today my battery went down to zero and then my phone stuck on the menu screen.
i rebooted but then my phone got stucked on the samsung galaxy 3 logo.
i tryed to wipe files and catche but it didnt helped,
i tryed to install the ROM again but it didnt helped...
i can get to the recovery and download mode, but my phone still stuck on the stuped logo...
what to do?
sry if i have spelling mistakes...
You have corrupted one or more partitions, try a factory reset after flashing your custom rom again.
If that doesn't work then use Odin to flash a stock firmware, then factory reset.
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thx but...
boomboomer said:
You have corrupted one or more partitions, try a factory reset after flashing your custom rom again.
If that doesn't work then use Odin to flash a stock firmware, then factory reset.
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sorry but what "flash a stock firmware means?"
how do i do that?
do you have links?
ty!
Go read the sticky thread in general forum, you are missing basic information.
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boomboomer said:
Go read the sticky thread in general forum, you are missing basic information.
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ok so i should download the firmware achieve from my area
then i just flash original ROM?
this is the instruction page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847
then im done?
i need to change the recovery thing too?
or i can just start from procces 4?
i did what u told me
i used odin to flash
then it stucked on samsung logo
so i went to the recovery, and i wiped the things
but it didnt helped, it still stucked on the samsung logo..
i noticed some red lines in the recovery that says
"failed to mount /efs(invalid argument"
what is that means?
orial10 said:
i did what u told me
i used odin to flash
then it stucked on samsung logo
so i went to the recovery, and i wiped the things
but it didnt helped, it still stucked on the samsung logo..
i noticed some red lines in the recovery that says
"failed to mount /efs(invalid argument"
what is that means?
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Means you screwed the efs partition when flashing an incompatible modem with your efs version.
If you flashed a 4.1.2 firmware and got that error, try and flash a mg4 or above modem to see if it gets solved. Or flash a 4.3 firmware altogether.
Read rootSU post on efs, it's a must.
Of you ever backed up your efs or used twrp recovery to make a nandroid backup (which also backs up efs) you might get it back by restoring it.
Otherwise, a patched kernel, modem or ariza patch would be the last available choice before sending to repair.
dxppxd said:
Means you screwed the efs partition when flashing an incompatible modem with your efs version.
If you flashed a 4.1.2 firmware and got that error, try and flash a mg4 or above modem to see if it gets solved. Or flash a 4.3 firmware altogether.
Read rootSU post on efs, it's a must.
Of you ever backed up your efs or used twrp recovery to make a nandroid backup (which also backs up efs) you might get it back by restoring it.
Otherwise, a patched kernel, modem or ariza patch would be the last available choice before sending to repair.
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can you explain or give me some links how to do that?
orial10 said:
can you explain or give me some links how to do that?
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I mean, go to the stickies in the general section and read. They're there for a reason, including steps before rooting, flashing, information on the efs partition, and pretty much everything else you could have done to avoid the situation you're facing right now.
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I followed the guide in the '[READ THIS]' thread and flashed a stock rom (i already tried about 10 different roms), but i still get a boot loop.
As i can enter the recovery and download mode without a problem and there never seems to be an error message after flashing i don't think that there is something wrong with the hardware.
Does anyone have an idea what i could do?
Also i somewhere read that you can fix pretty much any problem by using a riffbox.
Does any of you guys have any experience with that thing/ know if that could probably fix my problem?
x-timewinder-x said:
I followed the guide in the '[READ THIS]' thread and flashed a stock rom (i already tried about 10 different roms), but i still get a boot loop.
As i can enter the recovery and download mode without a problem and there never seems to be an error message after flashing i don't think that there is something wrong with the hardware.
Does anyone have an idea what i could do?
Also i somewhere read that you can fix pretty much any problem by using a riffbox.
Does any of you guys have any experience with that thing/ know if that could probably fix my problem?
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In recovery did u try the:first clear cache and then wipe data/factory reset.After these reboot
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Yes, i already tried that.
In cwm recovery i also tried to format data,system and cache and flashed a new rom afterwards just in case.
x-timewinder-x said:
Yes, i already tried that.
In cwm recovery i also tried to format data,system and cache and flashed a new rom afterwards just in case.
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All i can suggest is above formats plus format sdcard and format dalvik you will loose data but that looks lost anyway .
Flash an older stock rom via Odin from .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
JJEgan said:
All i can suggest is above formats plus format sdcard and format dalvik you will loose data but that looks lost anyway .
Flash an older stock rom via Odin from .
Stock Roms .and csc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
jje
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Tried all of that, but i'm still stuck at boot loop
Does that mean the hardware is just broken?
x-timewinder-x said:
Tried all of that, but i'm still stuck at boot loop
Does that mean the hardware is just broken?
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Not necessarily.
Similar thing happened to me with KI8.
Was all good on KG1.
Flashed intratechs KI8 all good.
Flashed cfroot for KI8 had to factory reset to get root to work.
All was good at this point.
Flashed siyah 1.8 kernel all good.
CWM backuped.
CWM flashed % battery mod and stuck on Samsung logo at boot.
CWM restore still stuck at Samsung logo at boot.
Tried lots of things to fix but no go.
CWM restore of KG1 and all good again.
Still trying to work out what went wrong and will post the fix when/if I find out.
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I have this problem too. For some reason, the only rom I can flash is Cognition 1.6 . The rest seem to just get stuck at the Galaxy S2 logo
Well i was playing with my phone, flashed a new rom everything was fine but i had no mobile connection. I had an Efs backup already created with Ktool and wanted to restore it. Restored the img. file nothing happened. Restored the .tar file and my phone just broke. It's not even a bootloop the phone freezes on the boot logo. I tried kies recovery and flashing a stock rom with odin but nothing works. The only firmware that works is the stock ICS 4.0.4 and when i instal it the pc doesn't recognize it and i can't access anything else than odin. Someone please help !
If you can get ics to boot then it isn't bricked.
Panic flashing can brick it, however, so slow down and think. afaik JB won't boot if the efs partition won't mount.
Try flashing Philz recovery via odin, use that to restore/fix your efs then factory reset and flash an official 4.1.2 stock rom.
Also, go read the stickied help for efs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
boomboomer said:
If you can get ics to boot then it isn't bricked.
Panic flashing can brick it, however, so slow down and think. afaik JB won't boot if the efs partition won't mount.
Try flashing Philz recovery via odin, use that to restore/fix your efs then factory reset and flash an official 4.1.2 stock rom.
Also, go read the stickied help for efs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
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Well since i already tried to flash a stock rom the efs backup got deleted probably. Could you please explain me step by step the Philz recovery and what to do after.
Sorry, no. You'll have to learn how to install and use it.
I'll just get it to service today, still thanks for your help
I have a couple more questions.
1.) I have the brick bug, right?
2.) Flashing a safe kernel and then restoring the backup won't help either I presume?
3.) Would flashing the PIT file from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26428986&postcount=1 solve my problem?
thx in advance
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Hi everyone
first of all, this is my first post so if i posted in the wrong section i am sorry
now here's my problem:
i have a Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) with rooted stock ICS 4.0.4. I wanted to restore a backup which I created using the Nandroid Backup app on the same day. So i went into recovery mode, flashed a temporary CWM (from this thread http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472) then restored the backup from my SD card. if i remember correctly, if the restoration of the backup was succesful the phone should stay in CWM. In my case the screen went black for a few seconds then it looked like it would boot. However it just got stuck showing the Samsung logo with model number, so Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100.
I can still enter recovery and download mode. I did a factory reset, wiped cache partition and even re-flashed the stock ROM using odin but to no avail. After flashing the ROM, it didn't work so i did a factory reset again. It still got stuck on the logo so i went into recovery again. In recovery mode it says "E: failed to mount /sytsem (invalid arguement)". i could solve that problem by reflashing the ROM though.
does anybody know what caused this and even more imortantly, how to solve my issue?
On a side note, could be relevant, my phone just froze all of a sudden some times in the past months. i had to reboot my phone everytime it froze
Thx in advance
EDIT: ok, i've re-flashed the ROM again with odin. at first there is the green droid and the blue loading bar right below, but after a few seconds the screen goes black again and it tries to boot and gets stuck. I pulled battery, reinserted it and went into recovery, wiped cache. when i select "reboot" from the menu it says "E: failed to mount /sytsem (invalid arguement)"
Edit2: after flashing the ROM i get this "E: failed to mount /data (invalid arguement)" when rebooting over recovery. I've found a thread where it says i need to flash the dbdata.rfs.tar using odin. i will try that now
Edit3: when i try to flash the file i get a "NAND write start" "fail" error. I've been to a store that will take care of my problem.
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-shadow.walker- said:
Hi everyone
first of all, this is my first post so if i posted in the wrong section i am sorry
now here's my problem:
i have a Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) with rooted stock ICS 4.0.4. I wanted to restore a backup which I created using the Nandroid Backup app on the same day. So i went into recovery mode, flashed a temporary CWM (from this thread http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472) then restored the backup from my SD card. if i remember correctly, if the restoration of the backup was succesful the phone should stay in CWM. In my case the screen went black for a few seconds then it looked like it would boot. However it just got stuck showing the Samsung logo with model number, so Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100.
I can still enter recovery and download mode. I did a factory reset, wiped cache partition and even re-flashed the stock ROM using odin but to no avail. After flashing the ROM, it didn't work so i did a factory reset again. It still got stuck on the logo so i went into recovery again. In recovery mode it says "E: failed to mount /sytsem (invalid arguement)". i could solve that problem by reflashing the ROM though.
does anybody know what caused this and even more imortantly, how to solve my issue?
On a side note, could be relevant, my phone just froze all of a sudden some times in the past months. i had to reboot my phone everytime it froze
Thx in advance
EDIT: ok, i've re-flashed the ROM again with odin. at first there is the green droid and the blue loading bar right below, but after a few seconds the screen goes black again and it tries to boot and gets stuck. I pulled battery, reinserted it and went into recovery, wiped cache. when i select "reboot" from the menu it says "E: failed to mount /sytsem (invalid arguement)"
Edit2: after flashing the ROM i get this "E: failed to mount /data (invalid arguement)" when rebooting over recovery. I've found a thread where it says i need to flash the dbdata.rfs.tar using odin. i will try that now
Edit3: when i try to flash the file i get a "NAND write start" "fail" error. I've been to a store that will take care of my problem.
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hey buddy .. just wana know .. all u have done .. I mean to flash CWM ,, backup ,, restore and any stuff ... u performed all of these things using stock kernel .. ???
c0olmad said:
hey buddy .. just wana know .. all u have done .. I mean to flash CWM ,, backup ,, restore and any stuff ... u performed all of these things using stock kernel .. ???
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yeah, stock ICS kernel and ROM
-shadow.walker- said:
yeah, stock ICS kernel and ROM
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buddy it is advised to not to perform any thing like .. restore .. flashing etc etc .. as stock kernel is not safe to perform these operations .. whats the progress of ur fone now .. ???
-shadow.walker- said:
yeah, stock ICS kernel and ROM
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Like c0olmad said, there is a brick bug in ICS. It would be alot better and safer to flash stock jellybean 4.1.2 link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
Unsure of why your still on ics but below is a link to get a safe kernal where brick bug has been fixed. Make sure you get the kernal for your build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270
c0olmad said:
buddy it is advised to not to perform any thing like .. restore .. flashing etc etc .. as stock kernel is not safe to perform these operations .. whats the progress of ur fone now .. ???
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I've been to the store today. He said my case is a bit complicated and he will call me when it' finished.
stonedpsycho said:
Like c0olmad said, there is a brick bug in ICS. It would be alot better and safer to flash stock jellybean 4.1.2 link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544487
Unsure of why your still on ics but below is a link to get a safe kernal where brick bug has been fixed. Make sure you get the kernal for your build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877270
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TBH, I was aware that there was a brick bug but I thought i wouldn't be affected :silly:
And I was happy with ICS so I didn't upgrade. Also there is an app that currently only works on 4.0 or lower, so I didn't bother with upgrading.
the technicians of the store weren't able to repair it. i guess i have the brickbug :crying:
Hello
I've accidentally flashed a wrong cwm-recovery (meant for some other phone)
After the installation I've rebooted into recovery and it booted the one I already had (that's when I understood it's the wrong one)
Then I've tried to reboot back to my rom but it got stuck on the rom's loading screen
Tried to flash a new rom after using gs2RomWipe
Tried to restore from a nandroid backup
all of them gave the same result.. stuck on the loading screen
Now to my question...
If I flash a stock Rom via Odin.. will it be enough? will I be able to reroot and use my phone normally again?
Or is there an easier way maybe?
i did the same today..
all the time bootloop..
flashing same rom that i was using did not helped..
flashing some other rom helped but cant call cause phone dont see simcard..
flashing some other roms like cyanogenmod also stuck my on bootloop..
I am pretty sure you have to flash via odin.
Update...
I've flashed a stock rom via Odin but it went into a bootloop
when I've entered recovery it said E:failed to mount efs (invalid argument)
so far I've found no way to make the phone work
please help
PureMind0 said:
Update...
I've flashed a stock rom via Odin but it went into a bootloop
when I've entered recovery it said E:failed to mount efs (invalid argument)
so far I've found no way to make the phone work
please help
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If you are using i9100.
Then flash philz kernel via odin.
Then boot into recovery.
MOUNT usb storage
Place any rom zip in the root of ex sd card
Flash it with full wipe
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corruptionfreeindia said:
If you are using i9100.
Then flash philz kernel via odin.
Then boot into recovery.
MOUNT usb storage
Place any rom zip in the root of ex sd card
Flash it with full wipe
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It doesn't work...
stock rom wont start, restored nandroid wont start, philz + new rom wont start
I have efs backup as tar.gz but didn't find a normal guide on how to use it without the phone working (i.e adb)
I'm not even sure if the problem is because of the efs missing or not but it seems to be the problem
PureMind0 said:
It doesn't work...
stock rom wont start, restored nandroid wont start, philz + new rom wont start
I have efs backup as tar.gz but didn't find a normal guide on how to use it without the phone working (i.e adb)
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Ok.
Lets make it clear.
After flashing philz which rom did u flash?.
U should have not got any problem.
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corruptionfreeindia said:
Ok.
Lets make it clear.
After flashing philz which rom did u flash?.
U should have not got any problem.
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I've flashed ReVolt JB version
the result was the same as any other method I've tried so far..
stuck on loading screen / bootloop
PureMind0 said:
I've flashed ReVolt JB version
the result was the same as any other method I've tried so far..
stuck on loading screen / bootloop
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Ok.
Do this.
Boot into recovery
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Factory reset/wipe data
Format system
Format preload
Format data
Install philz kernel
Boot into recovery
Select wipe data/factory reset-clean to install a new rom
Install any custom stock rom like neat rom, vivekrom , biftor (choose any one)
Reboot
I assume you are using gti9100
Report back.
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corruptionfreeindia said:
Ok.
Do this.
Boot into recovery
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Factory reset/wipe data
Format system
Format preload
Format data
Install philz kernel
Boot into recovery
Select wipe data/factory reset-clean to install a new rom
Install any custom stock rom like neat rom, vivekrom , biftor (choose any one)
Reboot
I assume you are using gti9100
Report back.
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I did everything you said. installed Bitfor rom
got the same result.. still stuck on loading screen
Thanks a lot for your help it's much appreciated
hope I'll be able to solve this somehow
PureMind0 said:
I did everything you said. installed Bitfor rom
got the same result.. still stuck on loading screen
Thanks a lot for your help it's much appreciated
hope I'll be able to solve this somehow
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First boot takes 5/7 min.
Wait
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corruptionfreeindia said:
First boot takes 5/7 min.
Wait
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still nothing...
and it usually takes 1-2 mins max for me
also doesn't explain why stock from odin wont work
It seems to me that I need to somehow fix the efs folder but no idea how to do that
almost all the guides I've seen about that requires the rom to work and use root explorer
the others wasn't clear enough or just not related
according to the shell commands my efs folder is empty
copying the efs folder I have on my sdcard doesn't help because it's not there after reboot
I have a tar.gz as well but not sure how to use it
can I flash the .tar via odin? or some other solution with adb/shell?
or do you think it has nothing to do with my problem?
anyone have any idea how to help me???
I've tried many different ways but my device just wont make it past the loading screen of the rom (doesn't matter which one)
I really have no idea what can cause this problem
thought that flashing stock rom via Odin should fix it but it doesn't help
I've tried some methods I've seen to fix efs problems but so far nothing helped
I'm really desperate at the moment :\
download mode and flash the cwm kernel via Odin should work.
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i am facing exact same problem
and it also start with flashing cwm for kitkat
nothing working now stock or custmised rom
hope some one can help us to fix it
Any more ideas??
If I take it to my carrier company, will they be able to make it work with their official rom?
PureMind0 said:
Any more ideas??
If I take it to my carrier company, will they be able to make it work with their official rom?
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i take it to the repair shop they told me they can repair it with some kind of box which will reflash the rom.
i will get it back tomorrow
hope it work
casperusm said:
i take it to the repair shop they told me they can repair it with some kind of box which will reflash the rom.
i will get it back tomorrow
hope it work
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Good luck!
I should send mine tomorrow and hopefully they can fix it
update when you get yours back
casperusm said:
i take it to the repair shop they told me they can repair it with some kind of box which will reflash the rom.
i will get it back tomorrow
hope it work
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Did you get your device fixed?
OK.....just a quick thing......Odin flashing a normal single file stock firmware *may* not be the solution as it just overwrites what is already there during the flash. I will provide a link to a three part firmware that wipes the old as it flashes.....this essentially flashes the firmware onto 'pristine' memory partitions....it *might* help......
Here's the link.....
http://www.mediafire.com/?1z5ao5b6r594x45
Search for @Hopper8s Odin troubleshooting guide for instructions on how to flash it.....
Good luck.....
This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM
It was freezing every where and i need to pull out battery. Restarting and factry reset didnt worked. It also wasnt picking my network. Cant send sms, calls, data connection etc. I decided to flash custom ROM. Back to noot v9. I flashed CWM and then ROM. It wasnt booting on first try. I did again now it stucks on boot logo. When i charge it doesnt shows animation but stucks on battery logo even i unplugg it. Cant go to recovery nor download mode? Any help?
You have nand memory wear, try flashing full stock firmware with Odin then factory reset.
If it still doesn't work then try reading the freezing thread in general forum.
boomboomer said:
You have nand memory wear, try flashing full stock firmware with Odin then factory reset.
If it still doesn't work then try reading the freezing thread in general forum.
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Hey I made it work upto recovery after too much time. I flashed ArchiDroid 4.4 ROM. It boots but still freezin, cant even use it for 2 minutes. Hardware issue? Or I still try flashing via odin.
boomboomer said:
You have nand memory wear, try flashing full stock firmware with Odin then factory reset.
If it still doesn't work then try reading the freezing thread in general forum.
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Try reading the previous post.
boomboomer said:
Try reading the previous post.
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Did that. CPU is fixed. But IMEI is changed and any SIM doesn't works. What should I do?
Restore efs backup.
boomboomer said:
Restore efs backup.
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Well phone was stuck at boot logo and freezing everywhere even recovery. Flashed ROM through odin so no efs backup.