Hi! I don't know if this is the right section for this but, anyway I'm having a problem with my Samsung S3. I rebooted my phone and it does nothing after the Samsung logo. All it does is vibrate whenever I press the home/volume/power buttons. I plugged my charger, it still gives me the red indicator for the battery. Others suggested to do recovery mode, it's working, but I don't know what to do right after doing it. I'm not a techy but this is all the information I can give for now. Can you guys please help me? Thanks in advance.
Can you get into recovery? If so wipe data and reboot. If it doesn't boot flash via odin, go to recovery and wipe data again. Try to boot and leave it for about 5 or 10 minutes to boot properly.
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
shivadow said:
Can you get into recovery? If so wipe data and reboot. If it doesn't boot flash via odin, go to recovery and wipe data again. Try to boot and leave it for about 5 or 10 minutes to boot properly.
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
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Yes I can. It shows CWM-based Recovery. The only option with "wipe" is "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" which one is the correct?
Thank you for replying.
I performed "wipe data/factory reset" but it still didn't boot. It's still vibrates when turned off while pressing home/volume/power. Anyway, I downloaded this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/korean-galaxy-phones-firmware-jelly-bean-t2421728 and chose the "SHV-E210K" ofcourse as it's the type of my phone. So do I just flash the downloaded file with odin?
Pawn. said:
I performed "wipe data/factory reset" but it still didn't boot. It's still vibrates when turned off while pressing home/volume/power. Anyway, I downloaded this http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/korean-galaxy-phones-firmware-jelly-bean-t2421728 and chose the "SHV-E210K" ofcourse as it's the type of my phone. So do I just flash the downloaded file with odin?
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Yes, that is a odin flashable tar file. Should be fine, but I would suggest to always get the proper stock roms on sammobile.com for your device.
Also, I would only flash the android version you had when your phone got stuck, just as a precaution. So if you had e.g. JB 4.3, I would not flash KK 4.4.4 right away but do an OTA update later on.
Also, I would highly recommend trying to make at least a backup of the EFS partition first. It can be done with e.g. TWRP recovery. Here it is suggested you can use gt-i9305 version of TWRP.
Good luck.
Hawaiihemd said:
Yes, that is a odin flashable tar file. Should be fine, but I would suggest to always get the proper stock roms on sammobile.com for your device.
Also, I would only flash the android version you had when your phone got stuck, just as a precaution. So if you had e.g. JB 4.3, I would not flash KK 4.4.4 right away but do an OTA update later on.
Also, I would highly recommend trying to make at least a backup of the EFS partition first. It can be done with e.g. TWRP recovery. Here it is suggested you can use gt-i9305 version of TWRP.
Good luck.
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Thanks for replying. I got assistance with the other member here that PM'ed me. I've already succeeded and rooted it. Anyway, can I still flash that TWRP 2.8.1.0 with my SHV-E210K even though i'm rooted? or do I have to unroot? Also, what version of Odin should I use?
Pawn. said:
Thanks for replying. I got assistance with the other member here that PM'ed me. I've already succeeded and rooted it. Anyway, can I still flash that TWRP 2.8.1.0 with my SHV-E210K even though i'm rooted? or do I have to unroot? Also, what version of Odin should I use?
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Yes you can. Recovery per se has nothing to do with root.
Odin3-v1.83 (this is from memory) works fine with my intl. GS3. Should work fine with yours.
Hawaiihemd said:
Yes you can. Recovery per se has nothing to do with root.
Odin3-v1.83 (this is from memory) works fine with my intl. GS3. Should work fine with yours.
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Oh. So I should go to "Download Mode" to my phone right? Setup odin with the given TWRP and chose "PDA" or what? and plug phone to pc, then all done? Is this correct?
Pawn. said:
Oh. So I should go to "Download Mode" to my phone right? Setup odin with the given TWRP and chose "PDA" or what? and plug phone to pc, then all done? Is this correct?
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Yep, that's correct.
Hawaiihemd said:
Yep, that's correct.
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It worked smoothly, So, how do I backup my phone to restore it if ever something horrible happens? Thanks for guiding me all the way through, I really appreciate it.
Pawn. said:
It worked smoothly, So, how do I backup my phone to restore it if ever something horrible happens? Thanks for guiding me all the way through, I really appreciate it.
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You're welcome! You know where the thanks button is . Glad your phone is running again.
Well, I always do a full backup with TWRP including Bootloader, EFS, System and Data. Most important is EFS partition as it is connected to IMEI and thus your ability to connect to cellular networks. All else is nice to have IMHO. Once you have your backup copy it to some other storage (extSD card / pc hard disk/ usb thumb drive... you name it) just in case any data on your internal EMMC gets garbled somehow.
I suggest you read the first thread in my signature which will greatly broaden your understanding. The basics apply to korean version as well.
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You're welcome! You know where the thanks button is . Glad your phone is running again.
Well, I always do a full backup with TWRP including Bootloader, EFS, System and Data. Most important is EFS partition as it is connected to IMEI and thus your ability to connect to cellular networks. All else is nice to have IMHO. Once you have your backup copy it to some other storage (extSD card / pc hard disk/ usb thumb drive... you name it) just in case any data on your internal EMMC gets garbled somehow.
I suggest you read the first thread in my signature which will greatly broaden your understanding. The basics apply to korean version as well.
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I see. Is it the same procedure? "Hold Up Vol + Home + Power? To enter recovery mod with TWRP? I've read the thread awhile ago, it's well-organized and informed.
For intl. GS3 that combo held for about 5 sec always gets you to current recovery. It does not matter if it's twrp, cwm, PhilZ or stock.
I can only assume for Korean version the combo is the same.
Hawaiihemd said:
For intl. GS3 that combo held for about 5 sec always gets you to current recovery. It does not matter if it's twrp, cwm, PhilZ or stock.
I can only assume for Korean version the combo is the same.
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Okay. I got it to Recovery Mode. So do I just tap "Backup" and that's all? Just wanna make sure i'm doing it right all along. Thanks.
Pawn. said:
Okay. I got it to Recovery Mode. So do I just tap "Backup" and that's all? Just wanna make sure i'm doing it right all along. Thanks.
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There are a few options afterwards as to what parts you want to backup. It's pretty self explanatory. If you have any more questions I suggest just searching that on xda or the web. There are guides all over the place.
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Hi there, I'm panicking right now.
I just rooted my phone using a tutorial online and it was no problem and everything worked fine after that.
Then I used another tutorial to flash my ROM to CM7 and that's when I started to have problems.
I booted into ClockworkMod Recovery (holding volume up + home + power) and wiped data and chache partition, then I select "Install zip from sdcard" and chose CM7 zip file which I had put on to my sd card, I get a message that installation was successful.
But now I can't access my phone, it's stuck at the Samsung Galaxy SII logo.
I have wiped data again and used Odin to flash a stock ROM on to my phone but it doesn't work.
I need help guys.
EDIT: This post doesn't matter now, there is a new reply at page 3 with new problems.
Did you use a .pit file a repartition when you flashed a stock ROM with ODIN again? What do you mean the phone doesn't work? Does it bootloop or still stuck on the startup logo?
Prasad007 said:
Did you use a .pit file a repartition when you flashed a stock ROM with ODIN again? What do you mean the phone doesn't work? Does it bootloop or still stuck on the startup logo?
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Well the phone did bootloop at one time and I fixed that by flashing a stock ROM on the phone with Odin, did not use a PIT file.
Now the phone is just stuck on the white Galaxy SII logo and I was hoping that flashing the phone again with stock ROM would also fix that.
I did not use a PIT file for that either.
Please reflash with a stock ROM that contains DBDATA and use a .pit file for repartitioning... That should fix your phone!
Prasad007 said:
Please reflash with a stock ROM that contains DBDATA and use a .pit file for repartitioning... That should fix your phone!
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Yep!
@OP Download this package : http://hotfile.com/dl/130600047/b70801e/I9100XXKI3.rar.html
And then, in ODIN, put :
.PIT -> PIT
CODE -> PDA
MODEM -> PHONE
CSC -> CSC
Toggle repartition, and those 2 standard ticks. DO NOT TICK ANYTHING ELSE.
That WILL fix your phone Bootloops means that you soft bricked it. Flashing a new ROM + PIT always fixes a bootlooped device.
Prasad007 said:
Please reflash with a stock ROM that contains DBDATA and use a .pit file for repartitioning... That should fix your phone!
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Could you link to a ROM with a .pit file, have not found any. Thanks!
Also, I tried flashing to CM7 again with ClockworkMod Recovery and it now said:
E:Error in /sdcard/cmgs.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
Is that bad?
The amount of bad advice in this thread is shocking.
Do you actually have an I9100?
My first thought from your original post is that you didn't flash twice in succession, and the flash you did do was practically instant.
Regarding your last post, status 7 is usually when you're trying to flash something not meant for your device.
oinkylicious said:
The amount of bad advice in this thread is shocking.
Do you actually have an I9100?
My first thought from your original post is that you didn't flash twice in succession, and the flash you did do was practically instant.
Regarding your last post, status 7 is usually when you're trying to flash something not meant for your device.
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I have an I9100 and I got the CyanogenMod from the official website where I chose my device.
The first flash was pretty fast yes.
oinkylicious said:
The amount of bad advice in this thread is shocking.
Do you actually have an I9100?
My first thought from your original post is that you didn't flash twice in succession, and the flash you did do was practically instant.
Regarding your last post, status 7 is usually when you're trying to flash something not meant for your device.
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Wrong.
10 chars.
Phistachio said:
Yep!
@OP Download this package :
And then, in ODIN, put :
.PIT -> PIT
CODE -> PDA
MODEM -> PHONE
CSC -> CSC
Toggle repartition, and those 2 standard ticks. DO NOT TICK ANYTHING ELSE.
That WILL fix your phone Bootloops means that you soft bricked it. Flashing a new ROM + PIT always fixes a bootlooped device.
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Thanks man! You saved me!
I was seriously going to stay up all night trying to fix this and skip school tomorrow...
But I still want a custom ROM
Is there a better way than booting into ClockworkMod Recovery and installing zip file from sd card?
Also, any idea about why all this would happen to me? I got all the tutorials on an Icelandic forum where a person with the same phone did exactly what I was going to do and it worked perfectly for him, and I have gone over the steps many times, I did not screw up.
How to flash CM7
1) Flash a kernel with CWM, CF-root will do
2) Download CM7 zip and put it in your internalSD card
3) Boot into CWM
4) Flash CM7 zip
5) Reboot into CWM
6) Flash CM7 zip again
7) wipe cache/data/dalvik cache
6) reboot and wait for upto 10min for it to boot.
You HAVE to flash the CM7 zip twice.
Also you NEVER need to use the .pit, also never tick repartition, a bad flash with repartition ticked is a one way street to hardbrick land.
himmip said:
Thanks man! You saved me!
I was seriously going to stay up all night trying to fix this and skip school tomorrow...
But I still want a custom ROM
Is there a better way than booting into ClockworkMod Recovery and installing zip file from sd card?
Also, any idea about why all this would happen to me? I got all the tutorials on an Icelandic forum where a person with the same phone did exactly what I was going to do and it worked perfectly for him, and I have gone over the steps many times, I did not screw up.
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Ideally, you:
1. Flash a stock ROM via ODIN
2. Flash CF-Root via ODIN
3. Flash a custom ROM such as CM9 via CWM Recovery
Ok thanks guys!
And just to be sure, I went here: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/samsung-galaxy-s2 and was going to download nightly, or is their anything else you would recommend more?
himmip said:
Ok thanks guys!
And just to be sure, I went here: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/samsung-galaxy-s2 and was going to download nightly, or is their anything else you would recommend more?
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Only this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410400
Prasad007 said:
Only this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410400
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Not sure if I want experimental ROM, I would also like to be able to restore my apps with Titanium Backup
himmip said:
Not sure if I want experimental ROM, I would also like to be able to restore my apps with Titanium Backup
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The stable build is much older and actually less stable than the newest nightly.
Also you can restore user apps with titanium backup, just not system apps.
himmip said:
Not sure if I want experimental ROM, I would also like to be able to restore my apps with Titanium Backup
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You can restore non-system apps, just not their data.
Prasad007 said:
Ideally, you:
1. Flash a stock ROM via ODIN
2. Flash CF-Root via ODIN
3. Flash a custom ROM such as CM9 via CWM Recovery
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My phone is really starting to annoy me now.
I put a stock ROM on the phone and then flashed CF-Root and when I boot up in CWM and select something it just displays the loading sign and then I hit the power button and I'm back on the main menu of CMW, doesn't matter what I select it only displays the loading sign and it doesn't go away.
It really sucks, I had put all the CM9 files on the SDcard and was ready to go.
EDIT: Never mind guys, finally got it to work Thanks for your help!
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My phone is really starting to annoy me now.
I put a stock ROM on the phone and then flashed CF-Root and when I boot up in CWM and select something it just displays the loading sign and then I hit the power button and I'm back on the main menu of CMW, doesn't matter what I select it only displays the loading sign and it doesn't go away.
It really sucks, I had put all the CM9 files on the SDcard and was ready to go.
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If the Home button doesn't work for you, try selecting with the power button once inside CWM Recovery..
Phistachio said:
That WILL fix your phone Bootloops means that you soft bricked it. Flashing a new ROM + PIT always fixes a bootlooped device.
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seconded...
Don't panic dude, it happens sometimes Keeping cool is the key to fixing your phone without making it worse than it already is... I can't count the times this has happened to me already, and there ain't nuffin like a good 'ole repartitioning to set things straight (and show the damn contraption who's boss around these here parts.. I hate those stupid machines to whom nobody has ever taught that Man's genius INVARIABLY always triumphs over dumb and inert matter.. )
(although I almost never flash the whole ROM back on : most times flashing the .PIT file and rebooting the device does the trick -unless it's an installed app which caused the trouble in the first place, in which case you're better off starting over from scratch than wasting time trying to debug the problem)
N.B : don't forget to flash the "old bootloader" too, AFTER you've flashed the PIT and rebooted the device (or at least rebooted the recovvery, to check that it boots off a valid partition), I've noticed the new one can give a lot of weird and unpredictable behaviors when used in conjunction with root and a CMx ROM.
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himmip said:
My phone is really starting to annoy me now.
I put a stock ROM on the phone and then flashed CF-Root and when I boot up in CWM and select something it just displays the loading sign and then I hit the power button and I'm back on the main menu of CMW, doesn't matter what I select it only displays the loading sign and it doesn't go away.
It really sucks, I had put all the CM9 files on the SDcard and was ready to go.
EDIT: Never mind guys, finally got it to work Thanks for your help!
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I was going to ask : have you flashed the CM rom twice, and flashed the google apps pack BEFORE even rebooting the phone ? It's almost always mandatory to do this precise sequence, the installation routine of the CM ROM is not quite perfect -far from it, actually..
Hi all,
I was running XWLPT and decided to try Chameleon 1.3. After flashing, it would not boot up. I've tried all kinds of things for the last 2 days, and read quite a bit. I've even tried the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
At the moment, I can get into recovery and I can get to download (power+vol down+middle button). But it's stuck at the Galaxs SII GT-I9100 very beginning boot up. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried several pit repartition and I know it's risky. But at this point, I have nothing to lose I guess.
Can anyone help?
sooby77 said:
Hi all,
I was running XWLPT and decided to try Chameleon 1.3. After flashing, it would not boot up. I've tried all kinds of things for the last 2 days, and read quite a bit. I've even tried the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
At the moment, I can get into recovery and I can get to download (power+vol down+middle button). But it's stuck at the Galaxs SII GT-I9100 very beginning boot up. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried several pit repartition and I know it's risky. But at this point, I have nothing to lose I guess.
Can anyone help?
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Boot into recovery, wipe data (factory reset), wipe cache and try to flash the custom ROM again.
Good luck !
The issue is, I can't even wipe factory data. It will start and then just sits there, unable to complete the wipe. I'm so out of ideas.
sooby77 said:
The issue is, I can't even wipe factory data. It will start and then just sits there, unable to complete the wipe. I'm so out of ideas.
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Have you tried upload stock rom to phone on download mode? I saw your checked link, maybe you should try with different stock roms like 2.3.5 and etc.. If you try that, what the say ODIN as error?
Flash a siyah kernel with odin.afther you have cwm...
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First of all stop doing things that you are not sure about...
If you can get into Recovery then your problem is simple.
1. Wipe Data/Factory Reset,
2. Wipe cache partition,
3. Advanced/Wipe Dalvik Cache,
4. Flash a new rom (from sdcars probably),
5. Wipe cache partition,
6. Advanced/Wipe Dalvik Cache.
Let me know if this helped.
Hey guys, I apreciate all the responses. panagiostis4te - I am unable to wipe data/factor reset. It just hangs trying to do that. I've let it sit and it never completes.
sinasi11 - ODIN never throws an error. Depending on what firmware I flash, it either get stuck at datafs or data. It just sits there. I've even left it overnight and nothing happens.
I was able to flash to completion a few or the 4.0.4 rom (XWLPF) and it would reboot, show the android logo with animated progress bar. Then it reboots and is then stuck at the Galaxy S2 very first boot screen. I'm so out of ideas.
sooby77 said:
Hi all,
I was running XWLPT and decided to try Chameleon 1.3. After flashing, it would not boot up. I've tried all kinds of things for the last 2 days, and read quite a bit. I've even tried the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
At the moment, I can get into recovery and I can get to download (power+vol down+middle button). But it's stuck at the Galaxs SII GT-I9100 very beginning boot up. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried several pit repartition and I know it's risky. But at this point, I have nothing to lose I guess.
Can anyone help?
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Questions:
1 . Have you seen This Warning Thread before?
# I don't think so
2. Were you running a safe Custom kernel before flashing Chameleon?
# I don't think so.
Here are my conclusions
1.
You were affected by the infamous Brick bug.
# You should blame yourself for this, for apparently failing to read that sticky warning thread, or even ask questions before messing with your phone while running the Dreadful ICS 4.0.4 firmware!
2.
The reason why your phone is still partially coming on is because you have a partially insane emmc chip.
# If you were using a fully insane chip, your phone would just black out without any sign of life.
3.
Your Nand /Emmc chip is corrupt!
4.
You can try combinations of pit file and ICS bootloader (where suggested). Who knows, you might be lucky
# Visit here and try the suggested solution
## If it doesn't work, then you can try the combinations suggested here.
5.
Jtag service will probably not work for you.
6.
The only (probably) solution (if the suggestions in 4. doesn't work for you), will be for you to replace the motherboard of your phone.
# Changing motherboard costs between $120 to $200
7.
If your phone is still under a valid warranty, the best solution would be to send it to Samsung Service center. Repair if free.
Sorry about what happened to your phone, but you really must shoulder the blame!
jokesy - thanks for the suggestions. I accept the blame. I was running stock and I read the Chameleon 1.3 thread and didn't see any warnings. I thought everything was safe. I guess lesson learned the hard way!
sooby77 said:
jokesy - thanks for the suggestions. I accept the blame. I was running stock and I read the Chameleon 1.3 thread and didn't see any warnings. I thought everything was safe. I guess lesson learned the hard way!
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have tried my suggestion 4 yet? any news?
It's a Monday and I've got lots of things I need to take care of I've tried some of the suggestions prior to starting this thread but I'm going to give it another shot. Meanwhile, I'm going to try and survive without a phone for a few days. I'm almost ready to give up. I'm going to work on it more tonight. Will post if I have questions. Thanks again jokesy!
jokesy - I want to report success. I tried several of the pit files and finally at
i9100_u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4--patched--brick-between-176-and-2323-MB--FACTORYFS-moved-by-2048-MiB.pit
I was able to get it to complete install and format with bootloaded. The device then booted up! I now have 9.5GB vs 11GB and that's OK. Thank you so much for your help. It's now not the perfect S2, but nevertheless, a usable one! I sincerely appreciated your help. Lesson learned truly the hard way!
sooby77 said:
jokesy - I want to report success. I tried several of the pit files and finally at
i9100_u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4--patched--brick-between-176-and-2323-MB--FACTORYFS-moved-by-2048-MiB.pit
I was able to get it to complete install and format with bootloaded. The device then booted up! I now have 9.5GB vs 11GB and that's OK. Thank you so much for your help. It's now not the perfect S2, but nevertheless, a usable one! I sincerely appreciated your help. Lesson learned truly the hard way!
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Wow! that's a good news at least.
PS: Always try to go through all the sticky threads, they are made for some reasons. Also if you are not sure about something, search, if you can not find clear answers, then ask questions.
Enjoy your phone
Jokesy said:
Wow! that's a good news at least.
PS: Always try to go through all the sticky threads, they are made for some reasons. Also if you are not sure about something, search, if you can not find clear answers, then ask questions.
Enjoy your phone
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A quick question. Now that the pit is different, I assume that the nandroid backup I made cannot be restored to the device anymore?
sooby77 said:
A quick question. Now that the pit is different, I assume that the nandroid backup I made cannot be restored to the device anymore?
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I seriously don't know but if you have any important thing you want to extract from your backup, follow these steps:
1. Flash siyah kernel
2. boot to CWM recovery,
- dual boot options
- restore ROM to 2nd ROM (you need about 2.1 Gig free in your internal storage)
- done
3. Boot to your Second ROM
- Extract all info you need
4. Restore these info to your 1st ROM
5. you can delete the Second ROM when done, using the same dual boot menu in CWM recovery.
Thanks Jokesy. I did have 2 backups, Titanium and another backup app (name escape me at the moment). I think I'll restore app data and do it that way instead.
Just go back to original OS
sooby77 said:
Hi all,
I was running XWLPT and decided to try Chameleon 1.3. After flashing, it would not boot up. I've tried all kinds of things for the last 2 days, and read quite a bit. I've even tried the method in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458
At the moment, I can get into recovery and I can get to download (power+vol down+middle button). But it's stuck at the Galaxs SII GT-I9100 very beginning boot up. Nothing seems to be working. I've tried several pit repartition and I know it's risky. But at this point, I have nothing to lose I guess.
Can anyone help?
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You can go back to the original OS using Odin and a package found on many sites for the original Gingerbread that came on it... then go to Kies and update to the ICS and there you go. I have done this several times and unbricked mine after a mod. This was the best way for me.
Scott
sooby77 said:
A quick question. Now that the pit is different, I assume that the nandroid backup I made cannot be restored to the device anymore?
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You said you have Titanium - it can restore elements out of a nandroid backup, almost everything, stright back into place. Much easier than second ROMs.
ScottsDesk said:
You can go back to the original OS using Odin and a package found on many sites for the original Gingerbread that came on it... then go to Kies and update to the ICS and there you go. I have done this several times and unbricked mine after a mod. This was the best way for me.
Scott
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I've tried that and the flash would get stuck in Odin and never complete.
gyaku_zuki said:
You said you have Titanium - it can restore elements out of a nandroid backup, almost everything, stright back into place. Much easier than second ROMs.
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Good to know. I am actually waiting for my microsd to sd adaptor to arrive. I accidentally formatted my microsd card with all my data in desperation of trying whatever method to format the device. I accidentally selected format emmc. Took out the card immediately, and am hoping to be able to unformat it in windows since it's using fat32. Fingers crossed!
Hi Guys,
Sorry to bother you with this, but I'm out of ideas...
I decided to root my i9100 using this guide9.
As I was doing this, the recovery rom would reboot when using the volume buttons to navigate (only on the first "page") - This was easily worked around by using the touchscreen, but now I'm wondering if this was the start of my issues...
I applied the SU busy box installer, and got root. I installed rom manager, and noticed that it seemed to lock up when doing certain things. I put this down to CWM saying there was no official mod for the i9100.
The next day I decided to try and install a CM10.1 nightly, so I took a backup, wiped cache and data, and applied the rom and gapps.
When I rebooted, the phone wouldn't finished booting, it just sat at the initial logo screen.
After that, I tried following this recovery guide but the odin flash failed at around 80% (I retried and the same happened again).
Since then I've had difficulty getting in to recovery mode. I've tried flashing various stock roms with odin, and trying to restore with Kies.
In Kies I get as far as it conencting to the phone in download mode, but it pops up a "notice" in a foreign language - presumably Korean (and I can't copy the text to even attempt a google translation).
I tried flashing Siyah-s2-v5.0.1 to get a different recovery - that seemed to have a garbled progress bar, before hanging when I tried to wipe /data again.
When I use odin to flash a stock rom - is it supposed to restore absolutely everything? I'm not sure how I'm still getting problems if this is the case. Any ideas on what to try next?
(The current stock rom I'm try ing to use is this one)
Let me know if I'm missing any info, and thanks in advance for any help.
Using rom manager would have been the start of your problems-not the temp cwm recovery in the rooting guide.
If you can boot into download mode then I would download LP7 stock rom, disable kies and flash that with Odin.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
Silly Billy said:
Thanks for the reply.
Rom manager didn't work properly for me, so I stopped using it. I used the temp cwm recovery to install the CM nightly.
I can boot in to download mode, but I've already tried an LP7 rom, - as with the others, it doesn't boot.
Any ideas on how to tell why it isn't booting? logcat doesn't seem to want to to work. Not sure if it's broken / too early in the boot process / etc
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I9100 right?
Try this:
- Download this ROM.
- Kies installed? uninstall it, re install it. Close it all up with Task manager (3 or 4 applications running).
- Flash ROM via Odin (CSC, MODEM, PHONE).
- If that doesn't fly, try another usb port & usb cable. Another PC would also be recommended.
- Repeat the process.
- Still no luck? try flashing a previous siyah version.
- No go? repeat all the above.
- Let us know how you did.
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Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
Silly Billy said:
Thanks, I'll give it a go. (Will take a while for the file to download from hotfile...).
Are odin images for stock roms supposed to restore the stock recovery, or do they leave that alone?
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Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
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Let us know how you did.
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For some reason, I can't get Odin to flash that rom - it just hands for a while at the start of data.img, before saying "Complete(Write) operation failed."
There a .pit file in the archive, although the link says not to repartition (so I didn't).
Some roms seem to get written, some don't, I'm not sure why...
theunderling said:
As a matter of interest, how far did you go with Phistachios repair guide.
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Odin failed about 80% through flashing (step 4, after taking the ICS steps). I tried flashing the kernel afterwards, which flashed, but didn't help with my boot issues.
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Focus on getting a ROM to boot.
That ROM will install stock recovery.
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Of course, I was just trying to get a better understanding of how things work - I'd settle for anything booting right now.
I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
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I was meaning how far did you go with his guide.He says (near the end) to flash a bootloader/kernel/rom.
You can try everything in his guide, but understand about the risks involved with pit and bootloaders.
{go back to your iphone since you are an android noob}
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He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
gastonw said:
He's right.
Keep trying, consider pit files & bootloaders as a last resort.
Tried everything?
Used another usb cable for the flash? tried in another PC? tried in a laptop?
Are you sure kies is all shut down?
I've read about so many people having the same issue than you, they keep on flashing as in trial & error and most times they come out winners.
GL!
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I guess I'll keep at it then.
I'd tried another cable with kies shut down. Just tried a different machine, and flashed the ROM you suggested with heimdall. It flashed without complaining (unlike odin), but I'm still getting a boot loop.
Looking at the initial recovery guide I was following - I suspect that I might've flashed the bootloader (the guide shows in bold which file goes in which box, so I probably loaded them all). Maybe this is the source of my troubles...
I also noticed that heimdall can pull data from the phone too - if I can pull and mount these, am I likely to find any useful log files?
For completeness (and anyone else who finds themselves with the same issue): It seems I hit the EMMC brick bug, which rendered some of my EMMC storage unusable.
This helpful chap came up with a workaround to partition around the dead space. (Please read the post carefully and make sure this really is your problem before flashing!)
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
That method will let you know what part of your memory is corrupted. It's done via recovery as far as I remember.
Did you bring your device back to life?
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Yes, that's right. IIRC, I flashed a working recovery with Odin, then did most of the work from adb shell.
I got my device back to life for the most part. I get the occasional hang but haven't investigated much (have since bought a Nexus 4, so not using the S2 so much).
Just thought I'd share for the next poor soul who has the same problem
Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me my Sensation is stuck in boot loop every time i try to reboot it.
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I had been flashing roms with 4ext recovery since you can just use smartflash but after the last time I flashed a rom the rom wouldn't load and just kept rebooting the phone the the htc screen over and over again and I'm just wondering if someone can help me with this
mandojr1 said:
Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me my Sensation is stuck in boot loop every time i try to reboot it.
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Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
I had been flashing roms with 4ext recovery since you can just use smartflash but after the last time I flashed a rom the rom wouldn't load and just kept rebooting the phone the the htc screen over and over again and I'm just wondering if someone can help me with this
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do you have a nandroid backup? restore it
or you will have to odin back to stock:
1.get the stock img in tar format for your phone
2.boot into download mode
3.press PDA on odin(get if if you dont have it)
4.press start
now you have gone back to stock, all you data will be wiped (except internal/external) blah blah blah
Jack Jake said:
do you have a nandroid backup? restore it
or you will have to odin back to stock:
1.get the stock img in tar format for your phone
2.boot into download mode
3.press PDA on odin(get if if you dont have it)
4.press start
now you have gone back to stock, all you data will be wiped (except internal/external) blah blah blah
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Thanks for the reply, no I don't have a backup. Isn't odin just for samsung phones? I don't really care about my data or anything I just really need to get my phone out of boot loop
Can I download the stock img online and odin?
mandojr1 said:
Thanks for the reply, no I don't have a backup. Isn't odin just for samsung phones? I don't really care about my data or anything I just really need to get my phone out of boot loop
Can I download the stock img online and odin?
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no, Odin is not something only for Samsung phones, its for all phones. you can find it anywhere, just Google Odin download and download it, no need to install or anything, just run.
now on to the stock img.
try searching on XDA for HTC Sensation stock ROM (MAKE SURE THE FILE IS IN TAR OR TAR.MD5 FORMAT ELSE IT WILL NOT WORK)
if you cant find anything follow the directions on this thread:
http://theunlockr.com/2011/10/03/how-to-unroot-the-htc-sensation-4g/
follow the instructions carefully and make sure you do it your phones way (that is the htc sensation 4g way, not sure if you have that or something else)
Jack Jake said:
no, Odin is not something only for Samsung phones, its for all phones. you can find it anywhere, just Google Odin download and download it, no need to install or anything, just run.
now on to the stock img.
try searching on XDA for HTC Sensation stock ROM (MAKE SURE THE FILE IS IN TAR OR TAR.MD5 FORMAT ELSE IT WILL NOT WORK)
if you cant find anything follow the directions on this thread:
follow the instructions carefully and make sure you do it your phones way (that is the htc sensation 4g way, not sure if you have that or something else)
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Oh just making sure because I saw something that said odin was for samsung phones.
So you can find the stock img file in the stock rom if you download it?
mandojr1 said:
Oh just making sure because I saw something that said odin was for samsung phones.
So you can find the stock img file in the stock rom if you download it?
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most of the time the tar file when extracted just holds the stock.img but sometimes it doesn't.
just find tar files for your device and extract it to see what's inside
Jack Jake said:
most of the time the tar file when extracted just holds the stock.img but sometimes it doesn't.
just find tar files for your device and extract it to see what's inside
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Okay thanks is there anyway you could explain step by step how to use odin on my sensation?
mandojr1 said:
Okay thanks is there anyway you could explain step by step how to use odin on my sensation?
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could you please wait some time out search it else where because it is REALLY late and I am tired.I will get back to you ASAP. Sorry
Jack Jake said:
could you please wait some time out search it else where because it is REALLY late and I am tired.I will get back to you ASAP. Sorry
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Oh yea that's fine
my bad, odin is only for samsung phones. you will have to use this:
The first step is to boot your phone into recovery.
Now go to WIPE while in recovery mode and clear Delvik Cache.
Now restart you phone and see if it stays alright or goes back into a boot loop.
If the phone again restarts after landing on launch screen, then power off you phone.
Restart your phone into recovery again and delete all data/cache. Flash a new ROM if it is already on your SD card.
Once this is done, reboot your phone and hopefully you will be able to get rid of the boot loop problem.
Jack Jake said:
my bad, odin is only for samsung phones. you will have to use this:
The first step is to boot your phone into recovery.
Now go to WIPE while in recovery mode and clear Delvik Cache.
Now restart you phone and see if it stays alright or goes back into a boot loop.
If the phone again restarts after landing on launch screen, then power off you phone.
Restart your phone into recovery again and delete all data/cache. Flash a new ROM if it is already on your SD card.
Once this is done, reboot your phone and hopefully you will be able to get rid of the boot loop problem.
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I've tried this with all my roms that worked before but still nothing before flashing i always wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik and format all the partitions except sd
mandojr1 said:
I've tried this with all my roms that worked before but still nothing before flashing i always wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik and format all the partitions except sd
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well i dont have much knowledge with HTC phones (only samsung cause its awesome) but if you still have your warranty you could delete EVERYTHING from recovery (e.g. format sd card, /system, /data, etc) and return it and get a new one.
although if you dont have a warranty on it you could still try this, it doesnt really change anything cuz your phones useless in bootloop.
Jack Jake said:
well i dont have much knowledge with HTC phones (only samsung cause its awesome) but if you still have your warranty you could delete EVERYTHING from recovery (e.g. format sd card, /system, /data, etc) and return it and get a new one.
although if you dont have a warranty on it you could still try this, it doesnt really change anything cuz your phones useless in bootloop.
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Yea I don't have a warranty and I don't think it matters either way because the phone is rooted
I'll just keep trying everything I've been looking for almost two days straight but I haven't been able to find anything
hi ive same problem
mandojr1 said:
Yea I don't have a warranty and I don't think it matters either way because the phone is rooted
I'll just keep trying everything I've been looking for almost two days straight but I haven't been able to find anything
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hi. do you have resolve it? if yes explain me please?
thanks bye bye
My S3 i9300 is gets stuck on the welcome screen and none of the buttons work. I've tried dozens of official firmwares and the latest i9300XUFME7 test firmware as well to fix the problem but all to no avail. I've tried different recoveries, CWM, Philz and TWRP and I've tried wiping cache, data/factory reset and dalvik cache but still the phone gets stuck on the Welcome screen. What is the problem and more importantly what is the solution? I'm thinking of trying the next flash again with Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time and Re-Partition checked and also to check the Nand Erase All if my phone survives the next flash. Any suggestions?
okizen said:
My S3 i9300 is gets stuck on the welcome screen and none of the buttons work. I've tried dozens of official firmwares and the latest i9300XUFME7 test firmware as well to fix the problem but all to no avail. I've tried different recoveries, CWM, Philz and TWRP and I've tried wiping cache, data/factory reset and dalvik cache but still the phone gets stuck on the Welcome screen. What is the problem and more importantly what is the solution? I'm thinking of trying the next flash again with Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time and Re-Partition checked and also to check the Nand Erase All if my phone survives the next flash. Any suggestions?
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sounds not good to be honest, did you check:
(1) try a stock rom flash with prior use of mega wipe (deletes anything, only leaves ext. sd card)
(2) read the SDS thread (not sure if your phone might concerned though)
(3) read the occasional freeze thread
okizen said:
My S3 i9300 is gets stuck on the welcome screen and none of the buttons work. I've tried dozens of official firmwares and the latest i9300XUFME7 test firmware as well to fix the problem but all to no avail. I've tried different recoveries, CWM, Philz and TWRP and I've tried wiping cache, data/factory reset and dalvik cache but still the phone gets stuck on the Welcome screen. What is the problem and more importantly what is the solution? I'm thinking of trying the next flash again with Auto Reboot, F.Reset Time and Re-Partition checked and also to check the Nand Erase All if my phone survives the next flash. Any suggestions?
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Try this method. It worked in my phone after strugling five days reading and trying different methods!
Best wishes!
chrismast said:
sounds not good to be honest, did you check:
(1) try a stock rom flash with prior use of mega wipe (deletes anything, only leaves ext. sd card)
(2) read the SDS thread (not sure if your phone might concerned though)
(3) read the occasional freeze thread
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khaaba said:
Try this method. It worked in my phone after strugling five days reading and trying different methods!
Best wishes!
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Thanx guyz. I've tried both methods but unfortunately the result was the same.
Anyway any further help would be appreciated.
If the rescue firmware didn't help then it's a hardware fault.
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okizen said:
Thanx guyz. I've tried both methods but unfortunately the result was the same.
Anyway any further help would be appreciated.
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After what I told you to do[method which was successful in my case], if you still stuck there, goto recover mode[vol up+home+power] and do factory reset. It should work!
boomboomer said:
If the rescue firmware didn't help then it's a hardware fault.
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khaaba said:
After what I told you to do[method which was successful in my case], if you still stuck there, goto recover mode[vol up+home+power] and do factory reset. It should work!
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Thanx guyz. But still no joy. Like boomboomer says it must be hardware fault because all my hard buttons work and the phone shows up correctly when connected to my pc but there is no touch response when I get to my Welcome screen on the phone so I'll take it to the Samsung Repair Centre but before I do I want to know is there any repair tar or zip I could try to use?
okizen said:
Thanx guyz. But still no joy. Like boomboomer says it must be hardware fault because all my hard buttons work and the phone shows up correctly when connected to my pc but there is no touch response when I get to my Welcome screen on the phone so I'll take it to the Samsung Repair Centre but before I do I want to know is there any repair tar or zip I could try to use?
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Well, you may try this. It will do re-partition, format your phone and will make it as if your phone just comes out of FACTORY
Go here and download "I9300XXEMG4_KOR_MULTI_FACTORY", extract and install. Installation guide is found here.
Thereafter, flash your phone again using your country's FW via Odin with PDA option! Hope it works. In my case, it worked like a charm! I re-partitioned my phone three times already while doing experiments! It's ok! It must work!!
I even mixed[JB4.3's Bootlodaer, PDA and Modem + JB 4.1.2's CSC] this way[see attachment]! If you know what you are doing, all goes well!
khaaba said:
Well, you may try this. It will do re-partition, format your phone and will make it as if your phone just comes out of FACTORY
Go here and download "I9300XXEMG4_KOR_MULTI_FACTORY", extract and install. Installation guide is found here.
Thereafter, flash your phone again using your country's FW via Odin with PDA option! Hope it works. In my case, it worked like a charm! I re-partitioned my phone three times already while doing experiments! It's ok! It must work!!
I even mixed[JB4.3's Bootlodaer, PDA and Modem + JB 4.1.2's CSC] this way[see attachment]! If you know what you are doing, all goes well!
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I have had the phone repaired. The technicians told me that it was a hardware problem. I reckon they charged me too much but hey, at the end of the day I've got my phone, fully working, back again.
okizen said:
I have had the phone repaired. The technicians told me that it was a hardware problem. I reckon they charged me too much but hey, at the end of the day I've got my phone, fully working, back again.
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Aha! Congrats!!
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Aha! Congrats!!
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Thanx for assisting me.