Hey everybody
A few days ago i rooted my phone with CF-Root and installed the Super Nexus Rom Stable 1. It run really
fast and worked great :good:
This morning I saw that the second version released. So I downloaded it and also the gapps again. But after installing i recognized
that the screen flashed and the rom didn't run smooth.I decided to roll it back with my backup.
But after starting the backup, the screen got black. I waited 30 minutes, then i took the battery out of my smartphone. As I put it back and started my phone
again, i just saw a purple screen. No samsung logo or somthing else. after 2 minutes i saw the status bar at the top, but the rest of the screen kept purple. I tried to bring it in download mode, but the screen is always purple and odin don't recognize the phone.
Please help me
Did you try entering download mode with a jig? Sometimes even when button combo or cable /volume combos don't work a jig will.
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pull out battery for 20-30 min then put battery then charge ur phone and after 30 min try to enter in download mode
hisee said:
pull out battery for 20-30 min then put battery then charge ur phone and after 30 min try to enter in download mode
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Mmh, It didn't work . I let the battery out of the phone for 2 hours and tried to start it again in Download Mode, but just earned a purple screen.
spagman72 said:
Did you try entering download mode with a jig? Sometimes even when button combo or cable /volume combos don't work a jig will.
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No, i think i should buy one.
I think my problem is that the phone gets into the Download Mode. But at the s3 we have to confirm that we really want to get into this mode.
I think i just hang at this screen, but can't check the right box, cause i just see the purple screen
Get I immediatly into the Download Mode with a jig, or have i also to check the accept button?
charge phone via pc for sumtime then try to enter in downlaod mode
Just because the screen is purple/black doesnt mean that phone is not in download mode.
If you hold the combo buttons to get into download mode but cant see the screen where it says press up to go into download mode just wait a sec and press up anyway.
then plug your phone up to odin.....it may still be able to go into download mode even though you are SEEING the screen.
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Just because the screen is purple/black doesnt mean that phone is not in download mode.
If you hold the combo buttons to get into download mode but cant see the screen where it says press up to go into download mode just wait a sec and press up anyway.
then plug your phone up to odin.....it may still be able to go into download mode even though you are SEEING the screen.
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I started my phone normal and wait some time. Then I connected it to the pc. The explorer starts and show me a window with the title GWT-I9300.
But instead to see any content the folder is absolutly empty. Bad sign??? Or good sign that i can connect it?
I start it again with the 3 key combo in Debug Mode. I think i'm in cause if i connect it again to the pc nothing happened. Odin also doesn't recognized the phone
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I started my phone normal and wait some time. Then I connected it to the pc. The explorer starts and show me a window with the title GWT-I9300.
But instead to see any content the folder is absolutly empty. Bad sign??? Or good sign that i can connect it?
I start it again with the 3 key combo in Debug Mode. I think i'm in cause if i connect it again to the pc nothing happened. Odin also doesn't recognized the phone
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Did you press up before you plugged it up to the pc??
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Did you press up before you plugged it up to the pc??
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Hey. I forget that it was the up key. i think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognize my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
develpoer23 said:
Hey. I forget that it was the up key. in think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognized my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
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You should return it to stock with a full flash give me a sec I'll grab a link this will restore everything. You then should go into recovery volume up middle button and power and do a full wipe to make sure you get everything out as odin doesn't do that it will only override what is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
Download file from there and just to make sure we are talking international gt-i9300 CORRECT? The file is big like 750 megs it contains stock everything and will restore the entire device to stock. It will not erase the on board store partitioned for the SD heck it doesn't erase anything just overrides.
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You should return it to stock with a full flash give me a sec I'll grab a link this will restore everything. You then should go into recovery volume up middle button and power and do a full wipe to make sure you get everything out as odin doesn't do that it will only override what is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
Download file from there and just to make sure we are talking international gt-i9300 CORRECT? The file is big like 750 megs it contains stock everything and will restore the entire device to stock. It will not erase the on board store partitioned for the SD heck it doesn't erase anything just overrides.
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thank you verry much
that's my last hope. before you have written it, i flashed again the cf-kernel. odin said that the operation was succesfull. but the screen keep purple.
hope that it is not a hardware brick
develpoer23 said:
thank you verry much
that's my last hope. before you have writtent it, i flashed again the cf-kernel. odin say it was succesfull. but the screan keep purple.
hope that it is no hardware brick
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Doesn't sound like a hardware brick. After you flash the stock again if you still have the purple screen let me know and i'll find the button combo so you can wipe the data as there could still be something lingering that could cause that. And don't be to worried you have a colored screen that's not too bad it's when you get nothing no matter what that you should get very scared
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Doesn't sound like a hardware brick. After you flash the stock again if you still have the purple screen let me know and i'll find the button combo so you can wipe the data as there could still be something lingering that could cause that. And don't be to worried you have a colored screen that's not too bad it's when you get nothing no matter what that you should get very scared
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Now Odin finished with all operations succesfull. After restart I can hear the samsung sound but screen keeps purple
It's also a bit strange, if i start my phone normal and connect it to the pc. No explorer window opens, but odin still recognize the phone. I don't started it in Download Mode???
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Now Odin finished with all operations succesfull. After restart I can hear the samsung sound but screen keeps purple
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Yeah that's what I thought so last thing
Pull battery
Hold Volume UP Middle Button and Power Button for ten seconds
wait like another 20 seconds then press volume down twice then press power after a min press power again with any luck this will do a full wipe for you. It is blind but I did confirm on my phone the times it takes.
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After you volume down twice and then press power volume down three times and press power again then wait ten seconds and press power a last time. The third press is to wipe the cache which is the problem I bet.
Was there any info about GPU overclocking/volting on that custom rom you installed? I mean on that version 2.
For me this sounds like that your graphical chip on the phone might have damaged.
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GalaxyS3man said:
Was there any info about GPU overclocking/volting on that custom rom you installed? I mean on that version 2.
For me this sounds like that your graphical chip on the phone might have damaged.
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It could be but lets not scare the dude yet. I have had many phones do blue and purple screens just as he describes it is generally a bad flash or file or forgetting to wipe. I do not think at this point we are looking at a bad GPU. I have also had this phone give me weird colored screen flashed upon starting or going into recovery that had to do with a improper restore.
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It could be but lets not scare the dude yet. I have had many phones do blue and purple screens just as he describes it is generally a bad flash or file or forgetting to wipe. I do not think at this point we are looking at a bad GPU. I have also had this phone give me weird colored screen flashed upon starting or going into recovery that had to do with a improper restore.
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mmh, really sad. i need more runs to get it to work. but then after some the phone do somthing and restart after last pressing power. But screen keeps in this ugly purple.
The rom i installed was the Super Nexus Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817345)
develpoer23 said:
mmh, really sad. i need more runs to get it to work. but then after some the phone do somthing and restart after last pressing power. But screen keeps in this ugly purple.
The rom i installed was the Super Nexus Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817345)
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keep playing with it after you are sure you've gotten the three and two try to odin one more time.
Another option you have is to go into odin and and flash a know stable recovery then see if you can boot into it recovery.
develpoer23 said:
Hey. I forget that it was the up key. i think i have to press a button at the screen. so now it works :good:
Odin recognize my phone. Really great.
But what is the next step. Should i flash CF-Root or a stable ROM?
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Stable Rom....get your phone booting up first, then worry about rooting
You over zelous flasher.....lol
Related
So i rooted the phone and installed froyo rom with clockworkmod recovery or whatever.. the phone was working fine but then i downloaded OCLF and clicked unroot the phone like an idiot. Still worked fine thoughh... i wanted to reroot the phone but then realized i couldnt get into recovery.. so i did a factory reset and now im stuck on a boot screen that says galaxy s gti 9000 and on the bottom it says samsung..
Just ODIN back to stock... and continue to do whatever you want from there...
ODIN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026
How to get back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799105
thank youu soooo much i literally love youu!!!
yeah, no problem!
Mine is BRICKED!!! OTA Friday got to 85% and went black. none combo of the Three Button Salute is not working at all. Odin can not see it.
As long as you can get into download mode, your phone is not totally bricked. Vibrants are very very hard to brick. Trust me, I have messed mine up more times than I can count,but managed to fix it. First off, can u tell me what windows version ur using, do u have the Samsung drivers installed, what button combination have u tried to get into download mode. I know you probably tried a ton, bit this will help me narrow down what will and will not work for you.
Jonathan Rubcic
Electrical Engineer
jarubcic said:
As long as you can get into download mode, your phone is not totally bricked. Vibrants are very very hard to brick. Trust me, I have messed mine up more times than I can count,but managed to fix it. First off, can u tell me what windows version ur using, do u have the Samsung drivers installed, what button combination have u tried to get into download mode. I know you probably tried a ton, bit this will help me narrow down what will and will not work for you.
Jonathan Rubcic
Electrical Engineer
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No download mode at all, no charging screen, nothing at all. Black screen! Power with plug in, Power and Vol up, Power and Vol Down, Power and up/Down. No luck. Running vista. I have used odin before with no problems.
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No download mode at all, no charging screen, nothing at all. Black screen! Power with plug in, Power and Vol up, Power and Vol Down, Power and up/Down. No luck. Running vista. I have used odin before with no problems.
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Have Odin open and everything setup on the PC.
Then just take out the battery and make sure your phone isn't connected to the PC yet. Then wait maybe 5 seconds and plug your phone into the USB without the battery in the phone. Then press both volume buttons only and install the battery while holding both volume buttons.
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Beefvvl said:
Have Odin open and everything setup on the PC.
Then just take out the battery and make sure your phone isn't connected to the PC yet. Then wait maybe 5 seconds and plug your phone into the USB without the battery in the phone. Then press both volume buttons only and install the battery while holding both volume buttons.
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Nope nothing.
im having same problem. i was able to go to download mode and did odin using stock recovery. but still didn't work HELP SOMEBODY!!!!!!
IuNlockeM said:
im having same problem. i was able to go to download mode and did odin using stock recovery. but still didn't work HELP SOMEBODY!!!!!!
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Download this and give it a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
Was trying to flash new rom from boot recovery and keep getting stuck in a boot loop that takes me from samsung vibrant screen to boot recovery, no matter what i do i cant get out of boot recovery. Im new to the game so there might be a way to fix it and get the rom on it or get the stock flashed again but all i really need is anyway to get the phone working again ASAP
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help, im phoneless and my vibrant is stuck in recovery mode.... someone with experience please help me!!!
you need to odin. sounds like you didnt disable a lag fix or something but its no problem if you just odin back to stock, preferrably jfd and just do-over.
theres some tricks in the link to my sig and the odin thread is on the first page of this board. so it wont be hard to find. if any i am up for another hour. pm me!
We will need more info. What exactly did you do?
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Yeah go ahead and use the following Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
Download Odin and Official T-Mo Vibrant JFD firmware. Once done open up Odin on your PC. I would do a battery pull first then when your done plug the phone into your PC and iniciate the 3 button combo to get into download mode. Then just put your 512 pit file and your JFD rom into pda. Then flash away.
What recovery are you in 2e,3e,voodoo ? If you had a backup you can restore. First you have to locate the backup or the original rom zip. Look through sdcard and find them. If you had rom manager, look in cwm backups, you might find nandroid backups there. You'll have to install original zip or backup. Original if on sacard should'nt be hard to find. Be patient and don't do anything drastic !
Nero+DoW *vibrant*
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
thank me later
bobbbb said:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
thank me later
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soo im gonna try and do that, but when im trying to use the power and volume keys to get to the digging android i cant do it...... am i doing something wrong....
i just want my phone back....
k, when it is plugged in the only thing it shows or that i can get is the battery, but an empty battery not anything with green in it, and its like frozen on that screen...?
only time i can get it to do anything else is unplugged it will go into recovery mode and i can do anything there but nothing changes anything soooo im super confused now.... am i going to need a new phone.....that could be a problem seeing as i am broke as a joke.......
thanks in advance for the help
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We will need more info. What exactly did you do?
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i rooted the phone, downloded titanium back up and rom manager, tried to flash the sonofskywalker rom that is on rom manager, after multiple tries where the phone would just reboot to the way it was "stock" then i tried to flash it by going through the sd card i beleive and now it stuck in recovery mode and will only boot thru to the samsung vibrant screen then goes back to recovery, or when it is plugged in it just shows the battery sign but the battery sign doesnt say charging it is just frozen on that screen.
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soo im gonna try and do that, but when im trying to use the power and volume keys to get to the digging android i cant do it...... am i doing something wrong....
i just want my phone back....
k, when it is plugged in the only thing it shows or that i can get is the battery, but an empty battery not anything with green in it, and its like frozen on that screen...?
only time i can get it to do anything else is unplugged it will go into recovery mode and i can do anything there but nothing changes anything soooo im super confused now.... am i going to need a new phone.....that could be a problem seeing as i am broke as a joke.......
thanks in advance for the help
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1st you need to calm down. You may not understand the steps if you panic.
The instruction in the link is good. If not, watch this video also...it's the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
If did it correctly and cannot get into download mode, that's a different story. I had the same problem as you and ODIN it back with JFD fixes it. I got mine fixed from the thread below and watching youtube.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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kobesabi said:
1st you need to calm down. You may not understand the steps if you panic.
The instruction in the link is good. If not, watch this video also...it's the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
If did it correctly and cannot get into download mode, that's a different story. I had the same problem as you and ODIN it back with JFD fixes it. I got mine fixed from the thread below and watching youtube.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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ok, calming down now, haha.
I have odinn downladed and the the other files it says i need, the only problem is i can not get it into download mode.........
Iv done it the same way he is doing it in the video and it will either take me to the recovery page or just recycle the battery screen back to me.....
try this:
Take everything out of the phone
Plug the USB into your pc
Hold ONLY the volume keys down (keep them held)
Plug the USB into your phone
Put the battery back in should be download mode
Let go of the volume keys
jmcghee1973 said:
try this:
Take everything out of the phone
Plug the USB into your pc
Hold ONLY the volume keys down (keep them held)
Plug the USB into your phone
Put the battery back in should be download mode
Let go of the volume keys
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so when i do that it just brings up the big charging battery and it has the little sun dial in the middle that usually indicates loading, but it just stays stuck on that screen. Thats why im so confused it wont go past that screen.
EDIT- and i am leaving the sd card and the sim card out when im doing that correct? although i have tried it both waysss.
And it does the same thing if you hold all three buttons down and let the charging indicator flash 2 times and when it goes out on the third time let go of the power button only?
If it doesn't work with that method you may actually have a hardware locked phone that you need a jig for..
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And it does the same thing if you hold all three buttons down and let the charging indicator flash 2 times and when it goes out on the third time let go of the power button only?
If it doesn't work with that method you may actually have a hardware locked phone that you need a jig for..
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yea it does the same thing, when its plugged in so far nothing will come up but the frozen battery screen......... im not exactly sure what a jig is or how to use it haha but when its plugged in thats what happens, and if it isnt pluggged in it takes me to recovery screen.......
thats really odd because it shouldnt go to the charging screen in the amount of time it takes to bring up download mode.
Your absolutely sure your holding both the volume keys down and putting the battery in with your other hand with it plugged into the phone and pc... because it should skip the charging animation all together.
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thats really odd because it shouldnt go to the charging screen in the amount of time it takes to bring up download mode.
Your absolutely sure your holding both the volume keys down and putting the battery in with your other hand with it plugged into the phone and pc... because it should skip the charging animation all together.
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yep just tried it again, it boots automatically into that battery view..... i tried holding power with it to right after that and the screen will go black and then the little sundial appears and then it goes right back into the frozen battery screen.....
http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209
You may have to sign up but I think this is gonna be you option unless you can get someone more adept to help out because it shouldn't go to the battery screen.
Let me run thru this on more time lol
everything out of the phone.....
phone plugged into the Computer and plugged into the Phone...(no way possible to be on the charging screen without a battery....just sayin)
holding down both of the volume keys at the same time with your thumb...(not letting go of them for anything)
using your other hand to put the battery back in...(still holding on to those volume keys for dear life...)
and walla...it should be in download mode...
if not I think you may need the link above...
jmcghee1973 said:
http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209
You may have to sign up but I think this is gonna be you option unless you can get someone more adept to help out because it shouldn't go to the battery screen.
Let me run thru this on more time lol
everything out of the phone.....
phone plugged into the Computer and plugged into the Phone...(no way possible to be on the charging screen without a battery....just sayin)
holding down both of the volume keys at the same time with your thumb...(not letting go of them for anything)
using your other hand to put the battery back in...(still holding on to those volume keys for dear life...)
and walla...it should be in download mode...
if not I think you may need the link above...
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im gonna try the link above, i just tried it one last time and no go,
the second i put the battery back in it flashes up the battery sign..
at what point do i need to start talking to tmobile....... maybe i can gt them to say this one is defective and send me a new one???
yea I would say ...
I had problems with my rooted S3 (International) earlier today, and that's why I thought that flashing a lower version of CWM may fix my problems. However, flashing CWM 5.8.4.0 actually made things worse.
I am currently stuck and cannot navigate out of CWM. Pressing Power or Home don't do/select anything, and browsing the menu is next to impossible, too (menu disappers).
Phone is not recognized by adb, it does not show in Windows Explorer either. Got a "failed to install" when I connected it.
When I try "adb devices", I only get "list of devices attached" without the phone showing.
Whenever I reboot [after bettery pull], I get back into CWM again.
CWM does not react to button presses as it should; doesn't go anywhere no matter which keys/buttons I press.
Battery pull doesn't do anything; neither does Power+Volume up or down
Looks like I am screwed... am I?
Anyone has an idea how I can get out of this and back to either CM9, or install a newer version of CWM (over the obviously dysfunctional version 5.8.4.0)?
Thanks!
flashed touch recovery?
No, it's not 'Touch'... I wish it were that simple...
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pull battery, insert usb jig (buy it), insert battery. gambate!
Mmmh... You sure about that?
I used to have an USB jig for a different phone before... No idea if I still have it somewhere.
androidarmin said:
Mmmh... You sure about that?
I used to have an USB jig for a different phone before... No idea if I still have it somewhere.
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just an idea and i think the last thing you can try..or you can try pull battery, press volume down and home button, insert battery, see if it can go download mode
Certainly worth a try... Thanks!
ascariz said:
..or you can try pull battery, press volume down and home button, insert battery, see if it can go download mode
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Nope, battery pull/power+vol don't work. Tried that already. Does reboot straight into CWM again (no download mode, or else)
androidarmin said:
Nope, battery pull/power+vol don't work. Tried that already. Does reboot straight into CWM again (no download mode, or else)
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looks like your final hope is usb jig, or samsung center..
Nah.. My "final hope" will always be Obi-Wan Kenobi...
Get the feeling that I f**ed up a perfectly fine $600 phone. Great! :banghead:
What's the deal with the Samsung website?
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Nah.. My "final hope" will always be Obi-Wan Kenobi...
Get the feeling that I f**ed up a perfectly fine $600 phone. Great! :banghead:
What's the deal with the Samsung website?
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u not see how i ****ed up my sgs1. even usb jig cant help. try google..maybe there is some hope..
It happen to me b4.but i still can go to dowwload mode using power-/home button/power button..
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steveruthless said:
It happen to me b4.but i still can go to dowwload mode using power-/home button/power button..
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Looks like your much luckier than I am. Can't believe this really happened to me. It's a first for me, though
I guess I'll try some more "rescue stuff" when I get back home. Don't have any way to tinker with the phone here at work...
Thanks, guys.
[SOLVED] I9300 stuck in CWM > Back in ODIN mode!
Geeez... That was a close one!
Apparently, and in order to get into ODIN (Download) mode on the S3/I9300, one has to press & hold...
1.) Volume down
2.) Home button
3.) Power
Once I did that, my S3 (I9300) booted into ODIN Mode. [ Big sigh of relief!!! ]
I thought it was just Volume Down + Power... but apparently I was wrong. Guess that happens if you don't use Odin for flashing all the time.
Can't wait to get home and flash a proper recovery, so I can get my phone back into work mode. It sucks not having a working phone, trust me on that... ;-)
Thanks for your input, guys!
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Geeez... That was a close one!
Apparently, and in order to get into ODIN (Download) mode on the S3/I9300, one has to press & hold...
1.) Volume down
2.) Home button
3.) Power
Once I did that, my S3 (I9300) booted into ODIN Mode. [ Big sigh of relief!!! ]
I thought it was just Volume Down + Power... but apparently I was wrong. Guess that happens if you don't use Odin for flashing all the time.
Can't wait to get home and flash a proper recovery, so I can get my phone back into work mode. It sucks not having a working phone, trust me on that... ;-)
Thanks for your input, guys!
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lol. sure you cant think straight when you panic. can't even read properly. anyway, glad to hear you solve it.:good:
I rooted my phone the other day using super one click 2.3 and left it just rooted due to cwm in my rom manager app not showing my phone model for whatever odd reason. Tonight I did the most stupidest thing and decided to pick nexus 4G in rom manager and downloaded CM10 ICS rom from rom manager itself and as soon it finished downloading I pressed install with dalvik cache wipe checked and now my phone is just stuck on boot screen that say "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile"
I tried to hard reset by pressing home/vol up,down/power button but the screen just goes black for about 3 seconds then the same "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile" screen come on and it just stay there. I also tried to plug in the phone to my laptop but the phone is not recognized anymore and nothing happens.
This is the only phone I have and I am lost. I really need my phone back. What do I need to do?
please HELP:crying:
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I rooted my phone the other day using super one click 2.3 and left it just rooted due to cwm in my rom manager app not showing my phone model for whatever odd reason. Tonight I did the most stupidest thing and decided to pick nexus 4G in rom manager and downloaded CM10 ICS rom from rom manager itself and as soon it finished downloading I pressed install with dalvik cache wipe checked and now my phone is just stuck on boot screen that say "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile"
I tried to hard reset by pressing home/vol up,down/power button but the screen just goes black for about 3 seconds then the same "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile" screen come on and it just stay there. I also tried to plug in the phone to my laptop but the phone is not recognized anymore and nothing happens.
This is the only phone I have and I am lost. I really need my phone back. What do I need to do?
please HELP:crying:
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Okay, okay relax and stay calm first and foremost. I assure you, we've all been there (at least I have been lol). Needless to say, it sounds like you can fix this...which is good! I suggest you first head over to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509 and download the toolbox. Once its downloaded, install the necessary drivers if you have not already. After that, you need to get your phone into download mode. There are a few ways to do this, and people prefer going about it in different ways...I'd suggest taking out your battery, and then popping it back in and holding the power on and volume up button at the same time and hopefully it will boot into download mode (it'll be yellow). If that doesn't work after a few minutes, remove the battery again, pop it in and try holding the power, the volume up and the little "arrow up" soft key at the bottom of the screen and hopefully this time it will go into DL mode. Once you're in DL mode, connect your phone to the computer and use the toolbox to flash to stock. This will bring your phone back to factory conditions and you'll be set to go. Be sure not to remove your phone while its flashing back to stock until you are given the green light. Good luck!
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Okay, okay relax and stay calm first and foremost. I assure you, we've all been there (at least I have been lol). Needless to say, it sounds like you can fix this...which is good! I suggest you first head over to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509 and download the toolbox. Once its downloaded, install the necessary drivers if you have not already. After that, you need to get your phone into download mode. There are a few ways to do this, and people prefer going about it in different ways...I'd suggest taking out your battery, and then popping it back in and holding the power on and volume up button at the same time, once your screen turns on, remove your finger from the power button and continue holding the volume up button, and hopefully it will boot into download mode (it'll be yellow). If that doesn't work after a few minutes, remove the battery again, pop it in and try holding the power, the volume up and the little "arrow up" soft key at the bottom of the screen, when the screen comes on, let go of the power button and hopefully this time it will go into DL mode. Once you're in DL mode, connect your phone to the computer and use the toolbox to flash to stock. This will bring your phone back to factory conditions and you'll be set to go. Be sure not to remove your phone while its flashing back to stock until you are given the green light. Good luck!
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Thanks for trying to help, but is not working. I tried both options multiple times but it would not go into DL mode. I can't believe I did this to my only phone
CyberGmonster said:
Thanks for trying to help, but is not working. I tried both options multiple times but it would not go into DL mode. I can't believe I did this to my only phone
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Relax, relax...I assure you. Everything will be fine. Your phone isn't dead. Getting into DL mode can be a pain, and honestly it took me a few tries my first time also. You just need to find the correct combo. Try with phone off, holding volume up and down at the same time and then plug in the usb until the phone boots up into DL (hopefully). If this doesn't work, report back. If it does, go through the steps in my last post.
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Relax, relax...I assure you. Everything will be fine. Your phone isn't dead. Getting into DL mode can be a pain, and honestly it took me a few tries my first time also. You just need to find the correct combo. Try with phone off, holding volume up and down at the same time and then plug in the usb until the phone boots up into DL (hopefully). If this doesn't work, report back. If it does, go through the steps in my last post.
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Another thing to try, pull battery, SIM card and SD Card. Then plug in USB to computer, plug in to phone, pop the battery in holding down volume keys (up and down) -- its a little tricky but you get the hang of it. It was only consistent way my phone would go into DL mode.
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CyberGmonster said:
I rooted my phone the other day using super one click 2.3 and left it just rooted due to cwm in my rom manager app not showing my phone model for whatever odd reason. Tonight I did the most stupidest thing and decided to pick nexus 4G in rom manager and downloaded CM10 ICS rom from rom manager itself and as soon it finished downloading I pressed install with dalvik cache wipe checked and now my phone is just stuck on boot screen that say "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile"
I tried to hard reset by pressing home/vol up,down/power button but the screen just goes black for about 3 seconds then the same "GALAXY S 4G exclusively from T-Mobile" screen come on and it just stay there. I also tried to plug in the phone to my laptop but the phone is not recognized anymore and nothing happens.
This is the only phone I have and I am lost. I really need my phone back. What do I need to do?
please HELP:crying:
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I have almost the same problem.
Did you ever get the phone to go into DL mode?
TIA
Wrong forum. Go to galaxy s 4G forum.
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gknitz said:
I have almost the same problem.
Did you ever get the phone to go into DL mode?
TIA
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What exactly is your problem? Please list your device model and what ROM or stock android version you were using when issue began. Any other info you have would be helpful.
Paranoid, sitting in a deep sweat...
samsgun357 said:
What exactly is your problem? Please list your device model and what ROM or stock android version you were using when issue began. Any other info you have would be helpful.
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i rooted with superoneclick .... it couldnt verify shell but it rooted.... then i put a kernel on called sms-t959v-kj6-v0.1.0unsigned-update. then i tried to flash a rom called SamsungSlim-T959-4.2.1.Beta.1-OFFICIAL and thats where everything failed.... its stuck at the rom boot.... the screen says semaphore..... PLEASE PLEASE HELP.... I FELL LIKE IM DYING LOL MY EMAIL IS carlosts2009 at gmail.com.. or text 856 2 4 4 101 8
Your problem is the kernel is for the t959v galaxy s 4g and the ROM is for t959 vibrant. You can fix it in Odin with the stock firmware but we need to figure out which device you have. Do you have a stock front facing camera?
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samsgun357 said:
What exactly is your problem? Please list your device model and what ROM or stock android version you were using when issue began. Any other info you have would be helpful.
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im using a samsung galaxy s 4g running on gingerbread (the latest version for this phone) I got the instructions for how to root my phone from youtube and everything was good until today when it just got stuck on the boot screen. how can I fix this. I need a professionals assistance for this.
This is the Samsung vibrant t959 (3g). It looks like you have the Samsung galaxy s 4g t959v. These are totally different phones, you need the galaxy s 4g forums, these files for the vibrant will not work on your phone. Find the correct forum on xda website and flash back to stock for the t959v
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It's still very early an I see a few people going stir crazy over finding a way to root their phones. I for one am not sure I want to root just yet, the reason being Samsung pay. If it's going to be as awesome as they say it will be I don't wanna miss out due to tripping Knox.
Now I do love flashing and all things root related but I'm willing to hold out.
What about you? Root or no root? Why?
I root right away even if I don't have a "good" reason too. Its the because I can. I don't really care about the tripping knox thing I guess because if you have insurance there is always a chance the device could get "broken". Then you don't have to worry about if its tripped or not. Thats the position Samsung has put me in I wouldn't typically do something like that. So ya now I'm just waiting for TWRP then I will try and make a ROM.
I tried to use chainroot, and got stuck on the logo screen. normally you'd battery pull, go to recovery and wipe data. but i can't find any way to shut down the phone, before doing power-upVol-home.
And now i've tried to odin a stock recovery to undo chainroot, odin fails. could re-run odin with auto-reboot off, but again, no way to shut off and go to recovery.
at this point i'm stuck with the blue screen asking me to use smart switch on PC to do emergency recovery. but smartswitch says the device is not recognized.
thoughts? thanks!
I don't care about warranty just samsung pay. I heard it was harder to make roms with exinos is that true?
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I tried to use chainroot, and got stuck on the logo screen. normally you'd battery pull, go to recovery and wipe data. but i can't find any way to shut down the phone, before doing power-upVol-home.
And now i've tried to odin a stock recovery to undo chainroot, odin fails. could re-run odin with auto-reboot off, but again, no way to shut off and go to recovery.
at this point i'm stuck with the blue screen asking me to use smart switch on PC to do emergency recovery. but smartswitch says the device is not recognized.
thoughts? thanks!
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That sucks bro. I feel your pain. What happens if you press volume down, power and home for like 30 seconds?
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I tried to use chainroot, and got stuck on the logo screen. normally you'd battery pull, go to recovery and wipe data. but i can't find any way to shut down the phone, before doing power-upVol-home.
And now i've tried to odin a stock recovery to undo chainroot, odin fails. could re-run odin with auto-reboot off, but again, no way to shut off and go to recovery.
at this point i'm stuck with the blue screen asking me to use smart switch on PC to do emergency recovery. but smartswitch says the device is not recognized.
thoughts? thanks!
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Not sure what device you have but there was a video that said not to use the edge version of the root, and to use the regular S6 version. Running the S6 version will fix your broken device. Take this with a grain of salt, I'm just telling you what I saw. I will post the video link if I get a chance.
PS not sure if this actually helps you or not..
Rooting broke Google Play Movies on my phone, battery life was miserable and phone never went to sleep. After I unrooted everything went back to normal. So I am not going to root and just wait until things are cleaned up.
Every phone I've ever had has been rooted as soon as I got it. Not this time though, because of Samsung Pay.
If rooting breaks Samsung Pay, I'll never root the phone
IakobosJ said:
Every phone I've ever had has been rooted as soon as I got it. Not this time though, because of Samsung Pay.
If rooting breaks Samsung Pay, I'll never root the phone
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You and me both!
mrnovanova said:
That sucks bro. I feel your pain. What happens if you press volume down, power and home for like 30 seconds?
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Volume down and power for 7 seconds = battery pull
alexkaye said:
Volume down and power for 7 seconds = battery pull
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not for me right now: i have the turquoise error screen telling me to use smart switch. volDown + power for 7 seconds turns the screen off... and then right back on a couple seconds later. and i can't seem to slip in the recovery key sequence during that gap.
volDown + power + home is a diff story: that brings me into download mode. but i don't have anything that works in odin right now without failing. very possible that i don't have the correct rom, or that the rom is fine but i just need to go into recovery mode to complete, but i can't seem to do that!
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not for me right now: i have the turquoise error screen telling me to use smart switch. volDown + power for 7 seconds turns the screen off... and then right back on a couple seconds later. and i can't seem to slip in the recovery key sequence during that gap.
volDown + power + home is a diff story: that brings me into download mode. but i don't have anything that works in odin right now without failing. very possible that i don't have the correct rom, or that the rom is fine but i just need to go into recovery mode to complete, but i can't seem to do that!
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How about volume up+power+home to stock recovery to perform a factory reset?
No root for me I'm afraid! If I root this device I lose my nfc payment app (Semble) as it checks for root and locks the app if it's detected. Besides I've rooted every other phone I've had since iPhone Gen 1 and I don't really have the time anymore now I've got a 1 year old boy!
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How about volume up+power+home to stock recovery to perform a factory reset?
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nope. that's what i meant by "the recovery key combination" that i mentioned. only the dload mode key combo works, volUP + power + home does nothing.
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nope. that's what i meant by "the recovery key combination" that i mentioned. only the dload mode key combo works, volUP + power + home does nothing.
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Oh shoot. Sorry to hear that.
jasonastley said:
I tried to use chainroot, and got stuck on the logo screen. normally you'd battery pull, go to recovery and wipe data. but i can't find any way to shut down the phone, before doing power-upVol-home.
And now i've tried to odin a stock recovery to undo chainroot, odin fails. could re-run odin with auto-reboot off, but again, no way to shut off and go to recovery.
at this point i'm stuck with the blue screen asking me to use smart switch on PC to do emergency recovery. but smartswitch says the device is not recognized.
thoughts? thanks!
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Why is ODIN failing? Drivers installed? Where did you get this recovery? If ODIN can see your device you flash back to unrooted stock firmware.
Also, someone mentioned that you can Vol down + power will shut the device down. As soon as the screen goes black take your finger off the power button, press and hold Vol up + home then press power. You can go right from download mode to recovery with just the buttons.
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jamcar said:
Why is ODIN failing? Drivers installed? Where did you get this recovery? If ODIN can see your device you flash back to unrooted stock firmware.
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1. i got them from mobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G925F/
I would love to hear if this is a good source. also, I don't know if it matters exactly which of those firmwares to choose (there are many, you choose country and carrier)-- i don't know which one came with this phone as it was sent as a demo to me and i didn't take a screen shot of the info screen (does it matter?)
Also, someone mentioned that you can Vol down + power will shut the device down. As soon as the screen goes black take your finger off the power button, press and hold Vol up + home then press power. You can go right from download mode to recovery with just the buttons.
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2. that doesn't work for me, tried 15 times. I'm stuck with this turquoise error screen telling me to use emergency recovery in smart switch. i can easily get over to dload mode too. From either place, volDown + power gets the black screen and then immediately goes right back to the turquoise error screen, ignores anything else i seem to press, can't get into recovery.
No root for me either. It's hard lol. I miss it mostly for the adblocker. But I'm too worried that rooting with make it so I wouldn't be able to use Samsung pay when it comes out! If a root method is released that won't trip the KNOX sensor then heck ya, I'll root right away!
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great questions:
1. i got them from mobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G925F/
I would love to hear if this is a good source. also, I don't know if it matters exactly which of those firmwares to choose (there are many, you choose country and carrier)-- i don't know which one came with this phone as it was sent as a demo to me and i didn't take a screen shot of the info screen (does it matter?)
2. that doesn't work for me, tried 15 times. I'm stuck with this turquoise error screen telling me to use emergency recovery in smart switch. i can easily get over to dload mode too. From either place, volDown + power gets the black screen and then immediately goes right back to the turquoise error screen, ignores anything else i seem to press, can't get into recovery.
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Did you ever fix this? I'm having the same issue, but because I flashed TWRP...
I need to use Smart Switch, but that says my device is unsupported... SM-G925F
EDIT: Re-flashed root, and all good again!
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Did you ever fix this? I'm having the same issue, but because I flashed TWRP...
I need to use Smart Switch, but that says my device is unsupported... SM-G925F
EDIT: Re-flashed root, and all good again!
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yep, i think that was a key step for me too: re-flashed the root thing, after trying to re-flash stock a bunch of times.