So, i have been having major reboot/bootloop issues with my note 3. They never happen when it is plugged into a charger but other than that, they happen all the time. I've tried stock ROM with stock kernel, sac23 moar port with included kernel and stock kernel. I've tried taking my sdcard out. It has even done while in recovery which is what really throws me off. This is a refurbished from Asurion but my last one did the same thing, just not as often. I'm on NH7, my last Note 3 was on NAC. Most of the time i have to pull the battery or else it just keeps bootlooping.
Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!
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cj.lyon21 said:
So, i have been having major reboot/bootloop issues with my note 3. They never happen when it is plugged into a charger but other than that, they happen all the time. I've tried stock ROM with stock kernel, sac23 moar port with included kernel and stock kernel. I've tried taking my sdcard out. It has even done while in recovery which is what really throws me off. This is a refurbished from Asurion but my last one did the same thing, just not as often. I'm on NH7, my last Note 3 was on NAC. Most of the time i have to pull the battery or else it just keeps bootlooping.
Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!
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Here is copy of a post I made earlier hopefully it will help, I would get back to bone stock NC5 ( that means that in download mode status is official not custom ).
READ THROUGH THIS : First, if your device came with 4.4.4 NH7 it should be possible to down grade to 4.4.2 NC5. However, is the phone new and under warranty ? If so odin flashing back to NC5 won't trip the knox e-fuse, that happens when you install a custom recovery. Here we go, first BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA TO AN EXT SD CARD OR PC !!! ( i.e. pics, music, videos etc.) From my post here is the link for odin https://mega.co.nz/#!oA5xzTAL!LXoVWB...ZlOMSWdRGVX6Uo download to PC desktop. Then go to micmars and download a copy of NC5 here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2712205. It is a zip file so just right click and extract it to your desktop, that will change to a .tar file in a folder. Next extract the odin zip to your PC desktop, and open the odin file as administrator. Now connect your device to your PC via a USB cable. A box will light up in the upper left hand corner COM: doesn't matter what color it is just shows a connection. Now click on the PDA box a new window will open up click on desktop then click on the NC5.tar file to open. Then the file show up next to the PDA box don't touch anything else just click start. Sit back go get a coffee it is going to take few minutes.
Now here is the fun part, if your phone boots up GREAT !!! If it doesn't, and bootloops no problem this common when going back to NC5 it happened to me. Just pull the battery, then reinsert battery, and boot into your stock recovery ( hold the power button, volume up button, and menu button at he same time) once there navigate to factory reset with the volume button and click on factory reset with power button. Finally the phone should boot into NC5, if it doesn't flash NC5 again with Odin, now go to settings/general/about phone and see what version you have.
If you are still on NH7 no problem, it didn't stick go through the process again. Others have had the same thing happen to them, and it took the second time, in the end it's worth it.
I had all kinds of problems on NH7 and so have many others, I went back to NC5 and have had no problems, I'm going to stay here and wait till android 5.0 (lollipop) comes out. Enjoy !!!
THIS IS AN EARLIER POST AND MIGHT HELP !!! Here is my thread should help with more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-sprint/general/samsung-note-3-rom-flashin-basics-t2896440
So here's another piece of the puzzle... my phone is rarely connected to WiFi because i have great LTE service but I've been connected to WiFi all day and it hasn't rebooted. If I'm connected to WiFi it's fine, of in on cellular network, it reboots like crazy.
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cj.lyon21 said:
So here's another piece of the puzzle... my phone is rarely connected to WiFi because i have great LTE service but I've been connected to WiFi all day and it hasn't rebooted. If I'm connected to WiFi it's fine, of in on cellular network, it reboots like crazy.
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While on the cellular network have you tried go to settings/general/device update and update your PRL and profile. Also go to settings/connections/more networks/mobile networks/network mode and make sure you are set to LTE/CDMA and not Automatic.
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Flashed rom now have no 3g or 2g data. Any body have any advice
I have one advice: to begin, specify what Rom did you flash and how...
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Flashed rom now have no 3g or 2g data. Any body have any advice
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First off, this is the wrong forum to post in. You should delete and move to the Q&A sub-forum for a better response.
That being said, how about a little more information? What ROM did you try and flash? What ROM were you coming from? Did you make a backup before you flashed?
Every little bit of info helps.
edit: damn it, beat me to it, but i typed it so it's staying!
Ok sorry for lack of info. I flashed from bionix 1.3 to stock. I tried flashin again to no prevail. Still no data connection and can't lget into download mode for odin. Any advice
Reflash
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May be useful if experiencing no data connection
Quick question,
After flashing rom, during reboot. Did your phone seem to be stuck in a boot loop? If so, did you pull the battery and do a hard reset or interrupted the reboot after flash at all?
Also, have you checked all your access point setting and ensured they are all correct?
Worse case senrio, flash back to a stock rom, then try and reflash rom again. If there was anytype of interruption during initial flashing, reflashing the same rom usually will not correct the problem.
This may not be the case for all, but it is a problem I ran into.
To get into download mode, try pulling battery. Hold down both up and down volume buttons, while still holding down volume buttons plug in USB that is connected to ur USB. Then after USB is plugged in, put ur battery back in. Remember, the entire time ur still holding down the two volume buttons.
Also, if using windows 7 with Odin, ensure you reboot windows 7 into the 'turn off digital signatures...' or whatever the name of the boot option. This can be done usually by pressing F8 in the BIOS. It is listed in the same boot menu as the safe mode option. If not Odin will usually freeze on cache.rfs(?), or whatever the name of the file.
Hope this is somewhat useful. Shoot me a message if you have any questions.
Jonathan rubcic
Electrical Engineer
Khafra
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Thread moved to Q&A.
I've tried the apn and it's all correct. As for the Odin thing the computer sees the phone when on bit not when off with the two button combo so when I plug in the cable it goes straight to charge screen instead
under settings, and about phone, what does your Modem Baseband say?
I had an issue last night (ultimately killed my vibrant) where my Modem Baseband said "Unknown"
I was working on this:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/7504-odin-flash-loses-your-unlockfreeze-code/
I was on JI5, phone started rebooting when trying to pull a signal. Flashed JP3, said I had a JFD Modem. ODIN w/ repart to JFD, Modem Unknown with reboots. Went to flash JI2 Modem, and forgot I had repart checked.
So, it repartitioned the phone, cleared the efs, and only flashed a modem.
Needless to say..doesn't turn on now.
Replacement will be here mid-next week.
So i was able to enter download mode from abd and used odin to flash JFD back on to the phone. Phone is working great now
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
WheresWaldo said:
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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My Friend I'm so sorry to see this from you I really do feel bad for you I hope your phone turns out alright once it get's fixed I do not want to see anyone phone brick this is serious problem
Good Luck To you.......
What carrier version of the phone was it?
All Will Be Well
WheresWaldo said:
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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I believe the "ONLY" thing you did (wrong?) was the att flash counter zip -Eliminate the Att step - there is a rooting method that does not cause the flash counter to be tripped (i believe it's non touch cwm - then flash the touch cwm - then flash Roms to your Heart's desire) I'm not really sure the flash counter issue really matters - At&t only cares if there is physical damage to the phone because I believe they just re-flash the phone and sell it again.
I'm Mostly responding to say that JTAG is Beastly and your phone will be better than brand new when you get it back - the status of your order won't change until they ship it back (which for me was 7 days), but don't panic (like I did) they are Good & Fast - So relax it cost you $50 & A week, but Hell the phone cost $700 so All Will Soon be well.
Also double check that it was the correct zip files for the Note - I bricked my Skyrocket because I flashed a Note Rom by accident (Thanks JTAG ) - I've got Too Many Samsung Devices - Hope This Helps.
bigdaddy4u said:
I believe the "ONLY" thing you did (wrong?) was the att flash counter zip -Eliminate the Att step - there is a rooting method that does not cause the flash counter to be tripped (i believe it's non touch cwm - then flash the touch cwm - then flash Roms to your Heart's desire) I'm not really sure the flash counter issue really matters - At&t only cares if there is physical damage to the phone because I believe they just re-flash the phone and sell it again.
I'm Mostly responding to say that JTAG is Beastly and your phone will be better than brand new when you get it back - the status of your order won't change until they ship it back (which for me was 7 days), but don't panic (like I did) they are Good & Fast - So relax it cost you $50 & A week, but Hell the phone cost $700 so All Will Soon be well.
Also double check that it was the correct zip files for the Note - I bricked my Skyrocket because I flashed a Note Rom by accident (Thanks JTAG ) - I've got Too Many Samsung Devices - Hope This Helps.
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I have no issues with MobileTechVideos as I bought one of the first USB jigs when I got my day one Captivate. I am sure it will come back solid.
I did double check that I was using files specific to the Note, but I must say, you Note users have one finicky phone. I will stick with my Skyrocket. I'll look over the instruction for the non counter increasing root in the forums when the phone gets back.
Thanks
You didn't mention if you were able to get back to Clockwork. If you hold volume up and down while pressing power, it takes you straight into Clockwork regardless of the black screen. If so then you aren't bricked. Or if you still want to use Odin, hold volume down and power to get to download mode which is also Odin mode. Did you try these commands using physical button combinations and they did not work? If you didn't try them then you may be spending unnecessary money. If you did try all these things, then maybe you were hard bricked. Of all the Android phones I've owned and I've rooted all of them, I've never been unable to recover. I've only seen one hard brick from a coworker that had a galaxy s on tmobile that would not power on or charge after trying to root.
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
madman604 said:
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
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+1. I'm so confused now. Maybe he tried to unbrick it first, then the phone turned hard bricked.
The flash counter is kind of a joke, isn't it? I mean, if the tech is looking to see if you flashed something, he cares that you flashed something, not how many times you flashed it.
I think the jig added another variable to the equation, and was unnecessary. None of the threads for rooting required one.
Also, i'd check to see if a MD5 is available for the files you used for the flash. Check the files you used and see if that was the issue.
If the note is new, and really is hardbricked, he's hopefully within the 30 day window. Just take it back for an exchange and tell them it stopped booting.
There is a thread started by ncoder in the international note general forum that has been near the top for a long time. You are not alone. Samsung actually responded!
Edit: Samsung desperately needs a stock failure. Maybe they would fix your phone for free so they could do a JTAG core dump that matches their sources etc.
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jordant2 said:
You didn't mention if you were able to get back to Clockwork. If you hold volume up and down while pressing power, it takes you straight into Clockwork regardless of the black screen. If so then you aren't bricked. Or if you still want to use Odin, hold volume down and power to get to download mode which is also Odin mode. Did you try these commands using physical button combinations and they did not work? If you didn't try them then you may be spending unnecessary money. If you did try all these things, then maybe you were hard bricked. Of all the Android phones I've owned and I've rooted all of them, I've never been unable to recover. I've only seen one hard brick from a coworker that had a galaxy s on tmobile that would not power on or charge after trying to root.
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Would not go into Clockwork Recovery or Odin with any key combination, simply a black screen.
madman604 said:
why did you even need a jig? turn on phone while holding down volume button.
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Jig is much faster, and works everytime, nuff said.
babymatteo said:
+1. I'm so confused now. Maybe he tried to unbrick it first, then the phone turned hard bricked.
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Nope, started with a working phone and after applying the counter reset, which works beautifully on the SkyRocket BTW, that's when it bricked.
PaulF8080 said:
There is a thread started by ncoder in the international note general forum that has been near the top for a long time. You are not alone. Samsung actually responded!
Edit: Samsung desperately needs a stock failure. Maybe they would fix your phone for free so they could do a JTAG core dump that matches their sources etc.
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Thanks for the info.
Jamesyboy said:
The flash counter is kind of a joke, isn't it? I mean, if the tech is looking to see if you flashed something, he cares that you flashed something, not how many times you flashed it.
I think the jig added another variable to the equation, and was unnecessary. None of the threads for rooting required one.
Also, i'd check to see if a MD5 is available for the files you used for the flash. Check the files you used and see if that was the issue.
If the note is new, and really is hardbricked, he's hopefully within the 30 day window. Just take it back for an exchange and tell them it stopped booting.
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I am beginning to agree that the counter seems irrelevant and wholly unnecessary.
Jig simply puts any Samsung phone that is off into Download mode, it is the same as the key combination only easier.
I always check MD5 hashes after I copy to the internal SD card.
I'm with the others on this... Flash counter reset was designed to work on ICS and not GB, I do believe that's where things went bad.
WheresWaldo said:
I am beginning to agree that the counter seems irrelevant and wholly unnecessary.
Jig simply puts any Samsung phone that is off into Download mode, it is the same as the key combination only easier.
I always check MD5 hashes after I copy to the internal SD card.
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WheresWaldo said:
Thanks for the info.
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I have no clue if the info applies to you. I just was hoping you still had possibly useful data in your phone. Saving face with your cousin was a side benefit.
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the only other step you forgot is to create a backup after flashing cwm
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Thanks for the info.
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I have same problem
WheresWaldo said:
First time I have hard bricked a Samsung phone and would like to know where I went wrong. All we were trying to accomplish was to root the stock rom and change the revovery to CWM Touch. There was no attempt to upgrade to anything other than the stock rom. Here are the steps I followed:
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded cwm-touch-i717-120414.tar.md5 in the PDA slot
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and I let it sit until it timed out just to make sure everything seemed okay.
Powered off phone
Inserted USB Jig (which powers on phone in Download Mode)
Started up Odin 1.85
Loaded att_note_root.tar in the PDA section
Plugged in phone (recognized as Com7)
Flashed
Phone rebooted after the flash and seemed okay. On this boot a couple of things asked for root permission but I cant remember which apps. I attached the running phone to my computer and connected using USB Mass Storage. I copied flash_counter_reset_att.zip to the root of the SD card. Checked the MD% hash after copying to the phone. I powered off the phone.
Powered on the phone holding the Vol +/Vol-/Power to boot into CWM recovery
Chose install zip from sdcard
Chose install zip from internal sdcard
Chose flash_counter_reset_att.zip
Chose yes to flash
After the flash completed I went back and chose reboot system now
Here is where all hell broke loose. It was just a black screen and not recognizable by Odin. The phone is now on it's way to MobileTechVideos to get JTAG unbricked.
So my big question is what went wrong or what step did I miss?
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Hi all
i have the same problem , i flash a wrong file and phone is hard bricked
now i want to send to MobileTechVideos , i am in Kuwait so my question is
is it safe to send them or any one other in the region to whom i can send?
please suggest me what i should do
My Device is N7000
thanks
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I was under the impression that the jig didn't work with the note, I recall someone else bricked their phone using one a while back
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jimmer411 said:
I was under the impression that the jig didn't work with the note, I recall someone else bricked their phone using one a while back
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I agree. I have never even read of using a jig except for unbricking. Coincidence maybe but i wouldnt risk it again if you get a replacement
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Hello all,
I was already in the possesion of a SGII that has been rooted and flashed before. I came from Hyperdroid Androidmeda with Android version 2.3.6. This morning i took the guess it was a nice day to flash a rom with ICS Android 4.0.x. My choice was the rom Resurrection Remix ics v2.5.2.
I followed the exact instructions to Wipe Data, Dalvic Cache and Wipe Cache partitions before i flashed the rom. This went well, at this moment i didn't get any errors or bugs i.e. At the moment my SGII was booted i discoverd the rom a bit. And i came to the conclusion my camera was not working,eve as my outgoing calls. When i called somebody it rang barely one tone before my phone shutted itself down and rebooted. When i get an incoming call i couldn't see the Green answering button neither i saw the red denial button. So i this was just a guess.
But the main problem: I rebooted my phone manually and then he just shut down. I couldn't get him on anymore. On no circumstance it is possible for me to get my phone on. Battery in and out has no effect. Even connecting my phone with an usb cable with the PC gave no reaction. When i connected it to the charger i saw a blink of the loading battery but after a couple seconds my phone went off. And i dont get him on anymore.
What is wrong, what can i do to solve this?
Enter Download mode and check if Odin sees the phone.
Dude..odin pc is your last hope..never mind..it should work...try flashing a rom from there...
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I did now try to boot it that way.
I see:
Odin mode
Productname: GT-i9100
Custom Binary Download: YES (2 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
[GREEN ANDROID MAN]
Downloading...
Do not turn off target !!
And this is showing to me for at least two minutes. Will this take a while?
Try to flash a rom straight forward.....if it works...it works...nd if it dont...it dont
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Hamstert said:
I did now try to boot it that way.
I see:
Odin mode
Productname: GT-i9100
Custom Binary Download: YES (2 counts)
Current Binary: Custom
[GREEN ANDROID MAN]
Downloading...
Do not turn off target !!
And this is showing to me for at least two minutes. Will this take a while?
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It's clear you don't know how to use download mode. How did you flash your first ROM or root in the first place???
While in this mode, it is expecting you to connect the phone to a computer and use a flashing tool (Odin/Heimdall/etc) to install software to the device.
You can reboot just by holding the power button down for about 10 seconds.
ctomgee said:
It's clear you don't know how to use download mode. How did you flash your first ROM or root in the first place???
While in this mode, it is expecting you to connect the phone to a computer and use a flashing tool (Odin/Heimdall/etc) to install software to the device.
You can reboot just by holding the power button down for about 10 seconds.
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The first rom i flashed was with CWM. It was quite easy and i rooted it more than half a year ago that was not that hard to. This is the third rom i flashed and now it all gets wrong.
I already had my connection between phone and computer but it doesn't respond any further.
At this moment i dont even get him in download/recovery mode anymore. Everytime i try it shows a second of a empty charging battery and it shuts down.
Manvendra05 said:
Try to flash a rom straight forward.....if it works...it works...nd if it dont...it dont
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At that point i ain't arrived yet, unfortunately.
Here a guide (with picture) to flash stock firmware with odin, but the process is similar for custom rom.
Hope this help
Now i finally got in download mode again.
I tried to flash the Siyah kernel 3.3.2 via Odin.
In the attachment you see the result which went really well i thought?
But now i rebooted my phone and i only come to the begn screen with Samsung Galaxy SII GT-i9100 and the usual Yellow triangle. At that point it shut down again.
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Your in a boot loop now. Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108499
Read this as well to better understand Odin and flashing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
When you are in download mode, nothing happens until you connect it to your computer and flash a ROM via Odin (which you will be doing). Next time, read more.
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Thanks all for helping me, my phone works again by flashing it back to stock rom.
I dont have any root privileges and the yellow triangle is gone now. I already miss things as changing battery icon and ability to use camera when batterylevel is below 15%.
But for now on i will take a little easy with flashing.
Mate, here is a hint for you. You should really thank people who help you and not just say “thanks." It helps the people who contribute feel like their input was actually appreciated in your problem solving. And not just for one person, but everyone who helps. Just a hint.
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Tried to odin back to stock because I recently made a deal on the phone and I havent used it in forever. Honestly I dont remember what ROM I was on but if it helps any the ROM home screen is the Blue tinted zippolighter wall paper. I never changed it after flashing so hopefully someone will know what I'm talking about. I can access download mode thru holding down the power button and that menu pops up that lets you choose if you want to reboot/reboot recovery/or get in download mode.
Odin recognizes the phone fine and once I choose the PIT and Tar file and hit start it only gets as far as the cache.rfs and thats it. I soft bricked it once and used the one click method to unbrick it but every time I try to Odin it keeps getting stuck at the same point cache.rfs. Can anyone help me please, thanks in advance. Dont mean to sound like a total nOOb its just been a really long time since I've used this phone so i dont remember the Rom.
Just to clarify some things, I have never seen an option to go into DL mode by holding power button while phone is on ??? Are you sure you have a vibrant? What ROM???
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xxhtownutzxx said:
Tried to odin back to stock because I recently made a deal on the phone and I havent used it in forever. Honestly I dont remember what ROM I was on but if it helps any the ROM home screen is the Blue tinted zippolighter wall paper. I never changed it after flashing so hopefully someone will know what I'm talking about. I can access download mode thru holding down the power button and that menu pops up that lets you choose if you want to reboot/reboot recovery/or get in download mode.
Odin recognizes the phone fine and once I choose the PIT and Tar file and hit start it only gets as far as the cache.rfs and thats it. I soft bricked it once and used the one click method to unbrick it but every time I try to Odin it keeps getting stuck at the same point cache.rfs. Can anyone help me please, thanks in advance. Dont mean to sound like a total nOOb its just been a really long time since I've used this phone so i dont remember the Rom.
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Make sure you right click odin and run as administrator. If it fails again do NOT close odin ! Load the pit and tar files again without closing odin and hit start again. It should flash properly after a few more tries, If it doesn't then try switching usb ports on your pc but do not close odin. Let us know if it still doesn't work.
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samsgun357 said:
Just to clarify some things, I have never seen an option to go into DL mode by holding power button...??? Are you sure you have a vibrant?
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He means when his phone is fully booted up. You can hold power to cut the phone off, reboot, reboot recovery and reboot download mode. That's what I took from it anyway.
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OP, you were/are running Deranged9 (Froyo). It was the ROM that has the zippo as the home screen wallpaper.
Since you are getting stuck at that point and you haven't Odin'd in awhile, it sounds like you have a corrupted download. Usually it will get stuck at cache or modem if it is a broken down file. Might want to redownload them or you can download the AIO Toolbox from my signature. It has all the drivers, pit/tar files you'll need.
Download mode from pushing power is nothing more than an EPM (extended power menu). Pretty common.
Congrats to you Wood for deciphering the op!
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Ya, me, Fishman and a few others were the pioneers on that ROM. So when he said the zippo, I knew immediately what he was talking about. I still use JCC's Toxic8 as my "home " Froyo ROM, although it is very heavily tweaked and almost doesn't resemble the original too much anymore. But hey, when i am on it I can get almost 2 full days with mod-heavy use.
Wow... I might get two days if I never wake it up.
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Woodrube said:
OP, you were/are running Deranged9 (Froyo). It was the ROM that has the zippo as the home screen wallpaper.
Since you are getting stuck at that point and you haven't Odin'd in awhile, it sounds like you have a corrupted download. Usually it will get stuck at cache or modem if it is a broken down file. Might want to redownload them or you can download the AIO Toolbox from my signature. It has all the drivers, pit/tar files you'll need.
Download mode from pushing power is nothing more than an EPM (extended power menu). Pretty common.
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Finally received the phone back, thank you for helping with verifying the ROM I have on the phone. Here's another problem that hopefully you can help me with. Now I do not have a homescreen nor can I access the settings/apps pages. All I get is the lockscreen, when I slide the unlock button the screen just goes black. Theres no way for me to access the phone settings to put it in debugging mode per the AIO toolbox instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
That sounds like a bad flash to me. I think your Launcher is missing and with no backup, like LPP or ADW, you unlock into, well nothing.
Are you keeping your phone or selling it? I would put Fish's Bionix on there either way. Just need to get it to boot up. Fish has an Odin file for it too.
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That sounds like a bad flash to me. I think your Launcher is missing and with no backup, like LPP or ADW, you unlock into, well nothing.
Are you keeping your phone or selling it? I would put Fish's Bionix on there either way. Just need to get it to boot up. Fish has an Odin file for it too.
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I want to sell it which is why I was trying to just Odin to stock and leave it as is. I'll try this and report back shortly, thanks again.
Trying to flash Fishes Bionix and Odin has been stuck here for a while. See image
As I have frequently done without issues, I was flashing a ROM and got stuck into some sort of bootloop.
Here are some details..
I was on a 4.4.2 KitKat ROM (Gummy Nightly) and decided to try out SlimKat 4.4.2. I wiped (advanced wiped System, Data, Cache and Dalvik Cache). I proceeded to flash the ROM and then the gapps file. Nothing out of the ordinary.. I rebooted and noticed I was at the samsung custom screen for a little longer than normal.. I didn't begin to worry too much because sometimes this screen can appear for a little bit before continuing when first booting into a fresh ROM install. Well.. quite some time passed and it became apparent that it wasn't going to go any further, I restarted the phone and consistently got stuck. I tried booting into TWRP and couldn't/can't get past the TWRP Blue Loading screen. I tried letting it sit for a long ass time (1 hour +) and same with regular rebooting at the Samsung Custom screen (1-2 hours +) with no luck or change.
I have a backup but can't get to it obviously. I'm quite frustrated and am confused/worried about attempting any drastic measures because all of the different phone versions/bootloader discussions/issues. I don't want to mess up the phone by bricking it or something when trying to flash the wrong file. I believe that right now the only thing I can do, if anything, is connecting my phone to my computer via a usb cable and running that ODIN program? I'd be inexplicably grateful and appreciative if someone can just give me some steps/instructions so that I can get my phone back up and running. I'm without a phone right now and am stressed out, so I'm hoping that I haven't made too many people upset with me if there's already somewhere this is answered. I searched but can't find someone with the exact variables my situation contains.
To Recap:
Phone will not progress past samsung custom warning screen as well as TWRP Blue Logo screen no matter how much time passes (Have let sit at either screen for hours)
Was flashing SlimKat nightly (the most recent two days ago) coming from Gummy nightly (1-12, I believe).
The samsung custom screen comes up and then the phone reboots 2 seconds later and comes up again etc..
I never had to use 'safestrap' or whatever. When I got my s4, I was able to avoid the update and was always able to flash ROMs without any worry or concerns.
Please XDA, Help me out here.. I'm completely stressed and worried and don't know where to go from here.. What files to I manually push from my computer.. I don't see how I can solve this without a computer because recovery wont load and ROM won't either
Can you plug it into a pc and get Odin to see it? If so, you can odin back to your stock firmware and start over.
I am having this same problem
a.demarco said:
Can you plug it into a pc and get Odin to see it? If so, you can odin back to your stock firmware and start over.
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Hey I am having the same problem after trying to flash the latest version of hyperdrive, and my phone got stuck on the Samsung custom screen and I'm not able to get back into recovery even. I saw what you said and plugged my phone into my pc to see if odin could see it, but odin didn't recognize it and I even tried on Kies and it wasnt able to connect to my device either. Is there anything else I can do? or any solution?
If anyone can help I would really appreciate it!
This happened to me several times when i was using Gummy a few weeks back. I just kept doing battery pulls and restarting and was eventually able to get into TWRP. Try this some more and then odin.....
I have been trying to get it working with your advice of battery pulls but no luck. I have downloaded ODIN and installed and also downloaded the two tar files (the kernel and pre-source kernels). I *think* it's good news that ODIN/computer DOES see/recognize that my s4 is connected and disconnected. The issue I'm having is that when flashing the kernel, it does the first green bar and says PASS but the phone restarts and enters the bootloop (it restarts right into the Samsung Custom screen and will stay for a minute and restart again and again)..
I feel like I'm so close but so far away... I know that there's someone reading this that may have the solution or advice to help me get on my way.
I'm still without a phone and I know that there is certainly no one else to blame for my situation then myself but regardless, I would like to see this problem solved! I have a backup on my external sd and there's obviously no way to get to it since my phone won't actually let me into the recovery. The blue TWRP screen just hangs...
Please HELP!!! what can I do????
ccert said:
Hey I am having the same problem after trying to flash the latest version of hyperdrive, and my phone got stuck on the Samsung custom screen and I'm not able to get back into recovery even. I saw what you said and plugged my phone into my pc to see if odin could see it, but odin didn't recognize it and I even tried on Kies and it wasnt able to connect to my device either. Is there anything else I can do? or any solution?
If anyone can help I would really appreciate it!
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I'm having your same problem, except mine was with RLS 13.
fafinaf said:
I have been trying to get it working with your advice of battery pulls but no luck. I have downloaded ODIN and installed and also downloaded the two tar files (the kernel and pre-source kernels). I *think* it's good news that ODIN/computer DOES see/recognize that my s4 is connected and disconnected. The issue I'm having is that when flashing the kernel, it does the first green bar and says PASS but the phone restarts and enters the bootloop (it restarts right into the Samsung Custom screen and will stay for a minute and restart again and again)..
I feel like I'm so close but so far away... I know that there's someone reading this that may have the solution or advice to help me get on my way.
I'm still without a phone and I know that there is certainly no one else to blame for my situation then myself but regardless, I would like to see this problem solved! I have a backup on my external sd and there's obviously no way to get to it since my phone won't actually let me into the recovery. The blue TWRP screen just hangs...
Please HELP!!! what can I do????
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Just picked up an mdk s4 which was doing the same thing. I odin back to stock and booted into the phone to make sure everything was good. Then I went back into odin and flashed the md2 pre release kernel then booted again into stock and proceeded to use motochopper.
You shouod have 3 files. The mdk tar file and the two kernel files. Worked like a charm for me you sure you're doing the steps correctly?
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Also when mine was doing that it was TWRP 2.5.0 and I threw the newest TWRP on after rooting and its much faster rebooting .
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fafinaf said:
I have been trying to get it working with your advice of battery pulls but no luck. I have downloaded ODIN and installed and also downloaded the two tar files (the kernel and pre-source kernels). I *think* it's good news that ODIN/computer DOES see/recognize that my s4 is connected and disconnected. The issue I'm having is that when flashing the kernel, it does the first green bar and says PASS but the phone restarts and enters the bootloop (it restarts right into the Samsung Custom screen and will stay for a minute and restart again and again)..
I feel like I'm so close but so far away... I know that there's someone reading this that may have the solution or advice to help me get on my way.
I'm still without a phone and I know that there is certainly no one else to blame for my situation then myself but regardless, I would like to see this problem solved! I have a backup on my external sd and there's obviously no way to get to it since my phone won't actually let me into the recovery. The blue TWRP screen just hangs...
Please HELP!!! what can I do????
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How are you trying to get into recovery?
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Power + home +volume up. Then as soon as the phone cuts on let go of Power. Continue to hold the other 2.
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Mightycaptain said:
How are you trying to get into recovery?
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Power + home +volume up. Then as soon as the phone cuts on let go of Power. Continue to hold the other 2.
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You don't have to to finger Olympics on s4 like other devices... Just vol up and power