Hi,
Usually, when I have a problem, I usually search for it and try to see if others have found a solution to it, but after hours of searching, I'm nearly at my wit's end.
I've had my Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 for a while now and I flashed it the first day I got it, with alice90's ROM found here.
In the beginning, the custom ROM worked fine, but after a while, my device started periodically crashing and rebooting seemingly randomly, but especially during times of heavy usage. After one of these episodes, my device just wouldn't boot up at all and was stuck at the Samsung loading screen. After searching around for a while, I found out how to enter Recovery Mode and tried to reset it to factory default that way. However, this had no effect on the problem and made it even worse, as the condition is as the same as before, but now I can't even enter Recovery Mode or Download Mode. I think that it is soft bricked, but can't be sure. Every time that I do try to boot it up, it stays stuck on the Samsung screen for a while then tries to restart.
The model is YP-GI1CB/XXA, if it helps.
Can it be restored at all, and if so, how? Thanks in advance for any answers.
stillaiaiai said:
Hi,
Usually, when I have a problem, I usually search for it and try to see if others have found a solution to it, but after hours of searching, I'm nearly at my wit's end.
I've had my Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 for a while now and I flashed it the first day I got it, with alice90's ROM found here.
In the beginning, the custom ROM worked fine, but after a while, my device started periodically crashing and rebooting seemingly randomly, but especially during times of heavy usage. After one of these episodes, my device just wouldn't boot up at all and was stuck at the Samsung loading screen. After searching around for a while, I found out how to enter Recovery Mode and tried to reset it to factory default that way. However, this had no effect on the problem and made it even worse, as the condition is as the same as before, but now I can't even enter Recovery Mode or Download Mode. I think that it is soft bricked, but can't be sure. Every time that I do try to boot it up, it stays stuck on the Samsung screen for a while then tries to restart.
The model is YP-GI1CB/XXA, if it helps.
Can it be restored at all, and if so, how? Thanks in advance for any answers.
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Use odin and flash it there is a guide with the stock rom for 4.2 here in the forums flash the stock rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884071
The above is for international 4.2
jutley said:
Use odin and flash it there is a guide with the stock rom for 4.2 here in the forums flash the stock rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884071
The above is for international 4.2
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I did this and tried to flash it with Odin to revert back to the stock ROM, but since my device can't go into Download Mode, Odin can't do anything. Is there a way to force it to go into Download Mode?
stillaiaiai said:
I did this and tried to flash it with Odin to revert back to the stock ROM, but since my device can't go into Download Mode, Odin can't do anything. Is there a way to force it to go into Download Mode?
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Could you describe a little more what your device is doing, like bootlooping or black screen and how you flashed it(did you put the rom in the pda section). Also you could try a usb jig to get in download mode.
Edit: Sorry I've just readed your first post and now I Know it's bootlooping. Wich way did you try to get into download mode?
If you want to force it in download mode remove battery then put back in and hold power and both volume buttons at the same time
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Hi, got a galaxy s2 i19210 and using cm-10-20120926-UNOFFICIAL-i9210t
Was having a few random restarts and found that if I tweaked the voltages it would put an end to this. I found I had to use DreamKernel-GTI9210T-v1.7.1CM10-20121010073231-CWM to do this, so I downloaded it and tried to install via the rom manager.
Phone restarted to install, now when it turns on it says the usual 'galaxy s2 i9210' etc, then it usually goes to the blue cyanogen symbol spinning. Unfortunately, it no longer reaches this and the screen stays black. The lights turn on, but screen stays off.
Can't seem to get into download or reset mode with the key combination and sometimes instead of turning off the phone restarts which makes trying the key combinations a bit harder.
Have tried removing and replacing the battery but that didn't help either.
HOWEVER!
My computer recognises the phone although I can't access the hdd because the phone is locked
Odin recognises the phone
So, what options do I have to get my phone working again?
I've looked at a few threads and googled a bit but haven't found anything substantial
To clarify it's a Galaxy S2 i9210T 4G Australian Telstra phone
So I finally got into odin mode and cleared the dalvik cache and did a factory reset. Installed latest i9210 firmware via download mode and odin and everything is working again. Unfortunately I lost all my data but i'd prefer that than a brick. Still doesn't explain what happened in the first place though, did I use the wrong kernel or go about the install the wrong way? I'd like to go back to cm10 but fix the random resets.
You're more likely to get an answer here. Almost everyone here has an I9100/I9100T.
MistahBungle said:
You're more likely to get an answer here. Almost everyone here has an I9100/I9100T.
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Thanks bud!
I recently tried to install a new ROM on my phone.
I installed it using ROM Manager, which I realize now is probably what caused it mess up. I hadn't checked these forums in a while and didn't realize it was causing issues, so that was my stupidity but what's done is done.
Anyways, after installing the ROM, it just sat on the boot animation endlessly.
I attempted to get into Recovery mode, but when I tried using Volume Up+Down+Power, it always went to download mode, whether it was plugged in or not.
I tried flashing it back to stock image and kernel using this guide but even after that, it still got stuck on the boot animation.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
In desperate cases I found myself in, I have had great success with the the jig method without the jig (for lack of a better term). Look around on the Captivate forum there is a description there. It works like the normal procedure for getting the phone in download mode but then you also (at the same time) insert the battery. I think that simulates what the jig does.
It is awkward to coordinate all the different movements but it works on the Captivate, and I believe I have been successful on the I-777 as well with the same method.
Aaronneyer said:
I recently tried to install a new ROM on my phone.
I installed it using ROM Manager, which I realize now is probably what caused it mess up. I hadn't checked these forums in a while and didn't realize it was causing issues, so that was my stupidity but what's done is done.
Anyways, after installing the ROM, it just sat on the boot animation endlessly.
I attempted to get into Recovery mode, but when I tried using Volume Up+Down+Power, it always went to download mode, whether it was plugged in or not.
I tried flashing it back to stock image and kernel using this guide but even after that, it still got stuck on the boot animation.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Thanks, I actually did get it to go into recovery this morning. I let the battery drain over night and afterwards, it got into recovery. I'm still having some problems with a few other things but I think all the problems I have now are solvable, although if I get back into the same situation again, I'll be sure to take a look at that method.
try flashing stock pda with odin.
problem solved
I was using my phone at work 3 days ago during lunch and it was running fine. I was playing a new Kairosoft game. Once my lunch was over I put the phone in my pocket and I went off to work. When my shift ended I pulled out my phone and it was stuck in a bootloop with the Cyanogen logo. I rebooted it and nothing worked. I went into CWM to re install the ROM and it freezes every time. I used oden to try and fix it to go back and unroot my phone to start fresh. I stepped out of my room to use the restroom and my little curious nephew comes in and grabs my phone in the middle of an update. Now when I turn the phone on it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. I downloaded keys and it didn't recognize my phone. I can't even get into clockwork mod recovery anymore. On Odin it has the yellow bar and when I try and flash the files I need to go back to stock it fails when it writes the NAND. I really miss my phone. It has been a while since I have been here. I don't know if my phone is a ICS. I got it last year. I have searched everywhere and nothing seems to work. I'll keep searching because I am determined to get it fixed but I don't want to flash the wrong thing. My phone still goes to Download Mode. According to what I have read it means that it's still salvageable. I hope so. Thanks for the help!
If you can boot into download mode then just flash a rom from there? Problem solved
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If you can boot into download mode then just flash a rom from there? Problem solved
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+1 it's all in the stickies
Hello!
Having a problem with i9300 device.(4.3 rom)
The phone starts up. Can use device for approx. 2 minutes, then freezes,screen goes blank and phone restarts automatically.
Recovery mode does not hang but is kind of slow and does not always reply to pushing volume up/down.
Have tried setting usb debugging on to flash but no use,if phone freezes so fast.
Also tried several times recovery mode-wiping and restoring to factory, but it doesn´t help. Phone still freezes after 1-2 minutes.
May You please offer a solution I could try?
Thanks!
rom?
original rom. phone has never been modded,used only latest update by samsung.I can write exact rom version in the evening.
Boot into download mode and see it happens there. If not then flash the latest stock firmware for your country with odin, factory reset in recovery before first boot.
If the phone freezes or reboots while in download mode then you have a hardware fault.
boomboomer said:
Boot into download mode and see it happens there. If not then flash the latest stock firmware for your country with odin, factory reset in recovery before first boot.
If the phone freezes or reboots while in download mode then you have a hardware fault.
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I will try that in evening and will let You know how it worked out. :good:
Tried latest firmware with odin. Download mode works fine and goes all the way to the end. but after finishing and first boot, setting up android language etc. for the first time, it hangs about 1 minute again.
hardware faulty then?
Yes, it sounds like it -something is breaking down after a little use.
if some part of hardware is faulty, is there maybe some kind of diagnostic tool that I can run without booting android fully up? then I could get to know what kind of system part is problematic. If I'd find out problematic part, maybe there would be a change to modify android rom, so the problematic part of system would be turned off always?
just an idea
I doubt it, even Samsung don't bother with component diagnostic -they just replace the motherboard.
My wife had a similar problem with her phone. I downloaded Dummy File Generator from the Play Store n ran the application. Been more than 6 months now with no lag.
hello everyone, my stock s6 edge on rogers is stuck in a boot loop all of a sudden, fully stock and unmodded, running 5.0.2. i was just walking and listening to music through bluetooth headphones and all of a sudden it stopped, and i looked at my phone and it was rebooting. so i just waited and its still stuck in a boot loop after an hour. it gets to the lock screen sometimes, and then after like a second or 2 just reboots again. i have not tinkered or have done anything to my phone either, and had no issues with random reboots ever, so i have no idea what could have happened
some extra info, when it reboots it doesnt always go to the galaxy s6 edge screen, it sometimes just shows the samsung logo with the animation. i have also tried to wipe cache and that didnt work either. after a few reboots however the stock theme was applied at some point. also i tried booting into safe mode and that also didnt work.
i really dont want to wipe my phone, but i will if it is absolutely necessary. so if anyone has any other suggestions that i can try out it will be very much appreciated!
thanks!
NuckFuggets said:
hello everyone, my stock s6 edge on rogers is stuck in a boot loop all of a sudden, fully stock and unmodded, running 5.0.2. i was just walking and listening to music through bluetooth headphones and all of a sudden it stopped, and i looked at my phone and it was rebooting. so i just waited and its still stuck in a boot loop after an hour. it gets to the lock screen sometimes, and then after like a second or 2 just reboots again. i have not tinkered or have done anything to my phone either, and had no issues with random reboots ever, so i have no idea what could have happened
some extra info, when it reboots it doesnt always go to the galaxy s6 edge screen, it sometimes just shows the samsung logo with the animation. i have also tried to wipe cache and that didnt work either. after a few reboots however the stock theme was applied at some point. also i tried booting into safe mode and that also didnt work.
i really dont want to wipe my phone, but i will if it is absolutely necessary. so if anyone has any other suggestions that i can try out it will be very much appreciated!
thanks!
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I have had said problem before under the same circumstances (although it was with a different phone)
Try using Odin to install the stock Firmware.
A thread explaining how is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If you don't want the firmware listed in that thread, download from Sammobile.
While some users say it does not wipe the phone, it wipes every time I use it
If this does not work, you should get a warranty replacement.
Snowby123 said:
I have had said problem before under the same circumstances (although it was with a different phone)
Try using Odin to install the stock Firmware.
A thread explaining how is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If you don't want the firmware listed in that thread, download from Sammobile.
While some users say it does not wipe the phone, it wipes every time I use it
If this does not work, you should get a warranty replacement.
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Thank you for the reply!
weird thing is it fixed itself .. few hours after it started it just booted back up and didnt reboot again, and has been running fine for the past couple hours. but if this happens again i will know what to try next time