[Q] Help. Stuck in bootloop after changing theme - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

Can someone please help me with this problem. I downloaded a theme from market for cm7, the rom i am using now. I restarted the phone, and now its stuck on bootloop. I have recovery installed, and i know i can flash a new rom or the same one, but i dont want to lose all my contacts and data that is on the phone. Is there a way to start the phone without flashing, or at least retreve the data, thanks

Still problems
Guys, the problem kinda solved itself. I took out the battery, put it back in. And put the phone on the charger. I didn`t turn it on, but after about 20 minutes, it turned itself on. Really dont know how? I managed to change back the theme, and delete it. I also backed up all my data. But i still have problems. My status bar has disapered, and my fonts and icons are still stuck on the previous theme. Maybe a simple reset will fix that, but im afraid to do it because it could again be stuck on bootloop. Any ideas?

I have same problem with you.
After I instaled my cooked theme from uot kitchen,my phone stuck in bootloop,and then I try to make booting with hold power button + home keys (center button)
And it's work for my e10i with nAa-13 + minicm7 v2.1.1
Keep trying to make it your phone booting.
Maybe not work on your phone but it works to me anytime I got bootloop.
Sent from Indonesia using my E10i

duleks said:
Guys, the problem kinda solved itself. I took out the battery, put it back in. And put the phone on the charger. I didn`t turn it on, but after about 20 minutes, it turned itself on. Really dont know how? I managed to change back the theme, and delete it. I also backed up all my data. But i still have problems. My status bar has disapered, and my fonts and icons are still stuck on the previous theme. Maybe a simple reset will fix that, but im afraid to do it because it could again be stuck on bootloop. Any ideas?
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Try a "Wipe Data/Factory reset" from CWM.
This might help you as it will turn your phone to a "just installed" state...
Of course, first backup anything that might not be on sdcard, like contacts etc...

duleks said:
Can someone please help me with this problem. I downloaded a theme from market for cm7, the rom i am using now. I restarted the phone, and now its stuck on bootloop. I have recovery installed, and i know i can flash a new rom or the same one, but i dont want to lose all my contacts and data that is on the phone. Is there a way to start the phone without flashing, or at least retreve the data, thanks
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You can backing up your contact with mobile backup
Find out on market
You can backing up your contact,call log,and message.
Sent from my E10i

Thanks for all the comments. I managed to fix the problem. Im back to my old theme, and used my backup pro to backup everything i need. Just in case...

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[Q] (probably) big problem with hero

Hi guys!
i just wanted to ask you a question: yesterday i tried to install the floyo rom but i guess something went wrong..after installing the rom via rom manager during the first boot the phone got stuck loading the new rom..it keeps showing "floyo" on the screen but nothing happens...it just keeps loading and loading and loading....is there any way i can boot the phone using the factory presets or something?
thx a lot
HI,
You're not in the right forum section to ask this, but anyway.
That problem could occur time to time, in fact, I had it several times. But don't need to worry, if you're phone is still booting, that's not a big problem then.
What you can do is reflash the rom like you did the first time.
But first, May I suggest you to check if you're phone is actually stock by using logcat ? Because the first boot can be quite long (in my case, it takes around 10~12 min). To do so, use your usb cable, go to command prompt and type
adb logcat
if there are things on the screen, and if that screen is moving, then just be patient...
LTourist said:
HI,
You're not in the right forum section to ask this, but anyway.
That problem could occur time to time, in fact, I had it several times. But don't need to worry, if you're phone is still booting, that's not a big problem then.
What you can do is reflash the rom like you did the first time.
But first, May I suggest you to check if you're phone is actually stock by using logcat ? Because the first boot can be quite long (in my case, it takes around 10~12 min). To do so, use your usb cable, go to command prompt and type
adb logcat
if there are things on the screen, and if that screen is moving, then just be patient...
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ops!!! sorry about that!! what's the right section?
anyway....thx for your answer but i' ve been veeeeeeeery patient...i've waited for more than an hour but nothing happend
i'd like to reflash it but i don't how to do that since i cannot even access my home screen!! ah and if i connect the usb cable nothing happens..i just see this thing loading stuff.... bit frustrating
eyah78 said:
ops!!! sorry about that!! what's the right section?
anyway....thx for your answer but i' ve been veeeeeeeery patient...i've waited for more than an hour but nothing happend
i'd like to reflash it but i don't how to do that since i cannot even access my home screen!! ah and if i connect the usb cable nothing happens..i just see this thing loading stuff.... bit frustrating
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OK. Open the back of your phone, remove the battery.
Replace the battery and you can try to boot your phone again.
Or you can directly boot into recovery. From this place you have choice to rewipe everything and reflash the rom. Or you can just load your nandroid backup; I assume you made one, did you?
boot your phone with the home button pressed(so press the home key, press hang up(so he will start) and after 10 seconds or so you're in the recovery menu
As above really..
Remove battery, then turn back on holding power and the home button.
This should bring you to the recovery ROM, in their, you can wipe your phone clean, and re flash a new ROM.
If you want to put a new ROM on your SD, you can mount the SD Via USB from the Recovery Menu, or just remove the SD and put in a card reader.
Then wipe/flash new ROM.
From your first post im guessing you tried to install Floyo? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784689&page=146 ?
eyah78 said:
Hi guys!
i just wanted to ask you a question: yesterday i tried to install the floyo rom but i guess something went wrong..after installing the rom via rom manager during the first boot the phone got stuck loading the new rom..it keeps showing "floyo" on the screen but nothing happens...it just keeps loading and loading and loading....is there any way i can boot the phone using the factory presets or something?
thx a lot
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Just reflash the rom, but wipe everything..; then, Everything will be fine!
guys!! thk u all for your answers
all is fine now! removed battery reflashed original rom and then reflashed floyo...sweeeet ^_^
in case it didnt show that was my first attempt to install a custom rom and when the phone got stuck i kinda freaked out .....don't know what i did wrong the first time though.... anyway...thanks

[Q] cm7 complete unwanted wipe

I'm really worried about this, a minute ago my mini decided to reboot and complete wipe itself. I'm back at point 0 of config mi device. No contacts, no sms, no apps, nothing. Only content left is in sdcard.
I've been using it without any problem for several months, you can look up my other thread...
any suggestions to recover my old state rom? I believe it's impossible since I didn't do any backup with cwm...
anybody had this problem? sadly I'll have to go back to stock for this rom is just too unstable to use... i'm really sad about this! I had my work mail running and lots of apps!! I have to say,WTF!!
regards....
moncho
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Did you tap factory reset by accident?
What did you do before the wipe happened?
Do you have a nand backup?
Sent from my E10i using xda app-developers app
the phone was running out of battery, it was at 5%. I know for a fact that the 0%-5% range takes quite a while to consume, so I was cool.
I plugged it while getting ready to work and it showed the "restarting" sign. I thought 'that's weird' but didn't do anything, just let it reboot.
When it came back from that reboot (plugged in all the time) I am greeted by the 'welcome to android' screen.
I have no back up and it's fine, the only important thing are the photos wich I recover.
I feel bad since I can't continue to use this rom.
Is there a stock GB for x10 mini??
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last nigth I tried to upgrade to ICS: kernel flashed fine but rom won't boot. It freezes at NAA kernel splash screen.
I've read about pressing home to continue booting but it didn't work.
so, I need a ROM recommendation for my device, can't be cm7.2 and It'll be nice if it's GB.
many regards,

[Q] Strange boot looping problem- Gt-i9100

Hi everyone! Im a noob here so I do aplogize if this problem has been solved/mentioned. Well, this is my problem: Ok so my stupid friends took my phone when I wasn't using looking and screwed up my pattern lock so I have to enter my email and password to unlock my phone, right? Well, I was busy so instead I switched off my device and kept it in my pocket. After an hour or so, I felt my phone getting heated up which was weird because it was turned off, so I checked on it and this is what I see: The boot animation was showing up and is stuck at the 'S' logo flashing bit with it vibrating occasionally, the 'menu' and 'back' buttons lights up once in awhile. Oh, and the occasion screen bright up. So i went ahead and tried holding the power button and the same thing happend but this time it lets me in and for a few secs..thn comes out to the boot animation again:crying:... So now I suspect that the lock process has crashed ...any way to fix it? The main thing here is that I need to somehow access the device long enough to copy my stuff to my computer. And of course, fix my well loved phone sorry if my post is very long.....Please help and thanks in advance!!!!!
Can you boot to recovery? (Home + Power + Vol. up)? If you can just do factory reset.
Ill try it, but will it affect all my files?
Your files should be fine. You will lose your app and user data but that's a small price to pay for fixing your phone.
if u can enter to cmwr, then u could make a nandroid back up. this way when u flash up a new rom you could try restoring only data information in advance options in Nandroid back up..
is your phone rooted?? do u have a CMWR???
if not, the only thing u could do is flash a new rom through ODIN.
scayre32
Your files should be fine. You will lose your app and user data but that's a small price to pay for fixing your phone.
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ok thanks ill try it
pelpa87
if u can enter to cmwr, then u could make a nandroid back up. this way when u flash up a new rom you could try restoring only data information in advance options in Nandroid back up..
is your phone rooted?? do u have a CMWR???
if not, the only thing u could do is flash a new rom through ODIN.
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ermm..im a noob at this stuff, so i dont think its a good idea for me....thanks anyways!!:good:

I9100 reboot loop, problem whith network, it is a brick ?

Hi everyone,
First, please excuse me for my bad english
So, I'm here because I have a really big problem with my Samsung I9100.
Indeed, I will explain my problem. I installed the SENTINEL ROM 5.00 a few month ago, and I never had a problem before.
But yesterday, I don't know why, I have so much problem with my Network, (My friends haven't the same problem and we have the same operator, it's Orange)
So, I don't understood why I had this kind of problem. After a few minutes, my GS 2 shut down...
I tried to boot but It had no effect !! I fall in a reboot loop, whith no home screen.
After a panic I try so much solution :
Wipe Data, Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik Cache, reboot. Same problem ! Sometimes, I can access to the menu, but a few minute after, it shut down again.
I tried to restore an official firmware, no effect, He can't load, he is blocked with "Samsung animation boot".
I tried to restore with a ROM (Rootbox 3.91), no effect too, I can access temporary to my message, and after a few minutes, he shut down !
Sometimes, I just click in the home button (The only button), and it shut down !
I observed now, it can't book if I don't connect it to the alimentation's cable.
Really, I'm so lost, I understand nothing. Especially, I didn't do something special to make this...
If someone can help me...
Thanks !
Flash stock rom with Odin, re-root your phone & restore nandroid backup or reflash custom rom & start again from scratch.
MistahBungle said:
Flash stock rom with Odin, re-root your phone & restore nandroid backup or reflash custom rom & start again from scratch.
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Thanks, I will try this, but my sometimes, my USB port of my I9100 has so much problem with the connexion.
Could you give me a link for a stock rom please ?
Thanks mate.
It sounds like you would get into recovery-mode?
Do you have an ClockworkModRecovery?
Can you make a nandorid backup with the recovery?
Do you have an older Recovery you could restore without too much data-loss?
Is the battery ok? Can you start your Phone if you connect it with the charger? If yes I would recommand to backup as many iportant data as possible.
I'm running sentinelRom 5.0 too and I have no problems.
Baerlinaer said:
It sounds like you would get into recovery-mode?
Do you have an ClockworkModRecovery?
Can you make a backup from the recovery?
Do you have an older Recovery you could restore without too much data-loss?
Is the battery ok? Can you start your Phone if you connect it with the charger? If yes I would recommand to backup as many iportant data as possible.
I'm running sentinelRom 5.0 too and I have no problems.
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Hi Baerlinaer, thanks to answering me.
I had no problem with SentinelRom 5.0 since few month, but yesterday I don't know why, I have so much problem in the same time.
I can access to the recovery mod, and I restore my back up since the recovery mode. I tried to restore 3 differents ROM.
I don't know if the battery is OK cause in the screen, I have 100% but when I disconnect the alimentation's cable. It shut down ! And I can boot but after the first boot animation, It shut down !
I don't care about my data really, it's nice but I just wanna recover my phone with all his fonctionnality !
I alrealdy make a backup !
I am very lost cause I don't know why it do that :/
Can you start the phone withe the cable plugged in but without the battery?
Couse if you can, it is the Battery. I had such a Problem with a Laptop once. The Battery was broken and it rebootet after a few seconds or minutes. I tried everything, to recover it and then I took out the Battery and it run perfectly well.
Baerlinaer said:
Can you start the phone withe the cable plugged in but without the battery?
Couse if you can, it is the Battery. I had such a Problem with a Laptop once. The Battery was broken and it rebootet after a few seconds or minutes. I tried everything, to recover it and then I took out the Battery and it run perfectly well.
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I can't start the phone whith the cable plugged and whithout the battery. Nothing appeared in the screen.
Dude, are you sure we can start the phone whithout a battery and only with the cable plugged ?
Because now, It can't start...
Sorry, I could't test it untill now, I didn't had my Phone. No we can't do this.
Do you have another Battery for sgs2? Or a friend of yours? Then youcould test it. Otherwise you might try another ROM...
Maybe you can get a stock rom here http: www androidfirmwares net PhoneFirmware Download 69 to do what MistahBungle recommended...
Sorry I could't help furthere more.
Hi,
I tried to install a STOCK ROM. And now, I can't boot my phone ! I installed it with odin.
Now, when I have the booticon Samsung, my phone automatically shut down...
I don't know, I am very lost....
Anyone can help me ?
Tomorrow I will try battery of gs2 of a friend.
Anyone can help me ?

Frozen boot loop..frozen!? Tried everything..

Hey Guys, im desperate..
two days ago i charged my phone overnight as i normally do. Woke up and it was in SOD, which happens all the time (agni kernal, no fix yet).. Pulled the battery, but phone wouldnt boot. Turns out, it freezes during booting resulting in what appears to be a frozen boot loop.
Then i tried to plug it into my recharger, and it was showing a grey battery icon and was frozen on that screen always, the screen doesnt turn off, the battery icon isn't showing that its charging. doesnt change, just shows the same empty battery grey icon with the refresh circle-arrow in the middle.
I tried taking the battery out leaving it out for 5 minutes, draining the battery from the phone by holding the power button for 10 seconds, then trying to charge the phone. Same issue, only showing the grey battery icon when trying to charge and it never changes or goes away.
SO i tried to boot up the phone, but it wont go past the samsung text logo.
I tried entering recovery, but it just freezes on the samsung text logo.
I can not enter download mode either. So ihave no way to run odin from what i can tell.
Im losing my mind here, ive tried almost everything i can think of. And would really appreciate any help on this. It feels like a hard core brick.. I LIVE on my phone due to work and im losing money every day i dont have it. DESPERATELY need this. HELP!!
DatacomGuy,
A usb jig will probably be able to force the phone into download mode again so you can restore it with Odin. If you're up to it, you can do a Google search to get instructions on how to make your own.... or you can buy one online pretty cheap. Here's one on eBay (USB JIG) that looks good with good feedback from the seller.
Thank you.. Ill order one today and report back.
What could have gone wrong you guys think? How did the phone just do this?
I guess no way to get my pics off huh?
I hope the jig will work for you so you can restore the phone back to stock 4.1.2 and start over fresh.
I'm not sure what would have caused the phone to have started boot looping like that. My guess would be that something got corrupted.
There's a thread in the general section on how to Odin flash the stock recovery onto the phone so you can wipe cache and do a factory reset.... (EDIT: Click here to go to the thread) . This is a long shot, but if you can get the phone back into download mode with the jig, you could try installing the stock recovery and just wiping cache without doing the factory reset... then see if you can get the phone to boot up so you can recover stuff off of it.
As far as the pictures go, they may have been saved to the external sd card. You could pop the sd card into another phone if you've got another functioning phone laying around... or use a sd card adapter to mount it straight onto your computer so you can check.
The jig did the trick.. thank god..
The flashing stock recovery did not work. I ended up going back to stock firmware.. 4.1.2 i think..
Thank God i have this back.. Thanks SO much for your help.
DatacomGuy said:
The jig did the trick.. thank god..
The flashing stock recovery did not work. I ended up going back to stock firmware.. 4.1.2 i think..
Thank God i have this back.. Thanks SO much for your help.
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That's great to hear. Too bad the stock recovery didn't work, but I'm glad the jig worked and you were able to fix your phone. :thumbup:

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