[Q] Soft Brick, can't get past boot screen - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My phone crashed this morning after running the daily OMFGB from the 31st for a few days. I tried to restart, it won't go past the Glitch Kernel screen. When I go into recovery, I am greeted with this message:
ClockwordMod Recovery v4.0.1.0
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
wiping data, did not help. reflashing the rom and kernel did not help. I still can't start the phone. What are the steps I need to take to fix this as I am currently not able to use my phone at all.

alemondemon said:
My phone crashed this morning after running the daily OMFGB from the 31st for a few days. I tried to restart, it won't go past the Glitch Kernel screen. When I go into recovery, I am greeted with this message:
ClockwordMod Recovery v4.0.1.0
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/log
E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
wiping data, did not help. reflashing the rom and kernel did not help. I still can't start the phone. What are the steps I need to take to fix this as I am currently not able to use my phone at all.
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Same thing happened to me yesterday..the only way I got my phone working again was to odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2..reboot fully...I then tried to go back to cm7 and got the same message and the only way I was about to fix it was to flash the com rom 2.0 obviously wipe everything before..let that boot and tried to flash cm7 with the recovery from com rom....still same message...i had to odin otb3.x.x.recovery... Download times infinity's recovery zip and flash that in otb recovery, then reboot recovery so I had ti's purple recovery...wipe everything and flash cm7...and success! I used the 7/17 build cause I didn't want nightly then rebooted from power button menu and flashed glitch and gapps.
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Oh my goodness, sounds like something is really busted. Do you think it is OMFGB related? Yikes.

I have same thing, but I cant get the phone to show in download mode to odin anything

Same here. I'm now stuck in a boot loop. I can't even restore a backup.
Edit: Just tried to do a restore and the MD5 Sums don't match. I've had to do Odin reset three times today.
I think I might do Vodoo and try to restore that way. I will report back.

alemondemon said:
Oh my goodness, sounds like something is really busted. Do you think it is OMFGB related? Yikes.
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No I don't think its omfgb related cause I've never ran that rom but I do think it has something to do with all the different recoveries we have floating around and so many different builds with different formats things are bound to get screwed up...my problem came from forgetting to wipe before flashing a different kernel and got me stuck in a boot loop.
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I've had this problem ever since I got my Fascinate and tried to get CM7 on it. (2 days ago) I was always able to flash new builds just fine if I managed to get into the orange recovery and not the CM7 one. I believe the one I used was the one on ROM Manager.
This is kinda upsetting...

Hyphnx said:
Same here. I'm now stuck in a boot loop. I can't even restore a backup.
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Its not the quickest but it should get you back...odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2pit...and reboot. Then odin recovery boot immediately to recovery via 3 finger salute...wipe everything and flash the rom you want...I've had good luck with cwm 3-30 fix all or otb 3x.x.x....if you want to go to cm7 odin the fixed recovery in jt's post and flash cm7 from that recovery....the sticky in the dev section...going from cm7/miui/gb to any other rom should give you some good info and instructions
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efan450 said:
Its not the quickest but it should get you back...odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2pit...and reboot. Then odin recovery boot immediately to recovery via 3 finger salute...wipe everything and flash the rom you want...I've had good luck with cwm 3-30 fix all or otb 3x.x.x....if you want to go to cm7 odin the fixed recovery in jt's post and flash cm7 from that recovery....the sticky in the dev section...going from cm7/miui/gb to any other rom should give you some good info and instructions
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We are having problems with the recovery he posted in his post.
Tried CWM-Recovery-All, turned my phone into muffed up phone. UGH!

Sorry for the double post. I've had to Odin 2 more times which makes it a total of 5 today. I used all the recoveries that are available. One at a time and they all end in the same way.

Hyphnx said:
Sorry for the double post. I've had to Odin 2 more times which makes it a total of 5 today. I used all the recoveries that are available. One at a time and they all end in the same way.
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So what rom are you running now?
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efan450 said:
Same thing happened to me yesterday..the only way I got my phone working again was to odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2..reboot fully...I then tried to go back to cm7 and got the same message and the only way I was about to fix it was to flash the com rom 2.0 obviously wipe everything before..let that boot and tried to flash cm7 with the recovery from com rom....still same message...i had to odin otb3.x.x.recovery... Download times infinity's recovery zip and flash that in otb recovery, then reboot recovery so I had ti's purple recovery...wipe everything and flash cm7...and success! I used the 7/17 build cause I didn't want nightly then rebooted from power button menu and flashed glitch and gapps.
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".i had to odin otb3.x.x.recovery... Download times infinity's recovery zip and flash that in otb recovery"
can you link to that? Is it the voodoo one form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046905
and which is the recovery zip that u flashed from otb recovery? can you link to them, i don't wanna screw this up any more than i already have.

alemondemon said:
".i had to odin otb3.x.x.recovery... Download times infinity's recovery zip and flash that in otb recovery"
can you link to that? Is it the voodoo one form here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046905
and which is the recovery zip that u flashed from otb recovery? can you link to them, i don't wanna screw this up any more than i already have.
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Yup...boot into the otb 3x.x.x recovery and flash the times infinity.zip and then select reboot recovery while in cwm and it should go from the otb one to the times infinity one...at that point wipe everything and flash cm7 build 7/17..not the nightly....once your on the mtd build you can flash the nightly if you wanted
From the power button menu
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Edit: I suppose you could just odin times infinity's recovery...I just happened to have the zip on my sd handy so thats why I did it that way...it was that recovery that worked so you could odin it if you wanted it's in the link you posted try flashing it from ti's recovery..I just got there a little differently

Any suggestions if you cant get odin to recognize the phone? Ive tried three Win7 machines both x86 and x64 and three different cables...ALL of them say unknown device. Ive tried pointing to both the Sammy drivers and the nexus ones with no luck.

My phone was revived by simply doing the atlas odin method. I then flashed a fully rooted image...and from there on it's child's play. With that said, I can't get into download mode now, to odin things. What could be causing that? Not, very urgent, because at the moment the phone is running like it should
Thanks so much!

OK so I copied infinity times cwm red to phone and applied that. I still got message about cache. I ran the cwm4 from recovery and now Im back to square one again. I can try to install a ROM, but it boot loops everytime. Can my phone be revived w/o odin? Do I need an updated update.zip file?

humblewarfare said:
OK so I copied infinity times cwm red to phone and applied that. I still got message about cache. I ran the cwm4 from recovery and now Im back to square one again. I can try to install a ROM, but it boot loops everytime. Can my phone be revived w/o odin? Do I need an updated update.zip file?
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unfortunately a boot loop normally requires odin...use the eb01 tar and the atlas 2.2pit and your phone will be back up and running
From there I would flash com rom and reboot then if you wanna take a stab at cm7...try and flash it with the com rom recovery...if it doesn't work you can just try odin'ing different recoveries as long as you don't let the phone boot fully you can simply pull the battery and try to odin a different recovery.try the one from com rom, the 3-30 fix all, ti's recovery, or jt's fixed recovery...I don't know where I got the file but I also have a recovery named fixed 3 x.x for cm7 but I came remember where I got it.it is important that you let eb01 sit for a few minutes after booting and also let com rom sit for a few minutes after flashing also...I just skipped all the setup stuff to get the main screen and then pulled the battery and started flashing
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humblewarfare said:
Any suggestions if you cant get odin to recognize the phone? Ive tried three Win7 machines both x86 and x64 and three different cables...ALL of them say unknown device. Ive tried pointing to both the Sammy drivers and the nexus ones with no luck.
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I'm running vista home edition...if it matters and I'm using odin v.1.7 try the samsung generic drivers also.but once I'm on cm7 my pc says it doesn't recognize my phone but if I put it in download mode and hook up odin recognizes it...so I'm not sure on that one
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alemondemon said:
My phone was revived by simply doing the atlas odin method. I then flashed a fully rooted image...and from there on it's child's play. With that said, I can't get into download mode now, to odin things. What could be causing that? Not, very urgent, because at the moment the phone is running like it should
Thanks so much!
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Try holding the down button while you plug into your wall charger then just move it to your pc...if that doesn't work...clean the contacts with rubbing alcohol...with the phone off.at worse case there is a jig you can manually force download mode...you can buy or make them
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[Q] ODIN and CWM, re-rooting - SOLVED

So, disclaimer. I'm an idiot today. Don't mind me.
So today I decided to go to jt's CM7 from ComRom 2.1 (non gingerbread)
Backed up everything, made a nandroid, wiped everything installed cwm 3.x.
Went and started to flash CM7. That didn't exactly like me too much as it went into a 45min long bootloop saying that it failed. No big deal. Nows the fun part. Rewiped everything, started to reinstall the ComRom. That didnt like me either, it says that it cannot mount Cache/recovery/log etc. So I thought. Okay, well I can always ODIN!
Ideas folks?
Thanks in advance.
Sorry about the bump/post, forgot to edit this one instead.
OK! Ignore above, used odin so now im on stock eb01 but still when i use odin to flash cwm 3.0.2.8x it still says it cannot open or mount cache/recovery/log and recovery/last_log.
At this point, I just want to get it so I can nandroid back to where i was on comrom.
Ideas?
What I did, ODIN the atlas2.2 and ebo1 Froyo package, boots up to stock fine no problem.
Attempted to flash CWM 3.0 in ODIN. flashes fine.
3 finger salute. doesnt boot, have to hold it for about a second then cwm just pops up saying it cant mount recovery.
Then I re ODINd eb01, deleted all voodoo, cwm, update.zip etc from sdcard.
re tried to flash cwm 3.0
same thing.
Completely lost haha
New ; odin's dl09, OTA'd up to current. What steps should I take next given my issues with CWM?
By deleting the file named clockworkmod on your sd card, you most likely deleted all of your nandroid backups. unless you backed up you sd card to your computer, im pretty sure they are gone. Im sorry. As far as the rest of your problems... I know a stock kernal will overwrite clockworkmod every reboot.
schu9120 said:
By deleting the file named clockworkmod on your sd card, you most likely deleted all of your nandroid backups. unless you backed up you sd card to your computer, im pretty sure they are gone. Im sorry. As far as the rest of your problems... I know a stock kernal will overwrite clockworkmod every reboot.
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I did back up everything, made sure of that haha. So I should try reflashing a kernal? or would that have been included in the ODIN package/ OTA updates I did?
Thanks
tkirane said:
I did back up everything, made sure of that haha. So I should try reflashing a kernal? or would that have been included in the ODIN package/ OTA updates I did?
Thanks
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there may have been a kernel in the ota updates, the problem us you need a non stock kernel..stock ones over write recovery in every boot
My suggestion....
odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2pit and repartition checked.
Fully boot after eb01 flash
Odin cwr 3-30-all and immediately three finger boot into cwr....wipe everything
Flash cm7 build 7/4 completely reboot
Use the power menu to access recovery...this time it will be cwr 4.x.x.x flash the
Cm7 build your want with no wiping, thats what works for me
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efan450 said:
there may have been a kernel in the ota updates, the problem us you need a non stock kernel..stock ones over write recovery in every boot
My suggestion....
odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2pit and repartition checked.
Fully boot after eb01 flash
Odin cwr 3-30-all and immediately three finger boot into cwr....wipe everything
Flash cm7 build 7/4 completely reboot
Use the power menu to access recovery...this time it will be cwr 4.x.x.x flash the
Cm7 build your want with no wiping, thats what works for me
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I believe I attempted that last night at home, I will definitely try again after I am out of work. Would you happen to have a link to download of cwr 3-30-all?
Also, would I be correct in the assumption that same steps would apply to ComRom installation.
Also too, I am currently on the ED04 non-rooted stock OTA. Do same rooting methods that I used way back on dl09 still apply?
Sorry for the multiple idiotic questions, just much different this time around do to the inability for CWM (either 2.5 or 3.0) to be able to locate/mount the cache/recovery/log.
Would that have to do with Root? thats my main concern is getting into CWM for it to say it cannot mount. After this point I have it reboot system and it does not boot up again. It boots into CWM immediately. So it is unable to bot back into the actual phone mode. So then I reflash dl09 or eb01 in ODIN and start over.
tkirane said:
I believe I attempted that last night at home, I will definitely try again after I am out of work. Would you happen to have a link to download of cwr 3-30-all?
Also, would I be correct in the assumption that same steps would apply to ComRom installation.
Also too, I am currently on the ED04 non-rooted stock OTA. Do same rooting methods that I used way back on dl09 still apply?
Sorry for the multiple idiotic questions, just much different this time around do to the inability for CWM (either 2.5 or 3.0) to be able to locate/mount the cache/recovery/log.
Would that have to do with Root? thats my main concern is getting into CWM for it to say it cannot mount. After this point I have it reboot system and it does not boot up again. It boots into CWM immediately. So it is unable to bot back into the actual phone mode. So then I reflash dl09 or eb01 in ODIN and start over.
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rooting has no effect on wheather or not recovery (cwm) sticks, its the stock kernel that is overwriting it as soon as you boot. com rom 2.0 comes with a kernel in the flash so if you do this exactly you'll be on comrom rooted with recovery
The steps for going to com rom would be the same this method may be overkill but it should get you cleared up....you said you odin'd ebo1 and the atlas pit before in your previous post,so im going to assume you know how to properly get into download mode and what do, and not do in odin, so down load cwr 3-30-fix all here, and save it on your pc in your odin folder
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=556634&d=1301538947
download com rom (ukb) 2.0 either from your phone or from your pc, connect your usb cord and move it to the root of your sd card.(ie.not in a folder)
pull the battery,and odin the ebo1 tar with the atlas 2.2 with repartition checked, when its done insert batt and boot fully.
when done pull batt, odin cwr 3-30-fix all, when done insert batt and right away hold volume up, down, and power and continue to hold until your see the red cwr screen.
wipe data(factory reset)/wipe cache/go to advanced and wipe dalvik
go to install zip from sd, and find the comrom ukb zip and select install...when its done select reboot and done...at this point your phone will look like its not doing anything and its important to be patient you will hear the voodoo lady talking to you and this is good, when your phone fully boots hit the power button and select recovery and at the recovery screen go to backup and restore and select nandroid backup and run it, when its done reboot and enjoy
if you want to go to ukb 2.1 just download the patch, boot into recovery and flash, no wipe needed.
as a side note the 3-30 file you odined will not be your recovery after this is complete because comrom comes with its own recovery, after you get on to this rom the recovery that came with it will be the one you see.
i used these same steps to go to cm7 but i have only had success by, odin cwr 3-30 fix all, wipe everything and then install build date 7/4 and reboot completely, and power menu to recovery and flash the 7/13 build.
efan450 said:
rooting has no effect on wheather or not recovery (cwm) sticks, its the stock kernel that is overwriting it as soon as you boot. com rom 2.0 comes with a kernel in the flash so if you do this exactly you'll be on comrom rooted with recovery
The steps for going to com rom would be the same this method may be overkill but it should get you cleared up....you said you odin'd ebo1 and the atlas pit before in your previous post,so im going to assume you know how to properly get into download mode and what do, and not do in odin, so down load cwr 3-30-fix all here, and save it on your pc in your odin folder
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=556634&d=1301538947
download com rom (ukb) 2.0 either from your phone or from your pc, connect your usb cord and move it to the root of your sd card.(ie.not in a folder)
pull the battery,and odin the ebo1 tar with the atlas 2.2 with repartition checked, when its done insert batt and boot fully.
when done pull batt, odin cwr 3-30-fix all, when done insert batt and right away hold volume up, down, and power and continue to hold until your see the red cwr screen.
wipe data(factory reset)/wipe cache/go to advanced and wipe dalvik
go to install zip from sd, and find the comrom ukb zip and select install...when its done select reboot and done...at this point your phone will look like its not doing anything and its important to be patient you will hear the voodoo lady talking to you and this is good, when your phone fully boots hit the power button and select recovery and at the recovery screen go to backup and restore and select nandroid backup and run it, when its done reboot and enjoy
if you want to go to ukb 2.1 just download the patch, boot into recovery and flash, no wipe needed.
as a side note the 3-30 file you odined will not be your recovery after this is complete because comrom comes with its own recovery, after you get on to this rom the recovery that came with it will be the one you see.
i used these same steps to go to cm7 but i have only had success by, odin cwr 3-30 fix all, wipe everything and then install build date 7/4 and reboot completely, and power menu to recovery and flash the 7/13 build.
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I definitely know my way around odin and recovery haha thank you very much for the help. I'll try it out once I am out of work and let you know how it goes. I was doing just that only with cwr 3.0 not the fix all. so hopefully that does the trick. Hopefully I wont be seeing and mount cache errors.
So I did use the recovery-all last night to no avail, still says that it cannot mount certain items.
I have to three finger salute it, then let go after a while for it to boot to CWM, then it cannot mount cache:recovery/command and recovery/log and dev/block/st111
Also when trying to wipe data it cannot mount datadata
Then I do reboot system now and it reboots to CWM with same errors.
EDIT : Found an ODIN for EC01 ComRom 2.0
Going to try that out and see what happens.
I'm an idiot. I realized I kept ODIN'ing pit with CWM, aka, BAD idea. All fixed and running.
Thanks everyone!
tkirane said:
I'm an idiot. I realized I kept ODIN'ing pit with CWM, aka, BAD idea. All fixed and running.
Thanks everyone!
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Lol glad to hear your up and running...I've had my share of idiotic moments and lucky our phones are pretty brick proof...and now we can add to the list that using a pit file and trying to odin cwr while it won't allow your phone to work..... you can still recover even from this with out perma-bricking!
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Unbricking/ Installing CM7?

Well, I was previously running Comm rom, and i decided to switch to CM7 7/13
This didn't go so well. I Odin'd DL09 with atlas and repartitioned then installed Cmw and still Status 7 when I try to install. Then I tried installing 7/4 and it would just say something like "Checking BML" Or something, i forgot... and it would just reboot into cwm. I was running JT's cwm fix, and i tried with cwm all... I don't know what to do. Now my fascinate won't install comm rom, and every rom install just leads up to booting up in cwm.. no samsung logo.. Help??
Edit: Phone is now in "Manual mode"
i guess samsung recovery? but it wont boot. It just reboots into the same recovery after i press "reboot system now"
please? :'(
Just do this
after fighting with my phone yesterday trying to get it running this is what i did
Step one may be unnecessary but this is what i did.
1) Odined ED01 image let it boot. then Odind CWM3 3 finger salute. Flashed CommRom 2.0 when that was done i booted into CWM and disabled the VooDoo rebooted when the conversion was done.... i did step 2
2) in the OP of cm7 flash or odin the cwm
then flash the 07/04...
once that is up use the shutdown menu to access the Orange [cwm 4.0] cwm.
if you do a three finger salute it takes you to the RED [CWM 3.0] cwm.
Then flash the updates.
And suspect there was an issue with the Voodoo even though it said it was disabled. Good Luck
xwhofarted said:
Just do this
after fighting with my phone yesterday trying to get it running this is what i did
Step one may be unnecessary but this is what i did.
1) Odined ED01 image let it boot. then Odind CWM3 3 finger salute. Flashed CommRom 2.0 when that was done i booted into CWM and disabled the VooDoo rebooted when the conversion was done.... i did step 2
2) in the OP of cm7 flash or odin the cwm
then flash the 07/04...
once that is up use the shutdown menu to access the Orange [cwm 4.0] cwm.
if you do a three finger salute it takes you to the RED [CWM 3.0] cwm.
Then flash the updates.
And suspect there was an issue with the Voodoo even though it said it was disabled. Good Luck
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That's the thing... It wont boot to anything i install on it.. But it sure as hell boots to ANY cwm i install... and it also boots to normal recovery in the absence of a cwm....
Can you get back to stock using odin? If you can try flashing a custom kernel after you flash the cwm recovery.
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Can you get back to stock using odin? If you can try flashing a custom kernel after you flash the cwm recovery.
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I can flash the DL09 with odin... but ive been there... 20 times. I havent tried a kernel but it probably wouldnt work seeing as it only boots back into cwm. I'm desperate...
EDIT: flashed EB01 voodoo... still boots into CWM... omg.
jamespweb1503 said:
I can flash the DL09 with odin... but ive been there... 20 times. I havent tried a kernel but it probably wouldnt work seeing as it only boots back into cwm. I'm desperate...
EDIT: flashed EB01 voodoo... still boots into CWM... omg.
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Have you tried flashing the official vzw eb01..(not dl09 and not eb01voodoo) file with pit and repartition checked? If not do that and let it boot completely. You need to do this to make sure your ext4 partition is formatted to remove voodoo.
After you odin official vzw eb01 with the pit file and repartition checked let it boot fully.then odin 3-30 recovery and immediately boot to cwr...if it boots up fully you will have to re odin recovery.
At this point wipe everything and flash com rom 2.0 that will give you root, recovery and the rom....from there you can go to com rom 2.1or whatever your want but your phone should be up and running
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efan450 said:
Have you tried flashing the official vzw eb01..(not dl09 and not eb01voodoo) file with pit and repartition checked? If not do that and let it boot completely. You need to do this to make sure your ext4 partition is formatted to remove voodoo.
After you odin official vzw eb01 with the pit file and repartition checked let it boot fully.then odin 3-30 recovery and immediately boot to cwr...if it boots up fully you will have to re odin recovery.
At this point wipe everything and flash com rom 2.0 that will give you root, recovery and the rom....from there you can go to com rom 2.1or whatever your want but your phone should be up and running
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Having many problems with Fascinate

I was sent a Fascinate as a Droid Incredible replacement. I was able to root it without a hitch but now my CWM can't mount anything. Won't mount anything can't bring up any logs. I am using the CM7 Clockwork and my phone is now bricked and I'm tired of using Odin to restore it and root it again then flash CWM and CM7, I lose all my games and free apps which I have to download again.
What am I doing wrong?
Also, are you using atlas.pit when odining to stock? After doing what does the phone stop working entirely (IE does the phone boot up CM7 and then brick, or can it not load CM7 at all)? Can you run stock without your phone breaking?
skafan2 said:
Also, are you using atlas.pit when odining to stock? After doing what does the phone stop working entirely (IE does the phone boot up CM7 and then brick, or can it not load CM7 at all)? Can you run stock without your phone breaking?
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Yeah. I can work on stock just great.
What is the best rooting method to use if I plan on using CM7?
What I do is use Super One Click to root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682), then flash the custom CM7 CWM, and then flash CM7 in the custom recovery after wiping data, cache, and dalvik.
Use the CM7 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190668
Do I use the recovery in that thread? I've been using that one as well. I will re download the rom then.
Yes. Here are the exact steps from that thread after rooting with SuperOneClick:
Start with a rooted device (do not ask us how to do this).
Flash ClockworkMod Recovery attached to this post.
Download and push the ROM zip file to the sdcard.
Reboot into recovery.
Do a Nandroid Backup!
Wipe Data! Seriously! Do it!
Install the ROM zip from sdcard
Install gapps package linked here (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps)
Alright. Let me try that again now. I just put the Nightly #8 on my SDCARD
Flashed it through the recovery, it's at the Samsung logo now. I am going to leave it there for a bit and see if that changes.
Yeah. It's stuck at the logo. I reboot into recovery and I get the log errors. That's 6 Odin resets today.
Make sure you use atlas.pit when restoring to stock. If you are following those directions exactly, all I can say at this point is to try another ROM (maybe MIUI or OMGB) and see if that works, unless another poster wants to take a stab at this.
Yeah, I'm using the atlas 2.2.pit
I had it working yesterday but only if I flashed the rom using the orange recovery through ROM Manager. I might try that again.
Hyphnx said:
Alright. Let me try that again now. I just put the Nightly #8 on my SDCARD
Flashed it through the recovery, it's at the Samsung logo now. I am going to leave it there for a bit and see if that changes.
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I think the nightly might be your problem?...my $.02...and there are a lot of extra steps but it works for me if I really can't get cm7 to load (I've done this more then once)
Odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2pit and reboot fully when odin is done.
Pull battery...Odin cwm 3/30 fix all..and when that's done, install battery and 3 finger salute into recovery....wipe everything and flash com rom 2.0 and reboot.
This is where you may have to try different recoveries, putting com rom on your phone gives you root, recovery and voodoo. So from here if your recovery doesn't properly flash cm7 you can simply pull the battery re odin a different recovery and try again, as long as you don't try to reboot the phone.
Make sure you are using the 7/17 build from, jt's pretty much official cm7 Thread, not the nightly. even if this is not what you want it should properly get you to mtd format, so another rom on an mtd build can just be flash the good old way.
I've had the cwm4.x.x.x work fine and then today it would not work after I flash a different kernel with out wiping anything...oops! I've had 3/30 fix all cwm give me the best results but even today would not work.
What did work was using the com rom recovery to flash times infinity's purple recovery zip...reboot recovery into the purple one, and then wipe everything and flash cm7 7/17...ugh finally! Once I was there just power button menu... reboot recovery to install gapps, and glitch. You could at this point wipe cache and dalvik and flash nightly if you wanted...hope some of this helps.
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I've had the same problem tryin to flash all mtd based roms...it always sticks at the samsung logo when I three finger back to recovery. I get the error logs aswell...**** sucks lol. That's odining ed05, fully boot, odin cwm 4 fix for cm7, boot recovery, wipe data,cache, dalvick, install rom.zip, all for a samsung logo and log error lol. So instead of spending 5hrs trying to flash a rom, I spent 10min and flashed power wash ed05, works great!

[Q] stuck in a boot loop

i'm stuck in a boot loop after updating my phone to the latest nightlie of cm7 (fascinatemtd 35.zip) and can't boot into recovery neither...what can i do?
1. Download Android SDK onto your PC, install on c: (root directory)
2. Connect phone to PC
3. Open command prompt on PC
4. Navigate (within command prompt) to c:\AndroidSDK\AndroidSDK-Windows\platform_tools\
5. Boot phone
6. While in bootloop, type "adb reboot recovery" in command prompt
7. Your phone should now be in the proper mtd recovery
8. Profit
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ok thank you,i'll try it! keep in touch so i can tell you if i have some problems...
and waht should i do after getting to recovery? i tryed everything bur nothing happend!
1) try flashing a different kernel
or
2) wipe factory, wipe cache and Dalvik then reinstall CM7 35.zip
they are your best options or flash JTs VanGB rom
Good Luck!
i allready done it but nothing! wipe cache/data/dalvik and when i do the "install from sd card" and chose the zip ist show me like everything going well but getting into boot loop again...another option???
Liorgex said:
i allready done it but nothing! wipe cache/data/dalvik and when i do the "install from sd card" and chose the zip ist show me like everything going well but getting into boot loop again...another option???
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If you did that already and you still get a boot loop, my guess was your original download was corrupt..try re- downloading cm7 and flash again
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ok thank dude but,n sry for the question,how do i flash another rom without putting it in? cuz' i can't get inside in my situation...
Liorgex said:
ok thank dude but,n sry for the question,how do i flash another rom without putting it in? cuz' i can't get inside in my situation...
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Can you get into download mode? If so all you have to do is Odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2 pit file with repartition checked and when Odin is done reboot it, then you can try installing
cm7 again...I'll edit the post in a minute with some links
Ebo1 froyo tar...
http://www.multiupload.com/ZLPQAS8JA0
Atlas 2.2 pit file...
http://www.mediafire.com/?31u1g1ef05jvebd
Read the OP of this post..it will have all necessary links and instructions..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
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ok thank you alot i'll try it too. and something that may help you: I can get into cwm4 recovery mod but get some strange popups everytime (E: can't mount /cache/recovery/command and that stuff...) and i tried install others zip files (i put them inside my sd card using another phone) but allways failed... tell you something?
I thought you were boot looping? If you can get into recovery how are you doing so? three finger method? I ask because that will cause you problems
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yea i was i boot looping but when I take my battery off, I can turn it on with the three finger method and...
but thank you all so much! finally i fix my phone (and now i'm try to restore everything and root it again...) thank you very much!
Glad to hear its running again,I think that's why you got all those errors when in recovery because once your on cm7 , or any other Mtd build you can't use the three finger method anymore..if you run into problems again..it may be a pain in the ass but doing the eb01 and 2.2 pit repartition will always get back up and ready for a clean install if you really screw things up.
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[Q] Broken recovery, bad kernel, and id10t error

Last week I flashed LD3 for my Galaxy S2 i777. Today I was going to flash CM9. Every time I tried to boot into recovery it just started the phone.
I figured I could use mobile odin to flash a new kernel and it would fix it. Like an idiot I used a Gingerbread kernel on my phone running an ICS rom. So of course my phone froze on the "Galaxy S2" screen.
I couldn't boot into recovery and freaked out because I couldn't boot into dl either. I ordered a jig but kept fiddling in the meantime. I found that if I hook my phone to the USB, wait for the battery charging icon, take the battery out, then hold the down button it would boot into dl mode. Then I had to put the battery back in before I clicked continue or else it just reset.
Ok, so got into DL mode. I grabbed the stock rom and kernel from XDA site and flashed them with Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 (can't post links yet).
The phone starts and setup mode begins. It shows the android figure and says click it. Now all kinds of errors pop up telling me different google services weren't working and force close. When you click the android figure it goes to setup wizard screen but nothing happens (except more android service errors).
Can someone help me out here? I've been at it 5 hours and searched this forum high and low. My thought is there are some ICS elements left behind in there it is trying to load, but I could be way off.
I still can't boot into recovery mode, just DL.
PenguinSpark said:
Last week I flashed LD3 for my Galaxy S2 i777. Today I was going to flash CM9. Every time I tried to boot into recovery it just started the phone.
I figured I could use mobile odin to flash a new kernel and it would fix it. Like an idiot I used a Gingerbread kernel on my phone running an ICS rom. So of course my phone froze on the "Galaxy S2" screen.
I couldn't boot into recovery and freaked out because I couldn't boot into dl either. I ordered a jig but kept fiddling in the meantime. I found that if I hook my phone to the USB, wait for the battery charging icon, take the battery out, then hold the down button it would boot into dl mode. Then I had to put the battery back in before I clicked continue or else it just reset.
Ok, so got into DL mode. I grabbed the stock rom and kernel from XDA site and flashed them with Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432 (can't post links yet).
The phone starts and setup mode begins. It shows the android figure and says click it. Now all kinds of errors pop up telling me different google services weren't working and force close. When you click the android figure it goes to setup wizard screen but nothing happens (except more android service errors).
Can someone help me out here? I've been at it 5 hours and searched this forum high and low. My thought is there are some ICS elements left behind in there it is trying to load, but I could be way off.
I still can't boot into recovery mode, just DL.
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Did you do a full wipe before flashing the stock rom and kernel?
I did not do a full wipe. How can I go about that without logging into recovery? I'm googling that now but if you have linkage I would appreciate it.
mattdm said:
Did you do a full wipe before flashing the stock rom and kernel?
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dont need to wipe when using Odin/Heimdall.
To OP:
there is only factory recovery, no CWM, you could always just flash a kernal from the DEV section, get CWM, flash CM9.
If I flash another kernel wouldn't I still have the same problem? I'll go ahead and give it a shot. Any you recommend for any reason or other?
PenguinSpark said:
If I flash another kernel wouldn't I still have the same problem? I'll go ahead and give it a shot. Any you recommend for any reason or other?
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So let me get the straight...you're on unrooted stock right now? If that's true, you should:
1. Do a factory reset from settings.
2. Use Odin to flash the Stock with Root package.
3. Use Mobile Odin to flash either Entropy's DD or Siyah.
4. Use CWM to flash what you want after that.
PenguinSpark said:
If I flash another kernel wouldn't I still have the same problem? I'll go ahead and give it a shot. Any you recommend for any reason or other?
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recovery is in kernal. If you flash a kernal from the DEV section you'll get CWM recovery, then you can flash your CM9 that you wanted, after a wipe data/factory reset.
MotoMudder77 said:
recovery is in kernal. If you flash a kernal from the DEV section you'll get CWM recovery, then you can flash your CM9 that you wanted, after a wipe data/factory reset.
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Yes, but if he flashes said kernel with Odin, it'll trip his flash counter. I'm just telling him the safe way to do it, Mobile Odin.
I've already tripped my counter. I have a jig that will be here tomorrow so I can use it to reset the counter.
I can't use mobile odin because I can't log into my phone. I can only use desktop Odin.
All the files I am digging up look like .zip made for cwm. Could someone help guide me towards a kernel I can flash from desktop?
PenguinSpark said:
I've already tripped my counter. I have a jig that will be here tomorrow so I can use it to reset the counter.
I can't use mobile odin because I can't log into my phone. I can only use desktop Odin.
All the files I am digging up look like .zip made for cwm. Could someone help guide me towards a kernel I can flash from desktop?
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Either Entropy's DD or Siyah. You can open the zip and extract the zimage; the zimage is the kernel.
I just tried using Syiah:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367800&highlight=cf-root
I still get this message:
"The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. please try again"
I can't get past the setup screen.
And I still can't access recovery.
PenguinSpark said:
I just tried using Syiah:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367800&highlight=cf-root
I still get this message:
"The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. please try again"
I can't get past the setup screen.
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you flashed siyah kernal, booted into recovery, wiped data, and reflashed and are still getting this?
I can't boot to recovery
PenguinSpark said:
I can't boot to recovery
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Flash the return to stock package from Odin again. Something must have gone wrong with it the first time.
well thats wierd. Sorry man but are you doing it right?
vol down and power. hold it untill the screen flashes twice.
I flashed stock 3 times now. I couldn't get into recovery before this (manually or with rom manager) and still can't. It starts like its going into recovery then just resets and loads normally.
Down is for dl mode, up is recovery.
I think the lack of ability to boot into recovery and the android service errors may be related.
PenguinSpark said:
I flashed stock 3 times now. I couldn't get into recovery before this (manually or with rom manager) and still can't. It starts like its going into recovery then just resets and loads normally.
Down is for dl mode, up is recovery.
I think the lack of ability to boot into recovery and the android service errors may be related.
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Forget recovery. You shouldn't be worrying about recovery until after you get your phone booting.
New thought: maybe your download of the stock package is corrupted. Try to download it on your computer again. Download the one with root. If that fixes it, you can go use Mobile Odin to flash the Siyah kernel.
To get into recovery hold down both volume up, volume down, and power button and don't let go until recovery comes up.
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I have been using the rooted. The fully stock won't dl. This started because I flashed a gb kernel instead of ics. Maybe I should try flashing an ics kernel instead of stock gb?

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