[Q] Sprint Dead bootloop - Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Installed jelly boom domantion rom, worked fine untill i select the boost mode opition. Then along the way driving with gps phone blinked, and start this boot loop. It was not a normal boot loop because it said samsung restart....and i could not get recovery to load either, the team win recovery mod. Now i did everything right because working rooted phone with custom rom. So solution was to do a nand erase all and install stock rom. Yes i got the right stock, because on odin mode the binary says samsung offcial but system says custom. That was no help either still samsung and same thing. Took it to best buy they had no clue either, so they are ordering a new phone...they said could be bad battery or the phone. They also mentioned that the official sprint updates cause boot loops. Now i pretty much have a dead phone, stock rom on it....so when the experts play with it theyll see im brand new out of the box? any ideas what the hell happened?

Bump

bump 100 views

bump, really no 1 knows what happened?

203 views bump

djhulk2 said:
Installed jelly boom domantion rom, worked fine untill i select the boost mode opition. Then along the way driving with gps phone blinked, and start this boot loop. It was not a normal boot loop because it said samsung restart....and i could not get recovery to load either, the team win recovery mod. Now i did everything right because working rooted phone with custom rom. So solution was to do a nand erase all and install stock rom. Yes i got the right stock, because on odin mode the binary says samsung offcial but system says custom. That was no help either still samsung and same thing. Took it to best buy they had no clue either, so they are ordering a new phone...they said could be bad battery or the phone. They also mentioned that the official sprint updates cause boot loops. Now i pretty much have a dead phone, stock rom on it....so when the experts play with it theyll see im brand new out of the box? any ideas what the hell happened?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think that you've had little response on this because you're asking for an autopsy report with no corpse to dismember, or enough specifics to do a second opinion (we don't know the rev, what other mods you'd installed, or even your baseband, the method you used to install stock--was it the one provided on the development forum?).
If you still had your phone or provided details (logcat, rom build), there'd be folks far more knowledgeable than I whom could provide assistance. That's what these devs do, take pride in their work and go even further by wanting to see you up and running (that could be considered dev integrity or honor, since their name is all they have here).
[That's about the finest combo (free product + extraordinary service) one could encounter. You don't get that at retailers these days, and one pays for the work product.]
Since you've bumped this, I will speculate. Don't use boost mode within Wanam when on JellyBomb, or do under some circumstances. Or, perhaps you had bad hardware. Or...you get the picture.
In the end, I hope you enjoy your replacement, and have a less troublesome experience.
May not be that for which you were looking, but it's the best I could muster.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

djhulk2 said:
203 views bump
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Might be the beast kernal too...try reflashing rom and flash the lean or stock kernal...i would also boot into the main screen and phone would reboot after 10 secs to the samsung then main screen over n over
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk

insane209 said:
Might be the beast kernal too...try reflashing rom and flash the lean or stock kernal...i would also boot into the main screen and phone would reboot after 10 secs to the samsung then main screen over n over
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's probably it, but from the OP, he's getting a new device.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

micmars said:
That's probably it, but from the OP, he's getting a new device.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That works as well lol, just for future probs
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk

there is only 1 root method which i have done through odin mode. Then i also flashed the team win recovery as well, and put the jelly bean domanition on it.
Now lets start at the start...first rooted and installed team win recovery and made a back up of stock. Downloading the wrong rom for n905 not n900 what i had, and the rom worked but no internet or service. So then i went and did a restore of the stock that i backuped...then started this boot loop. So watching a video for s4...i selected whipe nand option on odion. So then my phone said unable to boot normal and auto loaded on odin. Then i downloaded stock rom and phone came back to life...so i rerooted and reinstalled team win recovery, and installed jelly bom domantion...every thing was working right. About a month went by with this rom installed then i selected the boost mode and a week later while driving with google maps phone blinked...and it only load samsung not the boot animation, when going into recovery it said loading recovery but it 2 didnt want load and kept restarting. Now thats the basic info i know, and everything i did with my phone...plus i used note cleaner v.05. The phone died while being held in hand using google maps...if its hardware then maybe thats the solution im looking for, but i am not sure this was software...thats why im afarid to root and custom rom this new phone in case this happens again

Also i dont even know how to install kernals....plus even if it was kernal, it worked a whole month. The only thing i know i did different...was select the boost mode option, before that phone was working just fine

djhulk2 said:
Also i dont even know how to install kernals....plus even if it was kernal, it worked a whole month. The only thing i know i did different...was select the boost mode option, before that phone was working just fine
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Kernals u flash using recovery just like a room on twarp,
wipe system, cache, delvic, flash rom, then flash lean or stock kernal, should solve prob...can use titan backup for data
Direct link for sprint lean kernal:
http://androtransfer.com/get.php?p=imoseyon/hlte-others/lk_hltespr-v1.7.1.zip
can overclock to 2.8ghz as well
AT UR OWN RISK...
Stable for me though
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk

Someone popping popcorn in this thread?
Sent from my NOTE 3

i dont have the phone anymore....but let me revise. Why did the phone "blink", and start the boot loop without loading the boot animation, or not able to load recovery?
2nd question, since i flashed stock rom...if i took back to geek squad on insurance, would they say no because the the knox secruity being 0x1...or yes because samsung stock?

djhulk2 said:
i dont have the phone anymore....but let me revise. Why did the phone "blink", and start the boot loop without loading the boot animation, or not able to load recovery?
2nd question, since i flashed stock rom...if i took back to geek squad on insurance, would they say no because the the knox secruity being 0x1...or yes because samsung stock?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Started the boot loop like that becuz its a soft reset or quick restart method...like the system crashing & restarting
U can try to take it back
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk

insane209 said:
Started the boot loop like that becuz its a soft reset or quick restart method...like the system crashing & restarting
U can try to take it back
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Insane men are always right, you could immediately get this out of the speculative realm by getting your phone back.
What the heck, I'll add to this, he might have flashed a test build that had the beast kernal included.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

micmars said:
Insane men are always right, you could immediately get this out of the speculative realm by getting your phone back.
What the heck, I'll add to this, he might have flashed a test build that had the beast kernal included.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea the beast kernals been an issue for ppl alot, should swap it out for the lean its been more stable
Lol sounds funny when ppl say insane...i should of changed the name or wish i could...that was my cod name insanekilla
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk

insane209 said:
Yea the beast kernals been an issue for ppl alot, should swap it out for the lean its been more stable
Lol sounds funny when ppl say insane...i should of changed the name or wish i could...that was my cod name insanekilla
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To me it doesn't. If anyone claims sanity, they are unenlightened.
Changing it would be a sane thing to do, and sort of excise the joy of it.
Sent from my SM-N900P using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2

I don't know much about kernels but I did notice something. The program fast charge requires a kernel that supports it for it to run, on my HTC evo 3d...When I put custom roms on it I noticed the kernel got changed 2 because after installing rom the fast charge worked and sometimes didn't on another rom. So I'm guessing when u install a rom it comes with their own kernal. So how would re flashing the kernal to lean fix it if I installed stock rom

djhulk2 said:
I don't know much about kernels but I did notice something. The program fast charge requires a kernel that supports it for it to run, on my HTC evo 3d...When I put custom roms on it I noticed the kernel got changed 2 because after installing rom the fast charge worked and sometimes didn't on another rom. So I'm guessing when u install a rom it comes with their own kernal. So how would re flashing the kernal to lean fix it if I installed stock rom
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The stock rom is the best method to go because it comes with the stock kernal...i was just saying the kernal that comes with the jellybomb one isnt too stable on devices...so u can flash the rom, then flash a kernal over it (either stock kernal or lean to overclock it more stable than beast kernal that comes with jellybomb)
Sent from Sprint Galaxy Note 3 using Tapatalk

Related

boot looping for no reason, any help?

My SGS2 has been running AOKP for a few months now, all of a sudden today the phone keeps rebooting itself every few minutes. I have tried wiping cache, full wipe etc.... I tried installing a different kernel and also a different rom, now it's on ShoStock, but it continues to loop. Also I have flashed the newest version of CWM but everytime I reboot the phone it reverts back to the old version. Any ideas help?
Still Mostly Harmless said:
My SGS2 has been running AOKP for a few months now, all of a sudden today the phone keeps rebooting itself every few minutes. I have tried wiping cache, full wipe etc.... I tried installing a different kernel and also a different rom, now it's on ShoStock, but it continues to loop. Also I have flashed the newest version of CWM but everytime I reboot the phone it reverts back to the old version. Any ideas help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How do you flash CWM?
I got no clue on the issue at hand other than to go back to stock and see if it persists, if it does its hardware.
Is your name a throwback to the movies/books or something else? In hoping something else...
Good luck bro!
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my PINK GS2 using xda app
Thanks guys, another issue I noticed is that the power button was acting really strangely. When you pressed it it wouldnt turn off the phone it would just bring up the restart menu or it wouldn't register at all, so I thought I had a hardware issue. Any finally I ran this kernel cleaner:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363738
did a full wipe etc...installed rom and then kernel and that has seem to do the trick. Going to hope that it continues to work and I don't have to go out and buy a new phone!
Looks like I have some donating to do.
Don't use ROM manager to flash cwm. As that is what it sounds like u did when u said u "flashed" cwm. Our kernels have recovery built in.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
Phalanx7621 said:
Don't use ROM manager to flash cwm. As that is what it sounds like u did when u said u "flashed" cwm. Our kernels have recovery built in.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thats what I was thinking :highfive:
I download the latest CWM (6.0.1.0), put the zip on my SD then boot into recovery and installed it as a zip, is that incorrect?
Still Mostly Harmless said:
I download the latest CWM (6.0.1.0), put the zip on my SD then boot into recovery and installed it as a zip, is that incorrect?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, that's probably incorrect.
For our phones, CWM is included in all custom kernels and isn't separate from the kernel at all. The only way to update CWM is to flash an updated custom kernel, like if Siyah or NEAK were to update for instance.
Don't bother trying to update CWM all the time, there's honestly little to no benefit from even trying and you'll likely end up with problems instead like you did this time. The version of CWM included with the custom kernels available is more than sufficient, just stick with those instead of trying to update it separately.
So I thought I fixed it but at last I haven't. After running the kernel cleaner, installing different roms/kernels the phone still boots for no reason after a while, not as often but at least 2-5 times a day. I am have no idea what's going on.
Still Mostly Harmless said:
So I thought I fixed it but at last I haven't. After running the kernel cleaner, installing different roms/kernels the phone still boots for no reason after a while, not as often but at least 2-5 times a day. I am have no idea what's going on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You tried going to stock and seeing if the problem persists? For my brother it was an app so keep that in mind as well
clay101eve said:
Is your name a throwback to the movies/books or something else? In hoping something else...
Good luck bro!
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my PINK GS2 using xda app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
still awaiting an answer!
Have you noticed if the phone is getting really hot around the time it's rebooting?
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my PINK SGH-I777
clay101eve said:
still awaiting an answer!
Have you noticed if the phone is getting really hot around the time it's rebooting?
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my PINK SGH-I777
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes it is definitely from my favorite series of books. This is one of the only forums I visit that I couldn't get just Mostly Harmless.
Doesn't really get hot, but after a while the power button stops responding and only time fixes this or a fresh install of a kernel. I formatted my SD card and the internal memory (without grabbing my pictures ) and any app I install is new from the market.

Where to send Bricked i777 to get fixed? The bad decisions that got me Bricked.

I finally bricked my first phone.Its been a long ride but it caught up to me. I have had three different android phones within about 4 years and have successfully rooted all three myself and have successfully flashed them over and over close to 1000 times between all three phones including modems, kernals, gapps, themes etc. So what gives? Why today? To be honest I don't know. But here is what happened...
The past few days I have been going back and forth between different kernals for this device to try to get something that won't freeze up. ( I liked browsing on this phone but I would get freeze ups and therefore would flash something new to try and resolve it.) Today my phone froze so I tried a simple reboot. The boot then did a freeze on the kernal's "intro" picture. It wasn't a bootloop it just frooze. (I was on XWLPT with Skyfire Kernal). I decided to reboot into recovery and flash a different kernel. I flashed NEAK The flash went halfway then stuck and froze. I rebooted to try to get back to the phone's main screen. This time it would not boot. I couldn't tell if it was in bootloop or was froze. I went back into recovery. Here I should of wiped everything but in the back of my mind I thought I could just do it in odin if I lost recovery. So I tried flashing Siyah for sammy roms. This is when I lost everything. It froze in cmw on the flash again but this time when I tried going back into recovery it stayed on the Galaxy SII screen. So I put the phone in download mode and started Odin up. When trying to flash anything in Odin I got stuck on nand write start! I never heard of this. I thought Odin would work as this is how I rooted the phone when I first got it. Last thing I did was install kies which couldn't even connect to the phone. So all I am left with is download mode and taking way more caution when flashing. I think it may have been a case of the brickbug. Even though I was on a I9100 rom and using "safe" kernels I believe something happened to lock me out from writing anything to the phone.
U already posted this in another thread. I posted a response there for ya
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
Sad.
I got my galaxy s2 bricked twice
Double posting is no bueno.:thumbdown:
Sent from my SGH-i777 using XDA
anup123456 said:
I got my galaxy s2 bricked twice
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not really related.. (Yes I know my post isn't related either)
I bricked my sgs2 not to long ago At&t could not fix so in one last attempt I tried to flash back to Pics stock it took some time but finally recoverd using odin
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
VICIOUSVIC1 said:
I bricked my sgs2 not to long ago At&t could not fix so in one last attempt I tried to flash back to Pics stock it took some time but finally recoverd using odin
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what's pics stock?
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Phalanx7621 said:
what's pics stock?
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Pics stock is when you're typing and not paying attention then the auto complete changes pics stocks to pics stock. Got it?
Revert to stock using Odin and download mode probably or the guys and (sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings) but the guys at mobile tech videos offer a service to unbrick your phone.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
bocephus007 said:
Revert to stock using Odin and download mode probably or the guys and (sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings) but the guys at mobile tech videos offer a service to unbrick your phone.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I know . But its just a front man! They receive the bricked device, then send it to some Chinaman named Finchenzo. And he fixes em all and sends em back to mobile tech! Then you get your device back! Poor Finchenzo
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
paulfrankie said:
I finally bricked my first phone.Its been a long ride but it caught up to me. I have had three different android phones within about 4 years and have successfully rooted all three myself and have successfully flashed them over and over close to 1000 times between all three phones including modems, kernals, gapps, themes etc. So what gives? Why today? To be honest I don't know. But here is what happened...
The past few days I have been going back and forth between different kernals for this device to try to get something that won't freeze up. ( I liked browsing on this phone but I would get freeze ups and therefore would flash something new to try and resolve it.) Today my phone froze so I tried a simple reboot. The boot then did a freeze on the kernal's "intro" picture. It wasn't a bootloop it just frooze. (I was on XWLPT with Skyfire Kernal). I decided to reboot into recovery and flash a different kernel. I flashed NEAK The flash went halfway then stuck and froze. I rebooted to try to get back to the phone's main screen. This time it would not boot. I couldn't tell if it was in bootloop or was froze. I went back into recovery. Here I should of wiped everything but in the back of my mind I thought I could just do it in odin if I lost recovery. So I tried flashing Siyah for sammy roms. This is when I lost everything. It froze in cmw on the flash again but this time when I tried going back into recovery it stayed on the Galaxy SII screen. So I put the phone in download mode and started Odin up. When trying to flash anything in Odin I got stuck on nand write start! I never heard of this. I thought Odin would work as this is how I rooted the phone when I first got it. Last thing I did was install kies which couldn't even connect to the phone. So all I am left with is download mode and taking way more caution when flashing. I think it may have been a case of the brickbug. Even though I was on a I9100 rom and using "safe" kernels I believe something happened to lock me out from writing anything to the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Send it to MobileTechVideo.com. I sent my bricked SG2 in and a week later and at a cost of only $50, it was returned fully functional.
Sent it to MTV. Mobile Tech Video said this...The device's onboard EMMC controller was in a non-responsive state.
I never flashed anything that wasn't specifically made to be flashed for an i777.
Everything I had ever flashed was on the i777 development thread.
My advice ...beware of the brickbug. Also don't flash anything when the phone is hot. This happened when my phone was hot and maybe a reason why it froze while flashing in cwm.
And for a recap... What did you flash right before tie happened and what were you coming from?
Clay
Team Pirate
Sent from my PINK SGH-I777
Specifically the rom booted fine with Shostock-XWLPT. When using the rom sometimes it would freeze up so I flashed NEAK kernal over it. Froze in cmw during halfway through the flash.Rebooted after about 5 minutes wating for cmw to finish. (it never did) Phone bootlooped. Pressed hardbuttons to get to recovery. Recovery worked went into NEAK cwm. Instead of wiping and starting fresh here decided I would take a shortcut and flashed a Siyah for i777 over that. CWM froze again halfway through flashing the Siyah. After waiting 5 minutes again decided to reboot. Phone bootlooped. No more hardbutton recovery. Phone bricked. I Can still go into download mode but even MTV could not unbrick it. Said EMMC controller was in unresponsive state. Don't know what that means but know its now a paperweight.
Got it back today I still can get into download mode. Odin will recognize phone. When I try to flash a kernal it follows through until right before it actually writes and says NAND Write Start. I believe the internal memory either is filled with bad sectors or someting like brickbug locked anything from writing to EMMC.

Help, Vibrant does not boot

I've been using the euphoria ROM for a few months now with no incident. The phone has never given me problems of any sort, well the bad GPS, but that's a known issue.
Anyhow the other night went to bed without charging my phone. In the middle of the night I woke up and realized it was not charging, so I connected the charger and went back to bed. However by that time my phone has fully discharged so I got the battery graphics.
In the morning when I tried to turn the phone on I got the spiral boot icon and then a black screen.
I've tried to get the recovery mode but to no avail. I know the phone is somewhat working because i get the spiral boot animation and the charging graphics but i cannot get the phone to turn on. Did anybody know a fix, any advice will help.
Thanks in advance
=X=
I like your name, X (thats my nickname around here )
Anyways, when you plug it in, does the charging stuff come up? (if yes, how much battery do you suppose its at?)
Have you tried download mode? (take out battery, plug in USB, put battery back in while holding... I think its vol up and down + power, after it says VIBRANT let power go)
I'm not sure if your phone even goes that far.
Likewise I like your nickname.
My battery is close to 100%. I tried the sequence you mentioned with no luck. I get the same behavior, I get the spiral boot graphics and the phone good black. With the cable connected I get the charging battery graphics. The graphics does work properly. When the battery gets to 100% it vibrates too
=X=
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
=X= said:
Likewise I like your nickname.
My battery is close to 100%. I tried the sequence you mentioned with no luck. I get the same behavior, I get the spiral boot graphics and the phone good black. With the cable connected I get the charging battery graphics. The graphics does work properly. When the battery gets to 100% it vibrates too
=X=
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just curious, what ROM/kernel were you on?
Also, by the spiral graphics are you talking about the bootanimation?
Are you on Froyo bootloaders or Gingerbread bootloaders?(if you don't know and have never messed with bootloaders its froyo)
I'm running Chimera v2.2. It's an ICS ROM made by team passion. The kernel is 3.1.10
Yes by the spiral I mean the boot animation. You only ever see it from a cold boot.
I don't know what boot loader I'm running.I think team passion is using the same one as Cyanogen. It's that common boot loader with a GUI.
=X= said:
I'm running Chimera v2.2. It's an ICS ROM made by team passion. The kernel is 3.1.10
Yes by the spiral I mean the boot animation. You only ever see it from a cold boot.
I don't know what boot loader I'm running.I think team passion is using the same one as Cyanogen. It's that common boot loader with a GUI.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well the bootloader doesn't really use a GUI. You might be talking about the recovery, the one with "reboot system" and "install zip from sdcard"
What i was referring to was when i was installing the Chimera ROM I hadn't use a GUI app to install the ROM l. I thought the instructions mentioned it was installing a bootloader, but I could have miss read it.
Okay, X, I tried the steps again. I realize I did not follow all of your steps so I repeated them again. This time in tried the three finger salute with the USB plugged in and it worked. I get the recovery menu by choosing reboot it boots up properly.
However when I shutdown and turn on the phone I'm back to square one
=X=
=X= said:
What i was referring to was when i was installing the Chimera ROM I hadn't use a GUI app to install the ROM l. I thought the instructions mentioned it was installing a bootloader, but I could have miss read it.
Okay, X, I tried the steps again. I realize I did not follow all of your steps so I repeated them again. This time in tried the three finger salute with the USB plugged in and it worked. I get the recovery menu by choosing reboot it boots up properly.
However when I shutdown and turn on the phone I'm back to square one
=X=
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wait.. so when you tried my method your phone actually booted all the way up??
I was planning for you to go to Download mode and ODIN, but err..
Next time you go to recovery
*make sure you have a ROM in your sd card that is safe to flash, even if its chimera*
wipe data/factory reset
mount/storage > format system
flash your ROM in sd, then reboot
Yeah I wasn't expecting it to work. But now that that worked I am a bit nervous about installing a ROM incase the bootloader is corrupted.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
=X= said:
Yeah I wasn't expecting it to work. But now that that worked I am a bit nervous about installing a ROM incase the bootloader is corrupted.
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
:l, pretty sure you're confused, and the bootloader is not corrupted. If bootloader was corrupted, your phone would never start without a JTAG again.
Anyways, get into recovery, and flash chimera or any other safe rom you have, and see if it boots up. I think it may be something with Chimera.
xriderx66 said:
:l, pretty sure you're confused
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wouldn't be the first time
I'll reinstall the ROM thx
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
Just a suggestion, don't re-install Chimera... Or at the very least, don't use it as a daily driver. I stand by that for two reasons. For one, Chimera may have been the reason you got into this problem in the first place. The second reason being... Well... Er... Chimera v2.2 isn't the best ROM out there, and it's kinda dated... I'm sure there's others that would agree. I mean there's plenty of other ICS ROMs available that run much better. Jellybean ROMs have also reached a point of stability, so there's some good Jellybean flavored options to choose from as well. Personally, I'm running ParanoidAndroid (JB) and I'm lovin' it.
Just my two cents... But if you like Chimera, then stick with it. It's definitely a usable ROM.
Sent from my SGH-T959
I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
=X= said:
I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just curious, is your phone working fine now?
=X= said:
I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Awesome. If you're like me -- a big fan of customization -- then I'm sure you'll love ParanoidAndroid (LINK).
Otherwise there are ten other JB ROMs to choose from, and about seventeen different ICS ROMs to choose from (excluding Chimera v2.2). Links to said ROMs can be found in the "ROM" section of the Vibrant Bible thread (LINK).
EDIT: Sorry if I kinda' veered this thread off topic... Have you gotten you're phone running fine now =X=?
xriderx66 said:
Just curious, is your phone working fine now?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No it did not work. I thought all was good. It seemed to work when I performed a soft shutdown. Then I tried a cold boot: shutdown the phone, pulled the battery and on startup the phone would not work.
N00B_IN_N33D said:
Awesome. If you're like me -- a big fan of customization -- then I'm sure you'll love ParanoidAndroid (LINK).
Otherwise there are ten other JB ROMs to choose from, and about seventeen different ICS ROMs to choose from (excluding Chimera v2.2). Links to said ROMs can be found in the "ROM" section of the Vibrant Bible thread (LINK).
EDIT: Sorry if I kinda' veered this thread off topic... Have you gotten you're phone running fine now =X=?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Awesome thanks for the links. It sounds like paranoid android will for my likes. I'm going to update my phone with that rom.
I'm still having problems with my phone however.
So I've upgraded my phone to the latest ParanoidAndroid but I'm still getting the same problem.
All works fine once it's running but I have to use the USB and three finger boot to get the phone to start, once I'm in the recovery mode selecting her restart launches the OS .
However trying to start the phone from a cold boot does not seem to work...any ideas anyone?
Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 2
May be you need a new battery how long you have the current battery.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using xda app-developers app
It's probably not bootloader-related, but for what it's worth, froyo bootloaders don't work well with ICS Roms.
Chances are it's just a ROM issue, but if that fails just ODIN to default, re-root, install GB bootloaders, etc. (Basically, start over)
I have run many ICS and JB ROMs without issue running froyo boots. It was mostly GB ROMs that had issue and needs GB boots. I don't suspect that to be the issue however, it won't hurt to try it.
I am Jack's smirking revenge.

Need help!! I777 soft bricked/hard bricked/ mmc corrupt? Won't boot!!

This is the situation and what ive tried to fix it. I was on cm9 and wanted to try jellybam so I flashed using cwm . It was successful but wouldn't boot so I tried to reinstall the rom still no luck so I tried going back to cm9 and it got stuck on the s2 logo screen ! I tried odin to flash a stock rom and it was successful but still stuck on the logo screen. Ive tried gb and ics ive tried to flash with and without bootloaders ive tried reparation but that only fails unless I use the pit file but still didn't fix it. If I flash the stock rooted ics rom and then flash cwm zip i can wipe system then flash cm9/10 but that only gets me to the cm animation . It will sit there till the end of time but wont boot! In cwm If I check the log I get this error I:can't partition unsafe device:/dev/block/mmcb1k1p1. It wont factory reset on stock or cwm it only freezes then bootloops. I hope this is enough info please help me! I love my s2 and even tho I have my s3 I miss my s2
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
Did you factory reset? What do you mean you reset and it bootloops
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
122ninjas said:
Did you factory reset? What do you mean you reset and it bootloops
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
. yes I tried to factory reset but it just freezes then after 5 min. It try's to boot but gets stuck on the galaxy s2 logo screen. I checked the log in cwm and got the error I posted above. I've been flashing for years and never run into an issue I couldn't fix but this one has me stumped
troutslayermv said:
. yes I tried to factory reset but it just freezes then after 5 min. It try's to boot but gets stuck on the galaxy s2 logo screen. I checked the log in cwm and got the error I posted above. I've been flashing for years and never run into an issue I couldn't fix but this one has me stumped
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry if this sounds rude but have you googled that error?
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
Lol no that's not rude. I would ask the same question. ..I did and from what I've gathered its a corrupt sd card or part of the emmc brick bug. There are patched kernels to fix the same issue on the note but nothing for i777. All it says is factory reset and flash a new rom . Ive done that but still no boot. Roms flash fine and I can get into download mode and recovery but It wont factory reset or boot. Stock recovery says your ui is not prepared please factory reset and a bunch of can't mount data errors but it won't factory reset it just freezes then trys to reboot but gets stuck on the s2 logo then back to recovery. Here is the kicker tho. If I install a duel booting kernel I can install a second rom that boots but primary won't. ...I tried swapping primary and secondary roms but it froze....im just lost on this one and out of tricks
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
I'm not sure what partition that is. You've go a typo in it, but if the last three letters are correct "1p1", I don't remember seeing that as one of the system partitions. The kernel is in "mmcblk0p5" for instance. It should be "mmcblk1p1" I guess.
If you suspect memory damage to that partition, you can confirm that by trying to pull the data from that memory block with adb or terminal using the following command:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 of=/sdcard/testBLK
If the memory is damaged, you will get an error message. If the memory block is good, you will get no error message. I guess you could also look into "testBLK" to see what is in there, but of course it will be binary data most likely.
That's the error I got 1p1. Abd is something I haven't done yet. I've used terminal emulator back in the days of my cliq dext but im sure I can handle it...im pretty sure it is corrupt but if I do the test and confirm this how do I fix it? Is it just a matter of deleting or do I have to rewrite the path? Im confused on this
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
Actually, this was bad advice. Since your phone is bootlooping, you can't use terminal, doh! If you can get into recovery, you might be able to use adb. Or you could use Red_81's adb portable. You could also try his adb batch file from download mode to see if you can boot it into recovery mode. I guess it will take a little study if you have no experience with it.
Oh, and if the memory is bad, its bad. This is just a way to find out, maybe.
So what your saying is it's dead?!!!
Noooooooo! Lol im looking into maybe getting another one or shipping this one to Samsung to have a new motherboard put in . Just trying to see if there is any hope of bringing her back to life...
sent from my stock galaxy s3
devices: g1 died
cliq/dext sold to developer on simply android
atrix 1 and 2 sold
s2 in a comma
nexus 7 stock
s3 stock
iphone 4 stock
troutslayermv said:
So what your saying is it's dead?!!!
Noooooooo!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not saying that unless you verify for sure that the memory is bad. The only time I've actually heard of eMMC damage, and seen it verified, was in conjunction with the bad stock kernel on 4.0.4. There was also another case where a member sent his phone to Josh at Mobile Tech Videos for Jtag repair, and it was sent back unrepairable due to memory damage. I can't remember for sure, but I think that was due to the 4.0.4 stock kernel too.
You might talk to Josh at Mobile Tech Videos by phone to see what he thinks, before you send it to Samsung.
I tried contacting josh and couldn't reach anyone. I left a message and sent and email but haven't heard back. I tried using adb portable and as I did that I think that I didn't make the phone issues clear. I can get into recovery mode fine I can also get into download mode fine . I can flash roms fine but it won't go past the s2 logo screen . If I flash cyanogen it will go to the cyanogen boot screen but again won't boot. I am still trying to find a solution in my free time but nothing yet
sent from my stock galaxy s3
devices: g1 died
cliq/dext sold to developer on simply android
atrix 1 and 2 sold
s2 in a comma
nexus 7 stock
s3 stock
iphone 4 stock
troutslayermv said:
I tried contacting josh and couldn't reach anyone. I left a message and sent and email but haven't heard back. I tried using adb portable and as I did that I think that I didn't make the phone issues clear. I can get into recovery mode fine I can also get into download mode fine . I can flash roms fine but it won't go past the s2 logo screen . If I flash cyanogen it will go to the cyanogen boot screen but again won't boot. I am still trying to find a solution in my free time but nothing yet
sent from my stock galaxy s3
devices: g1 died
cliq/dext sold to developer on simply android
atrix 1 and 2 sold
s2 in a comma
nexus 7 stock
s3 stock
iphone 4 stock
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have run into something similar, my wife has the s2... I have the s3....
this is the steps I run to get the s2 working after it gets stuck...
1 - installed stock rom I777UCKH7 OCD Root No BL = self executable from windows.... brings you to stock with root..
forget this one, this is when I was first rooting... 2 - DooMLoRD_v4_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su
3 - MobileODINLite-v3.57
4 - MobileODIN_FlashKernel_I777-v1.0
5 - flash kernal Siyah-v2.6.14-att.tar = installs recovery clockwork mod
6 - install any rom....
Download mode on S2 is volume up and down and power button....
I can't get it to boot up so I can't use mobile odin. I've tried one click and also tried every stock tar I could find . I even tried to reinstall the bootloaders. They all install successful but it wont boot past the s2 logo screen. Im not a noob , I've flashed hundreds of times. I've fixed a few bricks in my day but this has me stumped. ...if you install the stock rom there isn't any reason why it shouldn't boot. But it is just stuck. Nothing has worked. I think the only thing that may work is the re write the memory but im not that patient to do that lol
sent from my stock galaxy s3
devices: g1 died
cliq/dext sold to developer on simply android
atrix 1 and 2 sold
s2 in a comma
nexus 7 stock
s3 stock
iphone 4 stock
Have U tried threatening it? Just give it a little scare. It'll back dowin. Gotta keep thoz hoez in line.
Phalanx7621 said:
Have U tried threatening it? Just give it a little scare. It'll back dowin. Gotta keep thoz hoez in line.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ROFL
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
gireeshtty9 said:
ROFL
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just curious if you unmounted and remounted the partitions?
or maybe formatted them individually?
Soft-bricked Galaxy 2 SGH-I777. Odin of no use
I bought a galaxy 3. I literally tried everything with this phone. Was able to root, went to install siyah kernel from zip and now I get the samsung logo. I can boot into CWM recovery, but none of the functions work--just hangs on the hat. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
keltaurn said:
...Any ideas are greatly appreciated...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Please don't re-post; your question has been answered in the thread you created. Please search for answers first; the solution to your problem is safely housed in a sticky in the General section.
Thanks but...
I can't flash anything so this would be a new thread. The poster above said he/she could flash toms. I CANNOT. Also, I've been looking on here for solutions for over a month. This is my first post.

[Q] ICS OTA refuses to install

I unrooted, installed stock ROM and downloaded the OTA ics but when I clicked OK to install it the phone rebooted, showed the unpacking symbol, progressed about 1/4 inch and then stopped with the error symbol.
Hitting the power button reboots into recovery, rebooted and went through the same thing.
I wondered if the download was faulty so next time I was in recovery I wiped and rebooted, re-downloaded the ICS update with the same results.
I thought I'd install the OTA ICS before trying to sell the phone but how can I? Anyone know what's wrong?
Temporary fix: Removed SIM, put SIM back in Galaxy S3 and all is well but that doesn't help the T'bolt get updated!
The ota won't apply to the stock Rom if you have any system apps removed.
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2
disconnecktie said:
The ota won't apply to the stock Rom if you have any system apps removed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've done nothing to the stock ROM other than install it. When setup starts I selected English, skipped on ahead and went to setting, clicked stay awake, etc. and then downloaded the ROM.
NOTE: I unrooted, I can't remove any system apps can I?
Well my next suggestion would be to use the all-in-one tool to root,unlock and get s off. Flash the new radios, and then flash the official ics Rom in the development section.
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2
I thought of that but that puts me back where I was yesterday, I don't know why but I really don't like to sell a rooted phone, I'd prefer getting it back to stock.....
OTOH I hate to spend more time with it...
I didn't realize you were selling it. Put it on swappa. Sell it rooted.
Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk 2
I guess I'll have to, I'll probably put NuSenseX on it, that's what was on it when I unrooted..... Might as well give the buyer a nice present.
Damn, another project for tomorrow, still got a scooter to finish wiring...
xs11e said:
I guess I'll have to, I'll probably put NuSenseX on it, that's what was on it when I unrooted..... Might as well give the buyer a nice present.
Damn, another project for tomorrow, still got a scooter to finish wiring...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I would put something a little more responsive on there like Nusense Reborn or Nuborn 2.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Categories

Resources