When I try to go into recovery mode all I get on my list is reinstall, reboot, factory reset and one more thing. I'm using my friend captivate to post this for help?? Cause my phone won't get past the boot screen. How would I proceed to fix this? Any help is appreciated. thanks!
Odin to stock, check the 1st sticky
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If your phone is at least trying to boot than your absolutely fine... read stickies and you'll be back on track in no time
make sure you install the samsung drivers for your comp.
jaydenboy said:
When I try to go into recovery mode all I get on my list is reinstall, reboot, factory reset and one more thing. I'm using my friend captivate to post this for help?? Cause my phone won't get past the boot screen. How would I proceed to fix this? Any help is appreciated. thanks!
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first of all your phone is not bricked...
1) turn off your phone
2) hold volume up + volume down then plug usb to ur machine..phone will automatically go into download mode..from there flash .tar and .pit files and ur phone will go back to stock..
here is a link follow thiis guide http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
and here is a video just in case if you wanna see before flashing back to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3K9my9kAvI
if you go back to stock..u will have to root again...but it will be a fresh start..GOOD LUCK
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Hey Gang! I did some searching and couldn't find my answer so I need some help please. I have the Vibrant (tmo). I did the one click root and then installed Ginger clone final R2. All worked well but then I noticed I could not get back into Clockwork recovery to try another ROM. So... I found the thread explaining how to get back to factory firmware. I did that. Now when I try to Odin, Im no longer able to get the phone to the download screen. I was able to re root with the One Click Root and that worked but I still can not access Clockwork recover or the Download mode or anything to get a ROM on. I guess Im just not doing something or Im a noob idiot. That being said... call my an idiot and walk me through to fix this mess.
Thank you in advance
To get back to download mode try to
1.take off battery
2.run odin as administrator
3.plug in usb cable
4.hold the volume keys and while you are holding them plug back the battery
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From any screen hold pwr button and vol up and vol down....keep holding untill you see the vibrant boot screen then release all at the same time. That will rake you to recovery if the reinstall pkgs option is there just click it. You may have to do this twice in order to get into clockwork recovery. Do this with the phone unplugged. hope this helps
See above post for dl mode
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First questions in question section. Second when on the blue screen go to reinstall packages that will take you to the green recovery screen. You may have to click reinstall a second time. Third the easiest way to download is to make sure your phone is off. Plug usb into phone only. Press and hold both volume buttons while still holding them plug other end of usb into computer.
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The way I get to recovery is with the phone off I
1.hold down volume up and down also the power button
2.when you see the vibrant screen keep holding all thee
3.you will c the vibrant screen one more time when you do stop holding power but keep holding the volume keys
4.then hit reinstall packages...you might have to hit it more than once
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sTyLeSz said:
To get back to download mode try to
1.take off battery
2.run odin as administrator
3.plug in usb cable
4.hold the volume keys and while you are holding them plug back the battery
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Hey Stylesz... Thats what I was trying and it does not work. It just stays black.
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From any screen hold pwr button and vol up and vol down....keep holding untill you see the vibrant boot screen then release all at the same time. That will rake you to recovery if the reinstall pkgs option is there just click it. You may have to do this twice in order to get into clockwork recovery. Do this with the phone unplugged. hope this helps
See above post for dl mode
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Nick... I tried that and all it did was reboot. It did not go to any recovery.
I did notice that when I reverted back to factory, It actually was not the firmware I had before all this. I had JI6 and when I did the revert it was JE8. Im lost. LOL
Adb reboot download . or if u can still boot up download emulator from market and type reboot download .. if still doesnt work u might need to sauter a jig to get u in download mode
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Adb reboot download . or if u can still boot up download emulator from market and type reboot download .. if still doesnt work u might need to sauter a jig to get u in download mode
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OK.... I downloaded terminal. Then reboot download. That worked, so I loaded up Odin, loaded the files and it failed. Then I just rebooted the phone and now I have a black screen with an icon in the middle of a cellphone and computer with an orange explaination mark in between them. Am I hosed?
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Hey Gang! I did some searching and couldn't find my answer so I need some help please. I have the Vibrant (tmo). I did the one click root and then installed Ginger clone final R2. All worked well but then I noticed I could not get back into Clockwork recovery to try another ROM. So... I found the thread explaining how to get back to factory firmware. I did that. Now when I try to Odin, Im no longer able to get the phone to the download screen. I was able to re root with the One Click Root and that worked but I still can not access Clockwork recover or the Download mode or anything to get a ROM on. I guess Im just not doing something or Im a noob idiot. That being said... call my an idiot and walk me through to fix this mess.
Thank you in advance
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Easiest way, after you have odin'd back to stock and rooted your phone.
Download the app Rom Manager for the market.
The first thing you need to do once Rom Manger is installed is copy the rom you want to flash to your internal SD card.
Then Start Rom Manger.
The first time you use Rom Manager is select the top menu item "Flash ColockworkMod Recover" and select your phone in this case I am assuming "Samsung Vibrant"
After the flash completes select "Install Rom from SD card".
It is fairly self explanatory from there.
Good luck.
Ok first, as stated before questions go in QA section no development.
to access CWM Recovery you may have to keep the update.zip file in internal SD card root
Odin is different
power off the phone, pressing volume up+down at the same time (don't touch power or you will keep going into recovery) until you get on download mode. (different than recovery).
Plug USB, ready to odin
When ODIN back to original, be SURE to check Re Partition and load the pit and phone files.
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Easiest way, after you have odin'd back to stock and rooted your phone.
Download the app Rom Manager for the market.
The first thing you need to do once Rom Manger is installed is copy the rom you want to flash to your internal SD card.
Then Start Rom Manger.
The first time you use Rom Manager is select the top menu item "Flash ColockworkMod Recover" and select your phone in this case I am assuming "Samsung Vibrant"
After the flash completes select "Install Rom from SD card".
It is fairly self explanatory from there.
Good luck.
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Thank you Dave! I was using Rom Manager with failed attempt, however Im game for another try. As soon as I get back to stock, I will give it another go. Cross your digits!
I do not know why this is so difficult now. I got back to an unwanted factory rom. I rooted the phone, put the new rom on the internal mem card. Downloaded Rom Manager. Installed Clockwork. Selected Install ROM from sdcard. Selected the rom and it rebooted to the original recovery (blue and yellow). No signs of Clockwork recovery (green). Now I have a rooted phone with an umwanted fatory rom and can install any other rom on it.
This sounds like a problem I was having for awhile. After installing clockwork mod it would only reboot to the standard recovery screen. I had to install update.zip again from this screen several times and eventually it stopped asking me for this step and started to boot clockwork mod properly.
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slegrand said:
This sounds like a problem I was having for awhile. After installing clockwork mod it would only reboot to the standard recovery screen. I had to install update.zip again from this screen several times and eventually it stopped asking me for this step and started to boot clockwork mod properly.
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Just keep your CWM update.zip file in the root of the internal SD Card
Now if you installed Froyo leaked rom stock, and the Recovery now on top says 3einstead of 2e, then you need to fix that, look for the thread to convert 3e to 2e otherwise CWM won't work anymore. you need to be rooted and have root explorer or know how to use either adb or terminal
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
Well.... I have no idea what I did but it is now working. I tried everyones suggestions so Im unsure what did what. I want to thank everyone for their help and quick response's. I was actually expecting to get bashed about searching and being a noob etc. After seeing some of the other posts, Im surprised I didn't. Thanks again for making it easy to reply and explain what I was doing and what was going on. I have a new outlook about XDA.
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To: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant Q&A
Please put your questions to: Vibrant Q&A
I flashed Simply Galaxy V3.0 RC3.1. I followed the "best result" directions. My phone is now constantly rebooting from the crazy screen colors (rainbow) to the Samsung boot. I tried to use the 3-buttoms to go back to clockwork recovery, but it would just constantly reboot. Is my phone gone or is there a way out of this? Thank you in advance. (By the way, I was on Simply Galaxy 2.7.2 rom before flashing the new rom.)
pull battery
open odin
connect usb to computer
plug usb to phone
hold both volume buttons and insert the battery, download mode?
cool, just go back to stock. Links in my signature (going back to stock) has a guide and the files needed to fix you up.
Read the sticky thread and odin it back to stock. Your phone is fine.
Edit : oops better answer above. ^^
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Thanks a lot. I was starting to worry a lot more because I wasn't able to get into download mode. After a couple of tries, I was able to do so. My next question is: can I use my Nandroid Backup after I root and install CWR on my phone? Or do I have to start all over again?
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Thanks a lot. I was starting to worry a lot more because I wasn't able to get into download mode. After a couple of tries, I was able to do so. My next question is: can I use my Nandroid Backup after I root and install CWR on my phone? Or do I have to start all over again?
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Yes you can use your nandroid, after reverting back to stock with ODIN.
The vibrant is so very hard to brick! im so glad of that
Hi,
I think i have forgot to turn on debbuging mode while flashing stock firmware and now i stuck at bootscreen.I have also turned off F. Reset Time in odin.Any help how i can make my phone alive or is it bricked?Btw i can get into system recovery and download mode
Flash any on click file with odin in download mode
manojcitc said:
Flash any on click file with odin in download mode
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Hmm.. I I tried but no luck I stuck at boot logo
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Should I flash cf root kernel and go into recovery and flash Rom, or send it to Samsung because there is no triangle?
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Should I flash cf root kernel and go into recovery and flash Rom, or send it to Samsung because there is no triangle? <br />
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If there is no yellow triangle, and your custom binary counter is zero, then just send it to Samsung.
Good luck
Swyped from Samsung Galaxy SII
Try that and after vo into recobery and wipe data,clear cache and flash new rom...
I had faced this problem in for so many times,i always use one click cm9 rom and flash with odin,and make sure that you dont touch any option in odin...
manojcitc said:
Try that and after vo into recobery and wipe data,clear cache and flash new rom...
I had faced this problem in for so many times,i always use one click cm9 rom and flash with odin,and make sure that you dont touch any option in odin...
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I also had bootloop long time ago, but that was because I didn't made I factory reset. When I need to flash kernel via odin, I need debbuging on. I think I have to send it to Samsung. I am also such a dimbass to forgot to turn debbuging on:sly:
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Can I turn on debugging while I can't access my phone. If yes, how?
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Problem solved by factory reset in system recovery
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I had a boot loop on my galaxy s 2 .. out of nowhere didnt do anything.
It was too weird. I spent time reading lots of forums about this and saw different techniques.
What i did was i flashed back to 2.3.6. Did factory reset. then flashed back to ICS.
I think it happened because of some cache bull****. Just thought i should share.
Boot Loop Solved
I don't know where to post this so I'm posting it here. I have been scouring the internet for HOURS trying to figure how others got out of boot loop so I could get my phone out of it. I have a samsung galaxy s2 i9100g. I was in the process of unrooting it and while rebooting after installing the stock rom BOOM- boot loop to the samsung logo. I tried everything; battery out, in, pushing all combinations of volume(s)+home+power= nothing worked. Finally after a lot of trial and error one thing worked. I unplugged my USB and took the battery out, then while holding the three buttons I put it back in- and suddenly after hours(of trying to get something to happen) I got the download screen. (My phone wouldn't turn off or go into recovery as other suggested). So I downloaded a different stock rom and tried reinstalling via odin a few times but the problem persisted- still boot loop, still only download mode. Then I tried something different. When in download mode I decided to see what would happen if I pushed the volume down to 'reboot'. To my amazement my phone started up and went past the samsung logo for the first time in FOUR HOURS. It went into recovery mode! Then I factory reset it, and restarted it. So keep at if you think your phone is soft bricked or boot looped. I appreciate everyone else's questions/answers that kept me going while trying to figure out something that worked for me. So I'll break it down into steps.
1)unplug USB, take out battery. Hold down volume (holding down the 'down' volume worked for me), home and power button then quickly slide the battery in(while still holding down till the screen comes up). It may take a few times but the 'download mode' screen should come right up.
2)using odin install the stock ROM for your phone
3)when re installation is complete follow step 1 to get into download mode
4)instead of clicking the volume up for download, click down to restart and recovery mode should come up
5)factory reset your phone and reboot
I genuinely hope this helps someone. Nothing worse than rendering your phone useless.
tried it
I'm having the same issue but your trick didn't help. i'm exasperated.
SirenumDev said:
I'm having the same issue but your trick didn't help. i'm exasperated.
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Same issue how to fix this?
SirenumDev said:
tried it
I'm having the same issue but your trick didn't help. i'm exasperated.
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yes, same here...my phone is back to the initial screen 'samsung galaxy sII' , with sign at bottom
Me too...
I think we need to flash stock rom as pointed in those guides:
[INDEX] Samsung Galaxy S2 - ROMs, Kernels, MODs, GUIDES
Samsung Galaxy S2 [INDEX] Helpful Information Welcome, this thread has been created to encompass everything you may need for your device. Please only post in this thread with feedback on how to improve this document. Do not post "Thank you"...
forum.xda-developers.com
The problem is I don't find a ODIN that works... links seem to be broken.
I have even risked to download a couple (4) different odin versions and some windows drivers / stock roms from the wild internet (who knows what crap those executables and files may come with), but I had no success with it...
I don't know how we can find trustable files that are required, or at least verify checksums somewhere to be sure that we don't get any unrequested present instead....
Will create or post in there asking for some help I think...
So I just bought an at&t i717 note off eBay that was run over by a car or something. I pulled the logicboard out and swapped it into my note to test it and its working 100% so far. Problem is the seller had it locked with a pattern and now won't contact me. So I thought I could get the phone into recovery and do a factory reset or something, not even sure that would work.
Now I also can't get into recovery. No matter what I tried. I flashed a stock rom via odin, still nothing. I tried to root the phone and flash CWM and still the same thing....
When I try to enter recovery it goes immediately to the download screen. Any help would be great I need to get this puppy cracked. I'm pretty new to android so it's tough to know what to do.
Thanks :good:
Hold both volume buttons down when trying to get into recovery.
still stuck
Just flashed another stock ATT rom, this one was ICS. Then I flashed cwm recovery and still just goes to the download screen! Getting pissed.
If I wasn't locked out of the phone I could get ROM manager and boot into recovery..
Any help would be great!
Definitely holding both UP and DOWN volume buttons. I've tried multiple times and still same result.
OK I am thinking the volume UP on this logic board is not working...
Adb reboot recovery
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MeestersPrime said:
So I just bought an at&t i717 note off eBay that was run over by a car or something. I pulled the logicboard out and swapped it into my note to test it and its working 100% so far. Problem is the seller had it locked with a pattern and now won't contact me. So I thought I could get the phone into recovery and do a factory reset or something, not even sure that would work.
Now I also can't get into recovery. No matter what I tried. I flashed a stock rom via odin, still nothing. I tried to root the phone and flash CWM and still the same thing....
When I try to enter recovery it goes immediately to the download screen. Any help would be great I need to get this puppy cracked. I'm pretty new to android so it's tough to know what to do.
Thanks :good:
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Yep...."adb reboot recovery" should work fine.
If not, boot into download mode and reflash the stock ROM and recovery via ODIN.
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What about not being able to get into the phone to enable USB Debugging?
ANyone have any ideas? ADB is my only hope but there is currently no way to enable usb debugging without getting into settings. Can a ROM be customized so that the USB debugging option is ON by default?
If I can get into this baby then I didn't waste $100 :good:
If you can get into download mode, try using Odin to completely reflash the phone?
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If you can get into download mode, try using Odin to completely reflash the phone?
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Nope no good, it doesn't get rid of the lock. Just comes right back to it. I've flashed stock at&t and stock bell rom multiple times.
Are you able to wipe with Odin? I would try that... hope you figure it out man sucks not having a phone
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Are you able to wipe with Odin? I would try that... hope you figure it out man sucks not having a phone
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I'm not sure that I can but ill look into it one more time. I'm currently trying to download NOVENADXLJ2 rom, it has a boot to recovery on the power menu. Hoping I can flash it somehow with odin!
Unzip the file. It will have an odin .tar file. Rhat goes into the PDA slot in odin. No checkmarks except reboot.
He got it brother...
He used kies to restore and unlock the screen.....g
MeestersPrime said:
So I just bought an at&t i717 note off eBay that was run over by a car or something. I pulled the logicboard out and swapped it into my note to test it and its working 100% so far. Problem is the seller had it locked with a pattern and now won't contact me. So I thought I could get the phone into recovery and do a factory reset or something, not even sure that would work.
Now I also can't get into recovery. No matter what I tried. I flashed a stock rom via odin, still nothing. I tried to root the phone and flash CWM and still the same thing....
When I try to enter recovery it goes immediately to the download screen. Any help would be great I need to get this puppy cracked. I'm pretty new to android so it's tough to know what to do.
Thanks :good:
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Here it is again...just in case someone else's having the same issue
Why don't you give this a shot....
If you are willing to unroot and root again, here's what I've been doing to return to stock.
1 - Put phone in "Download Mode" - phone connected to PC
2 - Start Samsung Kies (make sure you have the latest.....)
3 - From Kies, click on tools then "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization"
4 - You will be prompted to enter ESN and model number (it is ok to pull the battery out to get ESN and Model - phone won't die with battery pulled at that point)
5 - And follow the prompts
The process does take some time. I have successfully done this many times with success.
Try it out to see if that might help you.
Glad it worked.
I have to return my Verizon S3 for warranty replacement and I searched for a video on YouTube to help me with unrooting it. I followed the steps as per the video and ran the stock firmware through ODIN and the process completed with no problem. At that point the phone started to reboot and I expected it to boot up and I'd be good to go but instead its stuck in a boot loop and I don't know what to do at this point. I redid the whole process several times and each time it ends in a boot loop.
I'm an over the road trucker and I NEED my phone ASAP. I cant and wont drop $600 for a replacement phone and NO I don't have the insurance so I need to fix what I have.... I'm in a truck stop using the internet and I'm hoping for a quick solution to get my phone back up and running..
If anyone can help me figure this out I'd greatly appreciate it
Can anyone help?
Need the proper software and process to get this done.
Thanks for the help
have u tried wiping data and factory reset ??
Factory reset from recovery?
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rootSU said:
Factory reset from recovery?
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the only thing I did was follow the information and video from a website called creative android. Since I haven't made 10 posts I cant post the URL for the website
I don't know if this phone is bricked or what
It was a suggestion.
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41593409#post41593409
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if u didnt flash recovery u can wipe cache and reset to factory mode by android based recovery by pressing volume up+menu+power and phone going to recovery mode and if u flashed recovery like cwm or else u can do this yet.. and do reset factory and wipe cache
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if u need download stock rom go to this page and find ur proper model and with tools with link i told above do that
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41593409#post41593409
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if u didnt flash recovery u can wipe cache and reset to factory mode by android based recovery by pressing volume up+menu+power and phone going to recovery mode and if u flashed recovery like cwm or else u can do this yet.. and do reset factory and wipe cache
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if u need download stock rom go to this page and find ur proper model and with tools with link i told above do that
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
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ok i'm going to try and get the files I need downloaded. Only problem is that the internet at the truck stop is so slow its going to take over 4 hrs to DL here... 788MB and 4 hrs to DL... truck stop internet is crap.......
factory reset before doing anything else
many thanks
mostafaz said:
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41593409#post41593409
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if u didnt flash recovery u can wipe cache and reset to factory mode by android based recovery by pressing volume up+menu+power and phone going to recovery mode and if u flashed recovery like cwm or else u can do this yet.. and do reset factory and wipe cache
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if u need download stock rom go to this page and find ur proper model and with tools with link i told above do that
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
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I just wanted to say that I FINALLY got my phone back up and running from being "soft bricked". It took me longer then normal because I am a trucker and the internet connections at truck stops is pretty crappy most of the time. I got lucky this time and found one with a GREAT connection and I was finally able to download the proper firmware as you suggested. I went to Sammobile as you suggested, joined the site and downloaded the file, flashed with Odin and i'm back in business.. Thanks a bunch for your help to get my phone up and running.
NJPanda said:
I have to return my Verizon S3 for warranty replacement and I searched for a video on YouTube to help me with unrooting it. I followed the steps as per the video and ran the stock firmware through ODIN and the process completed with no problem. At that point the phone started to reboot and I expected it to boot up and I'd be good to go but instead its stuck in a boot loop and I don't know what to do at this point. I redid the whole process several times and each time it ends in a boot loop.
I'm an over the road trucker and I NEED my phone ASAP. I cant and wont drop $600 for a replacement phone and NO I don't have the insurance so I need to fix what I have.... I'm in a truck stop using the internet and I'm hoping for a quick solution to get my phone back up and running..
If anyone can help me figure this out I'd greatly appreciate it
Can anyone help?
Need the proper software and process to get this done.
Thanks for the help
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Next time, post your questions in the right forum.
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