Hi everyone,
First of all, thanks for all the help/development done here, it is really awesome. I am new to rooting/rom so, I've spent a lot of time reading forum threads and looking at people's issues and it's been really helpful.
Yesterday, I spent all day trying to update my Bell Mobility Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant GT-I9000M from Froyo 2.2 to 4.2+
I sucessfully rooted the device, installed SpeedMod kernel(with Odin 3.04) and got CWM Recovery working when I restart the cellphone.
Afterward, I tried to update with different ROM(CyanFox, CM11, Mackay OmniROM...) but always got Status 7 error at CWM. So I figured I'd try to upate to a recent Kernel and installed GearKernel_JBPlus_Vibrant_1.0.3v.tar trought Odin. The phone got in an installation loop. Here is a poor webcam photo of the error(sry couldn't get better) : http://i.imgur.com/L3b0RmF.png. It says something like Estimating(?) volume for path [grep], Can't mount grep, Installation Aborted. Restart, splash screen, installation aborted, loop.
I had this loop at other occasions trying to update Kernel. The solution had been to put the cellphone in Download mode and reinstall Speedmod Kernel with Odin. This is what I did again.
It allowed me to get in Recovery mode but I couldn't go passed it. Attempt at restoring backup didn't worked. So I decided I'd go back to everything stock and followed this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087 and used Odin with the PIT and TAR files.
This got me in my worst position so far. If the cellphone is plugged, it loops between dark screen and the little "loading thingy" before the battery, but nothing more, no battery charge. If I try to open it without the plug, it display the GALAXY S GT-I9000 splash screen(which is weird cause I'm using I9000m) for a couple second then goes dark.. Then splash screen.. then dark... pretty quickly.
I can go in Download mode but I haven't succeeded to get in Recovery mode. I have adb on my computer but I haven't been able to call anything from it at the point I am.
I have found different threads showing different solution for various problems but I feel like I tried enough and I'd like to avoid bricking my cellphone so I decided I'd make my own post detailing the steps I took.
What should be my next step to get out of this loop? It seems like I only have Odin/Download mode to help me.
Thanks again.
If you have the gt-i9000m that is not the vibrant. The vibrant is the sgh-t959. Thats probably your problem
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I've tried to look for this problem and haven't found anything similar. If it's already been addressed please direct me to the previous thread, if this is in the wrong place please move it.
I rooted my Galaxy S II a while ago and it's been working great. I wanted to try Cyanogen mod 7 and so I followed the instructions on their website. Trying to use ROM manager gave me a weird error message telling me that there was an invalid signature or something, despite toggling everything and wiping the cache to turn it off. So I followed the "method via recovery" instructions. I did everything exactly as it is there, including the Google apps stuff, and it all seemed to work perfectly. Then I rebooted it hoping for it to boot into CM7, and instead, when it turns on it goes to the screen saying Samsung Galaxy S II with the yellow triangle underneath, and stays there. Every time it turn it on it goes to that screen and doesn't change. It's now been like that for half an hour. I can start it up into download mode, and I've tried flashing zImage to it again, but no change.
I have a NANDroid backup (it's backed up with CWM anyway), and I've copied the backup to my computer, but I have no idea how to apply it when the bloody thing won't turn on.
I'm using Linux with Heimdall (the cross-platform Odin clone).
Please help me. Unfortunately I have no internet in my flat so I won't be able to see any advice until tomorrow unless it;s given in the next ten minutes. God I really hope the thing's ok.
Hi
Do you have jigg? ( if you don't have it buy it from ebay or ask some friend of you )
With jigg you can enter download mode and then flash the stock rom.
Pull battery, wait 10s, then boot while holding power+vol-up+home. This should get you in recovery. Then restore nandroid.
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TheGhost1233 said:
Pull battery, wait 10s, then boot while holding power+vol-up+home. This should get you in recovery. Then restore nandroid.
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I can't believe it was this simple, I knew power+vol-down+home got tme to downloading but I didn't know that got me into recovery. Everything's recovered now.
Thank you Dutch people!
I recently tried to install a new ROM on my phone.
I installed it using ROM Manager, which I realize now is probably what caused it mess up. I hadn't checked these forums in a while and didn't realize it was causing issues, so that was my stupidity but what's done is done.
Anyways, after installing the ROM, it just sat on the boot animation endlessly.
I attempted to get into Recovery mode, but when I tried using Volume Up+Down+Power, it always went to download mode, whether it was plugged in or not.
I tried flashing it back to stock image and kernel using this guide but even after that, it still got stuck on the boot animation.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
In desperate cases I found myself in, I have had great success with the the jig method without the jig (for lack of a better term). Look around on the Captivate forum there is a description there. It works like the normal procedure for getting the phone in download mode but then you also (at the same time) insert the battery. I think that simulates what the jig does.
It is awkward to coordinate all the different movements but it works on the Captivate, and I believe I have been successful on the I-777 as well with the same method.
Aaronneyer said:
I recently tried to install a new ROM on my phone.
I installed it using ROM Manager, which I realize now is probably what caused it mess up. I hadn't checked these forums in a while and didn't realize it was causing issues, so that was my stupidity but what's done is done.
Anyways, after installing the ROM, it just sat on the boot animation endlessly.
I attempted to get into Recovery mode, but when I tried using Volume Up+Down+Power, it always went to download mode, whether it was plugged in or not.
I tried flashing it back to stock image and kernel using this guide but even after that, it still got stuck on the boot animation.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Thanks, I actually did get it to go into recovery this morning. I let the battery drain over night and afterwards, it got into recovery. I'm still having some problems with a few other things but I think all the problems I have now are solvable, although if I get back into the same situation again, I'll be sure to take a look at that method.
try flashing stock pda with odin.
problem solved
Verizon Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE (sch-i905)
So I got this tablet from a friend who said it was bricked, said I could have it if I got it working. So I plug it in and it turns on no problem, strange. wiped tablet and added a couple apps. Got busy at work and the tablet drain power. That's when I got to see it bricked, but still not sure why it booted for a bit for me.
Symptoms:
Boots to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 splash screen (not the animated one after), sits there for ever.
Boots to Odin update mode
When booting to recovery I get a blank, back lit screen and nothing ever.
I've tried:
-Pushing clockwork mode to fix recovery
-I've had a hell of a time finding stock firmware for some reason (it isn't on sammobile), but I did find one eventually. I pushed it to the tablet via Odin, and it was successful, but rebooted to blank black back-lit screen. Have to hard boot and hold power buttun until I see the splash screen to get that far. I followed the guide on rootzwiki reposted on icsforums - www icsforums com/forum/showthread / 13525 (sorry new member can't post links)
-Followed another guide that involved draining battery completely, no go.
I don't care what firmware I end up on, or if I can use LTE (I won't anyway)
I'm a network engineer so I'm tech savy, but not heavy on Android OS. I'm looking for anything else I can try. I saw another method involving heimdall suite, but can't find the files for my model.
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
@Juicebox4242
I had this problem on my gt-p7510...
What I ended up doing was wiping my sdcard..I must have had something corrupt in my file system or a kernel issue( still not sure which )..
Since you have no recovery..I think you can use odin to repartition ( I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT THIS IS JUST A GUESS )..I have not tried it..but i will search after this post to confirm..I also believe there is a way using ADB..again not sure..
I just wanted to post this so you would know somebody was looking and to maybe give you a couple ideas to follow up on...I'll search around and see what I find
Edit...I believe ADB will only work with usb debugging checked...But you can flash a stock rom in odin with re-partition checked..you need a .pit file....I think...
Edit...Here is a link to a stock rom thread for you're device..It seems to have helped a couple people with their soft-bricked devices..just follow directions in OP..no repartition checked. I cant even find a .pit file to do a re-partition with for you're device..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342995 Let me know if this works for you..
Thanks for the post!! Really appreciate it.
That firmware is the one I found in the end and tried. Odin pushes it ok, but then still doesn't boot. In fact after pushing that firmware it boots to backlit blank screen, but when hard reset boots to splash screen.
I tried a pit file I found that I thought was the right one, but it failed when I used that so it must have been wrong.
Juicebox4242 said:
Thanks for the post!! Really appreciate it.
That firmware is the one I found in the end and tried. Odin pushes it ok, but then still doesn't boot. In fact after pushing that firmware it boots to backlit blank screen, but when hard reset boots to splash screen.
I tried a pit file I found that I thought was the right one, but it failed when I used that so it must have been wrong.
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I have the exact same problem as you, except sometimes I can't my tablet to boot. I know it is a software problem because before I was messing with recovery yesterday, everything was working just fine. All I wanted to do was restore to factory settings and instead ended up bricking the device... If you find / know the answer, please do share.
Juicebox4242 said:
Verizon Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE (sch-i905)
So I got this tablet from a friend who said it was bricked, said I could have it if I got it working. So I plug it in and it turns on no problem, strange. wiped tablet and added a couple apps. Got busy at work and the tablet drain power. That's when I got to see it bricked, but still not sure why it booted for a bit for me.
Symptoms:
Boots to Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 splash screen (not the animated one after), sits there for ever.
Boots to Odin update mode
When booting to recovery I get a blank, back lit screen and nothing ever.
I've tried:
-Pushing clockwork mode to fix recovery
-I've had a hell of a time finding stock firmware for some reason (it isn't on sammobile), but I did find one eventually. I pushed it to the tablet via Odin, and it was successful, but rebooted to blank black back-lit screen. Have to hard boot and hold power buttun until I see the splash screen to get that far. I followed the guide on rootzwiki reposted on icsforums - www icsforums com/forum/showthread / 13525 (sorry new member can't post links)
-Followed another guide that involved draining battery completely, no go.
I don't care what firmware I end up on, or if I can use LTE (I won't anyway)
I'm a network engineer so I'm tech savy, but not heavy on Android OS. I'm looking for anything else I can try. I saw another method involving heimdall suite, but can't find the files for my model.
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
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Did you ever get this fixed? I've had the same problem for months. I just gave up and put it away. I recently fixed a Galaxy Tab 2 and now I want to see if anyone else was able to fix this i905 not booting issue.
did anyone know the solution of this question
Hi,
I hope, I have not overseen some thread, but I did not find any solution for my problem through any search.
After updating CyanogenMod to 10.1.3 RC2 to 10.1.3, my phone became unstable so I tried some reinstalls, got stuck at some point and suddenly I ended up in the following situation:
Normal boot: I only got the Galaxy SII start screen (black-white)
Recovery: start screen for some seconds, then black screen. If I do nothing, it reboots after a while
Download Mode: Accessible
I tried to install several different kernels via Odin, especially following the great guide of hopper8: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345831
In particular I tried to install the following kernels:
Siyah 4.1.5, 5.0.1 and 6.0b5
Dorimanx 9.34 (for Odin)
The leaked stock I9100XXLSJ_I9100OXXLS1_OXX (with the three files)
PhilZ-cwm6-XXLSJ-OXX-3.1
PhilZ-cwm6-XWLS8-FOP-4.35
I tried them using different cables and using different USB ports using Odin 1.85 and 3.04. I also kept the battery out of my phone for a night.
The S2 (GT-i9100) is recognised by my PC and Odin and when I press start, everything seems to work, Odin makes progress, tells me “PASS” and finally reboots the phone. But then I ended up in the same situation as in the beginning: It is stuck at the start screen and when I try to access recovery mode, the screen turns black and reboots after a while. I also waited for around half an hour after using Odin, but nothing changed.
What I did not do so far is using a pit-File, because hopper8 called it some kind of last resort and I wanted to try everything else first.
Is there any approach I missed, or any hope at all to get my phone working again?
Thank you for spending the time reading; I hope I did not waste your time by overseeing some thread.
In case, it could help, I attached a photo of the device information before I started to root the phone and installed Cyanogenmod 10.1.3 RC2. Before I got the phone, the former owner did replace the motherboard (still had warranty).
Stick to hopper8's thread and don't rush into things.
First you go full stock, then you flash a custom kernel.
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Hi guys,
Short and fast:
Have: SAMSUNG Galaxy i9300 splash screen (black and white)
Don't have: Booting past this
Phone can: Enter recovery and download mode (ODIN)
I can't: Figure out what to do next
First poster here but I've been helped so many times just reading the threads on here.
I'm currently having a bit of trouble. Last night my phone ran out of battery while filming - no big but as the battery died the screen started to get these distortions and lines across it which have disappeared since so no worries there. When I try and turn it back on though it will get to the first splash screen where it says "SAMSUNG Galaxy SIII I9300" and it will just sit there for hours. I have tried reverting to a rom through cwm I previously found stable but still the same problem. I can enter download mode as well but not sure what to do from here.
I've been trying for a few hours to find what exactly the problem is but to no avail. Anyone have a suggestion?
I am on Virgin (Optus) in Australia
Currently downloading OPS-I9300XXUGNB4......... .zip which I believe is stock firmware, is this in the right direction?
I have downloaded/installed ADB and FastBoot as well
Follow the guide in general forum sticky thread to flash a stock firmware with Odin, then factory reset in recovery.
It sounds like you've corrupted one or more emmc partitions, if it's the efs then you'll need to restore a backup to fix.
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