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hey guys i need to return my phone; whats the best way to format my phone? i dont have an SD card in it either. thanks
If you have not flashed any roms or kernels just do a factory reset. If you have flashed then flash back to stock then do factory reset
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i havent flashed anything or rooted.. how do you factory reset? sorry it's my first android. thanks
Settings -> Privacy -> Factory data reset
Make sure u put a check in the box ..
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My phone was rooted using zedomax's kernel, and is now running siyah. I had to reformat both my sd card and my internal storage so my backups are gone, and I'm unable to connect it to my computer to change kernels or anything of the sort. Every time I try to unroot using odin it refuses to work, and I'm just completely at a loss. I want to delete everything on my phone including the rom and basically reset everything on the phone. Is there any way at all that I can do that or am I stuck with a rooted phone that won't let me even connect it to the computer? I'm extremely frustrated right now, and just want my phone fixed.
EDIT: New update, I am unable to mount my SD card.
A search would have lead you to the 'return to stock' thread.
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My phone was rooted using zedomax's kernel, and is now running siyah. I had to reformat both my sd card and my internal storage so my backups are gone, and I'm unable to connect it to my computer to change kernels or anything of the sort. Every time I try to unroot using odin it refuses to work, and I'm just completely at a loss. I want to delete everything on my phone including the rom and basically reset everything on the phone. Is there any way at all that I can do that or am I stuck with a rooted phone that won't let me even connect it to the computer? I'm extremely frustrated right now, and just want my phone fixed.
EDIT: New update, I am unable to mount my SD card.
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I would say try mobile Odin and use dropbox to get the stock files on your device. I would be sure to read very carefully first. Maybe even try a different USB cable or a different computer. Also make sure your PC has the kies drivers installed. When you use Odin make sure Odin is running before you connect your phone to put it in download mode. Good luck
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A search would have lead you to the 'return to stock' thread.
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A search did lead me there, and I tried what it said and it didn't work
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I would say try mobile Odin and use dropbox to get the stock files on your device.
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Could you explain getting stock filed onto my device through dropbox plase?
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A search did lead me there, and I tried what it said and it didn't work
Could you explain getting stock filed onto my device through dropbox plase?
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Its pretty easy, install the dropbox app on your computer and phone. You put the stock files in your dropbox sync folder on your PC and upload them. Then download them from your mobile app
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thanks a lot man. I'm incredibly frustrated right now and your advice seems useful.
This is probably a really dumb question, but what files do I need?
If your phone charges I doubt its a USB port issue and more likely a driver on your CPU or your missing a step in the return to stock thread.
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thanks a lot man. I'm incredibly frustrated right now and your advice seems useful.
This is probably a really dumb question, but what files do I need?
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That I can not help you with. I have never had to use mobile Odin. I have always used a PC to return to stock. Are you using the Odin one click file from the return to stock thread? Also what version of windows.
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I was using the first oneclick from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199 and it refused to even begin the first step.
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I was using the first oneclick from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199 and it refused to even begin the first step.
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OK. With the one click app open and your phone disconnected and turned off you need to hold down the volume down button and connect the micro USB. Then when the warning screen comes on press volume up.When you do that does a box on Odin turn yellow and say something like com6?
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yes, and then I hit start and the factoryfs.img (i believe thats the first step) refuses to begin flashing.
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yes, and then I hit start and the factoryfs.img (i believe thats the first step) refuses to begin flashing.
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Are you running the installer as admin?
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no but I will try that now.
EDIT: YES! it appears to be working. Thanks for all the help!
Okay, I may have gotten too excited, it has barely moved, but at least the process is attempting to begin.
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no but I will try that now.
EDIT: YES! it appears to be working. Thanks for all the help!
Okay, I may have gotten too excited, it has barely moved, but at least the process is attempting to begin.
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OK keep us updated
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Haven't heard anything, so I guess as well as hope your phone was back in good shape?
Keep us update as how many percent yr phone back to stock? 100% or 99%
Was the CwMR removed also?
So first off, I am a noob. Sorry
So I merged my contacts with google, and now none of them will show up on my Contacts. Plus, I can't save any contacts when "Save new contacts to" is set to Phone. So frustrating.. How do I fix this?
Three other side questions that are not as important and irrelevant to the title of the thread:
1) I unbricked my SGS2 after accidentally (and stupidly) updating my firmware to an international version... Need I get rid of the I9100 boot splash??
2) When unbricking, does flashing the zImage by itself near the end of the unbricking process do anything? I was following the thread titled "Recovering an ATT Galaxy S2 after flashing GT-I9100 Firmware"
3) I cleared the data for Calendar and Calendar Storage because I was continuously getting the error message "The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped unexpectedly" after I unbricked, so now all the little default calendar entries like "Veteran's Day" or "End of Daylight Savings Time" are gone. Any way to get them back?
I realize I'm posting up four question, and I apologize in advance if this is somehow against the forum rules or rude or inconvenient for the other forum users. Oh and please forgive me for being such a noob xP
In your contacts, hit the menu button, go to display options and play with the settings there.
1. Use a jig to reset the flash counter.
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In your contacts, hit the menu button, go to display options and play with the settings there.
1. Use a jig to reset the flash counter.
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I tried to mess with the settings in display options but as soon as I got on it, the error message "The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly" pops up and I have to force close.
1) Thanks for telling me how to do it, since I now can revert my boot splash if I wished to. However, is changing the boot splash necessary in some way? I can't tell if the I9100 boot splash does anything to my SGS2..
Hmm not sure about that then...
1. No, the I9100 and yellow triangle only show up because it tells you that you have tripped the flash counter and flashed the phone before. If you want to return the phone/warranty it, you need to revert back to the stock rom and reset the flash counter.
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Hmm not sure about that then...
1. No, the I9100 and yellow triangle only show up because it tells you that you have tripped the flash counter and flashed the phone before. If you want to return the phone/warranty it, you need to revert back to the stock rom and reset the flash counter.
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Alright. Thanks anyway.
1) I haven't tripped the flash counter, I'm guessing because I flashed one of the official I9100 ROMs. So I have no yellow triangle when I boot, or at least I didn't see one when the phone was rebooting after I flashed the stock ROM. I was simply wondering if the "GT-I9100" beneath "Samsung Galaxy S II" would cause me any trouble later, but from your answer, I'm guessing the answer for this is also no.
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No idea if this helps, but if I try to add a new contact, a little bubble near the bottom of the screen pops up and says "Unable to Save Contact". Pretty sure the new contact gets saved in my Google Contacts, though..
Just login to your Google voice account through a web browser to see if newly added contacts are syncing.
The listings in your Calender you're looking for are from the holiday calendar. For that login to Google calendar through a broswer as well and you can edit your calendars from there.
zImage is the kernel. If it doesn't flash properly you will have weird issues. In general rule of thumb, if you don't know what you're doing and there's instructions that people have followed and it worked. Follow EVERY step.
Though with the issues you're having it sounds like reflashing your Google apps through cwm would be a good idea. Heck it really seems like you'd want to flash the whole phone again.
Just no international this time OK?
And as an fyi, if you flashed an international, you tripped your counter. And no, tripping the counter or having a different splash screen does not affect the phone in any way.
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Just login to your Google voice account through a web browser to see if newly added contacts are syncing.
The listings in your Calender you're looking for are from the holiday calendar. For that login to Google calendar through a broswer as well and you can edit your calendars from there.
zImage is the kernel. If it doesn't flash properly you will have weird issues. In general rule of thumb, if you don't know what you're doing and there's instructions that people have followed and it worked. Follow EVERY step.
Though with the issues you're having it sounds like reflashing your Google apps through cwm would be a good idea. Heck it really seems like you'd want to flash the whole phone again.
Just no international this time OK?
And as an fyi, if you flashed an international, you tripped your counter. And no, tripping the counter or having a different splash screen does not affect the phone in any way.
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Well I don't really have a Google Voice account.. So maybe I'll just re-flash everything. Where does the kernel go on Odin?
By the way, what exactly is CWM, I saw it pretty often as I was looking around sites to figure out the solutions to my issues, but I never came across a definition or explanation of the term or anything.
Lol, yes you are noob, but you already admitted it, and that is the first step.
Cwm is short for clockworkmod. Accessed a few different ways. Most often by shutting the phone off, then pressing and holding volume up + volume down + power. As you hold it the phone will start to boot then shut off, continue holding and you'll see the start screen a second time, then let go of all three buttons. You may ask, but no, don't use rom manger, at least for now.
Cwm replaces the stock recovery and makes it very easy to make backups, restore backups, flash cwm zip files, and many other things.
You may not have used Google voice, but when you have a gmail account, you now are able to log into anything Google, even YouTube as Google owns it now.
Just search Google voice and login with your gmail login, it'll work. Check your contacts to see if they are backed up. All your phonebook should be there. Just to make sure it's working add a new contact on your phone and see if it shows up on Google voice in the web browser.
Kernels go in PDA. If your phone is working, more or less, you don't have to go through the recovery process all over again, as you are no longer on an international rom.
I'd recommend using entropy512's method to root as it will flash stock to your phone and give you root.
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Yup. Complete noob here..
Ah. So how would I go about reflashing Google apps through CWM?
Honestly, the only issue I'm noticing in my phone is the contacts problem, so it would be nice not to have to reflash everything, if possible, although it wouldn't be too much of a hassle to just do so.
Wait, why do I need to root... can I only use CWM if I'm rooted?
Google voice worked, and all my contacts (from my phone after the initial merging) were there. However, I don't think my SGS2 and google are connected as of right now because the new contact entires that are saved to my google account are not showing up. Plus I can't save them to my phone, so.. But pretty sure my contacts are safely backed up already.
Many useful apps require root. Utilities and the like.
Cwm should not be flashed through rom manager. And I believe more importantly not booted into recovery from rom manager. That's not true with all phones, just our phone is still pretty new.
Here's a link to the latest Google apps zip. Even though it's a link to cyanogenmod, google apps are now rom independent. Just make sure you download the one for cyanogenmod7, as that will be the most recent one.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version/Google_Apps
Cwm .zip files are not to be extracted, but placed on your phone in an easy to find spot on the sdcard. So make sure it's a cwm file and not just a zip compressed file.
Watch a YouTube video of someone using cwm to flash a .zip so you get an idea of how it works.
Keep in mind you still may have issues and need to flash stock rom.
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Many useful apps require root. Utilities and the like.
Cwm should not be flashed through rom manager. And I believe more importantly not booted into recovery from rom manager. That's not true with all phones, just our phone is still pretty new.
Here's a link to the latest Google apps zip. Even though it's a link to cyanogenmod, google apps are now rom independent. Just make sure you download the one for cyanogenmod7, as that will be the most recent one.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version/Google_Apps
Cwm .zip files are not to be extracted, but placed on your phone in an easy to find spot on the sdcard. So make sure it's a cwm file and not just a zip compressed file.
Watch a YouTube video of someone using cwm to flash a .zip so you get an idea of how it works.
Keep in mind you still may have issues and need to flash stock rom.
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Hmm so I just tried to flash the google apps via cwm, but it aborted installation after stating that the signature could not be verified.. help?
EDIT #2: So I just rooted and flashed gapps via cwm (before I hadn't rooted and just tried to do it through the stock recovery. such a noob I am), and it installed smoothly and everything but I still cannot save contacts to my phone nor will the google contacts sync into my phone. Should I just reflash stock rom?
EDIT: By the way, just in case this becomes necessary, if I'm flashing just the zImage through odin, how do I even get odin to find/see the file since the zImage itself isn't a PDA file??
Don't unzip it once you download it. Just use the file that you downloaded in the pda section.
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reFlash with stock modem and stock room and hope for the best.
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Don't unzip it once you download it. Just use the file that you downloaded in the pda section.
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I didn't unzip it.
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reFlash with stock modem and stock room and hope for the best.
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Yeah I'm probably gonna have to do this. Or just get a jig and return my SGS2 to its initial state.. Ugh.
EDIT: so I looked around some more in these forums, and does the jig only reset the flash counter and not do anything else??
Regarding the initial problem, I did figure out a way to get around it so I'm just saving my contacts to one of my two google accounts and using GO Contacts to access them. I'm pretty sure I still can't sync contacts with either of my google accounts, and I'm not willing to try it since I'd be risking losing a way to have a contacts list saved in my phone. So I'm curious, if I'm saving my contacts, supposedly to a google account, but not syncing with the actual accounts... where are my contacts being saved? They must be somewhere in my sdcard right?
Well if you have a google account setup with go contacts, I'm going to guess that's where it's going.
I'm not entirely sure what you said in you're last post. Kinda hard to follow.
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Well if you have a google account setup with go contacts, I'm going to guess that's where it's going.
I'm not entirely sure what you said in you're last post. Kinda hard to follow.
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Sorry about that. Simply put, when creating a new contact, I'm checking the box for my Google account instead of my phone but never syncing my phone with the Google account while using GO Contacts to view my contact entries.
Gotcha. You can export your contacts from the menu in your phone book. No matter where you tell it to save, it saves it on your phone as well.
Edit: nevermind, just reread your first post.
That is so weird. I'll do some research and see what I can find.
It may be saving them in go contacts widget itself.
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For all the headache this is giving you I'd seriously consider re-flashing back to stock and see if that clears up the problem. It seems something in the system is messed up when you were recovering from flashing the i9100 rom.
It's very weird that flashing an i9100 rom didn't trip the flash counter. I was under the impression it would.
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hi everyone,
I am actually a long time custom ROM flasher started since Desire days, but registered recently because of this problem I have with the Tab 10.1 Wifi.
Despite me trying everything I can think of, I couldn't flash any other ROMs now, including GalaxyTask, Overcome, AOKP CM9, except the stock Honeycomb sans TouchWiz ROM, and of course PhantomTask. I am pretty sure PhantomTask is the last ROM I've flashed until this problem comes up.
I have made sure that I have done a full clean wipe every time before I flash any of them, wipe data -> cache -> dalvik cache, I even format /system partition, but still none of them works. They always get stuck at boot screen, unless the either one of the two ROMs I've mentioned, stock or PhantomTask.
I am sure that my downloads are complete too, as I've checked MD5 for each of them.
So I really don't know what to do now, any ideas?
I'd really want to test out AOKP
How much time are you giving it to boot up?
I've tried flashing CM9 yesterday, and I left it overnight to boot, it still didn't boot pass the logo, and the battery drained out.
I'll give it another try later
Which version of CWM are you using? If you aren't using one of these try updating:
ClockworkMod - 5.0.2.7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090289
Overcome Recovery v5.1.2.6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348533
ok I've tried everything I can, and still can't get this to work.
Then finally I've decided to try to unroot and restore everything to stock.
I've followed each and every step of this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474971
After everything is done, Odin is showing the pass sign, according to the video its suppose to reboot into Android, but weirdly its stuck at a black screen. So I unplugged it from the PC rebooted it by holding down power button. But now its stuck at the boot logo, and won't proceed, its been more than 10 mins.
I am still able to boot into download mode, but when I boot into recovery wanting to do a factory reset, it shows a black screen and nothing else.
any idea what's going on?
try using the overcome recovery posted above. there's a link in the post that will take you to the over come site. look for the restore yet tab section and use Odin to restore. follow their instructions exactly an make sure it's relevant to your device first.
this has helped MANY people who had some of the strangest problem start fresh. if you want or need specific links just ask I'll go to my PC where its easier to show you.
hth
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Benzoman said:
try using the overcome recovery posted above. there's a link in the post that will take you to the over come site. look for the restore yet tab section and use Odin to restore. follow their instructions exactly an make sure it's relevant to your device first.
this has helped MANY people who had some of the strangest problem start fresh. if you want or need specific links just ask I'll go to my PC where its easier to show you.
hth
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I can't believe it WORKED!! THANKS MAN!!
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I can't believe it WORKED!! THANKS MAN!!
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COOL! Thanks to you for posting that it worked. Knowing we help is one reason we keep trying to help.
For me personally it's the self gratification of just knowing.
It's kinda selfish I know but it makes me feel good and keeps me trying to help even in the littlest ways my limited knowledge allows.
Again thanks back at you.
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Hey guys,
My Galaxy SII has just randomly cracked it. I was using it and it rebooted and when it did I could use it for the first 2 secconds then it went black and said "TWLauncher stopped working"... I knew it was bad but I thought that it was just the launcher playing up. Turns out it was the whole phone. every app I open instantly force quits... I cannot reflash because I cannot lose what is on there (Plus I cant get whats on there off because I cannot connect usb). I need a fix pleeease XDA, I love you guys and I know you can do it
Model: SGS2 I9100T Unlocked
ROM: Untouched, non rooted and yeah. It is running on ICS (Samsungs one)
thanks a bunch in advanced, let me know if you need more info
Same thing happens with me just some hours ago.... What I did to make it working...
Factory reset
After that it is working fine also you try flashing a rom via odin none wipe...
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Hey,
Thanks for the sugestion but I cannot lose ANYTHING on the phone Is there any way to do it without losing data?
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I can't
And I cant factory reset because I cant get into settings
First of all don't call the phone bricked. Because it is nowhere near bricked. If every app force closes on you then the only option would be start again..Your choice of course.
With regards,
Beston94
Will it void warranty?
Lol, Sorry for the bad choice of wording. I am in need of getting this fixed and just threw words at the page. I know what bricked is, (That's how I lost some of my past phones)... I despratly need this phone for tomorrow that is why I am in a rush
If you havent messed with your phone, then your could send it to warranty repair. Of course there is always chance you might lose your data so this could be considered only as the last resort...
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Will it void warranty?
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Just go into recovery and do a factory reset... Or flash a non wipe rom... There are no other option and why you asking for warranty if you wish to visit service centre... They will do the same that we all ready told you... And you will lose all your data...
So now stop questions and just go and do it... There are no other option
Edit:- and next time always take a backup of all your data just in case you need... Like today
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Yeah look for Odin one click el36 or the el29 will restore phone to defult. And then can get the over the air update to ICS.
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Yeah look for Odin one click el36 or the el29 will restore phone to defult. And then can get the over the air update to ICS.
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This is good advice if he really does want to brick his phone. You're suggesting he install something for an Epic 4g Touch to an i9100T.
Are you using siyah kernel? I remember that it happened to me once I had to update the kernel + restore data partition from a older nandroid backup...
By the way guys, I have no experience using Odin. I come from a background of Nexus' and other Non-Samsung devices
Maybe this method will work...You won't lose anything. You must be rooted!
Just ask somebody to make you a flashable launcher trough recovery like launcherpro. And maybe it will work
This will void your warranty!
Good luck pro
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We don't need another spammers here pal.
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Factory reset from recovery is the easiest way at this point and will probably work since something in your Android framework has likely just gone awry. What kind of data are you afraid of losing? If it's media (such as you're pictures/videos etc.) then it's safe. Hopefully you're storing your contacts in your Google account or SIM card. If that's the case, you'll really only lose settings, apps (and their corresponding non-backed up data) and text messages. If you haven't rooted your phone or done anything to void your warranty, you could take it to a repair center but there's not much point since it's most likely not a hardware error and they'll just factory reset your phone and you'll lose all your data anyway.
The data is calender info, b'days and such... Oh, and they aren't backed up to Google... The contacts are on the sim
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The data is calender info, b'days and such... Oh, and they aren't backed up to Google... The contacts are on the sim
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Hi mate,
Sorry to hear about your phone.
I had a soft bricked S2 yesterday (bootloops) and I also didnt want to lose any data so I just flashed my stock ROM using Odin without wiping anything and it worked fine NOTHING was lost!
Just google or search on here for your stock official firmware and flash through Odin.
It really is very very simple, even for someone who's never done it before. Just follow instructions EXACTLY and you'll be fine.
There's lots of info on here about using Odin to flash firmware.
A few handy tips for you......
*Make sure latest drivers are installed (download latest Kies and update all drivers) then reboot computer so Kies isn't running in the background as it can mess up the flashing process
*Make sure you are using a good trusted USB port and cable (you don't want to lose connection half way through flashing) If you do it is normally a simple case of flashing again
*Make sure battery is above 80%
*Double check the firmware is right for your phone.
I'm happy to help you out if you get stuck just PM me
Good luck
Ooooook.... Issues issues issues...
This was what I did... I downloaded the CM11 nightly for the DNA, and Gapps. No issue there. Put them on the sdcard. Then booted to CWM... I wiped and formatted system for cleanest install. Flashed both CM11 and Gapps. Rebooted... bootloop. Ok so something went wrong. Repeated. Same. Ok so I guessed I got a bad copy of CM11. Went to go restore from sdcard, no files.... No clue what happened there, just couldnt access my backup. No issue there I thought, I'd just sideload. Downloaded HTCSync, and HTC DNA all in one tool. Installed drivers on my computer with them... Nothing. Wouldn't recognize my device. Tried 3 other ways to install the drivers, same issue. It recognizes it as "Other device HTC6435LVW" Yellow exclamation. So I tried to update manually. Pointed to the folder. Says nothing there, pointed to a different folder with the drivers, says they werent there again. Tried the 3rd, nothing. So I can't get my drivers to install and that makes me not able to use the All in one tool, or any other sideload method that I've looked at. So I am stumped.
Here's the basics of everything:
I have droid DNA. I have it unlocked and rooted. I have NO ROM on it at all. The internal Sdcard was formatted, so is completely empty. I can't get my computer to install the DNA drivers. I am so screwed since this isn't my phone! My girl is gonna be pissed if I can't fix this.
PLEASE someone help. I have 4 hours from right now to fix this. I hope someone is on that can help....
Update: Managed to find a way to sideload a rom. had to download pdanet. Allows me to see my device while in recovery. No where else... so very little use... but I can sideload... I have so far installed 2 different roms. Illusion and SlimKat. Neither have gone passed the HTC Logo. SlimKat I am not even sure fully installs because it never says complete. When I reboot with it, it stays on HTC logo and then reboots. Over and over. Tried wiping cache and data, reinstalling it, and everything else I could think of. Nothing with that. With illusion I got farther. Illusion installed and I got a completed message, but when I rebooted it stays on the HTC logo. Orange light up top flashes some, but no other activity. I left it for 10 minutes. I tried wiping cache and data, and reinstalling... again nothing helped. I am so stumped. I am downloading viperdna right now. That was the rom I just had when the mess happened. plus it has aroma installer. I am hoping it works. If not, I have no idea, and I am out of luck. Any help would be appreciated!
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Update: Managed to find a way to sideload a rom. had to download pdanet. Allows me to see my device while in recovery. No where else... so very little use... but I can sideload... I have so far installed 2 different roms. Illusion and SlimKat. Neither have gone passed the HTC Logo. SlimKat I am not even sure fully installs because it never says complete. When I reboot with it, it stays on HTC logo and then reboots. Over and over. Tried wiping cache and data, reinstalling it, and everything else I could think of. Nothing with that. With illusion I got farther. Illusion installed and I got a completed message, but when I rebooted it stays on the HTC logo. Orange light up top flashes some, but no other activity. I left it for 10 minutes. I tried wiping cache and data, and reinstalling... again nothing helped. I am so stumped. I am downloading viperdna right now. That was the rom I just had when the mess happened. plus it has aroma installer. I am hoping it works. If not, I have no idea, and I am out of luck. Any help would be appreciated!
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I believe the CM11 based roms require CWM 6.0.4.5, are you running the latest version? Are you S-OFF, or do you need to flash the boot.img manually? Otherwise do you have a back-up to go to?
From my experience, it sounds like you need to start from scratch by running the RUU... But I'll warn you, MAKE SURE YOU INSTALL THE CORRECT FIRMWARE! Meaning, you can't run the RUU of a different firmware than you have... Good luck! Btw, I have successfully brought my dna back to life after completely removing EVERYTHING! After FINALLY getting the RUU to run I was back to "out the box" stock
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Although you may be able to fix a simpler way to resolve the issue, I jus always start from scratch
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durgis said:
I believe the CM11 based roms require CWM 6.0.4.5, are you running the latest version? Are you S-OFF, or do you need to flash the boot.img manually? Otherwise do you have a back-up to go to?
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I am S-On so I think I messed up something. I thought i was S-off. I do remember flashing the boot.img manually last time and I didnt this time. So I'm not sure what todo now. I was running the latest CWM.
How should I know which RUU to go back to? And How do I install the RUU when I can't get the drivers to recognize my device outside CWM?
OP your problem has been solved a million times, its pretty much the only problem our dna has frequently
90% of the posts in the help section are this exact scenario and the fix for it
but here is the answer anyway,
use a usb2.0 port not 3.0
your phone will be detected by your pc if you installed the drivers and switch between fastboot in the bootloader
you can sideload a rom with adb or you can ruu, .torrented has all the files and guides you need in his sig
w4rped said:
I am S-On so I think I messed up something. I thought i was S-off. I do remember flashing the boot.img manually last time and I didnt this time. So I'm not sure what todo now. I was running the latest CWM.
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Choose a rom and extract boot.img on your computer, boot into recovery and flash the image.zip. Reboot the phone using adb reboot-bootloader then use fastboot flash boot boot.img
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hyphydragon said:
OP your problem has been solved a million times, its pretty much the only problem our dna has frequently
90% of the posts in the help section are this exact scenario and the fix for it
but here is the answer anyway,
use a usb2.0 port not 3.0
your phone will be detected by your pc if you installed the drivers and switch between fastboot in the bootloader
you can sideload a rom with adb or you can ruu, .torrented has all the files and guides you need in his sig
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thanks for your post. I managed to get it figured out. Windows 8 DOES NOT like the DNA for some reason. I went to a windows 7 machine and had no fastboot issues. I used the RUU to get back to stock, updated to latest, used rumrunner, and flashed a proper rom. I am doing good now, thanks for your replies, I really appreciate it. I ended up finding all the posts on various things that were wrong with the DNA but none were quite right. I pieced together all the problems I had from many posts. Either way, I got it.
w4rped said:
thanks for your post. I managed to get it figured out. Windows 8 DOES NOT like the DNA for some reason. I went to a windows 7 machine and had no fastboot issues. I used the RUU to get back to stock, updated to latest, used rumrunner, and flashed a proper rom. I am doing good now, thanks for your replies, I really appreciate it. I ended up finding all the posts on various things that were wrong with the DNA but none were quite right. I pieced together all the problems I had from many posts. Either way, I got it.
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W8.1 has problems with adb and fastboot. If you do a Google search there's various solutions on how to get it working properly. Glad to hear you got your issue resolved.
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