Well, my phone is non responsive to anything I do and I am unable to get into download mode. I rooted the phone using this guide from creepyncrawley (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081).
For a complete device history:
I later installed a nightly of CM9. Everything worked great for the most part with the various nightly builds. I changed to the UCLD3 leak for awhile without hitch.
I needed something off of my stock rooted rom from the thread above so I did a restore...again no problems with the switch. I did have to fix permissions to open some apps.
I switched back to the UCLD3 leak to test data speeds with plans on switch to the new CM 9 nighlty. I booted into recovery and wiped data, cache, and dalvik. I went to install the CM 9 4/17 rom and it checked the rom and started the install. The progress bar never moved at all and after awhile the screen/phone turned off. Since then, the phone is completely unresponsive. I am unable to get into download mode, the cap lights do not turn on...nothing.
What happened...I have no clue. Is there any way I can fix this with the tools here?
avus_m3 said:
Well, my phone is non responsive to anything I do and I am unable to get into download mode. I rooted the phone using this guide from creepyncrawley (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081).
For a complete device history:
I later installed a nightly of CM9. Everything worked great for the most part with the various nightly builds. I changed to the UCLD3 leak for awhile without hitch.
I needed something off of my stock rooted rom from the thread above so I did a restore...again no problems with the switch. I did have to fix permissions to open some apps.
I switched back to the UCLD3 leak to test data speeds with plans on switch to the new CM 9 nighlty. I booted into recovery and wiped data, cache, and dalvik. I went to install the CM 9 4/17 rom and it checked the rom and started the install. The progress bar never moved at all and after awhile the screen/phone turned off. Since then, the phone is completely unresponsive. I am unable to get into download mode, the cap lights do not turn on...nothing.
What happened...I have no clue. Is there any way I can fix this with the tools here?
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This might be a stupid question, but... Dead battery?
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avus_m3 said:
Well, my phone is non responsive to anything I do and I am unable to get into download mode. I rooted the phone using this guide from creepyncrawley (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311081).
For a complete device history:
I later installed a nightly of CM9. Everything worked great for the most part with the various nightly builds. I changed to the UCLD3 leak for awhile without hitch.
I needed something off of my stock rooted rom from the thread above so I did a restore...again no problems with the switch. I did have to fix permissions to open some apps.
I switched back to the UCLD3 leak to test data speeds with plans on switch to the new CM 9 nighlty. I booted into recovery and wiped data, cache, and dalvik. I went to install the CM 9 4/17 rom and it checked the rom and started the install. The progress bar never moved at all and after awhile the screen/phone turned off. Since then, the phone is completely unresponsive. I am unable to get into download mode, the cap lights do not turn on...nothing.
What happened...I have no clue. Is there any way I can fix this with the tools here?
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You may want to try a jig, if you haven't updated the bootloaders.
Were you switching between these using nandroid backups?
dandrumheller said:
This might be a stupid question, but... Dead battery?
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Phone has been plugged in the charger for awhile now...nothing.
AJ Newkirk said:
You may want to try a jig, if you haven't updated the bootloaders.
Were you switching between these using nandroid backups?
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I only used a nandroid backup for restoring back to the stock rom. For everything else, I used CWM and a zip install.
I'd try pulling the battery and leaving it out for 10-15 mins.
I find it hard to believe that you would brick your phone using a known good .zip file in CWM.
The bootloaders should be intact - so it should be recoverable.
Something else is at play here. Either it is hard locked-up or you have a hardware issue.
I'd also suspect battery or hardware.
Try to get into download mode with the battery out. Use the same sequence, vol+ and vol- then plug in the usb cable. The usb will supply the power. If it won't go into download mode that way then I would suspect hardware rather than battery.
Did you flash ld3 using the one click odin or thru a cwm file?
If a jig doesn't work than the bootloader is most likely corrupted.
10 char this
AJ Newkirk said:
I'd try pulling the battery and leaving it out for 10-15 mins.
I find it hard to believe that you would brick your phone using a known good .zip file in CWM.
The bootloaders should be intact - so it should be recoverable.
Something else is at play here. Either it is hard locked-up or you have a hardware issue.
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That's what I thought. Like I said, it started the flash but then look like it hung. The progress bar did not move at all. After a bit the phone turned off. What is hard locked-up? I do remember when I first plugged the charger in after the phone died/suspended it did vibrate.
creepyncrawly said:
I'd also suspect battery or hardware.
Try to get into download mode with the battery out. Use the same sequence, vol+ and vol- then plug in the usb cable. The usb will supply the power. If it won't go into download mode that way then I would suspect hardware rather than battery.
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Phone is basically new. I tried leaving the battery out and holding down the vol keys and plugging into USB. Screen does nothing.
c0ldburn3r said:
Did you flash ld3 using the one click odin or thru a cwm file?
If a jig doesn't work than the bootloader is most likely corrupted.
10 char this
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As I posted above I only used Odin from the original rooting. Everything else was CWM.
I guess I need to find out how to make a jig and try that as my only remaining option??
Same thing happened to me earlier today when flashing the latest MIUI V4 from UCLD3 in CWM. It flashed without any errors, but upon hitting reboot the device shut off and would not respond to anything. Tried leaving battery out for an hour, tried USB jig, and several other tricks to try to boot into download. Sent the phone off to Mobile Tech Videos for repair
avus_m3 I think your bootloader is corrupt just like mine.... but how?!?
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Same thing happened to me earlier today when flashing the latest MIUI V4 from UCLD3 in CWM. It flashed without any errors, but upon hitting reboot the device shut off and would not respond to anything. Tried leaving battery out for an hour, tried USB jig, and several other tricks to try to boot into download. Sent the phone off to Mobile Tech Videos for repair
avus_m3 I think your bootloader is corrupt just like mine.... but how?!?
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That's not what I want to hear
I just don't understand how this can happen. Even if lets say worse case scenario the rom is screwed, my battery dies during the update or whatever...I should still be able to get into CWM or at least download mode right?
It's very odd indeed considering MIUI doesn't have a bootloader included either, and according to CWM it flashed without any problems. The only other possibility I could think of is that the ROM got corrupted while copying onto the phone. I checked MD5 checksum after downloading onto my computer but not on my phone before flashing. Still, could a corrupt ROM without bootloader hardbrick the phone? I thought the SGS2 was supposed to be very hard to brick when not flashing something like a bootloader
If the boot loaders and param.lfs are intact you should be able to get download mode (as long as there are no hardware problems).
Recovery on the other hand is in the kernel on our phones so if the kernel did not flash properly it could cause recovery not to work.
I have read somewhere a while back where someone had their battery die during a flash and they had to get different battery altogether to get the phones to power back on - don't know if that is the case here. It was as though their battery would not charge in their phone after it died during the flash. But if you guys know someone close to you that have the same phone I would try their battery just to see. There could be some other hardware malfunction also.
I don't know if cwm recovery touches any of the boot loaders or the param.lfs in the nandroid backup/restore process. As far as flashing a cwm zip one needs to check the zip to make sure the zip dies not contain boot loaders or param.lfs - as long as the zip being flashed does not contain those then it should be pretty safe to flash.
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If a USB jig doesn't work, I guess call up Samsung and play dumb? Worst thing that will happen is they'll send your phone back to you. Sorry to hear about your bad luck :/
Here's an odd idea... you didn't happen to get water in it, did you?
I hard brick too! I can't get jig to work at all and can't connect to download mode. I was at ~40% battery and flashed AOKP coming from ld3. I hit reboot in recovery and the screen went black.
If I can't get it working tonight I going to AT&T in the morning
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dayv said:
If the boot loaders and param.lfs are intact you should be able to get download mode (as long as there are no hardware problems).
Recovery on the other hand is in the kernel on our phones so if the kernel did not flash properly it could cause recovery not to work.
I have read somewhere a while back where someone had their battery die during a flash and they had to get different battery altogether to get the phones to power back on - don't know if that is the case here. It was as though their battery would not charge in their phone after it died during the flash. But if you guys know someone close to you that have the same phone I would try their battery just to see. There could be some other hardware malfunction also.
I don't know if cwm recovery touches any of the boot loaders or the param.lfs in the nandroid backup/restore process. As far as flashing a cwm zip one needs to check the zip to make sure the zip dies not contain boot loaders or param.lfs - as long as the zip being flashed does not contain those then it should be pretty safe to flash.
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Using the odin one-click I tried to flash using Mobile ODIN, it only flashed the param.lfs (this was before the helpful instructions from entropy on how to extract properly). Don't know if that has any effect on my problem.
nakedninja42 said:
I hard brick too! I can't get jig to work at all and can't connect to download mode. I was at ~40% battery and flashed AOKP coming from ld3. I hit reboot in recovery and the screen went black.
If I can't get it working tonight I going to AT&T in the morning
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Using the odin one-click I tried to flash using Mobile ODIN, it only flashed the param.lfs (this was before the helpful instructions from entropy on how to extract properly). Don't know if that has any effect on my problem.
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Not sure, but if your param.lfs got corrupted that could be your problem.
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Same exact thing happened to me as dayv, except I was flashing to MIUI. Coincidence between the three of us that we were flashing FROM LD3 or not? Sorry to hear about your phone as well. Lesson learned is to wait for other to flash before you?
w1209 said:
Same exact thing happened to me as dayv, except I was flashing to MIUI. Coincidence between the three of us that we were flashing FROM LD3 or not? Sorry to hear about your phone as well. Lesson learned is to wait for other to flash before you?
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Yes....coincidence. I have flashed form UCLD3 to AOKP (and CM9) & back more than a few times without issue.
@avus_m3, w1209, and nakedninja42:
With three similar hard bricks, there is a patern. We should gather as much information as possible. What package did you use to put UCLD3 on the phone immediately before the bad flash? Also, exactly what parts did the AOKP or MIUI package that resulted in the bad flash contain?
I used the latest version posted in the thread (I think there is only one LD3 package?): hxxp://goo.im/devs/task650/SGH-I777/Task650_I777_UCLD3_signed.zip
(not allowed to post links yet)
Same for MIUI: hxxp://goo.im/devs/ktoonsez/downloads/miuiandroid_I777-2.4.13b.zip
(not allowed to post links yet)
I know for sure that the MIUI MD5 checksum matched after downloading to my computer. Will see what the MD5 checksum is of the file on my phone after I get it back from MTV. If it is the same there is a definite pattern. If not it was just bad luck and my fault for not verifying it on phone before flashing
w1209 said:
Same exact thing happened to me as dayv, except I was flashing to MIUI. Coincidence between the three of us that we were flashing FROM LD3 or not? Sorry to hear about your phone as well. Lesson learned is to wait for other to flash before you?
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Just to be clear this did not happen to me directly - just responded as I remember reading somewhere about a battery dying during a flash and that person needing to get another battery to get their phone back to life - again the battery may not have anything to do with what happened hear.
But it does look like this happened to two people after flashing away from ld3 leak - though it just may be coincidental hardware issues. we will see if there are more people who have trouble after flashing the leak.
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This is the second phone this has happened to, so I'm inclined to believe the problem resides in either the recovery package or there is no way to go from ICS to stock. Here's what I did and what the result was.
1. Initial phone was having hardware issues. I needed to return it to the warranty exchange depot, so I went to flash the no BL file that you can download from the recovery thread. Everything indicated that it flashed just fine. Phone reboots after the process and it gets the the "rethink Everything" splash screen and just sits there. After a minute, it reboots the phone again. Does the same thing. I take the phone in and get it swapped out under warranty.
2. Load CM9 on new phone and notice that GPS doesn't work. Everyone else says theirs works for the same nightly (5/22), so obviously it's my phone that's the problem or a bad flash. Flash a new nightly (5/29) and GPS still doesn't work. I want to flash back to stock to ensure that it's the hardware that's the problem, not the software. I download the most current recovery NO BL file from the recovery thread to ensure I have a good one. Flash it and the exact same thing happens. I get the splash screen then a reboot.
So now the question is, does flashing ICS permanently make it so you can't flash back? Does ICS work fine, but for some reason CM9 doesnt? Has anyone else done this without a problem? If so, what did you do because 2 phones 'bricking' like this isn't convinsing me that it can be done.
stalked_r/t said:
This is the second phone this has happened to, so I'm inclined to believe the problem resides in either the recovery package or there is no way to go from ICS to stock. Here's what I did and what the result was.
1. Initial phone was having hardware issues. I needed to return it to the warranty exchange depot, so I went to flash the no BL file that you can download from the recovery thread. Everything indicated that it flashed just fine. Phone reboots after the process and it gets the the "rethink Everything" splash screen and just sits there. After a minute, it reboots the phone again. Does the same thing. I take the phone in and get it swapped out under warranty.
2. Load CM9 on new phone and notice that GPS doesn't work. Everyone else says theirs works for the same nightly (5/22), so obviously it's my phone that's the problem or a bad flash. Flash a new nightly (5/29) and GPS still doesn't work. I want to flash back to stock to ensure that it's the hardware that's the problem, not the software. I download the most current recovery NO BL file from the recovery thread to ensure I have a good one. Flash it and the exact same thing happens. I get the splash screen then a reboot.
So now the question is, does flashing ICS permanently make it so you can't flash back? Does ICS work fine, but for some reason CM9 doesnt? Has anyone else done this without a problem? If so, what did you do because 2 phones 'bricking' like this isn't convinsing me that it can be done.
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I know it works, I just used it the other day to go from ics to gb. Did you do a factory reset after flashing? Make sure you have your sdcard backed up before you use stock recovery.
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nakedninja42 said:
I know it works, I just used it the other day to go from ics to gb. Did you do a factory reset after flashing? Make sure you have your sdcard backed up before you use stock recovery.
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by factory reset, you mean from the recovery console?
nakedninja42 said:
I know it works, I just used it the other day to go from ics to gb. Did you do a factory reset after flashing? Make sure you have your sdcard backed up before you use stock recovery.
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Ok. You may now mock me. I did a factory reset and it worked. Feel like such a noob.
nothing to see here folks. Move along. Red, you can shut 'er down.
stalked_r/t said:
Ok. You may now mock me. I did a factory reset and it worked. Feel like such a noob.
nothing to see here folks. Move along. Red, you can shut 'er down.
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No one would mock you over this. It is your experience.
Next time, when somebody hit the same or similar problem, do help them.
Friendly reminder.. If you can start your title with [q], it probably belongs in QA...
Mock mock mock!
Great to know, this may not be posted and is only available as "common knowledge". You sir have made this solution available to anyone searching for it. Thank you!
Clay
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Tried to flash Cm9 and now can not turn on or go into recovery or go into download. Looks like I totally bricked I777. Any suggestions or help.
Please.
More information please
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Tried flash CM9 then Gapps then ucld4 modem .After that phone get stuck on update modem. After that I could turn it off and now can not do anything. I have Samsung Galaxy S2 from ATT. Thank you
Pookh007 said:
Tried flash CM9 then Gapps then ucld4 modem .After that phone get stuck on update modem. After that I could turn it off and now can not do anything. I have Samsung Galaxy S2 from ATT. Thank you
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Did you reboot in between flashing stuff?
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No
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No
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Well there you go, it's well known that you have to reboot in between flashing stuff
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what can i do right now?
Pookh007 said:
what can i do right now?
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If it won't go into download or recovery try getting a jig otherwise I have no clue
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Thank you for your help. Already ordered jig . Let you know when I try
Why aren't u posting this in the cm thread ?
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Hey, instead of creating another thread, I'll just post in here.
My SGH-i777 was working fine, I downloaded the latest Update CM9 Nightlies 2012-06-09 directly from CM's download site. I was previously running CM9 Nightlies 2012-06-03.
I put the Update in the root of the internal SD memory. I started up ROManager, and selected the "Flash ROM Update" option. The Phone shut off, as normal, so it can go into Recovery Mode and Flash the Update automatically.
The phone never got into the Recovery Menu! I waited for about 5 mins, but nothing was booting up on the screen.
So I removed the battery and inserted it back in to turn it back on. It shows the Galaxy SII Splash Screen and then the screen turns off, and it just keeps flickering on and off. You cant see the flickering unless your in a dark room, in the daylight you won't notice it, because the backlight turns on for a split second and its really faint.
So I ruled out that its not that the battery has died, because before I started up ROManager the battery was full.
Anyways, can you guys help me? Thanks in advance!
leo9891 said:
Hey, instead of creating another thread, I'll just post in here.
My SGH-i777 was working fine, I downloaded the latest Update CM9 Nightlies 2012-06-09 directly from CM's download site. I was previously running CM9 Nightlies 2012-06-03.
I put the Update in the root of the internal SD memory. I started up ROManager, and selected the "Flash ROM Update" option. The Phone shut off, as normal, so it can go into Recovery Mode and Flash the Update automatically.
The phone never got into the Recovery Menu! I waited for about 5 mins, but nothing was booting up on the screen.
So I removed the battery and inserted it back in to turn it back on. It shows the Galaxy SII Splash Screen and then the screen turns off, and it just keeps flickering on and off. You cant see the flickering unless your in a dark room, in the daylight you won't notice it, because the backlight turns on for a split second and its really faint.
So I ruled out that its not that the battery has died, because before I started up ROManager the battery was full.
Anyways, can you guys help me? Thanks in advance!
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You obviously read nothing before trying to flash otherwise you would have known not to use rom manager unless you're on CM9 already
Edit : okay you were already on CM9 but you still should stay away from rom manager, it's not known for being reliable
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What kernel were u using prior to trying to update and did u flash the correct version of Rom manager? I know last time ilooked there were multiple options for the i777.
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Nick281051 said:
You obviously read nothing before trying to flash otherwise you would have known not to use rom manager unless you're on CM9 already
Edit : okay you were already on CM9 but you still should stay away from rom manager, it's not known for being reliable
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If it's not reliable, why does CM9 come with it installed on its ROMs?
And I've used it a few times before and never had a problem with it. Also like I said, if it's so unreliable, I'm sure the devs over at CM would have taken it out of their ROMs...
Phalanx7621 said:
What kernel were u using prior to trying to update and did u flash the correct version of Rom manager? I know last time ilooked there were multiple options for the i777.
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I was using the Siyah Kernel made for the SGH-i777. And the latest version of Rom Manager.
Edit: The thing im confused about is I didn't flash anything yet and it just stopped working. I would understand that if I flashed something and in the middle of flashing it stopped working then that's completely different.
leo9891 said:
If it's not reliable, why does CM9 come with it installed on its ROMs?
And I've used it a few times before and never had a problem with it. Also like I said, if it's so unreliable, I'm sure the devs over at CM would have taken it out of their ROMs...
I was using the Siyah Kernel made for the SGH-i777. And the latest version of Rom Manager.
Edit: The thing im confused about is I didn't flash anything yet and it just stopped working. I would understand that if I flashed something and in the middle of flashing it stopped working then that's completely different.
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There you go, you have to use CM9 kernel you can't use siyah as I remember it
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I've always had problems trying to flash from ROM Manager. Always boot into CWM manually when flashing. If you can't get it into download mode and see it in Odin, you may be screwed. There's a another way to get into download mode...something like removing the battery, connect to PC via USB cable, then hold volume buttons down while inserting the battery...or something. I searched and couldn't find it again.
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Big is right . Best to boot into cwm manually, I've had problems with using Rom manager to do it as well, the few times I've used it. Also, Im 99% sure Rom manager comes built into cm itself, as a system app for all cm releases. So i don't think they stick it in there for just our device or anything. But i could be wrong.
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Nick281051 said:
There you go, you have to use CM9 kernel you can't use siyah as I remember it
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I've updated from Update-CM9-Nightlies-2012-06-03 to Update-CM9-Nightlies-2012-06-05 before and went smooth. Anyways, I guess ROM Manager might be unstable. That sucks for me!
big_boludo said:
I've always had problems trying to flash from ROM Manager. Always boot into CWM manually when flashing. If you can't get it into download mode and see it in Odin, you may be screwed. There's a another way to get into download mode...something like removing the battery, connect to PC via USB cable, then hold volume buttons down while inserting the battery...or something. I searched and couldn't find it again.
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Phalanx7621 said:
Big is right . Best to boot into cwm manually, I've had problems with using Rom manager to do it as well, the few times I've used it. Also, Im 99% sure Rom manager comes built into cm itself, as a system app for all cm releases. So i don't think they stick it in there for just our device or anything. But i could be wrong.
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I can't get into Download Mode or Recovery Mode. Like I said I didn't even get a chance to try and Flash anything, I was about to backup my current ROM and while RM was booting into Recovery Mode, its like it just froze on a black screen.
IDK if its a Hardware Problem or my Mother Board got fried somehow cause the screen turns on and shows "Samsung Galaxy SII" and then it just turns off. And in the daylight it looks like the phone is off, but if your in a dark room, you can see the screen's backlight flickering on and off.
Do you guys think that USB Jig will work?
Thanks guys for you help!
EDIT: BTW, I'm now stuck using a crappy WP7! It was my step-sons, LOL. It is like a watered down smart phone... I don't even think it deserves the title "Smart Phone".
Pull the battery and leave it out. Then go into download mode the usual way by holding the two volume buttons and plugging in the USB cable. The phone wil go into download mode with power supplied by the cable. If this fails, then there is definitely some serious problem, and hardware can not be ruled out as a possible cause.
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Pull the battery and leave it out. Then go into download mode the usual way by holding the two volume buttons and plugging in the USB cable. The phone wil go into download mode with power supplied by the cable. If this fails, then there is definitely some serious problem, and hardware can not be ruled out as a possible cause.
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Thanks!!!!! Your a life saver! I plugged it into the phone charger and held the Vol. Down Button and it was able to boot into Download Mode and the screen did not shut off like it has been on every boot up I've tried!
Right bow I'm charging it so I can plug it into my laptop and restore my phone later tonight after work.
This is my first Android and even though it kinda crapped out on me, I still love it better than the iPhone.
Thanks again!
I've been using the euphoria ROM for a few months now with no incident. The phone has never given me problems of any sort, well the bad GPS, but that's a known issue.
Anyhow the other night went to bed without charging my phone. In the middle of the night I woke up and realized it was not charging, so I connected the charger and went back to bed. However by that time my phone has fully discharged so I got the battery graphics.
In the morning when I tried to turn the phone on I got the spiral boot icon and then a black screen.
I've tried to get the recovery mode but to no avail. I know the phone is somewhat working because i get the spiral boot animation and the charging graphics but i cannot get the phone to turn on. Did anybody know a fix, any advice will help.
Thanks in advance
=X=
I like your name, X (thats my nickname around here )
Anyways, when you plug it in, does the charging stuff come up? (if yes, how much battery do you suppose its at?)
Have you tried download mode? (take out battery, plug in USB, put battery back in while holding... I think its vol up and down + power, after it says VIBRANT let power go)
I'm not sure if your phone even goes that far.
Likewise I like your nickname.
My battery is close to 100%. I tried the sequence you mentioned with no luck. I get the same behavior, I get the spiral boot graphics and the phone good black. With the cable connected I get the charging battery graphics. The graphics does work properly. When the battery gets to 100% it vibrates too
=X=
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=X= said:
Likewise I like your nickname.
My battery is close to 100%. I tried the sequence you mentioned with no luck. I get the same behavior, I get the spiral boot graphics and the phone good black. With the cable connected I get the charging battery graphics. The graphics does work properly. When the battery gets to 100% it vibrates too
=X=
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Just curious, what ROM/kernel were you on?
Also, by the spiral graphics are you talking about the bootanimation?
Are you on Froyo bootloaders or Gingerbread bootloaders?(if you don't know and have never messed with bootloaders its froyo)
I'm running Chimera v2.2. It's an ICS ROM made by team passion. The kernel is 3.1.10
Yes by the spiral I mean the boot animation. You only ever see it from a cold boot.
I don't know what boot loader I'm running.I think team passion is using the same one as Cyanogen. It's that common boot loader with a GUI.
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I'm running Chimera v2.2. It's an ICS ROM made by team passion. The kernel is 3.1.10
Yes by the spiral I mean the boot animation. You only ever see it from a cold boot.
I don't know what boot loader I'm running.I think team passion is using the same one as Cyanogen. It's that common boot loader with a GUI.
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Well the bootloader doesn't really use a GUI. You might be talking about the recovery, the one with "reboot system" and "install zip from sdcard"
What i was referring to was when i was installing the Chimera ROM I hadn't use a GUI app to install the ROM l. I thought the instructions mentioned it was installing a bootloader, but I could have miss read it.
Okay, X, I tried the steps again. I realize I did not follow all of your steps so I repeated them again. This time in tried the three finger salute with the USB plugged in and it worked. I get the recovery menu by choosing reboot it boots up properly.
However when I shutdown and turn on the phone I'm back to square one
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What i was referring to was when i was installing the Chimera ROM I hadn't use a GUI app to install the ROM l. I thought the instructions mentioned it was installing a bootloader, but I could have miss read it.
Okay, X, I tried the steps again. I realize I did not follow all of your steps so I repeated them again. This time in tried the three finger salute with the USB plugged in and it worked. I get the recovery menu by choosing reboot it boots up properly.
However when I shutdown and turn on the phone I'm back to square one
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Wait.. so when you tried my method your phone actually booted all the way up??
I was planning for you to go to Download mode and ODIN, but err..
Next time you go to recovery
*make sure you have a ROM in your sd card that is safe to flash, even if its chimera*
wipe data/factory reset
mount/storage > format system
flash your ROM in sd, then reboot
Yeah I wasn't expecting it to work. But now that that worked I am a bit nervous about installing a ROM incase the bootloader is corrupted.
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Yeah I wasn't expecting it to work. But now that that worked I am a bit nervous about installing a ROM incase the bootloader is corrupted.
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:l, pretty sure you're confused, and the bootloader is not corrupted. If bootloader was corrupted, your phone would never start without a JTAG again.
Anyways, get into recovery, and flash chimera or any other safe rom you have, and see if it boots up. I think it may be something with Chimera.
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:l, pretty sure you're confused
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Wouldn't be the first time
I'll reinstall the ROM thx
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Just a suggestion, don't re-install Chimera... Or at the very least, don't use it as a daily driver. I stand by that for two reasons. For one, Chimera may have been the reason you got into this problem in the first place. The second reason being... Well... Er... Chimera v2.2 isn't the best ROM out there, and it's kinda dated... I'm sure there's others that would agree. I mean there's plenty of other ICS ROMs available that run much better. Jellybean ROMs have also reached a point of stability, so there's some good Jellybean flavored options to choose from as well. Personally, I'm running ParanoidAndroid (JB) and I'm lovin' it.
Just my two cents... But if you like Chimera, then stick with it. It's definitely a usable ROM.
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I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
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I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
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Just curious, is your phone working fine now?
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I'm not dead set on Chimera, it was the best ROM at the time.
I'll give the ROM you mentioned a try,thanks
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Awesome. If you're like me -- a big fan of customization -- then I'm sure you'll love ParanoidAndroid (LINK).
Otherwise there are ten other JB ROMs to choose from, and about seventeen different ICS ROMs to choose from (excluding Chimera v2.2). Links to said ROMs can be found in the "ROM" section of the Vibrant Bible thread (LINK).
EDIT: Sorry if I kinda' veered this thread off topic... Have you gotten you're phone running fine now =X=?
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Just curious, is your phone working fine now?
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No it did not work. I thought all was good. It seemed to work when I performed a soft shutdown. Then I tried a cold boot: shutdown the phone, pulled the battery and on startup the phone would not work.
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Awesome. If you're like me -- a big fan of customization -- then I'm sure you'll love ParanoidAndroid (LINK).
Otherwise there are ten other JB ROMs to choose from, and about seventeen different ICS ROMs to choose from (excluding Chimera v2.2). Links to said ROMs can be found in the "ROM" section of the Vibrant Bible thread (LINK).
EDIT: Sorry if I kinda' veered this thread off topic... Have you gotten you're phone running fine now =X=?
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Awesome thanks for the links. It sounds like paranoid android will for my likes. I'm going to update my phone with that rom.
I'm still having problems with my phone however.
So I've upgraded my phone to the latest ParanoidAndroid but I'm still getting the same problem.
All works fine once it's running but I have to use the USB and three finger boot to get the phone to start, once I'm in the recovery mode selecting her restart launches the OS .
However trying to start the phone from a cold boot does not seem to work...any ideas anyone?
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May be you need a new battery how long you have the current battery.
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It's probably not bootloader-related, but for what it's worth, froyo bootloaders don't work well with ICS Roms.
Chances are it's just a ROM issue, but if that fails just ODIN to default, re-root, install GB bootloaders, etc. (Basically, start over)
I have run many ICS and JB ROMs without issue running froyo boots. It was mostly GB ROMs that had issue and needs GB boots. I don't suspect that to be the issue however, it won't hurt to try it.
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Just doing a sanity check: using TiBu to restore system data should work (in theory) so long as you restore data that has been backed up from the same ROM, correct?
Thanks for any help.
EDIT: Having power key problems, please see posts #3 and #16 for updated information.
In case it really backs up and restores EVERYTHING - theoretically you're right.
Practically, I'm not sure it's the case. Since you're restoring while running a ROM, I'm not sure you can get everything to exactly the same state.
Thanks for your help, but this question was hiding a bigger one.
So until today, my phone has been working just fine. I'm still running an old, now outdated and unsupported ROM: ShirshirROM pre-alpha ICS. It's been my daily driver for almost a whole year now, works perfectly with Entropy's old ICS kernel.
Yesterday, I got tired of shell errors with Superuser (which I had been dealing with since the latest binary update), so I finally switched to SuperSU. Everything seemed to work fine afterwards, though I noticed some trouble with the power button being a little wonky, i.e. showing up the power menu when I hadn't pressed it or not immediately responding.
Today, my power button doesn't work correctly at all. I tried wiping cache, dalvik, then restoring a Nandroid of the same ROM/Kernel combo from way earlier this year. Key test in CWM also shows that all buttons register when pressed, EXCEPT the power one. Otherwise phone functions are perfect; I can make calls, send/receive texts, etc, I just have to plug in my phone or have something happen for the screen to turn on, and then I have access to everything. My question is, is this (God forbid) a hardware failure? That would be my worst nightmare, seeing as I'm almost exactly one full year out from contract renewal, and I don't have a lot of money to spend on a new one, nor do I have nowhere near enough expertise to try to fix it myself. What can I do?
P.S. The TiBu question was because in case the Nandroid fixed the problem, I could just restore contacts and SMS from TiBu since it is the same ROM, and be back up and running immediately.
P.P.S. As mentioned, I can get into CWM. This is done by pulling battery, sticking it in, and holding all physical keys until boot screen shows twice. But I can't use the power key to select any options, I have to use home. And key test shows the power button not registering. I'm hoping that that means power key may still work, but that's just me praying this is fixable.
So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
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So this problem didn't occur at all prior to installing supersu ?
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No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/
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No, as far as I recall. I'm not using supersu anymore since I'm on a Nandroid but power button still doesn't work. I have to find alternate ways of activating the screen, like plugging it into a charger or pulling the battery to restart :/
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Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
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Run a Rom that will support siyah 4.3.3 or siyah 5.0.1 and enable swipe to wake.
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Is that my only option? How can I test for sure that it's a hardware failure and my power button is completely useless?
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Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
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Full wipe and return to out of the box stock. If the issue persists, it's hardware.
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After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?
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After full wiping, if the problem is fixed I should be able to restore the Nandroid from earlier this year without retriggering it, right? Or is that out of the question now?
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No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
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No one will know until you try it, as yours appears to be a unique issue if it is being caused by software/firmware.
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So I backed up stuff, then went ahead and flashed bone stock using the Odin3 One-Click from 2a in creepy's guide. I can't get past the initial setup wizard though, because Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps), Calendar Storage (process.com.android.providers.calendar), and other Google apps processes keep force closing when I click the Android to start. I was able to boot into stock e3 recovery (again using three-button combo), but I can't select anything using the power key.
I didn't do a full data wipe/factory reset before flashing, and I can't get to the main menus to do so because my phone won't get past the setup wizard, which keeps crashing. What do I try next?
EDIT: I know that I was able to make selections using a CWM-enabled ICS kernel; home key functioned as select. I have the CWM-flashable zip, and I wanted to know if there's anyway to flash this kernel using Odin. I know it won't boot (custom ICS kernel with Gingerbread stock rom), but if I can get into recovery, I can use the home key to do a full data wipe/factory reset, then I'd Odin stock kernel+ROM again and see if that fixes things. So my question is, how do I flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin? (You can tell I never use Odin)
EDIT2: I'd still like to know how I can flash a CWM-zipped kernel in Odin, but I'm gonna hold off on it as it would trip the counter and I found out my phone is still under warranty, hooray! They're sending a refurb'ed replacement that should be here in a couple days, I can test that out and see if I can get me up and running again before I decide to do something really rash like trip the counter. It sucks cause I'm going out of town on Thursday but the replacement is arriving Friday, and I won't be back until next Wednesday. I'm stuck using my old iPhone 3G until then :/
I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.
Don't know where to find it.
I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.
Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.
Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.
After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.
Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
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I do know you can't flash this from Odim. You'll need another kind of file. Tar file... I don't remember.
Don't know where to find it.
I don't think you should back to stock. Just wipe and formating everything could test it.
Find an app that allow you to get recovery from android like rom toolbox lite.
Download mrRobinson AeSedai Aroma.
After formating and wiped everything, flash your rom and don't get out of recovery. Flash AeSedai just after. Flash gapps and KERNEL from AeSedai.
Must be an cm10 or aokp rom... Any rom from that source.
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How would I format and wipe everything if I can't get past the setup wizard on bone stock 2.3.4? I can't install apps, make calls or texts, nothing. All I can do is select the language and make emergency calls. I can't wipe in stock e3 recovery either because the power button doesn't work.
I need a way to either Odin a kernel from which I can use the home button to make selections, or find some other way to remotely format and wipe my phone. Is there a way for me to put my phone in USB debugging mode so I can maybe use ADB? I can't access the settings menu...
Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
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Don't u use home button to select things in stock recovery?
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Nah, it's power key. I double checked again this morning. Oh, and I guess it's called 3e recovery, not e3 xD.
One other note, when pulling battery, then putting it back in, phone autoboots. I have to hold buttons then place battery in to boot to recovery, and for download mode, I have to have it plugged in, buttons held, then place battery in to get to download mode.
EDIT: Would anyone be willing to do me a huge favor? I want to find out if Entropy's DD GB kernel, the Odin-flashable tar one, can use home as select in CWM. Would someone be willing to temporarily flash DD_01242012 from here to check for me? It's a CWM zip, the changes are very tiny between it and the previous 01232012 Odin one. I just don't want to Odin it myself and trip the counter to find out it was useless, especially since I don't have a jig to reset the counter.
So an update:
While looking around for a way to root my new refurb model which came shipped with stock ICS, I found creepy's Stock ICS with root package, and I thought, "I told AT&T I was on ICS, I guess I should actually put ICS on my phone instead of leaving GB (UCKH7) on there. Maybe since I was on ICS before I can get past the gapps force closing too and do a factory reset from the settings menu." Sure enough, after flashing stock ICS, I was able to get past the darn wizard and toy with it. I do have problems of course: calendar still force closes, and the phone will randomly reboot after some period of using it. But at least I was able to access stuff.
My data was all still there, all pictures, contacts, settings, etc. I realized that before I do a data wipe/factory reset, I should heed the emmc superbrick bug warning and NOT do that with stock ICS kernel. I still had ES file explorer and root access, so I went in and manually deleted all data as much as possible, to make it look like my phone did have a factory reset done as I said to the AT&T representative. I've deleted wifi access points, browser history/cookies/cache, all contacts, texts, pictures/videos, downloads, all CWM zips and backups, all installed apps, all accounts that were signed in...
My newest questions are:
1) is there anything I'm missing that I should delete so that my phone does not look like it's been modified in any way? Also, any personal data I'm missing that needs to be deleted? I still have root access so I can delete anything I want.
2) Should I go ahead and risk the brickbug and actually do a factory reset/data wipe, or should I just let it be since I've deleted most things manually (and not potentially send them a useless brick lol)? Actually, since I'm rooted, I can install Mobile Odin to flash a CWM-enabled kernel, then wipe data/factory reset safely from there; that is, assuming my phone doesn't do a random reboot in the middle of flashing the kernel. I do run the risk of it rebooting while flashing and possibly bricking something else. So should I do that and take that risk, should I take the risk of wiping data from the stock kernel, or is there no reason to take either risk anymore?
3) Is there anywhere I can find a non-rooted stock UCLE5 ICS Odin-flashable tar, that I can flash before sending the phone back?
How about:
1. Flash back to stock GB
2. Wipe Data
3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
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How about:
1. Flash back to stock GB
2. Wipe Data
3. Upgrade to stock ICS via kies or OTA
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Thanks for your help, but I can't do that. If I could, I wouldn't be stuck in this predicament.
Power key doesn't work at all, but it is necessary to make selections in stock 3e recovery. Hence, I can't wipe from recovery, either on stock GB or ICS.
Stock GB rom doesn't boot past Setup Launcher due to gapps force-closes. These force closes prevent me from reaching the settings menu within stock GB to do a wipe there.
My two options for wiping data are using stock ICS ROM (under settings menu), or flashing a custom kernel using Mobile Odin, then wiping with the home key in CWM. Both are risky: stock ICS ROM uses the stock kernel to wipe, possible brickbug there. My phone currently experiences random reboots without warning; a reboot during a Mobile Odin flash could also brick something. My question is, should I do either one, or neither at all?
What about wiping through ADB?
Adb shell
Wipe data
Or
Adb recovery --wipe-data
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What about wiping through ADB?
Adb shell
Wipe data
Or
Adb recovery --wipe-data
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Well, that previously wasn't an option on GB since I couldn't put the phone in debugging mode, but I can now in ICS so in theory it should work. The question now is, will the phone do one of its random reboots while I'm working with it in ADB...
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I will be eternally grateful if you can help me.
So half an hour ago I was browsing the Internet on my phone when it suddenly turned off. Then it started to start at the Galaxy I9300GT black screen, and booting on that black screen. And the biggest problem is that I cant access to the Recovery Menu (I have latest Philz)
I have not tried to remove the battery, nor accessing the Download Menu, since I am in class now and I cant return to home in about 4 hours. Also, I was using NeatRom 6.3, boeffla kernel 5.1 beta 17, and in the last flashing I formatted the internal SD card, so basically I did a clean install. I can not guess what is happening. This is similar to when I had a brick installing some Xposed software, and I solved it installing old CWM recovery, which I could access into, and basically wiping the hell of it. Is this a problem of Xposed....Or am I facing a SDS..in Android 4.3....
Partition corruption during the unplanned shut down, without recovery you will need Odin to flash a full stock rom or philz.
If you are lucky the emmc chip is still okay, this exact same thing happened to me once.
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Partition corruption during the unplanned shut down, without recovery you will need Odin to flash a full stock rom or philz.
If you are lucky the emmc chip is still okay, this exact same thing happened to me once.
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Luckily I can access to the Recovery Menu....but for some seconds. Its weird. When I am in the Select Option screen (the one which says if you proceed or you cancel and restart the phone) it shows for some seconds until it then starts again at the title screen, like it autoreboots. Also, there is some insane battery drain, because the back of my phone is somewhat hot. I tried to remove the battery, and plug it again, and although I could not access to the recovery menu for a while later I could get back to the recovery...until it fade off like I previously describe.
Luckily I too have a full stock ROM stored in my home computer. But as I said to you before I had Philz installed and it doesnt show up. So I am planning to install the old Clockworkmod, because the last time I experienced something similar it worked for me.
So, basically, do you think I should be fast and get to the Odin menu before the Select Option screen fades off and gets back to the booting title? And also, what can I do to prevent partition corruption? Is there a way to avoid having that problem again? Mind that before flashing the ROM I formatted the SD card, so it was clean install...
For these moments I will keep the battery on the phone, I dont want more unexpected problems, but I fear for it, since it is consuming battery slowly....
And, if it happens that the emmc chip is not okay...what could I do?
You mean download mode, where you volume up to connect with Odin. If download mode is weird then you may have bigger problems.
To prevent future partition corruption you need to avoid unplanned shut downs -kernel panic due to mods are a likely cause.
I would suggest removing the battery until you can use Odin, there is no point in leaving it to drain.
If the emmc chip is dead then a new motherboard is required.
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You mean download mode, where you volume up to connect with Odin. If download mode is weird then you may have bigger problems.
To prevent future partition corruption you need to avoid unplanned shut downs -kernel panic due to mods are a likely cause.
I would suggest removing the battery until you can use Odin, there is no point in leaving it to drain.
If the emmc chip is dead then a new motherboard is required.
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Dude.....I dont know what happened....its REAAAAAAAAAAAAALLY WEIRD.
I REPAIRED IT BY FLASHING CWM.
I could access to Odin, which was Version 3.04 "Model Name ", and then flashed the Clockworkmod, version 6.0.3.2.
And then automatically the phone booted again! I could get to the Neat ROM working again!
Sincerely, I dont know it this was a kernel problem, seeing as how an old CWM got the phone working again. I just cant explain it. I hope you can, because I am now confused and scared of changing to another recovery, seeing how this old CWM works even better than Philz.
I even tried to reboot the phone twice, and it has worked. Strangely the boot sound from Neat ROM has been activated. CWM asked me if I wanted to disable flash to stock recovery option, and I ticked no. It then followed that it may flash stock recovery and lose root access, and event then I ticked no. But when I restarted the ROM I had the root access, and as I said I rebooted twice to recovery, and had CWM, so it was kinda...ok. Maybe Neat ROM doesnt flash the stock Sammy kernel as default option, who knows...
I havent done any wipe, seeing as this is working wonderfully again, without any problem whatsoever...which is reeeally weird. Yeah, I am shocked that I somewhat magically fixed it. Normally this takes about 2 hours...lol.
Also, I have more questions for you. You talked about unplanned shut downs, due to kernel panic because of mods installed. Can you explain this kernel panic thing to me, or share with me a link to a post that explains this problem? And more, do you know about a kernel that doesnt "panic" so much? I have Boeffla 5.1 beta 17, but I am questionig keeping using this, since this problem...
Or maybe it was a panic caused by the recovery? Can recoveries origin such problems? And what recovery do you recommend? Because CWM seems rock stable to me...
Oh, and thanks for your help. I removed the battery as you said...and now that my phone is working again I could check that it was at 20% battery...thank you, I could save a little battery for an emergency flashing thanks to you :good:
Also, this morning while turning on the phone I noticed that there was no boot sound when showing the Neat ROM animation...why suddenly the ROM stopped using the boot sound, when last night it was active after flashing the CWM recovery? I even rebooted the phone twice that night and the sound was activated...but not this morning, why?
Actually boot sound is not a very important feature for me but I am puzzled of why it was working before and not now, and that without touching any boot options....
Check if you still have boot sound PowerOn.ogg in system/ media /audio/ui
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Check if you still have boot sound PowerOn.ogg in system/ media /audio/ui
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Yes, it is there, as you said.
I have a similar problem .. what exactly fixed this?
flashing an old CWM? mind guide me to that ...