So i decided to restore to stock as I do this on occasions...once on stock, i actually decided I'd download the verizon OTAs that were available. After doing so, the phone rebooted, installed one OTA, rebooted, selected the newer OTA, rebooted and after that if just keept looping the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" start up screen and its on for a milisecond then reboots and continues.
After that kept happening I decided to use imnuts Back to stock odin method AGAIN as that is what i always use (thanks to imnuts btw) and the file provided ive been using to restore to stock just keeps failing and failing...I'm not sure where to turn, i cant use casual because i cant boot into an OS. help? direction? advise?
anyone have any input thats useful?
so i tried to restore to stock and it for some reason the file kept failing when it began installation through Odin...then it would fail, so i tried a few times and no go, downloaded a new file, it wasnt the file, still no go....SOooo, I decided to try Adams Casual root/unlock yada yada...so i while still in Download moade, i booted up Casual and ask for it to do what it does....first time around, it loaded up TWRP and i thought i was good to go...some how, i accidentally asked Casual to re run its process....after that the phone would only boot to the samsung splash screen and then immediately reboot, can't boot into recovery only Download..
When i try to go back to stock using Odin now, Odin doesnt recognize my phone being connected any more and i just reinstalled the drivers but no go....any help?
am i bricked!?
Id just send the phone back to vzw as long as you have no physical damage tp it you should ve good
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well im actually waiting on a box to send it back out cause of cracked screenage BUT after alll of that, if i try to boot into recovery, I get this message saying "software not supported yada yada. Please bring to Verzion for managing yada yada" either way it states non compatible software, meaning its a custom recovery but wont boot into it i think because it has a locked bootloader....so i cant just send it back until i get it back to stock...which is what got me here in the first place
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well im actually waiting on a box to send it back out cause of cracked screenage BUT after alll of that, if i try to boot into recovery, I get this message saying "software not supported yada yada. Please bring to Verzion for managing yada yada" either way it states non compatible software, meaning its a custom recovery but wont boot into it i think because it has a locked bootloader....so i cant just send it back until i get it back to stock...which is what got me here in the first place
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Have you tried the PIT? The alternative should work but you could also try root66.
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Have you tried the PIT? The alternative should work but you could also try root66.
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It took a while to get it to work but that method surely did. Thanks bud. I was up late tying to figure it out and was cranky and sluggish so I over looked things :-/
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It took a while to get it to work but that method surely did. Thanks bud. I was up late tying to figure it out and was cranky and sluggish so I over looked things :-/
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We all do that, I forget **** all the time.
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Installed the DoW kernel over Bionix-v and wound up in a boot loop, unable to get into recovery, but I was able to get into download mode. Tried using ODIN to flash back to stock, but it won't boot past the 1st Vibrant splash screen.
The ONLY rom I've been able to boot is Eugene's JK2+2e Froyo ROM, but it's not recognizing both the internal and external storage (shows unavailable). I'm assuming this is due to ODINing with voodoo enabled, so I tried flashing one of SuperCurio's voodoo kernels on top, but that seemed to have no effect.
I've tried using Eugene's Froyo that doesnt brick and then downgrading to stock JFD, but it still refuses to boot, same as if I negated the Froyo step. I'm fairly lost as to what my next step should be besides randomly changing settings, but I dont want to get to a state where I can't enter download mode.
ANY help anyone can provide would be amazing and greatly appreciated, and I can of course provide any additional information that would be helpful.
Odin needs time. Odin is your solution.
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Thanks for the response, but could you be more specific? I'm aware that ODIN is the solution, because I'm unable to flash anything in recovery.
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Thanks for the response, but could you be more specific? I'm aware that ODIN is the solution, because I'm unable to flash anything in recovery.
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Sure. If it was me id download an older odin version. Just try it. Id also go back to stock.
Remember to back up a program to root.
I still use odin 1.3 myself. Works every single time.
Let me know.
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Using Odin 1.7 now, I'll try 1.3 and report back on that. The problem is, every time I attempt to revert back to stock (JFD or JI6), the phone refuses to boot, shows Vibrant splashscreen for ~1.5 sec and then shuts off. No boot animations.
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Using Odin 1.7 now, I'll try 1.3 and report back on that. The problem is, every time I attempt to revert back to stock (JFD or JI6), the phone refuses to boot, shows Vibrant splashscreen for ~1.5 sec and then shuts off. No boot animations.
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Keep trying. It will work eventually for no reason.
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Leave it alone for at least 5 to 10 min on splash screen. Sometimes that takes a while.
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Leave it alone for at least 5 to 10 min on splash screen. Sometimes that takes a while.
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15 max
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Would you recommend flashing Eugene's Froyo that does not brick first and then flashing stock on top? Or straight to flash? And should "re-partition" be checked at any point, since the ext4 system needs to be rebuilt to RFS.
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Would you recommend flashing Eugene's Froyo that does not brick first and then flashing stock on top? Or straight to flash? And should "re-partition" be checked at any point, since the ext4 system needs to be rebuilt to RFS.
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No to repartition on my end. But u may want to ask about the ext4 going back to rfs. Ive always done it in cwm honestly.
Someone else with more expirience will have to answer that.
But I have never and read it doesnt need to be done.
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Tried, still wont turn on on stock, just vibrant screen.
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Tried, still wont turn on on stock, just vibrant screen.
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Its not bricked. Keep trying.
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Its not bricked. Keep trying.
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+1. If your phone boots at all it's in my experience 100% recoverable. I own a RIFF box as well so if you brick it dead then I can still fix it... . I'll be getting a video up on ODIN usage for Vibrant/i9000 owners tomorrow. Check out my Boot Logo video on my website for a little bit of ODIN usage to give you an idea. You just need to open ODIN. The put the phone in download mode and plug in via USB. Then select your PIT and PDA file and click start. Then you can reflash stock firmware. PM me as I offer this as a service as well.
Thanks for the reply. Usage of ODIN is not my problem, the problem is that flashing to JFD (whether I use Eugene's Froyo 1st or not) results in a failed boot. The phone shows the 1st Vibrant splash screen for ~2 sec and then shuts off. No process I have tried results in a successful stock boot.
Thinking about trying both of these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823300
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940671
HOPEFULLY, one of these will let me get into CWM or access the filesystem in order to disable Voodoo.
Once again, if anyone knows of a way to revert EXT4 -> RFS through ADB or download mode, please let me know!
Well I have been working on it for a day straight and no luck. I have talked to several people and the phone has readonly partition now so it is ****ed! Nand death! I called T-Mobile yesterday and told them I have know idea why but my phone won't turn on, blah, blah, blah. So they are going to replace it under warranty and it will be here in a few days.
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Thinking about trying both of these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823300
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940671
HOPEFULLY, one of these will let me get into CWM or access the filesystem in order to disable Voodoo.
Once again, if anyone knows of a way to revert EXT4 -> RFS through ADB or download mode, please let me know!
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Hey, thank you so much for posting this up. These are great finds. I'd be more inclined though, to just call Tmobile and get another phone. I'm really tired of messing with the phone. I don't have time to be messing with this anymore.
The fact that I can get into download mode may be good news, but it does nothing for me right now. With what we know about bricking and unbricking phones, I've thrown every trick I know at it already. I hope you get it fixed, but I"m not messing with it anymore.
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Well I have been working on it for a day straight and no luck. I have talked to several people and the phone has readonly partition now so it is ****ed! Nand death! I called T-Mobile yesterday and told them I have know idea why but my phone won't turn on, blah, blah, blah. So they are going to replace it under warranty and it will be here in a few days.
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Yeah man, me too. I'm getting this thing exchanged. It's a paperweight right now. My phone is doing exactly the same thing.
Can you recap one more time? You are only having problems flashing a custom ROM? You said ODIN is not the problem so I'm taking it you could flash back to stock if you wanted to?
Size matters.
Hey, I haven't posted in here before, I've been a member for a while, just never had anything to contribute. So I got the whole soft brick problem. I spent countless hours trying to get into download mode. The size of the usb cable matters, I was using an LG Optimus cord, and my buddy tried his blackberry cord which had much more gerth, and BAM download mode everytime no problem. Maybe this might help some of you out there.
Also I would like to say, thank you for everyones hard work. I had to roll back to stock roms, and just got the Froyo.UVKA7 to work. I love it, it's quick, it's got color in the settings menu. I wanted to cry... Everyone that has ever had anything to do with the developement to make Android better. THANK YOU!
Absolutely,
I am having problems with the phone starting up and loading what I flashed.
I flashed JI5 Ji6, and Eugene's non bricking Froyo Rom
These 3 are the only ones I was able to find that is ODIN flashable
Why you ask?
I cannot get into Recovery, but I can get into Download mode. I can't get into any recovery at all. NOTHING. This is why ODIN seems to be my only option.
But regardless of any ROM i flash, my phone shuts off right after the Vibrant screen. No splash screen, no loading, no booting. .Nothing. It just shuts off.
I can't charge it either.
i get a Charging bootloop. HOurglass - battery shows up for a bit, then restarts over and over.
So in other words. it's ****ed.
Hope that explains it sufficiently. if you have any more questions or suggestions, Im open man, Im open.
Help me
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Can you recap one more time? You are only having problems flashing a custom ROM? You said ODIN is not the problem so I'm taking it you could flash back to stock if you wanted to?
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I followed everything to a t. I used Odin I777UKH7-CL503881-No-Bl
Please Help I know you guys get mad at me.I really need help bad. It said it passed and now its stuck on boot screen.
Can you get into recovery mode?
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You broke it dude... go get a new phone...
Meh, wrong forum.
Oh, by the way, all you need to do is get on recovery mode (volume up & down plus lock) and clear data/factory reset.
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Worst case you might have to get into download mode and re-flash. I had a situation like yours that wouldn't let me get into recovery.
now i cant get it to charge,could a bad cable mess up the rooting process?
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now i cant get it to charge,could a bad cable mess up the rooting process?
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did you try getting into recovery or download mode?
if your cable has an unstable connection then yes it could mess up the rooting process.
ok i went out and brought a house charger so its back into download mode
Red, does he get penalized for double posting? Identical threads in general and Q&A, and they're both still open. And do I get in trouble for double posting the same question in both threads?
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Red, does he get penalized for double posting? Identical threads in general and Q&A, and they're both still open. And do I get in trouble for double posting the same question in both threads?
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triple posting* Q&A, General, AND themes and apps. seriously dude? go somewhere else if you can't use common sense and patience...
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triple posting* Q&A, General, AND themes and apps. seriously dude? go somewhere else if you can't use common sense and patience...
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my name is travis. i like beer is good for you
Didn't we help you fix this problem before? Why are you still trying to flash the phone using Odin? When you got it fixed the first time it should of had CWM on it. After that you should of never used odin for flashing again. That is how you got the triangle again. I think the best bet for you is to find someone in your area that has experience with android phones and have them fix it for you.
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Recovey Mode (volume up + volume down) then reflash the ROM.
Im sorry guys,i didn't not know this site is so stricken,there no sense getting so pissed at me.Im sorry for putting in the wrong forum.All Im asking is for help.I cant get it back to stock.Will some please help a dumb ass noob.Thats all i ask then ill delete my accountant if phone gets fixed.i just thought fellow geek are suppose to help each other
We do like helping fellow geeks. The problem is that there is nothing we can tell you to do that is not already documented in the stickies. That is why I suggested you find someone local to you that can help you. Without physically having your phone in front of us, we can only speculate on what is going on.
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well whats happen its getting stuck in odin
wont go past setup.
Take it easy, OP. Learn your lesson. That's all you need.
Also, don't open more than one thread with the same content.
Have you followed step by step return to stock thread?
How far does it go?
ok i got it back to stock but now the wifi doesnt work
You really, really need to search for stuff. This is already discussed in a few threads. But to spoon feed you. Just got back into recovery and do a factory wipe. Should work fine afterwards.
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Ok its working now, all alone it was my data cable. But I can't get any roms to install I keep get e: signature error. Does that mean my sd card is bad. It shows up in usb mode.
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Ok its working now, all alone it was my data cable. But I can't get any roms to install I keep get e: signature error. Does that mean my sd card is bad. It shows up in usb mode.
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No. your sdcard is fine.
What were you attempting to flash and what version of cwm recovery do you have?
P.S. In the future when you post about a failed flash please include the following information - what firmware you are currently running whether it is stock or one of the custom roms and which kernel you are running, and most importantly include what it is you are trying to flash - this will really help anyone who is going to try and help you out.
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Hey, I got a friend that has the vibrant, he tried to root it I guess and it stayed stuck on the boot screen... won't do anything else. Any idea on what to do about this ?
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Did you use the correct update.zip from the noob guide ?
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Read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
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What ROM was your friend on? Are you sure it is a T959 (3g) and not a T959V (4g) ? Do you know what Odin is? How did you try to root - update.zip, Superoneclick? Need more info before a proper diagnosis.
I'm off for next few days but there are plenty here that can help and check my signature for direct downloads of file.
You already flash the boot.img that is located in the ROM zip?
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No idea I'm just trying to get an idea of what to do. He's going to bring me the phone tomorrow so I'll be able to give you more detail on what he did. But he was saying something about ODIN..
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When you do get it, check out this thread from yesterday. Very short and informative.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822895
i also don't know how to use
OK he said he did it this way : YouTube.com/watch?v=do6mTvgfH8Y
and well after he did it its stuck on the boot screen. I have the phone...what do I do?
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OK he said he did it this way : YouTube.com/watch?v=do6mTvgfH8Y
and well after he did it its stuck on the boot screen. I have the phone...what do I do?
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OK first I must ask does the phone have a front facing camera?
Also YouTube vids are OK to get a visual idea however don't just try and follow a vid. Make sure you read and get all info required.
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No the phone does not have a FFC... yeah the only problem is I didn't do it ... I'm just trying to fix it
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Yeah, I would say easiest would probably be to just Odin it back to stock, then, just because your an awesome friend (right?) you go ahead and hook him up with Helly Bean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
This is a guide that has all the files you need to DL.
Basically it will guide you through downloading Odin (open disc in a nutshell) and the two files you need to flash the phone back to stock 2.1 eclair. It will tell you how to put phone in DL mode. Never disconnect a phone from PC while Odin is running.
After that, it will guide you through the rooting the phone and getting a custom recovery(clockwork mod).
CWM recovery is what is needed to install a custom rom.
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OK I'm going to try this right now see how it goes lol.
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Yeah, I would say easiest would probably be to just Odin it back to stock, then, just because your an awesome friend (right?) you go ahead and hook him up with Helly Bean
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Of course. I think that's what he was trying to do till it got stuck and couldnt fix it lol
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Yeah. Just follow all the steps and you should have no trouble. Took me all day, trying to go straight from Froyo to HB, but when I took my time and went the way we showed you, it worked like a charm.
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Yeah. Just follow all the steps and you should have no trouble. Took me all day, trying to go straight from Froyo to HB, but when I took my time and went the way we showed you, it worked like a charm.
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ok im confused on the rooting part. I cant seem to put it into recovery... the vibrant logo just keeps on restarting till i let go and the phone just starts up.
Are you on GB boot loader? Make sure your using correct button combo to get to recovery. Think its down and power at same time. Kind of a pain in the butt to do until you get the hang of it. Soon as you see Samsung let go and it should give yellow text scrolling, then recovery menu.
°thats not exactly rooting. The HB ROM has root though, so when all is finished you will be rooted.
Also make sure when HB is installed, when you first boot it let it sit and don't touch it for 10 min or so
If you get stuck pm me
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Are you on GB boot loader? Make sure your using correct button combo to get to recovery. Think its down and power at same time. Kind of a pain in the butt to do until you get the hang of it. Soon as you see Samsung let go and it should give yellow text scrolling, then recovery menu.
°thats not exactly rooting. The HB ROM has root though, so when all is finished you will be rooted.
Also make sure when HB is installed, when you first boot it let it sit and don't touch it for 10 min or so
If you get stuck pm me
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cool got it... i have to run the update.zip then get to the the HB part lol
Yeah. Don't skip anything either. Update.zip then wipe and everything install froyo then wipe, etc. Then cm nightly, etc. Don't skip, will likely just slow you down.
I have the XSG region (uae) model of the S3 9300 and i've had it for over a week by now, I've successfully rooted it without a problem and i love the phone. However, when i comes to installing custom roms that supposedly improve performance and battery life, it's not working out for me.
So far I've tried the Cyanogen mod and the liquidsmooth mod, using odin. With both of those i repeatedly tried installing them and i even wiped the cache and data, but they just end up sitting there at the boot screen, as if i did all this just to stare at a logo! why the hell don't they work?????????????? help please,
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Not an international GT-i9300?
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Not an international GT-i9300?
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Good question man, how do i find out? (i assumed it was cuz i bought it right here in the UAE)
E007 said:
Good question man, how do i find out? (i assumed it was cuz i bought it right here in the UAE)
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Go to about phone , u'll get ur model
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Go to about phone , u'll get ur model
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it says it's GT-I9300 so i have the international version then eh. ok now what..?
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it says it's GT-I9300 so i have the international version then eh. ok now what..?
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If it is GT-I9300, indeed it is an international model (if it is not faked ).
You should be able to, for instance via CWM or Mobile Odin (to keep root), flash a custom rom. Try to do a factory reset wipe/data wipe and install the rom again. For some roms you also might do a "fix permissions" from your custom recovery after you flashed it (but before you restart the phone).
Looks like you are trying to flash zip files in Odin.
STOP NOW!
Ok note we have sorted that, and before you do anything else, take a step back, and do some reading and learning, starting with the rollup sticky at the top of the general thread.
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Looks like you are trying to flash zip files in Odin.
STOP NOW!
Ok note we have sorted that, and before you do anything else, take a step back, and do some reading and learning, starting with the rollup sticky at the top of the general thread.
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Um, i don't get it, what?
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Um, i don't get it, what?
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Precisely before flashing read the FAQS and Guides is rule one .
Rule two is backup your EFS folder before flashing instead of crying later .
BASICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje
Tl;dr install with mobile odin or clockwork recovery to install ZIP files (most ROMs come in this, also don't extract it), use dekstop odin to install tar files
Ok fair enough, thanks all for the help so far, I'll do a bit of reading then try again. I've had an Iphone for over 2 years that I jailbroke and used from day one. This phone is so much cooler however, I look forward to exploring the improved possibilities..
Ok that's it then, seems the only way something like this MAY work is by wiping the phone clean and starting over, something very inconvenient for my to do.. If down the line I ever get another phone I will try it then, it has been a headache trying it on this one. I decided to give it one more try yesterday after backing up everything, I used titanium backup and also made a back up in recovery mode, I tried fixing permissions after installing the latest cyanogen mod but it didn't make a difference, it just sat at the stupid boot screen, making my phone warm.. I suppose it's okay if one needs a hand warmer!
My woes did not end there however, as I assumed that since I made a backup i could just restore the phone to the way it was. That did not exactly happen unfortunately, clockwork mod restored the system and image just fine, but when it was restoring data it kept stopping at one file and giving me an "error restoring data" bull****. Great, so I boot the phone and now most of the apps don't work and just crash when I try to run them, the only way to fix them is by uninstalling and then re–installing them one by one! Very inconvenient! And to top it off avast told me I have several "problems" found, I assume that is those apps.
So there it is, I shouldn't have done that to my phone yesterday, it worked beautifully until that point, and I was using nobloat to get rid of the unnecessary stuff, make a rom flash pointless, but I was curious.. And there you go, that is my story, I thank you all for trying to help, and I appreciate it really, but I'm done with this nightmare, at least on this phone i am.
Peace
Ok a quick update:
After repeatedly having an occasional issue with the phone, I decided to go for it one more time, this time I followed your advice to the letter, and I'm happy to report that it Worked! I've installed the liquidsmooth Rom and it works great, except for a few issues which I'll talk about in another more relevant thread. Just wanted to say, I apologize for my earlier posts, I was at my wits end at the time!
Since the custom Rom issue has been resolved, I shall lay this thread to rest and hope others learn from it.
Peace.
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So before I begin, I will admit up front. I just made a ton of mistakes.... There it's out there.
So I was originally rooted (using this method), but then I received and installed the OTA update for 4.1.2 (mistake #1 apparently). Well silly me I didn't realize it would remove my root. So some of my apps said I wasn't rooted anymore.
"No big deal!" I thought, I'd just re-root myself using the same steps! (mistake #2) Well I still had everything saved on my computer, so I used Odin to root my phone again! Well, here comes the problem.. It gets stuck in an endless restart loop.. It shows the Samsung splash, and then the colorful 4G stuff, and then it just loops between those two forever....
So then I came on here to figure out what was wrong. Yes, I understand my huge mistake in not doing that ORIGINALLY. So I rebooted into the mode where I can download from a computer still (vol-down/home button/power button) and ran the new root method from this forum, crossing my fingers that it would still work... No dice.. Casual says it is restarting my phone, but then it just stops.
Here is my pastebin.
Am I screwed? Do I need to wipe my phone? It wouldn't be the end of the world, since I have most of my data saved, but as far as I understand there isn't any way to save settings or where each app is placed on my phone so I am still going to have to take the time to install each app again and put them where I had them before..
Thanks a lot in advance for everyone's help!!
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So before I begin, I will admit up front. I just made a ton of mistakes.... There it's out there.
So I was originally rooted (using this method), but then I received and installed the OTA update for 4.1.2 (mistake #1 apparently). Well silly me I didn't realize it would remove my root. So some of my apps said I wasn't rooted anymore.
"No big deal!" I thought, I'd just re-root myself using the same steps! (mistake #2) Well I still had everything saved on my computer, so I used Odin to root my phone again! Well, here comes the problem.. It gets stuck in an endless restart loop.. It shows the Samsung splash, and then the colorful 4G stuff, and then it just loops between those two forever....
So then I came on here to figure out what was wrong. Yes, I understand my huge mistake in not doing that ORIGINALLY. So I rebooted into the mode where I can download from a computer still (vol-down/home button/power button) and ran the new root method from this forum, crossing my fingers that it would still work... No dice.. Casual says it is restarting my phone, but then it just stops.
Here is my pastebin.
Am I screwed? Do I need to wipe my phone? It wouldn't be the end of the world, since I have most of my data saved, but as far as I understand there isn't any way to save settings or where each app is placed on my phone so I am still going to have to take the time to install each app again and put them where I had them before..
Thanks a lot in advance for everyone's help!!
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As long as you can get to Download Mode you aren't hard bricked. You need to check out Droidstyles guide and use section 1b. I believe if you accepted the VRAMC3 update then only root66 or the alternative restore method will let you go back to 4.1.1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
In short all you have to do is use Odin to flash back to stock.
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shangrila500 said:
As long as you can get to Download Mode you aren't hard bricked. You need to check out Droidstyles guide and use section 1b. I believe if you accepted the VRAMC3 update then only root66 or the alternative restore method will let you go back to 4.1.1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
In short all you have to do is use Odin to flash back to stock.
Sent from my SCH-I605 using XDA Premium HD app
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I just followed those 1b instructions and I'm still stuck in a boot loop, which seems like it means I need to do a factory reset.. right? Thanks for your help!
raiderxx said:
I just followed those 1b instructions and I'm still stuck in a boot loop, which seems like it means I need to do a factory reset.. right? Thanks for your help!
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If you're boot looping I'm pretty sure a factory reset is going to do little to nothing but you can give it a shot. Stranger things have worked. If it doesn't you should flash the alternative ROM file.
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