Just doing a sanity check: using TiBu to restore system data should work (in theory) so long as you restore data that has been backed up from the same ROM, correct?
Thanks for any help.
EDIT: Having power key problems, please see posts #3 and #16 for updated information.
In case it really backs up and restores EVERYTHING - theoretically you're right.
Practically, I'm not sure it's the case. Since you're restoring while running a ROM, I'm not sure you can get everything to exactly the same state.
Thanks for your help, but this question was hiding a bigger one.
So until today, my phone has been working just fine. I'm still running an old, now outdated and unsupported ROM: ShirshirROM pre-alpha ICS. It's been my daily driver for almost a whole year now, works perfectly with Entropy's old ICS kernel.
Yesterday, I got tired of shell errors with Superuser (which I had been dealing with since the latest binary update), so I finally switched to SuperSU. Everything seemed to work fine afterwards, though I noticed some trouble with the power button being a little wonky, i.e. showing up the power menu when I hadn't pressed it or not immediately responding.
Today, my power button doesn't work correctly at all. I tried wiping cache, dalvik, then restoring a Nandroid of the same ROM/Kernel combo from way earlier this year. Key test in CWM also shows that all buttons register when pressed, EXCEPT the power one. Otherwise phone functions are perfect; I can make calls, send/receive texts, etc, I just have to plug in my phone or have something happen for the screen to turn on, and then I have access to everything. My question is, is this (God forbid) a hardware failure? That would be my worst nightmare, seeing as I'm almost exactly one full year out from contract renewal, and I don't have a lot of money to spend on a new one, nor do I have nowhere near enough expertise to try to fix it myself. What can I do?
P.S. The TiBu question was because in case the Nandroid fixed the problem, I could just restore contacts and SMS from TiBu since it is the same ROM, and be back up and running immediately.
P.P.S. As mentioned, I can get into CWM. This is done by pulling battery, sticking it in, and holding all physical keys until boot screen shows twice. But I can't use the power key to select any options, I have to use home. And key test shows the power button not registering. I'm hoping that that means power key may still work, but that's just me praying this is fixable.
So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
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So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
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No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/
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No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/
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Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
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Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
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Is that my only option? How can I test for sure that it's a hardware failure and my power button is completely useless?
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Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
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Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
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After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?
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After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?
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No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
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No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
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So I backed up stuff, then went ahead and flashed bone stock using the Odin3 One-Click from 2a in creepy's guide. I can't get past the initial setup wizard though, because Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps), Calendar Storage (process.com.android.providers.calendar), and other Google apps processes keep force closing when I click the Android to start. I was able to boot into stock e3 recovery (again using three-button combo), but I can't select anything using the power key.
I didn't do a full data wipe/factory reset before flashing, and I can't get to the main menus to do so because my phone won't get past the setup wizard, which keeps crashing. What do I try next?
EDIT: I know that I was able to make selections using a CWM-enabled ICS kernel; home key functioned as select. I have the CWM-flashable zip, and I wanted to know if there's anyway to flash this kernel using Odin. I know it won't boot (custom ICS kernel with Gingerbread stock rom), but if I can get into recovery, I can use the home key to do a full data wipe/factory reset, then I'd Odin stock kernel+ROM again and see if that fixes things. So my question is, how do I flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin? (You can tell I never use Odin)
EDIT2: I'd still like to know how I can flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin, but I'm gonna hold off on it as it would trip the counter and I found out my phone is still under warranty, hooray! They're sending a refurb'ed replacement that should be here in a couple days, I can test that out and see if I can get me up and running again before I decide to do something really rash like trip the counter. It sucks cause I'm going out of town on Thursday but the replacement is arriving Friday, and I won't be back until next Wednesday. I'm stuck using my old iPhone 3G until then :/
I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.
Don't know where to find it.
I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.
Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.
Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.
After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.
Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
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I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.
Don't know where to find it.
I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.
Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.
Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.
After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.
Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
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How would I format and wipe everything if I can't get past the setup wizard on bone stock 2.3.4? I can't install apps, make calls or texts, nothing. All I can do is select the language and make emergency calls. I can't wipe in stock e3 recovery either because the power button doesn't work.
I need a way to either Odin a kernel from which I can use the home button to make selections, or find some other way to remotely format and wipe my phone. Is there a way for me to put my phone in USB debugging mode so I can maybe use ADB? I can't access the settings menu...
Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
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Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
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Nah, it's power key. I double checked again this morning. Oh, and I guess it's called 3e recovery, not e3 xD.
One other note, when pulling battery, then putting it back in, phone autoboots. I have to hold buttons then place battery in to boot to recovery, and for download mode, I have to have it plugged in, buttons held, then place battery in to get to download mode.
EDIT: Would anyone be willing to do me a huge favor? I want to find out if Entropy's DD GB kernel, the Odin-flashable tar one, can use home as select in CWM. Would someone be willing to temporarily flash DD_01242012 from here to check for me? It's a CWM zip, the changes are very tiny between it and the previous 01232012 Odin one. I just don't want to Odin it myself and trip the counter to find out it was useless, especially since I don't have a jig to reset the counter.
So an update:
While looking around for a way to root my new refurb model which came shipped with stock ICS, I found creepy's Stock ICS with root package, and I thought, "I told AT&T I was on ICS, I guess I should actually put ICS on my phone instead of leaving GB (UCKH7) on there. Maybe since I was on ICS before I can get past the gapps force closing too and do a factory reset from the settings menu." Sure enough, after flashing stock ICS, I was able to get past the darn wizard and toy with it. I do have problems of course: calendar still force closes, and the phone will randomly reboot after some period of using it. But at least I was able to access stuff.
My data was all still there, all pictures, contacts, settings, etc. I realized that before I do a data wipe/factory reset, I should heed the emmc superbrick bug warning and NOT do that with stock ICS kernel. I still had ES file explorer and root access, so I went in and manually deleted all data as much as possible, to make it look like my phone did have a factory reset done as I said to the AT&T representative. I've deleted wifi access points, browser history/cookies/cache, all contacts, texts, pictures/videos, downloads, all CWM zips and backups, all installed apps, all accounts that were signed in...
My newest questions are:
1) is there anything I'm missing that I should delete so that my phone does not look like it's been modified in any way? Also, any personal data I'm missing that needs to be deleted? I still have root access so I can delete anything I want.
2) Should I go ahead and risk the brickbug and actually do a factory reset/data wipe, or should I just let it be since I've deleted most things manually (and not potentially send them a useless brick lol)? Actually, since I'm rooted, I can install Mobile Odin to flash a CWM-enabled kernel, then wipe data/factory reset safely from there; that is, assuming my phone doesn't do a random reboot in the middle of flashing the kernel. I do run the risk of it rebooting while flashing and possibly bricking something else. So should I do that and take that risk, should I take the risk of wiping data from the stock kernel, or is there no reason to take either risk anymore?
3) Is there anywhere I can find a non-rooted stock UCLE5 ICS Odin-flashable tar, that I can flash before sending the phone back?
How about:
1. Flash back to stock GB
2. Wipe Data
3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
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Red_81 said:
How about:
1. Flash back to stock GB
2. Wipe Data
3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
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Thanks for your help, but I can't do that. If I could, I wouldn't be stuck in this predicament.
Power key doesn't work at all, but it is necessary to make selections in stock 3e recovery. Hence, I can't wipe from recovery, either on stock GB or ICS.
Stock GB rom doesn't boot past Setup Launcher due to gapps force-closes. These force closes prevent me from reaching the settings menu within stock GB to do a wipe there.
My two options for wiping data are using stock ICS ROM (under settings menu), or flashing a custom kernel using Mobile Odin, then wiping with the home key in CWM. Both are risky: stock ICS ROM uses the stock kernel to wipe, possible brickbug there. My phone currently experiences random reboots without warning; a reboot during a Mobile Odin flash could also brick something. My question is, should I do either one, or neither at all?
What about wiping through ADB?
Adb shell
Wipe data
Or
Adb recovery --wipe-data
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What about wiping through ADB?
Adb shell
Wipe data
Or
Adb recovery --wipe-data
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Well, that previously wasn't an option on GB since I couldn't put the phone in debugging mode, but I can now in ICS so in theory it should work. The question now is, will the phone do one of its random reboots while I'm working with it in ADB...
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Hi Guys
I flashed the leaked ICS but hate it. Can I flash to stock GB via Odin? What about the baseband versions etc.., would it matter?
Sorry, I read another thread but it's unclear and I want to avoid bricking. Thanks
As far as what I've read you can flash stock from Odin or even use CWM to a previous nandroid of gingerbread.
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If you got your Note from AT&T, simply flash this stock ODIN:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506330
I went from ICS back to Gb cause I missed the tethering and it was easy. Just make sure you clear the caches and all should be well.
Thanks.. I was worried of the different baseband would have any adverse effect, but it doesn't sound like it will. I'll give it a try.
I Odin'd back to stock and I'm in a world of ****. My phone cant do anything, it just gets stuck on every swipe and reboots about every 5 minutes. Does anyone have any ideas?
Mines fine..only baseband is different, phone works.
Before I Odin to stock, I booted into recovery, factory reset and wiped cache. Odin, then booted into recovery and performed another factory reset and wiped cache again.
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I Odin'd back to stock and I'm in a world of ****. My phone cant do anything, it just gets stuck on every swipe and reboots about every 5 minutes. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Try factory wipe/format usb from within GB..it may help.
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beall49 said:
I Odin'd back to stock and I'm in a world of ****. My phone cant do anything, it just gets stuck on every swipe and reboots about every 5 minutes. Does anyone have any ideas?
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figured it out. My post is below.
lindenhurst said:
You get it figured out? I did the same thing. . My old apps still there. I can tell it is gingerbread, but nothing works now. I hope you got your figured out!!
When I boot into recovery I get the screen that tells me to use the up and down keys and when I choose factory wipe, and press power button, nothing happebs. If I hold it down eventually the phone shuts off. When i restart it, nothing changed.
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I had to revert from ICS to GB yesterday and, even tho I am on Telus, I had success by flashing the pda-odin-att-stock.rar image
I can't post links .. I'm too new. But literally.. google what's bolded above and you will find the hotfile link.
It replaced everything (including the recovery) ... FULL system image. Solved everything and brought me back to 100% stock.
So yes, I lost my root and my CWM recovery software.. but it got my phone working again.. I can reflash CWM and re-root as I need.
After the install, wipe cache, factory reset etc.
I too flashed the stock ATT rom but like the previous poster, it gave me a phone which started up but wouldn't work. When I tried to get into recovery mode, it went to a screen with the recovery mode stuff at the top, but with a yellow warning sign in the middle and some words about manual mode, and it would not let me do a wipe or reset.
Here is what I just did that did work.
I flashed the recovery-i717-cwm-b4.tar file with odin. This worked and allowed me to get into the "proper" recovery mode to do a wipe and factory reset, as well as a cache wipe. I then reflashed tieh the stock ATT rom, and my phone now is back to stock.
Yesterday, my copy and paste functionality stopped working in all apps. I'm able to select text and press the copy button, but whenever I try to long press and paste the text, I either get a popup that says "clipboard" or nothing happens. In Chrome, even attempting to copy something causes the application to freeze. Rebooting and clearing dalvik cache does not help. I'm running stock ROM, rooted, latest update. Is this happening to anyone else?
I found a couple of other threads where this happened to other people on other devices running ICS, but their solution was to either install a new ROM or do a hard reset. I'm hoping there's an easier solution than that. Here are the other threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28504901&postcount=3
http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-...4296-copy-paste-not-working-freezes-apps.html
Any help would be much appreciated
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Yesterday, my copy and paste functionality stopped working in all apps. I'm able to select text and press the copy button, but whenever I try to long press and paste the text, I either get a popup that says "clipboard" or nothing happens. In Chrome, even attempting to copy something causes the application to freeze. Rebooting and clearing dalvik cache does not help. I'm running stock ROM, rooted, latest update. Is this happening to anyone else?
I found a couple of other threads where this happened to other people on other devices running ICS, but their solution was to either install a new ROM or do a hard reset. I'm hoping there's an easier solution than that. Here are the other threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28504901&postcount=3
http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-...4296-copy-paste-not-working-freezes-apps.html
Any help would be much appreciated
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I'm using the root66 image and having the same issue, but it looks like it may be a broader S3 issue....
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...-s3-crashing-when-copying-text-clipboard.html
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I'm using the root66 image and having the same issue, but it looks like it may be a broader S3 issue....
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...-s3-crashing-when-copying-text-clipboard.html
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Well that's not good. Thanks for linking that thread, though. Like the other posters, I really don't want to do a hard factory reset. I'm considering re-flashing the update file to see if that fixes it. I'll report back
Reflashing the update didn't work
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Reflashing the update didn't work
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I have flashed a few mods on top of the root66 image.
1. stock Samsung boot image: http://www.mediafire.com/?m6urrypvx2c156p
2. Wifi toggle: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775235
3. Sound mod to remove boot/camera sound: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27741216&postcount=54
Just to see if I could figure out this issue I flashed the original stock image, then performed a factory reset. Problem solved at that point, as expected. I then re-flashed the root66 image, and tested copy/paste at that point with no issues. I'm going to go through flashing those individual mods and see if I can figure out where it might be breaking.
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I have flashed a few mods on top of the root66 image.
1. stock Samsung boot image: http://www.mediafire.com/?m6urrypvx2c156p
2. Wifi toggle: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775235
3. Sound mod to remove boot/camera sound: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27741216&postcount=54
Just to see if I could figure out this issue I flashed the original stock image, then performed a factory reset. Problem solved at that point, as expected. I then re-flashed the root66 image, and tested copy/paste at that point with no issues. I'm going to go through flashing those individual mods and see if I can figure out where it might be breaking.
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Thanks. Let me know if any of the mods break it again. The only thing I did recently that was out of the ordinary was run a voodoo report. Not sure if that had anything to do with it.
I've had the same issue also. I remember it was working fine for awhile and then it stopped working. When i have time tonight, I might do a factory reset to see if it fixes it.
You might want to look into what apps you have installed. I wouldn't doubt there's some app conflict that's causing all of this.
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I've had the same issue also. I remember it was working fine for awhile and then it stopped working. When i have time tonight, I might do a factory reset to see if it fixes it.
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I'm sure a reset will fix it. But I'm trying to avoid it since it's such a pain in the @ss
The only app I installed since this started happening was voodoo report. Which has since been uninstalled.
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pjamv5 said:
I have flashed a few mods on top of the root66 image.
1. stock Samsung boot image: http://www.mediafire.com/?m6urrypvx2c156p
2. Wifi toggle: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775235
3. Sound mod to remove boot/camera sound: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27741216&postcount=54
Just to see if I could figure out this issue I flashed the original stock image, then performed a factory reset. Problem solved at that point, as expected. I then re-flashed the root66 image, and tested copy/paste at that point with no issues. I'm going to go through flashing those individual mods and see if I can figure out where it might be breaking.
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Doesn't look like any of those mods broke it. A couple of things I forgot to mention I had originally done:
- Performed the SQLite Editor change to get rid of the persistent Wifi notification
- Used Any Cut to disable the annoying Wifi popup when certain apps were open
- Flashed beans rom for the extra Dropbox space and then flashed back to root66
It's a fair amount of work to get this fixed, especially depending on how customized you've gotten, but I can verify that a factory reset will fix this. At this point I have re-flashed everything minus the beans rom and loaded up all my original apps with data, and copy/paste is working like a champ. If you're motivated enough to do it I would recommend backing up everything with Titanium and doing the factory reset.
Also, it's highly likely that flashing back to stock is unnecessary. You should be able to do the factory reset on root66. Again, do a recovery backup and a full TiBu backup just to be safe. Good luck!
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Doesn't look like any of those mods broke it. A couple of things I forgot to mention I had originally done:
- Performed the SQLite Editor change to get rid of the persistent Wifi notification
- Used Any Cut to disable the annoying Wifi popup when certain apps were open
- Flashed beans rom for the extra Dropbox space and then flashed back to root66
It's a fair amount of work to get this fixed, especially depending on how customized you've gotten, but I can verify that a factory reset will fix this. At this point I have re-flashed everything minus the beans rom and loaded up all my original apps with data, and copy/paste is working like a champ. If you're motivated enough to do it I would recommend backing up everything with Titanium and doing the factory reset.
Also, it's highly likely that flashing back to stock is unnecessary. You should be able to do the factory reset on root66. Again, do a recovery backup and a full TiBu backup just to be safe. Good luck!
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Thanks, I did a factory reset and restored via Titanium. Everything is working again--I just hope it doesn't happen again
Could it be an issue with Beans ROM? That's what I'm running right now. I still haven't had time to do a reset or reflash the ROM.
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Could it be an issue with Beans ROM? That's what I'm running right now. I still haven't had time to do a reset or reflash the ROM.
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Probably not since I'm running stock/rooted. It's clearly something with Android itself. It's just that no one had figured out what triggers it
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I'm having the same problem and I'm running stock and I'm not rooted.
Hello everyone, Forgive me if I seem a bit flustered, but I am. I was adding a few fonts with an app from the play store. It would restart after each fine, and there was no issue. On the final one, it restarted, but then got hung up for 10 minutes on the ATT logo. I have restarted it with the power button numerous times now, and it has done nothing different. I have only rooted the phone, I have no custom recovery or anything. I booted into the LG stock recovery, canceled the reset, and it still hung up at the ATT logo.
What might have happened, and how can I fix this? I would rather not hard reset, but if I have to, I have to. Please respond with anything at all that might help me. I'm using my old GSII right now, and the newer sim doesn't fit quite right in it. I can make calls and stuff, but i want to get back on the OG as fast as possible. PLEASE respond with anything helpful. Thanks.
I am running stock Jellybean (The initial jellybean we got, I think it was 4.1.1), rooted. No custom roms, no custom recovery.
UPDATE: I did a factory reset (by holding power and volume down). It is still doing the same thing. It gets to the ATT logo and plays the music "Dee dee dee dee 'click'", then stops. Nothing more happens. At all. I've let it sit for a while and nothing is happening. So now the question is, how can I save it with that in mind?
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UPDATE: I did a factory reset (by holding power and volume down). It is still doing the same thing. It gets to the ATT logo and plays the music "Dee dee dee dee 'click'", then stops. Nothing more happens. At all. I've let it sit for a while and nothing is happening. So now the question is, how can I save it with that in mind?
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Sound like you need to use LGNPST or use a teenybin then flash a custom ROM. Factory reseting ( I think) only clears out the /data partition which is where all user and app data is saved. If something in the /system partition is not allowing it to boot, that is why the factory reset didn't work. To fix you have to restore the /system partition back to stock.
To do so, flash a full bin. Which will reset the phone to complete stock (no root, no unlocked bootloader).
Or you can flash a teenybin. Which is smaller and safer. Flashing a teenybin unlocks the bootloader and puts a custom recovery. From there you can just flash a new ROM.
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Sound like you need to use LGNPST or use a teenybin then flash a custom ROM. Factory reseting ( I think) only clears out the /data partition which is where all user and app data is saved. If something in the /system partition is not allowing it to boot, that is why the factory reset didn't work. To fix you have to restore the /system partition back to stock.
To do so, flash a full bin. Which will reset the phone to complete stock (no root, no unlocked bootloader).
Or you can flash a teenybin. Which is smaller and safer. Flashing a teenybin unlocks the bootloader and puts a custom recovery. From there you can just flash a new ROM.
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Thanks. Do you know if there's an accurate guide on how to do the teenybin? It's been ages since I've done anything more than root, and I'm not sure what to search for.
chrisphoenix7 said:
Thanks. Do you know if there's an accurate guide on how to do the teenybin? It's been ages since I've done anything more than root, and I'm not sure what to search for.
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The directions to use the Teenybin are in the OP found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230994
The hardest part is getting LGNPST working properly. But that's easy now thanks to the auto install.
Did u fix your phone?
Going to assume teeney bin worked for op. It did for me when I had issues
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Apologies all, yes I got it working... Mostly. WiFi quit working completely (refused to connect), phone calls took forever to go through, and other odd issues. I'm running it off an old backup of ICS on my external SD. The issues were too much for me to handle, and I was scared to do anything more, so I've got a Moto x. I'm going to try to correctly fix the OG now, so hopefully by documenting the process I can help someone else.
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Apologies all, yes I got it working... Mostly. WiFi quit working completely (refused to connect), phone calls took forever to go through, and other odd issues. I'm running it off an old backup of ICS on my external SD. The issues were too much for me to handle, and I was scared to do anything more, so I've got a Moto x. I'm going to try to correctly fix the OG now, so hopefully by documenting the process I can help someone else.
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i was scared to use teenybin like you but 4.4 lured me into trying. Give teenybin a try its not that bad. you just need to install it, download the teenybin, launch the program, boot your phone into download mode and run the program with the dll and bin files selected.
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i was scared to use teenybin like you but 4.4 lured me into trying. Give teenybin a try its not that bad. you just need to install it, download the teenybin, launch the program, boot your phone into download mode and run the program with the dll and bin files selected.
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I used the Teenybin. It worked enough so I could install my backup. The OS got wiped completely, so I think the kernel just couldn't handle all the stuff it had to anymore.
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I used LGNPST to make full recovery and i dont have any problems with this software.. if want help just ask me.. i will guide you..
Hi
a couple of weeks ago I tried to flash a rom to my Samsung S GT i9000 Android 2.3.6 GINGERBREAD.XXJW4, I had root and went into cwm recovery and made a backup first. This is a bit hazy now as it was a while ago and I have tried so many things since then, but I think something must have happened during the back up??. Bottom line is the ROM didn't work and I had to reinstalled the back up (and have done so many times).
I have tried all different Roms from ice cream to CM but nothing works.
My problem is that every time I do a recovery of the backup it really causes problem with the phone.
If I try and install any programme from playstore or market (both via the phone or pc) it immediately closes when I try and open it up saying it unexpectedly closed. Shut down the phone and restart it - yep the app has now gone from the phone. Same thing happens with APKs.
I have tried uninstalling the back up via windows explorer, ADB, clockwordmod recovery a file manager on my phone. Doesn't matter what I do it is always there when I start the phone back up. If I uninstall any apps through settings / applications / manage applications, turn off the phone then back on and they are back.
I have tried to clear it by installing stock roms but the back up and all its files and apps etc are still there. I have tried factory formatting the phone via settings/ privacy, I have tried using the numbers and hashes on the keypad, I have carried out full wipes in recovery and the dalvik cache etc.
I have made further backups but they are deleted from the phone just like the apps.
If I take a photo or video and close my phone down they are deleted.
If I access Facebook and update the news feed to the current date, when I restart my phone it is back to the last thing I looked at prior to my backup.
I think the problem is that the phone is using the backup some how and this is stopping me from deleting it. Something like trying to uninstall a system file on a computer when it is running.
I think I have watched just about every video ever created on this topic and every thread on the internet to no avail.
Bottom line is the phone works to an extent. I can phone, text, use the internet etc but cannot install or delete any apps.
I would be really grateful if anyone out there has any ideas that I could try
Do a complete restore with Odin/hiemdall then reroot and install ROM, its hard to say what happened to your phone, but a compete install (with pit) should fix you right up
Best of luck
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demkantor said:
Do a complete restore with Odin/hiemdall then reroot and install ROM, its hard to say what happened to your phone, but a compete install (with pit) should fix you right up
Best of luck
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When you say do a complete restore.... Do you mean install a stock rom?
demkantor said:
Do a complete restore with Odin/hiemdall then reroot and install ROM, its hard to say what happened to your phone, but a compete install (with pit) should fix you right up
Best of luck
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I just tried that with pit - no joy. Still same problems. Phone is still not at stock.
Rodders289 said:
I just tried that with pit - no joy. Still same problems. Phone is still not at stock.
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you have to format everything(system,data,cache,dalvic cache) using cwm before flashing with odin to get a fresh stock
Rodders289 said:
I just tried that with pit - no joy. Still same problems. Phone is still not at stock.
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So in Odin/heimdall you flashed all partitions and pit? And the phone still didn't return to stock? Then the issues you're having sounds suspiciously like hardware, but I can't think of a hardware issue that could cause this.
Are there various stock versions Sammy put out? As in can you try an older/newer one?
sangalaxy said:
you have to format everything(system,data,cache,dalvic cache) using cwm before flashing with odin to get a fresh stock
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Not really, if pit is checked then all partitions should get formatted, but it wouldn't hurt to do so.
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So in Odin/heimdall you flashed all partitions and pit? And the phone still didn't return to stock? Then the issues you're having sounds suspiciously like hardware, but I can't think of a hardware issue that could cause this.
Are there various stock versions Sammy put out? As in can you try an older/newer one?
Not really, if pit is checked then all partitions should get formatted, but it wouldn't hurt to do so.
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mm yeah I didn't noticed pit but did he tick repartition on odin
it should be ticked for that
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mm yeah I didn't noticed pit but did he tick repartition on odin
it should be ticked for that
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That's to all for your replies. I am in Turkey at present on holiday but I am trying your suggestions, I did flash a pit with the repartition box ticked but still no joy. I took some roms out on a usb stick but think I need to try some others. Problem is I don't have a great download speed at present.
So I was messing around with resolution and DPI settings. Changed it to 1920x1080 and 400dpi, rebooted. Now SystemUI crashes constantly and I can't do anything other than close the dialog window and use the power menu. Can't tap anything else (it shows Nova Launcher behind everything) and tried a USB mouse and keyboard via OTG, can't do anything extra with those. I feel like the keyguard is still on, but the same thing happens regardless of whether I do my knock code or a normal screen-on.
Safe mode doesn't help (other than disabling my 3rd party camera app allowing me to use the vol-down shortcut into the camera). I feel like if I could just get access to a root adb shell it would be pretty easy, but neither the stock recovery nor download mode allow for ADB.
I'd like to at least be able to pull smsmms.db so I can just flash back to stock and manually recover my messages.
(remind me to stop messing with things without TWRP or CWM or something...)
just ended up flashing back to stock and walking away with a lesson learned the hard way
Instructions on flashing back to stock?
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Instructions on flashing back to stock?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799647
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799647
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...or, just boot into stock recovery and factory reset (Power + Down(?) Button). Had to do this last nite when I over-froze in TiBu. Can't wait for custom recovery.
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...or, just boot into stock recovery and factory reset (Power + Down(?) Button). Had to do this last nite when I over-froze in TiBu. Can't wait for custom recovery.
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factory reset doesn't affect anything outside of /data, so it wouldn't have fixed my issue (I'm thinking the app I used put something in some sort of boot script since safe mode didn't work)
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factory reset doesn't affect anything outside of /data, so it wouldn't have fixed my issue (I'm thinking the app I used put something in some sort of boot script since safe mode didn't work)
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Yeah, I know that's generally the case, but in this instance it appeared to re-flash the entire /system...and, it wiped internal sdcard file, which is unusual, at least compared to "factory reset" in TWRP or CM. I'd inadvertently frozen a couple of critical system files in TiBu and bootlooped the phone.
In any event, solved my issue, but lost my TiBu backup on internal sdcard, which made for an extra couple hours work.