This is my first post on XDA, so hello everyone! lol I think I've graduated from "noob" to eager learner, but this one has me stumped. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
I have a Verizon cdma RAZR Maxx, rooted, running Eclipse v1.3 custom ROM, 2.3.6., and cwm/bootstrap. I'm wanting to check out the new ICS ROM, but I can't get back to stock! When I tried recovery it said no files found. I tried RSD lite and it said it failed. I've tried wiping cache and factory reset too and none of that helped. I'm not sure which direction to go now...any ideas?
try using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486718
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I forgot to add that I also tried mattlgroff's utility and it kept saying that the system could not find the correct path...??????
are you sure you are in fastboot mode
fastboot mode
Yes. I powered down holding the power and vol+- buttons, released power, and waited til the black screen w/white letters came up. I vol- twice to AP Fastboot, the vol+ to select. Then plugged in the phone and waited until it said USB connected and started the utility. I selected option one and followed the instructions from there and it wouldn't work.
I have another razr maxx with a shattered screen that I have to send back to the insurance company. It's rooted but still running stock. Can I pull the system files from it and push them to my other razr?
I am desperate and have searched all over several forums to hopefully find someone else that has pulled this boner and had the same situation. I seem to be the only one ... LOL
I tried updating my Razr Maxx to Blur_Version.6.16.211.XT912.Verizon.en.US (actually is 6.16.215). I got a stock 211 on my Razr using RSD. It booted into recovery afterwards and I just went ahead and tried plashing 215 from the SD card. All seemed to be going well, phone rebooted afterwards and showed it was "Optimizing Apps". I walked off to do something and when I came back my Razr had a black screen. I tried to turn it on, No Go. I tried the Reboot (Vol - plus Power buttons), No Go. I tried to boot into recovery (power and both Vol buttons). No GO
The facts as I know them. I did not unroot before trying to flash 215. When I plug the charger in, I get the LED in the upper left for a moment and then it goes out. I have charged the phone for 7 hours and then tried all the boot up options (regular, soft reboot, Recovery). Nothing seems to work to turn my phone on so I can retry everything via RSD or whatever I need to do.
I know this is long, but I really need your help .... From all you guru's ...
Thanks in advance. I am at work so I may not be able to reply right away. Thanks again.
James
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vip546 said:
I am desperate and have searched all over several forums to hopefully find someone else that has pulled this boner and had the same situation. I seem to be the only one ... LOL
I tried updating my Razr Maxx to Blur_Version.6.16.211.XT912.Verizon.en.US (actually is 6.16.215). I got a stock 211 on my Razr using RSD. It booted into recovery afterwards and I just went ahead and tried plashing 215 from the SD card. All seemed to be going well, phone rebooted afterwards and showed it was "Optimizing Apps". I walked off to do something and when I came back my Razr had a black screen. I tried to turn it on, No Go. I tried the Reboot (Vol - plus Power buttons), No Go. I tried to boot into recovery (power and both Vol buttons). No GO
The facts as I know them. I did not unroot before trying to flash 215. When I plug the charger in, I get the LED in the upper left for a moment and then it goes out. I have charged the phone for 7 hours and then tried all the boot up options (regular, soft reboot, Recovery). Nothing seems to work to turn my phone on so I can retry everything via RSD or whatever I need to do.
I know this is long, but I really need your help .... From all you guru's ...
Thanks in advance. I am at work so I may not be able to reply right away. Thanks again.
James
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Can any body help me? or
Can you at least tell me if this is recoverable or do I need to us It as a paperweight????
You have try to charge your razr? It happens me one time.
Sorry I didn't read it, but you can do a factory cable to charge directly the battery
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Hello All,
First, let me say how much I've enjoyed reading this Forum and how much I LOVED my TMobile Samsung Vibrant 3G. While it worked for a long time running Froyo 2.2 with a Bionix Next-Gen V2 ROM, it was fantastic, but lately the microphone had been dying (I sounded more and more muffled no matter what I did). So I flashed up to ICS and installed Chimera to see if that might help. While the phone ran beautifully except for several apps that were rather wonky, I was getting more and more muffled.
So the other day I decided to restore my Nandroid backup, however when I flashed back I got stuck on the Vibrant boot screen. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get to Recovery.
How do I get back to Recovery from this? I have never used Odin, the only time I've ever hooked the phone up to the computer was when I originally flashed from Eclair to Froyo many moons ago. So please let me know if I'm missing something.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
You made a mistake when you tried to restore a 2.2 based backup from ICS base ROM. Now you must Odin to stock, its not that hard. First you will need to download the Odin program. I'm assuming you have device drivers on your PC but double check. Next you need 2 files, the 512 pit and jfd firmware file. Once you have those files you need to get in download mode.
I will link a thread with files and directions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
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You made a mistake when you tried to restore a 2.2 based backup from ICS base ROM. Now you must Odin to stock, its not that hard. First you will need to download the Odin program. I'm assuming you have device drivers on your PC but double check. Next you need 2 files, the 512 pit and jfd firmware file. Once you have those files you need to get in download mode.
I will link a thread with files and directions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
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OK I installed Odin and the necessary files and drivers, I plugged in the phone, but when I try to turn it on into Download Mode the Vibrant doesn't respond. There's just the little spinning light in the center of the screen. Odin doesn't recognize the phone either.
Anything else I can do?
Odin won't recognize unless you are in DL mode. I linked a video, I know it says captivate. Don't worry about the mod etc just follow it to get in download mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMqLpnTPh0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If this won't play just search download mode vibrant on YouTube.
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Odin won't recognize unless you are in DL mode. I linked a video, I know it says captivate. Don't worry about the mod etc just follow it to get in download mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMqLpnTPh0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If this won't play just search download mode vibrant on YouTube.
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OK watched the video, but 2 things:
-when I try to boot into Recovery it gets stuck on the Vibrant Samsung initial splash screen and never moves, even when holding down the 3 buttons;
-this video assumes I can access the phone to install the fix or anything else. I can't, it just stays stuck in the splash screen;
-I tried holding down the 3 buttons and simultaneously plugging in the USB cable, and still nothing but the splash screen;
-is there any way to turn on the device while hooked into the computer so Odin or something else can use the necessary files to turn it on and make it accessible?
Thanks all for your patience and advice, it's much appreciated. I LOVE this little phone and really want to heal her!
Hi,
I think you have tried to go to recovery mode using 3 button combo. But in order to use ODIN device has to be in DOWNLOAD MODE which can be done using following steps
1)start off with phone turned off
2)press down volume up, and volume down at same time, and never let go until you get into download mode. DON'T touch the power button
3) while holding down both volume buttons get your usb cable which is connected to your computer
4)plug in the usb cable into your phone, while you still hold down both up/down volume buttons at same time. Don't touch the power button.
5)As soon as you plug your usb cable into your phone, the phone will instantly go into Download mode.
6)You may now release the volume buttons
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hope this will help you to go on
tc
NOTE: here is a link I found. Just take a look http://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-access-download-and-recovery-mode-in-samsung-vibrant/
OK we are trying to get download mode not recovery. Your phone must be off for download mode. If it flashes vibrant screen you have gone to far and something is wrong. I specifically said pay no attention to the mod in video. Regardless I think you might need a jig to get in download mode.
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OK, noob error (smacks head), I kept saying Recovery Mode when what I needed was DL Mode, my sincerest apologies.
I got into DL Mode finally by holding down the Volume buttons (not the Power button), then plugging in the USB cable. The Vibrant promptly went into DL mode. Odin recognized the phone and off we went. It's now back to Stock Eclair (yuck).
So next question: am I rooted or do I have to do that all over again? And if so, what's the fastest way to do it so I can flash to the ROMs I knew and loved?
Lastly, a great big THANK YOU to samsgun357 & haarsh for all your assistance, you guys ROCK! :good:
No you are not rooted after using Odin to go back to stock. Glad you got it buddy! Now use this guide to get root and cwm recovery. Option b is probably what you want
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
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Glad you are successfully ODINed and you are in perfect position to make things BETTER
Still the device is not rooted as samsgun357 said. but no worries it is a simple process to get rooted and go ahead. I will post an video and hope it will also ease up your task
tc and its a pleasure to help you
Happy Flashing :good:
Yep, got it rooted and flashed Cyanogen7, then flashed up to an ICS ROM (started with Chimera but it's a tad wonky so flashed over to Euphoria, we'll see how that goes).
That said, the microphone is still sounding very muffled, so I think it's a hardware issue. I was due for an upgrade anyway so I picked up the Samsung 4G Blaze (nice since the Vibrant I had was the 3G). So right now I'm just having fun exploring Android on the Vibrant while I read up on how to root and improve the Blaze.
I will miss this little phone though, it was light and super fast and agile, perfectly sized, especially compared to the mini-tablets coming out lately like the Samsung SIII and LG L9 or HTC One. I prefer smaller phones, so the Blaze fits the bill right now even though it's heavier than my old Vibrant.
Thanks again for everyone's assistance, VERY much appreciated! :good:
Hey guys,
I'm having the same problem w/ my phone (see img).
I can't get out of the little loading pinwheel.
I've tried all the prescribed methods in this thread.
Thoughts?
Sorry, also, I can't get to DL or the splash page. When I turn the phone on, it goes directly to the spinning pinwheel.
check this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
Gingerbread Bootloaders
Key Maps
For Recovery - Lower Volume Key + Power Button
For Download - Upper Volume Key + Power Button
Froyo Bootloader
Key Maps
For Recovery - Both Volume Keys + Power Button
For Download - Both Volume Keys and Connect USB Cable
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hoss9009 said:
Sorry, also, I can't get to DL or the splash page. When I turn the phone on, it goes directly to the spinning pinwheel.
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Download mode IS what you need to use Odin a get back to stock.
The above post shows the button combo for DL mode and recovery based on which bootloaders you're running (thanks haarsh). If you haven't flashed GB boots, you have froyo boots.
Now make sure you have the correct Odin files and drivers on your PC.
The goal here is to get power to the phone, while holding button combo, from the PC.
Do a battery pull/replace. Plug USB into computer
While holding your button combo (see above) plug the phone in.
Hopefully you see DL mode
Also try pulling battery, plug USB in PC and phone
While holding button combo, pop the battery back in.
This can be tricky sometimes so don't give up.
OK. Let me backup and give you more info.
So sorry...
I rooted, but was unable to download ROM manager from the Store (im assuming bc it was running Froyo).
I was able to get CMW to install via update.zip. Once installed the phone was going directly into recovery when asked (3 button method). It would go into the Anroid recovery, first and then from continually installing CMW, go into CMW.
From there i installed a CM10 nightly.
Install went fine, but no mobile data connection. I went back to CMW and restored the original ROM, rebooted and am stuck w/ the pinwheel.
I can't get into to download mode AT ALL. I've tried the various button methods with no luck.
From what I did, I can assume that 2.1 IS installed on the phone.
Thoughts?
Thank you so much for the help.
Well the issue you have was caused by going back to a 2.1 or 2.2 build from cm10 through cwm. You should have used Odin to get back to stock.
If you can't get in DL mode manually you will need to buy a DL jig. You can get them from www.mobiletechvideos.com also from amazon I think. You can also make one yourself, just search USB download jig, you should find it.
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Well the issue you have was caused by going back to a 2.1 or 2.2 build from cm10 through cwm. You should have used Odin to get back to stock.
If you can't get in DL mode manually you will need to buy a DL jig. You can get them from www.mobiletechvideos.com also from amazon I think. You can also make one yourself, just search USB download jig, you should find it.
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Ok.. nothing at against your advice, but do they really work?
Yes they do. Look them up, I'm sure there are testimonials.
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Alright guys. I hardly post on here because I know many questions have been answered. I searched and was unlucky.
I had my phone rooted last year, but went completely back to stock because I was tired of the battery drain. Recently, maybe a month or 2 ago? I updated to 4.0.4. That's when my power button stopped working. All of a sudden, about a week after, it started working again. So I was happy. A week ago, it stopped again. Using my phone everyday, it got really frustrating. I was dumb and didn't search for a fix, which I later found a temporary fix.
So I decided to root again. Well, when I plug my phone into my laptop, it tells me "USB device not recognized" so I looked for a way to root using mobile. Found a few videos on YouTube with links with an .apk and did it that way. I had CWM backed up in Titanium Backup, so I restored it and opened it. I wanted to flash a ROM on my phone, but I didn't think before I went into CWM. Stupid, I know lol.
Now I'm stuck in CWM, without a working power button. I tried taking the battery out, and putting it back in. It still boots into CWM. I tried taking the battery out, plugging in my phone, and putting the battery back in, and still CWM. I've also tried taking the battery out and leaving it out for a while then putting it back in. And also, taking the battery out and leaving it out for a while, plugging in my phone, then putting the battery back in. Still in CWM. I've also tried hitting the Home button (does nothing). Nothing happens when I hit the Search or Back buttons either. I hit the Menu button, and it hides the menu, then I hit it again and the menu comes back.
Luckily, I'm due for an upgrade next month so recently I've been using my super old "Krzr" flip phone. I miss having a Smartphone though!
Any help would be appreciated!! Please don't flame me lol
118 views, any suggestions??
Why don't you try repairing the power key. I strongly believe It may be a hardware problem
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If you have USB debugging enabled you could connect through ADB and force a standard restart.
If that's not an option and you can't get out of recovery (Had a very similar issue with my wife's phone when her power button went) you can use an odin 1 click downloader to revert it to stock and it will then restart normally. I then used the odin 1 click downloader to install a rooted stock rom. After that I took a touch enabled kernel (like Siyah) and installed that through Android Terminal emulator. Now you can boot into CWM and be able to use the touch screen to navigate. It's a pain and it requires a full wife and reversion to stock but it does work. Then you flash a rom that allows for holding the volume down to wake the screen or a kernel like AJK that allows for swiping across the screen to wake the phone.
I'm sure your power button failed so as the previous poster suggested you can look into getting it repaired. I don't have the link on me but there was a place listed here on the forums before that were like $40 to do the hardware replacement.
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Why don't you try repairing the power key. I strongly believe It may be a hardware problem
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If you have USB debugging enabled you could connect through ADB and force a standard restart.
If that's not an option and you can't get out of recovery (Had a very similar issue with my wife's phone when her power button went) you can use an odin 1 click downloader to revert it to stock and it will then restart normally. I then used the odin 1 click downloader to install a rooted stock rom. After that I took a touch enabled kernel (like Siyah) and installed that through Android Terminal emulator. Now you can boot into CWM and be able to use the touch screen to navigate. It's a pain and it requires a full wife and reversion to stock but it does work. Then you flash a rom that allows for holding the volume down to wake the screen or a kernel like AJK that allows for swiping across the screen to wake the phone.
I'm sure your power button failed so as the previous poster suggested you can look into getting it repaired. I don't have the link on me but there was a place listed here on the forums before that were like $40 to do the hardware replacement.
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Thanks for the info. Late last night I pressed the power button while "reboot" was highlighted in CWM and it finally worked. But it only worked that once, at least it got me out of CWM. My phone reboots a LOT. At one point, it rebooted at least 3 times in a row; getting to the AT&T screen and rebooting then.
I've decided to just deal with it lol I'm probably going to see if AT&T can kindly let me upgrade this week instead of waiting until June 1st.
Again, I appreciate the info!!
Do a clean flash
Ok since you are saying your phone's power button started being flaky after a ROM flash, I'm thinking most likely it is not a hardware issue.
Bad flashes, loading different bootloaders, or kernel flashes and then panics happen for various reasons.
You need a clean flash, reset to factory (erase data/cache multiple times) and reboot.
Back up first (like right now), then gather your operation tools.
1-Download I777 usb drivers from Samsung itself, uninstall the current ones, and install the new drivers (Do this plz)
2-Download the stock ROM from [INDEX]AT&T I777 GSll {Root/ROM's/Tools} thread by t3chn0s1s in AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Android Development (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301682)
3-from that thread get: A) Odin B) UCLE5 ROM
4-Run Odin and try connecting your phone to see if it stays in the Download mode successfully (phone off, Odin loaded on your PC, plug in your phone to your PC while holding down both volume keys, release the keys once your COM connection port lights up) sometime holding down the volume down only button works instead of both depending on what you flashed before.
5-load up the stock .tar UCLE5 file in the PDA section, leave all the Odin default check marks on and add the flash bootloaders check mark too(DO NOT check the repartition option)
6- once a clean flash finally happened (doesn't matter if the phones boots up all the way or not yet) pull the battery, and get to recovery and reset / factory reset and let the newly flashed ROM boot up
7-let it settle for 10-15 minutes and then reboot it.
Good luck,
I727-CM10.1
I have flashed my (now my father's) razr couple months ago and now GPS stopped working. It needs to be repaired.
I kind of know how to remove safestrap but what really annoys me is JBX kernel boot logo which appears whatever I do. I can be using stock rom and have no safestrap (nor other roms) installed but JBX logo still appears. I have never been really using it, just tested it once and since that, it is stil there.
Any idea how to remove it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2390645
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Unfortunatelly those bootanimations are no longer available. Any other tips?
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I have flashed my (now my father's) razr couple months ago and now GPS stopped working. It needs to be repaired.
I kind of know how to remove safestrap but what really annoys me is JBX kernel boot logo which appears whatever I do. I can be using stock rom and have no safestrap (nor other roms) installed but JBX logo still appears. I have never been really using it, just tested it once and since that, it is stil there.
Any idea how to remove it?
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You need a PC to do this and just a regular USB/Charging cord that you normally would use to connect it to a computer.
You need to RSD it, It'll erase everything on the Internal, not the SD card so that should be safe.
Here is a link for the RSD program. LINK
Here is a list of different versions of Android you can download for your Razr LINK
And you also will need these drivers here LINK
(skip this step if your stuck in a bootloop)
1. Now what you do is you connect your phone to the computer, I used Media (MTP) mode. Install the Drivers and install RSD lite. and pick your Fastboot file version you want, I did the 4.1.2 so i could root it again with the easy root, but its your preference. Now Unplug your phone and hold power and turn it off.
2. Now press Power and Vol DOWN together. if it doesn't do anything let go of power button but keep the Vol DOWN, It should come up with a menu. Let go of Vol DOWN and tap it until you get to the option that says RSD mode, then press Vol UP.
3. Connect your device to the computer. RSD Lite should show a device on slot 1. Click it then press START. now browse and find the fastboot files the click Decompress and flash.
4. DO NOT TOUCH THE PHONE. DO NOT TOUCH THE PHONE. DO NOT TOUCH THE PHONE. DO NOT TOUCH THE PHONE.... oh yeah, one more thing. DO NOT TOUCH THE PHONE!
5. After its done, VIOLA. Stock phone. Re-Root. Reinstall SafeStrap. golden!