So today I was running my Galaxy 2 like any other regular phone. I had pulled it out of my pocket and was listening to some music whilst playing some game that I recently downloaded from the Android Market. Before I started playing it I recall my battery was at 18%.
Then all of a sudden.
My screen turned off.
I thought hmm. Maybe it just turned off. Attempted to turn it back on. Nothing.
I started to worry.
So I tried to boot my device in download mode or recovery mode.
Nothing
Even more worringly I attempted to charge my phone to see if the charging thing would pop up.
Nothing at all.
So I'm wondering if my GalaxyS2 has died?
At the time I was running CM7.1 Nightly 81 with Siyahs 2.0 beta 6.
any chance of claiming it on warranty as they can't check the actual phone for flashes, or a possible solution?
Hey, sounds ugly.
Did you leave the phone plugged in for some time? because I think the phone needs some juice, when it was down to zero battery, before it will show anything on the screen.
For your warranty, You know I would first try everything to get it back by yourself and if nothing is going to work then I would guess the sammy guys can't do much either. So if you send it back then and you get a new one be happy, if not yeah you know hope that it will not cost too much. Good luck dude.
Try to pull out the battery and put it back in and plug in the charger and let it be for som time.
Well **** me sideways....
On the way back home from the vendor to get the charger my phone turned on.
Like... What the actual hell???
Its currently charging in my USB.
I just tried flashing an old backup I had and that didn't work for some strange reason.
I'm going to try and flash a stock rom from the USB and see what happens. Not willing to turn it off though.
giga502 said:
Well **** me sideways....
On the way back home from the vendor to get the charger my phone turned on.
Like... What the actual hell???
Its currently charging in my USB.
I just tried flashing an old backup I had and that didn't work for some strange reason.
I'm going to try and flash a stock rom from the USB and see what happens. Not willing to turn it off though.
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Ah great news....is it still on ?
But I would recommend using stock for a while to see if this problem comes up again.
But as you are using a CM nightly that might be the reason for the problem.
brunobanane said:
Ah great news....is it still on ?
But I would recommend using stock for a while to see if this problem comes up again.
But as you are using a CM nightly that might be the reason for the problem.
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Well. I'm trying to flash a stock rom.
But whenever I go to the recovery menu some error pops up
can't access to system csc kor system
and it gives me a very limited recovery menu...
hmmm
giga502 said:
Well. I'm trying to flash a stock rom.
But whenever I go to the recovery menu some error pops up
What has the recovery menu got to do with flashing a stock rom ???
can't access to system csc kor system
Why
and it gives me a very limited recovery menu...
Its a non CWM recovery then probably 3e Samsung Recovery .
CWM or recovery is not used to flash stock rom .
jje
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JJEgan said:
giga502 said:
Well. I'm trying to flash a stock rom.
But whenever I go to the recovery menu some error pops up
What has the recovery menu got to do with flashing a stock rom ???
can't access to system csc kor system
Why
and it gives me a very limited recovery menu...
Its a non CWM recovery then probably 3e Samsung Recovery .
CWM or recovery is not used to flash stock rom .
jje
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ahh yes that is the one. Thankyou!
I'm now using Odin to flash litnin rom 6.1
if I can get into download mode....
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Hello, Ive searched for an answer to this but couldnt find one.
Whenever I flash a rom I always get super fast battery drainage, and random shutoffs every 5 minutes. What is the deal?
This is what I used to root/load the custom rom on my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
How many roms have you flashed? Have you tried reflashing the same rom?
Powered by Axura with a dash of Voodoo
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How many roms have you flashed? Have you tried reflashing the same rom?
Powered by Axura with a dash of Voodoo
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I have tried with with the newest versions of Aurxora and Nero. And yes I flashed the nero twice and it still has super fast battery drainage and a lot of shutdowns.
Flonkas said:
Hello, Ive searched for an answer to this but couldnt find one.
Whenever I flash a rom I always get super fast battery drainage, and random shutoffs every 5 minutes. What is the deal?
This is what I used to root/load the custom rom on my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
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I KNOW!
does your phone just soft reboot every 5 minutes? like it doesn't show the whole vibrant screen, just the tmobile and stuff.
i had this problem when i was on stock, and i called tmobile (didnt know about xda yet) and they told me to go boot into recovery, then choose... clear user data or something, and that erased everything(except sim and sd card ofc.) and fixed it, try that?
else, start using ODIN, to fix possibly every non-hardware issue.
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I KNOW!
does your phone just soft reboot every 5 minutes? like it doesn't show the whole vibrant screen, just the tmobile and stuff.
i had this problem when i was on stock, and i called tmobile (didnt know about xda yet) and they told me to go boot into recovery, then choose... clear user data or something, and that erased everything(except sim and sd card ofc.) and fixed it, try that?
else, start using ODIN, to fix possibly every non-hardware issue.
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I get a full on shutdown. Does not start back up.
Flonkas said:
I get a full on shutdown. Does not start back up.
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if you are able to get into download mode, i suggest you odin back is the best answer i can give you, and if that doesn't solve your problem, call tmobile and return it for another new/refurb(most likely a refurb)
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if you are able to get into download mode, i suggest you odin back is the best answer i can give you, and if that doesn't solve your problem, call tmobile and return it for another new/refurb(most likely a refurb)
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I do not think theres a problem with the phone because this only started happening once I installed a custom rom. Im thinking I just messed up somewhere.
Flonkas said:
I do not think theres a problem with the phone because this only started happening once I installed a custom rom. Im thinking I just messed up somewhere.
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every once in a while you must odin back to stock and start flashing, because if you keep flashing roms over and over without odin, they all leave behind a little bit of data, which keeps bugging the new version you have, and so on.
Turn off phone, take battery out.
get a computer, get your usb cord.
take battery out
plug in usb to a turned on computer
after usb, hold ONLY AND BOTH volume buttons.
while holding the buttons put in the battery.
it should now show a android digging with a yellow sign.
if your there, you can fix it, if not, try a few times again, and if you absolutely cannot get it to do this, then you have a hardware locked vibrant, which i don't know much about.
If you DO get on the download mode( yellow android digging)
go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
download the Samsung Drivers if you don't already have them, you may need to re-do everything i said up there again so the computer regcognizes your phone.
Your going to need to download a program called ODIN.
found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8863820&postcount=138
open odin while your phones in download mode, on the top does it say COM3, COM5 etc? any number at end is good, but if it says COM it means the computer has recognized your phone thats a good job.
now you need to download 2-3 more files which will take you to stock, unrooted everything like that.
for the sake of time, i have to leave, but i found you a thread with exact instructions as mine, and with other helpful things as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799105
Well... if you're definition of battery drain extremely fast is 10-12 hours then that's all you're going to get, deal with it. But if somehow you're getting like 4-6 around this area that's not normal.
Make sure you have GPS and WIFI OFF and bluetooth also when you're not using them.
Use titanium backup pro to freeze all the apps you don't use, especially preinstalled apps like wifi calling and the like.
Or, wipe battery stats and recondition or use this link to flash stock rom and this should fix any unknown problems
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
I recently tried installing the LiquidSmooth. First, I installed the older version, and I tried to upgrade the ROM. I'm not sure what happened, but when I installed from ZIP on CWM, it looked fine and I tried rebooting and it turned off and never turned back on. It shows no response whatsoever, black screen, and the only slight response that it would show is the red charging light when I plug it in without a battery in. My computer will recognize that something is plugged in by USB but nothing shows up in Windows Explorer. I don't have a warranty, so any advice would be useful.
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I recently tried installing the LiquidSmooth. First, I installed the older version, and I tried to upgrade the ROM. I'm not sure what happened, but when I installed from ZIP on CWM, it looked fine and I tried rebooting and it turned off and never turned back on. It shows no response whatsoever, black screen, and the only slight response that it would show is the red charging light when I plug it in without a battery in. My computer will recognize that something is plugged in by USB but nothing shows up in Windows Explorer. I don't have a warranty, so any advice would be useful.
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is it still entering download mode?
sriram231092 said:
is it still entering download mode?
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Completely unresponsive, black screen all the way, no start-up screen, nothing.
I'm able to get a warranty replacement, but it would still be great to know how to fix it for future reference.
predstitans3797 said:
Completely unresponsive, black screen all the way, no start-up screen, nothing.
I'm able to get a warranty replacement, but it would still be great to know how to fix it for future reference.
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Its a very simple solution to your problem. Stop using CWM to flash ROMs.
Heres what you to fix your phone and follow it closely other wise you will have a paper weight. Pull out your battery for 5 mins. Pull out your sim card. After 5 mins, reinstall your battery, don't worry about the sim. See if it turns on. If it does, then you can flash using the download method and this method only. Flash a rooted stock rom to your phone. Get triangle and rest the counter. Install a stock recovery and have fun. No need for those other ROMS, they are buggy and have caused issues with so many phones.
If that doesn't work, get the Samsung GS3 toolkit and try with that. It will put your phone in download mode automatically and may help you out.
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Its a very simple solution to your problem. Stop using CWM to flash ROMs.
Heres what you to fix your phone and follow it closely other wise you will have a paper weight. Pull out your battery for 5 mins. Pull out your sim card. After 5 mins, reinstall your battery, don't worry about the sim. See if it turns on. If it does, then you can flash using the download method and this method only. Flash a rooted stock rom to your phone. Get triangle and rest the counter. Install a stock recovery and have fun. No need for those other ROMS, they are buggy and have caused issues with so many phones.
If that doesn't work, get the Samsung GS3 toolkit and try with that. It will put your phone in download mode automatically and may help you out.
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To be fair, the problems after flashing a rom are rarely caused by the rom itself..
It's usually just a noob who doesnt know the proper "way" to flash stuff.. Nothing wrong with flashing with CWM.
Etirel said:
To be fair, the problems after flashing a rom are rarely caused by the rom itself..
It's usually just a noob who doesnt know the proper "way" to flash stuff.. Nothing wrong with flashing with CWM.
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I would say about 75% of the issues I have read, people have used CWM to flash a ROM or used a modified ROM of some sort. I had one that said it was simular to stock, it lasted on my phone 2 days. It drove me nuts, phone sluggish and battery drain. Flashed a rooted stock ROM and everything is great. Can do OTA updates with it. Have SU and can run linux on it. Don't have any custom recovery on it as its not needed. ANd I can still get warranty on the phone.
TheStrokerace said:
I would say about 75% of the issues I have read, people have used CWM to flash a ROM or used a modified ROM of some sort. I had one that said it was simular to stock, it lasted on my phone 2 days. It drove me nuts, phone sluggish and battery drain. Flashed a rooted stock ROM and everything is great. Can do OTA updates with it. Have SU and can run linux on it. Don't have any custom recovery on it as its not needed. ANd I can still get warranty on the phone.
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once you are rooted, there's no warranty! btw how did you flash a custom rom with no CWM recovery? odin flashable?
sriram231092 said:
once you are rooted, there's no warranty! btw how did you flash a custom rom with no CWM recovery? odin flashable?
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That is why you use triangle to reset the counter and an a rooted stock rom. Odin is the only way to flash a rom, much safer and alot easier. takes 1 min todo. Or you can get the samsung toolkit and use it. CWM is or shouldn't be used for updating a ROM, Its called recovery for a reason. And you don't have to worry about your SD card crapping out.
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Odin is the only way to flash a rom, much safer and alot easier. takes 1 min todo. Or you can get the samsung toolkit and use it. CWM is or shouldn't be used for updating a ROM
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That's nonsense
Glebun said:
That's nonsense
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100% agree CWM is not the major cause of SDS and post that says it is is complete and utter noob nonsense .
jje
TheStrokerace said:
Its a very simple solution to your problem. Stop using CWM to flash ROMs.
Heres what you to fix your phone and follow it closely other wise you will have a paper weight. Pull out your battery for 5 mins. Pull out your sim card. After 5 mins, reinstall your battery, don't worry about the sim. See if it turns on. If it does, then you can flash using the download method and this method only. Flash a rooted stock rom to your phone. Get triangle and rest the counter. Install a stock recovery and have fun. No need for those other ROMS, they are buggy and have caused issues with so many phones.
If that doesn't work, get the Samsung GS3 toolkit and try with that. It will put your phone in download mode automatically and may help you out.
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Sorry but this is straight bullsh*t!
This is your personal opninion. Guess what I use a Custom ROM and it works just fine. It`s faster than a Stock Sammy ROM. Everyone who flashes a ROM should always read what works and what doesn`t work. ROMs that are based on AOSP like the CyanogenMod are easily Daily Driver material. So I don`t know what you are talking about here.
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I would say about 75% of the issues I have read, people have used CWM to flash a ROM or used a modified ROM of some sort. I had one that said it was simular to stock, it lasted on my phone 2 days. It drove me nuts, phone sluggish and battery drain. Flashed a rooted stock ROM and everything is great. Can do OTA updates with it. Have SU and can run linux on it. Don't have any custom recovery on it as its not needed. ANd I can still get warranty on the phone.
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Funny how you seem to have problems with Custom ROMs while hundreds of thousands of people use them and are happy with them.
TheStrokerace said:
That is why you use triangle to reset the counter and an a rooted stock rom. Odin is the only way to flash a rom, much safer and alot easier. takes 1 min todo. Or you can get the samsung toolkit and use it. CWM is or shouldn't be used for updating a ROM, Its called recovery for a reason. And you don't have to worry about your SD card crapping out.
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This is another case of straight false information and also your personal opinion that you state as fact. My opinion is that there are many things that could go wrong when flashing Stuff with Odin because 1. Your computer could screw up during the flashing process. 2. You could by accident disconnect the USB cable from your phone during the flashing process and and and. That`s why I only use Odin when I absolutely have to. I flashed ROMs with CWM Recovery many times and it worked without a problem (less stuff that could go wrong). I have rarely heard of cases where people screwed up their phones while flashing with CWM BUT I have heard a lot of cases where people screwed up their phones with Odin.
I have had my s3 (i9300) for about a year now and was running fine. It was rooted and running custom ROMs.
For a month or so, I noticed that it never switched off. Even when I pressed the power off option it only restarted. The only time when it switched off was when it ran out of battery. And this was irrespective of any rom that I was using.
Someone suggested flashing the stock firmware. I did that with odin but now my phone wont boot at all. The firmware is flashed but the phone just shows the big battery icon with a circle in it. I can get to download mode and stock recovery.
I tried flashing custom recovery using CF root and flashed a custom rom but still the same result. Worse it increased my flash count.
Is there anything short of taking my phone to the service center that can be done? Also since I can boot into download mode and recovery, Is there anyway to reset the counter? I know triangle away does that but I cant boot so…..
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I have had my s3 (i9300) for about a year now and was running fine. It was rooted and running custom ROMs.
For a month or so, I noticed that it never switched off. Even when I pressed the power off option it only restarted. The only time when it switched off was when it ran out of battery. And this was irrespective of any rom that I was using.
Someone suggested flashing the stock firmware. I did that with odin but now my phone wont boot at all. The firmware is flashed but the phone just shows the big battery icon with a circle in it. I can get to download mode and stock recovery.
I tried flashing custom recovery using CF root and flashed a custom rom but still the same result. Worse it increased my flash count.
Is there anything short of taking my phone to the service center that can be done? Also since I can boot into download mode and recovery, Is there anyway to reset the counter? I know triangle away does that but I cant boot so…..
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You did do a full wipe after flashing the new roms right?
wangdaning said:
You did do a full wipe after flashing the new roms right?
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In stock recovery yes (data and cache). From cwm (data cache and dalvik) also. Let me try that again
what file did you flash?
does the recovery show any errors?
gadgetcraze said:
I have had my s3 (i9300) for about a year now and was running fine. It was rooted and running custom ROMs.
For a month or so, I noticed that it never switched off. Even when I pressed the power off option it only restarted. The only time when it switched off was when it ran out of battery. And this was irrespective of any rom that I was using.
Someone suggested flashing the stock firmware. I did that with odin but now my phone wont boot at all. The firmware is flashed but the phone just shows the big battery icon with a circle in it. I can get to download mode and stock recovery.
I tried flashing custom recovery using CF root and flashed a custom rom but still the same result. Worse it increased my flash count.
Is there anything short of taking my phone to the service center that can be done? Also since I can boot into download mode and recovery, Is there anyway to reset the counter? I know triangle away does that but I cant boot so…..
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Once you flash a stock ROM, factory reset the phone from stock recovery. That'll solve the issue of reboot loop. :good:
Be warned, you'll lose all data in the internal SD card.
Glebun said:
what file did you flash?
does the recovery show any errors?
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Stock Firmware for my country downloaded from sammobile.
When the phone boots into Recovery, there is a dead green bot and an exclamation mark.
It says
manual mode
Appling Multi-CSC
Applied the CSC code BTU
Successfully applied multi CSC
Oomahey said:
Once you flash a stock ROM, factory reset the phone from stock recovery. That'll solve the issue of reboot loop. :good:
Be warned, you'll lose all data in the internal SD card.
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Did not work
are you sure the file you flashed is for your model?
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are you sure the file you flashed is for your model?
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I am. It was not the latest one though. I will download the latest one and give it another shot. Maybe. But if this was a firmware problem, the phone would get stuck at the samsung logo. Would'nt it? Instead the samsung logo never comes on and I just see that battery sign.
And as I mentioned, I had this problem where the phone would not switch off even if I select power off. Even after a battery pull it would boot up on its own. Even now, as I put in the battery, it starts showing the battery symbol with a circle in it. I suspect the two problems may be interconnected and may be related to a hardware failure.
I had a working phone before. Just to fix the power off thing, I might have bricked my phone.
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I am. It was not the latest one though. I will download the latest one and give it another shot. Maybe. But if this was a firmware problem, the phone would get stuck at the samsung logo. Would'nt it? Instead the samsung logo never comes on and I just see that battery sign.
And as I mentioned, I had this problem where the phone would not switch off even if I select power off. Even after a battery pull it would boot up on its own. Even now, as I put in the battery, it starts showing the battery symbol with a circle in it. I suspect the two problems may be interconnected and may be related to a hardware failure.
I had a working phone before. Just to fix the power off thing, I might have bricked my phone.
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Have you got a backup of your efs, if not pull it from your device while you can. Use ADB from recovery to do it.
Something else on you device is causing the power button issue. Could be some mod, or just some corruption. Are you getting other signs when booting?
Last resort, use Kies. Follow the guide posted on here. Don't plug in your device, select emegency (firmware) recovery, give the info (serial number) and plug in when prompted. Back up your efs first if you can. ADB pull the efs is /dev/block/mmcblk0p3.
wangdaning said:
Have you got a backup of your efs, if not pull it from your device while you can. Use ADB from recovery to do it.
Something else on you device is causing the power button issue. Could be some mod, or just some corruption. Are you getting other signs when booting?
Last resort, use Kies. Follow the guide posted on here. Don't plug in your device, select emegency (firmware) recovery, give the info (serial number) and plug in when prompted. Back up your efs first if you can. ADB pull the efs is /dev/block/mmcblk0p3.
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I did backup my efs folder when I rooted my phone first. Hope that suffices. Can you point me to the guide for emergency recovery? I could locate this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
That guide would be correct, but make sure you use your model number. For international, I believe it is GT-I9300, and has to be written that way.
wangdaning said:
That guide would be correct, but make sure you use your model number. For international, I believe it is GT-I9300, and has to be written that way.
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Worked partially. Now wont reboot. At least I was able to set the counters to 0 before it went dead again. Thanks for the help.
After working for a while, on resetting the phone, it went completely dead. I took the phone to the service center and it turned out to a case of defective mini usb jack. Maybe the reasons it was booting up in between on change of softwares was just a matter of chance.
Thanks for the help.
Hi,
My S2 was working perfectly and I put it on charge. About 15mins later I walked past and noticed it was displaying just the very first screen ie the one you see as soon as it starts and says Galaxy S2. Tried all the usual things like removing battery etc. I thought I might have a corrupted ROM so I have re-flashed it with Odin and whilst that was successful it is still at the same screen. I flashed it with the Australian XSA ROM. I can get it into flash mode but nothing else.
Anyone have any further thoughts?
JohnYW
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Hi,
My S2 was working perfectly and I put it on charge. About 15mins later I walked past and noticed it was displaying just the very first screen ie the one you see as soon as it starts and says Galaxy S2. Tried all the usual things like removing battery etc. I thought I might have a corrupted ROM so I have re-flashed it with Odin and whilst that was successful it is still at the same screen. I flashed it with the Australian XSA ROM. I can get it into flash mode but nothing else.
Anyone have any further thoughts?
JohnYW
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Try going to stock recovery and doing a factory reset
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Try going to stock recovery and doing a factory reset
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OK thanks for the quick reply. Tried to get there but what happens is the android appears with his whirling blue bit....then it goes to black and the samsung galaxy s 2 screen again appears and thats where it stays. The only mode it will go into is the flash rom mode. In other words vol up plus power and home buttons does the above whereas vol down plus home and power gets me successfully to the rom flash screen.
John
JohnYW said:
OK thanks for the quick reply. Tried to get there but what happens is the android appears with his whirling blue bit....then it goes to black and the samsung galaxy s 2 screen again appears and thats where it stays. The only mode it will go into is the flash rom mode. In other words vol up plus power and home buttons does the above whereas vol down plus home and power gets me successfully to the rom flash screen.
John
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The only other thing I can think of is to flash a .tar recovery from download mode(vol down+home+power).
Try the modified kernel from philz HERE You will need to match the kernel to the rom version, read carefully particularly the 2nd and 3rd posts
Just untick reboot on finish in odin and once you succesfully flash the kernel try to enter recovery from power off. Good luck
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noppy22 said:
The only other thing I can think of is to flash a .tar recovery from download mode(vol down+home+power).
Try the modified kernel from philz HERE You will need to match the kernel to the rom version, read carefully particularly the 2nd and 3rd posts
Just untick reboot on finish in odin and once you succesfully flash the kernel try to enter recovery from power off. Good luck
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Just getting back to it ....Thanks for that and all makes sense ...but maybe its a dumb question but how do I determine what Kernel I need ...I can't boot the phone up to get any of that information....the only thing I see on the inside cover is the Model - GT-I9100 and an SSN (whatever that is) of -I9100GSMH. Any other clues?
John
JohnYW said:
Just getting back to it ....Thanks for that and all makes sense ...but maybe its a dumb question but how do I determine what Kernel I need ...I can't boot the phone up to get any of that information....the only thing I see on the inside cover is the Model - GT-I9100 and an SSN (whatever that is) of -I9100GSMH. Any other clues?
John
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Do you still have the stock rom file that you used with odin? If not you might be able to identify the rom from the website you got it from.
noppy22 said:
Do you still have the stock rom file that you used with odin? If not you might be able to identify the rom from the website you got it from.
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Yes ...I do but again, when I repalced the ROM I didnt know which of the files to try (SamMobile)...the phone originally had an Optus ROM on it before all this happened soI couldnt readily identify which of the 4 files I found were correct to use so in the end I thought I would load the XSA file ...which had the latest date.... hoping that would work....so thats what I went with.... it was I9100XWLSH ...ahh now the penny has dropped... I need the XWLSH Kernel dont I ...butwhat does fixed for bootloop mean? Sorry if these are dumb questions but thanks for your patience
John
JohnYW said:
Yes ...I do but again, when I repalced the ROM I didnt know which of the files to try (SamMobile)...the phone originally had an Optus ROM on it before all this happened soI couldnt readily identify which of the 4 files I found were correct to use so in the end I thought I would load the XSA file ...which had the latest date.... hoping that would work....so thats what I went with.... it was I9100XWLSH ...ahh now the penny has dropped... I need the XWLSH Kernel dont I ...butwhat does fixed for bootloop mean? Sorry if these are dumb questions but thanks for your patience
John
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Yes, thats the kernel you need. Just get the .tar version of the kernel and flash in download mode(vol down, home, power). I'm hoping you can get a working recovery to give you a few more options. It may not work, as I suspect you have filesystem corruptions or something, but try that anyway
OK ...will try that in a few days ...again, thanks for the help
John
im using cm12 archidroid 3.5.14 and decided to update to 3.5.15 version last night. but the update didnt went well, something went wrong and i got 'recursive' error, and it started to boot loops.
i tried so many solutions, i odin this and that and nothing worked. i downloaded cwm 6.0.0.47 i think, and managed to install the AD rom, but now im stuck at languange selection, i cant select anything because screen support isnt working
what do i do now?
Samsung S3 i9300
You did "odin this and that"? That's never a good idea. Just saying...
I would try to flash latest AD again but with a proper up-to-date recovery e.g. latest TWRP after making a nandroid backup.
Hawaiihemd said:
You did "odin this and that"? That's never a good idea. Just saying...
I would try to flash latest AD again but with a proper up-to-date recovery e.g. latest TWRP after making a nandroid backup.
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thanks for the reply Hawaiihemd
i downloaded the stock firmware of i9300 and odin that .tar.md5. Now it just stuck at samsung logo
I would try to flash latest AD again but with a proper up-to-date recovery
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how do i do that? where do i get latest uptodate recovery? at least point me to right directions thanks so much
ricvai7 said:
thanks for the reply Hawaiihemd
i downloaded the stock firmware of i9300 and odin that .tar.md5. Now it just stuck at samsung logo
how do i do that? where do i get latest uptodate recovery? at least point me to right directions thanks so much
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Well then, if you already flashed stock rom via odin, your data is already gone. Make sure your phone is working on stock first now. Please be aware that the first boot after each rom flash might take up to 15 min or so because the cache has to be built at first boot!
You can find the link to TWRP recovery in my signature (see My Gadgets). I suggest your read the tutorials that are linked there also for more information.
thanks again, glad to hear there's still hope. i will do as you advised.
So, in order to get stock firmware flashed and running, can i use twrp-2.8.6.1-i9300.tar from your signature?
1st i odin the twrp-2.8.6.1-i9300.tar, and then reboot into download mode, and odin firmware stock?
in that order? i havent done this in a long time, i've been using AD for so long without any problem, i dont really exactly remember how. i just concern about the touch screen not functioning, i really hope no hardware failures. i never experience anything like this, even in recovery mode, the touch screen doesnt work, i had to flash entire process using up/down and power button
right now i havent done anything since the last attempt ( flashed stock rom, and stuck at samsung logo )
currently., im charging the battery, will try get it up and running after the battery is full
thanks mate
ricvai7 said:
thanks again, glad to hear there's still hope. i will do as you advised.
So, in order to get stock firmware flashed and running, can i use twrp-2.8.6.1-i9300.tar from your signature?
1st i odin the twrp-2.8.6.1-i9300.tar, and then reboot into download mode, and odin firmware stock?
in that order? i havent done this in a long time, i've been using AD for so long without any problem, i dont really exactly remember how. i just concern about the touch screen not functioning, i really hope no hardware failures. i never experience anything like this, even in recovery mode, the touch screen doesnt work, i had to flash entire process using up/down and power button
right now i havent done anything since the last attempt ( flashed stock rom, and stuck at samsung logo )
currently., im charging the battery, will try get it up and running after the battery is full
thanks mate
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i've managed to odin stock rom. everything is ok now
the problem remain is no touch screen. how can i fix it?
FYI i sent my phone to replaced the screen 4-5 days ago , but everything was ok, no problem until i failed flashed rom it started to lose touch screen. how can i fix this?
thanks !
ricvai7 said:
i've managed to odin stock rom. everything is ok now
the problem remain is no touch screen. how can i fix it?
FYI i sent my phone to replaced the screen 4-5 days ago , but everything was ok, no problem until i failed flashed rom it started to lose touch screen. how can i fix this?
thanks !
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i havent solved the problem with touch screen. can anybody help?