Hi Guys, I am new to android and one of my friends convinced my to root my thunderbolt. I did it and everything worked fine, then i flashed many different roms on to it using rom manager. I kept flashing roms because none of the roms I flashed would let me connect to mobile network. (I used the mr2 radio) So then I "tried" to flash just the thunderstick 3.0 lockscreen, because i thought it wasn't like a full rom, and everything was normal but then when it was out of recovery mode and the HTC logo came on everything looked fine. But after that the wallpaper of the 3.0 lockscreen came and nothing else the 3.0 ring didnt come or anything else. It just froze on the wallpaper. the only thing i could do was put it to sleep and turn it back on. I tried to press the power button and the volume down button at the same time, but nothing happened. I also took the battery out and put it back it in and it froze on the wallpaper again, just like the last time. PLEASE HELP ME!!!
P.S - I'm sorry if some stuff i said didnt make much sense, I'm really new to this.
Flash a workin nandroid, and try chingys new radio leak, if that doesnt get your radio workin you probly need a new sim card
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I would, but when I connect the phone to my computer, nothing happens!
Since your pc doesn't recognize you phone, pull the sd card out, and then put a rom on it. One that you know will work. Delete any PG05IMG.zip file off the root of the ad card. Then put the sd card back in, put your battery in, and boot into the bootloader by holding volume - and power button. If you can boot to the bootloader, select the recovery, and wipe data /cache / and dalvik. Then flash your rom. If you can get your rom to boot and still have not data connection, reflash a radio.
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Ahh finally some good news, I just got of the phone with Verizon and they said that they would send a new phone to me by mail!! ohh yeah I couldn't do what n8theshredder said, because my computer (2010 macbook pro) doesn't have a place for a micro SD card, but anyways i really appreciate you guys trying to help!!
You requested a replacement phone because you flashed a problematic lockscreen? wow
So many ways this could have been fixed.
I realize you said you had radio problems but I'm not convinced you ever actually installed the correct radio for whatever rom you flashed. Eh...guess it's too late to fix your problems now.
Question about sending it back to Verizon. Can't they tell you rooted it? Doesn't that void the warranty? I'm having similar problems and I'd love to send it back, but I don't want to pay full price just yet. If you get this posting, could you reply and let me know how it went?
Hell claim a lost phone and I will take it off your hands, phone is still perfect.
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Question about sending it back to Verizon. Can't they tell you rooted it? Doesn't that void the warranty?
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Purty sure if they know it's rooted, your SOL.
Keep trying to fix it it it works send the replacement back to Verizon.
Can you get into the bootloader or the recovery? If so your fine and shouldn't be to hard of a fix.
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This time I have really f***ed up guys. I really think this time I have actually bricked my Thunderbolt. I was on Bamf Remix 1.63 I believe and everything was running great. I was obviously rooted also. I was bored and decided to flash Protekks Battery Sipper Kernel. Right after I flashed it, the phone would not boot. I pulled the battery and booted up again and it got stuck in a boot loop. So after a few tries I finally got it to boot into the bootloader. I got into recovery and tried to flash a backup and it rebooted in the middle of restoring it. I tried that a few more times. I then let the battery die. Then I charged it up a lot and tried to power it on and got nothing. The screen will not even turn on. When plugged into my computer it sometimes vibrates and my computer detects it and then my computer makes the sound like it was disconnected. I think it is still stuck in the boot loop with the screen off though. BTW the charging light does light up when plugged in. I tried the stock and extended battery to make sure it was not a battery problem. I finally called up Verizon and after I told them it would not turn on he said he is shipping me a free replacement. I told them that after a OTA update the phone would not boot. He warned me that if there is any evidence that the phone was rooted or hacked, I would be charged the retail price for the phone. That is really the only thing I am scared of. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Sorry for the long post, I wanted to get in all the details that I could.
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Adam
Try putting it in download mode and flash back to gongerbread using odin
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srkoza said:
Try putting it in download mode and flash back to gongerbread using odin
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Wtf? This isn't Samsung. OP do you bootloop in bootloader? I recommend you go to the irc and give them any info you can.. you will probably end up flashing a stock ruu through the bootloader but first go to irc.
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Thanks for the quick reply! How would I get into download mode. And I was on froyo before.. Shouldn't I download a froyo based rom?
Yeah I did not think we have Odin for HTC phones, and I already have the stock zip file on my MicroSD card but my screen will not turn on at all. I can not get into anything. Any advice?
Talk to jcase. Hopefully you have some adb knowledge.
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Yeah I did not think we have Odin for HTC phones, and I already have the stock zip file on my MicroSD card but my screen will not turn on at all. I can not get into anything. Any advice?
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Go to irc.. someone with actual Dev experience can help you there try #thunderbolt
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OK thanks for the replies. Do you think the Verizon warranty center people will actually go to the trouble of getting it to work and then charge me full retail for a new one if they see it is rooted. I already have the stock zip on the SD card so when it does boot up, it will return everything to stock. I have read online that some people have been charged retail because there phones have been rooted but most of them have gotten away with with it..
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OK thanks for the replies. Do you think the Verizon warranty center people will actually go to the trouble of getting it to work and then charge me full retail for a new one if they see it is rooted. I already have the stock zip on the SD card so when it does boot up, it will return everything to stock. I have read online that some people have been charged retail because there phones have been rooted but most of them have gotten away with with it..
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I think you're almost certainly fine. It's a lot of work and time for big red over one phone. Plus, your etf is less expensive than a replacement device
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thanks for the response man. etf= early termination fee? I might not have said in my original post but they are sending me a free replacement device. The rep on the phone specifically said that if they find my phone to be rooted or hacked, that I will be charged around 629$ for the refurb replacement. I really cannot afford that (
Call back and tell em you accidentally dropped it out of moving vehicle and that it was run over 5 times...and that it was raining outside. Then pay your deductible.
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Call back and tell em you accidentally dropped it out of moving vehicle and that it was run over 5 times...and that it was raining outside. Then pay your deductible.
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I decided that if I ever bricked, that I'd post on here asking what horrible things I should do previous to sending it in to get a replacement. Then post pics. XD
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Please check out this thread when you get a moment, might help the community and we would greatly appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130407
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I got out of a bootloop on my friend's Insipre 4G (which is very similar to the TB) by mounting the microSD on my computer, and then putting a stock ROM on it. I had to rename the stock ROM PG98IMG (PG05IMG on Thunderbolt), and flash it through the bootloader, but it did work.
Thanks for the post man but the Thunderbolt does not show any signs of life at all besides the flashing orange LED at the top blinking and the computer detecting it on and off every 5 minutes. The stock zip is already on the SD card so when it finally boots up it will flash and hopefully Verizon won't charge me out the @ss for a replacement.
powered on! for a second...
UPDATE: I just had it hooked up to my laptop and it booted on the the white HTC screen and I almost had a heart attaack :O but then it powered off and wont come back on. FML
itsdubai said:
UPDATE: I just had it hooked up to my laptop and it booted on the the white HTC screen and I almost had a heart attaack :O but then it powered off and wont come back on. FML
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how long have you had your phone and what hardware revision was it? did you try to run the RUU yet?
i think some people just got a batch of faulty phones because this doesn't seem to affect many.
I highly doubt verizon is going to receive your broken phone and boot it up and it will magically work. The only way it will auto-update is if they boot it into HBOOT. If they somehow just power it on it won't automatically apply anything. Keep that in mind. But I really wouldn't worry too much about it. If they charge you call them and tell them wtf I wasn't rooted. I don't even know what that means lol.
I have had the phone since the very first days it was released. Another slight annoying thing I have had happening prior is the glue on the screen has not been holding it down very well and and I can easily get a nail under it. And it wont let me do anything. I have a Droid X as a backup for now but I miss my beast
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I have had the phone since the very first days it was released. Another slight annoying thing I have had happening prior is the glue on the screen has not been holding it down very well and and I can easily get a nail under it. And it wont let me do anything. I have a Droid X as a backup for now but I miss my beast
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that's what im starting to think as htc has since released a revision 2 thunderbolt. i know as i just bought mine a few weeks ago. im wondering if the faulty phones were version 1 phones and have since been fixed. i also do not experience the high battery drain most of you guys do either.
I am having lots of issues with my phone, touchscreen going crazy, touchscreen locking up until I turn the screen off and back on, phone randomly rebooting and then locking during reboot requiring battery pull, etc, etc. I have tried wiping everything, even using superwipe and tried several different roms and stock and still having issues. I am going to take it to Sprint but I am sure the first thing they are going to do is to apply the latest updates, but I don't want that because I don't want HBOOT 1.5. Any way around this?
I was having a similar issue and i installed a new kernel with a new ROM that works great together. I'm not having any more issues. Try a kernel that marries your ROM.
My money making shooter in 3D.
Just tell then not to apply the updates.
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I was having a similar issue and i installed a new kernel with a new ROM that works great together. I'm not having any more issues. Try a kernel that marries your ROM.
My money making shooter in 3D.
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I don't think that is the issue. I have tried many different kernels and ROMs and even completely stock and still having issues.
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I'm probably screwed regardless as they will probably want to replace the device. If a full wipe and return to stock didn't fix it I don't know what else they can do. I see that you can now flash Roms with hboot 1.5. Is there any reason I should be trying to avoid it anyway?
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i have hboot 1.5 and avoided rooting for a long time after i got my refurb that was shipped with it. I haven't had any problems the only thing that is different is you can't currently gain s-off so you will need img gui from market to flash kernels with out having to plug your phone up to a computer and booting into recovery through command but i haven't had any issues. just a small annoiance of having the plug the phone o a pc when i want to flash a new ROM
I have a friend with a non rooted phone and his digitizer went nuts after the most recent update(VOICEMAIL) sound like the same issue. He took his into Sprint and they confrirmed it was the update that fried his digitizer. He asked me about it and I said never heard of that issue, I told him I will check. Looked on XDA and here it is. Unroot and take it back to sprint. He is receving a new 3vo tommorow.
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Mine does this same thing .. no matter which ROM setup I use. However it only does it when I have bad service, like the radios are causing it idk its driving nuts at times LOL
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I am having lots of issues with my phone, touchscreen going crazy, touchscreen locking up until I turn the screen off and back on, phone randomly rebooting and then locking during reboot requiring battery pull, etc, etc. I have tried wiping everything, even using superwipe and tried several different roms and stock and still having issues. I am going to take it to Sprint but I am sure the first thing they are going to do is to apply the latest updates, but I don't want that because I don't want HBOOT 1.5. Any way around this?
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Doubtful you won't get the HBOOT update if you take it in; try one last thing: Wipe everything and reformat your SD card, there's another thread somewhere around here that was talking about the SD card being a culprit for those type of issues.
If you're STILL having problems, then bite the bullet, you can ask for them to not update your phone but most of the time (read: not all of the time) they'll either refuse to troubleshoot your phone or will update it anyway.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
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i have hboot 1.5 and avoided rooting for a long time after i got my refurb that was shipped with it. I haven't had any problems the only thing that is different is you can't currently gain s-off so you will need img gui from market to flash kernels with out having to plug your phone up to a computer and booting into recovery through command but i haven't had any issues. just a small annoiance of having the plug the phone o a pc when i want to flash a new ROM
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You don't need to plug in to the pc to flash a new rom. You can do everything with hboot 1.50 except change kernel. And as you mentioned you can use flash image GUI. I never connect to pc anymore.
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You don't need to plug in to the pc to flash a new rom. You can do everything with hboot 1.50 except change kernel. And as you mentioned you can use flash image GUI. I never connect to pc anymore.
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agree, no need for a pc anymore, kernal is changeable too,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192527
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Doubtful you won't get the HBOOT update if you take it in; try one last thing: Wipe everything and reformat your SD card, there's another thread somewhere around here that was talking about the SD card being a culprit for those type of issues.
If you're STILL having problems, then bite the bullet, you can ask for them to not update your phone but most of the time (read: not all of the time) they'll either refuse to troubleshoot your phone or will update it anyway.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
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SD card may have been the issue. I haven't had access to a computer to backup and format the card so i just removed it. So far its working fine, but its only been an hour or so.
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So, long story short, took the Phone into Sprint so they could look at my headphone jack (was cracked and left ear bud would constantly cut in and out) because its acting up.
Gave the Tech the phone without the battery in it (since he didn’t need to power up the device to clearly see the headphone jack has a huge crack in it) but I left my SD card installed. As he was walking away, I asked him if I could remove my SD card and he let me, then seen that I gave him the phone without a battery. So, I ended up giving it to him (praying he didn’t turn it on and see ViperBoys sick ass ROM booting up) and he accidently pressed the power button turning the phone on. Promptly short after, he removed the battery when the phone was on the HTC screen, didn’t even get the boot animation. I was like OHH $h!t, that gonna mess up my phone & sure as $h!t, it did… Just loops in and out of that screen resetting each time with a little vibrate then looping.
I can get into Fastboot and use ADB, I’ve flashed RUU’s, put Stock image on root of SD and let recovery restore (losing my CWM & my HBOOT 1.400), unlocked, relocked, wiped, thrown, and screamed at it with no luck.
I did do a CWM backup before even setting foot in the Store, so I do have a backup. The 1st thing I tried was restoring it through CWM recovery and that didn’t stop the looping. I can still get into fastboot via power + vol down and adb functionality is still there.
HBOOT is 1.50 and s-on is enabled..
Been reading through threads since lunch and tried many different solutions without success. It seems once a phone is this far gone, people stop responding.
Anyone have any ideas?
New phone will be here tomorrow (free of coarse courtesy of Sprint insurance) but I’ve been without a phone all day and most of yesterday. I’d like to get this one back to stock and booting before I trade it in for the replacement tomorrow
So you ran an RUU and it still didnt work? And you're sure the RUU SUCCESSFULLY ran without any parts of it failing right?
If that's true, there's no hope AFAIK. Try to get it not to show the bootanimation by bricking it further.
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So you ran an RUU and it still didnt work? And you're sure the RUU SUCCESSFULLY ran without any parts of it failing right?
If that's true, there's no hope AFAIK. Try to get it not to show the bootanimation by bricking it further.
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Yup, RUU ran though fine and finished without error. Thing has been rooted since Revolutionary came out with the 1st rooting scheme for the 3D.. Flashed tons of ROM's never had this problem.
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Yup, RUU ran though fine and finished without error. Thing has been rooted since Revolutionary came out with the 1st rooting scheme for the 3D.. Flashed tons of ROM's never had this problem.
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My only explanation is that while he removed the battery some of your hardware got borked. This can't possibly be a software issue.
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My only explanation is that while he removed the battery some of your hardware got borked. This can't possibly be a software issue.
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BUMMER! In case the question comes up I ran "RUU_Shooter_S_Sprint_WWE_2.17.651.5_Radio_1.06.00.1216_NV_NV_spcs_1.42_release_233304_signed" and it ran just fine.
Hmm, hardware issue. Dont see how I can check for that if it doesnt boot.
Guess I'll just have to wait for the new Phone
try to fastboot oem lock it from fastboot. Then RUU, see if that works.
Why even get this one to work if you are getting a replacement?
Sprint is just going to put the phone back to stock....
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try to fastboot oem lock it from fastboot. Then RUU, see if that works.
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The HTC unlock went as expected. Followed the directions to the "T", then relocked, checked in fastboot (not that I could check anywhere else, LOL) and the phone says "*** RELOCKED***". Ran 2.17.651.5 RUU successfully to the finish. Still looping
WEIRD!
DarkManX4lf said:
Why even get this one to work if you are getting a replacement?
Sprint is just going to put the phone back to stock....
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Because I just want to know WTF happened!!! Had this Phone since release, abused\used the hell out of it by flashing ROMs constantly, restoring backups, tethering like crazy, emailing, texting, FBing...
No reason for it to crap out on me from a simple mistake, not even of my responsibility, lol!
The only issue I've had with this Phone is that damn headphone jack 1/2 way failing..
Got new phone, terrified to even think about trying to flash new ROM though
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Got new phone, terrified to even think about trying to flash new ROM though
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LULZ
Same problem with me happened.. Except I had hboot 1.5 and I went one month or two without rooting because I was scared to brick it. I ended up rooting it with desperation and I found my one true love ZR3D rom.
BEAUTIFUL, FAST, plus 4.0 skins ;D. Do it man
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Threevo said:
LULZ
Same problem with me happened.. Except I had hboot 1.5 and I went one month or two without rooting because I was scared to brick it. I ended up rooting it with desperation and I found my one true love ZR3D rom.
BEAUTIFUL, FAST, plus 4.0 skins ;D. Do it man
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DONT TEMPT ME DAMMIT! lol! Just been without a phone for almost 3 days. I'm also seeing a lot of new threads about people experiencing what I've gone through.
Woops, sprint\HTC! once again rooted, and running viperROM.... SWWWWWET!
HBOOT 1.5 and s-on is a *****!
Not to mention... But in Linux, I never got revo recovery to flash... You can do it in windows just do it via fastboot.
Took my Orig cwm bsckup "recovery" & "boot" .img and threw them @ the phone via command prompt.
After cwm was restored, I restored my 4\29\2012 backup that I made before I entered the Sprint store, now my phone is back to the exact same way
It was. Pretty Damn sweet!
So much info here!! I'm truly thankful!!!
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I know someone will eventually tell me to do a search, but I have and can't make any sense of most of the so called guides. What I have been finding is for the international version, or some generic crap that don't really help me. My phone is stuck on the Samsung logo when you try and power it on. I really need to fix this!!! I did SIM unlock it, rooted it, and installed OnlyOne ICS because I got tired of waiting for slow a$$ ATT to get the ICS update out. Anyhow, the phone worked great for 2 months and now this morning it kept saying, blah blah has crashed, etc. So I rebooted the phone and lord behold, the stupid thing won't work anymore. The only thing I can do with it is hold the power button and down volume button to get to the "Odin Mode". Other then that, the phone is useless. I would love to find some guide that is more specific on fixing this problem? Maybe I over looked one, but I am at work and don't have the time to search thru hundreds of threads, etc. I will when I get home, but really need to fix the phone ASAP since I use it for work too. Any info would be awesome.
I think your talking about Download mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2725944
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I know someone will eventually tell me to do a search, but I have and can't make any sense of most of the so called guides. What I have been finding is for the international version, or some generic crap that don't really help me. My phone is stuck on the Samsung logo when you try and power it on. I really need to fix this!!! I did SIM unlock it, rooted it, and installed OnlyOne ICS because I got tired of waiting for slow a$$ ATT to get the ICS update out. Anyhow, the phone worked great for 2 months and now this morning it kept saying, blah blah has crashed, etc. So I rebooted the phone and lord behold, the stupid thing won't work anymore. The only thing I can do with it is hold the power button and down volume button to get to the "Odin Mode". Other then that, the phone is useless. I would love to find some guide that is more specific on fixing this problem? Maybe I over looked one, but I am at work and don't have the time to search thru hundreds of threads, etc. I will when I get home, but really need to fix the phone ASAP since I use it for work too. Any info would be awesome.
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If you can get into download mode (odin mode) just flash the attstock Rom to unroot.
Go to rootgalaxynote.com and click the upper right hand corner where it says uroot and follow the directions. Works great for me used it multiple times.
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I do appreciate the quick responses, but I'm about to head out and will try to re-flash it later. I am just concerned about the data / pictures, etc I have on the phone itself. I know I can pull the 16gb sd card I have and it will be safe, but if I use the ODIN way to re-flash to stock, will it erase all my content I have? I thank god I have a MyTouch 4g as a backup, but all my work related stuff is on my Note, so I am really up a creek right now without it.
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I do appreciate the quick responses, but I'm about to head out and will try to re-flash it later. I am just concerned about the data / pictures, etc I have on the phone itself. I know I can pull the 16gb sd card I have and it will be safe, but if I use the ODIN way to re-flash to stock, will it erase all my content I have? I thank god I have a MyTouch 4g as a backup, but all my work related stuff is on my Note, so I am really up a creek right now without it.
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If you unroot all of the data stays on your note. No worries. Good luck
Just one thing, when you unroot and it is finished the att logo will come up with the "rethink possible" after that just go into Samsung recovery and reboot from there.
It doesn't say that on the website.
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I got it to work when I got some time. I used a Wi-Fi connection at MacDonalds and downloaded the onlyone beta 5 rom. Thank god I had my laptop with me also. I was on beta 4 but I also got into clockwork mod and fixed permissions & cleared cache. Then went and flashed the new rom, hoping my data and installed apps would still work. Well my phone is working great again. Thanks for the info and keep up the good work!
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Can you put solved in the title please? : )
And quite happy for your success.
Hi Everyone,
This is my wife's phone, so i'm not very familar with it. She handed it to me today saying to won't boot. If connected to a charger, the screen would come on saying "RDS protocol starting..." and "Battery too low to flash".
After doing a little research her, I asked her if it had asked to do an update. She said yes, but that she's been hitting "no". So i guess it's been asking her for a while. I'm assuming she either hit yes, or it went ahead and did a force install anyway.
I took it to Sprint and they told me there was nothing they could do but replace it, which they have ordered the replacement, but that they cannot recovery anything from the internal memory (pictures, contacts, etc). So all I need to do is get the phone working enough to get data off of it, if at all possible.
The phone has NEVER been rooted. The bootloader is NOT unlocked. She's never let me touch it before.
I have no idea what version it was on (think it was 2.3.4) nor what version the OTA was trying to install.
I recharged the battery a little using a usb cable with the end cutoff and attached the red/black wires to the +/- pins. (about 30 mins or so). The "Battery too low to flash' message is gone and the phone is recognized in RDS Lite (good sign I hope).
Can I just flash "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-154_5-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US.zip" to it using RDS Lite? Or should I use a later version like 198_7? I downloaded the 154_5 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20331570&postcount=3)
I eagerly await a helping hand.
Thanks,
EB
Hmm, it varies.
I will try to help you, when I will get some more time today.
peetr_ said:
Hmm, it varies.
I will try to help you, when I will get some more time today.
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Thanks.. looking forward to hearing from you. All I really need is to be able to get pictures and contacts off of it.. and perhaps SMS history. I don't care if any of the services work, since Sprint is sending us a replacement phone.
Euclid's Brother said:
Thanks.. looking forward to hearing from you. All I really need is to be able to get pictures and contacts off of it.. and perhaps SMS history. I don't care if any of the services work, since Sprint is sending us a replacement phone.
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I thought I remembered seeing somewhere where there is a way to block this update from installing
but i cant find it ( i tried lol)
can you or someone please tell me how to do it
i keep hitting later but ive read that at some point it can just download and install anyways and i really dont want that
thanx
Modo-mopho said:
I thought I remembered seeing somewhere where there is a way to block this update from installing
but i cant find it ( i tried lol)
can you or someone please tell me how to do it
i keep hitting later but ive read that at some point it can just download and install anyways and i really dont want that
thanx
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Contacts are synced to googles servers, so that's not a problem. As far as pictures, were they on the sd card or internal phone storage? If on sdcard, just put the card in a card reader on a laptop or pc. Or you may be able to install bootstrap recovery and mount either internal or sdcard. Or, if you were on 2.3.4, flashing any of those sbfs will work.
You can block the update by changing a line in the buildprop. But that would require being rooted. Id sbf then do the update immediately after since she obviously doesn't care about root or unlock.
Thanks.. I'm sure the pictures are on the internal sdcard. It's the pictures taken by the camera over the past few months. I already have older ones copied to my PC.
peetr_ sent me a custom sbf for an unlocked bootloader + twrp. I'll try that when I get home to see if i can get into that way. (Thanks peetr_)
I'll keep everyone posted.
What line in the build.prop file do I change?
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Modo-mopho said:
What line in the build.prop file do I change?
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Can't remember ill try to find out for ya.
HUGE thanks to peetr_ for all the help he gave me. I managed to get it booted into Electrify and saved everything I needed. *whew*
I now believe the whole issue was not a failed update, but a sticky volume button that's causing it to go to RSD mode. Whenever I power it down, then backup, it always goes direct to RSD mode. But then I can pull the battery, put it back in.. then hit the non-volume side of the phone against the heel of my hand (fairly hard) 5 or 6 times, then power it on, and it boots normally. Then while it's running, I'll see the volumne adjust up and down randomly.
Then if i reboot it, it's back to the RSD mode.
It doesn't work every time, but I've managed to boot it several times like that.