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.
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#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
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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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Boot into recovery and wipe data/factory reset
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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.
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Like the title said, and now even thoug it goes into download mode, it doesn't go past the att logo when tried to flash the att stock .tar' or if I try and flash any other rom (rooted), it doesnt go past "android" animation. It goes black and that's it. I'm afraid I damaged something really bad, and won't be able to fix it. Any thoughts?
If you can go into download mode, just flash stock Note rom through Odin. I figure that's how you flashed skyrocket.tar.
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gordec said:
If you can go into download mode, just flash stock Note rom through Odin. I figure that's how you flashed skyrocket.tar.
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Like I said, already tried that, my flash counter keeps increasing (30+), but same results. Maybe messed up the bootloader, or something?
which skyrocket tar did you flash? Make sure you get the right version
Try a full restore see here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330
Can you get into CWM mode?
If you can boot to Samsung logo the bootloader should be fine. I would re download the stock note tar and then Odin. I had a bad tar and had the same issue but I didn't flash a tart from another device. Flash cwm in Odin to see if you can boot into cwm first.
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Thanx all for your replies, I found my answer in other thread. My problem was that after flashed the stock.tar, when I tried to go to recovery,the phone just vibrated and vibrated, SO I followed the instructions of that member,and voila! Went into recovery, factory data reset and everything was fine. Thanx to ya'll.
hi all,
i was trying to root my phone (samsung i717 with ICS leaked version).
I downloaded the usb drivers,
Got the phone into download mode,
Connected phone to PC with usb
phone was recognised and i was able to see the SAMSUNG USB Device in device manager
opened ODIN, selected the pda.tar file and clicked on start..
Everything was going fine i got all the success messages in ODIN, then my phone rebooted and then stuck on the SAMSUNG screen.
on my PC i see USB drivers trying to be installed and fails.. i dont understand where to go from here.. i tried several time, but keep getting stuck at this point
Please please let me know how i can get my phone back.. i am a newbie.. would really appreciate a link or something that has step by step instructions so i dont mess it up further..
Thanks all..
Can u get into download mode?
mejori said:
Can u get into download mode?
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yes i am able to get into download mode..
indgirl6 said:
yes i am able to get into download mode..
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i just tried doing a factory reset as well and even that did not work
please help..
indgirl6 said:
i just tried doing a factory reset as well and even that did not work
please help..
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Use odin and get att recovery b4 tar file flash it and all is well
sent from team perfections ics rom
Flash stock rom from download mode...
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hi, thanks for your responses.
but as i said i am new to all this, and although i have a basic idea about what you are asking me to do, i would really really appreciate it if some one can send me a link or step by step instruction on what i have to do..
i am very familliar with getting my phone in download mode. And also have odin on my PC.. but i am guessing i have to use a different Tar file to flash stock (right?)
if my above guess is right, i think i will be stuck with the same issue where i select the tar file and click on "start'" in odin and everthing goes well until the phone is rebooted and after that for some reason my PC cant find the usb drives and doesnot recognise my phone..
sorry if i am asking silly questions,. but this is my first android phone (smart phone actually..) and my first attempt at upgrade / rooting
hi,
MY PHONE IS BACK!!!
i followed all the instruction to the T in the following link:
http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...brick-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-android-2-3-6/
Thanks all for your time and suggestions..
Now that i have lost all my data i guess i can do some more "testing"
Congratulations and happy testing!!!
thanks..
i flashed stock rom, then rooted it (this time i was sucessful)
then installed CWM touch, made a backup,
Installed titanium backup, made backup again..
next step is to install the "OnlyOne HYFR B4" rom
Then to try and reset the flash counter
hope i am sucessful at this..
any other ROM recomendations?
glad to see you got it working..happy flashing homey!!!
Sounds like you didn't wait until your system files and dalvik cache was built b4 you jumped the fun and freaked out. Next time realize that after a ROM flash it could take up to 10 minutes to build the system and all you'll see is the pulsating Samsung logo.
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tyler79durdan said:
Sounds like you didn't wait until your system files and dalvik cache was built b4 you jumped the fun and freaked out. Next time realize that after a ROM flash it could take up to 10 minutes to build the system and all you'll see is the pulsating Samsung logo.
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Yes, you are right.. that is probably what i did.. thanks for letting me know.. as i plan to flash ICS rom tonight, will make sure that i am relaxed and patient
now that i have all the backups and know how to bring it back to stock.. i guess i would be more relaxed .
If you're not set on ICS I personally run Saurom with Dag's kernel. I don't care what anyone says....an OC'd kernel on GB performs better than any ICS ROM currently available. Not to take anything away from the current ICS roms...
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fmllc said:
If you're not set on ICS I personally run Saurom with Dag's kernel. I don't care what anyone says....an OC'd kernel on GB performs better than any ICS ROM currently available. Not to take anything away from the current ICS roms...
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Thanks for your suggestion.. I will try that out as well.. since i have nothting to loose.. (and i have the zest to try out new things after my initial success ) i will try both and keep the one i like better..
tyler79durdan said:
Sounds like you didn't wait until your system files and dalvik cache was built b4 you jumped the fun and freaked out. Next time realize that after a ROM flash it could take up to 10 minutes to build the system and all you'll see is the pulsating Samsung logo.
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Yep it takes a while. I got nervous also the first time cuz it didn't take that long with my skyrocket or infuse. But be patient my child.
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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?
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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?
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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
Hi everyone
I am trying to install a custom recovery on a Samsung galaxy note i717D from telus by flashing it from ODIN 3 v1.85, however, after it finishes installing, I reboot and try to go into the recovery, but instead it just loads up the stock recovery. Can someone PLEASE help me? Its driving me crazy! I tried multiple recoveries, with no luck
thanks
madmajd said:
Hi everyone
I am trying to install a custom recovery on a Samsung galaxy note i717D from telus by flashing it from ODIN 3 v1.85, however, after it finishes installing, I reboot and try to go into the recovery, but instead it just loads up the stock recovery. Can someone PLEASE help me? Its driving me crazy! I tried multiple recoveries, with no luck
thanks
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1st which recovery r u trying to flash.
2nd if u r trying twrp i had issues with that. Flash cwm then if u want trwp flash the flashable version with cwm
Bradl79 said:
1st which recovery r u trying to flash.
2nd if u r trying twrp i had issues with that. Flash cwm then if u want trwp flash the flashable version with cwm
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I tried the standard CWM and the touch CWM, it would flash normally in PDA mode through ODIN3 and it would say flashed successfully, but when I shut off the phone and try to enter the recovery mode, it just opens the standard android recovery instead
What OS r u using odin on?
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What OS r u using odin on?
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Windows 8, but i dont think it's the problem because it works perfectly with my skyrocket i727. All drivers and Samsung kies are installed. My note is running stock ICS if it makes a difference.
madmajd said:
Windows 8, but i dont think it's the problem because it works perfectly with my skyrocket i727. All drivers and Samsung kies are installed. My note is running stock ICS if it makes a difference.
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No that should not make a difference. Bc i did mine on gb and ucs stock without rooting. Did u run as administrator. And also where ru downloading the files from.
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No that should not make a difference. Bc i did mine on gb and ucs stock without rooting. Did u run as administrator. And also where ru downloading the files from.
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I tried following this tutorial, which gave me the downloads: http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-no...-on-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-belltelusrogers/
I also tried multiple other tuts with different files and still the same issue.
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Try this one. Let me know if it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526431&highlight=cwm+touch
Download: http://thinkleet.de/cwm/cwm-i717-120305.tar.md5
Then flash this recovery if ur phone supposts it. Use cwm.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
One bump per day after 24 hours, amigo.
Anyway, you are either not following directions or have bad directions. As the phone reboots from Odin you are to pull the battery out.
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A bumbling pet day, amigo.
Anyway, you are either not following directions or have bad directions. As the phone reboots from Odin you are to pull the battery out.
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I followed the directions exactly as mentioned, and plus I've done it like a hundred times on my other Skyrocket i727. But none of the tuts I went on said anything bout pulling out the battery tho
Bradl79 said:
Try this one. Let me know if it worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526431&highlight=cwm+touch
Download: http://thinkleet.de/cwm/cwm-i717-120305.tar.md5
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I tried this one, didnt work unfortunately
After Odin flash while phone reboots you have to pull the battery or you just go back to stock recovery.
rangercaptain said:
After Odin flash while phone reboots you have to pull the battery or you just go back to stock recovery.
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I've never pulled battery and haven't ever had issues installing recoveries through Odin. But it wouldn't hurt trying. Out of curiosity, what exactly does it say at the top when you boot into recovery?
Edit: just remembered that if you upgraded to ICS through via OTA, the system reverts back to stock recovery due to code that is imbedded in the ota version of the update. But this code does not exist in the update provided through Kies (what i used). This explains my not needing to do a battery pull during reboot.
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Do you think I'm asking him to pull the battery for giggles? Watch and learn, grasshopper.
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Do you think I'm asking him to pull the battery for giggles? Watch and learn, grasshopper.
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As I stated "I just remembered". Confirming your post. So nothing new learned for me lol. It's why I explained why a battery pull may be necessary IF the update was through OTA. If he went through kies, its due to some other reasons. Always best not to make assumptions that's why I asked the questions I did.
Hope y'all have a great Christmas!
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Wait until all the new phones get opened today. The forum will be filled with fifty threads like this or the brick threads from wrong Roms!
MoJoe277 said:
I've never pulled battery and haven't ever had issues installing recoveries through Odin. But it wouldn't hurt trying. Out of curiosity, what exactly does it say at the top when you boot into recovery?
Edit: just remembered that if you upgraded to ICS through via OTA, the system reverts back to stock recovery due to code that is imbedded in the ota version of the update. But this code does not exist in the update provided through Kies (what i used). This explains my not needing to do a battery pull during reboot.
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On the top it says "android system recovery" with no options to flash files or do a backup or anything, which means its the stock one.
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As I stated "I just remembered". Confirming your post. So nothing new learned for me lol. It's why I explained why a battery pull may be necessary IF the update was through OTA. If he went through kies, its due to some other reasons. Always best not to make assumptions that's why I asked the questions I did.
Hope y'all have a great Christmas!
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So you DO have to pull the battery out when it reboots after its done flashing?
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So you DO have to pull the battery out when it reboots after its done flashing?
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Try it. If it works, great. If not, its only a couple seconds waisted. Worth a shot
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Hi,
I really need help!
I'm stuck in CWM after trying to install cm11 on my Samsung galaxy s2 GT-i9100
I tried factory resetting and other things but it still goes to CWM after rebooting.
Please help me cause i dont know what to do anymore and i would really appreciate it if someone could help me.
Have you tried factory reset in recovery. How did you flash the rom. What wipes did you do before install?
andrewwright said:
Have you tried factory reset in recovery. How did you flash the rom. What wipes did you do before install?
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Yes i tried factory reset in recovery. i wanted android 4.4 kitkat on my phone and i googled and searched how to do it.
So i followed these steps from this website:galaxys2root.com (srry but i can't place any links cause im new)
First i needed to root my phone so i did that following these steps: galaxys2root.com and when it was done i got CWM Recovery v6.0.2.7 and it was good so far but i also wanted to clear my usb storage and after all that i formatted my usb storage. So now i was ready to put android 4.4 on my phone but they recommended to have a higher version of the CWM recovery by installing cm11: galaxys2root.com
I tried to install CM11 on my phone in recovery mode and it said: 'installation aborted' so i thought, ok maybe it just doesn't work and i rebooted and i was in CWM again. I rebooted a couple of times but it was stuck in CWM. I tried factory reset after i was stuck in CWM but it didn't help.
just flash phill or siyah kernel with odin and then flash pound rom or other 4.4 rom you prpbably have ome with bad recovery
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So did you try and install on that recovery or did you update before the flash? You need to update to latest cwm recovery before you flash cm11 unofficial.
andrewwright said:
So did you try and install on that recovery or did you update before the flash? You need to update to latest cwm recovery before you flash cm11 unofficial.
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Oooh i think i know where it did go wrong. i thought that i got the newest version of CWM by installing cm11.
wulsic said:
just flash phill or siyah kernel with odin and then flash pound rom or other 4.4 rom you prpbably have ome with bad recovery
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Wanted to do what you suggested but my phone wont start anymore
Rotofast said:
Oooh i think i know where it did go wrong. i thought that i got the newest version of CWM by installing cm11.
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No you should install cwm latest first. As for it won't boot any more... try pulling the battery out and then hold download combo keys down and put the battery bk in. May boot you're phone and defo worth a try.
sorry for late response but yeah i forgot that in these 4.4 roms that was disabled if i have time i wil check or i can change it that it wil work on every recovery
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No you should install cwm latest first. As for it won't boot any more... try pulling the battery out and then hold download combo keys down and put the battery bk in. May boot you're phone and defo worth a try.
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Tried everything it won't boot
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sorry for late response but yeah i forgot that in these 4.4 roms that was disabled if i have time i wil check or i can change it that it wil work on every recovery
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My phone won't start anymore so i think its too late.
but i'll try to get it boot up tommorow.
Have you got a jig. Does it get hot around the camera?
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Have you got a jig. Does it get hot around the camera?
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Don't know but i've had this problem before when my phone worked fine.
After half a day i tried to charge it and when i put the micro-usb in it i saw the battery logo for 1 sec and it disappeared.
after a day i tried to charge it again and it worked.
so i tried to charge it an hour ago and i saw the battery logo for a sec so it will maybe boot again.
I think something is wrong with my battery i also wanted to replace the battery cause it runs out fast.
Oh and what do i do after it boots? Go in download mode and flash something with odin?
Rotofast said:
I think something is wrong with my battery i also wanted to replace the battery cause it runs out fast.
Oh and what do i do after it boots? Go in download mode and flash something with odin?
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Could well be a bad battery. Best bet is take it to a shop and test a battery but saying that if it runs out of charge quickly then battery will be on its way out. Yes flash stock with Odin then reroot ect ect. When you test the battery don't buy it right away just incase you end up wasting money on a dead phone. Check and make sure it works first then buy it.
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Could well be a bad battery. Best bet is take it to a shop and test a battery but saying that if it runs out of charge quickly then battery will be on its way out. Yes flash stock with Odin then reroot ect ect. When you test the battery don't buy it right away just incase you end up wasting money on a dead phone. Check and make sure it works first then buy it.
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haha that was exactly what i was planning on to do. btw there are a lot of different stock kernels which one do i need to flash?
For stock kernel with root and cwm you can't really beat Philz. Get the zip and put it on ext SD and flash it as the update in stock recovery 3e.
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For stock kernel with root and cwm you can't really beat Philz. Get the zip and put it on ext SD and flash it as the update in stock recovery 3e.
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Ok but the only problem is that i dont have a external sd card but i can buy one.
Rotofast said:
Ok but the only problem is that i dont have a external sd card but i can buy one.
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You can use Odin to flash this. You can get either zip or tar file of this kernel.
I am new on i9100 but I think that phillz and siyah kernel is designed for 4.1 not 4.4 android.
My best advice is to flash a stock rom and after you have the certitude that all are ok you can make an efs backup and then follow an XDA instructions to flash a 4.4 ROM. Read all posts from the thread of the rom that you what to install.
My think is that you need a full battery to flash. A new battery is not relevant in your case because the new battery can be empty and it will not charge during the kernel problem.
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