobile.com.
diaftia said:
I installed SafeStrap 3.70 and tried to install RLS12 (on MK2). Things did not go so well. It booted to a black screen. Figured I would just ODIN back to stock and now my phone is really unhappy.
I tried flashing both of the firmwares from here (full did not work so I tried no-wipe):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209&highlight=mk2
I can boot into download mode but not recovery. When I first flash a ROM via ODIN the phone will show the Samsung logo and even get to the Verizon splash screen. Problem is it will power off after a minute or so. If the phone is connected via the USB cable the charging battery screen appears. If I try to go into recovery it just powers off (verified by plugging in USB cable and getting charging screen).
One thing I have noticed is that even after flashing with Odin the Samsung custom splash screen still shows up. Usually that goes away.
I am open to any and all suggestions. My last two things to try is going through Kies Revovery. Next it to try downloading a firmware from sammobile.com.
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I've seen someone else with this problem..
Think they took the battery out for like 5-10 minutes then they were able to boot into recovery then did a factory reset and cleared Cache then that either fixed it or they Odin back. Have you tried that? Sounds like you know what you're doing. I had to do that with my s4 as well after running into some issues
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Is this all on your stock slot or is hd12 on a rom slot???
Reason I ask is I had this happen to me and even after full Wipe in Odin my s4 was doing same thing as yours it sounds and mine was all on stock slot. My phone was really pissed at me.
Verizon Galaxy S4
Safestrap 3.7
HYPERDRIVE 11
Mistertac said:
I've seen someone else with this problem..
Think they took the battery out for like 5-10 minutes then they were able to boot into recovery then did a factory reset and cleared Cache then that either fixed it or they Odin back. Have you tried that? Sounds like you know what you're doing. I had to do that with my s4 as well after running into some issues
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Is this all on your stock slot or is hd12 on a rom slot???
Reason I ask is I had this happen to me and even after full Wipe in Odin my s4 was doing same thing as yours it sounds and mine was all on stock slot. My phone was really pissed at me.
Verizon Galaxy S4
Safestrap 3.7
HYPERDRIVE 11
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Yes, this is in the stock slot. I had been running in the stock slot since RLS8(9?) without any problems but something has definitely changed.
Some good news! I went to bed at around 12:30 with Kies left running. It had stated the download process of the restore. When I checked on it this morning I had a red light on the phone which I had not had before (charging indicator). I unplugged the phone and powered it on. Low and behold I got a setup wizard. Looks like Keis does something that Odin does not. So when in doubt restore the stock image with Keis if you are stuck. BTW, when doing that I did the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" method. It asks for the model # and it is case sensitive for some reason. It took "SCH-I545" but was not taking "sch-i545".
diaftia said:
Yes, this is in the stock slot. I had been running in the stock slot since RLS8(9?) without any problems but something has definitely changed.
Some good news! I went to bed at around 12:30 with Kies left running. It had stated the download process of the restore. When I checked on it this morning I had a red light on the phone which I had not had before (charging indicator). I unplugged the phone and powered it on. Low and behold I got a setup wizard. Looks like Keis does something that Odin does not. So when in doubt restore the stock image with Keis if you are stuck. BTW, when doing that I did the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" method. It asks for the model # and it is case sensitive for some reason. It took "SCH-I545" but was not taking "sch-i545".
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Well that's good news. Yea like I said that happened to me as well... I just didn't use kies. But looks like you're back up and running so you're good.
Verizon Galaxy S4
Safestrap 3.7
HYPERDRIVE 11
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 SCH-R760.
What happened: Tried to update phone from standard IceCreamSandwich to Jelly Bean via Samsung provided SimpleUpgradeTool. Very new to flashing phones, forgot to check model number, first attempt failed. Eventually got the right one (difficult to do with my model apparently), and the mobile network wouldn't work. Was told to reset APN, could not find it anywhere in the system.
Got fed up and decided to revert back to original OS, which failed. Waited overnight (it was late) with the phone off. Found the right file (just going to go back to Jelly Bean), however whenever I attempted to get into recovery mode it told me there was not enough power and to charge the phone. Phone was plugged in, this happened a couple of times. Now after the phone has been plugged in for well over 3 hours I cannot get the phone to power on or anything, it absolutely will not respond. Attempted to use Kies, will not recognize my phone model and is waiting for the phone to be connected anyway. When plugged in (trying/using various different cords) I have a little faint blue light flashing in the top left corner of the phone (not the phone screen).
The phone has been in excellent condition up until this point, and I have little reason to believe that my battery just suddenly went 100% bad after showing no signs of decay in recent weeks. Any suggestions?
How did you try to revert? But kind of sounds like it might be hard bricked. If you can't get get into Download mode by Vol Down and Power and it isn't charging not even sure if this would work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/ref-usb-jig-faq-frequently-questions-t1402286
But unless you try another battery or something like that jig, and it does not power up to any screen, then your only hope would be a JTAG service. I recommend these guys:
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/
es0tericcha0s said:
How did you try to revert?
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Just tried to use the samsung quicktool program and just install the old OS back onto the phone.
Aquaserge said:
Just tried to use the samsung quicktool program and just install the old OS back onto the phone.
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I'm not familiar with the QuickTool. Why not use Odin? It's the preferred method for most popular Samsung phones.
hello everyone, my stock s6 edge on rogers is stuck in a boot loop all of a sudden, fully stock and unmodded, running 5.0.2. i was just walking and listening to music through bluetooth headphones and all of a sudden it stopped, and i looked at my phone and it was rebooting. so i just waited and its still stuck in a boot loop after an hour. it gets to the lock screen sometimes, and then after like a second or 2 just reboots again. i have not tinkered or have done anything to my phone either, and had no issues with random reboots ever, so i have no idea what could have happened
some extra info, when it reboots it doesnt always go to the galaxy s6 edge screen, it sometimes just shows the samsung logo with the animation. i have also tried to wipe cache and that didnt work either. after a few reboots however the stock theme was applied at some point. also i tried booting into safe mode and that also didnt work.
i really dont want to wipe my phone, but i will if it is absolutely necessary. so if anyone has any other suggestions that i can try out it will be very much appreciated!
thanks!
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hello everyone, my stock s6 edge on rogers is stuck in a boot loop all of a sudden, fully stock and unmodded, running 5.0.2. i was just walking and listening to music through bluetooth headphones and all of a sudden it stopped, and i looked at my phone and it was rebooting. so i just waited and its still stuck in a boot loop after an hour. it gets to the lock screen sometimes, and then after like a second or 2 just reboots again. i have not tinkered or have done anything to my phone either, and had no issues with random reboots ever, so i have no idea what could have happened
some extra info, when it reboots it doesnt always go to the galaxy s6 edge screen, it sometimes just shows the samsung logo with the animation. i have also tried to wipe cache and that didnt work either. after a few reboots however the stock theme was applied at some point. also i tried booting into safe mode and that also didnt work.
i really dont want to wipe my phone, but i will if it is absolutely necessary. so if anyone has any other suggestions that i can try out it will be very much appreciated!
thanks!
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I have had said problem before under the same circumstances (although it was with a different phone)
Try using Odin to install the stock Firmware.
A thread explaining how is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If you don't want the firmware listed in that thread, download from Sammobile.
While some users say it does not wipe the phone, it wipes every time I use it
If this does not work, you should get a warranty replacement.
Snowby123 said:
I have had said problem before under the same circumstances (although it was with a different phone)
Try using Odin to install the stock Firmware.
A thread explaining how is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If you don't want the firmware listed in that thread, download from Sammobile.
While some users say it does not wipe the phone, it wipes every time I use it
If this does not work, you should get a warranty replacement.
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Thank you for the reply!
weird thing is it fixed itself .. few hours after it started it just booted back up and didnt reboot again, and has been running fine for the past couple hours. but if this happens again i will know what to try next time