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I rooted my phone successfully and was installing fonts from fontchanger app from the market. When the download was 95 % I got error samsung home has crashed and home screen was gone.
I removed battery put it again and restarted the phone but it is stuck at GALAXY Ace GT-S5830 SAMSUNG.
I am able to boot into system recovery mode but after factory reset phone still stucks at above mentioned point. Is it hard bricked and not recoverable ? Please please tell me the solution. This is my first android phone (
I hope I posted this in the right subforum.
Your device is not bricked. You said that you are able to boot into recovery, so all you need to do is flash a new rom.
How to flash it ? Where can I get new rom ?
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263292.
so i copy rom.zip to sd card, boot into recovery and select update from sdcard.. thats it ? I didnot install clockward recovery. Please reply.
Boy124 said:
so i copy rom.zip to sd card, boot into recovery and select update from sdcard.. thats it ? I didnot install clockward recovery. Please reply.
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Well that's too bad (for now). This should (hopefully) fix your problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071970.
Theonew said:
Well that's too bad (for now). This should (hopefully) fix your problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071970.
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The article says 'if you are not able to swich to download mode' but I can go into dowload mode (black screen with yello font 'downloading') if it is.
I am going to sue fontchanger app developer !
Boy124 said:
The article says 'if you are not able to swich to download mode' but I can go into dowload mode (black screen with yello font 'downloading') if it is.
I am going to sue fontchanger app developer !
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So since you can get into download mode, why not just flash your stock rom using odin?
Theonew said:
So since you can get into download mode, why not just flash your stock rom using odin?
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Thanks a ton! My phone is back into life.
One more question- is it possible to back up whole system in one file like ghost images of windows os and system restore on windows ? Just on click and phone will be back ?
Boy124 said:
Thanks a ton! My phone is back into life.
One more question- is it possible to back up whole system in one file like ghost images of windows os and system restore on windows ? Just on click and phone will be back ?
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Nandroid. If you have ClockworkMod installed, then you can perform a nandroid backup of your device. It creates a backup of your entire system and data which you can then later restore (just that it won't be in one file as you described; they will be a the same folder as separate img files e.g data.img, system.img, etc.). If your device is in a bootloop for example, you can simply boot into recovery and restore a previous backup and your device will be fine again.
Hi guys,
I'm having some real trouble out here!
Apparantly my usbport of samsung galaxy S3 broke.
I can't recharge and i can't use it to link to the computer...
Tried like 5 different adapters and changing batteries nothing works :crying:
I have installed cmw and did a root earlier
and while trying to fix the problem
i tried a factory reset..
Since i want to take it back to the store i need to unroot it,
but because of the factory reset i apparantly don't have root acces anymore..
(cmw manager gives a message about it's running on a different kernal an it needs CF-Root v5.0)
and when i'm trying to acces the app triangle away it says it needs root acces which i can't give..
is there a way to root my phone without the use of a cable,
just by using dropbox or wifi?
Thx in advance! :
Download a nandroid backup, create a backup of your current ROM, once finished delete the backup files inside the file with the date and time, and replace them with the nandroid backup you downloaded, boot into recovery and restore http://db.tt/lYHqsZP8 <---- is a nandroid backup, just extract!
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Androzip from the play store is a good tool to use for extracting on your device
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If you can boot into CWM, you can use this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l1q751xh1ab8s4n/cwm-supersu.zip
I'm not sure where i got it from ( had it for a while ) but that's what i always use for root. Includes 'su' binary + SuperSU.apk
Thx! :good:, one problem once i go into recovery mode there isn't an option to make a backup..
sry don't have experience with the nandroid backup..
Is there another way to make this backup, by some sort of apk or something or maybe create the file?
thx in advance!
Thx for the help so far!
That's one of the problems i encountered,
once i install the supersu app it opens but can't update the binaries..
anyone knows how to do this?
did you try 'fix permissions' in cwm already? Seems like either 'su' binary is missing or has incorrect permissions
That's the problem i can't get into cmw, because i don't have root acces...
But thx for the input
Reedee said:
That's the problem i can't get into cmw, because i don't have root acces...
But thx for the input
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i mean boot into cwm, not from the app. hold UP+home+power until screen blacks out, then still keep holding that combination until you see the recovery boot up. There in 'advanced' you'll find 'fix permissions'.
As far as i know cwm recovery doesn't require you be rooted, since i use cwm recovery to actually root my phone.
If you can't boot into cwm recovery, or don't even have it installed yet - i have no idea. You might be f'ed, but someone might have an idea.
When i do that it goes into android mobile recovery but not into nandroid..
So basicly i have to install it again.. Really don't know how to do that wireless
Hope someone does, otherwise i'll just have to let it fixed...
hi,
after reading & talking to people regarding changing ROM most of the people recomended backing up the EFS partition (the IMEI)
i have read many tutorials some of them with weird hidden manus that dint match mine #*7284# and actually im getting kind of lost...
can anyone please help me find a guide with an updated on how backup my EFS/IMEI before im trying to mess with my phone?
thanks in advance,
ER
It's just a folder in the root of the device. You can copy it manually using any file manager with root access. Some recoveries such as philz, have an option to backup. There are efs backup apps on play.....
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rootSU said:
It's just a folder in the root of the device. You can copy it manually using any file manager with root access. Some recoveries such as philz, have an option to backup. There are efs backup apps on play.....
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so i have to root my samsung before rom massing to backup IMEI in the EFS?
Yes, but if you want to stay stock no need to back up efs there is slim to nothing chances you will lose imei
Hi, if you want backup /efs folder, don't do a copy folder with root explorer.
Use this app play.google com /store/apps/details?id=net.hellcat.droiddev.ktool
errdos said:
so i have to root my samsung before rom massing to backup IMEI in the EFS?
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Well if you want to flash custom ROMs you are going to need Root anyway except if you just want to update your current Samsung Firmware. In this case you can just flash via Odin of course without Rooting your device.
Maybe you can backup the EFS Folder via ADB but I never tried that so just pulling it from the system folder via a root explorer is easier, at least for me.
Scarface1991 said:
Well if you want to flash custom ROMs you are going to need Root anyway except if you just want to update your current Samsung Firmware. In this case you can just flash via Odin of course without Rooting your device.
Maybe you can backup the EFS Folder via ADB but I never tried that so just pulling it from the system folder via a root explorer is easier, at least for me.
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if i understood correctly you flash CWM trough odin and then you can just flash your new rom. am i worng?
and it seems that that guy above you mentioned that copying isn't enough...
so root --> back up all EFS folder (which contains IME) --> flash CWM trough odin --> use CWM to install new rom?
ER
errdos said:
if i understood correctly you flash CWM trough odin and then you can just flash your new rom. am i worng?
and it seems that that guy above you mentioned that copying isn't enough...
so root --> back up all EFS folder (which contains IME) --> flash CWM trough odin --> use CWM to install new rom?
ER
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The guy above said that a manual restoring of EFS isn't possible when the phone won't boot into the ROM, well that`s correct but the point of a EFS backup is to restore it when you have a working ROM but without a EFS Folder (happened for some reason more than once here at XDA).
Yes if you have Root, backup your EFS Folder, then you can flash a CWM Recovery through Odin and then after wiping data/cache you can flash a new custom ROM.
first of all thanks for all the help. now at least i can start
so ill just look for goot root tutorial
more of a opinion questions:
so you recommend on using Odin to get CWM? or RomManager ( i heard it can do it)
do you have any rom you can reommend on? or another restore program other then clockwork?
errdos said:
first of all thanks for all the help. now at least i can start
so ill just look for goot root tutorial
more of a opinion questions:
so you recommend on using Odin to get CWM? or RomManager ( i heard it can do it)
do you have any rom you can reommend on? or another restore program other then clockwork?
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Well it shouldn't really matter but one time I tried to flash CWM through ROM Manager and it failed for some reason leaving me with a bootloop. I don't now what went wrong there but since then I either use Odin to flash CWM or the last time I did it by flashing the Siyah Kernel. It gives you Root and you can flash the CWM Siyah Touch Recovery straight from the S-Tweaks App but it`s really your decision.
About the ROM, there are ROMs that are based on Samsung`s TouchWiz Firmware and ROMs that are based on AOSP / CyanogenMod. There is no such thing as a best ROM, so you are going to have to figure this out yourself since it depends on your personal taste. I use Temasek`s build of CyanogenMod with his Kernel and it gives me the right amount of customization and can be used as a daily driver.
Scarface1991 said:
The guy above said that a manual restoring of EFS isn't possible when the phone won't boot into the ROM
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adb shell?
rootSU said:
adb shell?
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I don't have much ADB experience. So it is possible without actually booting into the ROM to push the EFS Folder into the /system folder?
yes
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I don't have much ADB experience. So it is possible without actually booting into the ROM to push the EFS Folder into the /system folder?
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So long as your recovery supports it (custom recovery) then yep.
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Thealshear said:
Yes, but if you want to stay stock no need to back up efs there is slim to nothing chances you will lose imei
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Unless u want a $400 MP3 player make many and various types of backups.
For ten days i was without a cool phone cuz i rushed ahead and didnt read the guides in their entirety esp the parts on backup-i was so keen to flash a rom and i wrecked my phone and it wasnt easy also worth a read is the pages on how to decypher the code eg where that firmware is from and what modem or csc it has with it
Hi guys. I wanted to go back from cm10.1 to stock 4.1.2 and did a nandroid backup with cwm 6.0.2.7 touch and saved my data also with titanium backup.
After flashing stock JB I couldnt find the titanium backups anymore which I realized are stored on internal card so after wiping everything my data is gone. Ja I know my fault. But then I thought I can just restore the nandroid backup I just made to have everything how it was before, but after doing it my screen stopped at the samsung galaxy s3 screen and didnt boot anymore.
Of course I made the backup with 6.0.2.7 and restored it with th same version, but I dont get why its not booting correctly :S
After that I thought I just root the stock phone and flash cm10.1 and try to restore again but it also didnt help.
thax in advance
galaxy s3 gt I9300
clown85 said:
Hi guys. I wanted to go back from cm10.1 to stock 4.1.2 and did a nandroid backup with cwm 6.0.2.7 touch and saved my data also with titanium backup.
After flashing stock JB I couldnt find the titanium backups anymore which I realized are stored on internal card so after wiping everything my data is gone. Ja I know my fault. But then I thought I can just restore the nandroid backup I just made to have everything how it was before, but after doing it my screen stopped at the samsung galaxy s3 screen and didnt boot anymore.
Of course I made the backup with 6.0.2.7 and restored it with th same version, but I dont get why its not booting correctly :S
After that I thought I just root the stock phone and flash cm10.1 and try to restore again but it also didnt help.
thax in advance
galaxy s3 gt I9300
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try philz recovery.
sriram231092 said:
try philz recovery.
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It says in all the steps E:failed archive external sd
is it a problem to rstore from external sd card? so shall I just try to put it on internal?
Worth trying if you have no backup of it .
jje
Just to make it sure. I root my s3 installing stock jb, then I flash cwm with odin and install su.zip from sd card. always get root access. is it a problem for cwm to flash it first before having root access to the phone???
clown85 said:
Just to make it sure. I root my s3 installing stock jb, then I flash cwm with odin and install su.zip from sd card. always get root access. is it a problem for cwm to flash it first before having root access to the phone???
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CWM doesn't work without root access. Have you tried to install a complete new stock ROM from Sammobile.com? Even though this doesn't recover your data, your phone might work again.
Endiej said:
CWM doesn't work without root access. Have you tried to install a complete new stock ROM from Sammobile.com? Even though this doesn't recover your data, your phone might work again.
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My phone works just fine. The problem is to flash the cm10.1 nandroid backup successful to get my internal sd memory back.
btw I tried to copy the backup to internal sd but then it says md5 sum mismatch god damn it..... I just wanna have my internal sd card files back. grrrrrrrr
If you have Phil's recovery use the aroma file manager to find and move the back up so it can be seen as I'm guessing you are suffering the sd/0/0 etc problem
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If you have Phil's recovery use the aroma file manager to find and move the back up so it can be seen as I'm guessing you are suffering the sd/0/0 etc problem
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I guess Im just ****ed... I tried moving it with aroma and then it says error again. its just possible for me to restore the nandroid with cwm which I originally had and just from external sd and even then the logfile says everything is fine just restoring system is an error. that sucks cuz I cant boot the phone then to get access to my internal space via usb
or is there another possibility to restore internal card to get access????
Have you changed recovery versions between creating the backup and trying to restore it?
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Have you changed recovery versions between creating the backup and trying to restore it?
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of course not.
its just weird that I can restore everything exept for this cm10.1 backup. I made already a stock jb backup and I could easily restore this one :S but it doesnt help me anymore.....
Endiej said:
CWM doesn't work without root access
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Yes it does. Recovery and root are completely unrelated. Read the root guides.
Step 1 - flash recovery via odin
Step 2 - flash su zip via recovery
CWM can flash zips, backup and restore without root access to android. Root access is within android only
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rootSU said:
Yes it does. Recovery and root are completely unrelated. Read the root guides.
Step 1 - flash recovery via odin
Step 2 - flash su zip via recovery
CWM can flash zips, backup and restore without root access to android. Root access is within android only
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Okay thats what I was thinking before hand... I got another idea. can I flash a working ROM like 10.1 and then go to cwm advanced recovery and restore data instead of the whole nandoid system???
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Okay thats what I was thinking before hand... I got another idea. can I flash a working ROM like 10.1 and then go to cwm advanced recovery and restore data instead of the whole nandoid system???
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You can try.
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I have the feeling that my cwm 6.0.2.7 version creates corrupt backups al the time. I just set my phone up with cm10.1 and immediately did a backup on it. I tried to restore it and while restoring it says
Erasing boot before restore...
restoring boot image...
restoring system...
restoring data...
.android_secure.img not found skipping restore of /sdcard..............
restore complete funny funny
please tell me that there is a way to rescue this
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I have the feeling that my cwm 6.0.2.7 version creates corrupt backups al the time. I just set my phone up with cm10.1 and immediately did a backup on it. I tried to restore it and while restoring it says
Erasing boot before restore...
restoring boot image...
restoring system...
restoring data...
.android_secure.img not found skipping restore of /sdcard..............
restore complete funny funny
please tell me that there is a way to rescue this
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What's up? Does it not boot? Everything you posted above looks normal so can't advise.
I would recommend updating to latest anyway as 6.0.2.7 hasnt got SDS fix.
rootSU said:
What's up? Does it not boot? Everything you posted above looks normal so can't advise.
I would recommend updating to latest anyway as 6.0.2.7 hasnt got SDS fix.
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No it doesnt boot if I try ro restore the backup I end up seeing Samsung Galaxy S3 screen and thats it....
I just updated to cwm 6.0.3.2 and made a backup and it also showed the above problem but this one restores and boots correctly :S
Another idea is. When I made the first backup with 6.0.2.7 I was also running on yank555 1.6c kernel. Is that important to set up the restore with a running system and this exact kernel? Please tell me what to do if so.
clown85 said:
I just updated to cwm 6.0.3.2 and made a backup and it also showed the above problem but this one restores and boots correctly :S
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What is "The above problem"? If it restores and boots, its fine.
clown85 said:
Another idea is. When I made the first backup with 6.0.2.7 I was also running on yank555 1.6c kernel. Is that important to set up the restore with a running system and this exact kernel? Please tell me what to do if so.
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Nandroid backup takes
boot.img (kernel)
system.img (ROM)
userdata.img (Your stuff)
Its okay. Somehow I got the data restored with advanced restoring which didnt work with 6.0.2.7 but with 3.2.
close here.
thanx for your help
So I edited build.prop model and after reboot, the phone doesn't boot up, I can access only clockwork. Is there any way to edit build.prop in clockworkmod? Or can I transfer files somehow to flash the ROM again? I don't want to erase everything and go back to stock, please help
Thanks in advance
Do you still have the rom or a backup on your phone? You could reflash the rom, or any rom, or restore a backup from clockwork
cenobite138 said:
Do you still have the rom or a backup on your phone? You could reflash the rom, or any rom, or restore a backup from clockwork
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Thanks for responce, but no, I don't have anything, and a new problem is that I flashed new version of clockrowk, and it doesn't work, i can not access to recovery anymore
Are you familiar with adb?
Fire up adb and use adb push to push the file to the phone
Thanks, I did it