Ok here's the problem. I rooted my phone the new Galaxy Centura from Straight Talk. I then proceeded to wipe the Dalvik Cache. When I was looking at the other sections in recovery, I ended up in the system format. I really didn't mean too but I did format the system. My phone will still go into download and recovery modes and the Samsung image still shows up but nothing else. Is there a way to fix it? I have to know. Please help. I need it desperately.:crying:
At this point you should flash a custom ROM through recovery or if needed use hiemdall or Odin to return to stock in download mode
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DesiDCooley29 said:
Ok here's the problem. I rooted my phone the new Galaxy Centura from Straight Talk. I then proceeded to wipe the Dalvik Cache. When I was looking at the other sections in recovery, I ended up in the system format. I really didn't mean too but I did format the system. My phone will still go into download and recovery modes and the Samsung image still shows up but nothing else. Is there a way to fix it? I have to know. Please help. I need it desperately.:crying:
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Just (also wipe data), download some ROM for Your device and flash it via CWM.
Or You can always download ROM for Your device from here and flash it via odin. It's the easiest way to fix it
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Hey folks. I'm not entirely new to ROM flashing. I've been flashing numerous ROMs on my Diamond, TouchPro2, and Desire. The actual steps and tools are different but the basic principle remain the same. It's just wipe and flash.
But on the SGS2, the process is getting on my nerves. If I simply do a wipe and flash, I ALWAYS get boot loops. I always have to go through the following steps:
1. Wipe and flash stock ROM via ODIN
2. Flash CF-Root via ODIN
3. Boot the device to the setup wizard.
4. Flash "abc" ROM via CWM or ODIN
Is this actually what all you SGS2 ROM flashing veterans do? Or am I doing something wrong?
Also if I'm on a custom ROM, I can't even do a hard reset without encountering boot loops. I'd have to go through those 4 steps again. It's driving me insane...
Don't wipe through recovery. Format through settings.
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rwj5279955 said:
Don't wipe through recovery. Format through settings.
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This doesn't seem to work either. I was just on Lightning ROM and I did a hard reset by going to "Settings > Privacy". That resulted in boot loops...
As of this moment, I just can't seem to figure out how to flash ROMs or hard reset without being at my PC. Does everybody else always rely on their PC for their ROM flashing needs?
Hmm...something seems wrong here. Here is what I do and normally don't have any issues.
1. Reboot into recovery.
2. Wipe data/factory reset.
3. Wipe dalvik cache.
4. Format system.
5. Install the downloaded rom from sdcard OR go to download mode and flash thru odin depending on zip file or odin file.
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For a clean phone i format phone through windows . In recovery format system data and sd card .
Should be no problems left on phone .
Install stock rom via Odin followed by cwm and root copy custom rom to sd card and flash .
jje
kirdroid said:
Hmm...something seems wrong here. Here is what I do and normally don't have any issues.
1. Reboot into recovery.
2. Wipe data/factory reset.
3. Wipe dalvik cache.
4. Format system.
5. Install the downloaded rom from sdcard OR go to download mode and flash thru odin depending on zip file or odin file.
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I'll give this a shot later when I get home and recover from my bootloop...
JJEgan said:
For a clean phone i format phone through windows . In recovery format system data and sd card .
Should be no problems left on phone .
Install stock rom via Odin followed by cwm and root copy custom rom to sd card and flash .
jje
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I know how to get out of bootloops. The question is, how do I flash ROMs without the PC (ie, without having to flash back to stock rom via Odin)?
ohyeahar said:
I'll give this a shot later when I get home and recover from my bootloop...
I know how to get out of bootloops. The question is, how do I flash ROMs without the PC (ie, without having to flash back to stock rom via Odin)?
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The instructions for the rom may require you to have a stock rom or not depends upon what the rom builder decides .Some require custom through Odin other via CWM.Most are CWM flashes and do not mention stock rom at all .
jje
Hi everyone, i've got a huge problem with my i9300, i've got the foxhound/[email protected] rom since a week, and everything worked fine, i updated once without problems, however today i did the update with usual procedure, but now i've rebooted and i'm stuck on a bootloop after the apps optimizing part, where Android tries to optimize two apps, then open them, but then boot animation starts again over and over.
I tried going into recovery but it did not do anything, so i i tried flashing CWM via Odin, however now if i try starting in recovery only the samsung boot screen shows up and stays there forever.
Please help me
Pureemousseline said:
Hi everyone, i've got a huge problem with my i9300, i've got the foxhound/[email protected] rom since a week, and everything worked fine, i updated once without problems, however today i did the update with usual procedure, but now i've rebooted and i'm stuck on a bootloop after the apps optimizing part, where Android tries to optimize two apps, then open them, but then boot animation starts again over and over.
I tried going into recovery but it did not do anything, so i i tried flashing CWM via Odin, however now if i try starting in recovery only the samsung boot screen shows up and stays there forever.
Please help me
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Go to CWM recovery and do a data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache, reboot and restore your apps.
gee2012 said:
Go to CWM recovery and do a data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache, reboot and restore your apps.
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Well, problem is i cannot access recovery, but thanks for helping
Go in downloadmode and flash a stock rom with Odin. See item 2 and 3 in my signature
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Is it possible to do so without wipe data ? I've got loads of things in there and my precedent Ti backup does not include them
Pureemousseline said:
Is it possible to do so without wipe data ? I've got loads of things in there and my precedent Ti backup does not include them
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Well just installedit, still the same bootloop problem, just boot screen changes
Up, please help me, i'm so desperate right now
Flash Root via ODIN .
ROOT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684535
then recovery and Nandroid restore .
Fails then .
Wipe phone flash stock rom via Odin .
jje
JJEgan said:
Flash Root via ODIN .
ROOT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684535
then recovery and Nandroid restore .
Fails then .
Wipe phone flash stock rom via Odin .
jje
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THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS I MANAGED TO GO TO RECOVERY AND DO THE UPDATE AGAIN, NOW MY PHONE WORKS PERFECTLY WITHOUT LOSING DATA !!!!
Thank you really really much for this
Just bought a used phone off Swappa. It has TWRP and had Cyanogenmod installed.
I wanted to try a TouchWiz ROM so I downloaded one. Booted into recovery, made a backup to external SD Card and then flashed the ROM. It said it flashed
successfully but when rebooted, it just stayed at the Samsung Galaxy S4 Boot
screen.
I tried restoring the backup, but it failed!
I thought I might have had a bad download so I downloaded Cyanogenmod nightly and LiquidSmooth on my laptop, transfered to the SD card, popped it into the S4, boot into recovery, and tried flashing each, and both just boot to the boot screen and freeze.
What are my best options now? I saw some guides for flashing back to stock via Odin, but requires that I know if I am on VRUAME7 or VRUAMDK and I don't know. Could I have been on ME7 and running Cyanogenmod? Doesn't seem possible, no?
Me7 ota doesnt have the ability to flash custom recovery or rom, so no you werent on that beforehand. Whenever you flash a rom you need to do a wipe/factory reset and wipe caches, unless op states you can dirty flash. Doing some reading will only help you out, generally every post outlines the installation process. Boot to recovery do your wipes then try booting again. If your still in a bootloop then you will need to flash mdk via odin then start the rooting and romming process over.
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Man, I thought I did everything right.
First, did a backup.
Then full wipe with TWRP full wipe, including cache.
Then flash ROM
I'll have to get familiar with Odin and find the MDK images.
Sometimes that happens. Could have been a bad download then it happens more often then you would think. If theres an md5 hash posted its a good idea to verify the download is good. In the dev section theres no wipe mdk images posted so you wont lose your already installed apps and data.
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So I downloaded the factory image and flashed via Odin, but accidentally flashed via bootloader rather than PDA. It wouldn't start - still hung at the boot screen, so I re-flashed via PDA and it is still hanging at the boot screen.
Now I don't know if it is just the same problem as before, or if I messed something up with flashing through bootloader. Can I reflash something via the bootloader section of Odin to restore it?
What version of twrp? And try to go back into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik.
That worked for me on the buggy version of twrp when it wouldn't booy
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twiz0r said:
What version of twrp? And try to go back into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik.
That worked for me on the buggy version of twrp when it wouldn't booy
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Not sure what version it was because it's now back to factory recovery. I did go back into it and did a factory wipe and it booted!
Hey guys its been since my first epic 1 that I been here..what I have is an unrooted s3 I updated it and it worked fine but the next day it wont boot past the big s....I was wondering if anyway to undo the update? I dont want to wipe and flash because all my pics and music and some important files that mever made it to my sd card..any help or idea?
Boot to recovery and clear cache and dalvic, probably won't help though.
Next step is always to factory reset, you might get around this by installing custom recovery (Philz recovery is recommended), use that to format system, data etc. before installing your previous stock rom via .zip. That way your internal sd files will still be there and the phone will boot.
Follow guides in general, stickies.
Ok but it wont let me in recovery mode.I can get into the odin but thats it.can I dl cwm to it from the comp in odin mode? Or do I have to root it from there and see what it does?
from the odin mode flash stock rom as per your region. Also please note you will loose your data.
Hi, my S2 is running the spanish 4.1.2 that was flashed with ODIN a long time ago. Today it just died, when I try to switch it on it just stuck on the samsung logo (after the cool sound and animation).
I've tried to do wipe cache partition, no effect.
It's not dead. Unplug battery then put it back, then enter odin mode or recovery mode, reset rom. You could do odin on pc or recovery on Phone
Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
bogdan1980 said:
It's not dead. Unplug battery then put it back, then enter odin mode or recovery mode, reset rom. You could do odin on pc or recovery on Phone
Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
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The problem is I must get some of the data on the phone.
@nupity maybe you can flash an flashable kernel/recovery through odin so you could also push another rom to your phone, flash it and easily backup your data. You can try siyah flashable kernel for odin or maybe from philz
Siyah, philz or dorimanx 8.43 kernel
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wulsic said:
@nupity maybe you can flash an flashable kernel/recovery through odin so you could also push another rom to your phone, flash it and easily backup your data. You can try siyah flashable kernel for odin or maybe from philz
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I thought about it, should I flash through odin the rom that it's running right now? It should save the data and make it run right?
And then I will backup and move to a new rom.
@nupity you can try it BUT i am not sure or it formats data/factory reset also thats why i suggested to flash an recovery to flash another 4.1.2 stock based rom. You can google it about odin to be sure. I can't google it now since my tab's browser is bugged :/ and i don remember anymore from when i had the s2 or it wipes data also. I wish you luck with this
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@nupity you can try it BUT i am not sure or it formats data/factory reset also thats why i suggested to flash an recovery to flash another 4.1.2 stock based rom. You can google it about odin to be sure. I can't google it now since my tab's browser is bugged :/ and i don remember anymore from when i had the s2 or it wipes data also. I wish you luck with this
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I remember that when I did it (it was an upgrade from 2.3.5) nothing was lost, but I hope someone can answer me that.
nupity said:
I remember that when I did it (it was an upgrade from 2.3.5) nothing was lost, but I hope someone can answer me that.
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I accessed my pc again since 4 days I have read that ODIN wipes your data/factory reset but keeps your pictures/videos and other downloads intact but other says that odin doesn't Wipe data/factory reset so I am not sure about it. I hope that some other samsung user could help you with your problem since I didn't used Odin for over a year :crying:
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I accessed my pc again since 4 days I have read that ODIN wipes your data/factory reset but keeps your pictures/videos and other downloads intact but other says that odin doesn't Wipe data/factory reset so I am not sure about it. I hope that some other samsung user could help you with your problem since I didn't used Odin for over a year :crying:
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Just flashed PhilZ kernel. It boots but right now it stucks on "Android is upgrading.. Starting apps"
nupity said:
Just flashed PhilZ kernel. It boots but right now it stucks on "Android is upgrading.. Starting apps"
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ahh okay nupity Maybe there is something with your existing apps what you had first. Try to go to Philz recovery and wipe cache/dalvik cache. If that doesn't work and it's still stuck then you maybe need to try to flash another 4.1.2 stock based romand see if it goes then so Download the rom, Format system, Cache and Dalvik cache.
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ahh okay nupity Maybe there is something with your existing apps what you had first. Try to go to Philz recovery and wipe cache/dalvik cache. If that doesn't work and it's still stuck then you maybe need to try to flash another 4.1.2 stock based romand see if it goes then so Download the rom, Format system, Cache and Dalvik cache.
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Ok, did dalvik and cache wipe. It says "optimizing apps XX/89" and then get to "starting apps" again, after 5 minutes I pulled out the battery, should I let it work more time?
Yes
Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
bogdan1980 said:
Yes
Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
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Gave it one hour, still nothing. Shoud I flash the rom again from odin? (like I suggested a few posts ago)
If you need data...... You need to conect phone with samsung app if you could. Or with adb.
Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
bogdan1980 said:
If you need data...... You need to conect phone with samsung app if you could. Or with adb.
Note 3 rooted knox 1, my last Samsuck crap. I want freedom. Stay away from Samsuck!
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The problem is I need the calender and the notes, how could I get them?
wulsic said:
I accessed my pc again since 4 days I have read that ODIN wipes your data/factory reset but keeps your pictures/videos and other downloads intact but other says that odin doesn't Wipe data/factory reset so I am not sure about it. I hope that some other samsung user could help you with your problem since I didn't used Odin for over a year :crying:
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flashed this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ives/rom-simplistic-completely-stock-t1998205
through recovery and it stuck on "Starting apps" (gave it a full hour, nothing). Is there a way to get out the calender and notes information?
@nupity maybe. If you have cwm then you can perform an advanced backup only fromthe data partition and then you could extract everything it with some nandroid backup manager.
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@nupity maybe. If you have cwm then you can perform an advanced backup only fromthe data partition and then you could extract everything it with some nandroid backup manager.
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I have access to the phone's files through Droid Explorer. Where can I found their data?
@nupity its in the android/data folder but if you have recovery like i said just do advanced backup of data partition and use nandroid backup manager or something like that to get the data. Or you can just take the folder I guess :/ i am not sure anymore about the folder since i am 2 months without an android phone