Brick after Rom Manager Reboot? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi
I searched and only found similar cases with other phones and no solution.
I was on stock 4.0.3 with CWM, rooted and siyah kernel and tried to upgrade to CM9
with Rom manager
i dled cm9 with gapps and let ROM Manager do the backup, wipe and reboot to recovery
but then i just saw the first GT 9100i boot screen with the triangle and after that
the screen stayed black.
i noticed in a darker area that the screen blinked everey few seconds, so i guess its trying to reboot all the time. some kind of bootloop?
i cant access the cwm, nor boot normaly.
just the download mode is working
so i tried to flash a stock FW from intratechs thread via odin
but... FAIL
help would be much appreciated right know :crying:
thank you

Mmm I've had issues with rom manager before but never this severe. All I can suggest is what I would do which is to fash stock firmware from samfirmware via PDA section in odin. If this doesn't work I think there is a sticky thread which is dedicated to situations like this. It requires flashing a firmware via odin again but all partitions are used so it will wipe your device. All the best.
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skarboy said:
Hi
I searched and only found similar cases with other phones and no solution.
I was on stock 4.0.3 with CWM, rooted and siyah kernel and tried to upgrade to CM9
with Rom manager
i dled cm9 with gapps and let ROM Manager do the backup, wipe and reboot to recovery
but then i just saw the first GT 9100i boot screen with the triangle and after that
the screen stayed black.
i noticed in a darker area that the screen blinked everey few seconds, so i guess its trying to reboot all the time. some kind of bootloop?
i cant access the cwm, nor boot normaly.
just the download mode is working
so i tried to flash a stock FW from intratechs thread via odin
but... FAIL
help would be much appreciated right know :crying:
thank you
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Can you still get into Download Mode?
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Try manually wiping data, cache and dalvik cache.

Try to go into recovery. Hold down volumen up, home key, and power on, at once hold them down ontil you reach recovery.
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I had that problem too-a black screen with a flash down the rh side of the screen every few seconds.
I managed a repair via odin after a couple of attempts.
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Flash a stock kernel then wipe everything the recovery it comes with. Also make your flashing roms for your 9100i model.
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thank you very much
i just reflashed a few times as adviced with my dled rom
am on stock again
retry without rommanager
ftw

Remove rom manager and dont use it again on your s2.
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skarboy said:
thank you very much
i just reflashed a few times as adviced with my dled rom
am on stock again
retry without rommanager
ftw
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I have the very same problem as you.
I can enter download mode but can't enter recovery mode.
I can flash any rom I can find but all of them have no use.
Still can't boot nor recovery.
Have you fixed the problem just by reflashing stock rom?

theunderling said:
Remove rom manager and dont use it again on your s2.
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This. How many times people saying:Rom manager doesn't work on S2 100%!!! Read people, read again before doing something!!

Mr.Greg said:
This. How many times people saying:Rom manager doesn't work on S2 100%!!! Read people, read again before doing something!!
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Yes, that's our fault that haven't read enough before installing a software.
But is there any way to revive our phone?

wm_shi said:
Yes, that's our fault that haven't read enough before installing a software.
But is there any way to revive our phone?
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the only way to revive ur phone, is to flash a stock ICS 4.0.3 firmware thro 'ODIN' and have a clean boot of ur phone
and never use 'Rom Manager' in the future

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[Q] Phone wont boot past Samsung logo

Greetings All,
So I was using DarkyRom at one point and then I decided to go to MIUI. Tried it for awhile, did not enjoy it so I wanted to go back to Darky. So I went to flash the kernel and when the phone rebooted it went past the logo screen and straight into a pitch black screen. So I left it for ~ 10 minutes and nothing happened. stayed at the black screen. So I pulled the battery out and now the only part of the phone I can access is the Download mode (had to pull the battery out to get out of that as well, would not switch off). So how do I fix this? Is it a boot loop? I have Odin but this PC has never had KIES or the Samsung drivers installed on it so I am not sure if that will cause a problem. Also I was using a KI3 build, can I flash stock KH3 (from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278) with Odin and will the phone still work?
Any assistance (or reassurance that its fixable) would be greatly appreciated.
Probably fixable flash a stock rom from the stock rom thread as first step.
jje
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JJEgan said:
Probably fixable flash a stock rom from the stock rom thread as first step.
jje
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Using Odin? And can the stock be a KH3 ROM?
*edit*
Found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348374&highlight=black+screen+after+boot+logo Would this work for me? Even though I was using a MIUI ROM?
Agreed, try wiping cache/data and flash stock ROM with bootloader.
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Cant access Recovery Mode to wipe cache/data, only download mode.

[Q] Did I just brick my Galaxy S2

Ok, so I was about to install custom ROM to a unrooted SGS2 phone, I didn't have a computer so I decided to root my phone installing cwm.zip through stock recovery and then installing su and busybox via cwm. then I backed everything up, downloaded a custom ROM with a custom kernel and cwm touch recovery with it. I went to stock recovery again and installed cwm.zip to get to cwm recovery and first made a nandroid backup and then installed the custom ROM. It turned off while it was on aroma installer and now it doesn't go on. Is it bricked? is there anything I can do?
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is it because I was trying to install a custom ROM through temporary Cwm? any help is appreciated. My girlfriends phone )
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If you can get to download mode or recovery then try flashing the from again
Preferably use Odin by getting to download mode
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jokerrrrrrr said:
If you can get to download mode or recovery then try flashing the from again
Preferably use Odin by getting to download mode
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I can't get anywhere.. and I assume I can't do anything even if I get it plugged on a computer? if it doesn't go to Odin or stock recovery or no where at all what are my chances? bricked I guess. BTW will anyone at Samsung know that I tried flashing my phone if I take it to be fixed? I mean if it doesn't go on, don't they have to replace everything and they would never even know that i tried to flash it?
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You soft-bricked it maybe...
Did you try booting up your phone pressing the POWER + HOME + VOL UP keys? If it boots into recovery, then just do a nandroid restore...
If you're just concerned with bringing the phone back to life... Boot up your phone pressing POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN keys. It will show you a green n' black menu, then press VOL UP. It will then show an Android robot with "downloading" written below. Now just connect it to your PC (I hope you already installed drivers for S2) and start ODIN. (Make sure KIES is off)
Use a .tar.md5 or .tar(or any other format) file(or files depending on your firmware) and put it in the respective box. Leave the tickboxes as they are and DO NOT use a .pit file AND DON'T TICK repartition.
Click start flash and your phone should boot up on the stock ROM again!
Just trying to help you!
Do you camera is hot ? If yes "I THINK IT"S MAYBE HARDBRICK ?"
Can you buy the Usb jig or do it ?
Paulius7 said:
Do you camera is hot ? If yes "I THINK IT"S MAYBE HARDBRICK ?"
Can you buy the Usb jig or do it ?
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I'm guessing also its hardbrick, don't know what is USB jig? if it is hardbrick, is there anything at all I can do? it doesn't go to Odin or recovery or nowhere, i can't get the screen on at all.
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With USB jig Your phone go to Download mode without VOLUME+POWER AND MENU BUTTONS
P.S. Hardbrick is Motherboard damage.(Or maybe you install rom it's not for you galaxy ?)
P.S.S. I haved a CPU damaged so it's not working(I can't boot up it like you) i go to gurante i they fix that.
P.S.S.S. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891197
Paulius7 said:
With USB jig Your phone go to Download mode without VOLUME+POWER AND MENU BUTTONS
P.S. Hardbrick is Motherboard damage.(Or maybe you install rom it's not for you galaxy ?)
P.S.S. I haved a CPU damaged so it's not working(I can't boot up it like you) i go to gurante i they fix that.
P.S.S.S. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891197
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where can I get a USB jig? I don't know if my motherboard is broken, it doesn't turn on at all, screen stays off what ever I press. and even if a put the charger in. in the evening I will have a computer and I can connect it to my PC but I assume that there is nothing I can do anyways because I can't just turn the phone on. I was trying to install a custom ROM with a temporary CWM recovery. didn't have cwm yet installed but I assumed it will be installed at the same time I install the rom because it included it. so if I have hard bricked my phone and I take it to be repaired, will they see I have tried to flash the phone? will it be fixed with guarantee?
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But you Flash rom REALLY FOR YOUR PHONE ? And i think next time you need to root the phone and Then install.I say maybe it's CPU is broken so you can go in gurantee and ask them for Repair. I don't know if you hard brick if they Fix but i think They did.
I say look into this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891197 You can see countury and city so borrow form you contury and if can City
Paulius7 said:
But you Flash rom REALLY FOR YOUR PHONE ? And i think next time you need to root the phone and Then install.I say maybe it's CPU is broken so you can go in gurantee and ask them for Repair. I don't know if you hard brick if they Fix but i think They did.
I say look into this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891197 You can see countury and city so borrow form you contury and if can City
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Yes I'm sure I was installing a right ROM meant for my phone. The resurrection remix 3.0.9 for I9100. this is what I did exactly.
1. went to stock recovery
2. installed CWM.zip from external SD card.
3. Got into temporary CWM recovery and then made a nandroid backup with success.
4. tried to wipe data but got stuck and rebooted my phone. It was now stuck in the galaxy logo.
5. I went to stock recovery again to install CWM.zip and this time I straight installed the resurrection remix and I got into Aroma installer and everything went fine until on 50% the phone turned off and now doesn't go on.
P.S. I was still on Stock ROM and kernel and recovery when trying to do this. Was using a temporary CWM recovery to install a custom ROM and kernel. I had root access already.
P.S2 I put the charger in and it doesn't even show the battery icon, nothing. and yes the camera is getting hot. Is it a hard brick / dead brick or what ever you call it? if I take it to guarantee, will they fix it or will they be able to see that I damaged my phone myself? thanks
P.S3 can the USB jig work on this problem also?
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If it soft bricked i think JTAG will help you
But if not try this:
Try to change battery MAYBE THAT HELP i don't now i gueses(Sorry bad english) i don't know really
Try this:
Step one would be the Jig
Step two would be a paid for JTAG repair
Step three would be a paid for service centre repair
And try to get out battery for about 1 hour
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661909
I will do this when I get home from work, thanks a lot for all the advice.
If anyone has other suggestions, please help. thanks.
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andresantos said:
Yes I'm sure I was installing a right ROM meant for my phone. The resurrection remix 3.0.9 for I9100. this is what I did exactly.
1. went to stock recovery
2. installed CWM.zip from external SD card.
3. Got into temporary CWM recovery and then made a nandroid backup with success.
4. tried to wipe data but got stuck and rebooted my phone. It was now stuck in the galaxy logo.
5. I went to stock recovery again to install CWM.zip and this time I straight installed the resurrection remix and I got into Aroma installer and everything went fine until on 50% the phone turned off and now doesn't go on.
P.S. I was still on Stock ROM and kernel and recovery when trying to do this. Was using a temporary CWM recovery to install a custom ROM and kernel. I had root access already.
P.S2 I put the charger in and it doesn't even show the battery icon, nothing. and yes the camera is getting hot. Is it a hard brick / dead brick or what ever you call it? if I take it to guarantee, will they fix it or will they be able to see that I damaged my phone myself? thanks
P.S3 can the USB jig work on this problem also?
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You said The resurrection remix 3.0.9 for I9100 I9100 ist the Samsung Galaxy S2!! Not S3
kaboma said:
You said The resurrection remix 3.0.9 for I9100 I9100 ist the Samsung Galaxy S2!! Not S3
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I know, I'm trying to flash my girlfriends galaxy s2
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andresantos said:
I know, I'm trying to flash my girlfriends galaxy s2
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Ohh, ok I see :laugh::laugh:
@kaboma
Next time Read carrefully and you see it
@andresantos
How the going with the phone ?
Was it on a 4.0.4 ROM? Did you check if it has a bad chip? ie. is susceptible to the emmc bug before flashing?
That could possibly be the cause, although I cant be sure now unless you have her stock rom/kernel details. And if it is, I'm sorry but AFAIK theres no solution to that yet.
Do try getting hold of a USB jig and trying your luck with that first, though.
Hope it works out :fingers-crossed:
Did you try to wipe ANYTHING on stock 4.0.4 kernel ? if you did, then you've been afected by the emmc brickbug and there's no other way to fix it other than replacing the entire motherboard.
Did you try to put your device in download mode (pressing the power button, home button and volume down key) ? If you can get into it, flash a stock rom and problem solved.
Can you enter recovery mode ?
Next time you try to get cwm, just flash siyah and you'll get the whole package (permanent cwm + root + plenty of features) and only after that try to wipe and install custom roms
@Poroto
HE SAID HE CAN"T GO ANYWHERE.
So it's can be Hardbrick or like (Ram's or CPU or Video card is broken) MAYBE
Because i had i problem with CPU it's can't go anywhere it was problem with CPU

Unable to boot - Stock firmware

Hey guys,
I decided to start my phone with a clean slate and un-root it via installing the stock firmware I9300TDUALF2_I9300TVAUALF2_VAU
I've done this before and it's never been a problem, but now my phone will not start up properly. It gets to the Samsung flashing logo in the boot animation and just stays there forever (literally).
I tried 2 (from sammobile & androidromupdate) other different Australian firmwares and still the same thing.
I've flashed CF-Root on the phone, booted up into recovery and installed a few different custom ROMs but the same problem occurs, it just stays put on the boot animation for eternity.
Normally I'm able to work out this sort of thing but I'm at a loss this time
Any ideas?
EDIT: Forgot to mention,
#1.) The startup sound plays during the boot animation if that makes a difference.
#2.) I've tried flashing it from 3 different PC's, with both Odin v1.8.5 and v.3.07
#3.) When I flashed Foxhounds ROM, The whole install ran through fine (Aroma) so I don't think this is a file integrity issue.
EDIT EDIT:
#1.) The phone feels warmer than usual (not hot, just warm, warmer than it normally is when idling) during the infinite boot animation
Hmm I was going to say flash different ROM via odin. Since you have done it already. Can you try flashing different and rooted rom. See how ya go. Make sure the rom you download match the md5. I always face such issues but re flashing helps. Download any other rom copy to external memory. Since you have access to recovery. Flash via recovery. Good luck.
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hero000 said:
Hmm I was going to say flash different ROM via odin. Since you have done it already. Can you try flashing different and rooted rom. See how ya go. Make sure the rom you download match the md5. I always face such issues but re flashing helps. Download any other rom copy to external memory. Since you have access to recovery. Flash via recovery. Good luck.
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Shall do thanks
It's hard finding a ROM that offers a .tar/.md5 version though? Any recommendations?
I'm also in the process of downloading "Rescure Firmware" to give that a shot - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6
Boot into recovery and wipe data/factory reset
sent from here, there, somewhere!!
Spinkzeit said:
Shall do thanks
It's hard finding a ROM that offers a .tar/.md5 version though? Any recommendations?
I'm also in the process of downloading "Rescure Firmware" to give that a shot - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6
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Well most of the devs put the md5 along the download links. I use Wanam Rom. It's fast and stable. Download if you like. The md5 is given too. http://wanamlite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=13141
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zoot1 said:
Boot into recovery and wipe data/factory reset
sent from here, there, somewhere!!
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Wow. This worked, thank you kindly sir.
Such a simple fix..
your phone really I9300T?
lockmunk said:
your phone really I9300T?
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I don't believe so, got it from a Telstra store when they came out.

I9100 recovery problem

Hello guys!
My problem is that I wanted to root my freind's I9100, but something went totally wrong...
Now my problem is that the bootloader doesn't seem to work... I hold the power button, the screen lights up, nothing happens for 1-2 minutes, it crashes and it all begins again.
The only thing that is working (I think) is the Download mode...
I tried to flash VillainROM v1.1 (I read that it would solve the problem somewhere), but it didn't work...
Also with that ROM I can get to the recovery, but unfortunately it can't find the storage (Of course I have a backup on there...)
I'm really worried right now, because it's not mine...
Please help me! :crying:
If you can get into Download mode, then flash a stock rom and see if that fixes your problem.
Stock rom 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 without the emmc brick bug
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krayndr said:
If you can get into Download mode, then flash a stock rom and see if that fixes your problem.
Stock rom 4.0.3 or 4.0.4 without the emmc brick bug
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Didn't work for me... Any other ideas?
EDIT: I waited some minutes and now it says "KERNEL PANIC UPLOAD MODE" any ideas?
EDIT2: I've done a lot of research now and it seems like I have an emmc-brick which can only be fixed by re-partitioning... does anyone know where I can get the PIT file and if that would fix it? THANKS
what method did u use to root??
I didn't root it, i installed CWM recovery, wiped system, and then when i tried to wipe data it crashed...
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Did you? Before install de cmw you should make the root! Super brick!
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marf28101995 said:
Did you? Before install de cmw you should make the root! Super brick!
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I don't think that this makes a difference, root basically is just some modified system files, isn't it?
and with a new rom the old system partition gets wiped completely
I dont think its super bricked if u can power on the device. try to get into download mode and flash a stock rom. If you have warranty you better take your phone to samsung repair centre
pasanjay said:
I dont think its super bricked if u can power on the device. try to get into download mode and flash a stock rom
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That's what I tried about 15 times...
Only the rom, with bootloader, with all 4 parts, with pit, only pit, only kernel, pit & all 4 parts, nothing seems to work...
when I try all 4 parts it's stuck at DATAFS (or something like that)
& when I flashed VillianROM v1.1 it gets me into recovery, but it always says that it can't find E:\*
Please help me & thanks for you who tries / tried to help me...
karriere said:
That's what I tried about 15 times...
Only the rom, with bootloader, with all 4 parts, with pit, only pit, only kernel, pit & all 4 parts, nothing seems to work...
when I try all 4 parts it's stuck at DATAFS (or something like that)
& when I flashed VillianROM v1.1 it gets me into recovery, but it always says that it can't find E:\*
Please help me & thanks for you who tries / tried to help me...
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Give the phone to a repair centre if you dont know what you are doing
you didnt partition the phone via odin did you, i remember i bricked it at datafs, my antivirus and kies was scanning its process so i reflashed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
pasanjay said:
Give the phone to a repair centre if you dont know what you are doing
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Actually i know what I'm doing...
It looks like it's hardbricked because of a so called "brick bug" on the newest android version for the S2/Note
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karriere said:
Actually i know what I'm doing...
It looks like it's hardbricked because of a so called "brick bug" on the newest android version for the S2/Note
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No it cant be. If you can power on your device its not super bricked..If it was super bricked your phone would be just a piece of plastic that gets heat up near the camera area. you should have just flashed a safe kernel like siyah using odin. Its perfectly safe. you must have ticked the repartition on Odin
Your data partition is corrupted. And only flashing a .pit file would save your phone. If it doesnt, i think samsung is the only way...
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Help with this blinkin phone!

I've rooted and flashed many times before.
Recently got phone back from repair after SDS and wanted to put Omega 38 on it.
Rooted it fine no problem using Odin... but have read things about CWM recovery possibly still having the problem, so thought (as I'd seen on here) that I needed philz's CWM. Don't know what I've done but now my phone appears "stuck" again.
It gets no further than the black screen with the white Samsung Galaxy Siii logo. Even if I pull the battery still nowt other than that.
I can get the phone recognised in odin, and I can also get into (I think) philz's recovery by volume up+menu+power. I've done a factory wipe and reset but when the phone starts it still stops on the logo page.
Previously, I got stock CWM (that was provided when I rooted with odin and CF-Root-SG3-v6.4) and it mentioned something about not being able to mount sd card and something about android secure. On another thread it mentions something like this with the S2 which required a odin stock tar flash.
Help me sort this problem - already been down with SDS and losing the will to live now! I just want a safe Omega38 and a safe recovery, as it wouldn't look good sending the phone back with SDS again with the same IMEI/Serial number!
did you try to put it Download mode and flash it again with Odin stock firmware 4.1.2... !!
if they change for you interal sd at your first service then you will be okay.
Have you tried a full stock flash with odin? (Not Omega or other custom rom)
I always use a full stock flash with btu csc so I keep my product code. Perka has a flash with LLA and no bootloader.
At the moment I use LLA and an older JB bootloader.
So to recap, flash a full stock firmware. If it does not boot you will then have to reflash Philz recovery again. Use volume up home and power to reboot the phone and goto recovery. Do a factory reset and reboot the phone.
You should then have a fully clean stock flash.
Or you could boot to CWM recovery and format data, system and cache. Then reboot to download mode and flash you stock rom.
If all is ok then flash Omega.
Short of that maybe its gone all Pete Tong and possibly send it back.
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Thanks guys
I went away, had a brew and thought about stuff a little.
Managed to flash omega by getting it onto my sdcard. Then did a wipe of everything, and installed omega v38
Seems to be up and running now. I'm assuming that I should remove any links to CWM in my phone menu, and if need download mode in future, just use Volume Up, Menu and Power?
So you didn't notice the help section?
Glebun said:
So you didn't notice the help section?
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U didnt notice that u r annoying with ur whining abt help,q/a section?!?
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actually, no. so you don't care about the rules? you're not welcome here then
Please post questions in Q&A
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Glebun said:
actually, no. so you don't care about the rules? you're not welcome here then
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Well atleast i got posts legit not abt whining q/a and that stuff
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And you expect help with a post like that .
jje

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