bootlooping, need to get texts off - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

The phone is bootlooping but it will go to TWRP recovery and that works. I can reinstall the system but there are texts on the phone that I don't want to lose. It looks like I can plug in the data cable or charger without making the phone spontaneously boot up.
Can I get the data off the phone from recovery? I can do a dirty install without wiping data, I suppose, but I would like to avoid that if possible in case it doesn't work and screws things up so I can't get to recovery. If the phone is in recovery and it's connected to the computer with the data cable will the computer be able to access the internal memory card?
The phone is running some version of Pac-Man kit kat, I think. I haven't checked in recovery to find out which version.

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Phone suddenly turned off and didn't want to turn on

Hey,
SGS II without any reason turned off and didn't want to turn on. I had to remove battery and plug it in again. Then phone booted but only to Samsung Galaxy S II logo.
I reflashed ROM via CWM (is accessible). Cleared dalvik cache and partition cache. Nothing helped.
What more can I do?
I can't reflash phone via Odin because Windows won't detect phone which is in boot logo freeze.
Restore backup or factory reset/wipe ?
During making backup of current ROM I got error that making backup of /data was not possible.
I restored image from older time and it went smoothly. Then suddenly again I got such error after while I plugged cable to USB port.
hope it helps
Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast said:
During making backup of current ROM I got error that making backup of /data was not possible.
I restored image from older time and it went smoothly. Then suddenly again I got such error after while I plugged cable to USB port.
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try a fresh install.. it mean wipe data, cache and system.. download ultimate kernel cleaning.. and flash all new ones at once.. dont reboot if you aren't finished at least flashing ROM and kernel.. (flash modem : optional)
I made restore, didn't plug USB in yet. So far is OK. If not USB, why then restored system would have had failure too?
This could be totally unrelated, but I am just throwing it out.
Everything was working normally, and one day I noticed that USB mass storage was malfunctioning.
When I turn on USB mass storage and connect to PC, it only connect for a minute or so, then internal and external SD get disconnected without any warning.
When this happens, if screen is on I can see the USB droid turn from orange (connected) to green (disconnected),
but the phone completely freezes on that screen unresponsive. If screen is off, it just freezes with a blank screen.
I have to pull the battery to get out.
Factory reset, wiping, restoring to an old nandroid, using different cable, connect to another PC, nothing helped.
Then by accident, I connected the phone without external SD in it and the phone connected just fine indefinitely.
So, I took the SD card, formatted it on PC, put it back in the phone and tried connecting to PC. It works fine.
I have no problem with USB connection now, and I hope it stays that way.
Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast said:
I made restore, didn't plug USB in yet. So far is OK. If not USB, why then restored system would have had failure too?
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[Q] Stuck at Samsung splash screen - Need to backup data

The phone was working fine until the battery was empty. I tried to charge it and turn it on, but it's stuck at the Samsung logo splash screen. Holding the power button only restarts the device, so to turn it off I'll have to take the battery out. I don't know how to fix this, and if a factory reset is the only option, I need to backup my data first which I currently don't know how to either (without accessing the OS).
I've got to the Android System Recovery 3e menu and tried clearing cache, which did not help. The option to do a factory reset is also there, but I need to backup my data first, and I don't even know if this will fix the problem.
I'm also able to enter download mode.
When connected to my PC it detects an unknown device named 'samsung_android", and it shows up in adb. I've tried doing a backup through adb, but it wanted me to unlock the screen to accept the backup, which I could not, because I'm stuck at the splash screen.
Is there anything I can do to save my data? Anything through adb? Install root (never done this before)?
dinho10r said:
The phone was working fine until the battery was empty. I tried to charge it and turn it on, but it's stuck at the Samsung logo splash screen. Holding the power button only restarts the device, so to turn it off I'll have to take the battery out. I don't know how to fix this, and if a factory reset is the only option, I need to backup my data first which I currently don't know how to either (without accessing the OS).
I've got to the Android System Recovery 3e menu and tried clearing cache, which did not help. The option to do a factory reset is also there, but I need to backup my data first, and I don't even know if this will fix the problem.
I'm also able to enter download mode.
When connected to my PC it detects an unknown device named 'samsung_android", and it shows up in adb. I've tried doing a backup through adb, but it wanted me to unlock the screen to accept the backup, which I could not, because I'm stuck at the splash screen.
Is there anything I can do to save my data? Anything through adb? Install root (never done this before)?
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Hey mate, can you get into the recovery mode? Try flashing the TWRP recovery and boot by pressing power button + home button + volume up and find an option to mount your USB storage via USB cable and see if your phone's folder tree is available from the Windows Explorer and hopefully you can backup your data by then. Just make sure you have all the drivers ready.
Hope that helps.
cglegion said:
Hey mate, can you get into the recovery mode? Try flashing the TWRP recovery and boot by pressing power button + home button + volume up and find an option to mount your USB storage via USB cable and see if your phone's folder tree is available from the Windows Explorer and hopefully you can backup your data by then. Just make sure you have all the drivers ready.
Hope that helps.
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Yeah, I can get into recovery mode. But how do I get the TWRP to my phone? Do I have to put it on my external memory card and then load it from there?
And I could only find it for a S2 Exhilarate SGH-i577 device. Does it matter if my phone is a S2 GT-I9100?
I've never rooted my phone earlier. Is a root necessary to flash a ROM?
dinho10r said:
Yeah, I can get into recovery mode. But how do I get the TWRP to my phone? Do I have to put it on my external memory card and then load it from there?
And I could only find it for a S2 Exhilarate SGH-i577 device. Does it matter if my phone is a S2 GT-I9100?
I've never rooted my phone earlier. Is a root necessary to flash a ROM?
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Correct. Put the TWRP zip on your external and flash it normally via recovery mode such as CWM not the android 3e recovery. Or find an odin flashable zip for yoyr device.
I am very sure there is one for I9100 because I ran into the exact same problem before and managed to figure it out. You just have to search for it can't give you a link because I'm on mobile now.
You need to root your phone in order to install a new recovery such as TWRP/CWM or even flash new kernel and ROM.
Good luck.

Rooting a phone stuck on start up

Hi, I've had a quick search and couldn't find anything that matches my question.
My S3 is stuck on the flashing 'Samsung' screen, I've tried connecting it to my pc to restore it with Kies but it won't load up. I've never tried to root it so could I put the phone into download mode and root it then save my data?
I've done a far bit of reading trying to fix it and I've started the phone in boot mode and wiped the cache but I need to get my data off the phone.
I'd be grateful for any help. Thanks:good:
Edit: I rooted it because I got bored of waiting and it still isn't getting past the flashing Samsung screen any ideas?
Try flashing the exact same firmware with Odin, disable kies first.
This might allow your phone to boot but you'll probably have to factory reset anyway. If done in recovery this shouldn't wipe the internal sd card, but you will lose all apps and settings etc.
For the phone to spontaneously stick during boot usually means a corruption issue, most often of the internal storage.

[Q]DigiLand DL1010Q softbricked

Ok, here is the deal and I hope someone can help me. I have a cheap DigiLand DL1010Q tablet to play around with. It is stock, but I rooted it with KingRoot. There was a recent OTA wireless update and after it was installed it said that it needed to go into recovery mode to install and reboot. I selected install now and reboot. This is where my problem started and has remained. It loaded into recovery mode and is in an endless boot loop. I've tried rebooting it, recovery with the recovery file and every manual reset possible to no avail. DigiLand support said that I should power down the tablet, and while holding down the Volume Down (-) hit the power button and it will boot into a Chinese recovery mode. I've tried that and it just stays on the DigiLand screen forever. (I left it there for 8 hours.) I can sideload via ADB and the drivers are installed, but it will not let me load anything. It states that the bootloader is closed. I receive the same message via Fastboot. Now here is the interesting thing. Even after selecting the factory reset within the Recovery Mode, everything is still there. I have wiped the cache and partition and user data, but nothing really happens. It is still all there. I see the recovery file, but it will not load. All I see is NO Command.
I do have a sd card that I could flash things on, but it doesn't seem to register the card. It sees the sdcard, but that is the internal drive. How do I get it to look at the sdcard that I put into the slot? Is there a bootloader unlock? Does anyone have the factory image that I can put on my sdcard? HELP!!!!
I am fairly good with computers and have rooted phones and tablets before, but I seem to be hitting my head on a bricked wall - no pun intended. Let me know what programs, files or whatever. At this point I am willing to try anything. I can send it back to China for $50 for them to redo it, but I only paid $69 for it and I'm not going to put more money into this cheap tablet. I would just like to get it to work.

How to flash original ROM (with boot) via TWRP?

I'd need some help:
I have a Mediatek phone with TWRP 3.2.3.
I charged my phone using Qualcomm 3.0 fast charger which destroyed the data circuit of my phone.
So the data connection (with the computer, USB stick etc, USB audio with my car) doesn't work.
I tried to reset my phone back to factory settings. But the mistake I made was that I went to the settings of the phone and made a factory reset. The phone booted to TWRP where I tried to restore the backup I had. Restore process went OK and the phone booted - but back to TWRP. It doesn't seem to boot normally at all and I cannot flash it via USB connection. It boots to TWRP each'n'every time.
Is it gone/bricked for good or are there still some ways to get it fixed. Mainboards are not available anymore so if I cannot fix it then it's totally bricked.
Thanks in advance.

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