Hi there,
im having an issue with my S2, i ran out on battery on my phone and when i tried to plug it in and boot normally it just syaed stuck on the screen where it has the yellow triangle, just to let you guys know this is the second time this has happen and to be honest i dont know what to do other then format which is what i had to do the last time because i couldnt figure this out.
Has this happen to anyone else?
What rom/kernel do you use? Did you wipe before installing these one? More details please
Using Neatrom 4.2 and im using the default kernel that comes with it. like i said this has happen to me before, and its the second time it happens.
Did you wipe data/cache and Dalvik-cache before flashing the ROM?
If not, then do it via Recovery and re-flash the firmware. Do NOT do it in 4.0.4 stock recovery!
Cheers.
How did you solve it the first time?
Tried another ROM to see if it happens then?
You want us to guess what's going on with your device?
If you read any thread about this kinda thing you'll notice that suggestions go from factory reset to claim warranty. Try all the things that are right in the middle.
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forget it, i just formated and put in the rom again.
Flash stock and see if it happens again.
Last time I checked, xda doesn't do magic.
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hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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What I would suggest is to flash the J12 update through odin and see if that works. If that works, after boot up, go back and flash original rom back with odin and see if that helps. You should never click on repartition through odin because the instruction does not advise to do that when flashing a rom through odin. Hopefully you did not mess up your phone.
You probably need to follow 'eugenes froyo that doesn't brick' method. Do that first then odin to stock. Ind this should be posted in general or q&a
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1) This should be in "Q & A" or at the very least "General".
2) What ROM were you using that you are flashing back from?
3) Did you have any "lag fixes" installed?
x21chicago said:
hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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Make sure your flashing the stock JDF because the JI6 doesn't contain all of the files, and if that doesn't work flash the "froyo that does not brick rom" by eugene that is in the bible then flash the stock JFD rom
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How will repartition mess up your phone?
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x21chicago said:
hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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I'm having the exact same problem... I've tried multiple flashes but have yet to find a solution... Anyone have any idea how to get the data to wipe?
drpkenny said:
I'm having the exact same problem... I've tried multiple flashes but have yet to find a solution... Anyone have any idea how to get the data to wipe?
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When it say wipe data it doesn't wipe the built in memory it just wipes the partition where the OS is installed. Make sure you don't have voodoo lag fixed installed or it will hang up every time, I have used this method about 6 times to unbrick and have never had an issue. I followed the instructions to the letter and it has worked perfectly every time, but I would need more info on what rom you are coming from and what lag fix or what you have installed if all fails try the above mentioned fix with froyo that does brick.
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x21chicago said:
hello can you guys please help me. im trying to restore my phone with odin....everything installs perfectly but when it reboots into recovery and tries to wipe data it says cant wipe data. so basically the data dosent wipe and the phone boots up to the S logo screen but after that the phone dosent boot up all the way i just get a black screen after the S logo screen. PLEASE HELP!
Ive searched the forums and havent found anyone with a similar issue.
i think i might of checked repartition box before i did it the 1st time....could that have messed up my phone?
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launch your phone into recovery mode and delete everything-cache and all user data. i reinstalled the packages and then rebooted the system. its working without any problems now.
Fixed it!
OK, i ran into this exact issue yesterday and fixed it. This is what I did.
First flash Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick with Odin.
Went through steps one and two. Don't worry about the sdk thing.
Now you should be in recovery mode. Pull the battery. Get back into download mode. Now flash, [ROM] OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working). This got me out of trouble. I hope it works for you.
installing the froyo that dosent brick resolved my issue!
thank you for all your responses and help
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Anybody know where I can find this eugenes froyo that doesnt brick? Seems gino decided to remove the dl link for it n I checd his site but didnt c it, so im hoping theres like a mirror or maybe sum1 has it saved or something. Well anyway im able to flash the jk2froyo but it wont wipe data n then it wont let me dL any apps bcuz it says sorry not enough space.
It took some googling but I found it here
http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=8
Having problems with Odin, bah... trying to get my phone to work but always getting the "Data Write Failed" in red error.
EDIT: Haha nevermind got it to finally work after flashing Eugene's Froyo then stock JFD, guess I was using a different/wrong version of Eugene's Froyo haha damn I'm so relieved!!
I'm having a similar issue. Can someone give step by step instructions on how to fix this, please. I'm able to boot up, but then it give an error that says i have no space for apps. I check the application space and it just says 0.00 MB. Please help
So I'm a noob to this whole rom thing and i think that i am in over my head...
first i rooted using GingerBreak-v1.20.apk and not knowing what i was doing deleted some of the bloat (games). When I tried to do the bell gingerbread ota update i got the error. I tried to re install them but it didn't work.
So i decided to try to rom my phone.
First i unlocked using the Bell_Ihop from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261 which worked...
I then flashed a rom from ROM manager. It was ninja v0.3.4 (i think). It worked but i got a grey ? battery error... I didnt realize and my battery ran down. And while i cant be 100% sure yet i dont think my battery works any more (is that possible)
so i posted a Q on the forums and got an answer here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251529
I borrowed a battery which let me turn on my phone but was still unknown...
I followed his answer and did a wipe. I decided i wanted alien so i flashed tanfer cmw recovery and flashed alien using that.
and I got stuck on the boot screen
so i did a wipe again and tried to reboot to bell stock2.2.2 and got an error so i did a reboot and i guess that the stock managed to reinstall the regular recovery..
and im still stuck on the reboot page...
so my question is I cant do anything cuz my battery doesnt work so i cant reflash cmw and I dont know anyone with an atrix to get a battery from (im pretty sure i outstayed my welcome in my local bell store, thats where i did all this)
Is there anyone in toronto that would fix this for me, i need this phone and i would pay for someone to do it for me cuz i cant do anything myself!! (And I'm a noob)
Thanks in advace...
first off, use this to charge your battery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDtv7qKf8tQ
after you get a charge on your battery again, go into CWM and clear Data/Cache, and then go into Advanced Options and clear your Dalvik Cache.
after that, flash any ROM and try to boot up. if you get stuck into a bootloop, post back here and let us know.
you'll need to flash CWM again using Fastboot, i suggest Romracer's which can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Thanks I will try this but I have a few questions
1. I did all this (the wipes and the flash) with tenfars, will this make a diff?
2. What tegrapart am I? (remember I cant boot into my phone to check through terminal emulator)
3. Now that I have been traumatized i just wanted to ask, on the alien site he says that it will take an unbearably long time to boot, how long should I expect to wait?
thanks for putting up with my "noobyness"
I don't know how to find your tegra part but it might take up to a few minutes the first time you boot. You'll know if you get a boot loop or not, the whole animation will do a major skip and start back from the start
And I know some people have problems with tenfar's. romracer's is just superior in my opinion.
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will i get messed up if i use the wrong tegra?
mypcool said:
will i get messed up if i use the wrong tegra?
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You shouldn't, as long as all you're doing is flashing ROMs with cwm. All else fails you can just flash a different one.
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I tried the battery trick and it caused the usb jacks on my computer to stop working... I also tried to charge with a different phone and it didnt work. I called Motorola and am getting a new battery...
Has anyone ever had this happen that a battery should stop getting a charge at all after a flash?
Buy a cheap wall charger and battery from ebay.
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Hi okay so my phone keeps booting to the samsung galaxy s2 screen (the black one in the start)..and then it just shuts off and then goes on again...
I just flashed a new rom. This has happened to me with some other roms too and i thought it was cuz of the rom but this is happening with mulitple roms.
before flash i wiped data/cache, wiped davlik cache
I don't know what hte problem is, but it just keeps looping to the starting black screen..
Please help me flash the batista ics rom!
Do a wipe AFTER you flash the ROM, not before. Good luck.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499&highlight=loop
Alternatively to any other suggestions, see the thread that is stickied near the very top of the Q&A section called "[READ THIS] Got a Boot Loop? Don't post a New Thread!".
yeah thanks,
not really useful though
can't get into recovery.
I can go into download mode but not recovery.
While i can flash another rom, I really want to flash the batista rom but i keep getting this problem. Is there something else that may be wrong thats not allowing me to install the rom on the phone?
No idea. And frankly, if you want to fix your phone, it's not important right now.
If you can only get into download mode & not recovery, the only way you're fixing this is with an Odin flash. You need to go back to stock, then try a fresh/clean install of whatever rom you were trying to install.
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Is there something else that may be wrong thats not allowing me to install the rom on the phone?
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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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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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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.
This is the second phone this has happened to, so I'm inclined to believe the problem resides in either the recovery package or there is no way to go from ICS to stock. Here's what I did and what the result was.
1. Initial phone was having hardware issues. I needed to return it to the warranty exchange depot, so I went to flash the no BL file that you can download from the recovery thread. Everything indicated that it flashed just fine. Phone reboots after the process and it gets the the "rethink Everything" splash screen and just sits there. After a minute, it reboots the phone again. Does the same thing. I take the phone in and get it swapped out under warranty.
2. Load CM9 on new phone and notice that GPS doesn't work. Everyone else says theirs works for the same nightly (5/22), so obviously it's my phone that's the problem or a bad flash. Flash a new nightly (5/29) and GPS still doesn't work. I want to flash back to stock to ensure that it's the hardware that's the problem, not the software. I download the most current recovery NO BL file from the recovery thread to ensure I have a good one. Flash it and the exact same thing happens. I get the splash screen then a reboot.
So now the question is, does flashing ICS permanently make it so you can't flash back? Does ICS work fine, but for some reason CM9 doesnt? Has anyone else done this without a problem? If so, what did you do because 2 phones 'bricking' like this isn't convinsing me that it can be done.
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This is the second phone this has happened to, so I'm inclined to believe the problem resides in either the recovery package or there is no way to go from ICS to stock. Here's what I did and what the result was.
1. Initial phone was having hardware issues. I needed to return it to the warranty exchange depot, so I went to flash the no BL file that you can download from the recovery thread. Everything indicated that it flashed just fine. Phone reboots after the process and it gets the the "rethink Everything" splash screen and just sits there. After a minute, it reboots the phone again. Does the same thing. I take the phone in and get it swapped out under warranty.
2. Load CM9 on new phone and notice that GPS doesn't work. Everyone else says theirs works for the same nightly (5/22), so obviously it's my phone that's the problem or a bad flash. Flash a new nightly (5/29) and GPS still doesn't work. I want to flash back to stock to ensure that it's the hardware that's the problem, not the software. I download the most current recovery NO BL file from the recovery thread to ensure I have a good one. Flash it and the exact same thing happens. I get the splash screen then a reboot.
So now the question is, does flashing ICS permanently make it so you can't flash back? Does ICS work fine, but for some reason CM9 doesnt? Has anyone else done this without a problem? If so, what did you do because 2 phones 'bricking' like this isn't convinsing me that it can be done.
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I know it works, I just used it the other day to go from ics to gb. Did you do a factory reset after flashing? Make sure you have your sdcard backed up before you use stock recovery.
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nakedninja42 said:
I know it works, I just used it the other day to go from ics to gb. Did you do a factory reset after flashing? Make sure you have your sdcard backed up before you use stock recovery.
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by factory reset, you mean from the recovery console?
nakedninja42 said:
I know it works, I just used it the other day to go from ics to gb. Did you do a factory reset after flashing? Make sure you have your sdcard backed up before you use stock recovery.
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Ok. You may now mock me. I did a factory reset and it worked. Feel like such a noob.
nothing to see here folks. Move along. Red, you can shut 'er down.
stalked_r/t said:
Ok. You may now mock me. I did a factory reset and it worked. Feel like such a noob.
nothing to see here folks. Move along. Red, you can shut 'er down.
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No one would mock you over this. It is your experience.
Next time, when somebody hit the same or similar problem, do help them.
Friendly reminder.. If you can start your title with [q], it probably belongs in QA...
Mock mock mock!
Great to know, this may not be posted and is only available as "common knowledge". You sir have made this solution available to anyone searching for it. Thank you!
Clay
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