Hi guys,
I'm sorry if you might find this answered somewhere else. But as far as my xda and google searching skills go, I've exhausted all options.
The rooted S3 (GT-I9300 on stock 4.3 ROM) I've been using was working perfectly fine until I decided to flash touch CWM. (Note: I had already installed the app through play store or blackmart). Now my phone is stuck in a weird download mode loop. It's weird because it's not the normal download mode that comes when you press the Volume Down+Home+Power buttons. It's almost the same, except that the other details on the top-left corner are not being displayed (such as Odin Mode, product name, custom binary download, custom binary ...).
However, I can still access the normal download mode using the above key combinations, only that that phone isn't recognized in Odin. Thus, I couldn't flash the stock rom using the same. Secondly, I can also access the recovery mode, but it's not CWM; instead, it's the stock android system recovery <3e>
Now, to make things worse, all my attempts at flashing custom recovery and stock rom through ADB were in vain. Every time I tried flashing a custom rom or recovery (using adb sideload filename), the phone gave me the following message (E:signature verification failed). I understand it's the case with stock recovery, but I just can't install custom recovery. And to top it all, my attempts at installing CWM and stock rom (I9300XWUGML4_I9300DDGML4_INU.zip) using the 'apply update from external storage' option (yes, I can access my extSDcard) yield me same results (E:signature verification failed).
So there you are, I tried adb; I tried Odin; I tried applying an update through external storage; I tried removing the battering and reinserting it (after almost four hours); I even tried factory resetting the handset, yet no positive results. My phone still goes to the weird download mode when rebooted. Please help. I don't want to bother everyone with stupid questions. I'm ready to do my research and help my case, but for now I'm at a roadblock. Your help would be much appreciated.
Details:
Was running on stock 4.3; no custom ROMs were installed; it was only rooted
GT-I9300
4.3
I9300DDUGNB1
Kernel: 3.0.31-2363855
[email protected] #1
Fri Dec 27 20:00:26 KST 2013
Build: JSS15J.I9300XWUGML4
AP: I9300XWUGML4
CP: I9300DUGNB1
CSC: I9300DDGML4
Anything at all?
Guys,
Is there a way out of this? I've started the day thinking I might have missed something but still can't seem to figure it out.
Try taking the battery out, while the phone is connected to the pc, in download mode.
Without connection to Odin there is little you can do, take for a repair.
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boomboomer said:
Try taking the battery out, while the phone is connected to the pc, in download mode.
Without connection to Odin there is little you can do, take for a repair.
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Tried that.. when I remove the battery, nothing changes (the screen shows the download mode) until I unplug the USB cable.
Is there anyway I can flash a ROM using adb? I tried adb sideload <filename> (stock rom downloaded from sammobile) but nothing happens. Command prompt is stuck for some time, then the phone restarts into recovery mode but not completely. It gets stuck at the animation screen, where the bot is being repaired.
You would have to write each image part to the correct partition, complicated and risky.
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boomboomer said:
You would have to write each image part to the correct partition, complicated and risky.
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Well, took it to the service center a while back. Got it repaired. Tried to get some information from the tech guys on what is it that they did. But well, a cloak of anonymity was thrown over the process. Nevertheless, I understand why they wouldn't let me know. But glad that the phone is working. Although can't say for how long, as I'm going to root it again and install a custom ROM. Just can't keep my hands off of it. :laugh:
Thanks anyway for everything. This was my first thread and I'm glad with the responses. Cheers!!!
Stupid me! Just found out the problem. It was the USB cable. I didn't suspect it earlier as it was working fine in adb. Now after the repair when I tried installing a ROM through odin, the phone wasn't getting detected, like earlier. That's when it struck me to check the cable. I was using the original data cable that came with the phone, as it was in mint condition. I tried connecting the phone using my sister's Xperia Z's data cable. And lo and behold! Device added in Odin. Stupid me! No wonder the tech guys were a bit apprehensive in telling me what the problem.
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Early yesterday I launched Kies and hit the update firmware option from the tools menu to see if the alleged ICS update was available for my phone. It appeared it was with, a message promoting that it would clear all personal data from the phone, which I then selected cancel so I could do a backup of pictures/videos on the phones internal SD.
Without doing any sort of backup yet I shutdown the phone, only for it to freeze on the shutting down screen. After 20 mins I pulled the battery and let the phone cool down since it had gotten warm trying to shut itself down. After replacing the battery and turning on it was stuck in a bootloop with only the SGS2 logo, never reaching the ATT logo.
At that point I came to XDA, which I frequently browse but have yet to root, and began reading and searching everything I could find.
Hours later I decided to attempt to flash the stock firmware from sammobile.com using Odin. The flash took a long time and I assume never completed. I left it overnight since I didnt want to unplug it mid-flash. Checking back in the morning the phone is black, Odin says failed/disconnected, and I find the battery completely drained. I charged it for a while then tried turning it back on and got the yellow triangle "firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." screen.
Now i'm attempting once more to flash the firmware but again it has been 30 mins on Sbl.bin. I've had a hard time finding stock firmware in different varieties with working links, so to not increase the flash counter in the event I ultimately have to send it in for repair.
Any suggestions on where to go from here? I've followed every direction I can find for flashing stock firmware and nothing has been successful.
Glad to help if I can. Please tell me exactly what package you flashed from sammobile, with a link if possible.
You should change the title of the thread.... I killed my phone. LOL!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
I attempted to flash I777UCKH7, 2011 August, USA (AT&T)
w.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=SGH-I777&r=-1#modelsa
BROKKANIC:
I've tried the steps in that thread, the One-click Oden does not have the phone showing up in any boxes, yet it still shows up in the non-One click Oden.
nett3 said:
I attempted to flash I777UCKH7, 2011 August, USA (AT&T)
w.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=SGH-I777&r=-1#modelsa
BROKKANIC:
I've tried the steps in that thread, the One-click Oden does not have the phone showing up in any boxes, yet it still shows up in the non-One click Oden.
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Try this.....
2c.) How to root by flashing Entropy512's Return/Unbrick to Stock, Kernel + Rooted System Package with Modem using Odin3 One-Click Downloader (Windows)
Download the "Odin3 One-Click Downloader Stock I-777 UCKH7 with Root no BL" package from Hotfile. Extract the contents of the zip file to a directory on your hard disk drive. This is a One-Click version of Entropy512's Return/Unbrick to Stock, Kernel + Rooted System Package plus stock modem from the development forum. (Contains stock zImage, factoryfs.img with root, and modem.bin.)
Start the Odin3 One-Click Downloader program by double clicking on "I777UCKH7 OCD With Root.exe".
Now Enter Download Mode:
With the phone powered off, plug in the usb cable while holding the vol up + vol down buttons (but not the power button).
When the warning screen appears, press Volume up to continue into download mode.
In Odin, the small edit box in the upper left corner will turn yellow, and say something like [0:COM8]. The number could be different.
Click Start. Watch the progress bar advance in green while the message box in the lower area describes the steps. When the flash is finished, the top left larger edit box will turn green and say PASS! and your phone will automatically reboot.
Unplug the usb cable from you phone after it boots up. Success. You're Rooted.
SOURCE: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081
creepyncrawly would know better. It's his thread.
Download the file from below post to go back to stock I777UCKH7. Follow the instruction written in the post. I just had the same a while ago using the mobile odin to go back to stock. Got stuck on Samsung Galaxy SII screen. Pulled the battery and then followed the instructions from this post. I selected the one that says no BL 'I777UCKH7 OCD No BL'.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18859438&postcount=199
Once you are done with the stock restore. To upgrade to ICS LE5 follow the instructions from below post. Make sure you read and follow the instructions as mentioned in the post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27707563&postcount=83
nett3 said:
I attempted to flash I777UCKH7, 2011 August, USA (AT&T)
w.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=SGH-I777&r=-1#modelsa
BROKKANIC:
I've tried the steps in that thread, the One-click Oden does not have the phone showing up in any boxes, yet it still shows up in the non-One click Oden.
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You downloaded I777UCKH7_I777ATTKH7_ATT and extracted I777UCKH7-rev02-home-low-cl503881.tar.md5?
Flashed the .tar.md5 in the pda slot?
What version of Odin are you using?
Edit: You're getting lots of advice here. Let me know if you need me to help troubleshoot your issues.
BROKKANIC/krips2003: Thanks for helping so far, but no luck. Those both link to the same Odin One click. This and another one click I tried do not show the phone connected to any COM#. But, in the non-one click Oden the phone shows up. I have pulled the battery and changed USB ports and it still will not show up in the one click.
In the mean time I'll see if there's a solution for that, but I'd like to hear any other suggestions.
Edit: I get the feeling Odin is not starting the write process, since neither the progress bar or words show up in the box above COM# until AFTER I unplug the phone, at which time it flashing quickly then displays Failed.
nett3 said:
BROKKANIC/krips2003: Thanks for helping so far, but no luck. Those both link to the same Odin One click. This and another one click I tried do not show the phone connected to any COM#. But, in the non-one click Oden the phone shows up. I have pulled the battery and changed USB ports and it still will not show up in the one click.
In the mean time I'll see if there's a solution for that, but I'd like to hear any other suggestions.
Edit: I get the feeling Odin is not starting the write process, since neither the progress bar or words show up in the box above COM# until AFTER I unplug the phone, at which time it flashing quickly then displays Failed.
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Try using another micro usb wire if you have one. If not then get one from radioshack or bestbuy. I had the almost similar issue on my captivate with the original USB cable. Then I got a Rocketfish one from bestbuy and it worked like a charm.
I'm sure you might have already done this. Make sure you first run the ODIN and then put your phone in download mode.
krips your a genius!
The one click is now working thanks to the suggestion to pay attention to order of operations. I must have never plugged the phone in AFTER starting the one click. This was easily overlooked when I've been switching the phone between 2 PCs and 3 micro usb cables.
I now have a progress bar and have had made more progress than in the last 24 hours. Even after searching I did not find this solution, even though it's stated in the directions and it seems trivial, maybe it should be emphasized the one click needs to phone plugged in after it's running.
Thanks again. I'll update this post when it's back to being a phone again.
PS. BROKKANIC: you were right, if I didn't kill my phone then I sure was the impeding factor in its recovery.
Good news/bad news. Still stuck in bootloop, but now have SGS2 logo instead of yellow triangle. Trying to enter recovery mode crashes the phone soon after it appears.
Is this a bootloader problem, kernel problem, or something else?
LOL!. Glad you got it working.
nett3 said:
Good news/bad news. Still stuck in bootloop, but now have SGS2 logo instead of yellow triangle. Trying to enter recovery mode crashes the phone soon after it appears.
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Flash back to stock first.
BROKKANIC said:
LOL!. Glad you got it working.
Flash back to stock first.
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I believe that what I have been doing. I ran I777UCKH7 OCD With Root.exe, which resulted in bootloop, then ran I777UCKH7-CL503881-No-BL.exe, which also resulted in bootloop. Both completed successfully, but resulted in the same bootloop.
Odin appears unable to flash anything without it being a one click. I'm trying to flash Siyah-v2.6.14-att.tar. But Odin hangs at zImage with no progress bar.
What operating system you using: if windows 7 are you running as administrator ?
hd779 said:
What operating system you using: if windows 7 are you running as administrator ?
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I've resorted to my WinXP laptop which has been more successful than my Win7 desktop. On the Win7 attempts everything is run as admin, but has many time bluescreened and hard reset the whole PC when attempting to flash anything with Odin. Maybe a separate issue, maybe not. But the XP machine is atleast successfully flashing the Odin one clicks.
Update: Odin standalone (non-one click) appears to be unable to flash anything, it will only hang when trying to write. One click Oden packages seem to work. Is there a one click with full stock sbl, param, kernel, etc?
I think your problem is you flash to stock with packet include bootloader, so that is the reason why your phone is brick.
I'm using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659 for stock UCKH7. This is non-root version and work very well for me. It include sbl, kernel and param, ...
gefox4vn said:
I think your problem is you flash to stock with packet include bootloader, so that is the reason why your phone is brick.
I'm using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659 for stock UCKH7. This is non-root version and work very well for me. It include sbl, kernel and param, ...
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I haven't flashed a package with a bootloader yet. The only ones that work for me are Odin one click packages, and the two I've tried do not have bootloaders. I've been looking for one WITH a bootloader but no such luck yet, since maybe that would solve the problem.
The guide/link you've suggested will not work for me at this time. I do not have the ability to boot into any andriod OS. The only capability my phone has is executing Odin one click packages for some reason, even Oden standalone firmware flashes do not work.
I had a similar issue...I eventually got mine stuck at the ATT droplets....
Finally I flashed back to 2.3.4 stock....did the ota...then upgraded to ICS.
Its all on my work laptop so I wont be able to post any specific files or their names until monday...
Good luck!
Once your phone gets to the boot screen try to get into stock 3e (both volume buttons + power till 2nd SGSII splash screen) recovery and do a factory reset. Should boot after that. Good luck.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium
Why not try a custom ics rom? What else do you have to lose? Staying stock is overrated anyways. You may also have an antivirus stopping Odin but I doubt it. Just turn off your antivirus and try.
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Alright, so here's my problem:
I just upgraded to the Galaxy S III yesterday, and today decided to try to 'root' the device. So I found the Toolkit here on XDA (from here), and went through the initial steps without any issues (driver installation, device recognition, etc..).
I then went to the 'rooting option' menu, where I selected the first--and most basic --option, which was to only install Super User, and the push the permissions.
I was following the automated guide, opened Odin, selected the correct file, 'boot-insecure-i9300xxale8-gsm.tar', and made sure only 'auto-restart' and F.reset time' were checked, and clicked 'start'. The flash appeared to have gone well, but when it tried to restart, the phone never rebooted. I attempted to reboot into download mode (Vol. Down + Home + Power), but the device was unresponsive. I then browsed around the forums a bit looking for other methods, including taking the battery out for several minutes, then putting it back in whilst holding down the 'download mode' button combination, and other various variations of that method; yet again, none prevailed.
The device gives no indicator lights when plugged in, no light up when the power button is held down, and is overall seemingly unresponsive. However, when I hold down the 'home' button alone - after about 30 seconds - a green vertical battery appears on the screen, with a little white loading indicator on it, but vanishes after about 5 seconds or so, and the device becomes unresponsive once more.
The device is not being recognized by my computer whatsoever, no beeps or anything when plugged in.
Any ideas as to what I can do?
EDIT: I have been able to get into 'Download mode' somehow, but after trying to reflash the stock rom, it went back to the 'Unresponsive' mode. I have it in Download mode again currently, so what do I do from here?
I assume it is still under warranty, since it is less than a few days old. Return it to the store claiming hardware malfunctioning.
Forget about the toolkit. In my opinion, it's quite useless (as you know by now), and it tends to automate tasks that are simple by nature.
Even although I appreciate the effort the developers of the toolkit put into it, I would never do it, since I want to have control of the entire process: I want to know exactly what is being done and why, and that is something the Toolkit won't give me.
If you want to root your phone and keep it stock, do this:
- Install the drivers for the device.
- Install SiyahKernel for S3 version 1.3 using ODIN.
- Install superSU (from market) and let it update it's binary su
- Install MobileOdin (free version)
- download the latest Samsung ROM (such as DBT [Germany] or ITV [Italy]) using CheckFus downloader
- copy the downloaded and unzipped ROM to your phone's external SD card (just the .md5 file)
- using MobileODIN, flash the ROM and select the "EverRoot" feature
- after reboot the ROM will be updated, stock, but with root
- Install TriangleAway to get rid of any annoying triangles and to reset the binary counter
Done. supposing the ROM is already downloaded, the entire process takes exactly 4 minutes.
Simonetti2011 said:
I assume it is still under warranty, since it is less than a few days old. Return it to the store claiming hardware malfunctioning.
Forget about the toolkit. In my opinion, it's quite useless (as you know by now), and it tends to automate tasks that are simple by nature.
Even although I appreciate the effort the developers of the toolkit put into it, I would never do it, since I want to have control of the entire process: I want to know exactly what is being done and why, and that is something the Toolkit won't give me.
If you want to root your phone and keep it stock, do this:
- Install the drivers for the device.
- Install SiyahKernel for S3 version 1.3 using ODIN.
- Install superSU (from market) and let it update it's binary su
- Install MobileOdin (free version)
- download the latest Samsung ROM (such as DBT [Germany] or ITV [Italy]) using CheckFus downloader
- copy the downloaded and unzipped ROM to your phone's external SD card (just the .md5 file)
- using MobileODIN, flash the ROM and select the "EverRoot" feature
- after reboot the ROM will be updated, stock, but with root
- Install TriangleAway to get rid of any annoying triangles and to reset the binary counter
Done. supposing the ROM is already downloaded, the entire process takes exactly 4 minutes.
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Thank you so much for responding!
I have the phone in download mode right now though, as I've been able to get that far. Is there anything I can do from here to fix the issue? I really don't want to take it back up, and face the chance of confrontation if they decided to call me out on the issue.
I tried flashing the Sinyah Kernel via Odin just now, using the PDA mode, but once again, just flashes the Samsung logo for a brief second, and disappears, leaving me with a black screen.
Samsung don't seem to really care if you have rooted or not, so far about 4 people in 2 days on this and other for mums have returned phones because they have possibly bricked them, all got them exchanged with out a problem.
To unroot and return your galaxy S3 to stock for warranty watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Tga_yKywc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Zenno said:
Thank you so much for responding!
I have the phone in download mode right now though, as I've been able to get that far. Is there anything I can do from here to fix the issue? I really don't want to take it back up, and face the chance of confrontation if they decided to call me out on the issue.
I tried flashing the Sinyah Kernel via Odin just now, using the PDA mode, but once again, just flashes the Samsung logo for a brief second, and disappears, leaving me with a black screen.
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Flash a stock rom for your phone and location or if it was a branded phone flash that .
Even if it does not boot you stand a better chance under warranty .
Say you where doing a Kies update and it just failed to reboot .
jje
JJEgan said:
Flash a stock rom for your phone and location or if it was a branded phone flash that .
Even if it does not boot you stand a better chance under warranty .
Say you where doing a Kies update and it just failed to reboot .
jje
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I tried to reboot the stock firmware 'boot-stock-i9300xxale8-gsm.tar', but when Odin failed to reboot the phone, and I manually put it back into download mode, it still said my binary was 'Custom'.
Should I be trying to flash that under 'Bootloader' in Odin or something? Because I've been doing 'PDA' and it hasn't been working.
Download an original, stock ROM from samsung-updates.com or use checkFus downloader.
That is what you'll flash.
This is the one I use: http://samsung-updates.com/get/1932/Samsung_Firmware_GT-I9300_DBT_I9300XXALF6_Android_4_0_4.html
After some further browsing, I was able to fix it thanks to this post here, posted by 'mskip'.
Whew! That was stressing. Thanks guys for helping out though!
How to get out of hard brick to download mode
Zenno said:
After some further browsing, I was able to fix it thanks to this post here, posted by 'mskip'.
Whew! That was stressing. Thanks guys for helping out though!
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After hardware brick, how did you get it back to download mode agian?
i cnat do anything , no turn on no charging, nothing, how you do it?
i think if i can get it back to dowload mode, i can flash out the stock rom again.
any advise will help
Pull the Batteery
jiafu790617 said:
After hardware brick, how did you get it back to download mode agian?
i cnat do anything , no turn on no charging, nothing, how you do it?
i think if i can get it back to dowload mode, i can flash out the stock rom again.
any advise will help
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Remove the battery for about 2 minutes, replace it and immediately try to go into download mode. This worked for me
same problem
Hard bricked it too, flashed a wrong rom made for international model, i have the att model are you sure taking out the battery works?
Zenno said:
EDIT: I have been able to get into 'Download mode' somehow, but after trying to reflash the stock rom, it went back to the 'Unresponsive' mode. I have it in Download mode again currently, so what do I do from here?
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I have the same problem! Do you know how you got into download mode?
Surge411 said:
I have the same problem! Do you know how you got into download mode?
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Just keep trying,I must have removed the battery and pressed the buttons over six times to get into download mode. Hope you get there.
I have a Windows 8 PC and I rooted my i9300 using Mark Skippen's excellent toolkit (not a paid endorsement, BTW - I just have used his kits on other devices and love them) and was successful in flashing an insecure boot image, root, and busybox. I then installed and SuperuserSU and TWRP and made a nandroid of my system safely tucked on my microSD card.
My problems started when I tried to install CM10 for the i9300 and Gapps (I checked before I downloaded the ZIP from CM's site and I thought I had gotten the correct ZIP). For reasons I can't figure out, I got stuck in a bootloop at the CM logo. And when I say stuck, it wouldn't stop even after I pulled the battery and put it back - I would put the battery in and it would resume with the bootloop at the CM logo. I then tried to get into recovery using the keys on the phone and it still wouldn't stop. I couldn't find a solution with a cursory search and I couldn't get my PC, I couldn't get it to recognize my my phone when I plugged it it.
In what I know was a fit of frustration and stupidity, I tried to get Kies to "Emergency reformat my phone" and it kind of worked. The CM boot loop went away, but not it will only display the "Samsung Galaxy SIII i9300" logo and then shuts off. So, now I was wondering if anyone knows if there's a way to get my phone working again or if I've finally succeeded in making myself an expensive brick and I need to just start over again with a new one?
I don't mind constructive criticism and offers of last rites, but I'd appreciate if folks keep the plain old flame or troll posts to themselves. And, as always, any help or directions to locations/ threads to see if my SGS3 can be resurrected are especially appreciated.
Thanks all!
Can you get into download mode?
VolDown + Home + power
Have you tried using a usb jig?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
No jig, but I can get into download mode! :good:
WA_Bob said:
No jig, but I can get into download mode! :good:
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Try CWM recovery. Problems appear every now and then with TWRecovery.
Just put it in download mode and flash a new ROM. I'd suggest JB if you wanna use it.
Okay - with some hair pulling and the SGS3 toolkit, I'm back on stock, rooted so all is right with my new toy. Thanks all for your help! I wouldn't have done it without you all!
This problem actually caused me to go out and buy another i9100 (which i've successfully rooted multiple times, so I don't think my process is wrong). I'm just trying to get it working so i can have a spare. I've tried searching and couldn't find anything relating to this problem.
Firstly, the problem is like the phones memory is locked. It works completely normally, but if there are any data changes (send/receive messages, install apps, take pictures, change settings... or even deleting things), as soon as the phone is restarted, everything is restored back to the state it was in on 9th November. I don't think the date is relevant to the problem, however
Taking that into account, I'm trying to fix my phone by rooting it and installing a fresh OS on top, but because of this "locked memory" anything i do is ineffective.
I've tried to go into download mode and flash CF-Root onto it, which appears successful, but when it boots back up it's as if nothing happened - no superuser app, no triangle at boot screen. See here: hxxx://i.imgur.com/M0LKW.jpg
I've also tried SuperOneClick. It goes through its process but hangs after "rooting device step#7". See here :hxxx://i.imgur.com/XcPwO.jpg
Entering recovery mode and performing a factory reset doesn't do anything
Deleting everything on the internal SD through windows doesn't do anything.
So because I can't get root, I can't flash CWM or a new OS on top and i'm stuck with a phone which won't change. If i use the phone normally, after a few days it gets stuck in a crash loop (crashes, hit force close, app relaunches and crashes immediately, repeat) and i'm forced to restart. See here: hxxx://i.imgur.com/ACFl5.jpg
I'm out of ideas. Is there anything else I can try?
Phone details:
Model: GT-I9100
Android v: 2.3.6
Baseband: I9100XXKI4
Kernel: [email protected] #2
Build: GINGERBREAD.XWKK2
Thanks in advance
chunkmo said:
This problem actually caused me to go out and buy another i9100 (which i've successfully rooted multiple times, so I don't think my process is wrong). I'm just trying to get it working so i can have a spare. I've tried searching and couldn't find anything relating to this problem.
Firstly, the problem is like the phones memory is locked. It works completely normally, but if there are any data changes (send/receive messages, install apps, take pictures, change settings... or even deleting things), as soon as the phone is restarted, everything is restored back to the state it was in on 9th November. I don't think the date is relevant to the problem, however
Taking that into account, I'm trying to fix my phone by rooting it and installing a fresh OS on top, but because of this "locked memory" anything i do is ineffective.
I've tried to go into download mode and flash CF-Root onto it, which appears successful, but when it boots back up it's as if nothing happened - no superuser app, no triangle at boot screen. See here: hxxx://i.imgur.com/M0LKW.jpg
I've also tried SuperOneClick. It goes through its process but hangs after "rooting device step#7". See here :hxxx://i.imgur.com/XcPwO.jpg
Entering recovery mode and performing a factory reset doesn't do anything
Deleting everything on the internal SD through windows doesn't do anything.
So because I can't get root, I can't flash CWM or a new OS on top and i'm stuck with a phone which won't change. If i use the phone normally, after a few days it gets stuck in a crash loop (crashes, hit force close, app relaunches and crashes immediately, repeat) and i'm forced to restart. See here: hxxx://i.imgur.com/ACFl5.jpg
I'm out of ideas. Is there anything else I can try?
Phone details:
Model: GT-I9100
Android v: 2.3.6
Baseband: I9100XXKI4
Kernel: [email protected] #2
Build: GINGERBREAD.XWKK2
Thanks in advance
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This is the first time I have heard anything like this (it's like deep freeze(for pc) activated) Anyway I suggest you re flash a stock rom and then root by using something like Siyah latest both via Odin.
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king_below_my_lord said:
This is the first time I have heard anything like this (it's like deep freeze(for pc) activated) Anyway I suggest you re flash a stock rom and then root by using something like Siyah latest both via Odin.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Just tried this but the same thing happened - booted up with nothing changed
chunkmo said:
Thanks for the suggestion. Just tried this but the same thing happened - booted up with nothing changed
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After flashing a stock firmware via Odin your phone booted up like nothing happened? It's quite impossible I tell you, you must have done something wrong, you must download a stock firmware for your phone (according to region if required) go into download mode flash the tar.md5 file selecting PDA in Odin don't check re partition tick factory reset, and after flashing your phone should be having a new stock rom, try jb or gingerbread stock if the problem persist (logically it shouldn't).
Locked memory huh good name, if you're memory is resetting because of a hardware fault then we can't do anything except send it to the service center, could you post a link to a video of this particular problem it's hm.. You know it's quite unbelievable and maybe a video of your phone resetting itself could maybe stir up some developers who know a bit of hardware.
Using GT - I9100
I thank those who give helpful comments
I expect the same from others.
king_below_my_lord said:
After flashing a stock firmware via Odin your phone booted up like nothing happened? It's quite impossible I tell you, you must have done something wrong, you must download a stock firmware for your phone (according to region if required) go into download mode flash the tar.md5 file selecting PDA in Odin don't check re partition tick factory reset, and after flashing your phone should be having a new stock rom, try jb or gingerbread stock if the problem persist (logically it shouldn't).
Locked memory huh good name, if you're memory is resetting because of a hardware fault then we can't do anything except send it to the service center, could you post a link to a video of this particular problem it's hm.. You know it's quite unbelievable and maybe a video of your phone resetting itself could maybe stir up some developers who know a bit of hardware.
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Yep i'll record a video later today.
I'm guessing i'll have to send it in, but it'd be good just to document this kind of problem
Reflashes via odin and nothing Changed
Hit me with a hammer....
Seems like your phone is alive and dont want to die
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you tube.com/watch?v=31gjELaVDm0
Any ideas?
Hello, everyone! I'm in search of a hero who can help me resolve this (frustrating) issue! I'm sure you have heard it before: my phone will not boot fully; it is instead stuck permanently on the white VERIZON logo screen.
Model: SCH-I545
Carrier: VERIZON
Color: BLACK
Size: 16GB
The phone has not been rooted.
It does not have USB debugging enabled.
I have not installed any custom recovery software or mods.
There is no external SD card installed.
First, some back story. My phone asked me to perform a software update roughly a week ago. About a minute into the update, it told me the update failed. I assume this occurred because I was on the train and passed through a tunnel. Afterwards, my phone began acting up, rebooting itself randomly, and applications(such as web browser, text messaging) would randomly crash on me. I assumed another update would come to resolve the issue, but unfortunately yesterday(Sunday), my phone again rebooted itself, only this time it would not make it past the white VERIZON screen.
My goal is simply to recover my files from the device before either returning it or performing a factory reset. I have scoured the internet for hours trying to find a way to achieve this. I can boot my device into the stock recovery console and into ODIN download mode. I have tried clearing my phone's cache in recovery mode, which did not help. I have tried booting into safe mode by repeatedly tapping the menu screen, but it did not help.
I have ADB installed and a USB driver from Samsung and a USB driver from Google. I can get my phone to appear using ADB in sideload mode only while in the recovery console. Unfortunately, this is of limited use because apparently it can only be used to install software packages, and the phone seemingly rejects all attempts to install packages such as CWM and TWRK, which I had hoped would allow me to use the ADB pull command.
I have tried installing these mods using ODIN as well. Again, failure due to security apparently. :crying:
If anyone has any idea how I can retrieve the files from my phone, you'll be my hero forever!
BeefJerkyAddict said:
Hello, everyone! I'm in search of a hero who can help me resolve this (frustrating) issue! I'm sure you have heard it before: my phone will not boot fully; it is instead stuck permanently on the white VERIZON logo screen.
Model: SCH-I545
Carrier: VERIZON
Color: BLACK
Size: 16GB
The phone has not been rooted.
It does not have USB debugging enabled.
I have not installed any custom recovery software or mods.
There is no external SD card installed.
First, some back story. My phone asked me to perform a software update roughly a week ago. About a minute into the update, it told me the update failed. I assume this occurred because I was on the train and passed through a tunnel. Afterwards, my phone began acting up, rebooting itself randomly, and applications(such as web browser, text messaging) would randomly crash on me. I assumed another update would come to resolve the issue, but unfortunately yesterday(Sunday), my phone again rebooted itself, only this time it would not make it past the white VERIZON screen.
My goal is simply to recover my files from the device before either returning it or performing a factory reset. I have scoured the internet for hours trying to find a way to achieve this. I can boot my device into the stock recovery console and into ODIN download mode. I have tried clearing my phone's cache in recovery mode, which did not help. I have tried booting into safe mode by repeatedly tapping the menu screen, but it did not help.
I have ADB installed and a USB driver from Samsung and a USB driver from Google. I can get my phone to appear using ADB in sideload mode only while in the recovery console. Unfortunately, this is of limited use because apparently it can only be used to install software packages, and the phone seemingly rejects all attempts to install packages such as CWM and TWRK, which I had hoped would allow me to use the ADB pull command.
I have tried installing these mods using ODIN as well. Again, failure due to security apparently. :crying:
If anyone has any idea how I can retrieve the files from my phone, you'll be my hero forever!
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Sounds like that upgrade definitely went wrong. Since you were upgrading to Kit Kat I'd say flash the No Wipe file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Your phone won't allow for CWM or TWRP recoveries since it's a build past MDK. Also if you want prior to using that Odin file go to play store and get the app " Samsung phone info" and run that app and take a screen shot of the bootloader section. Actually do that before hand anyways. I'll link you to it
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Here
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo
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hopefully people will learn by this NEVER take any update while traveling, too much can and will go wrong.............
Yea I think people have to much faith in Verizon. There not setup to handle anything but a perfect download and install when it comes to their OTAs. They're best done on WiFi at home
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BeefJerkyAddict said:
Hello, everyone! I'm in search of a hero who can help me resolve this (frustrating) issue! I'm sure you have heard it before: my phone will not boot fully; it is instead stuck permanently on the white VERIZON logo screen.
Model: SCH-I545
Carrier: VERIZON
Color: BLACK
Size: 16GB
The phone has not been rooted.
It does not have USB debugging enabled.
I have not installed any custom recovery software or mods.
There is no external SD card installed.
First, some back story. My phone asked me to perform a software update roughly a week ago. About a minute into the update, it told me the update failed. I assume this occurred because I was on the train and passed through a tunnel. Afterwards, my phone began acting up, rebooting itself randomly, and applications(such as web browser, text messaging) would randomly crash on me. I assumed another update would come to resolve the issue, but unfortunately yesterday(Sunday), my phone again rebooted itself, only this time it would not make it past the white VERIZON screen.
My goal is simply to recover my files from the device before either returning it or performing a factory reset. I have scoured the internet for hours trying to find a way to achieve this. I can boot my device into the stock recovery console and into ODIN download mode. I have tried clearing my phone's cache in recovery mode, which did not help. I have tried booting into safe mode by repeatedly tapping the menu screen, but it did not help.
I have ADB installed and a USB driver from Samsung and a USB driver from Google. I can get my phone to appear using ADB in sideload mode only while in the recovery console. Unfortunately, this is of limited use because apparently it can only be used to install software packages, and the phone seemingly rejects all attempts to install packages such as CWM and TWRK, which I had hoped would allow me to use the ADB pull command.
I have tried installing these mods using ODIN as well. Again, failure due to security apparently. :crying:
If anyone has any idea how I can retrieve the files from my phone, you'll be my hero forever!
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Hi BeefJerkyAddict,
I would reccomend to do a total full wipe with Odin, this usually solves all of your problems. All of your stuff should be clear for restoring once you do that. But after you do the full wipe, immediately go to settings and then software update because your phone will be on android 4.3 and not 4.4.2.
Here is the link with the instructions as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
You're welcome.
Yea I guess I'm just biased to updating straight to kit kat lol if the op has the chance to stay on mk2 he might as well. And I suggested no wipe first just so not to lose data. Up to the op though
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Hi guys,
Just posting to say THANK YOU for the help. After a long download, I got ahold of the VRUFNC5 No-Wipe file and successfully installed it using ODIN3 v3.09 without a hitch! All of my pictures, videos, text messages, are all right where they were, and my operating system is upgraded.
Thank you so much for taking the time to point me in the right direction. I had nearly given up!