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Hey. i have looked in similar threads and i still cant find out how to fix it.
I just got a warranty phone and just updated it to ICS and followed the rooting steps for here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483113
After using the pda.tar provided I Flashed the phone with odin 1.85 and on reboot the samsung galaxy I717 screen comes up the goes straight to the Samsung screen skipping the rogers logo and the start up clip.
then i found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840416 and i got the Rogers stock kernel-only odin pda tar. and flashed the phone again and on start up the telus logo comes up and just sits at that screen.
what do i need to do to get back to stock ics and re root?
Bakon420 said:
Hey. i have looked in similar threads and i still cant find out how to fix it.
I just got a warranty phone and just updated it to ICS and followed the rooting steps for here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483113
After using the pda.tar provided I Flashed the phone with odin 1.85 and on reboot the samsung galaxy I717 screen comes up the goes straight to the Samsung screen skipping the rogers logo and the start up clip.
then i found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840416 and i got the Rogers stock kernel-only odin pda tar. and flashed the phone again and on start up the telus logo comes up and just sits at that screen.
what do i need to do to get back to stock ics and re root?
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Here is the thread with all the tools required to get back to stock ics and rooting, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
bigjoe2675 said:
Here is the thread with all the tools required to get back to stock ics and rooting, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
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wow pure life saver. thanks
Ok so I got the phone back to GB and the updated to ICS.
flashed with ClockworkMod Based Touch Recovery - 04/14/12
installed Superuser-i717-ICS-signed.zip.
then flashed flash_counter_reset_rogers.zip
so now im
custom binary download: NO
Current Binary: samsung offical
working perfect
Well done everyone! Bigjoe's Super Everything thread saved the day. . .again!
rangercaptain said:
Well done everyone! Bigjoe's Super Everything thread saved the day. . .again!
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It's like the gnote Bible ....LOL
It really is amazing. Big thanks to big Joe!!
Bookmark worthy
gregsarg said:
It's like the gnote Bible ....LOL
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2
Might be a good name change The GNote Super bible Thread, GSbT, I'll use little b don't want to upset others.
But glad the gnote page helped, it's a thread of all the great work being done around our great community, not my work.
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Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using Tapatalk 2
Might be a good name change The GNote Super bible Thread, GSbT, I'll use little b don't want to upset others.
But glad the gnote page helped, it's a thread of all the great work being done around our great community, not my work.
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yeh....may be hold off on that one....LOL
I have a similar problem but cannot NOT fix it
Bakon420 said:
Ok so I got the phone back to GB and the updated to ICS.
flashed with ClockworkMod Based Touch Recovery - 04/14/12
installed Superuser-i717-ICS-signed.zip.
then flashed flash_counter_reset_rogers.zip
so now im
custom binary download: NO
Current Binary: samsung offical
working perfect
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Out of the many "stuck on samsung screen", Bakon420's post is mostly resembled of my problem. My Note is stuck at the "Samsung" screen. My hope is that someone can help me find the right thread and right way to fix it. I have read and continue reading. But the fear of keep bricking my Note to point of no return has prompted me to plead for help.
I have a Telus Galaxy Note SGH-i717, out of the box it came with Android 2.3.6. I updated it to Android 4.0.4 using the "update" feature in the "settings" of the phone.
I began rooting it using this method: http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...y-note-sgh-i717-icsgingerbreadeasiest-method/. After the method, I verifed that I had "superuser" app. When I used "root checker" app, it declared my Note was not rooted.
So again, I rooted it using another method at http://androidcritics.com/how-to-ro...7-on-android-2-3-6-gingerbread-and-4-0-4-ics/ . This method gave me the "stuck at "Samsung" screen.
On to xda-developers forum, I followed the threads and tried doing this: [STOCK ODIN] [AT&T, TELUS, Bell, Rogers] In case of brick...(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330). After using odin and Telus stock, Note was stuck at the "Telus" screen.
So I went on to this thread:
[ROOT] [AT&T, TELUS, Bell, Rogers] Pre-Rooted Kernel (flash via Odin) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504218 and tried odin with the provided "pda.tar". Now it's back to "samsung" screen.
I have also tried this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28725010&postcount=10. Kies won't recognize it and won't do Tools>firmware upgrade and initialize.
All that happened within the 5 hours time frame last night. I feel exhausted. If you have the same problem and have resolved it, please point me a way. Thank you.
My Gosh man !!
Train wreck !!!
Sorry, I am willing to help you...as are the rest of the note family here...but you need to stop blindly flashing to the device...
It's so junked up with binary code, that it can't even crap...(rant off)
Okay Brother....
Do you have a recovery ??? As in CWM ??
If so...boot to the recovery, and wipe data, dalvik,....hell, basically everything 3 times.....(If not...then Odin push the recovery image to the device, so we can clean the garbage out of the system partition, and the boot partition)
You need a recovery to clean this phone up, then wipe all caches, data, battery stats...
Then, pull the battery....do not attempt to reboot, or you'll be stuck again...
Put the battery back in, then boot to download mode, and push the Odin .tar back to the device (the rom from the brick thread)
then reboot...
It may still give force closes etc.....thats because it still has junk in the system partition. but now we can boot into recovery and wipe again..
then on the second boot, you should be pretty clean..
those are the steps I'd use my friend...and no, i'm not pissed at you...it's just been a long azz day, and i know how you feel...g
gregsarg said:
My Gosh man !!
Train wreck !!!
Sorry, I am willing to help you...as are the rest of the note family here...but you need to stop blindly flashing to the device...
It's so junked up with binary code, that it can't even crap...(rant off)
Okay Brother....
Do you have a recovery ??? As in CWM ??
If so...boot to the recovery, and wipe data, dalvik,....hell, basically everything 3 times.....(If not...then Odin push the recovery image to the device, so we can clean the garbage out of the system partition, and the boot partition)
You need a recovery to clean this phone up, then wipe all caches, data, battery stats...
Then, pull the battery....do not attempt to reboot, or you'll be stuck again...
Put the battery back in, then boot to download mode, and push the Odin .tar back to the device (the rom from the brick thread)
then reboot...
It may still give force closes etc.....thats because it still has junk in the system partition. but now we can boot into recovery and wipe again..
then on the second boot, you should be pretty clean..
those are the steps I'd use my friend...and no, i'm not pissed at you...it's just been a long azz day, and i know how you feel...g
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Okay. I will do it as I type this. First, boot in to recovery as in pressing vol. up and down and power, then let go power when it vibrates, but keep on pressing vol. up/down. It shows a 4g/lte Telus screen for about 2 secs. Now on to Android system recovery <3e>.
Now, using volume up/down to move highlight. Options are: reboot system now, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, and lastly apply update from cache. I don't see "dalvik" as an option. So, I'll do wipe data/factory reset, and wipe cache partition in that order 3 times. Okay, 3 times wipes. Now pull the battery...
Battery back in, boot to download mode. Screen says "ODIN MODE". product name SGH-i717D, custom binary download: YES (6 counts). Current binary: custom. Now load odin3 v1.85 on my computer, load up the "TELUS stock kernel-only odin pda tar" from the brick thread. Now plug in my usb cable to the phone and the computer. Only check boxes are "auto reboot", and "PDA". ID:COM box shows "0:COM6" in yellow color. Now , click start. ODIN Message:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> boot.img
<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/006> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/006> RES OK !!
<ID:0/006> Removed!!
<ID:0/006> Completed..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
Now the phone is rebooting and stuck at the "samsung" screen. The computer says "found new hardware Samsung Mobile MTP Device". Kies is loading automatically but not recognize any thing connected. Now booting to recovery to wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache again.
Now pull the battery out... back to recovery mode and reboot system now. It's still stuck in the samsung screen. !!! I feel like an idiot and maybe I am one and I don't know what else to do!
There is every indication that the kernel image you are using is not correct somehow...
And after reviewing the thread link you posted ....the affected user was able to repair the device by loading a rooted stock ICS build from flappjaxxx.
And since his roms contain the kernel image ....you can eliminate the need for a kernel by simply flashing his ICS rom.
But in order to do this ...you need the CLOCKWORKMOD recovery pushed to your device ....
And you currently have the stock 3e recovery. (Will not work)
So you need to push the CWM recovery to your device ....then flash the ICS build using your new recovery ....not Odin.
The only need for Odin at this point is to push the new recovery ...
Lets get that far ....and worry about the modem later...
Note : your device may contain a recovery script that forces the device to revert from a custom recovery, back to the 3e recovery.
Not all devices do.....
But if you do ....it's fixable ....and the fix can be found by a general search....but lets try the recovery push, and rom flash first using these steps ...
On PC .....
Download the Odin CWM recovery from the super thread......the .tar image for Odin
Then download the ICS rooted rom from Flappjaxxx ....the .zip file
Then move the downloaded rom to the download folder of your phones SD card.
Next :
Push the CWM recovery to your device using Odin.
If the device hangs at the samsung screen (it will ) don't pull battery...simply hold volume up and down, then power..
The device will start to vibrate every 2-4 seconds.....and after 3 vibration cycles ..release the power button but continue to hold the volume buttons.
The device will boot your new CWM recovery...
Then navigate to the "wipe data,factory reset " option and wipe the data.....then do the same for the cache and dalvik cache.
Then choose "install zip from SD card "...and flash the rom you placed to the device from the PC ..
Once the flash completely finishes .....reboot
If all went well ....you'll have ICS running ....
Let me know ..g
gregsarg said:
There is every indication that the kernel image you are using is not correct somehow...
And after reviewing the thread link you posted ....the affected user was able to repair the device by loading a rooted stock ICS build from flappjaxxx.
And since his roms contain the kernel image ....you can eliminate the need for a kernel by simply flashing his ICS rom.
But in order to do this ...you need the CLOCKWORKMOD recovery pushed to your device ....
And you currently have the stock 3e recovery. (Will not work)
So you need to push the CWM recovery to your device ....then flash the ICS build using your new recovery ....not Odin.
The only need for Odin at this point is to push the new recovery ...
Lets get that far ....and worry about the modem later...
Note : your device may contain a recovery script that forces the device to revert from a custom recovery, back to the 3e recovery.
Not all devices do.....
But if you do ....it's fixable ....and the fix can be found by a general search....but lets try the recovery push, and rom flash first using these steps ...
On PC .....
Download the Odin CWM recovery from the super thread......the .tar image for Odin
Then download the ICS rooted rom from Flappjaxxx ....the .zip file
Then move the downloaded rom to the download folder of your phones SD card.
Next :
Push the CWM recovery to your device using Odin.
If the device hangs at the samsung screen (it will ) don't pull battery...simply hold volume up and down, then power..
The device will start to vibrate every 2-4 seconds.....and after 3 vibration cycles ..release the power button but continue to hold the volume buttons.
The device will boot your new CWM recovery...
Then navigate to the "wipe data,factory reset " option and wipe the data.....then do the same for the cache and dalvik cache.
Then choose "install zip from SD card "...and flash the rom you placed to the device from the PC ..
Once the flash completely finishes .....reboot
If all went well ....you'll have ICS running ....
Let me know ..g
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Thank you for your post. I will confirm the correct downloads and methods before actually trying them out. I am quite nervous because of previous failures. If this confirmation step seems overkill and rediculous to you, it is only because I am an idiot.
gregsarg said:
Download the Odin CWM recovery from the super thread......the .tar image for Odin
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means go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584576, download Odin from here: http://thinkleet.de/cwm/cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5.
gregsarg said:
Push the CWM recovery to your device using Odin.
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means using Odin3 1.85 adready on my PC to load cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 and flash it on my Note i717D. Is it correct?
gregsarg said:
Then download the ICS rooted rom from Flappjaxxx ....the .zip file
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means , download this: i717-ICS-UCLE2: Credit and Thank you flappjaxxx. It is on the top and flle name implies it is the lastest version. Also this rom is the one to be moved to my SD card "download" folder. Is it correct?
Thank you. I have downloaded the files and await your confirmation.
Update: Sept. 26
I searched and found a thread that referred to CWM Recovery here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775263. The file in the mentioned thread is the same as the file you have indicated. So I downloaded it and pushed it to the phone, using Odin. Now I have booted in "CWM-based Touch Recovery v5.5.0.5". Run "wipe data/factory reset 3 times, wipe cache partition 3 times, and get in advanced to wipe Dalvik cache 3 times. Reboot recovery to go back to CWM Recovery main screen. Select "install zip from sdcard". Select "i717-ICS-UCLE2" from the sdcard. It took a few minutes and displayed "Flashing UCLE2 modem", then "Reboot Now", and lastly "Install from sdcard complete.", then return to the "Apply update from .zip file on SD card" screen of the CWM Recovery. Now reboot. There is no selection to reboot from this screen, so I just remove the battery, put it back in and restart the phone using the power button the normal way. The phone restarted with a screen "Samsung Galaxy Note, SGH-i717D", then onto the infamous white-on-blue "SAMSUNG" on the black background screen and stayed there.
Look like there is another problem somewhere else, caused by my second root attempt. For now, I will just sit tight to prevent further damage to the phone. Any thoughts that may explain and/or fix the problem is much appreciated.
Similar problem
Bakon420 said:
wow pure life saver. thanks
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Hey good day I am currently having the same problem as you. I used odim and the pda file provided by link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504218 however when phone restarts the screen is stuck on samsung. I would love to know what you did to fix this problem.
Thanks in advance
Take a look at the last post in that thread. That is a gingerbread kernel. I'm going to assume you're on ics. You'll have to install an ics kernel in recovery. Just make sure it's the correct kernel for your device and build. Just search and read. Also make sure to check the date on the thread. This thread was from August and the kernel thread you are referring to is from over a year ago. Good luck
Hello all. I have a new ace 3 LTE S7275R. I tried installing CWM recovery found here:
http://www.teamandroid.com/2013/12/...7275r-clockworkmod-6-recovery-complete-guide/
I tried with odin 3.07 and 1.85
Every time, odin shows success, but when trying to boot into recovery, the phone gets stuck at "recovery booting...."
The phone is otherwise working
Any help getting CWM to work? Or alternatively, how can I return to stock recovery at least?
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gsapient said:
Hello all. I have a new ace 3 LTE S7275R. I tried installing CWM recovery found here:
http://www.teamandroid.com/2013/12/...7275r-clockworkmod-6-recovery-complete-guide/
I tried with odin 3.07 and 1.85
Every time, odin shows success, but when trying to boot into recovery, the phone gets stuck at "recovery booting...."
The phone is otherwise working
Any help getting CWM to work? Or alternatively, how can I return to stock recovery at least?
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Same problem here bro.
I knew i should've not trusted this webistes...
Im stuck at 'recovery booting' too ..
recovery booting solution
Tre91 said:
Same problem here bro.
I knew i should've not trusted this webistes...
Im stuck at 'recovery booting' too ..
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people did you know that if you flash original OS for s7275r like mine you can escape from the terrors of the bootloop or whatever you call it? Download it from samsung-updates.com and flash with odin in download mode. Its a bit tricky to get to the download mode, but if u take the power in and out a few times and then proceed to enter download mode it should not be prob.
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joshualimshouyan said:
people did you know that if you flash original OS for s7275r like mine you can escape from the terrors of the bootloop or whatever you call it? Download it from samsung-updates.com and flash with odin in download mode. Its a bit tricky to get to the download mode, but if u take the power in and out a few times and then proceed to enter download mode it should not be prob.
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The brother is right.
I did the same thing and got myself back to stock firmware and recovery.
Guess we have to wait for the official image from clockworkmod themselves.
I know why it happened, it was caused by me as I wiped the factory reset without cleaning the cache. As every rom, kernel and Android version change configuration is unique.
Unfortunately, usually I'd boot into recovery and re-flash it there. But when I do, the CWM/recovery logo appears for a second and then continues to boot forever. Not in a boot loop, just stuck at boot. I've tried installing a different recovery, no change. It may be skipping that as it's stuck in first boot after a flash.
Odin3 will find my phone, but it doesn't seem to support zip files like CWM does.
Is there any way I can flash a rom, clean cache or anything, without the recovery?
Sorry for bolding my text, I know how tiresome some people find reading.
Odin recognizes. tar files not the zip files... Just download . tar file for your recovery and then flash it via Odin.. read a guide for that before doing that...
Sent from my GT-I9300
Download this: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26624 . Put the phone in Download mode, connect it via USB, add the firmware in the PDA section and hit start
kunal1540 said:
Odin recognizes. tar files not the zip files... Just download . tar file for your recovery and then flash it via Odin.. read a guide for that before doing that...
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Unfortunately recovery doesn't always seem to work these days, I suspect it ignores recovery on first boot.
Andr3y29 said:
Download this: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26624 . Put the phone in Download mode, connect it via USB, add the firmware in the PDA section and hit start
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Sweet as, it's unbricked now.
I had similar experience
Was on devil kernel, reformatted to f2fs all workng.
Tried dual boot, was in 2nd rom
The internal storage was showing no free space, checked and I was only using 3G of the 12
System was not happy
Dropped into recovery and formatted /intsd
Recovery rebooted automatically and would not do anything,
Reboot, entered recovery, rebooted, etc,etc
Dropped into download, Odin flashed cwm recovery,
Formatted partitions back to ext4, restored nandroid.
All back to normal....
Leaving f2fs alone for now
hello friends I have a problem with my s2, is that recently had cm 10.2 and they were giving me problems the gapps then I recommended re-they install gapas, is that hize but mistakenly install gapps that were not then when lit would not let go when the phone boot configuration came out I went out and pulled me wrong, I thought of reinstlar again but this time let me not get into recovery mode (rare) good then wanted to try the last SamMobile stock and with odin and now flashe not pass the screen of at & t, and does not enter recovery mode still only download mode, and been reading and what I see I q flash a rom 3 files for q re-partition is made and is clean, any suggestions?
You posted in two forums. Please do not double post. One is sufficient.
No need to repartition.
Do not repartition.
Enter recovery - hold all three buttons, (power, volume up, volume down) continuously until the boot screen appears the second time, then release.
Perform a wipe data/factory reset. If your phone boots, you are done...
If you are still unable to enter recovery, re-flash the stock firmware:
Download Odin3 v1.85.
Download I777UCMD8_I777ATTMD8_I777UCMD8_HOME.tar.md5.7z.
Extract I777UCMD8_I777ATTMD8_I777UCMD8_HOME.tar.md5 from the 7z archive, and flash in the PDA slot of Odin3 v1.85.
Then enter recovery and perform a wipe data/factory reset.
thanks, sorry
but I re-flash with odin and the firmware but still do not go to recovery mode and then flash the screen stays on at&t log i need to enter recovery mode
xomarcr said:
thanks, sorry
but I re-flash with odin and the firmware but still do not go to recovery mode and then flash the screen stays on at&t log i need to enter recovery mode
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Did you follow my instruction for getting into recovery?
If you flash the stock firmware that I linked above, and you got a pass, then you should be able to get into recovery.
If you are unable to get into recovery, then either you are doing something wrong, or the phone has some sort of internal damage.
if I did I think I have the boot porblem
I followed this video to install Cyanogenmod. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQdSOTdV06Q
during the install I got a red error stating there was some problem with the gapps zip. Now my phone gives a quick samsung flash and nothing else happens. If I hold power,home and volume up I can still get into the cyanogenmod screen with the option to install.
I downloaded the files again and tried installing. It got as far as flashing file 1 of 2 and the working bar keeps spinning and doesn't make anymore progress. The screen eventually went black and now I cant even get into the recovery screen. The screen flashed the samsung logo with small blue writing in the top left and then goes black again.
Please help...
Update - If I hold power, volume down and home I am able to get into the downloading screen.
Try to reflash cyanogen mod again but before that format you device completely by going to recovery mod!
Or try to download the cyanogen mod and gapps from xda thread or from somewhere else!
Before flashing any ROM, it is strongly recommended to completely format your device!
Hope it will help you
skiiermike said:
I followed this video to install Cyanogenmod. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQdSOTdV06Q
during the install I got a red error stating there was some problem with the gapps zip. Now my phone gives a quick samsung flash and nothing else happens. If I hold power,home and volume up I can still get into the cyanogenmod screen with the option to install.
I downloaded the files again and tried installing. It got as far as flashing file 1 of 2 and the working bar keeps spinning and doesn't make anymore progress. The screen eventually went black and now I cant even get into the recovery screen. The screen flashed the samsung logo with small blue writing in the top left and then goes black again.
Please help...
Update - If I hold power, volume down and home I am able to get into the downloading screen.
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Since you can get into download mode and not into the recovery I would try to flash back to stock following the info in the sticky.
Thanks to the both of you for the help.
FireBlazeGT said:
Try to reflash cyanogen mod again but before that format you device completely by going to recovery mod!
Or try to download the cyanogen mod and gapps from xda thread or from somewhere else!
Before flashing any ROM, it is strongly recommended to completely format your device!
Hope it will help you
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Thanks but I can't get into the recovery screen, only the download screen.
Darke5tShad0w said:
Since you can get into download mode and not into the recovery I would try to flash back to stock following the info in the sticky.
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I found this but it is very vague
IF YOUR PHONE MATCHES OPTION 1 LOOK HERE!!
A soft brick is easily fixed in most cases, here is what you can do to fix your phone!
-Boot into Recovery (Vol Up + Home Button + Power Button) and wipe your data/cache/delvik cache and factory reset and start all over.
-If Recovery fails, try booting into Download Mode (Vol Down + Home Button + Power Button) and use Odin to get into stock firmware and start again.
(if youre using a Mac, Linux or Ubuntu Heimdall can be used to flash stock firmware)
-Also make sure the downloaded ROM/GApps are not corrupt when youre flashing. You can do this by checking the MD5.
-If youre getting a "STATUS 7" error, please update your recovery, or update your bootloader.
I also found this one that I will try an follow.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068
To confuse things a little, this phone is a telus phone that I had unlocked to use on Bell. I assume I reflash the telus firmware, am I correct?
Bro just download your phone's custum recovery .
Now go to Odin mod in your phone volume down,home,power.then select volume up.now connect your phone in to PC.
Now open Odin select PDA then browse custum recovery. And start button click.
I was able to get my original firmware back with odin.
Can someone link me to the current files for my phone so I don't screw this up again? Its a Telus i747m, which I believe falls under AT&T.
Thanks
skiiermike said:
I was able to get my original firmware back with odin.
Can someone link me to the current files for my phone so I don't screw this up again? Its a Telus i747m, which I believe falls under AT&T.
Thanks
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Bro go to this site:http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Then create free account select your phone model and download latest firmware.
Then flash via Odin.
Best of luck.
I want to say thanks for all the replies.
I was able to sort out my problem and here is the solution.
I was trying to install the zip files from the micro sd and it was failing every time. I then tried the same sd card in a usb-otg cable and it worked perfectly.
It must have something to do with the built in sd reader.