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This is slightly off topic, but I desperately need help.
I put ICS on my Dads Samsung Galaxy a few days ago, and left him to it after that. He decided he didn't like it and without asking me about it, decided to restore it back to GB through CWM recovery. He's now stuck on the boot screen every time he starts his phone.
I'd really appreciate some help here guys.
Thanks in advance.
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try wipe cache and dalvik cache and reboot from recovey...
if no hope try wipe data factory reset and do again a restore..
I like your dad's decision - the way he went about it is obviously flawed...
Standard bootloop? Flash stock etc. Backup?
zaheedahmed said:
try wipe cache and dalvik cache and reboot from recovey...
if no hope try wipe data factory reset and do again a restore..
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I've done all of the above. Still stuck on the 'Galaxy S GT-I9000' screen :/
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Wipe data/cache from the recovery menu and then try a restore.
if doesnt work probably there are some corrupt files in the backup so wipe and then flash the rom you(your dad ) want.
WARNING : Wiping data would make you loose all your apps but amything in the 'sdcard' wont get effected
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B3311 said:
I like your dad's decision - the way he went about it is obviously flawed...
Standard bootloop? Flash stock etc. Backup?
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He's such an idiot some times.
It's not even a boot loop to be honest...its just permanently stuck on one screen :/
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Ba7rani123 said:
Wipe data/cache from the recovery menu and then try a restore.
if doesnt work probably there are some corrupt files in the backup so wipe and then flash the rom you(your dad ) want.
WARNING : Wiping data would make you loose all your apps but amything in the 'sdcard' wont get effected
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I've done all the possible wipes.
I'm unable to access the SD card or internal storage through cmw...
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The only thing I can think of is flashing ICS through Odin on my PC..?
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are you able to access your back up?
flash a ROM from ODIN....
I know. Could you find me a link to the from I need please? I'm unsure as to what one I would need...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
choose a rom from above,
guide for ODIN flash is there in my signature
zaheedahmed said:
are you able to access your back up?
flash a ROM from ODIN....
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I agree with zaheedahmed, I think if u cant access using cwm, try flashing a ROM using ODIN
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zaheedahmed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
choose a rom from above,
guide for ODIN flash is there in my signature
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Thanks a lot! Once it's been downloaded and flashed I'll get back to you! Thanks so much. You saved me ass big time!
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you are most welcome buddy
feel free to ask more...
make sure keis not runnig, kill it before open ODIN....
zaheedahmed said:
you are most welcome buddy
feel free to ask more...
make sure keis not runnig, kill it before open ODIN....
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Will do!
Also, the reason for him wishing to restore was something to do with the fact his phone calls weren't working. He said he posted on here through this account and got no reply so decided to try and restore it.
He can make and answer calls, but he can't hear or be heard by the other person.
Any idea?
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now the things are already on the midway...lets see after flashing the new ROM,
Odin froze and closed. The phone is now unresponsive. Help!?!?!?!?!?!?
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zaheedahmed said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
choose a rom from above,
guide for ODIN flash is there in my signature
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OP, I thought you said your dad's phone is a Galaxy S, not an S2? Well this is a link to S2 firmwares.
Edit: went back and read... Yup, you said he is stuck on the i9000 screen. You are better off asking for i9000 help in the i9000 forums...else people will assume you are talking about an i9100, and tell you to do things for the i9100, like above.
ctomgee said:
OP, I thought you said your dad's phone is a Galaxy S, not an S2? Well this is a link to S2 firmwares.
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F*CKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.
Okay, well now I'm definitely screwed.
ctomgee said:
OP, I thought you said your dad's phone is a Galaxy S, not an S2? Well this is a link to S2 firmwares.
Edit: went back and read... Yup, you said he is stuck on the i9000 screen. You are better off asking for i9000 help in the i9000 forums...else people will assume you are talking about an i9100, and tell you to do things for the i9100, like above.
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I posted in there, and got no response. It's like a graveyard in there!
hi there my friend gave my his galaxy s2 gti9100 but it has a dot unlock code and he forgot what that was and his google account now i dont think the phone has usb debugging on (unless it was turned on when the phone first started) i tried flashing another rom with odin but it still asks for a passcode plus it wont let me go into recovery for some reson (or download mode unless i put in my usb jig)
so if anyone could help that would be great (also does anyone know if thats a odin thing that can wipe the internal storage)
I Will thanks if you help me
Try to connect to adb and type
Code:
rm /data/system/gesture.key
reboot
Hope this helps.
reboot in recovery and wipe /data (factory reset)
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gb.yolo said:
reboot in recovery and wipe /data (factory reset)
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He said it isn't booting into recovery for some reason.
Isnt there an option to send the password to your gmail account from the lockscreen?
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Spiralzz said:
He said it isn't booting into recovery for some reason.
Isnt there an option to send the password to your gmail account from the lockscreen?
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There is but.its not my.Gmail account also I wiped the.whole thing and.it.said.connect.to lies.and restore could I backup a working.phone.and.restore.it.would.that work.
Ryan Stampton said:
There is but.its not my.Gmail account also I wiped the.whole thing and.it.said.connect.to lies.and restore could I backup a working.phone.and.restore.it.would.that work.
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why.are.your.writing.like.this?.?.?
TheATHEiST said:
why.are.your.writing.like.this?.?.?
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For some reasons my phone kept adding full stops instead of spaces
Ryan Stampton said:
For some reasons my phone kept adding full stops instead of spaces
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Because.You.are.hitting.the.space.key.TWICE!
Swyped from my Galaxy SII
The one thing i am surprised is that you cant flash a stock rom via odin.... Why? Its not supposed to ask for a security code.... Unless the bootloader is locked?... Cant get this off my mind... I have never experienced this issue even though ive flashed many times...
Edit: No. Odin does not wipe the internal sd card. All documents and media are safe. Only app, app data and settings, and system settings are deleted.
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Spiralzz said:
The one thing i am surprised is that you cant flash a stock rom via odin.... Why? Its not supposed to ask for a security code.... Unless the bootloader is locked?... Cant get this off my mind... I have never experienced this issue even though ive flashed many times...
Edit: No. Odin does not wipe the internal sd card. All documents and media are safe. Only app, app data and settings, and system settings are deleted.
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I flashed the Samsung rom where can I download a rom that I can flash with odin
Ryan Stampton said:
I flashed the Samsung rom where can I download a rom that I can flash with odin
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You can find the firmwares here: www.samfirmware.com
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Spiralzz said:
You can find the firmwares here: www.samfirmware.com
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Sorry I ment a custom from like aosp aokp ect prefebly aosp as I'm running it on my other galaxy s2
Ryan Stampton said:
Sorry I ment a custom from like aosp aokp ect prefebly aosp as I'm running it on my other galaxy s2
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CM9 is flashable via odin (if you use the noob-proof instructions), but to update it you will need to access recovery.
Here is the link for CM9 for GT-I9100: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20841817
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Spiralzz said:
CM9 is flashable via odin (if you use the noob-proof instructions), but to update it you will need to access recovery.
Here is the link for CM9 for GT-I9100: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20841817
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Can I flash any rom save me downloading it again via Odin or does it have to be tar
Ryan Stampton said:
Can I flash any rom save me downloading it again via Odin or does it have to be tar
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Only .tar files can be flashed via odin.
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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.
Bradl79 said:
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.
rangercaptain said:
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.
rangercaptain said:
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.
MoJoe277 said:
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?
madmajd said:
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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I've been searching for a while now, and it's a little confusing as to what to do to return to stock.
Need to install factory rom without root.
Install factory recovery
Relock bootloader.
Correct?
Does anyone have a link to a factory rom that doesn't have root? Or one that can easily have root removed?
Thanks
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most of the times the stock rom contains the bootloader,
if you flash the stock rom, you phone will be unroot,locked and restore to stock mode.
You can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270552
Read post 18
and post 33 download is on 33. Let me know if it works
tjsooley said:
You can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270552
Read post 18
and post 33 download is on 33. Let me know if it works
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That was the thread I was following, but it didn't work. I was able to get it done using a nandroid of stock unrooted that was posted on here.
harlenm said:
That was the thread I was following, but it didn't work. I was able to get it done using a nandroid of stock unrooted that was posted on here.
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What error did the cwm zip give you?
nattoleon said:
most of the times the stock rom contains the bootloader,
if you flash the stock rom, you phone will be unroot,locked and restore to stock mode.
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thats not true with htc phones
tjsooley said:
What error did the cwm zip give you?
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twrp wouldn't even load it. CWM would load it and then after 3 seconds would restart and then the phone would be frozen at the htc logo.
harlenm said:
twrp wouldn't even load it. CWM would load it and then after 3 seconds would restart and then the phone would be frozen at the htc logo.
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Did you factory reset first
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tjsooley said:
Did you factory reset first
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Yes, tried it 4 or 5 times then gave up.
Thanks. I will need to work on the updater script
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tjsooley said:
Thanks. I will need to work on the updater script
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I tried also, factory reset 1st and when I went to install stock AT&T it just rebooted and was stuck at HTC logo.
Ok to cut a long story short I've had to send my HTC One back off for repair so it will be away for a week or so, so I still have a GT-S5380i that I was given from my dad as a spare, thought what the hell last night and decided to flash a custom rom to make it at least a little bit better than it is as stock. So I spotted Touchwiz-Resurrected ROM and followed the guide on how to root and install clockwork mod, which was fine then flashed the rom, that seemed to go fine until I noticed no data or cellular connection and someone said I've probably lost my imei, checked that and he was correct the IMEI was blank, so basically thought what the hell flash back a stock rom using odin, did that and all seemed well, odin reported success and rebooted to be stuck at the Samsung splash screen and that's as far as I can get, I can get into download mode but no matter which version of odin I use or which stock rom I try and flash I cannot get past the splash screen despite odin saying it succeeded, I can also still get into cwm but that seems to take ages?? done full wipes reinstalls blah blah but cant get it to boot
So obviously somewhere along the line I've messed up but the fact I can get into download mode and cwm made me think I could somehow get it back?
Any ideas?
Go to this link and follow instruction ..
www.firealby.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-to-flash-stock-rom-on-samsung.html?m=1
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bradmax57 said:
Ok to cut a long story short I've had to send my HTC One back off for repair so it will be away for a week or so, so I still have a GT-S5380i that I was given from my dad as a spare, thought what the hell last night and decided to flash a custom rom to make it at least a little bit better than it is as stock. So I spotted Touchwiz-Resurrected ROM and followed the guide on how to root and install clockwork mod, which was fine then flashed the rom, that seemed to go fine until I noticed no data or cellular connection and someone said I've probably lost my imei, checked that and he was correct the IMEI was blank, so basically thought what the hell flash back a stock rom using odin, did that and all seemed well, odin reported success and rebooted to be stuck at the Samsung splash screen and that's as far as I can get, I can get into download mode but no matter which version of odin I use or which stock rom I try and flash I cannot get past the splash screen despite odin saying it succeeded, I can also still get into cwm but that seems to take ages?? done full wipes reinstalls blah blah but cant get it to boot
So obviously somewhere along the line I've messed up but the fact I can get into download mode and cwm made me think I could somehow get it back?
Any ideas?
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Use the following guide. Here is the link,
How to Unbrick/Flash Official Firmware on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i Using Odin
Do post the result. Hope I Helped
mahithm said:
Use the following guide. Here is the link,
How to Unbrick/Flash Official Firmware on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i Using Odin
Do post the result. Hope I Helped
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Unfortunately not I've already tried that
amolgosavi said:
Go to this link and follow instruction ..
www.firealby.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-to-flash-stock-rom-on-samsung.html?m=1
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Tried that too which is why I'm confused
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Its back!!!!!!! I swear I tried that before but it worked, seems I needed to do the 3 file method using odin rather than the single file method..... or was it a different version of odin that did it??? either way its back
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Tried that too which is why I'm confused
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After flash this firmware ..clear dta and cache in recovery then reboot
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amolgosavi said:
After flash this firmware ..clear dta and cache in recovery then reboot
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Yes I realised that afterwards which is why I edited my post thanks tho!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840645
Next time use this.
I have a bricked gts5830i and dont have a pc to fix it any ideas ?? P.s. I can still get to recovery just cant seem to get to download mode
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caseyb487 said:
I have a bricked gts5830i and dont have a pc to fix it any ideas ?? P.s. I can still get to recovery just cant seem to get to download mode
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Try installing any custom rom from CWM. Make sure to do "Wipe data/ factory reset", "Wipe cache partitions", "Mounts & Storage> Format /system" and "Advanced> Wipe Dalvik Cache" from CWM before you install the custom rom. Here is the list of all custom roms for Galaxy Ace S5830i,
Know your Device:Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i ~Root~Odin~CWM~ROM LIST
Do post the result. Hope I Helped
mahithm said:
Try installing any custom rom from CWM. Make sure to do "Wipe data/ factory reset", "Wipe cache partitions", "Mounts & Storage> Format /system" and "Advanced> Wipe Dalvik Cache" from CWM before you install the custom rom. Here is the list of all custom roms for Galaxy Ace S5830i,
Know your Device:Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i ~Root~Odin~CWM~ROM LIST
Do post the result. Hope I Helped
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Thanks I will try that soon hope it works
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caseyb487 said:
Thanks I will try that soon hope it works
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Same problem here, have u tried?
Mr.cyrux said:
Same problem here, have u tried?
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If you are going in cwm then try cm7 base rom..
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Mr.cyrux said:
Same problem here, have u tried?
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Hey sorry for long reply i tried and it was unsuccessful so i just went and bought a new phone to save the hassle then fixed my gts5839i and flashed the bluedroid 4.4 rom to it and it worked perfectly
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